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PREVENT Act of 2020

Bill: 116-s-3096
Sponsor: Sen. Durbin, Richard J. [D-IL]
Introduced: 2019-12-18 in the Senate
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Appropriations
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)
Child health
Congressional oversight
Department of Health and Human Services
Drug safety, medical device, and laboratory regulation
Drug, alcohol, tobacco use
Educational guidance
Elementary and secondary education
Executive agency funding and structure
Government information and archives
Health programs administration and funding
Health promotion and preventive care
Marketing and advertising
Teaching, teachers, curricula
User charges and fees

Summary:
action_date: 2019-12-18
text: 

Providing Resources to End the Vaping Epidemic Now for Teenagers Act of 2020 (or the PREVENT Act of 2020)

 
This bill requires the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention to establish a grant program to prevent the use of electronic nicotine delivery systems (e.g., e-cigarettes) among students in middle and high schools. To support the program, the Food and Drug Administration must collect user fees from manufacturers and importers of electronic nicotine delivery systems.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2019-12-18
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. (text: CR S7159-7160)
action_date: 2019-12-18
text: Introduced in Senate
A bill to amend the Immigration and Nationality Act to provide an exception from the grounds of inadmissibility for participation in a cannabis business operating in compliance with State law.

Bill: 116-s-3097
Sponsor: Sen. Gardner, Cory [R-CO]
Introduced: 2019-12-18 in the Senate
Policy area: Immigration
Subjects: Drug trafficking and controlled substances
Immigration status and procedures
State and local government operations

Summary:
action_date: 2019-12-18
text: 
This bill establishes that an alien's lawful participation in a cannabis business that is compliant with state law shall not make the alien inadmissible into the United States. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2019-12-18
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2019-12-18
text: Introduced in Senate
Jimmy Carter National Historical Park Redesignation Act

Bill: 116-s-3098
Sponsor: Sen. Perdue, David [R-GA]
Introduced: 2019-12-18 in the Senate
Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources
Subjects: Georgia
Historic sites and heritage areas
Parks, recreation areas, trails
Presidents and presidential powers, Vice Presidents

Summary:
action_date: 2019-12-18
text: 

Jimmy Carter National Historical Park Redesignation Act

 
This bill redesignates the Jimmy Carter National Historic Site in Georgia as the Jimmy Carter National Historical Park.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2020-03-04
text: Committee on Energy and Natural Resources Subcommittee on National Parks. Hearings held. With printed Hearing: S.Hrg. 116-367.
action_date: 2019-12-18
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
action_date: 2019-12-18
text: Introduced in Senate
A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to repeal the limitation on the cover over of distilled spirits taxes to Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands and to transfer a portion of such cover over to the Puerto Rico Conservation Trust Fund.

Bill: 116-s-3101
Sponsor: Sen. Menendez, Robert [D-NJ]
Introduced: 2019-12-18 in the Senate
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Alcoholic beverages
Caribbean area
Intergovernmental relations
Puerto Rico
Sales and excise taxes
State and local finance
U.S. territories and protectorates
Virgin Islands
Wilderness and natural areas, wildlife refuges, wild rivers, habitats
Wildlife conservation and habitat protection

Summary:
action_date: 2019-12-18
text: 
This bill repeals the limitation on the amount of distilled spirits excise taxes covered over (paid) to the treasuries of the Virgin Islands and Puerto Rico. The bill also requires the Department of the Treasury to transfer a portion of the amount required to be covered over to Puerto Rico to the Puerto Rico Conservation Trust Fund. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2019-12-18
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
action_date: 2019-12-18
text: Introduced in Senate
Measuring Real Income Growth Act of 2019

Bill: 116-s-3102
Sponsor: Sen. Schumer, Charles E. [D-NY]
Introduced: 2019-12-18 in the Senate
Policy area: Commerce
Subjects: Economic performance and conditions
Government studies and investigations
Wages and earnings

Summary:
action_date: 2019-12-18
text: 

Measuring Real Income Growth Act of 2019

 
This bill requires the Bureau of Economic Analysis to include estimates pertaining to various income groups in its gross domestic product analyses. Such analyses shall include estimates pertaining to each of the 10 deciles of income as discreet groups and the highest 1% of income as a group. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2019-12-18
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. (text: CR S7160-7161)
action_date: 2019-12-18
text: Introduced in Senate
Rural Hospital Closure Relief Act of 2019

Bill: 116-s-3103
Sponsor: Sen. Durbin, Richard J. [D-IL]
Introduced: 2019-12-18 in the Senate
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Administrative remedies
Health facilities and institutions
Hospital care
Medicare
Rural conditions and development
State and local government operations

Summary:
action_date: 2019-12-18
text: 

Rural Hospital Closure Relief Act of 2019

 
This bill allows additional hospitals to qualify as critical access hospitals (CAHs) that receive special payment under Medicare.
 
Currently, in order to qualify as a CAH under Medicare, a hospital must either (1) be located more than 35 miles (or 15 miles in mountainous regions or areas with only secondary roads) from another hospital, or (2) have been certified prior to January 1, 2006, by the state as a necessary provider of services in the area. 
 
The bill allows a hospital to also qualify if the hospital is a small, rural hospital that (1) serves a health professional shortage area, or a high number of low-income individuals or Medicare or Medicaid beneficiaries; (2) has experienced financial losses for two consecutive years; and (3) attests to having a strategic plan to address financial solvency.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2019-12-18
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. (text: CR S7161)
action_date: 2019-12-18
text: Introduced in Senate
Federal Employee Parental Leave Technical Correction Act

Bill: 116-s-3104
Sponsor: Sen. Schumer, Charles E. [D-NY]
Introduced: 2019-12-18 in the Senate
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Subjects: Aviation and airports
Department of Homeland Security
Department of Transportation
District of Columbia
Employee leave
Executive Office of the President
Government employee pay, benefits, personnel management
Judicial procedure and administration
Lawyers and legal services
State and local government operations
Transportation safety and security

Summary:
action_date: 2019-12-18
text: 

Federal Employee Parental Leave Technical Correction Act

 
This bill expands certain paid parental leave benefits to include specified public sector employees, including employees of the Federal Aviation Administration and the Transportation Security Administration, the Executive Office of the President and the White House, and the District of Columbia Courts and Public Defender Service. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2019-12-18
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs. (text: CR S7161-7163)
action_date: 2019-12-18
text: Introduced in Senate
A bill to designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 456 North Meridian Street in Indianapolis, Indiana, as the "Richard G. Lugar Post Office".

Bill: 116-s-3105
Sponsor: Sen. Braun, Mike [R-IN]
Introduced: 2019-12-18 in the Senate
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Subjects: Congressional tributes
Government buildings, facilities, and property
Indiana
Postal service
Senate

Summary:
action_date: 2019-12-18
text: Designates the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 456 North Meridian Street in Indianapolis, Indiana, as the "Richard G. Lugar Post Office."
action_date: 2020-10-01
text: 
Designates the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 456 North Meridian Street in Indianapolis, Indiana, as the "Richard G. Lugar Post Office."


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2020-10-01
text: Became Public Law No: 116-161.
action_date: 2020-10-01
text: Became Public Law No: 116-161.
action_date: 2020-10-01
text: Signed by President.
action_date: 2020-10-01
text: Signed by President.
action_date: 2020-09-21
text: Presented to President.
action_date: 2020-09-21
text: Presented to President.
action_date: 2020-09-14
text: Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
action_date: 2020-09-14
text: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill Agreed to by voice vote. (text: CR H4368)
action_date: 2020-09-14
text: Passed/agreed to in House: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill Agreed to by voice vote.
action_date: 2020-09-14
text: DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on S. 3105.
action_date: 2020-09-14
text: Considered under suspension of the rules. (consideration: CR H4368-4369)
action_date: 2020-09-14
text: Mrs. Maloney, Carolyn B. moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill.
action_date: 2019-12-19
text: Held at the desk.
action_date: 2019-12-19
text: Received in the House.
action_date: 2019-12-19
text: Message on Senate action sent to the House.
action_date: 2019-12-18
text: Introduced in the Senate, read twice, considered, read the third time, and passed without amendment by Unanimous Consent. (consideration: CR S7165; text: CR S7165)
action_date: 2019-12-18
text: Passed/agreed to in Senate: Introduced in the Senate, read twice, considered, read the third time, and passed without amendment by Unanimous Consent.(consideration: CR S7165; text: CR S7165)
action_date: 2019-12-18
text: Introduced in Senate

Enacted as: number: 116-161
Reforestation Act of 2019

Bill: 116-s-3106
Sponsor: Sen. Udall, Tom [D-NM]
Introduced: 2019-12-19 in the Senate
Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources
Subjects: Agricultural conservation and pollution
Agricultural practices and innovations
Air quality
Animal and plant health
Atmospheric science and weather
Climate change and greenhouse gases
Congressional oversight
Ecology
Fires
Forests, forestry, trees
Government trust funds
Insects
Intergovernmental relations
Land use and conservation
Outdoor recreation
Pest management
Public contracts and procurement
Public-private cooperation
State and local government operations
Water quality
Watersheds
Wildlife conservation and habitat protection

Summary:
action_date: 2019-12-19
text: 

Reforestation Act of 2019

 
This bill addresses the need for reforestation of National Forest System (NFS) lands following certain unplanned events, including wildfires, weather events, and infestations of insects or diseases.
 
The bill requires the Department of Agriculture (USDA) to transmit to Congress annually, for 10 years, an estimate of the funds needed to replant and otherwise treat an acreage equal to the acreage to be cut over that year plus a sufficient portion of the backlog of lands in need of treatment to eliminate the backlog in the 10-year period.
 
The Forest Service shall create a priority list of projects that promote effective reforestation following specified unplanned events.
 
The bill sets 2029 as the target year for when the renewable resources of the NFS must be operating where there are no longer any backlogs and the major portion of planned intensive multiple-use sustained-yield management procedures must be installed and operating on an environmentally-sound basis.
 
The bill increases the amount that may be transferred to the reforestation trust fund for any fiscal year.
 
The land management goals of Forest Service stewardship end result contracting projects may include reforestation in accordance with the priority list. 
 
USDA may enter into good neighbor agreements for reforestation activities in accordance with the priority list.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2019-12-19
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry.
action_date: 2019-12-19
text: Introduced in Senate
Electric Power Infrastructure Improvement Act

Bill: 116-s-3107
Sponsor: Sen. Heinrich, Martin [D-NM]
Introduced: 2019-12-19 in the Senate
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Business expenses
Electric power generation and transmission
Income tax credits

Summary:
action_date: 2019-12-19
text: 

Electric Power Infrastructure Improvement Act

 
This bill allows a tax credit for investment in a qualifying electric power transmission line property. The bill defines 
qualifying electric power transmission line property
 as (1) any overhead, submarine, or underground transmission facility that is capable of transmitting electricity at a voltage of not less than 345 kilovolts, has a transmission capacity of not less than 1,000 megawatts, is an alternating current or direct transmission line, and delivers power produced in either a rural area or offshore; and (2) conductors or cables, or other specified equipment, necessary for the proper operation of the facility.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2019-12-19
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
action_date: 2019-12-19
text: Introduced in Senate
Consumer Transaction Account Protection Act of 2019

Bill: 116-s-3108
Sponsor: Sen. Jones, Doug [D-AL]
Introduced: 2019-12-19 in the Senate
Policy area: Finance and Financial Sector
Subjects: Bank accounts, deposits, capital
Banking and financial institutions regulation

Summary:
action_date: 2019-12-19
text: 

Consumer Transaction Account Protection Act of 2019

 
This bill specifies that consumer transaction account deposits of an insured depository institution shall not be considered to be funds obtained through a deposit broker. In general, current law prohibits an insured depository institution that is not well capitalized from accepting funds obtained through a deposit broker for deposit.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2019-12-19
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs.
action_date: 2019-12-19
text: Introduced in Senate
Interregional Transmission Planning Improvement Act of 2019

Bill: 116-s-3109
Sponsor: Sen. Heinrich, Martin [D-NM]
Introduced: 2019-12-19 in the Senate
Policy area: Energy
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Consumer affairs
Electric power generation and transmission
Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC)
Regional and metropolitan planning

Summary:
action_date: 2019-12-19
text: 

Interregional Transmission Planning Improvement Act of 2019

 
This bill requires the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission to initiate a rulemaking to consider (1) the effectiveness of existing planning processes for identifying transmission projects across regions that provide economic, reliability, operational, and public policy benefits, taking into consideration the public interest, the integrity of markets, and the protection of consumers; (2) changes to such processes to ensure that efficient, cost-effective, and broadly beneficial transmission solutions are selected for construction; and (3) cost allocation methodologies that reflect the multiple benefits provided by interregional solutions.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2019-12-19
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
action_date: 2019-12-19
text: Introduced in Senate
Identifying Barriers and Best Practices Study Act of 2019

Bill: 116-s-3110
Sponsor: Sen. Tillis, Thomas [R-NC]
Introduced: 2019-12-19 in the Senate
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Congressional oversight
Disability assistance
Government studies and investigations
Health care coverage and access
Mental health
Musculoskeletal and skin diseases
National Guard and reserves
Veterans' medical care
Veterans' pensions and compensation

Summary:
action_date: 2019-12-19
text: 

Identifying Barriers and Best Practices Study Act
 
of 2019

 
This bill requires the Government Accountability Office to study and report on disability and pension benefits provided by the Department of Veterans Affairs to members of the National Guard and members of reserve components of the Armed Forces.

action_date: 2020-02-13
text: 

Identifying Barriers and Best Practices Study Act
 
of 2019

 
This bill requires the Government Accountability Office to study and report on disability and pension benefits provided by the Department of Veterans Affairs to members of the National Guard and members of reserve components of the Armed Forces.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2020-02-13
text: Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 425.
action_date: 2020-02-13
text: Committee on Veterans' Affairs. Reported by Senator Moran without amendment. Without written report.
action_date: 2020-02-13
text: Committee on Veterans' Affairs. Reported by Senator Moran without amendment. Without written report.
action_date: 2020-01-29
text: Committee on Veterans' Affairs. Ordered to be reported without amendment favorably.
action_date: 2019-12-19
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
action_date: 2019-12-19
text: Introduced in Senate
Brokered Deposit Affiliate-Subsidiary Modernization Act of 2019

Bill: 116-s-3111
Sponsor: Sen. Perdue, David [R-GA]
Introduced: 2019-12-19 in the Senate
Policy area: Finance and Financial Sector
Subjects: Bank accounts, deposits, capital
Banking and financial institutions regulation

Summary:
action_date: 2019-12-19
text: 

Brokered Deposit Affiliate-Subsidiary Modernization Act of 2019

 
This bill excludes affiliates and subsidiaries of an insured depository institution from certain limitations applicable to brokered deposits. It also expands the definition of an employee of an insured depository institution, thereby exempting these individuals from treatment as a deposit broker. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2019-12-19
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs.
action_date: 2019-12-19
text: Introduced in Senate
Personalized Care Act of 2019

Bill: 116-s-3112
Sponsor: Sen. Cruz, Ted [R-TX]
Introduced: 2019-12-19 in the Senate
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Bank accounts, deposits, capital
Health care costs and insurance
Income tax deductions
Religion

Summary:
action_date: 2019-12-19
text: 

Personalized Care Act of 2019

 
This bill revises provisions relating to health savings accounts (HSAs), including to 
 
 
redefine 
eligible individual
 for HSA purposes to allow increased participation in HSAs, 
 
increase the limit on contributions to HSAs, 
 
permit the payment of health insurance premiums from HSAs, 
 
include within the definition of 
qualified medical expenses
 periodic fees paid for medical services and amounts paid by a member of a health care sharing ministry,
 
treat periodic provider fees as deductible medical expenses,
 
allow payment of over-the-counter medicines or drugs from HSAs, and 
 
lower the 20% penalty for nonqualified distributions from HSAs to 10%. 
 
 
.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2019-12-19
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
action_date: 2019-12-19
text: Introduced in Senate
Gros Ventre and Assiniboine Tribes of the Fort Belknap Indian Community Water Rights Settlement Act of 2019

Bill: 116-s-3113
Sponsor: Sen. Tester, Jon [D-MT]
Introduced: 2019-12-19 in the Senate
Policy area: Native Americans
Subjects: Alternative dispute resolution, mediation, arbitration
Dams and canals
Department of the Interior
Economic development
Environmental assessment, monitoring, research
Executive agency funding and structure
Federal-Indian relations
Government information and archives
Government liability
Government studies and investigations
Government trust funds
Historical and cultural resources
Hunting and fishing
Indian lands and resources rights
Indian social and development programs
Intergovernmental relations
Lakes and rivers
Land transfers
Land use and conservation
Missouri River
Montana
Outdoor recreation
State and local government operations
Water quality
Water resources funding
Water storage
Water use and supply
Watersheds

Summary:
action_date: 2019-12-19
text: 

Gros Ventre and Assiniboine Tribes of the Fort Belknap Indian Community Water Rights Settlement Act of 2019

 
This bill modifies and ratifies a specified water rights settlement agreement entered into by the United States, Montana, and the Fort Belknap Indian Community (i.e., the Gros Ventre and Assiniboine Tribes of the Fort Belknap Reservation of Montana).
 
The bill requires the community's water rights to be held in trust for the benefit of the community and its allottees. The community must enact a tribal water code to regulate its water rights. 
 
Among other things, the Department of the Interior must
 
 
negotiate with Montana for the transfer of specified parcels of state land located on and off the reservation, 
 
hold transferred land in trust for the benefit of the community, 
 
allocate 20,000 acre-feet per year of stored water from Lake Elwell, 
 
establish a settlement trust fund, and 
 
request Montana to pay a specified amount to contribute to the design and construction of the Peoples Creek Dam and Reservoir to support mitigation activities. 
 
 
The bill requires the Bureau of Reclamation to modify the operating procedures of the Milk River Project to ensure that the Fresno Reservoir is operated in accordance with the agreement. 
 
The bill also outlines certain waivers, releases, and retention of claims under the settlement agreement.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2019-12-19
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs.
action_date: 2019-12-19
text: Introduced in Senate
90/10 Accountability for All Act

Bill: 116-s-3114
Sponsor: Sen. Enzi, Michael B. [R-WY]
Introduced: 2019-12-19 in the Senate
Policy area: Education
Subjects: Education programs funding
Higher education
Student aid and college costs

Summary:
action_date: 2019-12-19
text: 

90/10 Accountability for All Act

 
This bill expands revenue requirements currently applicable only to proprietary (i.e., for-profit) institutions of higher education (IHEs) to all IHEs.
 
Under current law, proprietary IHEs may not receive more than 90% of their revenue from federally funded student aid (known as the 90/10 rule). The bill applies this rule to all IHEs. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2019-12-19
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
action_date: 2019-12-19
text: Introduced in Senate
Time for Completion Act

Bill: 116-s-3115
Sponsor: Sen. Enzi, Michael B. [R-WY]
Introduced: 2019-12-19 in the Senate
Policy area: Education
Subjects: Academic performance and assessments
Consumer affairs
Government information and archives
Higher education
Student aid and college costs

Summary:
action_date: 2019-12-19
text: 

Time for Completion Act

 
This bill modifies consumer information disclosure requirements related to student completion or graduation rates at institutions of higher education (IHEs) that participate in federal student aid programs. 
 
Currently, such IHEs must disclose the completion or graduation rate of first-time, full-time, certificate- or degree-seeking undergraduate students. This bill expands disclosure requirements to include the completion or graduation rates of non-first-time and half-time certificate- or degree-seeking undergraduate students. The bill also sets forth new time periods for calculating the completion or graduation rates for programs of study that are less than four years. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2019-12-19
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
action_date: 2019-12-19
text: Introduced in Senate