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DISCLOSE Act of 2023

Bill: 118-s-512
Sponsor: Sen. Whitehouse, Sheldon [D-RI]
Introduced: 2023-02-16 in the Senate
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Subjects: Accounting and auditing
Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Broadcasting, cable, digital technologies
Civil actions and liability
Congressional oversight
Constitution and constitutional amendments
Corporate finance and management
Elections, voting, political campaign regulation
Federal Election Commission (FEC)
Government information and archives
Government studies and investigations
Judges
Judicial review and appeals
Members of Congress
Political advertising
Public participation and lobbying
Supreme Court
Tax-exempt organizations
Telephone and wireless communication

Summary:
action_date: 2023-02-16
text: 

Democracy Is Strengthened by Casting Light On Spending in Elections Act of 2023 or the DISCLOSE Act of 

2023

 
This bill addresses campaign finance, including by expanding the prohibition on campaign spending by foreign nationals, requiring additional disclosures of campaign expenditures, and requiring additional disclosures regarding certain political advertisements. 
 
Specifically, the bill expands existing foreign money prohibitions to include disbursements for paid web-based or digital communications and federal judicial nomination communications. It also prohibits foreign nationals from contributing to campaigns related to ballot initiatives and referenda.
 
The Government Accountability Office must, for each four-year election cycle, study and report on the incidence of illicit foreign money in federal elections.
 
Next, the bill makes it unlawful to establish or use a corporation, company, or other entity with the intent to conceal an election contribution or donation by a foreign national. A violator is subject to criminal penalties&#8212;a fine, a prison term of up to five years, or both.
 
 Covered organizations (e.g., corporations, labor organizations, and political organizations) must, within 24 hours, file reports with the Federal Election Commission to disclose campaign expenditures of more than $10,000 during an election cycle.
 
The bill also requires organizations to provide additional disclosures regarding political advertisements, including the donors who contributed the most money to that organization in the last year.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2023-02-16
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Rules and Administration.
action_date: 2023-02-16
text: Introduced in Senate
Insure Cybersecurity Act of 2023

Bill: 118-s-513
Sponsor: Sen. Hickenlooper, John W. [D-CO]
Introduced: 2023-02-16 in the Senate
Policy area: Science, Technology, Communications

Summary:
action_date: 2023-02-16
text: 

Insure Cybersecurity Act of 2023

 
This bill requires the National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA) to establish a working group on cyber insurance policies. These are policies that offer coverage for losses, damages, and costs incurred due to cyberattacks and related incidents.
 
The members of the working group must include representatives from the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency, the National Institute of Standards and Technology, the Department of the Treasury, and the Department of Justice. The working group must address ways to improve customers' understanding of the technical and legal terms used in cyber insurance policies. This includes developing recommendations for (1) customers to effectively evaluate the types and levels of coverage offered under a policy; and (2) insurance issuers, agents, and brokers to communicate policy provisions in a manner that is easily understood by customers. Additionally, the working group must identify market constraints and other factors that limit the use of cyber insurance to respond to the risk of cyber incidents and recommend incentives and other means to encourage such use.
 
The working group terminates once it submits a report of its findings and recommendations to Congress.
 
The bill also requires the NTIA to make resources on cyber insurance, including recommendations of the working group, publicly available on its website.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2023-02-16
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
action_date: 2023-02-16
text: Introduced in Senate
Congressional Tribute to Constance Baker Motley Act of 2023

Bill: 118-s-514
Sponsor: Sen. Blumenthal, Richard [D-CT]
Introduced: 2023-02-16 in the Senate
Policy area: Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues
Subjects: Congressional tributes
Federal district courts
Judges
Lawyers and legal services
Members of Congress
New York City
New York State
Racial and ethnic relations
U.S. history

Summary:
action_date: 2023-02-16
text: 

Congressional Tribute to Constance Baker Motley Act of 

2023

 
This bill provides for the award of a Congressional Gold Medal posthumously to Constance Baker Motley in recognition of her contributions and service to the United States in advancing civil rights as an attorney, elected official, and judge.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2023-02-16
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs.
action_date: 2023-02-16
text: Introduced in Senate
Securing Our Propane Supply Act

Bill: 118-s-515
Sponsor: Sen. Stabenow, Debbie [D-MI]
Introduced: 2023-02-16 in the Senate
Policy area: Energy

Summary:
action_date: 2023-02-16
text: 

Securing Our Propane Supply Act

 
This bill requires the Department of Energy (DOE) to study the feasibility and effectiveness of establishing a national strategic propane reserve that is separate from the Strategic Petroleum Reserve. If DOE finds a reserve should be established, then DOE must develop an implementation plan.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2023-02-16
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
action_date: 2023-02-16
text: Introduced in Senate
Fair Wages for Incarcerated Workers Act of 2023

Bill: 118-s-516
Sponsor: Sen. Booker, Cory A. [D-NJ]
Introduced: 2023-02-16 in the Senate
Policy area: Labor and Employment

Summary:
action_date: 2023-02-16
text: 

Fair Wages for Incarcerated Workers Act of 2023

 
This bill extends the protections under the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938, including minimum wage requirements, to incarcerated workers.
 
Incarcerated workers include individuals detained in a correctional facility who perform work offered or required by or through the correctional facility, including work associated with prison work programs, work release programs, federal prison industries (i.e., UNICOR program), state prison industries, public works programs, restitution centers, correctional facility operations and maintenance, and private entities.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2023-02-16
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
action_date: 2023-02-16
text: Introduced in Senate
Combating Workplace Discrimination in Correctional Facilities Act of 2023

Bill: 118-s-517
Sponsor: Sen. Booker, Cory A. [D-NJ]
Introduced: 2023-02-16 in the Senate
Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Administrative remedies
Civil actions and liability
Correctional facilities and imprisonment
Department of Justice
Detention of persons
Employment and training programs
Employment discrimination and employee rights
Government information and archives

Summary:
action_date: 2023-02-16
text: 

Combating Workplace Discrimination in Correctional Facilities Act of 2023

 
This bill provides certain rights and protections for prisoners who refuse to or do not work while in prison.
 
Specifically, the bill prohibits the Department of Justice from requiring a prisoner to participate in a work program.
 
Additionally, the bill allows a prisoner to file a civil rights lawsuit under federal law without first exhausting all administrative remedies. Currently, a prisoner must exhaust all administrative remedies before filing such a lawsuit. 
 
The bill prohibits any retaliation against a prisoner for refusal to work. It also prohibits the Bureau of Prisons from disciplining a prisoner for refusal to work. 
 
Finally, the bill extends other federal statutory protections to prisoners by (1) including correctional facilities as covered employers and prisoners as covered employees under the Civil Rights Act of 1964 with respect to employment-related discrimination against imprisoned workers, and (2) requiring correctional facilities to implement certain policies and procedures to ensure compliance with the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990 and the Rehabilitation Act of 1973.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2023-02-16
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2023-02-16
text: Introduced in Senate
Correctional Facilities Occupational Safety and Health Act of 2023

Bill: 118-s-518
Sponsor: Sen. Booker, Cory A. [D-NJ]
Introduced: 2023-02-16 in the Senate
Policy area: Labor and Employment
Subjects: Congressional oversight
Correctional facilities and imprisonment
Detention of persons
Government information and archives
Labor standards
Worker safety and health

Summary:
action_date: 2023-02-16
text: 

Correctional Facilities Occupational Safety and Health Act of 2023

 
This bill extends federal workplace safety and health protections to incarcerated workers. These are individuals who (1) are incarcerated or detained in a federal, state, or local correctional facility (or a private facility operating under government contract); and (2) perform work offered or required by the correctional facility, such as prison work programs or work release programs.
 
States and territories that enforce their own workplace safety and health laws and standards under a plan approved by the Occupational Safety and Health Administration must include workplace protections for incarcerated workers in the plan. In addition, the Department of Labor must establish a grant program to assist states with amending their occupational safety and health laws to cover incarcerated workers and with enforcing those laws.
 
Furthermore, the Bureau of Prisons must ensure that its workplace safety and health program applies to incarcerated workers in the same manner as it applies to employees of the bureau.
 
Additionally, states and localities that participate in the Edward Byrne Memorial Justice Assistance Grant Program must have workplace safety and health protections for incarcerated workers that are appropriately monitored and enforced. The bill reserves a portion of the grants for recipients to use to set up workplace safety and health protections for incarcerated workers.
 
The bill also requires periodic reports to Congress and the Department of Justice about the workplace and safety conditions at correctional facilities, including any potential noncompliance with relevant standards.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2023-02-16
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2023-02-16
text: Introduced in Senate
A bill to prohibit individuals charged with or convicted of human trafficking or drug trafficking offenses committed near the border of the United States from receiving Federal benefits.

Bill: 118-s-519
Sponsor: Sen. Blackburn, Marsha [R-TN]
Introduced: 2023-02-16 in the Senate
Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement
Subjects: Disability assistance
Drug trafficking and controlled substances
Government lending and loan guarantees
Human trafficking
Licensing and registrations
Medicaid
Medicare
Poverty and welfare assistance
Public contracts and procurement
Public housing
Smuggling and trafficking
Social security and elderly assistance
Veterans' pensions and compensation

Summary:
action_date: 2023-02-16
text: 
This bill prohibits an individual who is indicted for, charged with, or convicted of a covered trafficking offense from receiving federal benefits.
 

Covered trafficking offense
 refers to a human trafficking offense or a drug trafficking offense occurring at an international border, or within the territorial waters, of the United States.
 

Federal benefit
 refers to (1) the issuance of any grant, contract, loan, professional license, or commercial license provided by a U.S. agency or by appropriated U.S. funds; and (2) any retirement, welfare, Social Security, health, disability, veterans, public housing, or other similar benefit.
 
The bill requires the federal government to provide retroactive benefits payments for an individual who has the charge dismissed or is found not guilty of the covered trafficking offense.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2023-02-16
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.
action_date: 2023-02-16
text: Introduced in Senate
No CCP (Chinese Communist Police) in the United States Act of 2023

Bill: 118-s-520
Sponsor: Sen. Scott, Rick [R-FL]
Introduced: 2023-02-16 in the Senate
Policy area: International Affairs

Summary:
action_date: 2023-02-16
text: 

No CCP (Chinese Communist Police) in the United States Act of 2023

 
This bill requires the Department of State and the Federal of Bureau of Investigation (FBI) to provide notifications and public information about certain Chinese police-related activities outside of China.
 
The State Department must publish (and keep updated) on its travel alert systems a list of all countries that have a bilateral security agreement or joint police initiative with the Chinese government or the Chinese Communist Party (CCP). 
 
The FBI must annually brief Congress on the Chinese government's presence internationally through bilateral security agreements and joint police initiatives. 
 
Furthermore, if the FBI discovers in the United States a police station operated by China's government or the CCP, the FBI must (1) notify the applicable state and local law enforcement agencies within 24 hours of the discovery, (2) notify the public through law enforcement bulletin within 72 hours of the discovery, (3) provide a briefing to Congress within 15 days of the discovery, and (4) provide periodic updates to Congress after the initial briefing.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2023-02-16
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations.
action_date: 2023-02-16
text: Introduced in Senate
Lumbee Fairness Act

Bill: 118-s-521
Sponsor: Sen. Tillis, Thomas [R-NC]
Introduced: 2023-02-16 in the Senate
Policy area: Native Americans
Subjects: Federal-Indian relations
Indian lands and resources rights
North Carolina

Summary:
action_date: 2023-02-16
text: 

Lumbee Fairness Act

 
This bill extends federal recognition to the Lumbee Tribe of North Carolina and makes its members eligible for the services and benefits provided to members of federally recognized tribes. 
 
Members of the tribe residing in Robeson, Cumberland, Hoke, and Scotland Counties in North Carolina are deemed to be within the delivery area for such services.
 
The Department of the Interior and the Department of Health and Human Services must develop, in consultation with the tribe, a determination of needs to provide the services for which members of the tribe are eligible.
 
Interior may take land into trust for the benefit of the tribe.
 
Finally, North Carolina must exercise jurisdiction over all criminal offenses committed, and all civil actions that arise, on North Carolina lands owned by, or held in trust for, the Lumbee Tribe or any dependent Indian community of the tribe unless jurisdiction is transferred to the United States pursuant to an agreement between the tribe and the state.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2023-02-16
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs.
action_date: 2023-02-16
text: Introduced in Senate
SMART Cocaine Sentencing Act

Bill: 118-s-522
Sponsor: Sen. Grassley, Chuck [R-IA]
Introduced: 2023-02-16 in the Senate
Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement

Summary:
action_date: 2023-02-16
text: 

Start Making Adjustments and Require Transparency in Cocaine Sentencing Act or the SMART Cocaine Sentencing Act

 
This bill reduces the federal sentencing disparity between drug offenses involving crack cocaine and powder cocaine. 
 
Currently, different threshold amounts of crack cocaine and powder cocaine (e.g., 28 grams of crack cocaine and 500 grams of powder cocaine) trigger the same statutory criminal penalties.
 
This bill reduces the federal sentencing disparity by altering the threshold amounts of crack cocaine and powder cocaine that trigger statutory criminal penalties. Specifically, the bill increases the threshold amounts of crack cocaine (e.g., from 28 to 160 grams) and decreases the threshold amounts of powder cocaine (e.g., from 500 to 400 grams) that trigger statutory criminal penalties.
 
The changes may apply retroactively, but only if the Department of Justice (DOJ) certifies that the sentence of a defendant should be reduced.
 
The bill requires DOJ to review and report on various data related to crack cocaine and powder cocaine, including individual dosage amounts, addictiveness, and associated violence. 
 
Additionally, the U.S. Sentencing Commission must report publicly on cocaine offenses and offenders, including trends in cocaine trafficking patterns, price, and use; the interaction of state penalties with federal prosecutorial decisions; and federal case law developments related to federal cocaine sentencing.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2023-02-16
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2023-02-16
text: Introduced in Senate
Freedom to Invest in a Sustainable Future Act

Bill: 118-s-523
Sponsor: Sen. Smith, Tina [D-MN]
Introduced: 2023-02-16 in the Senate
Policy area: Labor and Employment

Summary:
action_date: 2023-02-16
text: 

Freedom to Invest in a Sustainable Future Act

 
This bill provides statutory authority for fiduciaries of employer-sponsored retirement plans to consider environmental, social, governance, or similar factors when making investment decisions.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2023-02-16
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
action_date: 2023-02-16
text: Introduced in Senate
EQUAL Act

Bill: 118-s-524
Sponsor: Sen. Booker, Cory A. [D-NJ]
Introduced: 2023-02-16 in the Senate
Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement
Subjects: Criminal procedure and sentencing
Drug trafficking and controlled substances

Summary:
action_date: 2023-02-16
text: 

Eliminating a Quantifiably Unjust Application of the Law Act or the EQUAL Act

 
This bill eliminates the federal sentencing disparity between drug offenses involving crack cocaine and powder cocaine. 
 
Currently, different threshold quantities of crack cocaine and powder cocaine (e.g., 28 grams of crack cocaine and 500 grams of powder cocaine) trigger the same statutory criminal penalties.
 
This bill eliminates the lower quantity thresholds for crack cocaine offenses. Under the bill, the same threshold quantities of crack cocaine and powder cocaine trigger the same statutory criminal penalties. 
 
The change applies to future cases and cases pending on the date of enactment. With respect to past cases, the bill authorizes resentencing of a defendant who was convicted or sentenced for a crack cocaine offense before the date of enactment. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2023-02-16
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2023-02-16
text: Introduced in Senate
Families Fly Together Act of 2023

Bill: 118-s-525
Sponsor: Sen. Markey, Edward J. [D-MA]
Introduced: 2023-02-16 in the Senate
Policy area: Transportation and Public Works

Summary:
action_date: 2023-02-16
text: 

Families Fly Together Act of 2023 

 
This bill requires all air carriers that provide air transportation to ensure children age 13 and under are seated adjacent to their family members on flights without mandating extra fees.
 
Additionally, the Department of Transportation must investigate and publish data regarding violations of the requirement.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2023-02-16
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
action_date: 2023-02-16
text: Introduced in Senate
BENEFIT Act of 2023

Bill: 118-s-526
Sponsor: Sen. Wicker, Roger F. [R-MS]
Introduced: 2023-02-16 in the Senate
Policy area: Health

Summary:
action_date: 2023-02-16
text: 

Better Empowerment Now to Enhance Framework and Improve Treatments Act of 2023 or the BENEFIT Act of 

2023

 
This bill requires the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to consider relevant patient experience data in the risk-benefit assessment framework used in the process for approving new drugs.
 
After a new drug application has been approved, the FDA's public statement about how it used patient experience data shall include a description of how such data was considered in the risk-benefit assessment framework. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2023-02-16
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
action_date: 2023-02-16
text: Introduced in Senate
African Burial Ground International Memorial Museum and Educational Center Act

Bill: 118-s-527
Sponsor: Sen. Gillibrand, Kirsten E. [D-NY]
Introduced: 2023-02-27 in the Senate
Policy area: Social Sciences and History
Subjects: Advisory bodies
Archaeology and anthropology
Department of the Interior
Executive agency funding and structure
Land transfers
Monuments and memorials
Museums, exhibitions, cultural centers
New York City
Parks, recreation areas, trails
Racial and ethnic relations
U.S. history

Summary:
action_date: 2023-02-27
text: 

African Burial Ground International Memorial Museum and Educational Center Act

 
 This bill establishes the African Burial Ground International Memorial Museum and Educational Center at the African Burial Ground National Monument in New York, New York.
 
 The National Park Service shall (1) acquire for the museum property that is located adjacent to the national monument or in any other area of the African Burial Ground National Historic Landmark in the city other than the location adjacent to the monument, and (2) construct the museum on the acquired property. 
 
The bill establishes within the Department of the Interior the African Burial Ground Advisory Council to (1) make recommendations on the construction of the museum, and (2) advise and assist Interior on all matters relating to the operation and preservation of the museum.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2023-06-21
text: Committee on Energy and Natural Resources Senate Subcommittee on National Parks. Hearings held. With printed Hearing: S.Hrg. 118-284.
action_date: 2023-02-27
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
action_date: 2023-02-27
text: Introduced in Senate