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Jeff Merkley

Jeff Merkley

D OR · Senate

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Policy Effects

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Unemployment Trust Fund United States Capitol Police United States Central Command United States Coast Guard United States European Command United States Secret Service Unmanned Aircraft Systems Unmanned Systems Industry Unmanned Systems Operators Urban Development Urban Planning Services Utilities Venture Capital Veterans Veterinary Services Volunteers WIC Waste Management Waste Treatment And Disposal Water Infrastructure Water Supply Water Supply And Irrigation Systems Weather & Ocean Services Western Balkans Economy Whistleblowers Wildfire Suppression Wildlife & Ecosystems Wildlife Trafficking Worker Safety Training Youth Youth Development Youth Programs
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s4543-119

Cosponsor In Committee

Extinction Prevention Act of 2026

24 clauses May 14, 2026

s2753-119

Cosponsor Reported

Urban Canal Modernization Act

1 clause Sep 10, 2025
Government General Public Taxpayers Water Infrastructure

s1730-119

Cosponsor Introduced

To provide adequate funding for water and sewer infrastructure, and for other purposes.

6 clauses May 13, 2025
Construction Labor Government General Public

s1092-119

Primary Sponsor Passed Senate

WIPPES Act

5 clauses Mar 24, 2025
Administration Of Economic Programs Manufacturing Nonwoven Fabric Mills Sewage Treatment Facilities

s1606-118

Cosponsor Introduced

To end preventable maternal mortality, severe maternal morbidity, and maternal health disparities in the United States, and for other purposes.

45 clauses May 15, 2023
Law Enforcement

s1440-118

Cosponsor Introduced

To establish a program to award grants to entities that provide transportation connectors from critically underserved communities to green spaces, and for other purposes.

1 clause May 4, 2023

s1310-118

Cosponsor Introduced

To designate as wilderness certain Federal portions of the red rock canyons of the Colorado Plateau and the Great Basin Deserts in the State of Utah for the benefit of present and future generations of people in the United States.

9 clauses Apr 26, 2023
Law Enforcement

s1275-118

Cosponsor Introduced

To impose limitations on attorney fees for Federal causes of action relating to water at Camp Lejeune, North Carolina, and for other purposes.

1 clause Apr 25, 2023

s1239-118

Cosponsor Introduced

To promote environmental literacy.

9 clauses Apr 20, 2023

s1229-118

Cosponsor Introduced

To establish a Green New Deal for Health to prepare and empower the health care sector to protect the health and well-being of our workers, our communities, and our planet in the face of the climate crisis, and for other purposes.

29 clauses Apr 20, 2023
Law Enforcement

s1194-118

Cosponsor Introduced

To require the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency to carry out certain activities to improve recycling and composting programs in the United States, and for other purposes.

17 clauses Apr 19, 2023

sres159-118

Cosponsor In Committee

Recognizing the designation of the week of April 11 through April 17, 2023, as the sixth annual Black Maternal Health Week to bring national attention to the maternal health crisis in the United States and the importance of reducing maternal mortality and morbidity among Black women and birthing persons.

1 clause Apr 18, 2023

s919-118

Cosponsor Introduced

To restore, reaffirm, and reconcile environmental justice and civil rights, and for other purposes.

33 clauses Mar 22, 2023
Law Enforcement

s938-118

Cosponsor Introduced

To establish a trust fund to provide for adequate funding for water and sewer infrastructure, and for other purposes.

7 clauses Mar 22, 2023
Law Enforcement

s661-118

Cosponsor Introduced

To require an interagency study on the environmental and energy impacts of crypto-asset mining, to assess crypto-asset mining compliance with the Clean Air Act, and for other purposes.

4 clauses Mar 6, 2023

s202-118

Primary Sponsor Introduced

To amend the Omnibus Public Land Management Act of 2009 to reauthorize the Collaborative Forest Landscape Restoration Program, and for other purposes.

1 clause Feb 1, 2023

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