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Senior Security Act of 2023

Bill: 118-s-955
Sponsor: Sen. Sinema, Kyrsten [I-AZ]
Introduced: 2023-03-23 in the Senate
Policy area: Finance and Financial Sector
Subjects: Aging
Banking and financial institutions regulation
Congressional oversight
Financial literacy
Financial services and investments
Fraud offenses and financial crimes
Government studies and investigations

Summary:
action_date: 2023-03-23
text: 

National Senior Investor Initiative Act of 2023 or the Senior Security Act of 2023

 
This bill establishes the Senior Investor Taskforce within the Securities and Exchange Commission. The taskforce must report on topics relating to investors over the age of 65, including industry trends and serious issues impacting such investors, and make recommendations for legislative or regulatory actions to address problems encountered by senior investors. 
 
The Government Accountability Office must report on the financial exploitation of senior citizens. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2023-03-23
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs.
action_date: 2023-03-23
text: Introduced in Senate
Health Care Fairness for Military Families Act of 2023

Bill: 118-s-956
Sponsor: Sen. Kelly, Mark [D-AZ]
Introduced: 2023-03-23 in the Senate
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security

Summary:
action_date: 2023-03-23
text: 

Health Care Fairness for Military Families Act of 2023

 
This bill modifies the extension of dependent coverage under TRICARE by allowing a dependent under the age of 26 to be covered without an additional premium. Additionally, the bill authorizes such coverage of dependents without an additional premium regardless of whether they are eligible to enroll in an employer-sponsored plan.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2023-03-23
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Armed Services.
action_date: 2023-03-23
text: Introduced in Senate
Federal Reserve Independence Act

Bill: 118-s-957
Sponsor: Sen. Sanders, Bernard [I-VT]
Introduced: 2023-03-23 in the Senate
Policy area: Finance and Financial Sector

Summary:
action_date: 2023-03-23
text: 

Federal Reserve Independence Act 

 
This bill prohibits an employee of a bank holding company or other entity regulated by the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System from serving on the board of a Federal Reserve bank. Additionally, employees of the Federal Reserve System and board members of a Federal Reserve bank are prohibited from investing in companies regulated by the board. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2023-03-23
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs.
action_date: 2023-03-23
text: Introduced in Senate
American Economic Diplomacy Act

Bill: 118-s-958
Sponsor: Sen. Lankford, James [R-OK]
Introduced: 2023-03-23 in the Senate
Policy area: Foreign Trade and International Finance

Summary:
action_date: 2023-03-23
text: 

American Economic Diplomacy Act

 
This bill requires the President to include additional information in the annual report to Congress on the trade agreements program and the national trade policy agenda. Specifically, the report must include a statement of how U.S. trade policy supports and advances the objectives of the President's National Security Strategy and the Department of Defense's National Defense Strategy.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2023-03-23
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
action_date: 2023-03-23
text: Introduced in Senate
Stopping Traffickers and Their Accomplices Act of 2023

Bill: 118-s-959
Sponsor: Sen. Budd, Ted [R-NC]
Introduced: 2023-03-23 in the Senate
Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement

Summary:
action_date: 2023-03-23
text: 

Stopping Traffickers and Their Accomplices Act of 2023

 
This bill requires an abortion provider to notify the National Human Trafficking Hotline if the provider has a reasonable suspicion that a patient is a victim of trafficking. It also requires each abortion provider to require its employees to complete annual training on how to identify and respond appropriately to individuals who are at risk of or who have experienced trafficking.
 
The bill establishes penalties for violations.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2023-03-23
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2023-03-23
text: Introduced in Senate
NIH Reform Act

Bill: 118-s-960
Sponsor: Sen. Paul, Rand [R-KY]
Introduced: 2023-03-23 in the Senate
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Allergies
Executive agency funding and structure
Federal officials
Immunology and vaccination
Infectious and parasitic diseases
National Institutes of Health (NIH)

Summary:
action_date: 2023-03-23
text: 

NIH Reform Act

 
This bill separates the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID) into three separate institutes: the National Institute of Allergic Diseases, the National Institute of Infectious Diseases, and the National Institute of Immunologic Diseases.
 
The bill also requires that the President appoint the directors of the new institutes (under current law, the Director of NIAID is appointed by the Director of the National Institutes of Health). It further requires that the Senate confirm the appointment of the directors of the new institutes and the National Cancer Institute.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2023-03-23
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
action_date: 2023-03-23
text: Introduced in Senate
Salem Maritime National Historical Park Redesignation and Boundary Study Act

Bill: 118-s-961
Sponsor: Sen. Markey, Edward J. [D-MA]
Introduced: 2023-03-23 in the Senate
Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources
Subjects: Congressional oversight
Historic sites and heritage areas
Massachusetts
Parks, recreation areas, trails

Summary:
action_date: 2023-03-23
text: 

Salem Maritime National Historical Park Redesignation and Boundary Study Act

 
This bill redesignates the Salem Maritime National Historic Site in Salem, Massachusetts, as the Salem Maritime National Historical Park and directs the Department of the Interior to conduct a boundary study and report to Congress.
 
Such study shall be to evaluate the suitability and feasibility of including in the National Park System, as part of the Salem Maritime National Historical Park, sites and resources in the study area associated with its maritime history, coastal defenses, and military history.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2024-12-19
text: Held at the desk.
action_date: 2024-12-19
text: Received in the House.
action_date: 2024-12-19
text: Message on Senate action sent to the House.
action_date: 2024-12-18
text: Passed Senate without amendment by Unanimous Consent. (consideration: CR S7145; text: CR S7149)
action_date: 2024-12-18
text: Passed/agreed to in Senate: Passed Senate without amendment by Unanimous Consent.
action_date: 2024-01-09
text: Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 304.
action_date: 2024-01-09
text: Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. Reported by Senator Manchin without amendment. With written report No. 118-152.
action_date: 2024-01-09
text: Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. Reported by Senator Manchin without amendment. With written report No. 118-152.
action_date: 2023-09-21
text: Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. Ordered to be reported without amendment 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: 2023-03-23
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
action_date: 2023-03-23
text: Introduced in Senate
Global Voices of Freedom Act of 2023

Bill: 118-s-962
Sponsor: Sen. Menendez, Robert [D-NJ]
Introduced: 2023-03-23 in the Senate
Policy area: International Affairs

Summary:
action_date: 2023-03-23
text: 

Global Voices of Freedom Act of 2023

 
This bill requires certain actions to support and protect human rights defenders, defined in the bill as individuals who use nonviolent means to promote or protect human rights and fundamental freedoms.
 
The bill requires the President to develop a comprehensive interagency strategy to support and protect human rights defenders abroad. 
 
The Department of State and the U.S. Permanent Representative to the United Nations must use their voice, vote, and influence to protect human rights defenders at the United Nations and other multilateral bodies (for example, by opposing efforts to block the accreditation of bona fide human right organizations at these institutions). 
 
Additionally, the State Department must provide training to certain Foreign Service Officers and presidential appointees on support for human rights defenders.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2023-03-23
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations.
action_date: 2023-03-23
text: Introduced in Senate
Loan Forgiveness for Educators Act

Bill: 118-s-963
Sponsor: Sen. Lujan, Ben Ray [D-NM]
Introduced: 2023-03-23 in the Senate
Policy area: Education

Summary:
action_date: 2023-03-23
text: 

Loan Forgiveness for Educators Act

 
This bill expands loan forgiveness for educators by revising the Teacher Loan Forgiveness Program. The program provides loan forgiveness (up to $17,500) for teachers who are highly qualified, teach full-time in a low-income elementary or secondary school or educational service agency, and complete five years of consecutive service.
 
Specifically, the bill renames the program as the Educator Loan Forgiveness Programs.
 
Additionally, the bill expands the program by making additional loan types eligible for benefits under the program (e.g., parent PLUS loans).
 
Further, the bill expands program eligibility to early childhood educators and program directors serving in early childhood education programs and school leaders serving in public high-need schools.
 
The bill requires the Department of Education to
 
 
make monthly student loan payments on behalf of the educator during qualifying service (i.e., employment as a full-time qualifying educator in a high-need school or an early childhood education program), 
 
provide complete loan forgiveness after five years of qualifying service, and
 
take steps to notify borrowers about changes to the program. 
 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2023-03-23
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
action_date: 2023-03-23
text: Introduced in Senate
Mothers and Newborns Success Act

Bill: 118-s-964
Sponsor: Sen. Kaine, Tim [D-VA]
Introduced: 2023-03-23 in the Senate
Policy area: Health

Summary:
action_date: 2023-03-23
text: 

Mothers and Newborns Success Act

 
This bill establishes and expands various health programs to improve, and reduce racial, ethnic, and geographic disparities in, maternal health outcomes.
 
The Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) must establish a competitive grant program to identify best practices for improving maternal care and outcomes. The bill also requires HRSA to continue awarding grants for reducing disparities in maternal health and increasing access to maternal and obstetrics care in rural areas.
 
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) must award grants for a campaign to educate health care providers and the public about maternal and child health issues. Additionally, the bill expands an initiative to promote safe motherhood by (1) requiring the CDC to award competitive grants for classifying birthing facilities based on the level of maternal and neonatal care that the facilities provide, and (2) allowing the CDC to award grants for improving the validity of pregnancy data that is captured on death certificates. The CDC may also establish or expand efforts to collect maternal health data, including by providing technical assistance to ensure that relevant data sets adequately represent communities of color.
 
The National Institutes of Health must establish the National Maternal Health Research Network to support efforts to improve diagnostics, clinical treatments, and health outcomes; reduce inequities in maternal mortality; and promote maternal health.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2023-03-23
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
action_date: 2023-03-23
text: Introduced in Senate
Success for Rural Students and Communities Act of 2023

Bill: 118-s-965
Sponsor: Sen. Collins, Susan M. [R-ME]
Introduced: 2023-03-23 in the Senate
Policy area: Education

Summary:
action_date: 2023-03-23
text: 

Success for Rural Students and Communities Act of 

2023

 
This bill establishes a grant program through which the Department of Education may award funds to eligible partnerships to support rural postsecondary education and economic growth and development in rural communities.
 
A grant recipient must be a partnership whose members represent at least three designated types of organizations, specifically (1) a local educational agency or educational service agency serving a rural area, (2) an institution of higher education (IHE), (3) a regional economic development entity, or (4) a rural community-serving organization with demonstrated success supporting rural students in accessing higher education and attaining degrees.
 
A grant recipient must use awarded funds to carry out no fewer than two specified activities, namely (1) improving postsecondary enrollment rates for rural secondary school students, (2) increasing enrollment and completion rates of rural nontraditional students in degree programs at IHEs, (3) creating or strengthening academic programs at rural-serving IHEs to prepare graduates to enter into high-need occupations in the regional and local economies, or (4) generating local and regional economic development that creates employment opportunities for rural students with postsecondary degrees.
 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2023-03-23
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. (Sponsor introductory remarks on measure: CR S934-935)
action_date: 2023-03-23
text: Introduced in Senate
Northwest Energy Security Act

Bill: 118-s-966
Sponsor: Sen. Risch, James E. [R-ID]
Introduced: 2023-03-23 in the Senate
Policy area: Water Resources Development
Subjects: Alternative and renewable resources
Dams and canals
Electric power generation and transmission
Idaho
Lakes and rivers
Montana
Oregon
Washington State

Summary:
action_date: 2023-03-23
text: 

Northwest Energy Security Act

 
This bill requires Federal Columbia River Power System (FCRPS) operations to be consistent with a specified decision. The system includes dams in the Columbia and Snake rivers in the Pacific Northwest.
 
 Specifically, the Bureau of Reclamation, the Bonneville Power Administration, and the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers must operate the FCRPS consistent with the Columbia River System Operations Environmental Impact Statement Record of Decision dated September 2020. The preferred alternative outlined in that decision would allow specified dams in the lower Snake River to remain in place.
 
The decision may be amended if each agency determines that (1) changes are necessary for public safety or electrical grid reliability, or (2) certain requirements in the decision are no longer necessary.
 
Further, the bill requires statutory authorization for any structural modification, action, study, or engineering plan that (1) restricts FCRPS hydroelectric dam generation; or (2) limits navigation on the Snake River in Washington, Oregon, or Idaho.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2023-03-23
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works.
action_date: 2023-03-23
text: Introduced in Senate
No CBDC Act

Bill: 118-s-967
Sponsor: Sen. Lee, Mike [R-UT]
Introduced: 2023-03-23 in the Senate
Policy area: Finance and Financial Sector

Summary:
action_date: 2023-03-23
text: 

No Central Bank Digital Currency Act or the No CBDC Act

 
This bill generally prohibits the Federal Reserve Board, Federal Reserve Banks, the Department of the Treasury, and other agencies from issuing or using a central bank digital currency. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2023-03-23
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs.
action_date: 2023-03-23
text: Introduced in Senate
Keep China Out of Solar Energy Act of 2023

Bill: 118-s-968
Sponsor: Sen. Scott, Rick [R-FL]
Introduced: 2023-03-23 in the Senate
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics

Summary:
action_date: 2023-03-23
text: 

Keep China Out of Solar Energy Act of 2023

 
This bill prohibits federal procurement of solar panels manufactured or assembled in China.
 
Specifically, the bill directs the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) to develop standards and guidelines for executive agencies to prohibit (1) federal funds from being awarded for the procurement of solar panels that are manufactured or assembled by any entity domiciled in China or subject to influence or control by the government of China or the Chinese Communist Party, and (2) the use of government-issued purchase cards to purchase solar panels that are manufactured or assembled by any such entity.
 
The Federal Acquisition Regulatory Council shall amend the Federal Acquisition Regulation to implement the prohibition with respect to federal contracts and subcontracts.
 
The bill sets forth provisions regarding waivers, quarterly reports by the OMB to Congress, and a report by the Government Accountability Office.
 
The OMB shall seek to enter into a contract with a federally funded research and development center under which the center will study (1) the current and future domestic market of solar panel production, (2) the ability of the solar panel domestic market to keep pace with technological advancements across the industry, and (3) the current global supply chain and workforce involved with solar panel production. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2023-03-23
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.
action_date: 2023-03-23
text: Introduced in Senate
Quantum in Practice Act

Bill: 118-s-969
Sponsor: Sen. Young, Todd [R-IN]
Introduced: 2023-03-23 in the Senate
Policy area: Science, Technology, Communications

Summary:
action_date: 2023-03-23
text: 

Quantum in Practice Act

 
This bill includes 
quantum modeling and simulation 
within the definition of 
quantum information science
 for purposes of various federal research and development initiatives, programs, and activities.
 

Quantum information science
 refers to the use of the laws of quantum physics to store, transmit, manipulate, compute, or measure information, and 
quantum modeling and simulation
 refers to the use of quantum computing hardware to determine the properties of quantum systems (e.g., the properties of materials such as high-temperature superconductors and modeling nuclear and particle physics).


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2023-03-23
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
action_date: 2023-03-23
text: Introduced in Senate
DATA Act

Bill: 118-s-970
Sponsor: Sen. Wicker, Roger F. [R-MS]
Introduced: 2023-03-23 in the Senate
Policy area: Commerce

Summary:
action_date: 2023-03-23
text: 

Documenting Adversarial Trade Aggression Act or the DATA Act

 
This bill requires the Department of Commerce to establish a China Economic Data Coordination Center within the Bureau of Economic Analysis.
 
The center must collect, synthesize, and report on specified Chinese economic data regarding developments in China's financial markets and U.S. exposure to risks and vulnerabilities in China's financial system. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2023-03-23
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs.
action_date: 2023-03-23
text: Introduced in Senate
Due Process Continuity of Care Act

Bill: 118-s-971
Sponsor: Sen. Cassidy, Bill [R-LA]
Introduced: 2023-03-23 in the Senate
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Correctional facilities and imprisonment
Health care coverage and access
Intergovernmental relations
Medicaid
Performance measurement
State and local government operations

Summary:
action_date: 2023-03-23
text: 

Due Process Continuity of Care Act

 
This bill allows an otherwise eligible individual who is in custody pending disposition of charges (i.e., pretrial detainees) to receive Medicaid benefits at the option of the state. The bill also provides for state planning grants to support the provision of such benefits.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2023-03-23
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
action_date: 2023-03-23
text: Introduced in Senate
Filling Public Safety Vacancies Act

Bill: 118-s-972
Sponsor: Sen. Ossoff, Jon [D-GA]
Introduced: 2023-03-23 in the Senate
Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement

Summary:
action_date: 2023-03-23
text: 

Filling Public Safety Vacancies Act

 
The bill provides additional funding for grants for the hiring and rehiring of additional career law enforcement officers under the Department of Justice's Community Oriented Policing Services (COPS) program. 
 
The bill also requires law enforcement agencies that use the funds to hire or rehire a law enforcement officer to (1) perform a background check on the law enforcement officer, and (2) ensure that the law enforcement officer undergoes a psychological evaluation. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2023-03-23
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Appropriations.
action_date: 2023-03-23
text: Introduced in Senate
Protecting Equal Opportunity from ESG Act

Bill: 118-s-973
Sponsor: Sen. Cotton, Tom [R-AR]
Introduced: 2023-03-23 in the Senate
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics

Summary:
action_date: 2023-03-23
text: 

Protecting Equal Opportunity from ESG Act

 
This bill prohibits racial hiring quotas by federal contractors.
 
Specifically, the bill requires each executive agency to take steps to ensure that each contract entered into by the agency includes requirements that the contractor
 
 
certify that, during the five-year period immediately preceding the date on which the contract is entered into, the contractor did not initiate, carry out, or enforce any system of quotas, benchmarks, or goals regarding employment practices that encourage or require discrimination on the basis of race; and
 
not, during the performance of the contract, initiate, carry out, or enforce any such system.
 
 
The bill makes an exception where the Department of Labor determines that special circumstances in the national interest so require.
 
Labor shall have the authority to investigate potential violations and obtain compliance. The bill establishes penalties for noncompliance.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2023-03-23
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.
action_date: 2023-03-23
text: Introduced in Senate
WIC Healthy Beginnings Act of 2023

Bill: 118-s-974
Sponsor: Sen. Marshall, Roger [R-KS]
Introduced: 2023-03-27 in the Senate
Policy area: Agriculture and Food

Summary:
action_date: 2023-03-27
text: 

WIC Healthy Beginnings Act of 2023

 
This bill requires the Department of Agriculture (USDA) to make available online certain information about solicitations for infant formula bids under the Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and Children (WIC).
 
Under current law, state agencies must control infant formula costs in the WIC program through competitive bidding for infant formula rebate contracts. The bill requires state WIC agencies to provide USDA with a description of open solicitations for these competitive bids that includes the title of the solicitation, the state agency administering the solicitation, and other relevant information for the USDA to publish online.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2023-03-27
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry.
action_date: 2023-03-27
text: Introduced in Senate