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Introduced in the Senate as S.4573 by Susan Collins (R–ME) on July 20, 2022; Committee consideration by United States Senate Committee on Rules and Administration; Senate agreed to amendment on December 22, 2022 (68–29 as Division P of the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2023) with further amendment
The Inflation Reduction Act of 2022 (IRA) is a United States federal law which aims to reduce the federal government budget deficit, lower prescription drug prices, and invest in domestic energy production while promoting clean energy. It was passed by the 117th United States Congress and signed into law by President Joe Biden on August 16, 2022.
Many key aspects of the amendment were incorporated into the proposed For the People Act, which passed the U.S. House of Representatives. [ 67 ] Representative Cedric Richmond introduced an amendment in the 116th Congress to repeal the penal exception clause from the Thirteenth Amendment , prohibiting unfree labor from being used as a punishment.
In response, the Electoral Count Act of 1887 elaborated and expanded on the 12th Amendment. First, it empowered Congress to decide between competing slates of electors, though some of its language ...
The EARN IT Act is a proposed legislation first introduced in 2020 in the United States Congress. It aims to amend Section 230 of the Communications Act of 1934 , which allows operators of websites to remove user-posted content that they deem inappropriate, and provides them with immunity from civil lawsuits related to such posting.
In 2022, it was reported [51] that there has been a proposal to replace the Information Technology Act with a more comprehensive and updated Digital India Act, which would cover a wider range of information technology issues and concerns. This law could ostensibly have focal areas around privacy, social media regulation, regulation of over-the ...
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The U.S. Justice Department said on Tuesday that it has deleted malware planted on more than 4,200 computers by a group of criminal hackers who were backed by the People's ...
The John R. Lewis Voting Rights Advancement Act of 2023 is proposed voting rights legislation named after civil rights activist John Lewis.The bill would restore and strengthen parts of the Voting Rights Act of 1965, most notably its requirement for states and jurisdictions with a history of voting rights violations to seek federal approval before enacting certain changes to their voting laws. [1]