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OH SNAP, Close the Fruit and Vegetable Gap Act of 2023

Bill: 118-s-2015
Sponsor: Sen. Booker, Cory A. [D-NJ]
Introduced: 2023-06-15 in the Senate
Policy area: Agriculture and Food
Subjects: Agricultural marketing and promotion
Agricultural prices, subsidies, credit
Community life and organization
Elementary and secondary education
Food assistance and relief
Food industry and services
Food supply, safety, and labeling
Fruit and vegetables
Nutrition and diet
Retail and wholesale trades
Social work, volunteer service, charitable organizations

Summary:
action_date: 2023-06-15
text: 

Opt for Health with SNAP, Close the Fruit and Vegetable Gap Act of 2023 or the OH SNAP, Close the Fruit and Vegetable Gap Act of 2023

This bill reauthorizes, and provides increased specified funds for, the Gus Schumacher Nutrition Incentive Program (GusNIP) for FY2024-FY2028 and each fiscal year thereafter. GusNIP provides competitive grants for projects that increase low-income consumers' purchases of fruits and vegetables by providing (1) incentives at Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) points of purchase, and (2) produce prescriptions to SNAP/Medicaid participants.
 

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2023-06-15
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry.
action_date: 2023-06-15
text: Introduced in Senate
CONNECT for Health Act of 2023

Bill: 118-s-2016
Sponsor: Sen. Schatz, Brian [D-HI]
Introduced: 2023-06-15 in the Senate
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Congressional oversight
Employment and training programs
Fraud offenses and financial crimes
Geography and mapping
Government information and archives
Government studies and investigations
Health care costs and insurance
Health care coverage and access
Health care quality
Health technology, devices, supplies
Indian social and development programs
Long-term, rehabilitative, and terminal care
Medicare
Rural conditions and development

Summary:
action_date: 2023-06-15
text: 

Creating Opportunities Now for Necessary and Effective Care Technologies (CONNECT) for Health Act of 2023 or the CONNECT for Health Act of 

2023

This bill expands coverage of telehealth services under Medicare.

Among other provisions, the bill

permanently removes geographic restrictions on originating sites (i.e., the location of the beneficiary) and allows the home of the beneficiary to serve as the originating site for all services;

permanently allows federally qualified health centers and rural health clinics to serve as the distant site (i.e., the location of the health care practitioner); and

allows the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) to generally waive coverage restrictions during any public health emergency.

Additionally, the CMS must post certain information about the effects of Medicare telehealth services on its website, including information about utilization, costs, and the outcome of services. The CMS must also (1) provide resources to health care professionals about the requirements for furnishing telehealth services under Medicare, including with respect to payment, patient privacy, and support for underserved populations; and (2) ensure certain quality measures are applied to telehealth services.



Legislative actions:
action_date: 2023-06-15
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
action_date: 2023-06-15
text: Introduced in Senate
Sentinel Nuclear Deterrence Act of 2023

Bill: 118-s-2017
Sponsor: Sen. Romney, Mitt [R-UT]
Introduced: 2023-06-15 in the Senate
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security

Summary:

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2023-06-15
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Armed Services.
action_date: 2023-06-15
text: Introduced in Senate
Ending Agricultural Trade Suppression Act

Bill: 118-s-2019
Sponsor: Sen. Marshall, Roger [R-KS]
Introduced: 2023-06-15 in the Senate
Policy area: Agriculture and Food

Summary:
action_date: 2023-06-15
text: 

Ending Agricultural Trade Suppression Act

 
This bill restricts state and local governments from imposing certain standards or conditions on the preharvest production of agricultural products sold or offered for sale in interstate commerce. Specifically, it prohibits the imposition of such standards or conditions if (1) the production occurs in another state, and (2) the standard or condition adds to requirements applicable under federal law and the laws of the state and locality where the product is produced.
 
The bill also allows for a private right of action to challenge state or local regulations relating to agricultural goods sold in interstate commerce. A person may bring an action in (1) the U.S. district court for the judicial district in which the person is affected by a regulation or the person resides, operates, or does business; or (2) any other appropriate court with jurisdiction.
 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2023-06-15
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry.
action_date: 2023-06-15
text: Introduced in Senate
Deschutes River Conservancy Reauthorization Act of 2023

Bill: 118-s-2020
Sponsor: Sen. Merkley, Jeff [D-OR]
Introduced: 2023-06-15 in the Senate
Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources
Subjects: Advisory bodies
Intergovernmental relations
Lakes and rivers
Oregon

Summary:
action_date: 2023-06-15
text: 

Deschutes River Conservancy Reauthorization Act of 2023

 
This bill (1) reauthorizes the Deschutes River Conservancy Working Group through FY2032, (2) increases from 5% to 10% the amount authorized to be provided to the working group, and (3) changes the composition of the members of the working group.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2024-12-20
text: Held at the desk.
action_date: 2024-12-20
text: Received in the House.
action_date: 2024-12-20
text: Message on Senate action sent to the House.
action_date: 2024-12-19
text: Passed Senate without amendment by Unanimous Consent. (consideration: CR S7218; text: CR S7219)
action_date: 2024-12-19
text: Passed/agreed to in Senate: Passed Senate without amendment by Unanimous Consent.
action_date: 2023-12-20
text: Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 298.
action_date: 2023-12-20
text: Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. Reported by Senator Manchin without amendment. With written report No. 118-146.
action_date: 2023-12-20
text: Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. Reported by Senator Manchin without amendment. With written report No. 118-146.
action_date: 2023-09-21
text: Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. Ordered to be reported without amendment favorably.
action_date: 2023-07-12
text: Committee on Energy and Natural Resources Senate Subcommittee on Public Lands, Forests, and Mining. Hearings held. With printed Hearing: S.Hrg. 118-285.
action_date: 2023-06-15
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
action_date: 2023-06-15
text: Introduced in Senate
Small Business Financing Disclosure Act of 2023

Bill: 118-s-2021
Sponsor: Sen. Menendez, Robert [D-NJ]
Introduced: 2023-06-15 in the Senate
Policy area: Finance and Financial Sector

Summary:
action_date: 2023-06-15
text: 

Small Business Lending Disclosure Act of 2023

 
This bill applies specified consumer lending protections to small business lending and extends the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau's regulatory authority regarding consumer financial products and services to include small business financing. Among other requirements, lenders offering financial products to small businesses must disclose the terms of the financing upon extending an offer and are prohibited from charging certain additional fees on a refinanced or modified loan.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2023-06-15
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs.
action_date: 2023-06-15
text: Introduced in Senate
PIGGY BANK Act

Bill: 118-s-2022
Sponsor: Sen. Peters, Gary C. [D-MI]
Introduced: 2023-06-15 in the Senate
Policy area: Education

Summary:
action_date: 2023-06-15
text: 

PIGGY BANK Act or the Program to Inspire Growth and Guarantee Youth Budgeting Advice and Necessary Knowledge Act

 
This bill requires the Department of Education to establish a pilot program for local educational agencies to carry out youth savings match programs for students in grades 9-12.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2023-06-15
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
action_date: 2023-06-15
text: Introduced in Senate
Seeds and Breeds for the Future Act

Bill: 118-s-2023
Sponsor: Sen. Baldwin, Tammy [D-WI]
Introduced: 2023-06-15 in the Senate
Policy area: Agriculture and Food

Summary:
action_date: 2023-06-15
text: 

Seeds and Breeds for the Future Act

 
This bill requires the Department of Agriculture (USDA) to provide competitive research grants for the development of public cultivars (i.e., seeds) and animal breeds. The bill defines a
 public cultivar
 and 
public animal breed 
as the commercially available uniform end product of a publicly funded breeding program that has been sufficiently tested to demonstrate improved characteristics and stable performance. Further, if intellectual property rights are asserted, they are in the form of plant patents or plant variety protection and not utility patents.
 
 USDA must give priority to high-potential research projects that lead to the release of public cultivars and animal breeds, including those with specified adaptations, features, and benefits (e.g., that are regionally adapted, environmentally resilient, or of indigenous and place-based importance and are endangered). 
 
Any person who receives title to a plant patent or plant variety protection developed with grant funds may grant the exclusive right to use or sell that public cultivar or animal breed to another person only if that person agrees to substantially produce in the United States any cultivars or animals embodying, or produced through the use of, the public cultivar or animal breed.
 
The bill also establishes a coordinator for public cultivars and animal breeding research within the USDA Research, Education, and Extension Office, whose duties include developing a strategic plan and promoting collaboration.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2023-06-15
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry.
action_date: 2023-06-15
text: Introduced in Senate
Reproductive Health Care Training Act of 2023

Bill: 118-s-2024
Sponsor: Sen. Baldwin, Tammy [D-WI]
Introduced: 2023-06-15 in the Senate
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Abortion
Congressional oversight
Education programs funding
Government information and archives
Health personnel
Health programs administration and funding
Health technology, devices, supplies
Medical education
Performance measurement
Sex and reproductive health
Student aid and college costs

Summary:
action_date: 2023-06-15
text: 

Reproductive Health Care Training Act of 2023

This bill establishes a grant program that supports training for providers of abortion care.

Specifically, the Health Resources and Services Administration must award grants to health professional schools, academic health centers, or other nonprofit health care safety net providers to support training in abortion care, if such training is authorized in the state in which they are located. Funds may be used to train students, residents, and advanced practice clinicians in abortion care and to connect them to appropriate entities to provide such care, among other activities.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2023-06-15
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
action_date: 2023-06-15
text: Introduced in Senate
A bill to amend the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 to prohibit the provision of any foreign assistance for state sponsors of terrorism.

Bill: 118-s-2025
Sponsor: Sen. Rubio, Marco [R-FL]
Introduced: 2023-06-15 in the Senate
Policy area: International Affairs

Summary:

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2023-06-15
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations.
action_date: 2023-06-15
text: Introduced in Senate
Maternal Health for Veterans Act

Bill: 118-s-2026
Sponsor: Sen. Duckworth, Tammy [D-IL]
Introduced: 2023-06-15 in the Senate
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Child health
Sex and reproductive health
Veterans' medical care
Women's health

Summary:
action_date: 2023-06-15
text: 

Maternal Health for Veterans Act

 
This bill requires the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) to report annually through FY2028 on its activities relating to the coordination of maternity health care. The reports must also include (1) data on the maternal health outcomes of veterans who receive medical care or services from the VA or a non-VA provider that is authorized to provide care or services under VA programs, and (2) VA recommendations to improve the maternal health outcomes of veterans.
 
The reports must be made publicly available.
 
The bill also authorizes funding through FY2028 for VA programs relating to the coordination of maternity health care.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2023-06-15
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
action_date: 2023-06-15
text: Introduced in Senate
Reverse Transfer Efficiency Act of 2023

Bill: 118-s-2027
Sponsor: Sen. Warner, Mark R. [D-VA]
Introduced: 2023-06-15 in the Senate
Policy area: Education

Summary:
action_date: 2023-06-15
text: 

Reverse Transfer Efficiency Act of 

2023

 
This bill allows the release of a transfer student's educational records from an institution of postsecondary education where a student earned credit for coursework to an institution of postsecondary education where the student was previously enrolled in order to apply the student's coursework and credits toward completion of a recognized postsecondary credential, such as an associate's degree.
 
 
 
Specifically, the bill allows the Department of Education to provide funding to an institution of postsecondary education that releases a student's records of postsecondary coursework and credits without the consent of the student or the student's parents if the student provides written consent prior to receiving the credential.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2023-06-15
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
action_date: 2023-06-15
text: Introduced in Senate
Expediting Natural Gas Exports to Allies Act of 2023

Bill: 118-s-2028
Sponsor: Sen. Rubio, Marco [R-FL]
Introduced: 2023-06-15 in the Senate
Policy area: Energy

Summary:
action_date: 2023-06-15
text: 

Expediting Natural Gas Exports to Allies Act
 
of 2023

 
This bill revises the approval process for applications to export natural gas by expediting the process for exports to certain U.S. allies. However, the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission may not grant expedited approval for applications to export natural gas to any nation that is (1) subject to sanctions or trade restrictions imposed by the United States, or (2) designated by an act of Congress as excluded from such expedited approval for reasons of national security.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2023-06-15
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
action_date: 2023-06-15
text: Introduced in Senate
Disaster Relief Fund Replenishment Act

Bill: 118-s-2029
Sponsor: Sen. Rubio, Marco [R-FL]
Introduced: 2023-06-15 in the Senate
Policy area: Emergency Management

Summary:
action_date: 2023-06-15
text: 

Disaster Relief Fund Replenishment Act

This bill provides $11.5 billion in emergency funding for the Federal Emergency Management Agency to carry out the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act with respect to major disasters. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2023-06-15
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Appropriations.
action_date: 2023-06-15
text: Introduced in Senate
Hate Crimes Commission Act of 2023

Bill: 118-s-2030
Sponsor: Sen. Gillibrand, Kirsten E. [D-NY]
Introduced: 2023-06-15 in the Senate
Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement

Summary:
action_date: 2023-06-15
text: 

Hate Crimes Commission Act of 2023

This bill establishes the United States Commission on Hate Crimes. The commission must investigate and report on

whether hate crimes have increased;

factors that contributed to an increase in hate crimes, if one is determined to exist;

policies or actions that law enforcement agencies might adopt to reduce the commission of hate crimes;

the impact of underreporting on hate crimes statistics and prevention;

ways to improve hate crimes reporting and ensure full and complete participation in the National Incident-Based Reporting System by local law enforcement agencies;

bias prevention efforts and responses to hate crimes that are successful and possible through coordination with nonprofit organizations, local education agencies, and government entities; and

the prevalence and rise of online hate crime incidents.

 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2023-06-15
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2023-06-15
text: Introduced in Senate
Critical Mineral Independence Act of 2023

Bill: 118-s-2031
Sponsor: Sen. Romney, Mitt [R-UT]
Introduced: 2023-06-15 in the Senate
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security

Summary:
action_date: 2023-06-15
text: 

Critical Mineral Independence Act of 2023

 
This bill requires the Office of the Under Secretary of Defense for Acquisition and Sustainment within the Department of Defense (DOD) to submit a strategy to develop supply chains for DOD that are not dependent on mining or processing of critical minerals in or by specified countries (e.g., China) in order to achieve critical mineral supply chain independence from such countries by 2035.
 
The strategy must be submitted in classified form but must include an unclassified summary.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2023-06-15
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Armed Services.
action_date: 2023-06-15
text: Introduced in Senate
Legacy IT Reduction Act of 2023

Bill: 118-s-2032
Sponsor: Sen. Hassan, Margaret Wood [D-NH]
Introduced: 2023-06-15 in the Senate
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Subjects: Computers and information technology
Congressional oversight
Government information and archives

Summary:

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2024-05-09
text: Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 383.
action_date: 2024-05-09
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. 118-172.
action_date: 2024-05-09
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. 118-172.
action_date: 2023-07-26
text: Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs. Ordered to be reported with an amendment in the nature of a substitute favorably.
action_date: 2023-06-15
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.
action_date: 2023-06-15
text: Introduced in Senate
American Innovation and Choice Online Act

Bill: 118-s-2033
Sponsor: Sen. Klobuchar, Amy [D-MN]
Introduced: 2023-06-15 in the Senate
Policy area: Commerce

Summary:

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2023-06-15
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2023-06-15
text: Introduced in Senate
CONSULT Act of 2023

Bill: 118-s-2034
Sponsor: Sen. Ernst, Joni [R-IA]
Introduced: 2023-06-15 in the Senate
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics

Summary:
action_date: 2023-06-15
text: 

Combating Obstructive National Security Underreporting of Legitimate Threats Act of 2023 or the CONSULT Act of 2023

 
This bill prohibits the Department of Defense (DOD) from contracting with consultancies who, for one year prior, entered into contracts with the government of China, the Chinese Communist Party, the Chinese People's Liberation Army, or other entities related to the Chinese or Russian governments. 
 
Any individual or entity submitting an offer or bid for a contract for consulting services with DOD must disclose any contracts or grant awards from such Chinese or Russian entities during the past five years. If a contractor fails to disclose such contracts or awards, DOD must terminate the contract for cause and initiate a suspension and debarment proceeding on the contractor.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2023-06-15
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.
action_date: 2023-06-15
text: Introduced in Senate
Noninsured Crop Disaster Assistance Program Enhancement Act of 2023

Bill: 118-s-2035
Sponsor: Sen. Rounds, Mike [R-SD]
Introduced: 2023-06-15 in the Senate
Policy area: Agriculture and Food

Summary:
action_date: 2023-06-15
text: 

Noninsured Crop Disaster Assistance Program Enhancement Act of 2023

This bill allows the Noninsured Crop Disaster Assistance Program (NAP) of the Farm Service Agency to provide additional coverage for crops and grasses used for grazing. Specifically, the bill removes an exception that prohibits certain additional coverage for crops and grasses used for grazing. (NAP provides financial assistance to producers of non-insurable crops when natural disasters result in lower yields, crop losses, or prevented crop planting.) 
 

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2023-06-15
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry.
action_date: 2023-06-15
text: Introduced in Senate
Protecting America’s Distribution Transformer Supply Chain Act of 2023

Bill: 118-s-2036
Sponsor: Sen. Barrasso, John [R-WY]
Introduced: 2023-06-15 in the Senate
Policy area: Energy

Summary:
action_date: 2023-06-15
text: 

Protecting America's Distribution Transformer Supply Chain Act
 
of 2023

 
This bill prohibits the Department of Energy (DOE) from revising existing energy conservation standards for distribution transformers in electric power systems for the next five years. During that time, DOE may not propose, finalize, implement, administer, or enforce any rule under the Energy Policy and Conservation Act that establishes requirements that are different than the requirements for distribution transformers under the 2013 final rule titled 
Energy Conservation Program: Energy Conservation Standards for Distribution Transformer
s.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2023-06-15
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
action_date: 2023-06-15
text: Introduced in Senate
SAFE Act of 2023

Bill: 118-s-2037
Sponsor: Sen. Menendez, Robert [D-NJ]
Introduced: 2023-06-15 in the Senate
Policy area: Agriculture and Food

Summary:
action_date: 2023-06-15
text: 

Save America's Forgotten Equines Act of 2023 or the SAFE Act of 2023

 
This bill permanently prohibits the slaughter of equines (e.g., horses and mules) for human consumption. (Current law prohibits the slaughter of dogs and cats for human consumption. This bill extends the prohibition to equines.) 
 
Specifically, this bill prohibits a person from knowingly 
 
 
slaughtering an equine for human consumption; or 
 
shipping, transporting, possessing, purchasing, selling, or donating an equine to be slaughtered for human consumption or equine parts for human consumption.
 
 
The bill subjects a violator to a fine.
 
The bill applies to conduct in or affecting interstate or foreign commerce or within the special maritime and territorial jurisdiction of the United States. However, it does not apply to an activity carried out by an Indian for a religious ceremony.
 
In recent years, appropriations acts have prohibited the Department of Agriculture (USDA) from using federal funds to inspect horses before they are slaughtered for human consumption. Therefore, there are currently no USDA-inspected horse slaughter facilities in the United States.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2023-06-15
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry.
action_date: 2023-06-15
text: Introduced in Senate