118th CONGRESS 2d Session H. R. 9748_______________________________________________________________________ AN ACT To require the Under Secretary of the Science and Technology Directorate of the Department of Homeland Security to develop a Department-wide policy and process to safeguard research and development from unauthorized access to or disclosure of sensitive information in research and development acquisitions, and for other purposes. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. This Act may be cited as the “Research Security and Accountability in DHS Act”.SEC. 2. SAFEGUARDING SENSITIVE RESEARCH IN THE DEPARTMENT OF … Continue reading “Research Security and Accountability Act: H.R. 9748”
First Published: December 10, 2024 at 10:55 PMLast Updated: December 17, 2024 at 09:28 AM Items that may be considered under suspension of the rules S. Amdt. to H.R. 7213 AUTISM Cares Act of 2024 [PDF] H.R. 7224 To amend the Public Health Service Act to reauthorize the Stop, Observe, Ask, and Respond to Health and Wellness Training Program [PDF] H.R. 4534 Women and Lung Cancer Research and Preventive Services Act of 2024, as amended [PDF] H.R. 3343 Federal Broadband Deployment Tracking Act [PDF] H.R. 1377 Promoting United States Wireless Leadership Act of 2023 [PDF] H.R. 7188 Shandra Eisenga Human … Continue reading “Bills for the Week of Dec. 16, 2024”
H.R. 9668:
To establish in the Department of Homeland Security a working group
relating to countering terrorist, cybersecurity, border and port security,
and transportation security threats posed to the United States by the
Chinese Communist Party, and for other purposes.
118TH CONGRESS1ST SESSION H. R. 6229To amend the Homeland Security Act of 2002 to authorize a programto assess the threat, vulnerability, and consequences of terrorism orother security threats, as appropriate, to certain events, and for otherpurposes.IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVESNOVEMBER 3, 2023Ms. TITUS (for herself and Mr. HUDSON) introduced the following bill; whichwas referred to the Committee on Homeland Security, and in addition tothe Committee on the Judiciary, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisionsas fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concernedA BILLTo amend the Homeland Security Act … Continue reading “DHS Special Events Program and Support Act: H.R. 6229”
To ensure the security and integrity of United States critical infrastructure by establishing an interagency task force and requiring a comprehensive report on the targeting of United States critical infrastructure by People’s Republic of China state-sponsored cyber actors, and for other purpose.
“The term “Volt Typhoon” means the People’s Republic of China State-sponsored cyber actor described in the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency cybersecurity advisory entitled “PRC State-Sponsored Actors Compromise and Maintain Persistent Access to U.S. Critical Infrastructure”, issued on February 07, 2024, or any successor advisory.”
First Published: December 3, 2024 at 06:58 PMLast Updated: December 7, 2024 at 05:43 PM The following are links to the text of legislation scheduled for consideration during the week of Dec. 9, 2024. For the complete schedule, please visit the Majority Leader’s site. Items that may be considered under suspension of the rules H.R. 2892 WARN Act, as amended [PDF] S. 310 Disaster Contract Improvement Act [PDF] H.R. 2672 FEMA Loan Interest Payment Relief Act, as amended [PDF] [PDF] Updated 12/06/2024 at 02:48 PM S. 1478 To designate United States Route 20 in the States of Oregon, Idaho, Montana, Wyoming, Nebraska, … Continue reading “Bills for the Week of Dec. 9, 2024”
Text of Bills for the Week of Dec. 2, 2024 First Published: November 22, 2024 at 03:10 PMLast Updated: November 25, 2024 at 10:21 AM XML The following are links to the text of legislation scheduled for consideration during the week of Dec. 2, 2024. For the complete schedule, please visit the Majority Leader’s site. Items that may be considered pursuant to a rule H.R. 5349Crucial Communism Teaching Act [ PDF] [XML]:: H. Rept. 118-255 – Report from the Committee on Education and the Workforce to accompany H.R. 5349[PDF]H.R. 7198 Prove It Act of 2024[ PDF] [XML]Added 11/25/2024 at 10:21 AM
H.R.10180 – To amend the National Marine Sanctuary Act to prohibit requiring an authorization for the installation, operation, maintenance, repair, or recovery of undersea fiber optic cables in a national marine sanctuary if such activities have previously been authorized by a Federal or State agency.
Introduced in House (11/20/2024) 118th CONGRESS2d Session H. R. 10179 To direct the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development to award grants to States to develop and expand the industrialized construction of innovative residential dwelling units, and for other purposes. IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES November 20, 2024 Ms. Caraveo (for herself and Ms. Pettersen) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Financial Services A BILL To direct the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development to award grants to States to develop and expand the industrialized construction of innovative residential dwelling units, and for other purposes. Be it enacted … Continue reading “Innovative Housing Solutions and Affordability Act: H. R. 10179”
11/14/2024 H.R. 10120 To nullify certain interagency guidance related to climate-related financial risk management for large financial institutions.11/14/2024 H.R. 10121 Youth Climate Leadership Act of 202411/14/2024 H.R. 10122 Developing America’s Workforce Act11/14/2024 H.R. 10123 To establish an interagency committee to harmonize regulatory regimes in the United States relating to cybersecurity, and for other purposes…11/14/2024 H.R. 10124 To direct the Secretary of Agriculture to establish and administer a pilot program to provide grants to support Food is Medicine programs, a…11/14/2024 H.R. 10125 AI Fraud Deterrence Act11/14/2024 H.R. 10126 Public Health Funding Restoration Act11/14/2024 H.R. 10127 To suspend normal trade relations with … Continue reading “FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 15, 2024”
“…To amend the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Actto provide that aliens who are not qualified aliens are ineligible forcertain assistance, …”
Statesman, Clay Higgins of Louisiana,
Question:
If H.R. 5693 passes, state racing commissions are no longer legally obligated to be regulated by HISA, or by RHSO (Racehorse Health and Safety Organization); so what stops state racing commissions from just remaining independent as they did before the Interstate Horseracing Act of 1978?
H. R. 5693
Congressman Clay Higgins Has Introduced Legislation to Fight Against Federal Overreach and Oppressive Mandates to Improve the Integrity of Horse Racing
“Congress should work with State racing commissions to regulate horseracing in a responsible way to ensure racetrack
safety and the economic viability of small tracks across the country.
I will work with any Senator who is willing to stand up for small tracks in the next Congress and fix this broken way of governing.”
– Congressman Lance Gooden
Bills Introduced Wednesday, November 6, 2024:
Federal Courthouse Conveyance Act;
Expressing the sense of Congress that the United States is committed to ensuring a safe and healthy climate for future generations, and thus to restoring the climate.;
IMPACT Act 2.0;
Peggy Lillis Clostridioides difficile Inclusion Act
H. R. 10100
“Economic Security and Diplomacy Act of 2024”.
“To amend the State Department Basic Authorities Act to establish a Deputy Secretary of State for Economic Security, redesignate and relocate other offices of the Department of State, and for other purposes. …”
H. RES. 1563 Ensuring a Save and Healthy Climate for Future Generations, and thus to Restore the Climate:
ia Senate passed SR–34,
becoming the first State to pass a resolution formally
recognizing an obligation to future generations to restore
the atmospheric CO2 concentration to a safe level,… and calling for action by the Federal Government, in the form of an
international climate treaty,
torestore and stabilize greenhouse gas concentrations as a common climate goal,,,’…”
H.Res.1559 [118th] – Recognizing Islam as one of the great religions of the world. Introduced in House (11/01/2024):XML/HTML | TXT | PDF H.Res.1558 [118th] – Supporting the goals and ideals of October as “National Domestic Violence Awareness Month”. Introduced in House (11/01/2024):XML/HTML | TXT | PDF H.R.9967 [118th] – POL Act Introduced in House (10/11/2024):XML/HTML | TXT | PDF H.R.9956 [118th] – Bill Pascrell Ending Tax Giveaway Act Introduced in House (10/11/2024):XML/HTML | TXT | PDF H.R.8446 [118th] – Critical Mineral Consistency Act of 2024 Reported in House (11/01/2024):XML/HTML | TXT | PDF H.R.8340 [118th] – C Reported in House (11/01/2024):XML/HTML | TXT | PDF H.R.7437 [118th] – Fostering the Use of Technology to Uphold Regulatory Effectiveness in Supervision Act Reported in House (11/01/2024):XML/HTML | TXT | PDF H.R.7409 [118th] – HEATS Act Reported in House … Continue reading “Bills Introduced Saturday, November 2, 2024”
“To direct certain institutions of higher education to pay the medical
costs of students who were diagnosed with certain diseases following a
required COVID-19 vaccination…”
“(1) means funds made available under the heading “Bilateral Economic Assisstance—Funds Appropriated to the President—Economic Support Fund” of title IV of the Ukraine Security Supplemental Appropriations Act (Public Law 118–50); and
(2) does not include such funds that are made available to prevent and respond to food insecurity.”
H.R. 10067:
“A BILL
To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to exclude from tax-exempt status entities which provide goods or services to individuals who are not citizens or nationals of the United States.”
“…to study alternatives for a nonpartisan congressional office or agency to project the net greenhouse gas emissions likely to be caused by Federal legislation,…”
“…shall develop and implement a training program for covered Federal employees on the
limitations with respect to opposing, obstructing, or impeding lawful
directives from the President, Vice President, or any other political
appointee, including Executive orders, National Security Presidential
Memoranda, Presidential Decision Directives, Agency Directives….”
Introduced in House (08/27/2024)
“To recognize the right to assisted reproductive technology and to limit liability for certain actions committed during the course of providing assisted reproductive technology”
TITLE VII–FEDERAL TRADE COMMISSION OVERSIGHT OF HORSERACING INTEGRITY AND SAFETY AUTHORITY SEC. 701. FEDERAL TRADE COMMISSION OVERSIGHT OF HORSERACING INTEGRITY AND SAFETY AUTHORITY. Section 1204(e) of the Horseracing Integrity and Safety Act of 2020 (15 U.S.C. 3053(e)) is amended to read as follows: “(e) Amendment by Commission of Rules of Authority.–The Commission, by rule in accordance with section 553 of title [[Page 136 STAT. 5232]] 5, United States Code, may abrogate, add to, and modify the rules of the Authority promulgated in accordance with this Act as the Commission finds necessary or appropriate to ensure the fair administration of the … Continue reading “TITLE VII–FEDERAL TRADE COMMISSION OVERSIGHT OF HORSERACING INTEGRITY AND SAFETY AUTHORITY”
117th CONGRESS2d Session H. R. 9132 To provide an extension of authority for the Horseracing Integrity and Safety Authority. IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES October 4, 2022 Mr. Gooden of Texas 2431 Rayburn House Office Building(202) 225-3484 (for himself and Mr. Mullin) 3817 NW Expressway #780Oklahoma City, OK 73112(405) 246-0025 15 W 6th St. Suite #2100Tulsa, OK 74119(918) 921-8520 330 Hart Senate BuildingWashington, DC 20510(202) 224-4721 introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce A BILL To provide an extension of authority for the Horseracing Integrity and Safety Authority. Be it enacted by the Senate and House … Continue reading “H. R. 9132”
“Ensuring Seniors’ Access to COVID Treatments Act”:
H. R. 975:
“Ensuring Seniors’ Access to COVID Treatments Act”
“To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to require coverage under Medicare PDPs and MA–PD plans, without the imposition of cost sharing or utilization management requirements, of drugs intended to treat COVID–19 during certain emergencies.”
15 USC 3051: DefinitionsText contains those laws in effect on November 7, 2024 From Title 15-COMMERCE AND TRADE CHAPTER 57A-HORSERACING INTEGRITY AND SAFETY
Crime Control Act of 1970
“…It is the purpose of this Act to seek the eradication of organized
crime in the United States by strengthening the legal to0ls in the evidence-gathering process, by establishing new penal prohibitions, and
by providing enhanced sanctions and new remedies to deal with the
unlawful activities of those engaged in organized crime. …”
“…(a) Any person subject to this chapter who wrongfully takes, obtains, or withholds, by any means, from the possession of the owner or of any other person any money, personal property, or article of value of any kind-
(1) with intent permanently to deprive or defraud another person of the use and benefit of property or to appropriate it to his own use or the use of any person other than the owner, steals that property and is guilty of larceny; or
(2) with intent temporarily to deprive or defraud another person of the use and benefit of property or to appropriate it to his own use or the use of any person other than the owner, is guilty of wrongful appropriation. …”
“Administrative Procedure
Act”:
“To improve the administration of justice by prescribing fair
administrative procedure”:
“No subsequent legislation shall
be held to supersede or modify the provisions of this Act except to
the extent that such legislation shall do so expressly”
The United States Constitution
Ratified June 21,1788
“We the People of the United States, in Order to form a more perfect Union, establish Justice, insure domestic Tranquility, provide for the common defense, promote the general Welfare, and secure the Blessings of Liberty to ourselves and our Posterity, do ordain and establish this Constitution for the United States of America.”
118th CONGRESS 2d Session H. R. 9748_______________________________________________________________________ AN ACT To require the Under Secretary of the Science and Technology Directorate of the Department of Homeland Security to develop a Department-wide policy and process to safeguard research and development from unauthorized access to or disclosure of sensitive information in research and development acquisitions, and for other purposes. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. This Act may be cited as the “Research Security and Accountability in DHS Act”.SEC. 2. SAFEGUARDING SENSITIVE RESEARCH IN THE DEPARTMENT OF … Continue reading “Research Security and Accountability Act: H.R. 9748”
First Published: December 10, 2024 at 10:55 PMLast Updated: December 17, 2024 at 09:28 AM Items that may be considered under suspension of the rules S. Amdt. to H.R. 7213 AUTISM Cares Act of 2024 [PDF] H.R. 7224 To amend the Public Health Service Act to reauthorize the Stop, Observe, Ask, and Respond to Health and Wellness Training Program [PDF] H.R. 4534 Women and Lung Cancer Research and Preventive Services Act of 2024, as amended [PDF] H.R. 3343 Federal Broadband Deployment Tracking Act [PDF] H.R. 1377 Promoting United States Wireless Leadership Act of 2023 [PDF] H.R. 7188 Shandra Eisenga Human … Continue reading “Bills for the Week of Dec. 16, 2024”
H.R. 9668: To establish in the Department of Homeland Security a working group relating to countering terrorist, cybersecurity, border and port security, and transportation security threats posed to the United States by the Chinese Communist Party, and for other purposes.
To ensure the security and integrity of United States critical infrastructure by establishing an interagency task force and requiring a comprehensive report on the targeting of United States critical infrastructure by People’s Republic of China state-sponsored cyber actors, and for other purpose. “The term “Volt Typhoon” means the People’s Republic of China State-sponsored cyber actor described in the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency cybersecurity advisory entitled “PRC State-Sponsored Actors Compromise and Maintain Persistent Access to U.S. Critical Infrastructure”, issued on February 07, 2024, or any successor advisory.”
11/14/2024 H.R. 10120 To nullify certain interagency guidance related to climate-related financial risk management for large financial institutions.11/14/2024 H.R. 10121 Youth Climate Leadership Act of 202411/14/2024 H.R. 10122 Developing America’s Workforce Act11/14/2024 H.R. 10123 To establish an interagency committee to harmonize regulatory regimes in the United States relating to cybersecurity, and for other purposes…11/14/2024 H.R. 10124 To direct the Secretary of Agriculture to establish and administer a pilot program to provide grants to support Food is Medicine programs, a…11/14/2024 H.R. 10125 AI Fraud Deterrence Act11/14/2024 H.R. 10126 Public Health Funding Restoration Act11/14/2024 H.R. 10127 To suspend normal trade relations with … Continue reading “FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 15, 2024”
Statesman, Clay Higgins of Louisiana, Question: If H.R. 5693 passes, state racing commissions are no longer legally obligated to be regulated by HISA, or by RHSO (Racehorse Health and Safety Organization); so what stops state racing commissions from just remaining independent as they did before the Interstate Horseracing Act of 1978?
H. R. 5693 Congressman Clay Higgins Has Introduced Legislation to Fight Against Federal Overreach and Oppressive Mandates to Improve the Integrity of Horse Racing
“Congress should work with State racing commissions to regulate horseracing in a responsible way to ensure racetrack safety and the economic viability of small tracks across the country. I will work with any Senator who is willing to stand up for small tracks in the next Congress and fix this broken way of governing.” – Congressman Lance Gooden
From the Horse’s Mouth
TITLE VII–FEDERAL TRADE COMMISSION OVERSIGHT OF HORSERACING INTEGRITY AND SAFETY AUTHORITY SEC. 701. FEDERAL TRADE COMMISSION OVERSIGHT OF HORSERACING INTEGRITY AND SAFETY AUTHORITY. Section 1204(e) of the Horseracing Integrity and Safety Act of 2020 (15 U.S.C. 3053(e)) is amended to read as follows: “(e) Amendment by Commission of Rules of Authority.–The Commission, by rule in accordance with section 553 of title [[Page 136 STAT. 5232]] 5, United States Code, may abrogate, add to, and modify the rules of the Authority promulgated in accordance with this Act as the Commission finds necessary or appropriate to ensure the fair administration of the … Continue reading “TITLE VII–FEDERAL TRADE COMMISSION OVERSIGHT OF HORSERACING INTEGRITY AND SAFETY AUTHORITY”
15 USC 3051: DefinitionsText contains those laws in effect on November 7, 2024 From Title 15-COMMERCE AND TRADE CHAPTER 57A-HORSERACING INTEGRITY AND SAFETY
Crime Control Act of 1970 “…It is the purpose of this Act to seek the eradication of organized crime in the United States by strengthening the legal to0ls in the evidence-gathering process, by establishing new penal prohibitions, and by providing enhanced sanctions and new remedies to deal with the unlawful activities of those engaged in organized crime. …”
“…(a) Any person subject to this chapter who wrongfully takes, obtains, or withholds, by any means, from the possession of the owner or of any other person any money, personal property, or article of value of any kind- (1) with intent permanently to deprive or defraud another person of the use and benefit of property or to appropriate it to his own use or the use of any person other than the owner, steals that property and is guilty of larceny; or (2) with intent temporarily to deprive or defraud another person of the use and benefit of property or to appropriate it to his own use or the use of any person other than the owner, is guilty of wrongful appropriation. …”
“Administrative Procedure Act”: “To improve the administration of justice by prescribing fair administrative procedure”: “No subsequent legislation shall be held to supersede or modify the provisions of this Act except to the extent that such legislation shall do so expressly”
After President Woodrow Wilson signed the Federal Trade Commission Act into law in 1914, The FTC opened its doors on March 16,1915.
The United States Constitution Ratified June 21,1788 “We the People of the United States, in Order to form a more perfect Union, establish Justice, insure domestic Tranquility, provide for the common defense, promote the general Welfare, and secure the Blessings of Liberty to ourselves and our Posterity, do ordain and establish this Constitution for the United States of America.”