Bill H.R.8817 titled “To amend the Public Health Service Act to support and stabilize the existing nursing workforce, establish programs to increase the number of nurses, 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. Lisa Blunt Rochester with Young Kim as cosponsor.
Bill H.R.8820 titled “To amend the Public Health Service Act to prohibit governmental discrimination against certain health care providers with certain objections to abortion” was referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce by the House of Representatives. The bill is sponsored by Rep. Buddy Carter Earl with Robert Aderholt, Brian Babin, Don Bacon, Troy Balderson, Ken Buck, Kat Cammack, Andrew Clyde, Jeff Duncan, Jake Ellzey, Lance Gooden, Diana Harshbarger, Doug Lamborn, Robert Latta, Tracey Mann, David Mckinley, Mary Miller, Blake Moore, Markwayne Mullin, Ralph Norman, Bill Posey, Christopher Smith, W. Steube, Randy Weber, Daniel Webster, Brad Wenstrup as cosponsors.
Bill H.R.8825 titled “To provide authority for small cultivators of marijuana and small manufacturers of marijuana products to ship marijuana and marijuana products using the mail, and for other purpose” 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. Jared Huffman with Earl Blumenauer as cosponsor.
Bill H.R.8828 titled “To address potential conflicts of interest among entities serving as Food and Drug Administration contractors, 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. Ann Kuster.
Bill H.R.8829 titled “To amend the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act to treat certain menstrual products as misbranded if their labeling does not list each component of the product, 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. Grace Meng with Debbie Lesko as cosponsor.
Bill H.Res.1348 titled “Expressing support for the designation of September 15, 2022, as National Brain Health Day”. The bill is sponsored by Rep. Earl Blumenauer with H. Griffith as cosponsor.
Bill H.Res.1350 titled “Expressing support for dance as a form of valuable exercise and of artistic expression, and for the designation of September 17, 2022, as National Dance Day”. The bill is sponsored by Del. Holmes Norton Eleanor.
The Energy and Commerce Committee moves forward in some way on two 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 amend the Public Health Service Act to support and stabilize the existing nursing workforce, establish programs to increase the number of nurses, and for other purposes. | Rep. Blunt Rochester, Lisa | House of Representatives |
| To amend the Public Health Service Act to prohibit governmental discrimination against certain health care providers with certain objections to abortion. | Rep. Carter, Earl L. "Buddy" | House of Representatives |
| To provide authority for small cultivators of marijuana and small manufacturers of marijuana products to ship marijuana and marijuana products using the mail, and for other purpose. | Rep. Huffman, Jared | House of Representatives |
| To address potential conflicts of interest among entities serving as Food and Drug Administration contractors, and for other purposes. | Rep. Kuster, Ann M. | House of Representatives |
| To amend the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act to treat certain menstrual products as misbranded if their labeling does not list each component of the product, and for other purposes. | Rep. Meng, Grace | House of Representatives |
| Expressing support for the designation of September 15, 2022, as "National Brain Health Day". | Rep. Blumenauer, Earl | |
| Expressing support for dance as a form of valuable exercise and of artistic expression, and for the designation of September 17, 2022, as "National Dance Day". | Del. Norton, Eleanor Holmes |
