Bill H.R.7580 titled “Clean Energy Minerals Reform Act of 2022” was referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources by the House of Representatives. The bill is sponsored by Rep. Raúl Grijalva with Donald Beyer, Earl Blumenauer, Steve Cohen, Peter Defazio, Jared Huffman, Mike Levin, Alan Lowenthal, Betty Mccollum, Eleanor Norton, Katie Porter, Rashida Tlaib as cosponsors.
Bill H.R.7581 titled “Yurok Lands Act of 2022” was referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources by the House of Representatives. The bill is sponsored by Rep. Jared Huffman.
Bill H.R.7585 titled “To improve the health of minority individuals, and for other purposes” was referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce and in addition to the Committees on Agriculture Oversight and Reform Ways and Means Education and Labor the Judiciary the Budget Veterans' Affairs Natural Resources Armed Services Homeland Security Financial Services and Transportation and Infrastructure 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 Rep. Robin Kelly with Alma Adams, Nanette Barragan, Joyce Beatty, Lisa Blunt Rochester, Suzanne Bonamici, Anthony Brown, Shontel Brown, K. Butterfield G., Salud Carbajal, Tony Cárdenas, Andre Carson, Troy Carter, Joaquin Castro, Sheila Cherfilus-Mccormick, Judy Chu, Katherine Clark, Yvette Clarke, Danny Davis, Dwight Evans, Ruben Gallego, Jimmy Gomez, Al Green, Raúl Grijalva, Jahana Hayes, Steven Horsford, Pramila Jayapal, Eddie Johnson, Henry Johnson, Kaiali'i Kahele, Brenda Lawrence, Al Lawson, Barbara Lee, Ted Lieu, Alan Lowenthal, A. Mceachin, Gregory Meeks, Grace Meng, Gwen Moore, Grace Napolitano, Eleanor Norton, Donald Payne, Stacey Plaskett, Ayanna Pressley, Raul Ruiz, Bobby Rush, Michael San Nicolas, Linda Sánchez, Janice Schakowsky, Adam Schiff, Albio Sires, Adam Smith, Marilyn Strickland, Mark Takano, Dina Titus, Lauren Underwood, Nydia Velazquez, Bonnie Watson Coleman, Frederica Wilson as cosponsors.
The Natural Resources Committee moves forward in some way on two 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Clean Energy Minerals Reform Act of 2022 | Rep. Grijalva, Raúl M. | House of Representatives |
| Yurok Lands Act of 2022 | Rep. Huffman, Jared | House of Representatives |
| To improve the health of minority individuals, and for other purposes. | Rep. Kelly, Robin L. | House of Representatives |
