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South Florida Clean Coastal Waters Act of 2019

Bill: 116-s-10
Sponsor: Sen. Rubio, Marco [R-FL]
Introduced: 2019-01-03 in the Senate
Policy area: Environmental Protection
Subjects: Aquatic ecology
Congressional oversight
Environmental assessment, monitoring, research
Everglades
Florida
Lakes and rivers
Marine and coastal resources, fisheries
Water quality

Summary:
action_date: 2019-01-03
text: 

South Florida Clean Coastal Waters Act of 2019

 
This bill addresses harmful algal blooms and hypoxia in the South Florida ecosystem. An algal bloom is a rapid growth of algae that may create toxic or hypoxic (severely low-oxygen) conditions that are harmful to humans, animals, aquatic ecosystems, and the economy.
 
The Inter-Agency Task Force on Harmful Algal Blooms and Hypoxia must assess potential approaches to reduce harmful algal blooms and hypoxia in the ecosystem. The task force must also submit a plan, based on the assessment, for reducing, mitigating, and controlling harmful algal blooms and hypoxia in the region.

action_date: 2020-08-13
text: 

South Florida Clean Coastal Waters Act of 2019

 
This bill addresses harmful algal blooms and hypoxia in the South Florida ecosystem. An algal bloom is a rapid growth of algae that may create toxic or hypoxic (severely low-oxygen) conditions that are harmful to humans, animals, aquatic ecosystems, and the economy.
 
The Inter-Agency Task Force on Harmful Algal Blooms and Hypoxia must assess potential approaches to reduce harmful algal blooms and hypoxia in the ecosystem. The task force must also submit a plan, based on the assessment, for reducing, mitigating, and controlling harmful algal blooms and hypoxia in the region.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2020-08-13
text: Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 518.
action_date: 2020-08-13
text: Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. Reported by Senator Wicker without amendment. With written report No. 116-257.
action_date: 2020-08-13
text: Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. Reported by Senator Wicker without amendment. With written report No. 116-257.
action_date: 2019-11-13
text: Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. Ordered to be reported without amendment favorably.
action_date: 2019-01-03
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
action_date: 2019-01-03
text: Introduced in Senate
Strengthening the National Disaster Medical System Act of 2019

Bill: 116-s-11
Sponsor: Sen. Rubio, Marco [R-FL]
Introduced: 2019-01-03 in the Senate
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Congressional oversight
Disaster relief and insurance
Emergency medical services and trauma care
Health care coverage and access
Health personnel

Summary:
action_date: 2019-01-03
text: 

Strengthening the National Disaster Medical System Act of 2019

 
This bill makes several changes to the National Disaster Medical System, which is administered by the Department of Health and Human Services Office of the Assistant Secretary for Preparedness and Response. Among other changes, the bill requires an agency review of the capacity of the system's workforce of intermittent disaster-response personnel to meet the needs of public health emergencies, and temporarily alters the appointment process to address workforce shortages. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2019-01-03
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
action_date: 2019-01-03
text: Introduced in Senate
Health Savings Act of 2019

Bill: 116-s-12
Sponsor: Sen. Rubio, Marco [R-FL]
Introduced: 2019-01-03 in the Senate
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Bankruptcy
Employee benefits and pensions
Health care costs and insurance
Health care coverage and access
Health personnel
Hospital care
Income tax deductions
Indian social and development programs
Inflation and prices
Medicaid
Medicare
Military medicine
Minority health
Nutrition and diet
Physical fitness and lifestyle
Prescription drugs
Religion
Sales and excise taxes
Sports and recreation facilities
Tax administration and collection, taxpayers
Tax treatment of families

Summary:
action_date: 2019-01-03
text: 

Health Savings Act of 201

9

 
This bill modifies the requirements for health savings accounts (HSAs) to
 
 
rename high deductible health plans as HSA-qualified health plans; 
 
allow spouses who have both attained age 55 to make catch-up contributions to the same HSA; 
 
make Medicare Part A (hospital insurance benefits) beneficiaries eligible to participate in an HSA;
 
allow individuals eligible for hospital care or medical services under a program of the Indian Health Service or a tribal organization to participate in an HSA; 
 
allow members of a health care sharing ministry to participate in an HSA; 
 
allow individuals who receive primary care services in exchange for a fixed periodic fee or payment, or who receive health care benefits from an onsite medical clinic of an employer, to participate in an HSA; 
 
include amounts paid for prescription and over-the-counter medicines or drugs as &quot;qualified medical expenses&quot; for which distributions from an HSA or other tax-preferred savings accounts may be used; 
 
 increase the limits on HSA contributions to match the sum of the annual deductible and out-of-pocket expenses permitted under a high deductible health plan; and 
 
allow HSA distributions to be used to purchase health insurance coverage.
 
 
The bill also: (1) exempts HSAs from creditor claims in bankruptcy, and (2) reauthorizes Medicaid health opportunity accounts. 
 
The bill allows a medical care tax deduction for: (1) exercise equipment, physical fitness programs, and membership at a fitness facility; (2) nutritional and dietary supplements; and (3) periodic fees paid to a primary care physician and amounts paid for pre-paid primary care services. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2019-01-03
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
action_date: 2019-01-03
text: Introduced in Senate
Florida Shores Protection and Fairness Act

Bill: 116-s-13
Sponsor: Sen. Rubio, Marco [R-FL]
Introduced: 2019-01-03 in the Senate
Policy area: Energy
Subjects: Energy revenues and royalties
Florida
Gulf of Mexico
Marine and coastal resources, fisheries
Oil and gas

Summary:
action_date: 2019-01-03
text: 

Florida Shores Protection and Fairness Act

 
This bill expands the Gulf of Mexico outer Continental Shelf revenue sharing program to include Florida.(Currently, only Alabama, Louisiana, Mississippi, and Texas are included in the program that shares the revenues from oil and gas leasing on the Gulf of Mexico outer Continental Shelf.)
 
Additionally, the bill extends to June 30, 2027, the moratorium on oil and gas leasing in certain areas of the Gulf of Mexico.
 

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2019-01-03
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
action_date: 2019-01-03
text: Introduced in Senate
Florida Federal Judicial Relief Act

Bill: 116-s-14
Sponsor: Sen. Rubio, Marco [R-FL]
Introduced: 2019-01-03 in the Senate
Policy area: Law
Subjects: Federal district courts
Florida
Judges

Summary:
action_date: 2019-01-03
text: 
 

Florida Federal Judicial Relief Act

 
This bill creates 10 additional district court judgeships in Florida&#8212;6 in the Middle District, 1 in the Northern District, and 3 in the Southern District.
 
Additionally, the bill converts one temporary district court judgeship to a permanent judgeship in the Southern District of Florida. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2019-01-03
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2019-01-03
text: Introduced in Senate
Liberty City Rising Act

Bill: 116-s-15
Sponsor: Sen. Rubio, Marco [R-FL]
Introduced: 2019-01-03 in the Senate
Policy area: Housing and Community Development
Subjects: Crime prevention
Housing and community development funding
Housing industry and standards
Low- and moderate-income housing
Public housing
Violent crime

Summary:
action_date: 2019-01-03
text: 

Liberty City Rising Act

 
This bill requires the Department of Housing and Urban Development to establish standards to ensure the safety and security of federally assisted housing in high-crime areas. Public housing agencies serving high-crime areas must establish anonymous hotlines for tenants to report suspicious activity and crimes in the community.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2019-01-03
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs.
action_date: 2019-01-03
text: Introduced in Senate
Defending Domestic Produce Production Act of 2019

Bill: 116-s-16
Sponsor: Sen. Rubio, Marco [R-FL]
Introduced: 2019-01-03 in the Senate
Policy area: Foreign Trade and International Finance
Subjects: Agricultural trade
Competitiveness, trade promotion, trade deficits
Government studies and investigations
Tariffs

Summary:
action_date: 2019-01-03
text: 

Defending Domestic Produce Production Act of 2019 

 
This bill establishes a process by which a core seasonal industry may petition for countervailing and antidumping duties.



Legislative actions:
action_date: 2019-01-03
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
action_date: 2019-01-03
text: Introduced in Senate
Safe Temperature Act of 2019

Bill: 116-s-17
Sponsor: Sen. Rubio, Marco [R-FL]
Introduced: 2019-01-03 in the Senate
Policy area: Housing and Community Development
Subjects: Housing and community development funding
Housing for the elderly and disabled
Housing industry and standards
Lighting, heating, cooling
Low- and moderate-income housing
Public housing

Summary:
action_date: 2019-01-03
text: 

Safe Temperature Act of 2019

 
This bill allows the Department of Housing and Urban Development to require units in public housing and supportive housing for the elderly, as well as dwellings receiving low-income housing choice voucher assistance, to maintain a temperature level ranging from 71 to 81 degrees Fahrenheit.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2019-01-03
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs.
action_date: 2019-01-03
text: Introduced in Senate
SAFE Hospitals Act of 2019

Bill: 116-s-18
Sponsor: Sen. Rubio, Marco [R-FL]
Introduced: 2019-01-03 in the Senate
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Health care coverage and access
Hospital care
Medicaid

Summary:
action_date: 2019-01-03
text: 

State Accountability, Flexibility, and Equity for Hospitals Act of 2019 or the SAFE Hospitals Act of 2019

 
This bill alters Medicaid requirements relating to payment for inpatient hospital services that are provided by disproportionate share hospitals (DSHs). (DSHs are hospitals that receive additional payment under Medicaid for treating a large share of low-income patients.)
 
Among other changes, the bill requires state Medicaid programs to adopt a payment methodology that meets certain criteria, including by prioritizing payments based on the DSH tier for which the hospital qualifies; tiers are determined based on factors such as the hospital's Medicaid inpatient utilization rate. 
 
The bill also incorporates state poverty ratios (i.e., the number of qualifying low-income individuals in a state compared to all states) into the formula for determining state DSH allotments under Medicaid. The bill phases in application of the revised formula over the course of 10 to 15 years. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2019-01-03
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
action_date: 2019-01-03
text: Introduced in Senate
Territory Health Insurance Tax Relief Act of 2019

Bill: 116-s-19
Sponsor: Sen. Rubio, Marco [R-FL]
Introduced: 2019-01-03 in the Senate
Policy area: Health
Subjects: American Samoa
Caribbean area
Government information and archives
Guam
Health care costs and insurance
Health care coverage and access
Insurance industry and regulation
Northern Mariana Islands
Puerto Rico
U.S. territories and protectorates
User charges and fees
Virgin Islands

Summary:
action_date: 2019-01-03
text: 

Territory Health Insurance Tax Relief Act of 

2019

 
This bill lowers the annual fee on health insurers, specifically for those insurers that collect premiums from residents in U.S. territories. 
 
The annual fee for a health insurer is currently calculated based on the insurer's share of total premiums from the preceding calendar year. The bill excludes premiums paid by residents of U.S. territories from a health insurer's net premiums, but still includes the premiums of such residents in the determination of total premiums from the preceding year, thereby lowering the fee for these insurers. 
 
Under current law, the fee is suspended for calendar 2019 (i.e., there is no fee based on premiums from calendar 2018).


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2019-01-03
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
action_date: 2019-01-03
text: Introduced in Senate
Presidential Tax Transparency Act

Bill: 116-s-20
Sponsor: Sen. Wyden, Ron [D-OR]
Introduced: 2019-01-03 in the Senate
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Subjects: Elections, voting, political campaign regulation
Government ethics and transparency, public corruption
Government information and archives
Presidents and presidential powers, Vice Presidents
Tax administration and collection, taxpayers

Summary:
action_date: 2019-01-03
text: 

Presidential Tax Transparency Act 

 
This bill requires the President and certain candidates for President to disclose federal income tax returns for the three most recent taxable years in reports filed with either the Office of Government Ethics (OGE) or the Federal Election Commission (FEC), in the case of a candidate. 
 
The OGE or the FEC must make the disclosed tax returns publicly available after making appropriate redactions. If the income tax returns are not disclosed as required by this bill, the OGE or the FEC must request the returns from the Internal Revenue Service (IRS). 
 
The bill requires the IRS, upon receiving a written request from the FEC or the OGE, to provide any income tax return that is required to be disclosed under this bill. 
 
The bill also establishes civil and criminal penalties for failing to file or falsifying income tax returns that are required to be disclosed pursuant to this bill. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2019-01-03
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Rules and Administration.
action_date: 2019-01-03
text: Introduced in Senate
A bill making continuing appropriations for Coast Guard pay in the event an appropriations act expires prior to the enactment of a new appropriations act.

Bill: 116-s-21
Sponsor: Sen. Thune, John [R-SD]
Introduced: 2019-01-03 in the Senate
Policy area: Transportation and Public Works
Subjects: Appropriations
Cemeteries and funerals
Coast guard
Department of Homeland Security
Executive agency funding and structure
Military education and training
Military personnel and dependents
Transportation costs

Summary:
action_date: 2019-01-03
text: 

Pay Our Coast Guard Act 

 
This bill provides continuing appropriations to the U.S. Coast Guard for any period during which interim or full-year appropriations for the Coast Guard are not in effect. 
 
The appropriations are provided to the Coast Guard for
 
 
pay and allowances for members of the Coast Guard, civilian employees, and contractors; 
 
 the payment of a death gratuity, funeral travel, and the temporary continuation of the basic allowance for housing for dependents of members of the Coast Guard dying on active duty; and
 
retired pay.
 
 
The appropriations are provided until the enactment of specified Coast Guard appropriations legislation. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2019-01-04
text: Read the second time. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 2. (text: CR S27)
action_date: 2019-01-03
text: Introduced in the Senate. Read the first time. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under Read the First Time.
action_date: 2019-01-03
text: Introduced in Senate
Medicare Dental Benefit Act of 2019

Bill: 116-s-22
Sponsor: Sen. Cardin, Benjamin L. [D-MD]
Introduced: 2019-01-03 in the Senate
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Dental care
Emergency medical services and trauma care
Health promotion and preventive care
Health technology, devices, supplies
Medical tests and diagnostic methods
Medicare

Summary:
action_date: 2019-01-03
text: 

Medicare Dental Benefit Act of 2019

 
This bill provides for Medicare coverage of dental and oral health services, including routine diagnostic and preventive services, basic and major dental services, and emergency care; dental prostheses are also covered. Currently, such services are excluded from Medicare coverage.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2019-01-03
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
action_date: 2019-01-03
text: Introduced in Senate
National Commission on the Federal Response to Natural Disasters in Puerto Rico Act of 2019

Bill: 116-s-23
Sponsor: Sen. Gillibrand, Kirsten E. [D-NY]
Introduced: 2019-01-03 in the Senate
Policy area: Emergency Management
Subjects: Advisory bodies
Caribbean area
Congressional oversight
Disability and paralysis
Disaster relief and insurance
Ecology
Electric power generation and transmission
Emergency medical services and trauma care
Emergency planning and evacuation
Floods and storm protection
Foreign language and bilingual programs
Government studies and investigations
Health information and medical records
Health programs administration and funding
Natural disasters
Public contracts and procurement
Puerto Rico
Telephone and wireless communication
U.S. territories and protectorates

Summary:
action_date: 2019-01-03
text: 

National Commission on the Federal Response to Natural Disasters in Puerto Rico Act of 2019

 
This bill establishes a National Commission on the Federal Response to Natural Disasters in Puerto Rico to examine the federal preparedness, response, and recovery activities with respect to the 2017 natural disasters in Puerto Rico.
 
The commission shall take into consideration the federal preparedness, response, and recovery efforts in Puerto Rico as compared to other jurisdictions impacted by the 2017 hurricane season, and consider other issues, including the impact and destruction of Hurricanes Irma and Maria, the vulnerability of Puerto Rico's economic situation on preparedness, the implications of Puerto Rico's reliance on imported oil for power generation, and the adequacy of the telecommunications network in Puerto Rico.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2019-01-03
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.
action_date: 2019-01-03
text: Introduced in Senate
EL CHAPO Act

Bill: 116-s-25
Sponsor: Sen. Cruz, Ted [R-TX]
Introduced: 2019-01-03 in the Senate
Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement
Subjects: Border security and unlawful immigration
Criminal procedure and sentencing
Drug trafficking and controlled substances
Latin America
Mexico
Organized crime

Summary:
action_date: 2019-01-03
text: 

Ensuring Lawful Collection of Hidden Assets to Provide Order Act or the EL CHAPO Act

 
This bill requires the forfeited profits of Joaquin Archivaldo Guzman Loera (El Chapo) from his illicit drug trafficking enterprise to be reserved for border security measures between the United States and Mexico, including the completion of a wall.
 
Additionally, it requires the forfeited funds from the felony conviction of a member of a drug cartel to be reserved for border security measures between the United States and Mexico, including the completion of a wall. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2019-01-03
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2019-01-03
text: Introduced in Senate
Vote By Mail Act of 2019

Bill: 116-s-26
Sponsor: Sen. Wyden, Ron [D-OR]
Introduced: 2019-01-03 in the Senate
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Subjects: Elections, voting, political campaign regulation
Licensing and registrations
Motor vehicles
Postal service
State and local government operations

Summary:
action_date: 2019-01-03
text: 

Vote by Mail Act of 2019

 
This bill requires states to allow voting in federal elections to be by mail without additional conditions or requirements, except a deadline for returning the ballot.
 
States must mail ballots to individuals registered to vote in a federal election not later than two weeks before the election. The U.S. Postal Service must carry ballots mailed by a state expeditiously and free of postage.
 
This bill authorizes automatic voter registration of individuals through state motor vehicle authorities.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2019-01-03
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Rules and Administration.
action_date: 2019-01-03
text: Introduced in Senate
American Miners Act of 2019

Bill: 116-s-27
Sponsor: Sen. Manchin, Joe, III [D-WV]
Introduced: 2019-01-03 in the Senate
Policy area: Labor and Employment
Subjects: Bankruptcy
Cardiovascular and respiratory health
Coal
Corporate finance and management
Employee benefits and pensions
Government information and archives
Government trust funds
Health care costs and insurance
Labor-management relations
Mining
Sales and excise taxes
Worker safety and health

Summary:
action_date: 2019-01-03
text: 

American Miners Act of 2019

 
This bill transfers certain funds to provide pension and health benefits for retired coal miners who have been affected by issues such as coal company bankruptcies. 
 
The Department of the Treasury must transfer additional funds to the 1974 United Mine Workers of America (UMWA) Pension Plan to pay pension benefits required under that plan if the annual limit on transfers under the Surface Mining Control and Reclamation Act of 1977 exceeds the amount required to be transferred for existing obligations of the Abandoned Mine Reclamation Fund. The bill also increases the annual limit on transfers from $490 million to $750 million. 
 
The bill also adds miners affected by 2018 coal company bankruptcies to the group whose retiree health benefits are taken into account in determining the amount that Treasury must transfer under current law to the Multiemployer Health Benefit Plan.
 
Additionally, the bill (1) reduces the minimum age for in-service distributions under certain retirement plans, and (2) extends the increased rates for the Black Lung Disability Trust Fund excise tax.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2019-01-03
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
action_date: 2019-01-03
text: Introduced in Senate
A bill to reauthorize the United States-Jordan Defense Cooperation Act of 2015, and for other purposes.

Bill: 116-s-28
Sponsor: Sen. McConnell, Mitch [R-KY]
Introduced: 2019-01-04 in the Senate
Policy area: International Affairs
Subjects: Conflicts and wars
Congressional oversight
Foreign aid and international relief
Jordan
Middle East
Military assistance, sales, and agreements
Public-private cooperation
Refugees, asylum, displaced persons
Syria
U.S. and foreign investments

Summary:
action_date: 2019-01-04
text: 

United States-Jordan Defense Cooperation Extension Act

 
This bill extends through 2022 arrangements that allow certain defense articles to be transferred to Jordan on an expedited basis. The bill also directs the President to submit a report to Congress assessing the costs and benefits of establishing a fund to support private investment in Jordan.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2019-01-08
text: Read the second time. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 4.
action_date: 2019-01-04
text: Introduced in the Senate. Read the first time. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under Read the First Time. (text: CR S27)
action_date: 2019-01-04
text: Introduced in Senate