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China Trade Relations Act of 2023

Bill: 118-s-125
Sponsor: Sen. Cotton, Tom [R-AR]
Introduced: 2023-01-26 in the Senate
Policy area: Foreign Trade and International Finance
Subjects: Asia
China
Congressional oversight
Congressional-executive branch relations
Human rights
Legislative rules and procedure
Normal trade relations, most-favored-nation treatment
Presidents and presidential powers, Vice Presidents
Sanctions
Trade restrictions
U.S. and foreign investments

Summary:
action_date: 2023-01-26
text: 

China Trade Relations Act of 2023

 
This bill withdraws normal trade relations treatment from China and expands the bases of ineligibility for this treatment to include specified violations of human rights by China. 
 
Specifically, during any period in which China engages in specified activities (e.g., using slave labor, performing forced abortion or sterilization, or hindering the free exercise of religion) (1) products from China shall not be eligible to receive nondiscriminatory treatment (normal trade relations), (2) China may not participate in any U.S. program that extends credits or credit guarantees or investment guarantees, and (3) the President may not conclude any commercial agreement with China.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2023-01-26
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
action_date: 2023-01-26
text: Introduced in Senate
FLED Accountability Act of 2023

Bill: 118-s-126
Sponsor: Sen. Durbin, Richard J. [D-IL]
Introduced: 2023-01-26 in the Senate
Policy area: Immigration

Summary:
action_date: 2023-01-26
text: 

Fortifying Lawful Elections and Democracy Accountability Act of 2023 or the FLED Accountability Act of 2023

 
This bill bars foreign government officials who knowingly undermined elections from entering the United States. 
 
Specifically, the prohibition applies to any non-U.S. citizen who, while serving as a government official of a foreign country, knowingly took significant action to inhibit (or attempt to inhibit) the lawful democratic transition of power or lawful functioning democratic processes in that foreign country. 
 
The Department of State may waive this prohibition if the waiver is in the national interest of the United States.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2023-01-26
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. (Sponsor introductory remarks on measure: CR S123; text: 01/30/2023 CR S148)
action_date: 2023-01-26
text: Introduced in Senate
Pharmacy Benefit Manager Transparency Act of 2023

Bill: 118-s-127
Sponsor: Sen. Cantwell, Maria [D-WA]
Introduced: 2023-01-26 in the Senate
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Civil actions and liability
Congressional oversight
Government information and archives
Government studies and investigations
Health care costs and insurance
Medical ethics
Prescription drugs
State and local government operations

Summary:
action_date: 2023-01-26
text: 

Pharmacy Benefit Manager Transparency Act of 2023

 
This bill generally prohibits pharmacy benefit managers (PBMs) from engaging in certain practices when managing the prescription drug benefits under a health insurance plan, including charging the plan a different amount than the PBM reimburses the pharmacy. 
 
The bill also prohibits PBMs from arbitrarily, unfairly, or deceptively (1) clawing back reimbursement payments, or (2) increasing fees or lowering reimbursements to pharmacies to offset changes to federally funded health plans.
 
PBMs are not subject to these prohibitions if they (1) pass along 100% of any price concession or discount to the health plan, and (2) disclose specified costs, prices, reimbursements, fees, markups, discounts, and aggregate payments received with respect to their PBM services.
 
Further, PBMs must report annually to the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) certain information about payments received from health plans and fees charged to pharmacies.
 
The FTC and state attorneys general are authorized to enforce the provisions of the bill.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2023-12-13
text: Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 283.
action_date: 2023-12-13
text: Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. Reported by Senator Cantwell with an amendment in the nature of a substitute. Without written report.
action_date: 2023-12-13
text: Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. Reported by Senator Cantwell with an amendment in the nature of a substitute. Without written report.
action_date: 2023-03-22
text: Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. Ordered to be reported with an amendment in the nature of a substitute favorably.
action_date: 2023-01-26
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
action_date: 2023-01-26
text: Introduced in Senate
Nogales Wastewater Improvement Act of 2023

Bill: 118-s-128
Sponsor: Sen. Sinema, Kyrsten [I-AZ]
Introduced: 2023-01-30 in the Senate
Policy area: Environmental Protection
Subjects: Arizona
Border security and unlawful immigration
Drug trafficking and controlled substances
Latin America
Mexico
Pipelines
Smuggling and trafficking
Solid waste and recycling
State and local government operations
Water quality
Water resources funding
Water use and supply

Summary:
action_date: 2023-01-30
text: 

Nogales Wastewater Improvement Act of 2023

 
This bill establishes requirements to address wastewater from the International Outfall Interceptor, which is a pipeline that carries wastewater from the United States-Mexico border to the Nogales International Wastewater Treatment Plant. The plant, which is located in Rio Rico, Arizona, treats sewage and wastewater originating from Nogales, Mexico, and Nogales, Arizona.
 
The bill transfers the ownership, operations, and maintenance of the pipeline from the city of Nogales, Arizona, to the U.S. Section of the International Boundary and Water Commission. The commission must construct, operate, and maintain a debris screen at the pipeline's Manhole One for intercepting debris and drugs coming into the United States from Nogales, Mexico.
 
The bill also limits the portion of the costs that the city of Nogales, Arizona, must pay for the Nogales sanitation project.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2023-01-30
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations.
action_date: 2023-01-30
text: Introduced in Senate
Korematsu-Takai Civil Liberties Protection Act of 2023

Bill: 118-s-129
Sponsor: Sen. Duckworth, Tammy [D-IL]
Introduced: 2023-01-30 in the Senate
Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement
Subjects: Correctional facilities and imprisonment
Detention of persons
Disability and health-based discrimination
Due process and equal protection
Racial and ethnic relations
Religion
Sex, gender, sexual orientation discrimination

Summary:
action_date: 2023-01-30
text: 

Korematsu-Takai Civil Liberties Protection Act of 2023 

 
This bill prohibits the detention or imprisonment of an individual based solely on an actual or perceived protected characteristic of the individual. The term 
protected characteristic
 includes each of the following: race, ethnicity, national origin, religion, sex, gender identity, sexual orientation, disability, and any additional characteristic that the Department of Justice determines to be a protected characteristic.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2023-01-30
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2023-01-30
text: Introduced in Senate
Rural Internet Improvement Act of 2023

Bill: 118-s-130
Sponsor: Sen. Thune, John [R-SD]
Introduced: 2023-01-30 in the Senate
Policy area: Science, Technology, Communications
Subjects: Broadcasting, cable, digital technologies
Computers and information technology
Congressional oversight
Government information and archives
Infrastructure development
Internet, web applications, social media
Public utilities and utility rates
Rural conditions and development

Summary:
action_date: 2023-01-30
text: 

Rural Internet Improvement Act of 2023

 
This bill merges the pilot ReConnect Loan and Grant Program with existing loans and grants provided by the Department of Agriculture (USDA) to facilitate broadband access to rural areas that lack sufficient access to broadband. Unobligated amounts available for the pilot program must be transferred and made available, without further appropriations, to this merged program.
 
The bill specifies eligibility criteria and other requirements that apply to the merged program. For example, the bill limits funds from the merged program to projects in areas where at least 90% of the households lack sufficient access to broadband services, which is currently required under the pilot program. 
 
Other changes in the bill address procedures for contesting the accuracy of broadband maps that are used to identify eligible areas. It also requires efforts to increase coordination concerning broadband initiatives between USDA, the Federal Communications Commission, and the National Telecommunications Information Administration.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2023-01-30
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry. (text: CR S148-150)
action_date: 2023-01-30
text: Introduced in Senate
Improving Access to Workers’ Compensation for Injured Federal Workers Act

Bill: 118-s-131
Sponsor: Sen. Brown, Sherrod [D-OH]
Introduced: 2023-01-30 in the Senate
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Subjects: Disability assistance
Employee benefits and pensions
Government employee pay, benefits, personnel management
Health personnel
Nursing
Worker safety and health

Summary:
action_date: 2023-01-30
text: 

Improving Access to Workers' Compensation for Injured Federal Workers Act of 

2023

 
This bill expands the role of nurse practitioners and physician assistants in providing services to injured federal workers under the federal workers' compensation program. 
 
Specifically, under the program, nurse practitioners and physician assistants acting within the scope of their practice may (1) prescribe or recommend treatment for injured federal workers; (2) certify the nature of an injury and probable extent of disability; (3) provide prescribed treatment for injured federal workers; and (4) participate, with a physician designated by the Department of Labor, in a mandatory workers' compensation examination of an injured worker. In general, only physicians may fulfill these roles under current law.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2024-12-17
text: Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 705.
action_date: 2024-12-17
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. 118-299.
action_date: 2024-12-17
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. 118-299.
action_date: 2024-09-25
text: Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs. Ordered to be reported with an amendment in the nature of a substitute favorably.
action_date: 2023-01-30
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.
action_date: 2023-01-30
text: Introduced in Senate
Daniel J. Harvey Jr. and Adam Lambert Improving Servicemember Transition to Reduce Veteran Suicide Act

Bill: 118-s-132
Sponsor: Sen. Brown, Sherrod [D-OH]
Introduced: 2023-01-30 in the Senate
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Congressional oversight
Crime victims
Emergency medical services and trauma care
Health information and medical records
Health promotion and preventive care
Medical tests and diagnostic methods
Mental health
Military medicine
Military personnel and dependents
Neurological disorders
Sex offenses
Social work, volunteer service, charitable organizations
Veterans' education, employment, rehabilitation
Veterans' medical care

Summary:
action_date: 2023-01-30
text: 

Daniel J. Harvey Jr. and Adam Lambert Improving Servicemember Transition to Reduce Veteran Suicide Act

 
This bill requires the Department of Defense and Department of Veterans Affairs to jointly carry out a five-year pilot program to assess the feasibility and advisability of providing certain services and a module comprised of specified elements as part of the pre-separation transition process for members of the Armed Forces for the purpose of reducing the incidence of suicide among veterans.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2023-02-16
text: Committee on Veterans' Affairs. Ordered to be reported with an amendment in the nature of a substitute favorably.
action_date: 2023-01-30
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
action_date: 2023-01-30
text: Introduced in Senate
Prevent Government Shutdowns Act of 2023

Bill: 118-s-135
Sponsor: Sen. Lankford, James [R-OK]
Introduced: 2023-01-30 in the Senate
Policy area: Economics and Public Finance
Subjects: Appropriations
Budget process
Congressional officers and employees
Elections, voting, political campaign regulation
Executive agency funding and structure
Federal officials
Government employee pay, benefits, personnel management
Legislative rules and procedure
Members of Congress
Office of Management and Budget (OMB)
Transportation costs

Summary:
action_date: 2023-01-30
text: 

Prevent Government Shutdowns Act of 2023

 
This bill provides continuing appropriations to prevent a government shutdown if any of the appropriations bills for a fiscal year have not been enacted before the fiscal year begins and continuing appropriations are not in effect.
 
The bill also limits official travel, congressional recesses or adjournments, and the consideration of legislation that is unrelated to appropriations after the beginning of a fiscal year if the appropriations process has not been completed. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2023-01-30
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.
action_date: 2023-01-30
text: Introduced in Senate
ISA Student Protection Act of 2023

Bill: 118-s-136
Sponsor: Sen. Young, Todd [R-IN]
Introduced: 2023-01-30 in the Senate
Policy area: Finance and Financial Sector

Summary:
action_date: 2023-01-30
text: 

ISA Student Protection Act of 2023 

 
This bill sets forth consumer protections and other requirements for educational income share agreements (ISAs). In an educational ISA, a provider credits or advances funding for a recipient's postsecondary education or other training; in turn, the recipient agrees to pay the provider a percentage of the recipient's future earnings over a set period of time. (The Department of Education currently considers educational ISAs as private education loans for the purposes of preferred lender arrangement disclosures.) 
 
Under the bill, the recipient is only obligated to pay back the provider if the recipient earns over a certain amount. The recipient's obligation to pay ends at the specified time even if the recipient does not pay back the full amount of the funding. Further, payments are limited to 20% of the recipient's income. Recipients earning under a certain threshold are exempt from payments. 
 
If a recipient files for bankruptcy, ISAs are not subject to the same undue hardship standard typical of student loan discharges, therefore making these agreements easier to discharge. The bill also applies current consumer loan protections to these agreements. A provider must make certain disclosures to the recipient before entering into an ISA, including how payments are calculated, the length of the agreement, and how these agreements compare to student loan options. 
 
The bill establishes the tax treatment of ISAs, including by exempting from taxable income the amounts received under an ISA. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2023-01-30
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
action_date: 2023-01-30
text: Introduced in Senate
Fred Korematsu Congressional Gold Medal Act of 2023

Bill: 118-s-137
Sponsor: Sen. Hirono, Mazie K. [D-HI]
Introduced: 2023-01-30 in the Senate
Policy area: Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues
Subjects: Asia
Conflicts and wars
Congressional tributes
Detention of persons
Due process and equal protection
Japan
Museums, exhibitions, cultural centers
Protest and dissent
Racial and ethnic relations
Smithsonian Institution
U.S. history

Summary:
action_date: 2023-01-30
text: 

Fred Korematsu Congressional Gold Medal Act of 2023

 
This bill provides for the award of a Congressional Gold Medal posthumously to Fred Korematsu in recognition of his contributions to civil rights, his loyalty and patriotism to the nation, and his dedication to justice and equality.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2023-01-30
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs.
action_date: 2023-01-30
text: Introduced in Senate
Organized Retail Crime Center Authorization Act of 2023

Bill: 118-s-139
Sponsor: Sen. Grassley, Chuck [R-IA]
Introduced: 2023-01-30 in the Senate
Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement
Subjects: Congressional oversight
Department of Homeland Security
Executive agency funding and structure
Federal officials
Fraud offenses and financial crimes
Government information and archives
Intergovernmental relations
Law enforcement administration and funding
Organized crime
Performance measurement
Retail and wholesale trades

Summary:
action_date: 2023-01-30
text: 

Organized Retail Crime Center Authorization Act of 2023
 
This bill establishes a center&#8212;the Organized Retail Crime Coordination Center&#8212;within the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) to coordinate the federal law enforcement activities related to organized retail crime. Organized retail crime typically refers to large-scale retail theft and fraud by organized groups of professional shoplifters, or boosters, who make money by stealing merchandise and reselling it for a fraction of the retail cost.
 
The bill also requires DHS and the Department of Justice to jointly isssue formal guidance to relevant agencies and offices for modifying or expanding the prioritization of training and technical assistance designed to counter organized retail crime.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2023-01-30
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.
action_date: 2023-01-30
text: Introduced in Senate
Combating Organized Retail Crime Act of 2023

Bill: 118-s-140
Sponsor: Sen. Grassley, Chuck [R-IA]
Introduced: 2023-01-30 in the Senate
Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement
Subjects: Congressional oversight
Department of Homeland Security
Executive agency funding and structure
Federal officials
Fraud offenses and financial crimes
Organized crime
Performance measurement
Retail and wholesale trades

Summary:
action_date: 2023-01-30
text: 

Combating Organized Retail Crime Act of 2023

 
This bill expands federal enforcement of criminal offenses related to organized retail crime. Organized retail crime typically refers to large-scale retail theft and fraud by organized groups of professional shoplifters, or boosters, who make money by stealing merchandise and reselling it for a fraction of the retail cost.
 
First, with respect to criminal offenses involving the transportation of stolen property across state lines and the sale or receipt of stolen goods, the bill broadens the scope of conduct that qualifies as offenses. Additionally, the bill makes the offenses predicate offenses (i.e., underlying offenses) for prosecutions under the federal money laundering statute and authorizes the criminal forfeiture of any property representing or traceable to the gross proceeds obtained as a result of an offense or a conspiracy to commit an offense. 
 
Second, with respect to criminal offenses involving theft from an interstate or foreign shipment, the bill makes an offense an underlying offense for prosecution under the federal money laundering statute and authorizes the criminal forfeiture of any property representing or traceable to the gross proceeds obtained as a result of an offense or a conspiracy to commit an offense. 
 
Finally, the bill establishes a center&#8212;the Organized Retail Crime Coordination Center&#8212;within the Department of Homeland Security to coordinate the federal law enforcement activities related to organized retail crime.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2023-01-30
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2023-01-30
text: Introduced in Senate
Turn OFF THE TAP Act

Bill: 118-s-143
Sponsor: Sen. Rubio, Marco [R-FL]
Introduced: 2023-01-30 in the Senate
Policy area: International Affairs

Summary:
action_date: 2023-01-30
text: 

Turn Off Federal Funding of Threatening Entities that Thwart American Prosperity Act or the Turn OFF THE TAP Act

 
This bill prohibits certain entities from receiving federal funds or contracts from an executive agency.
 
Specifically, this prohibition applies to (1) entities listed as specially designated nationals and blocked persons by the Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) of the Department of the Treasury, (2) certain entities on the OFAC's Non-SDN Chinese Military-Industrial Complex Companies List, (3) entities identified on a Department of Defense list of Chinese military companies operating in the United States, (4) entities on the entity list maintained by the Bureau of Industry and Security of the Department of Commerce, and (5) entities identified by the Federal Communications Commission as a telecommunications equipment or service provider that pose an unacceptable risk to U.S. national security.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2023-01-30
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.
action_date: 2023-01-30
text: Introduced in Senate
No Chinese Communist SURPRISE Parties Act

Bill: 118-s-144
Sponsor: Sen. Rubio, Marco [R-FL]
Introduced: 2023-01-30 in the Senate
Policy area: Finance and Financial Sector
Subjects: Asia
China
Securities
U.S. and foreign investments

Summary:
action_date: 2023-01-30
text: 

No Chinese Communist Subterfuge via Unregistered Regime Presence Rendered Invisible to Shareholders and Equivalent Parties Act or the No Chinese Communist SURPRISE Parties Act 

 
This bill requires issuers of securities to annually disclose whether the issuer has established or maintained an organization of the Chinese Communist Party, if an organization of the Chinese Communist Party has participated in the operations of the issuer, and whether the issuer's board of directors (1) owes a fiduciary duty to the issuer and shareholders, and (2) is subject to heightened scrutiny with respect to conflicted controller transactions. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2023-01-30
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs.
action_date: 2023-01-30
text: Introduced in Senate
AFAC Act

Bill: 118-s-145
Sponsor: Sen. Rubio, Marco [R-FL]
Introduced: 2023-01-30 in the Senate
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Asia
China
Foreign and international corporations
General Services Administration
Government information and archives
Political parties and affiliation
Public contracts and procurement

Summary:
action_date: 2023-01-30
text: 

 Accountability in Federal Acquisitions and Contracting Act of 2023 or the AFAC Act

 
This bill requires the Federal Acquisition Regulatory Council to amend the Federal Acquisition Regulation to require that a contractor, as a condition for being awarded a contract for the procurement of goods or services, disclose recent or current contracts or commercial ties with certain Chinese entities.
 
The General Services Administration must establish and maintain a public database containing information about disclosed contracts. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2023-01-30
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.
action_date: 2023-01-30
text: Introduced in Senate