Bill H.R.8168 titled “To improve the health and resiliency of giant sequoias, and for other purposes” was referred to the Committee on Natural Resources and in addition to the Committee on Agriculture 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. Kevin McCarthy with Ami Bera, Sanford Bishop, Ken Calvert, Connie Conway, J. Correa, Jim Costa, John Curtis, Anna Eshoo, Russ Fulcher, John Garamendi, Mike Garcia, Kaiali'i Kahele, Young Kim, Doug Lamalfa, Tom Malinowski, Tom Mcclintock, Dan Newhouse, Jay Obernolte, Jimmy Panetta, Ed Perlmutter, Scott Peters, Kurt Schrader, Glenn Thompson, Mike Thompson, David Valadao, Bruce Westerman as cosponsors.
Bill H.R.8169 titled “To establish a Rural Telehealth Access Task Force to determine how to address barriers to the adoption of telehealth technology and access to broadband internet access service in rural areas, and for other purposes” was referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce and in addition to the Committee on Agriculture 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. Greg Pence with Angie Craig as cosponsor.
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 |
|---|---|---|
| To improve the health and resiliency of giant sequoias, and for other purposes. | Rep. McCarthy, Kevin | House of Representatives |
| To establish a Rural Telehealth Access Task Force to determine how to address barriers to the adoption of telehealth technology and access to broadband internet access service in rural areas, and for other purposes. | Rep. Pence, Greg | House of Representatives |
