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A bill to amend the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 to establish the Adverse Childhood Experiences Response Team grant program, and for other purposes.

Bill: 118-s-2298
Sponsor: Sen. Shaheen, Jeanne [D-NH]
Introduced: 2023-07-13 in the Senate
Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement

Summary:

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2023-07-13
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2023-07-13
text: Introduced in Senate
Federal Death Penalty Prohibition Act

Bill: 118-s-2299
Sponsor: Sen. Durbin, Richard J. [D-IL]
Introduced: 2023-07-13 in the Senate
Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement

Summary:

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2023-07-13
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2023-07-13
text: Introduced in Senate
A bill to require that information on spending associated with national emergencies be subject to the same reporting requirements as other Federal funds under the Federal Funding Accountability and Transparency Act of 2006, and for other purposes.

Bill: 118-s-2300
Sponsor: Sen. Marshall, Roger [R-KS]
Introduced: 2023-07-13 in the Senate
Policy area: Emergency Management

Summary:

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

Bill: 118-s-2301
Sponsor: Sen. Braun, Mike [R-IN]
Introduced: 2023-07-13 in the Senate
Policy area: Agriculture and Food

Summary:

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2023-07-13
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry.
action_date: 2023-07-13
text: Introduced in Senate
Stephanie Tubbs Jones Uterine Fibroid Research and Education Act of 2023

Bill: 118-s-2303
Sponsor: Sen. Booker, Cory A. [D-NJ]
Introduced: 2023-07-13 in the Senate
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Congressional oversight
Health care coverage and access
Health personnel
Health promotion and preventive care
Health technology, devices, supplies
Medicaid
Medical research
Minority health
Prescription drugs
Research administration and funding
Sex and reproductive health
Women's health

Summary:
action_date: 2023-07-13
text: 

Stephanie Tubbs Jones Uterine Fibroid Research and Education Act of 

2023

 
This bill directs the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) to expand research on, and take other actions to address, uterine fibroids. These are muscular tumors that grow in the wall of the uterus and may cause pain, heavy menstrual bleeding, and reproductive issues.
 
In coordination with the National Institutes of Health and appropriate federal agencies, HHS must undertake research activities on uterine fibroids.
 
In addition, HHS must establish a database of services furnished to individuals diagnosed with uterine fibroids under Medicaid or the Children's Health Insurance Program and must develop a report on federal and state expenditures for such services.
 
Additionally, HHS must disseminate information on uterine fibroids to the public and to health care providers, including information on the elevated risk for minority women and available treatments.


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

Bill: 118-s-2304
Sponsor: Sen. Casey, Robert P., Jr. [D-PA]
Introduced: 2023-07-13 in the Senate
Policy area: Health

Summary:
action_date: 2023-07-13
text: 

Allied Health Opportunity Act

This bill expands the scope of grants that support the allied health workforce and grants that support health profession opportunities for those from disadvantaged backgrounds (i.e., the Health Careers Opportunity Program). Specifically, it expands these programs to expressly include dual or concurrent enrollment programs (i.e., programs that enable high school students to enroll in postsecondary courses and earn transferable credits that apply towards the completion of a postsecondary degree or recognized educational credential.)


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

Bill: 118-s-2305
Sponsor: Sen. Lee, Mike [R-UT]
Introduced: 2023-07-13 in the Senate
Policy area: Health

Summary:
action_date: 2023-07-13
text: 

Biosimilar Red Tape Elimination Act

This bill removes certain requirements for biosimilars to be designated as interchangeable. (Biosimilars that are designated as interchangeable may be substituted for the reference product at a pharmacy without a new prescription, depending on state pharmacy laws.)

Specifically, the bill establishes a presumption that an approved biosimilar is interchangeable with the reference product without the need for additional evidence from the manufacturer, and it removes the applicable exclusivity periods for a first interchangeable biosimilar (i.e., a product that is the first interchangeable biosimilar to be approved with respect to the reference product).

The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) may require a manufacturer of a biosimilar to conduct a safety study with respect to switching or alternating between the biosimilar and the reference product, but only after the FDA briefs certain members of specified congressional committees to explain why the study is necessary.

 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2023-07-13
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
action_date: 2023-07-13
text: Introduced in Senate
New Mexico Veteran Burial Dignity and Honor Act

Bill: 118-s-2306
Sponsor: Sen. Lujan, Ben Ray [D-NM]
Introduced: 2023-07-13 in the Senate
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security

Summary:

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

Bill: 118-s-2307
Sponsor: Sen. Crapo, Mike [R-ID]
Introduced: 2023-07-13 in the Senate
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security

Summary:
action_date: 2023-07-13
text: 

Fighter Force Preservation and Recapitalization Act of 2023

 
This bill establishes requirements related to the fighter aircraft capabilities of the Air National Guard.
 
Specifically, the bill requires that the aircraft inventory of the Air National Guard must include at least 25 fighter aircraft squadrons, each of which must have a minimum of 18 primary aircraft authorized. Such requirement may be waived in extraordinary circumstances.
 
Additionally, the Department of the Air Force must develop a fighter aircraft recapitalization plan that provides for (1) the replacement and modernization of Air National Guard fighter squadrons at a rate that ensures the full recapitalization of such fighter squadrons by the end of FY2034, and (2) the fielding of the Next Generation Air Dominance family of systems in the Air National Guard.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2023-07-13
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Armed Services.
action_date: 2023-07-13
text: Introduced in Senate
Community Health Care Reauthorization Act

Bill: 118-s-2308
Sponsor: Sen. Cassidy, Bill [R-LA]
Introduced: 2023-07-13 in the Senate
Policy area: Health

Summary:
action_date: 2023-07-13
text: 

Community Health Care Reauthorization Act

This bill extends several programs relating to the health care workforce. 

Specifically, the bill extends (1) through FY2029, funding for the Teaching Health Center Graduate Medical Education Program; and (2) through December 31, 2025, the Community Health Center Fund and the National Health Services Corps.

The Teaching Health Center Graduate Medical Education Program supports education and training of medical students in primary care residency programs in community-based ambulatory patient care centers. The Community Health Center Fund supports (1) grants for outpatient health care facilities that serve medically underserved populations; and (2) the National Health Service Corps, which provides scholarships and student loan repayment awards to health care providers who agree to work in areas with health care provider shortages.


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

Bill: 118-s-2310
Sponsor: Sen. Cruz, Ted [R-TX]
Introduced: 2023-07-13 in the Senate
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics

Summary:
action_date: 2023-07-13
text: 

Respect for Hispanic Americans Act

This bill prohibits federal agencies from using the term 
Latinx
 in any official communication or form.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2023-07-13
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.
action_date: 2023-07-13
text: Introduced in Senate
LA28 Olympic and Paralympic Games Commemorative Coin Act

Bill: 118-s-2311
Sponsor: Sen. Padilla, Alex [D-CA]
Introduced: 2023-07-13 in the Senate
Policy area: Finance and Financial Sector

Summary:
action_date: 2023-07-13
text: 

LA28 Olympic and Paralympic Games Commemorative Coin Act

 
This bill directs the Department of the Treasury to mint coins in commemoration of the 2028 Olympic and Paralympic Games in Los Angeles, California.
 
All surcharges received by Treasury from the sale of the coins shall be promptly paid by Treasury to the United States Olympic and Paralympic Properties for the objects and purposes related to the hosting of the 2028 Olympic and Paralympic Games and to aid in the execution of its legacy programs, including the promotion of youth sports in the United States.
 
Treasury is encouraged to develop and execute a marketing and educational program to promote and sell the coins.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2023-07-13
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs.
action_date: 2023-07-13
text: Introduced in Senate
Food Security is National Security Act of 2023

Bill: 118-s-2312
Sponsor: Sen. Grassley, Chuck [R-IA]
Introduced: 2023-07-13 in the Senate
Policy area: Foreign Trade and International Finance

Summary:
action_date: 2023-07-13
text: 

Food Security is National Security Act of 

2023

 
This bill places the Secretary of Agriculture and the Secretary of Health and Human Services on the Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States (CFIUS). Further, the bill requires CFIUS to consider the potential effects of a proposed or pending transaction on the security of the U.S. food and agriculture systems, including any effects on the availability of, access to, or safety and quality of food.


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

Bill: 118-s-2313
Sponsor: Sen. Coons, Christopher A. [D-DE]
Introduced: 2023-07-13 in the Senate
Policy area: Transportation and Public Works

Summary:

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2023-07-13
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2023-07-13
text: Introduced in Senate
PRESERVE Online Speech Act of 2023

Bill: 118-s-2314
Sponsor: Sen. Rubio, Marco [R-FL]
Introduced: 2023-07-13 in the Senate
Policy area: Science, Technology, Communications

Summary:
action_date: 2023-07-13
text: 

Preventing Restrictions and Empowering Speakers to Enable Robust and Varied Exchanges in Online Speech Act of 2023 or the PRESERVE Online Speech Act of 2023

 
This bill requires interactive computer services (e.g., social media companies) to issue a public disclosure containing specified information related to a request or recommendation by a government entity that the service moderate content on its platform. Examples of such moderation include eliminating the ability of a user to comment upon information or terminating or limiting a user's account.
 
Failure to comply with this requirement shall result in a fine of $50,000 per day, which shall be deposited in the Rural Digital Opportunity Fund. The Federal Communications Commission must submit an annual report that includes the contents of each such public disclosure. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2023-07-13
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
action_date: 2023-07-13
text: Introduced in Senate
Bring Our Heroes Home Act

Bill: 118-s-2315
Sponsor: Sen. Crapo, Mike [R-ID]
Introduced: 2023-07-13 in the Senate
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Advisory bodies
Asia
China
Diplomacy, foreign officials, Americans abroad
Executive agency funding and structure
Government information and archives
Government studies and investigations
Libraries and archives
Military personnel and dependents
Missing persons
National Archives and Records Administration
North Korea
Personnel records
Presidents and presidential powers, Vice Presidents
Russia

Summary:

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2024-12-19
text: Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 730.
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. 118-310.
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. 118-310.
action_date: 2024-11-20
text: Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs. Ordered to be reported with an amendment in the nature of a substitute favorably.
action_date: 2023-07-13
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.
action_date: 2023-07-13
text: Introduced in Senate
Land Grant Research Prioritization Act of 2023

Bill: 118-s-2316
Sponsor: Sen. Rubio, Marco [R-FL]
Introduced: 2023-07-13 in the Senate
Policy area: Agriculture and Food
Subjects: Agricultural education
Agricultural equipment and machinery
Agricultural practices and innovations
Agricultural research
Aquaculture
Computers and information technology
Pest management

Summary:
action_date: 2023-07-13
text: 

Land Grant Research Prioritization Act of 2023

This bill includes additional priorities as Department of Agriculture (USDA) high-priority research and extension areas.

Under the bill, USDA may award grants for developing and evaluating (1) technologies to mechanize agricultural processes (and may emphasize processes for harvesting specialty crops), and (2) agricultural uses of artificial intelligence (and may emphasize uses for improving specialty crop production).

Further, USDA may award grants to support research projects at land-grant colleges and universities to develop and apply

methods to manage and eradicate invasive species of plants and animals, including through methods of biocontrol; and

aquaculture methods, including through the propagation and rearing of economically and ecologically valuable aquatic and marine species. 

 

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2023-07-13
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry.
action_date: 2023-07-13
text: Introduced in Senate
Organic Science and Research Investment Act of 2023

Bill: 118-s-2317
Sponsor: Sen. Fetterman, John [D-PA]
Introduced: 2023-07-13 in the Senate
Policy area: Agriculture and Food

Summary:
action_date: 2023-07-13
text: 

Organic Science and Research Investment Act of 2023

This bill expands Department of Agriculture (USDA) support for organic agricultural research.

USDA must establish the Coordinating and Expanding Organic Research Initiative for USDA resources dedicated to organic agricultural research. Every five years, the initiative must survey USDA's organic agricultural research and produce a report, including findings and recommendations on expanding research and increasing coordination. USDA must take the findings and recommendations into consideration when preparing USDA's annual budget recommendations.

The bill also reauthorizes, and increases funding for, the National Institute of Food and Agriculture’s Organic Agriculture Research and Extension Initiative through FY2028. Further, eligible grant projects are expanded to include (1) facilitating the identification and adoption of traditional ecological knowledge and cultural practices, and (2) identifying how organic agriculture can adapt to and mitigate climate change.

The bill also reauthorizes, and extends funding for, organic production and market data initiatives of the Economic Research Service (ERS) through FY2028. ERS must conduct an economic impact analysis of organic agricultural management conducted in accordance with the National Organic Program and submit a report to Congress.

USDA may make competitive grants to support research, education, and extension activities relating to the transition from nonorganic into organic agricultural production systems. 

Further, the Agricultural Research Service must submit a report to Congress on the resources needed to maintain a proportion of certified organic agricultural land acreage for research so that it is equal to or greater than the organic agriculture industry’s market share of agricultural production. 
 

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

Bill: 118-s-2318
Sponsor: Sen. Ernst, Joni [R-IA]
Introduced: 2023-07-13 in the Senate
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security

Summary:
action_date: 2023-07-13
text: 

Rings of Fire Act of 2023

 
This bill requires the Department of Defense to submit a strategy to Congress for deploying ground-based theater-range missiles in the Indo-Pacific region. Among other elements, the strategy must include an assessment of the gaps in conventional theater-range precision strike capabilities in the area of responsibility of the U.S. Indo-Pacific Command.
 
The strategy may be submitted in classified form but must include an unclassified summary.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2023-07-13
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Armed Services.
action_date: 2023-07-13
text: Introduced in Senate
Interactive Federal Review Act

Bill: 118-s-2319
Sponsor: Sen. Lummis, Cynthia M. [R-WY]
Introduced: 2023-07-13 in the Senate
Policy area: Transportation and Public Works
Subjects: Computers and information technology
Congressional oversight
Environmental assessment, monitoring, research
Government information and archives
Performance measurement
Roads and highways
Transportation programs funding

Summary:
action_date: 2023-07-13
text: 

Interactive Federal Review Act

This bill revises the environmental review process for federal-aid highway projects.

Specifically, the Department of Transportation (DOT) must

encourage recipients of federal highway funding to utilize interactive, digital, cloud-based platforms when carrying out environmental reviews under the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 (NEPA);

select at least 10 federal-aid highway projects to demonstrate the use of interactive, digital, cloud-based platforms in carrying out the environmental impact analysis and community engagement processes under NEPA; and

publish technology-neutral best practice guidance to encourage sponsors of projects that receive federal funds from DOT to use an interactive, digital, cloud-based platform in carrying out the environmental impact analysis and community engagement processes required under NEPA.



Legislative actions:
action_date: 2023-07-13
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works.
action_date: 2023-07-13
text: Introduced in Senate
Local School Foods Expansion Act of 2023

Bill: 118-s-2320
Sponsor: Sen. Wyden, Ron [D-OR]
Introduced: 2023-07-13 in the Senate
Policy area: Agriculture and Food

Summary:
action_date: 2023-07-13
text: 

Local School Foods Expansion Act of 2023 

This bill expands and otherwise revises a program to support state procurement of domestically grown unprocessed fruits and vegetables under the National School Lunch Program.

Specifically, the bill (1) expands the number of participating states from a maximum of 8 to a maximum of 14; and (2) establishes additional requirements with respect to priorities, reporting, and evaluations, including with respect to socially disadvantaged populations and the program's economic impact.

The bill provides funds for the program through FY2028.


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

Bill: 118-s-2322
Sponsor: Sen. Lujan, Ben Ray [D-NM]
Introduced: 2023-07-13 in the Senate
Policy area: Agriculture and Food

Summary:
action_date: 2023-07-13
text: 

Nutrition Administration Assistance Act of 2023

 
This bill authorizes additional funding through FY2028 to pay administrative costs incurred by states for certain Department of Agriculture programs. The bill specifically authorizes funding for administrative costs incurred by 
 
 
state agencies to carry out the Commodity Supplemental Food Program,
 
states to carry out state plans under the Emergency Food Assistance Program, and
 
states to carry out the Seniors Farmers' Market Nutrition Program. 
 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2023-07-13
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry.
action_date: 2023-07-13
text: Introduced in Senate
Access to Genetic Counselor Services Act of 2023

Bill: 118-s-2323
Sponsor: Sen. Barrasso, John [R-WY]
Introduced: 2023-07-13 in the Senate
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Genetics
Health care coverage and access
Health programs administration and funding
Medical tests and diagnostic methods
Medicare

Summary:
action_date: 2023-07-13
text: 

Access to Genetic Counselor Services Act of 

2023

 
This bill provides for coverage under Medicare of genetic counseling services that are furnished by genetic counselors. Covered services include those services, as well as incidental services and supplies, that would otherwise be covered under Medicare if provided by a physician. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2023-07-13
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
action_date: 2023-07-13
text: Introduced in Senate