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Future in Logging Careers Act

Bill: 118-hr-1397
Sponsor: Rep. Golden, Jared F. [D-ME-2]
Introduced: 2023-03-07 in the House
Policy area: Labor and Employment
Subjects: Child safety and welfare
Family relationships
Forests, forestry, trees
Labor standards
Worker safety and health
Youth employment and child labor

Summary:
action_date: 2023-03-07
text: 

Future in Logging Careers Act 

 
This bill allows individuals who are 16 or 17 years old to work at certain timber harvesting operations that are owned or operated by at least one parent or a person standing in place of a parent. The bill, therefore, exempts such employees from child labor laws.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2023-03-07
text: Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce.
action_date: 2023-03-07
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2023-03-07
text: Introduced in House
Territories Statistics Collection Equity Act

Bill: 118-hr-1400
Sponsor: Rep. Grijalva, Raúl M. [D-AZ-7]
Introduced: 2023-03-07 in the House
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics

Summary:
action_date: 2023-03-07
text: 

Territories Statistics Collection Equity Act

 
This bill requires implementation of a plan for federal agencies to collect and publish statistics regarding the U.S. territories in the same manner as statistics are collected and reported for the states.
 
Specifically, the bill directs the Interagency Council on Statistical Policy to publish a list and assessment of existing federal statistical programs that collect and publish data for the U.S. territories comparable to the states.
 
The council must submit to Congress a plan to collect and publish statistics regarding the territories in the same manner as statistics are collected and reported by federal agencies for the states.
 
The council, in coordination with agencies, must implement the plan no later than four years after enactment of this bill.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2023-03-22
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Indian and Insular Affairs .
action_date: 2023-03-07
text: Referred to the Committee on Natural Resources, and in addition to the Committee on Oversight and Accountability, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
action_date: 2023-03-07
text: Referred to the Committee on Natural Resources, and in addition to the Committee on Oversight and Accountability, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
action_date: 2023-03-07
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2023-03-07
text: Introduced in House
END FENTANYL Act

Bill: 118-hr-1401
Sponsor: Rep. Guest, Michael [R-MS-3]
Introduced: 2023-03-07 in the House
Policy area: Immigration

Summary:
action_date: 2023-03-07
text: 

Eradicating Narcotic Drugs and Formulating Effective New Tools to Address National Yearly Losses of life Act or the END FENTANYL Act

 
This bill requires U.S. Customs and Border Protection to review and update, as necessary, manuals and policies related to inspections at ports of entry to ensure the uniformity of inspection practices to effectively detect illegal activity along the border, such as the smuggling of drugs and humans. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2024-12-17
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Trade.
action_date: 2023-03-08
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Border Security and Enforcement.
action_date: 2023-03-07
text: Referred to the Committee on Homeland Security, and in addition to the Committee on Ways and Means, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
action_date: 2023-03-07
text: Referred to the Committee on Homeland Security, and in addition to the Committee on Ways and Means, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
action_date: 2023-03-07
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2023-03-07
text: Introduced in House
Boxing Therapy for Parkinson’s Access Act of 2023

Bill: 118-hr-1402
Sponsor: Rep. Higgins, Brian [D-NY-26]
Introduced: 2023-03-07 in the House
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Neurological disorders
Physical fitness and lifestyle
Veterans' education, employment, rehabilitation
Veterans' medical care

Summary:
action_date: 2023-03-07
text: 

Boxing Therapy for Parkinson's Access Act of 2023

 
This bill requires the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) to furnish boxing-based exercise classes to veterans who (1) are enrolled in the VA health care system, (2) have been diagnosed with Parkinson's disease (or a similar movement disorder), and (3) elect to participate in such classes to treat the disease or disorder.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2024-05-23
text: ASSUMING FIRST SPONSORSHIP - Mr. LaHood asked unanimous consent that he may hereafter be considered as the first sponsor of H.R. 1402, a bill originally introduced by Representative Higgins (NY), for the purpose of adding cosponsors and requesting reprintings pursuant to clause 7 of rule XII. Agreed to without objection.
action_date: 2023-03-30
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2023-03-07
text: Referred to the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
action_date: 2023-03-07
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2023-03-07
text: Introduced in House
STEM RESTART Act

Bill: 118-hr-1403
Sponsor: Rep. Houlahan, Chrissy [D-PA-6]
Introduced: 2023-03-07 in the House
Policy area: Labor and Employment

Summary:
action_date: 2023-03-07
text: 

STEM Restoring Employment Skills through Targeted Assistance, Re-entry, and Training Act or the STEM RESTART Act

 
This bill establishes a new national program to support mid-career workers, including workers from underrepresented or rural populations, in reentering or transitioning to the STEM (science, technology, engineering, and mathematics) workforce by awarding grants to certain small- and medium-sized businesses to assist such workers in reentering or transitioning to the workforce at positions above entry level.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2023-03-07
text: Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce.
action_date: 2023-03-07
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2023-03-07
text: Introduced in House
Facial Recognition and Biometric Technology Moratorium Act of 2023

Bill: 118-hr-1404
Sponsor: Rep. Jayapal, Pramila [D-WA-7]
Introduced: 2023-03-07 in the House
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security

Summary:
action_date: 2023-03-07
text: 

Facial Recognition and Biometric Technology Moratorium Act of 2023

 
This bill imposes limits on the use of biometric surveillance systems (such as facial recognition systems) by federal, state, and local government entities.
 
A federal agency or official may not in an official capacity acquire, possess, or use in the United States any biometric surveillance system or information obtained by such a system unless Congress passes an act that specifically authorizes such a use. Such an act of Congress must contain certain provisions, such as provisions naming the specific authorized entity and auditing requirements relating to the system.
 
Information obtained in violation of this bill shall not be admissible by the federal government in any proceeding or investigation, except in a proceeding alleging a violation of this bill.
 
An individual aggrieved by a violation of these restrictions shall have the right to sue. Any state officer authorized to sue on behalf of the state's residents shall also have the right to sue on behalf of the state's aggrieved residents.
 
A state or local government unit shall not receive certain federal law enforcement grants unless the government unit complies with a law or policy that is substantially similar to this bill's restrictions on acquiring and using biometric surveillance systems.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2023-03-07
text: Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committee on Oversight and Accountability, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
action_date: 2023-03-07
text: Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committee on Oversight and Accountability, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
action_date: 2023-03-07
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2023-03-07
text: Introduced in House
IMPACTT Human Trafficking Act

Bill: 118-hr-1405
Sponsor: Rep. Joyce, David P. [R-OH-14]
Introduced: 2023-03-07 in the House
Policy area: Immigration
Subjects: Congressional oversight
Crime victims
Government employee pay, benefits, personnel management
Government information and archives
Human trafficking
Law enforcement officers
Mental health
Refugees, asylum, displaced persons

Summary:
action_date: 2023-03-07
text: 

IMPACTT Human Trafficking Act

 
This bill establishes a program within U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) to provide outreach and training to HSI employees who have been exposed to various forms of trauma in working with victims of human trafficking.
 
The bill also provides statutory authority for the HSI Victim Assistance Program.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2023-03-07
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2023-03-07
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2023-03-07
text: Introduced in House
Sustainable Cardiopulmonary Rehabilitation Services in the Home Act

Bill: 118-hr-1406
Sponsor: Rep. Joyce, John [R-PA-13]
Introduced: 2023-03-07 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Cardiovascular and respiratory health
Department of Health and Human Services
Health technology, devices, supplies
Home and outpatient care
Long-term, rehabilitative, and terminal care
Medicare
Telephone and wireless communication

Summary:
action_date: 2023-03-07
text: 

Sustainable Cardiopulmonary Rehabilitation Services in the Home Act

 
This bill permanently allows services relating to cardiac rehabilitation programs, intensive cardiac rehabilitation programs, and pulmonary rehabilitation programs to be furnished via telehealth at a beneficiary's home under Medicare. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2024-12-17
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2024-05-16
text: Forwarded by Subcommittee to Full Committee (Amended) by Voice Vote.
action_date: 2024-05-16
text: Subcommittee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held
action_date: 2023-03-17
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2023-03-07
text: Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on Ways and Means, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
action_date: 2023-03-07
text: Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on Ways and Means, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
action_date: 2023-03-07
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2023-03-07
text: Introduced in House
Financing Lead Out of Water Act

Bill: 118-hr-1407
Sponsor: Rep. Kildee, Daniel T. [D-MI-8]
Introduced: 2023-03-07 in the House
Policy area: Taxation

Summary:
action_date: 2023-03-07
text: 

Financing Lead Out of Water Act of 2023

 
This bill allows the issuance of tax-exempt private activity bonds to finance the replacement of any privately-owned portion of a lead service line in a public water system. Specifically, the bill provides that the use of proceeds from such bonds for replacement of a lead service line does not constitute private business use.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2024-12-17
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Work and Welfare.
action_date: 2023-03-07
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2023-03-07
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2023-03-07
text: Introduced in House
Taylor Force Martyr Payment Prevention Act of 2023

Bill: 118-hr-1408
Sponsor: Rep. Lamborn, Doug [R-CO-5]
Introduced: 2023-03-07 in the House
Policy area: Finance and Financial Sector

Summary:
action_date: 2023-03-07
text: 

Taylor Force Martyr Payment Prevention Act of 2023 

 
This bill expands the institutional factors the Department of the Treasury must consider when making a finding that a foreign financial institution is of primary money laundering concern and is therefore subject to special measures, including the prohibition of opening or maintaining correspondent accounts in U.S financial institutions. Specifically, Treasury must consider (1) the extent to which an institution knowingly provides financial services to Hamas, or to an agent of Hamas; and (2) the extent to which an institution, transaction, or type of account is used to facilitate or promote payments for certain acts of terrorism against U.S. and Israeli citizens.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2023-03-07
text: Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services.
action_date: 2023-03-07
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2023-03-07
text: Introduced in House
FDIC Board Accountability Act

Bill: 118-hr-1409
Sponsor: Rep. Luetkemeyer, Blaine [R-MO-3]
Introduced: 2023-03-07 in the House
Policy area: Finance and Financial Sector

Summary:
action_date: 2023-03-07
text: 

FDIC Board Accountability Act 

 
This bill revises provisions related to the board of directors of the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation. Specifically, the bill removes the director of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau from the board as a voting member and requires the appointment of an individual with demonstrated primary experience working in or supervising small depository institutions. Further, the bill limits the term length of a board member to twelve years. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2023-03-07
text: Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services.
action_date: 2023-03-07
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2023-03-07
text: Introduced in House
Consumer Financial Protection Commission Act

Bill: 118-hr-1410
Sponsor: Rep. Luetkemeyer, Blaine [R-MO-3]
Introduced: 2023-03-07 in the House
Policy area: Finance and Financial Sector

Summary:
action_date: 2023-03-07
text: 

Consumer Financial Protection Commission Act

 
This bill removes the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau from the Federal Reserve System, converts the bureau into an independent commission, and modifies its leadership structure. Specifically, the bill eliminates the positions of director and deputy director and establishes a five-person commission appointed by the President and confirmed by the Senate.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2023-03-07
text: Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services.
action_date: 2023-03-07
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2023-03-07
text: Introduced in House
CFPB–IG Reform Act of 2023

Bill: 118-hr-1411
Sponsor: Rep. Luetkemeyer, Blaine [R-MO-3]
Introduced: 2023-03-07 in the House
Policy area: Finance and Financial Sector

Summary:
action_date: 2023-03-07
text: 

Bureau of Consumer Financial Protection-Inspector General Reform Act of 2023 or the CFPB-IG Act of 2023

 
This bill establishes a separate Office of Inspector General for the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB). Currently, such oversight of the CFPB is combined with the Office of Inspector General for the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2023-03-07
text: Referred to the Committee on Oversight and Accountability, and in addition to the Committee on Financial Services, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
action_date: 2023-03-07
text: Referred to the Committee on Oversight and Accountability, and in addition to the Committee on Financial Services, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
action_date: 2023-03-07
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2023-03-07
text: Introduced in House
Digital Equity Foundation Act of 2023

Bill: 118-hr-1412
Sponsor: Rep. Matsui, Doris O. [D-CA-7]
Introduced: 2023-03-07 in the House
Policy area: Science, Technology, Communications

Summary:
action_date: 2023-03-07
text: 

Digital Equity Foundation Act of 2023

 
This bill sets out a process for establishing a foundation to raise funding for, develop programs and partnerships to, and otherwise support efforts to expand access to broadband internet and promote digital literacy, inclusion, and equity. The bill authorizes the foundation to carry out a range of activities to advance its mission, such as awarding grants and establishing for-profit subsidiaries to stimulate economic development and attract investment partners.
 
Specifically, the bill creates a temporary committee with members appointed by the Department of Commerce and other federal departments and agencies to set up the foundation and appoint the initial voting members of its board of directors.
 
Within 90 days of the establishment of the foundation, the board must convene an advisory committee to annually report on and make recommendations concerning the foundation's activities. Additionally, within one year of the bill's enactment (and with input of the advisory committee), the foundation must provide Congress with a strategic plan for its activities during the two-year period following the submission of the plan.
 
The Government Accountability Office (GAO) must evaluate the foundation's activities every five years, and the foundation must provide Commerce and GAO with annual audits.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2023-03-17
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Communications and Technology.
action_date: 2023-03-07
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2023-03-07
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2023-03-07
text: Introduced in House
Expanding America’s National Cemetery Act of 2023

Bill: 118-hr-1413
Sponsor: Rep. McClain, Lisa C. [R-MI-9]
Introduced: 2023-03-07 in the House
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security

Summary:
action_date: 2023-03-07
text: 

Expanding America's National Cemetery Act of 2023

 
This bill requires the Department of Veterans Affairs, before Arlington National Cemetery reaches capacity, to expand or otherwise modify an existing national cemetery to ensure that full military honors are provided in a specified manner. 
 
Specifically, the VA must expand or modify such a cemetery to ensure that full military honors are provided (1) in a manner consistent with the full military honors provided for interment in Arlington National Cemetery as of March 31, 2023; and (2) using the eligibility criteria in effect on March 31, 2023, for providing full military honors for interment in Arlington National Cemetery.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2023-03-30
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Disability Assistance and Memorial Affairs.
action_date: 2023-03-07
text: Referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs, and in addition to the Committee on Armed Services, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
action_date: 2023-03-07
text: Referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs, and in addition to the Committee on Armed Services, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
action_date: 2023-03-07
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2023-03-07
text: Introduced in House
Keep Innovation in America Act

Bill: 118-hr-1414
Sponsor: Rep. McHenry, Patrick T. [R-NC-10]
Introduced: 2023-03-07 in the House
Policy area: Taxation

Summary:
action_date: 2023-03-07
text: 

Keep Innovation in America Act

 
This bill modifies provisions enacted by the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act relating to the definitions of broker and digital assets and their reporting requirements. 
 
The bill redefines
 broker
, for tax reporting purposes, to mean any person who (for consideration) stands ready in the ordinary course of business to effect sales of digital assets at the direction of their customers. 
 
The bill redefines 
digital asset
 to mean any digital representation of value which is recorded on a cryptographically secured distribution ledger (this revised definition eliminates the discretion of the Department of the Treasury to include 
similar technology
 in the definition of digital asset). 
 
The bill eliminates the cash reporting requirement for digital assets (i.e., receipt of more than $10,000) but requires Treasury, in consultation with the Financial Crimes Enforcement Network and other representatives of the digital asset industry, to conduct a study of, and report on, the effect of expanding the definition of cash to include any digital asset.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2023-03-07
text: Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committee on Financial Services, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
action_date: 2023-03-07
text: Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committee on Financial Services, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
action_date: 2023-03-07
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2023-03-07
text: Introduced in House
School Social Workers Improving Student Success Act

Bill: 118-hr-1415
Sponsor: Rep. Moore, Gwen [D-WI-4]
Introduced: 2023-03-07 in the House
Policy area: Education

Summary:
action_date: 2023-03-07
text: 

School Social Workers Improving Student Success Act

 
This bill provides certain resources to increase the number of social workers in elementary and secondary schools. 
 
Specifically, the bill directs the Department of Education to award grants to high-need local educational agencies to retain or hire school social workers.
 
The bill also establishes a national technical assistance center for school social work to, among other duties, develop strategies for improving the effectiveness of the school social work workforce.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2023-03-07
text: Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce.
action_date: 2023-03-07
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2023-03-07
text: Introduced in House
Federal Retirement Thrift Investment Board Inspector General Act of 2023

Bill: 118-hr-1416
Sponsor: Del. Norton, Eleanor Holmes [D-DC-At Large]
Introduced: 2023-03-07 in the House
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics

Summary:
action_date: 2023-03-07
text: 

Federal Retirement Thrift Investment Board Inspector General Act of 2023

 
This bill establishes a Federal Retirement Thrift Investment Board Inspector General.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2023-03-07
text: Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Accountability.
action_date: 2023-03-07
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E189)
action_date: 2023-03-07
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2023-03-07
text: Introduced in House