Resolution· SRESS.Res. 5 (117th)passed
United States · United States Congress · 19 January 2021
This resolution honors the memory of U.S. Capitol Police Officer Brian D. Sicknick for sacrificing his life in the line of duty on January 6, 2021, and it calls for justice to be brought to those responsible for the attack on the Capitol and the death of Officer Sicknick.
Resolution· SRESS.Res. 806 (116th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 18 December 2020
This resolution affirms the Senate's support for the rights, liberties, and protections enshrined in the Constitution and commits to vigorously defend the right of all people of the United States to engage in the free exercise of religion.
Bill· SS. 5012 (116th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 11 December 2020
Holding Sexual Predators and Online Enablers Accountable Act of 2020 This bill establishes a new criminal offense for owning, managing, or operating an interactive computer service (e.g., social media company) that promotes or facilitates the hosting or trafficking in materials that involve child sexual exploitation. A violator is subject to criminal penalties—a fine, a prison term of up to 25 years, or both. The bill also authorizes civil remedies such as damages. Additionally, the bill increases the mandatory minimum prison term for certain offenses involving child sexual exploitation.
Bill· SS. 5011 (116th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 11 December 2020
Economic Empowerment for Underserved Communities Act This bill provides economic assistance to small businesses impacted by COVID-19 (i.e., coronavirus disease 2019), including through (1) the designation of specified amounts for the Community Development Financial Institutions Fund, (2) the establishment of a Small Business and Domestic Production Recovery Investment Facility, and (3) the extension of the requirement that the Small Business Administration subsidize certain loan payments.
Resolution· SRESS.Res. 797 (116th)passed
United States · United States Congress · 8 December 2020
This resolution mourns the death of former Senator Paul Spyros Sarbanes and requests that an enrolled copy of this resolution be transmitted to the family of the Senator.
Resolution· SRESS.Res. 794 (116th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 7 December 2020
This resolution expresses support for the use of certain technologies in detecting child sexual abuse material and exploitation online. The resolution also urges the European Parliament to pass an interim regulation to allow electronic service providers to continue to use technologies to detect child sexual exploitation.
Resolution· SRESS.Res. 793 (116th)passed
United States · United States Congress · 3 December 2020
This resolution condemns the December 6, 2019, terrorist attack at Naval Air Station Pensacola and commemorates in sorrow the service members and civilians who lost their lives, or who were injured, and the harm caused to the surrounding community as a result of the terrorist attack. The resolution also expresses gratitude for the heroic actions that the civilians, uniformed personnel, and law enforcement performed in the aftermath of the terrorist attack.
Bill· SS. 4965 (116th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 3 December 2020
Public Servant Protection Act of 2020 This bill addresses the privacy of government officials related to their personal information. First, the bill makes it unlawful to publicly display on the internet the home address or home phone number of a government official or an immediate family member of a government official with the intent to cause bodily harm or other injury to such official or family member. Violators are subject to criminal penalties—a fine, a prison term, or both. The bill also allows government officials to make written demands to individuals and interactive computer service providers related to the removal of their personal information.
Resolution· SRESS.Res. 787 (116th)passed
United States · United States Congress · 2 December 2020
This resolution expresses support for National Adoption Month and National Adoption Day and encourages people to consider adoption.
Resolution· SRESS.Res. 777 (116th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 18 November 2020
This resolution expresses support for access to health insurance coverage that protects individuals with preexisting conditions, reduces the cost of prescription drugs and monthly premiums, protects individuals from surprise medical bills, and deters medical practices intended to reduce the risk of malpractice claims.
Resolution· SRESS.Res. 770 (116th)passed
United States · United States Congress · 12 November 2020
This resolution expresses the sorrow of the Senate upon the death of former Senator Mark Andrews and requests that an enrolled copy of this resolution be transmitted to the family of the Senator.
Bill· SS. 4895 (116th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 12 November 2020
Securing America's Future Elections and Votes Act or the SAFE Votes Act This bill establishes a bipartisan advisory committee within the Election Assistance Commission (EAC) to study the integrity and administration of the November 2020 general election. The committee must also make recommendations to the EAC and Congress on best practices for administering federal elections, including best practices to prevent improper voting and increase the security of vote-by-mail ballots.
Bill· SS. 4867 (116th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 26 October 2020
Accelerating Access to Critical Therapies for ALS Act This bill establishes grant programs to address neurodegenerative diseases, such as amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (also known as ALS or Lou Gehrig's disease), and contains other related provisions. The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) shall award grants to eligible entities to support research on and facilitate access to investigational drugs that diagnose or treat ALS. The Food and Drug Administration shall award grants to public and private entities to cover the costs of research and development of drugs that diagnose or treat ALS and other severely debilitating neurodegenerative diseases. HHS shall also establish the Collaborative for Neurodegenerative Diseases, which shall support the development and regulatory approval of drugs that address ALS and other rare neurodegenerative diseases.
Bill· SS. 4858 (116th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 23 October 2020
Reducing Veteran Homelessness Act of 2020 This bill modifies certain Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) programs and services for homeless veterans, including by authorizing the VA to increase the per diem rate for grant recipients that provide services to homeless veterans.
Resolution· SRESS.Res. 752 (116th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 22 October 2020
This resolution condemns China's campaign against religious freedom in Tibet. The resolution also calls for an investigation into China's use of forced labor and urges the United States to scrutinize economic partners that utilize Tibetan or other forced labor programs.
Resolution· SRESS.Res. 750 (116th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 21 October 2020
This resolution designates September 27-October 3, 2020, as Religious Education Week.
Bill· SS. 4828 (116th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 21 October 2020
Stop Suppressing Speech Act of 2020 This bill modifies a social media company's immunity from liability for screening and blocking offensive content on its platform. Under current law, the immunity applies for action taken to restrict content that is obscene, lewd, lascivious, filthy, excessively violent, harassing, or otherwise objectionable. The bill eliminates immunity for restricting content that is otherwise objectionable and applies such immunity when a company restricts content that is unlawful or that promotes violence or terrorism. Under current law, such immunity also applies to actions taken to enable or make available the technical means to restrict access to such content. The bill applies this immunity to actions taken that provide users with the option to restrict access to any material, regardless of whether such material is constitutionally protected.
Bill· SS. 4805 (116th)open
United States · United States Congress · 19 October 2020
This bill creates a point of order against considering legislation in the Senate that modifies the total number of Justices of the U.S. Supreme Court. The bill allows the point of order to be waived by a vote of two-thirds of the Senate.
Resolution· SRESS.Res. 747 (116th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 19 October 2020
This resolution disapproves of statements and actions by the Speaker of the House of Representatives and the Democratic Caucus of the House of Representatives related to invoking the 25th Amendment to the Constitution, which provides for the accession of the Vice President to the powers and duties of the presidency upon a specified declaration that the President is unable to discharge the powers and duties of his office.
Bill· SJRESS.J.Res. 76 (116th)open
United States · United States Congress · 19 October 2020
This joint resolution proposes an amendment to the Constitution to require that the Supreme Court consist of nine justices.
Bill· SS. 4799 (116th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 5 October 2020
Sanctioning and Highlighting Authoritarian Medicine and Eugenics Act of 2020 or the SHAME Act This bill imposes sanctions on individuals and entities responsible for carrying out coercive policies to limit births in China's Xinjiang province. Specifically, the Department of State shall annually report to Congress the identities of any Chinese government official or agency or any member of the Chinese Communist Party that knowingly orders, controls, or routinely carries out such coercive policies in Xinjiang, such as requiring involuntary abortions or mandatory contraception use. The State Department shall also publish a list of the named entities and individuals on its website in English and Mandarin Chinese. The President shall impose property-blocking sanctions on the individuals and entities named in the report, as well as visa-blocking sanctions on the named individuals. An individual or entity that violates, attempts to violate, or conspires to violate the sanctions provided under this bill may be subject to civil and criminal penalties.
Bill· SS. 4788 (116th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 1 October 2020
Protect Parent Organized Direction of Students Act This bill prohibits states and localities that regulate the free formation of educational pods from receiving federal emergency education funding for COVID-19 (i.e., coronavirus disease 2019) relief. An educational pod refers to a small group of three or more students at the elementary or secondary school level who are from more than one family and learn together in person outside of the school. In addition, the bill temporarily expands the tax deduction for certain expenses of elementary and secondary school teachers to include certain home educators.
Resolution· SRESS.Res. 726 (116th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 29 September 2020
This resolution recognizes the work of former First Lady Rosalynn Smith Carter on behalf of those affected by mental health disorders and substance use disorders.
Bill· SS. 4715 (116th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 24 September 2020
This bill grants a federal charter to the National American Indian Veterans Inc., which is a nonprofit corporation organized in the United States.
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