WASHINGTON, Nov. 23 -- The House Education and the Workforce Committee issued a report (H.Rpt. 118-255) on the Crucial Communism Teaching Act (H.R. 5349), which aims to develop and disseminate a civic education curriculum and oral history resources regarding certain political ideologies. The report was advanced by Rep. Virginia Foxx, R-North Carolina, on Oct. 25, 2023. Here are excerpts: * * * PURPOSE One-fifth of the world's population still lives under single-party communist regimes such a  more

WASHINGTON, Nov. 23 -- The House Education and the Workforce Committee issued a report (H.Rpt. 118-254) on the Department of Labor Succession Act (H.R. 4957), which aims to apply the requirements of the Federal Vacancies Reform Act of 1998 to a vacancy in the office of the Secretary of Labor. The report was advanced by Rep. Virginia Foxx, R-North Carolina, on Oct. 25, 2023. Here are excerpts: * * * Purpose H.R. 4957, the Department of Labor Succession Act, amends the Act of April 17, 1946/1/  more

WASHINGTON, Nov. 23 -- The House Education and the Workforce Committee issued a report (H.Rpt. 118-252) on the Think Differently About Education Act (H.R. 4259), which aims to amend the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act to require notification with respect to individualized education program teams. The report was advanced by Rep. Virginia Foxx, R-North Carolina, on Oct. 25, 2023. Here are excerpts: * * * Purpose Since 1975, the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA) has  more

WASHINGTON, Nov. 23 -- The House Energy and Commerce Committee issued a report (H.Rpt. 118-243) on the Action for Dental Health Act (H.R. 3843), which aims to amend title III of the Public Health Service Act to reauthorize grants to address dental workforce needs. The report was advanced by Rep. Cathy McMorris Rodgers, R-Washington, on Oct. 3, 2023. Here are excerpts: * * * Purpose and Summary H.R. 3843 reauthorizes section 340G of the Public Health Service Act for fiscal years 2024 through   more

WASHINGTON, Nov. 23 -- The House Energy and Commerce Committee issued a report (H.Rpt. 118-244) on the Artificial Intelligence Accountability Act (H.R. 3369), which aims to direct the Assistant Secretary of Commerce for Communications and Information to conduct a study and hold public meetings with respect to artificial intelligence systems. The report was advanced by Rep. Cathy McMorris Rodgers, R-Washington, on Oct. 25, 2023. Here are excerpts: * * * PURPOSE AND SUMMARY H.R. 3369, the "Ar  more

WASHINGTON, Nov. 23 -- The House Energy and Commerce Committee issued a report (H.Rpt. 118-248) on the Federal Broadband Deployment Tracking Act (H.R. 3343), which aims to require the Assistant Secretary of Commerce for Communications and Information to submit to Congress a plan for the Assistant Secretary to track the acceptance, processing and disposal of certain Form 299s. The report was advanced by Rep. Cathy McMorris Rodgers, R-Washington, on Oct. 25, 2023. Here are excerpts: * * * PURPO  more

WASHINGTON, Nov. 23 -- The House Energy and Commerce Committee issued a report (H.Rpt. 118-247) on the Firefighter Cancer Registry Reauthorization Act (H.R. 3821), which aims to reauthorize the Firefighter Cancer Registry Act of 2018. The report was advanced by Rep. Cathy McMorris Rodgers, R-Washington, on Oct. 25, 2023. Here are excerpts: * * * Purpose and Summary H.R. 3821 reauthorizes funding for the voluntary registry for firefighter cancer incidents under the Centers for Disease Control  more

WASHINGTON, Nov. 23 -- The House Energy and Commerce Committee issued a report (H.Rpt. 118-246) on the Preventing Maternal Deaths Reauthorization Act (H.R. 3838), which aims to amend Title III of the Public Health Service Act to reauthorize Federal support of States in their work to save and sustain the health of mothers during pregnancy, childbirth and the postpartum period, to eliminate disparities in maternal health outcomes for pregnancy-related and pregnancy-associated deaths and to identif  more

WASHINGTON, Nov. 23 -- The House Energy and Commerce Committee issued a report (H.Rpt. 118-245) on the Standard Fees To Expedite Evaluation and Streamlining Act (H.R. 3309), which aims to amend the Middle Class Tax Relief and Job Creation Act of 2012 to establish a uniform fee schedule applicable to the processing of forms for the consideration of applications for the placement of communications facilities on certain buildings and other property owned by the federal government. The report was ad  more

WASHINGTON, Nov. 23 -- The House Judiciary Committee issued a report (H.Rpt. 118-250) on the Debbie Smith Act (H.R. 1105), which aims to amend the DNA Analysis Backlog Elimination Act of 2000 to reauthorize the Debbie Smith DNA Backlog Grant Program. The report was advanced by Rep. Jim Jordan, R-Ohio, on Oct. 25, 2023. Here are excerpts: * * * Purpose and Summary H.R. 1105, introduced by Rep. Ann Wagner (R-MO), amends the DNA Analysis Backlog Elimination Act of 2000 to reauthorize the Debbie  more

WASHINGTON, Nov. 23 -- The House Judiciary Committee issued a report (H.Rpt. 118-256) on the Rape Kit Backlog Progress Act (H.R. 5721), which aims to amend the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 to require certain reporting on sexual assault kit testing. The report was advanced by Rep. Jim Jordan, R-Ohio, on Oct. 26, 2023. Here are excerpts: * * * Purpose and Summary H.R. 5721, introduced by Rep. Nancy Mace (R-SC), amends the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968  more

WASHINGTON, Nov. 23 -- The House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee issued a report (H.Rpt. 118-257) on the Tennessee Valley Authority Salary Transparency Act (H.R. 4693), which aims to provide that the Federal Reports Elimination and Sunset Act of 1995 does not apply to certain reports required to be submitted by the Tennessee Valley Authority. The report was advanced by Rep. Sam Graves, R-Missouri, on Oct. 26, 2023. Here are excerpts: * * * Purpose of Legislation The purpose of H.  more