WASHINGTON, Sept. 15 -- Rep. Ami Bera, D-Calif., has introduced legislation (H.R. 8800) to "amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to extend certain increases in payments for physicians services under the Medicare program through 2023." The bill was introduced on Sept. 13 and was co-sponsored by Rep. Larry Bucshon, R-Ind. It was jointly referred to the House Energy and Commerce and Ways and Means committees. For more information, Rep. Ami Bera, 172 Cannon House Office Building, Washingto  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 16 -- Rep. Cori Bush, D-Mo., has introduced legislation (H.R. 8818) to "direct the Occupational Safety and Health Administration to issue an occupational safety and health standard to protect workers from wind-related injuries." The bill was introduced on Sept. 14 and has eight co-sponsors. Co-sponsors include Reps. Al Green, D-Texas, Yvette Clarke, D-N.Y., Jamaal Bowman, D-N.Y., Andre Carson, D-Ind., Raul M. Grijalva, D-Ariz., Barbara Lee, D-Calif., Earl Blumenauer, D-Ore., a  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 16 -- Rep. Byron Donalds, R-Fla., has introduced legislation (H.R. 8808) to "acquire cobalt refining capacity in the U.S." The bill was introduced on Sept. 13 and has 10 co-sponsors. Co-sponsors include Reps. Maria Elvira Salazar, R-Fla., Troy E. Nehls, R-Texas, Randy Feenstra, R-Iowa, Madison Cawthorn, R-N.C., Rick Crawford, R-Ark., Jim Baird, R-Ind., Matthew M. Rosendale, R-Mont., Kevin Hern, R-Okla., Markwayne Mullin, R-Okla., and Bill Posey, R-Fla. The legislation was ref  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 16 -- Rep. Chris Smith, R-N.J., has introduced the Protecting Pain-Capable Unborn Children from Late-Term Abortions Act (H.R. 8814) "to amend title 18, U.S. Code, to protect pain-capable unborn children." The bill was introduced on Sept. 13 and has 84 co-sponsors. Co-sponsors include Reps. Michelle Fischbach, R-Minn., Andy Harris, R-Md., Kat Cammack, R-Fla., Elise Stefanik, R-N.Y., Mike Kelly, R-Pa., Jim Jordan, R-Ohio, Jim Banks, R-Ind., Virginia Foxx, R-N.C., Vicky Hartzler,  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 14 -- Sen. Shelley Moore Capito, R-W.Va., has introduced legislation (S. 4815) to "clarify regulatory certainty." The bill was introduced on Sept. 12 and has 45 co-sponsors. Co-sponsors include Sens. Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., John Thune, R-S.D., Chuck Grassley, R-Iowa, Kevin Cramer, R-N.D., James M. Inhofe, R-Okla., Cindy Hyde-Smith, R-Miss., Bill Cassidy, R-La., Bill Hagerty, R-Tenn., James Risch, R-Idaho, Deb Fischer, R-Neb., Ron Johnson, R-Wis., Mike Braun, R-Ind., Lindsey Gr  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 14 -- Sen. Mike Crapo, R-Idaho, has introduced legislation (S. 4817) to "prevent the use of additional Internal Revenue Service funds from being used for audits of taxpayers with taxable incomes below $400,000 in order to protect low- and middle-income earning American taxpayers from an onslaught of audits from an army of new Internal Revenue Service auditors funded by an unprecedented, nearly $80,000,000,000, infusion of new funds." The bill was introduced on Sept. 12 and has  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 15 -- Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas, has introduced legislation (S. 4843) to "permit visiting dignitaries and service members from Taiwan to display the flag of the Republic of China." The bill was introduced on Sept. 13 and was co-sponsored by Sens. Tom Cotton, R-Ark., Marco Rubio, R-Fla., Marsha Blackburn, R-Tenn., Todd Young, R-Ind., and Rick Scott, R-Fla. It was referred to the Senate Foreign Relations Committee. For more information, Sen. Ted Cruz, 127-A Russell Senate Office B  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 14 -- Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas, has introduced legislation (S. 4818) to "prohibit the use of Federal and local funds to impose or enforce a COVID-19 vaccine mandate in District of Columbia schools, and to repeal the Coronavirus Immunization of School Students and Early Childhood Workers Regulation Amendment Act of 2021 enacted by the District of Columbia Council." The bill was introduced on Sept. 12 and has seven co-sponsors. Co-sponsors include Sens. Marsha Blackburn, R-Tenn.,   more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 17 -- Sen. Mike Lee, R-Utah, has introduced legislation (S. 4869) to "index certain thresholds for inflation." The bill was introduced on Sept. 15 and was co-sponsored by Sens. Cynthia M. Lummis, R-Wyo., and Mike Braun, R-Ind. It was referred to the Senate Finance Committee. For more information, Sen. Mike Lee, 361-A Russell Senate Office Building, Washington, DC 20510; 202/224-5444; or in state at Wallace F. Bennett Federal Bldg., 125 S. State, Ste. 4225, Salt Lake City, UT   more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 15 -- Sen. Mike Lee, R-Utah, has introduced legislation (S. 4831) to "amend the Federal Reserve Act to limit the ability of Federal Reserve banks to issue central bank digital currency." The bill was introduced on Sept. 13 and was co-sponsored by Sen. Mike Braun, R-Ind. It was referred to the Senate Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs Committee. For more information, Sen. Mike Lee, 361-A Russell Senate Office Building, Washington, DC 20510; 202/224-5444; or in state at Wallac  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 14 -- Sen. Jon Ossoff, D-Ga., has introduced legislation (S. 4816) to "require the Archivist of the U.S. to submit to Congress a comprehensive plan for reducing the backlog of requests for records from the National Personnel Records Center." The bill was introduced on Sept. 12 and was co-sponsored by Sens. Mike Rounds, R-S.D., Jeanne Shaheen, D-N.H., and Mike Braun, R-Ind. It was referred to the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee. For more information  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 15 -- Sen. Gary Peters, D-Mich., has introduced legislation (S. 4828) to "provide consistent leadership, purpose, and administrative support for the primary governmentwide executive councils." The bill was introduced on Sept. 13 and was co-sponsored by Sen. Mike Braun, R-Ind. It was referred to the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee. For more information, Sen. Gary Peters, 724 Hart Senate Office Building, Washington, DC 20510; 202/224-6221; or in stat  more