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Household Goods Shipping Consumer Protection Act

Bill: 119-s-337
Sponsor: Sen. Fischer, Deb [R-NE]
Introduced: 2025-01-30 in the Senate
Policy area: Transportation and Public Works
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Business records
Civil actions and liability
Consumer affairs
Department of Transportation
Licensing and registrations
Motor carriers
State and local government operations

Summary:

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2025-05-21
text: Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. Ordered to be reported without amendment favorably.
action_date: 2025-01-30
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
action_date: 2025-01-30
text: Introduced in Senate
Fred Korematsu Congressional Gold Medal Act of 2025

Bill: 119-s-338
Sponsor: Sen. Hirono, Mazie K. [D-HI]
Introduced: 2025-01-30 in the Senate
Policy area: Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues
Subjects: Asia
Conflicts and wars
Congressional tributes
Detention of persons
Due process and equal protection
Japan
Museums, exhibitions, cultural centers
Protest and dissent
Racial and ethnic relations
Smithsonian Institution
U.S. history

Summary:
action_date: 2025-01-30
text: 

Fred Korematsu Congressional Gold Medal Act of 2025

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


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2025-01-30
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs.
action_date: 2025-01-30
text: Introduced in Senate
Nancy Gardner Sewell Medicare Multi-Cancer Early Detection Screening Coverage Act

Bill: 119-s-339
Sponsor: Sen. Crapo, Mike [R-ID]
Introduced: 2025-01-30 in the Senate
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Cancer
Health care costs and insurance
Health care coverage and access
Health promotion and preventive care
Medical tests and diagnostic methods
Medicare

Summary:
action_date: 2025-01-30
text: 

Nancy Gardner Sewell Medicare Multi-Cancer Early Detection Screening Coverage Act

This bill allows, beginning in 2028, for Medicare coverage and payment for multi-cancer early detection screening tests that are approved by the Food and Drug Administration and that are used to screen for cancer across many cancer types, if the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services determines such coverage is appropriate. Coverage is limited to those under a certain age (age 68 in 2028, increased by one year every year thereafter) and to one test every 11 months.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2025-01-30
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
action_date: 2025-01-30
text: Introduced in Senate
African Diaspora Heritage Month Act of 2025

Bill: 119-s-340
Sponsor: Sen. Kaine, Tim [D-VA]
Introduced: 2025-01-30 in the Senate
Policy area: Immigration

Summary:
action_date: 2025-01-30
text: 

African Diaspora Heritage Month Act of 2025

This bill requires the President to designate by proclamation African Diaspora Heritage Month. The proclamation shall be issued every year and urge the observation of African Diaspora Heritage Month by state and local governments. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2025-01-30
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2025-01-30
text: Introduced in Senate
Smoke and Heat Ready Communities Act of 2025

Bill: 119-s-341
Sponsor: Sen. Merkley, Jeff [D-OR]
Introduced: 2025-01-30 in the Senate
Policy area: Environmental Protection

Summary:
action_date: 2025-01-30
text: 

Smoke and Heat Ready Communities Act of 2025

This bill authorizes the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to make grants to air pollution control agencies to support the development and implementation of programs that support local communities in detecting, preparing for, communicating with the public about, or mitigating the environmental and public health aspects of wildfire smoke and extreme heat. The EPA must establish a formula to distribute the grants among air pollution control agencies.

The bill requires the EPA to establish four Centers of Excellence for Wildfire Smoke and Extreme Heat at institutions of higher education to research (1) the effects of smoke emissions from wildland fires and extreme heat on public health, and (2) the means by which communities can better respond to impacts from such conditions.

Additionally, the EPA must begin to carry out research to

study the health effects of smoke emissions from wildland fires and extreme heat;

develop and disseminate personal and community-based interventions to reduce exposure to, and health effects of, wildland fire smoke emissions and extreme heat;

increase the quality of smoke and extreme heat monitoring and prediction tools and techniques; and

develop implementation and communication strategies.

The EPA must also establish a competitive grant program to assist certain entities (e.g., a state) in developing and implementing collaborative community plans for mitigating the impacts of smoke emissions from wildland fires and extreme heat.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2025-01-30
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works.
action_date: 2025-01-30
text: Introduced in Senate
Purple Heart Veterans Education Act of 2025

Bill: 119-s-342
Sponsor: Sen. Murray, Patty [D-WA]
Introduced: 2025-01-30 in the Senate
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Family relationships
Higher education
Student aid and college costs
Veterans' education, employment, rehabilitation
Veterans' organizations and recognition

Summary:
action_date: 2025-01-30
text: 

Purple Heart Veterans Education Act of 2025

This bill authorizes certain Purple Heart recipients to elect to transfer to one or more eligible dependents (e.g., a spouse or child) unused portions of such recipients’ entitlement to Post-9/11 GI Bill educational assistance. This authority specifically applies to veterans who are awarded the Purple Heart for service in the Armed Forces occurring on or after September 11, 2001, and who have been discharged or released from active service.

Under the bill, the total number of months of entitlement transferred by a Purple Heart recipient may not exceed 36 months. Additionally, the Purple Heart recipient may modify or revoke any unused portion of the transferred entitlement by submitting written notice.

A transferred entitlement may not be treated as marital property or marital assets in divorce or other civil proceedings.

The death of the Purple Heart recipient must not affect the use of the entitlement by the individual who receives the transferred entitlement.

In the event of an overpayment of educational assistance, the Purple Heart recipient and the transferee of the entitlement must be held jointly and severally liable for the amount.

The bill requires the VA and DOD to coordinate to facilitate the transfer of entitlements under the bill.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2025-01-30
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
action_date: 2025-01-30
text: Introduced in Senate
Keep Our PACT Act

Bill: 119-s-343
Sponsor: Sen. Van Hollen, Chris [D-MD]
Introduced: 2025-01-30 in the Senate
Policy area: Education
Subjects: Appropriations
Education programs funding
Elementary and secondary education
Special education

Summary:
action_date: 2025-01-30
text: 

Keep Our Promise to America's Children and Teachers Act or the Keep Our PACT Act 

This bill provides funding through FY2035 for grant programs operated by local educational agencies to provide supplementary educational and related services to low-achieving students and other students who attend elementary and secondary schools with relatively high concentrations of students from low-income families. Additionally, the bill permanently reauthorizes the grant program to assist states and outlying areas in providing special education and related services to children with disabilities.

The amounts provided by the bill are designated as an emergency requirement for the purposes of Pay-As-You-Go (PAYGO) rules and other budget enforcement procedures. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2025-01-30
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
action_date: 2025-01-30
text: Introduced in Senate
A bill to require the Commissioner of U.S. Customs and Border Protection to identify and conduct recurrent vetting of evacuees from Afghanistan found not to be properly vetted before entering the United States.

Bill: 119-s-344
Sponsor: Sen. Scott, Rick [R-FL]
Introduced: 2025-01-30 in the Senate
Policy area: Immigration

Summary:
action_date: 2025-01-30
text: 
This bill requires U.S. Customs and Border Protection to conduct recurrent and periodic screening and vetting of all evacuees from Afghanistan who were paroled into the United States under certain operations. The screening and vetting must include consulting all law enforcement and international terrorist screening databases.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2025-01-30
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2025-01-30
text: Introduced in Senate
SHUSH Act

Bill: 119-s-345
Sponsor: Sen. Lee, Mike [R-UT]
Introduced: 2025-01-30 in the Senate
Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Consumer Product Safety Commission
Consumer affairs
Criminal procedure and sentencing
Federal preemption
Firearms and explosives
Law enforcement officers
State and local government operations

Summary:

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2025-01-30
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
action_date: 2025-01-30
text: Introduced in Senate
Knife Owners’ Protection Act of 2025

Bill: 119-s-346
Sponsor: Sen. Lee, Mike [R-UT]
Introduced: 2025-01-30 in the Senate
Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement
Subjects: Aviation and airports
Civil actions and liability
Intergovernmental relations
Legal fees and court costs
Motor vehicles
State and local government operations

Summary:
action_date: 2025-01-30
text: 

Knife Owners’ Protection Act of 2025

This bill permits an individual to transport a knife between two places (e.g., states) where knife possession, carry, or transport is legal. The knife must be transported in compliance with the bill's accessibility and secure storage requirements, unless it is an emergency knife or tool designed to cut seat belts.

An individual who is transporting a knife in compliance with this bill may not be arrested or detained for a knife violation unless there is probable cause to believe the individual failed to comply with the accessibility or secure storage requirements. An individual may assert compliance with this bill as a claim or defense in any civil or criminal proceeding.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2025-01-30
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
action_date: 2025-01-30
text: Introduced in Senate
Brownfields Reauthorization Act of 2025

Bill: 119-s-347
Sponsor: Sen. Capito, Shelley Moore [R-WV]
Introduced: 2025-01-30 in the Senate
Policy area: Environmental Protection
Subjects: Alaska Natives and Hawaiians
Congressional oversight
Hazardous wastes and toxic substances
Indian lands and resources rights
Land use and conservation
Rural conditions and development
State and local government operations

Summary:
action_date: 2025-01-30
text: 

Brownfields Reauthorization Act of 2025

This bill extends through FY2030 and modifies the Brownfields Program under the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980 (CERCLA). The Brownfields Program is administered by the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to provide grants and technical assistance to states, communities, tribes, and other entities to assess, clean up, and reuse contaminated properties.

First, the bill expands eligibility for Brownfields Program resources to tax-exempt organizations defined under section 501(c)(6) of the Internal Revenue Code, which are organizations that are not organized for profit and do not provide net earnings to private shareholders or individuals (e.g., chambers of commerce).

Additionally, the bill

increases to $1 million the maximum grant amount that the EPA may provide for brownfield remediation per site,

removes the 5% cap that a grant recipient may use for administrative costs,

reduces the cost-sharing requirement for grant recipients from 20% to 10%,

requires the EPA to waive cost-sharing requirements for grant recipients located in small communities or disadvantaged areas,

authorizes the use of grants by a state or Indian tribe for the implementation of a response program,

modifies the criteria used to rank grant applications by requiring the consideration of whether the applicant has a plan to engage a diverse set of local groups and organizations that represent the views of the local community directly affected by the proposed brownfield project, and

requires the EPA to report on and update application ranking criteria and the approval process.



Legislative actions:
action_date: 2025-02-05
text: Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 6.
action_date: 2025-02-05
text: Committee on Environment and Public Works. Reported by Senator Capito without amendment. Without written report.
action_date: 2025-02-05
text: Committee on Environment and Public Works. Reported by Senator Capito without amendment. Without written report.
action_date: 2025-02-05
text: Committee on Environment and Public Works. Ordered to be reported without amendment favorably.
action_date: 2025-01-30
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works.
action_date: 2025-01-30
text: Introduced in Senate
STABLE Trade Policy Act

Bill: 119-s-348
Sponsor: Sen. Coons, Christopher A. [D-DE]
Introduced: 2025-01-30 in the Senate
Policy area: Foreign Trade and International Finance
Subjects: Alliances
Congressional oversight
Congressional-executive branch relations
Legislative rules and procedure
Presidents and presidential powers, Vice Presidents
Tariffs
Trade agreements and negotiations
Trade restrictions

Summary:
action_date: 2025-01-30
text: 

Stopping Tariffs on Allies and Bolstering Legislative Exercise of Trade Policy Act or the STABLE Trade Policy Act

This bill requires the President to receive congressional approval in order to proclaim or increase the rates of duty (i.e., tariffs) on articles imported into the United States from covered countries. Under the bill, a covered country is (1) a member country of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO), (2) a country that has been designated as a major non-NATO ally under the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 (e.g., Australia, Israel, and Japan), or (3) a country that has in effect a free trade agreement with the United States.

Specifically, the President may proclaim a new or additional covered duty (e.g., a duty proclaimed pursuant to Section 232 of the Trade Expansion Act of 1962) on an article imported into the United States from a covered country only if (1) the President submits to Congress a request for authorization to proclaim or increase the duty and the request contains specified information, such as a description of the objective the President seeks to achieve with the action and an assessment of the likely impact on the U.S. economy; and (2) a joint resolution of approval is enacted into law.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2025-01-30
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
action_date: 2025-01-30
text: Introduced in Senate
Fire-Safe Electrical Corridors Act of 2025

Bill: 119-s-349
Sponsor: Sen. Padilla, Alex [D-CA]
Introduced: 2025-01-30 in the Senate
Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources
Subjects: Electric power generation and transmission
Fires
Forests, forestry, trees
Licensing and registrations

Summary:
action_date: 2025-01-30
text: 

Fire-Safe Electrical Corridors Act of 2025

This bill allows the Forest Service to expedite the removal of trees or other vegetation near electrical lines on its lands under certain circumstances. Specifically, the Forest Service may include in special use permits or easements provided to electrical utilities permission to cut, remove, and sell trees or other vegetation near electrical lines on such lands without a separate timber sale if the cutting or removal is consistent with (1) the applicable land and resource management plan, and (2) other applicable environmental laws.

A special use permit or easement that includes permission for cutting and removal of trees or vegetation must include a requirement that, if the applicable electrical utility sells any portion of the material removed under the permit or easement, the utility must provide to the Forest Service any proceeds received from the sale, less any transportation costs incurred in the sale.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2025-01-30
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry.
action_date: 2025-01-30
text: Introduced in Senate
Wildfire Emergency Act of 2025

Bill: 119-s-350
Sponsor: Sen. Padilla, Alex [D-CA]
Introduced: 2025-01-30 in the Senate
Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources
Subjects: Advisory bodies
Air quality
Alternative and renewable resources
Aquatic ecology
Climate change and greenhouse gases
Congressional oversight
Correctional facilities and imprisonment
Disaster relief and insurance
Ecology
Economic development
Educational facilities and institutions
Educational guidance
Electric power generation and transmission
Elementary and secondary education
Employment and training programs
Energy efficiency and conservation
Energy storage, supplies, demand
Environmental assessment, monitoring, research
Environmental education
Executive agency funding and structure
Fires
First responders and emergency personnel
Forests, forestry, trees
Government information and archives
Health facilities and institutions
Infrastructure development
Land use and conservation
Military facilities and property
Poverty and welfare assistance
Public contracts and procurement
Public utilities and utility rates
Public-private cooperation
State and local government operations
Technology transfer and commercialization
Vocational and technical education
Water use and supply

Summary:

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2025-07-17
text: Referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry.
action_date: 2025-07-17
text: Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources discharged by Unanimous Consent.
action_date: 2025-07-17
text: Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources discharged by Unanimous Consent.
action_date: 2025-01-30
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
action_date: 2025-01-30
text: Introduced in Senate
STEWARD Act of 2025

Bill: 119-s-351
Sponsor: Sen. Capito, Shelley Moore [R-WV]
Introduced: 2025-01-30 in the Senate
Policy area: Environmental Protection
Subjects: Congressional oversight
Government information and archives
Manufacturing
Public-private cooperation
Rural conditions and development
Solid waste and recycling
State and local government operations

Summary:

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2025-02-05
text: Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 7.
action_date: 2025-02-05
text: Committee on Environment and Public Works. Reported by Senator Capito without amendment. Without written report.
action_date: 2025-02-05
text: Committee on Environment and Public Works. Reported by Senator Capito without amendment. Without written report.
action_date: 2025-02-05
text: Committee on Environment and Public Works. Ordered to be reported without amendment favorably.
action_date: 2025-01-30
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works.
action_date: 2025-01-30
text: Introduced in Senate
Disaster Assistance Fairness Act

Bill: 119-s-352
Sponsor: Sen. Budd, Ted [R-NC]
Introduced: 2025-01-30 in the Senate
Policy area: Emergency Management

Summary:

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2025-01-30
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.
action_date: 2025-01-30
text: Introduced in Senate
Commission to Relocate the Federal Bureaucracy Act

Bill: 119-s-353
Sponsor: Sen. Blackburn, Marsha [R-TN]
Introduced: 2025-02-03 in the Senate
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Subjects: Advisory bodies
Congressional oversight
Government buildings, facilities, and property
Government studies and investigations
Intergovernmental relations

Summary:

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2025-02-03
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.
action_date: 2025-02-03
text: Introduced in Senate
SHOW UP Act of 2025

Bill: 119-s-354
Sponsor: Sen. Blackburn, Marsha [R-TN]
Introduced: 2025-02-03 in the Senate
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Subjects: Commuting
Computers and information technology
Congressional oversight
Government employee pay, benefits, personnel management
Government studies and investigations
Internet, web applications, social media

Summary:

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2025-02-03
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.
action_date: 2025-02-03
text: Introduced in Senate
FDA Modernization Act 3.0

Bill: 119-s-355
Sponsor: Sen. Booker, Cory A. [D-NJ]
Introduced: 2025-02-03 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: 2025-02-03
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: 2025-02-03
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
action_date: 2025-02-03
text: Introduced in Senate
Secure Rural Schools Reauthorization Act of 2025

Bill: 119-s-356
Sponsor: Sen. Crapo, Mike [R-ID]
Introduced: 2025-02-03 in the Senate
Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources
Subjects: Advisory bodies
Education programs funding
Intergovernmental relations
Rural conditions and development
State and local finance

Summary:

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2025-06-23
text: Held at the desk.
action_date: 2025-06-23
text: Received in the House.
action_date: 2025-06-23
text: Message on Senate action sent to the House.
action_date: 2025-06-18
text: Passed Senate without amendment by Voice Vote. (text: CR S3459-3460)
action_date: 2025-06-18
text: Passed/agreed to in Senate: Passed Senate without amendment by Voice Vote.
action_date: 2025-06-18
text: Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources discharged by Unanimous Consent. (consideration: CR S3458)
action_date: 2025-06-18
text: Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources discharged by Unanimous Consent.
action_date: 2025-02-03
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
action_date: 2025-02-03
text: Introduced in Senate