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Executive Branch Comprehensive Ethics Enforcement Act

Bill: 116-s-896
Sponsor: Sen. Blumenthal, Richard [D-CT]
Introduced: 2019-03-27 in the Senate
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Administrative remedies
Congressional oversight
Department of Justice
Federal officials
Government employee pay, benefits, personnel management
Government ethics and transparency, public corruption
Government information and archives
Government studies and investigations
Office of Government Ethics
Office of Personnel Management (OPM)

Summary:
action_date: 2019-03-27
text: 

Executive Branch Comprehensive Ethics Enforcement Act

 
This bill expands the duties and authorities of the Office of Government Ethics (OGE).
 
Among other things, the bill authorizes the OGE to
 
 
issue subpoenas during investigations; and
 
order corrective actions (e.g., divestiture) and issue administrative remedies (e.g., suspension or demotion).
 
 
Additionally, the OGE shall be the central repository of all laws, rules, and regulations relating to conflicts of interest and other ethics issues, recusals, waivers, and exemptions of such laws, rules, and regulations. The OGE shall make available to the public all financial disclosure reports and records relating to conflicts of interest and other ethics issues that are determined to be public information.
 
The OGE must provide ethics education and training to all designated and alternate designated agency ethics officials, who must register with, and report to, the OGE and their appointing authority.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2019-03-27
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.
action_date: 2019-03-27
text: Introduced in Senate
Family Farmer Relief Act of 2019

Bill: 116-s-897
Sponsor: Sen. Grassley, Chuck [R-IA]
Introduced: 2019-03-27 in the Senate
Policy area: Finance and Financial Sector
Subjects: Agricultural prices, subsidies, credit
Bankruptcy
Small business

Summary:
action_date: 2019-03-27
text: 

Family Farmer Relief Act of 2019

 
This bill increases the aggregate debt limit for a family farmer who files for bankruptcy under chapter 12 (family farmer or family fisherman reorganization).


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2019-03-27
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2019-03-27
text: Introduced in Senate
A bill to designate the Manhattan Campus of the New York Harbor Health Care System of the Department of Veterans Affairs as the "Margaret Cochran Corbin Campus of the New York Harbor Health Care System".

Bill: 116-s-898
Sponsor: Sen. Gillibrand, Kirsten E. [D-NY]
Introduced: 2019-03-27 in the Senate
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Department of Veterans Affairs
Health facilities and institutions
New York City
U.S. history
Veterans' medical care

Summary:
action_date: 2019-03-27
text: 
This bill designates the Manhattan Campus of the New York Harbor Health Care System of the Department of Veterans Affairs in New York, New York, as the &quot;Margaret Cochran Corbin Campus of the New York Harbor Health Care System.&quot;


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2019-03-27
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
action_date: 2019-03-27
text: Introduced in Senate
Reclaiming Congressional Trade Authority Act of 2019

Bill: 116-s-899
Sponsor: Sen. Kaine, Tim [D-VA]
Introduced: 2019-03-27 in the Senate
Policy area: Foreign Trade and International Finance
Subjects: Congressional oversight
Congressional-executive branch relations
Economic performance and conditions
Legislative rules and procedure
Military procurement, research, weapons development
Presidents and presidential powers, Vice Presidents
Tariffs
War and emergency powers

Summary:
action_date: 2019-03-27
text: 

Reclaiming Congressional Trade Authority Act of 2019

 
 This bill requires the President, when modifying duty rates for national security reasons, to obtain congressional approval through a joint resolution for these modifications. The bill also gives Congress the authority to disapprove through a joint resolution certain duties or other import restrictions imposed by the U.S. Trade Representative. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2019-03-27
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
action_date: 2019-03-27
text: Introduced in Senate
Younger Onset Alzheimer’s Disease Act

Bill: 116-s-901
Sponsor: Sen. Collins, Susan M. [R-ME]
Introduced: 2019-03-27 in the Senate
Policy area: Social Welfare
Subjects: Aging
Congressional oversight
Health care coverage and access
Long-term, rehabilitative, and terminal care
Neurological disorders

Summary:
action_date: 2019-03-27
text: 

Younger Onset Alzheimer's Disease Act

 
This bill makes individuals with younger-onset Alzheimer's disease (i.e., individuals who experienced onset of the disease before age 60) eligible for certain federal grants and programs that support older adults. Under current law, these grants and programs serve only individuals 60 and older.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2019-03-27
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
action_date: 2019-03-27
text: Introduced in Senate
VA Hiring Enhancement Act

Bill: 116-s-902
Sponsor: Sen. Boozman, John [R-AR]
Introduced: 2019-03-27 in the Senate
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Department of Veterans Affairs
Government employee pay, benefits, personnel management
Health personnel
Medical education
Veterans' medical care

Summary:
action_date: 2019-03-27
text: 

VA Hiring Enhancement Act

 
This bill modifies requirements and procedures related to the hiring of physicians at the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA).
 
Specifically, the bill negates enforcement of a noncompete agreement that an applicant for a physician position in the Veterans Health Administration (VHA) has entered into with a non-VA facility or entity. As a condition of terminating the noncompete agreement, the physician must agree to serve at the VHA for one year or until the expiration of the noncompete agreement, whichever is later. 
 
The bill also authorizes the VA to offer a contingent physician's appointment to a person if the person will have completed a residency program leading to board eligibility in a specialty and met other requirements for the appointment within two years after the VA offer.
 
Eligibility requirements for a VA physician's appointment are revised to require completion of a residency program rather than an internship.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2019-03-27
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
action_date: 2019-03-27
text: Introduced in Senate
Voluntary Protection Program Act

Bill: 116-s-904
Sponsor: Sen. Enzi, Michael B. [R-WY]
Introduced: 2019-03-27 in the Senate
Policy area: Labor and Employment
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Department of Labor
Worker safety and health

Summary:
action_date: 2019-03-27
text: 

Voluntary Protection Program Act

 
This bill provides statutory authority for the voluntary protection program within the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA). Under the program, management, labor, and OSHA must establish cooperative relationships at workplaces that have implemented a comprehensive safety and health management system.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2019-03-27
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
action_date: 2019-03-27
text: Introduced in Senate
Senior Legal Hotline Act of 2019

Bill: 116-s-905
Sponsor: Sen. Tillis, Thomas [R-NC]
Introduced: 2019-03-27 in the Senate
Policy area: Social Welfare
Subjects: Aging
Lawyers and legal services
Social work, volunteer service, charitable organizations
Telephone and wireless communication

Summary:
action_date: 2019-03-27
text: 

Senior Legal Hotline Act of 2019

 
This bill permits the Administration on Aging to award competitive, matching grants to certain nonprofit organizations or partnerships to establish or maintain statewide senior legal hotlines to provide free services to older individuals. No more than one grant may be awarded in each state. Among other activities, grant recipients must establish referral mechanisms with, for example, other legal aid agencies and social services providers.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2019-03-27
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
action_date: 2019-03-27
text: Introduced in Senate
FOCA Act

Bill: 116-s-907
Sponsor: Sen. Young, Todd [R-IN]
Introduced: 2019-03-27 in the Senate
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Building construction
Labor-management relations
Public contracts and procurement

Summary:
action_date: 2019-03-27
text: 

Fair and Open Competition Act 

or FOCA Act

 
This bill prohibits federal construction contracts or controlling documents for federally supported construction projects from requiring or prohibiting project labor agreements. Such documents also may not discriminate against or give preference to a bidder or contractor who signs or refuses to sign a project labor agreement.
 
An agency may exempt a project from this prohibition to avert an imminent threat to public health or safety or to serve the national security. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2019-03-27
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.
action_date: 2019-03-27
text: Introduced in Senate
Separation of Powers Restoration Act

Bill: 116-s-909
Sponsor: Sen. Sasse, Ben [R-NE]
Introduced: 2019-03-27 in the Senate
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Constitution and constitutional amendments
Judicial review and appeals

Summary:
action_date: 2019-03-27
text: 

Separation of Powers Restoration Act
 
of 2019

 
This bill modifies the scope of judicial review of agency actions to authorize courts reviewing agency actions to decide de novo (i.e., without giving deference to the agency's interpretation) all relevant questions of law, including the interpretation of (1) constitutional and statutory provisions, and (2) rules made by agencies. Further, this bill prohibits reviewing courts from deferring to an agency's interpretation of a question of law when the authorizing statutory or regulatory provision is silent or ambiguous with respect to an agency's authority.
 
No law may exempt a civil action from the standard of review required by this bill except by specific reference to such provision.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2019-03-27
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2019-03-27
text: Introduced in Senate
Saracini Enhanced Aviation Safety Act of 2019

Bill: 116-s-911
Sponsor: Sen. Casey, Robert P., Jr. [D-PA]
Introduced: 2019-03-27 in the Senate
Policy area: Transportation and Public Works
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Aviation and airports
Department of Transportation
Transportation safety and security

Summary:
action_date: 2019-03-27
text: 

Saracini Enhanced Aviation Safety Act of 2019

 
This bill requires the Federal Aviation Administration to issue an order requiring installation of a secondary cockpit barrier on commercial aircraft.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2019-03-27
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
action_date: 2019-03-27
text: Introduced in Senate
A bill to require certain public housing agencies to absorb port-in housing choice vouchers, and for other purposes.

Bill: 116-s-912
Sponsor: Sen. Ernst, Joni [R-IA]
Introduced: 2019-03-27 in the Senate
Policy area: Housing and Community Development
Subjects: Low- and moderate-income housing
Public housing

Summary:
action_date: 2019-03-27
text: 
This bill requires a public housing agency that uses less than 95% of its budget authority in a given year to accept a housing choice voucher from a family that received the voucher from an agency in a different jurisdiction.



Legislative actions:
action_date: 2019-03-27
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs.
action_date: 2019-03-27
text: Introduced in Senate
True Price Act

Bill: 116-s-913
Sponsor: Sen. Braun, Mike [R-IN]
Introduced: 2019-03-27 in the Senate
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Employee benefits and pensions
Health care costs and insurance
Health care coverage and access

Summary:
action_date: 2019-03-27
text: 

True Price Act

 
This bill requires health insurers to disclose to enrollees the negotiated rate paid by the plan and the cost-sharing amount charged to enrollees for health care services covered by the plan.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2019-03-27
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
action_date: 2019-03-27
text: Introduced in Senate
Reward Work Act

Bill: 116-s-915
Sponsor: Sen. Baldwin, Tammy [D-WI]
Introduced: 2019-03-27 in the Senate
Policy area: Finance and Financial Sector
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Corporate finance and management
Labor-management relations
Licensing and registrations
Securities
Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC)

Summary:
action_date: 2019-03-27
text: 

Reward Work Act 

 
This bill prohibits issuers from purchasing their own securities on a national exchange. The bill also requires one-third of an issuer's board of directors to be elected by employees in order for the issuer to be allowed to register securities. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2019-03-27
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs.
action_date: 2019-03-27
text: Introduced in Senate
MOMMA’s Act

Bill: 116-s-916
Sponsor: Sen. Durbin, Richard J. [D-IL]
Introduced: 2019-03-27 in the Senate
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Cardiovascular and respiratory health
Child health
Dental care
Drug, alcohol, tobacco use
Government information and archives
Health care coverage and access
Health care quality
Health information and medical records
Health personnel
Health programs administration and funding
Health promotion and preventive care
Inflation and prices
Medicaid
Medical education
Medical research
Mental health
Minority health
Racial and ethnic relations
Sales and excise taxes
Surgery and anesthesia
Women's health

Summary:
action_date: 2019-03-27
text: 

Mothers and Offspring Mortality and Morbidity Awareness Act or the MOMMA's Act

 
This bill establishes various programs and requirements to support the prevention of maternal mortality. Specifically, the bill requires the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) to provide technical assistance and best practices for collecting data, standardizing reporting, and preventing maternal mortality. The CDC also must provide grants for state-based collaboratives to improve care immediately before and after birth and improve outcomes for maternal and infant health.
 
 Further, the Health Resources and Services Administration must establish a grants program to support national organizations in assisting state-level health care systems to implement standardized, evidence-informed processes for maternal health focusing on reducing maternal mortality.
 
The bill also establishes regional centers to address implicit bias and cultural competency in the delivery of health care services. Specified institutions that provide education and training to health care professionals and focus on maternal mortality are eligible for funding through the program.
 
 The bill extends coverage for pregnant and postpartum women under Medicaid and the Children's Health Insurance Program for one year postpartum and such coverage is revised to include oral health services.
 
 Additionally, the bill (1) increases the excise tax on specified tobacco products, including cigarettes; (2) expands the definition of other tobacco products to include any such product as determined by the Food and Drug Administration; and (3) requires that such products are taxed at a rate equivalent to cigarettes on a per-use basis.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2019-03-27
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. (text: CR S2050-2054)
action_date: 2019-03-27
text: Introduced in Senate
Stop HATE Act of 2019

Bill: 116-s-917
Sponsor: Sen. Casey, Robert P., Jr. [D-PA]
Introduced: 2019-03-27 in the Senate
Policy area: Science, Technology, Communications
Subjects: Broadcasting, cable, digital technologies
Census and government statistics
Congressional oversight
Disability and health-based discrimination
Hate crimes
Internet and video services
Internet, web applications, social media
Racial and ethnic relations
Religion
Sex, gender, sexual orientation discrimination
Technology assessment
Telephone and wireless communication
Violent crime

Summary:
action_date: 2019-03-27
text: 

Stop Harmful and Abusive Telecommunications Expression Act of 2019 or the Stop HATE Act of 2019

 
This bill requires the National Telecommunications and Information Administration to report on and make recommendations to address the role of telecommunications in violent acts and hate crimes against individuals or groups on the basis of race, gender and gender identity, religion, disability, sexual orientation, ethnicity, color, or national origin. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2019-03-27
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
action_date: 2019-03-27
text: Introduced in Senate
E-FRONTIER Act

Bill: 116-s-918
Sponsor: Sen. Cruz, Ted [R-TX]
Introduced: 2019-03-27 in the Senate
Policy area: Science, Technology, Communications
Subjects: Asia
China
Computer security and identity theft
Congressional oversight
Executive agency funding and structure
Government studies and investigations
Internet and video services
Internet, web applications, social media
Iran
Middle East
Presidents and presidential powers, Vice Presidents
Russia
Subversive activities
Telephone and wireless communication

Summary:
action_date: 2019-03-27
text: 

Eliminate From Regulators Opportunities to Nationalize The Internet in Every Respect Act or the E-FRONTIER Act

 
This bill constrains the President and executive agencies from constructing, operating, or offering wholesale or retail service on a broadband network unless given authority to do so by Congress. 
 
The Government Accountability Office must study and report on potential threats facing U.S. broadband networks from China, Iran, Russia, and other foreign adversaries and the risks of using foreign equipment and services in U.S. broadband networks. 

action_date: 2019-07-25
text: 

Eliminate From Regulators Opportunities to Nationalize The Internet in Every Respect Act or the E-FRONTIER Act

 
This bill constrains the President and executive agencies from constructing, operating, or offering wholesale or retail service on a broadband network unless given authority to do so by Congress. 
 
The Government Accountability Office must study and report on potential threats facing U.S. broadband networks from China, Iran, Russia, and other foreign adversaries and the risks of using foreign equipment and services in U.S. broadband networks. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2019-07-25
text: Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 164.
action_date: 2019-07-25
text: Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. Reported by Senator Wicker with amendments. With written report No. 116-66.
action_date: 2019-07-25
text: Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. Reported by Senator Wicker with amendments. With written report No. 116-66.
action_date: 2019-04-03
text: Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. Ordered to be reported with an amendment favorably.
action_date: 2019-03-27
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
action_date: 2019-03-27
text: Introduced in Senate
New Parents Act of 2019

Bill: 116-s-920
Sponsor: Sen. Rubio, Marco [R-FL]
Introduced: 2019-03-27 in the Senate
Policy area: Social Welfare
Subjects: Adoption and foster care
Aging
Child care and development
Employee benefits and pensions
Employee leave
Family relationships
Government trust funds
Social security and elderly assistance

Summary:
action_date: 2019-03-27
text: 

New Parents Act of 2019

 
This bill allows parents to use a portion of their Social Security benefits for up to three months of paid parental leave after the birth or adoption of a child. To receive the parental leave benefit, parents must choose to either increase their retirement age or temporarily receive a reduction in Social Security benefits upon retirement, as specified.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2019-03-27
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
action_date: 2019-03-27
text: Introduced in Senate
Protect Children, Farmers, and Farmworkers from Nerve Agent Pesticides Act of 2019

Bill: 116-s-921
Sponsor: Sen. Udall, Tom [D-NM]
Introduced: 2019-03-28 in the Senate
Policy area: Environmental Protection
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)
Environmental assessment, monitoring, research
Environmental health
Environmental regulatory procedures
Food supply, safety, and labeling
Hazardous wastes and toxic substances
Licensing and registrations
Pest management
Trade restrictions

Summary:
action_date: 2019-03-28
text: 

Protect Children, Farmers, and Farmworkers from Nerve Agent Pesticides Act of 2019

 
This bill imposes prohibitions on the registration, distribution, sale, and use of pesticides that contain chlorpyrifos, an organophosphate pesticide. Specifically, the bill prohibits the sale of any food that contains chlorpyrifos.
 
The bill also prohibits the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) from registering any pesticide containing chlorpyrifos as an active ingredient. Additionally, the EPA must cancel registration of any pesticide containing chlorpyrifos as an active ingredient.
 
The bill prohibits the export of pesticides containing chlorpyrifos as an active ingredient to foreign countries.
 
Currently, during emergency conditions, the EPA is authorized to exempt federal or state agencies from laws and regulations that govern the registration, distribution, sale, and use of pesticides. Under the bill, the EPA is prohibited from exempting federal and state agencies from such laws and regulations with respect to any pesticide containing chlorpyrifos as an active ingredient. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2019-03-28
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry.
action_date: 2019-03-28
text: Introduced in Senate
Protecting NATO Skies Act of 2019

Bill: 116-s-922
Sponsor: Sen. Lankford, James [R-OK]
Introduced: 2019-03-28 in the Senate
Policy area: International Affairs
Subjects: Alliances
Asia
Europe
Foreign aid and international relief
Foreign and international banking
Foreign loans and debt
Government lending and loan guarantees
International monetary system and foreign exchange
Military assistance, sales, and agreements
Military operations and strategy
Russia
Sanctions
Trade restrictions
Turkey
U.S. and foreign investments
Visas and passports

Summary:
action_date: 2019-03-28
text: 

Protecting NATO Skies Act of 2019

 
This bill prohibits the transfer of an F-35 aircraft to Turkey and various activities related to such a transfer. The prohibition may be waived if the President certifies to Congress that Turkey does not intend to accept delivery of the S-400 air defense system, which Turkey has agreed to buy from Russia. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2019-03-28
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations.
action_date: 2019-03-28
text: Introduced in Senate