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Credit Access and Inclusion Act of 2019

Bill: 116-s-1828
Sponsor: Sen. Scott, Tim [R-SC]
Introduced: 2019-06-13 in the Senate
Policy area: Finance and Financial Sector
Subjects: Congressional oversight
Consumer credit
Debt collection
Government studies and investigations
Low- and moderate-income housing
Public utilities and utility rates

Summary:
action_date: 2019-06-13
text: 

Credit Access and Inclusion Act of 2019

 
This bill allows for the reporting of certain positive consumer-credit information to consumer reporting agencies. Specifically, a person or the Department of Housing and Urban Development may report information related to a consumer's performance in making payments either under a lease agreement for a dwelling or pursuant to a contract for a utility or telecommunications service. However, information about a consumer's usage of any utility or telecommunications service may be reported only to the extent that the information relates to payment by the consumer for such service or other terms of the provision of that service. Furthermore, an energy-utility firm may not report a consumer's outstanding balance as late if the firm and the consumer have entered into a payment plan and the consumer is meeting the obligations of that plan.
 
Specified provisions that establish civil liability with respect to furnishers of information to consumer reporting agencies shall not apply to any violation of the bill.
 
The Government Accountability Office must report on the consumer impact of such reporting.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2019-06-13
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs.
action_date: 2019-06-13
text: Introduced in Senate
GREAT Act

Bill: 116-s-1829
Sponsor: Sen. Lankford, James [R-OK]
Introduced: 2019-06-13 in the Senate
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Subjects: Accounting and auditing
Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Computers and information technology
Congressional oversight
Government ethics and transparency, public corruption
Government information and archives
Government trust funds
Office of Management and Budget (OMB)

Summary:
action_date: 2019-06-13
text: 

Grant Reporting Efficiency and Agreements Transparency Act of 2019 or the GREAT Act

 
This bill requires the establishment and use of data standards for information reported by recipients of federal grants.
 
The bill requires the Office of Management and Budget, jointly with the executive department that issues the most federal grant awards, to (1) establish government-wide data standards for information reported by grant recipients, (2) issue guidance directing federal agencies to apply those standards, and (3) require the publication of recipient-reported data collected from all agencies on a single public website.
 
Each agency shall ensure its awards use the data standards for future information collection requests.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2019-06-13
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.
action_date: 2019-06-13
text: Introduced in Senate
Energy Security Cooperation with Allied Partners in Europe Act of 2019

Bill: 116-s-1830
Sponsor: Sen. Barrasso, John [R-WY]
Introduced: 2019-06-13 in the Senate
Policy area: International Affairs
Subjects: Alliances
Asia
Collective security
Competitiveness, trade promotion, trade deficits
Congressional oversight
Energy storage, supplies, demand
Europe
European Union
Foreign aid and international relief
Foreign and international banking
Foreign loans and debt
Foreign property
Free trade and trade barriers
Germany
International monetary system and foreign exchange
Japan
Licensing and registrations
Military assistance, sales, and agreements
Oil and gas
Pipelines
Presidents and presidential powers, Vice Presidents
Public contracts and procurement
Russia
Sanctions
Technology transfer and commercialization
Trade agreements and negotiations
Trade restrictions
U.S. and foreign investments
Ukraine
Visas and passports

Summary:
action_date: 2019-06-13
text: 

Energy Security Cooperation with Allied Partners in Europe Act of 2019

 
This bill establishes requirements related to U.S. international energy strategy.
 
Applications to export natural gas to North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) member countries, Japan, and certain other countries shall be granted on an expedited basis without modification or delay. 
 
The President shall impose sanctions on a person that provides certain equipment, investment, or services to the Russian government or related entities for constructing or servicing Russian energy export pipelines. 
 
The Department of State shall report to Congress on a strategy to enhance the energy security of NATO member countries and increase U.S. energy exports to such countries.

action_date: 2019-12-17
text: 

Energy Security Cooperation with Allied Partners in Europe Act of 2019

 
This bill establishes and modifies provisions related to U.S. international energy strategy. 
 
Applications to export natural gas to North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) member countries, Japan, and certain other countries shall be granted on an expedited basis without modification or delay. 
 
The Department of State shall report to Congress on a strategy to enhance the energy security of NATO member countries and increase U.S. energy exports to such countries.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2019-12-17
text: Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 334.
action_date: 2019-12-17
text: Committee on Foreign Relations. Reported by Senator Risch with an amendment in the nature of a substitute. Without written report.
action_date: 2019-12-17
text: Committee on Foreign Relations. Reported by Senator Risch with an amendment in the nature of a substitute. Without written report.
action_date: 2019-12-11
text: Committee on Foreign Relations. Ordered to be reported with an amendment in the nature of a substitute favorably.
action_date: 2019-06-13
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations.
action_date: 2019-06-13
text: Introduced in Senate
3D Printed Gun Safety Act of 2019

Bill: 116-s-1831
Sponsor: Sen. Markey, Edward J. [D-MA]
Introduced: 2019-06-13 in the Senate
Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement
Subjects: Computers and information technology
Digital media
Firearms and explosives
Internet and video services
Internet, web applications, social media
Manufacturing

Summary:
action_date: 2019-06-13
text: 

3D Printed Gun Safety Act of 2019

 
This bill makes it unlawful to intentionally publish digital instructions for programming a three-dimensional printer to make a firearm. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2019-06-13
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2019-06-13
text: Introduced in Senate
Smoke-Free Schools Act of 2019

Bill: 116-s-1832
Sponsor: Sen. Udall, Tom [D-NM]
Introduced: 2019-06-13 in the Senate
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Child health
Drug, alcohol, tobacco use
Elementary and secondary education
Government information and archives
Libraries and archives
Preschool education

Summary:
action_date: 2019-06-13
text: 

Smoke-Free Schools Act of 2019

 
This bill prohibits the use of any tobacco product (e.g., electronic nicotine delivery systems such as e-cigarettes) in an indoor facility that is regularly used for children's services, including health care, day care, early development, education, or library services. Current law prohibits smoking in such facilities.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2019-06-13
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
action_date: 2019-06-13
text: Introduced in Senate
Deceptive Practices and Voter Intimidation Prevention Act of 2019

Bill: 116-s-1834
Sponsor: Sen. Cardin, Benjamin L. [D-MD]
Introduced: 2019-06-13 in the Senate
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Civil actions and liability
Congressional elections
Congressional oversight
Criminal investigation, prosecution, interrogation
Criminal procedure and sentencing
Elections, voting, political campaign regulation
Fraud offenses and financial crimes
Government information and archives
Political advertising
U.S. Sentencing Commission
Voting rights

Summary:
action_date: 2019-06-13
text: 

Deceptive Practices and Voter Intimidation Prevention Act of 2019

 
This bill generally prohibits deceptive practices, false statements, and voter interference regarding federal elections. Specifically, the bill prohibits any person, within 60 days before an election, from communicating, causing to be communicated, or producing for communication certain information on voting, if the person (1) knows such information to be materially false, and (2) has the intent to impede or prevent another person from exercising the right to vote in an election.

The bill also prohibits false statements regarding public endorsements and hindering, interfering with, or preventing voting or registering to vote.
 
A private right of action for preventive relief is established for persons aggrieved by violations of these prohibitions.
 
Criminal penalties are also established for violations.
 
If the Department of Justice (DOJ) receives a credible report that materially false information has been or is being communicated in violation of these prohibitions, DOJ must communicate to the public accurate information designed to correct the materially false information.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2019-06-13
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2019-06-13
text: Introduced in Senate
21st Century Assistive Technology Act

Bill: 116-s-1835
Sponsor: Sen. Casey, Robert P., Jr. [D-PA]
Introduced: 2019-06-13 in the Senate
Policy area: Social Welfare
Subjects: Advisory bodies
Aging
Disability and paralysis
Disability assistance
Health technology, devices, supplies
Rural conditions and development
Veterans' education, employment, rehabilitation

Summary:
action_date: 2019-06-13
text: 

21st Century Assistive Technology Act

 
This bill reauthorizes through FY2024, modifies the funding allocations for, and makes administrative and other changes to certain grants and programs to increase access to assistive technology devices and assistive technology services for individuals with disabilities. These devices include any item, piece of equipment, or system that is used to maintain or improve the functional capabilities of individuals with disabilities (e.g., wheelchairs, hearing aids, or screen readers and computer software), and an assistive technology service is a service that directly assists an individual with a disability with selecting or using such devices, including by evaluating the individual's needs or expanding access to such devices and technology.
 
Among other changes, the bill revises requirements for certain technical assistance to support grant recipients with data collection and other activities, increases requirements for collaboration between agencies that are implementing certain state grants for assistive technology and other state agencies that receive other sources of federal funding for this technology, and includes older adults more explicitly in the scope of particular programs.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2019-06-13
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
action_date: 2019-06-13
text: Introduced in Senate
AFSFA Act

Bill: 116-s-1836
Sponsor: Sen. Casey, Robert P., Jr. [D-PA]
Introduced: 2019-06-13 in the Senate
Policy area: Social Welfare
Subjects: Advisory bodies
Disability and paralysis
Disability assistance
Elementary and secondary education
Hearing, speech, and vision care
Higher education
Language arts
Science and engineering education
Special education
Teaching, teachers, curricula

Summary:
action_date: 2019-06-13
text: 

Access to Free Speech for All Act or the AFSFA Act

 
This bill requires the Department of Health and Human Services to support national resource centers, as well as to establish an advisory committee, to address augmentative and alternative communication devices, services, and supports (which supplement or replace speech or sign language for individuals with disabilities that inhibit those forms of communication).


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2019-06-13
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
action_date: 2019-06-13
text: Introduced in Senate
PIPE Act

Bill: 116-s-1837
Sponsor: Sen. Gillibrand, Kirsten E. [D-NY]
Introduced: 2019-06-13 in the Senate
Policy area: Environmental Protection
Subjects: Buy American requirements
Congressional oversight
Labor standards
Public contracts and procurement
Solid waste and recycling
Wages and earnings
Water quality
Water resources funding
Water use and supply

Summary:
action_date: 2019-06-13
text: 

Protecting Infrastructure and Promoting the Economy Act or the PIPE Act

 
This bill requires the Environmental Protection Agency to establish a grant program for drinking water or wastewater infrastructure projects.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2019-06-13
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works.
action_date: 2019-06-13
text: Introduced in Senate
Modern, Clean, and Safe Trucks Act of 2019

Bill: 116-s-1839
Sponsor: Sen. Gardner, Cory [R-CO]
Introduced: 2019-06-13 in the Senate
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Motor carriers
Motor vehicles
Sales and excise taxes

Summary:
action_date: 2019-06-13
text: 

 Modern, Clean, and Safe Trucks Act of 2019 

 
This bill repeals the 12% excise tax on the retail sale of heavy trucks and trailers. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2019-06-13
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
action_date: 2019-06-13
text: Introduced in Senate
A bill to establish certain requirements for the small refineries exemption of the renewable fuels provisions under the Clean Air Act, and for other purposes.

Bill: 116-s-1840
Sponsor: Sen. Fischer, Deb [R-NE]
Introduced: 2019-06-13 in the Senate
Policy area: Environmental Protection
Subjects: Administrative remedies
Air quality
Alternative and renewable resources
Congressional oversight
Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)
Government information and archives
Motor fuels
Oil and gas

Summary:
action_date: 2019-06-13
text: 
This bill revises requirements for exemptions given to small refineries of crude oil under the renewable fuel program, which requires transportation fuel to contain a minimum volume of renewable fuel.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2019-06-13
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works.
action_date: 2019-06-13
text: Introduced in Senate
Financing Our Energy Future Act

Bill: 116-s-1841
Sponsor: Sen. Coons, Christopher A. [D-DE]
Introduced: 2019-06-13 in the Senate
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Air quality
Alternative and renewable resources
Climate change and greenhouse gases
Corporate finance and management
Electric power generation and transmission
Energy efficiency and conservation
Energy storage, supplies, demand
Lighting, heating, cooling
Motor fuels
Solid waste and recycling
Tax administration and collection, taxpayers

Summary:
action_date: 2019-06-13
text: 

Financing Our Energy Future Act

 
 This bill amends the Internal Revenue Code, with respect to the tax treatment of publicly traded partnerships as corporations, to expand the definition of &quot;qualifying income&quot; for such partnerships (known as master limited partnerships) to include income and gains from renewable and alternative energy generation projects (in addition to fossil fuel-based energy generation projects) and related infrastructure for transportation or storage, including energy derived from thermal resources, waste, renewable fuels and chemicals, energy efficient buildings, gasification, and carbon capture in secure geological storage.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2019-06-13
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
action_date: 2019-06-13
text: Introduced in Senate
Protecting Personal Health Data Act

Bill: 116-s-1842
Sponsor: Sen. Klobuchar, Amy [D-MN]
Introduced: 2019-06-13 in the Senate
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Advisory bodies
Congressional oversight
Consumer affairs
Department of Health and Human Services
Executive agency funding and structure
Genetics
Government information and archives
Government studies and investigations
Health information and medical records
Health technology, devices, supplies
Marketing and advertising
Right of privacy

Summary:
action_date: 2019-06-13
text: 

Protecting Personal Health Data Act

 
This bill directs the Department of Health and Human Services to regulate consumer devices, services, applications, and software that (1) are primarily designed for or marketed to consumers; (2) primarily collect or use personal health data; and (3) are not primarily designed for use by entities such as health care plans, providers, or clearinghouses.
 
The bill also establishes a national task force on health data protection. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2019-06-13
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
action_date: 2019-06-13
text: Introduced in Senate
Outsourcing Accountability Act of 2019

Bill: 116-s-1843
Sponsor: Sen. Peters, Gary C. [D-MI]
Introduced: 2019-06-13 in the Senate
Policy area: Finance and Financial Sector
Subjects: Business records
Corporate finance and management
Financial services and investments
Foreign and international corporations
Foreign labor
Securities
Unemployment

Summary:
action_date: 2019-06-13
text: 

Outsourcing Accountability Act of 2019

 
This bill requires an issuer that is registered with the Securities and Exchange Commission to disclose specified information related to the number of domestic and foreign employees of the issuer and its subsidiaries.
 
An issuer that is an emerging growth company (in general, a newly public company with revenues below a specified threshold) shall be exempt from the bill's disclosure requirement.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2019-06-13
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs.
action_date: 2019-06-13
text: Introduced in Senate
Handgun Purchaser Licensing Act

Bill: 116-s-1844
Sponsor: Sen. Van Hollen, Chris [D-MD]
Introduced: 2019-06-13 in the Senate
Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement
Subjects: Criminal justice information and records
Firearms and explosives
Law enforcement administration and funding
Licensing and registrations

Summary:
action_date: 2019-06-13
text: 

Handgun Purchaser Licensing Act

 
This bill authorizes a grant program for states, local governments, and Indian tribes to implement and evaluate handgun purchaser licensing requirements.

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2019-06-13
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2019-06-13
text: Introduced in Senate
If It's Good Enough For the Banks, It's Good Enough For Students Act

Bill: 116-s-1845
Sponsor: Sen. Merkley, Jeff [D-OR]
Introduced: 2019-06-13 in the Senate
Policy area: Education
Subjects: Education programs funding
Government lending and loan guarantees
Higher education
Interest, dividends, interest rates
Student aid and college costs

Summary:
action_date: 2019-06-13
text: 

If It's Good Enough For the Banks, It's Good Enough For Students Act

 
This bill establishes a program that allows qualified borrowers to refinance their Federal Direct Loans down to the lower interest rates offered to banks by the Federal Reserve System (i.e., through the discount window). The refinanced interest rate is fixed for the period of the loan.
 
The bill also directs the Department of Education and the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau to carry out a campaign to notify qualified borrowers who are not in default on their loans that they are eligible to apply for refinancing under the program within a two-year period.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2019-06-13
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
action_date: 2019-06-13
text: Introduced in Senate
Affordability is Access Act

Bill: 116-s-1847
Sponsor: Sen. Murray, Patty [D-WA]
Introduced: 2019-06-13 in the Senate
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Drug safety, medical device, and laboratory regulation
Family planning and birth control
Health care costs and insurance
Health care coverage and access
Health promotion and preventive care
Medical research
Research and development
Retail and wholesale trades
Women's health

Summary:
action_date: 2019-06-13
text: 

Affordability is Access Act

 
This bill establishes several requirements relating to health-insurance coverage of, and access to, over-the-counter contraceptives.
 
Specifically, the bill requires the Department of Health and Human Services, the Department of Labor, and the Department of the Treasury to specify that private health-insurance plans must cover over-the-counter contraceptives that are approved by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA), even without a prescription. Under current law, private health-insurance plans (with some exceptions) must cover FDA-approved prescription contraceptives, without cost-sharing requirements.
 
The bill also prohibits retailers from interfering with an individual's access to oral contraceptives that are meant for routine, daily use and are FDA-approved for use without a prescription.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2019-06-13
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
action_date: 2019-06-13
text: Introduced in Senate
Dynamic Glass Act

Bill: 116-s-1848
Sponsor: Sen. Wicker, Roger F. [R-MS]
Introduced: 2019-06-13 in the Senate
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Alternative and renewable resources
Business investment and capital
Electric power generation and transmission
Income tax credits
Lighting, heating, cooling
Materials

Summary:
action_date: 2019-06-13
text: 

Dynamic Glass Act

 
This bill classifies electrochromic glass as energy property for purposes of the energy tax credit. The bill defines "electrochromic glass" as glass which uses electricity to change its light transmittance properties to heat or cool a structure. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2019-06-13
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
action_date: 2019-06-13
text: Introduced in Senate
Accelerating Forest Restoration Act of 2019

Bill: 116-s-1849
Sponsor: Sen. McSally, Martha [R-AZ]
Introduced: 2019-06-13 in the Senate
Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources
Subjects: Arizona
Competitiveness, trade promotion, trade deficits
Ecology
Forests, forestry, trees
Motor vehicles

Summary:
action_date: 2019-06-13
text: 

Accelerating Forest Restoration Act of 2019

 
This bill authorizes the Department of Agriculture (USDA) to designate a forest restoration byproduct as a low-value or no-value restoration byproduct if it was harvested in accordance with the requirements of the Collaborative Forest Landscape Restoration Program and is within any geographic area of the Four Forests Restoration Initiative. 
 
USDA must permit unprocessed forest restoration byproducts and low-value and no-value restoration byproducts to be exported from the United States. Furthermore, USDA must exclude low-value or no-value restoration byproducts from the requirement to paint, brand, or hammerstamp timber. 
 
The bill also sets forth provisions regarding certain vehicles and equipment used in projects under the restoration program. 
 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2019-06-13
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
action_date: 2019-06-13
text: Introduced in Senate