WASHINGTON, July 23 -- Rep. Colin Allred, D-Texas, introduced the "Informing Veterans on Education for Transitioning Servicemembers Act" on May 24, 2024. The text of the bill was released on July 19. H.R. 8567. A bill to amend title 38, United States Code, to direct the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to regularly promote programs under chapter 31 of such title; to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs. The bill is cosponsored by Reps. Byron Donalds, R-Fla., Kathy E. Manning, D-N.C., and Jim Costa, more ST

WASHINGTON, July 22 -- Sen. Tammy Baldwin, D-Wis., introduced the "Stopping Threats to Our Prices From Bad Mergers Act" on May 23, 2024. The text of the bill was released on July 19. S. 4412. A bill to require pre-merger notification to identify entities subject to a collective bargaining agreement and affected labor organizations, to require post- merger monitoring for anticompetitive effects and antitrust violations, and for other purposes; to the Committee on the Judiciary. * * * SECTION 1 more ST

WASHINGTON, July 22 -- Sen. Richard Blumenthal, D-Conn., introduced the "Special Guerilla Unit National Memorial Act" on May 23, 2024. The text of the bill was released on July 19. S. 4416. A bill to designate the Special Guerilla Unit National Memorial at Veterans Memorial Park in Middletown, Connecticut; to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. * * * SECTION 1. Short title. This Act may be cited as the "Special Guerilla Unit National Memorial Act". SEC. 2. Findings. SEC. 3. Desi more ST

WASHINGTON, July 23 -- Sen. Cory Booker, D-N.J., introduced the "Substance Use Prevention and Pharmacy Oriented Recovery Treatment Prescription Act" on May 23, 2024. The text of the bill was released on July 19. S. 4429. A bill to require the Secretary of Health and Human Services to provide grants to demonstrate pharmacy- based addiction care programs; to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. The bill is cosponsored by Sens. Mike Braun, R-Ind., and Edward J. Markey, D-Mass. more ST

WASHINGTON, July 23 -- Sen. Mike Braun, R-Ind., introduced the "Promising Pathway Act 2.0" on May 23, 2024. The text of the bill was released on July 19. S. 4426. A bill to amend the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act to establish a time-limited conditional approval pathway, subject to specific obligations, for certain drugs and biological products, and for other purposes; to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. The bill is cosponsored by Sens. Kirsten Gillibrand, D-N.Y., more ST

WASHINGTON, July 23 -- Sen. Maria Cantwell, D-Wash., introduced the "Fatal Overdose Reduction Act" on May 23, 2024. The text of the bill was released on July 19. S. 4430. A bill to amend title XIX of the Social Security Act to establish a Health Engagement Hub demonstration program to increase access to treatment for opiate use disorder and other drug use treatment, and for other purposes; to the Committee on Finance. The bill is cosponsored by Sen. Bill Cassidy, R-La. * * * SECTION 1. Short more ST

WASHINGTON, July 22 -- Sen. John Cornyn, R-Texas, introduced the "Detection Equipment and Technology Evaluation to Counter the Threat of Fentanyl and Xylazine Act" on May 23, 2024. The text of the bill was released on July 19. S. 4419. A bill to require the Science and Technology Directorate in the Department of Homeland Security to develop greater capacity to detect, identify, and disrupt illicit substances in very low concentrations; to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affa more ST

WASHINGTON, July 23 -- Sen. Steve Daines, R-Mont., introduced legislation on May 23, 2024. The text of the bill was released on July 19. S. 4432. A bill to allow certain Federal minerals to be mined consistent with the Bull Mountains Mining Plan Modification; to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. * * * SECTION 1. Authorization to mine Federal minerals. (a) Definition of Bull Mountains mining plan modification.--In this Act, the term "Bull Mountains Mining Plan Modification" means more ST

WASHINGTON, July 23 -- Sen. Steve Daines, R-Mont., introduced legislation on May 23, 2024. The text of the bill was released on July 19. S. 4431. A bill to reinstate the Bull Mountains Mining Plan Modification, and for other purposes; to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. * * * SECTION 1. Reinstatement of the Bull Mountains Mining Plan Modification. more ST

WASHINGTON, July 22 -- Sen. Tammy Duckworth, D-Ill., introduced the "Access to Care for Overseas Military Act" on May 23, 2024. The text of the bill was released on July 19. S. 4415. A bill to require the Secretary of Defense to establish a medical readiness program in the Indo-Pacific region, and for other purposes; to the Committee on Armed Services. * * * SECTION 1. Short title. This Act may be cited as the "Access to Care for Overseas Military Act". SEC. 2. Medical readiness program of  more ST

WASHINGTON, July 22 -- Sen. Richard J. Durbin, D-Ill., introduced the "Responsive Energy Demand Unlocks Clean Energy Act" on May 23, 2024. The text of the bill was released on July 19. S. 4411. A bill to require Transmission Organizations to allow aggregators of retail customers to submit to organized wholesale electric markets bids that aggregate demand flexibility of customers of certain utilities, and for other purposes; to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. * * * SECTION 1. Sh more ST

WASHINGTON, July 22 -- Sen. Mazie K. Hirono, D-Hawaii, introduced the "Parity for Native Hawaiian Veterans Act" on May 23, 2024. The text of the bill was released on July 19. S. 4423. A bill to amend title 38, United States Code, to improve the provision of direct housing loans and medical care from the Department of Veterans Affairs for Native Hawaiians; to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs. The bill is cosponsored by Sen. Brian Schatz, D-Hawaii * * * SECTION 1. Short title. This Act may  more ST

WASHINGTON, July 23 -- Sen. John Kennedy, R-La., introduced the "DOE and SBA Research Act" on May 23, 2024. The text of the bill was released on July 19. S. 4427. A bill to provide for Department of Energy and Small Business Administration joint research and development activities, and for other purposes; to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. * * * SECTION 1. Short title. This Act may be cited as the "DOE and SBA Research Act". SEC. 2. Department of Energy and Small Business Adm more ST

WASHINGTON, July 22 -- Sen. John Kennedy, R-La., introduced the "Service-Disabled Veteran Opportunities in Small Business Act" on May 23, 2024. The text of the bill was released on July 19. S. 4417. A bill to amend the Small Business Act to require training on increasing contract awards to small business concerns owned and controlled by service-disabled veterans, and for other purposes; to the Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship. * * * SECTION 1. Short title. This Act may be cit more ST

WASHINGTON, July 22 -- Sen. Ben Ray Lujan, D-N.M., introduced the "Fair Repair Act" on May 23, 2024. The text of the bill was released on July 19. S. 4422. A bill to require original equipment manufacturers of digital electronic equipment to make available certain documentation, diagnostic, and repair information to independent repair providers, and for other purposes; to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. The bill is cosponsored by Sen. Ron Wyden, D-Ore. * * * SECTION 1 more ST

WASHINGTON, July 22 -- Sen. Alex Padilla, D-Calif., introduced the "Agricultural Biotechnology Coordination Act" on May 23, 2024. The text of the bill was released on July 19. S. 4421. A bill to establish the Office of Biotechnology Policy in the Department of Agriculture, and for other purposes; to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry. The bill is cosponsored by Sen. Todd Young, R-Ind. * * * SECTION 1. Short title. This Act may be cited as the "Agricultural Biotechnology C more ST

WASHINGTON, July 22 -- Sen. Alex Padilla, D-Calif., introduced the "Agriculture and National Security Act" on May 23, 2024. The text of the bill was released on July 19. S. 4420. A bill to improve connections between the Department of Agriculture and national and homeland security agencies, and for other purposes; to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry. The bill is cosponsored by Sen. Todd Young, R-Ind. * * * SECTION 1. Short title. This Act may be cited as the "Agricultur more ST

WASHINGTON, July 23 -- Sen. Pete Ricketts, R-Neb., introduced the "Building Options for the Lasting Security of Taiwan Through European Resolve Act" on May 23, 2024. The text of the bill was released on July 19. S. 4433. A bill to enhance United States cooperation with European countries to improve the security of Taiwan, and for other purposes; to the Committee on Foreign Relations. The bill is cosponsored by Sen. Jeanne Shaheen, D-N.H. * * * SECTION 1. Short titles. This Act may be cited  more ST

WASHINGTON, July 22 -- Sen. Marco Rubio, R-Fla., introduced the "China Exchange Rate Transparency Act" on May 23, 2024. The text of the bill was released on July 19. S. 4418. A bill to require the United States Executive Director at the International Monetary Fund to advocate for increased transparency with respect to exchange rate policies of the People's Republic of China, and for other purposes; to the Committee on Foreign Relations. The bill is cosponsored by Sen. Tammy Baldwin, D-Wis. *  more ST

WASHINGTON, July 22 -- Sen. Jeanne Shaheen, D-N.H., introduced the "Georgian People's Act " on May 23, 2024. The text of the bill was released on July 19. S. 4425. A bill to support democracy and the rule of law in Georgia, and for other purposes; to the Committee on Foreign Relations. The bill is cosponsored by Sens. James Risch, R-Idaho, Benjamin Cardin, D-Md., Pete Ricketts, R-Neb., Lindsey Graham, R-S.C., and Christopher Coons, D-Del. * * * SECTION 1. Short titles; table of contents. (a more ST

WASHINGTON, July 22 -- Sen. Jeanne Shaheen, D-N.H., introduced the "State Trade Expansion Program Modernization Act" on May 23, 2024. The text of the bill was released on July 19. S. 4414. A bill to improve the State Trade Expansion Program of the Small Business Administration; from the Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship; placed on the calendar. * * * SECTION 1. Short title. This Act may be cited as the "State Trade Expansion Program Modernization Act of 2024". SEC. 2. Finding more ST

WASHINGTON, July 22 -- Sen. Dan Sullivan, R-Alaska, introduced the "Stop the ICC Act" on May 23, 2024. The text of the bill was released on July 19. S. 4410. A bill to prohibit United States cooperation with the International Criminal Court, the use of the Economic Support Fund to support the Palestinian Authority, and any Federal funding for the ICC; to the Committee on Foreign Relations. * * * SECTION 1. Short title. This Act may be cited as the "Stop the ICC Act". SEC. 2. Prohibition aga more ST

WASHINGTON, July 22 -- Sen. Ron Wyden, D-Ore., introduced the "National Prescribed Fire Act" on May 23, 2024. The text of the bill was released on July 19. S. 4424. A bill to direct the Secretary of the Interior and the Secretary of Agriculture to encourage and expand the use of prescribed fire on land managed by the Department of the interior or the Forest Service, with an emphasis on units of the National Forest System in the western United States, to acknowledge and support the longstanding  more ST

WASHINGTON, July 23 -- Sen. Todd Young, R-Ind., introduced the "Biotechnology Oversight Coordination Act" on May 23, 2024. The text of the bill was released on July 19. S. 4428. A bill to establish an interagency committee to coordinate activities of the Federal Government relating to biotechnology oversight, and for other purposes; to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. The bill is cosponsored by Sen. Alex Padilla, D-Calif. * * * SECTION 1. Short title. This Act may be  more ST

WASHINGTON, July 22 -- Sen. Todd Young, R-Ind., introduced the "Synthetic Biology Advancement Act" on May 23, 2024. The text of the bill was released on July 19. S. 4413. A bill to provide for the establishment of a National Synthetic Biology Center, and for other purposes; to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry. The bill is cosponsored by Sen. Alex Padilla, D-Calif. * * * SECTION 1. Short title. This Act may be cited as the "Synthetic Biology Advancement Act of 2024". SE more ST