Bill H.R.8245 titled “To require the Secretary of Health and Human Services to award grants to support community-based coverage entities to carry out a comprehensive coverage program that provides to qualifying individuals and small businesses health coverage and integrated social determinant of health support services to small business workers that promote improved health, long-term economic self-sufficiency, employment and retention, and for other purposes” was referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce and in addition to the Committee on Education and Labor 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. Bill Huizenga.
Bill H.R.8249 titled “To amend the Communications Act of 1934 to prohibit schools and public libraries that receive universal service support from blocking internet access to lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and queer resources, and for other purposes” was referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce by the House of Representatives. The bill is sponsored by Rep. Scott Schneider Bradley.
Bill H.R.8252 titled “To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to codify patients' rights to hospital visitation, and for other purposes” was referred to the Committee on Ways and Means and in addition to the Committee on Energy and Commerce 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. Jefferson Van Drew with Andy Harris as cosponsor.
Bill H.Res.1208 titled “Supporting the goals and ideals of Alzheimer's and Brain Awareness Month”. The bill is sponsored by Rep. Diaz Barragan Nanette with Gus Bilirakis as cosponsor.
Bill H.Res.1209 titled “Recognizing that it is the duty of the Federal Government to develop and implement a Transgender Bill of Rights to protect and codify the rights of transgender and nonbinary people under the law and ensure their access to medical care, shelter, safety, and economic security”. The bill is sponsored by Rep. Pramila Jayapal with Alma Adams, Nanette Barragan, Karen Bass, Earl Blumenauer, Lisa Blunt Rochester, Suzanne Bonamici, Jamaal Bowman, Anthony Brown, Shontel Brown, Julia Brownley, Cori Bush, Tony Cárdenas, Andre Carson, Sean Casten, Kathy Castor, Judy Chu, David Cicilline, Katherine Clark, Yvette Clarke, Gerald Connolly, Danny Davis, Madeleine Dean, Peter Defazio, Mark Desaulnier, Lloyd Doggett, Veronica Escobar, Anna Eshoo, Dwight Evans, John Garamendi, Jesus Garcia, Jimmy Gomez, Al Green, Raúl Grijalva, Jahana Hayes, Brian Higgins, Sheila Jackson Lee, Sara Jacobs, Henry Johnson, Mondaire Jones, William Keating, Ro Khanna, Ann Kuster, James Langevin, John Larson, Brenda Lawrence, Barbara Lee, Teresa Leger Fernandez, Andy Levin, Alan Lowenthal, Stephen Lynch, Carolyn Maloney, Betty Mccollum, James Mcgovern, Grace Meng, Gwen Moore, Jerrold Nadler, Grace Napolitano, Marie Newman, Eleanor Norton, Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, Ilhan Omar, Jimmy Panetta, Donald Payne, Chellie Pingree, Katie Porter, Ayanna Pressley, Mike Quigley, Jamie Raskin, Linda Sánchez, Janice Schakowsky, Adam Smith, Darren Soto, Jackie Speier, Haley Stevens, Mark Takano, Dina Titus, Rashida Tlaib, Paul Tonko, Ritchie Torres, Lori Trahan, Nydia Velazquez, Bonnie Watson Coleman, Peter Welch, Nikema Williams, Frederica Wilson as cosponsors.
The Energy and Commerce Committee moves forward in some way on four 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 |
|---|---|---|
| To require the Secretary of Health and Human Services to award grants to support community-based coverage entities to carry out a comprehensive coverage program that provides to qualifying individuals and small businesses health coverage and integrated social determinant of health support services to small business workers that promote improved health, long-term economic self-sufficiency, employment and retention, and for other purposes. | Rep. Huizenga, Bill | House of Representatives |
| To amend the Communications Act of 1934 to prohibit schools and public libraries that receive universal service support from blocking internet access to lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and queer resources, and for other purposes. | Rep. Schneider, Bradley Scott | House of Representatives |
| To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to codify patients' rights to hospital visitation, and for other purposes. | Rep. Van Drew, Jefferson | House of Representatives |
| Supporting the goals and ideals of Alzheimer's and Brain Awareness Month. | Rep. Barragan, Nanette Diaz | |
| Recognizing that it is the duty of the Federal Government to develop and implement a Transgender Bill of Rights to protect and codify the rights of transgender and nonbinary people under the law and ensure their access to medical care, shelter, safety, and economic security. | Rep. Jayapal, Pramila |
