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A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to modify the railroad track maintenance credit.

Bill: 118-s-5008
Sponsor: Sen. Wyden, Ron [D-OR]
Introduced: 2024-09-10 in the Senate
Policy area: Taxation

Summary:
action_date: 2024-09-10
text: 
This bill increases the annual limit on the tax credit for qualified railroad track maintenance expenses (also referred to as the short line railroad tax credit) and expands eligibility for claiming the credit.

Under current law, the tax credit is limited each tax year to $3,500 multiplied by the sum of the number of miles of railroad track owned or leased by the taxpayer (miles owned or leased) and the number of railroad track miles assigned to the taxpayer by a Class II or III railroad (miles assigned). This bill increases the annual limit to $6,100 multiplied by the sum of miles owned or leased and miles assigned. The $6,100 amount used in the calculation of the tax credit limit is adjusted for inflation for tax years beginning after 2025.

The bill also expands eligibility for the tax credit to include gross expenses for maintaining railroad tracks owned or leased as of January 1, 2024. Under current law, the tax credit is limited to gross expenses for maintaining railroad tracks owned or leased as of January 1, 2015. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2024-09-10
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
action_date: 2024-09-10
text: Introduced in Senate
PARTNER with ASEAN Act

Bill: 118-s-5009
Sponsor: Sen. Duckworth, Tammy [D-IL]
Introduced: 2024-09-10 in the Senate
Policy area: International Affairs

Summary:

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2024-09-10
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations.
action_date: 2024-09-10
text: Introduced in Senate
Retirement Security for American Hostages Act

Bill: 118-s-5010
Sponsor: Sen. Coons, Christopher A. [D-DE]
Introduced: 2024-09-10 in the Senate
Policy area: Social Welfare

Summary:

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2024-09-10
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
action_date: 2024-09-10
text: Introduced in Senate
Sacramento RIVER Act of 2024

Bill: 118-s-5011
Sponsor: Sen. Padilla, Alex [D-CA]
Introduced: 2024-09-10 in the Senate
Policy area: Water Resources Development
Subjects: Advisory bodies
Congressional oversight
Dams and canals
Disaster relief and insurance
Federal officials
Water storage

Summary:

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2024-11-21
text: Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 641.
action_date: 2024-11-21
text: Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. Reported by Senator Manchin without amendment. Without written report.
action_date: 2024-11-21
text: Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. Reported by Senator Manchin without amendment. Without written report.
action_date: 2024-11-19
text: Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. Ordered to be reported without amendment favorably.
action_date: 2024-09-11
text: Committee on Energy and Natural Resources Subcommittee on Water and Power. Hearings held.
action_date: 2024-09-10
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
action_date: 2024-09-10
text: Introduced in Senate
Lower Colorado River Multi-Species Conservation Program Amendment Act of 2024

Bill: 118-s-5012
Sponsor: Sen. Padilla, Alex [D-CA]
Introduced: 2024-09-10 in the Senate
Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources
Subjects: Arizona
California
Financial services and investments
Government trust funds
Lakes and rivers
Nevada
Water use and supply
Wildlife conservation and habitat protection

Summary:

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2024-11-21
text: Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 642.
action_date: 2024-11-21
text: Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. Reported by Senator Manchin with an amendment. Without written report.
action_date: 2024-11-21
text: Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. Reported by Senator Manchin with an amendment. Without written report.
action_date: 2024-11-19
text: Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. Ordered to be reported with an amendment favorably.
action_date: 2024-09-11
text: Committee on Energy and Natural Resources Subcommittee on Water and Power. Hearings held.
action_date: 2024-09-10
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
action_date: 2024-09-10
text: Introduced in Senate
Finish the Arkansas Valley Conduit Act

Bill: 118-s-5013
Sponsor: Sen. Bennet, Michael F. [D-CO]
Introduced: 2024-09-10 in the Senate
Policy area: Water Resources Development
Subjects: Colorado
Pipelines
Water resources funding
Water use and supply

Summary:

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2024-11-21
text: Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 643.
action_date: 2024-11-21
text: Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. Reported by Senator Manchin with an amendment in the nature of a substitute. Without written report.
action_date: 2024-11-21
text: Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. Reported by Senator Manchin with an amendment in the nature of a substitute. Without written report.
action_date: 2024-11-19
text: Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. Ordered to be reported with an amendment in the nature of a substitute favorably.
action_date: 2024-09-11
text: Committee on Energy and Natural Resources Subcommittee on Water and Power. Hearings held.
action_date: 2024-09-10
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
action_date: 2024-09-10
text: Introduced in Senate
Water Project Navigators Act

Bill: 118-s-5014
Sponsor: Sen. Hickenlooper, John W. [D-CO]
Introduced: 2024-09-10 in the Senate
Policy area: Water Resources Development
Subjects: Congressional oversight
Economic development
Intergovernmental relations
Outdoor recreation
Rural conditions and development
State and local finance
Water quality
Water resources funding
Water use and supply
Watersheds
Wildlife conservation and habitat protection

Summary:

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2024-09-11
text: Committee on Energy and Natural Resources Subcommittee on Water and Power. Hearings held.
action_date: 2024-09-10
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
action_date: 2024-09-10
text: Introduced in Senate
Renewed Hope Act of 2024

Bill: 118-s-5015
Sponsor: Sen. Cornyn, John [R-TX]
Introduced: 2024-09-10 in the Senate
Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement

Summary:

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2024-09-10
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.
action_date: 2024-09-10
text: Introduced in Senate
Combat Chinese Economic Aggression Act of 2024

Bill: 118-s-5016
Sponsor: Sen. Casey, Robert P., Jr. [D-PA]
Introduced: 2024-09-10 in the Senate
Policy area: Foreign Trade and International Finance

Summary:

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2024-09-10
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs.
action_date: 2024-09-10
text: Introduced in Senate
Safeguarding American Families and Expanding Social Security Act of 2024

Bill: 118-s-5017
Sponsor: Sen. Schatz, Brian [D-HI]
Introduced: 2024-09-11 in the Senate
Policy area: Social Welfare

Summary:

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2024-09-11
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
action_date: 2024-09-11
text: Introduced in Senate
Restore Protections for Dialysis Patients Act

Bill: 118-s-5018
Sponsor: Sen. Cassidy, Bill [R-LA]
Introduced: 2024-09-11 in the Senate
Policy area: Health

Summary:

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2024-09-11
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
action_date: 2024-09-11
text: Introduced in Senate
A bill to designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 340 South Loudon Avenue in Baltimore, Maryland, as the "United States Representative Elijah E. Cummings Post Office Building".

Bill: 118-s-5019
Sponsor: Sen. Cardin, Benjamin L. [D-MD]
Introduced: 2024-09-11 in the Senate
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Subjects: Congressional tributes
Government buildings, facilities, and property
Maryland
Members of Congress
Postal service

Summary:

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2024-11-20
text: Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 567.
action_date: 2024-11-20
text: Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs. Reported by Senator Peters without amendment. Without written report.
action_date: 2024-11-20
text: Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs. Reported by Senator Peters without amendment. Without written report.
action_date: 2024-11-20
text: Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs. Ordered to be reported without amendment favorably.
action_date: 2024-09-11
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.
action_date: 2024-09-11
text: Introduced in Senate
Local Procurement Act

Bill: 118-s-5020
Sponsor: Sen. Booker, Cory A. [D-NJ]
Introduced: 2024-09-11 in the Senate
Policy area: Agriculture and Food

Summary:

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2024-09-11
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry.
action_date: 2024-09-11
text: Introduced in Senate
340B PATIENTS Act of 2024

Bill: 118-s-5021
Sponsor: Sen. Welch, Peter [D-VT]
Introduced: 2024-09-11 in the Senate
Policy area: Health

Summary:

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2024-09-11
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
action_date: 2024-09-11
text: Introduced in Senate
A bill to designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 29 Franklin Street in Petersburg, Virginia, as the "John Mercer Langston Post Office Building."

Bill: 118-s-5022
Sponsor: Sen. Warner, Mark R. [D-VA]
Introduced: 2024-09-11 in the Senate
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Subjects: Congressional tributes
Government buildings, facilities, and property
Postal service
Virginia

Summary:

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2024-09-11
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.
action_date: 2024-09-11
text: Introduced in Senate
Stand Strong Falls Prevention Act

Bill: 118-s-5023
Sponsor: Sen. King, Angus S., Jr. [I-ME]
Introduced: 2024-09-11 in the Senate
Policy area: Social Welfare

Summary:

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2024-09-11
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
action_date: 2024-09-11
text: Introduced in Senate
National Geospatial Innovation Hub Advancement Act of 2024

Bill: 118-s-5024
Sponsor: Sen. Schmitt, Eric [R-MO]
Introduced: 2024-09-11 in the Senate
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security

Summary:
action_date: 2024-09-11
text: 

National Geospatial Innovation Hub Advancement Act of 2024

This bill requires the Department of Defense (DOD) to carry out a pilot program to assess the feasibility and advisability of establishing a program to develop a skilled workforce in geospatial technologies, methodologies, and capabilities to support DOD’s defense intelligence requirements. The requirement to carry out the pilot program terminates on September 30, 2030.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2024-09-11
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Armed Services.
action_date: 2024-09-11
text: Introduced in Senate
FIRE Cancer Act of 2024

Bill: 118-s-5025
Sponsor: Sen. Helmy, George S. [D-NJ]
Introduced: 2024-09-11 in the Senate
Policy area: Health

Summary:

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2024-09-11
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.
action_date: 2024-09-11
text: Introduced in Senate
SEPSIS Act

Bill: 118-s-5026
Sponsor: Sen. Schumer, Charles E. [D-NY]
Introduced: 2024-09-11 in the Senate
Policy area: Health

Summary:

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2024-09-11
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. (text: CR S5982)
action_date: 2024-09-11
text: Introduced in Senate
ROAD to Housing Act

Bill: 118-s-5027
Sponsor: Sen. Scott, Tim [R-SC]
Introduced: 2024-09-11 in the Senate
Policy area: Housing and Community Development

Summary:

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2024-09-11
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs.
action_date: 2024-09-11
text: Introduced in Senate
Federal Contractor Cybersecurity Vulnerability Reduction Act of 2024

Bill: 118-s-5028
Sponsor: Sen. Warner, Mark R. [D-VA]
Introduced: 2024-09-11 in the Senate
Policy area: Science, Technology, Communications
Subjects: Computer security and identity theft
Government information and archives
Public contracts and procurement

Summary:

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2024-12-19
text: Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 740.
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. 118-320.
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. 118-320.
action_date: 2024-11-20
text: Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs. Ordered to be reported with an amendment in the nature of a substitute favorably.
action_date: 2024-09-11
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.
action_date: 2024-09-11
text: Introduced in Senate
Small Biotech Innovation Act

Bill: 118-s-5029
Sponsor: Sen. Cassidy, Bill [R-LA]
Introduced: 2024-09-12 in the Senate
Policy area: Health

Summary:

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2024-09-12
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
action_date: 2024-09-12
text: Introduced in Senate
National Critical Minerals Council Act

Bill: 118-s-5030
Sponsor: Sen. Hickenlooper, John W. [D-CO]
Introduced: 2024-09-12 in the Senate
Policy area: Energy

Summary:

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2024-09-12
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.
action_date: 2024-09-12
text: Introduced in Senate
Workforce of the Future Act of 2024

Bill: 118-s-5031
Sponsor: Sen. Butler, Laphonza R. [D-CA]
Introduced: 2024-09-12 in the Senate
Policy area: Education

Summary:

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2024-09-12
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
action_date: 2024-09-12
text: Introduced in Senate
Stop Militarizing Our Streets Act of 2024

Bill: 118-s-5032
Sponsor: Sen. Warren, Elizabeth [D-MA]
Introduced: 2024-09-12 in the Senate
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security

Summary:

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2024-09-12
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Armed Services.
action_date: 2024-09-12
text: Introduced in Senate
CCAMPIS Reauthorization Act

Bill: 118-s-5033
Sponsor: Sen. Duckworth, Tammy [D-IL]
Introduced: 2024-09-12 in the Senate
Policy area: Education

Summary:

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2024-09-12
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
action_date: 2024-09-12
text: Introduced in Senate
American Energy Worker Opportunity Act of 2024

Bill: 118-s-5034
Sponsor: Sen. Brown, Sherrod [D-OH]
Introduced: 2024-09-12 in the Senate
Policy area: Labor and Employment

Summary:

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2024-09-12
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
action_date: 2024-09-12
text: Introduced in Senate
A bill to amend title 38, United States Code, to establish an external provider scheduling program to assist the Department of Veterans Affairs in scheduling appointments for care and services under the Veterans Community Care Program, and for other purposes.

Bill: 118-s-5035
Sponsor: Sen. Moran, Jerry [R-KS]
Introduced: 2024-09-12 in the Senate
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security

Summary:

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2024-09-12
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
action_date: 2024-09-12
text: Introduced in Senate
MEDAL Act of 2024

Bill: 118-s-5036
Sponsor: Sen. Cruz, Ted [R-TX]
Introduced: 2024-09-12 in the Senate
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Inflation and prices
Veterans' pensions and compensation

Summary:

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2024-09-12
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
action_date: 2024-09-12
text: Introduced in Senate
Indian Ocean Region Strategic Review Act of 2024

Bill: 118-s-5037
Sponsor: Sen. Scott, Tim [R-SC]
Introduced: 2024-09-12 in the Senate
Policy area: International Affairs

Summary:

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2024-09-12
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations.
action_date: 2024-09-12
text: Introduced in Senate
Stop CARB Act of 2024

Bill: 118-s-5038
Sponsor: Sen. Lee, Mike [R-UT]
Introduced: 2024-09-12 in the Senate
Policy area: Environmental Protection

Summary:

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2024-09-12
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works.
action_date: 2024-09-12
text: Introduced in Senate
Unearth Innovation Act

Bill: 118-s-5039
Sponsor: Sen. Hickenlooper, John W. [D-CO]
Introduced: 2024-09-12 in the Senate
Policy area: Energy

Summary:

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2024-09-12
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
action_date: 2024-09-12
text: Introduced in Senate
Protecting Patients from Deceptive Drug Ads Online Act

Bill: 118-s-5040
Sponsor: Sen. Durbin, Richard J. [D-IL]
Introduced: 2024-09-12 in the Senate
Policy area: Health

Summary:

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2024-09-12
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. (text: CR S6021-6022)
action_date: 2024-09-12
text: Introduced in Senate
Smaller Class Sizes for Students and Educators Act of 2024

Bill: 118-s-5041
Sponsor: Sen. Merkley, Jeff [D-OR]
Introduced: 2024-09-12 in the Senate
Policy area: Education

Summary:
action_date: 2024-09-12
text: 

Smaller Class Sizes for Students and Educators Act of 2024

This bill directs the Department of Education to award grants for local educational agencies to reduce class sizes in the early elementary grades (grades K-3) in targeted public elementary schools by recruiting, hiring, and supporting qualified teachers.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2024-09-12
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
action_date: 2024-09-12
text: Introduced in Senate
Protecting Our Land from Federal Overreach Act of 2024

Bill: 118-s-5042
Sponsor: Sen. Moran, Jerry [R-KS]
Introduced: 2024-09-12 in the Senate
Policy area: Energy

Summary:

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2024-09-12
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
action_date: 2024-09-12
text: Introduced in Senate
Sanctions Lists Harmonization Act

Bill: 118-s-5043
Sponsor: Sen. Rubio, Marco [R-FL]
Introduced: 2024-09-12 in the Senate
Policy area: International Affairs

Summary:

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2024-09-12
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs.
action_date: 2024-09-12
text: Introduced in Senate
Keeping Drugs Out of Schools Act of 2024

Bill: 118-s-5044
Sponsor: Sen. Shaheen, Jeanne [D-NH]
Introduced: 2024-09-12 in the Senate
Policy area: Education
Subjects: Child safety and welfare
Community life and organization
Drug, alcohol, tobacco use
Education programs funding
Educational guidance
Elementary and secondary education

Summary:

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2024-09-12
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2024-09-12
text: Introduced in Senate
Safe and Secure Transportation of American Energy Act

Bill: 118-s-5045
Sponsor: Sen. Cruz, Ted [R-TX]
Introduced: 2024-09-12 in the Senate
Policy area: Transportation and Public Works

Summary:
action_date: 2024-09-12
text: 

Safe and Secure Transportation of American Energy Act

This bill expands the types of activities that are subject to criminal penalties related to damaging or destroying an interstate gas or hazardous liquid pipeline facility.

Under current law, a person who knowingly and willfully damages or destroys a pipeline facility is subject to criminal penalties, including a fine, a prison term of up to 20 years, or both. If a death results from the offense, the person may be imprisoned for any term of years or life. 

Under the bill, these criminal penalties also apply to a person who knowingly and willfully

vandalizes,

tampers with, or

disrupts or prevents the operation or construction of the facility.



Legislative actions:
action_date: 2024-09-12
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
action_date: 2024-09-12
text: Introduced in Senate
FDA Modernization Act 3.0

Bill: 118-s-5046
Sponsor: Sen. Booker, Cory A. [D-NJ]
Introduced: 2024-09-12 in the Senate
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Department of Health and Human Services
Drug safety, medical device, and laboratory regulation
Medical research
Research administration and funding

Summary:
action_date: 2024-12-12
text: 

FDA Modernization Act 3.0

This bill requires the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to publish an interim final rule implementing a provision of the Consolidated Appropriations Act of 2023 that authorized the use of certain alternatives to animal testing to support investigational use of a new drug. 

The rule must replace references to animal tests, data, studies, models, and research with references to nonclinical tests, data, studies, models, and research throughout the FDA’s regulations governing investigational new drug applications, and may make other changes to the regulations as appropriate. 

The rule must be published within one year of the bill’s enactment, and must take immediate effect as an interim final rule. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2024-12-16
text: Held at the desk.
action_date: 2024-12-16
text: Received in the House.
action_date: 2024-12-13
text: Message on Senate action sent to the House.
action_date: 2024-12-12
text: Passed Senate with an amendment by Unanimous Consent. (text of amendment in the nature of a substitute: CR S7044)
action_date: 2024-12-12
text: Passed/agreed to in Senate: Passed Senate with an amendment by Unanimous Consent.
action_date: 2024-12-12
text: Measure laid before Senate by unanimous consent. (consideration: CR S7044)
action_date: 2024-12-12
text: Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions discharged by Unanimous Consent.
action_date: 2024-12-12
text: Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions discharged by Unanimous Consent.
action_date: 2024-09-12
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
action_date: 2024-09-12
text: Introduced in Senate
Carbon Scoring Act of 2024

Bill: 118-s-5047
Sponsor: Sen. Whitehouse, Sheldon [D-RI]
Introduced: 2024-09-12 in the Senate
Policy area: Economics and Public Finance

Summary:

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2024-09-12
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Budget.
action_date: 2024-09-12
text: Introduced in Senate
Ranked Choice Voting Act

Bill: 118-s-5048
Sponsor: Sen. Welch, Peter [D-VT]
Introduced: 2024-09-12 in the Senate
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics

Summary:

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2024-09-12
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Rules and Administration.
action_date: 2024-09-12
text: Introduced in Senate
Winter Recreation Small Business Recovery Act of 2024

Bill: 118-s-5049
Sponsor: Sen. Baldwin, Tammy [D-WI]
Introduced: 2024-09-12 in the Senate
Policy area: Commerce

Summary:

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2024-09-12
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship.
action_date: 2024-09-12
text: Introduced in Senate