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Protecting Student Athletes from Concussions Act of 2019

Bill: 116-s-2600
Sponsor: Sen. Durbin, Richard J. [D-IL]
Introduced: 2019-10-15 in the Senate
Policy area: Education
Subjects: Academic performance and assessments
Child health
Child safety and welfare
Education programs funding
Elementary and secondary education
Government information and archives
Health information and medical records
Health personnel
Health promotion and preventive care
Neurological disorders
School administration
School athletics
Special education
Teaching, teachers, curricula

Summary:
action_date: 2019-10-15
text: 

Protecting Student Athletes from Concussions Act of 2019

 
This bill conditions each state's receipt of federal funds on the state's establishment of specified minimum requirements for the prevention and treatment of concussions in school sports. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2019-10-15
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. (text: CR S5798-5799)
action_date: 2019-10-15
text: Introduced in Senate
Helen Keller National Center Reauthorization Act of 2019

Bill: 116-s-2601
Sponsor: Sen. Jones, Doug [D-AL]
Introduced: 2019-10-15 in the Senate
Policy area: Labor and Employment
Subjects: Disability and paralysis
Disability assistance
Employment and training programs
Government trust funds
Hearing, speech, and vision care

Summary:
action_date: 2019-10-15
text: 

Helen Keller National Center Reauthorization Act of 2019

 
This bill reauthorizes through FY2023 the Helen Keller National Center for Youths and Adults Who Are Deaf-Blind.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2019-10-15
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
action_date: 2019-10-15
text: Introduced in Senate
RPM Act of 2019

Bill: 116-s-2602
Sponsor: Sen. Burr, Richard [R-NC]
Introduced: 2019-10-16 in the Senate
Policy area: Environmental Protection
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Air quality
Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)
Environmental regulatory procedures
Motor vehicles
Sports and recreation facilities

Summary:
action_date: 2019-10-16
text: 

Recognizing the Protection of Motorsports Act of 2019 or the RPM Act of 2019

 
This bill authorizes the modification of a vehicle's air emission controls for vehicles that are not legal for operation on a street or highway and are used solely for competition.
 
In relation to the exemption of competition vehicles from anti-tampering provisions, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is prohibited from creating or authorizing a database of vehicle registration information that is required to be consulted at the point of manufacture, sale, installation, or use of parts or components. Additionally, the EPA may not require the registration of a vehicle, or part or component of a vehicle, by the manufacturer, seller, purchaser, installer, or user of the vehicle.
 
The regulation prescribed by the EPA regarding the exemption must include certain components, including a description of the reasonable conditions for the applicability of the exemption.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2019-10-16
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works.
action_date: 2019-10-16
text: Introduced in Senate
RELIEF Act

Bill: 116-s-2603
Sponsor: Sen. Durbin, Richard J. [D-IL]
Introduced: 2019-10-16 in the Senate
Policy area: Immigration
Subjects: Citizenship and naturalization
Foreign labor
Immigration status and procedures
Marriage and family status
Visas and passports

Summary:
action_date: 2019-10-16
text: 

Resolving Extended Limbo for Immigrant Employees and Families Act or the RELIEF Act

 
This bill revises provisions related to family- and employment-based visas.
 
The bill (1) increases the per-country cap on family-based immigrant visas from 7% of the total number of such visas available that year to 15%, (2) eliminates the 7% cap for employment-based immigrant visas, and (3) removes an offset that reduced the number of visas for individuals from China. The annual cap for visas for the unmarried children of citizens is increased, and the formula for calculating the cap for the unmarried children of residents is revised.
 
The bill also establishes transition rules for employment-based visas from FY2020-FY2022, by reserving a percentage of EB-2 (workers with advanced degrees or exceptional ability), EB-3 (skilled and other workers), and EB-5 (investors) visas for individuals not from the two countries with the largest number of recipients of such visas. Of the unreserved visas, not more than 85% shall be allotted to immigrants from any single country. 
 
The Department of State shall increase allocations of family- and employment-based visas by the number of beneficiaries of such applications filed before this bill's enactment, to be allocated FY2020-FY2024 to beneficiaries of applications filed before this bill's enactment who have not yet received a visa. 
 
The minor children and spouses of permanent residents and those accompanying a qualified alien shall be treated as an immediate relative for immigration purposes. Whether an alien qualifies as a minor shall be determined according to the alien's age at the time a relevant petition is filed. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2019-10-16
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. (text: CR S5843-5845)
action_date: 2019-10-16
text: Introduced in Senate
RIDE Act of 2019

Bill: 116-s-2604
Sponsor: Sen. Udall, Tom [D-NM]
Introduced: 2019-10-16 in the Senate
Policy area: Transportation and Public Works
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Advanced technology and technological innovations
Congressional oversight
Department of Transportation
Drug, alcohol, tobacco use
Motor vehicles
Public contracts and procurement
Public-private cooperation
State and local government operations
Technology transfer and commercialization
Transportation safety and security

Summary:
action_date: 2019-10-16
text: 

Reduce Impaired Driving for Everyone Act of 2019 or the
 
RIDE Act of 2019

 
This bill requires the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) to work with vehicle manufacturers, suppliers, and other entities to advance the technology developed by the Driver Alcohol Detection System for Safety Research Program and other advanced drunk driving prevention technology with the goal of integrating such technology into new vehicles.
 
The NHTSA must 
 
 
demonstrate advanced drunk driving prevention technology in not fewer than 2,500 vehicles in federal fleets; and
 
implement a program to encourage the use of advanced drunk driving prevention technology in state and local government fleets, and private sector fleets.
 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2019-10-16
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. (text: CR S5846-5847)
action_date: 2019-10-16
text: Introduced in Senate
Take Unsafe Limos Off the Road Act

Bill: 116-s-2605
Sponsor: Sen. Schumer, Charles E. [D-NY]
Introduced: 2019-10-16 in the Senate
Policy area: Transportation and Public Works
Subjects: Motor vehicles
Product safety and quality
Transportation programs funding
Transportation safety and security

Summary:
action_date: 2019-10-16
text: 

Take Unsafe Limos Off the Road Act

 
This bill directs the Department of Transportation to award grants to states that have enacted and are enforcing laws that require the impoundment or immobilization of stretch limousines if such limousines are found to have certain defects upon inspection.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2019-10-16
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. (text: CR S5847)
action_date: 2019-10-16
text: Introduced in Senate
SAFE Limos Act

Bill: 116-s-2606
Sponsor: Sen. Schumer, Charles E. [D-NY]
Introduced: 2019-10-16 in the Senate
Policy area: Transportation and Public Works
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Congressional oversight
Department of Transportation
Fraud offenses and financial crimes
Motor vehicles
Research and development
Transportation safety and security

Summary:
action_date: 2019-10-16
text: 

Safety, Accountability, and Federal Enforcement of Limos Act of 2019 or the
 
SAFE Limos Act 

 
This bill establishes safety standards for stretch limousines.
 
Among other requirements, the bill requires
 
 
safety belts to be installed in stretch limousines with a gross vehicle weight rating greater than 8,500 pounds at each designated seating position, including on side-facing seats; 
 
the Department of Transportation (DOT) to develop and issue guidelines, best practices, and recommendations to assist stretch limousine alterers develop and administer a vehicle modifier plan; 
 
DOT to complete research into side impact protection, roof crush resistance, and air bag systems for the protection of occupants in stretch limousines given alternative seating positions or interior configurations, including perimeter seating arrangements; 
 
stretch limousine operators to disclose (1) the date of the most recent inspection of the limousine required under state or federal law, (2) the results of the inspection, and (3) any corrective actions taken to ensure the limousine passes inspection; and 
 
the use of event data recorders in stretch limousines. 



Legislative actions:
action_date: 2019-10-16
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. (text: CR S5847-5849)
action_date: 2019-10-16
text: Introduced in Senate
Drone Integration and Zoning Act of 2019

Bill: 116-s-2607
Sponsor: Sen. Lee, Mike [R-UT]
Introduced: 2019-10-16 in the Senate
Policy area: Transportation and Public Works
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Aviation and airports
Department of Transportation
Federal-Indian relations
Intergovernmental relations
Land use and conservation
Property rights
State and local government operations
Transportation safety and security
User charges and fees

Summary:
action_date: 2019-10-16
text: 

Drone Integration and Zoning Act of 2019

 
This bill requires the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) to prescribe regulations or standards related to unmanned aircraft systems.
 
Among other requirements, the FAA must
 
 
designate the area between 200 feet and 400 feet above ground level for use of civil unmanned aircraft systems;
 
authorize, only with a property owner's permission, the operation of a civil unmanned aircraft in the immediate reaches of airspace above private property;
 
preserve state, local, and tribal authority to issue certain reasonable restrictions on the operation of a civil unmanned aircraft system within 200 feet of the ground or a structure; and
 
establish a process for the designation of routes above 200 feet of the ground as authorized commercial routes.
 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2019-10-16
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
action_date: 2019-10-16
text: Introduced in Senate
Advancing Competency-Based Education Act of 2019

Bill: 116-s-2608
Sponsor: Sen. Hassan, Margaret Wood [D-NH]
Introduced: 2019-10-16 in the Senate
Policy area: Education
Subjects: Academic performance and assessments
Advisory bodies
Congressional oversight
Education programs funding
Government information and archives
Government studies and investigations
Higher education
Minority education
Performance measurement
Student records
Teaching, teachers, curricula

Summary:
action_date: 2019-10-16
text: 

Advancing Competency-Based Education Act of 2019

 
This bill requires the Department of Education to select institutions of higher education (IHE) to voluntarily carry out competency-based education demonstration projects.
 
A competency-based education program is an alternative postsecondary program that measures academic progress and credential attainment by the assessment of student learning and the mastery of competencies instead of, or in addition to, credit hours.
 
A participating IHE must take certain transparency and accountability measures including (1) providing information comparing the success of students in competency-based education programs to similar students in traditional programs; (2) submitting to an annual evaluation of each competency-based education program to determine quality, progress of students toward earning a degree, and students' ability to pay off loans and find employment upon graduation; and (3) aligning their courses with career pathways and the needs of local employers in order to prepare students for the workforce.
 
The bill also establishes the Competency-Based Education Council to study the ongoing innovation and development of competency-based education programs and to develop recommendations for the authorization of such programs.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2019-10-16
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
action_date: 2019-10-16
text: Introduced in Senate
Universal School Meals Program Act of 2019

Bill: 116-s-2609
Sponsor: Sen. Sanders, Bernard [I-VT]
Introduced: 2019-10-16 in the Senate
Policy area: Agriculture and Food
Subjects: Adoption and foster care
Census and government statistics
Child care and development
Child health
Congressional oversight
Correctional facilities and imprisonment
Debt collection
Detention of persons
Elementary and secondary education
Employment and training programs
Food assistance and relief
Food supply, safety, and labeling
Fruit and vegetables
Homelessness and emergency shelter
Inflation and prices
Juvenile crime and gang violence
Military personnel and dependents
Nutrition and diet
Poverty and welfare assistance
Right of privacy
State and local finance
State and local government operations

Summary:
action_date: 2019-10-16
text: 

Universal School Meals Program Act of 2019

 
 
This bill revises requirements under the food and nutrition programs of the Department of Agriculture, such as the school lunch and breakfast programs. 
For example, the bill provides free meals to all school children regardless of income.
 
The bill increases the reimbursement rate for school food authorities participating in the food and nutrition programs.
 
The bill also prohibits school food authorities from (1) physically segregating or otherwise discriminating against any child participating in the free breakfast program, or (2) overtly identifying a child participating in the program with a special token or announcement. 
 
Additionally, the bill expands the summer food service program by making all children eligible for participation in the program.
 
Further, the bill revises eligibility determinations for measuring poverty to include runaway or homeless youth, foster children, migratory children, and children participating in specified programs (e.g., Head Start).
 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2019-10-16
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry.
action_date: 2019-10-16
text: Introduced in Senate
End the Limo Loophole Act

Bill: 116-s-2611
Sponsor: Sen. Gillibrand, Kirsten E. [D-NY]
Introduced: 2019-10-16 in the Senate
Policy area: Transportation and Public Works
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Department of Transportation
Licensing and registrations
Motor carriers
Motor vehicles
State and local government operations
Transportation safety and security

Summary:
action_date: 2019-10-16
text: 

End the Limo Loophole Act 

 
This bill revises the definition of commercial motor vehicle to include vehicles that are designed to transport 9 or more passengers including the driver (currently, at least 16 passengers including the driver) and requires the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration to finalize a rulemaking to require states to implement an annual inspection program for commercial passenger-carrying vehicles.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2019-10-16
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
action_date: 2019-10-16
text: Introduced in Senate
A bill for the relief of Maria Isabel Bueso Barrera, Alberto Bueso Mendoza, and Karla Maria Barrera De Bueso.

Bill: 116-s-2612
Sponsor: Sen. Feinstein, Dianne [D-CA]
Introduced: 2019-10-16 in the Senate
Subjects: Private Legislation

Summary:
action_date: 2019-10-16
text: Provides for the relief of Maria Isabel Bueso Barrera, Alberto Bueso Mendoza, and Karla Maria Barrera De Bueso.

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2019-10-16
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. (text: CR S5849)
action_date: 2019-10-16
text: Introduced in Senate
Ending Homelessness Act of 2019

Bill: 116-s-2613
Sponsor: Sen. Harris, Kamala D. [D-CA]
Introduced: 2019-10-16 in the Senate
Policy area: Housing and Community Development
Subjects: Appropriations
Crime victims
Criminal investigation, prosecution, interrogation
Financial services and investments
Government liability
Government trust funds
Health care coverage and access
Health programs administration and funding
Homelessness and emergency shelter
Housing and community development funding
Interagency Council on Homelessness
Judicial procedure and administration
Low- and moderate-income housing
Medicaid
Mental health
State and local government operations

Summary:
action_date: 2019-10-16
text: 

Ending Homelessness Act of 2019

 
This bill provides additional funding for, and otherwise addresses, assistance to homeless individuals and families.
 
The funding provided by the bill is designated as emergency spending, which is exempt from discretionary spending limits.
 
Specifically, the bill provides additional FY2020-FY2024 funding for the Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) to (1) award emergency relief grants to address unmet needs of homeless populations in jurisdictions with the highest need, and (2) provide additional incremental rental voucher assistance for individuals and families who are homeless. The bill also provides FY2022-FY2024 funding for HUD to award grants to provide outreach and coordinate services for individuals and families who are homeless or formerly homeless.
 
Further, the bill provides additional annual funding beginning in FY2020 for the Housing Trust Fund (dedicated to affordable housing for extremely low-income and very low-income families) and incremental project-based voucher and rental assistance. During the first five fiscal years in which such additional funding is available, HUD must ensure that priority for occupancy in assisted units is given to individuals and families who are homeless. Further, units receiving such assistance may not require families to contribute more than 30% of their adjusted income towards rent. 
 
Additionally, the bill provides FY2020 funding for HUD to provide technical assistance to states, local governments, and nonprofit organizations to integrate and coordinate homeless assistance with federal health care programs.
 
Finally, the bill permanently reauthorizes certain homeless assistance grants and makes permanent the U.S. Interagency Council on Homelessness. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2019-10-16
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs.
action_date: 2019-10-16
text: Introduced in Senate
Workforce Mobility Act of 2019

Bill: 116-s-2614
Sponsor: Sen. Young, Todd [R-IN]
Introduced: 2019-10-16 in the Senate
Policy area: Labor and Employment
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Administrative remedies
Business ethics
Civil actions and liability
Competition and antitrust
Congressional oversight
Department of Labor
Employment discrimination and employee rights
Federal Trade Commission (FTC)
Government information and archives
Government studies and investigations
Labor-management relations
Trade secrets and economic espionage
Wages and earnings

Summary:
action_date: 2019-10-16
text: 

Workforce Mobility Act of 2019 

 
This bill prohibits any persons from entering into, enforcing, or threatening to enforce a noncompete agreement with any individual who performs work for the person and who in any workweek is engaged in commerce or is employed in an enterprise engaged in commerce. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2019-11-14
text: Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship. Hearings held.
action_date: 2019-10-16
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
action_date: 2019-10-16
text: Introduced in Senate
Historic Tax Credit Growth and Opportunity Act of 2019

Bill: 116-s-2615
Sponsor: Sen. Cassidy, Bill [R-LA]
Introduced: 2019-10-16 in the Senate
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Building construction
Historic sites and heritage areas
Income tax credits
Residential rehabilitation and home repair
Tax-exempt organizations

Summary:
action_date: 2019-10-16
text: 

Historic Tax Credit Growth and Opportunity Act of 2019

 
This bill increases the rehabilitation tax credit and modifies certain requirements for the credit. 
 
The bill increases the rate of the credit to 30% for small projects (rehabilitation expenditures not exceeding $3.75 million) and caps the credit for such projects at $750,000 for all taxable years. 
 
The bill also expands the types of buildings eligible for rehabilitation by decreasing the rehabilitation threshold from 100% to 50% of project expenses. It also eliminates the basis adjustment requirement for the credit and modifies rules relating to the eligibility of tax-exempt use property for the credit.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2019-10-16
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
action_date: 2019-10-16
text: Introduced in Senate
Alaska Tribal Public Safety Empowerment Act

Bill: 116-s-2616
Sponsor: Sen. Murkowski, Lisa [R-AK]
Introduced: 2019-10-16 in the Senate
Policy area: Native Americans
Subjects: Alaska
Alaska Natives and Hawaiians
Assault and harassment offenses
Civil actions and liability
Congressional oversight
Crimes against children
Criminal investigation, prosecution, interrogation
Domestic violence and child abuse
Drug trafficking and controlled substances
Federal-Indian relations
Human trafficking
Judicial procedure and administration
Jurisdiction and venue
Law enforcement officers
Sex offenses
State and local courts

Summary:
action_date: 2019-10-16
text: 

Alaska Tribal Public Safety Empowerment Act

 
This bill expands the civil and criminal jurisdiction of certain Indian tribes over Alaska Natives and non-Alaska Natives in Alaska.
 
Specifically, the bill recognizes and affirms that any Indian tribe in Alaska occupying an Alaska Native village may exercise (1) criminal and civil jurisdiction over Alaska Natives in the village; and (2) full civil jurisdiction over Alaska Natives and non-Alaska Natives in the village with respect to issuing and enforcing protection orders, excluding violators of protection orders from the village, and using other appropriate mechanisms to address matters in the village related to protection orders.
 
The bill also directs the Department of Justice to establish a pilot program to provide certain Indian tribes with (1) general civil jurisdiction over Alaska Natives and non-Alaska Natives present in the Alaska Native village occupied by such tribe; and (2) criminal jurisdiction over Alaska Natives and non-Alaska Natives with respect to specific crimes, such as domestic violence, sexual violence, and stalking.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2019-10-16
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs.
action_date: 2019-10-16
text: Introduced in Senate