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Targeted News Service -- WASHINGTON, D.C. — The following bills were introduced or co-sponsored by U.S. Senators from Kansas for the week ending July 13.

Sen. Steve Daines, R-Mont., introduced a resolution on June 13. The text of the resolution was released on July 9.

S. Res. 248. A resolution designating June 2023 as “Great Outdoors Month”; considered and agreed to.

The resolution is cosponsored by Sens. Gary Peters, D-Mich., Angus S. King Jr., I-Maine, Jeanne Shaheen, D-N.H., Roger Marshall, R-Kan., Alex Padilla, D-Calif., Amy Klobuchar, D-Minn., Shelley Moore Capito, R-W.Va., Cory Booker, D-N.J., Jon Tester, D-Mont., Joe Manchin, D-W.Va., and Chris Van Hollen, D-Md.

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Sen. Gary Peters, D-Mich., introduced the “PFAS-Free Firefighting Foam Transition Reporting Act” on June 12. The text of the bill was released on July 9.

S. 1929. A bill to direct the Administrator of the Federal Aviation Administration to provide progress reports on the development and implementation of the national transition plan related to a fluorine-free firefighting foam, and for other purposes; to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.

The bill is cosponsored by Sens. Jerry Moran, R-Kan., Tammy Duckworth, D-Ill., Raphael G. Warnock, D-Ga., and Tammy Baldwin, D-Wis.

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Sen. Maria Cantwell, D-Wash., introduced the “FAA Reauthorization Act” on June 13. The text of the bill was released on July 9.

S. 1939. A bill to amend title 49, United States Code, to authorize appropriations for the Federal Aviation Administration for fiscal years 2024 through 2028, and for other purposes; to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.

The bill is cosponsored by Sens. Ted Cruz, R-Texas, Tammy Duckworth, D-Ill., and Jerry Moran, R-Kan.

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Sen. Roger Marshall, R-Kan., introduced the “Whole Milk for Healthy Kids Act” on June 13. The text of the bill was released on July 9.

S. 1957. A bill to amend the Richard B. Russell National School Lunch Act to allow schools that participate in the school lunch program to serve whole milk, and for other purposes; to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry.

The bill is cosponsored by Sens. Peter Welch, D-Vt., Ron Johnson, R-Wis., John Fetterman, D-Pa., James Risch, R-Idaho, Susan M. Collins, R-Maine, Angus S. King Jr., I-Maine, Kirsten Gillibrand, D-N.Y., Cindy Hyde-Smith, R-Miss., Mike Crapo, R-Idaho, and Chuck Grassley, R-Iowa.

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Sen. John Kennedy, R-La., introduced a joint resolution on June 13. The text of the resolution was released on July 9.

S.J. Res. 32. A joint resolution providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of the rule submitted by the Bureau of Consumer Financial Protection relating to “Small Business Lending Under the Equal Credit Opportunity Act (Regulation B)”; to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs.

The joint resolution is cosponsored by Sens. Cynthia M. Lummis, R-Wyo., Deb Fischer, R-Neb., Kevin Cramer, R-N.D., James Risch, R-Idaho, Mike Crapo, R-Idaho, Bill Cassidy, R-La., Tim Scott, R-S.C., Steve Daines, R-Mont., J.D. Vance, R-Ohio, John Thune, R-S.D., Cindy Hyde-Smith, R-Miss., John Barrasso, R-Wyo., Roger Wicker, R-Miss., Marco Rubio, R-Fla., Mike Lee, R-Utah, Jerry Moran, R-Kan., James Lankford, R-Okla., Rick Scott, R-Fla., Ted Budd, R-N.C., John Boozman, R-Ark., Thom Tillis, R-N.C., Roger Marshall, R-Kan., Katie Boyd Britt, R-Ala., Bill Hagerty, R-Tenn., Mike Braun, R-Ind., John Cornyn, R-Texas, Joni Ernst, R-Iowa, and Shelley Moore Capito, R-W.Va.

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Sen. Jerry Moran, R-Kan., introduced a resolution on June 13. The text of the resolution was released on July 9.

S. Res. 246. A resolution honoring the men and women of the Drug Enforcement Administration on the 50th anniversary of the agency; to the Committee on the Judiciary.

The resolution is cosponsored by Sen. Jeanne Shaheen, D-N.H.

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Sen. Amy Klobuchar, D-Minn., introduced the “Aviation Workforce Development and Recruitment Act” on June 8. The text of the bill was released on July 5.

S. 1883. A bill to increase funding for aviation workforce development grant programs, and for other purposes; to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.

The bill is cosponsored by Sens. Jerry Moran, R-Kan., Tammy Duckworth, D-Ill., John Thune, R-S.D., Mark Kelly, D-Ariz., Deb Fischer, R-Neb., Raphael G. Warnock, D-Ga., and Shelley Moore Capito, R-W.Va.

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Sen. John Kennedy, R-La., introduced the “Veterans 2nd Amendment Protection Act” on June 8. The text of the bill was released on July 5.

S. 1875. A bill to amend title 38, United States Code, to prohibit the Secretary of Veterans Affairs from transmitting certain information to the Department of Justice for use by the national instant criminal background check system; to the Committee on Veterans’ Affairs.

“The Secretary may not transmit to any entity in the Department of Justice, for use by the national instant criminal background check system established under section 103 of the Brady Handgun Violence Prevention Act (34 U.S.C. 40901), personally identifiable information of a beneficiary, solely on the basis of a determination by the Secretary to pay benefits to a fiduciary for the use and benefit of the beneficiary under section 5502 of this title, without the order or finding of a judge, magistrate, or other judicial authority of competent jurisdiction that such beneficiary is a danger to themselves or others.”.

The bill is cosponsored by Sens. Jerry Moran, R-Kan., John Boozman, R-Ark., Chuck Grassley, R-Iowa, Mike Rounds, R-S.D., Dan Sullivan, R-Alaska, Steve Daines, R-Mont., and Kevin Cramer, R-N.D.