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Bills Introduced Wednesday, November 6, 2024

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.10101 [118th] – Huntsville Federal Courthouse Conveyance ActIntroduced in House (11/05/2024):
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H.Res.1563 [118th] – 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.Introduced in House (11/05/2024):
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H.R.9136 [118th] – IMPACT Act 2.0Introduced in House (07/25/2024):
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H.R.9098 [118th] – Peggy Lillis Clostridioides difficile Inclusion ActIntroduced in House (07/23/2024):
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H. RES. 1563

H. RES. 1563
“…’on July 3, 2023, the California 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,,,’…”

“…the urgent action needed to restore a safe climate
is consistent with H. Res. 975, introduced in 2022, and
H. Res. 259, introduced in 2023, which are resolutions
that recognize the mental health impacts of recurrent climate-related disasters on youth, a group especially vulnerable to the physical and mental health impacts of climate-related disasters, and the far greater suffering
young people and future generations will endure if the
climate continues to worsen; and
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Whereas, on July 3, 2023, the California 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, below
300 ppm, and calling for action by the Federal Government, in the form of an international climate treaty, to
restore and stabilize greenhouse gas concentrations as a
common climate goal: Now, therefore, be it. ,,,”

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Bills Introduced Saturday, November 2, 2024

H.Res.1559 [118th] – Recognizing Islam as one of the great religions of the world.Introduced in House (11/01/2024):
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H.Res.1558 [118th] – Supporting the goals and ideals of October as “National Domestic Violence Awareness Month”.Introduced in House (11/01/2024):
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H.R.9967 [118th] – POL ActIntroduced in House (10/11/2024):
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H.R.9956 [118th] – Bill Pascrell Ending Tax Giveaway ActIntroduced in House (10/11/2024):
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H.R.8446 [118th] – Critical Mineral Consistency Act of 2024Reported in House (11/01/2024):
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H.R.8340 [118th] – CReported in House (11/01/2024):
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H.R.7437 [118th] – Fostering the Use of Technology to Uphold Regulatory Effectiveness in Supervision ActReported in House (11/01/2024):
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H.R.7409 [118th] – HEATS ActReported in House (11/01/2024):
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H.J.Res.100 [118th] – Providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of the rule submitted by the Securities and Exchange Commission relating to “Cybersecurity Risk Management, Strategy, Governance, and Incident Disclosure”.Reported in House (11/01/2024):
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H.R.4551 [118th] – Protecting Investors’ Personally Identifiable Information ActReported in House (11/01/2024):
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H.R.4206 [118th] – Bank Safety Act of 2024Reported in House (11/01/2024):
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University Forced Vaccination Student Injury Mitigation Act of 2024: H.R. 10077

“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…”

H.R. 10077: University Forced Vaccination Student Injury Mitigation Act of 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, and for other purposes.

Introduced in House (10/29/2024)

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Transfer certain unobligated funds to the Disaster Relief Fund, and for other purposes: H. R. 10069

“(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. 10069: To transfer certain unobligated funds to the Disaster Relief Fund, and for other purposes

H. R. 10069


(Introduced 10/29/2024) by;
Rep. Higgins, Clay [R-LA-3]

118th CONGRESS
2d Session

To transfer certain unobligated funds to the Disaster Relief Fund, and for other purposes.

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IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

October 29, 2024

Mr. Higgins of Louisiana (for himself, Mr. Bishop of North Carolina, Mr. Rosendale, Mr. Norman, and Mr. Ogles) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Appropriations

A BILL

To transfer certain unobligated funds to the Disaster Relief Fund, and for other purposes.

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Helping Americans by Restricting Resources to Immigrant Services Act of 2024” or the “HARRIS Act of 2024”: H.R 10067

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.”

“Helping Americans by Restricting Resources to Immigrant Services Act of 2024” or the “HARRIS Act of 2024”.

H. R. 10067

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.

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

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Mr. Gaetz (for himself, Mr. Biggs, Mr. Weber of Texas, and Ms. Boebert) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Ways and Means

October 29, 2024

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.

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Carbon Cost Act of 2024: H.R. 10074

“…to study alternatives for a nonpartisan congressional office or agency to project the net greenhouse gas emissions likely to be caused by Federal legislation,…”

118th CONGRESS
2d Session

H. R. 10074

To direct the Comptroller General of the United States, in coordination with the National Academy of Sciences, to study alternatives for a nonpartisan congressional office or agency to project the net greenhouse gas emissions likely to be caused by Federal legislation, and for other purposes.

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

October 29, 2024

Mr. Neguse (for himself, Ms. Castor of Florida, Mr. Casten, and Mr. Huffman) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on House Administration

A BILL

To direct the Comptroller General of the United States, in coordination with the National Academy of Sciences, to study alternatives for a nonpartisan congressional office or agency to project the net greenhouse gas emissions likely to be caused by Federal legislation, and for other purposes.

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Stop Resistance Activities by Federal Employees Act, or the, “STRAFE Act” — 118th Congress (2023-2024): H.R. 10053

“…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 (10/25/2024)
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118th CONGRESS
2d Session
H. R. 10053

To require the Director of the Office of Personnel Management to
develop and implement mandatory training for covered Federal employees
regarding compliance with directives from the President, Vice
President, and other political appointees, and for other purposes.

_______________________________________________________________________

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

October 25, 2024

Congressman August Pfluger

introduced the following bill; which was referred to the


Committee on Oversight and Accountability

Chairman James Comer

Phone: (202) 225-5074 

Fax: (202) 225-3974

2157 Rayburn House Office Building
Washington, DC 20515

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H. R. 9136

IMPACT Act 2.0:

H. R. 9136

118th CONGRESS
2d Session

To strengthen and enhance the competitiveness of cement, concrete, asphalt binder, and asphalt mixture production in the United States through the research, development, demonstration, and commercial application of technologies to reduce emissions from cement, concrete, asphalt binder, and asphalt mixture production, and for other purposes.

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

July 25, 2024

Mrs. Foushee (for herself and Mr. Miller of Ohio) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, and in addition to the Committees on Energy and Commerce, and Education and the Workforce, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned

A BILL

To strengthen and enhance the competitiveness of cement, concrete, asphalt binder, and asphalt mixture production in the United States through the research, development, demonstration, and commercial application of technologies to reduce emissions from cement, concrete, asphalt binder, and asphalt mixture production, and for other purposes.

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Ensuring Seniors’ Access to COVID Treatments Act : H. R. 975

“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.”

117th CONGRESS
1st Session

H. R. 975

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.

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

February 11, 2021

Mr. Casten introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on Foreign Affairs, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned

A BILL

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.

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 “Ensuring Seniors’ Access to COVID Treatments Act”.

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Crime Control Act of 1970: Public Law 91-452

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. …”

Crime Control Act of 1970


“AN ACT
Relating to the control of organized crime in the United States.
Organized Crime ]enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the
United States of America in Congress assembled^ That this Act
may be cited as the “Organized Crime Control Act of 1970.”
STAITIMENT OF FINDINGS AND PURPOSE
The (Congress finds that (1) organized crime in the United States
is a highly sophisticated, diversified, and widespread activity that
annually drains billions of dollars from America’s economy by unlawful conduct and the illegal use of force, fraud, and corruption;

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Larceny: Black’s Law Dictionary Definition:

Larceny:
“The unlawful taking and carrying away of someone else’s personal property with the intent to deprive the possessor of it permanently.”

” The unlawful taking and carrying away of someone else’s personal property with the intent to deprive the possessor of it permanently.”

10 USC 921: Art. 121. Larceny and wrongful appropriation

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10 USC 921: Art. 121. Larceny and wrongful appropriation

“…(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. …”

10 USC 921: Art. 121. Larceny and wrongful appropriation

Text contains those laws in effect on November 2, 2024

From Title 10-ARMED FORCES Subtitle A-General Military Law PART II-PERSONNEL CHAPTER 47-UNIFORM CODE OF MILITARY JUSTICE SUB CHAPTER X-PUNITIVE ARTICLES

§921. Art. 121. Larceny and wrongful appropriation

(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.

(b) Any person found guilty of larceny or wrongful appropriation shall be punished as a court-martial may direct.

(Aug. 10, 1956, ch. 1041, 70A Stat. 73 .)

Revised sectionSource (U.S. Code)Source (Statutes at Large)
921(a)921(b)50:715(a).50:715(b).May 5, 1950, ch. 169, §1 (Art. 121), 64 Stat. 140 .

In subsection (a), the words “whatever” and “true” are omitted as surplusage. The word “it” is substituted for the words “the same” in clauses (1) and (2).

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Administrative Procedure Act

“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”

ADMINISTRATIVE PROCEDURE ACT[PUBLIC LAW 404—79TH CONGRESS][CHAPTER 324—2D SESSION][S. 7]

ADMINISTRATIVE PROCEDURE ACT
[PUBLIC LAW 404—79TH CONGRESS]
[CHAPTER 324—2D SESSION]
[S. 7]
AN ACT To improve the administration of justice by prescribing fair
administrative procedure
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the
United States of America in Congress assembled,
TITLE
SECTION 1. This Act may be cited as the “Administrative Procedure
Act”.

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embezzlement: Black’s Law Dictionary Definition:

“embezzlement, n. The fraudulent taking of personal property with which one has been entrusted, esp. as a fiduciary. • The criminal intent for embezzlement — unlike larceny and false pretenses – arises after taking possession (not before or during the taking). — Also termed defalcation; peculation. See LARCENY; FALSE PRETENSES. — embez-zle, ub. — embezzler, n.”

“embezzlement, n. The fraudulent taking of personal property with which one has been entrusted, esp. as a fiduciary. • The criminal intent for embezzlement — unlike larceny and false pretenses – arises after taking possession (not before or during the taking). — Also termed defalcation; peculation. See LARCENY; FALSE PRETENSES. — embez-zle, ub. — embezzler, n.”

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FALSE PRETENSES: Black’s Law Dictionary Definition:

“false pretenses: The crime of knowingly obtaining title to another’s personal property by misrepresenting a fact with the intent to defraud. “

FALSE PRETENSES

“false pretenses. The crime of knowingly obtaining title to another’s personal property by misrepresenting a fact with the intent to defraud. • Although unknown to English common law, false pretenses became a misdemeanor under a statute old enough to make it common law in the United States.

Modern American statutes make it either a felony or a misdemeanor, depending on the property’s value. — Also termed obtaining property by false pretenses; fraudulent pretenses. Cf. larceny by trick under LARCENY; EMBEZZLEMENT.”

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defalcation: Black’s Law Dictionary Definition:

“defalcation (dee-fal-kay-shan), n. 1. EMBEZZLE-MENT. 2. Loosely, the failure to meet an obligation; a nonfraudulent default. 3. Ar-chaic. A deduction; a setoff. …”

defalcation

“defalcation (dee-fal-kay-shan), n. 1. EMBEZZLE-MENT. 2. Loosely, the failure to meet an obligation; a nonfraudulent default. 3. Ar-chaic. A deduction; a setoff. – defalcate (di-fal-kayt or dee-), vb. – defalcator, n.”

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12th Amendment of the United States Constitution:

12 th Amendment of the United States Constitution:
“The person having the greatest number of votes for President, shall be the President, if such number be a majority of the whole number of Electors appointed; and if no person have such majority, then from the persons having the highest numbers not exceeding three on the list of those voted for as President, the House of Representatives shall choose immediately, by ballot, the President. But in choosing the President, the votes shall be taken by states, the representation from each state having one vote”

“The Electors shall meet in their respective states and vote by ballot for President and Vice-President, one of whom, at least, shall not be an inhabitant of the same state with themselves; they shall name in their ballots the person voted for as President, and in distinct ballots the person voted for as Vice-President, and they shall make distinct lists of all persons voted for as President, and of all persons voted for as Vice-President, and of the number of votes for each, which lists they shall sign and certify, and transmit sealed to the seat of the government of the United States, directed to the President of the Senate; — The President of the Senate shall, in the presence of the Senate and House of Representatives, open all the certificates and the votes shall then be counted; — The person having the greatest number of votes for President, shall be the President, if such number be a majority of the whole number of Electors appointed; and if no person have such majority, then from the persons having the highest numbers not exceeding three on the list of those voted for as President, the House of Representatives shall choose immediately, by ballot, the President. But in choosing the President, the votes shall be taken by states, the representation from each state having one vote; a quorum for this purpose shall consist of a member or members from two-thirds of the states, and a majority of all the states shall be necessary to a choice. And if the House of Representatives shall not choose a President whenever the right of choice shall devolve upon them, before the fourth day of March next following, then the Vice-President shall act as President, as in case of the death or other constitutional disability of the President.– The person having the greatest number of votes as Vice-President, shall be the Vice-President, if such number be a majority of the whole number of Electors appointed, and if no person have a majority, then from the two highest numbers on the list, the Senate shall choose the Vice-President; a quorum for the purpose shall consist of two-thirds of the whole number of Senators, and a majority of the whole number shall be necessary to a choice. But no person constitutionally ineligible to the office of President shall be eligible to that of Vice-President of the United States.”

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United States Constitution

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.”

Preamble:

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.

Article I

Section 1: Congress

All legislative Powers herein granted shall be vested in a Congress of the United States, which shall consist of a Senate and House of Representatives.

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