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Small Airport Regulation Relief Act of 2023

Bill: 118-s-1046
Sponsor: Sen. Barrasso, John [R-WY]
Introduced: 2023-03-29 in the Senate
Policy area: Transportation and Public Works

Summary:
action_date: 2023-03-29
text: 

Small Airport Regulation Relief Act of 2023

 
This bill allows commercial service airports that do not meet the minimum passenger boarding requirement to continue to receive certain Airport Improvement Program (AIP) funding from the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) for a limited time. 
 
The AIP provides grants for planning and development projects at public-use airports, including primary airports. Under current law, 
primary airports
 are generally commercial service airports that have more than 10,000 passenger boardings each year.
 
Specifically, this bill creates a special rule for FY2024-FY2026 for commercial service airports that (1) had fewer than 10,000 passenger boardings during the calendar year used to calculate the apportionment, and (2) had 10,000 or more passenger boarding in calendar year 2019. For the purpose of AIP grant apportionment, the bill requires the FAA to use the number of passenger boardings at the airport during calendar year 2019, 2020, or 2021 (whichever had the highest number of passenger boardings). 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2023-03-29
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
action_date: 2023-03-29
text: Introduced in Senate
Cellphone Jamming Reform Act of 2023

Bill: 118-s-1047
Sponsor: Sen. Cotton, Tom [R-AR]
Introduced: 2023-03-29 in the Senate
Policy area: Science, Technology, Communications

Summary:
action_date: 2023-03-29
text: 

Cellphone Jamming Reform Act of 2023

 
This bill allows a state or federal correctional facility to operate a jamming system to interfere with cellphone signals within inmate housing facilities.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2023-03-29
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
action_date: 2023-03-29
text: Introduced in Senate
Ending the NARCOS Act of 2023

Bill: 118-s-1048
Sponsor: Sen. Graham, Lindsey [R-SC]
Introduced: 2023-03-29 in the Senate
Policy area: International Affairs

Summary:
action_date: 2023-03-29
text: 

Ending the Notorious, Aggressive, and Remorseless Criminal Organizations and Syndicates Act of 2023 or the Ending the NARCOS Act of 2023

 
This bill designates nine specified drug cartels as foreign terrorist organizations. (Among other things, such a designation allows the Department of the Treasury to require financial institutions to block transactions involving the organization.)
 
The bill also requires the Office of the Director of National Intelligence to establish an interagency task force on combating Mexican cartels and other transnational criminal organizations. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2023-03-29
text: Read twice and referred to the Select Committee on Intelligence.
action_date: 2023-03-29
text: Introduced in Senate
REAADI for Disasters Act

Bill: 118-s-1049
Sponsor: Sen. Casey, Robert P., Jr. [D-PA]
Introduced: 2023-03-29 in the Senate
Policy area: Emergency Management

Summary:
action_date: 2023-03-29
text: 

Real Emergency Access for Aging and Disability Inclusion for Disasters Act or the REAADI for Disasters Act

 
This bill establishes programs and requirements to assist individuals with disabilities and older adults (age 50 or older) with disaster preparedness.
 
Among other provisions, the bill 
 
 
allows states to contract with centers for independent living to provide services and support to disabled individuals in preparing for hazards;
 
 requires the Department of Health and Human Services to award grants to carry out projects of national significance that, among other things, create opportunities for disabled individuals and older adults to directly contribute to disaster preparedness, recovery, and mitigation;
 
 modifies and expands the membership of the National Advisory Committee on Individuals with Disabilities and Disasters to ensure that it represents the diversity of the disabled and older adult communities; and 
 
establishes the Disability and Disaster Preparedness Advisory Committee to review settlement agreements involving potential violations of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973 or the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990.
 
 
The Government Accountability Office must study the compliance of federal agencies with the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990 and the Rehabilitation Act of 1973 in expending funds to support disabled individuals and older adults in responding to, recovering from, and mitigating disasters.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2023-03-29
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
action_date: 2023-03-29
text: Introduced in Senate
Protect American Power Infrastructure Act

Bill: 118-s-1050
Sponsor: Sen. Scott, Rick [R-FL]
Introduced: 2023-03-29 in the Senate
Policy area: Energy

Summary:
action_date: 2023-03-29
text: 

Protect American Power Infrastructure Act

 
This bill prohibits certain transactions that involve using equipment used in bulk-power system substations, control rooms, or power generating stations to provide power for defense critical electric infrastructure in the United States if a foreign adversary owns or exercises influence over the equipment. Examples of such transactions include transactions that (1) involve equipment designed, developed, manufactured, or supplied by persons owned by, controlled by, or subject to the direction of a foreign adversary; and (2) pose an undue risk of catastrophic effects on the security or resiliency of such infrastructure. However, the Department of Energy may approve transactions if it designs or negotiates measures to mitigate such risks.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2023-03-29
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
action_date: 2023-03-29
text: Introduced in Senate
Protect Taxpayers’ Privacy Act

Bill: 118-s-1051
Sponsor: Sen. Braun, Mike [R-IN]
Introduced: 2023-03-29 in the Senate
Policy area: Taxation

Summary:
action_date: 2023-03-29
text: 

Protect Taxpayers' Privacy Act

 
This bill increases to $250,000 the criminal penalty for unauthorized disclosures of taxpayer information by federal employees and tax return preparers. It also lowers the evidentiary requirements for removal of employees from federal service who disclose tax return information without authorization.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2023-03-29
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
action_date: 2023-03-29
text: Introduced in Senate
Administrative Pay-As-You-Go Act of 2023

Bill: 118-s-1052
Sponsor: Sen. Braun, Mike [R-IN]
Introduced: 2023-03-29 in the Senate
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics

Summary:
action_date: 2023-03-29
text: 

Administrative Pay-As-You-Go Act of 202

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This bill provides statutory authority for the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) requirement that federal agencies must submit at least one proposal for reducing direct spending before taking a discretionary administrative action that increases direct spending (i.e., administrative pay-as-you-go procedures). The proposed reduction must be comparable to the increase in direct spending attributable to the administrative action.
 
Further, an agency must submit to the OMB its legal basis for concluding that a proposed administrative action is nondiscretionary and, therefore, not subject to this requirement.
 
The OMB may waive these requirements if a waiver is necessary for the delivery of essential services, effective program delivery, or the public interest. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2023-03-29
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.
action_date: 2023-03-29
text: Introduced in Senate
IRS Customer Service Improvement Act

Bill: 118-s-1053
Sponsor: Sen. Braun, Mike [R-IN]
Introduced: 2023-03-29 in the Senate
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics

Summary:
action_date: 2023-03-29
text: 

IRS Customer Service Improvement Act

 
This bill prohibits the use of official time for specified union activities by employees of the Internal Revenue Service during the periods each year (1) beginning on February 12 and ending on May 5, and (2) beginning on September 1 and ending on November 1.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2023-03-29
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
action_date: 2023-03-29
text: Introduced in Senate
IRS Improper Payments Act

Bill: 118-s-1054
Sponsor: Sen. Braun, Mike [R-IN]
Introduced: 2023-03-29 in the Senate
Policy area: Taxation

Summary:
action_date: 2023-03-29
text: 
 
IRS Improper Payments Act 

 
This bill directs the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) to establish annual targets for reducing improper tax payments (i.e., a tax credit or refund that should not have been made or was made in an incorrect amount). The IRS must designate an official responsible for meeting such reduction targets and develop recommendations and legislative proposals designed to reduce improper tax payments.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2023-03-29
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.
action_date: 2023-03-29
text: Introduced in Senate
Airport Infrastructure Resilience Act of 2023

Bill: 118-s-1055
Sponsor: Sen. Markey, Edward J. [D-MA]
Introduced: 2023-03-29 in the Senate
Policy area: Transportation and Public Works
Subjects: Atmospheric science and weather
Aviation and airports
Climate change and greenhouse gases
Congressional oversight
Government information and archives
Government studies and investigations
Infrastructure development
Transportation safety and security

Summary:
action_date: 2023-03-29
text: 

Airport Infrastructure Resilience Act of 2023

 
This bill requires the Department of Transportation to establish a pilot program to provide infrastructure grants to airport sponsors. These competitive grants seek to incentivize the planning, design, and construction of projects that improve infrastructure that is subject to current or future long-term risks with respect to
 
 
changing conditions, such as sea level rise or permafrost thaw; or
 
weather events and natural disasters, such as severe storms, flooding, drought, rockslides, extreme weather, and earthquakes. 
 
 
Funding may be provided for (1) new projects, (2) improvements to existing infrastructure, and (3) the purchase of monitoring equipment or services.
 
The bill requires that a portion of the grant funds go to sponsors of regional airports (i.e., small hub, nonhub, nonprimary, and reliever airports).


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2023-03-29
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
action_date: 2023-03-29
text: Introduced in Senate
Smarter Pretrial Detention for Drug Charges Act of 2023

Bill: 118-s-1056
Sponsor: Sen. Durbin, Richard J. [D-IL]
Introduced: 2023-03-29 in the Senate
Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement

Summary:
action_date: 2023-03-29
text: 

Smarter Pretrial Detention for Drug Charges Act of 2023

 
This bill removes the presumption of pretrial detention for an individual who is charged with a federal drug offense for which the maximum term of imprisonment is 10 years or more.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2023-03-29
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. (text: CR S1055)
action_date: 2023-03-29
text: Introduced in Senate
Further Strengthening Supply Chains for Servicemembers and Security Act of 2023

Bill: 118-s-1057
Sponsor: Sen. Rubio, Marco [R-FL]
Introduced: 2023-03-29 in the Senate
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security

Summary:
action_date: 2023-03-29
text: 

Further Strengthening Supply Chains for Servicemembers and Security Act of 2023

 
This bill requires the Defense Logistics Agency to modify Defense Logistics Agency Instructions 5025.03 and 3110.01 to require Defense Logistics Agency Troop Support to coordinate annually with customers in the military departments to test responsiveness of the agency's contingency contracts for pharmaceuticals and to include the results of the testing in the annual Warstopper Program reports.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2023-03-29
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Armed Services.
action_date: 2023-03-29
text: Introduced in Senate
Protection from Abusive Passengers Act

Bill: 118-s-1058
Sponsor: Sen. Reed, Jack [D-RI]
Introduced: 2023-03-29 in the Senate
Policy area: Transportation and Public Works
Subjects: Assault and harassment offenses
Aviation and airports
Civil actions and liability
Congressional oversight
Government information and archives
Government studies and investigations
Right of privacy
Terrorism
Transportation employees
Transportation safety and security
Worker safety and health

Summary:
action_date: 2023-03-29
text: 

Protection from Abusive Passengers Act 

 
This bill addresses the banning of abusive passengers from commercial aircraft flights. 
Abusive passenger
 is defined as any individual who engages in behavior that results in a civil penalty or conviction for assaulting, threatening, or intimidating a crew member or passenger on an aircraft flight, or for taking any action to interfere with security screening personnel or any security system related to civil aviation security.
 
The bill requires the Federal Aviation Administration or the Department of Justice to provide the identity (including the full name, date of birth, and gender) of all abusive passengers to the Transportation Security Administration (TSA).
 
The TSA must maintain a list of abusive passengers and develop and make publicly available policies and procedures for handling individuals included on the list. Any individual on the list is prohibited from boarding any commercial aircraft flight until the individual is removed from such list.
 
Additionally, all abusive passengers are permanently ineligible to participate in the TSA PreCheck or the U.S. Customs and Border Protection's Global Entry programs, with specified exceptions.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2023-03-29
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. (Sponsor introductory remarks on measure: CR S1055)
action_date: 2023-03-29
text: Introduced in Senate
Big Bend National Park Boundary Adjustment Act

Bill: 118-s-1059
Sponsor: Sen. Cornyn, John [R-TX]
Introduced: 2023-03-29 in the Senate
Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources
Subjects: Land transfers
Land use and conservation
Parks, recreation areas, trails
Texas

Summary:
action_date: 2023-03-29
text: 

Big Bend National Park Boundary Adjustment Act

 
This bill authorizes the Department of the Interior to acquire, by donation, purchase from willing sellers, or exchange, approximately 6,100 acres of land or interests in land generally identified as Tracts to Include in Boundary on the map titled 
Big Bend National Park, Proposed Boundary Adjustment
 and dated November 2022.
 
Upon the acquisition of any land or interests in land, Interior shall revise the boundary of the park to include the acquired land or interests in land and shall administer them as part of the park.
 
Interior, in carrying out this bill, may not use eminent domain or condemnation.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2024-12-19
text: Held at the desk.
action_date: 2024-12-19
text: Received in the House.
action_date: 2024-12-19
text: Message on Senate action sent to the House.
action_date: 2024-12-18
text: Passed Senate without amendment by Unanimous Consent. (consideration: CR S7153; text: CR S7155)
action_date: 2024-12-18
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. 297.
action_date: 2023-12-20
text: Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. Reported by Senator Manchin without amendment. With written report No. 118-145.
action_date: 2023-12-20
text: Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. Reported by Senator Manchin without amendment. With written report No. 118-145.
action_date: 2023-09-21
text: Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. Ordered to be reported without amendment 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: 2023-03-29
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
action_date: 2023-03-29
text: Introduced in Senate
Global Trade Accountability Act

Bill: 118-s-1060
Sponsor: Sen. Lee, Mike [R-UT]
Introduced: 2023-03-29 in the Senate
Policy area: Foreign Trade and International Finance

Summary:
action_date: 2023-03-29
text: 

Global Trade Accountability Act 

 
This bill requires congressional approval of any proposed unilateral trade action that has the effect of increasing trade barriers.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2023-03-29
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
action_date: 2023-03-29
text: Introduced in Senate
A bill to prospectively repeal the 2001 Authorization for Use of Military Force.

Bill: 118-s-1061
Sponsor: Sen. Cardin, Benjamin L. [D-MD]
Introduced: 2023-03-29 in the Senate
Policy area: International Affairs

Summary:
action_date: 2023-03-29
text: 

 
This bill repeals the Authorization for Use of Military Force signed into law September 18, 2001, with the repeal effective on July 20, 2025.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2023-03-29
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations. (Sponsor introductory remarks on measure: CR S1055-1056)
action_date: 2023-03-29
text: Introduced in Senate
Jobs and Opportunities for SNAP Act of 2023

Bill: 118-s-1062
Sponsor: Sen. Kennedy, John [R-LA]
Introduced: 2023-03-29 in the Senate
Policy area: Agriculture and Food

Summary:
action_date: 2023-03-29
text: 

Jobs and Opportunities for SNAP Act of 2023

This bill expands applicability of the work requirements for Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) recipients who are able-bodied adults without dependents (ABAWDs). (SNAP recipients who are ABAWDs have work-related requirements in addition to the general SNAP work registration and employment and training requirements.)

Specifically, this bill applies the work requirements for ABAWDs to adults who are not over 65 years old, whereas these requirements currently apply to adults who are not over 50 years old.

Further, the ABAWD exemption for a parent or household member with responsibility for a dependent child is restricted to a dependent child under the age of seven. Currently, the child must be under the age of 18.

The bill repeals COVID-19 public health emergency waivers issued for ABAWD work requirements.

The bill also repeals an ABAWD waiver program that allows state exemptions based on an area (1) having an unemployment rate of over 10%, or (2) not having a sufficient number of jobs.

Under current law, a state agency may exempt up to 12% of SNAP recipients from the ABAWD work requirements for each fiscal year; unused exemptions may be carried over and used in a subsequent fiscal year. The bill reduces the percentage of exemptions a state agency may provide to up to 3% of SNAP recipients, and unused exemptions may not be carried over.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2023-03-29
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry.
action_date: 2023-03-29
text: Introduced in Senate
Jobs and Opportunities for Medicaid Act

Bill: 118-s-1063
Sponsor: Sen. Kennedy, John [R-LA]
Introduced: 2023-03-29 in the Senate
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Medicaid
Unemployment

Summary:
action_date: 2023-03-29
text: 

Jobs and Opportunities for Medicaid Act

 
This bill establishes work requirements under Medicaid for able-bodied adults. 
 
Specifically, the bill requires individuals who are between the ages of 18 and 65 and who are not otherwise unable to work due to a medical condition, family situation, or other listed reason to work or volunteer at least 20 hours per week, based on a monthly average, in order to qualify for Medicaid.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2023-03-29
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
action_date: 2023-03-29
text: Introduced in Senate
National Plan to End Parkinson’s Act

Bill: 118-s-1064
Sponsor: Sen. Capito, Shelley Moore [R-WV]
Introduced: 2023-03-29 in the Senate
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Advisory bodies
Congressional oversight
Government information and archives
Health promotion and preventive care
Neurological disorders

Summary:
action_date: 2023-03-29
text: 

National Plan to End Parkinson's Act

 
This bill requires the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) to carry out a project to prevent and cure Parkinson's disease (a progressive brain disorder that causes unintended or uncontrollable movements) and related conditions.
 
Among other components of the project, HHS must (1) implement and periodically update a national plan to coordinate and guide efforts to prevent, slow the progression of, and cure the disease; and (2) improve diagnosis, treatment, and care of those with the disease. HHS must also annually assess the preparations for and response to the increased burden of Parkinson's disease.
 
In addition, the bill establishes a council, comprised of federal and nonfederal stakeholders, to advise HHS on and make recommendations concerning the prevention and treatment of Parkinson's disease.
 
The provisions of the bill terminate at the end of calendar year 2035.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2023-03-29
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
action_date: 2023-03-29
text: Introduced in Senate
Tribal Adoption Parity Act

Bill: 118-s-1065
Sponsor: Sen. Klobuchar, Amy [D-MN]
Introduced: 2023-03-29 in the Senate
Policy area: Taxation

Summary:
action_date: 2023-03-29
text: 

 Tribal Adoption Parity Act
 
 
This bill allows Indian tribal governments to determine whether a child has special needs for the purposes of the adoption tax credit.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2023-03-29
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
action_date: 2023-03-29
text: Introduced in Senate