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A bill to amend title 40, United States Code, to prohibit the Administrator of General Services from constructing or acquiring public buildings or entering into leases based on the legality or availability of abortion, and for other purposes.

Bill: 118-s-2089
Sponsor: Sen. Marshall, Roger [R-KS]
Introduced: 2023-06-21 in the Senate
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Subjects: Abortion
Building construction
Government buildings, facilities, and property
Lease and rental services
Public contracts and procurement

Summary:
action_date: 2023-06-21
text: 
This bill prohibits the General Services Administration (GSA) from considering the legality or availability of abortion when acquiring or constructing public buildings. Also, GSA may not consider the legality or availability of abortion when leasing federal buildings and property or when entering into lease agreements for the use of buildings by a federal agency.


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
Preserving Choice in Vehicle Purchases Act of 2023

Bill: 118-s-2090
Sponsor: Sen. Mullin, Markwayne [R-OK]
Introduced: 2023-06-21 in the Senate
Policy area: Environmental Protection
Subjects: Air quality
Climate change and greenhouse gases
Environmental regulatory procedures
Licensing and registrations
Motor vehicles
Retail and wholesale trades

Summary:
action_date: 2023-06-21
text: 

Preserving Choice in Vehicle Purchases Act
 
of 2023

 
This bill modifies the waiver process under the Clean Air Act related to state emission control standards for new motor vehicles (or new motor vehicle engines). 
 
Under current law, states are preempted from adopting or enforcing emission control standards for new motor vehicles (or new motor vehicle engines) unless the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) provides a waiver authorizing a state to adopt such standards if certain requirements are met. 
 
The bill provides that state standards that directly or indirectly limit the sale or use of new motor vehicles with internal combustion engines are not eligible for waivers. The bill also prohibits the EPA from determining that any state standards amended after the bill's enactment are within the scope of an existing waiver.
 
Additionally, the bill requires the EPA to revoke waivers granted between January 1, 2022, and the date of enactment of this bill if the standards directly or indirectly limit the sale or use of new motor vehicles with internal combustion engines.


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
Kate's Law

Bill: 118-s-2091
Sponsor: Sen. Cruz, Ted [R-TX]
Introduced: 2023-06-21 in the Senate
Policy area: Immigration

Summary:
action_date: 2023-06-21
text: 

Stop Illegal Reentry Act or Kate's Law

 
This bill increases criminal penalties for certain non-U.S. nationals (
aliens
 under federal law) who illegally reenter the United States after removal or exclusion.
 
Generally, an individual who had been denied entry into or removed from the United States and who later enters or attempts to enter the United States without prior approval from the Department of Homeland Security shall be fined, imprisoned for up to five years, or both. Current law requires a fine, imprisonment for up to two years, or both, for such an individual.
 
An individual who had been denied entry or removed three or more times and who later enters or attempts to enter the United States shall be fined, imprisoned for up to 10 years, or both.
 
An individual who was convicted of an aggravated felony or convicted at least two times before removal or departure and who subsequently enters or tries to enter the United States shall be imprisoned at least five years and for up to twenty years, and may also be fined. Currently, there is no minimum term of imprisonment for an individual who reenters after a conviction for an aggravated felony, and there are no criminal penalties for a reentering individual who had been convicted at least two times (other than the penalties for illegal reentry generally).


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
Child Tax Credit for Pregnant Moms Act of 2023

Bill: 118-s-2092
Sponsor: Sen. Daines, Steve [R-MT]
Introduced: 2023-06-21 in the Senate
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Adoption and foster care
Family relationships
Income tax credits
Tax treatment of families

Summary:
action_date: 2023-06-21
text: 

Child Tax Credit for Pregnant Moms Act of 2023

 
This bill allows a child tax credit for an unborn child who is born alive. It also allows the credit upon certification that a mother's pregnancy resulted in a miscarriage (the involuntary death of an unborn child who was carried in the womb for less than 20 weeks) or that the child was stillborn (the involuntary death of an unborn child who was carried in the womb for 20 weeks or more).


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
Disease X Act of 2023

Bill: 118-s-2093
Sponsor: Sen. Baldwin, Tammy [D-WI]
Introduced: 2023-06-21 in the Senate
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Advanced technology and technological innovations
Infectious and parasitic diseases
Medical research
Research administration and funding
Research and development

Summary:
action_date: 2023-06-21
text: 

Disease X Act of 2023

 
This bill expands the priorities of the Biomedical Advanced Research and Development Authority (BARDA) to specifically include viral threats that have the potential to cause a pandemic.
 
In particular, the bill expands the scope of innovation grants and contracts that may be awarded by BARDA to specifically include those that support research and development of certain manufacturing technology for medical countermeasures against viruses, including respiratory viruses, with pandemic potential. It also expands BARDA's authorized strategic initiatives to include advanced research, development, and procurement of countermeasures and products to address viruses with pandemic potential. 


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
Interagency Committee on Women’s Business Enterprise Act of 2023

Bill: 118-s-2094
Sponsor: Sen. Duckworth, Tammy [D-IL]
Introduced: 2023-06-21 in the Senate
Policy area: Commerce
Subjects: Advisory bodies
Congressional oversight
Disability and health-based discrimination
Disability and paralysis
Disability assistance
Government information and archives
Health programs administration and funding
Health promotion and preventive care
Hearing, speech, and vision care
Higher education
State and local government operations

Summary:

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2023-06-21
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship.
action_date: 2023-06-21
text: Introduced in Senate
FCC Legal Enforcement Act

Bill: 118-s-2095
Sponsor: Sen. Lujan, Ben Ray [D-NM]
Introduced: 2023-06-21 in the Senate
Policy area: Science, Technology, Communications
Subjects: Civil actions and liability
Federal Communications Commission (FCC)
Telephone and wireless communication

Summary:
action_date: 2023-06-21
text: 

FCC Legal Enforcement Act

This bill gives the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) authority to pursue specified unpaid fines for violations of the Telephone Consumer Protection Act (TCPA) via litigation. The TCPA prohibits certain telemarketing calls made without the recipient’s consent and using automatic dialing technology or artificial and prerecorded voice messages. 

Under current law, the Department of Justice (DOJ) has authority to pursue unpaid fines for violations of the TCPA. Under the bill, if DOJ does not pursue an unpaid fine within a specified time period, the FCC may do so. The bill directs the FCC to prioritize the collection of unpaid fines over $25 million. 


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
A bill to enhance the eligibility of India for Foreign Military Sales and exports under the Arms Export Control Act.

Bill: 118-s-2096
Sponsor: Sen. Warner, Mark R. [D-VA]
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
Livestock Disaster Relief Act

Bill: 118-s-2097
Sponsor: Sen. Hoeven, John [R-ND]
Introduced: 2023-06-21 in the Senate
Policy area: Agriculture and Food

Summary:

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
PARTNERS Act

Bill: 118-s-2098
Sponsor: Sen. Cornyn, John [R-TX]
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 Armed Services.
action_date: 2023-06-21
text: Introduced in Senate
Supporting Community Lenders Act

Bill: 118-s-2099
Sponsor: Sen. Hickenlooper, John W. [D-CO]
Introduced: 2023-06-21 in the Senate
Policy area: Commerce
Subjects: Banking and financial institutions regulation
Business investment and capital
Congressional oversight
Executive agency funding and structure
Small Business Administration
Small business

Summary:

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2023-07-25
text: Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 170.
action_date: 2023-07-25
text: Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship. Reported by Senator Cardin with an amendment in the nature of a substitute. Without written report.
action_date: 2023-07-25
text: Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship. Reported by Senator Cardin with an amendment in the nature of a substitute. Without written report.
action_date: 2023-07-19
text: Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship. 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 Small Business and Entrepreneurship.
action_date: 2023-06-21
text: Introduced in Senate
504 Loan Availability Act

Bill: 118-s-2100
Sponsor: Sen. Coons, Christopher A. [D-DE]
Introduced: 2023-06-21 in the Senate
Policy area: Commerce

Summary:
action_date: 2023-06-21
text: 

504 Loan Availability Act

 
This bill temporarily combines the funding authorization for loans and refinancing loans under the Small Business Administration 504 loan program. The 504 loan program provides financing for major fixed assets through community-based Certified Development Companies (CDCs).


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2023-06-21
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship.
action_date: 2023-06-21
text: Introduced in Senate
CDC Accountability Act of 2023

Bill: 118-s-2101
Sponsor: Sen. Cruz, Ted [R-TX]
Introduced: 2023-06-21 in the Senate
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics

Summary:

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
Water for Conservation and Farming Act

Bill: 118-s-2102
Sponsor: Sen. Wyden, Ron [D-OR]
Introduced: 2023-06-21 in the Senate
Policy area: Water Resources Development
Subjects: Agricultural conservation and pollution
Agricultural prices, subsidies, credit
Air quality
Alternative and renewable resources
Aquatic ecology
Birds
Climate change and greenhouse gases
Congressional oversight
Dams and canals
Ecology
Farmland
Fishes
Government trust funds
Hunting and fishing
Lakes and rivers
Marine and coastal resources, fisheries
Oregon
Outdoor recreation
Water resources funding
Water storage
Water use and supply
Watersheds
Wetlands
Wildlife conservation and habitat protection

Summary:

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2023-07-19
text: Committee on Energy and Natural Resources Subcommittee on Water and Power. Hearings held. With printed Hearing: S.Hrg. 118-287.
action_date: 2023-06-21
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
action_date: 2023-06-21
text: Introduced in Senate
A bill to amend the Federal Crop Insurance Act to allow for the separation of enterprise units by continuous and fallow cropping systems.

Bill: 118-s-2104
Sponsor: Sen. Marshall, Roger [R-KS]
Introduced: 2023-06-22 in the Senate
Policy area: Agriculture and Food

Summary:
action_date: 2023-06-22
text: 
This bill allows for the separation of enterprise units (EUs) for fallow and continuous acreage of crops in counties under the Federal Crop Insurance Program. An EU is an insurance unit structure that consists of all insurable acreage of the same insured crop in the county in which a farmer has a share on the date coverage begins for the crop year. Separate EUs may be selected for a crop based on certain irrigation or cropping practices.
 

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2023-06-22
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry.
action_date: 2023-06-22
text: Introduced in Senate
Stop the Spread of Invasive Mussels Act of 2023

Bill: 118-s-2105
Sponsor: Sen. Bennet, Michael F. [D-CO]
Introduced: 2023-06-22 in the Senate
Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources

Summary:
action_date: 2023-06-22
text: 

Stop the Spread of Invasive Mussels Act of 2023

This bill provides for activities to control invasive species on federal lands and waters.

The Bureau of Land Management, Bureau of Reclamation, National Park Service, and Forest Service may inspect and decontaminate watercraft entering and leaving federal land and water located within a river basin that contains a Bureau of Reclamation water project.

The Bureau of Reclamation must establish a grant program to conduct inspections and decontamination of watercraft in reservoirs operated and maintained by Reclamation, including to purchase, establish, operate, or maintain a watercraft inspection and decontamination station. In carrying out the grant program, Reclamation shall coordinate with (1) states with Reclamation projects, (2) affected Indian tribes, and (3) the Aquatic Nuisance Species Task Force.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2023-06-22
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works.
action_date: 2023-06-22
text: Introduced in Senate
Shelter Act

Bill: 118-s-2106
Sponsor: Sen. Bennet, Michael F. [D-CO]
Introduced: 2023-06-22 in the Senate
Policy area: Taxation

Summary:
action_date: 2023-06-22
text: 
 
Shelter Act 

 
This bill allows individual and business taxpayers a new tax credit for 25% of qualified disaster mitigation expenditures. The credit is limited to $2,500 and $5,000 for individual taxpayers and business taxpayers respectively. 
 
The bill defines 
qualified disaster mitigation expenditures
 to include expenditures to modify or improve a dwelling unit located in an area in which a federal natural disaster declaration has been made within the preceding five-year period.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2023-06-22
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
action_date: 2023-06-22
text: Introduced in Senate
Ryan White PrEP Availability Act

Bill: 118-s-2107
Sponsor: Sen. Scott, Rick [R-FL]
Introduced: 2023-06-22 in the Senate
Policy area: Health

Summary:
action_date: 2023-06-22
text: 

Ryan White PrEP Availability Act

 
This bill expands the use of Ryan White HIV/AIDS Program grants for providing medical care and services to low-income individuals with HIV/AIDS. Recipients may use the grants to provide pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) and related preventive services for individuals who are at risk of contracting HIV.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2023-06-22
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
action_date: 2023-06-22
text: Introduced in Senate
Flood Insurance Transparency Act of 2023

Bill: 118-s-2108
Sponsor: Sen. Scott, Rick [R-FL]
Introduced: 2023-06-22 in the Senate
Policy area: Finance and Financial Sector

Summary:
action_date: 2023-06-22
text: 

Flood Insurance Transparency Act of 2023 

 
This bill requires the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) make publicly available all data, models, assessments, analytical tools, and other information relating to the National Flood Insurance Program that is used in assessing flood risk or identifying and establishing flood elevations and premiums. This includes data relating to the risks of individual properties, loss ratio information, and current and historical policy and claims information. 
 
To accomplish this, FEMA must establish an open source data system through which all such information may be electronically accessed by the public. Further, FEMA must establish a public database that provides information regarding each community participating in the program.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2023-06-22
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs.
action_date: 2023-06-22
text: Introduced in Senate
A bill to ensure that Write Your Own companies can sell private flood insurance products that compete with National Flood Insurance Program products.

Bill: 118-s-2109
Sponsor: Sen. Scott, Rick [R-FL]
Introduced: 2023-06-22 in the Senate
Policy area: Finance and Financial Sector

Summary:
action_date: 2023-06-22
text: 
This bill requires the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) to allow a Write Your Own insurance company to sell private flood insurance. A Write Your Own insurance company is a private property insurance company that writes and services federal flood insurance policies in its own name.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2023-06-22
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs.
action_date: 2023-06-22
text: Introduced in Senate
Flood Insurance Consumer Choice Act of 2023

Bill: 118-s-2110
Sponsor: Sen. Scott, Rick [R-FL]
Introduced: 2023-06-22 in the Senate
Policy area: Finance and Financial Sector

Summary:
action_date: 2023-06-22
text: 

Flood Insurance Consumer Choice Act of 2023 
 
This bill directs the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) to consider any period during which a property was continuously covered by private flood insurance to be a period of continuous insurance coverage, including for the purposes of National Flood Insurance Program subsidies.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2023-06-22
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs.
action_date: 2023-06-22
text: Introduced in Senate
Taxpayer Notification and Privacy Act of 2023

Bill: 118-s-2111
Sponsor: Sen. Barrasso, John [R-WY]
Introduced: 2023-06-22 in the Senate
Policy area: Taxation

Summary:
action_date: 2023-06-22
text: 
 
Taxpayer Notification and Privacy Act of 2023 

 
This bill modifies requirements for notifying a taxpayer of information that the Internal Revenue Service is seeking from third parties for tax administration purposes. Specifically it requires the notice to identify each specific item of information sought, extends the period during which the taxpayer must be notified, and gives the taxpayer a 45-days period during which the taxpayer may respond to the notice.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2023-06-22
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
action_date: 2023-06-22
text: Introduced in Senate
SEE Care Compare Act

Bill: 118-s-2112
Sponsor: Sen. Braun, Mike [R-IN]
Introduced: 2023-06-22 in the Senate
Policy area: Health

Summary:
action_date: 2023-06-22
text: 

Search Engines Examine Care Compare Act or the SEE Care Compare Act

This bill requires the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) to take certain actions to optimize the ability of beneficiaries to find the Medicare Care Compare website. (The website allows Medicare beneficiaries to find and compare health care providers, such as physicians, hospitals, and nursing homes.)

The CMS must use search engine optimization practices to make it easier for beneficiaries to find the website, including best practices for indexing and searching, recommendations from search engines, and research-based website designs. The CMS must report on website analytics (e.g., internet traffic) and recommend appropriate legislative and administrative action.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2023-06-22
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
action_date: 2023-06-22
text: Introduced in Senate
PLUS Act of 2023

Bill: 118-s-2113
Sponsor: Sen. Risch, James E. [R-ID]
Introduced: 2023-06-22 in the Senate
Policy area: Labor and Employment

Summary:

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2023-06-22
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
action_date: 2023-06-22
text: Introduced in Senate
Foreign Adversary Communications Transparency Act

Bill: 118-s-2114
Sponsor: Sen. Rubio, Marco [R-FL]
Introduced: 2023-06-22 in the Senate
Policy area: Science, Technology, Communications
Subjects: Asia
Caribbean area
China
Corporate finance and management
Cuba
Foreign and international corporations
Government information and archives
Iran
Latin America
Licensing and registrations
Middle East
North Korea
Russia
Venezuela

Summary:
action_date: 2023-06-22
text: 

Foreign Adversary Communications Transparency Act

 
This bill requires the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) to annually publish a list of entities that hold a license or other authorization granted by the FCC and have ties to specified countries. An entity must be listed if the government of China, Cuba, Iran, North Korea, Russia, or Venezuela (or an organization subject to the jurisdiction of any of those governments) owns an equity interest in the entity. The FCC may list additional entities that do not meet these requirements after consulting with an appropriate national security agency. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2023-06-22
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
action_date: 2023-06-22
text: Introduced in Senate