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CTE Awareness Act

Bill: 118-s-3537
Sponsor: Sen. Braun, Mike [R-IN]
Introduced: 2023-12-14 in the Senate
Policy area: Education

Summary:
action_date: 2023-12-14
text: 

CTE Awareness Act

This bill requires the Department of Education (ED) to disclose certain information related to career and technical education.

Specifically, the bill requires the Office of Federal Student Aid within ED to publish on its public website information on (1) career and technical education programs, including average completion time, program cost, and postgraduation employment rate; and (2) opportunities in each state to pursue these programs and obtain Perkins funding.

In addition, ED must include this information and a related acknowledgment signature box on the Free Application for Federal Student Aid.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2023-12-14
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
action_date: 2023-12-14
text: Introduced in Senate
Close the Shadow Banking Loophole Act

Bill: 118-s-3538
Sponsor: Sen. Brown, Sherrod [D-OH]
Introduced: 2023-12-14 in the Senate
Policy area: Finance and Financial Sector

Summary:
action_date: 2023-12-14
text: 

Close the Shadow Banking Loophole Act

This bill provides for the federal regulation and supervision of industrial banks, also known as industrial loan companies (ILCs), and their parent companies. ILCs are state-chartered institutions owned by nonfinancial businesses (parent companies) that provide several services similar to banks, such as originating loans and processing payments. Under current law, the parent companies are not subject to federal banking supervision, however, the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC) may grant deposit insurance to these institutions.

Under the bill, certain pending ILC deposit insurance applications must receive votes from two-thirds of the FDIC board to be approved. The bill also sets a deadline for FDIC to consider pending applications. If FDIC does not approve an application before this deadline, the application is deemed to have been denied.
 

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2023-12-14
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs.
action_date: 2023-12-14
text: Introduced in Senate
Small Business Contracting Fairness Act

Bill: 118-s-3539
Sponsor: Sen. Ossoff, Jon [D-GA]
Introduced: 2023-12-14 in the Senate
Policy area: Commerce
Subjects: Minority and disadvantaged businesses
Public contracts and procurement
Small business
Wages and earnings

Summary:

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2023-12-14
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works.
action_date: 2023-12-14
text: Introduced in Senate
SALONS Stories Act

Bill: 118-s-3540
Sponsor: Sen. Blackburn, Marsha [R-TN]
Introduced: 2023-12-14 in the Senate
Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement

Summary:

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2023-12-14
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2023-12-14
text: Introduced in Senate
Fair Audits and Inspections for Regulators’ Exams Act

Bill: 118-s-3541
Sponsor: Sen. Moran, Jerry [R-KS]
Introduced: 2023-12-14 in the Senate
Policy area: Finance and Financial Sector
Subjects: Administrative remedies
Advisory bodies
Banking and financial institutions regulation
Consumer Financial Protection Bureau
Government information and archives
Judicial review and appeals

Summary:
action_date: 2023-12-14
text: 

Fair Audits and Inspections for Regulators’ Exams Act

This bill establishes new requirements for entities responsible for the federal examination of financial intuitions. Specifically, the bill sets deadlines for federal financial regulatory agencies to provide final examination reports and to perform exit interviews of a financial institution. In addition, the agency must list all materials relied upon in support of a material supervisory determination upon the request of the financial institution.

The bill also establishes the Office of Independent Examination Review to adjudicate appeals and investigate complaints from financial institutions concerning examination reports. Under the bill, financial institutions have the right to obtain an independent review of a material supervisory determination contained in a final report of examination. The bill sets forth provisions regarding hearings and final decisions.

The bill also requires the establishment of an independent internal agency appellate process at the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) for the review of supervisory determinations made at institutions supervised by the CFPB.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2023-12-14
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs.
action_date: 2023-12-14
text: Introduced in Senate
Atchafalaya National Heritage Area Boundary Modification Act

Bill: 118-s-3542
Sponsor: Sen. Cassidy, Bill [R-LA]
Introduced: 2023-12-14 in the Senate
Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources
Subjects: Historic sites and heritage areas
Land use and conservation
Louisiana

Summary:
action_date: 2023-12-14
text: 

Atchafalaya National Heritage Area Boundary Modification Act

This bill expands the boundary of the Atchafalaya National Heritage Area to include Lafourche Parish, Louisiana. The bill also expands the membership of the Atchafalaya Trace Commission, the local coordinating entity for the heritage area, to include a member from the parish.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2024-11-21
text: Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 601.
action_date: 2024-11-21
text: Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. Reported by Senator Manchin without amendment. Without written report.
action_date: 2024-11-21
text: Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. Reported by Senator Manchin without amendment. Without written report.
action_date: 2024-11-19
text: Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. Ordered to be reported without amendment favorably.
action_date: 2024-05-15
text: Committee on Energy and Natural Resources Subcommittee on National Parks. Hearings held.
action_date: 2023-12-14
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
action_date: 2023-12-14
text: Introduced in Senate
A bill to designate the visitor and education center at Fort McHenry National Monument and Historic Shrine as the "Paul S. Sarbanes Visitor and Education Center".

Bill: 118-s-3544
Sponsor: Sen. Cardin, Benjamin L. [D-MD]
Introduced: 2023-12-14 in the Senate
Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources
Subjects: Congressional tributes
Government buildings, facilities, and property
Historic sites and heritage areas
Maryland
Members of Congress
Monuments and memorials
Senate

Summary:

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2024-11-21
text: Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 603.
action_date: 2024-11-21
text: Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. Reported by Senator Manchin without amendment. Without written report.
action_date: 2024-11-21
text: Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. Reported by Senator Manchin without amendment. Without written report.
action_date: 2024-11-19
text: Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. Ordered to be reported without amendment favorably.
action_date: 2023-12-14
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. (Sponsor introductory remarks on measure: CR S5999)
action_date: 2023-12-14
text: Introduced in Senate
Improving DATA in Public Health Act

Bill: 118-s-3545
Sponsor: Sen. Kaine, Tim [D-VA]
Introduced: 2023-12-14 in the Senate
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Advisory bodies
Computers and information technology
Congressional oversight
Department of Health and Human Services
Executive agency funding and structure
Government information and archives
Health information and medical records
Health programs administration and funding
Intergovernmental relations

Summary:

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2023-12-14
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
action_date: 2023-12-14
text: Introduced in Senate
Veterans Mental Health and Addiction Therapy Quality of Care Act

Bill: 118-s-3546
Sponsor: Sen. Cornyn, John [R-TX]
Introduced: 2023-12-14 in the Senate
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security

Summary:

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2023-12-14
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
action_date: 2023-12-14
text: Introduced in Senate
CONVENE Act of 2023

Bill: 118-s-3547
Sponsor: Sen. Ernst, Joni [R-IA]
Introduced: 2023-12-14 in the Senate
Policy area: International Affairs

Summary:
action_date: 2023-12-14
text: 

Connecting Oceania’s Nations with Vanguard Exercises and National Empowerment Act of 2023 or the CONVENE Act of 2023

This bill authorizes the Department of State to consult and engage with Micronesia, the Marshall Islands, or Palau to advise and provide assistance to a national security council or to identify a similar coordinating body for national security matters. The State Department shall periodically report to Congress on the status of national security councils in these countries.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2023-12-14
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations.
action_date: 2023-12-14
text: Introduced in Senate
Health Care Prices Revealed and Information to Consumers Explained Transparency Act

Bill: 118-s-3548
Sponsor: Sen. Braun, Mike [R-IN]
Introduced: 2023-12-14 in the Senate
Policy area: Health

Summary:

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2023-12-14
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
action_date: 2023-12-14
text: Introduced in Senate
Predatory Lending Elimination Act

Bill: 118-s-3549
Sponsor: Sen. Reed, Jack [D-RI]
Introduced: 2023-12-14 in the Senate
Policy area: Finance and Financial Sector

Summary:
action_date: 2023-12-14
text: 

Predatory Lending Elimination Act

This bill applies certain military consumer credit protections to all consumers. Specifically, the bill caps the interest rate on extensions of consumer credit at 36%.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2023-12-14
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs. (Sponsor introductory remarks on measure: CR S5999-6000)
action_date: 2023-12-14
text: Introduced in Senate
MATE Improvement Act

Bill: 118-s-3550
Sponsor: Sen. Bennet, Michael F. [D-CO]
Introduced: 2023-12-14 in the Senate
Policy area: Health

Summary:

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2023-12-14
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
action_date: 2023-12-14
text: Introduced in Senate
Voluntary Limited Accreditation for Adoption Services Act

Bill: 118-s-3551
Sponsor: Sen. Wicker, Roger F. [R-MS]
Introduced: 2023-12-14 in the Senate
Policy area: International Affairs

Summary:

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2023-12-14
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations.
action_date: 2023-12-14
text: Introduced in Senate
A bill to amend the Taxpayer Certainty and Disaster Tax Relief Act of 2020 to allow qualified tax-exempt organizations to claim the employee retention credit for employers affected by qualified disasters against Medicare hospital insurance taxes.

Bill: 118-s-3552
Sponsor: Sen. Kennedy, John [R-LA]
Introduced: 2023-12-14 in the Senate
Policy area: Taxation

Summary:
action_date: 2023-12-14
text: 
This bill allows certain tax-exempt organizations to claim the employee retention tax credit for employers affected by qualified disasters against its Medicare hospital insurance tax liability.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2023-12-14
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
action_date: 2023-12-14
text: Introduced in Senate
Military Personnel Confirmation Restoration Act of 2023

Bill: 118-s-3553
Sponsor: Sen. Rounds, Mike [R-SD]
Introduced: 2023-12-14 in the Senate
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Military command and structure
Military personnel and dependents
Military readiness

Summary:
action_date: 2023-12-14
text: 

Military Personnel Confirmation Restoration Act of 2023

This bill requires the Department of Defense (DOD) to provide certain relief to individuals whose promotions to a grade or rank in the Armed Forces of O-7 or higher were delayed by the Senate. Specifically, the bill applies to those individuals who were confirmed between December 5, 2023, and December 31, 2023.

The bill requires DOD to provide pay and benefits associated with the appointment retroactive to the later of (1) the date that is 30 days after the date on which the nomination was placed on the Executive Calendar of the Senate, or (2) the date on which the individual would have been appointed but for the suspension of Senate confirmation of appointments. 

action_date: 2023-12-14
text: 

Military Personnel Confirmation Restoration Act of 2023

This bill requires the Department of Defense (DOD) to provide certain relief to individuals whose promotions to a grade or rank in the Armed Forces of O-7 or higher were delayed by the Senate. Specifically, the bill applies to those individuals who were confirmed between December 5, 2023, and December 31, 2023.

The bill requires DOD to provide pay and benefits associated with the appointment retroactive to the later of (1) the date that is 30 days after the date on which the nomination was placed on the Executive Calendar of the Senate, or (2) the date on which the individual would have been appointed but for the suspension of Senate confirmation of appointments. 

 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2023-12-19
text: Held at the desk.
action_date: 2023-12-19
text: Received in the House.
action_date: 2023-12-18
text: Message on Senate action sent to the House.
action_date: 2023-12-14
text: Introduced in the Senate, read twice, considered, read the third time, and passed without amendment by Unanimous Consent. (consideration: CR S5989; text: CR S5989)
action_date: 2023-12-14
text: Passed/agreed to in Senate: Introduced in the Senate, read twice, considered, read the third time, and passed without amendment by Unanimous Consent.(consideration: CR S5989; text: CR S5989)
action_date: 2023-12-14
text: Introduced in Senate
FAIRR Act

Bill: 118-s-3554
Sponsor: Sen. Warner, Mark R. [D-VA]
Introduced: 2023-12-18 in the Senate
Policy area: Finance and Financial Sector
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Advanced technology and technological innovations
Advisory bodies
Banking and financial institutions regulation
Civil actions and liability
Computer security and identity theft
Computers and information technology
Federal Housing Finance Agency
Financial services and investments

Summary:
action_date: 2023-12-18
text: 

Financial Artificial Intelligence Risk Reduction Act or the FAIRR Act

This bill addresses the impact of artificial intelligence on financial markets.

The bill requires the Financial Stability Oversight Council to coordinate with agencies regarding threats to the financial system posed by artificial intelligence, including the use of false representations of the likeness, speech, or actions of persons to manipulate or to cause disruptions to financial markets. The council must report on its findings and make policy recommendations to Congress. After congressional review, the council must implement these recommendations.

The Securities and Exchange Commission is allowed to seek treble civil penalties for violations of federal securities exchange law that involve machine-manipulated media.

The bill establishes liability for a person who, directly or indirectly, deploys or causes to be deployed an artificial intelligence model involved in a securities law violation.

The bill also provides for the regulation and supervision of certain financial organizations and service providers. For example, if a credit union that is subject to examination by the Board of Directors of the National Credit Union Administration delegates the performance of certain activities and services, this delegation must be disclosed and is subject to regulation and examination by the board.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2024-06-12
text: Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs. Hearings held.
action_date: 2024-02-08
text: Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs. Hearings held.
action_date: 2023-12-18
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs.
action_date: 2023-12-18
text: Introduced in Senate
STOCK Act 2.0

Bill: 118-s-3555
Sponsor: Sen. Gillibrand, Kirsten E. [D-NY]
Introduced: 2023-12-18 in the Senate
Policy area: Congress

Summary:

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2023-12-18
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.
action_date: 2023-12-18
text: Introduced in Senate
Enhancing First Response Act

Bill: 118-s-3556
Sponsor: Sen. Klobuchar, Amy [D-MN]
Introduced: 2023-12-18 in the Senate
Policy area: Science, Technology, Communications

Summary:
action_date: 2023-12-18
text: 

Enhancing First Response Act

This bill requires the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) to report on certain activations of the Disaster Information Reporting System (DIRS). DIRS is a reporting system, activated during severe weather and other events impacting communications service, through which communications providers report outages and other degradations to service.

If the system was activated for at least seven days, the FCC must issue a preliminary report that includes information about the number, duration, and nature of all associated outages. The FCC must also hold at least one public field hearing in the area affected by the event, and it must issue a final report that includes recommendations on how to improve the resiliency of affected networks.

Separately, the FCC must publish a general report on (1) the volume and nature of 9-1-1 outages that are not required to be reported under current outage notification rules, and (2) the value to public safety agencies of the inclusion of visual information in outage notifications from communications providers.

The bill also requires the Office of Management and Budget, by 30 days after the bill's enactment, to categorize public safety telecommunicators as a protective service occupation under the Standard Occupational Classification System.

Finally, the Office of the Inspector General of the FCC is directed to publish a report on the implementation of Kari’s Law, which requires multiline telephone systems to be preconfigured to allow users to dial 9-1-1 directly from any phone without dialing any additional code or prefix.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2023-12-18
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
action_date: 2023-12-18
text: Introduced in Senate
A bill to require the Secretary of Health and Human Services to prepare a report that outlines a plan for completing a review of approved opioid analgesic drugs that considers the public health effects of such opioid drugs.

Bill: 118-s-3557
Sponsor: Sen. Murphy, Christopher [D-CT]
Introduced: 2023-12-19 in the Senate
Policy area: Health

Summary:

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2023-12-19
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
action_date: 2023-12-19
text: Introduced in Senate
Prohibiting Foreign Access to American Genetic Information Act of 2024

Bill: 118-s-3558
Sponsor: Sen. Peters, Gary C. [D-MI]
Introduced: 2023-12-20 in the Senate
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Subjects: Congressional oversight
Government information and archives
Health technology, devices, supplies
Public contracts and procurement

Summary:
action_date: 2023-12-20
text: 
This bill prohibits federal contracting with certain biotechnology providers connected to foreign adversaries, with exceptions.

Specifically, the bill prohibits executive agencies from (1) procuring or obtaining any biotechnology equipment or service produced or provided by a biotechnology company of concern, or (2) entering into a contract or extending or renewing a contract that uses such equipment or service or that will require the direct use of such equipment or services. Those agencies may not obligate or expend loan or grant funds for such purposes.
 
A 
biotechnology company of concern
 includes BGI, MGI, Complete Genomics, WuXi AppTec, and any subsidiary, parent affiliate, or successor of such entities, and any entity that
 
 
is subject to the jurisdiction, direction, control, or operates on behalf of the government of a foreign adversary;
 
is involved in the manufacturing, distribution, provision, or procurement of a biotechnology equipment or service; and
 
poses a risk to U.S. national security based on specified activities.
 
 
Executive agencies may waive the prohibitions on a case-by-case basis under specified circumstances.
 
The Office of Management and Budget must develop and periodically update a list of the entities that constitute biotechnology companies of concern.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2024-09-23
text: Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 521.
action_date: 2024-09-23
text: Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs. Reported by Senator Peters with an amendment in the nature of a substitute. With written report No. 118-229.
action_date: 2024-09-23
text: Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs. Reported by Senator Peters with an amendment in the nature of a substitute. With written report No. 118-229.
action_date: 2024-03-06
text: Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs. Ordered to be reported with an amendment in the nature of a substitute favorably.
action_date: 2023-12-20
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.
action_date: 2023-12-20
text: Introduced in Senate
Unplug the Electric Vehicle Charging Stations Program Act

Bill: 118-s-3559
Sponsor: Sen. Ernst, Joni [R-IA]
Introduced: 2024-01-08 in the Senate
Policy area: Energy

Summary:

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2024-01-08
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works.
action_date: 2024-01-08
text: Introduced in Senate
Combat Veterans Pre-Enrollment Act of 2024

Bill: 118-s-3560
Sponsor: Sen. King, Angus S., Jr. [I-ME]
Introduced: 2024-01-09 in the Senate
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security

Summary:

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2024-01-09
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
action_date: 2024-01-09
text: Introduced in Senate
HOME Act of 2024

Bill: 118-s-3561
Sponsor: Sen. Rosen, Jacky [D-NV]
Introduced: 2024-01-09 in the Senate
Policy area: Housing and Community Development
Subjects: Civil actions and liability
Competition and antitrust
Congressional oversight
Department of Housing and Urban Development
Executive agency funding and structure
Government corporations and government-sponsored enterprises
Government studies and investigations
Government trust funds
Housing and community development funding
Housing finance and home ownership
Housing supply and affordability
Intergovernmental relations
Lease and rental services
Low- and moderate-income housing
Presidents and presidential powers, Vice Presidents

Summary:

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2024-01-09
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs.
action_date: 2024-01-09
text: Introduced in Senate
A bill to designate the medical center of the Department of Veterans Affairs in Tomah, Wisconsin, as the "Jason Simcakoski Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Center".

Bill: 118-s-3562
Sponsor: Sen. Baldwin, Tammy [D-WI]
Introduced: 2024-01-09 in the Senate
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security

Summary:
action_date: 2024-01-09
text: 
This bill designates the medical center of the Department of Veterans Affairs in Tomah, Wisconsin, as the Jason Simcakoski Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Center or the Jason Simcakoski VA Medical Center.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2024-01-09
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
action_date: 2024-01-09
text: Introduced in Senate