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121 bills carry this term in the covered Congresses.
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- H.R. 9497 (119th) Sep 17, 2026
Water Resources Development Act of 2026
Received in the Senate.
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To designate the Christiansted Bandstand at the Christiansted National Historic Site, St. Croix, Virgin Islands, as the "Peter G. Thurland, Sr., Bandstand".
Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
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Intelligence Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2027
By Senator Cotton from Select Committee on Intelligence filed written report. Report No. 119-133. Additional and Minority views filed.
- H.R. 9770 (119th) Jul 22, 2026
Making continuing appropriations for fiscal year 2027, and for other purposes.
Received in the Senate.
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Department of Defense Appropriations Act, 2027
Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 621.
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Department of the Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2027
Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 599.
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A Stronger Workforce for America Act of 2026
Ordered to be Reported (Amended) by the Yeas and Nays: 19 - 14.
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Healthy Moms and Babies Act
Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. Hearings held.
- H.R. 6472 (119th) Mar 9, 2026
Territorial Student Access to Higher Education Act
Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
- H.R. 6938 (119th) Jan 23, 2026
Commerce, Justice, Science; Energy and Water Development; and Interior and Environment Appropriations Act, 2026
Became Public Law No: 119-74.
- H.R. 4016 (119th) Dec 8, 2025
Department of Defense Appropriations Act, 2026
Motion to proceed to consideration of measure made in Senate. (CR S8522)
- S. 2296 (119th) Nov 12, 2025
National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2026
Held at the desk.
- H.R. 3400 (119th) Sep 16, 2025
TRAVEL Act of 2025
Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
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Department of the Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2026
Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 175.
- H.R. 517 (119th) Jul 24, 2025
Filing Relief for Natural Disasters Act
Became Public Law No: 119-29.
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Department of the Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2026
Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 124.
- H.R. 4275 (119th) Jul 23, 2025
Coast Guard Authorization Act of 2025
Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
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Coast Guard Authorization Act of 2025
Held at the Desk
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CUTS Act
Referred to the Subcommittee on Highways and Transit.
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Caribbean Border Counternarcotics Strategy Act
Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
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To amend the Defense Base Act to exclude Guam.
Referred to the House Committee on Education and Workforce.
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Katrina and Leslie Schaller Act
Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
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Radiation Exposure Compensation Reauthorization Act
Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
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Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals Judgeship and Reorganization Act of 2025
Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
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Report on Grant Consolidation Authority for Puerto Rico Act
Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.
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Filing Relief for Natural Disasters Act
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
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Territorial Economic Recovery Act
Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
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Territorial Tax Equity and Economic Growth Act of 2025
Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
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Territorial Tax Parity Act of 2025
Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
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To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to cover into the treasury of the Virgin Islands revenue from tax on fuel produced in the Virgin Islands and entered into the United States.
Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
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Territorial Tax Parity and Clarification Act
Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
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Territorial Tax Parity and Fairness Act
Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
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To restore the ability of the people of American Samoa to approve amendments to the territorial constitution based on majority rule in a democratic act of self-determination, as authorized pursuant to an Act of Congress delegating administration of Federal territorial law in the territory to the President, and to the Secretary of the Interior under Executive Order 10264, dated June 29, 1951, under which the Constitution of American Samoa was approved and may be amended without requirement for further congressional action, subject to the authority of Congress under the Territorial Clause in article IV, section 3, clause 2 of the United States Constitution.
Became Public Law No: 118-232.
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Inflation Reduction Act of 2025
Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committees on Energy and Commerce, Agriculture, Natural Resources, Financial Services, Science, Space, and Technology, Transportation and Infrastructure, and Oversight and Government Reform, 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.
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Prioritizing American Farmers and Agricultural Industry Over Bureaucracy Act
Referred to the House Committee on Agriculture.
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To amend chapter 2 of title II of the Trade Act of 1974 to include Guam, the Virgin Islands of the United States, American Samoa, and the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands in the definition of State for the purposes of the trade adjustment assistance for workers program.
Referred to the Subcommittee on Trade.
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Territorial Tax Parity and Fairness Act
Referred to the Subcommittee on Trade.
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Freedom to Vote Act
Referred to the Subcommittee on Social Security.
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Supplemental Security Income Equality Act
Referred to the Subcommittee on Work and Welfare.
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U.S. Citizenship Act
Referred to the Subcommittee on Trade.
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Fairness in Medicare Part B Enrollment Act of 2023
Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
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Territories Medicare Prescription Drug Assistance Equality Act of 2023
Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
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LIFT the BAR Act
Referred to the Subcommittee on Work and Welfare.
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Healthy Moms and Babies Act
Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
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WISE Act of 2023
Referred to the Subcommittee on Social Security.
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Bipartisan Keep America Open Act
Referred to the Subcommittee on Work and Welfare.
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States Reform Act of 2023
Referred to the Subcommittee on Trade.
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Coast Guard Authorization Act of 2024
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
- H.R. 359 (118th) Nov 21, 2024
Fort San Gerónimo Preservation Act
Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 646.
- H.R. 8774 (118th) Sep 12, 2024
Department of Defense Appropriations Act, 2025
Read twice. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 508.
- H.R. 8998 (118th) Sep 12, 2024
Department of the Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2025
Read twice. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 509.
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Intelligence Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2025
Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 558.
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Department of the Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2025
Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 447.
- H.R. 8070 (118th) Jul 8, 2024
Servicemember Quality of Life Improvement and National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2025
Received in the Senate.
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National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2025
Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 433.
- H.R. 8752 (118th) Jun 28, 2024
Department of Homeland Security Appropriations Act, 2025
The Clerk was authorized to correct section numbers, punctuation, and cross references, and to make other necessary technical and conforming corrections in the engrossment of H.R. 8752.
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CUTS Act
Referred to the Committee on Oversight and Accountability, and in addition to the Committees on Appropriations, and Transportation and Infrastructure, 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.
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Farm, Food, and National Security Act of 2024
Ordered to be Reported (Amended) by the Yeas and Nays: 33 - 21.
- S. 3853 (118th) Mar 11, 2024
Radiation Exposure Compensation Reauthorization Act
Held at the desk.
- H.R. 7463 (118th) Mar 1, 2024
Extension of Continuing Appropriations and Other Matters Act, 2024
Became Public Law No: 118-40.
- H.R. 2872 (118th) Jan 19, 2024
Making further continuing appropriations for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2024, and for other purposes.
Became Public Law No: 118-35.
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Guam Host Community Compensation Act
Subcommittee Hearings Held
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PFAS Action Act of 2023
Referred to the Subcommittee on Water Resources and Environment.
- H.R. 2670 (118th) Dec 22, 2023
National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2024
Became Public Law No: 118-31.
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Strengthening Capacity for Disaster Resilient Territories Act
Referred to the Subcommittee on Economic Development, Public Buildings, and Emergency Management.
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Typhoon Mawar Reconstruction Act
Referred to the Subcommittee on Economic Development, Public Buildings, and Emergency Management.
- H.R. 6363 (118th) Nov 17, 2023
Further Continuing Appropriations and Other Extensions Act, 2024
Became Public Law No: 118-22.
- H.R. 4664 (118th) Nov 9, 2023
Making appropriations for financial services and general government for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2024, and for other purposes.
POSTPONED PROCEEDINGS - Pursuant to clause 1(c) of rule XIX, the Chair announced further proceedings on H.R. 4664 would be postponed.
- H.R. 4821 (118th) Nov 7, 2023
Department of the Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2024
Received in the Senate. Read twice. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 239.
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Medicaid Accountability Act of 2023
Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
- H.R. 5860 (118th) Sep 30, 2023
Continuing Appropriations Act, 2024 and Other Extensions Act
Became Public Law No: 118-15.
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Designating the Guam and Western Pacific USDA Rural Development Office Act
Referred to the Subcommittee on Commodity Markets, Digital Assets, and Rural Development.
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Renewable Energy for U.S. Territories Act
Referred to the Subcommittee on Commodity Markets, Digital Assets, and Rural Development.
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Rural Development Modernization Act
Referred to the Subcommittee on Commodity Markets, Digital Assets, and Rural Development.
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Guam Emergency Alert System Act
Referred to the Subcommittee on Economic Development, Public Buildings, and Emergency Management.
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A resolution designating the week beginning on September 11, 2023, as "National Hispanic-Serving Institutions Week".
Submitted in the Senate, considered, and agreed to without amendment and with a preamble by Unanimous Consent. (consideration: CR S4564-4565; text: CR S4557)
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Expressing support for the designation of the week beginning on September 11, 2023, as "National Hispanic-Serving Institutions Week".
Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce.
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Equality in the Halls of Congress Act
Referred to the Subcommittee on Oversight.
- S. 2226 (118th) Jul 27, 2023
National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2024
Senate ordered measure printed as passed.
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Department of the Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2024
Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 186.
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Freedom to Vote Act
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Rules and Administration.
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Freedom to Vote Act
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Rules and Administration.
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Financial Services and General Government Appropriations Act, 2024
Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 131.
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Fairness in Medicare Savings Program Act of 2023
Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
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Radiation Exposure Compensation Act Amendments of 2023
Referred to the Subcommittee on Environment, Manufacturing, and Critical Materials.
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Care for COFA Veterans Act
Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
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Protect Our Civil Liberties Act
Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
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To provide for no net increase in the total acreage of Federal land in the Virgin Islands National Park on St. John, United States Virgin Islands.
Subcommittee Hearings Held
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Care for COFA Veterans Act
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
- H.R. 3746 (118th) Jun 3, 2023
Fiscal Responsibility Act of 2023
Became Public Law No: 118-5.
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Closing the Meal Gap Act of 2023
Referred to the Subcommittee on Nutrition, Foreign Agriculture, and Horticulture.
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Acknowledging that the United States Supreme Court's decisions in the Insular Cases and the "territorial incorporation doctrine" are contrary to the text and history of the United States Constitution, rest on racial views and stereotypes from the era of Plessy v. Ferguson that have long been rejected, are contrary to our Nation's most basic constitutional and democratic principles, and should be rejected as having no place in United States constitutional law.
Referred to the Subcommittee on Indian and Insular Affairs .
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Radiation Exposure Compensation Act Amendments of 2023
Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
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Report on Grant Consolidation Authority for Puerto Rico Act
Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.
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Northern Mariana Islands Medicaid Equivalence Act
Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
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Child Care for Working Families Act
Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce.
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Closing the Meal Gap Act of 2023
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry.
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Child Care for Working Families Act
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
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Healthy Moms and Babies Act
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
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Medicaid Dental Benefit Act of 2023
Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
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Medicaid Dental Benefit Act of 2023
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
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Puerto Rico Data Collection Equality Act
Referred to the Subcommittee on Indian and Insular Affairs .
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Vieques Recovery and Redevelopment Act of 2023
Referred to the Subcommittee on Indian and Insular Affairs .
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Territorial Tax Equity and Economic Growth Act of 2023
Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
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To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to cover into the treasury of the Virgin Islands revenue from tax on fuel produced in the Virgin Islands and entered into the United States.
Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
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Territorial Tax Parity Act of 2023
Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
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Territorial Tax Parity and Clarification Act
Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
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Territorial Economic Recovery Act
Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
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Puerto Rico Nutrition Assistance Fairness Act
Referred to the Subcommittee on Nutrition, Foreign Agriculture, and Horticulture.
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Caribbean Border Counternarcotics Strategy Act
Referred to the Committee on Oversight and Accountability, and in addition to the Committee on the Judiciary, 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.
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Caribbean Border Counternarcotics Strategy Act
Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
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To amend the Defense Base Act to exclude Guam.
Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce.
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Inflation Reduction Act of 2023
Referred to the Subcommittee on Highways and Transit.
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Puerto Rico Air Cargo Industry Empowerment Act
Referred to the Subcommittee on Aviation.
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Living Wage Now Act
Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce.
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Puerto Rico Film, Television, and Theatre Production Act of 2023
Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
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Puerto Rico Insurance Excise Tax Exemption Act of 2023
Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
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To designate all of Puerto Rico as an opportunity zone.
Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
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TRICARE Equality Act
Referred to the House Committee on Armed Services.
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Earned Income Tax Credit Equity for Puerto Rico Act of 2023
Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
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Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals Judgeship and Reorganization Act of 2023
Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
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