HR1276, the VA Vaccine Act of 2021, introduced by Rep. Mark Takano (CA-41) and co-sponsored by Congressional Future Caucus members Rep. Ruben Gallego (AZ-7), Rep. Jim Banks (IN-3), Rep. Derek Kilmer (WA-6), Rep. Lee Zeldin (NY-1), Rep. Peter Meijer (MI-3) and Rep. Brendan Boyle (PA-2) passed the House of Representatives unanimously without objection on March 9th, 2021, passed the Senate on March 17th, and was signed into law by President Biden on March 24th.
On January 27, 2020, the House of Representatives passed H.R. 4704, the Advancing Research to Prevent Suicide Act, on a 385-8 roll call vote. It has since been read twice in the Senate and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. This bipartisan bill was introduced by Congressional Future Caucus (CFC) member Rep. Ben McAdams (D-UT-4) and was cosponsored by CFC co-chairs Reps. Anthony Gonzalez (R-OH-16) and Haley Stevens (D-MI-11), among other
Rep. Gonzalez introduced the Identifying Outputs of Generative Adversarial Networks (IOGAN) Act in September alongside new CFC co-chair Rep. Haley Stevens (D-MI-11). The bill provides for increased funding to the National Science Foundation (NSF) and the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) to examine the United States’ ability to identify and combat deepfakes and better understand the technology.
Congressional Future Caucus (CFC) co-chair Rep. Blake Moore (UT-1) introduced HR3113, the MAPLand Act, in the House of Representatives. Future Caucus Emeritus Co-Chair Rep. Joe Neguse (CO-2) is an original cosponsor and CFC member Rep. Derek Kilmer (WA-6) signed on as a cosponsor on July 16th.
HR803 is authored by Rep. Diane DeGette (CO-1), and co-sponsored by Congressional Future Caucus Member and Emeritus Co-Chair Rep. Joe Neguse (CO-2), Rep. Jason Crow (CO-6), and Rep. Ed Perlmutter (CO-7). The bill passed with the support of eight House Republican members, including CFC member Rep. Peter Meijer (MI-3).
H.R. 7228, the Plastic Waste Reduction and Recycling Act, was introduced in the House of Representatives on June 15, 2020. The bill, which is active and was referred to the Committee on Science, Space, and Technology, is authored by Congressional Future Caucus (CFC) co-chair Rep. Stevens (D-MI-11) with fellow CFC co-chair Rep. Gonzalez (R-OH-16) as an original co-sponsor.
H.R. 2986, the Better Energy Storage Technology (BEST) Act, was introduced in the House of Representatives on May 23, 2019. The bill, which is still active and was ordered to be reported out of the Committee on Science, Space, and Technology on February 12, 2020, is authored by Congressman Foster (D-IL-11) and is co-sponsored by Congressional Future Caucus members Rep. Barragan (D-CA-44), Rep. Gallagher (R-WI-8) Rep. Gonzalez (R-OH-16), Rep. Herrera Beutler (R-WA-3), Rep. Kennedy (D-MA-4), Rep. McAdams (D-UT-4), Rep. Stefanik (R-NY-21), and Rep. Steil (R-WI-1). T
H.R. 4044, the Protect and Restore America’s Estuaries Act, passed the House of Representatives on February 5, 2020 by a 355–62 vote. The bill was authored by Congressman Tom Malinowski (D-NJ-7) and cosponsored by Congressional Future Caucus members on both sides of the aisle, including Reps. Garret Graves (R-LA-6), Derek Kilmer (D-WA-6), Joe Kennedy (D-MA-4), Brian Mast (R-FL-18), and Eric Swalwell (D-CA-15).
