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A bill to accept the request to revoke the charter of incorporation of the Lower Sioux Indian Community in the State of Minnesota at the request of that Community, and for other purposes.

Bill: 118-s-2868
Sponsor: Sen. Smith, Tina [D-MN]
Introduced: 2023-09-20 in the Senate
Policy area: Native Americans
Subjects: Federal-Indian relations
Minnesota

Summary:
action_date: 2023-09-20
text: 
This bill accepts the request of the Lower Sioux Indian Community (a federally recognized Indian tribe in Minnesota) to revoke the community's charter of incorporation. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2024-11-22
text: Held at the desk.
action_date: 2024-11-22
text: Received in the House.
action_date: 2024-11-21
text: Message on Senate action sent to the House.
action_date: 2024-11-21
text: Passed Senate without amendment by Voice Vote. (consideration: CR S6705-6707; text: CR S6707)
action_date: 2024-11-21
text: Passed/agreed to in Senate: Passed Senate without amendment by Voice Vote.
action_date: 2024-09-09
text: Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 490.
action_date: 2024-09-09
text: Committee on Indian Affairs. Reported by Senator Schatz without amendment. With written report No. 118-212.
action_date: 2024-09-09
text: Committee on Indian Affairs. Reported by Senator Schatz without amendment. With written report No. 118-212.
action_date: 2024-05-01
text: Committee on Indian Affairs. Ordered to be reported without amendment favorably.
action_date: 2024-02-08
text: Committee on Indian Affairs. Hearings held. Hearings printed: S.Hrg. 118-416.
action_date: 2023-09-20
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs.
action_date: 2023-09-20
text: Introduced in Senate
Agent Raul Gonzalez Officer Safety Act

Bill: 118-s-2869
Sponsor: Sen. Cruz, Ted [R-TX]
Introduced: 2023-09-20 in the Senate
Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement
Subjects: Border security and unlawful immigration
Congressional oversight
Criminal investigation, prosecution, interrogation
Criminal procedure and sentencing
Immigration status and procedures
Motor vehicles

Summary:

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2023-09-20
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2023-09-20
text: Introduced in Senate
Sturgeon Conservation and Sustainability Act

Bill: 118-s-2870
Sponsor: Sen. Scott, Rick [R-FL]
Introduced: 2023-09-20 in the Senate
Policy area: Animals
Subjects: Aquaculture
Endangered and threatened species
Fishes
Marine and coastal resources, fisheries

Summary:

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2023-09-20
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works.
action_date: 2023-09-20
text: Introduced in Senate
Multi-Cloud Innovation and Advancement Act of 2023

Bill: 118-s-2871
Sponsor: Sen. Daines, Steve [R-MT]
Introduced: 2023-09-20 in the Senate
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Subjects: Advanced technology and technological innovations
Computer security and identity theft
Computers and information technology
Congressional oversight
Employee hiring
Employment and training programs
Government employee pay, benefits, personnel management
Government information and archives
Government studies and investigations
Technology assessment

Summary:

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2024-12-19
text: Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 731.
action_date: 2024-12-19
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. 118-311.
action_date: 2024-12-19
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. 118-311.
action_date: 2024-04-10
text: Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs. Ordered to be reported with an amendment in the nature of a substitute favorably.
action_date: 2023-09-20
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.
action_date: 2023-09-20
text: Introduced in Senate
A bill to defer student loan payments for survivors of sex-based harassment.

Bill: 118-s-2872
Sponsor: Sen. Fetterman, John [D-PA]
Introduced: 2023-09-20 in the Senate
Policy area: Education

Summary:
action_date: 2023-09-20
text: 
This bill allows a borrower who is a victim of sex-based harassment (including sexual harassment, dating violence, domestic violence, stalking, or sexual assault) to defer payment of federal student loans for up to three years. Additionally, the bill authorizes the Department of Education (ED) to waive certain requirements for repayment of grant assistance or federal student loans for a borrower whose attendance was interrupted due to such sex-based harassment.

ED must, within five years of this bill's enactment, submit a report to Congress evaluating the effectiveness of the bill's activities.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2023-09-20
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
action_date: 2023-09-20
text: Introduced in Senate
Veterans Affairs Opportunity for Women-Owned Small Businesses Act of 2023

Bill: 118-s-2873
Sponsor: Sen. Peters, Gary C. [D-MI]
Introduced: 2023-09-20 in the Senate
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security

Summary:

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2023-09-20
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
action_date: 2023-09-20
text: Introduced in Senate
Fresh Produce Procurement Reform Act of 2023

Bill: 118-s-2874
Sponsor: Sen. Brown, Sherrod [D-OH]
Introduced: 2023-09-20 in the Senate
Policy area: Agriculture and Food
Subjects: Education of the disadvantaged
Food assistance and relief
Food industry and services
Food supply, safety, and labeling
Fruit and vegetables
Government studies and investigations
Nutrition and diet
Poverty and welfare assistance
Public contracts and procurement
Public-private cooperation
Rural conditions and development
State and local government operations

Summary:
action_date: 2023-09-20
text: 

Fresh Produce Procurement Reform Act of 2023

This bill directs the Agricultural Marketing Service (AMS) to establish a fresh produce program that serves individuals at risk of food and nutrition insecurity.

Specifically, the AMS must enter into contracts with growers, distributors, food hubs, and others to procure U.S.- grown fresh produce (excluding legumes) for distribution to organizations that serve individuals at risk (e.g., nonprofit food banks and pantries, schools, child or senior care centers, and community-based organizations).

Under the AMS contracts, the produce must meet specific requirements. For example, the produce must be grown in the United States, include locally grown produce, and include at least seven varieties of fresh produce that are distributed. 

The AMS must prioritize contracts with eligible growers, distributors, food hubs, and others that are (or source produce from)

beginning farmers;

small or mid-sized farms that are structured as family farms; or

socially disadvantaged farmers, including women-owned and veteran-owned eligible entities.

As part of the program, the AMS must provide (1) information to assist small farmers, beginning farmers, veteran farmers, and socially disadvantaged farmers in obtaining food safety certifications; (2) financial assistance for changes and upgrades to improve food safety; and (3) technical assistance to eligible fresh produce growers, distributors, food hubs, and others. 

In addition, the Government Accountability Office must submit a report to Congress that evaluates the effectiveness of the program with respect to, among other things, increasing low-income households' access to a wide variety of fresh produce and increasing the federal government's procurement of fresh produce. 
 

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2023-09-20
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry.
action_date: 2023-09-20
text: Introduced in Senate
Rural Post Office Reconstruction Act of 2023

Bill: 118-s-2875
Sponsor: Sen. Hawley, Josh [R-MO]
Introduced: 2023-09-21 in the Senate
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics

Summary:

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2023-09-21
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.
action_date: 2023-09-21
text: Introduced in Senate
School Lunch Debt Cancellation Act of 2023

Bill: 118-s-2876
Sponsor: Sen. Fetterman, John [D-PA]
Introduced: 2023-09-21 in the Senate
Policy area: Agriculture and Food

Summary:
action_date: 2023-09-21
text: 

School Lunch Debt Cancellation Act of 2023

This bill directs the Department of Agriculture (USDA) to cancel and eliminate all household school meal debts (as of the date of the bill's enactment) under the school breakfast and lunch programs. USDA must also pay the amount of the cancelled debt to each local educational authority using Commodity Credit Corporation funds.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2023-09-21
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry.
action_date: 2023-09-21
text: Introduced in Senate
Earn to Learn Act

Bill: 118-s-2877
Sponsor: Sen. Sinema, Kyrsten [I-AZ]
Introduced: 2023-09-21 in the Senate
Policy area: Education

Summary:
action_date: 2023-09-21
text: 

Earn to Learn Act

 
This bill directs the Department of Education (ED) to establish a postsecondary education match savings account demonstration grant program, through which ED must award competitive grants to states and nonprofit organizations to provide certain low-income students with postsecondary education match savings accounts (e.g., 529 plans).
 
Further, ED must (1) develop and make available to grant recipients certain tools, including a training platform, a program guide, an online data portal, and certain trainings (e.g., on workforce readiness); (2) ensure that participation in the grant program does not affect student eligibility for Federal Pell Grants; and (3) provide technical assistance.
 
Grant recipients must use funds to (1) select eligible students to participate in the grant program, (2) provide selected students with financial literacy education, (3) establish a postsecondary education match savings account for each participating student and allow such students and their families to deposit funds in their account to save for attendance at an institution of higher education or an area career and technical education school, and (4) reserve matching funds for participating students. Additionally, grant recipients must ensure that participating students are entitled to withdraw funds from their accounts under certain circumstances.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2023-09-21
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
action_date: 2023-09-21
text: Introduced in Senate
Flexibility for Workers Education Act

Bill: 118-s-2878
Sponsor: Sen. Budd, Ted [R-NC]
Introduced: 2023-09-21 in the Senate
Policy area: Labor and Employment
Subjects: Employment and training programs
Labor standards
Wages and earnings

Summary:

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2023-09-21
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
action_date: 2023-09-21
text: Introduced in Senate
End Diaper Need Act of 2023

Bill: 118-s-2879
Sponsor: Sen. Duckworth, Tammy [D-IL]
Introduced: 2023-09-21 in the Senate
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Child care and development
Child health
Community life and organization
Congressional oversight
Digestive and metabolic diseases
Disability assistance
Family services
Food assistance and relief
Government information and archives
Health care costs and insurance
Health care coverage and access
Health programs administration and funding
Health technology, devices, supplies
Home and outpatient care
Income tax deductions
Musculoskeletal and skin diseases
Nutrition and diet
Poverty and welfare assistance
Social work, volunteer service, charitable organizations

Summary:

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2023-09-21
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
action_date: 2023-09-21
text: Introduced in Senate
Expanded Telehealth Access Act

Bill: 118-s-2880
Sponsor: Sen. Daines, Steve [R-MT]
Introduced: 2023-09-21 in the Senate
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Health care coverage and access
Health facilities and institutions
Health personnel
Health technology, devices, supplies
Hearing, speech, and vision care
Home and outpatient care
Internet, web applications, social media
Long-term, rehabilitative, and terminal care
Medicare

Summary:
action_date: 2023-09-21
text: 

Expanded Telehealth Access Act

This bill expands the types of health care practitioners who may provide telehealth services under Medicare.

Specifically, the bill permanently allows audiologists, physical therapists, occupational therapists, speech-language pathologists, and other providers designated by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services to provide telehealth services under Medicare. It also specifically allows occupational therapy assistants and physical therapist assistants to provide such services.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2023-09-21
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
action_date: 2023-09-21
text: Introduced in Senate
Opportunity To Address College Hunger Act

Bill: 118-s-2881
Sponsor: Sen. Padilla, Alex [D-CA]
Introduced: 2023-09-21 in the Senate
Policy area: Education

Summary:
action_date: 2023-09-21
text: 

Opportunity To Address College Hunger Act

 
This bill requires institutions of higher education (IHEs) that receive grants to operate work-study programs to notify a student participating in a state or federally financed work-study program that the student may be eligible for participation in the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP). The Department of Education must provide guidance to states and IHEs on how to identify and communicate with students who are potentially eligible for SNAP.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2023-09-21
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. (Sponsor introductory remarks on measure: CR S4657)
action_date: 2023-09-21
text: Introduced in Senate
Stop EV Freeloading Act

Bill: 118-s-2882
Sponsor: Sen. Fischer, Deb [R-NE]
Introduced: 2023-09-21 in the Senate
Policy area: Taxation

Summary:
action_date: 2023-09-21
text: 

Stop EV Freeloading Act

This bill imposes a new excise tax in the amount of $1,000 on the sale of an electric vehicle and a new excise tax in the amount of $550 on the sale of a battery module weighing over 1,000 pounds for use in an electric vehicle. The bill also requires the Department of the Treasury to transfer amounts collected from the new excise taxes to the Highway Trust Fund.

The bill defines 
electric vehicle
 as a light-duty vehicle (a motor vehicle weighing less than 8,500 pounds that is manufactured for use on public roads) that is powered by a battery with a capacity of at least seven kilowatt hours and is recharged through an external source of electricity. The bill specifies that the term does not apply to hybrid vehicles, which are powered by a combination of fuel and a rechargeable energy storage system.

The bill defines 
battery module
 as two or more battery cells configured to create voltage or current (or no battery cells) and with an aggregate capacity of at least seven kilowatt hours (or one kilowatt hour for a hydrogen fuel cell vehicle). 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2023-09-21
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
action_date: 2023-09-21
text: Introduced in Senate
Cost of Police Misconduct Act of 2023

Bill: 118-s-2883
Sponsor: Sen. Kaine, Tim [D-VA]
Introduced: 2023-09-21 in the Senate
Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement

Summary:

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2023-09-21
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2023-09-21
text: Introduced in Senate
A bill to delay the implementation of a rule relating to the importation of sheep and goats and products derived from sheep and goats, and for other purposes.

Bill: 118-s-2884
Sponsor: Sen. Barrasso, John [R-WY]
Introduced: 2023-09-21 in the Senate
Policy area: Agriculture and Food

Summary:
action_date: 2023-09-21
text: 
This bill requires the Department of Agriculture (USDA) to submit a report on the potential costs and benefits of its proposed rule governing the importation of live sheep, goats, other ruminants, and products derived from sheep and goats. It also bars USDA from finalizing, implementing, administering, or enforcing the rule until one year after the date that USDA submits the report. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2023-09-21
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry.
action_date: 2023-09-21
text: Introduced in Senate
SNP Act of 2023

Bill: 118-s-2885
Sponsor: Sen. Welch, Peter [D-VT]
Introduced: 2023-09-21 in the Senate
Policy area: Agriculture and Food
Subjects: Business records
Food assistance and relief
Government information and archives
Poverty and welfare assistance
Telephone and wireless communication

Summary:
action_date: 2023-09-21
text: 

Streamlining Nutrition Paperwork Act of 2023 or the SNP Act of 2023

This bill allows state agencies to receive Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) applications by video phone or a simplified telephonic system. 

Specifically, a state agency may establish a system to allow applicants who are deaf or hard of hearing (referred to as hearing-impaired under the bill) to sign a submitted SNAP application by gesture over a video phone. (Currently, a state agency may allow for a telephonic signature through a recorded verbal assent.)

The bill also specifies that, for a video phone or telephonic signature, the current recording system requirement may be satisfied through an audio recording or in writing. (During 2020 and 2021, the Food and Nutrition Service provided waivers to certain state agencies which allowed the state agency to document in writing that an applicant verbally signed the application, instead of requiring an audio recording.)
 

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2023-09-21
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry.
action_date: 2023-09-21
text: Introduced in Senate
Updated Drug Labeling for Patient Safety Act

Bill: 118-s-2886
Sponsor: Sen. Van Hollen, Chris [D-MD]
Introduced: 2023-09-21 in the Senate
Policy area: Health

Summary:

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2023-09-21
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
action_date: 2023-09-21
text: Introduced in Senate
Protecting Access to Recreation with Cash Act

Bill: 118-s-2887
Sponsor: Sen. Lummis, Cynthia M. [R-WY]
Introduced: 2023-09-21 in the Senate
Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources

Summary:

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2023-09-21
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
action_date: 2023-09-21
text: Introduced in Senate
TAP Promotion Act

Bill: 118-s-2888
Sponsor: Sen. King, Angus S., Jr. [I-ME]
Introduced: 2023-09-21 in the Senate
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Congressional oversight
Employment and training programs
Government information and archives
Government studies and investigations
Veterans' education, employment, rehabilitation
Veterans' organizations and recognition
Veterans' pensions and compensation

Summary:
action_date: 2023-09-21
text: 

TAP Promotion Act

This bill requires that pre-separation counseling under the Transition Assistance Program include a presentation that promotes the benefits available to veterans from the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA). The bill also requires the VA to annually report on the presentation to (1) identify veterans service organizations that participate, (2) provide the number of members of the Armed Forces who attend, and (3) provide any recommendations for changes to the presentation.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2023-09-21
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
action_date: 2023-09-21
text: Introduced in Senate
NO TIME TO Waste Act

Bill: 118-s-2889
Sponsor: Sen. Coons, Christopher A. [D-DE]
Introduced: 2023-09-21 in the Senate
Policy area: Agriculture and Food
Subjects: Advanced technology and technological innovations
Agricultural conservation and pollution
Agricultural marketing and promotion
Agricultural practices and innovations
Animal and plant health
Climate change and greenhouse gases
Congressional oversight
Food industry and services
Food supply, safety, and labeling
Intergovernmental relations
Public-private cooperation
Solid waste and recycling
State and local government operations

Summary:
action_date: 2023-09-21
text: 

New Opportunities for Technological Innovation, Mitigation, and Education To Overcome Waste Act or the NO TIME TO Waste Act

This bill directs the Department of Agriculture (USDA) to take several actions to reduce U.S. food loss and waste (FLW).

Under the bill, 
food loss 
means the food that does not reach a consumer as a result of an issue in the production, storage, processing, or distribution phase. 
Food waste
 means that food intended for human consumption is unconsumed for any reason at the retail or consumption phase.

The bill requires USDA to collaborate with the Food and Drug Administration and the Environmental Protection Agency to carry out a December, 17, 2020, agreement to coordinate federal efforts to cut FLW. 

Further, USDA must establish an Office of Food Loss and Waste to support the existing role of the Food Loss and Waste Liaison. The office must also, among other things, establish

a grant program to support collecting data on existing state and local FLW policies (and the office must use the data to establish model policies for state and local governments);

a block grant program for states and Indian tribes to develop and support food recovery infrastructure and innovative food distribution models; and

a grant program to incentivize state, municipal, local, and tribal governments to establish public-private partnerships that commit to reducing FLW by 50% by 2030.

The Office of Food Loss and Waste must also initiate a national FLW education and public awareness campaign. 
 

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2023-09-21
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry.
action_date: 2023-09-21
text: Introduced in Senate
Producer and Agricultural Credit Enhancement Act of 2023

Bill: 118-s-2890
Sponsor: Sen. Hoeven, John [R-ND]
Introduced: 2023-09-21 in the Senate
Policy area: Agriculture and Food
Subjects: Agricultural prices, subsidies, credit
Farmland
Government lending and loan guarantees
Inflation and prices
Rural conditions and development

Summary:

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2023-09-21
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry.
action_date: 2023-09-21
text: Introduced in Senate
Action for Dental Health Act of 2023

Bill: 118-s-2891
Sponsor: Sen. Booker, Cory A. [D-NJ]
Introduced: 2023-09-21 in the Senate
Policy area: Health

Summary:

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2023-09-21
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
action_date: 2023-09-21
text: Introduced in Senate