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New START Treaty Improvement Act of 2019

Bill: 116-s-1433
Sponsor: Sen. Cotton, Tom [R-AR]
Introduced: 2019-05-13 in the Senate
Policy area: International Affairs
Subjects: Arms control and nonproliferation
Asia
China
International law and treaties
Nuclear weapons
Russia

Summary:
action_date: 2019-05-13
text: 

New START Treaty Improvement Act of 2019

 
This bill prohibits extending the Measures for the Further Reduction and Limitation of Strategic Offensive Arms (New START treaty) or any successor agreement unless the agreement (1) includes and is signed by China, and (2) covers all Russian strategic and non-strategic nuclear forces. 
 
(The New START treaty between the United States and Russia is set to expire in February 2021 but may be extended to February 2026.)


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2019-05-13
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations.
action_date: 2019-05-13
text: Introduced in Senate
Construction Consensus Procurement Improvement Act of 2019

Bill: 116-s-1434
Sponsor: Sen. Portman, Rob [R-OH]
Introduced: 2019-05-13 in the Senate
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Architecture
Building construction
Government buildings, facilities, and property
Office of Management and Budget (OMB)
Public contracts and procurement

Summary:
action_date: 2019-05-13
text: 

Construction Consensus Procurement Improvement Act of
 
2019

 
This bill prohibits the use of reverse auctions for awarding federal contracts for construction and design services. Generally, a reverse auction is one in which there are multiple sellers lowering their bids to win a supply or service contract.

action_date: 2019-09-10
text: 

Construction Consensus Procurement Improvement Act of
 
2019

 
This bill prohibits the use of reverse auctions for awarding federal contracts for construction and design services. Generally, a reverse auction is one in which there are multiple sellers lowering their bids to win a supply or service contract.

action_date: 2019-12-19
text: 

Construction Consensus Procurement Improvement Act of
 
2019

 
This bill prohibits the use of reverse auctions for awarding federal contracts for construction and design services. Generally, a reverse auction is one in which there are multiple sellers lowering their bids to win a supply or service contract.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2019-12-23
text: Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Reform.
action_date: 2019-12-23
text: Received in the House.
action_date: 2019-12-23
text: Message on Senate action sent to the House.
action_date: 2019-12-19
text: Passed Senate with an amendment by Unanimous Consent. (text: CR S7229)
action_date: 2019-12-19
text: Passed/agreed to in Senate: Passed Senate with an amendment by Unanimous Consent.(text: CR S7229)
action_date: 2019-12-19
text: Measure laid before Senate by unanimous consent. (consideration: CR S7229)
action_date: 2019-09-10
text: Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 203.
action_date: 2019-09-10
text: Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs. Reported by Senator Johnson without amendment. With written report No. 116-100.
action_date: 2019-09-10
text: Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs. Reported by Senator Johnson without amendment. With written report No. 116-100.
action_date: 2019-05-15
text: Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs. Ordered to be reported without amendment favorably.
action_date: 2019-05-13
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.
action_date: 2019-05-13
text: Introduced in Senate
Commission on Retirement Security Act of 2019

Bill: 116-s-1435
Sponsor: Sen. Young, Todd [R-IN]
Introduced: 2019-05-13 in the Senate
Policy area: Labor and Employment
Subjects: Advisory bodies
Congressional oversight
Economic performance and conditions
Employee benefits and pensions
Executive agency funding and structure
Financial services and investments
Government studies and investigations
Health care costs and insurance
Small business
Temporary and part-time employment
Wages and earnings

Summary:
action_date: 2019-05-13
text: 

Commission on Retirement Security Act of 201

9

 
This bill establishes within the executive branch the Commission on Retirement Security to (1) conduct a comprehensive study of the state of retirement security, and (2) submit to Congress recommendations on how to improve or replace existing private retirement programs. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2019-05-13
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
action_date: 2019-05-13
text: Introduced in Senate
Drug-price Transparency in Communications (DTC) Act

Bill: 116-s-1437
Sponsor: Sen. Durbin, Richard J. [D-IL]
Introduced: 2019-05-13 in the Senate
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Consumer affairs
Health care costs and insurance
Inflation and prices
Marketing and advertising
Medicaid
Medicare
Prescription drugs

Summary:
action_date: 2019-05-13
text: 

Drug-price Transparency in Communications (DTC) Act

 
This bill provides statutory authority for the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services rule titled 
Medicare and Medicaid Programs; Regulation to Require Drug Pricing Transparency
, published on May 10, 2019. The rule requires direct-to-consumer television advertisements for covered drugs and biologics under Medicare and Medicaid to include the list price of a 30-day supply or for a typical course of treatment, if the list price is at least $35 per month. The rule takes effect July 9, 2019.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2019-05-13
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. (text: CR S2791)
action_date: 2019-05-13
text: Introduced in Senate
Breast Cancer Research Stamp Reauthorization Act of 2019

Bill: 116-s-1438
Sponsor: Sen. Feinstein, Dianne [D-CA]
Introduced: 2019-05-14 in the Senate
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Subjects: Cancer
Medical research
Postal service
Research administration and funding
Women's health

Summary:
action_date: 2019-05-14
text: 

Breast Cancer Research Stamp Reauthorization Act of 2019

 
This bill reauthorizes through December 31, 2027, provisions requiring the U.S. Postal Service to issue a special postage stamp for first-class mail that costs more than the regular first-class stamp to raise funds for breast cancer research. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2019-05-14
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs. (Sponsor introductory remarks on measure: CR S2819)
action_date: 2019-05-14
text: Introduced in Senate
Maritime Administration Authorization and Enhancement Act of 2019

Bill: 116-s-1439
Sponsor: Sen. Wicker, Roger F. [R-MS]
Introduced: 2019-05-14 in the Senate
Policy area: Transportation and Public Works
Subjects: Advisory bodies
Buy American requirements
Coast guard
Computer security and identity theft
Congressional oversight
Criminal investigation, prosecution, interrogation
Customs enforcement
Department of Commerce
Department of Homeland Security
Department of Transportation
Diplomacy, foreign officials, Americans abroad
Drug trafficking and controlled substances
Education programs funding
Emergency planning and evacuation
Employment and training programs
Employment discrimination and employee rights
Executive agency funding and structure
Food supply, safety, and labeling
Fraud offenses and financial crimes
Genetics
Government information and archives
Government lending and loan guarantees
Government studies and investigations
Government trust funds
Gulf of Mexico
Higher education
Human trafficking
Infrastructure development
Intelligence activities, surveillance, classified information
International organizations and cooperation
Labor standards
Law enforcement administration and funding
Licensing and registrations
Manufacturing
Marine and coastal resources, fisheries
Marine and inland water transportation
Military operations and strategy
Military personnel and dependents
Military readiness
Navigation, waterways, harbors
Public contracts and procurement
Public-private cooperation
Rule of law and government transparency
Seafood
Small business
Smuggling and trafficking
Student aid and college costs
Trade agreements and negotiations
Transportation employees
Transportation programs funding
Transportation safety and security
User charges and fees
Veterans' education, employment, rehabilitation
Violent crime
Worker safety and health

Summary:
action_date: 2019-05-14
text: 

Maritime Administration Authorization and Enhancement Act of 2019

 
This bill addresses (1) several aspects of the U.S. Maritime Administration (MARAD); (2) illegal, unreported, and unregulated fishing (IUU fishing); and (3) maritime security.
 
Among other things, the bill
 
 
reauthorizes MARAD programs, including programs associated with maintaining the U.S. Merchant Marine;
 
promotes transparency and traceability in the seafood supply chain;
 
promotes the use of technology to combat IUU fishing;
 
establishes an interagency working group on maritime security, IUU fishing, and seafood fraud; and
 
establishes a sub-working group to address IUU fishing within the U.S. exclusive economic zone in the Gulf of Mexico. 
 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2019-05-15
text: Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. Ordered to be reported with amendments favorably.
action_date: 2019-05-14
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
action_date: 2019-05-14
text: Introduced in Senate
PROTECT Immigration Act

Bill: 116-s-1440
Sponsor: Sen. Booker, Cory A. [D-NJ]
Introduced: 2019-05-14 in the Senate
Policy area: Immigration
Subjects: Border security and unlawful immigration
Citizenship and naturalization
Criminal investigation, prosecution, interrogation
Department of Homeland Security
Detention of persons
Immigration status and procedures
Intergovernmental relations
Law enforcement officers
State and local government operations

Summary:
action_date: 2019-05-14
text: 

Protecting the Rights Of Towns against federal Enforcement contrary to Constitutional Tenets for Immigration Act or the PROTECT Immigration Act
 
 
This bill establishes that the authority to investigate, apprehend, or detain aliens for the purposes of immigration enforcement is limited to immigration officers and authorized Department of Homeland Security employees, except when such authority is provided to other individuals under specified statutes. Specifically, this restriction does not apply in certain instances involving (1) an actual or imminent mass influx of aliens, (2) persons bringing in and harboring aliens in violation of immigration laws, and (3) an alien illegally present in the United States who had previously left or was deported after being convicted of a felony.
 
The bill repeals the authority allowing the Department of Justice to enter into agreements authorizing state or local government employees to perform immigration enforcement functions.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2019-05-14
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2019-05-14
text: Introduced in Senate
School Security Enhancement Act

Bill: 116-s-1442
Sponsor: Sen. Cruz, Ted [R-TX]
Introduced: 2019-05-14 in the Senate
Policy area: Education
Subjects: Building construction
Child safety and welfare
Crimes against children
Education programs funding
Educational facilities and institutions
Elementary and secondary education
Firearms and explosives
Violent crime

Summary:
action_date: 2019-05-14
text: 

School Security Enhancement Act

 
This bill allows local educational agencies to use specified portions of Student Support and Academic Enrichment grants for planning and designing school buildings and facilities, installing infrastructure, and implementing other measures to strengthen security on school premises. 
 
The bill prohibits the use of grant funds for the provision of a firearm or training in the use of a firearm.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2019-05-14
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. (Sponsor introductory remarks on measure: CR S2819-2820)
action_date: 2019-05-14
text: Introduced in Senate
Credit for Caring Act of 2019

Bill: 116-s-1443
Sponsor: Sen. Ernst, Joni [R-IA]
Introduced: 2019-05-14 in the Senate
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Health care costs and insurance
Income tax credits
Long-term, rehabilitative, and terminal care

Summary:
action_date: 2019-05-14
text: 

Credit for Caring Act of 201

9

 
This bill allows an eligible caregiver a tax credit of up to $3,000 for 30% of the cost of long-term care expenses that exceed $2,000 in a taxable year. The bill defines "eligible caregiver" as an individual who has earned income for the taxable year in excess of $7,500 and pays or incurs expenses for providing care to a spouse or other dependent relative with long-term care needs. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2019-05-14
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
action_date: 2019-05-14
text: Introduced in Senate
A bill to repeal the provision of law that provides automatic pay adjustments for Members of Congress.

Bill: 116-s-1444
Sponsor: Sen. Scott, Rick [R-FL]
Introduced: 2019-05-14 in the Senate
Policy area: Congress
Subjects: Government employee pay, benefits, personnel management
Inflation and prices
Members of Congress

Summary:
action_date: 2019-05-14
text: 
This bill eliminates automatic pay adjustments for Members of Congress, beginning with the 117th Congress.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2019-05-14
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.
action_date: 2019-05-14
text: Introduced in Senate
Safe Home Act of 2019

Bill: 116-s-1446
Sponsor: Sen. Klobuchar, Amy [D-MN]
Introduced: 2019-05-14 in the Senate
Policy area: Families
Subjects: Adoption and foster care
Child safety and welfare
Congressional oversight
Domestic violence and child abuse
Family relationships
Government information and archives
Separation, divorce, custody, support

Summary:
action_date: 2019-05-14
text: 

Safe Home Act of 2019

This bill makes unregulated custody transfers
 
a form of child abuse and neglect under federal child-welfare law. Specifically, an unregulated custody transfer occurs when a child is placed with a non-relative or otherwise unfamiliar adult, with the intention of severing the parental or guardian relationship with the child, without reasonably ensuring the child's safety, and without legally transferring parental or guardian rights.

The bill also requires the Department of Health and Human Services to (1) report on the causes, effects, and prevalence of unregulated custody transfers; (2) develop policy recommendations for preventing such transfers; and (3) issue guidance to the states. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2019-05-14
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
action_date: 2019-05-14
text: Introduced in Senate
Agricultural Export Expansion Act of 2019

Bill: 116-s-1447
Sponsor: Sen. Bennet, Michael F. [D-CO]
Introduced: 2019-05-14 in the Senate
Policy area: Foreign Trade and International Finance
Subjects: Agricultural trade
Caribbean area
Cuba
Latin America
Sanctions
Trade restrictions

Summary:
action_date: 2019-05-14
text: 

Agricultural Export Expansion Act of 201

9

 
This bill permits a person subject to the jurisdiction of the United States to provide payment or financing for sales of agricultural commodities to Cuba or to an individual or entity in Cuba. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2019-05-14
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs.
action_date: 2019-05-14
text: Introduced in Senate
Safer Prescribing of Controlled Substances Act

Bill: 116-s-1448
Sponsor: Sen. Markey, Edward J. [D-MA]
Introduced: 2019-05-14 in the Senate
Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement
Subjects: Drug therapy
Drug trafficking and controlled substances
Drug, alcohol, tobacco use
Government information and archives
Health information and medical records
Health personnel
Medical education
Medical research
Medical tests and diagnostic methods
Prescription drugs

Summary:
action_date: 2019-05-14
text: 

Safer Prescribing of Controlled Substances Act
 
 
This bill establishes a new registration requirement for a practitioner (other than a hospital, pharmacy, or veterinarian) who is licensed to dispense or conduct research with a controlled substance in schedules II, III, IV, or V of the Controlled Substances Act. 
 
Specifically, the practitioner must comply with a training requirement as a condition of obtaining or renewing their registration. The training must include information on best practices for pain management and responsible prescribing of pain medications. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2019-05-14
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
action_date: 2019-05-14
text: Introduced in Senate
LABEL Opioids Act

Bill: 116-s-1449
Sponsor: Sen. Markey, Edward J. [D-MA]
Introduced: 2019-05-14 in the Senate
Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Consumer affairs
Department of Health and Human Services
Drug safety, medical device, and laboratory regulation
Drug trafficking and controlled substances
Drug, alcohol, tobacco use
Health information and medical records
Prescription drugs

Summary:
action_date: 2019-05-14
text: 

Lessening Addiction By Enhancing Labeling Opioids Act of 2019 or the LABEL Opioids Act

 
This bill requires prescription opioids to contain a warning label specifying that the opioids may cause dependence, addiction, and overdose.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2019-05-14
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
action_date: 2019-05-14
text: Introduced in Senate
Supporting Adoptive Families Act

Bill: 116-s-1450
Sponsor: Sen. Klobuchar, Amy [D-MN]
Introduced: 2019-05-14 in the Senate
Policy area: Families
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Adoption and foster care
Advisory bodies
Child health
Department of Health and Human Services
Government information and archives
Health programs administration and funding
Mental health
Poverty and welfare assistance
Social work, volunteer service, charitable organizations

Summary:
action_date: 2019-05-14
text: 

Supporting Adoptive Families Act

 
 This bill requires the Center for Mental Health Services to award grants to states, tribal organizations, and nonprofit organizations to provide mental health services for adopted children. The bill also specifics that pre- and post-adoptive services include education, training, counseling, mentoring, and other direct services.
 
 The Department of Health and Human Services also must issue rules providing for the collection and analysis of data about adoption disruption and dissolution.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2019-05-14
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
action_date: 2019-05-14
text: Introduced in Senate
People's Liberation Army (PLA) Visa Security Act

Bill: 116-s-1451
Sponsor: Sen. Cotton, Tom [R-AR]
Introduced: 2019-05-14 in the Senate
Policy area: Immigration
Subjects: Asia
Australia
Canada
China
Diplomacy, foreign officials, Americans abroad
Europe
Foreign labor
Government information and archives
Immigration status and procedures
New Zealand
Oceania
Research administration and funding
United Kingdom
Visas and passports

Summary:
action_date: 2019-05-14
text: 

People's Liberation Army (PLA) Visa Security Act

 
This bill bars individuals affiliated with the Chinese military from entering the United States on visas for students (F visa) or work-and-study exchange (J visa).
 
The President shall publish a list identifying research, engineering, and scientific institutions affiliated or funded by China's People's Liberation Army. Aliens who are or were previously employed, sponsored, or funded by any institution on the list shall be subject to the bar. 
 
When a Chinese national applies for an F or J visa for an academic field related to an item on the Commerce Control List (a list of items subject to export controls), the consular officer handling the application shall request a special background check on the applicant.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2019-05-14
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2019-05-14
text: Introduced in Senate
MARITIME Act

Bill: 116-s-1452
Sponsor: Sen. Markey, Edward J. [D-MA]
Introduced: 2019-05-14 in the Senate
Policy area: Transportation and Public Works
Subjects: Higher education
Marine and coastal resources, fisheries
Marine and inland water transportation
Navigation, waterways, harbors
State and local government operations
Transportation employees
Transportation programs funding

Summary:
action_date: 2019-05-14
text: 

Maritime Academy Reinvestment And Training Improvements for Mariner Employment Act or the MARITIME Act 

 
This bill directs the U.S. Maritime Administration to provide assistance for the construction, installation, or maintenance of harbor projects that will support a federally owned vessel operated by a state maritime academy or a nonfederal oceanographic research facility.
 
The bill designates state maritime academies as centers of excellence, making them eligible for maritime workforce training and education assistance.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2019-05-14
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
action_date: 2019-05-14
text: Introduced in Senate
Assistance for Farmers Harmed by Tariffs on Exports Act

Bill: 116-s-1453
Sponsor: Sen. Jones, Doug [D-AL]
Introduced: 2019-05-14 in the Senate
Policy area: Foreign Trade and International Finance
Subjects: Agricultural prices, subsidies, credit
Agricultural trade
Competitiveness, trade promotion, trade deficits
Tariffs
Trade adjustment assistance
Trade agreements and negotiations
Trade restrictions
War and emergency powers

Summary:
action_date: 2019-05-14
text: 

Assistance for Farmers Harmed by Tariffs on Exports Act

 
This bill extends eligibility for trade adjustment assistance to farmers affected by a reduction in exports resulting from retaliation to tariffs imposed by the United States. Such farmers may apply to the Department of Agriculture for trade adjustment assistance. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2019-05-14
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. (Sponsor introductory remarks on measure: CR S2831-2833)
action_date: 2019-05-14
text: Introduced in Senate
Voting System Cybersecurity Act of 2019

Bill: 116-s-1454
Sponsor: Sen. Peters, Gary C. [D-MI]
Introduced: 2019-05-14 in the Senate
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Subjects: Advisory bodies
Computer security and identity theft
Department of Homeland Security
Elections, voting, political campaign regulation

Summary:
action_date: 2019-05-14
text: 
 
Voting System Cybersecurity Act of 2019

 
This bill adds to the Election Assistance Commission's Technical Guidelines Development Committee a representative of the Department of Homeland Security's Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency who has operational expertise in cybersecurity.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2019-05-14
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Rules and Administration.
action_date: 2019-05-14
text: Introduced in Senate