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Electric CARS Act of 2019

Bill: 116-s-993
Sponsor: Sen. Merkley, Jeff [D-OR]
Introduced: 2019-04-02 in the Senate
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Alternative and renewable resources
Energy efficiency and conservation
Hybrid, electric, and advanced technology vehicles
Income tax credits

Summary:
action_date: 2019-04-02
text: 

Electric Credit Access Ready at Sale Act of 2019 or the Electric CARS Act of 2019

 
This bill modifies and extends several tax credits related to electric cars. 
 
The bill extends the tax credit for new qualified plug-in electric drive motor vehicles through 2029. In addition, the bill modifies the credit to
 
 
 remove the limitation on the number of vehicles per manufacturer that are eligible for the credit, 
 
 allow a taxpayer to assign the credit to a financing entity, and 
 
 allow an unused credit to be carried forward for five years.
 
 
The bill also extends through 2029 the tax credits for (1) alternative fuel vehicle refueling property, and (2) alternative motor vehicles. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2019-04-02
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
action_date: 2019-04-02
text: Introduced in Senate
ACTION for National Service Act

Bill: 116-s-994
Sponsor: Sen. Reed, Jack [D-RI]
Introduced: 2019-04-02 in the Senate
Policy area: Social Welfare
Subjects: Advisory bodies
Corporation for National and Community Service
Executive agency funding and structure
Federal officials
Government corporations and government-sponsored enterprises
Higher education
Income tax exclusion
National and community service
Social work, volunteer service, charitable organizations
Student aid and college costs
Tax-exempt organizations
Wages and earnings

Summary:
action_date: 2019-04-02
text: 

America's Call To Improve Opportunities Now for National Service Act or the ACTION for National Service Act

 
This bill (1) converts the Corporation for National and Community Service into the National and Community Service Administration and revises its membership, leadership, and authority; (2) reauthorizes programs carried out by the administration; (3) establishes a National Service Foundation to accept and administer gifts on behalf of the administration; (4) modifies the calculation of national service educational awards; and (5) otherwise modifies provisions related to national and volunteer service programs.
 
Additionally, the bill
 
 
 creates a 21st Century American Service Outreach Program to notify individuals age 17 and not more than age 30 of opportunities to participate in and apply for such national and volunteer service programs;
 
 increases living stipends for such volunteers and the cap on such full-time positions;
 
provides a living allowance to members of the National Civilian Community Corps, under specified conditions; and
 
provides an exclusion from gross income, for income tax purposes, for such educational awards and living allowances.
 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2019-04-02
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. (Sponsor introductory remarks on measure: CR S2190-2191)
action_date: 2019-04-02
text: Introduced in Senate
Microloan Program Enhancement Act of 2019

Bill: 116-s-996
Sponsor: Sen. Duckworth, Tammy [D-IL]
Introduced: 2019-04-02 in the Senate
Policy area: Commerce
Subjects: Government lending and loan guarantees
Small business

Summary:
action_date: 2019-04-02
text: 

Microloan Program Enhancement Act of 2019

 
This bill expands access to financing through the Microloan Program of the Small Business Administration (SBA).
 
Specifically, the bill eliminates a restriction that prevents the SBA from distributing more than 1/55th of its funding in any state during the first half of the year. The bill also raises the cap on the total amount that may be committed to an intermediary to provide loans under the program. Lastly, the bill sets program levels for technical assistance grants and direct loans through FY2022.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2020-06-03
text: Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship. Hearings held.
action_date: 2019-04-02
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship.
action_date: 2019-04-02
text: Introduced in Senate
United States Cadet Nurse Corps Service Recognition Act of 2019

Bill: 116-s-997
Sponsor: Sen. Warren, Elizabeth [D-MA]
Introduced: 2019-04-03 in the Senate
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Cemeteries and funerals
Conflicts and wars
Health personnel
Military personnel and dependents
Nursing
Veterans' organizations and recognition
Veterans' pensions and compensation

Summary:
action_date: 2019-04-03
text: 

United States Cadet Nurse Corps Service Recognition Act of 2019

 
This bill recognizes service in the U.S. Cadet Nurse Corps during World War II as active military service. Individuals who served in the corps are eligible for specified honors and burial benefits but shall not be entitled by reason of such service to veterans' benefits generally.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2019-04-03
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
action_date: 2019-04-03
text: Introduced in Senate
Sustainable Chemistry Research and Development Act of 2019

Bill: 116-s-999
Sponsor: Sen. Coons, Christopher A. [D-DE]
Introduced: 2019-04-03 in the Senate
Policy area: Science, Technology, Communications
Subjects: Chemistry
Congressional oversight
Government information and archives
Government lending and loan guarantees
Government studies and investigations
Hazardous wastes and toxic substances
Higher education
Intergovernmental relations
Manufacturing
Office of Science and Technology Policy
Product development and innovation
Public-private cooperation
Research administration and funding
Research and development
Science and engineering education
Technology transfer and commercialization

Summary:
action_date: 2019-04-03
text: 

Sustainable Chemistry Research and Development Act of 2019

 
This bill directs the Office of Science and Technology Policy to convene an interagency entity under the National Science and Technology Council with the responsibility of coordinating federal programs and activities in support of sustainable chemistry. Agencies participating in the entity must carry out specified activities in support of sustainable chemistry, including incorporating sustainable chemistry into existing research, development, demonstration, technology transfer, commercialization, education, and training programs. Sustainable chemistry, also known as green chemistry, is focused on conserving resources and minimizing the generation and use of hazardous substances in chemical processes.

action_date: 2020-08-12
text: 

Sustainable Chemistry Research and Development Act of 2019

 
This bill directs the Office of Science and Technology Policy to convene an interagency entity under the National Science and Technology Council with the responsibility of coordinating federal programs and activities in support of sustainable chemistry. Agencies participating in the entity must carry out specified activities in support of sustainable chemistry, including incorporating sustainable chemistry into existing research, development, demonstration, technology transfer, commercialization, education, and training programs. Sustainable chemistry, also known as green chemistry, is focused on conserving resources and minimizing the generation and use of hazardous substances in chemical processes.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2020-08-12
text: Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 513.
action_date: 2020-08-12
text: Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. Reported by Senator Wicker with an amendment in the nature of a substitute. With written report No. 116-251.
action_date: 2020-08-12
text: Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. Reported by Senator Wicker with an amendment in the nature of a substitute. With written report No. 116-251.
action_date: 2019-11-13
text: Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. Ordered to be reported with an amendment in the nature of a substitute favorably.
action_date: 2019-04-03
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
action_date: 2019-04-03
text: Introduced in Senate
Disaster Opportunity Zones Act

Bill: 116-s-1000
Sponsor: Sen. Rubio, Marco [R-FL]
Introduced: 2019-04-03 in the Senate
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Business investment and capital
California
Capital gains tax
Disaster relief and insurance
Economic development
Fires
Florida
Forests, forestry, trees
Georgia
Income tax deferral
Natural disasters
North Carolina
Poverty and welfare assistance
South Carolina
Virginia

Summary:
action_date: 2019-04-03
text: 

Disaster Opportunity Zones Act

 
This bill allows a certain number of population census tracts comprising a low-income community within a qualified disaster zone to be designated as additional opportunity zones. 
 
An opportunity zone is an economically distressed community where new investments, under certain conditions, may be eligible for preferential tax treatment. 
 
Currently, opportunity zones have been designated in parts of all 50 states, the District of Columbia, and five U.S. territories.
 
The bill defines 
qualified disaster zone
 as that portion of the Hurricane Florence disaster area; the Hurricane Michael disaster area; the Mendocino and Carr wildfire disaster area; and the Camp, Woolsey, and Hill wildfire disaster area that is determined by the President to warrant federal government assistance. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2019-04-03
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
action_date: 2019-04-03
text: Introduced in Senate
Tribal Veterans Health Care Enhancement Act

Bill: 116-s-1001
Sponsor: Sen. Thune, John [R-SD]
Introduced: 2019-04-03 in the Senate
Policy area: Native Americans
Subjects: Alaska Natives and Hawaiians
Congressional oversight
Federal-Indian relations
Health care costs and insurance
Health care coverage and access
Indian social and development programs
Minority health
Veterans' medical care

Summary:
action_date: 2019-04-03
text: 

Tribal Veterans Health Care Enhancement Act

 
This bill authorizes the Indian Health Service (IHS) to pay copayments owed to the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) by Indian veterans for medical services authorized under the Purchased/Referred Care program and administered at a VA facility.
 
The IHS, the VA, and tribal health programs, in consultation with impacted tribes, must enter into a memorandum of understanding that authorizes the IHS or a tribal health program to pay such copayments unless it would decrease the quality of, or access to, health care for individuals receiving care from the IHS or the VA.
 The IHS and the VA must report on veterans who are eligible for IHS assistance and have received care from the VA.

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2019-11-20
text: Committee on Indian Affairs. Hearings held. Hearings printed: S.Hrg. 116-183.
action_date: 2019-04-03
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs. (text: CR S2241-2242)
action_date: 2019-04-03
text: Introduced in Senate
Affordable Loans for Any Student Act

Bill: 116-s-1002
Sponsor: Sen. Merkley, Jeff [D-OR]
Introduced: 2019-04-03 in the Senate
Policy area: Education
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Congressional oversight
Debt collection
Financial literacy
Government information and archives
Government lending and loan guarantees
Government studies and investigations
Higher education
Interest, dividends, interest rates
Internet and video services
Internet, web applications, social media
Marriage and family status
Public contracts and procurement
Student aid and college costs
Tax administration and collection, taxpayers
User charges and fees
Wages and earnings

Summary:
action_date: 2019-04-03
text: 

Affordable Loans for Any Student Act

 
This bill addresses repayment options, loan disclosures, and loan counseling for student loans.
 
The bill revises requirements concerning repayment options for student loan borrowers. For instance, the bill terminates interest capitalization and origination fees for Federal Direct Loans, provides assistance to low-income borrowers or borrowers who are delinquent on loan payments, and replaces the existing income-based repayment plans with two new plans. Under the new plans, borrowers may choose (1) a fixed repayment plan with equal monthly payments paid over a period of 10 years, or (2) an income-based repayment plan with monthly payments equal to 10% percent of their income above the poverty level. The income-based plan is capped at 20 years of payments.
 
The bill also revises requirements concerning student loan disclosures and student loan counseling for borrowers. For instance, the bill requires the Department of Education to maintain online counseling tools that provide borrowers with annual and exit student loan counseling.
 
 
 
 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2019-04-03
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
action_date: 2019-04-03
text: Introduced in Senate
VET OPP Act of 2019

Bill: 116-s-1003
Sponsor: Sen. Rubio, Marco [R-FL]
Introduced: 2019-04-03 in the Senate
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Congressional oversight
Department of Veterans Affairs
Employment and training programs
Executive agency funding and structure
Federal officials
Government employee pay, benefits, personnel management
Small business
Veterans' education, employment, rehabilitation
Veterans' loans, housing, homeless programs

Summary:
action_date: 2019-04-03
text: 

Veterans' Education, Transition, and Opportunity Prioritization Plan Act of 2019 or the VET OPP Act
 
of 2019

 
This bill establishes the Veterans Economic Opportunity and Transition Administration to administer economic opportunity assistance programs for veterans and their dependents and survivors.
 
Specifically, the Veterans Economic Opportunity and Transition Administration must administer the following Department of Veterans Affairs programs: 
 
 
vocational rehabilitation and employment programs, 
 
educational assistance programs, 
 
veterans' housing loan and related programs, 
 
the Transition Assistance Program, and 
 
the database of small business concerns owned and controlled by veterans.
 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2019-04-03
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
action_date: 2019-04-03
text: Introduced in Senate
Securing America's Ports of Entry Act of 2019

Bill: 116-s-1004
Sponsor: Sen. Peters, Gary C. [D-MI]
Introduced: 2019-04-03 in the Senate
Policy area: Immigration
Subjects: Arizona
Border security and unlawful immigration
California
Congressional oversight
Criminal investigation, prosecution, interrogation
Customs enforcement
Department of Homeland Security
Drug trafficking and controlled substances
Government employee pay, benefits, personnel management
Government studies and investigations
Latin America
Law enforcement officers
Mexico
New Mexico
Texas
Worker safety and health

Summary:
action_date: 2019-04-03
text: 

Securing America's Ports of Entry Act of 2019 

 
This bill requires U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) to increase the number of field operations officers to specified levels. If the CBP does not adequately increase personnel, the Government Accountability Office must report on CBP hiring practices. 

action_date: 2020-09-09
text: 

Securing America's Ports of Entry Act of 2019 

 
This bill requires U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) to increase the number of field operations officers to specified levels. If the CBP does not adequately increase personnel, the Government Accountability Office must report on CBP hiring practices. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2020-09-09
text: Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 527.
action_date: 2020-09-09
text: Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs. Reported by Senator Johnson without amendment. With written report No. 116-264.
action_date: 2020-09-09
text: Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs. Reported by Senator Johnson without amendment. With written report No. 116-264.
action_date: 2019-06-19
text: Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs. Ordered to be reported without amendment favorably.
action_date: 2019-04-03
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.
action_date: 2019-04-03
text: Introduced in Senate
Ending Too Big to Jail Act

Bill: 116-s-1005
Sponsor: Sen. Warren, Elizabeth [D-MA]
Introduced: 2019-04-03 in the Senate
Policy area: Finance and Financial Sector
Subjects: Accounting and auditing
Banking and financial institutions regulation
Civil actions and liability
Criminal investigation, prosecution, interrogation
Executive agency funding and structure
Financial crises and stabilization
Fraud offenses and financial crimes
Government information and archives
Government studies and investigations

Summary:
action_date: 2019-04-03
text: 

Ending Too Big to Jail Act 

 
This bill addresses fraud and criminal conduct within financial institutions.
 
The bill replaces the Office of the Special Inspector General for the Troubled Asset Relief Program with the Office of the Special Inspector General for Financial Institution Crime and tasks the office with investigating crimes within financial institutions when such institutions fail. 
 
Financial institutions, bank holding companies, and savings and loan holding companies with assets greater than $10 billion must annually certify that all criminal conduct and civil fraud has been disclosed to the Department of Justice. The bill establishes civil and criminal penalties for violations. 
 
The bill also revises the circumstances under which the government may enter into a deferred prosecution agreement with defendants that are not individuals. These agreements must be determined by the court to be in the public interest. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2019-04-03
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs.
action_date: 2019-04-03
text: Introduced in Senate
Empowering States' Rights To Protect Consumers Act of 2019

Bill: 116-s-1006
Sponsor: Sen. Whitehouse, Sheldon [D-RI]
Introduced: 2019-04-03 in the Senate
Policy area: Finance and Financial Sector
Subjects: Consumer credit
Interest, dividends, interest rates

Summary:
action_date: 2019-04-03
text: 

Empowering States' Rights To Protect Consumers Act of 
 
2019

 
 This bill limits the annual percentage rate applicable to any consumer credit transaction (other than a residential mortgage transaction), including any associated fees, to the maximum rate permitted by the laws of the state in which the consumer resides.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2019-04-03
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs.
action_date: 2019-04-03
text: Introduced in Senate
PAST Act

Bill: 116-s-1007
Sponsor: Sen. Crapo, Mike [R-ID]
Introduced: 2019-04-03 in the Senate
Policy area: Animals
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Animal protection and human-animal relationships
Crimes against animals and natural resources
Department of Agriculture
Government information and archives
Licensing and registrations
Mammals
Museums, exhibitions, cultural centers
Veterinary medicine and animal diseases

Summary:
action_date: 2019-04-03
text: 
 
Prevent All Soring Tactics Act of 2019 or the PAST Act 

 
This bill addresses the practice of soring horses. The soring of horses includes various actions taken on horses' limbs to produce higher gaits that may cause pain, distress, inflammation, or lameness.
 
Specifically, the bill expands soring regulation and enforcement at horse shows, exhibitions, sales, and auctions, including by establishing a new system for inspecting horses for soring. In addition, the bill increases penalties for violations.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2019-04-03
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
action_date: 2019-04-03
text: Introduced in Senate
Sustainable Shark Fisheries and Trade Act of 2019

Bill: 116-s-1008
Sponsor: Sen. Rubio, Marco [R-FL]
Introduced: 2019-04-03 in the Senate
Policy area: Animals
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Agricultural trade
Animal protection and human-animal relationships
Fishes
Hunting and fishing
Marine and coastal resources, fisheries
Seafood
Trade restrictions

Summary:
action_date: 2019-04-03
text: 

Sustainable Shark Fisheries and Trade Act of 2019

 
This bill addresses the conservation and management of sharks.
 
The bill prohibits the importation into the United States of shark products from a nation that does not have measures to provide for the conservation and management of sharks and measures to prohibit shark finning (the removal of a shark's fins, including the tail, and discarding the remainder of the shark at sea) that are comparable to those of the United States. The bill includes exceptions to this prohibition for law enforcement, subsistence purposes, education, conservation, or scientific research.
 
The Department of Commerce must certify nations with protections for sharks that are comparable to those of the United States.
 
Commerce must revise its regulations to include rays and skates as species that are subject to the Seafood Import Monitoring Program. (The Seafood Import Monitoring Program has data reporting and recordkeeping requirements for imported fish or fish products entering U.S. commerce.)


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2019-04-03
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
action_date: 2019-04-03
text: Introduced in Senate
Early Detection to Stop Infant Abuse and Prevent Fatalities Act

Bill: 116-s-1009
Sponsor: Sen. Baldwin, Tammy [D-WI]
Introduced: 2019-04-03 in the Senate
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Child health
Child safety and welfare
Congressional oversight
Crime prevention
Crimes against children
Domestic violence and child abuse
Health personnel
Health programs administration and funding
Public-private cooperation

Summary:
action_date: 2019-04-03
text: 

Early Detection to Stop Infant Abuse and Prevent Fatalities Act

 
 This bill establishes a three-year grant program to detect and prevent the abuse of infants under seven months old. Specifically, health services organizations, including multidisciplinary partnerships, receiving such grants must develop (1) best practices to assist medical professional in identifying, assessing, and responding to potential abuse and (2) strategies to improve communication between child protective services agencies and individuals that report infant abuse. Funding also may be used to address injuries resulting from infant abuse and to raise awareness about infant abuse within the health and child care community.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2019-04-03
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
action_date: 2019-04-03
text: Introduced in Senate