WASHINGTON, Dec. 27 -- Rep. Don Davis, D-N.C., introduced the "Workforce Data for Analyzing and Tracking Automation Act" on Nov. 30, 2023. The text of the bill was released on Dec. 26. H.R. 6518. A bill to require the Secretary of Labor to take initiatives to measure the impact of automation on the workforce in order to inform workforce development strategies, and for other purposes; to the Committee on Education and the Workforce. The bill is cosponsored by Rep. Zach Nunn, R-Iowa. * * * SEC  more

WASHINGTON, Dec. 28 -- Rep. Pat Fallon, R-Texas, introduced the "Protecting Military Servicemembers' Data Act" on Dec. 4, 2023. The text of the bill was released on Dec. 27. H.R. 6573. A bill to prohibit data brokers from selling, reselling, trading, licensing, or otherwise providing for consideration lists of military servicemembers to a covered nation; to the Committee on Energy and Commerce. The bill is cosponsored by Reps. Marc Veasey, D-Texas, Tom Cole, R-Okla., Stephanie I. Bice, R-Okla.  more

WASHINGTON, Dec. 27 -- Rep. Randy Feenstra, R-Iowa, introduced the "Snap Back Inaccurate SNAP Payments Act" on Nov. 29, 2023. The text of the bill was released on Dec. 26. H.R. 6501. A bill to amend the Food and Nutrition Act of 2008 to improve the calculation and reduce the taxpayer cost of payment errors under the supplemental nutrition assistance program, and for other purposes; to the Committee on Agriculture. The bill is cosponsored by Rep. Mike Bost, R-Ill. * * * SECTION 1. Short title  more

WASHINGTON, Dec. 27 -- Rep. Ashley Hinson, R-Iowa, introduced the "Preventing the Recycling of Immigrants is Necessary for Trafficking Suspension Act" on Nov. 30, 2023. The text of the bill was released on Dec. 26. H.R. 6522. A bill to require the Secretary of Homeland Security to fingerprint noncitizen minors entering the United States who are suspected of being victims of human trafficking, to require the Secretary to publicly disclose the number of such minors who are fingerprinted by U.S. C  more

WASHINGTON, Dec. 27 -- Rep. Ashley Hinson, R-Iowa, introduced the "Southern Border Transparency Act" on Nov. 30, 2023. The text of the bill was released on Dec. 26. H.R. 6523. A bill to require the Department of Homeland Security to publish various publications and reports regarding the number of aliens seeking entry along the southern border of the United States; to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committee on Homeland Security, for a period to be subsequently determined  more

WASHINGTON, Dec. 27 -- Rep. Dusty Johnson, R-S.D., introduced the "PRC Accountability and Divestment Act" on Nov. 30, 2023. The text of the bill was released on Dec. 26. H.R. 6528. A bill to encourage State and local governments to prohibit certain investment activities in the People's Republic of China, and for other purposes; to the Committee on Financial Services. The bill is cosponsored by Reps. John Moolenaar, R-Mich., Robert J. Wittman, R-Va., Ashley Hinson, R-Iowa, and Carlos A. Gimenez  more

WASHINGTON, Dec. 28 -- Rep. Mariannette Miller-Meeks, R-Iowa, introduced the "Commission to Study Acts of Antisemitism in the United States Act" on Dec. 4, 2023. The text of the bill was released on Dec. 27. H.R. 6578. A bill to establish the Commission to Study Acts of Antisemitism in the United States; to the Committee on the Judiciary. The bill is cosponsored by Reps. Debbie Wasserman Schultz, D-Fla., Maria Elvira Salazar, R-Fla., Josh Gottheimer, D-N.J., Max Miller, R-Ohio, Jared Moskowitz  more

WASHINGTON, Dec. 27 -- Rep. Mariannette Miller-Meeks, R-Iowa, introduced the "Flex Fuel Fairness Act" on Nov. 29, 2023. The text of the bill was released on Dec. 26. H.R. 6508. A bill to require the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency to ensure that flexible fuel vehicles may use certain gram per mile carbon dioxide values for purposes of determining fleet average carbon dioxide standards for certain vehicles; to the Committee on Energy and Commerce. The bill is cosponsored by  more

WASHINGTON, Dec. 27 -- Rep. Mariannette Miller-Meeks, R-Iowa, introduced the "Physician Fee Schedule Update and Improvements Act" on Dec. 1, 2023. The text of the bill was released on Dec. 26. H.R. 6545. A bill to amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to make improvements to the physician fee schedule under the Medicare program; to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on Ways and Means, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each c  more

WASHINGTON, Dec. 28 -- Rep. Zach Nunn, R-Iowa, introduced the "Congressional Pension Accountability Act" on Dec. 4, 2023. The text of the bill was released on Dec. 27. H.R. 6579. A bill to provide that, if an individual is expelled from Congress, any Member service previously rendered by that individual shall be noncreditable for purposes of determining eligibility for or the amount of any benefits which might otherwise be payable out of the Civil Service Retirement and Disability Fund based on  more

WASHINGTON, Dec. 27 -- Rep. C. Scott Franklin, R-Fla., introduced the "IMF Accountability Act" on Nov. 29, 2023. The text of the bill was released on Dec. 26. H.R. 6502. A bill to prohibit representatives of the United States from voting at the International Monetary Fund for any Special Drawing Rights allocations, quota increases, or policy modifications that would benefit certain countries, and for other purposes; to the Committee on Financial Services. The bill is cosponsored by Reps. Andy   more

WASHINGTON, Dec. 27 -- Sen. Amy Klobuchar, D-Minn., introduced the "Retired Federal Law Enforcement Officers Continuing Service Act" on Nov. 15, 2023. The text of the bill was released on Dec. 26. S. 3335. A bill to amend the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 to establish a grant program to help law enforcement agencies with civilian law enforcement tasks, and for other purposes; to the Committee on the Judiciary. The bill is cosponsored by Sens. Chuck Grassley, R-Iowa * * *   more

WASHINGTON, Dec. 27 -- Sen. Jeanne Shaheen, D-N.H., introduced the "Semiquincentennial Congressional Time Capsule Act" on Nov. 14, 2023. The text of the bill was released on Dec. 20. S. 3293. A bill to provide for the creation of a Congressional time capsule in commemoration of the semiquincentennial of the United States, and for other purposes; to the Committee on Rules and Administration. The bill is cosponsored by Sens. Thom Tillis, R-N.C., Richard Blumenthal, D-Conn., Chuck Grassley, R-Iow  more