Pregnant Workers Fairness Act [S.1486]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
[Healthcare ]
[Reproductive Rights ]
[Human Rights ]
[Public Health ]
[Children and Youth ]
[Disabilities ]
A bill to eliminate discrimination and promote women's health and economic security by ensuring reasonable workplace accommodations for workers whose ability to perform the functions of a job are limited by pregnancy, childbirth, or a related medical condition.
S.1486: Pregnant Workers Fairness Act
Sponsored by: Sen. Robert Casey
Committee On Health, Education, Labor, And Pensions. Reported By Senator Murray With An Amendment In The Nature Of A Substitute. Without Written Report. on 09/30/2021
Justice for the Living Victims of Lockerbie Act [S.5357]
[International ]
[Human Rights ]
[Funding ]
[Grants ]
A bill to provide compensation for United States victims of Libyan state-sponsored terrorism, and for other purposes.
S.5357: Justice for the Living Victims of Lockerbie Act
Sponsored by: Sen. Susan Collins
Received In The House. on 12/23/2022
Community Wildfire Protection Act of 2023 [S.21]
[Environmental ]
[Public Lands and National Parks ]
[Energy ]
[Water ]
[Community Development ]
[Disaster Relief ]
[Public Safety ]
A bill to amend the Healthy Forests Restoration Act of 2003 to modify the definition of the term "at-risk community".
S.21: Community Wildfire Protection Act of 2023
Sponsored by: Sen. Dianne Feinstein
Read Twice And Referred To The Committee On Agriculture, Nutrition, And Forestry. (sponsor Introductory Remarks On Measure: Cr S55-56) on 01/23/2023
Fighting Homelessness Through Services and Housing Act [S.24]
[Housing ]
[Healthcare ]
[Human Services ]
[Community Development ]
[Poverty ]
[Public Health ]
A bill to fight homelessness in the United States by authorizing a grant program within the Health Resources and Services Administration for housing programs that offer comprehensive services and intensive case management for homeless individuals and families.
S.24: Fighting Homelessness Through Services and Housing Act
Sponsored by: Sen. Dianne Feinstein
Read Twice And Referred To The Committee On Health, Education, Labor, And Pensions. (sponsor Introductory Remarks On Measure: Cr S56-57) on 01/23/2023
West Coast Ocean Protection Act of 2023 [S.22]
[Environmental ]
[Energy ]
[Public Lands and National Parks ]
[Water ]
A bill to amend the Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act to permanently prohibit the conduct of offshore drilling on the outer Continental Shelf off the coast of California, Oregon, and Washington.
S.22: West Coast Ocean Protection Act of 2023
Sponsored by: Sen. Dianne Feinstein
Read Twice And Referred To The Committee On Energy And Natural Resources. (sponsor Introductory Remarks On Measure: Cr S56) on 01/23/2023
Age 21 Act [S.14]
[Firearms/Gun Control ]
[Crime ]
[Public Safety ]
[Law Enforcement ]
A bill to amend title 18, United States Code, to prohibit the purchase of certain firearms by individuals under 21 years of age, and for other purposes.
S.14: Age 21 Act
Sponsored by: Sen. Robert Casey
Read Twice And Referred To The Committee On The Judiciary. on 01/23/2023
Assault Weapons Ban of 2023 [S.25]
[Firearms/Gun Control ]
[Crime ]
[Public Safety ]
[Law Enforcement ]
A bill to regulate assault weapons, to ensure that the right to keep and bear arms is not unlimited, and for other purposes.
S.25: Assault Weapons Ban of 2023
Sponsored by: Sen. Robert Casey
Read Twice And Referred To The Committee On The Judiciary. (sponsor Introductory Remarks On Measure: Cr S55) on 01/23/2023
Commission to Study and Develop Reparation Proposals for African Americans Act [S.40]
[Race and Civil Rights ]
[Human Rights ]
[Economic Development ]
A bill to address the fundamental injustice, cruelty, brutality, and inhumanity of slavery in the United States and the 13 American colonies between 1619 and 1865 and to establish a commission to study and consider a national apology and proposal for reparations for the institution of slavery, its subsequent de jure and de facto racial and economic discrimination against African Americans, and the impact of these forces on living African Americans, to make recommendations to the Congress on appropriate remedies, and for other purposes.
S.40: Commission to Study and Develop Reparation Proposals for African Americans Act
Sponsored by: Sen. Robert Casey
Read Twice And Referred To The Committee On The Judiciary. on 01/24/2023
Washington, D.C. Admission Act [S.51]
[Community Development ]
[Elections ]
[Race and Civil Rights ]
A bill to provide for the admission of the State of Washington, D.C. into the Union.
S.51: Washington, D.C. Admission Act
Sponsored by: Sen. Robert Casey
Read Twice And Referred To The Committee On Homeland Security And Governmental Affairs. on 01/24/2023