WASHINGTON, Sept. 15 -- Rep. Mark Alford, R-Mo., introduced the "Small Business Administration Rural Performance Report Act" on Aug. 25, 2023. The text of the bill was released on Sept. 13. H.R. 5265. A bill to amend the Small Business Act to require a report on the performance of the Office of Rural Affairs, to require a report on the memorandum of understanding between the Small Business Administration and the Department of Agriculture entered into on April 4, 2018, and for other purposes; to  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 11 -- Rep. Emanuel Cleaver, D-Mo., introduced the "Low-Income First-Time Homebuyers Act" on July 12, 2023. The text of the bill was released on Sept. 10. H.R. 4573. A bill to establish a program to provide low- and moderate-income first-time, first-generation homebuyers with access to affordable and sustainable wealth-building home loans; to the Committee on Financial Services. The bill is cosponsored by Reps. Nikema Williams, D-Ga., Al Green, D-Texas, Juan C. Vargas, D-Calif  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 11 -- Rep. Rosa L. DeLauro, D-Conn., introduced the "Access to Infertility Treatment and Care Act" on July 19, 2023. The text of the bill was released on Sept. 10. H.R. 4731. A bill to require health insurance coverage for the treatment of infertility; to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committees on Education and the Workforce, Ways and Means, Oversight and Accountability, Veterans' Affairs, and Armed Services, for a period to be subsequently dete  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 11 -- Rep. John Sarbanes, D-Md., introduced the "Freedom to Vote Act" on July 18, 2023. The text of the bill was released on Sept. 10. H.R. 11. A bill to expand Americans' access to the ballot box and reduce the influence of big money in politics, and for other purposes; to the Committee on House Administration, and in addition to the Committees on the Judiciary, Science, Space, and Technology, Oversight and Accountability, Financial Services, Ways and Means, Natural Resources  more