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Indian Programs Advance Appropriations Act

Bill: 116-s-229
Sponsor: Sen. Udall, Tom [D-NM]
Introduced: 2019-01-25 in the Senate
Policy area: Native Americans
Subjects: Appropriations
Budget process
Congressional oversight
Department of Health and Human Services
Department of the Interior
Executive agency funding and structure
Health programs administration and funding
Indian social and development programs
Minority health

Summary:
action_date: 2019-01-25
text: 

Indian Programs Advance Appropriations Act 

 
This bill authorizes advance appropriations for several covered appropriations accounts of (1) the Bureau of Indian Affairs and Bureau of Indian Education within the Department of the Interior, and (2) the Indian Health Service within the Department of Health and Human Services. The advance appropriations provide new budget authority that first becomes available for the first fiscal year after the budget year. 
 
The covered accounts within the Bureau of Indian Affairs and Bureau of Indian Education include (1) Operation of Indian Programs, (2) Contract Support Costs, and (3) the Indian Guaranteed Loan Program Account. 
 
The covered accounts within the Indian Health Service include (1) Indian Health Services, and (2) Contract Support Costs. 
 
The bill also requires the President's budget and the supporting documents submitted to Congress to include detailed estimates related to the advance appropriations. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2019-01-25
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Budget.
action_date: 2019-01-25
text: Introduced in Senate
Preserving American Justice Act

Bill: 116-s-230
Sponsor: Sen. Wyden, Ron [D-OR]
Introduced: 2019-01-25 in the Senate
Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement
Subjects: Assault and harassment offenses
Bank accounts, deposits, capital
Congressional oversight
Criminal investigation, prosecution, interrogation
Criminal procedure and sentencing
Diplomacy, foreign officials, Americans abroad
Financial services and investments
Foreign and international banking
Income tax exclusion
Interest, dividends, interest rates
Middle East
Oregon
Saudi Arabia
Securities
U.S. and foreign investments
Violent crime
Visas and passports

Summary:
action_date: 2019-01-25
text: 

Preserving American Justice Act

 
This bill requires an investigation to determine whether the Saudi Arabian government helped any Saudi citizen or national leave the United States to escape criminal prosecution. It also establishes certain penalties for foreign governments that assist with such departures.
 
Specifically, the bill directs the Department of Justice (DOJ) to investigate whether the Saudi Arabian government materially assisted or facilitated the departure of any Saudi citizen or national in order to escape criminal prosecution in the United States. Further, DOJ must submit a report to Congress and the Department of State if it determines the Saudi Arabian government committed such acts.
 
The bill generally prohibits the issuance of visas to certain Saudi nationals or citizens if DOJ determines that the Saudi Arabian government assisted any Saudi national or citizen in escaping criminal prosecution.
 
Additionally, DOJ must annually report on foreign nationals who leave the United States while awaiting trial or sentencing for a criminal offense that was committed in the United States.
 
DOJ must also maintain a list of countries that it determines have materially assisted or facilitated the departure of foreign nationals. Further, the bill makes foreign governments that are included on this list ineligible for the tax exclusion for certain income received from investments in the United States.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2019-01-25
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. (Sponsor introductory remarks on measure: CR S681)
action_date: 2019-01-25
text: Introduced in Senate
ESCAPE of Saudi Nationals Act

Bill: 116-s-231
Sponsor: Sen. Merkley, Jeff [D-OR]
Introduced: 2019-01-25 in the Senate
Policy area: International Affairs
Subjects: Assault and harassment offenses
California
Congressional oversight
Criminal investigation, prosecution, interrogation
Diplomacy, foreign officials, Americans abroad
Foreign property
Fraud offenses and financial crimes
Middle East
Oregon
Saudi Arabia
Violent crime
Visas and passports

Summary:
action_date: 2019-01-25
text: 

Examining Saudi Consular Activities Promoting Extraction Act or the ESCAPE of Saudi Nationals Act

 
This bill directs the Department of State to report to Congress on instances where Saudi Arabian diplomats or affiliated individuals may have helped Saudi nationals leave the United States to escape criminal prosecution. 
 
The bill also prohibits a foreign country's diplomatic mission from owning real property in the United States if the State Department determines that such mission helped one of its nationals leave the United States to evade prosecution for a crime. 
 

 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2019-01-25
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations.
action_date: 2019-01-25
text: Introduced in Senate
Conflicts from Political Fundraising Act of 2019

Bill: 116-s-232
Sponsor: Sen. Whitehouse, Sheldon [D-RI]
Introduced: 2019-01-28 in the Senate
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Congressional oversight
Elections, voting, political campaign regulation
Federal officials
Government ethics and transparency, public corruption
Office of Government Ethics
Public participation and lobbying

Summary:
action_date: 2019-01-28
text: 

Conflicts from Political Fundraising Act of 2019

 
This bill requires presidentially appointed executive branch officials to disclose whether they have solicited donations for or contributed funds to political action committees, political non-profits, or industry trade associations. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2019-01-28
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.
action_date: 2019-01-28
text: Introduced in Senate
EPA Special Hiring Authority Transparency Act

Bill: 116-s-233
Sponsor: Sen. Duckworth, Tammy [D-IL]
Introduced: 2019-01-28 in the Senate
Policy area: Environmental Protection
Subjects: Congressional oversight
Employee hiring
Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)
Government employee pay, benefits, personnel management
Water quality
Water use and supply

Summary:
action_date: 2019-01-28
text: 

EPA Special Hiring Authority Transparency Act

 
This bill revises the special hiring authority given to the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency to appoint up to 30 personnel for positions without regard to the civil service laws. This bill requires the Administrator to notify Congress within 30 days of appointment of personnel under the special hiring authority. The notification must include the appointee's name, title, salary, and a detailed justification explaining why the Administrator determined the appointment was necessary.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2019-01-28
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works.
action_date: 2019-01-28
text: Introduced in Senate
Transparency in Student Lending Act

Bill: 116-s-234
Sponsor: Sen. Enzi, Michael B. [R-WY]
Introduced: 2019-01-28 in the Senate
Policy area: Education
Subjects: Higher education
Interest, dividends, interest rates
Student aid and college costs

Summary:
action_date: 2019-01-28
text: 

Transparency in Student Lending Act

 
This bill requires an institution of higher education to disclose, prior to disbursement, the annual percentage rate applicable to a federal student loan. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2019-01-28
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
action_date: 2019-01-28
text: Introduced in Senate
Teachers Are Leaders Act

Bill: 116-s-235
Sponsor: Sen. Coons, Christopher A. [D-DE]
Introduced: 2019-01-28 in the Senate
Policy area: Education
Subjects: Academic performance and assessments
Education programs funding
Elementary and secondary education
Higher education
Teaching, teachers, curricula

Summary:
action_date: 2019-01-28
text: 

Teachers Are Leaders Act

 
This bill authorizes grants for the establishment of professional development programs for teachers who remain in the classroom while also carrying out formalized leadership responsibilities. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2019-01-28
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
action_date: 2019-01-28
text: Introduced in Senate
Special Counsel Transparency Act

Bill: 116-s-236
Sponsor: Sen. Blumenthal, Richard [D-CT]
Introduced: 2019-01-28 in the Senate
Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement
Subjects: Congressional oversight
Constitution and constitutional amendments
Criminal investigation, prosecution, interrogation
Department of Justice
Evidence and witnesses
Federal officials
Government ethics and transparency, public corruption
Government information and archives

Summary:
action_date: 2019-01-28
text: 

Special Counsel Transparency Act

 
This bill establishes reporting requirements with respect to a special counsel appointed by the Department of Justice (DOJ).
 
Specifically, it requires a special counsel to submit a report, within 30 days, to DOJ and Congress (1) at the conclusion of an investigation; or (2) when the special counsel is removed from office, transferred within DOJ, or resigns before the completion of the investigation. The report must include the factual findings of the investigation and significant expenditures, explain prosecutorial decisions, and be made publicly available. 
 
Additionally, a special counsel must submit periodic reports to DOJ and Congress on budgetary requirements and expenditures, personnel, and performance statistics.
 
Finally, the bill requires DOJ to notify Congress when a special counsel is removed or transferred. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2019-01-28
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2019-01-28
text: Introduced in Senate
Promoting Access to Diabetic Shoes Act

Bill: 116-s-237
Sponsor: Sen. Brown, Sherrod [D-OH]
Introduced: 2019-01-28 in the Senate
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Digestive and metabolic diseases
Health information and medical records
Health personnel
Health technology, devices, supplies
Medicare

Summary:
action_date: 2019-01-28
text: 

Promoting Access to Diabetic Shoes Act

 
This bill allows a nurse practitioner or physician assistant to fulfill documentation requirements for coverage, under Medicare, of special shoes for diabetic individuals. Under current law, such requirements may be satisfied only by a physician.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2019-01-28
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
action_date: 2019-01-28
text: Introduced in Senate
Special Envoy to Monitor and Combat Anti-Semitism Act

Bill: 116-s-238
Sponsor: Sen. Rubio, Marco [R-FL]
Introduced: 2019-01-28 in the Senate
Policy area: International Affairs
Subjects: Department of State
Diplomacy, foreign officials, Americans abroad
Executive agency funding and structure
Federal officials
Human rights
Racial and ethnic relations
Religion

Summary:
action_date: 2019-01-28
text: 

Special Envoy to Monitor and Combat Anti-Semitism Act of 2019

 
This bill establishes the Special Envoy for Monitoring and Combating anti-Semitism as an ambassador-rank official, appointed by the President, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate, who leads the Office to Monitor and Combat anti-Semitism within the Department of State. (Under current law, the special envoy is appointed by the Secretary of State.) The President may nominate the special envoy from among State Department officers and employees.
 
The special envoy shall be the primary advisor in the government relating to monitoring and combating anti-Semitism in foreign countries. The individual shall be of recognized distinction in religious freedom, law enforcement, or combating anti-Semitism.

action_date: 2020-06-03
text: 

Special Envoy to Monitor and Combat Anti-Semitism Act

 
This bill establishes the Special Envoy for Monitoring and Combating anti-Semitism as an ambassador-rank official, appointed by the President, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate, who leads the Office to Monitor and Combat anti-Semitism within the Department of State. (Under current law, the special envoy is appointed by the Secretary of State.) The President may nominate the special envoy from among State Department officers and employees.
 
The special envoy shall be the primary advisor in the government relating to monitoring and combating anti-Semitism in foreign countries and shall be of recognized distinction in combating anti-Semitism.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2020-06-03
text: Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 461.
action_date: 2020-06-03
text: Committee on Foreign Relations. Reported by Senator Risch with an amendment in the nature of a substitute. Without written report.
action_date: 2020-06-03
text: Committee on Foreign Relations. Reported by Senator Risch with an amendment in the nature of a substitute. Without written report.
action_date: 2020-05-21
text: Committee on Foreign Relations. Ordered to be reported with an amendment in the nature of a substitute favorably.
action_date: 2019-01-28
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations.
action_date: 2019-01-28
text: Introduced in Senate
Taxpayer Identity Protection Act of 2019

Bill: 116-s-240
Sponsor: Sen. Collins, Susan M. [R-ME]
Introduced: 2019-01-28 in the Senate
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Computer security and identity theft
Tax administration and collection, taxpayers

Summary:
action_date: 2019-01-28
text: 

Taxpayer Identity Protection Act of 2019

 
This bill requires the Department of the Treasury to establish a program to issue, upon the request of any individual, a number that may be used in connection with a Social Security number (or other identifying information) to assist in verifying the individual's identity. 
 
Within five years of the enactment of this bill, Treasury must ensure that the program is made available to any individual residing in the United States. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2019-01-28
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. (Sponsor introductory remarks on measure: CR S699-700)
action_date: 2019-01-28
text: Introduced in Senate
Colorado Outdoor Recreation and Economy Act

Bill: 116-s-241
Sponsor: Sen. Bennet, Michael F. [D-CO]
Introduced: 2019-01-28 in the Senate
Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Air quality
Alternative and renewable resources
Animal and plant health
Climate change and greenhouse gases
Coal
Colorado
Dams and canals
Electric power generation and transmission
Environmental assessment, monitoring, research
Fires
Forests, forestry, trees
Government information and archives
Government studies and investigations
Historic sites and heritage areas
Hunting and fishing
Infrastructure development
Insects
Intergovernmental relations
Land transfers
Land use and conservation
Livestock
Mining
Motor vehicles
Oil and gas
Outdoor recreation
Parks, recreation areas, trails
Pedestrians and bicycling
Roads and highways
Water storage
Water use and supply
Watersheds
Wilderness and natural areas, wildlife refuges, wild rivers, habitats
Wildlife conservation and habitat protection

Summary:
action_date: 2019-01-28
text: 

Colorado Outdoor Recreation and Economy Act

 
This bill provides for the conservation of specified lands in Colorado. 
 
Specifically, the bill designates
 
 
specified federal lands within the White River National Forest as components of the National Wilderness Preservation System,
 
the proposed Williams Fork Wilderness as a potential wilderness area, 
 
 the Tenmile Recreation Management Area, 
 
the Porcupine Gulch Wildlife Conservation Area, 
 
the Williams Fork Wildlife Conservation Area,
 
the Camp Hale National Historic Landscape, 
 
the Sheep Mountain and Liberty Bell East Special Management Areas, and 
 
the Curecanti National Recreation Area. 
 
 
The bill adjusts the boundary of the White River National Forest, the Rocky Mountain National Park Wilderness, and the Arapaho National Forest. 
 
 The bill directs the Department of Agriculture to permit by special use authorization nonmotorized access and use of the Bolts Ditch headgate and the Bolts Ditch within the Holy Cross Wilderness for the diversion of water and use, maintenance, and repair of the ditch and headgate by the town of Minturn.
 
The bill provides for the inclusion of additional federal lands in the National Wilderness Preservation System.
 
The bill provides for the cancellation of all Thompson Divide oil or gas leases.
 
The Department of the Interior shall carry out a program to lease federal methane from coal mines leaking methane in the North Fork Valley.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2020-11-18
text: Committee on Energy and Natural Resources Senate Subcommittee on Public Lands, Forests, and Mining. Hearings held. With printed Hearing: S.Hrg. 116-382.
action_date: 2019-01-28
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
action_date: 2019-01-28
text: Introduced in Senate
Lowell Observatory Conveyance Act

Bill: 116-s-242
Sponsor: Sen. McSally, Martha [R-AZ]
Introduced: 2019-01-28 in the Senate
Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources
Subjects: Arizona
Astronomy
Forests, forestry, trees
Land transfers

Summary:
action_date: 2019-01-28
text: 

Lowell Observatory Conveyance Act

 
This bill directs the Forest Service, if the Lowell Observatory in Flagstaff, Arizona, requests the conveyance of a certain parcel of land in Coconino National Forest that was originally conveyed by the United States to Percival Lowell and his heirs for observatory purposes, to convey all interest of the United States in such land to the observatory. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2019-05-14
text: Committee on Energy and Natural Resources Subcommittee on Public Lands, Forests, and Mining. Hearings held. With printed Hearing: S.Hrg. 116-323.
action_date: 2019-01-28
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
action_date: 2019-01-28
text: Introduced in Senate
Black Mountain Range and Bullhead City Land Exchange Act of 2019

Bill: 116-s-243
Sponsor: Sen. McSally, Martha [R-AZ]
Introduced: 2019-01-28 in the Senate
Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources
Subjects: Arizona
Land transfers

Summary:
action_date: 2019-01-28
text: 

Black Mountain Range and Bullhead City Land Exchange Act of 2019

 
This bill directs the Department of the Interior, upon request by Bullhead City, Arizona, to convey to to the city 345.2 acres of specified federal land in exchange for 1,100 acres of city-owned land in the Black Mountain Range. 
 
The lands acquired by Interior shall be, upon acquisition, automatically and permanently withdrawn from appropriation and disposal under the public land laws and specified laws regarding geothermal resources. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2019-01-28
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
action_date: 2019-01-28
text: Introduced in Senate
Embry-Riddle Tri-City Land Exchange Completion Act of 2019

Bill: 116-s-244
Sponsor: Sen. McSally, Martha [R-AZ]
Introduced: 2019-01-28 in the Senate
Policy area: Education
Subjects: Economic development
Educational facilities and institutions
Florida
Higher education
Land transfers

Summary:
action_date: 2019-01-28
text: 

Embry-Riddle Tri-City Land Exchange Completion Act
 
of 2019

 
This bill requires the Department of Interior to relinquish its reversionary interest in a 16-acre parcel of land that is located in Yavapai County, Arizona, and owned by the Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University.



Legislative actions:
action_date: 2019-01-28
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
action_date: 2019-01-28
text: Introduced in Senate
A bill to block the implementation of certain presidential actions that restrict individuals from certain countries from entering the United States.

Bill: 116-s-246
Sponsor: Sen. Murphy, Christopher [D-CT]
Introduced: 2019-01-28 in the Senate
Policy area: Immigration
Subjects: Africa
Asia
Chad
Department of Homeland Security
Executive agency funding and structure
Immigration status and procedures
Iran
Latin America
Libya
Middle East
North Korea
Presidents and presidential powers, Vice Presidents
Somalia
Sudan
Syria
Travel and tourism
Venezuela
Visas and passports
Yemen

Summary:
action_date: 2019-01-28
text: 
This bill prohibits making funds, resources, or fees available to any federal agency to implement or enforce Executive Order 13780 and Presidential Proclamation 9645, which suspended individuals from several countries of concern, including Chad, Iran, and Libya, from entering the United States. The Proclamation also provided for enhanced U.S. vetting capacities.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2019-01-28
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2019-01-28
text: Introduced in Senate
Virginia Wilderness Additions Act of 2019

Bill: 116-s-247
Sponsor: Sen. Kaine, Tim [D-VA]
Introduced: 2019-01-28 in the Senate
Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources
Subjects: Forests, forestry, trees
Virginia
Water quality
Wilderness and natural areas, wildlife refuges, wild rivers, habitats

Summary:
action_date: 2019-01-28
text: 

Virginia Wilderness Additions Act of 2019

 
This bill adds specified additional lands in the George Washington National Forest (a part of the George Washington and Jefferson National Forests in Virginia, West Virginia, and Kentucky) to the Rough Mountain Wilderness and the Rich Hole Wilderness. 
 
The Department of Agriculture (USDA) may use motorized equipment and mechanized transport in the Rich Hole Addition until it is incorporated into the Rich Hole Wilderness in order to enhance natural ecosystems by implementing certain activities to improve water quality and aquatic passage, as described in the Forest Service document entitled "Decision Notice for the Lower Cowpasture Restoration and Management Project" and dated December 2015.
 
In carrying out such water quality and aquatic passage improvement activities, USDA must use the minimum tool or administrative practice that has the least amount of adverse impact on wilderness character and resources.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2019-01-28
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry. (Sponsor introductory remarks on measure: CR S700-701)
action_date: 2019-01-28
text: Introduced in Senate