Raphael Warnock

This resolution requests that the Department of State provide Congress with an unclassified statement regarding Israel's human rights practices.

The resolution specifies that the statement should include certain elements, including (1) all credible information concerning the alleged killing of nine specified U.S. citizens and any other U.S. citizens by the Israeli Defense Forces, Israeli security forces, or Israeli settlers in 2022 or later; (2) all credible information concerning the identities of potential suspects in the killings; and (3) details on any steps taken by Israeli authorities to investigate the killings and hold accountable those responsible.

The statement should also include other elements, such as assessments of U.S. citizens currently held in Israeli prisons and the human rights situation of Palestinian children in Israeli military detention in the West Bank.

Motion Picture, Television, and Entertainment Revitalization Act

This bill establishes a federal business tax credit for a percentage of the compensation paid for services performed in the United States related to a qualified film or television production. (Conditions and exceptions apply.)

The bill defines a qualified film or television production as any production that is

• a feature film, television pilot, or television season;

• produced in the ordinary course of business for commercial purposes;

• capitalized;

• completed during the tax year with more than $1 million in total costs; and

• filmed in the United States for 75% of the photography days.

Under the bill, various types of programming are not a qualified film or television production, including news programs, live sporting events, and programming intended primarily for social media platforms.

The amount of the tax credit is 20% (base tax credit percentage) of the compensation paid for services performed in the United States related to a qualified film or television production. The base tax credit percentage increases by increments of 5% (up to a maximum tax credit percentage of 30%) if

• at least 30% of the production is filmed in a federally declared disaster area or rural qualified opportunity zone,

• the production is independently produced, or

• the production meets certain multi-state or increased domestic production requirements.

Special rules apply to animations, visual effects productions, and post-production activities.

Finally, the tax credit may be transferred to an unrelated third party in exchange for cash.

Don’t Sell My DNA Act

This bill establishes protections for genetic information (e.g., information about an individual's genetic tests) in bankruptcy, particularly genetic information held by companies.

In bankruptcies, a trustee is appointed to arrange for the use, sale, or lease of property of the debtor’s estate. The bill provides that if the property of the estate includes genetic information, all affected persons—including those not involved in the bankruptcy—must consent in writing to the use, sale, or lease of the genetic information after the commencement of the bankruptcy case.

The trustee or debtor in a Chapter 11 (reorganization) bankruptcy must delete such genetic information if it is not disposed of in accordance with this bill.