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Stop Arctic Ocean Drilling Act of 2019

Bill: 116-s-1523
Sponsor: Sen. Merkley, Jeff [D-OR]
Introduced: 2019-05-16 in the Senate
Policy area: Energy
Subjects: Air quality
Arctic Ocean
Arctic and polar regions
Climate change and greenhouse gases
Marine and coastal resources, fisheries
Mining
Oil and gas

Summary:
action_date: 2019-05-16
text: 

Stop Arctic Ocean Drilling Act of 2019

 
This bill addresses oil and gas leasing in Arctic areas of the Outer Continental Shelf (OCS).
 
The bill declares that it is the policy of the United States that the Arctic Ocean should be managed for the best interests of the people of the United States, including by keeping fossil fuels in the ground to avoid the dangerous impacts of climate change. 
 
The Department of the Interior is prohibited from issuing or extending a lease or any other authorization for the exploration, development, or production of oil, natural gas, or any other mineral in Arctic areas of the OCS.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2019-05-16
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
action_date: 2019-05-16
text: Introduced in Senate
Real Education for Healthy Youth Act of 2019

Bill: 116-s-1524
Sponsor: Sen. Booker, Cory A. [D-NJ]
Introduced: 2019-05-16 in the Senate
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Alaska Natives and Hawaiians
Appropriations
Child care and development
Child health
Education of the disadvantaged
Education programs funding
Elementary and secondary education
Family planning and birth control
Family relationships
HIV/AIDS
Health programs administration and funding
Health promotion and preventive care
Higher education
Indian social and development programs
Medical research
Minority education
Sex and reproductive health
Sex, gender, sexual orientation discrimination
Sexually transmitted diseases
Teaching, teachers, curricula
Women's health

Summary:
action_date: 2019-05-16
text: 

Real Education for Healthy Youth Act of 2019

 
This bill requires the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), in coordination with certain HHS components, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, and the Department of Education, to award grants for comprehensive sex education for adolescents. It also awards grants for comprehensive sex education provided by institutions of higher education and for training faculty and staff to teach comprehensive sex education to adolescents. Comprehensive sex education programs may include, among other things, instruction that addresses the physical, mental, emotional, and social dimensions of human sexuality and approaches designed to motivate and assist students to maintain and improve their sexual health, prevent disease and reduce sexual health-related risk behaviors.
 
Grant funds generally may not be used for specified purposes, including to (1) withhold specified health information related to HIV, (2) provide medically inaccurate information, or (3) promote gender or racial stereotypes.
 
The bill also
 
 
revises requirements and eliminates prohibitions regarding the content of educational programs funded through the HIV/AIDS prevention program,
 
 repeals the prohibition on using funds for materials or programs that promote or encourage sexual activity and contraceptive distribution in school, and
 
repeals the Abstinence Only Until Marriage program. 
 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2019-05-16
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
action_date: 2019-05-16
text: Introduced in Senate
Student Protection and Success Act

Bill: 116-s-1525
Sponsor: Sen. Shaheen, Jeanne [D-NH]
Introduced: 2019-05-16 in the Senate
Policy area: Education
Subjects: Academic performance and assessments
Congressional oversight
Education of the disadvantaged
Education programs funding
Government information and archives
Government lending and loan guarantees
Higher education
Student aid and college costs

Summary:
action_date: 2019-05-16
text: 

Student Protection and Success Act 

 
This bill establishes certain consequences for institutions of higher education (IHEs) that have low student loan repayment rates or high student loan balances among their students.
 
The bill makes an IHE ineligible for federal student financial aid programs for two fiscal years if a certain percentage of its students are not able to start repaying the principal of their loans by specified deadlines.
 
The Department of Education must award grants to IHEs that have a strong record of supporting low- and moderate-income students. The bill funds the grants by requiring IHEs with certain nonrepayment loan balances to make risk-sharing payments. Grants may be used to increase college access and success for the students using investments and practices such as awarding additional need-based financial aid, enhancing academic and student support services, and establishing or expanding accelerated learning opportunities. 
 
The bill also revises the types of student service expenditures and resources information collected by the National Center for Education Statistics.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2019-05-16
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
action_date: 2019-05-16
text: Introduced in Senate
Prevention of Sexual Assault in the Armed Forces Act

Bill: 116-s-1526
Sponsor: Sen. Sinema, Kyrsten [D-AZ]
Introduced: 2019-05-16 in the Senate
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Administrative remedies
Advisory bodies
Assault and harassment offenses
Congressional oversight
Crime prevention
Crime victims
Department of Defense
Higher education
Lawyers and legal services
Military education and training
Military law
Military personnel and dependents
Sex offenses

Summary:
action_date: 2019-05-16
text: 

Prevention of Sexual Assault in the Armed Forces Act

 
This bill addresses sexual assault in the armed forces. It directs the Department of Defense to establish a Defense Advisory Committee for the Prevention of Sexual Misconduct. 
 
Upon a determination not to refer a case of alleged sexual assault for trial by court-martial, the commander making such determination shall notify the victim, at least monthly, of the status of further action.
 
The bill also allows each military department to detail certain enlisted members meeting requirements for acceptance of a commission as commissioned officers as students at accredited U.S. law schools for a period of legal training leading to a law degree. A service member agreeing to such training will, upon completion, accept a commission as a judge advocate or law specialist. Selections shall be on a competitive basis for active duty for a two-year period (in addition to any other service obligation).


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2019-05-16
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Armed Services.
action_date: 2019-05-16
text: Introduced in Senate
RTP Funding Transparency Act

Bill: 116-s-1527
Sponsor: Sen. Klobuchar, Amy [D-MN]
Introduced: 2019-05-16 in the Senate
Policy area: Transportation and Public Works
Subjects: Congressional oversight
Government studies and investigations
Government trust funds
Motor fuels
Outdoor recreation
Parks, recreation areas, trails
Roads and highways
Sales and excise taxes
Transportation programs funding

Summary:
action_date: 2019-05-16
text: 

RTP Funding Transparency Act

 
This bill requires the Department of Transportation to carry out an assessment of the best available estimate of the total amount of nonhighway recreational fuel taxes received by the Department of the Treasury and transferred to the Highway Trust Fund for the period covered by the assessment.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2019-05-16
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works.
action_date: 2019-05-16
text: Introduced in Senate
A bill to amend title 31, United States Code, to provide for the issuance of Green Bonds and to establish the United States Green Bank, and for other purposes.

Bill: 116-s-1528
Sponsor: Sen. Murphy, Christopher [D-CT]
Introduced: 2019-05-16 in the Senate
Policy area: Energy
Subjects: Agricultural conservation and pollution
Agricultural practices and innovations
Air quality
Alternative and renewable resources
Climate change and greenhouse gases
Corporate finance and management
Credit and credit markets
Electric power generation and transmission
Energy efficiency and conservation
Energy storage, supplies, demand
Executive agency funding and structure
Forests, forestry, trees
Government corporations and government-sponsored enterprises
Government lending and loan guarantees
Hybrid, electric, and advanced technology vehicles
Land use and conservation
Motor fuels
Public transit
Regional and metropolitan planning
Securities
Solid waste and recycling
State and local finance
Water use and supply
Wetlands

Summary:
action_date: 2019-05-16
text: 
This bill establishes a U.S. Green Bank to finance climate change mitigation and adaptation projects at the state and local level by capitalizing regional, state, and municipal green banks. 
 
The Department of the Treasury must issue green bonds to provide the bank with (1) an initial capitalization of $10 billion; and (2) additional capitalization, upon the bank's request, of no more than $50 billion in aggregate at any one time.
 
The bill also establishes in the Treasury a revolving Green Bank Establishment Fund.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2019-05-16
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
action_date: 2019-05-16
text: Introduced in Senate
Supporting Victims of Iranian Terrorism Act of 2019

Bill: 116-s-1529
Sponsor: Sen. Cotton, Tom [R-AR]
Introduced: 2019-05-16 in the Senate
Policy area: International Affairs
Subjects: Civil actions and liability
Crime victims
Federal district courts
Foreign property
Government liability
Iran
Jurisdiction and venue
Lebanon
Middle East
Military facilities and property
Military personnel and dependents
New York City
Sanctions
Securities
Terrorism

Summary:
action_date: 2019-05-16
text: 

Supporting Victims of Iranian Terrorism Act of 2019 

 
This bill authorizes jurisdiction over certain Iranian assets so that judgments against Iran for the 1983 bombing of the U.S. Marine barracks in Beirut, Lebanon, may be collected by the victims' families. Specifically, the bill establishes personal jurisdiction for the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York over Iranian funds held outside the United States by any foreign securities intermediary. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2019-05-16
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations.
action_date: 2019-05-16
text: Introduced in Senate
Youth Access to Sexual Health Services Act of 2019

Bill: 116-s-1530
Sponsor: Sen. Hirono, Mazie K. [D-HI]
Introduced: 2019-05-16 in the Senate
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Assault and harassment offenses
Cancer
Child health
Community life and organization
Crime victims
Crimes against women
Education of the disadvantaged
Education programs funding
Family planning and birth control
HIV/AIDS
Health care coverage and access
Health programs administration and funding
Health promotion and preventive care
Immunology and vaccination
Medical tests and diagnostic methods
Mental health
Sex and reproductive health
Sex offenses
Sex, gender, sexual orientation discrimination
Sexually transmitted diseases
Women's health

Summary:
action_date: 2019-05-16
text: 

Youth Access to Sexual Health Services Act of 2019

 
This bill authorizes the Department of Health and Human Services to award grants to support the access of marginalized youth to sexual health services such as sexual health education and contraception. The bill defines 
marginalized youth 
as a person under the age of 26 who is disadvantaged by underlying structural barriers and social inequity
. 

 
Grants may be used to (1) provide sexual health information to marginalized youth, (2) promote effective communication regarding sexual health among marginalized youth, (3) promote and support opportunities for school-age parents, and (4) train individuals who work with marginalized youth to promote sexual health and the development of safe and supportive environments.
 
Grants may not be used to provide access to health services that (1) are medically unsound; (2) withhold sexual health-promoting or lifesaving information; (3) promote gender stereotypes; or (4) are insensitive or unresponsive to the needs of young people, including youth with varying gender identities and sexual orientations, sexually active youth, pregnant or parenting youth, and survivors of sexual abuse or assault.
 
Unobligated funds for abstinence education are transferred and made available for these grants.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2019-05-16
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
action_date: 2019-05-16
text: Introduced in Senate
STOP Surprise Medical Bills Act of 2019

Bill: 116-s-1531
Sponsor: Sen. Cassidy, Bill [R-LA]
Introduced: 2019-05-16 in the Senate
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Alternative dispute resolution, mediation, arbitration
Congressional oversight
Emergency medical services and trauma care
Employee benefits and pensions
Government studies and investigations
Health care costs and insurance
Health information and medical records
Health personnel
Hospital care

Summary:
action_date: 2019-05-16
text: 

Stopping The Outrageous Practice of Surprise Medical Bills Act of 2019 or the STOP Surprise Medical Bills Act of 2019

 
 This bill prohibits health care providers and health insurance plans from billing enrollees in excess of the in-network amount for specified health care services provided out-of-network. Specifically, a plan or provider may not charge an enrollee more than the in-network amount for services that are 
 
 
emergency services provided by an out-of-network provider or at an out-of-network facility;
 
nonemergency services provided at an in-network facility by an out-of-network provider; or
 
nonemergency services provided out-of-network to an enrollee who initially enters through an emergency room for emergency services, except under specified circumstances.
 
 
Additionally, health insurance plans must pay the median in-network amount, minus the enrollee's in-network cost-sharing amount, directly to a health care provider. The bill also establishes an independent review process to resolve billing disputes between insurance plans and providers.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2019-05-16
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
action_date: 2019-05-16
text: Introduced in Senate
Pharmacy Benefit Manager Accountability Study Act of 2019

Bill: 116-s-1532
Sponsor: Sen. Blackburn, Marsha [R-TN]
Introduced: 2019-05-16 in the Senate
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Congressional oversight
Drug therapy
Government employee pay, benefits, personnel management
Government studies and investigations
Health care costs and insurance
Inflation and prices
Medicaid
Medicare
Prescription drugs

Summary:
action_date: 2019-05-16
text: 

Pharmacy Benefit Manager Accountability Study Act of 2019

 
This bill requires the Government Accountability Office to report on the role of pharmacy benefit managers in the pharmaceutical supply chain and recommend legislative actions to lower the cost of prescription drugs.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2019-05-16
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
action_date: 2019-05-16
text: Introduced in Senate
National Flood Insurance Program Extension Act

Bill: 116-s-1533
Sponsor: Sen. Kennedy, John [R-LA]
Introduced: 2019-05-16 in the Senate
Policy area: Finance and Financial Sector
Subjects: Disaster relief and insurance
Floods and storm protection

Summary:
action_date: 2019-05-16
text: 

National Flood Insurance Program Extension Act

 
This bill reauthorizes the National Flood Insurance Program through December 1, 2020. 
 
The bill shall take effect as if it had been enacted on May 31, 2019.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2019-05-16
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs.
action_date: 2019-05-16
text: Introduced in Senate
A bill to require the Secretary of Defense to conduct an assessment of quantum computing technology to address problems associated with exposure to PFAS, and for other purposes.

Bill: 116-s-1534
Sponsor: Sen. Peters, Gary C. [D-MI]
Introduced: 2019-05-16 in the Senate
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Computers and information technology
Hazardous wastes and toxic substances
Military facilities and property
Technology assessment

Summary:
action_date: 2019-05-16
text: 
This bill requires the Under Secretary of Defense for Research and Engineering to complete an assessment of quantum computing and how it may be used to address problems associated with exposure to perfluoroalkyl and polyfluoroalkyl substances, commonly referred to as PFASs. PFASs are man-made and may have adverse human health effects.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2019-05-16
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Armed Services.
action_date: 2019-05-16
text: Introduced in Senate
REPAIR Act

Bill: 116-s-1535
Sponsor: Sen. Warner, Mark R. [D-VA]
Introduced: 2019-05-16 in the Senate
Policy area: Transportation and Public Works
Subjects: Aviation and airports
Dams and canals
Electric power generation and transmission
Energy storage, supplies, demand
Environmental assessment, monitoring, research
Government corporations and government-sponsored enterprises
Government lending and loan guarantees
Income tax exclusion
Infrastructure development
Licensing and registrations
Marine and inland water transportation
Navigation, waterways, harbors
Public transit
Public-private cooperation
Railroads
Roads and highways
Rural conditions and development
Securities
State and local finance
Transportation programs funding
Water quality
Water resources funding
Water use and supply

Summary:
action_date: 2019-05-16
text: 

Reinventing Economic Partnerships And Infrastructure Redevelopment Act or the REPAIR Act

 
This bill addresses the financing of infrastructure projects through the establishment of the Infrastructure Financing Authority (IFA) and increases the national limitation on the amount of tax-exempt highway or surface freight transfer facility bonds.
 
Specifically, the bill
 
 
directs the IFA to provide direct loans and loan guarantees to facilitate certain infrastructure projects that are economically viable, in the public interest, and of regional or national significance, including the construction, consolidation, alteration, or repair of airports and air traffic control systems, highway facilities, and transmission or distribution pipelines;
 
sets forth terms and limitations on direct loans and loan guarantees; 
 
establishes a funding mechanism to make the IFA a self-sustaining entity, including through fees and risk premiums on loans and loan guarantees; and
 
increases from $15 billion to $16 billion the national limitation on the amount of tax-exempt highway or surface freight transfer facility bonds.
 
 

 
 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2019-05-16
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
action_date: 2019-05-16
text: Introduced in Senate
Age-Friendly Communities Act of 2019

Bill: 116-s-1536
Sponsor: Sen. Peters, Gary C. [D-MI]
Introduced: 2019-05-16 in the Senate
Policy area: Social Welfare
Subjects: Aging
Community life and organization
Government information and archives
Health care coverage and access
Health promotion and preventive care
Home and outpatient care
Housing for the elderly and disabled
Long-term, rehabilitative, and terminal care
Sierra Leone
Social work, volunteer service, charitable organizations

Summary:
action_date: 2019-05-16
text: 

Age-Friendly Communities Act of 2019

 
This bill requires federal coordination of efforts that support age-friendly communities and healthy aging.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2019-05-16
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
action_date: 2019-05-16
text: Introduced in Senate
Lifesaving Gear for Police Act

Bill: 116-s-1537
Sponsor: Sen. Toomey, Patrick [R-PA]
Introduced: 2019-05-16 in the Senate
Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Drug trafficking and controlled substances
Firearms and explosives
Government buildings, facilities, and property
Law enforcement administration and funding
Military facilities and property
Terrorism
Violent crime

Summary:
action_date: 2019-05-16
text: 

Lifesaving Gear for Police Act

 
This bill invalidates any regulation, rule, guidance, recommendation, or policy issued on or after May 15, 2015, that limits the sale or donation of excess federal property to state and local law enforcement agencies unless enacted by Congress.
 
Additionally, it prohibits the use of federal funds to implement such regulation, rule, guidance, recommendation, or policy.
 
Property that was recalled or seized on or after May 15, 2015, must be returned, replaced, or reissued to the state or local law enforcement agency.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2019-05-16
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.
action_date: 2019-05-16
text: Introduced in Senate
CPRA

Bill: 116-s-1538
Sponsor: Sen. Warner, Mark R. [D-VA]
Introduced: 2019-05-16 in the Senate
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Subjects: Congressional oversight
Government buildings, facilities, and property
Homelessness and emergency shelter
Land transfers
Legislative rules and procedure
Presidents and presidential powers, Vice Presidents

Summary:
action_date: 2019-05-16
text: 

Civilian Property Realignment Act of 2019 or CPRA

 This bill directs the Public Buildings Reform Board to identify a total savings to the federal government of at least $9 billion from the disposal of surplus federal civilian real properties. 
The bill removes the maximum limit on the fair market value of the properties to be identified by the board. The list of the properties identified for disposal shall be submitted to the President and Congress (currently, the Office of Management and Budget [OMB] and Congress) as board recommendations and subject to the approval process under the Act. 
 
The General Services Administration shall continue to initiate the sale of federal civilian real properties, but in accordance with environmental considerations. 
 
The bill transfers the responsibilities of the OMB to the President and requires submission to the President of the two separate reports on the board's findings, conclusions, and recommendations. The bill increases the maximum limit on the total value of transactions that may be contained in such reports.
 
The bill establishes a process for the review of the board's recommendations by the President and Congress.
 
The bill exempts properties included in the recommendations for disposal or realignment from certain public benefit conveyance requirements, including the McKinney-Vento Act (requiring surplus property to be used to assist the homeless). 
 
 The bill limits the authority of certain executive agencies to lease space for the purposes of a public building. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2019-05-16
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works.
action_date: 2019-05-16
text: Introduced in Senate