The Oversight and Reform Committee handled H.R.7638, H.Res.1079, H.Res.1080 bills on April 29, according to the US Congress.

Bill H.R.7638 titled “To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 6000 South Florida Avenue in Lakeland, Florida, as the US Marine Corporal Ronald R Payne Jr Post Office” was referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Reform by the House of Representatives. The bill is sponsored by Rep. Scott Franklin with Vern Buchanan, Kat Cammack, Val Demings, Theodore Deutch, Mario Diaz-Balart, Neal Dunn, Lois Frankel, Matt Gaetz, Stephanie Murphy, Bill Posey, John Rutherford, Maria Salazar, W. Steube, Michael Waltz, Daniel Webster as cosponsors. Designates the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 6000 South Florida Avenue in Lakeland, Florida, as the U. S. Marine Corporal Ronald R. Payne Jr. Post Office.

Bill H.Res.1079 titled “Supporting the designation of December 5 of each year as National Soil Health Day”. The bill is sponsored by Rep. Raja Krishnamoorthi.

Bill H.Res.1080 titled “Expressing support for the designation of May 4, 2022, as a National Day of Reason and recognizing the central importance of reason in the betterment of humanity”. The bill is sponsored by Rep. Jamie Raskin with Jared Huffman, Pramila Jayapal, Henry Johnson, Jerry Mcnerney, Eleanor Norton, Mark Pocan, Rashida Tlaib as cosponsors.

The Oversight and Reform Committee moves forward in some way on one bill 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.