STATEMENTS ON INTRODUCED BILLS AND JOINT RESOLUTIONS

On 2025-03-31, Senator Chuck Grassley (R-IA) delivered a floor speech titled "STATEMENTS ON INTRODUCED BILLS AND JOINT RESOLUTIONS" in the Senate. The speech addressed taxes and also covered the environment, agriculture. It referenced legislation including S1925, S1931, S1206, among other bills.

STATEMENTS ON INTRODUCED BILLS AND JOINT RESOLUTIONS

Congressional Record, Volume 171 Issue 57 (Monday, March 31, 2025) [Congressional Record Volume 171, Number 57 (Monday, March 31, 2025)] [Senate] [Pages S1925-S1931] From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [ www.gpo.gov ] STATEMENTS ON INTRODUCED BILLS AND JOINT RESOLUTIONS By Mr. GRASSLEY (for himself, Mr. Barrasso, Mrs. Blackburn, Mrs. Britt, Mr. Budd, Mr. Cornyn, Mr. Cramer, Mr. Cruz, Mr. Daines, Mr. Graham, Mr. Hagerty, Mr. Justice, Mr. Kennedy, Ms. Lummis, Mr. Marshall, Mrs. Moody, Mr. Moreno, Mr. Schmitt, Mr. Tillis, Mr. Tuberville, Mr. Cassidy, and Mr. Lee): S. 1206. A bill to amend title 28, United States Code, to prohibit the issuance of national injunctions, and for other purposes; to the Committee on the Judiciary. Mr. GRASSLEY. Mr. President, today, 20 of my colleagues and I will introduce legislation to stop the abuse of universal injunctions that we are seeing all across the country--all of this to stop the Trump agenda. Universal injunctions violate the words of the Constitution that we agreed that the courts can only hear ``case or controversy.'' And that is a requirement of article III of the Constitution because they apply court orders to people not even parties to the lawsuits--so the necessity for doing away with universal injunctions violating the ``case-or-controversy'' requirements. Universal injunctions were almost unheard of for the first 175 years of our history and only became common in the last decade. In addition to being unconstitutional, they are also anti-democratic. Universal injunctions have become a favorite tool of those seeking to obstruct President Trump's agenda. Individual district judges who don't even have authority over any of the other 92 district courts are singlehandedly vetoing policies the American people elected President Trump to implement. Now, universal injunctions have been used against both Democrat and Republican administrations since they have sprung up so numerously in the last few years. But in the past 2 months alone, judges have issued more universal injunctions against the Trump administration than President Biden faced throughout his entire 4-year term. By exercising power this way, the courts are doing great damage to the judicial process that they should be working to protect, and the Supreme [[Page S1926]] Court could stop this whole process, but the Supreme Court has not taken such action. So it is Congress's job to legislate. So what would you expect? I am introducing legislation to solve this problem. My bill prevents judges from providing nonparty relief, make temporary restraining orders immediately appealable, and reset the separation of powers. In short, I am trying to fix a bipartisan problem that has been plaguing both Democratic and Republican administrations alike. ______ By Mr. THUNE (for himself and Ms. Klobuchar): S. 1209. A bill to amend the Federal Crop Insurance Act and the Federal Agriculture Improvement and Reform Act of 1996 to make the native sod provisions applicable to the United States and to modify those provisions, and for other purposes; to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry. Mr. THUNE. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the text of the bill be printed in the Record. There being no objection, the text of the bill was ordered to be printed in the Record, as follows: S. 1209 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. This Act may be cited as the ``American Prairie Conservation Act''. SEC. 2. CROP PRODUCTION ON NATIVE SOD. (a) Federal Crop Insurance.--Section 508(o) of the Federal Crop Insurance Act (7 U.S.C. 1508(o)) is amended by striking paragraph (3) and inserting the following: ``(3) Native sod conversion certification.-- ``(A) Certification.--As a condition on the receipt of benefits under this subtitle, a producer that has tilled native sod acreage for the production of an insurable crop as described in paragraph (2)(A) shall certify that acreage to the Secretary using-- ``(i) an acreage report form of the Farm Service Agency (FSA-578 or any successor form); and ``(ii) 1 or more maps. ``(B) Corrections.--Beginning on the date on which a producer submits a certification under subparagraph (A), as soon as practicable after the producer discovers a change in tilled native sod acreage described in that subparagraph, the producer shall submit to the Secretary any appropriate corrections to a form or map described in clause (i) or (ii) of that subparagraph. ``(C) Annual reports.--Not later than January 1, 2026, and each January 1 thereafter through January 1, 2030, the Secretary shall submit to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry of the Senate and the Committee on Agriculture of the House of Representatives a report that describes the tilled native sod acreage that has been certified under subparagraph (A) in each county and State as of the date of submission of the report.''. (b) Noninsured Crop Disaster Assistance.--Section 196(a)(4) of the Federal Agriculture Improvement and Reform Act of 1996 (7 U.S.C. 7333(a)(4)) is amended by striking subparagraph (C) and inserting the following: ``(C) Native sod conversion certification.-- ``(i) Certification.--As a condition on the receipt of benefits under this section, a producer that has tilled native sod acreage for the production of an insurable crop as described in subparagraph (B)(i) shall certify that acreage to the Secretary using-- ``(I) an acreage report form of the Farm Service Agency (FSA-578 or any successor form); and ``(II) 1 or more maps. ``(ii) Corrections.--Beginning on the date on which a producer submits a certification under clause (i), as soon as practicable after the producer discovers a change in tilled native sod acreage described in that clause, the producer shall submit to the Secretary any appropriate corrections to a form or map described in subclause (I) or (II) of that clause. ``(iii) Annual reports.--Not later than January 1, 2026, and each January 1 thereafter through January 1, 2030, the Secretary shall submit to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry of the Senate and the Committee on Agriculture of the House of Representatives a report that describes the tilled native sod acreage that has been certified under clause (i) in each county and State as of the date of submission of the report.''. ______ By Mr. DURBIN (for himself and Ms. Duckworth): S. 1210. A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to modify the work opportunity credit for certain youth employees; to the Committee on Finance. Mr. DURBIN. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the text of the bill be printed in the Record. There being no objection, the text of the bill was ordered to be printed in the Record, as follows: S. 1210 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. This Act may be cited as the ``Helping to Encourage Real Opportunities (HERO) for Youth Act of 2025''. SEC. 2. MODIFICATION AND EXTENSION OF WORK OPPORTUNITY CREDIT FOR CERTAIN YOUTH EMPLOYEES. (a) Expansion of Credit for Summer Youth.-- (1) Credit allowed for year-round employment.--Section 51(d)(7)(A) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 is amended-- (A) by striking clauses (i) and (iii) and redesignating clauses (ii) and (iv) as clauses (i) and (ii), respectively; (B) in clause (i) (as so redesignated), by striking ``(or if later, on May 1 of the calendar year involved),''; (C) by striking the period at the end of clause (ii) (as so redesignated) and inserting ``, and''; and (D) adding at the end the following new clause: ``(iii) who will be employed for not more than 20 hours per week during any period between September 16 and April 30 in which such individual is regularly attending any secondary school.''. (2) Increase in credit amount.--Section 51(d)(7) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 is amended by striking subparagraph (B) and by redesignating subparagraph (C) as subparagraph (B). (3) Conforming amendments.-- (A) Subparagraph (F) of section 51(d)(1) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 is amended by striking ``summer''. (B) Paragraph (7) of section 51(d) of such Code is amended-- (i) by striking ``summer'' each place it appears in subparagraphs (A); (ii) in subparagraph (B), as redesignated by paragraph (2), by striking ``subparagraph (A)(iv)'' and inserting ``subparagraph (A)(ii)''; and (iii) by striking ``summer'' in the heading thereof. (b) Credit for Disconnected Youth.-- (1) In general.--Paragraph (1) of section 51(d) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 is amended by striking ``or'' at the end of subparagraph (I), by striking the period at the end of subparagraph (J) and inserting ``, or'' , and by adding at the end the following new subparagraph: ``(K) an disconnected youth.''. (2) Disconnected youth.--Paragraph (14) of section 51(d) of such Code is amended to read as follows: ``(14) Disconnected youth.--The term `disconnected youth' means any individual who-- ``(A)(i) is certified by the designated local agency as having attained age 16 but not age 25 on the hiring date, and ``(ii) has self-certified (on a form prescribed by the Secretary) that such individual-- ``(I) has not regularly attended any secondary, technical, or post-secondary school during the 6-month period preceding the hiring date, ``(II) has not been regularly employed during such 6-month period, and ``(III) is not readily employable by reason of lacking a sufficient number of basic skills, or ``(B) is certified by the designated local agency as-- ``(i) having attained age 16 but not age 21 on the hiring date, and ``(ii) an eligible foster child (as defined in section 152(f)(1)(C)) who was in foster care during the 12-month period ending on the hiring date.''. (c) Effective Date.--The amendments made by this section shall apply to individ

Referenced legislation: S1206, S1206, S1209, S1210, S1211, S1215