| SB2330 | Pass | Establishes safeguards to protect amateur athletes from abuse, including sexual abuse, by coaches and employees in U.S. Olympic and Paralympic sports. The bill establishes (1) legislative mechanisms by which Congress can dissolve the Board of Directo...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2020-10-30
Became Public Law No: 116-189. (TXT | PDF) |
| SB1380 | Pass | Requires a federal judge in criminal proceedings to issue an order confirming the obligation of the prosecutor to disclose exculpatory evidence.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2020-10-21
Became Public Law No: 116-182. (TXT | PDF) |
| SB881 | Pass | Sets forth provisions concerning improving the ability of the United States to forecast space weather events and mitigate the effects of space weather. The bill provides statutory authority for the National Science and Technology Council's Space Weat...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2020-10-21
Became Public Law No: 116-181. (TXT | PDF) |
| SB209 | Pass | Replaces the Tribal Self-Governance Demonstration Project with the Tribal Self-Governance Program. Under the program, Native American tribes or organizations may receive grants to plan for participation in self-governance and to negotiate the terms o...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2020-10-21
Became Public Law No: 116-180. (TXT | PDF) |
| SB1321 | Pass | Broadens the definition of protected computer, for purposes of computer fraud and abuse offenses, to include a computer that is part of a voting system.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2020-10-20
Became Public Law No: 116-179. (TXT | PDF) |
| SB832 | Pass | Nullifies the supplemental treaty between the United States and the Confederated Tribes and Bands of Indians of Middle Oregon signed in 1865. The treaty restricted the rights of tribal members to leave the reservation and imposed other conditions. Th...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2020-10-20
Became Public Law No: 116-175. (TXT | PDF) |
| SB294 | Pass | Establishes a grant program to provide business incubation and other business services to Native American entrepreneurs and businesses. (Sec. 4) Specifically, the bill requires the Department of the Interior to establish a grant program in the Office...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2020-10-20
Became Public Law No: 116-174. (TXT | PDF) |
| SB2661 | Pass | Requires the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) to designate 9-8-8 as the universal telephone number for a national suicide prevention and mental health crisis hotline. A state may impose and collect a fee for providing 9-8-8 related services. H...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2020-10-17
Became Public Law No: 116-172. (TXT | PDF) |
| SB785 | Pass | Makes updates related to Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) transition assistance, mental health care, care for women veterans, and telehealth care. TITLE I--IMPROVEMENT OF TRANSITION OF INDIVIDUALS TO SERVICES FROM DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS (S...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2020-10-17
Became Public Law No: 116-171. (TXT | PDF) |
| SB743 | Pass | Directs Congress to award a Congressional Gold Medal to the 5307th Composite Unit (Provisional), commonly known as Merrill's Marauders, in recognition of their bravery and outstanding service in the jungles of Burma (Myanmar) during World War II. Fol...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2020-10-17
Became Public Law No: 116-170. (TXT | PDF) |
| SB4072 | Pass | Designates the Department of Veterans Affairs clinic in Bend, Oregon, as the Robert D. Maxwell Department of Veterans Affairs Clinic or the Robert D. Maxwell VA Clinic.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2020-10-13
Became Public Law No: 116-169. (TXT | PDF) |
| SB1646 | Pass | Designates the community-based outpatient clinic of the Department of Veterans Affairs located at 207 Stratton Road, St. Augustine, Florida, as the Leo C. Chase Jr. Department of Veterans Affairs Clinic or the Leo C. Chase Jr. VA Clinic.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2020-10-13
Became Public Law No: 116-168. (TXT | PDF) |
| SB490 | Pass | Designates the mountain ridge that runs south and west of Emigrant Peak in the Absaroka Range in Montana, which is where an Air Force B-47 strategic bomber crashed while on a training mission in 1962, as the "B-47 Ridge." The bill permits the install...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2020-10-13
Became Public Law No: 116-167. (TXT | PDF) |
| SB982 | Pass | Increases the coordination of efforts to reduce violent crime within Indian lands and against Indians. Specifically, the Department of the Interior must designate an official within the Bureau of Indian Affairs to coordinate prevention efforts, grant...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2020-10-10
Became Public Law No: 116-166. (TXT | PDF) |
| SB227 | Pass | Directs the Department of Justice (DOJ) to review, revise, and develop law enforcement and justice protocols to address missing or murdered Native Americans. The bill requires DOJ to provide training to law enforcement agencies on how to record triba...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2020-10-10
Became Public Law No: 116-165. (TXT | PDF) |
| SB3105 | Pass | Designates the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 456 North Meridian Street in Indianapolis, Indiana, as the "Richard G. Lugar Post Office."
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2020-10-01
Became Public Law No: 116-161. (TXT | PDF) |
| SB2193 | Pass | Requires the General Services Administration to issue (1) guidance to clarify that federal agencies may use a charge card to pay to charge federal electric motor vehicles at commercial charging stations, and (2) a charge card for such payments to eac...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2020-10-01
Became Public Law No: 116-160. (TXT | PDF) |
| SB3637 | Pass | Provides certain lease protections for service members under stop movement orders in response to a local, national, or global emergency. A service member may terminate a lease for premises or for a motor vehicle, and may not be charged an early termi...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2020-08-14
Became Public Law No: 116-158. (TXT | PDF) |
| SB3607 | Pass | Extends death and disability benefits under the Public Safety Officers' Benefits Program (PSOB) to public safety officers (e.g., law enforcement officers) and survivors of public safety officers who die or become injured as a result of COVID-19 (i.e....
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2020-08-14
Became Public Law No: 116-157. (TXT | PDF) |
| SB2163 | Pass | Establishes the Commission on the Social Status of Black Men and Boys within the U.S. Commission on Civil Rights Office of the Staff Director to conduct a systematic study of the conditions affecting Black men and boys.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2020-08-14
Became Public Law No: 116-156. (TXT | PDF) |
| SB4209 | Pass | Permits certain governmental entities, federally recognized tribes, and nonprofit organizations to make up front payments of 50% of unemployment benefits into the state Unemployment Trust Fund (in lieu of contributions) to be used exclusively to redu...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2020-08-03
Became Public Law No: 116-151. (TXT | PDF) |
| SB4148 | Pass | Extends the Department of Homeland Security's Chemical Facility Anti-Terrorism Standards Program until July 27, 2023.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2020-07-22
Became Public Law No: 116-150. (TXT | PDF) |
| SB4091 | Pass | Increases the maximum amount of funding available in FY2020 for, and revises certain requirements pertaining to, temporary assistance for U.S. citizens and their dependents who are returning from foreign countries due to a crisis and are without avai...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2020-07-13
Became Public Law No: 116-148. (TXT | PDF) |
| SB4116 | Pass | Extends through August 8, 2020, the application period for the Paycheck Protection Program established to support small businesses in response to COVID-19 (i.e., coronavirus disease 2019).
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2020-07-04
Became Public Law No: 116-147. (TXT | PDF) |
| SB3084 | Pass | Excludes certain appointed positions within the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) from current executive schedule salary caps. Specifically, the current salary caps do not apply for (1) appointed directors of VA medical centers, (2) appointed direc...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2020-07-02
Became Public Law No: 116-146. (TXT | PDF) |
| SB3744 | Pass | Imposes sanctions on foreign individuals and entities responsible for human rights abuses in China's Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous region and requires various reports on the topic. The President shall periodically report to Congress a list identifying f...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2020-06-17
Became Public Law No: 116-145. (TXT | PDF) |
| SB3414 | Pass | Authorizes the Department of Veterans Affairs to carry out specified major medical facility projects during FY2020. The bill also indicates the maximum amount that can be spent on each project.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2020-06-16
Became Public Law No: 116-144. (TXT | PDF) |
| SB2746 | Pass | Directs the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) to establish a new program—the Law Enforcement Officers Suicide Data Collection Program—to prevent and understand law enforcement suicides. Federal, state, local, and tribal law enforcement agenci...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2020-06-16
Became Public Law No: 116-143. (TXT | PDF) |
| SJR66 | Pass | This joint resolution appoints Denise O'Leary as a citizen regent of the Board of Regents of the Smithsonian Institution.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2020-04-10
Became Public Law No: 116-138. (TXT | PDF) |
| SB1678 | Pass | Requires the Department of State to annually report to Congress on steps the State Department has taken to help strengthen Taiwan's diplomatic relationships and partnerships around the world. (Taiwan is self-governing, but China considers it a renega...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2020-03-26
Became Public Law No: 116-135. (TXT | PDF) |
| SB760 | Pass | Requires the Department of Labor to revise its registered apprenticeship programs to include additional program requirements for increasing the access of veterans and their survivors or dependents to such programs. Labor must acquire written assuranc...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2020-03-26
Became Public Law No: 116-134. (TXT | PDF) |
| SB1822 | Pass | Requires the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) to change the way broadband data is collected, verified, and reported. Specifically, the FCC must collect and disseminate granular broadband service availability data (broadband maps) from wired, f...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2020-03-23
Became Public Law No: 116-130. (TXT | PDF) |
| SB893 | Pass | Requires the President, in consultation with relevant federal agencies, to develop a strategy to secure and protect U.S. fifth and future generations (5G) systems and infrastructure. Such strategy, to be known as the National Strategy to Secure 5G an...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2020-03-23
Became Public Law No: 116-129. (TXT | PDF) |
| SB3503 | Pass | Authorizes the Department of Veterans Affairs to continue to provide educational assistance through December 21, 2020, for programs of education that have been converted to distance learning due to an emergency or health-related situation. Such assis...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2020-03-21
Became Public Law No: 116-128. (TXT | PDF) |
| SB2107 | Pass | Authorizes U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP), every fiscal year, to hire, train, and assign 240 new agricultural specialists until the total number of specialists equals and sustains the requirements identified each year in the Agriculture Res...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2020-03-03
Became Public Law No: 116-122. (TXT | PDF) |
| SB394 | Pass | Makes changes intended to smooth the transfer of executive power during presidential transitions. The bill provides for the detailing of legislative branch employees on a reimbursable basis to office staffs designated by the President-elect or Vice P...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2020-03-03
Became Public Law No: 116-121. (TXT | PDF) |
| SJR65 | Pass | This joint resolution reappoints John Fahey as a citizen regent of the Board of Regents of the Smithsonian Institution.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2020-03-02
Became Public Law No: 116-118. (TXT | PDF) |
| SJR67 | Pass | This joint resolution reappoints Risa Lavizzo-Mourey as a citizen regent of the Board of Regents of the Smithsonian Institution.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2020-03-02
Became Public Law No: 116-119. (TXT | PDF) |
| SB375 | Pass | Reorganizes and revises several existing improper payments statutes, which establish requirements for federal agencies to cut down on improper payments made by the federal government. The Office of Management and Budget (OMB) may establish one or mor...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2020-03-02
Became Public Law No: 116-117. (TXT | PDF) |
| SB153 | Pass | Addresses the participation of veterans in STEM (science, technology, engineering, and mathematics) fields, including by making veterans eligible for certain National Science Foundation (NSF) programs. (Sec. 3) The bill directs the NSF to (1) encoura...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2020-02-11
Became Public Law No: 116-115. (TXT | PDF) |
| SB3201 | Pass | Extends until May 6, 2021, the temporary scheduling order issued by the Drug Enforcement Administration to place fentanyl-related substances in schedule I of the Controlled Substances Act. The temporary order expires on February 6, 2020. Additionally...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2020-02-06
Became Public Law No: 116-114. (TXT | PDF) |
| SB457 | Pass | Requires the issuance of $1 coins bearing the image of President George H.W. Bush for a one-year period beginning on January 1, 2020, and bullion coins bearing the image of First Spouse Barbara Bush during that same period.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2020-01-27
Became Public Law No: 116-112. (TXT | PDF) |
| SB151 | Pass | Implements a forfeiture penalty for violations (with or without intent) of the prohibition on certain robocalls. The bill also removes an annual reporting requirement for enforcement relating to unsolicited facsimile advertisements. The bill requires...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2019-12-30
Became Public Law No: 116-105. (TXT | PDF) |
| SB737 | Pass | Modifies National Science Foundation (NSF) grant programs that support STEM (science, technology, engineering, and mathematics, including computer science) education. (Sec. 3) The bill instructs the NSF, when awarding grants under the Discovery Resea...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2019-12-24
Became Public Law No: 116-102. (TXT | PDF) |
| SB1790 | Pass | Authorizes FY2020 appropriations and sets forth policies for Department of Defense (DOD) programs and activities, including military personnel strengths. It does not provide budget authority, which is provided in subsequent appropriations legislation...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2019-12-20
Became Public Law No: 116-92. (TXT | PDF) |
| SB256 | Pass | Revises a grant program administered by the Administration for Native Americans at the Department of Health and Human Services to preserve Native American languages. The minimum number of enrollees in educational programs funded by grants is reduced ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2019-12-20
Became Public Law No: 116-101. (TXT | PDF) |
| SB216 | Pass | Requires the Bonneville Power Administration to make specified settlement payments to the Spokane Tribe in relation to the construction and operation of the Grand Coulee Dam. Payments made to the tribe may be used or invested in the same manner as ot...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2019-12-20
Became Public Law No: 116-100. (TXT | PDF) |
| SB50 | Pass | Authorizes the Bureau of Indian Affairs (BIA) to assess sanitation and safety conditions on land set aside to provide Columbia River Treaty tribes access to traditional fishing grounds. The bill applies to land held by the United States for the benef...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2019-12-20
Became Public Law No: 116-99. (TXT | PDF) |
| SB2710 | Pass | Directs the President to prohibit the issuance of licenses to export specified munitions items to the Hong Kong Police Force and the Hong Kong Auxiliary Police Force. The specified items include tear gas, rubber bullets, and handcuffs. The President ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2019-11-27
Became Public Law No: 116-77. (TXT | PDF) |
| SB1838 | Pass | Directs various departments to assess whether political developments in Hong Kong justify changing Hong Kong's unique treatment under U.S. law. (Hong Kong is part of China but has a largely separate legal and economic system.) The Department of State...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2019-11-27
Became Public Law No: 116-76. (TXT | PDF) |
