U.S. Senators Todd Young (R-Ind.), Maggie Hassan (D-N.H.), Mike Braun (R-Ind.), and Tim Kaine (D-Va.) reintroduced the Innovation Zone (IZ) Act, which would reform the underutilized and inefficient Experimental Sites Initiative (ESI) authorized under the Higher Education Act. The IZ Act would rename experimental sites to “Innovation Zones” to better reflect the program’s mission of encouraging higher education institutions to pursue
Thursday, U.S. Senators Todd Young (R-Ind.) and Tom Carper (D-Del.) introduced the Barcode Automation for Revenue Collection to Organize Disbursement and Enhance (BARCODE) Efficiency Act, legislation that would greatly improve the processing of Internal Revenue Service (IRS) paper tax returns. While the use of e-filing has grown exponentially since its inception, millions of taxpayers choose to
Today, U.S. Senators Todd Young (R-Ind.), a member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, Tim Kaine (D-Va.), Chris Murphy (D-Conn.), and Mike Lee (R-Utah) pressed the Biden Administration on its strategy in response to Houthi attacks in the Red Sea. While the senators expressed support for smart steps to defend against and deter Houthi aggression,
U.S. Senators Todd Young (R-Ind.), John Cornyn (R-Texas), Mark Warner (D-Va.), Angus King (I-Maine), and James Lankford (R-Okla.) introduced the Critical Minerals Security Act, which would help secure U.S. access to critical mineral supply chains and counter Chinese industry dominance. The legislation would direct the U.S. Department of the Interior to evaluate the global supply and
The Carl Levin Center for Oversight and Democracy, a nonpartisan organization supporting legislative efforts to enhance accountability at all levels of government, recognized U.S. Senators Todd Young (R-Ind.), Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa), Ron Wyden (D-Ore.), and Ben Cardin (D-Md.) for their work to enhance competition in the U.S. organ transplant system. “Government services shouldn’t prioritize industry