Rep. Brett Guthrie

Maddy summaryHJRES 83 is a congressional resolution seeking to block a specific immigration rule. It targets a rule issued by U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) and the Executive Office for Immigration Review (EOIR) on May 16, 2023, which addressed "Circumvention of Lawful Pathways" in immigration processes. If approved, the resolution would nullify this rule, preventing it from taking effect under federal law. This action directly affects how USCIS and immigration courts apply this particular policy to immigration cases. The resolution uses a standard procedural mechanism (Chapter 8 of Title 5, U.S. Code) to disapprove the rule without altering broader immigration law.

Maddy summaryThis bill directs the U.S. Treasury to mint commemorative coins marking the Marine Corps' 250th anniversary in 2025. It authorizes three coin types: $5 gold coins (max 50,000), $1 silver coins (max 400,000), and half-dollar coins (max 750,000), with surcharges of $35, $10, and $5 respectively. The surcharge proceeds will fund the Marine Corps Heritage Center's educational programs, with no net cost to taxpayers as the Treasury must recover all minting costs through the surcharges. The coins can only be issued during 2025, and the Treasury must ensure all costs are covered before distributing funds to the Heritage Foundation.

Maddy summaryHR 4674, the Advanced Nuclear Feasibility Act, provides federal grants to fund feasibility studies for siting, constructing, and operating advanced nuclear reactors. Eligible applicants include universities, private companies (like airport or hospital owners), and state/local governments in states with approved nuclear deployment plans. The studies must analyze electricity demand, grid capacity, environmental impacts, licensing, workforce needs, and economic feasibility, with applicants covering 60% of costs (reducible under specific conditions). The program requires competitive grants and mandates reports on study details for congressional review.

Maddy summaryHR 4381, the PHE Congressional Review Act, amends the Public Health Service Act to require the Secretary of Health and Human Services to notify Congress within 48 hours of declaring any nationwide public health emergency - including renewals. It mandates that each House of Congress must vote on terminating such emergencies within six months of the declaration and every six months thereafter until termination. The emergency automatically ends after 90 days unless renewed by the Secretary or terminated by a joint resolution passed by Congress. This bill directly affects the Secretary of Health and Human Services (who makes emergency determinations) and Congress (which must review and vote on termination). The key provisions establish a structured timeline for congressional oversight of public health emergencies, replacing the previous automatic renewal process with mandatory review cycles.

Maddy summaryHR 3813, the CDC Leadership Accountability Act of 2023, requires the Senate to confirm any new Director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention appointed on or after June 1, 2023. It also designates as "acting" any individual appointed between June 1, 2023, and the bill's enactment date until Senate confirmation occurs. The bill directly affects future CDC Directors and the appointment process, ensuring Senate confirmation for all new appointments after the specified date. This is a procedural change modifying the timeline for an existing requirement in the Public Health Service Act.

Maddy summaryHR 4721, the Main Street Tax Certainty Act, makes a permanent the 20% tax deduction for eligible small business owners under Section 199A of the tax code. This provision directly affects pass-through business owners (like S-corps, partnerships, and sole proprietorships) who qualify for the deduction. The bill achieves this by removing the temporary expiration language (subsection (i)) from the existing tax code provision. The key change is ending the need for annual congressional extensions of this deduction, providing long-term tax certainty for small businesses.

This resolution expresses the sense of the House of Representatives that research and promotion boards support efforts to develop new markets and strengthen existing markets via research, education, and promotion.

Maddy summaryHR 4504 directs the National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA) to advance spectrum management through new technologies. It requires the NTIA to prototype and implement tools like AI-driven dynamic spectrum access, advanced antenna systems, and quantum communications to improve how federal spectrum is managed. The bill focuses on supporting the development of these technologies through workforce training and partnerships, aiming to make spectrum more efficiently available for commercial wireless services. This directly affects NTIA's operations and federal spectrum policy decisions, impacting how commercial providers access spectrum resources.

This bill broadens the authority of pharmacies under the Controlled Substances Act to deliver certain controlled substances to health care practitioners for the purpose of administering the substance to a patient. Under current law, pharmacies may deliver controlled substances in schedules III, IV, or V to a practitioner if it is for maintenance or detoxification treatment and is administered via injection or implantation, among other requirements. The bill applies this authority to any controlled substance in schedules III, IV, or V that is approved by the Food and Drug Administration to be administered by, or under the supervision of, a practitioner.

This bill specifies that grants that are awarded under the State and Tribal Opioid Response Grant Program may be used to address health conditions that are associated with opioid misuse and use disorders.