Sustaining Our Democracy Act
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Summary
What This Bill Does
This bill, Sustaining Our Democracy Act, changes federal law or congressional policy affecting federal agencies and legislative administrators. The main policy domain is Government Operations, Civil Rights, Agriculture.
Who Benefits and How
federal agencies and legislative administrators may benefit from new authority, funding, eligibility, regulatory clarity, or reduced risk created by the bill.
Who Bears the Burden and How
federal implementing agencies may take on implementation duties, reporting obligations, compliance costs, or oversight responsibilities.
Key Provisions
- Section S1: 1. Short title; table of contents This Act may be cited as the Sustaining Our Democracy Act. The table of contents of this Act is as follows:
- Section H0AE6B4AA4A594B29A0202A0668E69B50: 101. Democracy Advancement and Innovation Program There is established a program to be known as the Democracy Advancement and Innovation Program under which...
- Section HABA1597FF6B1441F9B5687CA204A7B03: 102. State plan A State plan under this section with respect to a State is a plan containing each of the following: A description of the democracy promotion...
- Section H9A62FEB0CA694DB1B86A1A3C2EB8ADBF: 103. Prohibitions A State may not use a payment made under the Program to carry out— any activity described in paragraph (2); or any other activity which has...
- Section H469EE325546A4AB68D66F26C71B0A5AB: 104. Amount of State allocation The amount of the allocation made to a State under the Program for a fiscal year shall be equal to the product of— the...
Evidence Chain:
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At a Glance
What This Bill Does
This bill, Sustaining Our Democracy Act, changes federal law or congressional policy affecting federal agencies and legislative administrators.
Key Policy Areas
Government Operations, Civil Rights, Agriculture
Primary Purpose
This bill, Sustaining Our Democracy Act, changes federal law or congressional policy affecting federal agencies and legislative administrators.
Policy Domains
Whole bill
Identified Gains
- federal agencies and legislative administrators
Identified Costs
- federal implementing agencies
Sponsors
Legislative Progress
In CommitteeMr. Padilla (for himself, Ms. Klobuchar, Ms. Warren, Mr. Schiff, …
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Rules and …
Introduced in Senate
Stakeholder Effects
cui bono?How this legislation distributes effects. Mention counts reflect frequency, not effect magnitude.
States, States receiving funds under the Program
Positive-direction: States
Negative-direction: States receiving funds under the Program
Bill Structure & Actor Mappings
Who is "The Secretary" in each section?
- "the_commission"
- → The commission identified in the operative section
- "secretary_of_treasury"
- → Secretary of the Treasury
Key Definitions
Terms defined in this bill
the Director of the Office. The term Indian lands includes— Indian country, as defined under section 1151 of title 18, United States Code
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