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Clean Water for Rural Communities Act

Bill: 116-s-334
Sponsor: Sen. Daines, Steve [R-MT]
Introduced: 2019-02-05 in the Senate
Policy area: Water Resources Development
Subjects: Electric power generation and transmission
Montana
North Dakota
Rural conditions and development
Water resources funding
Water storage
Water use and supply

Summary:
action_date: 2019-02-05
text: 

Clean Water for Rural Communities Act

 
This bill authorizes rural water supply projects in Montana and North Dakota.
 
Specifically, the bill authorizes the Department of the Interior to (1) plan and construct the Musselshell-Judith Rural Water System for certain communities in Montana, and (2) study the feasibility of constructing the Dry-Redwater Regional Water System for certain communities in Montana and North Dakota.

action_date: 2019-10-22
text: 

Clean Water for Rural Communities Act

 
This bill authorizes rural water supply projects in Montana and North Dakota.
 
Specifically, the bill authorizes the Department of the Interior to (1) plan and construct the Musselshell-Judith Rural Water System for certain communities in Montana, and (2) study the feasibility of constructing the Dry-Redwater Regional Water System for certain communities in Montana and North Dakota.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2019-10-22
text: Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 253.
action_date: 2019-10-22
text: Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. Reported by Senator Murkowski without amendment. With written report No. 116-133.
action_date: 2019-10-22
text: Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. Reported by Senator Murkowski without amendment. With written report No. 116-133.
action_date: 2019-09-25
text: Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. Ordered to be reported without amendment favorably.
action_date: 2019-02-05
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
action_date: 2019-02-05
text: Introduced in Senate
ZTE Enforcement Review and Oversight Act

Bill: 116-s-335
Sponsor: Sen. Rubio, Marco [R-FL]
Introduced: 2019-02-05 in the Senate
Policy area: Foreign Trade and International Finance
Subjects: Accounting and auditing
Asia
Business ethics
China
Congressional oversight
Foreign and international corporations
Licensing and registrations
Sanctions
Telephone and wireless communication
Trade restrictions

Summary:
action_date: 2019-02-05
text: 

ZTE Enforcement Review and Oversight Act

 
This bill requires the Department of Commerce to report on and ensure ZTE Corporation's compliance with the June 7, 2018, settlement agreement regarding sanctions violations. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2019-02-05
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs.
action_date: 2019-02-05
text: Introduced in Senate
Studying the Missing and Murdered Indian Crisis Act of 2019

Bill: 116-s-336
Sponsor: Sen. Tester, Jon [D-MT]
Introduced: 2019-02-05 in the Senate
Policy area: Native Americans
Subjects: Congressional oversight
Crimes against children
Criminal investigation, prosecution, interrogation
Criminal justice information and records
Genetics
Government studies and investigations
Indian social and development programs
Missing persons
Violent crime

Summary:
action_date: 2019-02-05
text: 

Studying the Missing and Murdered Indian Crisis Act of 2019

 
This bill requires the Government Accountability Office to report on the response of law enforcement agencies to reports of missing or murdered Native Americans and to make recommendations on how to improve the utilized databases and notification systems.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2019-02-05
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs.
action_date: 2019-02-05
text: Introduced in Senate
Preserving the MotorCities Heritage Act

Bill: 116-s-337
Sponsor: Sen. Stabenow, Debbie [D-MI]
Introduced: 2019-02-05 in the Senate
Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources
Subjects: Historic sites and heritage areas
Industrial facilities
Manufacturing
Michigan
Motor vehicles

Summary:
action_date: 2019-02-05
text: 

Preserving the MotorCities Heritage Act

 
This bill extends through FY2025 the authority of the Department of the Interior to make grants or furnish technical assistance for the MotorCities National Heritage Area in Michigan. 
 
The bill also increases the maximum amount of funding that may be appropriated for the heritage area. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2019-02-05
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
action_date: 2019-02-05
text: Introduced in Senate
Transition Team Ethics Improvement Act

Bill: 116-s-338
Sponsor: Sen. Warren, Elizabeth [D-MA]
Introduced: 2019-02-05 in the Senate
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Subjects: Congressional oversight
Elections, voting, political campaign regulation
Federal officials
Government ethics and transparency, public corruption
Government information and archives
Intelligence activities, surveillance, classified information
Presidents and presidential powers, Vice Presidents
Public participation and lobbying
Wages and earnings

Summary:
action_date: 2019-02-05
text: 

Transition Team Ethics Improvement Act

 
This bill establishes ethics requirements for a President-elect's transition team.
 
The bill requires a President-elect to submit to Congress a report with a list of any individual (1) for whom an application for a security clearance was submitted, by 10 days after its submission; or (2) provided a security clearance, by 10 days after it was provided.
 
The Federal Transition Coordinator must negotiate a memorandum of understanding with the transition representative of each eligible candidate by October 1 (currently November 1) of a year during which a presidential election occurs.
 
Each memorandum of understanding shall include an agreement that the eligible candidate will implement and enforce an ethics plan to guide the conduct of the transition beginning on the date on which the candidate becomes the President-elect.
 
The ethics plan shall include 
 
 
a description of the ethics requirements that will apply to all transition team members; 
 
a description of how the transition team will address the role on the team of registered lobbyists, former registered lobbyists, persons registered under the Foreign Agents Registration Act, foreign nationals, other foreign agents, and transition team members with sources of income or clients that are not disclosed to the public; 
 
a Code of Ethical Conduct, to which each transition team member will sign and be subject to, that reflects the content of the ethics plans and that meets other specified requirements; and 
 
a description of how the transition team will enforce the Code of Ethical Conduct.



Legislative actions:
action_date: 2019-02-05
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.
action_date: 2019-02-05
text: Introduced in Senate
Nashua River Wild and Scenic River Act

Bill: 116-s-339
Sponsor: Sen. Markey, Edward J. [D-MA]
Introduced: 2019-02-05 in the Senate
Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources
Subjects: Land use and conservation
Massachusetts
New Hampshire
Wilderness and natural areas, wildlife refuges, wild rivers, habitats

Summary:
action_date: 2019-02-05
text: 

Nashua River Wild and Scenic River Act

 
This bill designates specified segments of the Nashua, Squannacook, and Nissitissit rivers in Massachusetts and New Hampshire as components of the Wild and Scenic Rivers System. The bill excludes from such designation certain areas with respect to the Ice House and Pepperell hydroelectric projects and the Hollingsworth and Vose dam. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2019-02-05
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
action_date: 2019-02-05
text: Introduced in Senate
A bill to promote competition in the market for drugs and biological products by facilitating the timely entry of lower-cost generic and biosimilar versions of those drugs and biological products.

Bill: 116-s-340
Sponsor: Sen. Leahy, Patrick J. [D-VT]
Introduced: 2019-02-05 in the Senate
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Civil actions and liability
Drug safety, medical device, and laboratory regulation
Licensing and registrations
Prescription drugs
Product development and innovation

Summary:
action_date: 2019-02-05
text: 

Creating and Restoring Equal Access to Equivalent Samples Act of 2019 or the
 
CREATES Act of 2019

 
This bill generally allows the developer of a drug or biological product, such as a generic or biosimilar version of a drug, to bring a civil action against the license holder of an approved medication if the holder refuses to make available sufficient quantities of the approved medication for the developer's testing. The bill also establishes affirmative defenses to such a civil action.
 In addition, the bill authorizes drug manufacturers seeking Food and Drug Administration approval for a generic drug to use alternative methods to develop elements assure safe use of a drug.

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2019-02-06
text: Read the second time. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 22.
action_date: 2019-02-05
text: Introduced in the Senate. Read the first time. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under Read the First Time. (Sponsor introductory remarks on measure: CR S868-869)
action_date: 2019-02-05
text: Introduced in Senate
Department of Veterans Affairs Procurement Efficiency and Transparency Act of 2019

Bill: 116-s-341
Sponsor: Sen. Gardner, Cory [R-CO]
Introduced: 2019-02-05 in the Senate
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Department of Veterans Affairs
Government information and archives
Public contracts and procurement

Summary:
action_date: 2019-02-05
text: 

Department of Veterans Affairs Procurement Efficiency and Transparency Act of 2019

 
This bill addresses procurement procedures in the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA). Specifically, the bill requires the VA to record the amount of any cost savings realized by using competitive procedures in awarding contracts reported in the Federal Procurement Data System (or successor systems).
 
The VA shall make available and use on a VA-wide basis the standardized procurement templates already used internally at certain VA offices.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2019-02-05
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
action_date: 2019-02-05
text: Introduced in Senate
Advancing International and Foreign Language Education Act

Bill: 116-s-342
Sponsor: Sen. Young, Todd [R-IN]
Introduced: 2019-02-06 in the Senate
Policy area: Education
Subjects: Area studies and international education
Business education
Education programs funding
Foreign language and bilingual programs
Higher education
Minority education
Student aid and college costs
Teaching, teachers, curricula
Vocational and technical education

Summary:
action_date: 2019-02-06
text: 

Advancing International and Foreign Language Education Act

 
This bill reauthorizes through FY2025 and otherwise revises international education programs. These programs provide grants to institutions of higher education and related entities to (1) enhance instruction in international and foreign language studies, and (2) promote international business skills and education. 
 
First, the bill reauthorizes programs related to international and foreign language studies. Specifically, it extends (1) the Graduate and Undergraduate Language and Area Centers and Programs, which include the National Resource Centers program; (2) the Language Resource Centers; (3) the Undergraduate International Studies and Foreign Language Programs; and (4) the American Overseas Research Centers.
 
Next, the bill reauthorizes the Foreign Language and Area Studies Fellowships program. It also revises the program to permit graduate students to receive a stipend for the beginning, intermediate, or advanced study of a foreign language related to the student's area of specialization.
 
Further, the bill extends the Technological Innovation and Cooperation for Foreign Information Access program. It also modifies the program, such as by (1) revising the types of available grants, and (2) allowing the Department of Education to establish a national database on international and foreign language education.
 
Finally, the bill reauthorizes programs related to international business skills and education. Specifically, it reauthorizes the Centers for Business Education program. It also reauthorizes the Education and Training program and otherwise makes changes to the program, including by (1) renaming the program; and (2) mandating certain program activities, such as the incorporation of specified programs and studies into professional education and technical training curricula. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2019-02-06
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
action_date: 2019-02-06
text: Introduced in Senate
Fairness for Every Driver Act

Bill: 116-s-343
Sponsor: Sen. Barrasso, John [R-WY]
Introduced: 2019-02-06 in the Senate
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Alternative and renewable resources
Government trust funds
Hybrid, electric, and advanced technology vehicles
Income tax credits
Roads and highways
Sales and excise taxes
Transportation programs funding
User charges and fees

Summary:
action_date: 2019-02-06
text: 

Fairness for Every Driver Act 

 
This bill terminates and repeals the tax credit for new qualified plug-in electric drive motor vehicles. It also imposes a user fee on alternative fuel vehicles used in the United States and requires the fees to be transferred to the Highway Trust Fund. 
 
&quot;Alternative fuel vehicles&quot; include plug-in electric vehicles, fuel cell electric vehicles, and other motor vehicles propelled to a significant extent by an electric motor that draws power from any source that is not subject to certain fuel taxes. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2019-02-06
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
action_date: 2019-02-06
text: Introduced in Senate
Hatch-Waxman Integrity Act of 2019

Bill: 116-s-344
Sponsor: Sen. Tillis, Thomas [R-NC]
Introduced: 2019-02-06 in the Senate
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Administrative remedies
Drug safety, medical device, and laboratory regulation
Fraud offenses and financial crimes
Intellectual property
Licensing and registrations
Prescription drugs
Securities

Summary:
action_date: 2019-02-06
text: 

Hatch-Waxman Integrity Act of 2019

 
This bill establishes certain limits on the filing of patent validity challenges with the Patent Trial and Appeal Board, particularly with respect to inter partes review.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2019-02-06
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
action_date: 2019-02-06
text: Introduced in Senate
SWIFT Act

Bill: 116-s-345
Sponsor: Sen. Casey, Robert P., Jr. [D-PA]
Introduced: 2019-02-06 in the Senate
Policy area: Social Welfare
Subjects: Child safety and welfare
Disability assistance
Government information and archives
Marriage and family status
Separation, divorce, custody, support
Social security and elderly assistance

Summary:
action_date: 2019-02-06
text: 

Surviving Widow(er) Income Fair Treatment Act of 2019 or the SWIFT Act 

 
This bill modifies eligibility requirements and increases benefits for widows, widowers, and surviving divorced spouses under the Old Age, Survivors, and Disability Insurance (OASDI) benefits program.
 
The bill makes widow and widower's benefits available to disabled individuals at any age, whereas currently the benefits are limited to such individuals between ages 50 to 60. Provisions reducing benefits in various instances, such as when a beneficiary is entitled to multiple types of benefits, shall not apply to widow and widower's benefits for individuals with disabilities.
 
For determining whether a beneficiary has a child in his or her care, the bill raises the upper age limit for the child from 16 to 18 years (or 19, if the child is a full-time elementary or secondary school student). An individual with a child in care may receive increased benefits in specified instances. 
 
The bill also increases various limits on widow and widower's benefits in certain instances and modifies the calculation for increased benefits for individuals who choose to delay receiving such benefits.
 
For current beneficiaries, increases in OASDI benefits under this bill shall not affect the beneficiary's eligibility for any federal assistance program or the benefit amount to be received under such an assistance program.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2019-02-06
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
action_date: 2019-02-06
text: Introduced in Senate
National Evaluation of Techniques for Making Energy Technologies More Efficient and Resilient Act of 2019

Bill: 116-s-346
Sponsor: Sen. Hassan, Margaret Wood [D-NH]
Introduced: 2019-02-06 in the Senate
Policy area: Energy
Subjects: Alternative and renewable resources
Electric power generation and transmission
Energy efficiency and conservation
Energy storage, supplies, demand
Government studies and investigations
Public utilities and utility rates

Summary:
action_date: 2019-02-06
text: 

National Evaluation of Techniques for Making Energy Technologies More Efficient and Resilient Act of 2019

 
This bill directs the Department of Energy to seek to enter into an agreement with the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine under which the National Academies must study and evaluate net metering. Net metering allows consumers who generate some or all of their own electricity to use that electricity anytime, instead of when it is generated.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2019-02-06
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
action_date: 2019-02-06
text: Introduced in Senate
A bill to designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 40 Fulton Street in Middletown, New York, as the "Benjamin A. Gilman Post Office Building".

Bill: 116-s-347
Sponsor: Sen. Gillibrand, Kirsten E. [D-NY]
Introduced: 2019-02-06 in the Senate
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Subjects: Congressional tributes
Government buildings, facilities, and property
Members of Congress
New York State
Postal service

Summary:
action_date: 2019-02-06
text: Designates the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 40 Fulton Street in Middletown, New York, as the "Benjamin A. Gilman Post Office Building."

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2019-08-02
text: Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Reform.
action_date: 2019-08-02
text: Received in the House.
action_date: 2019-07-31
text: Message on Senate action sent to the House.
action_date: 2019-07-30
text: Passed Senate without amendment by Unanimous Consent. (consideration: CR S5204; text: CR S5204)
action_date: 2019-07-30
text: Passed/agreed to in Senate: Passed Senate without amendment by Unanimous Consent.(consideration: CR S5204; text: CR S5204)
action_date: 2019-05-15
text: Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 85.
action_date: 2019-05-15
text: Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs. Reported by Senator Johnson without amendment. Without written report.
action_date: 2019-05-15
text: Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs. Reported by Senator Johnson without amendment. Without written report.
action_date: 2019-05-15
text: Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs. Ordered to be reported without amendment favorably.
action_date: 2019-02-06
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.
action_date: 2019-02-06
text: Introduced in Senate
Resident Physician Shortage Reduction Act of 2019

Bill: 116-s-348
Sponsor: Sen. Menendez, Robert [D-NJ]
Introduced: 2019-02-06 in the Senate
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Congressional oversight
Government studies and investigations
Health care coverage and access
Health personnel
Hospital care
Medical education
Medicare
Minority employment
Minority health
Rural conditions and development

Summary:
action_date: 2019-02-06
text: 

Resident Physician Shortage Reduction Act of 2019

 
This bill increases the number of residency positions eligible for graduate medical education payments under Medicare for qualifying hospitals, with an aggregate increase of 3,000 positions per fiscal year for five years. Of these positions, at least 1,500 per fiscal year must be for residents in a shortage specialty residency program (i.e., a program in a specialty in which baseline physician requirements projections exceed the projected supply of total active physicians, as identified by the Health Resources and Services Administration in a specified report). 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2019-02-06
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
action_date: 2019-02-06
text: Introduced in Senate
Reviving America's Scenic Byways Act of 2019

Bill: 116-s-349
Sponsor: Sen. Collins, Susan M. [R-ME]
Introduced: 2019-02-06 in the Senate
Policy area: Transportation and Public Works
Subjects: Government information and archives
Land use and conservation
Outdoor recreation
Roads and highways
Travel and tourism

Summary:
action_date: 2019-02-06
text: 

Reviving America's Scenic Byways Act

 
This bill requires the Department of Transportation (DOT) to publish in the Federal Register and on the DOT website a request for nominations for roads to be designated under the national scenic byways program and a list of the roads designated.

action_date: 2019-06-19
text: 

Reviving America's Scenic Byways Act of 2019

 
This bill requires the Department of Transportation (DOT) to publish in the Federal Register and on the DOT website a request for nominations for roads to be designated under the national scenic byways program and a list of the roads designated.

action_date: 2019-09-09
text: 

Reviving America's Scenic Byways Act 

of 2019

 
This bill requires the Department of Transportation (DOT) to publish in the Federal Register and on the DOT website a request for nominations for roads to be designated under the national scenic byways program and a list of the roads designated.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2019-09-10
text: Held at the desk.
action_date: 2019-09-10
text: Received in the House.
action_date: 2019-09-10
text: Message on Senate action sent to the House.
action_date: 2019-09-09
text: Passed Senate with an amendment by Voice Vote. (consideration: CR S5366; text: CR S5366)
action_date: 2019-09-09
text: Passed/agreed to in Senate: Passed Senate with an amendment by Voice Vote.(consideration: CR S5366; text: CR S5366)
action_date: 2019-07-23
text: By Senator Barrasso from Committee on Environment and Public Works filed written report. Report No. 116-61.
action_date: 2019-07-23
text: By Senator Barrasso from Committee on Environment and Public Works filed written report. Report No. 116-61.
action_date: 2019-06-19
text: Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 116.
action_date: 2019-06-19
text: Committee on Environment and Public Works. Reported by Senator Barrasso with an amendment in the nature of a substitute. Without written report.
action_date: 2019-06-19
text: Committee on Environment and Public Works. Reported by Senator Barrasso with an amendment in the nature of a substitute. Without written report.
action_date: 2019-06-19
text: Committee on Environment and Public Works. Ordered to be reported with an amendment in the nature of a substitute favorably.
action_date: 2019-02-06
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works. (Sponsor introductory remarks on measure: CR S920-921)
action_date: 2019-02-06
text: Introduced in Senate