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Housing Accountability Act of 2023

Bill: 118-s-581
Sponsor: Sen. Rubio, Marco [R-FL]
Introduced: 2023-03-01 in the Senate
Policy area: Housing and Community Development
Subjects: Building construction
Civil actions and liability
Congressional oversight
Housing and community development funding
Housing industry and standards
Low- and moderate-income housing
Public contracts and procurement
Public housing

Summary:
action_date: 2023-03-01
text: 

Housing Accountability Act of 

2023

 
This bill provides statutory authority for the requirement that a property owner receiving low-income housing assistance payments for an existing public housing unit must maintain decent, safe, and sanitary conditions for the housing structure.
 
The Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) must survey tenants of these structures semiannually to identify problems with the structures or with management. A structure must be referred to HUD for remediation if consistent or persistent problems are identified. HUD may impose penalties on an owner of a structure that violates this bill.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2023-03-01
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs.
action_date: 2023-03-01
text: Introduced in Senate
Sunshine Protection Act of 2023

Bill: 118-s-582
Sponsor: Sen. Rubio, Marco [R-FL]
Introduced: 2023-03-01 in the Senate
Policy area: Science, Technology, Communications
Subjects: State and local government operations
Time and calendar

Summary:
action_date: 2023-03-01
text: 

Sunshine Protection Act of 2023

 
This bill makes daylight saving time the new, permanent standard time.
 
States with areas exempt from daylight saving time may choose the standard time for those areas.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2023-03-01
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
action_date: 2023-03-01
text: Introduced in Senate
FDIC Act of 2023

Bill: 118-s-583
Sponsor: Sen. Rubio, Marco [R-FL]
Introduced: 2023-03-01 in the Senate
Policy area: Finance and Financial Sector

Summary:
action_date: 2023-03-01
text: 

Financial Defense for Industrial Contractors Act of 2023 or the FDIC Act of 2023

 
This bill requires the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation to begin proceedings for terminating the insured status of large depository institutions that deny banking services to federal contractors that otherwise qualify for such services. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2023-03-01
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs.
action_date: 2023-03-01
text: Introduced in Senate
North Korean Human Rights Reauthorization Act of 2023

Bill: 118-s-584
Sponsor: Sen. Rubio, Marco [R-FL]
Introduced: 2023-03-01 in the Senate
Policy area: International Affairs
Subjects: Asia
Cardiovascular and respiratory health
China
Diplomacy, foreign officials, Americans abroad
Federal officials
Foreign aid and international relief
Freedom of information
Government information and archives
Human rights
Infectious and parasitic diseases
International exchange and broadcasting
International law and treaties
International organizations and cooperation
News media and reporting
North Korea
Refugees, asylum, displaced persons
Religion
South Korea
Sovereignty, recognition, national governance and status
Travel and tourism
United Nations
Visas and passports
War crimes, genocide, crimes against humanity
Women's rights

Summary:
action_date: 2023-03-01
text: 

North Korean Human Rights Reauthorization Act of 2023

 
This bill reauthorizes through FY2028 various activities to promote human rights in North Korea. These activities include (1) providing grants to nonprofit organizations to promote human rights, democracy, rule of law, and the development of a market economy in North Korea; (2) increasing the availability of sources of information inside North Korea that are not controlled by North Korea's government; and (3) supporting organizations that provide humanitarian assistance to North Koreans who are outside of North Korea without the permission of North Korea's government.
 
Additionally, the bill authorizes the President to impose certain sanctions, including visa- and property-blocking sanctions, on any person (an individual or entity) that knowingly forced the repatriation of North Korean refugees to North Korea.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2023-03-01
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations.
action_date: 2023-03-01
text: Introduced in Senate
Uyghur Human Rights Sanctions Review Act

Bill: 118-s-585
Sponsor: Sen. Rubio, Marco [R-FL]
Introduced: 2023-03-01 in the Senate
Policy area: International Affairs

Summary:
action_date: 2023-03-01
text: 

Uyghur Human Rights Sanctions Review Act

 
This bill requires that certain Chinese companies be evaluated for placement on the specially designated nationals and blocked persons list, also known as the SDN list. (Being placed on the SDN list can deny the designated individual or entity access to nearly all aspects of the U.S. financial system; it can also deny access to any assets the designee has that are under U.S. jurisdiction, and U.S. persons are usually prohibited from transacting with the designee.)

The bill requires the Department of the Treasury to determine if certain specified Chinese companies (such as Alibaba Group Holding, Ltd. and ByteDance Ltd.) are (1) responsible for or complicit in serious human rights abuses against Uyghurs or other predominantly Muslim ethnic groups in the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region of China, or (2) meet the criteria for the imposition of sanctions under certain U.S. laws or executive orders. If the Department of the Treasury determines that a company meets either of these criteria, Treasury must place the company on the SDN list.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2023-03-01
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations.
action_date: 2023-03-01
text: Introduced in Senate
No PLA LOOPHOLES Act

Bill: 118-s-586
Sponsor: Sen. Rubio, Marco [R-FL]
Introduced: 2023-03-01 in the Senate
Policy area: International Affairs

Summary:
action_date: 2023-03-01
text: 

No People's Liberation Army in Logistical Operations and Other Pertinent Humanitarian Operations Leading to Endangered Security Act or the No PLA LOOPHOLES Act

 
This bill increases restrictions on military-to-military exchanges or contacts between the U.S. Armed Forces and the Chinese military. Specifically, the bill expands an existing prohibition on exchanges or contacts that include inappropriate exposure to
 advanced logistical operations
 to cover 
logistical operations
 instead. 
 
Additionally, the bill eliminates an exception to the prohibited exchanges or contacts in the case of search and rescue or humanitarian operations or exercises.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2023-03-01
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations.
action_date: 2023-03-01
text: Introduced in Senate
DEBRIS Act of 2023

Bill: 118-s-587
Sponsor: Sen. Rubio, Marco [R-FL]
Introduced: 2023-03-01 in the Senate
Policy area: International Affairs

Summary:
action_date: 2023-03-01
text: 

Deterring Errant Behavior Risking International Space Act of 2023 or the DEBRIS Act of 2023

 
This bill requires the President to impose visa- and property-blocking sanctions on foreign persons (entities or individuals) that deliberately or negligently create space debris without providing prior notification to the U.S. government. The President must also impose such sanctions on foreign persons that provide certain assistance or support to the activity that resulted in the creation of the space debris. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2023-03-01
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations.
action_date: 2023-03-01
text: Introduced in Senate
COVID Act of 2023

Bill: 118-s-588
Sponsor: Sen. Rubio, Marco [R-FL]
Introduced: 2023-03-01 in the Senate
Policy area: International Affairs

Summary:
action_date: 2023-03-01
text: 

Coronavirus Origin Validation, Investigation, and Determination Act of 2023 or the COVID Act of 2023

 
This bill requires the President to impose sanctions and take other actions related to COVID-19 if certain conditions are not met.
 
Specifically, if the President is unable to certify within 90 days of this bill's enactment that China's government has allowed a transparent international forensic investigation into the origins of COVID-19 at certain laboratories in the city of Wuhan, the President must impose visa- and property-blocking sanctions against (1) individuals with leadership positions in the Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS); and (2) officials of the Chinese Communist Party, China's military, or China's State Council who were involved in concealing or restricting information about the initial COVID-19 outbreak in China. 
 
If the certification cannot be made, the President must also (1) prohibit federal funding for collaborative projects between U.S.-based researchers and CAS researchers in any academic field, and (2) prohibit U.S.-based researchers and institutions that receive federal funding from engaging in certain research on viruses with individuals or institutions based in China.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2023-03-01
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations.
action_date: 2023-03-01
text: Introduced in Senate
American Space Commerce Act of 2023

Bill: 118-s-589
Sponsor: Sen. Rubio, Marco [R-FL]
Introduced: 2023-03-01 in the Senate
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Aviation and airports
Business investment and capital
Income tax deductions
Space flight and exploration
Spacecraft and satellites

Summary:
action_date: 2023-03-01
text: 

American Space Commerce Act of 2023

 
This bill allows a special allowance for bonus depreciation for qualified domestic space launch property and extends the termination of such allowance until the end of 2032. The bill defines 
qualified domestic space launch property
 as property placed in service before January 1, 2033, that is (1) a space transportation vehicle or payload that is launched from the United States, or (2) other property or equipment placed in service to facilitate a space launch from the United States.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2023-03-01
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
action_date: 2023-03-01
text: Introduced in Senate
COMETS Act

Bill: 118-s-590
Sponsor: Sen. Rubio, Marco [R-FL]
Introduced: 2023-03-01 in the Senate
Policy area: Science, Technology, Communications

Summary:
action_date: 2023-03-01
text: 

Contracts and Obligations Modernization for Efficient Terms of Service Act or the COMETS Act

 
This bill permits the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) to acquire supplies and services through its procurement channels for non-NASA space activities carried out by other entities on NASA properties if certain conditions are met.
 
NASA may acquire supplies and services at the request of a private or commercial company or state government if NASA determines that doing so (1) is in the best interest of the federal government, and (2) neither interferes with NASA requirements nor competes with other commercial space activities.
 
NASA must also have full reimbursable funding from a company or state government before incurring any obligation for the delivery of supplies or services acquired on behalf of the company or state government.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2023-03-01
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
action_date: 2023-03-01
text: Introduced in Senate
South China Sea and East China Sea Sanctions Act of 2023

Bill: 118-s-591
Sponsor: Sen. Rubio, Marco [R-FL]
Introduced: 2023-03-01 in the Senate
Policy area: International Affairs

Summary:
action_date: 2023-03-01
text: 

South China Sea and East China Sea Sanctions Act of 2023

 
This bill authorizes sanctions on Chinese individuals and entities that participate in certain activities related to China's territorial disputes in the South China Sea and the East China Sea.
 
The President may impose property-blocking and visa-denial sanctions on certain Chinese individuals and entities, including those that are (1) responsible for or significantly contributing to certain large-scale projects, such as reclamation and militarization projects, in the disputed parts of the South China Sea; (2) responsible for or significantly contributing to actions that inhibit another country from protecting its sovereign rights to access resources in the South China Sea; and (3) responsible for or complicit in actions that threaten the peace, security, or stability in disputed South China Sea areas or in an East China Sea area administered by Japan or South Korea.
 
The President may also (1) deny visas to the corporate officers and controlling shareholders of sanctioned entities, (2) subject sanctioned individuals or entities to certain export restrictions, and (3) prohibit U.S. individuals and entities from investing in sanctioned entities or individuals.
 
The Department of State must periodically submit a report to Congress identifying countries that recognize China's claims to the contested territories. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2023-03-01
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations.
action_date: 2023-03-01
text: Introduced in Senate
DRIVE Act of 2023

Bill: 118-s-592
Sponsor: Sen. Stabenow, Debbie [D-MI]
Introduced: 2023-03-01 in the Senate
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Transportation costs
Veterans' medical care
Veterans' pensions and compensation

Summary:
action_date: 2023-03-01
text: 

Driver Reimbursement Increase for Veteran Equity Act of 2023 or the DRIVE Act of 2023

 
This bill increases the mileage reimbursement rate available to beneficiaries for travel to or from Department of Veterans Affairs facilities in connection with vocational rehabilitation, required counseling, or for the purpose of examination, treatment, or care. Specifically, the bill makes the reimbursement rate for such travel equal to or greater than the mileage reimbursement rate for government employees using private vehicles when no government vehicle is available.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2023-03-01
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
action_date: 2023-03-01
text: Introduced in Senate
Continental Divide National Scenic Trail Completion Act

Bill: 118-s-594
Sponsor: Sen. Heinrich, Martin [D-NM]
Introduced: 2023-03-01 in the Senate
Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources
Subjects: Colorado
Congressional oversight
Geography and mapping
Idaho
Land transfers
Land use and conservation
Montana
New Mexico
Outdoor recreation
Parks, recreation areas, trails
Wyoming

Summary:
action_date: 2023-03-01
text: 

Continental Divide Trail Completion Act

 
This bill directs the Department of Agriculture (USDA) and the Department of the Interior to complete the Continental Divide National Scenic Trail by November 10, 2028.
 
USDA and Interior must establish a joint Forest Service and Bureau of Land Management trail completion team to work in coordination with the administrator of the trail to facilitate its completion and optimization.
 
USDA must submit to specified congressional committees a comprehensive development plan for the trail.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2024-05-16
text: Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 391.
action_date: 2024-05-16
text: Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. Reported by Senator Manchin with an amendment in the nature of a substitute. With written report No. 118-175.
action_date: 2024-05-16
text: Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. Reported by Senator Manchin with an amendment in the nature of a substitute. With written report No. 118-175.
action_date: 2023-12-14
text: Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. Ordered to be reported with an amendment in the nature of a substitute favorably.
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: 2023-03-01
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
action_date: 2023-03-01
text: Introduced in Senate
Military Spouse Hiring Act

Bill: 118-s-596
Sponsor: Sen. Kaine, Tim [D-VA]
Introduced: 2023-03-01 in the Senate
Policy area: Taxation

Summary:
action_date: 2023-03-01
text: 

Military Spouse Hiring Act 

 
This bill expands the Work Opportunity Tax Credit (WOTC) to include the hiring of a qualified military spouse. (The WOTC permits employers who hire individuals who are members of a targeted group such as qualified veterans, ex-felons, or long-term unemployment recipients to claim a tax credit equal to a portion of the wages paid to those individuals.) 
 
A 
qualified military spouse
 is any individual who is certified by the designated local agency as being (as of the hiring date) a spouse of a member of the Armed Forces.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2023-03-01
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. (Sponsor introductory remarks on measure: CR S570)
action_date: 2023-03-01
text: Introduced in Senate
Social Security Fairness Act

Bill: 118-s-597
Sponsor: Sen. Brown, Sherrod [D-OH]
Introduced: 2023-03-01 in the Senate
Policy area: Social Welfare
Subjects: Government employee pay, benefits, personnel management
Social security and elderly assistance

Summary:
action_date: 2023-03-01
text: 

Social Security Fairness Act

 
This bill repeals provisions that reduce Social Security benefits for individuals who receive other benefits, such as a pension from a state or local government. 
 
The bill eliminates the 
government pension offset
, which in various instances reduces Social Security benefits for spouses, widows, and widowers who also receive government pensions of their own. 
 
The bill also eliminates the 
windfall elimination provision
, which in some instances reduces Social Security benefits for individuals who also receive a pension or disability benefit from an employer that did not withhold Social Security taxes. 
 
These changes are effective for benefits payable after December 2023.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2023-03-01
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
action_date: 2023-03-01
text: Introduced in Senate
Gun Records Restoration and Preservation Act

Bill: 118-s-598
Sponsor: Sen. Menendez, Robert [D-NJ]
Introduced: 2023-03-01 in the Senate
Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Appropriations
Business records
Criminal justice information and records
Department of Justice
Firearms and explosives
Fires
Freedom of information
Retail and wholesale trades

Summary:
action_date: 2023-03-01
text: 

Gun Records Restoration and Preservation Act

 
This bill amends several appropriations laws to remove limitations on the authority of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives to conduct activities related to the administration of federal firearms laws.
 
Specifically, the bill removes provisions that
 
 
limit the use of firearms tracing data, 
 
limit the disclosure of data under the Freedom of Information Act, 
 
prohibit imposing a requirement that gun dealers conduct a physical inventory, 
 
prohibit consolidating or centralizing records maintained by federal firearm licensees (e.g., gun dealers), and 
 
require national instant criminal background check records to be destroyed within 24 hours. 
 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2023-03-01
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2023-03-01
text: Introduced in Senate
Digital Equity Foundation Act of 2023

Bill: 118-s-599
Sponsor: Sen. Lujan, Ben Ray [D-NM]
Introduced: 2023-03-01 in the Senate
Policy area: Science, Technology, Communications

Summary:
action_date: 2023-03-01
text: 

Digital Equity Foundation Act of 2023

 
This bill sets out a process for establishing a foundation to raise funding for, develop programs and partnerships to, and otherwise support efforts to expand access to broadband internet and promote digital literacy, inclusion, and equity. The bill authorizes the foundation to carry out a range of activities to advance its mission, such as awarding grants and establishing for-profit subsidiaries to stimulate economic development and attract investment partners.
 
Specifically, the bill creates a temporary committee with members appointed by the Department of Commerce and other federal departments and agencies to set up the foundation and appoint the initial voting members of its board of directors.
 
Within 90 days of the establishment of the foundation, the board must convene an advisory committee to annually report on and make recommendations concerning the foundation's activities. Additionally, within one year of the bill's enactment (and with input of the advisory committee), the foundation must provide Congress with a strategic plan for its activities during the two-year period following the submission of the plan.
 
The Government Accountability Office (GAO) must evaluate the foundation's activities every five years, and the foundation must provide Commerce and GAO with annual audits.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2023-03-01
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
action_date: 2023-03-01
text: Introduced in Senate
Stopping Overdoses of Fentanyl Analogues Act

Bill: 118-s-600
Sponsor: Sen. Johnson, Ron [R-WI]
Introduced: 2023-03-01 in the Senate
Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement
Subjects: Criminal procedure and sentencing
Drug trafficking and controlled substances

Summary:
action_date: 2023-03-01
text: 

Stopping Overdoses of Fentanyl Analogues Act

 
This bill permanently places fentanyl-related substances as a class into schedule I of the Controlled Substances Act. A schedule I controlled substance is a drug, substance, or chemical that has a high potential for abuse; has no currently accepted medical value; and is subject to regulatory controls and administrative, civil, and criminal penalties under the Controlled Substances Act.
 
Fentanyl-related substances are currently regulated under schedule I through a temporary order issued by the Drug Enforcement Administration. The temporary order expires on December 31, 2024.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2023-03-01
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2023-03-01
text: Introduced in Senate
Flood Insurance Affordability Act

Bill: 118-s-601
Sponsor: Sen. Kennedy, John [R-LA]
Introduced: 2023-03-01 in the Senate
Policy area: Finance and Financial Sector

Summary:
action_date: 2023-03-01
text: 

Flood Insurance Affordability Act 

 
This bill lowers the annual limit on National Flood Insurance Program (NFIP) premium increases applicable to primary residences from 18% to 9%. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2023-03-01
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs.
action_date: 2023-03-01
text: Introduced in Senate