All Roll Calls
Yes: 34 • No: 63
Sponsored By: Senator Braun, Mike [R-IN]
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Braun, Mike [R-IN]
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All Roll Calls
Yes: 34 • No: 63
senate vote • 7/20/2022
On the Motion to Proceed S.Con.Res. 43
Yes: 34 • No: 63
117-s-3580, Ocean Shipping Reform Act of 2022
This law tightens oversight of ocean shipping to protect shippers and expand transparency across the supply chain. It centers on stronger protections and transparency in ocean shipping by giving the Federal Maritime Commission new powers to stop unfair charges, require data reporting, and register shipping exchanges. - Shippers and businesses: Carriers and terminal operators are barred from retaliating or discriminating against shippers. A new charge complaint process lets the Commission order refunds for improper demurrage or detention invoices and removes a shipper’s payment obligation if required invoice information is missing. - Carriers and platforms: Carriers must provide quarterly import and export tonnage and TEU data. Digital and other shipping exchanges that match shippers and carriers must register with the FMC and face public posting of penalties and findings. - Ports, consumers, and the Commission: The law requires public dwell‑time statistics for the top 25 ports, gives the FMC limited emergency authority to address congestion, expands a consumer office with mediation services, and boosts FMC investigative staffing including at least seven new positions and a chassis‑pool study capped at $500,000. Net effect: increases federal spending by authorizing FMC funding of about $32.9 million in FY2022, rising to $49.2 million in FY2025, and adds operational costs for new staffing and offices.
117-s-848, Consider Teachers Act of 2021
This Act strengthens TEACH Grant service verification and remedies for converted grants. It clarifies when service must be finished, requires stronger employer certification, and adds pandemic-era extensions and administrative flexibilities. - Teachers and recipients: Schools must have the chief administrative officer certify employment and recipients must meet State teaching requirements, including alternative certification routes. Recipients get a 90-day reconsideration right if a grant was converted to a loan and can have the grant reinstated, interest or fees discharged, and related negative credit reporting removed; remaining time to complete service is set at eight years minus full academic years already taught. - Schools and program administrators: The Department must notify recipients annually about certification procedures and deadlines. The Secretary must publish and update searchable lists of qualifying schools and high-need fields to guide placements and certifications. - Emergency and implementation rules: Service-obligation windows can be extended by up to three years for qualifying emergencies or recessions and certain CARES Act treatments for Perkins Loans are codified. The Secretary may waive specific administrative requirements to speed implementation.
117-s-1617, Disaster Assistance for Rural Communities Act
New rural disaster declaration creates a specific Small Business Administration pathway so rural towns, farms, and nonprofits can access disaster loan programs after major uninsured damage. - Rural homeowners and property owners in areas the Census designates as rural can qualify when any home, small business, nonprofit, or small agricultural cooperative suffers "significant damage" defined as uninsured losses of at least 40% of estimated replacement or pre-disaster market value. - Small businesses, private nonprofits, and small agricultural cooperatives can become eligible for SBA disaster loan programs even if a presidential major disaster declaration did not authorize individual assistance, when a state governor or tribal chief requests the rural declaration and the damage threshold is met. - State and tribal leaders must request these declarations. The SBA must issue implementing regulations within 120 days and report to the House and Senate small business committees within 120 days and annually. The Government Accountability Office must report within 1 year on rural challenges and offer legislative recommendations.
117-s-1543, STANDUP Act of 2021
Creates a federal program to expand school-based student suicide awareness and prevention training. It requires evidence-based, culturally appropriate training for middle and high school students and gives funding priority to districts that adopt formal school policies. - Students and families: Training must cover suicide risk factors, how to seek help, and available resources for students in grades 6 through 12 and include periodic retraining so students get repeated instruction. - Schools and education agencies: State, local, and Tribal educational agencies that already use or plan to adopt a school-based suicide prevention policy get priority for grants under Sec. 520A. Policies must be developed with stakeholder consultation and may use materials from the Suicide Prevention Technical Assistance Center. - Federal coordination and transparency: Grantees must report aggregated, privacy-protecting counts of trainings, students trained by age and grade, delivery methods, and help-seeking reports. The Health Secretary will coordinate with Education and Interior to publish policies, share best practices, and report to Congress by Sept 30, 2024 on adoption and reporting data.
117-s-957, DUMP Opioids Act
Designated disposal periods for controlled substances at VA medical facilities. This law requires the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) to set specific windows when people can bring controlled-substance medications to covered VA medical facilities for secure disposal and to run public information campaigns to announce those windows. - Veterans and caregivers: Clear time windows make it easier to return unused or unwanted controlled medications at VA clinics and hospitals. - VA medical facilities and staff: Facilities must designate disposal periods and may carry out outreach so the public knows when and how to dispose of controlled drugs. - Public health and communities: Organized, well-publicized disposal windows aim to improve medication waste management and reduce risks from leftover controlled substances.
117-s-958, Maximizing Outcomes through Better Investments in Lifesaving Equipment for (MOBILE) Health Care Act
Mobile units as eligible New Access Points delivery sites. This law lets health centers use New Access Points grant funds to establish mobile-unit delivery sites and sets different rules for existing grantees and new applicants. - Health centers that already receive New Access Points funds may be awarded funds to create a mobile-unit delivery site even if they do not propose a permanent, full-time site. - Centers that are not currently receiving those funds may be awarded funds to establish a mobile-unit delivery site only if they use a portion of the award to also establish a permanent, full-time site. - The change takes effect January 1, 2024.
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