Richard J. Durbin

This bill would create new competitive grants for groups that train workers whose jobs are affected by automation. It would also expand current federal job training programs to help these workers and set aside an extra $40 million each year for grants to help workers who lose their jobs. The goal is to help people learn new skills for in-demand jobs as technology changes the workplace.

This bill would make it harder for U.S. companies to avoid paying U.S. taxes by moving their official headquarters to another country. It would expand the definition of what makes these "inverted" companies still count as U.S. companies for tax purposes, affecting corporations and their owners. This aims to ensure more companies are subject to U.S. taxes.

This bill would prevent federal agencies from awarding contracts to companies known as 'inverted domestic corporations.' These are foreign-incorporated companies that acquired a U.S. business but still have significant U.S. ownership or management. It would also stop these companies from getting large subcontracts on major government projects, directing federal contract money to companies that maintain stronger ties to the U.S.

This bill would make it illegal to sell products marketed as dietary supplements that don't meet the legal definition. It would also ban supplements made with help from people previously banned from the industry. This aims to protect consumers by ensuring supplements meet certain standards and are not produced by individuals with a history of violations.

This bill would create a new grant competition run by the Department of Housing and Urban Development. These grants would help organizations build or fix up homes for families earning less than half of their area's typical income. The goal is to make these homes more affordable, energy-efficient, and accessible for people with disabilities.

This bill would make it harder for some medical schools outside the U.S. and Canada to get federal student loan money. It sets new rules for how many non-U.S. students they must have and how well their students pass medical exams. This aims to protect U.S. students and taxpayer dollars by ensuring federal funds go to more accountable schools.

This bill would create a new program to help nursing schools pay their faculty better. It aims to close the pay gap between teaching and working as a nurse in a hospital, making it easier for schools to hire and keep qualified instructors. Ultimately, this could help more students become nurses.

This bill would help veterans who have diet-related health problems and struggle to afford food. It would let them get help buying fruits and vegetables. The Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) would offer "produce prescriptions" as a medical service, providing benefits like vouchers or debit cards. This means veterans could get support to improve their health through better nutrition.

This bill would require companies that make or sell dietary supplements to send detailed information about their products to the Food and Drug Administration (FDA). The FDA would then create a public online database where people could look up this information. This would give consumers more details about the supplements they consider buying.

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This bill would create a new federal task force aimed at stopping illegal e-cigarettes from being brought into the country and sold. This group would bring together many government agencies to develop a plan to reduce unauthorized e-cigarettes on the market. Consumers would likely see fewer illegal products, while those selling them would face more scrutiny.

This bill would stop federal judges from considering charges you were found not guilty of when deciding your sentence. It means people convicted of a crime would only be sentenced based on the charges they were actually found guilty of, not other accusations they beat in court. These new rules would apply to sentences given out after the bill becomes law.