Rep. Lawler, Michael [R-NY-17]

Menopause Research and Equity Act of 2023

United States · United States Congress · 13 December 2023

WARM Act of 2023

United States · United States Congress · 13 December 2023

Sentinel Program Risk Mitigation Act of 2023

United States · United States Congress · 13 December 2023

Fighter Force Preservation Act of 2023

United States · United States Congress · 13 December 2023

Fighter Force Preservation Act of 2023 This bill requires the Department of the Air Force to develop and report on a long-term tactical fighter force structure, recapitalization, training, and sustainment plan for the active and reserve components of the Air Force. Such plan must be submitted in an unclassified form, but may contain a classified annex.

Expressing opposition to New York's Clean Slate Act.

United States · United States Congress · 13 December 2023

This resolution disapproves of New York's Clean Slate Act. It also urges New York to prioritize policies that prevent crime, support law enforcement officers, and keep all New Yorkers safe.

United States Foundation for International Conservation Act of 2023

United States · United States Congress · 12 December 2023

To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to allow a nonrefundable credit for certain organized sport equipment expenses.

United States · United States Congress · 11 December 2023

This bill allows a new income-based tax credit for qualified organized sport equipment expenses, up to $200 for a taxable year. The bill defines qualified organized sport equipment expenses as expenses for the participation of a taxpayer dependent in an organized sport, game, or hobby program that is primarily for unrelated individuals who have not attained age 19 to engage in such sport, game, or hobby.

To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to allow a nonrefundable credit for elementary and secondary school supply expenses.

United States · United States Congress · 11 December 2023

This bill allows a nonrefundable income tax credit for eligible elementary and secondary school supply expenses . The allowable amount of such credit may not exceed $200, reduced by certain modified adjusted gross income levels.  The bill defines eligible elementary and secondary school supply expenses as expenses for books, supplies, and other equpment in connection with the enrollment or attendance of a taxpayer dependent at a public, private, or religious school.   

To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to increase and adjust for inflation the above-the-line deduction for teachers.

United States · United States Congress · 11 December 2023

This bill increases to $600 the allowable amount of the tax deduction for the expenses of elementary and secondary school teachers.   

A Stronger Workforce for America Act

United States · United States Congress · 7 December 2023

A Stronger Workforce for America Act This bill reauthorizes through FY2030 and modifies various programs under the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act (WIOA). Specifically, the bill reauthorizes through FY2030 the Job Corps program for low-income youth ages 16 to 24, as well as grant programs for states to provide employment and training services for youth, adults, and dislocated workers through a One-Stop delivery system. It also requires state plans for the grant programs to (1) describe how the state will use real-time labor market information to assess economic conditions and workforce trends, and (2) include an analysis of any gaps in service for applicable youth. Additionally, the bill reauthorizes through FY2030 the Adult Education and Family Literacy Act (AEFLA) programs, which provide educational services at or below the secondary level and English language training for out-of-school adults. It also specifies that the primary performance indicator for these programs includes the percentage of program participants who exit the program during the program year and complete an integrated education and training program. Finally, the bill integrates within the One-Stop delivery system career services that are funded under the Wagner-Peyser Act Employment Service (ES) program (a nationwide system of public employment offices). For more information on this bill, see CRS Report R47905, A Stronger Workforce for America Act (H.R. 6655): In Brief .

Kid PROOF Act of 2023

United States · United States Congress · 7 December 2023

Better Care for PFAS Patients Act of 2023

United States · United States Congress · 7 December 2023

Maintaining and Enhancing Hydroelectricity and River Restoration Act of 2023

United States · United States Congress · 7 December 2023

Maintaining and Enhancing Hydroelectricity and River Restoration Act of 2023 This bill establishes a new investment tax credit in the amount of 30% of the basis of any hydropower improvement property. The bill defines hydropower improvement property as property that adds or improves fish passage at a qualified dam; maintains or improves the quality of the water retained or released by a qualified dam; promotes downstream sediment transport and habitat maintenance; upgrades, repairs, or reconstructs a qualified dam to meet safety and security standards; improves public uses of, and access to, public waterways impacted by a qualified dam; removes an obsolete river obstruction; or places into service an approved remote dam. Further, written approval for hydropower improvement property must be obtained from the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission or state or local officials prior to January 1, 2032. The bill also allows an election to claim the investment tax credit for qualified progress expenses for some types of hydropower improvement property in advance of such property being placed into service. Any investment tax credit amount claimed for qualified progress expenses reduces the amount of the investment tax credit that may be claimed once the hydropower improvement property is placed into service.  The bill authorizes certain entities, including tax-exempt and governmental entities, to treat the investment tax credit for hydropower improvement property as a payment of tax and receive a refund of any overpayment (also known as elective pay).  Finally, the investment tax credit for hydropower improvement property may be transferred (i.e., sold).  

Marshall ‘Major’ Taylor Congressional Gold Medal Act

United States · United States Congress · 7 December 2023

Marshall ‘Major’ Taylor Congressional Gold Medal Act This bill awards a Congressional Gold Medal posthumously in commemoration of Marshall Walter "Major" Taylor, in recognition of his significance to the nation as an athlete, role model, and equal rights advocate.

Urging the Government of Ukraine to review and modify its decision to suspend adoption by foreign nationals with a view to resuming such adoptions, particularly in cases where the mutual concerns of the Governments of Ukraine and of the United States can be substantially addressed.

United States · United States Congress · 6 December 2023

This resolution urges Ukraine to resume allowing certain U.S. citizens to adopt and to receive pre-adoptive placements of Ukrainian children. Specifically, the resolution:  recommends Ukraine consider, as particularly urgent, cases where prospective U.S. parents have completed Ukraine's adoption process and received approval prior to the suspension of adoptions by non-Ukrainians on March 13, 2022;  recommends that, in cases where Ukrainian children had already been placed in hosting programs, prospective U.S. parents be allowed to initiate the adoption process; and  recommends that prospective U.S. parents be allowed to apply to receive, in a pre-adoptive placement, Ukrainian children that previously participated in hosting programs and that have an uncertain legal status regarding adoption.  

Passport System Reform and Backlog Prevention Act

United States · United States Congress · 6 December 2023

Passport System Reform and Backlog Prevention Act This bill addresses issues related to the passport issuance process, including by providing the Department of State with emergency hiring authorities. Under this bill, the State Department may hire additional personal services contractors to meet the exigent needs of the Bureau of Consular Affairs from FY2024 through FY2026. The State Department may have up to 100 such positions at any given time, and such positions may not be for longer than two years. Furthermore, the bureau must award or expand contracts to implement certain information technology (IT) programs. Specifically, these contracts shall be to (1) provide a digital dashboard to congressional offices to track individual passport applications; (2) establish a program to provide automated messages and notifications to passport applicants, such as notifications of application errors; (3) establish a mobile application to allow passport applicants to communicate with the State Department and submit documents; (4) expand the online passport renewal system to also accommodate routine first-time adult passport applications; and (5) provide rules-based tools to screen online passport renewal applications with no changed biographical information against commercial databases. The bureau must also solicit the private sector for proposals about commercially available technologies that may improve the passport issuance process. The Government Accountability Office (GAO) must report to Congress a comprehensive review of the passport issuance process, including opportunities to enhance the process. The bureau must periodically report to Congress on its progress in implementing the GAO's recommendations.

PLAN for School Safety Act of 2023

United States · United States Congress · 6 December 2023

To require a strategy to oppose financial or material support by foreign countries to the Taliban, and for other purposes.

United States · United States Congress · 5 December 2023

This bill requires the Department of State to develop a strategy to discourage foreign countries from providing financial or material support to the Taliban, including using U.S.-provided foreign assistance to discourage countries from providing support to the Taliban. The State Department must report to Congress (1) on the strategy and on its implementation; (2) on U.S.-funded direct cash assistance programs in Afghanistan; and (3) on the Afghan Fund, including Taliban influence over Da Afghanistan Bank. 

No Technology for Terror Act

United States · United States Congress · 5 December 2023

No Technology for Terror Act This bill requires the United States to regulate the export of certain foreign-produced items related to Iran. Such foreign-produced items to be controlled are items that are (1) direct products of or produced in a plant that is a direct product of U.S.-origin technology subject to the Export Administration Regulations and specified in a covered Export Control Classification Number, and (2) produced or destined to Iran. A license shall be required to export, re-export, or in-country transfer such controlled items.

Tyler’s Law

United States · United States Congress · 5 December 2023

International Financial Institution Counter Terrorism Accountability Act

United States · United States Congress · 5 December 2023

International Financial Institution Counter Terrorism Accountability Act This bill requires the Department of the Treasury to submit to Congress a report on the efforts by the World Bank and the International Monetary Fund (IMF) to combat and prevent terrorist financing and money laundering. Treasury must also develop recommendations for measures to be implemented by the World Bank and IMF.

Prevent the Financing of Terrorism Through the Drug Trade Act

United States · United States Congress · 5 December 2023

Prevent the Financing of Terrorism Through the Drug Trade Act This bill requires the Department of the Treasury to submit a report to Congress on terrorist financing in the Americas. The report must include (1) an analysis of the major moneymaking sources for Hamas and Hezbollah terrorist financing in the Americas, (2) an analysis of the extent to which Hamas and Hezbollah are linked to drug trafficking organizations in the Americas, and (3) a description of U.S. and multilateral efforts to disrupt such financing.   In the next National Terrorist Financing Risk Assessment report, Treasury must identify Hamas as a primary threat and fully describe its terrorist financing activities. 

Indo-Pacific Treaty Organization Act

United States · United States Congress · 5 December 2023

Indo-Pacific Treaty Organization Act This bill requires the President to establish a task force to (1) analyze the conduct of China and North Korea, as well as the security situation in the Indo-Pacific; and (2) determine whether a collective security agreement between the United States and Indo-Pacific allies and partners could serve as an effective deterrent to further aggression. The Department of State shall report to Congress on the analysis and recommendations of the task force.

To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 298 Route 292 in Holmes, New York, as the "Sheriff Adrian 'Butch' Anderson Post Office Building".

United States · United States Congress · 5 December 2023

Designates the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 298 Route 292 in Holmes, New York, as the "Sheriff Adrian 'Butch' Anderson Post Office Building."

STIFLE Act of 2023

United States · United States Congress · 5 December 2023

Stop Terrorism and Illicit Finance Location Exploitation Act of 2023 or the STIFLE Act of 2023 This bill requires the Department of the Treasury to report on the role location obfuscation technology (IP address manipulation that includes the use of virtual private networks [VPNs] and proxy servers) plays in U.S. sanctions evasions, money laundering, and other illicit finance activity. Treasury must also assess the degree to which a financial technology platform relies upon a user’s IP address to indicate a user’s location and a platform’s ability to use aggregated location data to indicate a user’s location in the event one or more data points have been manipulated. The report must also contain an analysis of techniques to reduce evasion of U.S. sanctions and money laundering laws and regulations.

Commission to Study Acts of Antisemitism in the United States Act

United States · United States Congress · 4 December 2023

Supporting the goals of World AIDS Day.

United States · United States Congress · 1 December 2023

This resolution encourages people around the world to work to achieve the goal of zero new HIV transmissions, zero discrimination, and zero AIDS-related deaths, in order to end the HIV epidemic in the United States and around the world by 2030. The resolution supports continued funding for prevention, care and treatment services, and research programs for communities impacted by HIV and people living with HIV in the United States and globally. The resolution supports continued leadership by the United States in domestic, bilateral, multilateral, and private sector efforts to fight HIV. Finally, the resolution urges other members of the international community to sustain and scale up their support for and financial contributions to efforts around the world to combat HIV.

HEAL Act

United States · United States Congress · 1 December 2023

Accountability for NYCHA Act of 2023

United States · United States Congress · 1 December 2023

Housing for America’s Middle Class Act of 2023

United States · United States Congress · 1 December 2023

Stronger Schools Act

United States · United States Congress · 1 December 2023

Stronger Schools Act This bill requires the Department of Education to award competitive grants to local educational agencies (LEAs) to make physical improvements at elementary and secondary schools. Grant funds must be used to ensure that each elementary and secondary school served by the LEA (1) hires a school resource officer who carries a firearm, and (2) establishes a single point of entry that includes a locked anteroom with metal detectors and bulletproof windows and where the school resource officer inspects all guests prior to entry into another area of the school.

Commemorating the 200th anniversary of the Monroe Doctrine.

United States · United States Congress · 1 December 2023

This resolution commemorates the 200th anniversary of the promulgation of the Monroe Doctrine. Specifically, it reasserts the rights and interests of the United States, in accordance with the Monroe Doctrine, to oppose foreign powers extending malign influence in the Western Hemisphere. The resolution also recognizes the principles of freedom and independence in the Western Hemisphere enshrined in the Monroe Doctrine.  

To require the waiver of costs of activities relating to the evacuation of United States citizens endangered by acts of terrorism or war in Israel instigated by Hamas and other Islamist militant groups.

United States · United States Congress · 1 December 2023

VA Correct Compensation Act of 2023

United States · United States Congress · 30 November 2023

Expressing support for democracy and human rights in Pakistan.

United States · United States Congress · 30 November 2023

This resolution expresses strong support for democracy in Pakistan, including free and fair elections. It calls on the President to work with Pakistan to uphold democracy, human rights, and the rule of law. The resolution also urges Pakistan to uphold democratic institutions and human rights.

Expressing support for the goals of November National Lung Cancer Awareness Month and for the early detection and treatment of lung cancer.

United States · United States Congress · 30 November 2023

This resolution supports the goals and ideals of National Lung Cancer Awareness Month.

No PFAS in Cosmetics Act

United States · United States Congress · 30 November 2023

Never Again Education Reauthorization Act of 2023

United States · United States Congress · 30 November 2023

Never Again Education Reauthorization Act of 2023 This bill extends the authorization for the U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum to carry out certain Holocaust education program activities through FY2030.

Recognizing the Suicide Awareness and Remembrance Flag.

United States · United States Congress · 30 November 2023

This resolution officially recognizes the Suicide Awareness and Remembrance flag and designates the flag as the symbol of awareness of military and veteran suicide and the commitment to resolve military and veteran suicide. The resolution also remembers and honors the servicemembers and veterans who have died by suicide and commits to posting the flag above all federal buildings wherever there is an American flag and POW/MIA flag.

EXPLORE Act

United States · United States Congress · 29 November 2023

Expanding Public Lands Outdoor Recreation Experiences Act or EXPLORE Act This bill sets forth policies for the Department of the Interior and the Department of Agriculture related to recreation on certain public lands. Issues addressed include itemized budget information for outdoor recreation across departments;  long-distance bike trails;  recreational climbing activities;  target shooting ranges;  overnight campsites in Arkansas;  filming and still photography;  motorized and nonmotorized access;  invasive species;  gateway communities;  real-time information for the public on visitor levels;  broadband and cellular service; public-private partnerships;  access for persons with disabilities to trails and recreation opportunities;  recreational and job opportunities for military members and veterans;  youth access to recreational lands;  issuance of special recreation permits; a digital version of the National Parks and Federal Recreational Lands Pass; extension of seasonal recreation opportunities; and  volunteers on public recreational lands.

Healthy Watersheds, Healthy Communities Act of 2023

United States · United States Congress · 29 November 2023

Hydrogen Safety and Environmental Responsibility Act

United States · United States Congress · 29 November 2023

Hydrogen Safety and Environmental Responsibility Act This bill directs the Department of Transportation (DOT) to complete a study assessing the potential and existing use of pipelines constructed with composite materials to safely transport hydrogen and hydrogen blended with natural gas. In completing the study, DOT must hold a public meeting with interested stakeholders, release a draft version of the study for public comment, and address any substantive comments submitted during the public comment period. DOT must present the study's findings at a public meeting. Within 18 months of the public meeting, DOT must issue a rulemaking to allow for the use of composite materials for pipeline transportation of hydrogen and hydrogen blended with natural gas.

Voluntary Information-Sharing System Act

United States · United States Congress · 29 November 2023

FREED Act

United States · United States Congress · 29 November 2023

Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that the slogan, "from the river to the sea, Palestine will be free" is antisemitic and its use must be condemned.

United States · United States Congress · 21 November 2023

This resolution expresses the sense that the slogan "from the river to the sea, Palestine will be free" is antisemitic and must be strongly condemned. The resolution states that the slogan is divisive and does a disservice to Israelis, Palestinians, and all those in the region who seek peace.

Declaring support and gratitude by the House of Representatives to food banks, food pantries, and other community-based organizations working to end food insecurity and providing other essential services in the United States.

United States · United States Congress · 21 November 2023

This resolution declares support and gratitude to food banks and community-based organizations working to end U.S. food insecurity. The resolution also confirms that food bank and community-based organization employees and volunteers, private donors, and U.S. agricultural producers serve an essential role in working to end food insecurity.

Restore Honor to Service Members Act of 2023

United States · United States Congress · 21 November 2023

Reaffirming the State of Israel's right to exist.

United States · United States Congress · 21 November 2023

This resolution reaffirms Israel's right to exist. It also (1) recognizes that denying Israel's right to exist is a form of antisemitism; (2) rejects calls for Israel's destruction; and (3) condemns the Hamas-led attack on Israel.

Expressing the sense of Congress that public health professionals should be commended for their dedication and service to the United States on Public Health Thank You Day, November 20, 2023.

United States · United States Congress · 21 November 2023

This concurrent resolution expresses the sense of Congress that public health professionals are to be commended and thanked on Public Health Thank You Day for their important contributions to the nation.

STOP HATE Act of 2023

United States · United States Congress · 21 November 2023