CREAATE Act Cultivating Revitalization by Expanding American Agricultural Trade and Exports Act [S.1839]
[Agriculture ]
[Trade ]
[Food ]
CREAATE Act Cultivating Revitalization by Expanding American Agricultural Trade and Exports Act This bill amends the Agricultural Trade Act of 1978 to extend through FY2023 the Market Access Program and the Foreign Market Development Cooperator Program, which are programs administered by the Department of Agriculture to promote exports of U.S. agricultural products.
S.1839: CREAATE Act Cultivating Revitalization by Expanding American Agricultural Trade and Exports Act
Sponsored by: Sen. Susan Collins
Read Twice And Referred To The Committee On Agriculture, Nutrition, And Forestry. on 09/19/2017
United States-Israel Security Assistance Authorization Act of 2018 [S.2497]
[Defense ]
[International ]
[Aerospace ]
[Cybersecurity ]
[National Security ]
[Science ]
United States-Israel Security Assistance Authorization Act of 2018 This bill extends security assistance to Israel. Specifically, it extends: foreign military financing assistance to Israel through FY2028, loan guarantees through FY2023, and authority for the war reserves stockpile through FY2023. The President may: enter into a cooperative agreement with Israel for research and joint production of anti-drone defense articles; conduct a joint assessment with Israel regarding which precision guided munitions Israel needs in a sustained armed confrontation
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S.2497: United States-Israel Security Assistance Authorization Act of 2018
Sponsored by: Sen. Robert Casey
On Motion To Suspend The Rules And Pass The Bill, As Amended Agreed To By Voice Vote. (text: Cr H8145-8146) on 09/12/2018
SCR-7: A concurrent resolution expressing the sense of Congress that tax-exempt fraternal benefit societies have historically provided and continue to provide critical benefits to the people and communities of the United States.
Sponsored by: Sen. Robert Casey
Referred To The Committee On Finance. (text Of Measure As Introduced: Cr S1583-1584) on 03/02/2017
You have voted SCR-7: A concurrent resolution expressing the sense of Congress that tax-exempt fraternal benefit societies have historically provided and continue to provide critical benefits to the people and communities of the United States..
Supreme Court Ethics Act of 2017 [S.835]
[Ethics ]
[Law Enforcement ]
[Criminal Justice ]
Supreme Court Ethics Act of 2017 The bill requires the Supreme Court to promulgate a code of ethics for the Justices of the Supreme Court that shall include the five canons of the Code of Conduct for United States Judges adopted by the Judicial Conference of the United States, with any amendments or modifications that the Supreme Court determines appropriate.
S.835: Supreme Court Ethics Act of 2017
Sponsored by: Sen. Edward Markey
Read Twice And Referred To The Committee On The Judiciary. on 04/05/2017
Anti-Lunch Shaming Act of 2017 [S.1064]
[Children and Youth ]
[Education ]
[Food ]
[Public Health ]
Anti-Lunch Shaming Act of 2017 This bill amends the Richard B. Russell National School Lunch Act to establish requirements for the treatment of a child who is a student at a school participating in the National School Lunch Program or the School Breakfast Program and is unable to pay for a meal at the school. The bill applies to a child who either does not have funds to pay for a meal or has outstanding credit that was extended by a school food authority (SFA). A SFA may not permit public identification or stigmatization of the child, such as by
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S.1064: Anti-Lunch Shaming Act of 2017
Sponsored by: Sen. Robert Casey
Read Twice And Referred To The Committee On Agriculture, Nutrition, And Forestry. on 05/08/2017
Mark Takai Atomic Veterans Healthcare Parity Act [S.2821]
[Healthcare ]
[Veterans ]
[Public Health ]
[Military ]
Mark Takai Atomic Veterans Healthcare Parity Act This bill includes veterans who participated in the cleanup of Enewetak Atoll in the Marshall Islands anytime from 1977 through 1980 as radiation exposed veterans for purposes of the Department of Veterans Affairs presumption of service-connection for specified cancers. These veterans thereby become eligible for the same health care and other benefits given to service members who were involved in active nuclear tests. Under a presumption of service-connection, specific disabilities diagnosed in certain
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S.2821: Mark Takai Atomic Veterans Healthcare Parity Act
Sponsored by: Sen. Susan Collins
Read Twice And Referred To The Committee On Veterans' Affairs. on 05/10/2018
SECURE Act Safe Environment from Countries Under Repression and Emergency Act [S.2144]
[Immigration ]
[Human Rights ]
SECURE Act Safe Environment from Countries Under Repression and Emergency Act This bill permits a qualifying alien who is not inadmissible or deportable under certain criminal or security grounds or who did not participate in persecution to apply for adjustment to lawful permanent resident status if such alien: (1) is in temporary protected status (TPS), (2) held TPS status, (3) qualified for TSP status at the time of the Department of Homeland Security's (DHS) last TPS designation, or (4) is a national of a foreign country that was at any time
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S.2144: SECURE Act Safe Environment from Countries Under Repression and Emergency Act
Sponsored by: Sen. Jack Reed
Read Twice And Referred To The Committee On The Judiciary. on 11/16/2017