Bill H.R.8686 titled “To require the Secretary of Defense to award grants to fund research on orthotics and prosthetics” was referred to the House Committee on Armed Services by the House of Representatives. The bill is sponsored by Rep. Matt Cartwright with Gus Bilirakis, Andre Carson, Steve Cohen, Ruben Gallego, Raúl Grijalva, Alan Lowenthal, Eleanor Norton, Janice Schakowsky as cosponsors.
Bill H.R.8693 titled “To ensure access to cost-free monkeypox testing services” was referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce and in addition to the Committees on Ways and Means Armed Services Veterans' Affairs Oversight and Reform and Natural Resources 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. Patrick Maloney Sean with Karen Bass, Jamaal Bowman, David Cicilline, Dwight Evans, Sara Jacobs, Mondaire Jones, Raja Krishnamoorthi, Carolyn Maloney, Jerrold Nadler, Scott Peters, Mark Takano, Paul Tonko, Ritchie Torres, Lauren Underwood, Nydia Velazquez as cosponsors.
The Armed Services 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 require the Secretary of Defense to award grants to fund research on orthotics and prosthetics. | Rep. Cartwright, Matt | House of Representatives |
| To ensure access to cost-free monkeypox testing services. | Rep. Maloney, Sean Patrick | House of Representatives |
