Legislative Activity

The "Consequences for Social Security Fraud Act" increases penalties for Social Security fraud, identification document fraud, and fraud related to COVID-19 relief programs. It makes individuals inadmissible to the U.S. and deportable if they have been convicted of, admit to, or admit to actions that constitute these offenses, including conspiracy to commit such offenses.

The "Yosemite National Park Equal Access and Fairness Act" aims to increase recreational access to the Hetch Hetchy Reservoir and Lake Eleanor Basin areas within Yosemite National Park. It increases funding for improvements and allows for activities like swimming, camping, and non-motorized watercraft. The Act also directs the National Park Service to manage these areas for public recreation while preserving their natural features and requires a report to Congress on equitable access and cost mitigation strategies.

This proposed constitutional amendment would grant the President the authority to selectively reduce spending within bills passed by Congress. The President must notify Congress of any spending reductions within 10 days. Congress can override the President's reductions and restore the original spending level with a two-thirds vote in both the House and Senate.

The "Action Versus No Action Act" streamlines environmental impact studies for certain collaborative forest management activities by limiting the analysis to only two options: taking action or taking no action. When considering the "no action" option, the Act requires the evaluating body to consider the effects on forest health, potential losses, habitat diversity, wildfire, and timber production. This focused approach aims to expedite collaborative forest management projects while still considering potential environmental and socioeconomic impacts.