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WASHINGTON, D.C. — The following bills were introduced or co-sponsored by U.S. Senators from Kansas for the week ending Aug. 29.

Military and Educational Data Integration Act 

Sen. Jerry Moran, R-Kan., introduced the “Military and Educational Data Integration Act” on June 18. The text of the bill was released on Aug. 24.

S. 4588. A bill to authorize the Secretary of Defense to develop and implement a process for sharing military service data with States; to the Committee on Armed Services.

The bill is cosponsored by Sens. Christopher S. Murphy, D-Conn., Mitt Romney, R-Utah, and Jacky Rosen, D-Nev.

Disapproval of EPA regulations revisions

Sen. Joe Manchin, I-W.Va., introduced a joint resolution on June 18. The text of the resolution was released on Aug. 24.

S.J. Res. 99. A joint resolution providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of the rule submitted by the Council on Environmental Quality relating to “National Environmental Policy Act Implementing Regulations Revisions Phase 2”; to the Committee on Environment and Public Works.

The resolution is cosponsored by Sens. Roger Marshall, R-Kan., and 14 other Republicans.

Celebrating the Dobbs decision

Sen. Marco Rubio, R-Fla., introduced a resolution on June 18. The text of the resolution was released on Aug. 24.

S. Res. 739. A resolution celebrating the historic anniversary of the June 24, 2022, decision of the Supreme Court of the United States in Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization; to the Committee on the Judiciary.

The resolution is cosponsored by Sens. Tommy Tuberville, R-Ala., James Lankford, R-Okla., Ted Budd, R-N.C., Roger Wicker, R-Miss., Cindy Hyde-Smith, R-Miss., Markwayne Mullin, R-Okla., James Risch, R-Idaho, Pete Ricketts, R-Neb., Steve Daines, R-Mont., Katie Boyd Britt, R-Ala., Josh Hawley, R-Mo., Deb Fischer, R-Neb., Todd Young, R-Ind., Mike Lee, R-Utah, Cynthia M. Lummis, R-Wyo., John Barrasso, R-Wyo., and Roger Marshall, R-Kan.

Whereas the Declaration of Independence announces the self-evident truth that ‘all men are created equal’ and ‘are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights’;

Whereas the first of those unalienable rights is the right to life;

Whereas modern science has illuminated our understanding of the humanity of unborn life;

Whereas the Supreme Court of the United States committed a grave injustice in Roe v. Wade, 410 U.S. 113 (1973) (referred to in this preamble as ‘Roe’), by inventing a constitutional right to abortion, thereby denying a class of innocent people their right to life;

Whereas more than 63,000,000 unborn lives were lost to abortion under Roe;

Whereas, on June 24, 2022, the Supreme Court of the United States, in Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization, 142 S. Ct. 2228 (2022) (referred to in this preamble as ‘Dobbs’), corrected the grave injustice committed in Roe, by holding that ‘the Constitution does not confer a right to abortion’ and that ‘Roe and Casey must be overruled, and the authority to regulate abortion must be returned to the people and their elected representatives’;

Whereas many States have taken historic steps to protect unborn life since the ruling of the Supreme Court of the United States in Dobbs; and

Whereas many millions of people in the United States continue to press to protect unborn life and strengthen support for families charged with protecting that life: Now, therefore, be it

Resolved, That the Senate —

(1) commemorates 2 years since the ruling of the Supreme Court of the United States in Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization, 142 S. Ct. 2228 (2022) (referred to in this resolution as “Dobbs”);

(2) celebrates the millions of lives that will be saved as a result of the ruling in Dobbs;

(3) commits to protecting the unalienable right to life and guarding unborn lives against lethal violence;

(4) commits to supporting families, including new and expectant mothers and their children; and

(5) commits to proclaiming the humanity of the unborn, consistent with the findings of modern science and the unswerving demands of justice.

Labor resolution

Sen. Mike Braun, R-Ind., introduced a joint resolution on June 13. The text of the resolution was released on Aug. 17.

S.J. Res. 97. A joint resolution providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of the rule submitted by the Department of Labor relating to “Defining and Delimiting the Exemptions for Executive, Administrative, Professional, Outside Sales, and Computer Employees”; to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.

The resolution is cosponsored by Kansas Senators Roger Marshall and Jerry Moran, and by 28 other Republicans.