WASHINGTON, July 20 -- Rep. Pramila Jayapal, D-Wash., introduced the "College for All Act" on June 14, 2023. The text of the bill was released on July 19. H.R. 4117. A bill to amend the Higher Education Act of 1965 to ensure College for All; to the Committee on Education and the Workforce, and in addition to the Committees on the Budget, and Ways and Means, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdictio  more

WASHINGTON, July 20 -- Rep. Rick Larsen, D-Wash., introduced the "Department of Defense Student Financial Literacy Act" on June 14, 2023. The text of the bill was released on July 19. H.R. 4118. A bill to include financial literacy education as a graduation requirement in high schools operated by the Department of Defense Education Activity; to the Committee on Armed Services, and in addition to the Committee on Education and the Workforce, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Spea  more

WASHINGTON, July 19 -- Rep. Chris Pappas, D-N.H., introduced the "Cleaner Air Spaces Act" on June 13, 2023. The text of the bill was released on July 17. H.R. 4076. A bill to authorize funding for a bilateral cooperative program with Israel for the development of health technologies; to the Committee on Energy and Commerce. The bill is cosponsored by Reps. Jimmy Panetta, D-Calif., Maria Elvira Salazar, R-Fla., Daniel Crenshaw, R-Texas, Garret Graves, R-La., Nancy Mace, R-S.C., Jeff Van Drew, R  more

WASHINGTON, July 19 -- Sen. Mike Braun, R-Ind., introduced the "End Government Shutdowns Act" on June 15, 2023. The text of the bill was released on July 17. S. 2041. A bill to amend title 31, United States Code, to provide for automatic continuing resolutions; to the Committee on Appropriations. The bill is cosponsored by Sens. James Risch, R-Idaho, Shelley Moore Capito, R-W.Va., Roger Wicker, R-Miss., Mike Crapo, R-Idaho, Marco Rubio, R-Fla., and Mike Lee, R-Utah. * * * SECTION 1. Short ti  more

WASHINGTON, July 21 -- Sen. Cindy Hyde-Smith, R-Miss., introduced the "Servicemember Enrollment and Readmission for Valuable Education Act" on June 21, 2023. The text of the bill was released on July 19. S. 2076. A bill to adjust the definition of service in the uniformed services with respect to readmission requirements for servicemembers under the Higher Education Act of 1965; to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. The bill is cosponsored by Sen. Margaret Wood Hassan, D-  more

WASHINGTON, July 19 -- Sen. Marco Rubio, R-Fla., introduced the "Disaster Relief Fund Replenishment Act" on June 15, 2023. The text of the bill was released on July 17. S. 2029. A bill to appropriate amounts to carry out the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act; to the Committee on Appropriations. The bill is cosponsored by Sens. Rick Scott, R-Fla., and Roger Wicker, R-Miss. * * * SECTION 1. Short title. This Act may be cited as the "Disaster Relief Fund Replenish  more

WASHINGTON, July 19 -- Sen. Tina Smith, D-Minn., introduced the "Cancer Drug Parity Act" on June 15, 2023. The text of the bill was released on July 17. S. 2039. 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 than the cost-sharing provided for anticancer medications administered by a health care  more