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Protection of American Jobs in Cross-Border Rail Operations With Mexico Act

Bill: 116-s-2652
Sponsor: Sen. Blumenthal, Richard [D-CT]
Introduced: 2019-10-21 in the Senate
Policy area: Transportation and Public Works
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Department of Transportation
Foreign labor
Labor standards
Latin America
Mexico
Railroads
Transportation employees

Summary:
action_date: 2019-10-21
text: 

Protection of American Jobs in Cross-Border Rail Operations With Mexico Act 

 
This bill requires the Department of Transportation to issue regulations that restrict the operation of trains originating in Mexico within the United States to crews comprised entirely of U.S. citizens and nationals.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2019-10-21
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
action_date: 2019-10-21
text: Introduced in Senate
SWAMP Act

Bill: 116-s-2653
Sponsor: Sen. Merkley, Jeff [D-OR]
Introduced: 2019-10-21 in the Senate
Policy area: International Affairs
Subjects: Corporate finance and management
Diplomacy, foreign officials, Americans abroad
District of Columbia
Florida
Government ethics and transparency, public corruption
New York City
Presidents and presidential powers, Vice Presidents
Sports and recreation facilities

Summary:
action_date: 2019-10-21
text: 

Scrutinizing White House Activities that Make Profits Act of 2019 or the SWAMP Act

 
This bill prohibits expending funds to host any head-of-state meeting or multilateral summit at any property in which the President or his immediate family holds a majority ownership, including the Trump International Hotel in the District of Columbia and the Mar-a-Lago Club.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2019-10-21
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations.
action_date: 2019-10-21
text: Introduced in Senate
Trump’s Heist Undermines the G7 Act

Bill: 116-s-2654
Sponsor: Sen. Blumenthal, Richard [D-CT]
Introduced: 2019-10-21 in the Senate
Policy area: International Affairs
Subjects: Congressional oversight
Corporate finance and management
Diplomacy, foreign officials, Americans abroad
Florida
Government ethics and transparency, public corruption
Government information and archives
Government studies and investigations
Presidents and presidential powers, Vice Presidents
Public contracts and procurement

Summary:
action_date: 2019-10-21
text: 

Trump's Heist Undermines the G7 Act

 
This bill prohibits the use of federal funds for any purpose relating to the 46th G7 Summit and the Trump National Doral Miami in Miami, Florida, unless the Secret Service certifies to Congress that such an expenditure is necessary to provide required protection to a person. (The G7 Summit is a meeting of the seven largest major advanced economies, as determined by the International Monetary Fund.)
 
The President shall provide to the Government Accountability Office and Congress all documents and communications relating to the decision to host the summit at the Trump National Doral Miami.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2019-10-21
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations.
action_date: 2019-10-21
text: Introduced in Senate
Working Students Act

Bill: 116-s-2655
Sponsor: Sen. Baldwin, Tammy [D-WI]
Introduced: 2019-10-22 in the Senate
Policy area: Education
Subjects: Higher education
Student aid and college costs

Summary:
action_date: 2019-10-22
text: 

Working Students Act

 
This bill increases the income protection allowance levels used to calculate a working student's expected family contribution and need for financial assistance. An income protection allowance is an amount for basic living expenses that is protected from being considered income available for postsecondary educational expenses.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2019-10-22
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
action_date: 2019-10-22
text: Introduced in Senate
A bill to disclose access to election infrastructure by foreign nationals.

Bill: 116-s-2656
Sponsor: Sen. Kennedy, John [R-LA]
Introduced: 2019-10-22 in the Senate
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Subjects: Computer security and identity theft
Computers and information technology
Elections, voting, political campaign regulation
Government information and archives
Public contracts and procurement
State and local government operations
Subversive activities

Summary:
action_date: 2019-10-22
text: 
This bill requires each chief state election official to disclose to the Election Assistance Commission the identity of any foreign national known by that official to have (1) physically handled either ballots used in an election for federal office or voting machines, (2) had unmonitored access to a storage facility or centralized voting-tabulation location used to support an election, or (3) had unmonitored access to election-related information or communications technology. 
 
It also requires the official to make the disclosure within 30 days of becoming aware of such activity. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2019-10-22
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Rules and Administration.
action_date: 2019-10-22
text: Introduced in Senate
ACCESS Act of 2019

Bill: 116-s-2658
Sponsor: Sen. Warner, Mark R. [D-VA]
Introduced: 2019-10-22 in the Senate
Policy area: Commerce
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Business records
Computers and information technology
Federal Trade Commission (FTC)
Internet and video services
Internet, web applications, social media
User charges and fees

Summary:
action_date: 2019-10-22
text: 

Augmenting Compatibility and Competition by Enabling Service Switching Act of 2019 or the ACCESS Act of 2019

 
 This bill requires large communications platform providers with more than 100 million monthly users (e.g., Facebook, Instagram, Twitter, etc.) to establish interfaces (e.g., application programming interfaces [APIs]) that make user data portable and services interoperable. These interfaces must be made available for users and competitor platforms to access and transfer such user data. 
 
 Competitors accessing user data through an interface must keep the data reasonably secure and may not use it for commercial purposes. Users also may designate third parties that meet certain requirements, including registering with the Federal Trade Commission (FTC), to manage their user data. A communications platform may place reasonable limits on competitors' access to its interoperability interface.
 
 The bill further requires the National Institute of Standards and Technology to develop model technical standards for implementing platform interoperability.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2019-10-22
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
action_date: 2019-10-22
text: Introduced in Senate
Investing in Tomorrow's Workforce Act of 2019

Bill: 116-s-2659
Sponsor: Sen. Durbin, Richard J. [D-IL]
Introduced: 2019-10-22 in the Senate
Policy area: Labor and Employment
Subjects: Advanced technology and technological innovations
Child care and development
Computer security and identity theft
Computers and information technology
Congressional oversight
Employee benefits and pensions
Employee hiring
Employee leave
Employment and training programs
Employment discrimination and employee rights
Government information and archives
Government studies and investigations
Hybrid, electric, and advanced technology vehicles
Labor market
Labor-management relations
Manufacturing
Public-private cooperation
Unemployment
Wages and earnings

Summary:
action_date: 2019-10-22
text: 

Investing in Tomorrow's Workforce Act of 2019

 
This bill (1) directs the Government Accountability Office to study the barriers to providing, and opportunities for improving, training for workers in industries that have, or are likely to have, high rates of job loss due to automation; (2) directs the Department of Labor to award grants to eligible partnerships to support demonstration and pilot projects relating to the training needs of workers who are, or are likely to become, dislocated workers as a result of automation; (3) expands training programs for such workers, including activities that prepare the individuals for occupations in the technology sector; (4) authorizes the award of national dislocated worker grants to provide employment and training assistance to workers affected by advances in automation technology; and (5) expands funding for national dislocated worker grants.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2019-10-22
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. (text: CR S5968-5970)
action_date: 2019-10-22
text: Introduced in Senate
Wind Energy Research and Development Act of 2019

Bill: 116-s-2660
Sponsor: Sen. Smith, Tina [D-MN]
Introduced: 2019-10-22 in the Senate
Policy area: Energy
Subjects: Alternative and renewable resources
Atmospheric science and weather
Birds
Economic development
Electric power generation and transmission
Employment and training programs
Energy efficiency and conservation
Energy research
Energy storage, supplies, demand
Environmental assessment, monitoring, research
Government information and archives
Manufacturing
Marine and coastal resources, fisheries
Materials
Research administration and funding
Research and development
Solid waste and recycling
Technology assessment
Technology transfer and commercialization
Vocational and technical education
Wildlife conservation and habitat protection

Summary:
action_date: 2019-10-22
text: 

Wind Energy Research and Development Act of 2019

 
This bill requires the Department of Energy to establish a grant program to research, develop, and evaluate wind energy technologies and systems.

action_date: 2019-12-18
text: 

Wind Energy Research and Development Act of 2019

 
This bill requires the Department of Energy to establish a grant program to research, develop, evaluate, and commercialize wind energy technologies and systems.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2019-12-18
text: Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 387.
action_date: 2019-12-18
text: Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. Reported by Senator Murkowski with amendments and an amendment to the title. Without written report.
action_date: 2019-12-18
text: Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. Reported by Senator Murkowski with amendments and an amendment to the title. Without written report.
action_date: 2019-12-12
text: Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. Ordered to be reported with an amendment favorably.
action_date: 2019-11-06
text: Committee on Energy and Natural Resources Subcommittee on Energy. Hearings held. With printed Hearing: S.Hrg. 116-344.
action_date: 2019-10-22
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
action_date: 2019-10-22
text: Introduced in Senate
Growing American Innovation Now Act

Bill: 116-s-2662
Sponsor: Sen. Barrasso, John [R-WY]
Introduced: 2019-10-22 in the Senate
Policy area: Environmental Protection
Subjects: Air quality
Building construction
Environmental assessment, monitoring, research
Environmental regulatory procedures
Licensing and registrations
Pollution liability

Summary:
action_date: 2019-10-22
text: 
 
Growing American Innovation Now Act

 
This bill modifies terminology for purposes of the New Source Review (NSR) permitting program of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).
 
In order for a change to a stationary source to be a 
modification
 (a change to a stationary source that increases the air pollutant emissions or results in new pollutants) for purposes of the NSR permitting program, the maximum hourly emission rate achievable by such source must be higher than the maximum hourly rate achievable by such source during any hour in the 10-year period preceding the change.
 
A change at a stationary source is not considered to be a 
modification
 under the bill if it is designed to (1) reduce the amount of any air pollutant emitted; or (2) restore, maintain, or improve the reliability of operations at, or safety of, the source. However, such changes are not excepted if the EPA determines the increase in the maximum achievable hourly emission rate from such change would cause an adverse effect on human health or the environment.
 

Construction
 for a major emitting facility (a type of stationary source) does not include a change at such a facility that does not result in a significant emissions increase or a significant net emissions increase.
 
In relation to major emitting facilities in nonattainment areas, the terms 
modifications 
and 
modified
 do not include changes at such facilities that do not result in a significant emissions increase or a significant net emissions increase.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2019-11-06
text: Committee on Environment and Public Works. Hearings held.
action_date: 2019-10-22
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works.
action_date: 2019-10-22
text: Introduced in Senate
Small Community Transit Improvement Act of 2019

Bill: 116-s-2663
Sponsor: Sen. Moran, Jerry [R-KS]
Introduced: 2019-10-22 in the Senate
Policy area: Transportation and Public Works
Subjects: Public transit
Transportation programs funding
Urban and suburban affairs and development

Summary:
action_date: 2019-10-22
text: 

Small Community Transit Improvement Act of 2019

 
This bill increases the amount of certain public transportation grants to be apportioned to urbanized areas with populations of less than 200,000 that meet or exceed one or more performance categories for small transit intensive cities.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2019-10-22
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs.
action_date: 2019-10-22
text: Introduced in Senate
Cyber Shield Act of 2019

Bill: 116-s-2664
Sponsor: Sen. Markey, Edward J. [D-MA]
Introduced: 2019-10-22 in the Senate
Policy area: Science, Technology, Communications
Subjects: Advisory bodies
Business expenses
Computer security and identity theft
Computers and information technology
Congressional oversight
Consumer affairs
Government information and archives
Government studies and investigations
Internet and video services
Internet, web applications, social media
Marketing and advertising
Product safety and quality

Summary:
action_date: 2019-10-22
text: 

Cyber Shield Act of 201

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This bill requires the Department of Commerce to establish the Cyber Shield Program, a voluntary program to identify and certify covered products. These products are consumer-facing physical objects that meet industry-leading cybersecurity and data security benchmarks and that can (1) connect to the internet; and (2) collect, send, or receive data or control the actions of a physical object or system.
 
Commerce must also establish a Cyber Shield Advisory Committee to recommend (1) the format and content of Cyber Shield labels for covered products; and (2) the process to identify, establish, report on, adopt, maintain, and promote compliance with industry-leading cybersecurity and data security benchmarks to enhance cybersecurity and protect data. 
 
On its website, Commerce must make publicly available (1) program information, (2) a database of covered products certified under the program, and (3) contact information for each manufacturer of a covered product certified under the program.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2019-10-22
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
action_date: 2019-10-22
text: Introduced in Senate
Federal Travel Transparency Act

Bill: 116-s-2665
Sponsor: Sen. Duckworth, Tammy [D-IL]
Introduced: 2019-10-22 in the Senate
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Subjects: Congressional oversight
Federal officials
Government employee pay, benefits, personnel management
Government information and archives
Government studies and investigations
Transportation costs

Summary:
action_date: 2019-10-22
text: 

Federal Travel Transparency Act

 
This bill requires a federal executive agency to report additional information to the General Services Administration (GSA) regarding travel by the agency head or certain high-level officials compensated on the Executive Schedule. The GSA must make the information publicly available on a travel information website.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2019-10-22
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.
action_date: 2019-10-22
text: Introduced in Senate
Public Land Renewable Energy Development Act of 2019

Bill: 116-s-2666
Sponsor: Sen. McSally, Martha [R-AZ]
Introduced: 2019-10-22 in the Senate
Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources
Subjects: Alternative and renewable resources
Budget deficits and national debt
Congressional oversight
Department of the Interior
Economic performance and conditions
Electric power generation and transmission
Energy revenues and royalties
Environmental assessment, monitoring, research
Executive agency funding and structure
Government employee pay, benefits, personnel management
Government information and archives
Government trust funds
Interest, dividends, interest rates
Land use and conservation
Licensing and registrations
Oil and gas
Outdoor recreation
Parks, recreation areas, trails
State and local finance
User charges and fees
Wildlife conservation and habitat protection

Summary:
action_date: 2019-10-22
text: 

Public Land Renewable Energy Development Act of 2019

 
This bill sets forth provisions regarding development of geothermal, solar, or wind energy on public lands.
 
The bill directs the Department of the Interior to establish priority areas on covered land (i.e., public land administered by Interior and not excluded under law from the development of geothermal, solar, or wind energy) for geothermal, solar, or wind energy projects. Other areas shall also be considered for the development of renewable energy projects under this bill, consistent with the principles of multiple use.
 
 Interior shall establish a program to improve federal permit coordination with respect to renewable energy projects carried out on covered land.
 
Interior and the Department of Agriculture shall seek to issue permits that in total authorize the production of at least 25 gigawatts of electricity from geothermal, solar, or wind energy projects by the end of 2025.
 
The bill provides for the disposition of revenues from the development of wind or solar energy on covered land. The bill establishes the Renewable Energy Resource Conservation Fund to make funds available to federal, state, and tribal agencies for distribution in regions in which renewable energy projects are located on federal land for (1) restoring and protecting fish and wildlife habitat and corridors for affected species and water resources in areas affected by geothermal, solar, or wind energy development; and (2) preserving and improving recreational access to federal land and water in an affected region.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2019-11-07
text: Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. Hearings held. Hearings printed: S.Hrg. 116-346.
action_date: 2019-10-22
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
action_date: 2019-10-22
text: Introduced in Senate
FAFSA Simplification Act of 2019

Bill: 116-s-2667
Sponsor: Sen. Alexander, Lamar [R-TN]
Introduced: 2019-10-22 in the Senate
Policy area: Education
Subjects: Adoption and foster care
American Samoa
Caribbean area
Correctional facilities and imprisonment
Drug trafficking and controlled substances
Education programs funding
Family relationships
Financial literacy
Government information and archives
Government lending and loan guarantees
Guam
Higher education
Homelessness and emergency shelter
Human trafficking
Inflation and prices
Licensing and registrations
Marriage and family status
Marshall Islands
Micronesia
Military personnel and dependents
Northern Mariana Islands
Puerto Rico
Refugees, asylum, displaced persons
State and local taxation
Student aid and college costs
Tax administration and collection, taxpayers
U.S. territories and protectorates
User charges and fees
Veterans' education, employment, rehabilitation
Virgin Islands
Wages and earnings

Summary:
action_date: 2019-10-22
text: 

FAFSA Simplification Act of 2019

 
This bill revises certain provisions related to federal financial student aid.
 
Specifically, the bill replaces the expected family contribution metric with a student aid index used to assess a family's financial need and approximate their financial resources to contribute to a student's higher education expenses. 
 
The bill also revises the process for filing a Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA), and it removes certain eligibility requirements having to do with drug-related offenses and registration with the Selective Service System.
 
In addition, the bill reauthorizes the Pell Grant program through FY2021 and establishes a new eligibility formula for Pell Grants. The Department of Education must conduct certain activities to educate students and their families about Pell Grant eligibility at a younger age.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2019-10-22
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. (Sponsor introductory remarks on measure: CR S5970-5972)
action_date: 2019-10-22
text: Introduced in Senate
Solar Energy Research and Development Act of 2019

Bill: 116-s-2668
Sponsor: Sen. Sinema, Kyrsten [D-AZ]
Introduced: 2019-10-22 in the Senate
Policy area: Energy
Subjects: Advanced technology and technological innovations
Alaska Natives and Hawaiians
Alternative and renewable resources
Chemistry
Congressional oversight
Economic development
Electric power generation and transmission
Energy efficiency and conservation
Energy prices
Energy research
Energy storage, supplies, demand
Environmental assessment, monitoring, research
Government information and archives
Government studies and investigations
Hazardous wastes and toxic substances
Manufacturing
Materials
Research administration and funding
Research and development
Solid waste and recycling
Technology transfer and commercialization
Wildlife conservation and habitat protection

Summary:
action_date: 2019-10-22
text: 

Solar Energy Research and Development Act of 2019

 
This bill requires the Department of Energy to establish a grant program to research, develop, and evaluate solar energy technologies and systems.

action_date: 2019-12-17
text: 

Solar Energy Research and Development Act of 2019

 
This bill requires the Department of Energy to establish a grant program to research, develop, evaluate, and commercialize solar energy technologies and systems.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2020-01-09
text: By Senator Murkowski from Committee on Energy and Natural Resources filed written report. Report No. 116-202.
action_date: 2020-01-09
text: By Senator Murkowski from Committee on Energy and Natural Resources filed written report. Report No. 116-202.
action_date: 2019-12-17
text: Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 358.
action_date: 2019-12-17
text: Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. Reported by Senator Murkowski with an amendment in the nature of a substitute. Without written report.
action_date: 2019-12-17
text: Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. Reported by Senator Murkowski with an amendment in the nature of a substitute. Without written report.
action_date: 2019-11-19
text: Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. Ordered to be reported with an amendment in the nature of a substitute favorably.
action_date: 2019-11-06
text: Committee on Energy and Natural Resources Subcommittee on Energy. Hearings held. With printed Hearing: S.Hrg. 116-344.
action_date: 2019-10-22
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
action_date: 2019-10-22
text: Introduced in Senate