WASHINGTON, Sept. 15 -- Rep. Alma S. Adams, D-N.C., has introduced legislation (H.R. 8803) to "provide for the long-term improvement of minority-serving institutions." The bill was introduced on Sept. 13. It was referred to the House Education and Labor Committee. For more information, Rep. Alma S. Adams, 2436 Rayburn House Office Building, Washington, DC 20515; 202/225-1510; or in district office at 801 E. Morehead St., Ste. 150, Charlotte, NC 28202; 704/344-9950.  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 16 -- Rep. Byron Donalds, R-Fla., has introduced legislation (H.R. 8808) to "acquire cobalt refining capacity in the U.S." The bill was introduced on Sept. 13 and has 10 co-sponsors. Co-sponsors include Reps. Maria Elvira Salazar, R-Fla., Troy E. Nehls, R-Texas, Randy Feenstra, R-Iowa, Madison Cawthorn, R-N.C., Rick Crawford, R-Ark., Jim Baird, R-Ind., Matthew M. Rosendale, R-Mont., Kevin Hern, R-Okla., Markwayne Mullin, R-Okla., and Bill Posey, R-Fla. The legislation was ref  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 16 -- Rep. Chris Smith, R-N.J., has introduced the Protecting Pain-Capable Unborn Children from Late-Term Abortions Act (H.R. 8814) "to amend title 18, U.S. Code, to protect pain-capable unborn children." The bill was introduced on Sept. 13 and has 84 co-sponsors. Co-sponsors include Reps. Michelle Fischbach, R-Minn., Andy Harris, R-Md., Kat Cammack, R-Fla., Elise Stefanik, R-N.Y., Mike Kelly, R-Pa., Jim Jordan, R-Ohio, Jim Banks, R-Ind., Virginia Foxx, R-N.C., Vicky Hartzler,  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 16 -- Sen. Sherrod Brown, D-Ohio, has introduced legislation (S. 4847) to "develop a scenario-based training curriculum for law enforcement personnel." The bill was introduced on Sept. 14 and was co-sponsored by Sen. Thom Tillis, R-N.C. It was referred to the Senate Judiciary Committee. For more information, Sen. Sherrod Brown, 503 Hart Senate Office Building, Washington DC, 20510, 202/224-2315; or in state at 200 N. High St., Ste. 614, Columbus, OH 43215; 614/469-208; 801 W.  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 14 -- Sen. Shelley Moore Capito, R-W.Va., has introduced legislation (S. 4815) to "clarify regulatory certainty." The bill was introduced on Sept. 12 and has 45 co-sponsors. Co-sponsors include Sens. Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., John Thune, R-S.D., Chuck Grassley, R-Iowa, Kevin Cramer, R-N.D., James M. Inhofe, R-Okla., Cindy Hyde-Smith, R-Miss., Bill Cassidy, R-La., Bill Hagerty, R-Tenn., James Risch, R-Idaho, Deb Fischer, R-Neb., Ron Johnson, R-Wis., Mike Braun, R-Ind., Lindsey Gr  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 11 -- Sen. John Cornyn, R-Texas, has introduced legislation (S. 4805) to "provide for emergency acquisition authority in the event of armed attack against a U.S. ally or partner by a foreign adversary of the U.S." The bill was introduced on Sept. 8 and has 14 co-sponsors. Co-sponsors include Sens. Jeanne Shaheen, D-N.H., Thom Tillis, R-N.C., Richard J. Durbin, D-Ill., Roger Wicker, R-Miss., Angus S. King Jr., I-Maine, Marco Rubio, R-Fla., Richard Blumenthal, D-Conn., Marsha Bl  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 15 -- Sen. John Cornyn, R-Texas, has introduced legislation (S. 4834) to "reauthorize the National Internet Crimes Against Children Task Force Program." The bill was introduced on Sept. 13 and has nine co-sponsors. Co-sponsors include Sens. Richard Blumenthal, D-Conn., Thom Tillis, R-N.C., Richard J. Durbin, D-Ill., John Kennedy, R-La., Patrick J. Leahy, D-Vt., Ted Cruz, R-Texas, Amy Klobuchar, D-Minn., Chuck Grassley, R-Iowa, and Dianne Feinstein, D-Calif. The legislation wa  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 17 -- Sen. John Cornyn, R-Texas, has introduced legislation (S. 4859) to "reauthorize the Project Safe Neighborhoods Grant Program Authorization Act of 2018." The bill was introduced on Sept. 15 and has six co-sponsors. Co-sponsors include Sens. Gary Peters, D-Mich., Chuck Grassley, R-Iowa, Kyrsten Sinema, D-Ariz., Thom Tillis, R-N.C., Dianne Feinstein, D-Calif., and Ted Cruz, R-Texas The legislation was referred to the Senate Judiciary Committee. For more information, Sen.   more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 14 -- Sen. Mike Crapo, R-Idaho, has introduced legislation (S. 4817) to "prevent the use of additional Internal Revenue Service funds from being used for audits of taxpayers with taxable incomes below $400,000 in order to protect low- and middle-income earning American taxpayers from an onslaught of audits from an army of new Internal Revenue Service auditors funded by an unprecedented, nearly $80,000,000,000, infusion of new funds." The bill was introduced on Sept. 12 and has  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 16 -- Sen. Jeff Merkley, D-Ore., has introduced legislation (S. 4844) to "amend the Public Health Service Act to support and stabilize the existing nursing workforce, establish programs to increase the number of nurses." The bill was introduced on Sept. 14 and was co-sponsored by Sen. Thom Tillis, R-N.C. It was referred to the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee. For more information, Sen. Jeff Merkley, 313 Hart Senate Office Building, Washington, DC 20510  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 15 -- Sen. Jerry Moran, R-Kan., has introduced legislation (S. 4838) to "amend title 38, U.S. Code, to increase the rate for allowances based on mileage for beneficiary travel." The bill was introduced on Sept. 13 and has eight co-sponsors. Co-sponsors include Sens. Jon Tester, D-Mont., Kevin Cramer, R-N.D., Margaret Wood Hassan, D-N.H., Thom Tillis, R-N.C., Patty Murray, D-Wash., Mike Rounds, R-S.D., Kyrsten Sinema, D-Ariz., and Sherrod Brown, D-Ohio. The legislation was ref  more