Bill H.R.7363 titled “Innocent Landowners Protection Act” was referred to the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure by the House of Representatives. The bill is sponsored by Rep. Bob Gibbs with Troy Balderson, Robert Latta, David Mckinley as cosponsors.
Bill H.Res.1020 titled “Condemning the Biden administration's plans for seeking to remove sanctions on the oppressive Maduro regime and negotiating with Iran in response to the crisis in Ukraine, and instead calling for Congress and the administration to support the production of American energy”. The bill is sponsored by Rep. Gary Palmer with Rick Allen, Don Bacon, Jack Bergman, Stephanie Bice, Andy Biggs, Dan Bishop, Lauren Boebert, Ken Buck, Ted Budd, Tim Burchett, Earl Carter, Madison Cawthorn, Michael Cloud, Warren Davidson, Rodney Davis, Scott Desjarlais, Mario Diaz-Balart, Byron Donalds, Jeff Duncan, Neal Dunn, Jake Ellzey, Michelle Fischbach, C. Franklin, Andrew Garbarino, Mike Garcia, Louie Gohmert, Tony Gonzales, Bob Good, Paul Gosar, Garret Graves, H. Griffith, Glenn Grothman, Brett Guthrie, Andy Harris, Diana Harshbarger, Kevin Hern, Yvette Herrell, Jody Hice, Clay Higgins, J. Hill, Ashley Hinson, Ronny Jackson, Chris Jacobs, Bill Johnson, Mike Johnson, John Joyce, Trent Kelly, Young Kim, Debbie Lesko, Julia Letlow, Nicole Malliotakis, David Mckinley, Peter Meijer, Daniel Meuser, Mariannette Miller-Meeks, Carol Miller, Mary Miller, John Moolenaar, Alexander Mooney, Blake Moore, Gregory Murphy, Troy Nehls, Steven Palazzo, Greg Pence, Guy Reschenthaler, Tom Rice, Cathy Rodgers, Mike Rogers, Christopher Smith, Lloyd Smucker, Victoria Spartz, W. Steube, Thomas Tiffany, Beth Van Duyne, Tim Walberg, Randy Weber, Bruce Westerman, Robert Wittman as cosponsors.
The Transportation and Infrastructure Committee moves forward in some way on three bills per day, taking two actions on average per day.
Most bills have a hearing where those involved explain why they are for or against the bill. Roughly 8,000 bills are addressed by committees each year but only about 800 make it to the floor of Congress, according to ushistory.org.
A 2019 report from the Brookings Institute argued committees aren’t capable of delving fully into the issues they address and are forced to rely on lobbyists.
| Bill Name | Sponsor | Action |
|---|---|---|
| Innocent Landowners Protection Act | Rep. Gibbs, Bob | House of Representatives |
| Condemning the Biden administration's plans for seeking to remove sanctions on the oppressive Maduro regime and negotiating with Iran in response to the crisis in Ukraine, and instead calling for Congress and the administration to support the production of American energy. | Rep. Palmer, Gary J. |
