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Job Corps Protection Act

Bill: 116-s-1736
Sponsor: Sen. Tester, Jon [D-MT]
Introduced: 2019-06-05 in the Senate
Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources
Subjects: Appropriations
Department of Agriculture
Department of Labor
Employment and training programs
Executive agency funding and structure
Forests, forestry, trees
Youth employment and child labor

Summary:
action_date: 2019-06-05
text: 

Job Corps Protection Act

 
This bill instructs the Department of Agriculture (USDA) and the Department of Labor to (1) not transfer the function of any Forest Service Jobs Corps Civilian Conservation Center to Labor, and (2) ensure that each center is wholly operated only by USDA. 
 
Also, the bill prohibits any of the funds appropriated to USDA or Labor for FY2019 or FY2020 from being used to close any center. 


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
Mental Health Parity Compliance Act

Bill: 116-s-1737
Sponsor: Sen. Murphy, Christopher [D-CT]
Introduced: 2019-06-05 in the Senate
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Drug, alcohol, tobacco use
Employee benefits and pensions
Government studies and investigations
Health care costs and insurance
Health care coverage and access
Health information and medical records
Mental health

Summary:
action_date: 2019-06-05
text: 

Mental Health Parity Compliance Act

 
This bill revises the mental health parity rules to require private health insurance plans that offer both medical and mental health coverage to prepare a comparative analysis of nonquantitative treatment limitations (NQTLs). (NQTLs are limitations on the scope or duration of benefits for treatment, such as preauthorization requirements.)
 
 The comparative analysis must be available for the Department of Health and Human Services upon request and must include (1) a description of the NQTL and the specific services to which it applies, (2) the factors used to determine when the NQTL will apply, and (3) a description of how the NQTLs applicable to mental health or substance use disorder benefits are comparable to, and no more stringent than, the NQTLs applicable to medical or surgical benefits, among other information.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2019-06-05
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
action_date: 2019-06-05
text: Introduced in Senate
Workforce DATA Act

Bill: 116-s-1738
Sponsor: Sen. Peters, Gary C. [D-MI]
Introduced: 2019-06-05 in the Senate
Policy area: Labor and Employment
Subjects: Advisory bodies
Census and government statistics
Congressional oversight
Employment and training programs
Government information and archives
Government studies and investigations
Industrial facilities
Industrial policy and productivity
Labor market
Technology assessment
Unemployment

Summary:
action_date: 2019-06-05
text: 

Workforce Data for Analyzing and Tracking Automation Act of 2019 or the Workforce DATA Act

 
This bill provides for a study by the National Academies of Science, Engineering, and Medicine on measuring the impact of automation on the workforce.
 
Specifically, the bill requires the Department of Labor to request the academies to enter into an arrangement to conduct a consensus study on how to measure the impact of automation on the workforce, including job creation, job displacement, job retention, and the shifting of skills in demand due to automation.
 
In addition, Labor must establish an advisory board, or form a subcommittee of an existing advisory board, to provide recommendations on addressing the impact of automation on the workforce.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2019-06-05
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
action_date: 2019-06-05
text: Introduced in Senate
Department of Energy National Labs Jobs ACCESS Act

Bill: 116-s-1739
Sponsor: Sen. Duckworth, Tammy [D-IL]
Introduced: 2019-06-05 in the Senate
Policy area: Science, Technology, Communications
Subjects: Congressional oversight
Department of Energy
Education programs funding
Employment and training programs
Energy research
Government buildings, facilities, and property
Higher education
Intergovernmental relations
Licensing and registrations
Nuclear weapons
Public-private cooperation
Science and engineering education
Veterans' education, employment, rehabilitation
Vocational and technical education

Summary:
action_date: 2019-06-05
text: 

Department of Energy National Labs Jobs ACCESS Act
 
 
This bill establishes the Department of Energy National Lab Jobs ACCESS Program to provide grants for technical, skills-based preapprenticeship and apprenticeship programs that provide employer-driven or recognized postsecondary credentials during the five-year grant period.

action_date: 2019-12-17
text: 

Department of Energy National Labs Jobs ACCESS Act
 
 
This bill establishes the Department of Energy National Lab Jobs ACCESS Program to provide grants for technical, skills-based preapprenticeship and apprenticeship programs that provide employer-driven or recognized postsecondary credentials during the five-year grant period.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2020-01-15
text: By Senator Murkowski from Committee on Energy and Natural Resources filed written report. Report No. 116-205.
action_date: 2020-01-15
text: By Senator Murkowski from Committee on Energy and Natural Resources filed written report. Report No. 116-205.
action_date: 2019-12-17
text: Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 352.
action_date: 2019-12-17
text: Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. Reported by Senator Murkowski without amendment. Without written report.
action_date: 2019-12-17
text: Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. Reported by Senator Murkowski without amendment. Without written report.
action_date: 2019-11-19
text: Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. Ordered to be reported without amendment favorably.
action_date: 2019-09-11
text: Committee on Energy and Natural Resources Subcommittee on Energy. Hearings held. With printed Hearing: S.Hrg. 116-335.
action_date: 2019-06-05
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
action_date: 2019-06-05
text: Introduced in Senate
Flexible Grid Infrastructure Act of 2019

Bill: 116-s-1740
Sponsor: Sen. Wyden, Ron [D-OR]
Introduced: 2019-06-05 in the Senate
Policy area: Energy
Subjects: Advanced technology and technological innovations
Alternative and renewable resources
Congressional oversight
Electric power generation and transmission
Employment and training programs
Energy efficiency and conservation
Energy prices
Energy research
Energy storage, supplies, demand
Government information and archives
Government studies and investigations
Hybrid, electric, and advanced technology vehicles
Lighting, heating, cooling
Public utilities and utility rates
Research and development

Summary:
action_date: 2019-06-05
text: 

Flexible Grid Infrastructure Act of 201

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This bill requires the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) and the Department of Energy (DOE) to address the flexibility, reliability, resilience, affordability, efficiency, and security of the electric grid. Specifically, FERC and DOE must (1) access the technical and economic potential of distributed energy resources, and (2) establish an online clearinghouse of data relating to distributed energy resources. A 
distributed energy resource
 means an electric device that can produce or consume energy that is located on the grid distribution system or on the customer side of the electric grid (e.g., solar roofs).
 
DOE must also
 
 
provide technical assistance, an action plan, tools, and information relating to the deployment of distributed energy resources and grid-scale energy storage;
 
research and develop the electrification of transportation, heating, and other technologies;
 
 develop model standards to assist states, electric cooperatives, and publicly owned electric utilities in the voluntary updating of standards for resource and energy assurance planning, ensuring distribution-grid reliability from natural disasters, and improving security;
 
evaluate whether new performance standards and testing procedures are needed to ensure the resilience of electrical equipment to security threats or natural disasters;
 
 develop guidelines for calculating the costs and benefits of investments in resilience and security solutions for the electric grid;
 
provide related workforce training; and 
 
establish the Flexible Grid Challenge 2024, a grant program that helps states enhance the peak load management and flexibility of the electric grid.
 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2019-06-05
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
action_date: 2019-06-05
text: Introduced in Senate
Reducing the Cost of Energy Storage Act of 2019

Bill: 116-s-1741
Sponsor: Sen. Wyden, Ron [D-OR]
Introduced: 2019-06-05 in the Senate
Policy area: Energy
Subjects: Advanced technology and technological innovations
Alternative and renewable resources
Congressional oversight
Energy efficiency and conservation
Energy prices
Energy research
Energy storage, supplies, demand
Hybrid, electric, and advanced technology vehicles
Lighting, heating, cooling
Public utilities and utility rates
Public-private cooperation
Research and development

Summary:
action_date: 2019-06-05
text: 

Reducing the Cost of Energy Storage Act of 2019

 
This bill requires the Department of Energy (DOE)to research and develop ways to reduce the cost of energy storage, including by (1)facilitating innovation in the manner in which energy storage systems are conceived, designed, manufactured, installed, and used for various energy services; and (2)identifying, addressing, and reducing market barriers that limit energy storage adoption.
 
As part of its research and development, DOE must pay special attention to energy storage needs and opportunities that are relatively underdeveloped and potentially transformative for the electric grid.
 
DOE must develop cost targets (e.g., technology costs, installation costs, balance of services costs, and soft costs) for energy storage across all types of energy storage technology.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2019-07-09
text: Committee on Energy and Natural Resources Subcommittee on Energy. Hearings held. With printed Hearing: S.Hrg. 116-327.
action_date: 2019-06-05
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. (Sponsor introductory remarks on measure: CR S3258-3259)
action_date: 2019-06-05
text: Introduced in Senate
Distributed Energy Demonstration Act of 2019

Bill: 116-s-1742
Sponsor: Sen. Wyden, Ron [D-OR]
Introduced: 2019-06-05 in the Senate
Policy area: Energy
Subjects: Advanced technology and technological innovations
Alternative and renewable resources
Congressional oversight
Electric power generation and transmission
Energy assistance for the poor and aged
Energy efficiency and conservation
Energy prices
Energy research
Energy storage, supplies, demand
Hybrid, electric, and advanced technology vehicles
Lighting, heating, cooling
Public utilities and utility rates
Right of privacy

Summary:
action_date: 2019-06-05
text: 

Distributed Energy Demonstration Act of 2019

 
This bill establishes several renewable energy and energy efficiency grant programs.
 
Specifically, the bill requires the Department of Energy (DOE) to establish grant programs for
 
 
advancing the integration and optimization of distributed energy resources (e.g., smaller power sources that can be aggregated to provide power, such as rooftop solar panels) into the electric energy grid; 
 
demonstrating the use of household hot water heaters as energy storage resources; 
 
advancing electric vehicle technologies; and 
 
supporting the voluntary deployment of granular electricity pricing that is based upon the electricity's value at the time and location of the production or consumption of the electricity.
 
 
In addition, the bill reauthorizes through FY2025 and revises the DOE grant program for smart grid investments.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2019-06-05
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
action_date: 2019-06-05
text: Introduced in Senate
International Climate Accountability Act

Bill: 116-s-1743
Sponsor: Sen. Shaheen, Jeanne [D-NH]
Introduced: 2019-06-05 in the Senate
Policy area: International Affairs
Subjects: Air quality
Climate change and greenhouse gases
Congressional oversight
International law and treaties
International organizations and cooperation
Presidents and presidential powers, Vice Presidents

Summary:
action_date: 2019-06-05
text: 

International Climate Accountability Act

 
This bill prohibits implementation of the U.S. withdrawal from the Paris Agreement, the United Nations agreement to address climate change adopted December 12, 2015. The President shall annually report to Congress a plan for how the United States will achieve its goals to reduce greenhouse gases under the agreement.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2019-06-05
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations.
action_date: 2019-06-05
text: Introduced in Senate
Keep STEM Talent Act of 2019

Bill: 116-s-1744
Sponsor: Sen. Durbin, Richard J. [D-IL]
Introduced: 2019-06-05 in the Senate
Policy area: Immigration
Subjects: Foreign labor
Higher education
Immigration status and procedures
Science and engineering education
Visas and passports

Summary:
action_date: 2019-06-05
text: 

Keep STEM Talent Act of 2019

 
This bill exempts certain aliens with advanced degrees in a science, technology, engineering, or mathematics (STEM) field from direct limitations on the number of immigrant visas granted per year. Specifically, the alien must (1) have earned a master's level or higher degree in certain STEM fields while in the United States attending an accredited higher education institution, (2) be employed (or have a job offer) in a field related to the degree and earn at least the median wage for that occupation, and (3) meet certain labor certification requirements. 
 
The bill also allows an alien seeking a nonimmigrant F-1 (student) visa to obtain an advanced STEM degree to have dual intent. Specifically, such an alien may obtain the nonimmigrant visa or change nonimmigrant status even if the alien intends to seek lawful permanent resident status. (Generally, an alien may be denied a nonimmigrant visa if the alien actually intends to seek immigrant status, unless dual intent is allowed for that type of visa.) 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2019-06-05
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. (text: CR S3259)
action_date: 2019-06-05
text: Introduced in Senate
Carbon Pollution Transparency Act

Bill: 116-s-1745
Sponsor: Sen. Bennet, Michael F. [D-CO]
Introduced: 2019-06-05 in the Senate
Policy area: Environmental Protection
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Advisory bodies
Air quality
Climate change and greenhouse gases
Environmental assessment, monitoring, research
Environmental regulatory procedures
Executive agency funding and structure
Government information and archives
Government studies and investigations
Public contracts and procurement

Summary:
action_date: 2019-06-05
text: 

Carbon Pollution Transparency Act

 
This bill requires the heads of federal agencies, when making certain rulemaking or procurement decisions, to consider and document the cost of carbon dioxide, methane, and nitrous oxide emissions in accordance with a set of standardized amounts.
 
The bill establishes the Interagency Working Group on the Costs of Greenhouse Gases to evaluate, at least once every five years, the method of calculating the cost of carbon dioxide, methane, and nitrous oxide.
 
The bill also establishes the Costs of Greenhouse Gases Scientific Review Committee to make recommendations to the working group regarding revisions to the calculation method. The 10 members of the committee must be selected by the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine and represent relevant scientific fields. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2019-06-05
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works.
action_date: 2019-06-05
text: Introduced in Senate
Explore America Act of 2019

Bill: 116-s-1746
Sponsor: Sen. Schatz, Brian [D-HI]
Introduced: 2019-06-05 in the Senate
Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources
Subjects: Advisory bodies
Congressional oversight
Economic development
Employment and training programs
Historic sites and heritage areas
Historical and cultural resources
Housing and community development funding
Land use and conservation
Parks, recreation areas, trails
Performance measurement
Travel and tourism

Summary:
action_date: 2019-06-05
text: 

Explore America Act of 2019

 This bill modifies and sets forth new provisions regarding the Preserve America Program and authorizes partnerships with gateway communities adjacent to units of the National Park System. 
The Department of the Interior shall offer to enter into partnerships with gateway communities, including Native American communities and National Heritage Areas, to leverage heritage tourism assets in order to strengthen the local economies and create jobs in those communities.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2019-06-05
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
action_date: 2019-06-05
text: Introduced in Senate
Level the Playing Field in Global Trade Act of 2019

Bill: 116-s-1747
Sponsor: Sen. Merkley, Jeff [D-OR]
Introduced: 2019-06-05 in the Senate
Policy area: Foreign Trade and International Finance
Subjects: Air quality
Competitiveness, trade promotion, trade deficits
Energy efficiency and conservation
Environmental technology
Government information and archives
Hazardous wastes and toxic substances
Human rights
Industrial facilities
Labor standards
Labor-management relations
Legislative rules and procedure
Tariffs
Trade agreements and negotiations
Wages and earnings
Water quality
Worker safety and health

Summary:
action_date: 2019-06-05
text: 

Level the Playing Field in Global Trade Act of 2019

 
This bill requires an expedited trade agreement with a country to meet specified standards regarding wages and production methods for all exported merchandise from that country. 
 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2019-06-05
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
action_date: 2019-06-05
text: Introduced in Senate
Furthering Access and Networks for Sports Act

Bill: 116-s-1748
Sponsor: Sen. Blumenthal, Richard [D-CT]
Introduced: 2019-06-05 in the Senate
Policy area: Sports and Recreation
Subjects: Broadcasting, cable, digital technologies
Competition and antitrust
Internet and video services
Internet, web applications, social media
Professional sports
Television and film

Summary:
action_date: 2019-06-05
text: 

Furthering Access and Networks for Sports Act 

 
This bill makes the antitrust laws applicable to joint agreements among professional football, baseball, basketball, or hockey teams covering the telecasting of sports contests to the extent that a league of clubs does not (1) expressly prohibit sponsored telecast licensees and any video licensee from intentionally removing the live content of such league from a multichannel video programming distributor during, or related to a negotiation regarding, carriage of the league's games by such distributor; or (2) make a sponsored telecast of a game that is played in the home territory of a member club available to consumers over the internet in any territory in which the game is not available for private viewing through a local television broadcast station or a such a distributor. 
 
The bill repeals the exception that allows the antitrust exemption for such a joint agreement that prohibits televising games within the home territory of a member club on a day when such club is playing at home.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2019-06-05
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2019-06-05
text: Introduced in Senate
Clean School Bus Act of 2019

Bill: 116-s-1750
Sponsor: Sen. Harris, Kamala D. [D-CA]
Introduced: 2019-06-05 in the Senate
Policy area: Transportation and Public Works
Subjects: Air quality
Atmospheric science and weather
Buy American requirements
Climate change and greenhouse gases
Congressional oversight
Department of Energy
Education of the disadvantaged
Elementary and secondary education
Employment and training programs
Executive agency funding and structure
Government information and archives
Hybrid, electric, and advanced technology vehicles
Infrastructure development
Motor carriers
Personnel records
Public contracts and procurement
State and local government operations
Transportation programs funding

Summary:
action_date: 2019-06-05
text: 

Clean School Bus Act of 2019

 
This bill directs the Department of Energy to establish in the Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy the Clean School Bus Grant Program for awarding grants to governmental and nonprofit entities responsible for providing school bus service for the replacement of existing school buses with electric buses.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2019-06-05
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
action_date: 2019-06-05
text: Introduced in Senate
Academic Partnerships Lead Us to Success Act

Bill: 116-s-1752
Sponsor: Sen. Daines, Steve [R-MT]
Introduced: 2019-06-05 in the Senate
Policy area: Education
Subjects: Academic performance and assessments
Education of the disadvantaged
Education programs funding
Elementary and secondary education
Government information and archives
Intergovernmental relations
State and local finance

Summary:
action_date: 2019-06-05
text: 

Academic Partnerships Lead Us to Success Act or the A PLUS Act
 
 
This bill creates a framework under which states may receive federal elementary and secondary education funds on a consolidated basis and use such funds for any educational purpose permitted by state law. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2019-06-05
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
action_date: 2019-06-05
text: Introduced in Senate
Take Care Act

Bill: 116-s-1753
Sponsor: Sen. Lee, Mike [R-UT]
Introduced: 2019-06-05 in the Senate
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Subjects: Congressional-executive branch relations
Federal officials
Presidents and presidential powers, Vice Presidents

Summary:
action_date: 2019-06-05
text: 

Take Care Act

 
This bill removes restrictions on the President's power to remove upper-level executive branch officers. 
 
Specifically, the bill (1) eliminates existing for-cause removal protections for principal officers (officers required to be appointed by the President by and with the advice and consent of the Senate), and (2) limits the creation of future removal restrictions by requiring Congress to expressly establish such restrictions by statute.
 
The bill provides that a federal statute that vests discretionary decision-making authority in an executive branch officer other than the President, or that designates an agency to be an independent agency or an independent establishment, shall not be construed as a limitation on the President's power to supervise and direct the exercise of such authority.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2019-06-05
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs. (Sponsor introductory remarks on measure: CR S3259-3261)
action_date: 2019-06-05
text: Introduced in Senate