WASHINGTON, Jan. 16 -- Rep. Daniel Lipinski, D-Ill., has introduced legislation (H.R. 539) to "require the Director of the National Science Foundation to develop an I-Corps course to support commercialization-ready innovation companies." The bill was introduced on Jan. 14 and was co-sponsored by Reps. Daniel Webster, R-Fla., Eddie Bernice Johnson, D-Texas, and Frank D. Lucas, R-Okla. It was jointly referred to the House Science, Space, and Technology and Small Business committees. For more inf  more

WASHINGTON, Jan. 17 -- Rep. Blaine Luetkemeyer, R-Mo., has introduced legislation (H.R. 573) to amend the Public Health Service Act "to prohibit the Secretary of Health and Human Services from conducting or supporting any research involving human fetal tissue that is obtained pursuant to an induced abortion." The bill was introduced on Jan. 15 and has 34 co-sponsors. Co-sponsors include Reps. Jeff Duncan, R-S.C., Phil Roe, R-Tenn., Andy Harris, R-Md., Doug Lamborn, R-Colo., Pete Olson, R-Texas,  more

WASHINGTON, Jan. 17 -- Rep. Pete Olson, R-Texas, has introduced legislation (H.R. 545) to "allow penalty-free distributions from retirement accounts in the case of Federal employees and certain Federal contractors impacted by the Federal Government shutdown." The bill was introduced on Jan. 15 and has 11 co-sponsors. Co-sponsors include Reps. Don S. Beyer, D-Va., Ed Perlmutter, D-Colo., Randy Weber, R-Texas, David B. McKinley, R-W.Va., David Trone, D-Md., Kendra Horn, D-Okla., Colin Allred, D-T  more

WASHINGTON, Jan. 17 -- Sen. Bill Cassidy, R-La., has introduced legislation (S. 131) to amend title XIX of the Social Security Act "to prohibit Federal Medicaid funding for the administrative costs of providing health benefits to individuals who are unauthorized immigrants." The bill was introduced on Jan. 15 and has six co-sponsors. Co-sponsors include Sens. James M. Inhofe, R-Okla., John Barrasso, R-Wyo., Cindy Hyde-Smith, R-Ind., Roger Wicker, R-Miss., Marsha Blackburn, R-Tenn., and David Pe  more

WASHINGTON, Jan. 16 -- Sen. Ron Johnson, R-Wis., has introduced legislation (S. 113) to appropriate funds for pay and allowances of excepted Federal employees. The bill was introduced on Jan. 14 and has seven co-sponsors. Co-sponsors include Sens. Susan M. Collins, R-Maine, Lisa Murkowski, R-Alaska, Todd Young, R-Ind., Lamar Alexander, R-Tenn., Kevin Cramer, R-N.D., James Lankford, R-Okla., and Rob Portman, R-Ohio. The legislation was referred to the Senate Appropriations Committee. For more   more

WASHINGTON, Jan. 17 -- Sen. Marco Rubio, R-Fla., has introduced legislation (S. 119) to amend title 18, U.S. Code, "to prohibit taking minors across State lines in circumvention of laws requiring the involvement of parents in abortion decisions." The bill was introduced on Jan. 15 and has 16 co-sponsors. Co-sponsors include Sens. Roy Blunt, R-Mo., Cindy Hyde-Smith, R-Ind., James Risch, R-Idaho, Josh Hawley, R-Mo., James M. Inhofe, R-Okla., James Lankford, R-Okla., Pat Roberts, R-Kan., Michael B  more

WASHINGTON, Jan. 17 -- Sen. Ben Sasse, R-Neb., has introduced legislation (S. 130) to amend title 18, U.S. Code, "to prohibit a health care practitioner from failing to exercise the proper degree of care in the case of a child who survives an abortion or attempted abortion." The bill was introduced on Jan. 15 and has 39 co-sponsors. Co-sponsors include Sens. John Barrasso, R-Wyo., Marsha Blackburn, R-Tenn., Roy Blunt, R-Mo., John Boozman, R-Ark., Mike Braun, R-Ind., Richard Burr, R-N.C., Bill C  more

WASHINGTON, Jan. 16 -- Sen. Todd Young, R-Ind., has introduced legislation (S. 112) to amend the charter of the Future Farmers of America. The bill was introduced on Jan. 14 and was co-sponsored by Sens. Doug Jones, D-Ala., James Lankford, R-Okla., and Christopher Coons, D-Del. It was referred to the Senate Judiciary Committee. For more information, Sen. Todd Young, 400 Russell Senate Office Building, Washington, DC 20510; 202/224-5623; or in the state at 251 N. Illinois St., Ste. 120, Indiana  more