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Search Results: keywords:"budget and funding"

H. R. 9689 — To amend the Homeland Security Act of 2002 to establish a DHS Cybersecurity Internship Program, and for other purposes.
September 19, 2024
Status:Introduced in House
Congress:118
Words:942
H.R. 9689 proposes amendments to the Homeland Security Act of 2002 to establish a DHS Cybersecurity Internship Program. This program will allow eligible U.S. citizens who are at least 16 years old and are enrolled in various educational institutions to partake in paid...
Simple Explanation
H.R. 9689 is like a plan to let kids and young adults learn about stopping computer hackers by working and learning at a special place called the Department of Homeland Security. It wants to make sure kids from lots of different schools have a chance to join, like kids in high school, technical schools, and colleges.
H. R. 8098 — To amend title 28, United States Code, to provide an Inspector General for the judicial branch, and for other purposes.
April 19, 2024
Status:Introduced in House
Congress:118
Words:1,423
H.R. 8098 aims to create an Office of Inspector General for the judicial branch in the United States. This office would investigate misconduct and fraud, as well as propose changes to laws affecting the judicial branch, although it wouldn't review decisions made by judges....
Simple Explanation
H.R. 8098 is a bill that wants to make a special office to watch over judges and make sure they are doing a good job by checking for mistakes or bad things, but it won't check their decisions in court.
H. R. 7152 — An Act To direct the Secretary of State to establish a national registry of Korean American divided families, and for other purposes.
June 25, 2024
Status:Engrossed in House
Congress:118
Words:626
H.R. 7152, titled the "Korean American Divided Families National Registry Act," requires the Secretary of State to create a national registry for Korean American families separated from relatives in North Korea after the Korean War. This registry aims to gather information...
Simple Explanation
H.R. 7152 is a plan to help Korean American families find and meet their lost family members in North Korea. It asks a special group in the government to make a list of these families and hopes to talk to North Korea about making family get-togethers happen.
H. R. 9219 — To establish the Federal Commission on Weather Risk Data and Modeling, and for other purposes.
July 30, 2024
Status:Introduced in House
Congress:118
Words:2,098
H.R. 9219 aims to create the Federal Commission on Weather Risk Data and Modeling within the Department of Commerce. This Commission would develop standards to ensure that weather risk data and models used by government agencies are accurate and reliable. It would also...
Simple Explanation
H.R. 9219 is a plan to make sure weather data used by the government is correct and trustworthy by creating a special group to check it, and this group will work together with others to share the information they find.
H. R. 6394 — An Act To provide for the creation of a Congressional time capsule in commemoration of the semiquincentennial of the United States, and for other purposes.
December 16, 2024
Status:Engrossed in House
Congress:118
Words:592
H.R. 6394 is a bill aimed at creating a Congressional time capsule to celebrate the 250th anniversary of the United States. The bill instructs the Architect of the Capitol to prepare the time capsule with various significant items, including important legislative milestones...
Simple Explanation
In 2026, people plan to bury a special box with important things from the US Congress to remember America's 250th birthday, and this box should be opened in 2276, 250 years later.
H. R. 8228 — To amend the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 to transfer the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board to the Securities and Exchange Commission, and for other purposes.
May 02, 2024
Status:Introduced in House
Congress:118
Words:2,469
H.R. 8228 is a bill that aims to change the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 by moving the responsibilities of the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board to the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). The bill proposes creating a new entity within the SEC called the Office of Public Accounting...
Simple Explanation
H.R. 8228 is a bill that wants to move a group that checks if companies are telling the truth about their money from its own place to join another bigger group that watches over businesses. This change aims to make things less complicated but might have some tricky parts to figure out.
H. R. 9077 — To transfer the duties of the Office of Public Participation of the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission to a Public Participation Division within the Office of External Affairs of such Commission, and for other purposes.
July 22, 2024
Status:Introduced in House
Congress:118
Words:810
H.R. 9077 proposes transferring the responsibilities of the Office of Public Participation under the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) to a new Public Participation Division within FERC's Office of External Affairs. The new division, overseen by a Director, would...
Simple Explanation
H.R. 9077 wants to move a group that helps people talk to the energy decision-makers into a new part of the same team, but they can only give advice and can't pay people to help them. The new team will also write a report about how they're doing and see if they are doing some of the same jobs as other groups.

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