WASHINGTON, March 5 -- Rep. Sean Casten, D-Ill., has introduced legislation (H.R. 1549) to "establish the Advisory Committee on Climate Risk on the Financial Stability Oversight Council." The bill was introduced on March 3 and was co-sponsored by Reps. Kathy Castor, D-Fla., Nydia M. Velazquez, D-N.Y., Emanuel Cleaver, D-Mo., Andy Levin, D-Mich., and Del. Eleanor Holmes-Norton, D-D.C. It was referred to the House Financial Services Committee. For more information, Rep. Sean Casten, 2440 Rayburn  more

WASHINGTON, March 5 -- Rep. Kathy Castor, D-Fla., has introduced legislation (H.R. 1550) to amend the Public Health Service Act "to provide for a public awareness campaign with respect to human papillomavirus." The bill was introduced on March 3 and was co-sponsored by Rep. Kim Schrier, D-Wash. It was referred to the House Energy and Commerce Committee. For more information, Rep. Kathy Castor, 2052 Rayburn House Office Building, Washington, DC 20515; 202/225-3376; or in district office at 4144  more

WASHINGTON, March 5 -- Rep. Charlie Crist, D-Fla., has introduced legislation (H.R. 1557) to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 "to extend certain credits related to solar energy." The bill was introduced on March 3. It was referred to the House Ways and Means Committee. For more information, Rep. Charlie Crist, 215 Cannon House Office Building, Washington, DC 20515; 202/225-5961; or in district offices at 696 1st Ave. N., Ste. 203, St. Petersburg, FL 3370; 1300 22nd St. S., Ste. 316, St.  more

WASHINGTON, March 4 -- Rep. Mario Diaz-Balart, R-Fla., has introduced legislation (H.R. 1493) to amend the Water Resources Development Act of 1986 "to modify a provision relating to acquisition of beach fill." The bill was introduced on March 2. It was referred to the House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee. For more information, Rep. Mario Diaz-Balart, 374 Cannon House Office Building, Washington, DC 20515; 202/225-4211; or in district offices at 8669 N.W. 36th St., Ste. 100, Doral,  more

WASHINGTON, March 3 -- Rep. Lois Frankel, D-Fla., has introduced legislation (H.R. 1455) to "obtain and direct the placement in the Capitol or on the Capitol Grounds of a monument to honor Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the U.S. Ruth Bader Ginsburg." The bill was introduced on March 1 and was co-sponsored by Reps. Jackie Speier, D-Calif., Brenda Lawrence, D-Mich., Veronica Escobar, D-Texas, and Raja Krishnamoorthi, D-Ill. It was referred to the House Administration Committee. For mo  more

WASHINGTON, March 5 -- Rep. Jared Huffman, D-Calif., has introduced legislation (H.R. 1569) to "assist in the conservation of critically endangered species in foreign countries." The bill was introduced on March 3 and has 19 co-sponsors. Co-sponsors include Reps. Vern Buchanan, R-Fla., Julia Brownley, D-Calif., Earl Blumenauer, D-Ore., Salud O. Carbajal, D-Calif., Alcee L. Hastings, D-Fla., Mondaire Jones, D-N.Y., Jim Langevin, D-R.I., Alan Lowenthal, D-Calif., Betty McCollum, D-Minn., Jan Scha  more

WASHINGTON, March 5 -- Rep. Maria Elvira Salazar, R-Fla., has introduced legislation (H.R. 1533) to "extend the deferment of Economic Injury Disaster Loan (EIDL) loans made in response to COVID-19 from 1 year to 2 years." The bill was introduced on March 3 and was co-sponsored by Reps. Sharice Davids, D-Kan., Dan Meuser, R-Pa., Angie Craig, D-Minn., and Mario Diaz-Balart, R-Fla. It was referred to the House Small Business Committee. For more information, Rep. Maria Elvira Salazar, 1616 Longwor  more

WASHINGTON, March 4 -- Rep. Darren Soto, D-Fla., has introduced legislation (H.R. 1522) to "provide for the admission of the State of Puerto Rico into the Union." The bill was introduced on March 2 and has 52 co-sponsors. Co-sponsors include Reps. Stephanie N. Murphy, D-Fla., Don Young, R-Alaska, Ritchie Torres, D-N.Y., Mario Diaz-Balart, R-Fla., Jamie Raskin, D-Md., Don Bacon, R-Neb., Ami Bera, D-Calif., Gus Bilirakis, R-Fla., Sanford D. Bishop Jr., D-Ga., Brendan Boyle, D-Pa., Salud O. Carbaj  more

WASHINGTON, March 5 -- Rep. Greg Steube, R-Fla., has introduced legislation (H.R. 1595) to "require the continuation in effect of export controls with respect to Huawei Technologies Co. Ltd." The bill was introduced on March 3 and has seven co-sponsors. Co-sponsors include Reps. Michael Waltz, R-Fla., Brian Babin, R-Texas, Rick Crawford, R-Ark., Matt Gaetz, R-Fla., Randy Weber, R-Texas, Mario Diaz-Balart, R-Fla., and Ronny Jackson, R-Texas. The legislation was referred to the House Foreign Aff  more

WASHINGTON, March 3 -- Rep. Greg Steube, R-Fla., has introduced legislation (H.R. 1473) to "require the Commissioner of Food and Drugs and the Director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention to report to Congress all serious adverse events that are reported to such agencies in connection with administration of a COVID-19 vaccine." The bill was introduced on March 1. It was referred to the House Energy and Commerce Committee. For more information, Rep. Greg Steube, 2457 Rayburn House  more

WASHINGTON, March 5 -- Sen. Marco Rubio, R-Fla., has introduced legislation (S. 577) to amend the Foreign Agents Registration Act of 1938 "to limit the exemption from the registration requirements of such Act for persons engaging in activities in furtherance of bona fide religious, scholastic, academic, or scientific pursuits or the fine arts to activities which do not promote the political agenda of a foreign government, to amend the Higher Education Act of 1965 to clarify the disclosures of fo  more

WASHINGTON, March 5 -- Sen. Marco Rubio, R-Fla., has introduced legislation (S. 520) to amend the Water Resources Development Act of 1986 "to modify a provision relating to acquisition of beach fill." The bill was introduced on March 2. It was referred to the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee. For more information, Sen. Marco Rubio, 284 Russell Senate Office Building, Washington, DC, 20510; 202/224-3041; or in state at 402 S. Monroe St., Ste. 2105-E, Tallahassee, FL 32399; 850/599-  more

WASHINGTON, March 5 -- Sen. Marco Rubio, R-Fla., has introduced legislation (S. 570) to "prohibit the trading of the securities of certain Communist Chinese military companies on a national securities exchange." The bill was introduced on March 3 and was co-sponsored by Sens. Rick Scott, R-Fla., Mike Braun, R-Ind., Tom Cotton, R-Ark., John Kennedy, R-La., and Ben Sasse, R-Neb. It was referred to the Senate Finance Committee. For more information, Sen. Marco Rubio, 284 Russell Senate Office Bui  more

WASHINGTON, March 5 -- Sen. Rick Scott, R-Fla., has introduced legislation (S. 568) to "require the Secretary of Commerce to certify, before removing an entity from the entity list, that the entity is no longer involved in activities contrary to the national security or foreign policy interests of the U.S. and that removing the entity from the list does not pose a threat to allies of the U.S." The bill was introduced on March 3 and was co-sponsored by Sens. Tom Cotton, R-Ark., Josh Hawley, R-Mo  more