US Congress Senator Jeff Merkley [D]

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USSB3452Intro
25%
A bill to authorize the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to determine the eligibility or entitlement of a member or former member of the Armed Forces described in subsection (a) to a benefit under a law administered by the Secretary solely based on alte...
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2023-12-07
To Senate Veterans' Affairs Committee
USSB2860Intro
25%
A bill to create protections for financial institutions that provide financial services to State-sanctioned marijuana businesses and service providers for such businesses, and for other purposes.
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2023-12-06
Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs. Hearings held.
USSB3414Intro
25%
A bill to support United States investment opportunities, strengthen bilateral collaboration in addressing criminal elements operating in the Brazilian Amazon, and for other purposes.
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2023-12-06
To Senate Foreign Relations Committee
USSB3423Intro
25%
A bill to guarantee the right to vote for all citizens regardless of conviction of a criminal offense, and for other purposes.
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2023-12-06
To Senate Judiciary Committee
USSR485Intro
25%
A resolution expressing the sense of the Senate relating to the commemoration of the 190th anniversary of diplomatic relations between the United States and the Kingdom of Thailand.
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2023-12-05
To Senate Foreign Relations Committee
USSB3402Intro
25%
A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to impose an excise tax on the failure of certain hedge funds owning excess single-family residences to dispose of such residences, and for other purposes.
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2023-12-05
To Senate Finance Committee
USSB3398Intro
25%
A bill to amend the Public Health Service Act to establish an Office of Drug Manufacturing.
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2023-12-05
To Senate Health, Education, Labor, And Pensions Committee
USSB3409Intro
25%
A bill to end the use of solitary confinement and other forms of restrictive housing in all Federal agencies and entities with which Federal agencies contract.
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2023-12-05
To Senate Judiciary Committee
USSR464Intro
25%
A resolution supporting the goals and principles of Transgender Day of Remembrance by recognizing the epidemic of violence toward transgender people and memorializing the lives lost this year.
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2023-12-04
Star Print ordered on resolution.
USSB3389Intro
25%
A bill to authorize safety and prevention training programs for fishing vessel operators and crewmembers, and for other purposes.
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2023-12-04
To Senate Commerce, Science, And Transportation Committee
USSB2219Intro
25%
A bill to amend the Congressional Accountability Act of 1995 to expand access to breastfeeding accommodations in the workplace.
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2023-11-30
Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 254.
USSB3379Intro
25%
A bill to amend the Higher Education Act of 1965 to direct the Secretary of Education to issue guidance and recommendations for institutions of higher education on removing criminal and juvenile justice questions from their application for admissions...
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2023-11-30
To Senate Health, Education, Labor, And Pensions Committee
USSB3369Intro
25%
A bill to amend title 18, United States Code, to restrict the possession of certain firearms, and for other purposes.
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2023-11-30
To Senate Finance Committee
USSB3367Intro
25%
A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to eliminate tax loopholes that allow billionaires to defer tax indefinitely through planning strategies such as "buy, borrow, die", to modify over 30 tax provisions so that billionaires are required ...
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2023-11-30
To Senate Finance Committee
USSB3361Intro
25%
A bill to prohibit the use of facial recognition technology in airports, and for other purposes.
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2023-11-29
To Senate Commerce, Science, And Transportation Committee
USSB910Intro
25%
A bill to amend the Grand Ronde Reservation Act, and for other purposes.
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2023-11-27
Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 251.
USSB3348Intro
25%
A bill to amend the Harmful Algal Blooms and Hypoxia Research and Control Act of 1998 to address harmful algal blooms, and for other purposes.
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2023-11-27
To Senate Commerce, Science, And Transportation Committee
USSR470Intro
25%
A resolution designating November 16th, 2023, as "National Rural Health Day".
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2023-11-16
Submitted in the Senate, considered, and agreed to without amendment and with a preamble by Unanimous Consent. (consideration: CR S5558; text: CR S5553-5554)
USSB3323Intro
25%
A bill to establish the Office of the Ombudsperson for Immigrant Children in Immigration Custody, and for other purposes.
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2023-11-15
To Senate Judiciary Committee
USSB3310Intro
25%
A bill to amend the Omnibus Public Land Management Act of 2009 to establish within the Mount Hood National Forest in the State of Oregon Indian Treaty Resources Emphasis Zones, and for other purposes.
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2023-11-15
To Senate Energy And Natural Resources Committee
USSB3303Intro
25%
A bill to amend title 18, United States Code, to protect more victims of domestic violence by preventing their abusers from possessing or receiving firearms, and for other purposes.
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2023-11-14
To Senate Judiciary Committee
USSB3294Intro
25%
A bill to amend the Richard B. Russell National School Lunch Act with respect to reimbursements under the child and adult care food program, and for other purposes.
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2023-11-14
To Senate Agriculture, Nutrition, And Forestry Committee
USSB3272Intro
25%
A bill to amend title 18, United States Code, to divert certain parents of minor children, expectant parents, and other caregivers from incarceration and into comprehensive programs providing resources, services, and training to those individuals and...
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2023-11-09
To Senate Judiciary Committee
USSR459Intro
25%
A resolution recognizing National Native American Heritage Month and celebrating the heritages and cultures of Native Americans and the contributions of Native Americans to the United States.
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2023-11-09
Submitted in the Senate, considered, and agreed to without amendment and with a preamble by Unanimous Consent. (consideration: CR S5463-5464; text: CR S5462)
USSR458Intro
25%
A resolution denouncing efforts by the People's Republic of China to exert malign influence in Latin America.
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2023-11-09
To Senate Foreign Relations Committee
USSR408Intro
25%
A resolution condemning Hamas for its premeditated, coordinated, and brutal terrorist attacks on Israel and demanding that Hamas immediately release all hostages and return them to safety, and for other purposes.
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2023-11-09
Resolution agreed to in Senate with an amendment and an amended preamble by Unanimous Consent. (text of amendment in the nature of a substitute: CR S5463)
USSB3276Intro
25%
A bill to amend the Immigration and Nationality Act to allow certain alien veterans to be paroled into the United States to receive health care furnished by the Secretary of Veterans Affairs.
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2023-11-09
To Senate Judiciary Committee
USSB3280Intro
25%
A bill to require the Secretary of Homeland Security to establish a veterans visa program to permit veterans who have been removed from the United States to return as immigrants, and for other purposes.
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2023-11-09
To Senate Judiciary Committee
USSB3278Intro
25%
A bill to require the Secretary of Homeland Security to identify each alien who is serving, or has served, in the Armed Forces of the United States on the application of any such alien for an immigration benefit or the placement of any such alien in ...
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2023-11-09
To Senate Judiciary Committee
USSB3247Intro
25%
A bill to safeguard the humane treatment of pregnant women by ensuring the presumption of release and prohibiting shackling, restraining, and other inhumane treatment of pregnant detained noncitizens, and for other purposes.
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2023-11-08
To Senate Judiciary Committee
USSB3234Intro
25%
A bill to implement reforms relating to foreign intelligence surveillance authorities, and for other purposes.
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2023-11-07
To Senate Judiciary Committee
USSR126Intro
25%
A resolution recognizing the vital importance of the Mekong River to Southeast Asia and the role of the Mekong-United States Partnership in supporting the prosperity of the region.
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2023-11-06
Resolution agreed to in Senate with an amendment and an amended preamble by Unanimous Consent. (text: CR S5365-5366)
USSB3231Intro
25%
A bill to enable the people of Puerto Rico to choose a permanent, nonterritorial, fully self-governing political status for Puerto Rico and to provide for a transition to and the implementation of that permanent, nonterritorial, fully self-governing ...
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2023-11-06
To Senate Energy And Natural Resources Committee
USSR450Intro
25%
A resolution expressing the sense of the Senate that paraprofessionals and education support staff should have fair compensation, benefits, and working conditions.
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2023-11-06
To Senate Health, Education, Labor, And Pensions Committee
USSB3201Intro
25%
A bill to prohibit drilling in the Arctic Ocean.
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2023-11-02
To Senate Energy And Natural Resources Committee
USSB3214Intro
25%
A bill to divert Federal funding away from supporting the presence of police in schools and toward evidence-based and trauma informed services that address the needs of marginalized students and improve academic outcomes, and for other purposes.
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2023-11-02
To Senate Health, Education, Labor, And Pensions Committee
USSB3220Intro
25%
A bill to expand the tropical disease product priority review voucher program to encourage prevention and treatment of coccidioidomycosis.
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2023-11-02
To Senate Health, Education, Labor, And Pensions Committee
USSB3177Intro
25%
A bill to provide for a review of sanctions with respect to Hong Kong.
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2023-11-01
To Senate Foreign Relations Committee
USSB3176Intro
25%
A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to impose an excise tax on excessively disparate wages paid to chief executive officers.
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2023-11-01
To Senate Finance Committee
USSB3193Intro
25%
A bill to amend the Controlled Substances Act to allow for the use of telehealth in substance use disorder treatment, and for other purposes.
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2023-11-01
To Senate Health, Education, Labor, And Pensions Committee
USSB3137Intro
25%
A bill to allow Americans to receive paid leave time to process and address their own health needs and the health needs of their partners during the period following a pregnancy loss, an unsuccessful round of intrauterine insemination or of an assist...
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2023-10-26
To Senate Health, Education, Labor, And Pensions Committee
USSB3156Intro
25%
A bill to establish the Financing Energy Efficient Manufacturing Program at the Department of Energy to provide financial assistance to promote energy efficiency and onsite renewable technologies in manufacturing facilities, and for other purposes.
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2023-10-26
To Senate Energy And Natural Resources Committee
USSB3155Intro
25%
A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to expand the denial of deduction for certain excessive employee remuneration, and for other purposes.
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2023-10-26
To Senate Finance Committee
USSB3152Intro
25%
A bill to amend the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 to require that annual State report cards reflect the same race groups as the decennial census of population.
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2023-10-26
To Senate Health, Education, Labor, And Pensions Committee
USSB2231Engross
50%
A bill to amend title V of the Social Security Act to support stillbirth prevention and research, and for other purposes.
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2023-10-25
Held at the desk.
USSB3127Intro
25%
A bill to amend the Solid Waste Disposal Act to reduce the production and use of certain single-use plastic products and packaging, to improve the responsibility of producers in the design, collection, reuse, recycling, and disposal of consumer produ...
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2023-10-25
To Senate Environment And Public Works Committee
USSB3128Intro
25%
A bill to streamline the reporting of violations against immigrant children in Federal custody, to provide protections for unaccompanied immigrant children, and to ensure safe release to sponsors, and for other purposes.
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2023-10-25
To Senate Judiciary Committee
USSB3118Intro
25%
A bill to provide for an emergency increase in Federal funding to State Medicaid programs for expenditures on home and community-based services.
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2023-10-24
To Senate Finance Committee
USSB3105Intro
25%
A bill to address and take action to prevent bullying and harassment of students.
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2023-10-24
To Senate Health, Education, Labor, And Pensions Committee
USSB3110Intro
25%
A bill to support United States policy toward Taiwan.
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2023-10-24
To Senate Foreign Relations Committee
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