Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse

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Party Democrat
Bills Introduced 209

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US Congress 116th Congress

Jobs to Fight COVID–19 Act of 2020 [S.3828]
A bill to establish an initiative for national testing, contact tracing, and pandemic response, and for other purposes.

  

Sponsored by: Sen. Cory Booker Read Twice And Referred To The Committee On Health, Education, Labor, And Pensions. on 05/21/2020

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COVID–19 Pandemic Moment of Silence Act [S.3817]
Directs the President to issue a proclamation calling on the people of the United States to observe a moment of silence on June 1, 2020, to honor the memory of the lives lost in the United States due to the COVID-19 (i.e., coronavirus disease 2019) pandemic.

  

Sponsored by: Sen. Dianne Feinstein Read Twice And Referred To The Committee On The Judiciary. on 05/21/2020

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Cash Refunds for Coronavirus Cancellations Act of 2020 [S.3727]
Requires air carriers and ticket agents to offer full cash refunds for all cancelled tickets during the COVID-19 (i.e., coronavirus disease 2019) emergency period, regardless of whether the air carrier cancelled an entire flight or the passengers cancelled their individual tickets. The bill permits air carriers and tickets agents to offer alternative forms of compensation, including credit, or vouchers, provided that such offer is valid indefinitely and the offer includes a clear and conspicuous notice of the passenger's right to a cash refund. (continued...)

  

Sponsored by: Sen. Edward Markey Read Twice And Referred To The Committee On Commerce, Science, And Transportation. on 05/13/2020

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Equitable Data Collection and Disclosure on COVID-19 Act [S.3850]
Establishes the Commission on Ensuring Health Equity During the COVID-19 Public Health Emergency and adds reporting requirements for certain demographic data related to COVID-19 (i.e., coronavirus disease 2019). Among other activities, the commission must (1) determine approaches to using data to reduce demographic disparities in COVID-19 prevalence and outcomes, and (2) submit findings and recommendations to Congress on a specified timeline until the end of the public health emergency. During the public health emergency, the Centers for Disease (continued...)

  

Sponsored by: Sen. Cory Booker Read Twice And Referred To The Committee On Health, Education, Labor, And Pensions. on 06/01/2020

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COVID-19 Pandemic Moment of Silence Act [S.3846]
Directs the President to issue a proclamation calling on the people of the United States to observe a moment of silence on June 1, 2020, to honor the memory of the lives lost in the United States due to the COVID-19 (i.e., coronavirus disease 2019) pandemic.

  

Sponsored by: Sen. Dianne Feinstein Message On Senate Action Sent To The House. on 06/04/2020

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United States Secret Service Mission Improvement and Realignment Act of 2020 [S.3636]
Transfers the U.S. Secret Service from the Department of Homeland Security to the Department of the Treasury. The bill directs the Office of Management and Budget to make incidental dispositions of personnel, assets, and liabilities held in connection with the functions transferred. The Secret Service, by December 31 of each year, shall submit to specified congressional committees an annual report on any trip by a protected individual with a stop at a location that is not owned or controlled by the federal government, including any such trip that (continued...)

  

Sponsored by: Sen. Dianne Feinstein Read Twice And Referred To The Committee On The Judiciary. on 05/06/2020

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Pandemic Responder Service Award Act [S.3763]
A bill to establish the Pandemic Responder Service Award program to express our gratitude to front-line health care workers.

  

Sponsored by: Sen. Robert Casey Read Twice And Referred To The Committee On Finance. on 05/19/2020

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Growing Climate Solutions Act of 2020 [S.3894]
A bill to authorize the Secretary of Agriculture to develop a program to reduce barriers to entry for farmers, ranchers, and private forest landowners in certain private markets, and for other purposes.

  

Sponsored by: Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse Committee On Agriculture, Nutrition, And Forestry. Hearings Held. on 06/24/2020

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Congressional Power of the Purse Act [S.3889]
A bill to amend the Congressional Budget and Impoundment Control Act of 1974 to strengthen congressional control and review, and for other purposes.

  

Sponsored by: Sen. Jack Reed Read Twice And Referred To The Committee On Homeland Security And Governmental Affairs. on 06/04/2020

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A concurrent resolution expressing the sense of Congress that the constitutional rights of Americans to peaceably assemble, exercise freedom of speech, and petition the Government for redress of grievances must be respected; that violence and looting are unlawful, unacceptable, and contrary to the purpose of peaceful protests; and that Congress condemns the President of the United States for ordering Federal officers to use gas and rubber bullets against the Americans who were peaceably protesting in Lafayette Square in Washington, DC on the night of June 1, 2020, thereby violating the constitutional rights of those peaceful protestors. [SCR-39]
This concurrent resolution condemns the President for ordering federal officers to use gas and rubber bullets against the Americans who were peaceably protesting in Lafayette Square in the District of Columbia on the night of June 1, 2020, thereby violating the constitutional rights of those protestors.

  

Sponsored by: Sen. Robert Casey Referred To The Committee On The Judiciary. on 06/04/2020

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