Katie Boyd Britt

This bill would let U.S. businesses, unions, and trade groups directly sue companies that commit customs fraud. It would also significantly increase financial penalties for fraud and ban offending companies and their partners from importing goods for years. These changes aim to protect American industries from unfair competition.

This bill, called the Improving Access to Small Business Information Act, would make it easier for the government's Advocate for Small Business Capital Formation to do its job. It would reduce the amount of federal paperwork and review required for many of the Advocate's actions. This change could indirectly help small businesses get support more efficiently.

This bill would create a formal program at the National Institutes of Health called the IMPROVE Initiative. It would set aside $73.4 million each year for six years to fund research aimed at improving health for pregnant and postpartum women. The goal is to reduce preventable deaths and severe health issues for mothers, especially in groups facing higher risks.

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This bill would require the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) to regularly review and update its definition of a 'small entity.' This process would ensure the definition keeps up with market growth and inflation. It could potentially allow more businesses to qualify for certain rules and protections.

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This bill would let state, local, and Tribal police use certain federal grant money to investigate financial scams like elder fraud and "pig butchering." It would also make it clear that federal police can help with special tools to trace money on the internet. This aims to better protect people from these types of crimes.

This bill would change how banks collect information from small businesses applying for loans, aiming to give applicants more privacy. Banks would stop collecting some types of data and could tell applicants that sharing certain details is optional. The bill also defines which banks and small businesses these new rules apply to.

This bill would require social media and anonymous content sharing apps to display a mental health warning label to users in the United States. These labels would appear when someone accesses the platform and again after each hour of continuous use, also providing access to federal mental health resources. This aims to help users make informed decisions about their time online.

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This bill would make it easier for homeless children, youth, and families to get federal housing and service assistance by broadening the definition of who counts as homeless. It would also require federal programs to give more weight to local community priorities and make detailed homelessness data publicly available online.

This bill would create a new federal website, pregnancy.gov, to help pregnant and new mothers find resources like health services, housing, and childcare. It would also set up grants for groups that support women through pregnancy and for telehealth equipment in underserved areas. A significant change is that mothers could request child support for unborn children from biological fathers, with payments potentially starting from conception.