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Jan 30, 2024 | 
news.bloomberglaw.com | Cooper Lohr
The Senate Judiciary Committee will hold a hearing Wednesday with tech CEOs, including Meta’s Mark Zuckerberg, to discuss online child exploitation. The panel will likely face opposition from the tech companies set to testify at the hearing. The Chamber of Progress, a tech industry trade group whose members include Meta Platforms Inc., Amazon.com Inc., Apple Inc., and Alphabet Inc.‘s Google, sent a letter to committee leaders on Monday indicating its opposition STOP CSAM Act (S. 1199).
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Jan 29, 2024 | 
news.bloomberglaw.com | Lauren Turenchalk |Karl Evers-Hillstrom |Cooper Lohr
Expired business tax breaks would be restored, the child tax credit would be enhanced, and tax relief for US and Taiwan businesses would be provided under H.R. 7024.
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Jan 26, 2024 | 
news.bloomberglaw.com | Cooper Lohr
Noncitizens who are convicted of — or admit to — driving under the influence of drugs and alcohol wouldn’t be allowed to enter or remain in the US under H.R. 6976. Under the bill, which would apply to both misdemeanor and felony offenses, a DUI conviction would be grounds for the deportation of any immigrant who is not a US citizen or national.
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Jan 8, 2024 | 
news.bloomberglaw.com | Cooper Lohr
Federal agencies would be prohibited from directing payments to third parties, such as charitable organizations, as part of court settlements under H.R. 788. Settlement payments would have to go either directly to the government or specifically to remedy the harm caused by the violation at the nexus of the settlement agreement.
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Dec 18, 2023 | 
news.bloomberglaw.com | Cooper Lohr
Congress extended Section 702 authorities under the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act until April 19, delaying calls to overhaul the controversial surveillance program. Section 702 permits intelligence agencies to conduct electronic surveillance of foreign targets without a warrant. Agencies can also search through the collected information, including on US-persons whose data was “incidentally” collected in connection to a foreign target.
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Dec 11, 2023 | 
news.bloomberglaw.com | Cooper Lohr
The Federal Aviation Administration’s authorities would be extended by about two months, through March 8, under H.R. 6503. The agency’s current authorization is scheduled to expire on Dec. 31, after Congress extended it for three months in September under Public Law 118-15 (see BGOV Bill Summary). The last five-year authorization ran through fiscal 2023. The measure would extend the FAA’s authority to collect taxes and fees on passengers, cargo, and fuel and spend the revenue until March.
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Dec 8, 2023 | 
news.bloomberglaw.com | Karl Evers-Hillstrom |Dan Lee |Cooper Lohr |Lauren Turenchalk |Roxana Tiron
The US could transfer submarines to Australia in one year under the conference agreement on H.R. 2670, the fiscal 2024 National Defense Authorization Act. The measure would authorize funding for the Pacific Deterrence Initiative and Ukraine, modify State Department authorities, and reauthorize intelligence community activities. It also would extend parts of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act that are set to expire at the end of the month to April 19, 2024.
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Dec 8, 2023 | 
news.bloomberglaw.com | Karl Evers-Hillstrom |Dan Lee |Cooper Lohr |Lauren Turenchalk |Paul Murphy |Roxana Tiron
National security programs at the Pentagon, Energy Department, and other agencies would be authorized to receive $886.3 billion under the conference agreement on H.R. 2670, the fiscal 2024 National Defense Authorization Act. The discretionary total would be in line with the spending cap set for national security programs under the June debt-limit deal (Public Law 118-5). It would include nearly $842.2 billion for the Defense Department and $32.3 billion for the Energy Department.
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Dec 6, 2023 | 
news.bloomberglaw.com | Karl Evers-Hillstrom |Dan Lee |Cooper Lohr |Lauren Turenchalk
Federal agencies would receive $110.5 billion in emergency supplemental funding for Ukraine, Israel, humanitarian aid, and border security under a Senate amendment to H.R. 815. The measure would also expand efforts to combat fentanyl trafficking and fund compacts with Indo-Pacific nations. The measure follows the Biden administration’s Oct. 20 request of nearly $106 billion in national security funding, including $61.4 billion for Ukraine and $14.3 billion for Israel.
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Dec 4, 2023 | 
news.bloomberglaw.com | Cooper Lohr
The Environmental Protection Agency couldn’t finalize its proposed rule establishing new emissions standards on light and medium-duty vehicles under H.R. 4468. The bill would also broadly prohibit the EPA from implementing emissions regulations if they limits new motor vehicle availability based on the type of engine used. Rep.
