Congress Looks To Wrap Up Lame Duck Session Before Holidays
Both the House and Senate return to Washington this week to begin wrapping up the lame duck session over the next two weeks before the holidays arrive.
While one of the major priorities for Congress is to pass the annual FY 2023 spending bills, a final agreement has yet to be reached. Top appropriators have expressed the hope to pass a massive omnibus spending bill that would incorporate all or most of the twelve annual appropriations bills, but no deal has been reached.
Democratic leadership in the House has indicated that if they are unable to come to a final agreement on an omnibus bill, they would explore a full year continuing resolution (CR) that would fund the government through September 30, 2023.
Other legislation that could be tacked onto an omnibus bill includes the 2022 Water Resources Development Act (WRDA) if Congress does not act on WRDA as a stand-alone bill.
The House also is scheduled to take up the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA), which sets national defense policy for FY 2023 and the Respect for Marriage Act which codifies same-sex marriage in federal law.
The Northeast-Midwest Institute has released its latest Manufacturing Legislative Tracker, updated as of November 28, 2022, monitoring manufacturing policy-related bills in the 117th Congress.
NEMWI monitors Congressional bills relating to manufacturing, including bills related to sustainability and manufacturing-related bills in general, and bills impacting the northeast and midwest, and the Great Lakes region. The tracker includes information on each bill, including summaries, sponsors, and most recent actions on the bill. Each entry includes a link to the full text of the bill on congress.gov.
The tracker includes notable legislation such as H.R.4346, which is the Supreme Court Security Funding Act of 2022 but which also incorporates the CHIPS Act. This bill was signed into law by President Biden in August and guarantees funding and creates tax incentives for the domestic production of semiconductors, alongside other science initiatives.
Also included in the tracker are a number of recently introduced bills to support clean energy and manufacturing practices, such as the S.4559, or the SUPER Act of 2022. This bill would support research initiatives to reduce pollution from iron and steel production.
The Manufacturing Legislative Tracker is organized to categorize House and Senate bills and by bill number. You can view this latest Tracker here. We also actively post about notable manufacturing legislation on our Twitter page, @NEMWInstitute.
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