Bill S.4578 titled “A bill to create a new Federal grant program that provides grants to State libraries to allow schools with summer lunch programs to keep their libraries open for student use during the summer months” was read twice and referred to the Committee on Health Education Labor and Pensions by the Senate. The bill is sponsored by Sen. Jeff Merkley with Richard Blumenthal, Cory Booker, Ron Wyden as cosponsors.
Bill S.4581 titled “A bill to improve the public service loan forgiveness program under section 455(m) of the Higher Education Act of 1965, to improve loan forgiveness eligibility provisions under such Act for teachers, and for other purposes” was read twice and referred to the Committee on Health Education Labor and Pensions by the Senate. The bill is sponsored by Sen. Robert Menendez.
Bill S.4586 titled “A bill to keep schools physically secure using unobligated Federal funds available to the Secretary of Education to respond to the coronavirus” was read twice and referred to the Committee on Health Education Labor and Pensions by the Senate. The bill is sponsored by Sen. Ted Cruz with James Lankford as cosponsor.
Bill S.4595 titled “A bill to support local governments for jurisdictions that elect or appoint a person with a disability in providing the accommodations needed for the elected or appointed official to carry out their official work duties, and to build the capacity of local governments to have consistent and adequate funding for accommodations” was read twice and referred to the Committee on Health Education Labor and Pensions by the Senate. The bill is sponsored by Sen. Robert Casey with Richard Blumenthal, Cory Booker, Sherrod Brown, Tammy Duckworth, Kirsten Gillibrand, Amy Klobuchar, Alex Padilla, Ron Wyden as cosponsors.
The Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions 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 create a new Federal grant program that provides grants to State libraries to allow schools with summer lunch programs to keep their libraries open for student use during the summer months. | Sen. Merkley, Jeff | Senate |
| A bill to improve the public service loan forgiveness program under section 455(m) of the Higher Education Act of 1965, to improve loan forgiveness eligibility provisions under such Act for teachers, and for other purposes. | Sen. Menendez, Robert | Senate |
| A bill to keep schools physically secure using unobligated Federal funds available to the Secretary of Education to respond to the coronavirus. | Sen. Cruz, Ted | Senate |
| A bill to support local governments for jurisdictions that elect or appoint a person with a disability in providing the accommodations needed for the elected or appointed official to carry out their official work duties, and to build the capacity of local governments to have consistent and adequate funding for accommodations. | Sen. Casey, Robert P. | Senate |
