Janice D. Schakowsky

Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives to reduce traffic fatalities to zero by 2050.

The House is expressing its goal to eliminate all traffic deaths by 2050 through improved road safety measures and practices. This resolution calls for coordinated efforts among federal agencies, states, and local governments to reduce accidents through better infrastructure, vehicle safety technology, and driver education. The measure would affect everyone who drives or uses roads, with the aim of making transportation significantly safer over the next 25 years.

IMPACT to Save Moms Act

The federal government would test new ways to pay hospitals and doctors for pregnancy and childbirth care to see which payment methods work best and cost less. This demonstration project would involve pregnant women and new mothers receiving care under different payment arrangements to measure which approaches improve quality and reduce expenses. The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services would run this test and report back on the results.

Energy Consumer Protection Act of 2026

Energy Consumer Protection Act of 2026 This bill expands enforcement provisions under the Federal Power Act and the Natural Gas Act to protect consumers from price manipulation, including by allowing the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission to temporarily or permanently ban any person from trading in energy markets if the person (1) violates those acts by manipulating the electricity or natural gas markets, or (2) files false information regarding those markets.

Protecting American Consumers from Robocalls Act

This bill would strengthen protections against unwanted telemarketing calls by expanding the Do Not Call registry to cover all phone users and making it easier for people to sue companies that violate these rules. It would also update the definition of automatic dialing systems to reflect modern calling technology. The changes would primarily affect telemarketing companies and give individual consumers more legal power to stop harassment from unwanted calls.

ALS Better Care Act

The bill would improve healthcare coverage and treatment options for people with ALS (amyotrophic lateral sclerosis), a serious neurological disease that gradually weakens muscles. It likely addresses insurance coverage for ALS medications and therapies, potentially expands access to specialized care, and may adjust how Medicare and Medicaid reimburse providers treating ALS patients. The changes would affect both ALS patients seeking treatment and healthcare providers who care for them.

Affordable CHOICE Act

The bill would likely expand health insurance options and affordability for individuals and families by modifying how health plans are regulated or priced. Based on its title emphasizing "choice" and "affordability," it probably aims to give consumers more flexibility in selecting insurance coverage or reduce out-of-pocket costs. The specific changes would affect people buying their own health insurance, potentially insurers offering plans, and possibly employers providing coverage to workers.

Stop Unfair Medicaid Recoveries Act

Stop Unfair Medicaid Recoveries Act This bill prohibits state Medicaid programs from using estate recovery to recoup the costs of benefits. States must withdraw property liens within 90 days of the bill's enactment and notify affected individuals of the withdrawals.

Part-Time Worker Bill of Rights Act

This bill would establish new protections and rights for part-time workers, likely including requirements around fair scheduling, access to benefits, or protections against discrimination based on employment status. The legislation would affect millions of part-time employees across various industries who currently have fewer legal protections than full-time workers. The bill has been sent to multiple House committees to review different aspects of how it would impact labor law, government operations, and related areas.

Condemning the Government of Iran's state-sponsored persecution of the Baha'i minority in Iran and the continued violation of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights and the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights.

This resolution expresses Congress's disapproval of Iran's government for systematically persecuting members of the Baha'i faith, a religious minority group in Iran that faces discrimination, imprisonment, and denial of basic rights. The measure calls out Iran for violating international human rights agreements that protect freedom of religion and basic civil liberties. The resolution is largely symbolic and aims to draw attention to the treatment of Baha'is rather than create new laws or sanctions.

Safe Hydration is an American Right in Energy Development Act of 2025

Safe Hydration is an American Right in Energy Development Act of 2025 This bill requires hydraulic fracturing operations to test for and report on underground sources of drinking water that are contaminated by such operations. Hydraulic fracturing, or fracking, is a process to extract underground resources such as oil or gas from a geologic formation by injecting water, a propping agent (e.g., sand), and chemical additives into a well under enough pressure to fracture the geological formation. Specifically, this bill modifies requirements governing state underground injection control programs. In order to obtain primary enforcement responsibility for such programs, states must prohibit the underground injection of fluids or propping agents pursuant to hydraulic fracturing operations related to oil, gas, or geothermal production activities unless the hydraulic fracturing operations agree to test for and report on contamination of drinking water. Hydraulic fracturing operations are exempted from those testing and reporting requirements if there is no accessible underground source of drinking water within a radius of one mile of the site where the operations occur. The Environmental Protection Agency must establish and maintain a publicly accessible and searchable database of the testing results.

Medical Device Nonvisual Accessibility Act of 2025

This bill would require medical devices to be designed so that people who are blind or have low vision can use them independently without relying on sight. The requirement would apply to new devices and those being significantly updated, affecting manufacturers who would need to build in features like audio descriptions, voice commands, or tactile controls. Patients with vision disabilities would gain better access to manage their own medical care and treatment devices.

TRUTH in Labeling Act

The proposal would require food and beverage manufacturers to clearly disclose ingredients and nutritional information on product labels in a standardized format that consumers can easily understand. This would affect food companies and potentially help shoppers make more informed decisions about what they eat by making ingredient lists and health information more transparent and consistent across products.

Price Gouging Prevention Act of 2025

The bill would establish federal rules to prevent companies from dramatically raising prices on essential goods and services during emergencies or disasters. It would give the government authority to investigate and penalize businesses that engage in price gouging, protecting consumers from unfair price spikes when they're most vulnerable. The measure affects retailers, suppliers, and other businesses that sell necessities like food, fuel, and medicine.

Cosmetic Hazardous Ingredient Right to Know Act of 2025

Cosmetic Hazardous Ingredient Right to Know Act of 2025 This bill requires cosmetic products to be labeled with a full list of their ingredients, including fragrance and flavor ingredients, and imposes other disclosure and labeling requirements related to certain potentially harmful ingredients. A cosmetic product that fails to meet such requirements may not be sold. Under current law, a cosmetic product’s packaging must generally include a list of its ingredients, but fragrance or flavor ingredients may be listed as fragrance or flavor in lieu of listing specific ingredient names. Within two years of the bill’s enactment, a cosmetic product's labeling or packaging must include a full list of its ingredients, including fragrance and flavor ingredients. Further, if the cosmetic includes certain ingredients, its labeling or packaging must also contain a specified statement directing consumers to the brand owner's website for information on health impacts of the product’s ingredients. Ingredients that trigger this requirement include those identified on specified lists of harmful or potentially harmful chemicals, such as chemicals identified as carcinogenic by the Environmental Protection Agency. The Food and Drug Administration must maintain a public list of all such ingredients. Within one year of enactment, a brand owner must disclose certain information on its website for each of its cosmetic products, including a full list of ingredients; the functional purpose served by each fragrance or flavor ingredient; and if any ingredient is identified on the specified lists of harmful or potentially harmful chemicals, a link to the relevant list.

Toxic-Free Beauty Act of 2025

The proposal would ban or restrict certain chemicals commonly found in cosmetics and personal care products like makeup, shampoo, and lotions that scientists have linked to health problems. Companies selling beauty products in the U.S. would need to reformulate their products to remove these harmful substances or face penalties. This would affect cosmetics manufacturers and potentially change what products are available to consumers, though it aims to protect people—especially women and children who use these products regularly—from exposure to toxic chemicals.

Cosmetic Safety for Communities of Color and Professional Salon Workers Act of 2025

Cosmetic Safety for Communities of Color and Professional Salon Workers Act of 2025 This bill establishes programs and requirements to address the effects of harmful chemicals in cosmetics on consumers and salon workers, particularly in communities of color, and subjects synthetic braids to regulation by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA). Specifically, the FDA must establish safety standards for synthetic braids. Synthetic braids that do not meet such standards must be labeled with a specified warning. The bill also requires the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) to conduct (or award grants for) research on harmful chemicals most commonly found in cosmetics marketed to and used by women and girls of color and professional nail, hair, and beauty salon workers. HHS must publish reports summarizing this research, including recommendations for reducing potentially unsafe exposures. In addition, the FDA must award grants to support the development of alternative, safer chemicals that may be used in place of harmful chemicals in cosmetics. HHS must also establish, through grants to eligible entities, national resource centers on beauty justice and salon worker health and safety to educate consumers and salon workers, respectively, about harmful chemicals in cosmetics. Finally, the Occupational Safety and Health Administration must require manufacturers and importers of professional cosmetic products to make safety data sheets available in multiple languages for cosmetics that include certain hazardous chemicals. Employers, including salon operators, must make the relevant safety data sheet available to any employee exposed to a product subject to this requirement.

Cosmetic Supply Chain Transparency Act of 2025

Cosmetic Supply Chain Transparency Act of 2025 This bill requires the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to maintain a list of certain chemicals incidentally present in cosmetics, known as nonfunctional constituents , that are harmful to human health or the environment. The bill also imposes certain testing and disclosure requirements on cosmetics brand owners (i.e., entities bringing cosmetics to market) and suppliers of cosmetics, packaging, and ingredients. For each listed nonfunctional constituent, the FDA must identify the ingredient or cosmetic in which the constituent is known or reasonably expected to be present. The FDA must also (1) accept petitions to add substances to the list, (2) issue guidance for industry related to testing and detecting such nonfunctional constituents, and (3) establish a committee to provide advice on creating the list and developing the required industry guidance. Within a year of a nonfunctional constituent being added to the list, a supplier of an ingredient or cosmetic must test for that constituent and provide a brand owner the results and other information before selling the ingredient or cosmetic to the brand owner. A supplier of an ingredient or cosmetic must provide additional information about the item upon a brand owner's request. Brand owners and other entities in the supply chain of a cosmetic must maintain records with information about the suppliers of ingredients and raw materials used in their cosmetics and provide such information to the FDA upon request. The bill also imposes civil penalties for entities that violate this bill's provisions.

Food Chemical Reassessment Act of 2025

This bill would require the government to re-examine chemicals currently used in food production and processing to determine if they are safe for consumers, potentially removing or restricting those found to pose health risks. The law would affect food manufacturers, grocery stores, and consumers by changing which additives and processing chemicals are allowed in the food supply. It aims to ensure that food safety standards reflect current scientific evidence about chemical safety rather than relying solely on older approvals.

Nurse Staffing Standards for Hospital Patient Safety and Quality Care Act of 2025

Nurse Staffing Standards for Hospital Patient Safety and Quality Care Act of 2025 This bill requires hospitals to implement and submit to the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) a staffing plan that complies with specified minimum nurse-to-patient ratios by unit. Hospitals must post a notice regarding nurse-to-patient ratios in each unit and maintain records of actual ratios for each shift in each unit. The bill also requires hospitals to follow certain procedures regarding how ratios are determined, and other staff are prohibited from performing nurse functions unless specifically authorized within a state's scope of practice rules. HHS must adjust Medicare payments to hospitals to cover additional costs attributable to compliance with these ratios. Nurses may object to, or refuse to participate in, an assignment if it would violate minimum ratios or if they are not prepared by education or experience to fulfill the assignment without compromising the safety of a patient or jeopardizing their nurse's license. Hospitals may not (1) take adverse actions against a nurse based on the nurse's reasonable refusal to accept an assignment; or (2) discriminate against individuals for good faith complaints relating to the care, services, or conditions of the hospital or related facilities. HHS may impose civil monetary penalties on hospitals violating the ratio requirements and must publish the names of such hospitals. The bill provides stipends to the nurse workforce loan repayment and scholarship program and expands the nurse retention grant program to include nurse preceptorship and mentorship projects.

Affordable and Safe Prescription Drug Importation Act of 2025

Affordable and Safe Prescription Drug Importation Act of 2025 This bill expands the categories of prescription drugs that may be imported into the United States and the countries from which such drugs may be imported. Current law allows the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) to authorize importation of certain eligible prescription drugs from Canada if HHS certifies that doing so would pose no additional risk to public health and safety, among other requirements. HHS long declined to make the requisite certification, citing safety concerns (e.g., contamination, counterfeiting), but ultimately made the certification in 2020 and has since approved one state plan to import drugs. The bill removes the certification requirement and requires HHS to issue regulations that permit importation of qualifying prescription drugs from the United Kingdom, Switzerland, and member states of the European Union, in addition to Canada. After one year, if HHS determines that importation of drugs from these countries has been conducted safely, HHS may authorize importation from other countries that meet certain requirements. The bill also expands the types of prescription drugs eligible for importation to include, for example, biologics such as insulin. Further, the bill allows individuals to use an eligible licensed foreign pharmacy to fill a U.S.-issued prescription for a qualifying drug for personal use. Currently, an individual seeking to import a prescription drug generally must acquire a waiver from HHS. Finally, the bill imposes criminal penalties for websites that sell counterfeit drugs or dispense drugs without a required prescription.

Online Consumer Protection Act

Online Consumer Protection Act This bill requires social media platforms and online marketplaces to establish, maintain, and disclose terms of service that include a consumer protection policy. The terms must cover issues such as payment methods, content ownership, and policies related to sharing user content with third parties. Further, the consumer protection policy must address what content or products are permitted on the platform or marketplace and how content or products may be blocked, removed, or modified. The policy for social media platforms also must describe the tools and support available to users who have experienced cyber harassment. Social media platforms and online marketplaces must develop and implement a consumer protection program to maintain compliance with the terms of service, consumer protection policies, and consumer protection laws. Platforms and marketplaces with annual revenues that exceeded $250,000 in the prior year or more than 10,000 active monthly users on average in the prior year also must submit to the Federal Trade Commission annual filings with respect to the requirements of this bill. The bill provides for enforcement by the commission, state attorneys general, and private civil action.

Mentoring to Succeed Act of 2025

The bill would establish or expand mentoring programs to help students succeed in school, likely by connecting young people with adult mentors who provide guidance, support, and encouragement. These programs could target students who face academic challenges or other barriers to success, with the goal of improving graduation rates and preparing students for college or careers. The legislation would probably involve funding for schools or organizations to recruit, train, and support mentors working with students.

Recognizing the roles and the contributions of Americas Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetists (CRNAs) and their critical role in providing quality health care for the public and the Nation's Armed Forces for more than 150 years and through multiple public health emergencies and beyond.

This resolution recognizes the service of Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetists (CRNAs) and encourages participation in National CRNA Week.