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  • The Hospice Care Accountability, Reform, and Enforcement Act of 2024 aims to improve the integrity of hospice care under the Medicare program. It introduces a temporary freeze on new hospice enrollments, enhances oversight and survey frequency for certain hospice programs,...

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    The Hospice Care Accountability, Reform, and Enforcement Act of 2024 is about making sure people in hospice care, which is care for very sick people who might not get better, get the right help and treatments. It does this by checking how hospice caregivers do their jobs more often, making sure they follow the rules, and setting aside money to pay for these checks and give people more information about their care.

  • H. RES. 1398 is a resolution introduced in the House of Representatives to express support for designating July 30, 2024, as "National Whistleblower Appreciation Day." The resolution highlights the historical significance of whistleblowers, dating back to 1777, and recognizes their important...

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    This resolution wants to make July 30, 2024, a special day to say "thank you" to people who tell the truth about bad things happening, called whistleblowers. It reminds everyone how important they are for helping keep things fair and honest.

  • H. RES. 47 addresses the National Collegiate Athletic Association's (NCAA) policy on eligibility in women's sports. It argues that allowing transgender-identifying males to compete in women's sports undermines the safety and fairness for female athletes. The resolution calls on the NCAA to...

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    In a new rule, some lawmakers say that only people who are born as girls should play in girls' sports at school. They are asking the people in charge of school sports to change the rules and not let transgender boys join girls' teams.

  • S. CON. RES. 2 provides for a joint meeting of Congress on January 6, 2025, to count the electoral votes for President and Vice President of the United States. The resolution specifies that the meeting will be held in the Hall of the House of Representatives and that the...

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    This bill is about a big meeting where all the people from Congress come together to count and announce who won the big job of President and Vice President after everyone in the country has voted. They will do this by reading special papers that tell them who the winner is, and the leader of the meeting will tell everyone the results.