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Journalism Competition and Preservation Act of 2019

Bill: 116-s-1700
Sponsor: Sen. Kennedy, John [R-LA]
Introduced: 2019-06-03 in the Senate
Policy area: Science, Technology, Communications
Subjects: Competition and antitrust
Digital media
Internet and video services
Internet, web applications, social media
News media and reporting

Summary:
action_date: 2019-06-03
text: 

Journalism Competition and Preservation Act of 2019

 
This bill creates a four-year safe harbor from antitrust laws for print or digital news companies to collectively negotiate with online content distributors (e.g., social media companies) regarding the terms on which the news companies' content may be distributed by online content distributors. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2019-06-03
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2019-06-03
text: Introduced in Senate
Stop Higher Education Espionage and Theft Act of 2019

Bill: 116-s-1701
Sponsor: Sen. Cruz, Ted [R-TX]
Introduced: 2019-06-03 in the Senate
Policy area: Education
Subjects: Administrative remedies
Congressional oversight
Cultural exchanges and relations
Espionage and treason
Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI)
Fraud offenses and financial crimes
Government information and archives
Higher education
Immigration status and procedures
Intelligence activities, surveillance, classified information
Judicial review and appeals
Presidents and presidential powers, Vice Presidents
Research administration and funding
Smuggling and trafficking
Terrorism
Trade secrets and economic espionage
Visas and passports

Summary:
action_date: 2019-06-03
text: 

Stop Higher Education Espionage and Theft Act of 2019

 
This bill establishes a process for designating foreign actors as foreign intelligence threats to higher education.
 
Specifically, the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) must designate a foreign actor as a foreign intelligence threat to higher education if the foreign actor has committed, attempted to commit, or conspired to commit certain actions in connection with an institution of higher education (IHE), such as espionage, misuse of visas, or theft of trade secrets. Prior to making such a designation, FBI must submit notice to congressional leaders and the Department of Justice. 
 
Upon the designation of a foreign actor as such a threat, the Department of State must revoke the nonimmigrant visa issued to such foreign actor present in the United States, and the Department of Homeland Security must initiate removal proceedings against the foreign actor. 
 
The bill provides for judicial review and a process for revoking a foreign actor's designation as such a threat.
 
It also requires an IHE to disclose to the Department of Education any gift or contract with a foreign intelligence threat, including the fair market value of the gift or contract.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2019-06-03
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2019-06-03
text: Introduced in Senate
Due Process Guarantee Act

Bill: 116-s-1702
Sponsor: Sen. Lee, Mike [R-UT]
Introduced: 2019-06-03 in the Senate
Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement
Subjects: Conflicts and wars
Constitution and constitutional amendments
Correctional facilities and imprisonment
Criminal procedure and sentencing
Detention of persons
Due process and equal protection
Immigration status and procedures
Military operations and strategy
War and emergency powers

Summary:
action_date: 2019-06-03
text: 

Due Process Guarantee Act

 
This bill limits the detention authority of the United States. 
 
Current law prohibits the indefinite detention of a U.S. citizen unless it is authorized by an act of Congress.
 
This bill prohibits the indefinite detention of a U.S. citizen or lawful permanent resident unless it is authorized by an act of Congress that (1) is consistent with the Constitution, and (2) expressly authorizes the detention.
 
Additionally, the bill specifies that no U.S. citizen or lawful permanent resident who is apprehended in the United States may be imprisoned or otherwise detained without charge or trial unless such imprisonment or detention is expressly authorized by an act of Congress.
 
Finally, it specifies that a general authorization to use military force or similar measure, on its own, does not authorize the indefinite detention of a person who is arrested in the United States.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2019-06-03
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2019-06-03
text: Introduced in Senate
Affordable Housing Credit Improvement Act of 2019

Bill: 116-s-1703
Sponsor: Sen. Cantwell, Maria [D-WA]
Introduced: 2019-06-04 in the Senate
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Assault and harassment offenses
Business investment and capital
Census and government statistics
Crime victims
Disability and paralysis
Domestic violence and child abuse
Energy efficiency and conservation
Higher education
Housing and community development funding
Housing supply and affordability
Income tax credits
Income tax deductions
Income tax exclusion
Indian social and development programs
Inflation and prices
Landlord and tenant
Lighting, heating, cooling
Low- and moderate-income housing
Marriage and family status
Residential rehabilitation and home repair
Rural conditions and development
Securities
Sex offenses
State and local finance
State and local government operations
Veterans' loans, housing, homeless programs

Summary:
action_date: 2019-06-04
text: 

Affordable Housing Credit Improvement Act of 2019

 
This bill revises provisions of the low-income housing tax credit and renames it as the 
affordable housing credit
. 
 
The bill increases the per capita dollar amount of the credit and its minimum ceiling amount beginning in 2019 and extends the inflation adjustment for such amounts.
 
The bill modifies tenant income eligibility requirements and the average income formula for determining such income. It also revises rules for student occupancy of rental units and tenant voucher payments and prohibits any refusal to rent to victims of domestic abuse. 
 
The bill further modifies the credit to 
 
 
establish a 4% minimum credit rate for certain housing projects, 
 
repeal the qualified census tract population cap, 
 
prohibit local approval and contribution requirements, 
 
increase the credit for certain projects designated to serve extremely low-income households, 
 
increase the credit for certain bond-financed projects designated by state agencies, 
 
eliminate the basis reduction for properties that receive certain energy-related tax benefits, and 
 
increase the population cap for difficult development areas (i.e., areas with high construction, land, and utility costs relative to area median gross income). 
 
 
The bill also includes Indian and rural areas as difficult development areas and modifies other requirements relating to casualty losses, acquisition credits, and foreclosures.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2019-06-04
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. (Sponsor introductory remarks on measure: CR S3218)
action_date: 2019-06-04
text: Introduced in Senate
Success in the Middle Act of 2019

Bill: 116-s-1704
Sponsor: Sen. Whitehouse, Sheldon [D-RI]
Introduced: 2019-06-04 in the Senate
Policy area: Education
Subjects: Academic performance and assessments
Census and government statistics
Child health
Computers and information technology
Education of the disadvantaged
Education programs funding
Educational facilities and institutions
Educational guidance
Elementary and secondary education
Government information and archives
Government studies and investigations
Health care coverage and access
Higher education
Language arts
Libraries and archives
Mental health
Performance measurement
Public contracts and procurement
Research administration and funding
Research and development
School administration
Science and engineering education
Teaching, teachers, curricula

Summary:
action_date: 2019-06-04
text: 

Success in the Middle Act of 

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This bill creates a grant program to support middle schools' efforts to identify and implement best practices for improving student outcomes and increasing high school graduation rates.
 
Specifically, the bill directs the Department of Education (ED) to (1) allot grants to states, based on their proportion of poor children aged 5 to 17, to implement state middle grades needs analyses and, on the basis of such analyses, improvement plans that describe what students must master to complete successfully the middle grades and succeed in academically rigorous secondary school coursework; and (2) award competitive subgrants to local educational agencies and institutions of higher education, educational service agencies, or educational nonprofit organizations to implement a comprehensive middle school improvement plan for each eligible school. 
 

Eligible schools
 are those where (1) a high proportion of middle grade students matriculate to secondary schools with graduation rates below 67%; (2) more than 25% of the students who finish grade six, or the school's earliest middle grade level, exhibit key risk factors for failure; and (3) a majority of middle grade students are not rated proficient on required state assessments in mathematics, reading, or language arts.
 
Funding is provided to ED to, among other things (1) contract for studies that identify promising practices for, and review existing research to identify factors that might lead to, the improvement of middle grades education; and (2) create a national clearinghouse in best middle grade educational practices.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2019-06-04
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
action_date: 2019-06-04
text: Introduced in Senate
A bill to authorize the Every Word We Utter Monument to establish a commemorative work in the District of Columbia and its environs, and for other purposes.

Bill: 116-s-1705
Sponsor: Sen. Bennet, Michael F. [D-CO]
Introduced: 2019-06-04 in the Senate
Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources
Subjects: District of Columbia
Monuments and memorials
Voting rights
Women's rights

Summary:
action_date: 2019-06-04
text: 
This bill authorizes the establishment on federal land in the District of Columbia of the Every Word We Utter Monument in commemoration of the passage of the 19th Amendment to the Constitution, which gave women the right to vote. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2019-06-19
text: Committee on Energy and Natural Resources Subcommittee on National Parks. Hearings held. With printed Hearing: S.Hrg. 116-308.
action_date: 2019-06-04
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
action_date: 2019-06-04
text: Introduced in Senate
Energy Savings Through Public-Private Partnerships Act of 2019

Bill: 116-s-1706
Sponsor: Sen. Gardner, Cory [R-CO]
Introduced: 2019-06-04 in the Senate
Policy area: Energy
Subjects: Alternative and renewable resources
Congressional oversight
Energy efficiency and conservation
Government buildings, facilities, and property
Performance measurement
Public contracts and procurement
Public utilities and utility rates
Solid waste and recycling
Water use and supply

Summary:
action_date: 2019-06-04
text: 

Energy Savings Through Public-Private Partnerships Act of 2019

 
This bill revises requirements for energy savings performance contracts and utility energy service contracts in federal facilities. These contracts allow federal agencies to work with private contractors on energy efficiency upgrades to federal facilities, unless the facilities are dams, reservoirs, or hydropower facilities owned or operated by federal agencies.

action_date: 2019-09-24
text: 

Energy Savings Through Public-Private Partnerships Act of 2019

 
This bill revises requirements for energy savings performance contracts and utility energy service contracts in federal facilities. These contracts allow federal agencies to work with private contractors on energy efficiency upgrades to federal facilities, unless the facilities are dams, reservoirs, or hydropower facilities owned or operated by federal agencies.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2019-09-24
text: Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 219.
action_date: 2019-09-24
text: Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. Reported by Senator Murkowski without amendment. With written report No. 116-116.
action_date: 2019-09-24
text: Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. Reported by Senator Murkowski without amendment. With written report No. 116-116.
action_date: 2019-07-16
text: Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. Ordered to be reported without amendment favorably.
action_date: 2019-06-04
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
action_date: 2019-06-04
text: Introduced in Senate
SAFE Bridges Act of 2019

Bill: 116-s-1707
Sponsor: Sen. Shaheen, Jeanne [D-NH]
Introduced: 2019-06-04 in the Senate
Policy area: Transportation and Public Works
Subjects: Congressional oversight
Roads and highways
Transportation programs funding
Transportation safety and security

Summary:
action_date: 2019-06-04
text: 

Strengthen And Fortify Existing Bridges Act of 2019 or the SAFE Bridges Act of 2019 

 
This bill directs the Department of Transportation to establish a program to assist states to rehabilitate or replace bridges found to be structurally deficient. 
 
States shall use program funds for projects to rehabilitate and replace such bridges and to maintain their surface coating and corrosion protection systems.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2019-06-04
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works.
action_date: 2019-06-04
text: Introduced in Senate
Storm Shelter Act of 2019

Bill: 116-s-1708
Sponsor: Sen. Jones, Doug [D-AL]
Introduced: 2019-06-04 in the Senate
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Income tax credits
Natural disasters
Residential rehabilitation and home repair

Summary:
action_date: 2019-06-04
text: 

Storm Shelter Act of 2019

 
This bill establishes a one-time refundable tax credit of up to $2,500 for the costs of installing a storm shelter to be used at a taxpayer's principal residence. To qualify for the credit, the residence may not be valued at more than $250,000. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2019-06-04
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. (Sponsor introductory remarks on measure: CR S3219)
action_date: 2019-06-04
text: Introduced in Senate
BE SAFE Act of 2019

Bill: 116-s-1709
Sponsor: Sen. Jones, Doug [D-AL]
Introduced: 2019-06-04 in the Senate
Policy area: Transportation and Public Works
Subjects: Atmospheric science and weather
Emergency planning and evacuation
Natural disasters
Roads and highways
Rural conditions and development
Transportation programs funding

Summary:
action_date: 2019-06-04
text: 

Bolstering Emergency routes to Save Americans From Extreme weather Act of 2019 or the BE SAFE Act of 2019 

 
This bill directs the Federal Highway Administration to provide grants to certain governmental entities and planning organizations for transportation infrastructure projects in rural counties that connect small communities to broader thoroughfares and evacuation routes that are essential for supporting mass evacuations caused by emergency weather events.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2019-06-04
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works. (Sponsor introductory remarks on measure: CR S3219)
action_date: 2019-06-04
text: Introduced in Senate
AIR Security Act

Bill: 116-s-1710
Sponsor: Sen. Cornyn, John [R-TX]
Introduced: 2019-06-04 in the Senate
Policy area: Transportation and Public Works
Subjects: Aviation and airports
Intellectual property
Public contracts and procurement
Trade secrets and economic espionage
Transportation programs funding

Summary:
action_date: 2019-06-04
text: 

Airport Infrastructure Resources Security Act of 2019 or the AIR Security Act

 
This bill prohibits airport improvement project grant amounts from being used to enter into a contract for the procurement of infrastructure or equipment for a passenger boarding bridge at an airport with any entity that has violated the intellectual property rights of U.S. entities.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2019-06-04
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
action_date: 2019-06-04
text: Introduced in Senate
Transparency in Online Retailing Act

Bill: 116-s-1711
Sponsor: Sen. Merkley, Jeff [D-OR]
Introduced: 2019-06-04 in the Senate
Policy area: Commerce
Subjects: Consumer affairs
Internet and video services
Internet, web applications, social media
Retail and wholesale trades

Summary:
action_date: 2019-06-04
text: 
 
Transparency in Online Retailing Act

 
This bill requires sellers to conspicuously disclose the country of origin of imported foreign products sold over the internet.
 

 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2019-06-04
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
action_date: 2019-06-04
text: Introduced in Senate
Developing an Innovative Strategy for Antimicrobial Resistant Microorganisms Act of 2019

Bill: 116-s-1712
Sponsor: Sen. Isakson, Johnny [R-GA]
Introduced: 2019-06-04 in the Senate
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Congressional oversight
Drug safety, medical device, and laboratory regulation
Government information and archives
Government studies and investigations
Infectious and parasitic diseases
Medicare

Summary:
action_date: 2019-06-04
text: 

Developing an Innovative Strategy for Antimicrobial Resistant Microorganisms Act of 2019 or the DISARM Act of 

2019

 
This bill requires additional payment under Medicare's inpatient prospective payment system for services that involve certain antimicrobial drugs, in accordance with specified limitations. Additionally, the Government Accountability Office must report on the barriers to developing such antimicrobial drugs and must recommend ways to address such barriers.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2019-06-04
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
action_date: 2019-06-04
text: Introduced in Senate
Aeronautics Innovation Act

Bill: 116-s-1713
Sponsor: Sen. Warner, Mark R. [D-VA]
Introduced: 2019-06-04 in the Senate
Policy area: Transportation and Public Works
Subjects: Advanced technology and technological innovations
Aviation and airports
Competitiveness, trade promotion, trade deficits
Computers and information technology
Congressional oversight
Manufacturing
Materials
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Public-private cooperation
Research administration and funding
Research and development
Space flight and exploration
Spacecraft and satellites
Transportation programs funding
Transportation safety and security

Summary:
action_date: 2019-06-04
text: 

Aeronautics Innovation Act

 
This bill reauthorizes through FY2024 the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Aeronautics Research Mission Directorate.
 
NASA shall establish 
 
 
a low-boom supersonic aircraft program or project to demonstrate supersonic aircraft designs and technologies to reduce sonic boom noise levels, 
 
a subsonic flight program of flight technology demonstrations that use existing aircraft and multiple large-scale X-Plane demonstrator to demonstrate aircraft vehicle and propulsion concepts and technologies, 
 
advanced structures, materials, and manufacturing program; and 
 
the 21st Century Aeronautics Capabilities Initiative to ensure that it possesses the infrastructure capabilities and tools necessary to conduct flight demonstration projects across the range of NASA aeronautics interests. 



Legislative actions:
action_date: 2019-06-04
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
action_date: 2019-06-04
text: Introduced in Senate
Elevating the Voices of Gold Star Wives Act of 2019

Bill: 116-s-1714
Sponsor: Sen. Blumenthal, Richard [D-CT]
Introduced: 2019-06-04 in the Senate
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Federally chartered organizations
Military personnel and dependents
Public participation and lobbying
Social work, volunteer service, charitable organizations

Summary:
action_date: 2019-06-04
text: 
 
Elevating the Voices of Gold Star Wives Act of 2019

 
This bill removes a prohibition on the Gold Star Wives of America corporation, its directors, or its officers attempting to influence legislation.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2019-06-04
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2019-06-04
text: Introduced in Senate
Gold Star Families Congressional Gold Medal Act of 2019

Bill: 116-s-1715
Sponsor: Sen. Blumenthal, Richard [D-CT]
Introduced: 2019-06-04 in the Senate
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Congressional tributes
Military personnel and dependents
Museums, exhibitions, cultural centers
Smithsonian Institution

Summary:
action_date: 2019-06-04
text: 

Gold Star Families Congressional Gold Medal Act of 2019

 
This bill directs the collective award of a Congressional Gold Medal to all Gold Star Families (families of fallen service members) in recognition of the families' dedication, contributions, and sacrifice to the United States.
 
Following the award of the medal, it shall be given to the Smithsonian Institution for display and research.
 
The U.S Mint may strike and sell duplicates in bronze. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2019-06-04
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs.
action_date: 2019-06-04
text: Introduced in Senate
A bill to provide for the issuance of a "Gold Star Families Forever Stamp" to honor the sacrifices of families who have lost a loved one who was a member of the Armed Forces in combat.

Bill: 116-s-1716
Sponsor: Sen. Blumenthal, Richard [D-CT]
Introduced: 2019-06-04 in the Senate
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Conflicts and wars
Military personnel and dependents
Postal service

Summary:
action_date: 2019-06-04
text: 

This bill directs the U.S. Postal Service to provide for the issuance of a forever stamp to honor the sacrifices of families who have lost a loved one who was a member of the Armed Forces in combat.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2019-06-04
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.
action_date: 2019-06-04
text: Introduced in Senate
SNAP Vitamin and Mineral Improvement Act of 2019

Bill: 116-s-1717
Sponsor: Sen. Scott, Tim [R-SC]
Introduced: 2019-06-05 in the Senate
Policy area: Agriculture and Food
Subjects: Food assistance and relief
Nutrition and diet

Summary:
action_date: 2019-06-05
text: 

SNAP Vitamin and Mineral Improvement Act of 2019

 
This bill allows Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP, formerly known as the food stamp program) benefits to be used to purchase multivitamin-mineral dietary supplements for home consumption.
 
Specifically, the supplements (1) must provide at least half of the vitamins and minerals for which the National Academy of Medicine establishes dietary reference intakes at 50% or more of the daily value for the intended life stage per daily serving, as determined by the Food and Drug Administration; and (2) may not exceed the tolerable upper intake levels for those nutrients for which an established tolerable upper intake level is determined by the National Academy of Medicine.
 
The bill amends the definition of &quot;staple food&quot; to exclude multivitamin-mineral dietary supplements.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2019-06-05
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry.
action_date: 2019-06-05
text: Introduced in Senate