Today’s Daily Update

TAKEAWAY: The House will meet today at 11:00 a.m. for a pro forma session. The Senate will convene today at noon for a pro forma session.

The HOUSE

Yesterday

The House was not in session.

Today

The House will meet today at 11:00 a.m. for a pro forma session with no legislative business.

The SENATE

Yesterday

Roll Call Votes
1. Confirmation of Executive Calendar #582 Dorothy Camille Shea, of North Carolina, to be Deputy Representative to the United Nations, and the Deputy Representative in the Security Council of the United Nations; confirmed: 59-34.
2. Motion to invoke cloture on motion to proceed to Cal. #349, H.R.7024, Tax Relief for American Families and Workers Act; not invoked: 48-44.

Legislative Business
Passed the following bills:
Cal.#401, S.4367, Water Resources Development Act w/Carper-Capito sub amdt
Cal.#430, S.4199, Judges Act
Cal. #81, S.211, SMART Leasing Act
Cal. #417, S.4235, Reauthorizing Support and Treatment for Officers in Crisis
S.3938, Desmond T. Doss VA Clinic

Adopted the following resolutions:
S.Res.752, Highland Park
S.Res.753, George Glezmann
S.Res.797 National Airborne Day
S.Res.798 Mann Gulch 75th Anniversary
S.Res.799 Fentanyl Prevention and Awareness Day
S.Res.800 Condemning the Attempted Assassination of President Trump
S.Res.801 William ''Willie'' Howard Mays, Jr.
S.Res.802 Catfish Month

Began the Rule 14 process to place the following bill on the Legislative Calendar of Business:
S.4973, to reassert the constitutional authority of Congress to determine the general applicability of the criminal laws of the United States (No Kings Act) (Schumer)

Executive Business
Confirmed the following nominations:
DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE
Exec. Cal. #574 - David O. Barnett, Jr., of New Mexico, to be United States Marshal for the District of New Mexico for the term of four years

DEPARTMENT OF STATE
Exec. Cal. #594 - Dafna Hochman Rand, of Maryland, to be Assistant Secretary of State for Democracy, Human Rights, and Labor

DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE
Exec Cal. #716 - Michael Louis Sulmeyer, of California, to be an Assistant Secretary of Defense. (New Position)

COAST GUARD
Exec. Cal. #764 - to be Rear Admiral
John C. Vann

NATIONAL OCEANIC AND ATMOSPHERIC ADMINISTRATION
Exec. Cal. #765 - to be Rear Admiral
Chad M. Cary

And all nominations on the Secretary's Desk in the Coast Guard.

At a time to be determined by the Majority Leader in consultation with the Republican Leader, the Senate will vote on confirmation of the following nomination:
1. Executive Calendar #551 Margaret L. Taylor, of Maryland, to be Legal Adviser of the Department of State

Today

The Senate will convene today at noon for a pro forma session with no legislative business.

LEGISLATION INTRODUCED

Cyber

S.4951 - 118th Congress (2023-2024)
A bill to provide for regulatory sandboxes that permit certain persons to experiment with artificial intelligence without expectation of enforcement actions.
Sponsor: Rounds, Mike [Sen.-R-SD] (Introduced 08/01/2024) Cosponsors: (1)
Committees: Senate - Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs
Latest Action: Senate - 08/01/2024 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs.

S.4976 - 118th Congress (2023-2024)
A bill to require the Office of Information and Communication Technology Services and other Federal agencies to develop a list of artificial intelligence products and services, and for other purposes.
Sponsor: Rubio, Marco [Sen.-R-FL] (Introduced 08/01/2024) Cosponsors: (2)
Committees: Senate - Commerce, Science, and Transportation
Latest Action: Senate - 08/01/2024 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.

Energy/ Environment

S.4927 - 118th Congress (2023-2024)
A bill making appropriations for energy and water development and related agencies for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2025, and for other purposes.
Sponsor: Murray, Patty [Sen.-D-WA] (Introduced 08/01/2024) Cosponsors: (0)
Committees: Senate - Appropriations
Committee Report: S. Rept. 118-205
Latest Action: Senate - 08/01/2024 Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 469.

S.4948 - 118th Congress (2023-2024)
A bill to require the Secretary of Commerce to establish a grant program to foster enhanced coexistence between ocean users and North Atlantic right whales and other large cetacean species.
Sponsor: Manchin, Joe, III [Sen.-I-WV] (Introduced 08/01/2024) Cosponsors: (1)
Committees: Senate - Commerce, Science, and Transportation
Latest Action: Senate - 08/01/2024 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.

S.4953 - 118th Congress (2023-2024)
A bill to establish the Wildlife Movement and Movement Area Grant Program and the State and Tribal Migration Research Program, and for other purposes.
Sponsor: Padilla, Alex [Sen.-D-CA] (Introduced 08/01/2024) Cosponsors: (0)
Committees: Senate - Environment and Public Works
Latest Action: Senate - 08/01/2024 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works.

S.4958 - 118th Congress (2023-2024)
A bill to require the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development and the Secretary of Agriculture to withdraw a final determination relating to energy efficiency standards for housing, and for other purposes.
Sponsor: Braun, Mike [Sen.-R-IN] (Introduced 08/01/2024) Cosponsors: (8)
Committees: Senate - Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs
Latest Action: Senate - 08/01/2024 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs.

S.4959 - 118th Congress (2023-2024)
A bill to prohibit Federal agencies from implementing environmental justice standards when issuing rules, and for other purposes.
Sponsor: Lummis, Cynthia M. [Sen.-R-WY] (Introduced 08/01/2024) Cosponsors: (5)
Committees: Senate - Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs
Latest Action: Senate - 08/01/2024 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.

S.4963 - 118th Congress (2023-2024)
A bill to support Federal, State, and Tribal coordination and management efforts relating to wildlife disease and zoonotic disease surveillance and ongoing and potential wildlife disease and zoonotic disease outbreaks, and for other purposes.
Sponsor: Baldwin, Tammy [Sen.-D-WI] (Introduced 08/01/2024) Cosponsors: (3)
Committees: Senate - Environment and Public Works
Latest Action: Senate - 08/01/2024 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works.

S.4974 - 118th Congress (2023-2024)
A bill to amend the John D. Dingell, Jr. Conservation, Management, and Recreation Act to reauthorize the National Volcano Early Warning and Monitoring System, and for other purposes.
Sponsor: Murkowski, Lisa [Sen.-R-AK] (Introduced 08/01/2024) Cosponsors: (2)
Committees: Senate - Energy and Natural Resources
Latest Action: Senate - 08/01/2024 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.

S.4975 - 118th Congress (2023-2024)
A bill to require the Under Secretary of Commerce for Oceans and Atmosphere to carry out pilot projects relating to improved subseasonal to seasonal forecasting in agriculture and water management, and for other purposes.
Sponsor: Rosen, Jacky [Sen.-D-NV] (Introduced 08/01/2024) Cosponsors: (2)
Committees: Senate - Commerce, Science, and Transportation
Latest Action: Senate - 08/01/2024 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.

S.4982 - 118th Congress (2023-2024)
A bill to amend the Specialty Crops Competitiveness Act of 2004 to require the Secretary of Agriculture to establish a pilot program to provide recovery payments to producers of seasonal and perishable crops that experience low prices caused by imports, and for other purposes.
Sponsor: Ossoff, Jon [Sen.-D-GA] (Introduced 08/01/2024) Cosponsors: (0)
Committees: Senate - Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry
Latest Action: Senate - 08/01/2024 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry.

S.4985 - 118th Congress (2023-2024)
A bill to reform the process for listing a species as threatened or endangered under the Endangered Species Act of 1973, and for other purposes.
Sponsor: Lankford, James [Sen.-R-OK] (Introduced 08/01/2024) Cosponsors: (2)
Committees: Senate - Environment and Public Works
Latest Action: Senate - 08/01/2024 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works.

S.4986 - 118th Congress (2023-2024)
A bill to amend the Federal Water Pollution Control Act to improve permitting of energy transport facilities, and for other purposes.
Sponsor: Lankford, James [Sen.-R-OK] (Introduced 08/01/2024) Cosponsors: (0)
Committees: Senate - Environment and Public Works
Latest Action: Senate - 08/01/2024 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works.

Financial Services

S.4924 - 118th Congress (2023-2024)
A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to modify the depreciation of nonresidential real property and residential rental property.
Sponsor: Braun, Mike [Sen.-R-IN] (Introduced 08/01/2024) Cosponsors: (0)
Committees: Senate - Finance
Latest Action: Senate - 08/01/2024 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.

S.4926 - 118th Congress (2023-2024)
A bill to establish a new Guaranteed Student Loan Program.
Sponsor: Rounds, Mike [Sen.-R-SD] (Introduced 08/01/2024) Cosponsors: (0)
Committees: Senate - Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions
Latest Action: Senate - 08/01/2024 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.

S.4928 - 118th Congress (2023-2024)
A bill making appropriations for financial services and general government for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2025, and for other purposes.
Sponsor: Van Hollen, Chris [Sen.-D-MD] (Introduced 08/01/2024) Cosponsors: (0)
Committees: Senate - Appropriations
Committee Report: S. Rept. 118-206
Latest Action: Senate - 08/01/2024 Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 470.

S.4944 - 118th Congress (2023-2024)
A bill to require multifamily borrowers with federally backed multifamily mortgage loans to submit positive rental payments to certain consumer reporting agencies.
Sponsor: Ossoff, Jon [Sen.-D-GA] (Introduced 08/01/2024) Cosponsors: (0)
Committees: Senate - Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs
Latest Action: Senate - 08/01/2024 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs.

S.4966 - 118th Congress (2023-2024)
A bill to authorize public housing agencies to use assistance from the Capital Fund for energy performance contracts.
Sponsor: Welch, Peter [Sen.-D-VT] (Introduced 08/01/2024) Cosponsors: (2)
Committees: Senate - Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs
Latest Action: Senate - 08/01/2024 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs.

S.4969 - 118th Congress (2023-2024)
A bill to require the Government Accountability Office to conduct a study regarding insurance coverage for damages from wildfires, and for other purposes.
Sponsor: Heinrich, Martin [Sen.-D-NM] (Introduced 08/01/2024) Cosponsors: (0)
Committees: Senate - Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs
Latest Action: Senate - 08/01/2024 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs.

S.4971 - 118th Congress (2023-2024)
A bill to amend the Housing Act of 1949 to permit the assumption of loans under the Doug Bereuter Section 502 Single Family Housing Loan Guarantee Program.
Sponsor: Welch, Peter [Sen.-D-VT] (Introduced 08/01/2024) Cosponsors: (0)
Committees: Senate - Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs
Latest Action: Senate - 08/01/2024 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs.

Health Care

S.4923 - 118th Congress (2023-2024)
A bill to amend title IV of the Social Security Act to require States to provide information about available benefits and services to kinship caregivers.
Sponsor: Casey, Robert P., Jr. [Sen.-D-PA] (Introduced 08/01/2024) Cosponsors: (1)
Committees: Senate - Finance
Latest Action: Senate - 08/01/2024 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.

S.4935 - 118th Congress (2023-2024)
A bill to amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to update the budget neutrality threshold under the Medicare physician fee schedule.
Sponsor: Boozman, John [Sen.-R-AR] (Introduced 08/01/2024) Cosponsors: (5)
Committees: Senate - Finance
Latest Action: Senate - 08/01/2024 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.

S.4937 - 118th Congress (2023-2024)
A bill to require Senate approval before the United States assumes any obligation under a WHO pandemic agreement and to suspend funding for the WHO until such agreement is ratified by the Senate.
Sponsor: Barrasso, John [Sen.-R-WY] (Introduced 08/01/2024) Cosponsors: (12)
Committees: Senate - Foreign Relations
Latest Action: Senate - 08/01/2024 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations.

S.4939 - 118th Congress (2023-2024)
A bill to provide that weighted sleep products for infants shall be considered banned hazardous products under section 8 of the Consumer Product Safety Act, and for other purposes.
Sponsor: Blumenthal, Richard [Sen.-D-CT] (Introduced 08/01/2024) Cosponsors: (0)
Committees: Senate - Commerce, Science, and Transportation
Latest Action: Senate - 08/01/2024 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.

S.4942 - 118th Congress (2023-2024)
A bill making appropriations for the Departments of Labor, Health and human Services, and Education, and related agencies for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2025, and for other purposes.
Sponsor: Baldwin, Tammy [Sen.-D-WI] (Introduced 08/01/2024) Cosponsors: (0)
Committees: Senate - Appropriations
Committee Report: S. Rept. 118-207
Latest Action: Senate - 08/01/2024 Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 471.

S.4949 - 118th Congress (2023-2024)
A bill to improve end-of-life care.
Sponsor: Blumenthal, Richard [Sen.-D-CT] (Introduced 08/01/2024) Cosponsors: (0)
Committees: Senate - Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions
Latest Action: Senate - 08/01/2024 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.

S.4956 - 118th Congress (2023-2024)
A bill to regulate electronic medical device use in secure compartmented information facilities, to require the Director of the National Intelligence oversee transparency reporting and related initiatives, to encourage investment in modernization efforts for sensitive compartmented information facilities, and for other purposes.
Sponsor: Welch, Peter [Sen.-D-VT] (Introduced 08/01/2024) Cosponsors: (1)
Committees: Senate - Intelligence (Select)
Latest Action: Senate - 08/01/2024 Read twice and referred to the Select Committee on Intelligence.

S.4957 - 118th Congress (2023-2024)
A bill to amend the Public Health Service Act to provide for a health care workforce innovation program.
Sponsor: Wyden, Ron [Sen.-D-OR] (Introduced 08/01/2024) Cosponsors: (2)
Committees: Senate - Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions
Latest Action: Senate - 08/01/2024 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.

S.4962 - 118th Congress (2023-2024)
A bill to amend the Higher Education Act of 1965 and the Jeanne Clery Disclosure of Campus Security Policy and Campus Crime Statistics Act to combat campus sexual assault, and for other purposes.
Sponsor: Gillibrand, Kirsten E. [Sen.-D-NY] (Introduced 08/01/2024) Cosponsors: (7)
Committees: Senate - Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions
Latest Action: Senate - 08/01/2024 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.

S.4964 - 118th Congress (2023-2024)
A bill to provide for a comprehensive Federal response to Long COVID, including research, education, and support for affected individuals, to direct the National Institutes of Health to establish a Long COVID research program, and for other purposes.
Sponsor: Sanders, Bernard [Sen.-I-VT] (Introduced 08/01/2024) Cosponsors: (5)
Committees: Senate - Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions
Latest Action: Senate - 08/01/2024 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.

S.4967 - 118th Congress (2023-2024)
A bill to amend the Child Care and Development Block Grant Act of 1990 to reauthorize and update the Act, and for other purposes.
Sponsor: Fischer, Deb [Sen.-R-NE] (Introduced 08/01/2024) Cosponsors: (5)
Committees: Senate - Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions
Latest Action: Senate - 08/01/2024 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.

S.4968 - 118th Congress (2023-2024)
A bill to improve the Institutional Development Award program of the National Institutes of Health.
Sponsor: Hyde-Smith, Cindy [Sen.-R-MS] (Introduced 08/01/2024) Cosponsors: (0)
Committees: Senate - Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions
Latest Action: Senate - 08/01/2024 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.

S.4984 - 118th Congress (2023-2024)
A bill to amend the Controlled Substances Act to require regulated persons to identify tableting machines and encapsulating machines by serial number.
Sponsor: Cornyn, John [Sen.-R-TX] (Introduced 08/01/2024) Cosponsors: (4)
Committees: Senate - Judiciary
Latest Action: Senate - 08/01/2024 Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.

Sanctions and Trade

S.4955 - 118th Congress (2023-2024)
A bill to strengthen the Department of Justice's enforcement against trade-related crimes.
Sponsor: Graham, Lindsey [Sen.-R-SC] (Introduced 08/01/2024) Cosponsors: (3)
Committees: Senate - Judiciary
Latest Action: Senate - 08/01/2024 Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.

S.4978 - 118th Congress (2023-2024)
A bill to prohibit certain businesses and persons from purchasing real estate adjacent to covered Federal land in the United States, and for other purposes.
Sponsor: Lummis, Cynthia M. [Sen.-R-WY] (Introduced 08/01/2024) Cosponsors: (3)
Committees: Senate - Foreign Relations
Latest Action: Senate - 08/01/2024 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations.

Tax

S.4931 - 118th Congress (2023-2024)
A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide credits for the production of renewable chemicals and investments in renewable chemical production facilities, and for other purposes.
Sponsor: Brown, Sherrod [Sen.-D-OH] (Introduced 08/01/2024) Cosponsors: (1)
Committees: Senate - Finance
Latest Action: Senate - 08/01/2024 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.

S.4933 - 118th Congress (2023-2024)
A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to clarify the tax-exempt controlled entity rules with respect to certain stock of government-sponsored enterprises.
Sponsor: Moran, Jerry [Sen.-R-KS] (Introduced 08/01/2024) Cosponsors: (7)
Committees: Senate - Finance
Latest Action: Senate - 08/01/2024 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.

S.4934 - 118th Congress (2023-2024)
A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to create an above the line deduction for certain homeowners insurance premiums.
Sponsor: Scott, Rick [Sen.-R-FL] (Introduced 08/01/2024) Cosponsors: (0)
Committees: Senate - Finance
Latest Action: Senate - 08/01/2024 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.

S.4960 - 118th Congress (2023-2024)
A bill to prohibit State excise taxes on firearms and ammunition manufacturers and dealers.
Sponsor: Risch, James E. [Sen.-R-ID] (Introduced 08/01/2024) Cosponsors: (7)
Committees: Senate - Finance
Latest Action: Senate - 08/01/2024 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.

S.4965 - 118th Congress (2023-2024)
A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to make the credit for small employer pension plan startup costs and the retirement auto-enrollment credit available to tax-exempt eligible small employers.
Sponsor: Lankford, James [Sen.-R-OK] (Introduced 08/01/2024) Cosponsors: (1)
Committees: Senate - Finance
Latest Action: Senate - 08/01/2024 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.

Transportation and Infrastructure

S.4947 - 118th Congress (2023-2024)
A bill to improve passenger vessel security and safety, and for other purposes.
Sponsor: Blumenthal, Richard [Sen.-D-CT] (Introduced 08/01/2024) Cosponsors: (1)
Committees: Senate - Commerce, Science, and Transportation
Latest Action: Senate - 08/01/2024 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.

S.4954 - 118th Congress (2023-2024)
A bill to require the Secretary of Transportation to issue a final rule setting minimum structural standards for railroad bridges, and for other purposes.
Sponsor: Casey, Robert P., Jr. [Sen.-D-PA] (Introduced 08/01/2024) Cosponsors: (0)
Committees: Senate - Commerce, Science, and Transportation
Latest Action: Senate - 08/01/2024 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.

S.4979 - 118th Congress (2023-2024)
A bill to establish an independent expert review panel to review and make findings and recommendations to inform the Federal Aviation Administration's implementation of a comprehensive and integrated Safety Management System for all lines of business within the Federal Aviation Administration, and for other purposes.
Sponsor: Cantwell, Maria [Sen.-D-WA] (Introduced 08/01/2024) Cosponsors: (1)
Committees: Senate - Commerce, Science, and Transportation
Latest Action: Senate - 08/01/2024 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.

S.4983 - 118th Congress (2023-2024)
A bill to amend title 49, United States Code, to require the establishment of an Office of Public Engagement in the Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration, and for other purposes.
Sponsor: Markey, Edward J. [Sen.-D-MA] (Introduced 08/01/2024) Cosponsors: (0)
Committees: Senate - Commerce, Science, and Transportation
Latest Action: Senate - 08/01/2024 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.

S.4989 - 118th Congress (2023-2024)
A bill to amend title 23, United States Code, to permit the use of certain electric vehicle charging stations at rest areas, and for other purposes.
Sponsor: Merkley, Jeff [Sen.-D-OR] (Introduced 08/01/2024) Cosponsors: (2)
Committees: Senate - Environment and Public Works
Latest Action: Senate - 08/01/2024 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works.

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