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Reporting Accountability and Abuse Prevention Act of 2023

Bill: 118-hr-437
Sponsor: Rep. Smucker, Lloyd [R-PA-11]
Introduced: 2023-01-20 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Child health
Child safety and welfare
Crime prevention
Crime victims
Crimes against children
Criminal justice information and records
Domestic violence and child abuse
Family planning and birth control
Health information and medical records
Health personnel
Health programs administration and funding
Human trafficking
Sex and reproductive health
Sex offenses
Sexually transmitted diseases
State and local government operations
Violent crime

Summary:
action_date: 2023-01-20
text: 

Reporting Accountability and Abuse Prevention Act of 2023

 
This bill requires recipients of grants for family planning services to demonstrate their compliance with state and local laws that mandate reporting of child abuse, human trafficking, or other mistreatment.
 
If a grantee does not comply, the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) must first work with the grantee to remedy violations. For subsequent violations, the bill directs HHS to recoup funds received by the grantee. It also bars the grantee from receiving family planning funds for 36 months.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2023-01-27
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2023-01-20
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2023-01-20
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2023-01-20
text: Introduced in House
True Cost Act

Bill: 118-hr-438
Sponsor: Rep. Stewart, Chris [R-UT-2]
Introduced: 2023-01-20 in the House
Policy area: Economics and Public Finance
Subjects: Budget deficits and national debt
Budget process
Government information and archives
Tax administration and collection, taxpayers

Summary:
action_date: 2023-01-20
text: 

True Cost Act

 
This bill requires the President's annual budget submission to Congress to include estimates of the cost per individual taxpayer for (1) the public debt, and (2) any projected budget deficit for a fiscal year.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2023-01-20
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Budget.
action_date: 2023-01-20
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2023-01-20
text: Introduced in House
Public Land Search and Rescue Act

Bill: 118-hr-439
Sponsor: Rep. Stewart, Chris [R-UT-2]
Introduced: 2023-01-20 in the House
Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources

Summary:
action_date: 2023-01-20
text: 

Public Land Search and Rescue Act 

 
This bill directs the Department of the Interior to establish a program to allocate resources to remote search and rescue activities conducted on lands under the jurisdiction of the Department of Agriculture or Interior.
 
Interior may award a grant under the program to a state or a political subdivision to (1) purchase equipment and gear necessary for remote search and rescue activities, (2) reimburse such an eligible recipient for the cost of maintenance and repair of remote search and rescue equipment owned or leased by the recipient, and (3) reimburse state and local agencies responsible for remote search and rescue activities.
 
Interior must prioritize an application from an eligible recipient who serves an area with a high ratio of visitors to residents. 
 
The federal share of assistance under the program shall be 75% of the cost of an eligible project.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2023-02-21
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Federal Lands.
action_date: 2023-02-13
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Forestry.
action_date: 2023-01-20
text: Referred to the Committee on Natural Resources, and in addition to the Committee on Agriculture, 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: 2023-01-20
text: Referred to the Committee on Natural Resources, and in addition to the Committee on Agriculture, 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: 2023-01-20
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2023-01-20
text: Introduced in House
Cancel the Coin Act

Bill: 118-hr-440
Sponsor: Rep. Timmons, William R. IV [R-SC-4]
Introduced: 2023-01-20 in the House
Policy area: Finance and Financial Sector

Summary:
action_date: 2023-01-20
text: 

Cancel the Coin Act

 
This bill prohibits the Department of the Treasury from minting or issuing any coin, including platinum bullion coins and proof platinum coins, having a nominal or face value exceeding $200.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2023-01-20
text: Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services.
action_date: 2023-01-20
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2023-01-20
text: Introduced in House
Leak and Lose Act of 2023

Bill: 118-hr-441
Sponsor: Rep. Timmons, William R. IV [R-SC-4]
Introduced: 2023-01-20 in the House
Policy area: Law
Subjects: Civil actions and liability
Judicial procedure and administration
Supreme Court

Summary:
action_date: 2023-01-20
text: 

Leak and Lose Act of 2023

 
This bill establishes federal criminal offenses for acts involving the concealment, removal, or destruction of an opinion or draft opinion of the Supreme Court before it is published. 
 
Specifically, the bill prohibits the willful and unlawful (1) concealment, removal, mutilation, obliteration, or destruction of an opinion or draft opinion; (2) attempt to conceal, remove, mutilate, obliterate, or destroy an opinion or draft opinion; and (3) taking or carrying away (including electronically) of an opinion or draft opinion with the intent to conceal, remove, mutilate, obliterate, or destroy. 
 
An individual who violates the prohibition is subject to a $5,000 fine and, if applicable, the permanent forfeiture of his or her admission to federal courts for the practice of law.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2023-01-20
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2023-01-20
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2023-01-20
text: Introduced in House
Regulatory Accountability Act

Bill: 118-hr-442
Sponsor: Rep. Van Duyne, Beth [R-TX-24]
Introduced: 2023-01-20 in the House
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Administrative remedies
Competition and antitrust
Competitiveness, trade promotion, trade deficits
Consumer affairs
Economic performance and conditions
Government information and archives
Inflation and prices
Judicial review and appeals
Public participation and lobbying

Summary:
action_date: 2023-01-20
text: 

Regulatory Accountability Act 

 
This bill expands and provides statutory authority for notice-and-comment rulemaking procedures to require federal agencies to consider (1) whether a rulemaking is required by statute or is within the discretion of the agency, (2) whether existing laws or rules could be amended or rescinded to address the problem, and (3) reasonable alternatives to a new rule.
 
For proposed major or high-impact rules that have a specified significant economic impact or adverse effect on the public health or safety, an agency must
 
 
publish notice of such rulemaking to invite interested parties to propose alternatives and ideas to accomplish the agency's objectives; 
 
allow persons interested in high-impact or certain major rules to petition for a public hearing with oral presentation, cross-examination, and the burden of proof on the proponent of the rule; 
 
adopt the rule that maximizes net benefits within the scope of the statutory provision authorizing the rule, unless the agency explains the costs and benefits that justify adopting an alternative rule and such rule is approved by the Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs (OIRA); and 
 
publish a framework and metrics for measuring the ongoing effectiveness of the rule. 

 
Agencies must notify OIRA with certain information about a proposed rulemaking, including specified discussion and preliminary explanations concerning a major or high-impact rule. Further, OIRA must establish certain rulemaking guidelines.
 
Additionally, the bill (1) revises the scope of judicial review of agency actions, and (2) establishes requirements for agencies issuing guidance.
 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2023-01-20
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2023-01-20
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2023-01-20
text: Introduced in House
End For-Profit Prisons Act of 2023

Bill: 118-hr-444
Sponsor: Rep. Watson Coleman, Bonnie [D-NJ-12]
Introduced: 2023-01-20 in the House
Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement
Subjects: Congressional oversight
Correctional facilities and imprisonment
Criminal procedure and sentencing
Government employee pay, benefits, personnel management
Public contracts and procurement

Summary:
action_date: 2023-01-20
text: 

End For-Profit Prisons Act of 2023
 
 
This bill establishes a framework to phase out existing Bureau of Prisons (BOP) and U.S. Marshals Service contracts with private companies for correctional facilities and community confinement facilities (e.g., halfway houses).
 
The bill requires the Department of Justice to develop guidelines for community reintegration programs at community confinement facilities.
 
In carrying out prerelease and reentry planning procedures, the bill requires the BOP to ensure prisoners receive information and counseling about criminal record expungement; educational, employment, and treatment programs; and applications for public assistance programs, a driver's license, and voter registration. The BOP must also provide prisoners with postrelease information about fines, assessments, surcharges, restitution, and other penalties. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2023-01-20
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2023-01-20
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2023-01-20
text: Introduced in House
HHS Reproductive and Sexual Health Ombuds Act of 2023

Bill: 118-hr-445
Sponsor: Rep. Williams, Nikema [D-GA-5]
Introduced: 2023-01-20 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Abortion
Congressional oversight
Department of Health and Human Services
Executive agency funding and structure
Government studies and investigations
Health care costs and insurance
Health promotion and preventive care
Right of privacy
Sex and reproductive health
Women's health

Summary:
action_date: 2023-01-20
text: 

HHS Reproductive and Sexual Health Ombuds Act of 2023

 
This bill creates a position within the Department of Health and Human Services to support access to reproductive and sexual health services (including services relating to pregnancy and the termination of a pregnancy) that are evidence-based and medically accurate.
 
Functions of the position include (1) educating the public about medication abortions and other sexual and reproductive health services, (2) collecting and analyzing data about consumer access to and health insurance coverage for those services, and (3) coordinating with the Federal Trade Commission on issues related to consumer protection and data privacy for those services.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2023-01-27
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2023-01-20
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2023-01-20
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2023-01-20
text: Introduced in House
Ensuring the Safety of Our Mail Act of 2023

Bill: 118-hr-446
Sponsor: Rep. Calvert, Ken [R-CA-41]
Introduced: 2023-01-24 in the House
Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement
Subjects: Crimes against property
Criminal procedure and sentencing
Fraud offenses and financial crimes
Postal service

Summary:
action_date: 2023-01-24
text: 

Ensuring the Safety of Our Mail Act of 2023

 
This bill increases from 5 to 10 years the maximum prison term for a defendant who commits mail theft.



Legislative actions:
action_date: 2023-01-24
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2023-01-24
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2023-01-24
text: Introduced in House
MMEDS Act of 2023

Bill: 118-hr-447
Sponsor: Rescom. González-Colón, Jenniffer [R-PR-At Large]
Introduced: 2023-01-24 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Aging
Business expenses
Business investment and capital
Cardiovascular and respiratory health
Community life and organization
Congressional oversight
Drug safety, medical device, and laboratory regulation
Economic development
Emergency medical services and trauma care
Government studies and investigations
Health technology, devices, supplies
Housing and community development funding
Immunology and vaccination
Income tax credits
Income tax deductions
Industrial facilities
Infectious and parasitic diseases
Manufacturing
Medical research
Medical tests and diagnostic methods
Minority and disadvantaged businesses
Minority health
Poverty and welfare assistance
Public-private cooperation
Research administration and funding
Research and development
Strategic materials and reserves
Unemployment
Veterans' medical care
Wages and earnings

Summary:
action_date: 2023-01-24
text: 

Medical Manufacturing, Economic Development, and Sustainability Act of 2023 or the MMEDS Act of 2023

 
This bill provides incentives for relocating medical manufacturing facilities in the United States and for manufacturing medical products (i.e., drugs and devices) in economically distressed zones. Specifically, the bill allows a income tax credit for 40% of the sum of wages paid in a medical manufacturing economically distressed zone, employee fringe benefit expenses, and depreciation and amortization allowances with respect to qualified medical manufacturing facility property, and a credit for economically distressed zone products and services acquired by domestic medical manufacturers. The bill increases the credit rate for minority businesses.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2023-01-24
text: Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, 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: 2023-01-24
text: Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, 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: 2023-01-24
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2023-01-24
text: Introduced in House
Putting Investors First Act of 2023

Bill: 118-hr-448
Sponsor: Rep. Steil, Bryan [R-WI-1]
Introduced: 2023-01-24 in the House
Policy area: Finance and Financial Sector

Summary:
action_date: 2023-01-24
text: 

Putting Investors First Act of 2023

 
This bill requires a proxy advisory firm to register with the Securities and Exchange Commission and prohibits an unregistered proxy advisory firm from using interstate commerce to provide proxy-voting advice, research, analysis, or recommendations to any client. 
 
With respect to these firms, the bill (1) establishes procedures for both registration and termination of registration; (2) requires each firm to employ an ombudsman, designate a compliance officer, and publicly disclose conflicts of interest; (3) allows issuers to assess and comment on proxy voting recommendations; and (4) prohibits unfair, coercive, or abusive practices.
 
The bill establishes a private right of action against a proxy advisory firm that endorses an approved proposal that is not supported by the issuer and is found to be illegal.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2023-01-24
text: Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services.
action_date: 2023-01-24
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2023-01-24
text: Introduced in House
Microloan Transparency and Accountability Act of 2023

Bill: 118-hr-449
Sponsor: Rep. Burchett, Tim [R-TN-2]
Introduced: 2023-01-24 in the House
Policy area: Commerce
Subjects: Administrative remedies
Congressional oversight
Government information and archives
Government lending and loan guarantees
Government studies and investigations
Rural conditions and development
Small Business Administration

Summary:
action_date: 2023-01-24
text: 

Microloan Transparency and Accountability Act of 2023

 
This bill modifies reporting requirements related to the Small Business Administration's (SBA) disbursement of certain financial assistance.
 
Specifically, the bill requires the SBA to report certain metrics related to the disbursement of microloans to small businesses, including (1) the number, amount, and percentage of such loans that went into default in the previous year; (2) the extent to which microloans are provided to small businesses in rural areas; and (3) the average size, rate of interest, and amount of fees charged for each microloan. 

action_date: 2023-01-25
text: 

Microloan Transparency and Accountability Act of 2023

 
This bill modifies reporting requirements related to the Small Business Administration's (SBA) disbursement of certain financial assistance.
 
Specifically, the bill requires the SBA to report certain metrics related to the disbursement of microloans to small businesses, including (1) the number, amount, and percentage of such loans that went into default in the previous year; (2) the extent to which microloans are provided to small businesses in rural areas; and (3) the average size, rate of interest, and amount of fees charged for each microloan. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2023-01-26
text: Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship.
action_date: 2023-01-25
text: Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
action_date: 2023-01-25
text: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill Agreed to by voice vote. (text: CR H303)
action_date: 2023-01-25
text: Passed/agreed to in House: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill Agreed to by voice vote. (text: CR H303)
action_date: 2023-01-25
text: DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on H.R. 449.
action_date: 2023-01-25
text: Considered under suspension of the rules. (consideration: CR H303-304)
action_date: 2023-01-25
text: Mr. Graves (MO) moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill.
action_date: 2023-01-24
text: Referred to the House Committee on Small Business.
action_date: 2023-01-24
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2023-01-24
text: Introduced in House
Repeal the NFA Act

Bill: 118-hr-450
Sponsor: Rep. Burlison, Eric [R-MO-7]
Introduced: 2023-01-24 in the House
Policy area: Taxation

Summary:
action_date: 2023-01-24
text: 
 
Repeal the NFA Act 

 
This bill repeals the National Firearms Act.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2023-01-24
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2023-01-24
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2023-01-24
text: Introduced in House
Protecting Families from Fertility Fraud Act of 2023

Bill: 118-hr-451
Sponsor: Rep. Bice, Stephanie I. [R-OK-5]
Introduced: 2023-01-24 in the House
Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement
Subjects: Fraud offenses and financial crimes
Genetics
Sex and reproductive health

Summary:
action_date: 2023-01-24
text: 

Protecting Families from Fertility Fraud Act of 2023

 
This bill establishes a new federal criminal offense for knowingly misrepresenting the nature or source of DNA used in assisted reproductive technology or assisted insemination.
 
The term 
assisted reproductive technology
 includes any treatment or procedure that involves the handling of human oocytes or embryos, such as in vitro fertilization, gamete intrafallopian transfer, and zygote intrafallopian transfer. The term 
assisted insemination
 includes any procedure that involves the handling of sperm including intrauterine insemination.
 
A violation is subject to a fine, a prison term of up to 10 years, or both. Additionally, the bill makes the violation a predicate offense (i.e., an underlying offense) for prosecutions under the federal racketeering statute. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2023-01-24
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2023-01-24
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2023-01-24
text: Introduced in House
Education Savings Accounts for Military Families Act of 2023

Bill: 118-hr-452
Sponsor: Rep. Banks, Jim [R-IN-3]
Introduced: 2023-01-24 in the House
Policy area: Education
Subjects: Bank accounts, deposits, capital
Education programs funding
Elementary and secondary education
Income tax exclusion
Military personnel and dependents
Student aid and college costs

Summary:
action_date: 2023-01-24
text: 

Education Savings Accounts for Military Families Act of 

2023

 
This bill directs the Department of Education (ED) to establish a program to provide children with parents on active duty in the uniformed services with funds to pay educational expenses.
 
Specifically, ED must establish a tax-exempt Military Education Savings Account for dependent children of parents in the uniformed services for the payment of the children's educational expenses. Funds in the savings account may be used for specified purposes, including the cost of attendance at a private elementary or secondary school or institution of higher education, private tutoring, or costs associated with an apprenticeship or other vocational training program.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2023-01-24
text: Referred to the Committee on Education and the Workforce, and in addition to the Committees on Ways and Means, and Appropriations, 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: 2023-01-24
text: Referred to the Committee on Education and the Workforce, and in addition to the Committees on Ways and Means, and Appropriations, 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: 2023-01-24
text: Referred to the Committee on Education and the Workforce, and in addition to the Committees on Ways and Means, and Appropriations, 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: 2023-01-24
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2023-01-24
text: Introduced in House