WASHINGTON, May 7 -- Rep. Austin Scott, R-Ga., has introduced legislation (H.R. 6728) to amend the Commodity Credit Corporation Charter Act "to raise the borrowing limit of the Commodity Credit Corporation." The bill was introduced on May 5 and was co-sponsored by Reps. Sanford D. Bishop Jr., D-Ga., Dusty Johnson, R-S.D., Rick Allen, R-Ga., and Roger W. Marshall, R-Kan. It was referred to the House Agriculture Committee. For more information, Rep. Austin Scott, 2417 Rayburn House Office Buildi  more

WASHINGTON, May 8 -- Sen. Jon Tester, D-Mont., has introduced legislation (S. 3637) to amend the Servicemembers Civil Relief Act "to extend lease protections for servicemembers under stop movement orders in response to a local, national, or global emergency." The bill was introduced on May 6 and has 13 co-sponsors. Co-sponsors include Sens. Jerry Moran, R-Kan., Marsha Blackburn, R-Tenn., Richard Blumenthal, D-Conn., John Boozman, R-Ark., Sherrod Brown, D-Ohio, Bill Cassidy, R-La., Kevin Cramer,  more

WASHINGTON, May 9 -- Sen. Roger Wicker, R-Miss., has introduced legislation (S. 3663) to "protect the privacy of consumers' personal health information, proximity data, device data, and geolocation data during the coronavirus public health crisis." The bill was introduced on May 7 and was co-sponsored by Sens. John Thune, R-S.D., Jerry Moran, R-Kan., Marsha Blackburn, R-Tenn., and Deb Fischer, R-Neb. It was referred to the Senate Commerce, Science, and Transportation Committee. For more inform  more