Bill H.R.7940 titled “To require the Bureau of Prisons to submit to Congress an annual summary report of disaster damage, and for other purposes” was referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary by the House of Representatives. The bill is sponsored by Rep. Ted Lieu with Randy Weber as cosponsor.
Bill H.R.7946 titled “To provide benefits for noncitizen members of the Armed Forces, and for other purposes” was referred to the Committee on the Judiciary and in addition to the Committees on Veterans' Affairs and Armed Services 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. Mark Takano with J. Correa, Zoe Lofgren, Jerrold Nadler, Raul Ruiz, Juan Vargas as cosponsors.
Bill H.R.7948 titled “To require any entity established to develop congressional redistricting plans for a State to hold public hearings at which individuals who are members of communities of interest have a meaningful opportunity to express their views on proposed redistricting plans, and for other purposes” was referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary by the House of Representatives. The bill is sponsored by Rep. Ritchie Torres with Hakeem Jeffries as cosponsor.
The Judiciary Committee moves forward in some way on four bills 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 |
|---|---|---|
| To require the Bureau of Prisons to submit to Congress an annual summary report of disaster damage, and for other purposes. | Rep. Lieu, Ted | House of Representatives |
| To provide benefits for noncitizen members of the Armed Forces, and for other purposes. | Rep. Takano, Mark | House of Representatives |
| To require any entity established to develop congressional redistricting plans for a State to hold public hearings at which individuals who are members of communities of interest have a meaningful opportunity to express their views on proposed redistricting plans, and for other purposes. | Rep. Torres, Ritchie | House of Representatives |
