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GREEN Streets Act

Bill: 116-s-2084
Sponsor: Sen. Markey, Edward J. [D-MA]
Introduced: 2019-07-10 in the Senate
Policy area: Transportation and Public Works
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Air quality
Climate change and greenhouse gases
Department of Transportation
Environmental assessment, monitoring, research
Food supply, safety, and labeling
Government information and archives
Health care coverage and access
Land use and conservation
Pedestrians and bicycling
Performance measurement
Public transit
Regional and metropolitan planning
Roads and highways
State and local government operations
Transportation programs funding

Summary:
action_date: 2019-07-10
text: 

Generating Resilient, Environmentally Exceptional National Streets Act or the
 
GREEN Streets Act 

 
This bill establishes national goals to reduce carbon dioxide and other greenhouse gas emissions and improve the resilience of the transportation system.
 
Specifically, the bill directs
 
 
the Department of Transportation (DOT) to establish minimum standards for states to decrease greenhouse gas emissions and per capita vehicle miles traveled (VMTs) on the National Highway System;
 
DOT to establish measures for states to assess and reduce carbon dioxide;
 
states and metropolitan planning organizations (MPOs) to consider projects and strategies that reduce carbon dioxide and other greenhouse gas emissions and decrease per capita VMT's;
 
states and MPOs to publish an analysis of the impact on per capita VMTs and mobile source greenhouse gas emissions for each project that adds new lanes or otherwise increases traffic capacity and costs more than $25 million;
 
states that are out of compliance with the per capita VMT standards or carbon dioxide or greenhouse gas emission measures to dedicate federal highway funding to achieve compliance; and
 
DOT to establish national transit access standards and performance measures for transit accessibility, transit stop distance, and transit mode share.
 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2019-07-10
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works.
action_date: 2019-07-10
text: Introduced in Senate
Never Again Education Act

Bill: 116-s-2085
Sponsor: Sen. Rosen, Jacky [D-NV]
Introduced: 2019-07-10 in the Senate
Policy area: Education
Subjects: Advisory bodies
Congressional oversight
Education programs funding
Elementary and secondary education
Europe
Germany
Internet and video services
Internet, web applications, social media
Teaching, teachers, curricula
War crimes, genocide, crimes against humanity
World history

Summary:
action_date: 2019-07-10
text: 

Never Again Education Act

 
This bill creates the Holocaust Education Assistance Program Fund for the Department of Education (ED) to (1) award grants to eligible entities to carry out Holocaust education programs, and (2) conduct periodic regional workshops to provide teachers with technical assistance on how to incorporate Holocaust education within state and local education standards. The fund may accept donations and in-kind contributions.
 
ED shall (1) create and maintain a Holocaust education program website containing resources for middle grades and high schools; and (2) establish the Holocaust Education Advisory Board to advise on developing application criteria for the fund's grants, to advise on content for the Holocaust education program website, and to lead efforts to solicit donations for the fund.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2019-07-10
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
action_date: 2019-07-10
text: Introduced in Senate
National Opportunity for Lead Exposure Accountability and Deterrence Act of 2019

Bill: 116-s-2086
Sponsor: Sen. Duckworth, Tammy [D-IL]
Introduced: 2019-07-11 in the Senate
Policy area: Environmental Protection
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Consumer affairs
Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)
Environmental assessment, monitoring, research
Environmental health
Environmental regulatory procedures
Government information and archives
Hazardous wastes and toxic substances
Metals
Public utilities and utility rates
Water quality
Water use and supply

Summary:
action_date: 2019-07-11
text: 

National Opportunity for Lead Exposure Accountability and Deterrence Act of 2019

 
This bill requires the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to revise the national primary drinking water regulations for lead and copper. The rule must direct
 
 
public water systems to meet certain reporting requirements;
 
 the EPA to develop a sampling protocol and develop instructions for compliance with the protocol;
 
 the EPA, or the state exercising primary enforcement responsibility, to require on-site investigations for determining the source of lead when the concentration of lead or copper contamination exceeds specified levels;
 
 public water systems to meet certain notification and reporting requirements when lead or copper concentration limits are exceeded;
 
the systems to develop and publish an inventory of the material composition of the service lines at residential and nonresidential facilities;
 
the systems to collect and publish information about the ownership of those service lines; and
 
the systems, when replacing lead service lines, to entirely replace the lines instead of partially replacing them. 
 
 
The EPA must also revise the rule to lower the allowable level of lead in drinking water.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2019-07-11
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works.
action_date: 2019-07-11
text: Introduced in Senate
Get the Lead Out of Assisted Housing Act of 2019

Bill: 116-s-2087
Sponsor: Sen. Duckworth, Tammy [D-IL]
Introduced: 2019-07-11 in the Senate
Policy area: Housing and Community Development
Subjects: Environmental assessment, monitoring, research
Government information and archives
Hazardous wastes and toxic substances
Housing and community development funding
Low- and moderate-income housing
Public utilities and utility rates
State and local government operations
Water quality
Water use and supply

Summary:
action_date: 2019-07-11
text: 

Get the Lead Out of Assisted Housing Act of 2019

 
This bill addresses the removal of lead from drinking water in federally assisted housing. Specifically, the bill
 
 
requires the Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) to require specified testing and remediation with respect to water service lines containing lead; 
 
authorizes HUD to inspect all sources of lead contamination in federally assisted housing and to mitigate sources of lead exposure; 
 
establishes a grant program for states and local governments to create inventories of water service lines containing lead and to test for lead in the drinking water at child care facilities, schools, and public water fountains; and 
 
allows recipients of certain HUD assistance to use such assistance to replace water fixtures and service lines containing lead.



Legislative actions:
action_date: 2019-07-11
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs.
action_date: 2019-07-11
text: Introduced in Senate
Repeatedly Flooded Communities Preparation Act

Bill: 116-s-2088
Sponsor: Sen. Scott, Tim [R-SC]
Introduced: 2019-07-11 in the Senate
Policy area: Finance and Financial Sector
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Congressional oversight
Department of Homeland Security
Disaster relief and insurance
Emergency planning and evacuation
Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA)
Floods and storm protection
Government information and archives

Summary:
action_date: 2019-07-11
text: 

Repeatedly Flooded Communities Preparation Act

 
This bill requires a community that participates in the National Flood Insurance Program and has been repeatedly flooded, as specified by the bill, to (1) assess the continuing risks to community areas repeatedly damaged by floods; and (2) develop and implement a publicly available, community-specific plan for mitigating continuing flood risks to such areas.
 
The Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) must, upon request, provide a community with appropriate data to assist in preparation of the required plan.
 
In making decisions with respect to awarding flood risk mitigation grants, FEMA may consider the extent to which a community has complied with these requirements and is working to remedy problems with repeatedly flooded areas.
 
A community that does not comply with these requirements may be subject to appropriate sanctions, including suspension from the National Flood Insurance Program.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2019-07-11
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs.
action_date: 2019-07-11
text: Introduced in Senate
FDA Opioid Labeling Accuracy Act

Bill: 116-s-2089
Sponsor: Sen. Manchin, Joe, III [D-WV]
Introduced: 2019-07-11 in the Senate
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Department of Health and Human Services
Drug safety, medical device, and laboratory regulation
Drug trafficking and controlled substances
Government studies and investigations

Summary:
action_date: 2019-07-11
text: 

FDA Opioid Labeling Accuracy Act

 
This bill restricts the labeling of certain opioid drugs recommending use for long-term chronic pain.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2019-07-11
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
action_date: 2019-07-11
text: Introduced in Senate
Abuse of the Pardon Prevention Act

Bill: 116-s-2090
Sponsor: Sen. Cortez Masto, Catherine [D-NV]
Introduced: 2019-07-11 in the Senate
Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement
Subjects: Congressional oversight
Criminal investigation, prosecution, interrogation
Criminal procedure and sentencing
Evidence and witnesses
Government ethics and transparency, public corruption
Presidents and presidential powers, Vice Presidents

Summary:
action_date: 2019-07-11
text: 

Abuse of the Pardon Prevention Act

 
This bill requires the Department of Justice to submit to Congress all investigative materials related to an offense for which the President pardons an individual if the offense arises from an investigation in which the President, or a relative of the President, is a target, subject, or witness.

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2019-07-11
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2019-07-11
text: Introduced in Senate
BELIEVE Act

Bill: 116-s-2091
Sponsor: Sen. Paul, Rand [R-KY]
Introduced: 2019-07-11 in the Senate
Policy area: Immigration
Subjects: Administrative remedies
Department of Homeland Security
Foreign labor
Health personnel
Higher education
Immigration status and procedures
Nursing
Visas and passports

Summary:
action_date: 2019-07-11
text: 

Backlog Elimination, Legal Immigration, and Employment Visa Enhancement Act or the BELIEVE Act

 
This bill increases maximum limits on employment-based visas and makes other related changes.
 
The bill increases the worldwide cap on employment-based immigrants admitted each fiscal year, from 140,000 plus certain additions to 270,000 plus the same additions. 
 
The bill (1) eliminates existing per-country caps on employment-based immigrants, (2) allows certain employment-based immigrants to comprise a higher percentage of the worldwide level of immigration in a fiscal year than under current law, (3) exempts from numerical caps immigrants coming to work in the United States as physical therapists or professional nurses, and (4) exempts from numerical caps a qualifying alien who graduated from a U.S. institution of higher education and who was admitted into the United States as a dependent of a nonimmigrant.
 
The bill provides various immigration-related benefits, such as work authorization and exemption from certain numerical limits, to qualifying spouses and children of employment-based immigrants.
 
An alien who has properly filed for permanent legal resident status and is awaiting a visa number becoming available shall have lawful status and employment authorization while the application is pending, subject to requirements such as a background check.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2019-07-11
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2019-07-11
text: Introduced in Senate
Modernizing the Pittman-Robertson Fund for Tomorrow’s Needs Act

Bill: 116-s-2092
Sponsor: Sen. Risch, James E. [R-ID]
Introduced: 2019-07-11 in the Senate
Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources
Subjects: Congressional oversight
Firearms and explosives
Government studies and investigations
Hunting and fishing
Land use and conservation
Outdoor recreation
Sales and excise taxes
State and local finance
Wildlife conservation and habitat protection

Summary:
action_date: 2019-07-11
text: 

Modernizing the Pittman-Robertson Fund for Tomorrow's Needs Act

 
This bill revises provisions of the Pittman-Robertson Wildlife Restoration Act relating to the funding of wildlife conservation. Specifically, the bill
 
 
 adds new definitions, including a definition of
 hunter recruitment and recreational shooter recruitment
;
 
 apportions to states revenues from taxes on pistols, revolvers, bows, and arrows at a rate not greater than 3% and not less than 1% of such revenues;
 
removes the existing prohibition on public relations to allow spending by states for management of wildlife areas and promotion of hunting and recreational shooting; 
 
allows the use of grant funds for the enhancement of hunter recruitment and recreational shooter recruitment; and 
 
expands the Multistate Conservation Grant program by providing $5 million exclusively for making hunter and recreational shooter recruitment project grants that promote a national hunting and shooting sport recruitment program, including related communication and outreach activities. 
 
 
The Fish and Wildlife Service shall review and evaluate the effects of funds used for hunter and recreational shooter recruitment on funds available for wildlife conservation.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2019-07-11
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works.
action_date: 2019-07-11
text: Introduced in Senate
RE-Coop 21st Century Manufacturing Act

Bill: 116-s-2093
Sponsor: Sen. Rubio, Marco [R-FL]
Introduced: 2019-07-11 in the Senate
Policy area: Energy
Subjects: Energy storage, supplies, demand
Federally chartered organizations
Government lending and loan guarantees
Intellectual property
Licensing and registrations
Manufacturing
Metals
Mining
Product development and innovation
Strategic materials and reserves
U.S. and foreign investments

Summary:
action_date: 2019-07-11
text: 

Rare Earth Cooperative 21st Century Manufacturing Act or the
 
RE-Coop 21st Century Manufacturing Act 

 
This bill addresses the advancement of domestic refining of rare earth elements and the safe storage of thorium.
 
The Department of Commerce must establish a privately funded, operated, and managed Thorium-Bearing Rare Earth Refinery Cooperative tasked with the creation of a fully integrated domestic rare earth value chain to serve U.S. national security needs and the critical advanced manufacturing industries.
 
The Department of Energy must coordinate with other agencies to procure the issuance of a federal charter for the Thorium Storage, Energy, and Industrial Products Corporation which shall assume liability for and ownership of all thorium and mineralogically actinides and decay products contained within the rare earth element ores utilized by the cooperative.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2019-07-11
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
action_date: 2019-07-11
text: Introduced in Senate
Enhancing State Energy Security Planning and Emergency Preparedness Act of 2019

Bill: 116-s-2094
Sponsor: Sen. Gardner, Cory [R-CO]
Introduced: 2019-07-11 in the Senate
Policy area: Energy
Subjects: Computer security and identity theft
Electric power generation and transmission
Emergency planning and evacuation
Energy storage, supplies, demand
State and local government operations

Summary:
action_date: 2019-07-11
text: 

Enhancing State Energy Security Planning and Emergency Preparedness Act of 2019

 
This bill authorizes the Department of Energy to provide financial assistance to states for the development, implementation, review, and revision of a state energy security plan that assesses the state's existing circumstances and proposes methods to strengthen the ability of the state to have a reliable, secure, and resilient energy infrastructure.
 
A state energy security plan must contain specified content, including a risk assessment of energy infrastructure and cross-sector interdependencies and a risk mitigation approach to enhance reliability and end-use resilience. The plan must address potential hazards to each energy sector or system, including physical threats and cybersecurity threats. 

action_date: 2019-10-22
text: 

Enhancing State Energy Security Planning and Emergency Preparedness Act of 2019

 
This bill authorizes the Department of Energy to provide financial assistance to states for the implementation, review, and revision of a state energy security plan that assesses the state's existing circumstances and proposes methods to strengthen the ability of the state to have a reliable, secure, and resilient energy infrastructure.
 
A state energy security plan must contain specified content, including a risk assessment of energy infrastructure and cross-sector interdependencies and a risk mitigation approach to enhance reliability and end-use resilience. The plan must address potential hazards to each energy sector or system, including physical threats and cybersecurity threats. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2019-10-22
text: Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 256.
action_date: 2019-10-22
text: Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. Reported by Senator Murkowski with an amendment in the nature of a substitute. With written report No. 116-136.
action_date: 2019-10-22
text: Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. Reported by Senator Murkowski with an amendment in the nature of a substitute. With written report No. 116-136.
action_date: 2019-09-25
text: Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. Ordered to be reported with an amendment in the nature of a substitute favorably.
action_date: 2019-09-11
text: Committee on Energy and Natural Resources Subcommittee on Energy. Hearings held. With printed Hearing: S.Hrg. 116-335.
action_date: 2019-07-11
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
action_date: 2019-07-11
text: Introduced in Senate
Enhancing Grid Security through Public-Private Partnerships Act

Bill: 116-s-2095
Sponsor: Sen. Gardner, Cory [R-CO]
Introduced: 2019-07-11 in the Senate
Policy area: Energy
Subjects: Computer security and identity theft
Congressional oversight
Electric power generation and transmission
Energy storage, supplies, demand
Government information and archives
Government studies and investigations
Public utilities and utility rates
Public-private cooperation

Summary:
action_date: 2019-07-11
text: 

Enhancing Grid Security through Public-Private Partnerships Act 

 
This bill directs the Department of Energy to facilitate and encourage public-private partnerships in order to address and mitigate the physical security and cybersecurity risks of electric utilities.

action_date: 2019-10-24
text: 

Enhancing Grid Security through Public-Private Partnerships Act 

 
This bill directs the Department of Energy to facilitate and encourage public-private partnerships in order to address and mitigate the physical security and cybersecurity risks of electric utilities.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2019-10-24
text: Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 267.
action_date: 2019-10-24
text: Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. Reported by Senator Murkowski without amendment. With written report No. 116-147.
action_date: 2019-10-24
text: Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. Reported by Senator Murkowski without amendment. With written report No. 116-147.
action_date: 2019-09-25
text: Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. Ordered to be reported without amendment favorably.
action_date: 2019-09-11
text: Committee on Energy and Natural Resources Subcommittee on Energy. Hearings held. With printed Hearing: S.Hrg. 116-335.
action_date: 2019-07-11
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
action_date: 2019-07-11
text: Introduced in Senate
A bill to amend title 38, United States Code, to authorize States and tribal organizations that receive grants from the National Cemetery Administration for establishment, expansion, or improvement of a veterans' cemeteries to use amounts of such grants for State and tribal organization cemetery personnel to train at the training center of the National Cemetery Administration, and for other purposes.

Bill: 116-s-2096
Sponsor: Sen. Boozman, John [R-AR]
Introduced: 2019-07-11 in the Senate
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Cemeteries and funerals
Employment and training programs
State and local government operations
Transportation costs
Veterans' organizations and recognition

Summary:
action_date: 2019-07-11
text: 
This bill expands the costs that the Department of Veterans Affairs may take into account in determining the amount of a grant awarded for the establishment, expansion, or improvement of a state-owned veterans' cemetery. Specifically the bill allows a grant to include training costs, including travel expenses, associated with attendance at training provided by the National Cemetery Administration.

action_date: 2019-12-19
text: 
This bill expands the costs that the Department of Veterans Affairs may take into account in determining the amount of a grant awarded for the establishment, expansion, or improvement of a state-owned veterans' cemetery. Specifically the bill allows a grant to include, solely or in part, training costs, including travel expenses, associated with attendance at training provided by the National Cemetery Administration.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2020-01-14
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Disability Assistance and Memorial Affairs.
action_date: 2019-12-23
text: Referred to the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
action_date: 2019-12-23
text: Received in the House.
action_date: 2019-12-23
text: Message on Senate action sent to the House.
action_date: 2019-12-19
text: Passed Senate with an amendment by Voice Vote. (text: CR S7232)
action_date: 2019-12-19
text: Passed/agreed to in Senate: Passed Senate with an amendment by Voice Vote.(text: CR S7232)
action_date: 2019-12-19
text: Measure laid before Senate by unanimous consent. (consideration: CR S7231-7232)
action_date: 2019-12-19
text: Senate Committee on Veterans' Affairs discharged by Unanimous Consent.
action_date: 2019-12-19
text: Senate Committee on Veterans' Affairs discharged by Unanimous Consent.
action_date: 2019-07-11
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
action_date: 2019-07-11
text: Introduced in Senate