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in committee · Alabama · House Apr 7, 2022

HR 7467: Opportunity Zones Improvement, Transparency, and Extension Act

Opportunity Zones Improvement, Transparency, and Extension Act This bill revises rules and reinstates reporting requirements relating to qualified opportunity zones (economically distressed communities where new investments, under specified conditions, may be eligible for preferential tax treatment). Specifically, the bill terminates the designation of zones that are disqualified due to median family income exceeding 130% of national median family income and permits states to identify and expand terminations of such zones. The bill also reinstates reporting requirements for qualified opportunity zones and imposes penalties for noncompliance with such requirements, extends the opportunity zones temporary deferral period for qualifying capital gain through 2028, and establishes a State and Community Dynamism Fund to support public and private investment in qualified opportunity zones.
Topics ✓ Budget & TaxesSupports Budget & TaxesBill extends tax incentives for investments in distressed communities via Opportunity Zones, promoting economic development through preferential tax treatment.90% confidence
Ron Kind (D) · 7 co-sponsors
in committee · Alabama · House Apr 6, 2022

HR 7260: Comprehensive Southern Border Strategy Act

Comprehensive Southern Border Strategy Act This bill requires the Department of Homeland Security to report to Congress a comprehensive southern border strategy. The strategy must include (1) an overview of current security risks along the southern border; and (2) an assessment of the barriers, technologies, and tools that are necessary to achieve and maintain situational awareness and operational control of the border.
Topics ✗ ImmigrationOpposes ImmigrationBill mandates DHS border security strategy focused on barriers, technologies, and operational control, aligning with enforcement-focused immigration restrictions.95% confidence
Young Kim (R) · 26 co-sponsors
in committee · Alabama · House Apr 4, 2022

HRES 1020: Condemning the Biden administration's plans for seeking to remove sanctions on the oppressive Maduro regime and negotiating with Iran in response to the crisis in Ukraine, and instead calling for Congress and the administration to support the production of American energy.

This resolution calls on the Biden administration and its officials to maintain the sanctions on the repressive regimes in Venezuela and Iran. The resolution also expresses the sense of the House of Representatives that American energy independence should be achieved again for the sake of U.S. national security and the security of U.S. allies; and President Biden should immediately rescind his Executive Orders that prohibit the approval of new leases on federal lands and waters, and should immediately take actions to reestablish American energy independence.
Topics ✓ EnergySupports EnergyBill explicitly calls to rescind executive orders prohibiting new federal energy leases, advancing domestic energy production and independence.95% confidence ✗ EnvironmentOpposes EnvironmentBill seeks to remove restrictions on fossil fuel development on federal lands, enabling increased extraction that weakens environmental protections and contradicts climate goals.95% confidence
Gary J. Palmer (R) · 80 co-sponsors
in committee · Alabama · House Apr 4, 2022

HR 7382: Supply Chain Disruptions Relief Act

Supply Chain Disruptions Relief Act This bill modifies the treatment of liquidations of new motor vehicle inventory as qualified LIFO (last in first out accounting method) inventory. It allows new motor vehicle dealers to elect to wait until the end of 2025 to replace their inventory for purposes of determining income attributable to the sale of such inventory during 2020 and 2021.
Daniel T. Kildee (D) · 174 co-sponsors
in committee · Alabama · House Mar 31, 2022

HR 7313: Supporting Diverse STEM Students Act

Supporting Diverse STEM Students Act This bill authorizes minority institutions to use Minority Science and Engineering Improvement Program funds to (1) provide direct financial assistance to students who are underrepresented in science (including computer science), technology, engineering, and mathematics; and (2) improve institutional capacity to provide students with certain services, such as guidance counseling, academic advising, work-study opportunities, and peer mentorship.
Topics ✓ EducationSupports EducationAuthorizes funds for underrepresented STEM students and institutional services like counseling, expanding access and support for diverse learners in education.95% confidence ✓ TechnologySupports TechnologyFunds STEM programs including computer science to increase diversity in technology workforce, advancing tech education access and representation.85% confidence
Alma S. Adams (D) · 5 co-sponsors
in committee · Alabama · House Mar 31, 2022

HR 7281: REVERSE OSHA Mandates Act

Reversing Every Vaccine Emergency Requirement and Stopping Employee OSHA Mandates Act or the REVERSE OSHA Mandates Act This bill limits the authority of the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) to regulate workplace safety and health matters. Specifically, the bill repeals OSHA's authority to issue emergency temporary standards related to workplace safety and health. The bill further specifies that OSHA may not, under its authority to regulate workplace safety and health, require the administration of any drug, vaccine, or other biological product to an employee.
Topics ✗ Labor & EmploymentOpposes Labor & EmploymentBill repeals OSHA's authority to issue emergency safety standards, directly weakening workplace safety regulations and worker protections under Labor & Employment.95% confidence
Andrew S. Clyde (R) · 32 co-sponsors
in committee · Alabama · House Mar 30, 2022

HRES 1015: Recognizing the importance of stepped-up basis under section 1014 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 in preserving family-owned farms and small businesses.

This resolution supports the preservation of the stepped-up basis tax rule that allows recipients of inherited assets such as land, equipment, or buildings to adjust the cost basis of the assets to reflect their fair market value. The resolution opposes any efforts to impose new taxes on family farms or small businesses and recognizes the importance of generational transfers of farm and family-owned businesses.
Topics ✓ Budget & TaxesSupports Budget & TaxesBill explicitly opposes new taxes on family farms/small businesses and preserves stepped-up basis tax rule, directly protecting existing tax treatment per Budget & Taxes topic.90% confidence
Tracey Mann (R) · 82 co-sponsors
in committee · Alabama · House Mar 30, 2022

HR 7285: Unleashing American Energy Act

Unleashing American Energy Act This bill requires a minimum amount of oil and gas lease sales a year on certain submerged lands of the Outer Continental Shelf (OCS) and limits delays on federal oil and gas leases on such lands. Specifically, this bill requires the Department of the Interior to annually conduct a minimum of two region-wide oil and gas lease sales in each of the following regions of the OCS: (1) the Gulf of Mexico region in the Central Gulf of Mexico Planning Area and the Western Gulf of Mexico Planning Area, and (2) the Alaska region. In addition, the bill requires the President to obtain congressional approval before delaying federal oil and gas leases on the OCS.
Topics ✗ EnergyOpposes EnergyMandates minimum oil/gas lease sales on OCS, prioritizing fossil fuel development. Explicitly limits delays for fossil fuel projects with no renewable energy provisions.95% confidence ✗ EnvironmentOpposes EnvironmentMandates increased oil/gas leasing on OCS, prioritizing fossil fuel development over environmental protections and conservation requirements.95% confidence
Jerry L. Carl (R) · 22 co-sponsors
in committee · Alabama · House Mar 30, 2022

HR 7306: Strategy to Secure Offshore Energy Act

Strategy to Secure Offshore Energy Act This bill modifies requirements for the National Outer Continental Shelf Oil and Gas Leasing Program, including by specifying that the program must be updated on a five-year basis and setting a minimum number of annual lease sales for the program.
Topics ✗ EnergyOpposes EnergyBill mandates increased offshore oil/gas leasing, favoring fossil fuels over renewables, opposing clean energy transition90% confidence ✗ EnvironmentOpposes EnvironmentBill mandates increased offshore oil/gas leasing, prioritizing fossil fuel extraction over environmental protection and conservation goals.85% confidence
Beth Van Duyne (R) · 17 co-sponsors
in committee · Alabama · House Mar 30, 2022

HR 7304: Restore Onshore Energy Production Act

Restore Onshore Energy Production Act This bill requires the Department of the Interior to immediately resume sales of oil and gas leases in accordance with applicable onshore mineral leasing laws and specifies a minimum number of sales that Interior must conduct in each state where there is land available for oil and gas leasing. The bill also prohibits the President from taking actions to cancel, delay, or otherwise impede federal processes related to energy mineral leasing without congressional approval.
Topics ✗ EnergyOpposes EnergyBill mandates resumed oil/gas leasing, requires minimum sales, and blocks delays to fossil fuel development, opposing renewable energy policies by prioritizing fossil fuels.95% confidence ✗ EnvironmentOpposes EnvironmentBill mandates increased oil/gas leasing, directly opposing environmental protections by prioritizing fossil fuel production over conservation and pollution control.90% confidence
Matthew M. Rosendale, Sr. (R) · 24 co-sponsors
in committee · Alabama · House Mar 30, 2022

HR 7293: Energy Permitting Certainty Act

Energy Permitting Certainty Act This bill requires the Department of the Interior to process applications for permits to drill under a valid oil or gas lease even if there are any pending civil actions, provided that the civil actions do not directly affect or involve the application or underlying lease.
Topics ✗ EnergyOpposes EnergyBill streamlines oil/gas drilling permits, favoring fossil fuels over renewable energy development by expediting fossil fuel projects.92% confidence ✗ EnvironmentOpposes EnvironmentStreamlines oil/gas drilling permits by bypassing civil actions, reducing legal barriers to fossil fuel development and weakening environmental review processes.92% confidence
Yvette Herrell (R) · 24 co-sponsors
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