Bill S.4274 titled “A bill to improve the Federal effort to reduce wildland fire risks, and for other purposes” was read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce Science and Transportation by the Senate. The bill is sponsored by Sen. Ray Lujan Ben with Catherine Cortez Masto, Dianne Feinstein, Martin Heinrich, Patty Murray, Alex Padilla, Jacklyn Rosen, Tina Smith, Ron Wyden as cosponsors.
Bill S.4281 titled “A bill to prohibit data brokers from selling, reselling, trading, licensing, or otherwise providing for consideration lists of military servicemembers to a covered nation” was read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce Science and Transportation by the Senate. The bill is sponsored by Sen. Bill Cassidy with Marco Rubio, Elizabeth Warren as cosponsors.
The Commerce, Science, and Transportation Committee moves forward in some way on one bill per day.
Most bills have a hearing where those involved explain why they are for or against the bill. Roughly 8,000 bills are addressed by committees each year but only about 800 make it to the floor of Congress, according to ushistory.org.
A 2019 report from the Brookings Institute argued committees aren’t capable of delving fully into the issues they address and are forced to rely on lobbyists.
| Bill Name | Sponsor | Action |
|---|---|---|
| A bill to improve the Federal effort to reduce wildland fire risks, and for other purposes. | Sen. Lujan, Ben Ray | Senate |
| A bill to prohibit data brokers from selling, reselling, trading, licensing, or otherwise providing for consideration lists of military servicemembers to a covered nation. | Sen. Cassidy, Bill | Senate |
