House passage of the bill is only the first step. The Senate would also need to pass the measure for it to become law, and lawmakers in that chamber indicated it would undergo a thorough review. Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., said he’ll have ...
If the bill passes, most individuals will not be allowed to privately own big cats, and all direct public contact with the animals, including cub petting, will be forbidden. Wildlife sanctuaries, colleges and universities, state-licensed veterinarians, facilities with a specific license from the D...
The bill would require platforms to use independent organizations to conduct age verifications when new accounts are created and would require the denial of accounts for people who do not verify their ages. The organizations would be required to delete the data after ages are verified. Meta, the ...
Vermont House Passes Bill That Raises Marriage Age to 18 More Lisa Rathke FILE - The Vermont State House stands on Feb. 14, 2023, in Montpelier, Vt. The Vermont House has passed a bill Thursday, March 2, that would raise the marriage age to 18, with no exceptions, a mov...
The House has passed a bill that would lead to a nationwide ban on the popular video app TikTok if its China-based owner doesn’t sell.
House passes bipartisan tax bill A bipartisan tax cut bill is now headed to the Senate. The $78 billion bill passed the House in a rare bipartisan vote, but now it's facing some resistance with Senate Republicans. February 2, 2024
House passage is only a major step toward the legislation. The bill still requires a majority vote in the Senate before U.S. President Joe Biden signs it into law. The path forward in that chamber seems less uncertain as some Senators want to take a different approach. Senators have indicat...
House of Representatives has passed a bill that would double tonnage taxes on vessels to pay for improvements in water-pollution control. The Water Quality Financing Act House Resolution 702 would raise taxes to 9 cents per ton for vessels arriving from ports in the Western Hemisphere, while ...
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) — Florida children under the age of 16 would be banned from popular social media platforms regardless of parent approval under a bill passed by the House on Wednesday, a measure that is the top priority for the chamber's speaker.
The US House of Representatives overwhelmingly passed a bill on Wednesday that would give TikTok's Chinese owner ByteDance about six months to divest the US assets of the short-video app, or face a ban, in the greatest ...