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Bill· HJRESH.J.Res. 116 (118th)open

Providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of the rule submitted by the Department of Labor relating to "Employee or Independent Contractor Classification Under the Fair Labor Standards Act".

United States · United States Congress · 6 March 2024

This joint resolution nullifies the final rule issued by the Department of Labor titled Employee or Independent Contractor Classification Under the Fair Labor Standards Act and published on January 10, 2024. The final rule addresses how to determine whether a worker is properly classified as an employee or an independent contractor for purposes of requirements of the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) that address issues such as minimum wage and overtime compensation. The rights and protections provided by the FLSA apply only to employees.

Bill· HRH.R. 7511 (118th)open

Laken Riley Act

United States · United States Congress · 1 March 2024

Laken Riley Act This bill requires the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) to detain certain non-U. S. nationals ( aliens under federal law) who have been arrested for burglary, theft, larceny, or shoplifting. The bill also authorizes states to sue the federal government for decisions or alleged failures related to immigration enforcement. Under this bill, DHS must detain an individual who (1) is unlawfully present in the United States or did not possess the necessary documents when applying for admission; and (2) has been charged with, arrested for, convicted for, or admits to having committed acts that constitute the essential elements of burglary, theft, larceny, or shoplifting. The bill also authorizes state governments to sue for injunctive relief over certain immigration-related decisions or alleged failures by the federal government if the decision or failure caused the state or its residents harm, including financial harm of more than $100. Specifically, the state government may sue the federal government over a decision to release a non-U. S. national from custody; failure to fulfill requirements relating to inspecting individuals seeking admission into the United States, including requirements related to asylum interviews; failure to fulfill a requirement to stop issuing visas to nationals of a country that unreasonably denies or delays acceptance of nationals of that country; violation of limitations on immigration parole, such as the requirement that parole be granted only on a case-by-case basis; or failure to detain an individual who has been ordered removed from the United States.

Bill· HRH.R. 7494 (118th)referred

Protect America’s Lands Act

United States · United States Congress · 29 February 2024

Protect America’s Lands Act This bill prohibits national securities exchanges from allowing the trade of securities issued by natural asset companies. Natural asset companies are companies that oversee land for conservation, restoration, or for the sustainable management of the natural resources and ecosystem services on that land.

Bill· HRH.R. 7427 (118th)referred

Let Pregnancy Centers Serve Act of 2024

United States · United States Congress · 20 February 2024

Let Pregnancy Centers Serve Act of 2024 This bill explicitly authorizes states to use Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) funding to carry out programs that encourage patients to carry their pregnancies to term rather than seek abortions. Under current law, states have broad authority to use TANF funds as they see fit to accomplish any of the program’s four purposes, including to prevent and reduce out-of-wedlock pregnancies.  The bill also prohibits the federal government from subjecting entities receiving TANF funds to disparate treatment because they encourage patients to carry their pregnancies to term, or because they do not provide, assist, or counsel in favor of abortion. Similarly, the federal government may not subject states contracting with such entities to disparate treatment. Under the bill, disparate treatment includes presumed ineligibility for TANF funds or presumed failure to satisfy the purposes of the program. The Department of Justice, a state, or an entity adversely affected by a violation of these provisions may bring suit in civil court for appropriate relief, including money damages. Federal officials may not invoke sovereign immunity as a defense to such a suit.  

Bill· HJRESH.J.Res. 115 (118th)referred

Disapproving the rule submitted by the Department of Agriculture relating to "Importation of Fresh Beef From Paraguay".

United States · United States Congress · 20 February 2024

This joint resolution nullifies the final rule issued by the Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) titled Importation of Fresh Beef From Paraguay and published on November 14, 2023. The final rule allows for the importation of fresh (chilled or frozen) beef from Paraguay into the United States under certain conditions. The United States prohibits or restricts the importation of certain animals and animal products to prevent the introduction of various animal diseases, including foot-and-mouth disease (FMD). In response to a request from Paraguay to allow the importation of fresh beef from Paraguay into the United States, APHIS conducted a risk analysis. APHIS concluded that fresh beef could be safely imported from Paraguay, provided that certain conditions are met. These conditions include that (1) FMD has not been diagnosed in the exporting region within the previous 12 months; (2) the meat originated from premises where FMD has not been present during the lifetime of any bovines slaughtered for U.S. meat export; and (3) APHIS may periodically conduct on-site evaluations and subsequent inspections of the slaughter facilities, records, and operations.

Resolution· HRESH.Res. 1019 (118th)referred

Condemning the Nicaraguan Government's unjust imprisonment of individuals affiliated with Mountain Gateway Ministry.

United States · United States Congress · 16 February 2024

This resolution condemns the targeting and imprisonment of individuals associated with Mountain Gateway Ministry and calls upon the Nicaraguan government to take prompt action. Mountain Gateway Ministry is a U.S.-based religious organization active in Nicaragua. Individuals affiliated with the group were arrested in Nicaragua in December, 2023.

Law· HRH.R. 7377 (118th)enacted

Royalty Resiliency Act

United States · United States Congress · 15 February 2024

Royalty Resiliency Act This bill modifies the process under which oil and gas leaseholders who have entered into a joint drilling agreement (i.e., a communitization agreement or a unit agreement) to drill wells on leased land pay royalties to the Department of the Interior under the Federal Oil and Gas Royalty Management Act of 1982. Under current law, Interior must issue a determination of allocations of royalty payments for oil and gas production under a joint agreement within 120 days of a request for determination. Generally, the first leaseholder to drill must pay any royalties due to Interior for all oil and gas production on the land subject to the agreement until Interior determines the royalty allocations of each leaseholder. If Interior fails to issue the determination by that deadline, then it must waive interest due on royalty obligations until the end of the month following the month in which the determination was made. Under the bill, a leaseholder must pay royalties on oil and gas production based on the lessee's proposed allocation of production under the joint agreement until Interior issues a determination of royalty allocations. After Interior issues the determination, then the lessee must correct, if necessary, the amount of royalties paid by the end of the third month following the month in which the lessee received the determination from Interior. The bill also directs Interior to waive interest due on royalty obligations until the end of the third month.

Bill· HRH.R. 7273 (118th)referred

UNPLUG EVs Act

United States · United States Congress · 7 February 2024

Resolution· HRESH.Res. 1001 (118th)referred

Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that former President Donald J. Trump did not engage in insurrection or rebellion against the United States, or give aid or comfort to the enemies thereof.

United States · United States Congress · 6 February 2024

This resolution expresses the sense of the House of Representatives that former President Trump did not engage in insurrection or rebellion against, nor give aid or comfort to the enemies of, the United States.

Bill· HRH.R. 7202 (118th)referred

Uncovering UNRWA’s Terrorist Crimes Act

United States · United States Congress · 1 February 2024

Uncovering UNRWA’s Terrorist Crimes Act This bill prohibits federal funds from being used to provide funding, directly or indirectly, to the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA). The bill also requires the Department of State to report to Congress on the total U.S. funding to UNRWA from FY2020 through FY2024.

Bill· HRH.R. 7176 (118th)passed

Unlocking our Domestic LNG Potential Act of 2024

United States · United States Congress · 31 January 2024

Unlocking our Domestic LNG Potential Act of 2024 This bill repeals certain restrictions on the import and export of natural gas under the Natural Gas Act, including requirements for Department of Energy (DOE) approval and related provisions that address free trade agreements. In addition, the bill grants the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) the exclusive authority to approve or deny applications to authorize the siting, construction, expansion, or operation of facilities (e.g., liquefied natural gas terminals) to export natural gas to foreign countries or import natural gas from foreign countries. (Currently, DOE authorizes the export or import of natural gas, and FERC authorizes related facilities.) In determining whether to approve or deny an application, FERC must deem the exportation or importation of natural gas to be consistent with the public interest.

Bill· HRH.R. 7130 (118th)referred

FAIR Labels Act of 2024

United States · United States Congress · 30 January 2024

Bill· HJRESH.J.Res. 107 (118th)referred

Providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of the rule submitted by the Federal Communications Commission relating to "The Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act: Prevention and Elimination of Digital Discrimination".

United States · United States Congress · 30 January 2024

This joint resolution nullifies the final rule issued by the Federal Communications Commission titled The Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act: Prevention and Elimination of Digital Discrimination and published on January 22, 2024. The rule prohibits broadband providers from adopting policies or practices that differentially impact consumers' access to broadband service based on their income, race, ethnicity, religion, or national origin, provided such policies or practices are not justified by issues of technical or economic feasibility.    

Bill· HRH.R. 7109 (118th)open

Equal Representation Act

United States · United States Congress · 29 January 2024

Equal Representation Act This bill requires any questionnaire used in the decennial census to include a checkbox or other similar option for respondents to indicate whether the respondent and each household member is (1) a U.S. citizen, (2) a U.S. national but not a citizen, (3) a non-U.S. national ( alien under federal law) lawfully residing in the United States, or (4) a non-U.S. national unlawfully residing in the United States. The Department of Commerce must make public the number of persons in each state, disaggregated by each of these four categories. The bill also requires that the statement sent by the President to Congress indicating the number of persons in each state (related to the reapportionment of U.S. Representatives) exclude noncitizens.

Bill· HRH.R. 7083 (118th)referred

RAZOR Act

United States · United States Congress · 25 January 2024

Restricting Administration Zealots from Obliging Raiders Act or the RAZOR Act This bill prohibits the federal government from removing or altering a barrier, fence, barbed wire, or obstacle constructed by a state on the U.S. border for the purpose of preventing unlawful crossings.

Bill· HRH.R. 7035 (118th)referred

Death Tax Repeal Act

United States · United States Congress · 18 January 2024

Death Tax Repeal Act This bill repeals the estate and generation-skipping transfer taxes. It also sets forth conforming amendments related to the gift tax.

Resolution· HRESH.Res. 966 (118th)passed

Condemning rape and sexual violence committed by Hamas in its war against Israel.

United States · United States Congress · 16 January 2024

This resolution condemns acts of rape and sexual violence as weapons of war, including those acts committed by Hamas on and since October 7, 2023. The resolution also calls on all nations to criminalize rape and sexual assault and hold accountable all perpetrators of sexual violence, including state and non-state armed groups.

Resolution· HRESH.Res. 941 (118th)referred

Condemning the final agreement at the United Nations Climate Change Conference that encourages "transitioning away from fossil fuels".

United States · United States Congress · 19 December 2023

This resolution expresses the sense that the United States should not promote policies that would discourage fossil fuels. The resolution also condemns the final agreement at the United Nations Climate Change Conference and urges the Biden Administration not to implement policies reflective of that agreement.  

Bill· HRH.R. 6848 (118th)referred

To amend the Higher Education Act of 1965 to prohibit institutions of higher education from requiring ideological oaths or similar statements, and for other purposes.

United States · United States Congress · 19 December 2023

This bill prohibits an institution of higher education (IHE) that participates in federal student aid programs from requiring a student enrolled at the IHE, an employee or contractor of the IHE, or an applicant for admission to or employment or contracting at the IHE to make certain ideological oaths or similar statements. Specifically, the bill prohibits an IHE from compelling, requiring, inducing, or soliciting such an individual to (1) endorse an ideology that promotes the differential treatment of an individual or group of individuals based on race, color, or ethnicity; or (2) provide a statement indicating certain information about the individual, including the individual's views on efforts involving diversity, equity, and inclusion or other specified concepts. Additionally, the bill prohibits an IHE from providing preferential consideration to a student, employee, or contractor based on the individual's unsolicited support for an ideology that promotes the differential treatment of an individual or group of individuals based on race, color, or ethnicity.

Bill· HRH.R. 6870 (118th)referred

To amend the Equal Credit Opportunity Act to clarify creditor's rights and remedies with respect to the consideration of immigration status with respect to the extension of credit, and for other purposes.

United States · United States Congress · 19 December 2023

This bill allows creditors to consider an applicant’s immigration status for certain purposes when assessing an application for an extension of credit. In particular, considering an applicant’s U.S. immigration status for the purpose of determining the creditor's rights and remedies applicable to the particular extension of credit does not constitute discrimination.  

Resolution· HRESH.Res. 915 (118th)passed

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.  

Bill· HRH.R. 6637 (118th)open

Love Them Both Act of 2023

United States · United States Congress · 6 December 2023

Love Them Both Act of 2023 This bill prohibits the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) and the Office of Congressional Workplace Rights (OCWR) from finalizing, implementing, or enforcing regulations under the Pregnant Workers Fairness Act that apply to abortion, abortion coverage, or abortion-related services. The Pregnant Workers Fairness Act requires covered employers to provide reasonable accommodations addressing an employee's limitations related to pregnancy, childbirth, or related medical conditions. The law requires the EEOC and the OCWR to issue implementing regulations and specifies that regulations shall provide examples of reasonable accommodations addressing known limitations related to pregnancy, childbirth, or related medical conditions. 

Bill· HRH.R. 6603 (118th)referred

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.

Resolution· HRESH.Res. 905 (118th)referred

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.  

Resolution· HRESH.Res. 901 (118th)passed

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.

Resolution· HRESH.Res. 899 (118th)referred

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.

Bill· HRH.R. 6501 (118th)referred

Snap Back Inaccurate SNAP Payments Act

United States · United States Congress · 29 November 2023

Snap Back Inaccurate SNAP Payments Act This bill requires states to recoup any overpayments of benefits made to Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) recipients and adjusts the formula for determining a state's liability rate for overpayments. As background, the SNAP quality control system measures how accurately SNAP state agencies determine a household’s eligibility and benefit amount and determines overpayments of benefits and underpayments. States that have comparatively high payment error rates for two consecutive years are assessed a penalty (i.e., liability amount). The Food and Nutrition Service (FNS) must use a statutory formula to determine the liability amount. Under current law, FNS must set a tolerance level for excluding small payment errors (e.g., $54 or less in FY2023). This bill reduces the tolerance level for excluding small errors to $0 for FY2024 and each succeeding fiscal year. The bill also requires state agencies to recoup any overpayments of benefits made to SNAP beneficiaries. The bill adjusts the liability rate formula to reduce the state payment error rate based on the percentage of overpayments recouped by the state. Further, the bill increases the multiplier used in the formula to 25% (from 10%).