Bill H.R.7498 titled “TEMP Act Temperature Endorsement for Multi-Peril Policies” was referred to the House Committee on Agriculture by the House of Representatives. The bill is sponsored by Rep. Gregory Steube with Darren Soto as cosponsor.
Bill H.Res.1051 titled “Expressing support for the designation of the week of April 11 through April 17, 2022, as the fifth annual Black Maternal Health Week to bring national attention to the maternal health crisis in the United States and the importance of reducing maternal mortality and morbidity among Black women and birthing persons”. The bill is sponsored by Rep. Alma Adams with Nanette Barragan, Karen Bass, Ami Bera, Lisa Blunt Rochester, Suzanne Bonamici, Carolyn Bourdeaux, Jamaal Bowman, Anthony Brown, Shontel Brown, K. Butterfield G., Tony Cárdenas, Troy Carter, Kathy Castor, Sheila Cherfilus-Mccormick, David Cicilline, Yvette Clarke, Emanuel Cleaver, Gerald Connolly, James Cooper, Jason Crow, Sharice Davids, Danny Davis, Madeleine Dean, Debbie Dingell, Lloyd Doggett, Mike Doyle, Veronica Escobar, Ruben Gallego, John Garamendi, Raúl Grijalva, Jahana Hayes, Brian Higgins, Sara Jacobs, Eddie Johnson, Henry Johnson, Mondaire Jones, William Keating, Robin Kelly, Ro Khanna, Raja Krishnamoorthi, Ann Kuster, Rick Larsen, John Larson, Brenda Lawrence, Al Lawson, Barbara Lee, Andy Levin, Carolyn Maloney, Kathy Manning, Lucy Mcbath, Betty Mccollum, A. Mceachin, Gregory Meeks, Grace Meng, Gwen Moore, Seth Moulton, Jerrold Nadler, Marie Newman, Eleanor Norton, Ilhan Omar, Chris Pappas, Donald Payne, Stacey Plaskett, Ayanna Pressley, David Price, Jamie Raskin, Deborah Ross, Raul Ruiz, Bobby Rush, Tim Ryan, Gregorio Sablan, Linda Sánchez, Mary Scanlon, Janice Schakowsky, David Scott, Terri Sewell, Albio Sires, Adam Smith, Darren Soto, Jackie Speier, Melanie Stansbury, Haley Stevens, Marilyn Strickland, Bennie Thompson, Rashida Tlaib, Lori Trahan, David Trone, Lauren Underwood, Marc Veasey, Nydia Velazquez, Debbie Wasserman Schultz, Bonnie Watson Coleman, Nikema Williams, Frederica Wilson as cosponsors.
The Agriculture Committee moves forward in some way on one bill per day, taking one action 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 |
|---|---|---|
| TEMP Act Temperature Endorsement for Multi-Peril Policies | Rep. Steube, W. Gregory | House of Representatives |
| Expressing support for the designation of the week of April 11 through April 17, 2022, as the fifth annual "Black Maternal Health Week" to bring national attention to the maternal health crisis in the United States and the importance of reducing maternal mortality and morbidity among Black women and birthing persons. | Rep. Adams, Alma S. |
