Bill H.R.7417 titled “To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 120 East Oak Avenue in Seminole, Oklahoma, as the Sergeant Bret D Isenhower Memorial Post Office Building” was referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Reform by the House of Representatives. The bill is sponsored by Rep. Stephanie Bice with Tom Cole, Kevin Hern, Frank Lucas, Markwayne Mullin as cosponsors.
Bill H.R.7426 titled “21st Century Courts Act of 2022” was referred to the Committee on the Judiciary and in addition to the Committees on Oversight and Reform and House Administration 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 by the House of Representatives. The bill is sponsored by with David Cicilline, Mondaire Jones, Jerrold Nadler, Mike Quigley as cosponsors.
Bill H.Res.1042 titled “Expressing the sense that there should be established a National Garifuna Immigrant Heritage Month in April to celebrate the great contributions of Americans of Garifuna immigrant heritage in the United States who have enriched the history of the Nation”. The bill is sponsored by Rep. Ritchie Torres.
The Oversight and Reform Committee moves forward in some way on two bills 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 |
|---|---|---|
| To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 120 East Oak Avenue in Seminole, Oklahoma, as the "Sergeant Bret D. Isenhower Memorial Post Office Building". | Rep. Bice, Stephanie I. | House of Representatives |
| 21st Century Courts Act of 2022 | Rep. Johnson, Henry C. "Hank," Jr. | House of Representatives |
| Expressing the sense that there should be established a "National Garifuna Immigrant Heritage Month" in April to celebrate the great contributions of Americans of Garifuna immigrant heritage in the United States who have enriched the history of the Nation. | Rep. Torres, Ritchie |
