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Supporting Teaching and Learning through Better Data Act

Bill: 118-s-2065
Sponsor: Sen. Kaine, Tim [D-VA]
Introduced: 2023-06-21 in the Senate
Policy area: Education

Summary:
action_date: 2023-06-21
text: 

Supporting Teaching and Learning through Better Data Act

 
This bill requires certain actions to improve data collection related to the educator workforce.
 
First, the bill requires the National Center for Education Statistics to (1) conduct a study on data collections and data requirements related to the educator workforce; and (2) make recommendations through submission of a report for improvements to data collection, analysis, and dissemination to improve access to a diverse, well-prepared, and stable educator workforce.
 
Second, the bill directs the Department of Education to provide technical assistance to state educational agencies and local educational agencies to support them in increasing access to well-prepared and diverse educators.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2023-06-21
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
action_date: 2023-06-21
text: Introduced in Senate
Sanctions Evasion Whistleblower Rewards Act of 2023

Bill: 118-s-2066
Sponsor: Sen. Whitehouse, Sheldon [D-RI]
Introduced: 2023-06-21 in the Senate
Policy area: International Affairs

Summary:

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2023-06-21
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations.
action_date: 2023-06-21
text: Introduced in Senate
SAVES Act

Bill: 118-s-2067
Sponsor: Sen. Tillis, Thomas [R-NC]
Introduced: 2023-06-21 in the Senate
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Disability and paralysis
Health programs administration and funding
Mental health
Neurological disorders
Service animals
Veterans' medical care

Summary:

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2023-07-12
text: Committee on Veterans' Affairs. Hearings held. Hearings printed: S.Hrg. 118-217.
action_date: 2023-06-21
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
action_date: 2023-06-21
text: Introduced in Senate
Main Street Growth Act

Bill: 118-s-2068
Sponsor: Sen. Kennedy, John [R-LA]
Introduced: 2023-06-21 in the Senate
Policy area: Finance and Financial Sector

Summary:
action_date: 2023-06-21
text: 

Main Street Growth Act 

 
This bill allows for the registration of national venture securities exchanges for the purpose of trading the securities of certain small companies, such as startups and emerging growth companies. Individuals and existing national securities exchanges may apply to the Securities and Exchange Commission for approval to register such an exchange, or to register a listing tier within an existing exchange. 
 
The bill sets forth requirements for these venture exchanges, including required disclosures, trading limits, and trading privileges. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2023-06-21
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs.
action_date: 2023-06-21
text: Introduced in Senate
Exposing China’s Belt and Road Investment in America Act of 2023

Bill: 118-s-2069
Sponsor: Sen. Kennedy, John [R-LA]
Introduced: 2023-06-21 in the Senate
Policy area: Foreign Trade and International Finance
Subjects: Asia
China
Corporate finance and management
Foreign and international corporations
Government information and archives
Industrial facilities
Real estate business
U.S. and foreign investments

Summary:
action_date: 2023-06-21
text: 

Exposing China's Belt and Road Investment in America Act of 

2023

 
This bill requires the Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States to review certain investments made by China in the United States.
 
Specifically, the committee must review any investment by a foreign person that (1) involves the acquisition of real estate in the United States and the establishment of a U.S. business on such real estate, and (2) could result in direct or indirect control of that U.S. business by China. A party to any such investment must submit to the committee a declaration containing basic information regarding the transaction.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2023-06-21
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs.
action_date: 2023-06-21
text: Introduced in Senate
Protect Lifesaving Anesthesia Care for Veterans Act of 2023

Bill: 118-s-2070
Sponsor: Sen. Cantwell, Maria [D-WA]
Introduced: 2023-06-21 in the Senate
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security

Summary:
action_date: 2023-06-21
text: 

Protect Lifesaving Anesthesia Care for Veterans Act of 2023

 
This bill prohibits the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) from modifying its policy relating to anesthesia care in a manner that would provide any medical professional other than a physician anesthesiologist with full practice authority for the furnishment of anesthesia care to veterans under VA health care laws. The VA is also prohibited from finalizing, implementing, or enforcing the provisions relating to anesthesia care of the proposed rule titled
 Advanced Practice Registered Nurses
 (81 Fed. Reg. 33155), or any substantially similar rule.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2023-06-21
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
action_date: 2023-06-21
text: Introduced in Senate
Reliable Rail Service Act

Bill: 118-s-2071
Sponsor: Sen. Baldwin, Tammy [D-WI]
Introduced: 2023-06-21 in the Senate
Policy area: Transportation and Public Works

Summary:
action_date: 2023-06-21
text:  

Reliable Rail Service Act

 
This bill revises freight rail transportation policy to require rail carriers to provide transportation or service in a manner that meets the shipper's need for timely, efficient, and reliable rail service and fulfills the shipper's reasonable service requirements. (Current policy requires rail carriers to provide the transportation or service on reasonable request.) 
 
It also establishes specific criteria for the Surface Transportation Board (STB) to consider when determining whether a rail carrier has violated its obligations under the policy. The STB must expedite any proceedings to consider a rail carrier's alleged violation of the policy.
 
The bill also specifies that information a rail carrier must provide on the carrier's rates and other service terms includes information on reasonable transit or cycle times consistent with the requestor's needs and requirements for the efficient and reliable receipt, transportation, and delivery of property. 

 

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2023-06-21
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
action_date: 2023-06-21
text: Introduced in Senate
Supporting Mental Health for Military Children Act

Bill: 118-s-2072
Sponsor: Sen. Padilla, Alex [D-CA]
Introduced: 2023-06-21 in the Senate
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security

Summary:
action_date: 2023-06-21
text: 

Supporting Mental Health for Military Children Act

 
This bill requires the Department of Defense (DOD) to establish and implement a four-year pilot program to provide routine mental health checkups for students in 10 selected elementary or secondary schools that are operated by the Department of Defense Education Activity (DODEA). Such schools must be DODEA schools within or outside the United States that DOD determines have adequate mental health infrastructure in place to provide mental health checkups under the program.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2023-06-21
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Armed Services. (Sponsor introductory remarks on measure: CR S2188)
action_date: 2023-06-21
text: Introduced in Senate
PRESS Act

Bill: 118-s-2074
Sponsor: Sen. Wyden, Ron [D-OR]
Introduced: 2023-06-21 in the Senate
Policy area: Science, Technology, Communications

Summary:
action_date: 2023-06-21
text: 

Protect Reporters from Exploitative State Spying Act or the PRESS Act

 
This bill prohibits the federal government from compelling journalists and providers of telecommunications services (e.g., phone and internet companies) to disclose certain protected information, except in limited circumstances such as to prevent terrorism or imminent violence.
 
Specifically, the bill protects from disclosure any information identifying a source, as well as any records, contents of a communication, documents, or information obtained or created by journalists in the course of their work. 
 
Further, the bill protects specified third parties, such as telecommunications carriers or social media companies, from being compelled to provide testimony or any document consisting of a record, information, or other communication that is stored by the third party on behalf of a journalist.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2023-06-21
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2023-06-21
text: Introduced in Senate
Shovel-Ready Streets Act

Bill: 118-s-2075
Sponsor: Sen. Fetterman, John [D-PA]
Introduced: 2023-06-21 in the Senate
Policy area: Transportation and Public Works

Summary:
action_date: 2023-06-21
text: 

Shovel-Ready Streets Act

This bill revises a funding limitation for the Department of Transportation's Safe Streets and Roads for All grant program, which supports local initiatives to prevent death and serious injury on roads and streets. Specifically, the bill reduces from 40% to 20% the proportion of grant funds which must be allocated to developing comprehensive safety action plans. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2023-06-21
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works.
action_date: 2023-06-21
text: Introduced in Senate
SERVE Act

Bill: 118-s-2076
Sponsor: Sen. Hyde-Smith, Cindy [R-MS]
Introduced: 2023-06-21 in the Senate
Policy area: Education

Summary:
action_date: 2023-06-21
text: 

Servicemember Enrollment and Readmission for Valuable Education Act or the SERVE Act

 
This bill revises the definition of 
service in the uniformed services
 as the term relates to readmission requirements for servicemembers. 
 
Current law requires institutions of higher education (IHEs) to readmit students who take a leave of absence to perform active military service at the same academic status they had attained prior to such service. This readmission requirement currently applies to servicemembers who perform service in the uniformed services for a period of more than 30 days under a call or order to active duty of more than 30 days. This bill removes the 30-day requirement, thereby allowing a student who is serving for less than 30 days to be readmitted to their IHE.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2023-06-21
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
action_date: 2023-06-21
text: Introduced in Senate
Acequia Communities Empowered by Qualifying Upgrades for Infrastructure Act

Bill: 118-s-2077
Sponsor: Sen. Lujan, Ben Ray [D-NM]
Introduced: 2023-06-21 in the Senate
Policy area: Agriculture and Food
Subjects: Agricultural conservation and pollution
Agricultural insurance
Agricultural practices and innovations
Congressional oversight
Disaster relief and insurance
Floods and storm protection
Infrastructure development
Water use and supply

Summary:
action_date: 2023-06-21
text: 

Acequia Communities Empowered by Qualifying Upgrades for Infrastructure Act

This bill specifies that agricultural producers who rely on acequia systems are eligible to receive assistance under the Noninsured Crop Disaster Assistance Program for all losses suffered as a result of drought, flood, or other natural disasters. Acequias, or community ditches, are community-operated and -organized water irrigation systems. 

The bill also provides that a special use permit shall not be required on Department of Agriculture (USDA) or Department of the Interior land for the (1) presence or use of an acequia or the use of the acequia's water, or (2) routine maintenance and minor improvements conducted by a community user or governing body of an acequia.

Further, USDA must submit a report to Congress on agricultural producers who rely on acequia systems. 
 

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2023-06-21
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry.
action_date: 2023-06-21
text: Introduced in Senate
Burn Pit Registry Enhancement Act

Bill: 118-s-2078
Sponsor: Sen. Welch, Peter [D-VT]
Introduced: 2023-06-21 in the Senate
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security

Summary:
action_date: 2023-06-21
text: 

Burn Pit Registry Enhancement Act

 
This bill authorizes specified individuals to update the Airborne Hazards and Open Burn Pit Registry with the cause of death of a registered individual. The Department of Veterans Affairs established the burn pit registry to allow certain veterans and service members to document their exposures and report health concerns. The registry is for individuals who may have been exposed to toxic airborne chemicals and fumes caused by open burn pits (areas used for burning solid waste in open air without equipment) while deployed in certain locations (e.g., Afghanistan or Iraq).
 
Specifically, the bill authorizes a designee of a registered individual or an immediate family member to update the registry with the cause of death of the individual.

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2023-06-21
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
action_date: 2023-06-21
text: Introduced in Senate
ADINA Act

Bill: 118-s-2079
Sponsor: Sen. Blumenthal, Richard [D-CT]
Introduced: 2023-06-21 in the Senate
Policy area: Agriculture and Food
Subjects: Consumer affairs
Drug safety, medical device, and laboratory regulation
Grain
Nutrition and diet
Prescription drugs

Summary:
action_date: 2023-06-21
text: 

Allergen Disclosure In Non-food Articles Act or the ADINA Act

This bill requires the labels of drugs to identify ingredients that contain, or are derived from, major food allergens or gluten-containing grains.



Legislative actions:
action_date: 2023-06-21
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
action_date: 2023-06-21
text: Introduced in Senate
State Strategic Stockpile Act of 2023

Bill: 118-s-2080
Sponsor: Sen. Hassan, Margaret Wood [D-NH]
Introduced: 2023-06-21 in the Senate
Policy area: Health

Summary:
action_date: 2023-06-21
text: 

State Strategic Stockpile Act of 2023

This bill reauthorizes through FY2028 grants that support states with establishing, expanding, and maintaining stockpiles of medical supplies for use during declared disasters or emergencies. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2023-06-21
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
action_date: 2023-06-21
text: Introduced in Senate
Jordan McNair Student Athlete Heat Fatality Prevention Act

Bill: 118-s-2081
Sponsor: Sen. Cardin, Benjamin L. [D-MD]
Introduced: 2023-06-21 in the Senate
Policy area: Education

Summary:
action_date: 2023-06-21
text: 

Jordan McNair Student Athlete Heat Fatality Prevention Act

 
This bill requires each institution of higher education (IHE) that participates in federal student aid programs and is a member of an athletic association or athletic conference to develop and implement a venue-specific heat illness emergency action plan for operating and using automatic external defibrillators and cold-water immersion equipment.
 
Specifically, each plan must include a symptom identification structure and a coordination of care plan for student athletes exhibiting signs of heat illness that is posted in each locker room, athletic training facility, weight room, and outdoor sports complex and stadium.
 
Additionally, each plan must
 
 
be made available on the athletic program website or public website of the IHE at the beginning of each academic year;
 
be distributed to local emergency responders; and
 
be distributed to, and rehearsed in person, by specific individuals (e.g., student athletes, coaches, and athletic trainers) before the start of in-person training for each academic year.
 
 
The bill also requires an IHE to submit an annual report that demonstrates compliance with this bill's requirements.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2023-06-21
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
action_date: 2023-06-21
text: Introduced in Senate
Ensuring Justice for Victims of Terrorism Act

Bill: 118-s-2082
Sponsor: Sen. Cornyn, John [R-TX]
Introduced: 2023-06-21 in the Senate
Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement

Summary:

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2023-06-21
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2023-06-21
text: Introduced in Senate
Reducing Exposure to Burn Pits Act

Bill: 118-s-2083
Sponsor: Sen. Welch, Peter [D-VT]
Introduced: 2023-06-21 in the Senate
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security

Summary:
action_date: 2023-06-21
text: 

Reducing Exposure to Burn Pits Act

 
This bill requires the Office of the Under Secretary of Defense for Acquisition and Sustainment within the Department of Defense to submit a report to Congress on incinerators and waste-to-energy waste disposal alternatives to burn pits (areas used for burning solid waste in open air without equipment). The report must be submitted not later than 60 days after the President submits the budget for FY2024.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2023-06-21
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Armed Services.
action_date: 2023-06-21
text: Introduced in Senate
Toxic Exposure Education for Servicemembers Act of 2023

Bill: 118-s-2084
Sponsor: Sen. Welch, Peter [D-VT]
Introduced: 2023-06-21 in the Senate
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security

Summary:

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2023-06-21
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Armed Services.
action_date: 2023-06-21
text: Introduced in Senate
Medicare Multi-Cancer Early Detection Screening Coverage Act

Bill: 118-s-2085
Sponsor: Sen. Crapo, Mike [R-ID]
Introduced: 2023-06-21 in the Senate
Policy area: Health

Summary:
action_date: 2023-06-21
text: 

Medicare Multi-Cancer Early Detection Screening Coverage Act

 
This bill allows for Medicare coverage and payment for multi-cancer early detection screening tests that are approved by the Food and Drug Administration and that are used to screen for cancer across many cancer types, if the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services determines such coverage is appropriate.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2023-06-21
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
action_date: 2023-06-21
text: Introduced in Senate
Sea Turtle Rescue Assistance and Rehabilitation Act of 2023

Bill: 118-s-2086
Sponsor: Sen. Markey, Edward J. [D-MA]
Introduced: 2023-06-21 in the Senate
Policy area: Animals
Subjects: Animal protection and human-animal relationships
Endangered and threatened species
Reptiles
Seashores and lakeshores

Summary:

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2024-08-01
text: Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 476.
action_date: 2024-08-01
text: Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. Reported by Senator Cantwell with an amendment in the nature of a substitute. Without written report.
action_date: 2024-08-01
text: Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. Reported by Senator Cantwell with an amendment in the nature of a substitute. Without written report.
action_date: 2024-07-31
text: Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. Ordered to be reported with an amendment in the nature of a substitute favorably.
action_date: 2023-06-21
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
action_date: 2023-06-21
text: Introduced in Senate
Congressional Award Program Reauthorization Act of 2023

Bill: 118-s-2087
Sponsor: Sen. Lummis, Cynthia M. [R-WY]
Introduced: 2023-06-21 in the Senate
Policy area: Congress
Subjects: Congressional tributes
Social work, volunteer service, charitable organizations

Summary:
action_date: 2023-06-21
text:  

Congressional Award Program Reauthorization Act of 2023

 
This bill reauthorizes through FY2028 the board that administers the Congressional Award Program, which promotes and recognizes service, initiative, and achievement in America's youth.

 
action_date: 2023-12-04
text: 

Congressional Award Program Reauthorization Act of 2023

This bill reauthorizes through FY2028 the board that administers the Congressional Award Program, which promotes and recognizes initiative, achievement, and excellence in America's youth in the areas of public service, personal development, and physical and expedition fitness.
 

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2023-12-05
text: Held at the desk.
action_date: 2023-12-05
text: Received in the House.
action_date: 2023-12-05
text: Message on Senate action sent to the House.
action_date: 2023-12-04
text: Passed Senate with an amendment by Unanimous Consent. (text of amendment in the nature of a substitute: CR S5709)
action_date: 2023-12-04
text: Passed/agreed to in Senate: Passed Senate with an amendment by Unanimous Consent.(text of amendment in the nature of a substitute: CR S5709)
action_date: 2023-12-04
text: Measure laid before Senate by unanimous consent. (consideration: CR S5709)
action_date: 2023-12-04
text: Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs discharged by Unanimous Consent.
action_date: 2023-12-04
text: Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs discharged by Unanimous Consent.
action_date: 2023-10-25
text: Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs. Ordered to be reported with an amendment in the nature of a substitute favorably.
action_date: 2023-06-21
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.
action_date: 2023-06-21
text: Introduced in Senate
Wounded Knee Massacre Memorial and Sacred Site Act

Bill: 118-s-2088
Sponsor: Sen. Rounds, Mike [R-SD]
Introduced: 2023-06-21 in the Senate
Policy area: Native Americans
Subjects: Federal-Indian relations
Indian lands and resources rights
Land transfers
South Dakota
State and local taxation

Summary:
action_date: 2023-06-21
text: 

Wounded Knee Massacre Memorial and Sacred Site Act

 
This bill directs the Department of the Interior to complete all actions necessary to place approximately 40 acres of land in Oglala Lakota County, South Dakota, into restricted fee status for the Oglala Sioux Tribe and the Cheyenne River Sioux Tribe. 
Restricted fee status
 refers to land that is owned by a tribe or tribal member but is subject to restrictions by the United States against alienation (i.e., sale or transfer) or encumbrance (e.g., liens, leases, or rights-of-way) by operation of law.
 
The bill requires the land to be held and maintained as a memorial and sacred site, as outlined by the document titled
 Covenant Between the Oglala Sioux Tribe and the Cheyenne River Sioux Tribe
 and dated October 21, 2022. Further, it prohibits commercial development and gaming activity on the land.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2024-08-01
text: Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 472.
action_date: 2024-08-01
text: Committee on Indian Affairs. Reported by Senator Schatz without amendment. With written report No. 118-208.
action_date: 2024-08-01
text: Committee on Indian Affairs. Reported by Senator Schatz without amendment. With written report No. 118-208.
action_date: 2023-11-15
text: Committee on Indian Affairs. Ordered to be reported without amendment favorably.
action_date: 2023-07-19
text: Committee on Indian Affairs. Hearings held. Hearings printed: S.Hrg. 118-170.
action_date: 2023-06-21
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs.
action_date: 2023-06-21
text: Introduced in Senate