Legislative Lowdown September 2024 | Rick Dalton

Here’s a little of what’s going on in the Congress. You may want more details about some of these items, so you have the bill numbers and you can look them up. Do your homework and then communicate with your elected representatives to give them your instructions on how they should vote.

– US HJRes 144: Providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of the rule submitted by the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives, Department of Justice, relating to “Definition of ‘Engaged in the Business’ as a Dealer in Firearms”. — Last action: Sep 19, 2024, House: Ordered to be Reported by the Yeas and Nays: 14 – 9.

– US HR 6826: To designate the visitor and education center at Fort McHenry National Monument and Historic Shrine as the Paul S. Sarbanes Visitor and Education Center. — Last action: Sep 19, 2024, House: Ordered to be Reported by Unanimous Consent.

– US HR 7890: Children and Teens’ Online Privacy Protection Act — Last action: Sep 18, 2024, House: Ordered to be Reported (Amended) by Voice Vote.

– US HR 7909: Violence Against Women by Illegal Aliens Act — Last action: Sep 19, 2024, Senate: Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.

– US HR 8419: American Victims of Terrorism Compensation Act — Last action: Sep 19, 2024, House: Ordered to be Reported (Amended) by Voice Vote.

– US HR 9654: To amend the Homeland Security Act of 2002 to require effective sharing of court information regarding unaccompanied alien children released from custody, and for other purposes. — Last action: Sep 18, 2024, House: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.

– US HR 9657: To amend the Immigration and Nationality Act to provide for the detention and removal of certain aliens belonging to international criminal gangs. — Last action: Sep 18, 2024, House: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.

– US HR 9668: To establish in the Department of Homeland Security a working group relating to countering terrorist, cybersecurity, border and port security, and transportation security threats posed to the United States by the Chinese Communist Party, and for other purposes. — (Hearing: House Committee on Homeland Security | Sep 25, 2024 10:00 AM, 310 CHOB, H.R. 9668, (Mr. Strong) the “SHIELD Against CCP Act”)

Note:  any grants or other spending in these bills, uses YOUR money.