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Protecting Faith-Based and Nonprofit Organizations From Terrorism Act of 2019

Bill: 116-s-1539
Sponsor: Sen. Portman, Rob [R-OH]
Introduced: 2019-05-16 in the Senate
Policy area: Emergency Management
Subjects: Emergency planning and evacuation
Social work, volunteer service, charitable organizations
Terrorism

Summary:
action_date: 2019-05-16
text: 

Protecting Faith-Based and Nonprofit Organizations From Terrorism Act of 2019

 
This bill establishes in the Department of Homeland Security a Nonprofit Security Grant Program, under which the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) shall make grants to eligible nonprofit organizations (tax-exempt organizations and those determined to be at risk of a terrorist attack) for target hardening and other security enhancements to protect against terrorist attacks.

action_date: 2019-09-10
text: 

Protecting Faith-Based and Nonprofit Organizations From Terrorism Act of 2019

 
This bill establishes in the Department of Homeland Security a Nonprofit Security Grant Program, under which the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) shall make grants to eligible nonprofit organizations (tax-exempt organizations and those determined to be at risk of a terrorist attack) for target hardening and other security enhancements to protect against terrorist attacks.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2019-09-10
text: Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 193.
action_date: 2019-09-10
text: Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs. Reported by Senator Johnson without amendment. With written report No. 116-89.
action_date: 2019-09-10
text: Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs. Reported by Senator Johnson without amendment. With written report No. 116-89.
action_date: 2019-06-19
text: Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs. Ordered to be reported without amendment favorably.
action_date: 2019-05-16
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.
action_date: 2019-05-16
text: Introduced in Senate
Election Security Act of 2019

Bill: 116-s-1540
Sponsor: Sen. Klobuchar, Amy [D-MN]
Introduced: 2019-05-16 in the Senate
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Subjects: Accounting and auditing
Buy American requirements
Computer security and identity theft
Congressional oversight
Disability and paralysis
Elections, voting, political campaign regulation
Government employee pay, benefits, personnel management
Government information and archives
Government studies and investigations
Intelligence activities, surveillance, classified information
Manufacturing
Public contracts and procurement
State and local government operations
Subversive activities
Technology assessment

Summary:
action_date: 2019-05-16
text: 

Election Security Act of 2019

 
This bill addresses election security through grant programs and requirements for voting systems and paper ballots.
 
The bill establishes requirements for voting systems, including that systems (1) use individual, durable, voter-verified paper ballots; (2) make a voter's marked ballot available for inspection and verification by the voter before the vote is cast; (3) ensure that individuals with disabilities are given an equivalent opportunity to vote, including with privacy and independence, in a manner that produces a voter-verified paper ballot; and (4) be manufactured in the United States.
 
The Election Assistance Commission (EAC) must award grants to study, test, and develop accessible voter-verified paper ballot voting and best practices to enhance the accessibility of such voting for individuals with disabilities, for voters whose primary language is not English, and for voters with difficulties in literacy.
 
The EAC must award grants to states to (1) replace certain voting systems, carry out voting system security improvements, and implement and model best practices for ballot design, ballot instructions, and the testing of ballots; and (2) conduct risk-limiting audits.
 
 The bill provides for information sharing with states regarding threats to election infrastructure.
 
The Department of Homeland Security must issue a national strategy to protect against cyberattacks, influence operations, disinformation campaigns, and other activities that could undermine the security and integrity of democratic institutions.
 
The EAC must provide for the testing of voting system hardware and software and decertify such technology that does not meet guidelines.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2019-05-16
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Rules and Administration.
action_date: 2019-05-16
text: Introduced in Senate
Tobacco-Free Youth Act

Bill: 116-s-1541
Sponsor: Sen. McConnell, Mitch [R-KY]
Introduced: 2019-05-20 in the Senate
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Child health
Department of Health and Human Services
Drug, alcohol, tobacco use
Food and Drug Administration (FDA)
Health programs administration and funding
Health promotion and preventive care
Marketing and advertising
Retail and wholesale trades
State and local government operations

Summary:
action_date: 2019-05-20
text: 

Tobacco-Free Youth Act

 
This bill raises the minimum age for purchasing tobacco products from 18 to 21.
 
States that do not comply with this restriction are ineligible for certain grant funding.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2019-05-20
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. (Sponsor introductory remarks on measure: CR S2964-2967; text: CR S2967)
action_date: 2019-05-20
text: Introduced in Senate
A bill to amend title 37, United States Code, to standardize payment of hazardous duty incentive pay for members performing parachute jumping as an essential part of military duty, and for other purposes.

Bill: 116-s-1542
Sponsor: Sen. Manchin, Joe, III [D-WV]
Introduced: 2019-05-20 in the Senate
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Military personnel and dependents
National Guard and reserves

Summary:
action_date: 2019-05-20
text: 
This bill provides hazardous duty incentive pay to members of an Armed Forces reserve component or the National Guard who perform a parachute jump as an essential part of their military duty. Currently, only active duty members are entitled to hazardous duty incentive pay for performing such duties.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2019-05-20
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Armed Services.
action_date: 2019-05-20
text: Introduced in Senate
Travel Trailer and Camper Tax Parity Act

Bill: 116-s-1543
Sponsor: Sen. Ernst, Joni [R-IA]
Introduced: 2019-05-20 in the Senate
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Business investment and capital
Income tax deductions
Interest, dividends, interest rates
Motor vehicles
Outdoor recreation

Summary:
action_date: 2019-05-20
text: 

Travel Trailer and Camper Tax Parity Act 

 
This bill modifies the limit on the tax deduction for business interest to include the financing of certain trailers and campers in the definition of "floor plan financing indebtedness." (Interest on floor plan financing indebtedness is exempt from the limit.)
 
Under current law, floor plan financing indebtedness is (1) used to finance the acquisition of motor vehicles held for sale or lease, and (2) secured by the acquired inventory. 
 
The bill specifies that, for the purpose of this definition, a motor vehicle includes any trailer or camper that is designed to (1) provide temporary living quarters for recreational, camping, or seasonal use; and (2) be towed by, or affixed to, a motor vehicle. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2019-05-20
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
action_date: 2019-05-20
text: Introduced in Senate
Medicare Access to Radiology Care Act of 2019

Bill: 116-s-1544
Sponsor: Sen. Boozman, John [R-AR]
Introduced: 2019-05-20 in the Senate
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Health care costs and insurance
Health care coverage and access
Health facilities and institutions
Health personnel
Medicare

Summary:
action_date: 2019-05-20
text: 

Medicare Access to Radiology Care Act of 2019

 
This bill provides for Medicare coverage of services that are furnished by a certified radiologist assistant under the supervision of a radiologist. Payment must be made to the supervising radiologist.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2019-05-20
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
action_date: 2019-05-20
text: Introduced in Senate
Fallen Warrior Battlefield Cross Memorial Act of 2019

Bill: 116-s-1545
Sponsor: Sen. Portman, Rob [R-OH]
Introduced: 2019-05-20 in the Senate
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Cemeteries and funerals
Monuments and memorials
Veterans' organizations and recognition

Summary:
action_date: 2019-05-20
text: 

Fallen Warrior Battlefield Cross Memorial Act
 
of 2019

 
This bill provides that the Department of Veterans Affairs may not prohibit the display of a Battlefield Cross in any national cemetery. 
 
A Battlefield Cross is a memorial monument in honor of deceased members of the Armed Forces.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2019-05-20
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
action_date: 2019-05-20
text: Introduced in Senate
ESCAPE Act

Bill: 116-s-1546
Sponsor: Sen. Markey, Edward J. [D-MA]
Introduced: 2019-05-20 in the Senate
Policy area: Transportation and Public Works
Subjects: Aviation and airports
Emergency planning and evacuation
First responders and emergency personnel
Floods and storm protection
Infrastructure development
Natural disasters
Navigation, waterways, harbors
Public transit
Railroads
Roads and highways
Transportation programs funding
Transportation safety and security

Summary:
action_date: 2019-05-20
text: 

Enhancing the Strength and Capacity of America's Primary Evacuation routes Act or the ESCAPE Act

 
This bill directs the Department of Transportation to (1) establish criteria for eligible entities to identify mass evacuation routes, (2) establish a competitive grant program to provide grants for resilience projects that strengthen and protect evacuation routes that are essential for providing and supporting mass evacuations caused by emergency events, and (3) provide grants to resilience projects that ensure the ability of the evacuation route to provide safe passage during a mass evacuation and reduce the risk of damage to evacuation routes as a result of future emergency events. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2019-05-20
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
action_date: 2019-05-20
text: Introduced in Senate
Restoring the Armed Career Criminal Act

Bill: 116-s-1547
Sponsor: Sen. Cotton, Tom [R-AR]
Introduced: 2019-05-20 in the Senate
Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement
Subjects: Criminal procedure and sentencing
Firearms and explosives
Violent crime

Summary:
action_date: 2019-05-20
text: 

Restoring the Armed Career Criminal Act

 
This bill modifies the prior convictions that trigger a 15-year enhanced mandatory minimum prison term for a defendant who commits a firearms offense after three or more such prior convictions.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2019-05-20
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2019-05-20
text: Introduced in Senate
Prohibiting Incentives for Corporations that Kickout Employees Tax (PICKET) Act

Bill: 116-s-1548
Sponsor: Sen. Tester, Jon [D-MT]
Introduced: 2019-05-20 in the Senate
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Corporate finance and management
Income tax credits
Income tax deductions
Income tax rates
Labor-management relations
Research and development
Temporary and part-time employment
Wages and earnings

Summary:
action_date: 2019-05-20
text: 

Prohibiting Incentives for Corporations that Kickout Employees Tax (PICKET) Act 

 
This bill increases the corporate income tax rate from 21% to 35% for corporations participating in a labor lockout during the taxable year. A "labor lockout" is a dispute involving a work stoppage, wherein an employer withholds work from its employees in order to gain a concession from them. 
 
The bill also denies certain tax deductions and credits for remuneration (including wages or other benefits) paid by the taxpayer to a temporary replacement worker during a labor lockout. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2019-05-20
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
action_date: 2019-05-20
text: Introduced in Senate
Labor Leave Act

Bill: 116-s-1549
Sponsor: Sen. Tester, Jon [D-MT]
Introduced: 2019-05-20 in the Senate
Policy area: Labor and Employment
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Department of Labor
Employee benefits and pensions
Employee leave
Health care costs and insurance
Health care coverage and access
Labor-management relations

Summary:
action_date: 2019-05-20
text: 

Labor Leave Act

 
This bill requires an employer to maintain an employee's health care coverage during any period the employee takes family and medical leave when the employer engages in a lockout during the period of leave. (In this bill, &quot;lockout&quot; means a labor dispute involving a work stoppage, in which an employer withholds work from its employees in order to gain a concession from the employees.)


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2019-05-20
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
action_date: 2019-05-20
text: Introduced in Senate
Helping to Encourage Real Opportunities (HERO) for At-Risk Youth Act of 2019

Bill: 116-s-1550
Sponsor: Sen. Durbin, Richard J. [D-IL]
Introduced: 2019-05-20 in the Senate
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Adoption and foster care
Economic development
Education of the disadvantaged
Income tax credits
Temporary and part-time employment
Unemployment
Wages and earnings
Youth employment and child labor

Summary:
action_date: 2019-05-20
text: 

Helping to Encourage Real Opportunities (HERO) for At-Risk Youth Act 

of 2019

 
This bill modifies the work opportunity tax credit to 
 
 
 change the credit for summer youth employees to a credit for youth employees who will be employed for not more than 20 hours per week during any period between September 16 and April 30 in which the individual is regularly attending any secondary school, 
 
 increase the amount of the credit for youth employees, and 
 
 expand the credit to include at-risk youth.
 
 
An &quot;at-risk youth&quot; is any individual who is certified by the designated local agency as
 
 
 having attained age 16 but not age 25 on the hiring date, 
 
 having not regularly attended specified schools or been employed during the six-month period preceding the hiring date, and 
 
not readily employable by reason of lacking a sufficient number of basic skills. 
 
 
The term also includes individuals who have been certified as having attained the age of 16 but not age 21 on the hiring date and as an eligible foster child who was in foster care during the 12-month period ending on the hiring date. 
 
The bill also extends until December 31, 2020, the designation period for certain tax-favored empowerment zones. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2019-05-20
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. (text: CR S2967)
action_date: 2019-05-20
text: Introduced in Senate
Creating Pathways for Youth Employment Act

Bill: 116-s-1551
Sponsor: Sen. Durbin, Richard J. [D-IL]
Introduced: 2019-05-20 in the Senate
Policy area: Labor and Employment
Subjects: Adoption and foster care
Community life and organization
Education of the disadvantaged
Employment and training programs
Homelessness and emergency shelter
Indian social and development programs
Juvenile crime and gang violence
Minority employment
Temporary and part-time employment
Unemployment
Wages and earnings
Youth employment and child labor

Summary:
action_date: 2019-05-20
text: 

Creating Pathways for Youth Employment Act

 
This bill authorizes the Department of Labor to make available the following amounts for youth employment programs:
 
 
up to $1.5 billion to provide youth ages 14-24 with subsidized summer employment opportunities,
 
and up to $2 billion to provide them with subsidized year-round employment opportunities. 
 
 
Labor must award (1) one-year planning and three-year implementation grants out of the subsidized summer employment opportunities funding, and (2) similar grants out of the subsidized year-round employment opportunities funding. 
 
To be eligible to receive these grants, an entity must be a state, local government, Indian tribe or tribal organization, or community-based organization that meets certain partnership requirements of this bill.
 
Labor shall establish performance measures to carry out annual reviews of each grant recipient.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2019-05-20
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. (text: CR S2967-2971)
action_date: 2019-05-20
text: Introduced in Senate
Marijuana Freedom and Opportunity Act

Bill: 116-s-1552
Sponsor: Sen. Schumer, Charles E. [D-NY]
Introduced: 2019-05-20 in the Senate
Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement
Subjects: Child safety and welfare
Criminal justice information and records
Criminal procedure and sentencing
Drug trafficking and controlled substances
Forests, forestry, trees
Government trust funds
Law enforcement administration and funding
Marketing and advertising
Medical research
Minority employment
Research administration and funding
Sales and excise taxes
Small business
Transportation safety and security
Women in business

Summary:
action_date: 2019-05-20
text: 

Marijuana Freedom and Opportunity Act
 
This bill decriminalizes marijuana. 
Specifically, it removes marijuana from the list of scheduled substances under the Controlled Substances Act and eliminates criminal penalties for an individual who imports, exports, manufactures, distributes, or possesses with intent to distribute marijuana. 
Additionally, the bill does the following:
 
establishes a trust fund to assist women-owned and minority-owned marijuana businesses, 
 
 requires federal research on the impacts of marijuana use on highway safety and public health, 
 
authorizes federal restrictions on the marketing of marijuana-related products, and 
 
authorizes grants for state and local governments to expunge or seal convictions for marijuana possession. 
 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2019-05-20
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. (text: CR S2971-2972)
action_date: 2019-05-20
text: Introduced in Senate
End the Threat of Default Act

Bill: 116-s-1553
Sponsor: Sen. Schatz, Brian [D-HI]
Introduced: 2019-05-21 in the Senate
Policy area: Economics and Public Finance
Subjects: Budget deficits and national debt

Summary:
action_date: 2019-05-21
text: 

End the Threat of Default Act

 
This bill repeals the public debt limit, which applies to most debt held by the federal government. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2020-02-25
text: Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs. Hearings held.
action_date: 2019-05-21
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
action_date: 2019-05-21
text: Introduced in Senate
Adoptee Citizenship Act of 2019

Bill: 116-s-1554
Sponsor: Sen. Blunt, Roy [R-MO]
Introduced: 2019-05-21 in the Senate
Policy area: Immigration
Subjects: Adoption and foster care
Citizenship and naturalization
Criminal justice information and records
Immigration status and procedures
Visas and passports

Summary:
action_date: 2019-05-21
text: 

Adoptee Citizenship Act of 2019

 
This bill provides for the automatic acquisition of citizenship for certain individuals adopted by a U.S. citizen.
 
A child born outside the United States and adopted by a U.S. citizen shall automatically acquire citizenship upon meeting certain requirements, regardless of when the adoption was finalized. Currently, adoptees who were over the age of 18 on February 27, 2001, do not automatically acquire citizenship.
 
An individual born outside the United States and residing in the United States shall automatically acquire citizenship if the individual (1) was adopted by a citizen before becoming 18 years old, (2) was physically present in the United States in the citizen parent's custody pursuant to lawful admission before becoming 18 years old, (3) never acquired citizenship before this bill's enactment, and (4) was lawfully residing in the United States on this bill's enactment date. 
 
An individual born outside the United States and residing outside the United States but who otherwise meets all of the requirements shall automatically acquire citizenship upon being physically present in the United States pursuant to lawful admission. Such an individual shall be subject to a background check. If the background check reveals the individual has committed a crime that was not properly resolved, the individual may not receive a visa unless the Department of Homeland Security and Department of State have coordinated with law enforcement to ensure that action was taken to resolve the issue.
 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2019-05-21
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2019-05-21
text: Introduced in Senate
IMPROVE Transition for Servicemembers Act

Bill: 116-s-1555
Sponsor: Sen. Crapo, Mike [R-ID]
Introduced: 2019-05-21 in the Senate
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Community life and organization
Congressional oversight
Department of Defense
Digital media
Employee hiring
Employment and training programs
Government employee pay, benefits, personnel management
Government information and archives
Government studies and investigations
Internet and video services
Internet, web applications, social media
Mental health
Military command and structure
Military education and training
Military facilities and property
Military personnel and dependents
State and local government operations
Veterans' education, employment, rehabilitation
Veterans' loans, housing, homeless programs
Veterans' medical care

Summary:
action_date: 2019-05-21
text: 

Improving Preparation and Resources for Occupational, Vocational, and Educational Transition for Servicemembers Act or the IMPROVE Transition for Servicemembers Act

 
This bill revises provisions that require the Department of Defense (DOD) and, with respect to the Coast Guard, the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) to operate a program providing individual pre-separation counseling and services to assist members of the Armed Forces who are transitioning to civilian life. The bill's changes include (1) revising various deadlines in the transition program, (2) requiring the use of surveys and electronic systems to track the progress of participating individuals, and (3) establishing a program to provide Armed Forces members with information about the transition program and about career and educational opportunities available during military service.
 
DOD and DHS must annually report on the furnishing of such pre-separation counseling, information, and services. 
 
The Government Accountability Office must report on service member participation in transition assistance programs at small and remote military installations.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2019-05-21
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Armed Services.
action_date: 2019-05-21
text: Introduced in Senate