All Roll Calls
Yes: 432 • No: 0
Sponsored By: Senator Reed, Jack [D-RI]
Became Law
Ceremonial renaming honors Specialist Matthew R. Turcotte by naming the United States Postal Service facility at 42 Main Street in Slatersville, Rhode Island the 'Specialist Matthew R. Turcotte Post Office'. The change is purely ceremonial and does not alter the building's location, postal operations, governance, or funding. Federal laws, maps, regulations, and records must refer to the facility by its new name.
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Reed, Jack [D-RI]
RI • D
Sen. Whitehouse, Sheldon [D-RI]
RI • D
Sponsored 3/3/2021
All Roll Calls
Yes: 432 • No: 0
house vote • 2/8/2022
On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass
Yes: 432 • No: 0
117-s-937, COVID-19 Hate Crimes Act
Expedited federal review of COVID-19-era hate crimes is the central goal. The law strengthens reporting, data collection, public education, and support systems for bias-motivated violence linked to the pandemic. - Communities and victims get expanded reporting and support. The law funds state hotlines with grants that can run up to 5 years and requires privacy protections and language and disability access. - State, local, and Tribal law enforcement must follow new guidance on online reporting and standardized data collection. The Attorney General must issue guidance, fund National Incident-Based Reporting System implementation and training, and the Department of Justice must designate an officer within 7 days to oversee expedited reviews during the defined applicable period. - Courts gain a new sentencing option for bias-motivated offenses. Judges can require education classes or community service directly related to the harmed community as a condition of supervised release.
117-s-4120, Childhood Cancer STAR Reauthorization Act
Broaden childhood cancer survivorship research and biospecimen access. This law expands what clinical biobanks can store, turns pilot survivorship efforts into funded research, and requires steps to strengthen the pediatric psychosocial care workforce. - Families and survivors: Research and care will focus more on long-term needs for children and adolescents. The law requires tools for secure electronic transfer of treatment records and survivorship care summaries between health care providers or, when appropriate, longitudinal cohorts. - Researchers and biorepositories: Biobanks may now collect solid tumor samples and paired samples. The National Institutes of Health must review researcher access procedures and report findings to congressional health committees within 2 years, and program funding references are updated to 2024–2028. - Health care providers and workforce: The law replaces pilot-program language with active research funding and requires recommendations to boost workforce development for clinicians who deliver psychosocial care to pediatric cancer patients and survivors.
117-s-475, Juneteenth National Independence Day Act
Adds Juneteenth (June 19) to the list of federal public holidays. It amends 5 U.S.C. 6103(a) to insert "Juneteenth National Independence Day, June 19" into the enumerated list of federal holidays, creating a legally recognized holiday for federal employees and applying to the federal government as defined in Title 5.
117-s-1404, Ghost Army Congressional Gold Medal Act
This law awards a Congressional Gold Medal to the 23d Headquarters Special Troops and the 3133d Signal Service Company, known as the Ghost Army, in recognition of their World War II deception operations in Europe. The Secretary of the Treasury will strike the gold medal with suitable emblems and inscriptions and give it to the Smithsonian for display and research, with a sense of Congress that the Smithsonian should make the medal available for display at other locations tied to the Ghost Army. The Secretary may also strike and sell duplicate bronze medals at prices that cover production costs, and the United States Mint Public Enterprise Fund will pay the medal costs and receive proceeds from duplicate sales.
117-sres-875, A resolution declaring racism a public health crisis.
117-sres-814, A resolution designating the week beginning on October 9, 2022, as "National Wildlife Refuge Week".
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Would block federal eminent domain for most agricultural land when a feasible alternative exists, defines covered land, and excludes tiny low‑income parcels.
- 47 U.S.C. § 151 et seq. — Communications Act of 1934: establishes the FCC and its jurisdiction over interstate and foreign communications by wire and radio; the foundational statute for all FCC regu
The Federal Communications Commission — an independent regulatory agency created by the Communications Act of 1934 47 U.S.C. § 151 and substantially restructured by the Telecommunications Act of 1996
The U.S. Department of Labor is revising its implementing regulations for Section 503 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973, as amended (Section 503). The revisions align the regulations with applicable law and recent executive orders, including Executive Order 14173, "Ending Illegal Discrimination and Restoring Merit-Based Opportunity," and Executive Order 14219, "Ensuring Lawful Governance and Implementing the President's `Department of Government Efficiency' Deregulatory Initiative."
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The War Powers Resolution 1973 — enacted over President Nixon's veto and codified at 50 U.S.C. §§ 1541–1548 — is Congress's primary statutory attempt to limit the President's ability to commit U.S. fo