Investing in Rural Manufacturing Act This bill authorizes the Small Business Administration to make loans for certain costs to businesses that manufacture goods essential to critical infrastructure sectors in rural areas. Businesses that meet at least 75% of their job creation goals under such loans may receive partial loan forgiveness.
Life at Conception Act This bill declares that the right to life guaranteed by the Constitution is vested in each human being at all stages of life, including the moment of fertilization, cloning, or other moment at which an individual comes into being. Nothing in this bill shall be construed to authorize the prosecution of any woman for the death of her unborn child.
Maddy summaryHR 279, the Pharmacist Conscience Protection Act, protects pharmacists, pharmacy technicians, and pharmacy owners who refuse to dispense medications approved for abortion or that they believe may be used for abortion, based on moral, religious, or medical objections. The bill prohibits federal agencies and entities receiving federal funds (including state/local governments) from discriminating against, penalizing, or retaliating against these providers for such refusals. It does not require pharmacists to dispense these medications and explicitly preserves stronger state conscience protections. This law directly affects pharmacists and pharmacies seeking to align their practice with personal or religious beliefs regarding abortion-related medications.
Maddy summaryHR 167 allows pharmacies to compound drugs for urgent hospital use without a specific patient prescription under strict conditions. It requires hospitals to certify they couldn’t obtain FDA-approved or outsourcing-facility alternatives for the same active ingredient and route of administration. Compounded drugs must be labeled with a beyond-use date, marked for urgent use only, and hospitals must track patient administration within 7 days while reporting adverse events to the FDA within 15 days. This directly affects hospitals, pharmacists, and physicians during drug shortages, enabling faster access to necessary medications while maintaining safety and tracking requirements.
Maddy summaryThe GORAC Act requires the Comptroller General to hire an external auditor to review all federal programs over the past 20 years, identifying duplicative, wasteful, or outdated functions. The auditor must recommend consolidating agencies with the same purpose or eliminating programs that wasted funds through mismanagement, personal benefit, or completed objectives. The bill mandates that any savings from these changes fund domestic programs or reduce the national debt, while requiring agencies to relocate affected employees. Congress must act on the auditor's report within two years through a streamlined process that limits debate and amendments to the proposed legislation.
No User Fees for Gun Owners Act This bill prohibits a state or local government from imposing any insurance requirement, tax, user fee, or similar charge as a condition of the manufacture importation, acquisition, transfer, or continued ownership of a firearm or ammunition, with the exception of a proportionate sales tax. The bill imposes the same prohibition under the Internal Revenue Code for firearms, pistols, or revolvers, but allows for the assessment of a proportionate sales tax.
Authorization for the Use of Military Force to Combat, Attack, Resist, Target, Eliminate, and Limit Influence Resolution or the AUMF CARTEL Influence Resolution This joint resolution authorizes the President to use the Armed Forces against foreign nations, foreign organizations, or foreign persons affiliated with foreign organizations that the President determines are involved in trafficking fentanyl or fentanyl-related substances into the United States. The joint resolution also authorizes the use of force against those determined to have used force or violence in specified ways, such as engaging in violence or intimidation to control territory to be used for illicit means. The joint resolution deems nine named cartels as having met the criteria for the President to use force against them. Force authorized by this joint resolution may only be used against organizations and persons located outside of the United States. The authority expires five years after the date of this joint resolution's enactment.
Maddy summaryHR 311, the Cost Estimates Improvement Act, requires the Congressional Budget Office (CBO) and Joint Committee on Taxation (JCT) to include debt servicing costs in their budget estimates where practicable and to list duplicative federal programs covered by legislation. The bill mandates that all CBO and JCT cost estimates must identify overlapping or redundant agency programs, initiatives, or activities within the proposed legislation. This change aims to improve transparency in federal budget analysis by providing clearer data on long-term debt impacts and program efficiency for lawmakers. The bill directly affects the CBO and JCT as they prepare budget estimates for Congress.
Stop Environmental Calculations Act of 2023 or the SEC Act of 2023 This bill prohibits the Securities and Exchange Commission from requiring climate-related disclosures that are not material to investors.
Maddy summaryHRES 16 is a non-binding House resolution congratulating the University of Georgia Bulldogs football team for winning the 2023 College Football Playoff National Championship. The resolution recognizes the team's undefeated 15-0 season, including a 65-7 championship victory, and requests that an enrolled copy be presented to the university's president, athletic director, and head coach. It has no legal effect or financial impact, serving solely as a symbolic gesture of recognition. The resolution was introduced by Georgia representatives and referred to the Education and Workforce Committee.
