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Thomas R. Carper

Thomas R. Carper

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Policy Effects

Estimated effects on people, organizations, and industries in bills this legislator sponsored, cosponsored, or voted on. Includes bills they voted against.

These are assessments of legislative text, not measurements of realized outcomes or the legislator’s intent.

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Historical bill versions are included. Clauses analyzed in different versions count separately. A bill’s current status does not establish that every analyzed provision was enacted.

Only direct effects with high or medium confidence in the policy-area assignment are included. Bills are connected through sponsorship, cosponsorship, or Yea/Nay votes; a vote against a bill does not reverse its assessed effects. Vote dates filter recorded votes and vote-linked bills; sponsorship remains included.

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sres818-118

Primary Sponsor

Expressing support for and celebrating the 80th anniversary of the Servicemen’s Readjustment Act of 1944.

1 clause Sep 16, 2024

sres745-118

Primary Sponsor In Committee

Expressing support for and celebrating the 80th anniversary of the Servicemen’s Readjustment Act of 1944, commonly known as the G.I. Bill.

1 clause Jun 20, 2024

sres701-118

Primary Sponsor

Designating the week of May 19 through May 25, 2024, as “National Public Works Week”.

1 clause May 22, 2024

s4367-118

Primary Sponsor Reported

To provide for improvements to the rivers and harbors of the United States, to provide for the conservation and development of water and related resources, and for other purposes.

953 clauses May 20, 2024
Government Architecture & Engineering Construction Oil & Gas

s4350-118

Primary Sponsor Introduced

To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to extend acute hospital care at home waiver flexibilities.

1 clause May 15, 2024

s3891-118

Primary Sponsor Introduced

To amend the Public Works and Economic Development Act of 1965 to update and expand Federal economic development investment in the economic recovery, resiliency, and competitiveness of communities, regions, and States across the United States, and for other purposes.

114 clauses Mar 7, 2024
Fishing & Forestry Real Estate Recreation And Tourism State & Local Government

s3791-118

Primary Sponsor Introduced

To reauthorize the America's Conservation Enhancement Act, and for other purposes.

95 clauses Feb 8, 2024
Government Agriculture Environment General Public

s3660-118

Primary Sponsor Introduced

To require electronically prepared tax returns to include scannable code when submitted on paper, and to require the use of optical character recognition technology for paper documents received by the Internal Revenue Service.

1 clause Jan 25, 2024

s3633-118

Primary Sponsor Introduced

To amend the Coastal Zone Management Act of 1972 to allow the District of Columbia to receive Federal funding under such Act, and for other purposes.

1 clause Jan 22, 2024

hr4688-118

Primary Sponsor Reported

To direct the Administrator of General Services to sell the property known as the Webster School.

3 clauses Dec 5, 2023

s3027-118

Primary Sponsor Introduced

To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to extend the energy credit for qualified fuel cell property.

1 clause Oct 4, 2023

s2958-118

Primary Sponsor Reported

To amend the Coastal Barrier Resources Act to make improvements to that Act, and for other purposes.

8 clauses Sep 27, 2023
Government Architecture & Engineering Environment Real Estate

s2959-118

Primary Sponsor Reported

To amend the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980 to reauthorize brownfields revitalization funding, and for other purposes.

5 clauses Sep 27, 2023
Waste Management Real Estate Nonprofits State & Local Government

s2924-118

Primary Sponsor Reported

To amend title 31, United States Code, to improve the management of improper payments, and for other purposes.

7 clauses Sep 26, 2023
General Public Federal Administration

sres339-118

Primary Sponsor

Authorizing the Sergeant at Arms and Doorkeeper of the Senate to conduct a blood donation drive on September 28, 2023.

1 clause Sep 12, 2023

s2556-118

Primary Sponsor Introduced

To amend title XIX of the Social Security Act to ensure Medicaid coverage of mental health services and primary care services furnished on the same day.

1 clause Jul 27, 2023

s2564-118

Primary Sponsor Introduced

To amend the Food Security Act of 1985 to address emissions of certain greenhouse gasses and carbon storage through conservation incentive contracts.

0 clauses Jul 27, 2023

s2665-118

Primary Sponsor Introduced

To require the Secretary of Defense to provide to firefighters of the Department of Defense medical testing and related services to detect and prevent certain cancers.

1 clause Jul 27, 2023

s2459-118

Primary Sponsor Introduced

To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to ensure appropriate supervision requirements for outpatient physical therapy and outpatient occupational therapy, and for other purposes.

1 clause Jul 25, 2023

s2420-118

Primary Sponsor Introduced

To amend the District of Columbia Home Rule Act to provide for the automatic appointment of judges to the District of Columbia courts without the advice and consent of the Senate, and for other purposes.

1 clause Jul 20, 2023
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