This resolution provides amounts for the expenses of the House Select Committee on the Strategic Competition Between the United States and the Chinese Communist Party for the 118th Congress.
Maddy summaryHR 1180, the "Billion Dollar Boondoggle Act of 2023," requires federal agencies managing large projects to publicly report on cost overruns and delays. It directly affects Executive agencies and independent regulatory agencies that fund projects exceeding $1 billion in cost overruns or being more than five years behind schedule. The bill mandates annual reports including project descriptions, original vs. current costs (adjusted for inflation), reasons for delays, contractor details, and any bonuses awarded. These reports must be submitted to the Office of Management and Budget and made available to the public. The law focuses on transparency around major federal projects without specifying policy changes to project management.
Maddy summaryHR 1081, the ANTI-SOCIAL CCP Act, would prohibit U.S. transactions with social media companies linked to "countries of concern" like China, Russia, or Iran. It specifically targets companies such as TikTok and ByteDance (owner of TikTok), blocking all U.S. financial dealings with them unless the President certifies they no longer meet the criteria. The bill uses existing economic powers under the International Emergency Economic Powers Act to freeze assets and ban commercial operations in the U.S. for covered platforms. It defines "social media companies" as those with over 1 million monthly users that enable user-generated content sharing, excluding review sites or emergency services.
Maddy summaryThis bill authorizes a single Congressional Gold Medal to honor all U.S. Army Dustoff crews who served during the Vietnam War (1962-1973). It recognizes their critical role in evacuating nearly 900,000 wounded personnel, including U.S., South Vietnamese, and allied forces, under extreme combat conditions. The medal, designed with input from the Secretary of Defense, will be presented to the U.S. Army Medical Department Museum for permanent display. Duplicate bronze medals may be sold to cover costs, but the primary action is the commemorative recognition of these crews' service.
Maddy summaryThe Workforce Mobility Act of 2023 bans most noncompete agreements in the U.S., directly affecting workers covered by such contracts (estimated at 1 in 5 workers). It prohibits employers from enforcing noncompete clauses that restrict workers from changing jobs, moving geographically, or working in similar roles after leaving a job. Key exceptions allow noncompetes for business sales (with geographic limits), partnership dissolutions, and senior executives with severance agreements (limited to one year). The bill preserves trade secret protections and mandates FTC/Labor Department enforcement, public awareness campaigns, and private lawsuits for violations.
Illicit Arms Trafficking Security Enforcement Act This bill directs the Department of Homeland Security to establish a new unit—a Border Enforcement Security Task Force unit—to investigate transnational criminal organization arms smuggling across the international border between the United States and Mexico. The purposes of the new unit include, among other things, reducing arms smuggling from the United States to Mexico.
Maddy summaryHCONRES 9 is a symbolic resolution passed by the U.S. House of Representatives that formally denounces socialism as incompatible with American values, citing historical examples of socialist regimes causing widespread suffering and authoritarian rule. It states Congress opposes the implementation of socialist policies in the United States. This resolution has no legal effect, does not change any laws, and serves solely as a non-binding statement of congressional opinion. It directly affects no individuals or policies, as it is purely a declarative position.
This resolution condemns Iranian state-sponsored terrorist attacks against U.S. citizens and officials and Iranian dissidents. The resolution also expresses support for the people of Iran who are legitimately defending their rights for freedom against repression and condemns the killing of Iranian protesters by the Iranian regime.
Maddy summaryHCONRES 13 is a concurrent resolution expressing Congress's support for maintaining the current policy that prohibits imposing new fees on local radio stations for playing music. It states that Congress should not impose any performance fee, tax, royalty, or charge on local radio stations for broadcasting sound recordings over the air, or on businesses like bars and restaurants that play music publicly. The resolution argues that such fees would harm local radio stations - critical sources for emergency information and community programming - and jeopardize the economic model that has supported both radio and the music industry for decades. This resolution does not create new law but formally opposes potential legislative changes to the existing fee structure.
Repealing Illegal Freedom and Liberty Excises Act or the RIFLE Act This bill repeals the excise tax on the transfer of firearms. The bill shall not be construed as placing any regulated firearms under the jurisdiction of the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission.
