US Federal 2023-2024 Regular Session All Bills (Page 509)
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US Federal House Bill HB173
Introduced
1/9/23
Refer
1/9/23
<p><strong>Home Defense and Competitive Shooting Act of 2023</strong></p> <p>This bill removes short-barreled rifles (barrels of less than 16 inches in length) from the definition of firearms for purposes of the National Firearms Act. It also eliminates the prohibition on the transportation of such rifles in interstate commerce and treats persons who acquire or possess a short-barreled rifle as meeting the registration or licensing requirements for such rifle where such requirements are determined by reference to the National Firearms Act. </p> <p>The bill preempts state or local laws that impose a tax or recordkeeping requirements on short-barreled rifles. </p> <p>The Department of Justice must destroy records relating to the registration of certain rifles within one year after the enactment of this bill.</p>
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US Federal House Bill HB34
Introduced
1/9/23
Refer
1/9/23
<p><strong>Assuring Medicare’s Promise Act</strong> <strong><strong>of 2023</strong></strong></p> <p>This bill increases net investment income tax revenues by applying such tax to the trade or business income of certain high income taxpayers and includes the increased tax revenues in the Federal Hospital Insurance Trust Fund.</p>
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US Federal House Bill HB175
Introduced
1/9/23
Refer
1/9/23
<p><b>Heartbeat Protection Act of 2023</b></p> <p>This bill makes it a crime for a physician to knowingly perform an abortion (1) without determining whether the unborn child has a detectable heartbeat, (2) without informing the mother of the results, or (3) after determining that a unborn child has a detectable heartbeat.</p> <p>A physician who performs a prohibited abortion is subject to criminal penalties—a fine, up to five years in prison, or both.</p> <p>The bill provides an exception for an abortion that is necessary to save the life of a mother whose life is endangered by a physical (but not psychological or emotional) disorder, illness, or condition. It also provides exceptions for certain pregnancies that are the result of rape or incest. A physician who performs or attempts to perform an abortion under an exception must comply with specified requirements. </p> <p>A woman who undergoes a prohibited abortion may not be prosecuted for violating or conspiring to violate the provisions of this bill.</p>
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US Federal House Bill HJR13
Introduced
1/9/23
Refer
1/9/23
Proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States relating to the authority of Congress and the States to regulate contributions and expenditures intended to affect elections and to enact public financing systems for political campaigns.
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US Federal House Bill HB180
Introduced
1/9/23
Refer
1/9/23
Refer
1/20/23
<p>This bill requires the President to notify Congress and the public before issuing executive orders relating to energy policy.</p>
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US Federal House Bill HR10
Introduced
1/9/23
Refer
1/9/23
Refer
9/12/23
Directing the Fine Arts Board to obtain a bust of the President of Ukraine, Volodymyr Zelenskyy, for display in the House of Representatives wing of the United States Capitol.
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US Federal House Bill HB164
Introduced
1/9/23
Refer
1/9/23
<p><strong>Close Biden's Open Border Act</strong></p> <p>This bill provides $15 billion for the Department of Homeland Security to construct a border wall along the southern border of the United States. </p> <p>It also imposes a two-year moratorium on funding for U.S. contributions to the United Nations (U.N.). During the two-year period, funds may not be authorized or otherwise made available for contributions to the U.N.</p>
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US Federal House Bill HB73
Introduced
1/9/23
Refer
1/9/23
Refer
1/9/23
<p><strong>No Pro-Abortion Task Force Act</strong></p> <p>This bill prohibits federal funding of the Reproductive Healthcare Access Task Force.</p> <p>The Department of Health and Human Services launched the task force on January 21, 2022, to identify and coordinate departmental activities related to accessing sexual and reproductive health care.</p>
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US Federal House Bill HB178
Introduced
1/9/23
Refer
1/9/23
Refer
2/13/23
Refer
2/21/23
<p><strong>Public Land Renewable Energy Development Act of 2023</strong></p><p>This bill sets forth provisions regarding development of geothermal, solar, or wind energy on public lands.</p> <p>The Department of the Interior shall establish priority areas on its land for geothermal, solar, and wind energy projects, consistent with the principles of multiple use and the renewable energy permitting goal.</p> <p>Among applications for a given renewable energy source, proposed projects located in priority areas for that renewable energy source shall</p> <ul> <li>be given the highest priority for incentivizing deployment, and </li> <li>be offered the opportunity to participate in any regional mitigation plan developed for the relevant priority areas.</li> </ul> <p>The bill provides for the disposition of revenues from the development of wind or solar energy. </p> <p>The bill establishes the Renewable Energy Resource Conservation Fund to make funds available to federal, state, and tribal agencies for distribution in regions in which renewable energy projects are located on federal land for (1) restoring and protecting natural water bodies and fish and wildlife habitat and corridors, and (2) preserving and improving recreational access to federal land and water in an affected region.</p>
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US Federal House Bill HB115
Introduced
1/9/23
Refer
1/9/23
Report Pass
9/19/24
<p><strong>Midnight Rules Relief Act of 2023</strong></p><p>This bill allows Congress to disapprove multiple regulations under one joint resolution of disapproval if the regulations were submitted for review during a portion of the final year of a President's term.</p><p>Under current law, the Congressional Review Act generally provides for a period of additional review during the succeeding Congress for regulations that were submitted during the last 60 legislative days of the prior Congress. However, each joint resolution may disapprove of only one regulation.</p>
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US Federal House Bill HB226
Introduced
1/9/23
Refer
1/9/23
Refer
2/8/23
<p><strong>Veterans Collaboration Act</strong></p> <p>This bill requires the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) to carry out a two-year pilot program in states with the highest veteran populations to promote collaboration between the VA, nonprofit organizations, and institutions of higher learning. </p> <p>The VA shall emphasize collaboration with (1) veterans service organizations that provide personnel with appropriate credentials to assist veterans in filing disability compensation claims and appeals with the VA, and (2) educational institutions that provide veterans with pro bono legal assistance.</p>
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US Federal House Bill HB60
Introduced
1/9/23
Refer
1/9/23
<p><b>Accidental Firearms Transfers Reporting Act of 2023 </b></p> <p>This bill requires the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) to report to Congress on the number of firearm transfers where (1) a licensed gun dealer submits a background check through the National Instant Criminal Background Check System (NICS), (2) NICS fails to respond within three business days, and (3) the licensed gun dealer completes the transfer.</p> <p>The FBI must also report on the procedures followed once the transferee is discovered to be ineligible. </p>
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US Federal House Bill HB95
Introduced
1/9/23
Refer
1/9/23
Refer
2/21/23
<p><strong>Increasing Public Access to Recreation Act</strong></p> <p>This bill increases the amount made available from the Land and Water Conservation Fund for recreational public access projects on federal land.</p>
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US Federal House Bill HB45
Introduced
1/9/23
Refer
1/9/23
<p> <b>Small Business Tax Fairness and Compliance Simplification Act </b></p> <p>This bill expands the tax credit for a portion of the employer-paid Social Security taxes for employee cash tips to include beauty service establishments. (Under current law, the credit is limited to tips received for providing, serving, or delivering food or beverages.)</p> <p>The credit applies to tips received in connection with providing beauty services to a customer or client if tipping employees who provide the service is customary. <i>Beauty services</i> include barbering and hair care, nail care, esthetics, and body and spa treatments.</p> <p>The bill also (1) establishes an employer tip reporting safe harbor for beauty service establishments, and (2) specifies reporting requirements for income received from renting space to individuals who provide beauty services. </p> <p>The employer tip reporting safe harbor for beauty service establishments provides an exemption from certain Internal Revenue Service tip examinations for employers who meet certain requirements for educational programs, reporting procedures, compliance with tax law, and recordkeeping.</p>
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US Federal House Bill HB218
Introduced
1/9/23
Refer
1/9/23
<p><b>Expedited Removal Codification Act of 2023</b></p> <p>This bill provides statutory authority for a <a href="https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2019/07/23/2019-15710/designating-aliens-for-expedited-removal">July 23, 2019, Department of Homeland Security (DHS) notice</a> that expanded the classes of non-U.S. nationals (<i>aliens</i> under federal law) who are subject to expedited removal (i.e., removal without further hearing or review). </p> <p>DHS published another <a href="https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2022/03/21/2022-05961/rescission-of-the-notice-of-july-23-2019-designating-aliens-for-expedited-removal">notice on March 21, 2022</a>, rescinding the July 2019 notice. Thus, this bill in effect restores the expanded version of expedited removal under the July 2019 notice. </p> <p>The July 2019 notice expanded expedited removal to cover certain inadmissible non-U.S. nationals who were apprehended in any part of the United States and who have been in the United States for less than two years. By contrast, with the March 2022 rescission, expedited removal is generally limited to certain inadmissible non-U.S. nationals apprehended near or at a border.</p>