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Dignity for Aborted Children Act

Bill: 118-s-1102
Sponsor: Sen. Braun, Mike [R-IN]
Introduced: 2023-03-30 in the Senate
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Abortion
Cemeteries and funerals
Census and government statistics
Civil actions and liability
Congressional oversight
Criminal investigation, prosecution, interrogation
Health information and medical records
Health personnel

Summary:
action_date: 2023-03-30
text: 

Dignity for Aborted Children Act

 
This bill sets out requirements for the disposition of human fetal tissue from an abortion.
 
Specifically, it requires abortion providers to obtain a patient's informed consent for one of two specified methods of disposition.
 
First, patients may choose to retain possession of the tissue. A patient may choose to transfer the tissue to an entity that provides interment or cremation services.
 
Second, the patient may elect to release the tissue to the provider. Providers must ensure any tissue released to them is interred or cremated within seven days of the procedure in a manner consistent with state law regarding the disposal of human remains.
 
Abortion providers must report annually about these requirements and other specified information.
 
The bill provides civil or criminal penalties for violations of disposal, informed consent, and reporting requirements.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2023-03-30
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
action_date: 2023-03-30
text: Introduced in Senate
Parental Notification and Intervention Act

Bill: 118-s-1103
Sponsor: Sen. Braun, Mike [R-IN]
Introduced: 2023-03-30 in the Senate
Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement
Subjects: Abortion
Civil actions and liability
Domestic violence and child abuse
Emergency medical services and trauma care
Family relationships
Health personnel

Summary:
action_date: 2023-03-30
text: 

Parental Notification and Intervention Act

 
This bill restricts the performance of an abortion on an unemancipated minor under 18 years of age.
 
Specifically, it prohibits a person or organization from performing, facilitating, or assisting with an abortion on an unemancipated minor without first complying with certain requirements, including parental notification and a 96-hour waiting period.
 
 It establishes penalties&#8212;a fine, up to one year in prison, or both&#8212;for each willful violation.
 
A parent who is required to be notified of an abortion of an unemancipated minor may sue in federal court to prohibit the abortion. 
Parental notification requirements may be waived in a medical emergency or in a case of physical abuse.

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2023-03-30
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2023-03-30
text: Introduced in Senate
Protections for Socially Good Activities Act

Bill: 118-s-1104
Sponsor: Sen. Braun, Mike [R-IN]
Introduced: 2023-03-30 in the Senate
Policy area: Labor and Employment

Summary:
action_date: 2023-03-30
text: 

Protections for Socially Good Activities Act

 
This bill specifies that certain activities do not establish an employment relationship between a franchisor and a franchisee (or their respective employees) for the purpose of certain federal labor laws. 
 
Specifically, an employment relationship is not formed if the franchisor carries out activities that include
 
 
providing, or otherwise requiring the use of, certain training or other materials related to sexual harassment, workplace violence, or discrimination;
 
requiring the adoption of certain policies related to sexual harassment, workplace violence, or discrimination;
 
requiring the adoption of a policy based on COVID-19; or
 
providing personal protective equipment during the COVID-19 pandemic.
 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2023-03-30
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
action_date: 2023-03-30
text: Introduced in Senate
Don't Weaponize the IRS Act

Bill: 118-s-1105
Sponsor: Sen. Braun, Mike [R-IN]
Introduced: 2023-03-30 in the Senate
Policy area: Taxation

Summary:
action_date: 2023-03-30
text: 

Don't Weaponize the IRS Act

 
This bill codifies regulations promulgated by the Trump Administration exempting certain tax-exempt organizations from specified reporting requirements. Specifically the bill 
 
 
increases from $5,000 to $50,000 the gross receipts threshold used to determine the eligibility of tax-exempt organizations for the exemption from certain disclosure and reporting requirements;
 
expands the definition of 
organization
 to include tax-exempt charitable organizations and organizations with no significant activities relating to lobbying, political activity, and the operation of a trade or business;
 
exempts from disclosure the names and addresses of contributors to an organization in its annual informational return; and 
 
extends exemptions from reporting requirements to political action committees (i.e., 527 organizations).
 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2023-03-30
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
action_date: 2023-03-30
text: Introduced in Senate
Taxpayer Receipt Act

Bill: 118-s-1106
Sponsor: Sen. Braun, Mike [R-IN]
Introduced: 2023-03-30 in the Senate
Policy area: Economics and Public Finance
Subjects: Budget deficits and national debt
Government information and archives
Tax administration and collection, taxpayers

Summary:
action_date: 2023-03-30
text: 

Taxpayer Receipt Act

 
This bill requires the Department of the Treasury to provide taxpayers with a one-page document that contains information regarding the federal budget for the most recently completed fiscal year. The document must include total outlays during the year, total revenues collected during the year, the deficit or surplus for the year, and the total debt held by the public. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2023-03-30
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.
action_date: 2023-03-30
text: Introduced in Senate
SAFE School Act

Bill: 118-s-1107
Sponsor: Sen. Blackburn, Marsha [R-TN]
Introduced: 2023-03-30 in the Senate
Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement

Summary:
action_date: 2023-03-30
text: 

Securing Aid for Every School Act or the SAFE School Act

 
This bill requires the Department of Justice to establish a grant program for states and local educational agencies to improve security at public and private elementary and secondary schools. Grant recipients must use funds for certain activities, such as hiring and training veterans and former law enforcement officers as school safety officers.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2023-03-30
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2023-03-30
text: Introduced in Senate
Death Tax Repeal Act of 2023

Bill: 118-s-1108
Sponsor: Sen. Thune, John [R-SD]
Introduced: 2023-03-30 in the Senate
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Inflation and prices
Transfer and inheritance taxes

Summary:
action_date: 2023-03-30
text: 

Death Tax Repeal Act
 
of 2023

 
This bill repeals the estate and generation-skipping transfer taxes. It also makes conforming amendments related to the gift tax. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2024-01-24
text: Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship. Hearings held.
action_date: 2023-03-30
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. (text: CR S1094)
action_date: 2023-03-30
text: Introduced in Senate
English Language Unity Act of 2023

Bill: 118-s-1109
Sponsor: Sen. Vance, J. D. [R-OH]
Introduced: 2023-03-30 in the Senate
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics

Summary:
action_date: 2023-03-30
text: 

English Language Unity Act of 2023

 
This bill establishes English as the official language of the United States. It establishes a framework for implementation and enforcement, including by testing English as part of the naturalization process. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2023-03-30
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.
action_date: 2023-03-30
text: Introduced in Senate
Rural Hospital Support Act

Bill: 118-s-1110
Sponsor: Sen. Casey, Robert P., Jr. [D-PA]
Introduced: 2023-03-30 in the Senate
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Health care coverage and access
Health facilities and institutions
Hospital care
Medicare
Rural conditions and development

Summary:
action_date: 2023-03-30
text: 

Rural Hospital Support Act

 
This bill modifies and extends certain payment adjustments for rural hospitals under Medicare's inpatient prospective payment system. 
 
Specifically, the bill indexes payment adjustments for sole community hospitals and Medicare-dependent hospitals to FY2016 operating costs, if it results in higher payments for such hospitals. The bill also makes payment adjustments for Medicare-dependent hospitals and low-volume hospitals permanent (the adjustments currently expire at the end of FY2024).


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2023-03-30
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
action_date: 2023-03-30
text: Introduced in Senate
Department of Energy and Nuclear Regulatory Commission Whistleblower Protection Act

Bill: 118-s-1112
Sponsor: Sen. Duckworth, Tammy [D-IL]
Introduced: 2023-03-30 in the Senate
Policy area: Energy

Summary:
action_date: 2023-03-30
text: 

Department of Energy and Nuclear Regulatory Commission Whistleblower Protection Act

 
This bill revises protections for the rights of whistleblowers of nuclear safety violations. Specifically, the bill clarifies that employees of either the Department of Energy (DOE) or the Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) may seek civil remedies if their employers discriminate against them for blowing the whistle on nuclear safety violations.
 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2023-03-30
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
action_date: 2023-03-30
text: Introduced in Senate
Nurse Staffing Standards for Hospital Patient Safety and Quality Care Act of 2023

Bill: 118-s-1113
Sponsor: Sen. Brown, Sherrod [D-OH]
Introduced: 2023-03-30 in the Senate
Policy area: Health

Summary:
action_date: 2023-03-30
text: 

Nurse Staffing Standards for Patient Safety and Quality Care Act of
 
2023

 
This bill requires hospitals to implement and submit to the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) a staffing plan that complies with specified minimum nurse-to-patient ratios by unit. Hospitals must post a notice regarding nurse-to-patient ratios in each unit and maintain records of actual ratios for each shift in each unit. The bill also requires hospitals to follow certain procedures regarding how ratios are determined, and other staff are prohibited from performing nurse functions unless specifically authorized within a state's scope of practice rules.
 
HHS must adjust Medicare payments to hospitals to cover additional costs attributable to compliance with these ratios.
 
Nurses may object to, or refuse to participate in, an assignment if it would violate minimum ratios or if they are not prepared by education or experience to fulfill the assignment without compromising the safety of a patient or jeopardizing their nurse's license. Hospitals may not (1) take adverse actions against a nurse based on the nurse's reasonable refusal to accept an assignment; or (2) discriminate against individuals for good faith complaints relating to the care, services, or conditions of the hospital or related facilities. HHS may impose civil monetary penalties on hospitals violating the ratio requirements and must publish the names of such hospitals.
 
The bill provides stipends to the nurse workforce loan repayment and scholarship program and expands the nurse retention grant program to include nurse preceptorship and mentorship projects.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2023-03-30
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
action_date: 2023-03-30
text: Introduced in Senate
EMS Counts Act of 2023

Bill: 118-s-1115
Sponsor: Sen. Casey, Robert P., Jr. [D-PA]
Introduced: 2023-03-30 in the Senate
Policy area: Labor and Employment
Subjects: Census and government statistics
Congressional oversight
Emergency medical services and trauma care
Fires
First responders and emergency personnel
Government information and archives
Health personnel

Summary:
action_date: 2023-03-30
text: 

EMS Counts Act
 
of 2023

 
This bill requires the Department of Labor to revise the broad description under the occupational series 
33-2011 Firefighters 
of the 2018 Standard Occupational Classification System of the Bureau of Labor Statistics to include the following detailed occupations:
 
 
Firefighters;
 
 Firefighter/EMTs;
 
 Firefighter/Paramedics; and
 
 Firefighters, All Other.
 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2023-03-30
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
action_date: 2023-03-30
text: Introduced in Senate
Background Check Completion Act of 2023

Bill: 118-s-1116
Sponsor: Sen. Blumenthal, Richard [D-CT]
Introduced: 2023-03-30 in the Senate
Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement

Summary:
action_date: 2023-03-30
text: 

Background Check Completion Act of 2023

 
This bill prohibits a licensed gun dealer from transferring a firearm to an unlicensed person prior to the completion of a background check. Current law permits a licensed gun dealer to transfer a firearm to an unlicensed person if a submitted background check remains incomplete after three business days.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2023-03-30
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2023-03-30
text: Introduced in Senate
ALIGN Act

Bill: 118-s-1117
Sponsor: Sen. Lankford, James [R-OK]
Introduced: 2023-03-30 in the Senate
Policy area: Taxation

Summary:
action_date: 2023-03-30
text: 

Accelerate Long-term Investment Growth Now Act or the ALIGN Act

 
This bill makes permanent the expensing of certain new business equipment. 
Expensing
 allows the deduction of the full amount of an expense item in the same taxable year. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2023-03-30
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
action_date: 2023-03-30
text: Introduced in Senate
Evapotranspiration Data Act

Bill: 118-s-1118
Sponsor: Sen. Cortez Masto, Catherine [D-NV]
Introduced: 2023-03-30 in the Senate
Policy area: Water Resources Development
Subjects: Agricultural conservation and pollution
Environmental assessment, monitoring, research
Farmland
Government information and archives
Internet, web applications, social media
Land use and conservation
Scientific communication
Spacecraft and satellites
Water use and supply

Summary:
action_date: 2023-03-30
text: 

Open Access Evapotranspiration Data Act

 
This bill directs the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) to establish an Open Access Evapotranspiration (OpenET) Data Program that supports the operational distribution of satellite-based evapotranspiration data generated under the program to sustain and enhance water resources. The bill defines 
evapotranspiration
 as the process by which water is transferred from the land to the atmosphere by (1) evaporation from soil and other surfaces, and (2) transpiration from plants.
 
Under the program, the USGS must provide for the delivery of evapotranspiration data to advance the quantification of evaporation and consumptive water use and to provide data users with estimates of evapotranspiration data across large landscapes over certain periods of time.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2024-05-22
text: Star Print ordered on report 118-164.
action_date: 2024-04-09
text: Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 355.
action_date: 2024-04-09
text: Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. Reported by Senator Manchin with an amendment in the nature of a substitute and an amendment to the title. With written report No. 118-164.
action_date: 2024-04-09
text: Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. Reported by Senator Manchin with an amendment in the nature of a substitute and an amendment to the title. With written report No. 118-164.
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: 2023-07-19
text: Committee on Energy and Natural Resources Subcommittee on Water and Power. Hearings held. With printed Hearing: S.Hrg. 118-287.
action_date: 2023-03-30
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
action_date: 2023-03-30
text: Introduced in Senate
CHAMPVA Children's Care Protection Act of 2023

Bill: 118-s-1119
Sponsor: Sen. Brown, Sherrod [D-OH]
Introduced: 2023-03-30 in the Senate
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security

Summary:
action_date: 2023-03-30
text: 

CHAMPVA Children's Care Protection Act of 2023

 
This bill provides that a child shall be eligible for medical care under the Civilian Health and Medical Program of the Department of Veterans Affairs (CHAMPVA) until the child's 26th birthday, regardless of the child's marital status.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2023-03-30
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
action_date: 2023-03-30
text: Introduced in Senate
Improved Access to Affordable Medications Act

Bill: 118-s-1120
Sponsor: Sen. Hassan, Margaret Wood [D-NH]
Introduced: 2023-03-30 in the Senate
Policy area: Health

Summary:
action_date: 2023-03-30
text: 

Improved Access to Affordable Medications Act

 
This bill modifies provisions relating to the ability of generic drug manufacturers to obtain samples of brand-name drugs for purposes of generic drug development.
 
Under current law, brand-name drug manufacturers must provide sufficient quantities of their products on commercially reasonable, market-based terms to generic drug manufacturers upon request for purposes of generic drug development. Brand-name drug manufacturers are subject to civil actions if they fail to do so. The bill modifies provisions relating to this requirement and the criteria needed for related civil actions, such as specifying that generic drug manufacturers may use certain delivery services to make their requests.
 
Additionally, under current law, generic drug manufacturers must obtain authorization from the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) in order to request sufficient quantities of brand-name drugs that are subject to a Risk Evaluation and Mitigation Strategy (REMS) with elements to ensure safe use (ETASU). The bill requires the FDA to approve an authorization request within 60 days (rather than 120 days), if testing and development does not involve human clinical trials. (The FDA sometimes requires a REMS program for certain drugs with safety risks, which may include restrictions on a drug's distribution through ETASU, such as special requirements for pharmacies that dispense the drug.)
 
The bill also requires brand-name drug manufacturers to post their policies on evaluating and responding to requests from generic drug manufacturers for their products, including relevant contact information and procedures.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2023-03-30
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
action_date: 2023-03-30
text: Introduced in Senate
DHS Restrictions on Confucius Institutes and Chinese Entities of Concern Act

Bill: 118-s-1121
Sponsor: Sen. Scott, Rick [R-FL]
Introduced: 2023-03-30 in the Senate
Policy area: Education
Subjects: Area studies and international education
Asia
China
Department of Homeland Security
Higher education
International exchange and broadcasting

Summary:
action_date: 2023-03-30
text: 

DHS Restrictions on Confucius Institutes and Chinese Entities of Concern Act

 
This bill restricts funding to an institution of higher education (IHE) that has a relationship with a Chinese entity of concern or Confucius Institute. A Confucius Institute is a cultural institute directly or indirectly funded by the Chinese government. 
 
Specifically, the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) must ensure that an IHE that has awarded a contract to, entered into an agreement with, or received an in-kind donation or gift from a Chinese entity of concern or Confucius Institute is ineligible to receive any funds from DHS, unless the IHE terminates the relationship. The IHE may regain eligibility for these funds upon termination of the relationship.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2023-03-30
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.
action_date: 2023-03-30
text: Introduced in Senate
Prioritizing Medical Countermeasures for National Security Act of 2023

Bill: 118-s-1122
Sponsor: Sen. Ernst, Joni [R-IA]
Introduced: 2023-03-30 in the Senate
Policy area: Health

Summary:
action_date: 2023-03-30
text: 

Prioritizing Medical Countermeasures for National Security Act of 2023

 
This bill requires the Administration for Strategic Preparedness and Response (ASPR) to establish a list of categories of drugs that may be necessary to address a public health emergency or threat to the Armed Forces in order to facilitate the development of such drugs.
 
Specifically, ASPR must list categories and classes of drugs that may be necessary to prevent or treat diseases or conditions that are caused by chemical, biological, radiological, or nuclear agents and that have the potential to cause a public health emergency that threatens national security, or that may pose a threat to the Armed Forces. ASPR must share the list with interested parties to incentivize development and speed review of relevant drug applications. 
 
The Government Accountability Office must report on the bill's effectiveness in encouraging the development of necessary medical countermeasures. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2023-03-30
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
action_date: 2023-03-30
text: Introduced in Senate
MARTTE Act of 2023

Bill: 118-s-1123
Sponsor: Sen. Duckworth, Tammy [D-IL]
Introduced: 2023-03-30 in the Senate
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security

Summary:
action_date: 2023-03-30
text: 

Managing Active and Reserve Tech Talent Effectively Act of 2023 or the MARTTE Act of 2023

 
This bill requires the military departments to establish and implement policies related to human capital infrastructure for the purposes of leveraging computer programming capabilities of personnel. 
Human capital infrastructure
 means the policies and processes that support development, training, evaluating, and tracking of personnel with specific occupational skills, experiences, and positions (e.g., personnel software).
 
First, the bill sets forth a policy of the Armed Forces to establish human capital infrastructure that allows the military departments to provide the combatant commands a qualified and known occupational standard (i.e., a defined, reviewed, and published standard) with respect to computer programming skills. 
 
Second, the bill sets forth a policy of the Armed Forces to utilize human capital infrastructure to bolster the capacity of the reserve components to evaluate, track, and provide the military departments with a qualified and known occupational standard with respect to computer programming occupational areas.
 
With regard to each of the policies established under the bill, each military department must
 
 
develop, discharge, and implement the policies;
 
establish human capital infrastructure to provide the combatant commands with force capability associated with computer programming, coding, and artificial intelligence skills; and
 
submit to Congress an implementation plan for the policies established in this bill, including an update on the implementation of the policy in budget justification materials from FY2025 and onward until all plan milestones have been met.
 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2023-03-30
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Armed Services.
action_date: 2023-03-30
text: Introduced in Senate