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Energizing American Shipbuilding Act of 2023

Bill: 118-s-3467
Sponsor: Sen. Wicker, Roger F. [R-MS]
Introduced: 2023-12-12 in the Senate
Policy area: Energy
Subjects: Buy American requirements
Government information and archives
Licensing and registrations
Manufacturing
Marine and inland water transportation
Oil and gas
Transportation employees

Summary:
action_date: 2023-12-12
text: 

Energizing American Shipbuilding Act of 2023

This bill requires an increasing percentage of liquefied natural gas (LNG) and crude oil exports to be transported on U.S. vessels with American crews by certain deadlines. Specifically, the bill directs (1) the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) to require specified percentages of LNG exports to be transported on vessels built or retrofitted in the United States and documented under its laws, and (2) the President to require specified percentages of crude oil exports to be transported on vessels built or retrofitted in the United States and documented under its laws.

The vessels that are subject to these requirements must also have certain components that are built in the United States. If the vessels are retrofitted, the work must be done in a shipyard in the United States. FERC and the President may waive the component requirements under specified circumstances. 

The Energy Information Administration must collect and publish information on exports of natural gas and crude oil by vessels, including forecasts and data on those exports.
 

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2023-12-12
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs.
action_date: 2023-12-12
text: Introduced in Senate
Fairness in Federal Disaster Declarations Act of 2023

Bill: 118-s-3468
Sponsor: Sen. Durbin, Richard J. [D-IL]
Introduced: 2023-12-12 in the Senate
Policy area: Emergency Management

Summary:

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2023-12-12
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.
action_date: 2023-12-12
text: Introduced in Senate
A bill to direct the Secretary of Agriculture to establish a grocery, farm, and food worker stabilization grant program.

Bill: 118-s-3469
Sponsor: Sen. Brown, Sherrod [D-OH]
Introduced: 2023-12-12 in the Senate
Policy area: Agriculture and Food

Summary:
action_date: 2023-12-12
text: 
This bill directs the Agricultural Marketing Service (AMS) to establish a grant program to provide farmworkers, meat processing workers, and grocery workers stabilization payments in the case of a natural disaster or other disaster. Specifically, AMS must provide funding to membership organizations or labor unions representing farmworkers, meat processing workers, and grocery workers for the payments. 
 

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2023-12-12
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry.
action_date: 2023-12-12
text: Introduced in Senate
Citizen Ballot Protection Act

Bill: 118-s-3470
Sponsor: Sen. Britt, Katie Boyd [R-AL]
Introduced: 2023-12-12 in the Senate
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics

Summary:

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2023-12-12
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Rules and Administration.
action_date: 2023-12-12
text: Introduced in Senate
Fertilizer Research Act of 2023

Bill: 118-s-3471
Sponsor: Sen. Grassley, Chuck [R-IA]
Introduced: 2023-12-12 in the Senate
Policy area: Agriculture and Food

Summary:
action_date: 2023-12-12
text: 

Fertilizer Research Act of 2023

This bill directs the Department of Agriculture to publish on the department's website a report on the U.S. fertilizer industry. Among other things, the report must include

a description of the impacts on the fertilizer industry that influence the prices that agricultural producers receive for their products;

a description of the size and value of the U.S. fertilizer market over the previous 25 years;

a description of the importation of fertilizer into the United States and the impacts that antidumping and countervailing duties have on retail fertilizer prices;

a study of market concentration of the U.S. fertilizer industry;

an assessment of the regulatory environment governing fertilizer production, distribution, and usage; and

a description of the extent to which current public price reporting of fertilizer is transparent for market participants and recommendations on whether further reporting is needed. 

 

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2023-12-12
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry.
action_date: 2023-12-12
text: Introduced in Senate
A bill to provide for the conveyance of certain land, Dillard Road, Patoka Lake, Indiana, to the State of Indiana, and for other purposes.

Bill: 118-s-3472
Sponsor: Sen. Braun, Mike [R-IN]
Introduced: 2023-12-12 in the Senate
Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources

Summary:

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2023-12-12
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works.
action_date: 2023-12-12
text: Introduced in Senate
Air Security Act of 2023

Bill: 118-s-3473
Sponsor: Sen. Cornyn, John [R-TX]
Introduced: 2023-12-12 in the Senate
Policy area: Commerce

Summary:

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2023-12-12
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
action_date: 2023-12-12
text: Introduced in Senate
A bill to redesignate the Hulls Cove Visitor Center at Acadia National Park as the "George J. Mitchell, Jr., Visitor Center".

Bill: 118-s-3474
Sponsor: Sen. King, Angus S., Jr. [I-ME]
Introduced: 2023-12-12 in the Senate
Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources
Subjects: Congressional tributes
Diplomacy, foreign officials, Americans abroad
Maine
Members of Congress
Parks, recreation areas, trails
Senate

Summary:

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2024-11-21
text: Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 599.
action_date: 2024-11-21
text: Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. Reported by Senator Manchin with amendments and an amendment to the title. Without written report.
action_date: 2024-11-21
text: Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. Reported by Senator Manchin with amendments and an amendment to the title. Without written report.
action_date: 2024-11-19
text: Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. Ordered to be reported with amendments favorably.
action_date: 2024-05-15
text: Committee on Energy and Natural Resources Subcommittee on National Parks. Hearings held.
action_date: 2023-12-12
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
action_date: 2023-12-12
text: Introduced in Senate
American Investment Accountability Act

Bill: 118-s-3476
Sponsor: Sen. Rubio, Marco [R-FL]
Introduced: 2023-12-12 in the Senate
Policy area: Finance and Financial Sector

Summary:
action_date: 2023-12-12
text: 

American Investment Accountability Act

This bill requires periodic reporting on U.S. business and investment activity in countries of concern (i.e., China, Russia, Iran, North Korea, Cuba, and Venezuela) and with covered entities. Under the bill, a covered entity (1) is an entity headquartered in, is subject to the jurisdiction of, or is owned or controlled by a country of concern; (2) is partially or wholly owned by a sanctioned entity; (3) has a subsidiary or parent organization headquartered in, or is subject to the jurisdiction of, a country of concern; or (4) has a specified interest in a sanctioned entity.

The Department of Commerce must report on the value of direct investments by U.S. persons in countries of concern and in covered entities, disaggregated by sector and state of origin, and accounting for investment occurring offshore. Commerce must also report on the number of large direct investments by U.S. persons in countries of concern.

The Department of the Treasury must report on the value of portfolio investments by U.S. persons in countries of concern and in covered entities, disaggregated by sector and state of origin, and accounting for investment occurring offshore. Treasury must also report on the number of large portfolio investments by U.S. persons in countries of concern and the value of U.S. portfolio investments in IPOs of covered entities.

The Securities and Exchange Commission must report on relationships (e.g. joint ventures, mergers, acquisitions, or investments) U.S. businesses have with countries of concern and covered entities.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2023-12-12
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs.
action_date: 2023-12-12
text: Introduced in Senate
PATH to College Act

Bill: 118-s-3477
Sponsor: Sen. Casey, Robert P., Jr. [D-PA]
Introduced: 2023-12-12 in the Senate
Policy area: Transportation and Public Works

Summary:
action_date: 2023-12-12
text: 

Promoting Advancement Through Transit Help to College Act or the PATH to College Act

This bill authorizes Department of Transportation (DOT) grants for improving transit connections for students at institutions of higher education.

Specifically, grants must be used for projects such as (1) adding transit stops that serve campuses and connect to surrounding areas or other cities, (2) increasing the frequency of service or adjusting the transit time to allow students to get to and from their classes, or (3) providing for service operating costs. DOT may award the grants to partnerships of public transit providers and one or more community colleges, historically Black colleges and universities, tribal colleges and universities, or other minority-serving institutions.
 

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2023-12-12
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs.
action_date: 2023-12-12
text: Introduced in Senate
Eliminating Bias in Algorithmic Systems Act of 2023

Bill: 118-s-3478
Sponsor: Sen. Markey, Edward J. [D-MA]
Introduced: 2023-12-12 in the Senate
Policy area: Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues

Summary:

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2023-12-12
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.
action_date: 2023-12-12
text: Introduced in Senate
Southwest Border Regional Commission Reauthorization Act of 2023

Bill: 118-s-3479
Sponsor: Sen. Heinrich, Martin [D-NM]
Introduced: 2023-12-12 in the Senate
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics

Summary:

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2023-12-12
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works.
action_date: 2023-12-12
text: Introduced in Senate
CREEPS Act

Bill: 118-s-3480
Sponsor: Sen. Ernst, Joni [R-IA]
Introduced: 2023-12-13 in the Senate
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics

Summary:

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2023-12-13
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.
action_date: 2023-12-13
text: Introduced in Senate
Increasing Access to Quality Cardiac Rehabilitation Care Act of 2023

Bill: 118-s-3481
Sponsor: Sen. Capito, Shelley Moore [R-WV]
Introduced: 2023-12-13 in the Senate
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Cardiovascular and respiratory health
Health personnel
Long-term, rehabilitative, and terminal care
Medicare
Nursing

Summary:
action_date: 2023-12-13
text: 

Increasing Access to Quality Cardiac Rehabilitation Care Act of 

2023

 
This bill expands certain changes that are scheduled to take effect relating to the coverage of cardiac, intensive cardiac, and pulmonary rehabilitation programs under Medicare.
 
Currently, such programs require physician supervision. Effective January 1, 2024, physician assistants, nurse practitioners, and clinical nurse specialists may also supervise these programs. The bill allows these practitioners to administer programs in their offices, prepare and sign treatment plans, and prescribe exercise.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2023-12-13
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
action_date: 2023-12-13
text: Introduced in Senate
988 Lifeline Location Improvement Act of 2023

Bill: 118-s-3482
Sponsor: Sen. Barrasso, John [R-WY]
Introduced: 2023-12-13 in the Senate
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Advisory bodies
Congressional oversight
Emergency communications systems
Government studies and investigations
Mental health

Summary:

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2023-12-13
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
action_date: 2023-12-13
text: Introduced in Senate
Consequences for Climate Vandals Act

Bill: 118-s-3483
Sponsor: Sen. Vance, J. D. [R-OH]
Introduced: 2023-12-13 in the Senate
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics

Summary:

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2023-12-13
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Rules and Administration.
action_date: 2023-12-13
text: Introduced in Senate
Great Lakes Mass Marking Program Act

Bill: 118-s-3484
Sponsor: Sen. Stabenow, Debbie [D-MI]
Introduced: 2023-12-13 in the Senate
Policy area: Environmental Protection
Subjects: Aquatic ecology
Fishes
Government information and archives
Great Lakes
Marine and coastal resources, fisheries
Wildlife conservation and habitat protection

Summary:

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2023-12-13
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works.
action_date: 2023-12-13
text: Introduced in Senate
Supporting Healthy Pregnancy Act of 2023

Bill: 118-s-3485
Sponsor: Sen. Rubio, Marco [R-FL]
Introduced: 2023-12-13 in the Senate
Policy area: Families

Summary:

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2023-12-13
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
action_date: 2023-12-13
text: Introduced in Senate
Protecting American Advanced Manufacturing Act

Bill: 118-s-3486
Sponsor: Sen. Rubio, Marco [R-FL]
Introduced: 2023-12-13 in the Senate
Policy area: Taxation

Summary:
action_date: 2023-12-13
text: 
 
Protecting American Advanced Manufacturing Act 

 
This bill prohibits companies associated with governments of foreign adversaries from receiving the advanced manufacturing production tax credit. This includes companies that are owned, controlled by, operated by, or under the influence of a foreign adversary, any company whose equity interests are held by a foreign adversary (not less than 10%), or any company that is controlled by a foreign adversary through certain debt, lease, or manufacturing arrangements.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2023-12-13
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
action_date: 2023-12-13
text: Introduced in Senate
Segal AmeriCorps Education Award Tax Relief Act of 2023

Bill: 118-s-3487
Sponsor: Sen. Bennet, Michael F. [D-CO]
Introduced: 2023-12-13 in the Senate
Policy area: Taxation

Summary:
action_date: 2023-12-13
text: 

Segal AmeriCorps Education Award Tax Relief Act of 2023

This bill excludes from gross income amounts received as AmeriCorps educational awards provided under the National and Commuity Service Act of 1990. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2023-12-13
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
action_date: 2023-12-13
text: Introduced in Senate
NASA Talent Exchange Program Act

Bill: 118-s-3488
Sponsor: Sen. Brown, Sherrod [D-OH]
Introduced: 2023-12-13 in the Senate
Policy area: Science, Technology, Communications

Summary:

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2023-12-13
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
action_date: 2023-12-13
text: Introduced in Senate
Energy Circuit Riders Act

Bill: 118-s-3489
Sponsor: Sen. Shaheen, Jeanne [D-NH]
Introduced: 2023-12-13 in the Senate
Policy area: Energy

Summary:

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2023-12-13
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry.
action_date: 2023-12-13
text: Introduced in Senate
No VA Resources for Illegal Aliens Act

Bill: 118-s-3490
Sponsor: Sen. Tuberville, Tommy [R-AL]
Introduced: 2023-12-13 in the Senate
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Health care coverage and access
Immigrant health and welfare
Veterans' medical care

Summary:

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2023-12-13
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
action_date: 2023-12-13
text: Introduced in Senate
No Tax Dollars for the United Nations Climate Agenda Act

Bill: 118-s-3491
Sponsor: Sen. Schmitt, Eric [R-MO]
Introduced: 2023-12-13 in the Senate
Policy area: International Affairs

Summary:
action_date: 2023-12-13
text: 

No Tax Dollars for the United Nations Climate Agenda Act

 
This bill prohibits using federal agency funds to make contributions to or for the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change, or the Green Climate Fund.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2023-12-13
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations.
action_date: 2023-12-13
text: Introduced in Senate
Safe and Open Streets Act

Bill: 118-s-3492
Sponsor: Sen. Tillis, Thomas [R-NC]
Introduced: 2023-12-13 in the Senate
Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement

Summary:

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2023-12-13
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2023-12-13
text: Introduced in Senate
UNRWA Reform Act of 2023

Bill: 118-s-3493
Sponsor: Sen. Hagerty, Bill [R-TN]
Introduced: 2023-12-13 in the Senate
Policy area: International Affairs

Summary:

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2023-12-13
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations.
action_date: 2023-12-13
text: Introduced in Senate
Trusted Foreign Auditing Act of 2023

Bill: 118-s-3494
Sponsor: Sen. Rubio, Marco [R-FL]
Introduced: 2023-12-13 in the Senate
Policy area: Finance and Financial Sector

Summary:
action_date: 2023-12-13
text: 

Trusted Foreign Auditing Act of 2023

This bill expands a securities trading prohibition currently applicable to companies that use a foreign public accounting firm not subject to inspections by the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board. 

Under the bill, a company’s securities are prohibited from trade on a national securities exchange or through any other method regulated by the Securities and Exchange Commission if a company that is headquartered in a 
country of concern
 retains a 
compromised auditor
 to prepare an audit report. The bill defines a 
country of concern
 as North Korea, China, Russia, Iran, or a country identified as a threat to U.S. security in an annual report by the Office of the Director of National Intelligence. The bill defines a 
compromised auditor
 as an independent branch or office of a registered public accounting firm that is subject to the jurisdiction and laws of a country of concern, is controlled or influenced by a country of concern, or has entered into a particular type of relationship with a country of concern.

Further, board hearings to investigate and discipline registered public accounting firms must be public if a 
compromised auditor
 is a party to the hearing.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2023-12-13
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs.
action_date: 2023-12-13
text: Introduced in Senate
Amended Sensible Classification Act of 2023

Bill: 118-s-3495
Sponsor: Sen. Cornyn, John [R-TX]
Introduced: 2023-12-13 in the Senate
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security

Summary:

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2023-12-13
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.
action_date: 2023-12-13
text: Introduced in Senate
Orphan Well Grant Flexibility Act of 2023

Bill: 118-s-3496
Sponsor: Sen. Braun, Mike [R-IN]
Introduced: 2023-12-13 in the Senate
Policy area: Energy
Subjects: Climate change and greenhouse gases
Coal
Congressional oversight
Government studies and investigations
Mining
Soil pollution

Summary:

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2023-12-13
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
action_date: 2023-12-13
text: Introduced in Senate
FARM Home Loans Act of 2023

Bill: 118-s-3497
Sponsor: Sen. Braun, Mike [R-IN]
Introduced: 2023-12-13 in the Senate
Policy area: Housing and Community Development

Summary:

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2023-12-13
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry.
action_date: 2023-12-13
text: Introduced in Senate
Promoting Effective and Empowering Recovery Services in Medicare Act of 2023

Bill: 118-s-3498
Sponsor: Sen. Cortez Masto, Catherine [D-NV]
Introduced: 2023-12-13 in the Senate
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Drug, alcohol, tobacco use
Health care costs and insurance
Health care coverage and access
Medicare
Mental health

Summary:

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2023-12-13
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
action_date: 2023-12-13
text: Introduced in Senate
Securing American ARMS Act of 2023

Bill: 118-s-3499
Sponsor: Sen. Cornyn, John [R-TX]
Introduced: 2023-12-13 in the Senate
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security

Summary:

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2023-12-13
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Armed Services.
action_date: 2023-12-13
text: Introduced in Senate
Natural Climate Solutions Research and Extension Act of 2023

Bill: 118-s-3500
Sponsor: Sen. Markey, Edward J. [D-MA]
Introduced: 2023-12-13 in the Senate
Policy area: Agriculture and Food

Summary:

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2023-12-13
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry.
action_date: 2023-12-13
text: Introduced in Senate
Grandfamilies Act of 2023

Bill: 118-s-3501
Sponsor: Sen. Casey, Robert P., Jr. [D-PA]
Introduced: 2023-12-13 in the Senate
Policy area: Social Welfare
Subjects: Administrative remedies
Adoption and foster care
Advisory bodies
Child care and development
Child safety and welfare
Congressional oversight
Family relationships
Family services
Food assistance and relief
Government information and archives
Intergovernmental relations
Nutrition and diet
Poverty and welfare assistance
Social security and elderly assistance
Social work, volunteer service, charitable organizations
State and local government operations

Summary:
action_date: 2023-12-13
text: 

Grandfamilies Act of 

2023

 
 This bill expands access to specified programs for children living with grandparents or other family members who are not their legal guardian. Specifically, the bill provides that a child of a relative eligible for Old-Age and Survivors Insurance benefits is eligible for such benefit payments if that child (1) began living with such relative before age 18, (2) receives at least 50% of their support from such relative, and (3) has lived with such relative pursuant to a court order for at least 12 months.
 
 Additionally, the bill revises the Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) eligibility requirements for children living with specified caregiver relatives. First, the bill lessens the requirement for TANF applicants to assign their rights to child support when such assignment may impact the likelihood of reunifying the child with their noncustodial parent, such as where the noncustodial parent is working to gain financial stability so they may reunify with their child. Further, when a child, but not the caregiver relative, receives TANF benefits (i.e., child-only cases), or if the caregiver relative is 55 or older, the bill (1) excludes such caregiver&rsquo;s income from that child&rsquo;s eligibility determination, (2) removes the 5-year cap on assistance, and (3) exempts such caregiver relatives from TANF work requirements.
 
 The bill also (1) encourages states to enact temporary guardianship laws, (2) provides grants for state plans to support caregiver relatives, and (3) requires the Administration for Community Living to provide grants for establishing cross-sector partnerships that support families with caregiver relatives.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2024-03-12
text: Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs. Hearings held.
action_date: 2023-12-13
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
action_date: 2023-12-13
text: Introduced in Senate