US Federal 2023-2024 Regular Session All Bills (Page 525)
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US Federal House Bill HB311
Introduced
1/12/23
Refer
1/12/23
<p><b>Cost Estimates Improvement Act</b></p> <p>This bill requires cost estimates prepared by the Congressional Budget Office or the Joint Committee on Taxation to include (1) the cost of servicing the public debt; and (2) a list of any federal agencies, programs, and initiatives with fragmented, overlapping, or duplicative goals or activities covered by the legislation.</p>
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US Federal House Bill HB344
Introduced
1/12/23
Refer
1/12/23
<p><strong>Securing America's Land from Foreign Interference Act</strong></p> <p>This bill requires the President to take actions as necessary to prohibit members of the Chinese Communist Party (and entities owned, controlled, or influenced by the party) from purchasing real estate located in the United States.</p>
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US Federal House Bill HB336
Introduced
1/12/23
Refer
1/12/23
Refer
2/8/23
<p><strong>Finish the Wall Act</strong></p> <p>This bill requires the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) to resume activities related to the construction of a barrier system along the U.S.-Mexico border and addresses other border-related issues.</p> <p>DHS must resume all such construction activities that were planned or underway prior to January 20, 2021. DHS must also expend all funds appropriated or explicitly obligated since October 1, 2016, for construction of this barrier system. DHS may not cancel contracts for activities related to such construction entered into on or before January 20, 2021. </p> <p>Furthermore, within 14 days of this bill's enactment, DHS must certify to Congress that U.S. Customs and Border Protection facilities that process adults taken into custody at the border are fully compliant with certain laws related to the collection of DNA. (Among other things, these laws allow for the collection of DNA samples from non-U.S. persons detained under U.S. authority.)</p>
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US Federal House Bill HB397
Introduced
1/17/23
Refer
1/17/23
<p><strong>Government Office Realignment And Closure Act of 2023 or the GORAC Act</strong></p> <p>This bill directs the Government Accountability Office (GAO) to provide for an independent evaluation of federal agencies and programs to identify duplicative, wasteful, or outdated functions and provides for congressional consideration of legislation to implement recommendations from the evaluation.</p> <p>Specifically, the GAO must (1) procure the services of a nonfederal auditor to evaluate each federal program carried out in the previous 20 years, make recommendations on federal agencies and programs that should be realigned or eliminated, and report on such recommendations; and (2) take steps to assure that any work performed by such auditor complies with standards established by the GAO for audits of federal establishments, programs, activities, and functions.</p> <p>The GAO must provide for the relocation of federal employees whose positions are eliminated as a result of the implementation of recommendations included in the report.</p>
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US Federal House Bill HB371
Introduced
1/17/23
Refer
1/17/23
Refer
1/27/23
<p><b>Defund Planned Parenthood Act of </b><b>2023</b></p> <p>This bill restricts federal funding for Planned Parenthood Federation of America Inc. or any of its affiliates or clinics for one year.</p> <p>Specifically, it prohibits funding those entities unless they certify that the affiliates and clinics will not perform, and will not provide funds to entities that perform, abortions during that year. If the certification requirement is not met, the Department of Health and Human Services and the Department of Agriculture must recoup any federal assistance received by those entities.</p> <p>However, the bill's funding restriction does not apply to abortions performed in cases of rape or incest or when necessary to resolve a physical condition that endangers a woman's life.</p> <p>The bill also provides additional funding for community health centers for the one-year period. These funds are subject to the same abortion-related restrictions and exceptions.</p>
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US Federal House Bill HB392
Introduced
1/17/23
Refer
1/17/23
<p><b>Religious Insignia on Dog Tags Act</b></p> <p>This bill directs the Department of Defense (DOD) to allow trademarks owned or controlled by DOD to be combined with religious insignia on commercial identification tags (i.e., dog tags) and to be sold by lawful trademark licensees.</p> <p>The bill applies retroactively to September 13, 2013. </p>
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US Federal House Bill HB421
Introduced
1/20/23
Refer
1/20/23
<p><b>Teleabortion Prevention Act of 2023</b></p> <p>This bill restricts the use of telehealth for chemical abortions (also known as medication abortions). </p> <p>Specifically, it requires a provider who dispenses or prescribes medication for a chemical abortion to physically examine the patient, be physically present at the location of the chemical abortion, and schedule a follow-up visit for the patient. The bill provides an exception for a chemical abortion that is necessary to save the life of a mother whose life is endangered by a physical disorder, illness, injury, or condition. </p> <p>The bill establishes criminal penalties—a fine, a prison term of up to two years, or both—for a provider who does not comply with the requirements.</p> <p>A patient who undergoes a chemical abortion may not be prosecuted. </p>
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US Federal House Bill HB375
Introduced
1/17/23
Refer
1/17/23
Refer
2/1/23
<p><strong>Puerto Rico Air Cargo Industry Empowerment Act</strong></p> <p>This bill modifies foreign civil aircraft regulation with respect to air cargo in Puerto Rico. Current law prohibits foreign civil aircraft from exchanging cargo in the United States unless the aircraft is specifically authorized to do so or the exchange occurs in Alaska. This bill applies air cargo regulation to Puerto Rico in the same way that it applies to Alaska. Thus, the bill allows foreign civil aircraft to stop in Puerto Rico and exchange cargo with other air carriers.</p>
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US Federal House Bill HB385
Introduced
1/17/23
Refer
1/17/23
<p><strong>No User Fees for Gun Owners Act</strong></p> <p>This bill prohibits a state or local government from imposing any insurance requirement, tax, user fee, or similar charge as a condition of the manufacture importation, acquisition, transfer, or continued ownership of a firearm or ammunition, with the exception of a proportionate sales tax. </p> <p>The bill imposes the same prohibition under the Internal Revenue Code for firearms, pistols, or revolvers, but allows for the assessment of a proportionate sales tax.</p>
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US Federal House Bill HB386
Introduced
1/17/23
Refer
1/17/23
Refer
2/21/23
<p><b>Mount Rushmore Protection Act</b></p> <p>This bill prohibits the use of any federal funds to alter, change, destroy, or remove any name, face, or other feature on the Mount Rushmore National Memorial in South Dakota and designates Mount Rushmore.</p>
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US Federal House Bill HR43
Introduced
1/17/23
Refer
1/17/23
Marking the 25th anniversary of the signing of the Good Friday Agreement.
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US Federal House Bill HB394
Introduced
1/17/23
Refer
1/17/23
Refer
2/8/23
<p><b>Veterans Cannabis Use for Safe Healing Act</b></p> <p>This bill prohibits the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) from denying a veteran any VA benefit due to participation in a state-approved marijuana program. For veterans participating in these approved programs, the VA must ensure its health care providers (1) discuss marijuana use with such veterans and adjust treatment plans accordingly, and (2) record such use in the veterans' medical records.</p> <p>Under the bill, the VA shall authorize physicians and other VA health care providers to provide recommendations to veterans who are residents of states with approved programs.</p>
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US Federal House Bill HB415
Introduced
1/20/23
Refer
1/20/23
<p><b>End the Threat of Default Act</b></p> <p>This bill repeals the statutory debt limit, which limits the amount of money that the federal government may borrow.</p>
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US Federal House Bill HB390
Introduced
1/17/23
Refer
1/17/23
Refer
2/21/23
Report Pass
11/20/24
<p><strong>Maurice D. Hinchey Hudson River Valley National Heritage Area Enhancement Act</strong></p> <p>This bill adds the rest of Saratoga County and Washington County in New York within the boundaries of the Maurice D. Hinchey Hudson River Valley National Heritage Area in New York. </p>
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US Federal 2023-2024 Regular Session
US Federal Senate Bill SR7
Introduced
1/3/23
A resolution fixing the hour of daily meeting of the Senate.