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EACH Act of 2023

Bill: 118-s-1031
Sponsor: Sen. Duckworth, Tammy [D-IL]
Introduced: 2023-03-29 in the Senate
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Abortion
Child health
Correctional facilities and imprisonment
Detention of persons
Government employee pay, benefits, personnel management
Health care costs and insurance
Health care coverage and access
Health programs administration and funding
Immigrant health and welfare
Indian social and development programs
Medicaid
Medicare
Military medicine
Military personnel and dependents
Minority health
Peace Corps
Poverty and welfare assistance
Refugees, asylum, displaced persons
Social work, volunteer service, charitable organizations
State and local government operations
Veterans' medical care

Summary:
action_date: 2023-03-29
text: 

Equal Access to Abortion Coverage in Health Insurance Act of 2023 or the EACH Act of 202

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This bill requires federal health care programs (e.g., Medicaid, Medicare, and the Children's Health Insurance Program (CHIP)) to provide coverage for abortion services and requires federal facilities to provide access to those services. Currently, coverage for such services under federal programs is generally only available in the case of rape, incest, or life endangerment.
 
Additionally, the bill repeals certain provisions of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act that permit states to prohibit coverage of abortion services in plans offered through a health insurance exchange in the state.
 
The bill also permits qualified health plans to use funds attributable to premium tax credits and reduced cost sharing assistance to pay for abortion services.
 
The bill is not subject to the Religious Freedom Restoration Act of 1993, which generally prohibits the federal government from substantially burdening a person's exercise of religion even if the burden results from a generally applicable law.


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
Air Tour and Sport Parachuting Safety Improvement Act of 2023

Bill: 118-s-1032
Sponsor: Sen. Schatz, Brian [D-HI]
Introduced: 2023-03-29 in the Senate
Policy area: Transportation and Public Works

Summary:
action_date: 2023-03-29
text: 

Air Tour and Sport Parachuting Safety Improvement Act of 2023

 
This bill requires the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) to update safety standards for commercial air tour operators (i.e., sightseeing airplane and helicopter flights).
 
Within three years of the bill's enactment, all commercial air tour operators, with exceptions, must hold an air carrier certificate or commercial operator certificate. The FAA must implement procedures to improve the process for obtaining these certificates. 
 
The FAA must also issue regulations requiring commercial air tour operators and other specified operators to implement appropriate safety management systems. This is a formal, organization-wide approach to safety risk that includes systematic procedures, practices, and policies.
 
The FAA must issue new or revised regulations requiring that all certificated commercial air tour operators incorporate into their training programs avoidance training for controlled flight into terrain and in-flight loss of control.
 
The FAA must also convene aviation rulemaking committees and, within three years of the bill's enactment, issue final regulations 
 
 
establishing a performance-based standard for flight data monitoring for all commercial air tour operators,
 
requiring all commercial air tour operators to install flight data recording devices and implement a flight data monitoring program, 
 
 establishing methods to provide effective traffic avoidance in identified high-traffic tour areas (e.g., requiring air tour operators to be equipped with Automatic Dependent Surveillance-Broadcast (ADS-B) surveillance technology), and 
 
governing specified issues related to sports parachute operations conducted in the United States.
 


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
Natural Hazard Resilience for Airports Act of 2023

Bill: 118-s-1033
Sponsor: Sen. Schatz, Brian [D-HI]
Introduced: 2023-03-29 in the Senate
Policy area: Transportation and Public Works

Summary:
action_date: 2023-03-29
text: 

Natural Hazard Resilience for Airports Act of 2023

 
This bill expands the eligible uses for Airport Improvement Program (AIP) grants to include projects related to severe weather or natural disasters.
 
Specifically, the bill makes AIP grants available for the improvement of primary runways, taxiways, and aprons to prepare an airport for resuming or maintaining flight operations in the event of weather events or natural disasters such as an earthquake, flooding, sea level rise, a hurricane, storm surge, a tornado, a wildfire, land instability, or a winter storm.
 
In addition, the bill makes AIP grants available to qualifying airports for (1) planning for disaster preparedness associated with maintaining airport operations during a natural disaster; (2) acquiring airport communication equipment and fixed emergency generators; and (3) constructing, expanding, or improving airfield infrastructure that will facilitate an airport's disaster response.


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
Truck Parking Safety Improvement Act

Bill: 118-s-1034
Sponsor: Sen. Lummis, Cynthia M. [R-WY]
Introduced: 2023-03-29 in the Senate
Policy area: Transportation and Public Works

Summary:
action_date: 2023-03-29
text: 

Truck Parking Safety Improvement Act

 
This bill directs the Department of Transportation (DOT) to provide competitive grants for projects that provide public parking for commercial motor vehicles and improve the safety of commercial motor vehicle drivers. States, metropolitan planning organizations, tribal governments, and local governments are eligible for these grants. The grants must be used for projects on federal-aid highways or a facility with reasonable access to such a highway or a freight facility.
 
In providing grants, DOT must determine that 
 
 
there is a shortage of commercial motor vehicle parking capacity in the corridor in which the project is located;
 
 the eligible entity has consulted with motor carriers, commercial motor vehicle drivers, public safety officials, and private providers of commercial motor vehicle parking regarding the project;
 
 the project will likely increase the availability or utilization of commercial motor vehicle parking, facilitate the efficient movement of freight or improve highway safety, traffic congestion, and air quality; and
 
the eligible entity has demonstrated the ability to provide for the maintenance and operation of the facility.
 
 
 To the maximum extent practicable, DOT must select grant projects that maximize the geographic dispersion of new commercial motor vehicle parking capacity across the United States.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2023-03-29
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works.
action_date: 2023-03-29
text: Introduced in Senate
Ending China's Unfair Advantage Act of 2023

Bill: 118-s-1035
Sponsor: Sen. Barrasso, John [R-WY]
Introduced: 2023-03-29 in the Senate
Policy area: International Affairs

Summary:
action_date: 2023-03-29
text: 

Ending China's Unfair Advantage Act of 202
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This bill prohibits the expenditure of federal funds to implement the Montreal Protocol on Substances that Deplete the Ozone Layer until the agreement is amended to remove China from the list of developing countries

.
 
The bill also prohibits the expenditure of federal funds to support the operations and meetings of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change until China is moved to the list of high-income countries that have more specific commitments regarding national plans, reporting, and assisting low-income countries.
 
 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2023-03-29
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations.
action_date: 2023-03-29
text: Introduced in Senate
Senior Hunger Prevention Act of 2023

Bill: 118-s-1036
Sponsor: Sen. Casey, Robert P., Jr. [D-PA]
Introduced: 2023-03-29 in the Senate
Policy area: Agriculture and Food
Subjects: Aging
Agricultural marketing and promotion
Computers and information technology
Disability and paralysis
Family relationships
Food assistance and relief
Food industry and services
Food supply, safety, and labeling
Health care costs and insurance
Housing for the elderly and disabled
Inflation and prices
Poverty and welfare assistance
Public-private cooperation
Retail and wholesale trades
Social security and elderly assistance
State and local government operations

Summary:
action_date: 2023-03-29
text: 

Senior Hunger Prevention Act of 2023

 
This bill modifies and expands nutrition programs for older adults and adults with disabilities, including the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) and the Commodity Supplemental Food Program (CSFP).
 
Under the bill, a household's eligibility for SNAP benefits may be certified for 36 months if all adult household members are elderly or disabled, an increase from 24 months. The bill also expands the SNAP medical expense deduction. 
 
The Department of Agriculture (USDA) must establish an elderly simplified application program (ESAP). Under ESAP, a state may implement a streamlined SNAP application and certification process for households where all adult household members are elderly or disabled and have no earned income.
 
The bill also directs USDA to authorize public-private partnerships between USDA, retail food stores participating in SNAP, and community-based organizations to provide free or low-cost food delivery under SNAP, including through the use of private funds.
 
Further, the bill reauthorizes CSFP, provides additional funding for the program, and expands eligibility to include low-income adults with disabilities. CSFP benefits may also be certified for 36 months. Currently, benefits may be certified for not less than one year, but not more than three years. 
 
The bill also expands eligibility for the Seniors Farmers Market Nutrition Program (SFMNP) to include adults with disabilities, provide a 36-month certification period, and include minimum and maximum benefit amounts. 
 
Under the bill, USDA must also establish various grant programs; for example, USDA must establish grant programs to modernize SFMNP operations and establish new farmers' markets. 


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
Department of Veterans Affairs EHRM Standardization and Accountability Act

Bill: 118-s-1037
Sponsor: Sen. Moran, Jerry [R-KS]
Introduced: 2023-03-29 in the Senate
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Computers and information technology
Congressional oversight
Government buildings, facilities, and property
Government studies and investigations
Health facilities and institutions
Health information and medical records
Veterans' medical care

Summary:
action_date: 2023-03-29
text: 

Department of Veterans Affairs EHRM Standardization and Accountability Act

 
This bill prohibits the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) from commencing an Electronic Health Record Modernization Program activity at a facility of the Veterans Health Administration (VHA) until the VA certifies to Congress that the electronic health record system has met specified improvement objectives.
 
The VA is prohibited from newly implementing the electronic health record system at a VHA facility until the VHA submits written certification to Congress that the staff and infrastructure of the facility are adequately prepared for the system.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2023-07-12
text: Committee on Veterans' Affairs. Hearings held. Hearings printed: S.Hrg. 118-217.
action_date: 2023-03-29
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
action_date: 2023-03-29
text: Introduced in Senate
Drug Price Transparency in Medicaid Act of 2023

Bill: 118-s-1038
Sponsor: Sen. Welch, Peter [D-VT]
Introduced: 2023-03-29 in the Senate
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Business records
Congressional oversight
Government information and archives
Health care costs and insurance
Home and outpatient care
Inflation and prices
Medicaid
Prescription drugs
Public contracts and procurement
Retail and wholesale trades
State and local government operations
User charges and fees

Summary:
action_date: 2023-03-29
text: 

Drug Price Transparency in Medicaid Act of 

2023

 
This bill requires pass-through pricing models, and prohibits spread-pricing, for payment arrangements with pharmacy benefit managers under Medicaid. The bill also extends funding for retail pharmacy surveys and requires additional information with respect to price concessions and survey participation to be made publicly available.


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 Flood Insurance Program Consultant Accountability Act of 2023

Bill: 118-s-1039
Sponsor: Sen. Kennedy, John [R-LA]
Introduced: 2023-03-29 in the Senate
Policy area: Finance and Financial Sector

Summary:
action_date: 2023-03-29
text: 

National Flood Insurance Program Consultant Accountability Act of 2023

 
This bill allows the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) to terminate certain contracts under the National Flood Insurance Program on the basis of detrimental conduct to the program by a covered entity (an attorney, law firm, consultant, or third-party company that provides certain services under the contract). Specifically, on such basis, FEMA may terminate a contract between a covered entity and a Write Your Own company (a property and casualty company that writes and services federal standard flood insurance policies in its own name).
 
FEMA shall establish a process for a covered entity to appeal such a termination.
 
Neither FEMA nor a Write Your Own company is required to make an early-termination payout to a covered entity with respect to a contract terminated under the bill.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2023-03-29
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs.
action_date: 2023-03-29
text: Introduced in Senate
A bill to amend title 38, United States Code, to prohibit smoking on the premises of any facility of the Veterans Health Administration, and for other purposes.

Bill: 118-s-1040
Sponsor: Sen. Durbin, Richard J. [D-IL]
Introduced: 2023-03-29 in the Senate
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Department of Veterans Affairs
Drug, alcohol, tobacco use
Government buildings, facilities, and property
Health facilities and institutions
Veterans' medical care

Summary:
action_date: 2023-03-29
text: 
This bill prohibits smoking on the premises of any Veterans Health Administration facility. The bill defines smoking as the use of cigarettes, cigars, and pipes (i.e., the heating or combustion of tobacco), as well as the use of any electronic nicotine delivery system.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2023-07-12
text: Committee on Veterans' Affairs. Hearings held. Hearings printed: S.Hrg. 118-217.
action_date: 2023-03-29
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs. (text: CR S1054-1055)
action_date: 2023-03-29
text: Introduced in Senate
Restoring Overtime Pay Act of 2023

Bill: 118-s-1041
Sponsor: Sen. Brown, Sherrod [D-OH]
Introduced: 2023-03-29 in the Senate
Policy area: Labor and Employment

Summary:
action_date: 2023-03-29
text: 

Restoring Overtime Pay Act of 2023

 
This bill requires the Department of Labor to increase the salary threshold applicable to bona fide executive, administrative, and professional employees for purpose of determining eligibility for overtime pay. The bill phases in the increased threshold over which employees are exempt from overtime pay requirements beginning at an annual salary of $45,000 upon the bill's effective date. (The current threshold is generally $35,568.) Beginning in 2028, Labor must annually update the threshold to the 55th percentile (nationally) of weekly earnings for full-time salaried workers.
 
Further, the exemption from overtime pay for bona fide executive, administrative, and professional employees does not apply if at least 20% of an employee's duties are not directly or closely related to the performance of executive or administrative activities.
 
In addition, the Bureau of Labor Statistics shall publish quarterly on its website data about the weekly earnings of full-time salaried workers by census region.


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
One Stop Shop for Small Business Licensing Act of 2023

Bill: 118-s-1042
Sponsor: Sen. Rosen, Jacky [D-NV]
Introduced: 2023-03-29 in the Senate
Policy area: Commerce

Summary:
action_date: 2023-03-29
text: 

One Stop Shop for Small Business Licensing Act of 2023

 
This bill requires the Office of Entrepreneurship Education of the Small Business Administration to establish a website that provides licensing and business permit information for small businesses.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2023-03-29
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship.
action_date: 2023-03-29
text: Introduced in Senate
Natural GAS Act of 2023

Bill: 118-s-1043
Sponsor: Sen. Barrasso, John [R-WY]
Introduced: 2023-03-29 in the Senate
Policy area: Energy
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Department of Energy
Energy efficiency and conservation
Manufacturing
Oil and gas

Summary:
action_date: 2023-03-29
text: 

Natural Gas Appliances Standards Act of 2023 or the Natural GAS Act of 2023

 
This bill modifies energy efficiency requirements under the Energy Policy and Conservation Act to limit what the Department of Energy (DOE) may include in future rules related to the following natural gas appliances: gas water heaters, furnaces, boilers, kitchen cooktops, ranges, and ovens.
 
Specifically, the bill requires DOE to certify that rules are not likely to result in a significant shift from gas appliances to electric appliances. DOE must also require a full fuel cycle analysis for energy efficiency standards as part of the rulemaking process.
 
In addition, the bill exempts certain small manufacturers of major household appliances from future energy efficiency standards for such appliances. Future rules for such appliances must require energy efficiency labels displayed at the point of sale to disclose full-fuel-cycle efficiency rather than point-of-use energy consumption.
 
The bill also prohibits any future rule relating to kitchen cooktops, ranges, and ovens from limiting the features (e.g., quick-to-boil times) and functionality available on residential gas kitchen cooktops, ranges, and ovens.


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
Railway Accountability Act

Bill: 118-s-1044
Sponsor: Sen. Fetterman, John [D-PA]
Introduced: 2023-03-29 in the Senate
Policy area: Transportation and Public Works
Subjects: Congressional oversight
Emergency communications systems
Government information and archives
Government studies and investigations
Railroads
Transportation safety and security

Summary:
action_date: 2023-03-29
text: 

Railway Accountability Act

 
This bill addresses safety requirements for rail carriers.
 
The Department of Transportation (DOT) must review existing regulations relating to the practices regarding the establishment of a train consist (i.e., the contents and location of each rail car in a train). The Federal Railroad Administration (FRA) must issue regulations requiring each railroad to submit an updated Risk Reduction Program Plan that (1) documents the railroad's standards for train consist and safety protocol for trains in the switchyard, and (2) strives to balance derailment risk and rail yard employee safety.
 
DOT must issue a regulation that prohibits conducting train brake inspections while a train is in motion and requires the mechanical inspector assigned to inspect a locomotive or rail car to be the official who signs off on the inspection.
 
 The FRA must amend regulations to require (1) more frequent communication checks between a head-of-train device and an end-of-train device, and (2) repetition of the emergency brake signal transmission until it is received by the end-of-train device.
 
Class I railroads must join the Confidential Close Call Reporting System if they have been ordered to pay the maximum civil penalty for specific rail safety regulation violations.
 
Further, the FRA must (1) study and submit a report to Congress on broken rim derailments and proposed regulations to reduce the frequency; and (2) post on the FRA public website a list of specific active Class I railroad safety waivers, including those relating to brake procedures and brake inspection requirements.


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
Failed Bank Executives Clawback Act

Bill: 118-s-1045
Sponsor: Sen. Warren, Elizabeth [D-MA]
Introduced: 2023-03-29 in the Senate
Policy area: Finance and Financial Sector
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Bank accounts, deposits, capital
Banking and financial institutions regulation
Civil actions and liability
Consumer affairs
Corporate finance and management
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC)
Financial crises and stabilization
Securities
Wages and earnings

Summary:
action_date: 2023-03-29
text: 

Failed Bank Executives Clawback Act

 
This bill requires the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC) to claw back compensation paid to certain responsible parties when an insured depository institution is placed into FDIC receivership. 
 
Specifically, all or part of the compensation paid the previous five years to an institution-affiliated party responsible for the condition of the institution must be paid to FDIC to prevent unjust enrichment and to assure that the party bears losses consistent with their responsibility. Compensation includes salary, bonuses, awards, and profits from buying or selling securities.
 
The bill also expands the authority of the FDIC to claw back compensation of parties responsible for financial losses incurred by a financial company regardless of the process by which FDIC is appointed receiver. 
 
Finally, the bill establishes that the creditors and shareholders of an insured depository institution's holding company are responsible for the losses when the institution is resolved by the FDIC.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2023-05-17
text: Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs. Hearings held.
action_date: 2023-05-16
text: Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs. Hearings held.
action_date: 2023-05-04
text: Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs. Hearings held.
action_date: 2023-03-29
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs.
action_date: 2023-03-29
text: Introduced in Senate