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in committee · Arkansas · 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 · Arkansas · 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 · Arkansas · 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 · Arkansas · 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 · Arkansas · 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
in committee · Arkansas · House Mar 30, 2022

HR 7298: Promoting Energy Independence and Transparency Act

Promoting Energy Independence and Transparency Act This bill requires the Department of the Interior to take certain actions related to parcels of land that have been nominated for future sales of onshore oil and gas leases and related drilling permits. Specifically, Interior must (1) report to Congress about the status of the parcels, (2) publish on its website information concerning expressions of interest in nominated parcels and drilling permits, and (3) issue certain pending applications for drilling permits within 30 days.
Topics ✗ EnergyOpposes EnergyBill facilitates oil/gas leasing and permits, promoting fossil fuel development over renewable energy, directly opposing clean energy policy goals.90% confidence ✗ EnvironmentOpposes EnvironmentFacilitates oil/gas leasing and drilling permits, increasing fossil fuel extraction which conflicts with environmental protection goals.90% confidence
Blake D. Moore (R) · 23 co-sponsors
in committee · Arkansas · House Mar 30, 2022

HR 7292: Securing American Energy and Investing in Resiliency Act

Securing American Energy and Investing in Resiliency Act This bill requires the Department of the Interior to conduct certain sales of oil and gas leases on the Outer Continental Shelf by a specified deadline.
Topics ✗ EnergyOpposes EnergyBill mandates oil/gas lease sales on Outer Continental Shelf, promoting fossil fuel development over renewable energy policies.95% confidence ✗ EnvironmentOpposes EnvironmentRequires oil/gas lease sales on OCS, enabling fossil fuel extraction without environmental safeguards, prioritizing industry over conservation90% confidence
Garret Graves (R) · 21 co-sponsors
in committee · Arkansas · Senate Mar 28, 2022

S 3937: Home-Based Telemental Health Care Act of 2022

Home-Based Telemental Health Care Act of 2022 This bill establishes a grant program to fund demonstration projects to provide mental health services to medically underserved individuals in rural areas or in the farming, fishing, and forestry industries. Specifically, the Office for the Advancement of Telehealth within the Health Resources and Services Administration must award grants to public or nonprofit telemental health provider networks to deliver, and evaluate the impact of, home-based telemental services for such individuals. The office must coordinate activities with the Rural Health Liaison of the Department of Agriculture.
Topics ✓ HealthcareSupports HealthcareEstablishes grants for home-based telemental health services in underserved areas, expanding access to mental healthcare.95% confidence
Mike Rounds (R) · 3 co-sponsors
in committee · Arkansas · House Mar 25, 2022

HJRES 79: Providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of the rule submitted by the Department of the Treasury and the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services relating to "Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act; Updating Payment Parameters, Section 1332 Waiver Implementing Regulations, and Improving Health Insurance Markets for 2022 and Beyond".

This joint resolution nullifies the rule titled Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act; Updating Payment Parameters, Section 1332 Waiver Implementing Regulations, and Improving Health Insurance Markets for 2022 and Beyond , which was issued by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services and the Department of the Treasury on September 27, 2021. The rule expands the open enrollment period for individual health coverage and rescinds the previous interpretation of certain requirements relating to Section 1332 waivers (also known as State Innovation Waivers or State Relief and Empowerment Waivers).
Topics ✗ HealthcareOpposes HealthcareBill disapproves rule expanding open enrollment for health coverage, restricting access to broader insurance options under ACA regulations.90% confidence
Michael Cloud (R) · 58 co-sponsors
in committee · Arkansas · House Mar 25, 2022

HR 7204: RATES Act

Returning Amtrak To Economic Sustainability Act or the RATES Act This bill revises the mission and goals of Amtrak. It encourages an economically sustainable intercity and commuter passenger rail system and requires Amtrak to ensure route profitability proportional to the federal share of investment.
Topics ✓ TransportationSupports TransportationBill revises Amtrak's mission for economic sustainability, promoting viable public rail transportation infrastructure through route profitability requirements.85% confidence
Eric A. "Rick" Crawford (R) · 6 co-sponsors
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