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News roundup: November 14, afternoon
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World
• When the rains fail: Preparing for drought in Central America (UN News)
Congress
• HRES 1660: Expressing support for the goals of National Adoption Day and National Adoption Month by promoting national awareness of adoption and the children awaiting families, celebrating children and families involved in adoption, and encouraging the people of the United States to secure safety, permanency, and well-being for all children. (latest action: Referred to the House Committee on Education and Workforce.) (Congress.gov)
• S 1254: A bill to amend the Aquifer Recharge Flexibility Act to clarify a provision relating to conveyances for aquifer recharge purposes. (latest action: Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 700.) (Congress.gov)
• HR 11014: Ducks and Geese Protection Act (latest action: Referred to the House Committee on Agriculture.) (Congress.gov)
• HR 11026: To amend title 37, United States Code, to authorize the Secretary of Defense to make contributions to Trump Accounts as a bonus for a member of the Armed Forces who commits to continued service in the Armed Forces and to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to treat any such contribution in the same manner as a contribution made pursuant to an employer Trump account contribution program. (latest action: Referred to the Committee on Armed Services, and in addition (Congress.gov)
• HR 11012: ON–DEMAND Act (latest action: Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on Science, Space, and Technology, 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.) (Congress.gov)
• HR 11028: DesigNAIT Act of 2026 (latest action: Referred to the House Committee on Foreign Affairs.) (Congress.gov)
• HR 11016: No Kids as Bait Act (latest action: Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committee on Homeland Security, 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.) (Congress.gov)
• S 2262: American Voices in Federal Lands Act (latest action: Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 701.) (Congress.gov)
• S 2970: A bill to authorize the use of off-highway vehicles in certain areas of the Capitol Reef National Park, Utah. (latest action: Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 702.) (Congress.gov)
• HR 11031: CDL Fraud Tipline Act (latest action: Referred to the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.) (Congress.gov)
• HR 11011: To amend the Public Health Service Act to require the Director of the National Institutes of Health to develop a national strategy to address young adult cancers, and for other purposes. (latest action: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.) (Congress.gov)
Sources
- When the rains fail: Preparing for drought in Central America (UN News)
- HRES 1660: Expressing support for the goals of National Adoption Day and National Adoption Month by promoting national awareness of adoption and the children awaiting families, celebrating children and families involved in adoption, and encouraging the people of the United States to secure safety, permanency, and well-being for all children. (latest action: Referred to the House Committee on Education and Workforce.) (Congress.gov)
- S 1254: A bill to amend the Aquifer Recharge Flexibility Act to clarify a provision relating to conveyances for aquifer recharge purposes. (latest action: Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 700.) (Congress.gov)
- HR 11014: Ducks and Geese Protection Act (latest action: Referred to the House Committee on Agriculture.) (Congress.gov)
- HR 11026: To amend title 37, United States Code, to authorize the Secretary of Defense to make contributions to Trump Accounts as a bonus for a member of the Armed Forces who commits to continued service in the Armed Forces and to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to treat any such contribution in the same manner as a contribution made pursuant to an employer Trump account contribution program. (latest action: Referred to the Committee on Armed Services, and in addition (Congress.gov)
- HR 11012: ON–DEMAND Act (latest action: Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on Science, Space, and Technology, 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.) (Congress.gov)
- HR 11028: DesigNAIT Act of 2026 (latest action: Referred to the House Committee on Foreign Affairs.) (Congress.gov)
- HR 11016: No Kids as Bait Act (latest action: Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committee on Homeland Security, 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.) (Congress.gov)
- S 2262: American Voices in Federal Lands Act (latest action: Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 701.) (Congress.gov)
- S 2970: A bill to authorize the use of off-highway vehicles in certain areas of the Capitol Reef National Park, Utah. (latest action: Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 702.) (Congress.gov)
- HR 11031: CDL Fraud Tipline Act (latest action: Referred to the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.) (Congress.gov)
- HR 11011: To amend the Public Health Service Act to require the Director of the National Institutes of Health to develop a national strategy to address young adult cancers, and for other purposes. (latest action: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.) (Congress.gov)
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