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Delaware River Basin Conservation Reauthorization Act of 2023

Bill: 118-s-654
Sponsor: Sen. Carper, Thomas R. [D-DE]
Introduced: 2023-03-06 in the Senate
Policy area: Water Resources Development
Subjects: Aquatic ecology
Delaware
Economic development
Environmental assessment, monitoring, research
Floods and storm protection
Intergovernmental relations
Lakes and rivers
Land use and conservation
Marine and coastal resources, fisheries
Maryland
New Jersey
New York State
Pennsylvania
Water quality
Water resources funding
Water use and supply
Watersheds
Wildlife conservation and habitat protection

Summary:
action_date: 2023-03-06
text: 

Delaware River Basin Conservation Reauthorization Act of 2023

 
This bill reauthorizes the Delaware River Basin Restoration Program and increases the federal cost share for certain grant projects. The bill also adds Maryland to the current list of basin states: Delaware, New Jersey, New York, and Pennsylvania.
 
The bill specifically extends the Delaware River Basin Restoration Program through FY2030 and increases the federal cost share of a grant project that serves a small, rural, or disadvantaged community to 90% of the total cost of the project. However, the federal share may be increased to 100% of the project's total cost if the grant recipient is unable to pay, or would experience significant financial hardship if required to pay, the nonfederal share.

action_date: 2023-09-27
text: 

Delaware River Basin Conservation Reauthorization Act of 2023

 
This bill extends through FY2030 and revises the Delaware River Basin Restoration Program and the Delaware River Basin Restoration Grant Program. Specifically, the bill adds Maryland to the current list of basin states: Delaware, New Jersey, New York, and Pennsylvania.
 
It also increases the federal cost share of a grant project that serves a small, rural, or disadvantaged community to 90% of the total cost of the project. However, the federal share may be increased to 100% of the project's total cost if the grant recipient is unable to pay, or would experience significant financial hardship if required to pay, the nonfederal share.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2023-09-27
text: Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 212.
action_date: 2023-09-27
text: Committee on Environment and Public Works. Reported by Senator Carper without amendment. Without written report.
action_date: 2023-09-27
text: Committee on Environment and Public Works. Reported by Senator Carper without amendment. Without written report.
action_date: 2023-09-27
text: Committee on Environment and Public Works. Ordered to be reported without amendment favorably.
action_date: 2023-03-06
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works.
action_date: 2023-03-06
text: Introduced in Senate
Chronic Disease Management Act of 2023

Bill: 118-s-655
Sponsor: Sen. Thune, John [R-SD]
Introduced: 2023-03-06 in the Senate
Policy area: Taxation

Summary:
action_date: 2023-03-06
text: 

Chronic Disease Management Act of 2023

 
 This bill modifies requirements for health savings accounts (HSAs) to permit the high deductible health plans required for an HSA to provide care for chronic conditions with no deductible. The bill covers any preventive care service or item used to treat a chronic condition if (1) such service or item is low-cost, (2) there is medical evidence of the effectiveness of such service or item, and (3) there is a strong likelihood that the use of such service or item will prevent the exacerbation of the chronic condition or the development of a secondary condition that requires significantly higher cost treatment. The bill further provides that an individual who has been prescribed preventive care for any chronic condition may be presumed to have been diagnosed with such condition if such preventive care is customarily prescribed for such condition.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2023-03-06
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. (text: CR S656)
action_date: 2023-03-06
text: Introduced in Senate
Neighborhood Homes Investment Act

Bill: 118-s-657
Sponsor: Sen. Cardin, Benjamin L. [D-MD]
Introduced: 2023-03-06 in the Senate
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Housing finance and home ownership
Income tax credits
Income tax exclusion
Real estate business
Residential rehabilitation and home repair
State and local taxation

Summary:
action_date: 2023-03-06
text: 
 
Neighborhood Homes Investment Act 

 
This bill allows a business-related tax credit for certain development costs for the acquisition, rehabilitation, or remediation of qualified real property (i.e., real property affixed on a permanent foundation and comprised of four or fewer residential units, a condominium unit, or a house or apartment owned by a cooperative housing corporation).
 
The bill also provides for the exclusion from gross income, for income tax purposes, of the value of any subsidy provided to a taxpayer by any state energy office for purposes of improvements made to a qualified residence.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2024-04-16
text: Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs Subcommittee on Housing, Transportation, and Community Development. Hearings held.
action_date: 2024-03-12
text: Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs. Hearings held.
action_date: 2023-03-06
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
action_date: 2023-03-06
text: Introduced in Senate
EQIP Improvement Act of 2023

Bill: 118-s-658
Sponsor: Sen. Booker, Cory A. [D-NJ]
Introduced: 2023-03-06 in the Senate
Policy area: Agriculture and Food
Subjects: Agricultural conservation and pollution
Agricultural prices, subsidies, credit
Congressional oversight
Land use and conservation
Water quality
Wildlife conservation and habitat protection

Summary:
action_date: 2023-03-06
text: 

EQIP Improvement Act of 2023

 
This bill amends the Environmental Quality Incentives Program (EQIP) to reduce and remove certain payment requirements. (EQIP provides technical and financial assistance to agricultural producers and forest landowners to address natural resource concerns.)
 
Specifically, the bill 
 
 
reduces the maximum payments available to a person or legal entity under EQIP to $150,000 per five-year period (from the current level of $450,000), thereby allowing for an increase in the overall number of participants in the program;
 
reduces federal cost sharing to 40% (from 75%) for the costs associated with planning, installation, or maintenance for specified conservation practices (e.g., access roads, dams, and waste storage facilities); and 
 
removes a requirement that 50% of EQIP funding payments go to livestock production programs. 
 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2023-03-06
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry.
action_date: 2023-03-06
text: Introduced in Senate
Administrative False Claims Act of 2023

Bill: 118-s-659
Sponsor: Sen. Grassley, Chuck [R-IA]
Introduced: 2023-03-06 in the Senate
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Subjects: Administrative remedies
Criminal investigation, prosecution, interrogation
Fraud offenses and financial crimes
Government liability
Government studies and investigations

Summary:
action_date: 2023-03-06
text: 

Administrative False Claims Act of 2023

 
This bill modifies provisions regarding fraud committed against the federal government.
 
Specifically, the bill raises the maximum amount of a fraud claim that may be handled administratively from $150,000 to $1 million and allows the government to recoup costs for investigating and prosecuting these frauds.

action_date: 2023-03-30
text: 

Adminitrative False Claims Act of 2023

 
This bill modifies provisions regarding fraud committed against the federal government.
 
Specifically, the bill raises the maximum amount of a fraud claim that may be handled administratively from $150,000 to $1 million and allows the government to recoup costs for investigating and prosecuting these frauds.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2023-04-06
text: Held at the desk.
action_date: 2023-04-06
text: Received in the House.
action_date: 2023-04-05
text: Message on Senate action sent to the House.
action_date: 2023-03-30
text: Passed Senate without amendment by Unanimous Consent. (consideration: CR S1081-1082; text: CR S1081-1082)
action_date: 2023-03-30
text: Passed/agreed to in Senate: Passed Senate without amendment by Unanimous Consent.(consideration: CR S1081-1082; text: CR S1081-1082)
action_date: 2023-03-30
text: Senate Committee on the Judiciary discharged by Unanimous Consent.
action_date: 2023-03-30
text: Senate Committee on the Judiciary discharged by Unanimous Consent.
action_date: 2023-03-06
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2023-03-06
text: Introduced in Senate
Water System Threat Preparedness and Resilience Act of 2023

Bill: 118-s-660
Sponsor: Sen. Markey, Edward J. [D-MA]
Introduced: 2023-03-06 in the Senate
Policy area: Water Resources Development

Summary:
action_date: 2023-03-06
text: 

Water System Threat Preparedness and Resilience Act of 2023

 
This bill requires the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to create a program to support increased membership and involvement of certain smaller water utilities and water treatment works (e.g., wastewater systems) in the Water Information Sharing and Analysis Center (WaterISAC). As background, WaterISAC is a group of water and wastewater systems and associations that coordinate with the EPA and other federal agencies to collect and analyze data on water security and threats. WaterISAC also provides analysis and resources to support response, mitigation, and resilience initiatives.
 
Under the bill, the EPA must develop a program to 
 
 
encourage and support WaterISAC membership by community water systems (e.g., public water systems that regularly serve at least 25 year-round residents) and water treatment works,
 
 offset membership dues for community water systems and water treatment works,
 
 cooperate and coordinate with WaterISAC to expand incident data collection and analysis of threats related to the water sector, and
 
 enhance WaterISAC's tools and resources for monitoring the water sector and increase the preparedness of community water systems and publicly owned water treatment works to identify and respond to malevolent acts or natural hazards.
 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2023-03-06
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works.
action_date: 2023-03-06
text: Introduced in Senate
Crypto-Asset Environmental Transparency Act of 2023

Bill: 118-s-661
Sponsor: Sen. Markey, Edward J. [D-MA]
Introduced: 2023-03-06 in the Senate
Policy area: Environmental Protection

Summary:
action_date: 2023-03-06
text: 

Crypto-Asset Environmental Transparency Act of 2023

 
This bill establishes greenhouse gas (GHG) emission reporting and related requirements for certain crypto-asset mining operations, such as facilities that mine Bitcoin.
 
The bill directs the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to revise reporting requirements under the Greenhouse Gas Reporting Program to require crypto-asset mining operations that consume five megawatts of electricity or more to report their greenhouse gas emissions to the EPA. The EPA must also designate such operations as a source category of GHG emissions that is subject to greenhouse gas reporting requirements and related monitoring, recordkeeping, and reporting requirements.

In addition, the EPA must request information from crypto-asset mining operations and assess the extent to which any operations are improperly operating without a valid and current permit under the Clean Air Act.
 
The bill also expands the meaning of 
data center 
under the Energy Independence and Security Act of 2007 to include facilities in which two or more computers are mining crypto-assets. Thus, such facilities are included in the scope of energy efficiency programs for data centers under that act.
 
Finally, the EPA must study the environmental impacts of crypto-asset mining.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2023-03-06
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works.
action_date: 2023-03-06
text: Introduced in Senate
STEM RESTART Act

Bill: 118-s-662
Sponsor: Sen. Rosen, Jacky [D-NV]
Introduced: 2023-03-06 in the Senate
Policy area: Labor and Employment

Summary:
action_date: 2023-03-06
text: 

STEM Restoring Employment Skills through Targeted Assistance, Re-entry, and Training Act or the STEM RESTART Act

 
This bill establishes a new national program to support mid-career workers, including workers from underrepresented or rural populations, in reentering or transitioning to the STEM (science, technology, engineering, and mathematics) workforce by awarding grants to certain small- and medium-sized businesses to assist such workers in reentering or transitioning to the workforce at positions above entry level.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2023-03-06
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
action_date: 2023-03-06
text: Introduced in Senate
Metastatic Breast Cancer Access to Care Act

Bill: 118-s-663
Sponsor: Sen. Murphy, Christopher [D-CT]
Introduced: 2023-03-06 in the Senate
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Cancer
Disability assistance
Health care coverage and access
Medicare
Women's health

Summary:
action_date: 2023-03-06
text: 

Metastatic Breast Cancer Access to Care Act

 
This bill expedites payment of Social Security Disability Insurance (SSDI) benefits and eligibility for Medicare coverage for those with metastatic breast cancer (i.e., breast cancer that has spread to other sites in the body).
 
Specifically, the bill eliminates the 5-month waiting period for SSDI benefits and the subsequent 24-month waiting period for Medicare coverage for individuals with metastatic breast cancer. Under current law, individuals generally must wait 5 months after the onset of disability to begin receiving SSDI benefits and an additional 24 months to become eligible for Medicare.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2023-03-06
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
action_date: 2023-03-06
text: Introduced in Senate
A bill to ensure that Social Security beneficiaries receive regular statements from the Social Security Administration, and for other purposes.

Bill: 118-s-664
Sponsor: Sen. Cassidy, Bill [R-LA]
Introduced: 2023-03-06 in the Senate
Policy area: Social Welfare
Subjects: Government information and archives
Social security and elderly assistance

Summary:
action_date: 2023-03-06
text: 
This bill requires the Social Security Administration (SSA) to mail paper copies of Social Security statements to each individual with a Social Security number at particular times and intervals.
 
The SSA must mail the statements whenever an individual enters the workforce or starts a new job.
 
In addition, the SSA must mail the statements periodically throughout an individual's life. From age 25 to 54, the SSA must mail the statements at least once every five years. From age 55 to 59, the SSA must mail the statements at least once every two years. After age 60, the SSA must mail the statements annually.
 
An individual may opt out of receiving the paper statements.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2023-03-06
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
action_date: 2023-03-06
text: Introduced in Senate
Conrad State 30 and Physician Access Reauthorization Act

Bill: 118-s-665
Sponsor: Sen. Klobuchar, Amy [D-MN]
Introduced: 2023-03-06 in the Senate
Policy area: Immigration

Summary:
action_date: 2023-03-06
text: 

Conrad State 30 and Physician Access Reauthorization Act

 
This bill modifies the Conrad 30 Waiver program, which incentivizes qualified foreign physicians to serve in underserved communities. It also extends statutory authority for the program for three years from this bill's enactment.
 
Aliens coming to the United States under a J-1 nonimmigrant visa to receive medical training typically must leave the country and reside for two years abroad before being eligible to apply for an immigrant visa or permanent residence. The Conrad program waives this requirement for individuals who meet certain qualifications, including serving for a number of years at a health care facility in an underserved area. 
 
The bill increases the number of waivers that a state may obtain each fiscal year from 30 to 35 if a certain number of waivers were used the previous year, and provides for further adjustments depending on demand.
 
An alien physician may be employed at an academic medical center to meet the Conrad program's employment requirements if the alien's work is in the public interest, even if the medical center is not in an underserved area. 
 
Employment contracts for alien physicians under the Conrad program shall contain certain information, such as the maximum number of on-call hours per week the physician shall have to work. 
 
Certain alien physicians (along with the physician's spouse and children) shall be exempt from the direct annual numerical limits on immigration, including those physicians that have met certain requirements related to visas for physicians to serve in underserved areas.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2023-03-06
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2023-03-06
text: Introduced in Senate
Identifying and Eliminating Wasteful Programs Act

Bill: 118-s-666
Sponsor: Sen. Hassan, Margaret Wood [D-NH]
Introduced: 2023-03-07 in the Senate
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Subjects: Budget process
Congressional oversight
Executive agency funding and structure
Government information and archives

Summary:
action_date: 2023-03-07
text: 

Identifying and Eliminating Wasteful Programs Act

 
This bill requires each federal agency to compile a list of unnecessary programs.
 
Specifically, each agency must compile a list of such programs, based on guidance provided by the Office of Management and Budget, that 
 
 
are unnecessary, defunct, or unnecessarily duplicative federal programs;
 
another agency could administer more effectively; or
 
could operate more effectively if the program or activity were consolidated with other programs or activities.
 
 
Additionally, the President must include the list of identified programs or program activities in the annual budget submitted to Congress.
 
An agency may submit to Congress recommendations for statutory changes to eliminate or consolidate programs or program activities identified in the list.

action_date: 2023-05-30
text: 

Identifying and Eliminating Wasteful Programs Act

 
This bill requires each federal agency to compile a list of unnecessary programs.
 
Specifically, each agency must compile a list of such programs, based on guidance provided by the Office of Management and Budget, that 
 
 
are unnecessary, defunct, or unnecessarily duplicative federal programs;
 
another agency could administer more effectively; or
 
could operate more effectively if the program or activity were consolidated with other programs or activities.
 
 
Additionally, the President must include the list of identified programs or program activities in the annual budget submitted to Congress.
 
An agency may submit to Congress recommendations for statutory changes to eliminate or consolidate programs or program activities identified in the list.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2023-05-30
text: Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 82.
action_date: 2023-05-30
text: Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs. Reported by Senator Peters without amendment. With written report No. 118-36.
action_date: 2023-05-30
text: Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs. Reported by Senator Peters without amendment. With written report No. 118-36.
action_date: 2023-03-29
text: Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs. Ordered to be reported without amendment favorably.
action_date: 2023-03-07
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.
action_date: 2023-03-07
text: Introduced in Senate
TRUE EQUITY Act

Bill: 118-s-667
Sponsor: Sen. Cardin, Benjamin L. [D-MD]
Introduced: 2023-03-07 in the Senate
Policy area: Education

Summary:
action_date: 2023-03-07
text: 

Transformational Reforms and Updates to Ensure Educational Quality and Urgent Investments in Today's Youth Act of 2023 or the TRUE EQUITY Act
 
of 2023

 
This bill establishes various grant programs to address educational inequities in elementary and secondary schools.
 
Specifically, the bill creates grant programs related to (1) early childhood education, (2) high-quality and diverse teachers and leaders, (3) college and career readiness pathways, and (4) additional resources for at-risk students. For each grant program, the Department of Education (ED) must award a single grant to an eligible state.
 
 To be eligible for a grant, a state must establish an independent state oversight board. The oversight board must, among other duties (1) determine whether the state and its local educational agencies (LEAs) have met state educational equity goals, and (2) hold them accountable for failing to meet those goals. ED may renew a grant if the oversight board determines the state has met its goals.
 
In addition, for each grant program, the bill outlines the activities authorized under the program, maintenance-of-effort requirements, and matching fund requirements.
 
Finally, the bill permits ED to enter into a local flexibility demonstration agreement, through which a state educational agency may use funds to develop and implement a school funding system based on weighted per-pupil allocations for low-income and disadvantaged students. (Currently, ED may enter into these agreements with LEAs.)


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2023-03-07
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
action_date: 2023-03-07
text: Introduced in Senate
Sultana Steamboat Disaster Commemorative Coin Act of 2023

Bill: 118-s-668
Sponsor: Sen. Boozman, John [R-AR]
Introduced: 2023-03-07 in the Senate
Policy area: Finance and Financial Sector

Summary:
action_date: 2023-03-07
text: 

Sultana Steamboat Disaster Commemorative Coin Act of 2023 

 
This bill directs the Department of the Treasury to mint and issue not more than 100,000 $5 gold coins, 500,000 $1 silver coins, and 750,000 half-dollar clad coins emblematic of the Sultana steamboat explosion that occured on April 27, 1865, on the Mississippi River. 
 
All surcharges received by Treasury from the sale of such coins must be paid to the Sultana Historical Preservation Society for the purpose of establishing, operating, and maintaining a museum. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2023-03-07
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs.
action_date: 2023-03-07
text: Introduced in Senate
Increasing Mental Health Options Act of 2023

Bill: 118-s-669
Sponsor: Sen. Brown, Sherrod [D-OH]
Introduced: 2023-03-07 in the Senate
Policy area: Health

Summary:
action_date: 2023-03-07
text: 

Increasing Mental Health Options Act of 2023

 
This bill provides for an additional payment for clinical psychologists under Medicare who provide services in designated health professional shortage areas. It also allows clinical psychologists to provide behavioral health services (in accordance with state law) for purposes of hospitalization services, home health services, and other services under Medicare.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2023-03-07
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
action_date: 2023-03-07
text: Introduced in Senate