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Navajo-Gallup Water Supply Project Amendments Act of 2023

Bill: 118-s-1898
Sponsor: Sen. Lujan, Ben Ray [D-NM]
Introduced: 2023-06-08 in the Senate
Policy area: Native Americans
Subjects: Arizona
Government trust funds
Indian lands and resources rights
Infrastructure development
Lakes and rivers
Land transfers
Land use and conservation
New Mexico
Rural conditions and development
Water resources funding
Water storage
Water use and supply

Summary:
action_date: 2023-06-08
text: 

Navajo-Gallup Water Supply Project Amendments Act of 2023

 
This bill extends deadlines and otherwise revises the Navajo-Gallup Water Supply Project. This project was first authorized by the Omnibus Public Land Management Act of 2009, which settled the Navajo Nation's water rights in the San Juan Basin of New Mexico.
 
Specifically, the bill extends through December 31, 2029, the deadline for constructing project facilities.
 
The bill allows for additional project service areas, including by allowing the Navajo Nation to expand the project service area in order to deliver water supply from the project to Lupton, Arizona.
 
The bill directs the Department of the Interior to take certain land into trust for the benefit of the Navajo Nation.
 
The bill also establishes (1) the Navajo Nation Operations, Maintenance, and Replacement Trust Fund; and (2) the Jicarilla Apache Nation Operations, Maintenance, and Replacement Trust Fund.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2024-12-04
text: Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 661.
action_date: 2024-12-04
text: Committee on Indian Affairs. Reported by Senator Schatz with an amendment in the nature of a substitute. With written report No. 118-259.
action_date: 2024-12-04
text: Committee on Indian Affairs. Reported by Senator Schatz with an amendment in the nature of a substitute. With written report No. 118-259.
action_date: 2023-11-15
text: Committee on Indian Affairs. Ordered to be reported with an amendment in the nature of a substitute favorably.
action_date: 2023-07-12
text: Committee on Indian Affairs. Hearings held. Hearings printed: S.Hrg. 118-120.
action_date: 2023-06-08
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs.
action_date: 2023-06-08
text: Introduced in Senate
Hydrogen Aviation Development Act

Bill: 118-s-1899
Sponsor: Sen. Ossoff, Jon [D-GA]
Introduced: 2023-06-08 in the Senate
Policy area: Transportation and Public Works
Subjects: Air quality
Alternative and renewable resources
Aviation and airports
Climate change and greenhouse gases
Motor fuels
Research and development

Summary:
action_date: 2023-06-08
text: 

Hydrogen Aviation Development Act

This bill expands certain Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) grants and programs to include research and projects to increase the use of hydrogen in the aviation sector.

Specifically, the bill expands eligible airport development activities under the FAA's Airport Improvement Program (AIP) to include acquiring land for, or work necessary for, constructing or improving an airport, airport facilities, or property in the vicinity of an airport to store and distribute hydrogen, sustainable aviation fuel, or electrification to power aircraft.

The bill also expands the Continuous Lower Energy, Emissions and Noise (CLEEN) Program (a public-private partnership program between the FAA and the aviation industry to develop and test certifiable aircraft, engine technologies, and jet fuels with less noise, fewer emissions, and improved fuel efficiency) to include the development and testing of hydrogen and batteries for aircraft.

In addition, the Center of Excellence for Alternative Jet Fuels and Environment (ASCENT) must conduct research on hydrogen to increase aviation decarbonization. Such research must be in addition to any other research authorized to be carried out by the center, including other hydrogen-related research. (ASCENT is a cooperative aviation research organization co-led by Washington State University and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, in collaboration with the FAA, the National Aeronautics and Space Administration [NASA], the Department of Defense, the Environmental Protection Agency, and Transport Canada.)
 

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2023-06-08
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
action_date: 2023-06-08
text: Introduced in Senate
Tracking Bad Actors Act of 2023

Bill: 118-s-1900
Sponsor: Sen. Kennedy, John [R-LA]
Introduced: 2023-06-08 in the Senate
Policy area: Finance and Financial Sector

Summary:
action_date: 2023-06-08
text: 

Tracking Bad Actors Act of 2023

 
This bill requires federal financial regulators to jointly publish a database of persons convicted or held liable in criminal, civil, or administrative actions regarding financial services that are brought by federal financial regulators, the Department of Justice, certain self-regulating organizations, or state or local agencies that voluntarily submit such information. 
 
The Government Accountability Office must report on the database five years after the database is operational.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2023-06-08
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs.
action_date: 2023-06-08
text: Introduced in Senate
Sponsor Promote and Compensation Act

Bill: 118-s-1901
Sponsor: Sen. Kennedy, John [R-LA]
Introduced: 2023-06-08 in the Senate
Policy area: Finance and Financial Sector

Summary:
action_date: 2023-06-08
text: 

Sponsor Promote and Compensation Act 

 
This bill establishes additional disclosure requirements for a blank check company (e.g., a special purpose acquisition company) during an initial public offering or prior to a merger. A 
blank check company
 is a development stage company that issues a penny stock and (1) has no specific business plan or purpose, or (2) has indicated that its business plan is to merge with a company or companies. 
 
Specifically, the bill requires such a company to disclose 
 
 
the amount of cash per share expected to be held by the blank check company immediately prior to the merger under various redemption scenarios; 
 
side payments or agreements to pay sponsors, blank check company investors, or private investors in public equity for their participation in the merger; and 
 
fees or other payments to the sponsor, underwriter, and any other party.
 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2023-06-08
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs.
action_date: 2023-06-08
text: Introduced in Senate
Hydrogen Aviation Strategy Act

Bill: 118-s-1902
Sponsor: Sen. Ossoff, Jon [D-GA]
Introduced: 2023-06-08 in the Senate
Policy area: Transportation and Public Works
Subjects: Advanced technology and technological innovations
Advisory bodies
Air quality
Alternative and renewable resources
Aviation and airports
Climate change and greenhouse gases
Congressional oversight
Motor fuels
Noise pollution
Spacecraft and satellites

Summary:
action_date: 2023-06-08
text: 

Hydrogen Aviation Strategy Act

 
This bill directs the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) and the Department of Energy (DOE) to exercise leadership in the creation of federal and international policies relating to the safe and efficient use of hydrogen to increase aviation decarbonization and reduce air and noise pollution.
 
For example, the FAA and DOE must 
 
 
establish positions and goals for the use of hydrogen to increase aviation decarbonization; 
 
study (through grants, contracts, or interagency agreements) how the use of hydrogen would contribute to aviation decarbonization and air and noise pollution; 
 
study ways of accelerating the introduction of hydrogen-powered aircraft; and
 
establish an advisory committee composed of representatives of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration, the aerospace industry, aviation suppliers, hydrogen producers, airlines, airport sponsors, fixed base operators, and other stakeholders to advise the Department of Transportation, the FAA, and DOE on related activities.
 
 
The FAA must also exercise leadership in the creation of federal regulations, standards, and guidance relating to the safe and efficient use of hydrogen to increase aviation decarbonization and reduce air and noise pollution.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2023-06-08
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
action_date: 2023-06-08
text: Introduced in Senate
CCP Act

Bill: 118-s-1903
Sponsor: Sen. Cornyn, John [R-TX]
Introduced: 2023-06-08 in the Senate
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security

Summary:
action_date: 2023-06-08
text: 

Cranes of Concern at our Ports Act or the CCP Act

This bill requires the Office of the Director of National Intelligence (ODNI) to assess the threat posed to U.S. ports by cranes manufactured by certain countries (such as China, Russia, and Iran) and commercial entities in those countries, including Shanghai Zhenhua Heavy Industries Co. The bill also requires the ODNI to submit a report and provide a briefing to Congress on the findings of the assessment.
 

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2023-06-08
text: Read twice and referred to the Select Committee on Intelligence.
action_date: 2023-06-08
text: Introduced in Senate
China Trade Cheating Restitution Act of 2023

Bill: 118-s-1904
Sponsor: Sen. Tester, Jon [D-MT]
Introduced: 2023-06-08 in the Senate
Policy area: Foreign Trade and International Finance

Summary:
action_date: 2023-06-08
text: 

China Trade Cheating Restitution Act of 

2023

 
This bill requires the deposit into special accounts of certain interest earned on antidumping and countervailing duties collected by U.S. Customs and Border Protection on or after October 1, 2000. Currently, the applicable date is October 1, 2014. Amounts in special accounts are distributed to affected domestic producers.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2023-06-08
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
action_date: 2023-06-08
text: Introduced in Senate
Transferring Illicit Assets to Ukraine Act of 2023

Bill: 118-s-1905
Sponsor: Sen. Manchin, Joe, III [D-WV]
Introduced: 2023-06-08 in the Senate
Policy area: International Affairs

Summary:

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2023-06-08
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations.
action_date: 2023-06-08
text: Introduced in Senate
Promising Pathway Act

Bill: 118-s-1906
Sponsor: Sen. Braun, Mike [R-IN]
Introduced: 2023-06-08 in the Senate
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Civil actions and liability
Congressional oversight
Department of Health and Human Services
Drug safety, medical device, and laboratory regulation
Health information and medical records
Prescription drugs

Summary:
action_date: 2023-06-08
text: 

Promising Pathway Act 

This bill provides for expedited, provisional approval of drugs for serious or life-threatening diseases or conditions.

Specifically, the bill allows for provisional approval of drugs that are used to treat, prevent, or diagnose a serious or life-threatening disease or condition for which premature death is likely without early medical intervention. The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) must evaluate applications within 90 days of receipt. The FDA may approve applications if there is early evidence, including real-world and real-time evidence, of the drug's efficacy, as well as substantial evidence of the drug's safety. Provisional approval is valid for two years and may be renewed for up to eight years. The FDA may withdraw provisional approval in the event of serious adverse health effects. 

Drug sponsors that receive provisional approval must require all patients receiving the drug to participate in an observational registry, through which the drug sponsor may collect and submit data relating to the drug until it is fully approved. Registries may be operated by the drug sponsor or another entity. The FDA must annually review these registries; sponsors of registries that fail to meet the bill's requirements are subject to civil penalties. 

 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2023-06-08
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
action_date: 2023-06-08
text: Introduced in Senate
Federal Firearms Licensee Protection Act of 2023

Bill: 118-s-1907
Sponsor: Sen. Graham, Lindsey [R-SC]
Introduced: 2023-06-08 in the Senate
Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement

Summary:
action_date: 2023-06-08
text: 

Federal Firearms Licensee Protection Act of 2023

 
This bill modifies criminal penalties for an offense involving the theft of a firearm from a licensed importer, manufacturer, or dealer, or from their business premises.
 
Specifically, the bill does the following:
 
 
increases from 10 to 20 years the maximum prison term, and
 
creates a 3- or 5-year mandatory minimum prison term for an offense that occurs during the commission of a burglary or robbery.
 
 
An attempt to commit an offense is subject to the same penalties as a substantive offense.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2023-06-08
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2023-06-08
text: Introduced in Senate
Judicial Ethics and Anti-Corruption Act of 2023

Bill: 118-s-1908
Sponsor: Sen. Warren, Elizabeth [D-MA]
Introduced: 2023-06-08 in the Senate
Policy area: Law

Summary:
action_date: 2023-06-08
text: 

Judicial Ethics and Anti-Corruption Act of 2023

 
This bill makes various changes to the federal framework governing judicial ethics.
 
Among the changes, the bill
 
 
prohibits federal judges and Supreme Court Justices from owning individual stocks and securities; 
 
requires the Judicial Conference of the United States to issue regulations restricting the solicitation or acceptance of gifts in connection with a private judicial seminar; 
 
expresses the sense of Congress that the Code of Conduct for U.S. Judges shall apply to Supreme Court Justices; 
 
requires federal judges and Supreme Court Justices to report on each association or interest that would require recusal, including any financial interest of a spouse or minor child who resides in the household; and 
 
establishes a committee to review complaints against the Supreme Court. 
 
 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2023-06-08
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2023-06-08
text: Introduced in Senate
BUMP Act of 2023

Bill: 118-s-1909
Sponsor: Sen. Heinrich, Martin [D-NM]
Introduced: 2023-06-08 in the Senate
Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement
Subjects: Firearms and explosives
Free trade and trade barriers
Manufacturing
Retail and wholesale trades

Summary:

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2023-06-08
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2023-06-08
text: Introduced in Senate
Ensuring VetSuccess On Campus Act of 2023

Bill: 118-s-1910
Sponsor: Sen. Tester, Jon [D-MT]
Introduced: 2023-06-08 in the Senate
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Educational guidance
Higher education
Veterans' education, employment, rehabilitation

Summary:
action_date: 2023-06-08
text:  

Ensuring VetSuccess On Campus Act of 2023

 
This bill requires the Department of Veterans Affairs to ensure that the VetSuccess on Campus (VSOC) program is located in every state. The program supports veterans, servicemembers, and qualified dependents who are transitioning from military service to college life.
 
The VA must ensure that at least one VSOC counselor is located in each state.

 

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2023-06-08
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
action_date: 2023-06-08
text: Introduced in Senate
Airline Safety Information and Entertainment Access Act

Bill: 118-s-1911
Sponsor: Sen. Casey, Robert P., Jr. [D-PA]
Introduced: 2023-06-08 in the Senate
Policy area: Transportation and Public Works

Summary:
action_date: 2023-06-08
text: 

Airline Safety Information and Entertainment Access Act

 
This bill requires air carriers (including foreign carriers) to ensure equal access to airline information and entertainment programming for all airline passengers regardless of their disabilities.
 
Specifically, the bill requires an air carrier to provide or make available for persons with disabilities
 
 
open captioning and an American Sign Language (ASL) option when the information and programming are available to passengers through shared video displays, 
 
closed captioning and an ASL option when the information and programming are available to passengers through individual video displays, and
 
audio descriptions when the information and programming are available to passengers through individual or shared video displays.
 
 
An air carrier must also provide any aural public address announcement in textual format through individual or shared video displays. 
 
Further, an air carrier must ensure all control systems for video displays, applications (apps) for personal devices, web portals, and websites for passengers have the option to allow a person with a disability to operate the item nonvisually. 
 
The Architectural and Transportation Barriers Compliance Board (the Access Board) must set forth the minimum technical criteria for individual video displays, apps for personal devices, web portals, and websites for airline passengers to ensure that they include a mechanism that allows persons with disabilities to operate them nonvisually. The Department of Transportation must issue any necessary regulations. 
 
A civil action may be brought by an aggrieved person or the Department of Justice in a U.S. District Court against an air carrier for violations of these requirements.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2023-06-08
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
action_date: 2023-06-08
text: Introduced in Senate
ARTICLE ONE Act

Bill: 118-s-1912
Sponsor: Sen. Lee, Mike [R-UT]
Introduced: 2023-06-08 in the Senate
Policy area: Emergency Management
Subjects: Congressional oversight
Congressional-executive branch relations
Government ethics and transparency, public corruption
Government information and archives
Government studies and investigations
Judicial review and appeals
Legislative rules and procedure
Presidents and presidential powers, Vice Presidents
Property rights
Rule of law and government transparency
War and emergency powers

Summary:
action_date: 2023-06-08
text: 

Assuring that Robust, Thorough, and Informed Congressional Leadership is Exercised Over National Emergencies Act or the ARTICLE ONE Act

 
This bill terminates a presidential declaration of a national emergency after 30 days if Congress does not pass a joint resolution approving the declaration. Currently, such a declaration may continue until Congress passes a joint resolution disapproving the declaration.
 
The bill requires the President to transmit to Congress, with any proclamation declaring a national emergency or executive order specifying emergency powers or authorities or renewing a national emergency, a written report that includes
 
 
a description of the circumstances necessitating the declaration, renewal, or use of a new emergency authority specified in the executive order;
 
the estimated duration of the emergency, or a statement that the duration cannot reasonably be estimated;
 
a summary of the actions the President or other officers intend to take and the statutory authorities they expect to rely on in addressing the emergency; and
 
in the case of a renewal of the emergency, a summary of the actions the President or other officers have taken in the preceding one-year period to address the emergency.
 
 
The bill requires periodic reports on the status of emergencies.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2023-06-08
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.
action_date: 2023-06-08
text: Introduced in Senate
Care for COFA Veterans Act

Bill: 118-s-1913
Sponsor: Sen. Schatz, Brian [D-HI]
Introduced: 2023-06-08 in the Senate
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Congressional oversight
Health personnel
Marshall Islands
Micronesia
Palau
U.S. territories and protectorates
Veterans' medical care
Veterans' pensions and compensation

Summary:

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2023-06-08
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
action_date: 2023-06-08
text: Introduced in Senate
Air Traffic Control Workforce Transparency Act

Bill: 118-s-1914
Sponsor: Sen. Shaheen, Jeanne [D-NH]
Introduced: 2023-06-08 in the Senate
Policy area: Transportation and Public Works

Summary:
action_date: 2023-06-08
text: 

Air Traffic Control Workforce Transparency Act

This bill directs the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) to provide Congress with information on specific air traffic controller staffing standards and data.

Currently, the FAA must submit an annual report to Congress that contains the staffing standards used to determine the number of air traffic controllers needed to operate the U.S. air traffic control system. The bill requires the FAA report to specifically contain the Collaborative Resource Workgroup (CRWG) staffing standards used to determine the number of fully certified air traffic controllers needed. (The CRWG consists of participants from the FAA Air Traffic Organization who work with the National Air Traffic Controllers Association to survey facilities to support validation of or changes to the staffing targets for certified professional controllers.) 

The bill also directs the FAA to provide Congress with specific information for each FAA-operated air traffic control facility. For example, the FAA must provide information on the current certified professional controllers' staffing levels and the CRWG operational staffing targets for certified professional controllers. 
 

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2023-06-08
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
action_date: 2023-06-08
text: Introduced in Senate
ONSHORE Act of 2023

Bill: 118-s-1915
Sponsor: Sen. Kelly, Mark [D-AZ]
Introduced: 2023-06-08 in the Senate
Policy area: Commerce

Summary:
action_date: 2023-06-08
text: 

Opportunities for Non-developed Sites to Have Opportunities to be Rehabilitated for Economic Development Act of 2023 or the ONSHORE Act of 2023

This bill establishes the Critical Supply Chain Site Development grant program within the Department of Commerce to develop or expand industrial sites and promote foreign direct investments in industries of strategic importance, particularly in economically disadvantaged areas.

Grants may be used for construction of on-site utility infrastructure, investments in site readiness such as zoning and environmental reviews, and job training and retraining programs.
 

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2023-06-08
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works.
action_date: 2023-06-08
text: Introduced in Senate
Combating International Islamophobia Act

Bill: 118-s-1916
Sponsor: Sen. Booker, Cory A. [D-NJ]
Introduced: 2023-06-08 in the Senate
Policy area: International Affairs

Summary:

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2023-06-08
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations.
action_date: 2023-06-08
text: Introduced in Senate
Clean Shipping Act of 2023

Bill: 118-s-1917
Sponsor: Sen. Padilla, Alex [D-CA]
Introduced: 2023-06-08 in the Senate
Policy area: Environmental Protection
Subjects: Air quality
Climate change and greenhouse gases
Environmental regulatory procedures
Environmental technology
Marine and inland water transportation
Motor fuels
Navigation, waterways, harbors
Performance measurement

Summary:

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2023-06-08
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works. (Sponsor introductory remarks on measure: CR S2032-2033)
action_date: 2023-06-08
text: Introduced in Senate