WASHINGTON, Feb. 7 -- Rep. Randy Feenstra, R-Iowa, introduced the "Death Tax Repeal Act" on Jan. 18, 2024. The text of the bill was released on Feb. 6. H.R. 7035. A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to repeal the estate and generation-skipping transfer taxes; to the Committee on Ways and Means. The bill is cosponsored by Reps. Sanford D. Bishop Jr., D-Ga., Claudia Tenney, R-N.Y., Austin Scott, R-Ga., Ann Wagner, R-Mo., Dan Bishop, R-N.C., Scott Perry, R-Pa., Tracey Mann, R-Kan.,   more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 8 -- Rep. Brad Finstad, R-Minn., introduced the "Farm and Food Cybersecurity Act" on Jan. 22, 2024. The text of the bill was released on Feb. 7. H.R. 7062. A bill to direct the Secretary of Agriculture to periodically assess cybersecurity threats to, and vulnerabilities in, the agriculture and food critical infrastructure sector and to provide recommendations to enhance their security and resilience, to require the Secretary of Agriculture to conduct an annual cross-sector simu  more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 6 -- Rep. Marcy Kaptur, D-Ohio, introduced the "Opioid Settlement Accountability Act" on Jan. 11, 2024. The text of the bill was released on Feb. 2. H.R. 6956. A bill to amend title XIX of the Social Security Act to prohibit the Secretary of Health and Human Services from treating any Medicaid-related funds recovered from one or more pharmaceutical companies or drug distributors with respect to opioid litigation as an overpayment under such title, and for other purposes; to the  more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 6 -- Rep. Nick Langworthy, R-N.Y., introduced the "Creating Access to Rural Employment and Education for Resilience and Success Act" on Jan. 17, 2024. The text of the bill was released on Feb. 4. H.R. 7015. A bill to amend the Rural Innovation Stronger Economy Grant Program of the Department of Agriculture; to the Committee on Agriculture. The bill is cosponsored by Reps. Jill Tokuda, D-Hawaii, Dusty Johnson, R-S.D., Raja Krishnamoorthi, D-Ill., Andrea Salinas, D-Ore., John Du  more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 6 -- Rep. Troy E. Nehls, R-Texas, introduced the "Directing Our Country's Transfer Of Residency Slots Act" on Jan. 11, 2024. The text of the bill was released on Feb. 2. H.R. 6980. A bill to amend the Immigration and Nationality Act to provide for the reallocation of unused waivers of the foreign residency requirement for certain J-visa holders; to the Committee on the Judiciary. The bill is cosponsored by Reps. Bradley Schneider, D-Ill., Elise Stefanik, R-N.Y., Don Davis, D-N  more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 8 -- Sen. Gary Peters, D-Mich., introduced the "Conforming Procedures for Federal Task and Delivery Order Contracts Act" on Jan. 18, 2024. The text of the bill was released on Feb. 7. S. 3626. A bill to clarify task and delivery order solicitation and contract requirements; to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs. The bill is cosponsored by Sen. Joni Ernst, R-Iowa. * * * SECTION 1. Short title. This Act may be cited as the "Conforming Procedures for F  more