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Federal Employees and Retirees with Delinquent Tax Debt Initiative (FERDI) Act

Bill: 116-s-3184
Sponsor: Sen. Braun, Mike [R-IN]
Introduced: 2020-01-14 in the Senate
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Congressional oversight
Debt collection
Government employee pay, benefits, personnel management
Government information and archives
Military personnel and dependents
National Guard and reserves
Tax administration and collection, taxpayers

Summary:
action_date: 2020-01-14
text: 

Federal Employees and Retirees with Delinquent Tax Debt Initiative (FERDI) Act

 
This bill directs the Internal Revenue Service to submit to specified congressional committees and make public online an annual report on current and retired federal civilian and military employees who have delinquent tax debt or an unfiled tax return for the most recent fiscal year.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2020-01-14
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
action_date: 2020-01-14
text: Introduced in Senate
Bogus Bonus Ban Act of 2020

Bill: 116-s-3185
Sponsor: Sen. Ernst, Joni [R-IA]
Introduced: 2020-01-14 in the Senate
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Subjects: Government information and archives
Performance measurement
Public contracts and procurement

Summary:
action_date: 2020-01-14
text: 

Bogus Bonus Ban Act of 2020

 
This bill directs the Office of Management and Budget, in coordination with federal departments and agencies, to issue guidance, with detailed implementation instructions, on the appropriate use of award and incentive fees in department or agency programs.
 
The guidance shall, among other things
 
 
 ensure that all new contracts using award fees link such fees to outcomes (which shall be defined in terms of program cost, schedule, and performance); 
 
establish criteria for identifying the appropriate level of officials authorized to approve the use of award and incentive fees in new contracts;
 
 ensure that no award fee may be paid for contractor performance that is judged to be below satisfactory performance or performance that does not meet the basic requirements of the contract; and
 
 provide for the development of performance measures to evaluate the effectiveness of award and incentive fees as a tool for improving contractor performance and achieving desired program outcomes. 
 
 
 Any funds intended to be awarded as incentive fees that are not paid due to the inability of a contractor to meet the criteria established by this bill shall be deobligated and made available for purposes for which the funds are otherwise allowable. 
 
The Department of the Treasury shall include 
award fee
 as a filter on USAspending.gov.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2020-01-14
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.
action_date: 2020-01-14
text: Introduced in Senate
A bill to amend title 40, United States Code, to modify the definition of Appalachian region.

Bill: 116-s-3186
Sponsor: Sen. Graham, Lindsey [R-SC]
Introduced: 2020-01-14 in the Senate
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Subjects: Rural conditions and development
South Carolina

Summary:
action_date: 2020-01-14
text: 
This bill modifies the definition of 
Appalachian region
 for purposes of the Appalachian Regional Commission to include Union County, South Carolina.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2020-01-14
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works.
action_date: 2020-01-14
text: Introduced in Senate
A bill to permit the Scipio A. Jones Post Office in Little Rock, Arkansas, to accept and display a portrait of Scipio A. Jones, and for other purposes.

Bill: 116-s-3187
Sponsor: Sen. Boozman, John [R-AR]
Introduced: 2020-01-14 in the Senate
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Subjects: Arkansas
Art, artists, authorship
Government buildings, facilities, and property
Postal service
State and local government operations
U.S. history

Summary:
action_date: 2020-01-14
text: 
This bill permits the postmaster of the Scipio A. Jones Post Office in Little Rock, Arkansas, to accept and display in the lobby of such post office a portrait, painted by artist Wade Hampton, of Scipio A. Jones.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2020-01-14
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.
action_date: 2020-01-14
text: Introduced in Senate
Advanced Manufacturing Jobs in America Act

Bill: 116-s-3188
Sponsor: Sen. Rosen, Jacky [D-NV]
Introduced: 2020-01-14 in the Senate
Policy area: Labor and Employment
Subjects: Congressional oversight
Education programs funding
Employment and training programs
Higher education
Manufacturing
Performance measurement
Public-private cooperation
Unemployment
Vocational and technical education

Summary:
action_date: 2020-01-14
text: 

Advanced Manufacturing Jobs in America Act

 
This bill requires the Department of Labor to establish demonstration and pilot projects, through the awarding of grants or contracts, to facilitate training and education in advanced manufacturing.
 
A local educational entity (e.g., technical college, community college, or an entity that assists educationally underserved communities) in partnership with a manufacturer that employs individuals who have advanced manufacturing skills is eligible to receive such grants or contracts. The corresponding project must (1) develop skills and competencies in communities with expected growth in advanced manufacturing; (2) provide education and training for available and anticipated jobs in advanced manufacturing; (3) educate individuals about career advancement opportunities within advanced manufacturing; and (4) give priority to incumbent workers, dislocated workers, and unemployed individuals.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2020-01-14
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
action_date: 2020-01-14
text: Introduced in Senate
A bill to use proceeds from spectrum auctions to support supply chain innovation and multilateral security.

Bill: 116-s-3189
Sponsor: Sen. Warner, Mark R. [D-VA]
Introduced: 2020-01-14 in the Senate
Policy area: Science, Technology, Communications
Subjects: Advisory bodies
Competitiveness, trade promotion, trade deficits
Computers and information technology
Congressional oversight
Department of Commerce
Executive agency funding and structure
Government trust funds
International organizations and cooperation
Licensing and registrations
Manufacturing
Radio spectrum allocation
Research administration and funding
Research and development
Telephone and wireless communication

Summary:
action_date: 2020-01-14
text: 
This bill addresses wireless network technology, including by allocating proceeds from spectrum auctions to be used for wireless technology supply chain innovation and multilateral telecommunications security.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2020-01-14
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
action_date: 2020-01-14
text: Introduced in Senate
Domestic Terrorism Prevention Act of 2020

Bill: 116-s-3190
Sponsor: Sen. Durbin, Richard J. [D-IL]
Introduced: 2020-01-14 in the Senate
Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement
Subjects: Congressional oversight
Criminal investigation, prosecution, interrogation
Criminal justice information and records
Department of Homeland Security
Department of Justice
Employment and training programs
Executive agency funding and structure
Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI)
Government employee pay, benefits, personnel management
Hate crimes
Intergovernmental relations
Law enforcement administration and funding
Law enforcement officers
Racial and ethnic relations
Terrorism

Summary:
action_date: 2020-01-14
text: 

Domestic Terrorism Prevention Act of 2020

 
This bill establishes new requirements to expand the availability of information on domestic terrorism, as well as the relationship between domestic terrorism and hate crimes.
 
It authorizes domestic terrorism components within the Department of Homeland Security (DHS), the Department of Justice (DOJ), and the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) to monitor, analyze, investigate, and prosecute domestic terrorism.
 
The domestic terrorism components of DHS, DOJ, and the FBI must jointly report on domestic terrorism, including white-supremacist-related incidents or attempted incidents.
 
DHS, DOJ, and the FBI must review the anti-terrorism training and resource programs of their agencies that are provided to federal, state, local, and tribal law enforcement agencies.
 
It creates an interagency task force to analyze and combat white supremacist and neo-Nazi infiltration of the uniformed services and federal law enforcement agencies.
 
Finally, it directs the FBI to assign a special agent or hate crimes liaison to each field office to investigate hate crimes incidents with a nexus to domestic terrorism.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2020-01-14
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. (text: CR S195-197)
action_date: 2020-01-14
text: Introduced in Senate
Industries of the Future Act of 2020

Bill: 116-s-3191
Sponsor: Sen. Wicker, Roger F. [R-MS]
Introduced: 2020-01-14 in the Senate
Policy area: Science, Technology, Communications
Subjects: Advanced technology and technological innovations
Competitiveness, trade promotion, trade deficits
Congressional oversight
Homeland security
Infrastructure development
Intergovernmental relations
Manufacturing
Public-private cooperation
Research administration and funding
Research and development
Telephone and wireless communication

Summary:
action_date: 2020-01-14
text: 

Industries of the Future Act of 2020

 
This bill requires the Office of Science and Technology Policy (OSTP) to report to Congress on research and development investments, infrastructure, and workforce development investments of the federal government that enable continued U.S. leadership in industries of the future. 
 
The President shall establish or designate an Industries of the Future Coordination Council. The council shall provide the OSTP with advice on ways in which the government can ensure that the United States continues to lead the world in developing emerging technologies that improve the quality of life of the people of the United States, increase U.S. economic competitiveness, and strengthen U.S. national security.

action_date: 2020-11-17
text: 

Industries of the Future Act of 2020

 
This bill requires the Office of Science and Technology Policy (OSTP) to report to Congress on research and development investments, infrastructure, and workforce development investments of the federal government that enable continued U.S. leadership in industries of the future. 
 
The President shall establish or designate an Industries of the Future Coordination Council. The council shall provide the OSTP with advice on ways in which the government can ensure that the United States continues to lead the world in developing emerging technologies that improve the quality of life of the people of the United States, increase U.S. economic competitiveness, and strengthen U.S. national security.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2020-11-17
text: Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 593.
action_date: 2020-11-17
text: Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. Reported by Senator Wicker with amendments. With written report No. 116-300.
action_date: 2020-11-17
text: Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. Reported by Senator Wicker with amendments. With written report No. 116-300.
action_date: 2020-03-11
text: Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. Ordered to be reported with an amendment favorably.
action_date: 2020-01-14
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
action_date: 2020-01-14
text: Introduced in Senate
National Air Grant Fellowship Program Act of 2020

Bill: 116-s-3192
Sponsor: Sen. Cantwell, Maria [D-WA]
Introduced: 2020-01-14 in the Senate
Policy area: Transportation and Public Works
Subjects: Aviation and airports
Congressional officers and employees
Congressional oversight
Education of the disadvantaged
Education programs funding
Government employee pay, benefits, personnel management
Higher education
Minority education
Minority employment
Science and engineering education
Student aid and college costs
Transportation employees
Transportation programs funding

Summary:
action_date: 2020-01-14
text: 

National Air Grant Fellowship Program Act of 2020

 
This bill directs the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) to establish a National Air Grant Fellowship Program to award one-year aerospace policy fellowships to support the placement of individuals at the graduate level of education in fields related to aerospace in positions with the U.S. executive and legislative branches.
 
The FAA must strive to ensure equal access for minority and economically disadvantaged students to the program.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2020-01-14
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
action_date: 2020-01-14
text: Introduced in Senate
A bill to amend the Controlled Substances Act to list fentanyl-related substances as schedule I controlled substances, and for other purposes.

Bill: 116-s-3193
Sponsor: Sen. Portman, Rob [R-OH]
Introduced: 2020-01-14 in the Senate
Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement
Subjects: Criminal procedure and sentencing
Drug trafficking and controlled substances

Summary:
action_date: 2020-01-14
text: 

Federal Initiative to Guarantee Health by Targeting Fentanyl Act

 
This bill places fentanyl-related substances as a class into schedule I of the Controlled Substances Act. A schedule I controlled substance is a drug, substance, or chemical that has a high potential for abuse; has no currently accepted medical value; and is subject to regulatory controls and administrative, civil, and criminal penalties under the Controlled Substances Act.
 
Additionally, the bill prohibits the application of a mandatory minimum prison term for certain drug offenses involving fentanyl-related substances.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2020-01-15
text: Read the second time. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 405.
action_date: 2020-01-14
text: Introduced in the Senate. Read the first time. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under Read the First Time.
action_date: 2020-01-14
text: Introduced in Senate
Improving Access to Health Care in Rural and Underserved Areas Act

Bill: 116-s-3194
Sponsor: Sen. Rosen, Jacky [D-NV]
Introduced: 2020-01-15 in the Senate
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Congressional oversight
Education programs funding
Health care coverage and access
Health facilities and institutions
Health personnel
Health programs administration and funding
Medical education
Rural conditions and development

Summary:
action_date: 2020-01-15
text: 

Improving Access to Health Care in Rural and Underserved Areas Act

 
This bill directs the Health Resources and Services Administration to award up to 100 grants for federally qualified health centers or rural health clinics to provide accredited continuing medical education to their primary care providers. 



Legislative actions:
action_date: 2020-01-15
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
action_date: 2020-01-15
text: Introduced in Senate
Promoting Coordination for Veteran Suicide Prevention Act of 2020

Bill: 116-s-3195
Sponsor: Sen. Cassidy, Bill [R-LA]
Introduced: 2020-01-15 in the Senate
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Congressional oversight
Government studies and investigations
Health information and medical records
Mental health
Military medicine
Veterans' education, employment, rehabilitation
Veterans' medical care

Summary:
action_date: 2020-01-15
text: 

Promoting Coordination for Veteran Suicide Prevention Act of 2020

 
This bill requires the Department of Defense and the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) to jointly review and report on the records of each former member of the Armed Forces who died by suicide within one year of separation from the Armed Forces during the five-year period preceding the enactment of this bill.
 
The bill also requires the VA to report on the Recovery Engagement and Coordination for Health&#8212;Veterans Enhanced Treatment (REACH VET) program to assess, among other elements, the impact of the program on rates of suicide among veterans.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2020-01-15
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
action_date: 2020-01-15
text: Introduced in Senate
Bear Protection Act of 2020

Bill: 116-s-3196
Sponsor: Sen. Kennedy, John [R-LA]
Introduced: 2020-01-15 in the Senate
Policy area: Animals
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Animal protection and human-animal relationships
Civil actions and liability
Crimes against animals and natural resources
Department of the Interior
Endangered and threatened species
International law and treaties
Mammals
Trade restrictions
Wildlife conservation and habitat protection

Summary:
action_date: 2020-01-15
text: 

Bear Protection Act of 2020 

 
This bill prohibits a person from knowingly importing, exporting, selling, possessing, transporting, or receiving bear viscera or related products, except for limited acts carried out solely to enforce wildlife protection laws. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2020-01-15
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works.
action_date: 2020-01-15
text: Introduced in Senate
Ending China's Exit Ban for American Citizens Act of 2020

Bill: 116-s-3197
Sponsor: Sen. Markey, Edward J. [D-MA]
Introduced: 2020-01-15 in the Senate
Policy area: International Affairs
Subjects: Asia
China
Congressional oversight
Criminal investigation, prosecution, interrogation
Detention of persons
Diplomacy, foreign officials, Americans abroad
Visas and passports

Summary:
action_date: 2020-01-15
text: 

Ending China's Exit Ban for American Citizens Act of 2020

 
This bill bars an official of China's government from obtaining a visa to enter the United States if the official was involved in prohibiting a U.S. citizen from leaving China in an attempt to achieve certain goals, such as convincing a relative of the U.S. citizen to submit to Chinese government custody for prosecution. Any existing visa belonging to such an official shall be revoked. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2020-01-15
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2020-01-15
text: Introduced in Senate
Suicide Prevention Act

Bill: 116-s-3198
Sponsor: Sen. Reed, Jack [D-RI]
Introduced: 2020-01-15 in the Senate
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Congressional oversight
Emergency medical services and trauma care
Employee hiring
Health care coverage and access
Health information and medical records
Health personnel
Health programs administration and funding
Health promotion and preventive care
Hospital care
Long-term, rehabilitative, and terminal care
Medical research
Medical tests and diagnostic methods
Mental health
Performance measurement
Research administration and funding

Summary:
action_date: 2020-01-15
text: 

Suicide Prevention Act

 
This bill establishes two grant programs to prevent self-harm and suicide. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention must award grants to state, local, and tribal health departments to expand surveillance of self-harm, and the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration must award grants to hospital emergency departments for programs to prevent suicide attempts among patients after discharge.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2020-01-15
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. (Sponsor introductory remarks on measure: CR S247)
action_date: 2020-01-15
text: Introduced in Senate
Border Patrol Pay Security Act of 2020

Bill: 116-s-3199
Sponsor: Sen. Cornyn, John [R-TX]
Introduced: 2020-01-15 in the Senate
Policy area: Labor and Employment
Subjects: Border security and unlawful immigration
Department of Homeland Security
Government employee pay, benefits, personnel management
Law enforcement officers
Wages and earnings

Summary:
action_date: 2020-01-15
text: 

Border Patrol Pay Security Act of 20

20

 
This bill changes how border patrol agents receive overtime pay when working up to 100 hours in a two-week period. For hours worked above 80, an agent is compensated at a rate of at least 150% of the agent's regular hourly rate.
 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2020-01-15
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
action_date: 2020-01-15
text: Introduced in Senate
Chronic Disease Management Act of 2020

Bill: 116-s-3200
Sponsor: Sen. Thune, John [R-SD]
Introduced: 2020-01-15 in the Senate
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Health care costs and insurance
Health care coverage and access
Health promotion and preventive care
Income tax deductions

Summary:
action_date: 2020-01-15
text: 

Chronic Disease Management Act of 2020

 
 This bill modifies requirements for health savings accounts (HSAs) to permit the high deductible health plans required for an HSA to provide care for chronic conditions with no deductible. The bill covers any service or item used to treat a chronic condition if (1) such service or item is low-cost, (2) there is medical evidence of the effectiveness of such service or item, and (3) there is a strong likelihood that the use of such service or item will prevent the exacerbation of the chronic condition or the development of a secondary condition that requires significantly higher cost treatment.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2020-01-15
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. (text: CR S248)
action_date: 2020-01-15
text: Introduced in Senate
End Speculative Oil and Gas Leasing Act of 2020

Bill: 116-s-3202
Sponsor: Sen. Cortez Masto, Catherine [D-NV]
Introduced: 2020-01-16 in the Senate
Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources
Subjects: Forests, forestry, trees
Land use and conservation
Oil and gas

Summary:
action_date: 2020-01-16
text: 

End Speculative Oil and Gas Leasing Act of 2020

 
This bill specifies requirements for the leasing of oil and gas resources on federal lands. 
 
The Bureau of Land Management (BLM), with respect to certain federal land that is covered by a reasonably foreseeable development scenario (i.e., a long-term projection of oil and gas development) shall not offer the land for lease until such scenario includes an assessment of the land's oil and gas potential that specifically identifies the potential for all acres subject to decisions on availability for leasing.
 
If certain federal land that is otherwise available for leasing of oil and gas resources is not covered by a reasonably foreseeable development scenario, the BLM shall complete such a scenario in accordance with the requirements and factors described in this bill. 
 
In general, the BLM shall not offer for lease certain federal land otherwise available for leasing of oil and gas resources if such land is designated in the applicable reasonably foreseeable development scenario as having low or no potential for the development of oil or gas resources. However, the bill provides for a variance process.
 
With respect to each of these requirements, exceptions apply for federal land that is leased for the purpose of preventing oil or gas drainage or that meets specified requirements related to size and proximity to an oil- or gas-producing well.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2020-01-16
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
action_date: 2020-01-16
text: Introduced in Senate