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Afghan Allies Protection Act of 2023

Bill: 118-hr-3808
Sponsor: Rep. Crow, Jason [D-CO-6]
Introduced: 2023-06-05 in the House
Policy area: Immigration

Summary:
action_date: 2023-06-05
text: 

Afghan Allies Protection Act of 2023

 
This bill makes an additional 20,000 special immigrant visas available to eligible citizens or nationals of Afghanistan who assisted U.S. efforts there and addresses related issues. (Generally, these visas are available to individuals who were employed in Afghanistan by the U.S. government or the International Security Assistance Force for at least one year.)
 
Specifically, the bill expands the window of eligibility for meeting certain requirements for such visas. Currently, an applicant must complete the employment requirements by the end of 2024, and the bill extends this window to the end of 2029. Similarly, the bill extends the deadline to apply for a visa with the Chief of Mission from the end of 2024 to the end of 2029.
 
The bill also makes these visas available to otherwise eligible individuals who could not complete the employment requirements due to an injury sustained during the employment.
 
The bill also addresses the processing of these visas, including by (1) requiring each relevant federal agency to designate a senior official to oversee the integrity and efficiency of visa processing; (2) authorizing the use of virtual video meetings to sign applications and to give oaths; (3) requiring the Department of State to reimburse applicants for the cost of medical examinations required by immigration law, if the applicant petitions for such reimbursement; and (4) requiring the State Department to develop a strategy to address pending applications.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2023-06-05
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2023-06-05
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2023-06-05
text: Introduced in House
Cybersecurity for Rural Water Systems Act of 2023

Bill: 118-hr-3809
Sponsor: Rep. Davis, Donald G. [D-NC-1]
Introduced: 2023-06-05 in the House
Policy area: Agriculture and Food
Subjects: Computer security and identity theft
Computers and information technology
Rural conditions and development
Water resources funding
Water use and supply

Summary:
action_date: 2023-06-05
text: 

Cybersecurity for Rural Water Systems Act of 2023

 
This bill amends the Department of Agriculture (USDA) Circuit Rider Program to include cybersecurity technical assistance for rural water systems serving fewer than 10,000 people. Under the program, USDA provides technical assistance to rural water systems that are experiencing day-to-day operational, financial, or managerial issues. 
 
Specifically, the program's cybersecurity technical assistance must (1) assess system efficacy in protecting against cyber threats; and (2) implement cybersecurity plans, procedures, and technologies to protect against cyber threats.
 
The bill also reauthorizes the Circuit Rider Program through FY2028. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2023-07-10
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Commodity Markets, Digital Assets, and Rural Development.
action_date: 2023-06-05
text: Referred to the House Committee on Agriculture.
action_date: 2023-06-05
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2023-06-05
text: Introduced in House
Drug Origin Transparency Act of 2023

Bill: 118-hr-3810
Sponsor: Rep. Eshoo, Anna G. [D-CA-16]
Introduced: 2023-06-05 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Consumer affairs
Government information and archives
Manufacturing
Prescription drugs

Summary:
action_date: 2023-06-05
text: 

Drug Origin Transparency Act of 2023 

This bill requires drug manufacturers to report on the suppliers of ingredients used in their products.

Specifically, drug manufacturers must report information relating to the supply chain of their products, including the suppliers of active ingredients and the amount of drugs that are manufactured using those ingredients. Drug manufacturers must also include information about the manufacturers of ingredients on the labels of their products.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2023-06-09
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2023-06-05
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2023-06-05
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2023-06-05
text: Introduced in House
Veterans Mental and Behavioral Health Quality of Care Act

Bill: 118-hr-3811
Sponsor: Rep. Fallon, Pat [R-TX-4]
Introduced: 2023-06-05 in the House
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Advisory bodies
Behavioral sciences
Congressional oversight
Health personnel
Mental health
Veterans' medical care

Summary:
action_date: 2023-06-05
text: 

Veterans Mental and Behavioral Health Quality of Care Act

 
This bill requires the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) to use an independent and objective outside organization to study the difference in the quality of care between behavioral and mental health care provided by VA providers and care provided by non-VA providers.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2023-07-05
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2023-06-05
text: Referred to the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
action_date: 2023-06-05
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2023-06-05
text: Introduced in House
Financial Stability Oversight Council Improvement Act of 2023

Bill: 118-hr-3812
Sponsor: Rep. Foster, Bill [D-IL-11]
Introduced: 2023-06-05 in the House
Policy area: Finance and Financial Sector

Summary:
action_date: 2023-06-05
text: 

Financial Stability Oversight Council Improvement Act of 2023

 
The bill requires the Financial Stability Oversight Council, prior to determining that a U.S. nonbank financial company shall be supervised by the Federal Reserve Board and therefore subject to certain prudential standards, to first determine that certain alternative actions would not mitigate the threat the company may pose to U.S. financial stability.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2023-06-05
text: Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services.
action_date: 2023-06-05
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2023-06-05
text: Introduced in House
CDC Leadership Accountability Act of 2023

Bill: 118-hr-3813
Sponsor: Rep. Guthrie, Brett [R-KY-2]
Introduced: 2023-06-05 in the House
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Subjects: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)
Federal officials

Summary:
action_date: 2023-06-05
text: 

CDC Leadership Accountability Act of 2023

This bill changes a requirement that the Director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention be confirmed by the Senate beginning on January 20, 2025. The bill changes the effective date for the requirement to June 1, 2023. The bill also specifies that an individual appointed to the position during the period that begins on June 1, 2023, and ends when this bill is enacted is deemed to serve in an acting capacity until their confirmation by the Senate.

 
 

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2023-07-19
text: Ordered to be Reported by the Yeas and Nays: 27 - 20.
action_date: 2023-07-19
text: Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
action_date: 2023-07-13
text: Subcommittee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held
action_date: 2023-07-13
text: Forwarded by Subcommittee to Full Committee by the Yeas and Nays: 14 - 12.
action_date: 2023-06-09
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2023-06-05
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2023-06-05
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2023-06-05
text: Introduced in House
Future of Agricultural Resiliency And Modernization Act

Bill: 118-hr-3814
Sponsor: Rep. Harder, Josh [D-CA-9]
Introduced: 2023-06-05 in the House
Policy area: Agriculture and Food
Subjects: Agricultural conservation and pollution
Agricultural equipment and machinery
Agricultural research
Air quality
Alternative and renewable resources
Climate change and greenhouse gases
Congressional oversight
Energy storage, supplies, demand
Environmental technology
Fires
Floods and storm protection
Natural disasters
Pest management
Soil pollution
Water quality
Water use and supply

Summary:
action_date: 2023-06-05
text: 

Future of Agricultural Resiliency And Modernization Act

 
This bill directs the Department of Agriculture (USDA) to award grants to certain entities, including states, local governments, and nonprofit organizations, to carry out projects that further agricultural resiliency and modernization, such as projects that reduce greenhouse gas emissions; improve air, water, and soil health; and increase carbon sequestration.
 
Additionally, USDA must establish a program to award grants to governmental organizations and private entities in the agricultural sector to carry out at least 10 pilot projects; these projects must have the potential to reduce or sequester greenhouse emissions that convert and valorize tree nut harvest by-products and waste into multiple higher value biocarbon products, including sustainable industrial applications, agrochemicals, repurposing process heat, energy, and construction materials.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2023-07-10
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Conservation, Research, and Biotechnology.
action_date: 2023-07-10
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Commodity Markets, Digital Assets, and Rural Development.
action_date: 2023-06-05
text: Referred to the House Committee on Agriculture.
action_date: 2023-06-05
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2023-06-05
text: Introduced in House
Protecting Mushroom Farmers Act

Bill: 118-hr-3815
Sponsor: Rep. Houlahan, Chrissy [D-PA-6]
Introduced: 2023-06-05 in the House
Policy area: Agriculture and Food
Subjects: Agricultural insurance
Agricultural practices and innovations
Agricultural research
Animal and plant health
Congressional oversight
Food supply, safety, and labeling
Horticulture and plants
Insects
Pest management

Summary:
action_date: 2023-06-05
text: 

Protecting Mushroom Farmers Act

This bill requires the federal crop insurance program (FCIP) to provide for the research and development of a policy to insure the production of mushrooms and mushroom-growing media. (The term 
policy 
means an insurance policy, plan of insurance, provision of a policy or plan of insurance, and related materials.) The Federal Crop Insurance Corporation, the agency that finances FCIP operations, must make any resulting policy available that meets specified FCIP requirements.

As part of the research and development, the bill requires an evaluation of the effectiveness of insurance for the production of mushrooms, including policies that (1) are based on the risk of specific pests and pathogens, (2) consider appropriate best practices to minimize the risk of loss, and (3) consider whether to provide coverage for mushrooms under one policy or to provide coverage for various phases of production.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2023-07-10
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on General Farm Commodities, Risk Management, and Credit.
action_date: 2023-06-05
text: Referred to the House Committee on Agriculture.
action_date: 2023-06-05
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2023-06-05
text: Introduced in House
Veterans’ Entry to Apprenticeship Act

Bill: 118-hr-3816
Sponsor: Rep. James, John [R-MI-10]
Introduced: 2023-06-05 in the House
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Employment and training programs
Veterans' education, employment, rehabilitation

Summary:
action_date: 2023-06-05
text:  

Veterans' Entry to Apprenticeship Act

 
This bill requires the Department of Veterans Affairs to provide the same amount and type of educational assistance to pre-apprenticeship programs as apprenticeship programs in certain circumstances. A pre-apprenticeship program is designed to prepare individuals to enter an apprenticeship program via education and training.
 
In cases where a state does not require any program standards, a pre-apprenticeship program may be treated like an apprenticeship program for purposes of educational assistance if (1) the curriculum of the program is approved and certified by a sponsor, and (2) the program maintains conduct and attendance policies in accordance with a sponsor.

 

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2023-11-02
text: Subcommittee Hearings Held
action_date: 2023-06-29
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Economic Opportunity.
action_date: 2023-06-05
text: Referred to the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
action_date: 2023-06-05
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2023-06-05
text: Introduced in House
Mental Health Workforce and Language Access Act of 2023

Bill: 118-hr-3817
Sponsor: Rep. Meng, Grace [D-NY-6]
Introduced: 2023-06-05 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Congressional oversight
Employee hiring
Foreign language and bilingual programs
Health personnel
Health programs administration and funding
Mental health

Summary:
action_date: 2023-06-05
text: 

Mental Health Workforce and Language Access Act of 2023

 
This bill requires the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) to award supplemental grants to certain federally qualified health centers (FQHCs) for recruiting and retaining mental health care providers who are fluent in another language besides English.
 
HHS must award the grants to FQHCs that are already receiving federal assistance to support outpatient primary care for low-income individuals or other underserved populations. Additionally, HHS must give preference to FQHCs where at least 10% of the patients are best served in a language other than English.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2023-06-09
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2023-06-05
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2023-06-05
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2023-06-05
text: Introduced in House
To prohibit the Secretary of Energy from finalizing a proposed rule related to consumer conventional cooking products, and for other purposes.

Bill: 118-hr-3818
Sponsor: Rep. Newhouse, Dan [R-WA-4]
Introduced: 2023-06-05 in the House
Policy area: Energy
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Department of Energy
Oil and gas
Public utilities and utility rates

Summary:
action_date: 2023-06-05
text: 
This bill prohibits the Department of Energy from finalizing, implementing, administering, or enforcing the proposed rule titled 
Energy Conservation Program: Energy Conservation Standards for Consumer Conventional Cooking Products; Supplemental Notice of Proposed Rulemaking and announcement of public meeting
 with respect to energy conservation standards for gas kitchen ranges and ovens, or any other substantially similar rule, including any rule that would directly or indirectly limit consumer access to gas kitchen ranges or ovens.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2023-06-09
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Energy, Climate and Grid Security.
action_date: 2023-06-05
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2023-06-05
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2023-06-05
text: Introduced in House
District of Columbia Non-Discrimination Home Rule Act of 2023

Bill: 118-hr-3819
Sponsor: Del. Norton, Eleanor Holmes [D-DC-At Large]
Introduced: 2023-06-05 in the House
Policy area: Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues

Summary:
action_date: 2023-06-05
text: 

District of Columbia Non-Discrimination Home Rule Act of 2023

This bill eliminates the applicability of the Religious Freedom Restoration Act of 1993 (RFRA) to the District of Columbia government. RFRA provides that a government action that imposes a substantial burden on a person's exercise of religion is lawful only if the burden (1) is in furtherance of a compelling government interest, and (2) is the least restrictive means of furthering such interest. 
 

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2023-06-05
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2023-06-05
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E517)
action_date: 2023-06-05
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2023-06-05
text: Introduced in House
To amend the Public Health Service Act to strike the requirement that the Director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention be appointed by and with the advice and consent of the Senate.

Bill: 118-hr-3820
Sponsor: Rep. Pallone, Frank, Jr. [D-NJ-6]
Introduced: 2023-06-05 in the House
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Subjects: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)
Federal officials

Summary:
action_date: 2023-06-05
text: 
This bill eliminates the requirement for the Senate to confirm the director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. (The requirement was enacted in 2022 and is currently scheduled to become effective on January 20, 2025.)
 

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2023-06-09
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2023-06-05
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2023-06-05
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2023-06-05
text: Introduced in House
End EAS Act

Bill: 118-hr-3822
Sponsor: Rep. Perry, Scott [R-PA-10]
Introduced: 2023-06-05 in the House
Policy area: Transportation and Public Works
Subjects: Aviation and airports
Rural conditions and development

Summary:
action_date: 2023-06-05
text: 

End EAS Act

 
This bill repeals the Essential Air Service (EAS) Program of the Department of Transportation (The EAS program was established to ensure that small communities that were served by certificated air carriers before the Airline Deregulation Act of 1978 would continue to receive scheduled passenger service.)


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2023-06-06
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Aviation.
action_date: 2023-06-05
text: Referred to the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.
action_date: 2023-06-05
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2023-06-05
text: Introduced in House
To prohibit the Secretary of Transportation from issuing any rule, regulation, or guidance that promotes the use of traffic photo enforcement, and for other purposes.

Bill: 118-hr-3823
Sponsor: Rep. Perry, Scott [R-PA-10]
Introduced: 2023-06-05 in the House
Policy area: Transportation and Public Works
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Department of Transportation
Motor vehicles
Photography and imaging
Transportation safety and security

Summary:
action_date: 2023-06-05
text: 
This bill prohibits the Department of Transportation from promoting the use of traffic photo enforcement in any rule, regulation, or guidance.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2023-06-06
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Highways and Transit.
action_date: 2023-06-05
text: Referred to the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.
action_date: 2023-06-05
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2023-06-05
text: Introduced in House
Trafficking Reduction And Criminal Enforcement (TRACE) Act

Bill: 118-hr-3824
Sponsor: Rep. Quigley, Mike [D-IL-5]
Introduced: 2023-06-05 in the House
Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement

Summary:

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2023-06-05
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2023-06-05
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2023-06-05
text: Introduced in House
To prohibit the use of Department of Defense funds for adult cabaret performances.

Bill: 118-hr-3825
Sponsor: Rep. Rosendale Sr., Matthew M. [R-MT-2]
Introduced: 2023-06-05 in the House
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security

Summary:
action_date: 2023-06-05
text: 
This bill prohibits the use of Department of Defense funds or facilities for hosting, advertising, or otherwise supporting an adult cabaret performance (i.e., a performance that features topless dancers, go-go dancers, exotic dancers, strippers, or male or female impersonators who provide entertainment that appeals to prurient interest).


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2023-06-05
text: Referred to the House Committee on Armed Services.
action_date: 2023-06-05
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2023-06-05
text: Introduced in House
USS Frank E. Evans Act

Bill: 118-hr-3826
Sponsor: Rep. Schiff, Adam B. [D-CA-30]
Introduced: 2023-06-05 in the House
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Conflicts and wars
Monuments and memorials
Veterans' organizations and recognition

Summary:
action_date: 2023-06-05
text: 

USS Frank E. Evans Act

 
This bill requires the Department of Defense to authorize inclusion on the Vietnam Veterans Memorial Wall in the District of Columbia of the names of the 74 crew members of the USS 
Frank E. Evans
 killed on June 3, 1969.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2023-06-09
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Federal Lands.
action_date: 2023-06-05
text: Referred to the Committee on Armed Services, and in addition to the Committee on Natural Resources, 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: 2023-06-05
text: Referred to the Committee on Armed Services, and in addition to the Committee on Natural Resources, 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: 2023-06-05
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2023-06-05
text: Introduced in House
Protect Our Workers Act of 2023

Bill: 118-hr-3827
Sponsor: Rep. Smith, Christopher H. [R-NJ-4]
Introduced: 2023-06-05 in the House
Policy area: Labor and Employment
Subjects: Army Corps of Engineers
Labor standards
Public contracts and procurement
Wages and earnings

Summary:
action_date: 2023-06-05
text: 

Protect Our Workers Act of 2023 

This bill requires the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers to provide to each Corps district clarifying, uniform guidance with respect to prevailing wage (i.e., Davis-Bacon Act) requirements for government contractors and subcontractors.

This guidance must

conform with the Department of Labor's regulations, policies, and guidance for implementation of the Davis-Bacon Act, such as proper classification of all crafts by federal construction contractors and subcontractors;

direct districts to investigate worker and third-party complaints within 30 days of their filing; and

instruct districts that certified payroll reports submitted by contractors and subcontractors shall be publicly available and are not exempt from disclosure under the Freedom of Information Act. 

 

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2023-06-06
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Water Resources and Environment.
action_date: 2023-06-05
text: Referred to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, and in addition to the Committee on Education and the Workforce, 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: 2023-06-05
text: Referred to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, and in addition to the Committee on Education and the Workforce, 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: 2023-06-05
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2023-06-05
text: Introduced in House
To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 80 Prospect Street in Avon, New York, as the "Officer Anthony Mazurkiewicz Memorial Post Office Building".

Bill: 118-hr-3828
Sponsor: Rep. Tenney, Claudia [R-NY-24]
Introduced: 2023-06-05 in the House
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Subjects: Congressional tributes
Government buildings, facilities, and property
Postal service

Summary:
action_date: 2023-06-05
text: Designates the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 80 Prospect Street in Avon, New York, as the "Officer Anthony Mazurkiewicz Memorial Post Office Building."

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2023-06-05
text: Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Accountability.
action_date: 2023-06-05
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2023-06-05
text: Introduced in House