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Foreign Relations FOR

S.1227 - FISH Act of 2023: This bill seeks to combat illegal, unreported, and unregulated fishing at its sources globally. H.R.2670 - National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2024: This bill authorizes FY2024 appropriations and sets forth policies for Department of Defense (DOD) programs and activities, military construction, and the national security programs of the Department of Energy (DOE). The bill authorizes appropriations, but does not provide budget authority, which is provided by appropriations legislation. NDAA House Amdt #420 - Requires the Secretary of Defense to notify local, State, and Federal elected officials not later than 90 days before the Department of Defense uses, creates, or repurposes a military base to house migrants. NDAA House Amdt #239 - Allows DoD to transfer excess controlled property to Federal and State agencies under the 1033 program, consistent with the original intent of the program.

Contacted: State, Dept of (DOS); SENATE; Treasury, Dept of; HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

Bills named: S. 1227 (118th), H.R. 2670 (118th)

Immigration IMM

H.R.8685 - Afghan Adjustment Act: This bill expands eligibility for special immigrant visas to certain Afghan nationals (and accompanying spouse and children) and addresses related issues. S. 4787 - Afghan Adjustment Act: This bill expands eligibility for special immigrant visas to certain Afghan nationals (and accompanying spouse and children) and addresses related issues. H.R.3808 - Afghan Allies Protection Act: This bill seeks to amend the Afghan Allies Protection Act of 2009 to authorize additional special immigrant visas, to require a strategy for efficient processing, and to establish designated senior special immigrant visa coordinating officials, and for other purposes. S.1786 - Afghan Allies Protection Act: This bill seeks to amend the Afghan Allies Protection Act of 2009 to authorize additional special immigrant visas, to require a strategy for efficient processing, and to establish designated senior special immigrant visa coordinating officials, and for other purposes. H.R.1643 - New Deal for New Americans Act: This bill seeks to establish the National Office of New Americans, to reduce obstacles to United States citizenship, to support the integration of immigrants into the social, cultural, economic, and civic life of the United States, and for other purposes. H.R.2760, S.1208 - Dignity for Detained Immigrants Act: The bill would overhaul the immigration detention system by prohibiting family detention, ending the use of private, for-profit detention facilities, repealing mandatory detention, and increasing oversight, accountability, and transparency of the immigration detention system. H.R.6637- DIGNIDAD (Dignity) Act: This bill addresses immigration-related issues, such as requiring the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) to resume construction of barriers along the U.S.-Mexico border and providing removal deferral for eligible non-U.S. nationals (aliens under federal law). H.R.2 - Secure the Border Act of 2023: This bill makes various changes to immigration law, including by imposing limits on asylum eligibility and requiring employers to use an electronic system to verify the employment eligibility of new employees. H.R. 5860 - Continuing Appropriations Act, 2024 and Other Extensions Act: This act provides continuing FY2024 appropriations to federal agencies through November 17, 2023, and provides emergency funding for disaster relief. It also extends several expiring programs and authorities, including several Federal Aviation Administration programs, the National Flood Insurance Program, Federal Drug Administration user fees for animal drug applications, and several public health programs. H.R. 5525 - Continuing Appropriations and Border Security Enhancement Act: Making continuing appropriations for fiscal year 2024, and for other purposes. H.R.4367 - the Department of Homeland Security Appropriations Act for FY 2024: Making appropriations for the Department of Homeland Security for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2024, and for other purposes. S.2625 - the Department of Homeland Security Appropriations Act for FY 2024: Making appropriations for the Department of Homeland Security for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2024, and for other purposes. H.R.4665 - Department of State, Foreign Operations, and Related Programs Appropriations Act, 2024: Making appropriations for the Department of State, foreign operations, and related programs for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2024, and for other purposes. Topics include funding for Migrations and Refugee Assistance and International Disaster Assistance. S.2438 - Department of State, Foreign Operations, and Related Programs Appropriations Act, 2024: Making appropriations for the Department of State, foreign operations, and related programs for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2024, and for other purposes. Topics include funding for Migrations and Refugee Assistance and International Disaster Assistance.

Contacted: State, Dept of (DOS); Justice, Dept of (DOJ); SENATE; Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS); Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS); Defense, Dept of (DOD); White House Office; HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

Bills named: H.R. 2760 (118th), H.R. 8685 (118th), H.R. 2 (118th), H.R. 5525 (118th), H.R. 4665 (118th), H.R. 3808 (118th), S. 1786 (118th), H.R. 1643 (118th), H.R. 6637 (118th), S. 1208 (118th), S. 4787 (118th), H.R. 4367 (118th), S. 2438 (118th), H.R. 5860 (118th), S. 2625 (118th)

Civil Rights/Civil Liberties CIV

H.R.2670, S. 2226 - National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2024: This bill authorizes FY2024 appropriations and sets forth policies for Department of Defense (DOD) programs and activities, military construction, and the national security programs of the Department of Energy (DOE). The bill authorizes appropriations, but does not provide budget authority, which is provided by appropriations legislation. NDAA House Amdt #1138 - Requires that all documents and correspondence of the Countering Extremism Working Group are provided to the Select Subcommittee on the Weaponization of the Federal Government and the Committee on Armed Services. NDAA House Amdt #194 - Prohibits TRICARE from covering and the Department of Defense from furnishing sex reassignment surgeries and gender hormone treatments for transgender individuals. NDAA House Amdt #30 - Prohibits provision of gender transition procedures, including surgery or medication, through the Exceptional Family Member Program. NDAA House Amdt #310 - Amends Section 904 to prohibit federal funds from being used to establish a position within the Department of Defense for anything similar to Chief Diversity Officers or Senior Advisors for Diversity and Inclusion. NDAA Amdt House #363 - Prohibits funds authorized for DoDEA from being used to promote that idea that, 1) Any race is inherently superior or inferior to any other race, color, or national origin. 2) The US is a fundamentally racist country. 3) The Declaration of Independence or the US Constitution are racist documents, 4) An individual's moral character or worth is determined by the individual's race, color, or national origin. 5) An individual, by virtue of the individual's race, is inherently racist or oppressive, whether consciously or unconsciously. 6) An individual, because of the individual's race, bears responsibility for the actions committed by other members of the individual's race, color, or national origin. NDAA House Amdt #1000 - Prohibits the Department of Defense from making participation in training or support for certain race-based concepts a requirement for hiring, promotion, or retention of individuals. It also ensures that employees and service members cannot be compelled to declare belief in or participate in training that promotes such concepts as a condition of favorable personnel actions. NDAA House Amdt #1465 - Eliminates any offices of Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion along with the personnel in said offices within the offices of the Armed Forces and Department of Defense. NDAA House Amdt #1386 - Prohibits Department of Defense Education Activity schools from purchasing and having pornographic and radical gender ideology books in their libraries. NDAA House Amdt #314 - Prohibits federal funds for training on diversity, equity, and inclusion NDAA House Amdt #482 - Reduces the DEI personnel grade cap from GS-10 to GS-1 NDAA House Amdt #1345 - Prohibits DoD from establishing new DEl administrator positions and/or taking actions to fill vacancies in currently existing DEI billets. NDAA House Amdt #1421 - Prohibits any funds authorized in the bill from being used by the military service academies to discriminate on the basis of race or ethnicity in academy admissions or to establish quotas for admission on the basis of race or ethnicity. Extremism Policies and Programs in the Department of Defense: HRF advocated for the Department of Defense to continue action on addressing extremism impacting military and veteran communities, and to update the public on the actions taken since releasing the Counter Extremist Activity Working Groups report and recommendations on the subject.

Contacted: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; SENATE

Bills named: S. 2226 (118th), H.R. 2670 (118th)