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Health Savings Act of 2023

Bill: 118-s-1158
Sponsor: Sen. Rubio, Marco [R-FL]
Introduced: 2023-03-30 in the Senate
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Bankruptcy
Employee benefits and pensions
Health care costs and insurance
Health care coverage and access
Health personnel
Hospital care
Income tax deductions
Indian social and development programs
Inflation and prices
Medicaid
Medicare
Military medicine
Minority health
Nutrition and diet
Physical fitness and lifestyle
Prescription drugs
Religion
Sales and excise taxes
Sports and recreation facilities
Tax administration and collection, taxpayers
Tax treatment of families

Summary:
action_date: 2023-03-30
text: 

Health Savings Act of 2023

 
This bill modifies the requirements for health savings accounts (HSAs) to
 
 
rename high deductible health plans as HSA-qualified health plans; 
 
allow spouses who have both attained age 55 to make catch-up contributions to the same HSA; 
 
make Medicare Part A (hospital insurance benefits) beneficiaries eligible to participate in an HSA;
 
allow individuals eligible for hospital care or medical services under a program of the Indian Health Service or a tribal organization to participate in an HSA; 
 
allow members of a health care sharing ministry to participate in an HSA; 
 
allow individuals who receive primary care services in exchange for a fixed periodic fee or payment, or who receive health care benefits from an on-site medical clinic of an employer, to participate in an HSA; 
 
include amounts paid for prescription and over-the-counter medicines or drugs as 
qualified medical expenses
 for which distributions from an HSA or other tax-preferred savings accounts may be used; 
 
 increase the limits on HSA contributions to match the sum of the annual deductible and out-of-pocket expenses permitted under a high deductible health plan; and 
 
allow HSA distributions to be used to purchase health insurance coverage.
 
 
The bill also (1) exempts HSAs from creditor claims in bankruptcy, and (2) reauthorizes Medicaid health opportunity accounts. 
 
The bill allows a medical care tax deduction for (1) exercise equipment, physical fitness programs, and membership at a fitness facility; (2) nutritional and dietary supplements; and (3) periodic fees paid to a primary care physician and amounts paid for pre-paid primary care services.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2023-03-30
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
action_date: 2023-03-30
text: Introduced in Senate
Small LENDER Act

Bill: 118-s-1159
Sponsor: Sen. Boozman, John [R-AR]
Introduced: 2023-03-30 in the Senate
Policy area: Commerce

Summary:
action_date: 2023-03-30
text: 

Small Lenders Exempt from New Data and Excessive Reporting Act or the Small LENDER Act

 
This bill exempts certain financial institutions and transactions from the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) reporting requirements with respect to data about small business credit applications.
 
Under the bill, the requirements apply only to financial institutions that originate at least 500 credit transactions to small businesses in each of the preceding two years. The bill further defines small businesses as those with annual revenue of $1 million or less.
 
Currently, the CFPB has proposed a rule that the requirements apply only to financial institutions that originate at least 25 annual credit transactions to small businesses in each of the preceding two years. The rule further defines small businesses as those with annual revenue of $5 million or less.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2023-03-30
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs.
action_date: 2023-03-30
text: Introduced in Senate
Financial Regulators Transparency Act of 2023

Bill: 118-s-1160
Sponsor: Sen. Tillis, Thomas [R-NC]
Introduced: 2023-03-30 in the Senate
Policy area: Finance and Financial Sector

Summary:
action_date: 2023-03-30
text: 

Financial Regulators Transparency Act of 2023 

 
This bill makes certain disclosure and ethics requirements applicable to the Federal Reserve banks and financial regulators and changes the authority and appointment procedure of the inspector general of the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System and the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau. 
 
The bill applies to Federal Reserve banks Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) requirements, congressional FOIA request requirements, and federal records retention requirements. 
 
The bill also expands ethics-related congressional FOIA requests to apply to the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System, Federal Reserve banks, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation, the Securities and Exchange Commission, the National Credit Union Administration, the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency, and the Federal Housing Finance Agency. 
 
Finally, the bill requires the inspector general of the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System and the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau to be appointed by the President and confirmed by the Senate. The inspector general shall also have authority over the Federal Reserve banks. Under current law, this appointment is made by the chair of the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2023-03-30
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2023-03-30
text: Introduced in Senate
Voluntary Public Access Improvement Act of 2023

Bill: 118-s-1161
Sponsor: Sen. Daines, Steve [R-MT]
Introduced: 2023-03-30 in the Senate
Policy area: Agriculture and Food
Subjects: Farmland
Federal-Indian relations
Hunting and fishing
Land use and conservation
Outdoor recreation
State and local government operations

Summary:
action_date: 2023-03-30
text: 

Voluntary Public Access Improvement Act of 2023

 
This bill reauthorizes through FY2028 and increases funding for the Voluntary Public Access and Habitat Incentive Program. This Natural Resources Conservation Service program provides state and tribal governments competitive grants to encourage owners and operators of privately-held land (i.e., farm, ranch, and forest land) to allow public access for hunting, fishing, and other wildlife-dependent recreation.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2023-03-30
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry.
action_date: 2023-03-30
text: Introduced in Senate
Accurate Map for Broadband Investment Act of 2023

Bill: 118-s-1162
Sponsor: Sen. Rosen, Jacky [D-NV]
Introduced: 2023-03-30 in the Senate
Policy area: Science, Technology, Communications
Subjects: Department of Commerce
Executive agency funding and structure
Geography and mapping
Government information and archives
Internet, web applications, social media

Summary:
action_date: 2023-03-30
text: 

Accurate Map for Broadband Investment Act of 2023

 
This bill modifies the Broadband Equity, Access, and Deployment (BEAD) Program by requiring a portion of program funds to be reallocated using an updated version of the National Broadband Map. (The map identifies areas that lack access to broadband internet; the Federal Communications Commission is responsible for creating and periodically updating the map.)
 
The BEAD Program is managed by the National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA) and provides funds to states and territories for broadband deployment, connectivity, mapping, and adoption projects. Current law allocates the majority of BEAD funds based on the share of locations in a given state or territory that the National Broadband Map designates as unserved by broadband internet. Current law also provides for the release of BEAD funds in stages; generally, a state or territory receives 20% of its funds after the NTIA approves its initial proposal for using the funds and the remaining funds after the NTIA approves its final proposal.
 
Under this bill, after distributing BEAD funds for initial proposals, the NTIA must reallocate the remaining funds using the most current version of the National Broadband Map and distribute those funds based on the reallocation.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2023-03-30
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
action_date: 2023-03-30
text: Introduced in Senate
Aviation Minority Workforce Development Act of 2023

Bill: 118-s-1163
Sponsor: Sen. Markey, Edward J. [D-MA]
Introduced: 2023-03-30 in the Senate
Policy area: Transportation and Public Works

Summary:
action_date: 2023-03-30
text: 

Aviation Minority Workforce Development Act of 2023

 
This bill requires the Department of Transportation to establish a grant program to increase racial and gender minority access and representation in the aviation workforce. Grants may be provided to minority-serving institutions (e.g., historically Black colleges and universities) and a consortium of one or more institutions of higher education that has a partnership with an aviation company or industry association, a labor-management organization, or other specified entity.
 
The grants must be used to 
 
 
 facilitate the creation of programs that educate and train students;
 
 increase access to, and the availability of, resources at existing aviation workforce programs; 
 
assist students with education, apprenticeship, internship, transportation, and certification costs; and 
 
 increase student outreach and recruitment. 
 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2023-03-30
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
action_date: 2023-03-30
text: Introduced in Senate
Seedlings for Sustainable Habitat Restoration Act of 2023

Bill: 118-s-1164
Sponsor: Sen. Lujan, Ben Ray [D-NM]
Introduced: 2023-03-30 in the Senate
Policy area: Environmental Protection
Subjects: Employment and training programs
Forests, forestry, trees
Higher education
Horticulture and plants
Intergovernmental relations
Public-private cooperation

Summary:
action_date: 2023-03-30
text: 

Seedlings for Sustainable Habitat Restoration Act of 2023

 
This bill provides support for the collection and maintenance of native seeds and production of tree seedlings.
 
First, the bill expands the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act to allow the Forest Service to enter into contracts, grants, or agreements with state forestry agencies, institutions of higher education, and other entities for the (1) collection and maintenance of native seeds, including material from managed seed orchards; and (2) production of seedlings for revegetation.
 
Second, the bill modifies requirements for forest landscape restoration proposals for funding under the Collaborative Forest Landscape Restoration Program. Specifically, the bill adds institutions of higher education to the list of entities that may provide employment or training opportunities under a proposal and allows the employment or training opportunities to include the collection and maintenance of native seeds for revegetation or the production of seedlings.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2023-03-30
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry.
action_date: 2023-03-30
text: Introduced in Senate
Reentry Act of 2023

Bill: 118-s-1165
Sponsor: Sen. Baldwin, Tammy [D-WI]
Introduced: 2023-04-17 in the Senate
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Community life and organization
Congressional oversight
Correctional facilities and imprisonment
Drug, alcohol, tobacco use
Government studies and investigations
Health care coverage and access
Health facilities and institutions
Licensing and registrations
Medicaid
Medicare
Mental health
State and local government operations

Summary:
action_date: 2023-04-17
text: 

Reentry Act
 

of 

2023

 
This bill allows for Medicaid payment of medical services furnished to an incarcerated individual during the 30-day period preceding the individual's release. The Medicaid and Children's Health Insurance Program (CHIP) Payment and Access Commission must report on specified information relating to the accessibility and quality of health care for incarcerated individuals, including the impact of the bill's changes. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2023-04-17
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
action_date: 2023-04-17
text: Introduced in Senate
Restore Public Health Institution Trust Act of 2023

Bill: 118-s-1166
Sponsor: Sen. Rubio, Marco [R-FL]
Introduced: 2023-04-17 in the Senate
Policy area: Health

Summary:
action_date: 2023-04-17
text: 

Restore Public Health Institution Trust Act of 2023

 
This bill requires the Government Accountability Office to report on public health messaging and other recommendations of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). The report must specifically address (1) the data used to make recommendations; (2) the effect of inconsistent messaging on the public's trust in the CDC, willingness to follow the CDC's COVID-19 guidance, and attitudes about immunizations both in general and for specific populations; and (3) the degree to which outside entities influenced CDC recommendations.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2023-04-17
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
action_date: 2023-04-17
text: Introduced in Senate
Sound Insulation Treatment Repair and Replacement Program Act

Bill: 118-s-1167
Sponsor: Sen. Murray, Patty [D-WA]
Introduced: 2023-04-17 in the Senate
Policy area: Transportation and Public Works

Summary:
action_date: 2023-04-17
text: 

Sound Insulation Treatment Repair and Replacement Program Act

 
This bill provides airports with the option to use funds provided under the Airport Improvement Program (AIP) to repair and replace sound insulation in residential buildings. Under current policy, airports may use AIP funds for one-time sound insulation projects for residential buildings.
 
This bill provides airports a one-time waiver to use AIP funds to carry out repair and replacement of sound insulation for residential buildings if the airport previously received federal assistance or federally authorized airport assistance for the insulation and (1) it is justified due to increased aircraft noise, or (2) the previously installed sound insulation has resulted in structural deterioration.
 
To qualify, the building or structure must currently fall within the Day Night Level (DNL) 65 noise standard. If not, it must have fallen within this standard at the time of the initial noise mitigation, and a Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) compliant noise auditor must determine that
 
 
such sound insulation treatment caused physical damage to the residence; or
 
the materials used were of low quality and have deteriorated, broken, or otherwise no longer function as intended.
 
 
Additionally, an airport and the property owner must exhaust funding available through warranties, insurance coverage, and legal remedies for the previously installed insulation. An FAA compliant noise auditor must also inspect the residence and determine that the previously installed insulation resulted in structural deterioration that was not caused by the property owner's or airport's negligence, or due to the homeowner's actions.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2023-04-17
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
action_date: 2023-04-17
text: Introduced in Senate
Providing Distance Education for Foreign Institutions Act

Bill: 118-s-1168
Sponsor: Sen. Braun, Mike [R-IN]
Introduced: 2023-04-17 in the Senate
Policy area: Education

Summary:
action_date: 2023-04-17
text: 

Providing Distance Education for Foreign Institutions Act

 
This bill makes certain distance education programs offered by foreign institutions of higher education (IHEs) eligible to participate in federal student-aid programs, thereby making students participating in these programs eligible to receive federal student aid. 
 
(The Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act, or CARES Act, waived the statutory prohibition on foreign IHEs offering distance education, which allowed students participating in these programs to receive federal student aid. However, this waiver is set to end on the latest of June 30, 2023; the last day of the payment period that begins on or before June 30, 2023; or the last day of the first payment period following the end of the foreign authority's qualifying emergency.)
 
Under this bill, a foreign IHE program is eligible to participate in federal student-aid programs if
 
 
not more than 12.5% of the program consists of courses offered principally through distance education,
 
the foreign IHE has been evaluated and determined by an outside oversight entity (e.g., an accrediting agency) to have the capability to effectively deliver distance education programs, and
 
the students receiving federal student aid are physically present in the country where the foreign IHE is located during the distance education instruction.
 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2023-04-17
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
action_date: 2023-04-17
text: Introduced in Senate
Holding Foreign Insiders Accountable Act

Bill: 118-s-1169
Sponsor: Sen. Kennedy, John [R-LA]
Introduced: 2023-04-17 in the Senate
Policy area: Finance and Financial Sector

Summary:
action_date: 2023-04-17
text: 

Holding Foreign Insiders Accountable Act 

 
This bill expands securities disclosure requirements applicable to directors, officers, and certain stockholders to include the securities of a foreign private issuer.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2023-04-17
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs.
action_date: 2023-04-17
text: Introduced in Senate
Project Safe Childhood Act

Bill: 118-s-1170
Sponsor: Sen. Cornyn, John [R-TX]
Introduced: 2023-04-17 in the Senate
Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement
Subjects: Computers and information technology
Crime victims
Crimes against children
Criminal investigation, prosecution, interrogation
Criminal justice information and records
Domestic violence and child abuse
Government information and archives
Intergovernmental relations
Internet, web applications, social media
Law enforcement administration and funding
Pornography
Sex offenses
State and local government operations

Summary:
action_date: 2023-04-17
text: 

Project Safe Childhood Act

 
This bill modifies and reauthorizes through FY2028 the Project Safe Childhood Program within the Department of Justice. The program coordinates child sexual exploitation investigations and prosecutions across federal, state, and local law enforcement; provides training to law enforcement on best practices; and supports public education programs. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2023-11-01
text: Held at the desk.
action_date: 2023-11-01
text: Received in the House.
action_date: 2023-10-30
text: Message on Senate action sent to the House.
action_date: 2023-10-24
text: Passed Senate with an amendment by Voice Vote. (consideration: CR S5150-5152; text: CR S5150-5152)
action_date: 2023-10-24
text: Passed/agreed to in Senate: Passed Senate with an amendment by Voice Vote.(consideration: CR S5150-5152; text: CR S5150-5152)
action_date: 2023-05-15
text: Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 68.
action_date: 2023-05-15
text: Committee on the Judiciary. Reported by Senator Durbin with an amendment in the nature of a substitute. Without written report.
action_date: 2023-05-15
text: Committee on the Judiciary. Reported by Senator Durbin with an amendment in the nature of a substitute. Without written report.
action_date: 2023-05-11
text: Committee on the Judiciary. Ordered to be reported with an amendment in the nature of a substitute favorably.
action_date: 2023-04-17
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2023-04-17
text: Introduced in Senate
Ending Trading and Holdings In Congressional Stocks (ETHICS) Act

Bill: 118-s-1171
Sponsor: Sen. Merkley, Jeff [D-OR]
Introduced: 2023-04-17 in the Senate
Policy area: Congress
Subjects: Civil actions and liability
Commodities markets
Family relationships
Financial services and investments
Government ethics and transparency, public corruption
Government information and archives
Members of Congress
Securities

Summary:
action_date: 2023-04-17
text: 

Ending Trading and Holdings In Congressional Stocks (ETHICS) Act

 
This bill generally prohibits Members of Congress (and their spouses and dependents) from purchasing or selling certain investments, such as individual stocks and related financial instruments that are not diversified investment funds, Treasury securities, or other specified holdings. Violations of this prohibition are subject to specified civil penalties.
 
Members must certify their compliance with the provisions of the bill, and the applicable House or Senate ethics office must make the certifications and related information (e.g., trust agreements; descriptions of assets held in trusts; and federal loans, grants, or related benefits that the Member received) available online.
 
Additionally, the bill restricts certain communications between trustees and beneficiaries related to investments held in qualified blind trusts. Violations of the restriction are subject to specified civil penalties.
 
Further, the bill imposes penalties for failing to comply with existing financial disclosure requirements and requires electronic filing of those disclosures in a searchable format.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2024-12-19
text: Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 729.
action_date: 2024-12-19
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. 118-309.
action_date: 2024-12-19
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. 118-309.
action_date: 2024-07-24
text: Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs. Ordered to be reported with an amendment in the nature of a substitute favorably.
action_date: 2023-04-17
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.
action_date: 2023-04-17
text: Introduced in Senate
RELIEVE Act

Bill: 118-s-1172
Sponsor: Sen. Sinema, Kyrsten [I-AZ]
Introduced: 2023-04-18 in the Senate
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Health care costs and insurance
Health care coverage and access
Veterans' medical care
Veterans' pensions and compensation

Summary:
action_date: 2023-04-18
text: 

Removing Extraneous Loopholes Insuring Every Veteran Emergency Act or the RELIEVE Act

 
This bill expands eligibility for Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) reimbursement of emergency treatment for veterans who are treated in a non-VA facility. Specifically, the bill waives the requirement that a veteran must have received VA care within the 24-month period preceding the furnishing of emergency treatment if the veteran receives such emergency treatment within the 60-day period following their enrollment in the VA health care system.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2023-07-12
text: Committee on Veterans' Affairs. Hearings held. Hearings printed: S.Hrg. 118-217.
action_date: 2023-04-18
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
action_date: 2023-04-18
text: Introduced in Senate