HRES 1042 · 119th CongressPassed Housecongress.gov ↗
Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 2189) to modernize Federal firearms laws to account for advancements in technology and less-than-lethal weapons, and for other purposes; providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 261) to amend the National Marine Sanctuaries Act to prohibit requiring an authorization for the installation, continued presence, operation, maintenance, repair, or recovery of undersea fiber optic cables in a national marine sanctuary if such activities have previously been authorized by a Federal or State agency; providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 3617) to amend the Department of Energy Organization Act to secure the supply of critical energy resources, including critical minerals and other materials, and for other purposes; and for other purposes.
What this bill does
AI plain-language summaryThis resolution sets up the rules for the House of Representatives to debate and vote on three different bills. The first bill would update federal gun laws to reflect new technology and less-than-lethal weapons. The second bill would make it so that undersea fiber optic cable work in national marine sanctuaries doesn't need extra approval if it was already authorized by a federal or state agency. The third bill would change how the Department of Energy works to help secure the supply of critical energy resources, including important minerals and other materials.
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