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Commerce Committee Approves and Sends 5 Bills to the Senate Floor

March 22, 2023

Today, the U.S. Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation during an executive session approved 5 bills that will increase drug pricing transparency, ensure the modernization of the FAA’s NOTAM system, require privacy disclosures in many household smart devices, enhance marine debris cleanup and grow our maritime workforce.

The following actions were taken during today’s executive session.

Approved:

  1. S. 127, the Pharmacy Benefit Manager Transparency Act of 2023 as amended by
    1. Cantwell substitute (as modified)
    2. Budd_1 (as modified), _2 (as modified), and _3 (as modified)
    3. Cruz_4, _5, _6, _7, and _8
    4. Tester-Capito_1
  2. S. 66, the NOTAM Improvement Act of 2023 as amended by
    1. Klobuchar-Moran-Capito substitute
    2. Klobuchar_1 and _2
  3. S. 90, the Informing Consumers About Smart Devices Act as amended by
    1. Lujan_1 (as modified)
      1. Markey_1 to Lujan_1 (as modified)
  4. S. 318, the Save our Seas 2.0 Amendments Act as amended by 
    1. Sullivan substitute (as modified)
  5. S. 467, the CADETS Act
    1. Cruz_1