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Border Enforcement, Security, and Trade (BEST) Facilitation Act of 2023

Bill: 118-s-2278
Sponsor: Sen. Lankford, James [R-OK]
Introduced: 2023-07-12 in the Senate
Policy area: Immigration
Subjects: Border security and unlawful immigration
Employment and training programs
Government employee pay, benefits, personnel management
Law enforcement officers
Motor carriers
Motor vehicles
Smuggling and trafficking

Summary:
action_date: 2023-07-12
text: 

Border Enforcement, Security, and Trade (BEST) Facilitation Act of 2023

 
This bill establishes positions within U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) to review inspection images of vehicles and cargo entering or exiting the United States.
 
Specifically, the bill establishes the position of image adjudicator within the CBP Office of Field Operations. An image adjudicator must (1) review nonintrusive inspection images of vehicles and cargo entering or exiting the United States; (2) assess whether such vehicles and cargo contain contraband, illicit drugs, weapons, or persons seeking to unlawfully enter the United States; and (3) refer suspicious vehicles and cargo for further inspection by a CBP officer. 
 
The bill also establishes the position of supervisory image adjudicator with additional responsibilities, including receiving and reporting intelligence to the National Targeting Center about techniques used by malign actors to transport contraband, illicit drugs, weapons, and persons seeking to unlawfully enter the United States. 
 
The bill establishes annual training requirements for both image adjudicator and supervisory image adjudicator positions, including training on privacy and civil liberties and how to analyze inspection images. 
 
Within a year of this bill's enactment, CBP must develop a workforce staffing model for these positions. The Government Accountability Office must validate the model within six months of the model's completion.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2024-12-02
text: Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 652.
action_date: 2024-12-02
text: Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs. Reported by Senator Peters with an amendment in the nature of a substitute and an amendment to the title. With written report No. 118-251.
action_date: 2024-12-02
text: Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs. Reported by Senator Peters with an amendment in the nature of a substitute and an amendment to the title. With written report No. 118-251.
action_date: 2024-04-10
text: Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs. Ordered to be reported with an amendment in the nature of a substitute favorably.
action_date: 2023-07-12
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.
action_date: 2023-07-12
text: Introduced in Senate
LGBTQ+ Panic Defense Prohibition Act of 2023

Bill: 118-s-2279
Sponsor: Sen. Markey, Edward J. [D-MA]
Introduced: 2023-07-12 in the Senate
Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement

Summary:

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2023-07-12
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2023-07-12
text: Introduced in Senate
Social Security 2100 Act

Bill: 118-s-2280
Sponsor: Sen. Blumenthal, Richard [D-CT]
Introduced: 2023-07-12 in the Senate
Policy area: Social Welfare
Subjects: Adult day care
Congressional oversight
Disability assistance
Employee benefits and pensions
Employment taxes
Family relationships
Government buildings, facilities, and property
Government information and archives
Government trust funds
Health care costs and insurance
Hospital care
Income tax credits
Inflation and prices
Medicaid
Poverty and welfare assistance
Self-employed
Social Security Administration
Social security and elderly assistance
Wages and earnings

Summary:
action_date: 2023-07-12
text: 

Social Security 2100 Act

 
This bill modifies the Social Security system, particularly with respect to benefit calculations, fund administration, and beneficiary resources.
 
For example, the bill temporarily increases the primary insurance amount for Social Security benefits for all individuals (from 90% of a certain portion of average indexed monthly earnings to 93%). It also modifies benefit calculations for certain individuals, including by temporarily (1) increasing benefits for widows or widowers in two-income households; and (2) allowing children of a deceased, disabled, or retired worker to remain eligible for benefits through age 25 if they are full-time students. 
 
Additionally, the bill temporarily eliminates (1) the 
government pension offset
, which reduces Social Security benefits for spouses, widows, and widowers who also receive government pensions of their own; and (2) the 
windfall elimination provision
, which reduces Social Security benefits for individuals who also receive a pension or disability benefit from an employer that did not withhold Social Security taxes. 
 
The bill also modifies the financing and administration of the Social Security trust funds. For example, the bill (1) subjects income over $400,000 to Social Security payroll taxes, and (2) combines the Federal Old-Age and Survivors Insurance Trust Fund and the Federal Disability Insurance Trust Fund into a single Social Security Trust Fund.
 
Finally, the bill establishes requirements relating to Social Security services and resources, including by prohibiting the closure of field offices unless certain conditions are met (e.g., public hearings).


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2023-07-12
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
action_date: 2023-07-12
text: Introduced in Senate
Lummis-Gillibrand Responsible Financial Innovation Act

Bill: 118-s-2281
Sponsor: Sen. Lummis, Cynthia M. [R-WY]
Introduced: 2023-07-12 in the Senate
Policy area: Finance and Financial Sector
Subjects: Civil actions and liability
Commodities markets
Commodity Futures Trading Commission
Computers and information technology
Currency
Digital media
Financial services and investments
Fraud offenses and financial crimes
Income tax rates
Sales and excise taxes

Summary:
action_date: 2023-07-12
text: 

Lummis-Gillibrand Responsible Financial Innovation Act 

 
This bill provides for the regulation of crypto assets. 
 
The bill outlines agency jurisdictions over types of crypto assets and ancillary assets. For example, the bill provides that the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) has jurisdiction over crypto assets that do not provide their holders with financial interest in a business entity.
 
The bill also establishes consumer protections, including by requiring (1) a crypto asset intermediary to provide proof of possession or control of all its crypto assets, and (2) an annual verification of assets by an independent public accountant. The bill also provides for the establishment of customer protection and market integrity authorities upon approval by the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) and the CFTC.
 
In addition, the bill imposes criminal penalties for violations of certain financial recordkeeping requirements involving crypto asset transactions. Further, the Department of the Treasury, the SEC, and the CFTC must assess the compliance of the entities they regulate with anti-money laundering programs and countering the financing of terrorism requirements.
 
Under the bill, any stablecoin must be issued by depository institutions. Institutions must hold 100% of the value of all outstanding stablecoins in reserves and allow stablecoins to be redeemed at par. 
 
The bill also provides for the tax treatment of crypto assets, including an exemption from income tax for purchases using digital assets that result in a gain or loss of $200 or less. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2023-10-26
text: Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs. Hearings held.
action_date: 2023-07-12
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
action_date: 2023-07-12
text: Introduced in Senate
Ensuring Sound Guidance Act

Bill: 118-s-2282
Sponsor: Sen. Cotton, Tom [R-AR]
Introduced: 2023-07-12 in the Senate
Policy area: Labor and Employment

Summary:

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2023-07-12
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs.
action_date: 2023-07-12
text: Introduced in Senate
PFAS-Free Procurement Act of 2023

Bill: 118-s-2283
Sponsor: Sen. Peters, Gary C. [D-MI]
Introduced: 2023-07-12 in the Senate
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Subjects: Hazardous wastes and toxic substances
Public contracts and procurement

Summary:

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2023-11-30
text: Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 256.
action_date: 2023-11-30
text: Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs. Reported by Senator Peters with an amendment in the nature of a substitute. With written report No. 118-118.
action_date: 2023-11-30
text: Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs. Reported by Senator Peters with an amendment in the nature of a substitute. With written report No. 118-118.
action_date: 2023-07-26
text: Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs. Ordered to be reported with an amendment in the nature of a substitute favorably.
action_date: 2023-07-12
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.
action_date: 2023-07-12
text: Introduced in Senate
Federal Prisons Accountability Act of 2023

Bill: 118-s-2284
Sponsor: Sen. McConnell, Mitch [R-KY]
Introduced: 2023-07-12 in the Senate
Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement
Subjects: Correctional facilities and imprisonment
Department of Justice
Federal officials

Summary:
action_date: 2023-07-12
text: 

Federal Prisons Accountability Act of 2023

This bill modifies the appointment procedures and term of service for the Director of the Bureau of Prisons.

Currently, the director is appointed by the Attorney General. This bill requires the director to be appointed by the President and confirmed by the Senate.

The bill also limits the director to a single term of 10 years.
 

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2023-07-12
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. (text: CR S2366)
action_date: 2023-07-12
text: Introduced in Senate
Native American Housing Assistance and Self-Determination Reauthorization Act of 2023

Bill: 118-s-2285
Sponsor: Sen. Schatz, Brian [D-HI]
Introduced: 2023-07-12 in the Senate
Policy area: Native Americans
Subjects: Alaska Natives and Hawaiians
Community life and organization
Congressional oversight
Criminal investigation, prosecution, interrogation
Department of Housing and Urban Development
Drug trafficking and controlled substances
Drug, alcohol, tobacco use
Education of the disadvantaged
Education programs funding
Environmental assessment, monitoring, research
Executive agency funding and structure
Federal officials
Government lending and loan guarantees
Health programs administration and funding
Health promotion and preventive care
Higher education
Homelessness and emergency shelter
Housing and community development funding
Housing finance and home ownership
Housing supply and affordability
Indian lands and resources rights
Indian social and development programs
Land use and conservation
Law enforcement administration and funding
Minority health
Public contracts and procurement
Solid waste and recycling
Student aid and college costs
Veterans' loans, housing, homeless programs
Violent crime

Summary:
action_date: 2023-07-12
text: 

Native American Housing Assistance and Self-Determination Reauthorization Act of 

2023

This bill provides federal housing assistance to Indians and Native Hawaiians.

Specifically, the bill reauthorizes through FY2034 and otherwise revises the Indian Housing Block Grant program and the Native Hawaiian Housing Block Grant program. Among other revisions to these programs, the bill expands allowable housing activities under the Indian program to include education-related stipends, college housing assistance, and other education-related assistance for low-income college students.

Next, the bill authorizes the Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) to guarantee housing loans for Indians and Native Hawaiians through FY2034.

HUD may make grants to eligible recipients of block grants for use in eliminating drug-related and violent crime.

Additionally, the bill provides statutory authority for the Tribal HUD-VASH program, which provides rental assistance and supportive services to Indian veterans who are homeless or at risk of homelessness and living in or near an area where a tribe or tribally designated housing entity provides assistance for affordable housing.

HUD must use at least 5% of rental assistance amounts under the HUD-VASH program, which provides housing assistance to homeless veterans, for the Tribal HUD-VASH program. The Tribal HUD-VASH program must be carried out by HUD in conjunction with the Department of Veterans Affairs.

Under the program, grants must be made to entities eligible for housing assistance block grants. HUD may make renewal grants to entities that have received prior program grants.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2023-07-19
text: Committee on Indian Affairs. Ordered to be reported with an amendment favorably.
action_date: 2023-07-12
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs.
action_date: 2023-07-12
text: Introduced in Senate
Streamlining Federal Grants Act of 2023

Bill: 118-s-2286
Sponsor: Sen. Peters, Gary C. [D-MI]
Introduced: 2023-07-12 in the Senate
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Subjects: Advisory bodies
Congressional oversight
Executive agency funding and structure
Federal officials
Government information and archives
Government studies and investigations
Internet, web applications, social media
Office of Management and Budget (OMB)
Public participation and lobbying

Summary:

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2023-12-11
text: Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 271.
action_date: 2023-12-11
text: Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs. Reported by Senator Peters with an amendment in the nature of a substitute. With written report No. 118-126.
action_date: 2023-12-11
text: Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs. Reported by Senator Peters with an amendment in the nature of a substitute. With written report No. 118-126.
action_date: 2023-07-26
text: Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs. Ordered to be reported with an amendment in the nature of a substitute favorably.
action_date: 2023-07-12
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.
action_date: 2023-07-12
text: Introduced in Senate
RESET for America’s Future Act of 2023

Bill: 118-s-2287
Sponsor: Sen. Klobuchar, Amy [D-MN]
Introduced: 2023-07-13 in the Senate
Policy area: Agriculture and Food

Summary:

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2023-07-13
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry.
action_date: 2023-07-13
text: Introduced in Senate
SAFE through Medicare Act

Bill: 118-s-2288
Sponsor: Sen. Markey, Edward J. [D-MA]
Introduced: 2023-07-13 in the Senate
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Environmental health
Health technology, devices, supplies
Home and outpatient care
Medicare
Natural disasters

Summary:
action_date: 2023-07-13
text: 

Survival Aid For Emergencies through Medicare Act or the SAFE through Medicare Act

This bill provides for Medicare coverage of medically necessary services for beneficiaries who are determined to be medically at-risk during a climate or manmade disaster (i.e., home resiliency services), such as heat pumps, batteries for medical equipment, and energy efficient storage for medical supplies.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2023-07-13
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
action_date: 2023-07-13
text: Introduced in Senate
Mitigating Foreign Influence in Classified Government Contracts

Bill: 118-s-2289
Sponsor: Sen. Peters, Gary C. [D-MI]
Introduced: 2023-07-13 in the Senate
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security

Summary:

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2023-07-13
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.
action_date: 2023-07-13
text: Introduced in Senate
Data for American Jobs Act of 2023

Bill: 118-s-2290
Sponsor: Sen. Baldwin, Tammy [D-WI]
Introduced: 2023-07-13 in the Senate
Policy area: Labor and Employment

Summary:

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2023-07-13
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
action_date: 2023-07-13
text: Introduced in Senate
Purchased Data Inventory Act

Bill: 118-s-2292
Sponsor: Sen. Peters, Gary C. [D-MI]
Introduced: 2023-07-13 in the Senate
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics

Summary:

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2023-07-13
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.
action_date: 2023-07-13
text: Introduced in Senate
AI LEAD Act

Bill: 118-s-2293
Sponsor: Sen. Peters, Gary C. [D-MI]
Introduced: 2023-07-13 in the Senate
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Subjects: Advanced technology and technological innovations
Advisory bodies
Computers and information technology
Congressional oversight
Executive agency funding and structure
Government information and archives
Government studies and investigations
Office of Management and Budget (OMB)
Technology assessment

Summary:

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2024-09-10
text: Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 495.
action_date: 2024-09-10
text: Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs. Reported by Senator Peters with an amendment in the nature of a substitute and an amendment to the title. With written report No. 118-216.
action_date: 2024-09-10
text: Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs. Reported by Senator Peters with an amendment in the nature of a substitute and an amendment to the title. With written report No. 118-216.
action_date: 2023-07-26
text: Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs. Ordered to be reported with an amendment in the nature of a substitute favorably.
action_date: 2023-07-13
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.
action_date: 2023-07-13
text: Introduced in Senate
VET PFAS Act

Bill: 118-s-2294
Sponsor: Sen. Stabenow, Debbie [D-MI]
Introduced: 2023-07-13 in the Senate
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Cancer
Cardiovascular and respiratory health
Congressional oversight
Digestive and metabolic diseases
Disability and paralysis
Hazardous wastes and toxic substances
Hospital care
Military facilities and property
Military personnel and dependents
National Guard and reserves
Veterans' medical care
Veterans' pensions and compensation

Summary:
action_date: 2023-07-13
text: 

Veterans Exposed to Toxic PFAS Act or the VET PFAS Act

 
This bill provides eligibility for Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) hospital care and medical services to veterans and their family members (including those in utero) who have specified conditions and resided at a military installation where individuals were exposed to perfluoroalkyl and polyfluoroalkyl substances, commonly known as PFAS. PFAS are man-made and may have adverse human health effects.
 
Hospital care and medical services may not be furnished for a condition that is found to have resulted from a cause other than the exposure to PFAS at a military installation.
 
The VA may provide reimbursement for hospital care or medical services provided to a family member only after the family member or provider has exhausted all claims and remedies otherwise available for payment of such care.
 
For disability compensation purposes, the bill establishes a presumption of service-connection for specified conditions in veterans who served at a military installation at which individuals were exposed to PFAS. Under a presumption of service-connection, specific conditions diagnosed in certain veterans are presumed to have been caused by the circumstances of their military service. Health care benefits and disability compensation may then be awarded.
 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2023-07-13
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
action_date: 2023-07-13
text: Introduced in Senate
LIFT Homebuyers Act of 2023

Bill: 118-s-2295
Sponsor: Sen. Warner, Mark R. [D-VA]
Introduced: 2023-07-13 in the Senate
Policy area: Finance and Financial Sector

Summary:
action_date: 2023-07-13
text: 

Low-Income First-Time Homebuyers Act of 2023 or the LIFT Homebuyers Act of 2023 

 
This bill establishes a program to provide fixed-rate 20-year mortgages for first-time, first-generation homebuyers whose incomes do not exceed a certain amount. These mortgages must be offered by the Federal Housing Administration (FHA) or the Rural Housing Service (RHS). 
 
Pricing terms must be established (1) such that monthly mortgage payments under this program are similar to a 30-year FHA- or RHS-backed mortgage, or (2) as are determined to be necessary to develop liquidity for securities backed by covered mortgage loans and expand program participation by eligible homebuyers. 
 
Additionally, program funds must be transferred to the Department of the Treasury for the purchase of securities backed by such mortgages. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2023-07-13
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs.
action_date: 2023-07-13
text: Introduced in Senate
Middle Class Borrower Protection Act of 2023

Bill: 118-s-2296
Sponsor: Sen. Braun, Mike [R-IN]
Introduced: 2023-07-13 in the Senate
Policy area: Finance and Financial Sector

Summary:
action_date: 2023-07-13
text: 

Middle Class Borrower Protection Act of 2023 

 
This bill rolls back changes made by the Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA) to the fees charged by Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac for a conventional single-family mortgage (i.e., loan-level pricing adjustments) and restricts future fee adjustments. These changes, effective May 1, 2023, revised the fee charts that provide percentage adjustments based on a mortgagor's credit score and down payment.
 
The bill reinstates the fee structure that was in place prior to May 1, 2023. 
 
The Government Accountability Office (GAO) must report on the changes made by the FHFA. Further adjustments to the fee structure by FHFA are prohibited until 90 days after the publication of the GAO report. 
 
After this period, FHFA must follow Administrative Procedure Act requirements when proposing adjustments to the fee structure. 
 
The bill also requires that, to the greatest extent feasible, revisions to the fee schedule must be based on risk. 
 
Further, FHFA, Fannie Mae, and Freddie Mac are prohibited from imposing any loan-level pricing adjustment fee that is based on the ratio of the debt of the mortgagor to the income of the mortgagor. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2023-07-13
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs.
action_date: 2023-07-13
text: Introduced in Senate
Parity for Public Health Service Ready Reserve Act

Bill: 118-s-2297
Sponsor: Sen. Duckworth, Tammy [D-IL]
Introduced: 2023-07-13 in the Senate
Policy area: Health

Summary:
action_date: 2023-07-13
text: 

Parity for Public Health Service Ready Reserve Act

This bill reauthorizes through FY2025 the Ready Reserve Corps of the U.S. Public Health Service (USPHS). It also extends educational assistance, medical benefits, leave allowances, and other benefits that apply to the reserve components of the armed forces to the Ready Reserve Corps. (The Ready Reserve Corps is comprised of trained health care and public health personnel that may be deployed alongside active-duty officers of the USPHS to respond to health emergencies and improve access to health services.)
 

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2023-07-13
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
action_date: 2023-07-13
text: Introduced in Senate