WASHINGTON, Dec. 8 -- Rep. Mike Bost, R-Ill., has introduced legislation (H.R. 9430) to "amend the Honoring our Promise to Address Comprehensive Toxics (PACT) Act of 2022 to establish a maximum amount of attorney fees for suits against the United States relating to water at Camp Lejeune, North Carolina." The bill was introduced on Dec. 6 and has nine co-sponsors. Co-sponsors include Reps. Darrell Issa, R-Calif., Jack Bergman, R-Mich., Barry Moore, R-Ala., Madison Cawthorn, R-N.C., Nancy Mace, R  more

WASHINGTON, Dec. 6 -- Rep. Steve Cohen, D-Tenn., has introduced the Holding Accountable Russian Mercenaries Act (H.R. 9381) "to designate the Russian-based PMC Wagner Group as a foreign terrorist organization." The bill was introduced on Dec. 1 and was co-sponsored by Reps. Joe Wilson, R-S.C., Marc Veasey, D-Texas, and Richard Hudson, R-N.C. It was referred to the House Judiciary Committee. The full text of the bill is available from https://www.congress.gov/bill/117th-congress/house-bill/938  more

WASHINGTON, Dec. 6 -- Rep. Ronny Jackson, R-Texas, has introduced legislation (H.R. 9389) to "amend title 10, U.S. Code, to restrict the Secretary of Defense from paying or reimbursing expenses relating to abortion services." The bill was introduced on Dec. 1 and has 25 co-sponsors. Co-sponsors include Reps. Chip Roy, R-Texas, Doug Lamborn, R-Colo., Michael Waltz, R-Fla., Pat Fallon, R-Texas, Matt Gaetz, R-Fla., Greg Steube, R-Fla., Kat Cammack, R-Fla., Mary E. Miller, R-Ill., Jeff Duncan, R-S.  more

WASHINGTON, Dec. 10 -- Sen. Tammy Baldwin, D-Wis., has introduced the Women's Suffrage National Monument Location Act (S. 5196) "to authorize the location of a monument on the National Mall to commemorate and honor the women's suffrage movement and the passage of the 19th Amendment to the Constitution." The bill was introduced on Dec. 7 and was co-sponsored by Sens. Marsha Blackburn, R-Tenn., and Michael Bennet, D-Colo. It was referred to the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee. The  more

WASHINGTON, Dec. 10 -- Sen. Mike Crapo, R-Idaho, has introduced legislation (S. 5203) to "provide for the creation of the Missing Armed Forces Personnel Records Collection at the National Archives, to require the expeditious public transmission to the Archivist and public disclosure of Missing Armed Forces Personnel records." The bill was introduced on Dec. 7 and has seven co-sponsors. Co-sponsors include Sens. Jeanne Shaheen, D-N.H., James Risch, R-Idaho, Margaret Wood Hassan, D-N.H., Elizabet  more

WASHINGTON, Dec. 7 -- Sen. Tim Kaine, D-Va., has introduced legislation (S. 5182) to "direct the U.S. government to support extending the mandate of the Independent International Fact-Finding Mission on Venezuela until a resolution of the Venezuelan crisis is achieved." The bill was introduced on Dec. 5 and was co-sponsored by Sen. Marco Rubio, R-Fla., Benjamin Cardin, D-Md., and Bill Hagerty, R-Tenn. It was referred to the Senate Foreign Relations Committee. For more information, Sen. Tim Kai  more

WASHINGTON, Dec. 5 -- Sen. Mike Lee, R-Utah, has introduced legislation (S. 5171) to "amend the Public Health Service Act to prohibit the Secretary of Health and Human Services from placing any vaccine for COVID-19 on the child and adolescent immunization schedule unless the Secretary has posted on the public website of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention all clinical data in the possession of the Department of Health and Human Services relating to the safety and efficacy of such vacc  more