Rep. Jeff Duncan

Teddy Roosevelt Fair Competition and Public Trust Act of 2023 This bill applies antitrust laws to the business of professional baseball. For purposes of this bill, the term antitrust laws means laws to protect against unlawful restraints and monopolies (Clayton Act) and to protect against unfair methods of competition (Federal Trade Commission Act).

Maddy summaryHR 146, the "Old Glory Only Act," prohibits U.S. diplomatic and consular posts from flying any flag other than the U.S. flag above the buildings. This law directly affects all U.S. embassies, consulates, and other official diplomatic facilities abroad. The Secretary of State is required to ensure compliance with this rule, mandating that only the U.S. flag be displayed at these locations. The bill makes no exceptions for foreign flags or other symbols at these specific government properties.

Maddy summaryHR 144, the Adjusting Davis-Bacon for Inflation Act, raises the federal contract threshold for Davis-Bacon wage requirements from $2,000 to $50,000. This change directly affects contractors working on federal construction projects, expanding the number of projects subject to prevailing wage rules. The bill modifies the existing law to require federal contractors to pay local prevailing wages on larger construction contracts, shifting coverage from smaller to larger projects. It makes a specific, concrete adjustment to the law's application without altering wage calculation methods or other provisions.

Maddy summaryHR 143 prohibits using federal funds to transfer or release certain detainees held at Guantanamo Bay to the United States. It specifically blocks funding for moving non-U.S. citizen detainees (not members of the U.S. military) who were held at Guantanamo Bay after January 20, 2009, including Khalid Sheikh Mohammed. The bill directly affects these specific detainees by preventing their relocation to U.S. territory or possessions. It does not create new policy but restricts the use of existing defense funding for such transfers. This is a procedural bill focused on blocking a specific action via budget restrictions.

Maddy summaryHR 53 (FIND Act) requires federal contractors to certify they do not refuse to work with firearm manufacturers, dealers, ammunition sellers, or related safety device companies based on bias. It prohibits main contractors from awarding subcontracts exceeding 10% of a contract’s value to entities that fail to make this certification, and bans efforts to circumvent the rule through complex subcontract tiers. The law applies to all federal procurement contracts, directly affecting businesses bidding on government work. Violations risk contract termination and suspension from future government contracts.

NTIA Policy and Cybersecurity Coordination Act This bill establishes within the National Telecommunications and Information Administration the Office of Policy Development and Cybersecurity to oversee and conduct national communications and information policy analysis and development for the internet and communications technologies. Among its duties, the office shall develop, analyze, and advocate for market-based policies that promote innovation, competition, consumer access, digital inclusion, workforce development, and economic growth in the communications, media, and technology markets. The office must also coordinate processes to create guidance or to support the development and implementation of cybersecurity and privacy policies with respect to the internet and other communications networks.

This act designates the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 213 William Hilton Parkway in Hilton Head Island, South Carolina, as the Caesar H. Wright Jr. Post Office Building.

This act designates the outpatient clinic of the Department of Veterans Affairs in Greenville, South Carolina, as the Lance Corporal Dana Cornell Darnell VA Clinic.

This act designates the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 1550 State Road S-38-211 in Orangeburg, South Carolina, as the J.I. Washington Post Office Building.

This act directs the Speaker of the House of Representatives and the President pro tempore of the Senate to arrange for the posthumous award of a Congressional Gold Medal to commemorate Glen Doherty, Tyrone Woods, J. Christopher Stevens, and Sean Smith, four Americans killed in the September 11, 2012, attack on the U.S. consulate in Benghazi, Libya. (Stevens was the U.S. Ambassador to Libya at the time, Smith was an officer in the Foreign Service, and Doherty and Woods were both government contractors and former Navy SEALs.) After the medal has been awarded, it shall be given to the Central Intelligence Agency Museum.