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Sen. Padilla, Alex [D-CA]

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Resolution· SRESS.Res. 675 (118th)passed

A resolution promoting minority health awareness and supporting the goals and ideals of National Minority Health Month in April 2024, which include bringing attention to the health disparities faced by minority populations of the United States such as American Indians, Alaska Natives, Asian Americans, African Americans, Hispanics, and Native Hawaiians and other Pacific Islanders.

United States · United States Congress · 2 May 2024

This resolution expresses support for April 2024 as National Minority Health Month.

Bill· SS. 4222 (118th)open

Mojave National Preserve Boundary Adjustment Act

United States · United States Congress · 1 May 2024

Mojave National Preserve Boundary Adjustment Act This bill expands the boundary of the Mojave National Preserve to include approximately 20,920 acres of land designated as the Castle Mountains National Monument. The Department of the Interior must generally administer this land as part of the preserve and in accordance with applicable laws and regulations. With respect to a specified mining area within the national monument, the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) must continue to manage the area until Interior determines that certain conditions related to the cessation of mining activities are met. At that time, Interior must transfer administrative jurisdiction over the land to the National Park Service (NPS). Interior must ensure the availability of water resources, including groundwater resources, needed for the land added to the preserve. Finally, the bill transfers administrative jurisdiction over a specified portion of land from the NPS to the BLM.

Bill· SS. 4227 (118th)open

Joshua Tree National Park Expansion Act of 2024

United States · United States Congress · 1 May 2024

Joshua Tree National Park Expansion Act of 2024 This bill expands the boundary of Joshua Tree National Park by adding approximately 20,149 acres of specified land, and transfers administrative jurisdiction over such land from the Bureau of Land Management to the National Park Service. The Department of the Interior may acquire land and land interests within the park boundary by donation, purchase from a willing seller, exchange, or transfer. However, land within the park boundary that is owned by the State of California or a political subdivision thereof may be acquired only by donation or exchange.

Bill· SS. 4235 (118th)open

Reauthorizing Support and Treatment for Officers in Crisis Act of 2024

United States · United States Congress · 1 May 2024

Reauthorizing Support and Treatment for Officers in Crisis Act of 2024 This bill reauthorizes through FY2029 grants from the Department of Justice to provide family support services to law enforcement personnel.

Bill· SS. 4211 (118th)referred

High School Voter Empowerment Act of 2024

United States · United States Congress · 30 April 2024

High School Voter Empowerment Act of 2024 This bill directs states to designate public high schools as voter registration agencies and requires public high schools to conduct annual voter registration drives to register eligible students. The Department of Education must reimburse eligible public high schools for carrying out voter registration drives.

Bill· SS. 4199 (118th)open

JUDGES Act of 2024

United States · United States Congress · 19 April 2024

Judicial Understaffing Delays Getting Emergencies Solved Act of 2024 or the JUDGES Act of 2024 This bill creates 63 new permanent U.S. district court judgeships over a 10-year period and 3 temporary U.S. district court judgeships in 2025.  The President must appoint, with the advice and consent of the Senate, additional judges for specified judicial districts. Specifically, the bill creates 63 additional permanent judgeships, which are added every two years from 2025 through 2035. The state and the total number of judgeships added over the 10-year period for the state are as follows: Arizona (2),  California (21), Colorado (2), Delaware (2),  Florida (9),  Georgia (2),  Idaho (1),  Indiana (1),  Iowa (1),  Nebraska (1), New Jersey (3),  New York (5), and  Texas (13). Additionally, in 2025, the bill creates three temporary judgeships in Oklahoma. The bill adds locations for where district courts must be held in certain states. Specifically, the bill requires the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of California to be additionally held in El Centro, California; the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Texas (Houston Division) to be additionally held in College Station, Texas; and the U.S. District Court for the District of Utah (Central Division) to be additionally held in Moab and Monticello, Utah. The Government Accountability Office must submit reports to Congress on judicial caseloads and detention space. The Administrative Office of the U.S. Courts must make publicly accessible, and submit to Congress, a specified biennial report on judgeship recommendations.

Bill· SS. 4168 (118th)referred

Specialty Crop Security Act of 2024

United States · United States Congress · 18 April 2024

Specialty Crop Security Act of 2024 This bill reauthorizes and provides additional funding for the Specialty Crop Block Grant Program (SCBGP). The bill also modifies the SCBGP outreach and state plan requirements. Under the block grant program, the Department of Agriculture (USDA) provides grants to the state departments of agriculture to enhance the competitiveness of specialty crops (i.e., fruits, vegetables, tree nuts, dried fruits, horticulture, and nursery crops, including floriculture). Specifically, the bill reauthorizes the SCBGP through FY2028. The bill also requires that SCBGP grants be made based on priorities established annually by state program administrators, in consultation with specialty crop producers and producer groups. Further, the bill requires that the plan a state must submit to USDA under the program indicate how outreach to, and consultation with, specialty crop stakeholders will be achieved. 

Bill· SS. 4140 (118th)referred

GRIData Act of 2024

United States · United States Congress · 17 April 2024

Bill· SS. 4134 (118th)referred

DROUGHT Act of 2024

United States · United States Congress · 16 April 2024

Resolution· SRESS.Res. 637 (118th)referred

A resolution expressing support for the staff of public, school, academic, and special libraries in the United States and the essential services those libraries provide to communities, recognizing the need for funding commensurate with the broad scope of social service and community supports provided by libraries, preserving the right of all citizens of the United States to freely access information and resources in their communities, supporting a strong union voice for library workers, and defending the civil rights of library staff.

United States · United States Congress · 11 April 2024

This resolution commends the work of library staff in the United States and supports the goals and ideals of National Library Week. The resolution also reaffirms (1) the fundamental right of the people of the United States to access information, and (2) certain fundamental and civil rights of library workers.  Further, the resolution recognizes the right of library staff to speak out on matters of public concern.

Bill· SS. 4084 (118th)referred

STAGE Act

United States · United States Congress · 9 April 2024

Resolution· SRESS.Res. 629 (118th)referred

A resolution condemning the arbitrary arrest of United States citizens by the Government of the Russian Federation and calling for the immediate and unconditional release of such citizens.

United States · United States Congress · 8 April 2024

This resolution condemns the arrest and detention of U.S. citizens Evan Gershkovich, Paul Whelan, Alsu Kurmasheva, Marc Fogel, and Ksenia Khavana, and U.S. permanent resident Vladimir Kara-Murza by the government of Russia and calls for their immediate and unconditional release. The resolution also condemns Russia's persecution, arrest, and imprisonment of ordinary Russian citizens and human rights defenders who call for the end of the war in Ukraine and demand freedom.

Resolution· SRESS.Res. 628 (118th)referred

A resolution supporting the goals and ideals of the Rise Up for LGBTQI+ Youth in Schools Initiative, a call to action to communities across the country to demand equal educational opportunity, basic civil rights protections, and freedom from erasure for all students, particularly LGBTIQI+ young people, in K-12 schools.

United States · United States Congress · 8 April 2024

This resolution expresses support for the Rise Up for LGBTQI+ Youth in Schools Initiative. 

Bill· SS. 4058 (118th)referred

Codifying SAVE Plan Act

United States · United States Congress · 22 March 2024

Codifying SAVE Plan Act This bill provides statutory authority for a Department of Education final rule published on July 10, 2023, that creates a new income-driven repayment plan called the Saving on a Valuable Education (SAVE) plan.

Resolution· SRESS.Res. 616 (118th)referred

A resolution condemning the treatment of Dr. Gubad Ibadoghlu by the Government of Azerbaijan and urging his immediate release, and for other purposes.

United States · United States Congress · 22 March 2024

This resolution condemns Azerbaijan's treatment of Dr. Gubad Ibadoghlu, urges the Department of State to continue prioritizing his well-being and release, and calls for the release of political prisoners in Azerbaijan. The resolution also condemns Azerbaijan's practice of wrongful detention and suppression of academic freedom. Dr. Ibadoghlu is an economist and academic who was arrested in Azerbaijan in July 2023.

Bill· SS. 4016 (118th)open

Help Hoover Dam Act

United States · United States Congress · 21 March 2024

Help Hoover Dam Act This bill authorizes the Bureau of Reclamation to use amounts from a specified account within the Colorado River Dam Fund to pay for operations, maintenance, investigation and cleanup actions, and capital improvements within the Boulder Canyon Project at the Hoover Dam or on land used for the construction and operation of the Hoover Dam.

Law· SS. 3998 (118th)enacted

Federal Judiciary Stabilization Act of 2024

United States · United States Congress · 20 March 2024

Federal Judiciary Stabilization Act of 2024 This bill converts certain temporary district court judgeships to permanent judgeships in specified judicial districts in Alabama, Arizona, California, Florida, Hawaii, Kansas, Missouri, New Mexico, North Carolina, and Texas.