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Fair AMP Act

Bill: 116-s-1785
Sponsor: Sen. Hassan, Margaret Wood [D-NH]
Introduced: 2019-06-11 in the Senate
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Health care costs and insurance
Health programs administration and funding
Inflation and prices
Medicaid
Prescription drugs
Retail and wholesale trades

Summary:
action_date: 2019-06-11
text: 

Fair and Accurate Medicaid Pricing Act of 2019 or the Fair AMP Act

 
This bill alters certain requirements and definitions under the Medicaid Drug Rebate Program relating to rebate calculations. Specifically, the bill repeals the requirement that drug manufacturers include the prices of certain authorized generic drugs when determining the average manufacturer price (AMP) of brand-name drugs (also known as a &quot;blended AMP&quot;), and excludes manufacturers from the definition of &quot;wholesalers&quot; for purposes of rebate calculations.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2019-06-11
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
action_date: 2019-06-11
text: Introduced in Senate
Restoring Overtime Pay Act of 2019

Bill: 116-s-1786
Sponsor: Sen. Brown, Sherrod [D-OH]
Introduced: 2019-06-11 in the Senate
Policy area: Labor and Employment
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Department of Labor
Government information and archives
Labor standards
Wages and earnings

Summary:
action_date: 2019-06-11
text: 

Restoring Overtime Pay Act of 2019

 This bill requires the Department of Labor to update the salary threshold applicable to bona fide executive, administrative, and professional employees for purposes of determining eligibility for overtime pay. The bill adopts rulemaking promulgated by Labor in 2016 that established the threshold for exempting such employees from overtime requirements at the 40th percentile of earnings for full-time salaried employees in the lowest-wage census region. The bill also requires updates to the threshold amount every three years. 
In addition, the Bureau of Labor Statistics shall publish quarterly on its public website data on the weekly earnings of nonhourly, full-time salaried workers by census region. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2019-06-11
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
action_date: 2019-06-11
text: Introduced in Senate
Miranda's Law

Bill: 116-s-1787
Sponsor: Sen. Booker, Cory A. [D-NJ]
Introduced: 2019-06-11 in the Senate
Policy area: Transportation and Public Works
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Child safety and welfare
Department of Transportation
Elementary and secondary education
Government information and archives
Licensing and registrations
Motor carriers
Personnel records
Transportation employees
Transportation safety and security
User charges and fees

Summary:
action_date: 2019-06-11
text: 

Miranda Vargas School Bus Driver Red Flag Act or Miranda's Law

 
This bill directs the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration to issue a final rule requiring the implementation of a national employer notification service that states may access. The term &quot;employer notification service&quot; means a service that automatically provides a report to an employer (with notice and a copy of the report to the employee involved) on the change in the status of the driving record or license of an employee who has a commercial driver's license due to a conviction, license suspension or revocation, or any other action taken against the driving privilege.
 

 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2019-06-11
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
action_date: 2019-06-11
text: Introduced in Senate
Federal Firearms Licensee Protection Act of 2019

Bill: 116-s-1788
Sponsor: Sen. Graham, Lindsey [R-SC]
Introduced: 2019-06-11 in the Senate
Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement
Subjects: Crimes against property
Criminal procedure and sentencing
Firearms and explosives

Summary:
action_date: 2019-06-11
text: 

Federal Firearms Licensee Protection Act of 2019

 
This bill modifies criminal penalties for an offense involving the theft of a firearm from a licensed importer, manufacturer, or dealer, or from their business premises.
 
Specifically, the bill does the following:
 
 
increases from 10 to 20 years the maximum prison term, and
 
creates a 3- or 5-year mandatory minimum prison term for an offense that occurs during the commission of a burglary or robbery.
 
 
An attempt to commit an offense is subject to the same penalties as a substantive offense.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2019-06-11
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2019-06-11
text: Introduced in Senate
Military Justice Improvement Act of 2019

Bill: 116-s-1789
Sponsor: Sen. Gillibrand, Kirsten E. [D-NY]
Introduced: 2019-06-11 in the Senate
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Assault and harassment offenses
Criminal investigation, prosecution, interrogation
Criminal procedure and sentencing
Military law
Military personnel and dependents
Sex offenses

Summary:
action_date: 2019-06-11
text: 

Military Justice Improvement Act of 

2019

 
This bill modifies the process for convening courts-martial for sexual assault cases and certain other offenses. 
 
For example, the bill authorizes independent military prosecutors to decide whether to convene courts-martial for (1) sexual assault cases and other specified crimes punishable by confinement of more than one year; and (2) other specified offenses, such as retaliation for reporting a crime, regardless of the maximum punishment authorized for the offenses. Under current law, the military's chain of command generally has sole decisionmaking authority as to whether to prosecute such cases.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2019-06-11
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Armed Services.
action_date: 2019-06-11
text: Introduced in Senate
Every Child Deserves a Family Act

Bill: 116-s-1791
Sponsor: Sen. Gillibrand, Kirsten E. [D-NY]
Introduced: 2019-06-11 in the Senate
Policy area: Families
Subjects: Adoption and foster care
Civil actions and liability
Congressional oversight
Family relationships
Government information and archives
Government studies and investigations
Marriage and family status
Religion
Sex, gender, sexual orientation discrimination
Social work, volunteer service, charitable organizations
State and local government operations

Summary:
action_date: 2019-06-11
text: 

Every Child Deserves a Family Act

 
This bill prohibits discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation, gender identity, marital status, or religion in the provision of child welfare programs and services by entities receiving federal funding. The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) must provide technical assistance to help states follow this requirement, including (1) guidance for bringing state laws into compliance, (2) developing training to increase cultural competency related to social identity, and (3) training for judges and attorneys involved in child welfare cases, among other supports.
 
Additionally, HHS must establish the National Resource Center on Safety, Well-Being, Placement Stability, and Permanency for LGBTQ Children and Youth Involved with Child Welfare Services to provide training, technical assistance, and guidance to applicable state and local agencies and service providers.
 
Further, the Religious Freedom Restoration Act may not be the basis for challenging the application or enforcement of this bill. The Government Accountability Office must study and report on states' compliance with the requirements of the bill no later than three years after enactment. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2019-06-11
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
action_date: 2019-06-11
text: Introduced in Senate
United States Call Center Worker and Consumer Protection Act of 2019

Bill: 116-s-1792
Sponsor: Sen. Casey, Robert P., Jr. [D-PA]
Introduced: 2019-06-12 in the Senate
Policy area: Commerce
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Business records
Consumer affairs
Federal Trade Commission (FTC)
Government information and archives
Government lending and loan guarantees
Military procurement, research, weapons development
Public contracts and procurement
Telephone and wireless communication
Unemployment

Summary:
action_date: 2019-06-12
text: 

United States Call Center Worker and Consumer Protection Act of 2019

 
 This bill establishes restrictions on businesses that relocate call centers or redirect customer service calls to locations outside the United States.
 
 Specifically, a business must notify the Department of Labor that it intends to move its customer service call center overseas and Labor must maintain a publicly available list of such businesses. Subject to narrow exceptions, a business appearing on such list is ineligible to receive federal grants or guaranteed loans for five years after the business is added to the list. Further, agencies must condition the awarding of government contracts on the requirement that any call center activity pursuant to the contract must be performed in the United States.
 
 Additionally, the bill requires call center employees to disclose their physical location at the beginning of each call initiated or received, unless all employees of the business participating in the communication are located in the United States, among other exceptions.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2019-06-12
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
action_date: 2019-06-12
text: Introduced in Senate
Saving Lives Through Better Data Act

Bill: 116-s-1793
Sponsor: Sen. Kaine, Tim [D-VA]
Introduced: 2019-06-12 in the Senate
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Computers and information technology
Congressional oversight
Health information and medical records
Health programs administration and funding
Health promotion and preventive care
Health technology, devices, supplies
Public-private cooperation

Summary:
action_date: 2019-06-12
text: 

Saving Lives Through Better Data Act

 
This bill requires the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) to take a series of actions relating to public health data systems. Among other things, the CDC must award grants to help public health departments modernize and improve their systems with respect to data collection, analysis, and reporting.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2019-06-12
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. (Sponsor introductory remarks on measure: CR S3365)
action_date: 2019-06-12
text: Introduced in Senate
CENTS Act

Bill: 116-s-1794
Sponsor: Sen. Ernst, Joni [R-IA]
Introduced: 2019-06-12 in the Senate
Policy area: Finance and Financial Sector
Subjects: Currency
Metals

Summary:
action_date: 2019-06-12
text: 

Currency Evolution Now To Save Act or the CENTS Act 

 
This bill authorizes the Department of the Treasury to prescribe a different composition of materials in the half-dollar, quarter-dollar, dime, or five-cent coin if such action reduces the overall cost of minting the coin and does not affect (1) the diameter and weight of the coin; or (2) the functionality of the coin, including the electromagnetic signature for accepting it. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2019-06-12
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs.
action_date: 2019-06-12
text: Introduced in Senate
Keeping Gun Dealers Honest Act of 2019

Bill: 116-s-1795
Sponsor: Sen. Markey, Edward J. [D-MA]
Introduced: 2019-06-12 in the Senate
Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Business records
Civil actions and liability
Criminal justice information and records
Criminal procedure and sentencing
Department of Justice
Firearms and explosives
Licensing and registrations
Retail and wholesale trades

Summary:
action_date: 2019-06-12
text: 

Keeping Gun Dealers Honest Act of 2019

 
This bill modifies the requirements and penalties applicable to an individual who engages in the business of dealing, importing, or manufacturing firearms (i.e., a federal firearms licensee, or FFL).
 
Among other things, the bill does the following:
 
 
increases the allowable number of annual compliance inspections; 
 
authorizes the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF) to hire at least 80 additional personnel to conduct additional inspections; 
 
increases the maximum prison term for an FFL or licensed collector who knowingly makes a false statement or representation in required firearms records; 
 
allows the ATF to require an FFL to conduct physical inventories if the FFL unlawfully transfers a firearm or if 10 or more crime guns are traced back to the FFL; 
 
allows the ATF to deny an application for a federal firearms license if it would endanger public safety or if the applicant is unlikely to comply with the law; and
 
modifies the liability standard for an FFL who fails to comply with laws or regulations. 
 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2019-06-12
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2019-06-12
text: Introduced in Senate
Terrorism Survivors Student Loan Deferment Act

Bill: 116-s-1796
Sponsor: Sen. Rubio, Marco [R-FL]
Introduced: 2019-06-12 in the Senate
Policy area: Education
Subjects: Crime victims
Government lending and loan guarantees
Higher education
Student aid and college costs
Terrorism

Summary:
action_date: 2019-06-12
text: 

Terrorism Survivors Student Loan Deferment Act

 
This bill allows a borrower who is a victim of a terrorist attack to defer payment of federal student loans for up to one year. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2019-06-12
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
action_date: 2019-06-12
text: Introduced in Senate
Judicial Reorganization Act of 2019

Bill: 116-s-1797
Sponsor: Sen. Crapo, Mike [R-ID]
Introduced: 2019-06-12 in the Senate
Policy area: Law
Subjects: Alaska
Arizona
California
Federal appellate courts
Guam
Hawaii
Idaho
Judges
Judicial procedure and administration
Montana
Nevada
Oregon
Washington State

Summary:
action_date: 2019-06-12
text: 

Judicial Reorganization Act of 2019

 
This bill creates a new U.S. court of appeals by dividing the current U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit. The newly created U.S. court of appeals shall have jurisdiction over Alaska, Arizona, Idaho, Montana, Nevada, Oregon, and Washington.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2019-06-12
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2019-06-12
text: Introduced in Senate
Department of Defense Principal Cyber Advisors Act of 2019

Bill: 116-s-1798
Sponsor: Sen. Rounds, Mike [R-SD]
Introduced: 2019-06-12 in the Senate
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Computer security and identity theft
Computers and information technology
Congressional oversight
Department of Defense
Executive agency funding and structure
Federal officials
Government studies and investigations
Military command and structure
Military education and training
Military procurement, research, weapons development
Public contracts and procurement

Summary:
action_date: 2019-06-12
text: 

Department of Defense Principal Cyber Advisors Act of 2019

 
This bill requires each military department to designate a Principal Cyber Advisor, responsible for advising each department on cyber forces, cyber programs, and cybersecurity matters, including those relating to weapons systems, enabling infrastructure, the defense industrial base, and Department of Defense information services. The bill directs each department to review its current governance model for cybersecurity no later than January 1, 2021.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2019-06-12
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Armed Services.
action_date: 2019-06-12
text: Introduced in Senate
Defense Cybersecurity Personnel Authorizations and Inventory Oversight Act of 2019

Bill: 116-s-1799
Sponsor: Sen. Rounds, Mike [R-SD]
Introduced: 2019-06-12 in the Senate
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Computer security and identity theft
Computers and information technology
Congressional oversight
Department of Defense
Executive agency funding and structure
Government studies and investigations
Military command and structure
Military operations and strategy

Summary:
action_date: 2019-06-12
text: 

Defense Cybersecurity Personnel Authorizations and Inventory Oversight Act of 2019

 
This bill requires the Principal Cyber Advisor of the Department of Defense to study and report on the optimal strategy for structuring and manning elements of (1) Joint Force Headquarters-Cyber organizations, (2) Joint Mission Operations Centers, and (3) Cyber Operations-Integrated Planning Elements. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2019-06-12
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Armed Services.
action_date: 2019-06-12
text: Introduced in Senate
Defense Acquisition Decision Making Streamlining Act of 2019

Bill: 116-s-1800
Sponsor: Sen. Rounds, Mike [R-SD]
Introduced: 2019-06-12 in the Senate
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Congressional oversight
Military procurement, research, weapons development
Public contracts and procurement

Summary:
action_date: 2019-06-12
text: 

Defense Acquisition Decision Making Streamlining Act of 2019

 
This bill requires each Service Acquisition Executive to recommend to the Department of Defense at least one major defense acquisition program for a skunk works pilot program for accelerated acquisition.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2019-06-12
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Armed Services.
action_date: 2019-06-12
text: Introduced in Senate
Affordable Medications Act

Bill: 116-s-1801
Sponsor: Sen. Smith, Tina [D-MN]
Introduced: 2019-06-12 in the Senate
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Canada
Civil actions and liability
Congressional oversight
Department of Health and Human Services
Digestive and metabolic diseases
Drug safety, medical device, and laboratory regulation
Executive agency funding and structure
Government information and archives
Government studies and investigations
Health care costs and insurance
Infectious and parasitic diseases
Inflation and prices
Intellectual property
Marketing and advertising
Medicaid
Medical research
Medicare
National Institutes of Health (NIH)
Prescription drugs
Public contracts and procurement
Retail and wholesale trades
Sales and excise taxes
Trade restrictions
User charges and fees

Summary:
action_date: 2019-06-12
text: 

Affordable Medications Act

 
 This bill revises and expands various requirements relating to prescription-drug pricing and affordability. Specifically, the bill
 
 
expands financial reporting requirements for drug manufacturers and establishes corresponding civil penalties for noncompliance; 
 
adds reporting requirements for certain nonprofit patient-assistance programs; 
 
requires the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) to negotiate prices for certain prescription drugs under Medicare; 
 
requires the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Innovation within the CMS to test specified models for negotiating drug prices; 
 
establishes reporting requirements, and corresponding civil penalties for noncompliance, for pharmaceutical companies with respect to spikes in prescription-drug prices; 
 
establishes an excise tax on prescription drugs subject to price spikes; 
 
lessens prescription-drug cost-sharing requirements under qualified health plans and group health plans; 
 
modifies requirements for the importation of prescription drugs; 
 
requires drug manufacturers to provide drug rebates for drugs dispensed to certain low-income individuals under the Medicare program;
 
limits the time frame that trade agreements are required to provide market exclusivity for biological products;
 
establishes an innovation incentive fund for new or more effective treatments of bacterial infections; 
 
establishes a Center for Clinical Research within the National Institutes of Health; 
 
revises certain time frames and conditions related to drug exclusivity;
 
requires the Food and Drug Administration to establish a database of generic drugs; and 
 
modifies other provisions related to generic drugs, prescription-drug advertising, disclosure of wholesale acquisition prices, and patent-infringement proceedings.
 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2019-06-12
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
action_date: 2019-06-12
text: Introduced in Senate
Jobs and Childcare for Military Families Act of 2019

Bill: 116-s-1802
Sponsor: Sen. Kaine, Tim [D-VA]
Introduced: 2019-06-12 in the Senate
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Child care and development
Employee benefits and pensions
Employee hiring
Income tax credits
Income tax exclusion
Military personnel and dependents
Wages and earnings

Summary:
action_date: 2019-06-12
text: 

Jobs and Childcare for Military Families Act of 2019

 
This bill amends the Internal Revenue Code to allow a work opportunity tax credit for hiring a qualified military spouse. A "qualified military spouse" is the spouse or domestic partner (as recognized under state law or by the Armed Forces) of a member of the Armed Forces. 
 
The bill also requires the Department of Defense and the Department of Homeland Security (with respect to the Coast Guard) to implement flexible spending arrangements that permit members of the Armed Forces to use basic pay and compensation to pay for childcare services for their dependent children on a pre-tax basis. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2019-06-12
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. (Sponsor introductory remarks on measure: CR S3365-3366)
action_date: 2019-06-12
text: Introduced in Senate
Educational Opportunity and Success Act of 2019

Bill: 116-s-1803
Sponsor: Sen. Collins, Susan M. [R-ME]
Introduced: 2019-06-12 in the Senate
Policy area: Education
Subjects: Administrative remedies
Department of Education
Education of the disadvantaged
Education programs funding
Higher education
Student aid and college costs

Summary:
action_date: 2019-06-12
text: 

Educational Opportunity and Success Act of 2019

 
This bill reauthorizes through FY2025 and revises TRIO programs. (These outreach and student-services programs identify and provide services to students from disadvantaged backgrounds.)
 
Among other revisions to the programs, the bill
 
 
prohibits the Department of Education (ED) from rejecting TRIO grant applications based on certain errors,
 
requires ED to provide additional technical assistance to interested grant applicants, and
 
allows program administrators to use a student's most recent Free Application for Federal Student Aid to determine TRIO program eligibility.



Legislative actions:
action_date: 2019-06-12
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. (Sponsor introductory remarks on measure: CR S3366-3367)
action_date: 2019-06-12
text: Introduced in Senate
HUD Manufactured Housing Modernization Act of 2019

Bill: 116-s-1804
Sponsor: Sen. Cortez Masto, Catherine [D-NV]
Introduced: 2019-06-12 in the Senate
Policy area: Housing and Community Development
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Building construction
Department of Housing and Urban Development
Housing finance and home ownership
Housing industry and standards
Housing supply and affordability

Summary:
action_date: 2019-06-12
text: 

HUD Manufactured Housing Modernization Act of 2019

 
This bill requires the Department of Housing and Urban Development to issue guidelines for jurisdictions regarding the inclusion of residential manufactured homes in a jurisdiction's housing affordability strategy and community development plan.



Legislative actions:
action_date: 2019-11-07
text: Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs. Hearings held. Hearings printed: S.Hrg. 116-125.
action_date: 2019-06-12
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs.
action_date: 2019-06-12
text: Introduced in Senate