Sen. Dianne Feinstein

This resolution expresses support for the goals and ideals of Sickle Cell Disease Awareness Month. Sickle cell disease is an inherited blood disorder than can lead to pain, anemia, infections, and stroke.

Maddy summarySRES 864 is a U.S. Senate resolution supporting a UN draft resolution that urges all member states to voluntarily refrain from conducting destructive anti-satellite missile tests. It directly addresses nations with space assets, citing risks like the 2021 Russian test (creating 1,500+ debris pieces) and the 2007 Chinese test (producing 3,400+ debris pieces that will persist for decades). The resolution highlights the U.S. 2022 voluntary moratorium on such tests and notes nine countries (including Canada, Germany, and Japan) that have already committed to the same approach. It calls on other nations, particularly those with significant space capabilities, to join this moratorium to prevent orbital debris that threatens satellites and space operations.

Clarifying Civil Rights Remedies Act of 2022 This bill specifies that damages in certain civil rights lawsuits may include all types of compensatory damages, including for emotional harm.

Reproductive Health Travel Fund Act of 2022 This bill authorizes the Department of the Treasury to award grants to pay for travel, childcare, and other expenses of an individual seeking access to abortion services. Eligible grant recipients must be nonprofit or community-based organizations that assist individuals seeking abortion services through programs that are unbiased and medically and factually accurate. The grants may not be used to pay for abortion procedures.

Collaborative Modifications to Aging Infrastructure Projects Act This bill allows the Bureau of Reclamation to modify project features for transferred works to increase public benefits as part the bureau's extraordinary operation and maintenance work on aging infrastructure projects. The bill also allows the reimbursable and nonreimbursable costs of these projects to be advanced from the Aging Infrastructure Account.

This concurrent resolution commends the bravery, courage, and resolve of the women and men of Iran who are (1) participating in the current protests to defend their fundamental human rights, and (2) risking their safety to speak out against the human rights abuses committed by the Iranian regime. The resolution condemns (1) the brutal beating and death of Mahsa Amini; and (2) the violent suppression by the Iranian regime of women and men participating in the current demonstrations, including children. The resolution calls for transparent accountability for all killings of protesters by Iranian security forces. Finally, the resolution encourages continued efforts by the Biden Administration to respond to the protests, including the recent sanctioning of the Iranian morality police.

Speak Out Act This act prohibits the judicial enforceability of a nondisclosure clause or nondisparagement clause agreed to before a dispute arises involving sexual assault or sexual harassment in violation of federal, tribal, or state law.

Maddy summaryThis non-binding Senate resolution (SRES 857) formally congratulates the Los Angeles Football Club (LAFC) for winning the 2022 Major League Soccer (MLS) Cup. It recognizes LAFC's first MLS Cup championship in its five-year history, their Supporters’ Shield win for the best regular season record, and the team's overall achievements during the 2022 season. The resolution directs copies to LAFC's co-managing owners and key executives as a symbolic gesture of recognition.

Disaster Mitigation and Tax Parity Act of 2022 This bill excludes from gross income, for income tax purposes, any qualified catastrophe mitigation payment made under a state-based catastrophe loss mitigation program. A qualified catastrophe mitigation payment means any amount received for making improvements to an individual's residence for the sole purpose of reducing the damage that would be done to such residence by a windstorm, earthquake, wildfire, or flooding. This tax exclusion is retroactive to taxable years beginning after 2020, including by amended return.

Fair Access to Financial Services Act of 2022 This bill prohibits financial institutions from discriminating on the basis of race, color, religion, national origin, or sex, including sexual orientation and gender identity. The bill also provides an aggrieved person with a private right of action for preventive relief.