Bill H.R.8528 titled “To promote election integrity, voter confidence, and faith in elections by removing Federal impediments to, providing State tools for, and establishing voluntary considerations to support effective State administration of Federal elections, improving election administration in the District of Columbia, improving the effectiveness of military voting programs, and protecting political speech, and for other purposes” was referred to the Committee on House Administration and in addition to the Committees on the Judiciary Oversight and Reform Ways and Means Science Space and Technology Financial Services Intelligence (Permanent Select) Energy and Commerce and Homeland Security 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. Rodney Davis with Brian Babin, Don Bacon, Mike Bost, Jerry Carl, Earl Carter, Tom Cole, Dan Crenshaw, Virginia Foxx, Mike Garcia, Glenn Grothman, Richard Hudson, Dusty Johnson, Jake Laturner, Barry Loudermilk, Kevin Mccarthy, Mariannette Miller-Meeks, Gregory Murphy, Adrian Smith, Christopher Smith, Bryan Steil, W. Steube, Claudia Tenney, William Timmons as cosponsors.
Bill H.R.8531 titled “To amend the Federal Rules of Evidence to limit the admissibility of evidence of a defendant's creative or artistic expression against such defendant in a criminal proceeding, and for other purposes” was referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary by the House of Representatives. The bill is sponsored by with Jamaal Bowman as cosponsor.
Bill H.R.8533 titled “To amend chapter 37 of title 18, United States Code, to authorize appropriate disclosure of classified information, to appropriately limit the scope of the offense of disclosing classified information, and for other purposes” was referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary by the House of Representatives. The bill is sponsored by Rep. Ro Khanna with Thomas Massie as cosponsor.
Bill H.R.8534 titled “To amend title 18, United States Code, to require licenses to acquire or receive firearms, and for other purposes” was referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary by the House of Representatives. The bill is sponsored by with Carolyn Maloney as cosponsor.
Bill H.R.8537 titled “To amend title 18, United States Code, to provide increased penalties for mass killings involving machineguns or certain semiautomatic weapons, and for other purposes” was referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary by the House of Representatives. The bill is sponsored by Rep. Seth Moulton with Veronica Escobar as cosponsor.
Bill H.R.8538 titled “To ensure body armor complies with safety standards, and for other purposes” was referred to the Committee on the Judiciary and in addition to the Committee on Ways and Means 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. Troy Nehls with Don Bacon, Jim Banks, Mike Bost, Salud Carbajal, Jim Costa, Eric Crawford, Mario Diaz-Balart, Carlos Gimenez, Darrell Issa, Jimmy Panetta, W. Steube as cosponsors.
Bill H.R.8540 titled “To amend the Public Health Service Act to provide for the designation of institutions of higher education as Centers of Excellence in Cannabis Research, and for other purposes” was referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce and in addition to the Committee on the Judiciary 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. Scott Peters with David Joyce as cosponsor.
Bill H.R.8542 titled “To amend the Public Health Service Act to authorize grants to States, Indian Tribes, Tribal organizations, Urban Indian organizations, and political subdivisions thereof to hire, employ, train, and dispatch mental health professionals to respond in lieu of law enforcement officers in emergencies involving one or more persons with a mental illness or an intellectual or developmental disability, and for other purposes” was referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce and in addition to the Committee on the Judiciary 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. Katie Porter.
Bill H.R.8544 titled “To impose sanctions with respect to the transfer of arms and related materiel by the People's Republic of China to the Russian Federation or the evasion or circumvention of United States sanctions or multilateral sanctions by the People's Republic of China with respect to the Russian Federation, and for other purposes” was referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs and in addition to the Committees on the Judiciary Financial Services Ways and Means and Intelligence (Permanent Select) 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. Adam Schiff with Andre Carson, Ed Case, Jason Crow, Veronica Escobar, Sylvia Garcia, Sheila Jackson Lee, Raja Krishnamoorthi, Tom Malinowski, Stephanie Murphy, Dean Phillips, Mike Quigley, Michael San Nicolas, Eric Swalwell, Juan Vargas as cosponsors.
The Judiciary Committee moves forward in some way on two 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 promote election integrity, voter confidence, and faith in elections by removing Federal impediments to, providing State tools for, and establishing voluntary considerations to support effective State administration of Federal elections, improving election administration in the District of Columbia, improving the effectiveness of military voting programs, and protecting political speech, and for other purposes. | Rep. Davis, Rodney | House of Representatives |
| To amend the Federal Rules of Evidence to limit the admissibility of evidence of a defendant's creative or artistic expression against such defendant in a criminal proceeding, and for other purposes. | Rep. Johnson, Henry C. "Hank," Jr. | House of Representatives |
| To amend chapter 37 of title 18, United States Code, to authorize appropriate disclosure of classified information, to appropriately limit the scope of the offense of disclosing classified information, and for other purposes. | Rep. Khanna, Ro | House of Representatives |
| To amend title 18, United States Code, to require licenses to acquire or receive firearms, and for other purposes. | Rep. Kim, Andy | House of Representatives |
| To amend title 18, United States Code, to provide increased penalties for mass killings involving machineguns or certain semiautomatic weapons, and for other purposes. | Rep. Moulton, Seth | House of Representatives |
| To ensure body armor complies with safety standards, and for other purposes. | Rep. Nehls, Troy E. | House of Representatives |
| To amend the Public Health Service Act to provide for the designation of institutions of higher education as Centers of Excellence in Cannabis Research, and for other purposes. | Rep. Peters, Scott H. | House of Representatives |
| To amend the Public Health Service Act to authorize grants to States, Indian Tribes, Tribal organizations, Urban Indian organizations, and political subdivisions thereof to hire, employ, train, and dispatch mental health professionals to respond in lieu of law enforcement officers in emergencies involving one or more persons with a mental illness or an intellectual or developmental disability, and for other purposes. | Rep. Porter, Katie | House of Representatives |
| To impose sanctions with respect to the transfer of arms and related materiel by the People's Republic of China to the Russian Federation or the evasion or circumvention of United States sanctions or multilateral sanctions by the People's Republic of China with respect to the Russian Federation, and for other purposes. | Rep. Schiff, Adam B. | House of Representatives |
