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.8529 titled “To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 110 East Alexander Street in Three Rivers, Texas, as the Private Felix Z Longoria Veterans' Memorial Post Office” was referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Reform by the House of Representatives. The bill is sponsored by Rep. Vicente Gonzalez with Colin Allred, Brian Babin, John Carter, Joaquin Castro, Henry Cuellar, Lloyd Doggett, Veronica Escobar, Lizzie Fletcher, Sylvia Garcia, Tony Gonzales, Al Green, Sheila Jackson Lee, Ronny Jackson, Eddie Johnson, August Pfluger, Marc Veasey as cosponsors. Designates the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 110 East Alexander Street in Three Rivers, Texas, as the Private Felix Z. Longoria Veterans' Memorial Post Office.
Bill H.Res.1290 titled “Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that two consecutive quarters of negative growth in gross domestic product, as reported by the Bureau of Economic Analysis, constitutes a recession”. The bill is sponsored by Rep. David Schweikert.
Bill H.Res.1291 titled “Recognizing the significance of Chicano Heritage Month in August as an important time to celebrate the significant contributions of Mexican Americans to the history of the United States”. The bill is sponsored by Rep. Luis Correa with Pete Aguilar, Nanette Barragan, Karen Bass, Salud Carbajal, Joaquin Castro, Judy Chu, Veronica Escobar, Adriano Espaillat, Jesus Garcia, Sylvia Garcia, Jimmy Gomez, Raúl Grijalva, Sheila Jackson Lee, Sara Jacobs, Susie Lee, Mike Levin, Grace Napolitano, Marie Newman, Eleanor Norton, Tom O'halleran, Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, Chris Pappas, Lucille Roybal-Allard, Raul Ruiz, Linda Sánchez, Janice Schakowsky, Darren Soto, Mark Takano, Mike Thompson, Norma Torres, Juan Vargas, Nydia Velazquez 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.
| 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 designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 110 East Alexander Street in Three Rivers, Texas, as the "Private Felix Z. Longoria Veterans' Memorial Post Office". | Rep. Gonzalez, Vicente | House of Representatives |
| Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that two consecutive quarters of negative growth in gross domestic product, as reported by the Bureau of Economic Analysis, constitutes a recession. | Rep. Schweikert, David | |
| Recognizing the significance of "Chicano Heritage Month" in August as an important time to celebrate the significant contributions of Mexican Americans to the history of the United States. | Rep. Correa, J. Luis |
