WASHINGTON, Sept. 16 -- Rep. Dusty Johnson, R-S.D., has introduced legislation (H.R. 8826) to "amend the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 to expand working hours for employees between the ages of 14 and 16 years during periods in which schools are in session." The bill was introduced on Sept. 14. It was referred to the House Education and Labor Committee. For more information, Rep. Dusty Johnson, 1714 Longworth House Office Building, Washington, DC 20515; 202/225-2801; or in district offices   more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 16 -- Rep. Chris Smith, R-N.J., has introduced the Protecting Pain-Capable Unborn Children from Late-Term Abortions Act (H.R. 8814) "to amend title 18, U.S. Code, to protect pain-capable unborn children." The bill was introduced on Sept. 13 and has 84 co-sponsors. Co-sponsors include Reps. Michelle Fischbach, R-Minn., Andy Harris, R-Md., Kat Cammack, R-Fla., Elise Stefanik, R-N.Y., Mike Kelly, R-Pa., Jim Jordan, R-Ohio, Jim Banks, R-Ind., Virginia Foxx, R-N.C., Vicky Hartzler,  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 14 -- Sen. Shelley Moore Capito, R-W.Va., has introduced legislation (S. 4815) to "clarify regulatory certainty." The bill was introduced on Sept. 12 and has 45 co-sponsors. Co-sponsors include Sens. Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., John Thune, R-S.D., Chuck Grassley, R-Iowa, Kevin Cramer, R-N.D., James M. Inhofe, R-Okla., Cindy Hyde-Smith, R-Miss., Bill Cassidy, R-La., Bill Hagerty, R-Tenn., James Risch, R-Idaho, Deb Fischer, R-Neb., Ron Johnson, R-Wis., Mike Braun, R-Ind., Lindsey Gr  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 14 -- Sen. Mike Crapo, R-Idaho, has introduced legislation (S. 4817) to "prevent the use of additional Internal Revenue Service funds from being used for audits of taxpayers with taxable incomes below $400,000 in order to protect low- and middle-income earning American taxpayers from an onslaught of audits from an army of new Internal Revenue Service auditors funded by an unprecedented, nearly $80,000,000,000, infusion of new funds." The bill was introduced on Sept. 12 and has  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 15 -- Sen. Jerry Moran, R-Kan., has introduced legislation (S. 4838) to "amend title 38, U.S. Code, to increase the rate for allowances based on mileage for beneficiary travel." The bill was introduced on Sept. 13 and has eight co-sponsors. Co-sponsors include Sens. Jon Tester, D-Mont., Kevin Cramer, R-N.D., Margaret Wood Hassan, D-N.H., Thom Tillis, R-N.C., Patty Murray, D-Wash., Mike Rounds, R-S.D., Kyrsten Sinema, D-Ariz., and Sherrod Brown, D-Ohio. The legislation was ref  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 14 -- Sen. Jon Ossoff, D-Ga., has introduced legislation (S. 4816) to "require the Archivist of the U.S. to submit to Congress a comprehensive plan for reducing the backlog of requests for records from the National Personnel Records Center." The bill was introduced on Sept. 12 and was co-sponsored by Sens. Mike Rounds, R-S.D., Jeanne Shaheen, D-N.H., and Mike Braun, R-Ind. It was referred to the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee. For more information  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 17 -- Sen. Mike Rounds, R-S.D., has introduced legislation (S. 4861) to "amend title 49, U.S. Code, to exempt employees in certain farm-related service industries and employees of State, local, and Tribal governments from entry-level driver training requirements for operating a commercial motor vehicle and allow States to issue restricted commercial driver's licenses to owners and employees of certain small businesses." The bill was introduced on Sept. 15 and was co-sponsored   more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 16 -- Sen. John Thune, R-S.D., has introduced legislation (S. 4850) to "amend Public Law 117-169 to prohibit the Environmental Protection Agency from using funds for methane monitoring to be used to monitor emissions of methane from livestock." The bill was introduced on Sept. 14 and was co-sponsored by Sen. Joni Ernst, R-Iowa. It was referred to the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee. For more information, Sen. John Thune, 511 Dirksen Senate Office Building, Washi  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 15 -- Sen. John Thune, R-S.D., has introduced legislation (S. 4832) to "temporarily prohibit the hiring of additional Internal Revenue Service employees until a certain level of taxpayer services have improved." The bill was introduced on Sept. 13 and was co-sponsored by Sen. Susan M. Collins, R-Maine. It was referred to the Senate Finance Committee. For more information, Sen. John Thune, 511 Dirksen Senate Office Building, Washington, DC 20510; 202/224-2321; or in state at 2  more