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Aviation WORKS Act

Bill: 118-s-368
Sponsor: Sen. Kelly, Mark [D-AZ]
Introduced: 2023-02-09 in the Senate
Policy area: Transportation and Public Works
Subjects: Aviation and airports
Elementary and secondary education
Employment and training programs
Higher education
Manufacturing
Public-private cooperation
State and local government operations
Transportation employees
Veterans' education, employment, rehabilitation

Summary:
action_date: 2023-02-09
text: 

Aviation Workforce, Opportunity, Recruiting, Knowledge, and Supply Act or the
 
Aviation WORKS Act 

 
This bill extends through FY2028 and expands aviation workforce development programs of the Department of Transportation (DOT).
 
Specifically, the bill directs DOT to establish an aviation manufacturing development grant program to develop the aviation manufacturing and supplier workforce. It also requires DOT to develop and support the education of workers who design or produce any aircraft, aircraft engine, propeller, or appliance, or a component, part, or system thereof, that (1) is produced under a production approval issued by the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), (2) has been issued a design approval by the FAA, or (3) has an active application for a design approval.
 
Additionally, DOT must establish a program to provide grants for eligible projects to plan, establish, and expand workforce development partnership programs in the aviation and aerospace industry sector.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2023-02-09
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
action_date: 2023-02-09
text: Introduced in Senate
Protecting Military Installations and Ranges Act of 2023

Bill: 118-s-369
Sponsor: Sen. Cruz, Ted [R-TX]
Introduced: 2023-02-09 in the Senate
Policy area: Foreign Trade and International Finance
Subjects: Asia
Aviation and airports
China
Congressional oversight
Energy storage, supplies, demand
Europe
Foreign property
Government studies and investigations
Iran
Middle East
Military education and training
Military facilities and property
Military operations and strategy
North Korea
Russia
U.S. and foreign investments

Summary:
action_date: 2023-02-09
text: 

Protecting Military Installations and Ranges Act of 2023

 
This bill places restrictions on the purchase of certain property by a foreign person who is owned or controlled by, is acting for or on behalf of, or receives subsidies from Russia, China, Iran, or North Korea.
 
Specifically, the Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States must review a purchase or lease by, or a concession to, any such foreign person of private or public real estate in the United States that is within (1) 100 miles of a military installation; or (2) 50 miles of a military training route, special use airspace, a controlled firing area, or a military operations area.
 
Further, the Department of Defense and the Department of Transportation may not issue final determinations regarding specified projects (e.g., energy projects) that involve a transaction under review by the committee until the committee concludes its action.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2023-02-09
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs.
action_date: 2023-02-09
text: Introduced in Senate
Protecting America From Spies Act

Bill: 118-s-370
Sponsor: Sen. Cruz, Ted [R-TX]
Introduced: 2023-02-09 in the Senate
Policy area: Immigration

Summary:
action_date: 2023-02-09
text: 

Protecting America From Spies Act

 
This bill expands the grounds for barring non-U.S. nationals (
aliens
 under federal law) who have engaged in acts of espionage or sabotage from entering the United States.
 
Specifically, any individual shall be inadmissible if the individual has engaged in or will engage in an act that (1) violates a U.S. law relating to espionage or sabotage; (2) would violate any U.S. law relating to espionage or sabotage if it occurred in the United States; or (3) violates any U.S. law prohibiting the export of goods, technology, or sensitive information. Currently, an individual is inadmissible if the individual seeks to enter the United States to engage in such an action.
 
Furthermore, the bill expands these grounds of inadmissibility and other security-related grounds to cover the spouse or child of the barred individual if the act occurred in the last five years.
 
The bill also modifies the authority of the Department of Justice to waive certain security-related grounds of inadmissibility for an individual applying for a nonimmigrant visa.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2023-02-09
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2023-02-09
text: Introduced in Senate
Coffee Plant Health Initiative Amendments Act of 2023

Bill: 118-s-371
Sponsor: Sen. Hirono, Mazie K. [D-HI]
Introduced: 2023-02-09 in the Senate
Policy area: Agriculture and Food

Summary:
action_date: 2023-02-09
text: 

Coffee Plant Health Initiative Amendments Act 

of 2023

 
This bill expands the research and extension grant program for the coffee plant health initiative. Under current law, the Department of Agriculture (USDA) may provide competitive grants under the initiative to support research and extension activities to combat the insect known as the coffee berry borer (Hypothenemus hampei).
 
Specifically, the bill authorizes USDA to provide competitive grants for
 
 
developing and disseminating science-based tools and treatments to combat plant pests and noxious weeds that impact coffee plants;
 
establishing an area-wide integrated pest management program in areas affected by, or at risk of being affected by, plant pests or noxious weeds that impact coffee plants;
 
surveying and collecting data on coffee plant production and health;
 
investigating coffee plant biology, immunology, ecology, genomics, and bioinformatics; and
 
conducting research on various factors that may contribute to or be associated with coffee plant immune systems and other serious threats to coffee plants.
 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2023-02-09
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry.
action_date: 2023-02-09
text: Introduced in Senate
Macadamia Tree Health Initiative Amendments Act

Bill: 118-s-372
Sponsor: Sen. Schatz, Brian [D-HI]
Introduced: 2023-02-09 in the Senate
Policy area: Agriculture and Food

Summary:
action_date: 2023-02-09
text: 

Macadamia Tree Health Initiative Amendments Act 

 
This bill expands the research and extension grant program for the macadamia tree health initiative. Under current law, the Department of Agriculture (USDA) may provide competitive grants under the initiative to support research and extension activities to combat the insect known as the macadamia felted coccid (Eriococcus ironsidei).
 
Specifically, the bill authorizes USDA to provide competitive grants for
 
 
developing and disseminating science-based tools and treatments to combat plant pests and noxious weeds that impact macadamia trees;
 
establishing an area-wide integrated pest management program in areas affected by, or at risk of being affected by, the invasive plant pests or noxious weeds;
 
surveying and collecting data on macadamia tree production and health;
 
investigating macadamia tree biology, immunology, ecology, genomics, and bioinformatics; and
 
conducting research on various factors that may contribute to or be associated with macadamia tree immune systems and other serious threats to macadamia trees.
 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2023-02-09
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry.
action_date: 2023-02-09
text: Introduced in Senate
RISEE Act of 2023

Bill: 118-s-373
Sponsor: Sen. Whitehouse, Sheldon [D-RI]
Introduced: 2023-02-09 in the Senate
Policy area: Energy
Subjects: Alternative and renewable resources
Energy revenues and royalties
Government studies and investigations
Gulf of Mexico
Infrastructure development
Intergovernmental relations
Land use and conservation
Marine and coastal resources, fisheries
Mining
Oil and gas
State and local finance
User charges and fees

Summary:
action_date: 2023-02-09
text: 

Reinvesting In Shoreline Economies and Ecosystems Act of 2023 or the RISEE Act of 2023

 
This bill increases revenue streams provided to states from offshore wind projects, offshore oil and gas leases, and onshore energy and mineral resources. States must use the revenue for specified purposes, such as coastal restoration, conservation, or infrastructure.
 
Specifically, the bill requires revenues generated from offshore wind projects carried out under a lease entered into on or after January 1, 2022, to be deposited into accounts for the U.S. Treasury, the National Oceans and Coastal Security Fund, and adjacent coastal states. Currently, this revenue is deposited in the U.S. Treasury. The Department of the Interior must disburse the revenue to a state in an amount that is based on a formula that is inversely proportional to a state's distance from the offshore wind site.
 
In addition, the bill removes the cap on the amount of revenue generated from offshore oil and gas leases that may be shared with states under the Gulf of Mexico Energy Security Act of 2006.
 
It also eliminates a fee under the Mineral Leasing Act that Interior currently collects to administer the onshore revenue sharing program.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2024-11-21
text: Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 576.
action_date: 2024-11-21
text: Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. Reported by Senator Manchin without amendment. Without written report.
action_date: 2024-11-21
text: Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. Reported by Senator Manchin without amendment. Without written report.
action_date: 2024-11-19
text: Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. Ordered to be reported without amendment favorably.
action_date: 2023-02-09
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
action_date: 2023-02-09
text: Introduced in Senate
Transnational Criminal Organization Illicit Spotter Prevention and Elimination Act

Bill: 118-s-374
Sponsor: Sen. Ernst, Joni [R-IA]
Introduced: 2023-02-09 in the Senate
Policy area: Immigration
Subjects: Border security and unlawful immigration
Criminal procedure and sentencing
Customs enforcement
Drug trafficking and controlled substances
Firearms and explosives
Human trafficking
Law enforcement administration and funding
Law enforcement officers
Smuggling and trafficking

Summary:
action_date: 2023-02-09
text: 

Transnational Criminal Organization Illicit Spotter Prevention and Elimination Act

 
This bill provides for criminal penalties for certain conduct that interferes with U.S. border control measures.
 
Specifically, a person who knowingly transmits the location or activities of law enforcement with the intent to further a crime related to immigration, customs, or controlled substances may be imprisoned for a maximum of 10 years. A person who knowingly damages or destroys a device deployed to control the border or port of entry may be imprisoned for a maximum of 10 years.
 
Additionally, the bill provides for enhanced punishment for carrying or using a firearm in connection with certain criminal immigration violations such as assisting a non-U.S. national (
alien
 under federal law) who is inadmissible due to a felony conviction.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2023-02-09
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2023-02-09
text: Introduced in Senate
Simplifying Grants Act of 2023

Bill: 118-s-375
Sponsor: Sen. Rubio, Marco [R-FL]
Introduced: 2023-02-09 in the Senate
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Subjects: Congressional oversight
Government information and archives
Intergovernmental relations
State and local finance

Summary:
action_date: 2023-02-09
text: 

Simplifying Grants Act of 2023

 
This bill sets forth procedures for simplifying the grant process for nonurbanized areas, for both existing and new grant programs. 
 
Each agency must make publicly available a checklist for covered local governments with respect to each grant program of the agency for which such governments are otherwise eligible that includes each requirement for every step of the grant process.
 
The Office of Management and Budget must report to Congress (1) within 270 days of this bill's enactment, evaluating the extent to which agencies have simplified the requirements and made the checklist available; and (2) each April 1st, evaluating the amount of technical assistance provided and the amount of funds awarded.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2023-02-09
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.
action_date: 2023-02-09
text: Introduced in Senate
A bill to designate the area between the intersections of 16th Street, Northwest and Fuller Street, Northwest and 16th Street, Northwest and Euclid Street, Northwest in Washington, District of Columbia, as "Oswaldo Paya Way".

Bill: 118-s-376
Sponsor: Sen. Cruz, Ted [R-TX]
Introduced: 2023-02-09 in the Senate
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Subjects: Caribbean area
Congressional tributes
Cuba
Political movements and philosophies
Roads and highways

Summary:
action_date: 2023-02-09
text: 
This bill designates the area in front of the Cuban embassy in the District of Columbia as 

 Oswaldo Pay&aacute; Way. (Oswaldo Pay&aacute; was a pro-democracy activist in Cuba.)

action_date: 2023-06-13
text: 
This bill designates the area in front of the Cuban embassy in the District of Columbia as 

 Oswaldo Pay&aacute; Way. (Oswaldo Pay&aacute; was a pro-democracy activist in Cuba.)


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2023-06-14
text: Held at the desk.
action_date: 2023-06-14
text: Received in the House.
action_date: 2023-06-14
text: Message on Senate action sent to the House.
action_date: 2023-06-13
text: Passed Senate without amendment by Unanimous Consent. (consideration: CR S2077-2078; text: CR S2077-2078)
action_date: 2023-06-13
text: Passed/agreed to in Senate: Passed Senate without amendment by Unanimous Consent.(consideration: CR S2077-2078; text: CR S2077-2078)
action_date: 2023-06-13
text: Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs discharged by Unanimous Consent.
action_date: 2023-06-13
text: Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs discharged by Unanimous Consent.
action_date: 2023-02-09
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.
action_date: 2023-02-09
text: Introduced in Senate
Domestic Reinvestment Act of 2023

Bill: 118-s-377
Sponsor: Sen. Graham, Lindsey [R-SC]
Introduced: 2023-02-09 in the Senate
Policy area: Foreign Trade and International Finance
Subjects: Competitiveness, trade promotion, trade deficits
Tariffs

Summary:
action_date: 2023-02-09
text: 

Domestic Reinvestment Act of 2023

 
This bill prohibits the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) or any other person from requiring any repayment, recoupment, or offset of certain antidumping and countervailing duties. The bill also requires DHS, within 90 days, to (1) refund any repayment or recoupment of these payments that were collected by U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) after January 1, 2017, and (2) fully distribute any antidumping or countervailing duties withheld as an offset by CBP.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2023-02-09
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
action_date: 2023-02-09
text: Introduced in Senate
Protect Camp Lejeune VETS Act

Bill: 118-s-378
Sponsor: Sen. Sullivan, Dan [R-AK]
Introduced: 2023-02-09 in the Senate
Policy area: Law
Subjects: Administrative remedies
Civil actions and liability
Congressional oversight
Government information and archives
Legal fees and court costs
Military facilities and property
North Carolina
Veterans' pensions and compensation
Water quality

Summary:
action_date: 2023-02-09
text: 

Protect Camp Lejeune Victims Ensnared by Trial-lawyer's Scams Act or the Protect Camp Lejeune VETS Act

 
This bill limits attorney's fees for claims involving individuals who were exposed to contaminated water at Camp Lejeune, North Carolina, between August 1, 1953, and December 31, 1987.
 
Specifically, it caps attorney's fees at
 
 
12% of a payment made in an administrative claim, and
 
17% of a payment for a judgment rendered or a settlement entered in a judicial claim. 
 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2023-02-09
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2023-02-09
text: Introduced in Senate
Freedom To Compete Act of 2023

Bill: 118-s-379
Sponsor: Sen. Rubio, Marco [R-FL]
Introduced: 2023-02-09 in the Senate
Policy area: Labor and Employment

Summary:
action_date: 2023-02-09
text: 

Freedom to Compete Act

 of 2023

 
This bill prohibits an employer from enforcing, or threatening to enforce, any non-compete agreement in employment contracts with certain entry level, lower wage workers. A non-compete agreement entered into before the enactment of this bill shall be void and have no effect. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2023-02-09
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
action_date: 2023-02-09
text: Introduced in Senate
Felony Murder for Deadly Fentanyl Distribution Act of 2023

Bill: 118-s-380
Sponsor: Sen. Rubio, Marco [R-FL]
Introduced: 2023-02-09 in the Senate
Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement
Subjects: Criminal procedure and sentencing
Drug trafficking and controlled substances
Violent crime

Summary:
action_date: 2023-02-09
text: 

Felony Murder for Deadly Fentanyl Distribution Act of 2023

 
This bill makes the distribution of fentanyl resulting in death a first degree murder. 
 
An individual who is guilty of first degree murder by distributing fentanyl is subject to death or life in prison. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2023-02-09
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2023-02-09
text: Introduced in Senate
No Coyote Cash Act

Bill: 118-s-381
Sponsor: Sen. Rubio, Marco [R-FL]
Introduced: 2023-02-09 in the Senate
Policy area: Immigration

Summary:
action_date: 2023-02-09
text: 

No Coyote Cash Act

 
This bill makes it a crime to transmit money or any item of value with the intent to finance the unlawful entry of a non-U.S. national (
alien
 under federal law) into the United States. Violators are subject to a fine equal to the value of the transmitted property, up to one year in prison, or both.
 
Additionally, the bill makes a non-U.S. national who violates this prohibition inadmissible and deportable.
 
Current law criminalizes certain conduct related to bringing a non-U.S. national into the United States and transporting, harboring, concealing, or shielding such an individual within the United States from detection by immigration authorities while knowing or in reckless disregard that the individual entered unlawfully.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2023-02-09
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2023-02-09
text: Introduced in Senate
Federal Skills Act of 2023

Bill: 118-s-383
Sponsor: Sen. Rubio, Marco [R-FL]
Introduced: 2023-02-09 in the Senate
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics

Summary:
action_date: 2023-02-09
text: 

Federal Skills Act of 2023 

 
This bill generally provides statutory authority for the executive order titled 
Modernizing and Reforming the Assessment and Hiring of Federal Job Candidates
, which was issued on June 26, 2020. The order generally prescribes certain limits as to the consideration and use of post-high school educational requirements for positions in the competitive service.
 
Among other things, the order specifies that an executive agency may only institute a minimum educational requirement for a position in the competitive service if it is legally required for the position, and may only consider a candidate's education with respect to other minimum requirements if it directly reflects the competencies necessary for the position.
 
The order requires the Office of Personnel Management to review and revise the classification and qualification standards for positions in the competitive service so as to comply with these requirements. The order also requires changes to be made public, and to take effect, within 120 days and 180 days of the date of the order, respectively. (The bill requires a similar timeline with respect to the date of enactment of the bill.)
 
The bill additionally specifies that it does not affect student loan forgiveness or student loan cancellation options that are available to borrowers under federal law as of the day before the date of enactment of the bill.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2023-02-09
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.
action_date: 2023-02-09
text: Introduced in Senate
Springfield 1908 Race Riot National Monument Act

Bill: 118-s-384
Sponsor: Sen. Duckworth, Tammy [D-IL]
Introduced: 2023-02-09 in the Senate
Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources
Subjects: Advisory bodies
Assault and harassment offenses
Civil disturbances
Congressional oversight
Historic sites and heritage areas
Illinois
Monuments and memorials
Racial and ethnic relations
U.S. history
Violent crime

Summary:
action_date: 2023-02-09
text: 

Springfield 1908 Race Riot National Monument Act

 
This bill establishes the Springfield 1908 Race Riot National Monument in Illinois as a unit of the National Park System.
 
The monument shall 
 
 
preserve, protect, and interpret the resources associated with the Springfield Race Riot of 1908 and its role in the forming of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People; and 
 
include the construction of a permanent memorial, within the boundary of the monument, to the victims, survivors, and descendants of survivors of the riot and to the Springfield community.
 
 
The Department of the Interior may expend appropriated funds to acquire or lease essential facilities for the administration of the monument and visitor services outside the boundary, but within the vicinity of the monument.
 
Interior, using donated or appropriated funds, shall construct a memorial within the boundary of the monument.
 
The bill (1) establishes the Springfield 1908 Advisory Commission to advise Interior regarding the management and development of the monument, and (2) terminates the commission 12 years after this bill's enactment.
 
Interior shall consult with the commission on matters relating to the management and development of the monument.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2023-12-20
text: Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 294.
action_date: 2023-12-20
text: Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. Reported by Senator Manchin with an amendment in the nature of a substitute. With written report No. 118-142.
action_date: 2023-12-20
text: Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. Reported by Senator Manchin with an amendment in the nature of a substitute. With written report No. 118-142.
action_date: 2023-09-21
text: Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. Ordered to be reported with an amendment in the nature of a substitute favorably.
action_date: 2023-06-21
text: Committee on Energy and Natural Resources Senate Subcommittee on National Parks. Hearings held. With printed Hearing: S.Hrg. 118-284.
action_date: 2023-02-09
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
action_date: 2023-02-09
text: Introduced in Senate