US Congress Senator Jeff Merkley [D] | Bills

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USSB928Intro
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A bill to require the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to prepare an annual report on suicide prevention, and for other purposes.
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2023-07-12
Committee on Veterans' Affairs. Hearings held.
USSB162Intro
25%
A bill to amend the Smith River National Recreation Area Act to include certain additions to the Smith River National Recreation Area, to amend the Wild and Scenic Rivers Act to designate certain wild rivers in the State of Oregon, and for other purp...
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2023-07-11
Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 121.
USSB440Intro
25%
A bill to designate certain land administered by the Bureau of Land Management and the Forest Service in the State of Oregon as wilderness and national recreation areas, to withdraw certain land located in Curry County and Josephine County, Oregon, f...
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2023-07-11
Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 123.
USSB2243Intro
25%
A bill to amend the Public Health Service Act to increase the number of permanent faculty in palliative care at accredited allopathic and osteopathic medical schools, nursing schools and other programs, including social work, physician assistant, and...
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2023-07-11
To Senate Health, Education, Labor, And Pensions Committee
USSB2246Intro
25%
A bill to authorize the appropriation of funds to the National Institutes of Health and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention for conducting or supporting research on barriers to gender-affirming care.
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2023-07-11
To Senate Health, Education, Labor, And Pensions Committee
USSB2221Intro
25%
A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to clarify that all provisions shall apply to legally married same-sex couples in the same manner as other married couples, and for other purposes.
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2023-07-10
To Senate Finance Committee
USSB2217Intro
25%
A bill to amend part B of the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act to provide full Federal funding of such part.
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2023-07-10
To Senate Health, Education, Labor, And Pensions Committee
USSB2196Intro
25%
A bill to amend title II of the Social Security Act to eliminate work disincentives for childhood disability beneficiaries.
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2023-06-22
To Senate Finance Committee
USSB2152Intro
25%
A bill to authorize grants to eligible entities to pay for travel-related expenses and logistical support for individuals with respect to accessing abortion services, and for other purposes.
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2023-06-22
To Senate Health, Education, Labor, And Pensions Committee
USSB2194Intro
25%
A bill to remove limitations under Medicaid, Medicare, CHIP, and the Department of Veterans Affairs on benefits for persons in custody pending disposition of charges.
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2023-06-22
To Senate Finance Committee
USSB2176Intro
25%
A bill to prohibit commercial sexual orientation conversion therapy, and for other purposes.
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2023-06-22
To Senate Commerce, Science, And Transportation Committee
USSB2207Intro
25%
A bill to provide enhanced funding for family planning services.
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2023-06-22
To Senate Health, Education, Labor, And Pensions Committee
USSB2171Intro
25%
A bill to permit legally married same-sex couples to amend their filing status for tax returns outside the statute of limitations.
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2023-06-22
To Senate Finance Committee
USSB2135Intro
25%
A bill to require the Agricultural Research Service to conduct research relating to wildfire smoke exposure on wine grapes, and for other purposes.
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2023-06-22
To Senate Agriculture, Nutrition, And Forestry Committee
USSB2175Intro
25%
A bill to amend section 208 of the Immigration and Nationality Act to reduce the waiting period for employment authorization for asylum applicants, and for other purposes.
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2023-06-22
To Senate Judiciary Committee
USSB2145Intro
25%
A bill to support educational entities in fully implementing title IX and reducing and preventing sex discrimination in all areas of education, and for other purposes.
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2023-06-22
To Senate Health, Education, Labor, And Pensions Committee
USSB2199Intro
25%
A bill to amend the Agricultural Marketing Act of 1946 to establish a pollinator-friendly plant labeling program, and for other purposes.
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2023-06-22
To Senate Agriculture, Nutrition, And Forestry Committee
USSB5Intro
25%
A bill to prohibit discrimination on the basis of sex, gender identity, and sexual orientation, and for other purposes.
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2023-06-21
To Senate Judiciary Committee
USSB2053Intro
25%
A bill to protect freedom of travel and reproductive rights.
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2023-06-20
To Senate Judiciary Committee
USSB2054Intro
25%
A bill to ensure that the Department of Defense achieves a clean audit opinion on its financial statements.
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2023-06-20
To Senate Armed Services Committee
USSB2048Intro
25%
A bill to repeal the Protection of Lawful Commerce in Arms Act, and provide for the discoverability and admissibility of gun trace information in civil proceedings.
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2023-06-20
To Senate Judiciary Committee
USSB2044Intro
25%
A bill to require the Secretary of Health and Human Services to establish reference prices for prescription drugs for purposes of Federal health programs, and for other purposes.
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2023-06-20
To Senate Health, Education, Labor, And Pensions Committee
USSB2012Intro
25%
A bill to amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to provide for coverage of dental services under the Medicare program.
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2023-06-15
To Senate Finance Committee
USSB2039Intro
25%
A bill to amend the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 to require a group health plan (or health insurance coverage offered in connection with such a plan) to provide for cost-sharing for oral anticancer drugs on terms no less favorable ...
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2023-06-15
To Senate Health, Education, Labor, And Pensions Committee
USSB2016Intro
25%
A bill to amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to expand access to telehealth services, and for other purposes.
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2023-06-15
To Senate Finance Committee
USSB305Engross
50%
A bill to require the Secretary of the Treasury to mint coins in commemoration of the 250th anniversary of the United States Marine Corps, and to support programs at the Marine Corps Heritage Center.
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2023-06-14
Held at the desk.
USSB1999Intro
25%
A bill to protect an individual's ability to access contraceptives and to engage in contraception and to protect a health care provider's ability to provide contraceptives, contraception, and information related to contraception.
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2023-06-14
To Senate Health, Education, Labor, And Pensions Committee
USSB1963Intro
25%
A bill to amend the Higher Education Act of 1965 to ensure College for All.
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2023-06-14
To Senate Finance Committee
USSB1995Intro
25%
A bill to support public health infrastructure.
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2023-06-14
To Senate Health, Education, Labor, And Pensions Committee
USSB1992Intro
25%
A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to expand the earned income and child tax credits, and for other purposes.
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2023-06-14
To Senate Finance Committee
USSB1948Intro
25%
A bill to direct the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency to provide grants to air pollution control agencies to implement a cleaner air space program, and for other purposes.
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2023-06-13
To Senate Environment And Public Works Committee
USSB1940Intro
25%
A bill to prohibit the use of M-44 devices, commonly known as "cyanide bombs", on public land, and for other purposes.
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2023-06-13
To Senate Environment And Public Works Committee
USSB1960Intro
25%
A bill to impose sanctions with respect to foreign persons responsible for violations of the human rights of lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and intersex (LGBTI) individuals, and for other purposes.
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2023-06-13
To Senate Foreign Relations Committee
USSB1934Intro
25%
A bill to amend the Truth in Lending Act to empower the States to set the maximum annual percentage rates applicable to consumer credit transactions, and for other purposes.
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2023-06-13
To Senate Banking, Housing, And Urban Affairs Committee
USSB1947Intro
25%
A bill to direct the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency to conduct a measurement-based national methane research pilot study to quantify methane emissions from certain oil and gas infrastructure, and for other purposes.
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2023-06-13
To Senate Environment And Public Works Committee
USSB1953Intro
25%
A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to exclude from gross income amounts received from State-based catastrophe loss mitigation programs.
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2023-06-13
To Senate Finance Committee
USSB1924Intro
25%
A bill to protect human rights and enhance opportunities for LGBTQI people around the world, and for other purposes.
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2023-06-12
To Senate Foreign Relations Committee
USSB1908Intro
25%
A bill to establish judicial ethics.
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2023-06-08
To Senate Judiciary Committee
USSB1885Intro
25%
A bill to eliminate employment-based visa caps on abused, abandoned, and neglected children eligible for humanitarian status, and for other purposes.
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2023-06-08
To Senate Judiciary Committee
USSB1723Intro
25%
A bill to establish the Truth and Healing Commission on Indian Boarding School Policies in the United States, and for other purposes.
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2023-06-07
Committee on Indian Affairs. Ordered to be reported with an amendment in the nature of a substitute favorably.
USSB1839Intro
25%
A bill to improve Federal population surveys by requiring the collection of voluntary, self-disclosed information on sexual orientation, gender identity, and variations in sex characteristics in certain surveys, and for other purposes.
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2023-06-07
To Senate Homeland Security And Governmental Affairs Committee
USSB1848Intro
25%
A bill to establish State-Federal partnerships to provide students the opportunity to attain higher education at in-State public institutions of higher education without debt, to provide Federal Pell Grant eligibility to DREAMer students, and for oth...
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2023-06-07
To Senate Health, Education, Labor, And Pensions Committee
USSB1851Intro
25%
A bill to address maternity care shortages and promote optimal maternity outcomes by expanding educational opportunities for midwives, and for other purposes.
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2023-06-07
To Senate Health, Education, Labor, And Pensions Committee
USSB1831Intro
25%
A bill to provide lasting protection for inventoried roadless areas within the National Forest System.
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2023-06-06
To Senate Energy And Natural Resources Committee
USSB1806Intro
25%
A bill to establish Ocean Innovation Clusters to strengthen the coastal communities and ocean economy of the United States through technological research and development, job training, and cross-sector partnerships, and for other purposes.
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2023-06-06
To Senate Commerce, Science, And Transportation Committee
USSB1819Intro
25%
A bill to amend chapter 44 of title 18, United States Code, to prohibit the distribution of 3D printer plans for the printing of firearms, and for other purposes.
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2023-06-06
To Senate Judiciary Committee
USSB1785Intro
25%
A bill to establish programs to address addiction and overdoses caused by illicit fentanyl and other opioids, and for other purposes.
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2023-05-31
To Senate Health, Education, Labor, And Pensions Committee
USSB1770Intro
25%
A bill to expand the imposition of sanctions under the Uyghur Human Rights Policy Act of 2020 with respect to human rights abuses in the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region of the People's Republic of China and to counter the genocidal policies of the ...
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2023-05-31
To Senate Banking, Housing, And Urban Affairs Committee
USSB1754Intro
25%
A bill to reduce spending on nuclear weapons and related defense spending and to prohibit the procurement and deployment of low-yield nuclear warheads, and for other purposes.
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2023-05-30
To Senate Armed Services Committee
USSB1710Intro
25%
A bill to amend the Public Health Service Act to grow and diversify the perinatal workforce, and for other purposes.
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2023-05-18
To Senate Health, Education, Labor, And Pensions Committee
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