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Breaking the Gridlock Act

USA118th CongressHR-626| House 
| Updated: 12/17/2024
Mark DeSaulnier

Mark DeSaulnier

Democratic Representative

California

Committees (27)
• Committee on House Administration• Homeland Security Committee• Transportation and Infrastructure Committee• Forestry and Horticulture Subcommittee• Small Business Committee• Ways and Means Committee• Ethics Committee• Foreign Affairs Committee• Agriculture Committee• Emergency Management and Technology Subcommittee• Work and Welfare Subcommittee• Rules Committee• Health Subcommittee• Financial Services Committee• Health Subcommittee• Economic Development, Public Buildings, and Emergency Management Subcommittee• Appropriations Committee• Judiciary Committee• Armed Services Committee• National Intelligence Enterprise Subcommittee• Science, Space, and Technology Committee• Energy and Commerce Committee• Education and Workforce Committee• Intelligence (Permanent Select) Committee• Oversight and Government Reform Committee• Budget Committee• Natural Resources Committee
  • Introduced
  • In Committee
  • On Floor
  • Passed Chamber
  • Enacted
Breaking the Gridlock Act This bill addresses a wide variety of issues, ranging from raising grandchildren to earthquake hazards reduction, to underrepresented groups in cancer trials to telehealth, and fighting Boko Haram in Nigeria. Specifically, the bill establishes a Federal Task Force to Support Grandparents Raising Grandchildren. With respect to earthquake hazards reduction, the bill reauthorizes the National Earthquake Hazards Reduction Program; reduces the frequency of reporting by the Interagency Coordinating Committee on Earthquake Hazards Reduction; modifies the responsibilities of the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), the U.S. Geological Survey, and the National Science Foundation; and directs the Government Accountability Office (GAO) to review federal earthquake hazard risk reduction efforts. The bill also (1) reauthorizes the Nonprofit Security Grant Program, and (2) restores certain amounts withheld for tax purposes from severance payments to veterans with combat-related injuries. The GAO must review actions federal agencies have taken to address barriers to participation in federally funded cancer clinical trials by populations that have been traditionally underrepresented in such trials. The Department of State and the Department of Defense must jointly develop and submit to Congress a five-year strategy to help enable the government of Nigeria, members of the Multinational Joint Task Force to Combat Boko Haram authorized by the African Union, and relevant partners to counter the regional threat of Boko Haram. The bill makes supplemental appropriations for the Telehealth Resource Center of the Federal Office of Rural Health Policy of the Office for the Advancement of Telehealth.
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Timeline
Jan 30, 2023
Introduced in House
Jan 30, 2023
Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committees on Ways and Means, Education and the Workforce, Science, Space, and Technology, Natural Resources, Transportation and Infrastructure, Oversight and Accountability, Financial Services, Agriculture, House Administration, the Judiciary, Small Business, Homeland Security, Rules, Ethics, the Budget, Foreign Affairs, Intelligence (Permanent Select), Armed Services, and Appropriations , for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
Feb 1, 2023
Referred to the Subcommittee on Economic Development, Public Buildings, and Emergency Management.
Feb 8, 2023
Referred to the Subcommittee on Emergency Management and Technology.
Feb 10, 2023
Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Mar 2, 2023
Referred to the Subcommittee on Forestry.
Mar 7, 2023
Referred to the Subcommittee on the National Intelligence Enterprise.
Dec 17, 2024
Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Dec 17, 2024
Referred to the Subcommittee on Work and Welfare.
  • January 30, 2023
    Introduced in House


  • January 30, 2023
    Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committees on Ways and Means, Education and the Workforce, Science, Space, and Technology, Natural Resources, Transportation and Infrastructure, Oversight and Accountability, Financial Services, Agriculture, House Administration, the Judiciary, Small Business, Homeland Security, Rules, Ethics, the Budget, Foreign Affairs, Intelligence (Permanent Select), Armed Services, and Appropriations , for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.


  • February 1, 2023
    Referred to the Subcommittee on Economic Development, Public Buildings, and Emergency Management.


  • February 8, 2023
    Referred to the Subcommittee on Emergency Management and Technology.


  • February 10, 2023
    Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.


  • March 2, 2023
    Referred to the Subcommittee on Forestry.


  • March 7, 2023
    Referred to the Subcommittee on the National Intelligence Enterprise.


  • December 17, 2024
    Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.


  • December 17, 2024
    Referred to the Subcommittee on Work and Welfare.

Emergency Management

Breaking the Gridlock Act

USA118th CongressHR-626| House 
| Updated: 12/17/2024
Breaking the Gridlock Act This bill addresses a wide variety of issues, ranging from raising grandchildren to earthquake hazards reduction, to underrepresented groups in cancer trials to telehealth, and fighting Boko Haram in Nigeria. Specifically, the bill establishes a Federal Task Force to Support Grandparents Raising Grandchildren. With respect to earthquake hazards reduction, the bill reauthorizes the National Earthquake Hazards Reduction Program; reduces the frequency of reporting by the Interagency Coordinating Committee on Earthquake Hazards Reduction; modifies the responsibilities of the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), the U.S. Geological Survey, and the National Science Foundation; and directs the Government Accountability Office (GAO) to review federal earthquake hazard risk reduction efforts. The bill also (1) reauthorizes the Nonprofit Security Grant Program, and (2) restores certain amounts withheld for tax purposes from severance payments to veterans with combat-related injuries. The GAO must review actions federal agencies have taken to address barriers to participation in federally funded cancer clinical trials by populations that have been traditionally underrepresented in such trials. The Department of State and the Department of Defense must jointly develop and submit to Congress a five-year strategy to help enable the government of Nigeria, members of the Multinational Joint Task Force to Combat Boko Haram authorized by the African Union, and relevant partners to counter the regional threat of Boko Haram. The bill makes supplemental appropriations for the Telehealth Resource Center of the Federal Office of Rural Health Policy of the Office for the Advancement of Telehealth.
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Timeline
Jan 30, 2023
Introduced in House
Jan 30, 2023
Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committees on Ways and Means, Education and the Workforce, Science, Space, and Technology, Natural Resources, Transportation and Infrastructure, Oversight and Accountability, Financial Services, Agriculture, House Administration, the Judiciary, Small Business, Homeland Security, Rules, Ethics, the Budget, Foreign Affairs, Intelligence (Permanent Select), Armed Services, and Appropriations , for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
Feb 1, 2023
Referred to the Subcommittee on Economic Development, Public Buildings, and Emergency Management.
Feb 8, 2023
Referred to the Subcommittee on Emergency Management and Technology.
Feb 10, 2023
Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Mar 2, 2023
Referred to the Subcommittee on Forestry.
Mar 7, 2023
Referred to the Subcommittee on the National Intelligence Enterprise.
Dec 17, 2024
Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Dec 17, 2024
Referred to the Subcommittee on Work and Welfare.
  • January 30, 2023
    Introduced in House


  • January 30, 2023
    Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committees on Ways and Means, Education and the Workforce, Science, Space, and Technology, Natural Resources, Transportation and Infrastructure, Oversight and Accountability, Financial Services, Agriculture, House Administration, the Judiciary, Small Business, Homeland Security, Rules, Ethics, the Budget, Foreign Affairs, Intelligence (Permanent Select), Armed Services, and Appropriations , for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.


  • February 1, 2023
    Referred to the Subcommittee on Economic Development, Public Buildings, and Emergency Management.


  • February 8, 2023
    Referred to the Subcommittee on Emergency Management and Technology.


  • February 10, 2023
    Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.


  • March 2, 2023
    Referred to the Subcommittee on Forestry.


  • March 7, 2023
    Referred to the Subcommittee on the National Intelligence Enterprise.


  • December 17, 2024
    Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.


  • December 17, 2024
    Referred to the Subcommittee on Work and Welfare.
Mark DeSaulnier

Mark DeSaulnier

Democratic Representative

California

Committees (27)
• Committee on House Administration• Homeland Security Committee• Transportation and Infrastructure Committee• Forestry and Horticulture Subcommittee• Small Business Committee• Ways and Means Committee• Ethics Committee• Foreign Affairs Committee• Agriculture Committee• Emergency Management and Technology Subcommittee• Work and Welfare Subcommittee• Rules Committee• Health Subcommittee• Financial Services Committee• Health Subcommittee• Economic Development, Public Buildings, and Emergency Management Subcommittee• Appropriations Committee• Judiciary Committee• Armed Services Committee• National Intelligence Enterprise Subcommittee• Science, Space, and Technology Committee• Energy and Commerce Committee• Education and Workforce Committee• Intelligence (Permanent Select) Committee• Oversight and Government Reform Committee• Budget Committee• Natural Resources Committee

Emergency Management

  • Introduced
  • In Committee
  • On Floor
  • Passed Chamber
  • Enacted