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  • S. 4048 seeks to reauthorize the North American Wetlands Conservation Act, which is a law designed to protect and preserve wetlands across North America. The bill proposes to update the funding, allowing up to $65 million to be used for each fiscal year from 2024 through...

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    S. 4048 is a plan to give more money to help protect and take care of wet places where animals live. It wants to add a little bit more money each year, from $60 million to $65 million, from 2024 to 2028.

  • S. 5140 proposes to extend the term of the Special Inspector General for Pandemic Recovery from 5 years to 10 years. This change amends an existing section of the CARES Act, which was originally designed to provide oversight and accountability for the use of pandemic recovery...

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    S. 5140 wants to make sure a special person keeps watching over how money is spent for COVID-19 help for twice as long as planned, going from 5 years to 10 years, so they can make sure everything is done right.

  • S. 3813 aims to modify the rules in title 5 of the United States Code regarding the powers of the Inspector General of the Department of Justice. The bill, introduced by a bipartisan group of Senators, seeks to change how the Inspector General can investigate Department of...

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    The bill S. 3813 tries to give the person who checks if the Department of Justice is doing the right things more freedom to look into problems, without having to follow some rules that made it harder before. This change is a bit hard to understand, but it's supposed to help them spot bad things that might happen.