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A bill to establish family and medical leave banks to provide paid leave for employees of the Department of Defense, and for other purposes.

Bill: 116-s-1131
Sponsor: Sen. Merkley, Jeff [D-OR]
Introduced: 2019-04-10 in the Senate
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Department of Defense
Employee leave
Government employee pay, benefits, personnel management
Office of Personnel Management (OPM)

Summary:
action_date: 2019-04-10
text: 
 
This bill directs the Department of Defense (DOD) to establish family and medical leave banks for DOD employees.
 
It requires the forfeited annual leave (i.e., the lost &quot;use it or lose it&quot; annual leave) of an employee to be credited to a family and medical leave bank for use by an eligible employee who experiences a personal or family medical emergency and has exhausted his or her available paid leave.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2019-04-10
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.
action_date: 2019-04-10
text: Introduced in Senate
Protecting and Preserving Social Security Act

Bill: 116-s-1132
Sponsor: Sen. Hirono, Mazie K. [D-HI]
Introduced: 2019-04-10 in the Senate
Policy area: Social Welfare
Subjects: Census and government statistics
Inflation and prices
Self-employed
Social security and elderly assistance
Wages and earnings

Summary:
action_date: 2019-04-10
text: 

Protecting and Preserving Social Security Act 

 
This bill revises the methodology for calculating Old Age, Survivors, and Disability Insurance (OASDI) benefits and phases out the cap on compensation subject to Social Security taxation.
 
The bill directs the Bureau of Labor Statistics to prepare and publish a Consumer Price Index for Elderly Consumers (CPI-E) to track cost-of-living changes for individuals age 62 or older. The Social Security Administration shall use the CPI-E to calculate the cost-of-living adjustment for OASDI benefits, where it currently uses the Consumer Price Index for Urban Wage Earners and Clerical Workers. 
 
The bill phases out and after 2025 eliminates the cap on compensation ($132,900 in 2019) subject to Social Security taxation. This change applies to both wage earners and the self-employed.
 
The bill also changes the calculation for the primary insurance amount (the amount received by a beneficiary who elects to receive OASDI benefits at full retirement age) by including the additional earnings that are now taxed as a result of the cap elimination.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2019-04-10
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. (Sponsor introductory remarks on measure: CR S2389)
action_date: 2019-04-10
text: Introduced in Senate
Disaster Tax Relief Act of 2019

Bill: 116-s-1133
Sponsor: Sen. Fischer, Deb [R-NE]
Introduced: 2019-04-10 in the Senate
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Charitable contributions
Disaster relief and insurance
Employee benefits and pensions
Housing finance and home ownership
Income tax credits
Income tax deductions
Income tax exclusion
Wages and earnings

Summary:
action_date: 2019-04-10
text: 

Disaster Tax Relief Act of 2019

 
This bill allows various tax credits, tax deductions, and modifications to existing rules for individuals and businesses affected by federally declared disasters that occurred after December 31, 2018, and before April 15, 2019. 
 
With respect to individuals and businesses in the affected areas, the bill 
 
 
waives the 10% additional tax on certain early distributions from retirement plans, 
 
permits individuals to recontribute funds to retirement plans if the funds were distributed for a home purchase that was cancelled on account of a disaster,
 
 increases the limit and extends the repayment deadline for loans from retirement plans, 
 
allows an employee retention tax credit for employers affected by disasters,
 
temporarily increases the limitation on tax deductions for charitable contributions for relief efforts in disaster areas,
 
modifies the rules for the deduction for personal casualty losses, and 
 
allows taxpayers residing in disaster areas to use earned income from the immediately preceding year for the purpose of determining earned income for the earned income tax credit and the child tax credit.
 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2019-04-10
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
action_date: 2019-04-10
text: Introduced in Senate
Nuclear Powers America Act of 2019

Bill: 116-s-1134
Sponsor: Sen. Cramer, Kevin [R-ND]
Introduced: 2019-04-10 in the Senate
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Energy storage, supplies, demand
Income tax credits
Licensing and registrations
Nuclear power

Summary:
action_date: 2019-04-10
text: 

Nuclear Powers America Act of 201

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This bill allows a tax credit for investments in qualified nuclear energy property placed in service before January 1, 2026. The credit applies to any amounts paid or incurred for refueling or other specified expenditures for a nuclear power plant for which an application for license renewal was or will be submitted to the Nuclear Regulatory Commission before January 1, 2026. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2019-04-10
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
action_date: 2019-04-10
text: Introduced in Senate
Protect Our Heroes Act of 2019

Bill: 116-s-1135
Sponsor: Sen. Sullivan, Dan [R-AK]
Introduced: 2019-04-10 in the Senate
Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement
Subjects: Assault and harassment offenses
Fires
First responders and emergency personnel
Judges
Law enforcement administration and funding
Law enforcement officers
Protection of officials
Violent crime

Summary:
action_date: 2019-04-10
text: 
 

Protect Our Heroes Act of 2019
 
This bill establishes new federal criminal offenses related to killing or assaulting public safety officers.

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2019-04-10
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2019-04-10
text: Introduced in Senate
Montgomery GI Bill Parity Act of 2019

Bill: 116-s-1136
Sponsor: Sen. Hoeven, John [R-ND]
Introduced: 2019-04-10 in the Senate
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Employment and training programs
Higher education
National Guard and reserves
Student aid and college costs
Veterans' education, employment, rehabilitation

Summary:
action_date: 2019-04-10
text: 

Montgomery GI Bill Parity Act of 2019

 
This bill authorizes the use of educational assistance for members of the Selected Reserve or the Ready Reserve, at the member's election, for payment of tuition under the Department of Defense program of tuition assistance for voluntary off-duty training or education.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2019-04-10
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Armed Services.
action_date: 2019-04-10
text: Introduced in Senate
Environmental Health Workforce Act of 2019

Bill: 116-s-1137
Sponsor: Sen. Stabenow, Debbie [D-MI]
Introduced: 2019-04-10 in the Senate
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Congressional oversight
Disaster relief and insurance
Employment and training programs
Environmental health
Government information and archives
Government studies and investigations
Hazardous wastes and toxic substances
Health personnel
Licensing and registrations
Natural disasters
State and local government operations

Summary:
action_date: 2019-04-10
text: 

Environmental Health Workforce Act of 2019

 
This bill requires the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) to establish guidelines for credentialing environmental health workers and to create a plan to develop the environmental health workforce. Environmental health workers investigate, assess, and control hazardous environmental agents. 
 
HHS also must, within two years, conduct a study on the environmental health workforce and natural disaster preparedness. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2019-04-10
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
action_date: 2019-04-10
text: Introduced in Senate
A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to expand the earned income and child tax credits, and for other purposes.

Bill: 116-s-1138
Sponsor: Sen. Brown, Sherrod [D-OH]
Introduced: 2019-04-10 in the Senate
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Administrative remedies
Caribbean area
Congressional oversight
Department of the Treasury
Employment taxes
Fraud offenses and financial crimes
Government information and archives
Government studies and investigations
Income tax credits
Inflation and prices
Intergovernmental relations
Poverty and welfare assistance
Puerto Rico
State and local government operations
State and local taxation
Tax administration and collection, taxpayers
Tax treatment of families
U.S. territories and protectorates
Wages and earnings

Summary:
action_date: 2019-04-10
text: 
This bill increases and revises requirements for the earned income and child tax credits. It also makes similar revisions to the earned income tax credit for residents of Puerto Rico. 
 
The bill authorizes the Department of the Treasury to regulate the practice of tax return preparers and impose sanctions upon preparers found to be incompetent or disreputable. 
 
The Government Accountability Office must study and report on the sharing of information between Treasury and states regarding identification numbers issued to tax return preparers and minimum standards for preparers. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2019-04-10
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
action_date: 2019-04-10
text: Introduced in Senate
National Fish and Wildlife Foundation Reauthorization Act of 2019

Bill: 116-s-1139
Sponsor: Sen. Cardin, Benjamin L. [D-MD]
Introduced: 2019-04-10 in the Senate
Policy area: Environmental Protection
Subjects: Social work, volunteer service, charitable organizations
Tax-exempt organizations
Wildlife conservation and habitat protection

Summary:
action_date: 2019-04-10
text: 

National Fish and Wildlife Foundation Reauthorization Act of 2019

 
This bill revises requirements for appointment to the Board of Directors of the National Fish and Wildlife Foundation and reauthorizes the foundation through FY2024.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2019-04-10
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works.
action_date: 2019-04-10
text: Introduced in Senate
Protecting Access to Biosimilars Act of 2019

Bill: 116-s-1140
Sponsor: Sen. Smith, Tina [D-MN]
Introduced: 2019-04-11 in the Senate
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Allergies
Blood and blood diseases
Drug safety, medical device, and laboratory regulation
Health promotion and preventive care
Health technology, devices, supplies
Immunology and vaccination
Licensing and registrations

Summary:
action_date: 2019-04-11
text: 

Protecting Access to Biosimilars Act of 2019

 
This bill excludes biological products that were initially licensed under the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act (FD&C Act) (e.g., insulin) from the exclusivity protections that delay the licensure of biosimilar products under the Public Health Service Act (PHS Act). (The Biologics Price Competition and Innovation Act of 2009 generally requires that biological products approved under the FD&C Act are treated as though they were approved under the PHS Act through March 23, 2020.)


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2019-04-11
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
action_date: 2019-04-11
text: Introduced in Senate
Motorsports Fairness and Permanency Act of 2019

Bill: 116-s-1141
Sponsor: Sen. Stabenow, Debbie [D-MI]
Introduced: 2019-04-11 in the Senate
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Business investment and capital
Income tax deductions
Motor vehicles
Sports and recreation facilities

Summary:
action_date: 2019-04-11
text: 

Motorsports Fairness and Permanency Act 

of 2019

 
This bill modifies the requirements for calculating taxable income to make permanent the accelerated depreciation (seven-year recovery period) of motorsports entertainment complexes.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2019-04-11
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
action_date: 2019-04-11
text: Introduced in Senate
Energy Storage Tax Incentive and Deployment Act of 2019

Bill: 116-s-1142
Sponsor: Sen. Heinrich, Martin [D-NM]
Introduced: 2019-04-11 in the Senate
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Alternative and renewable resources
Business investment and capital
Energy efficiency and conservation
Energy storage, supplies, demand
Income tax credits
Residential rehabilitation and home repair

Summary:
action_date: 2019-04-11
text: 

Energy Storage Tax Incentive and Deployment Act of 201

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This bill allows tax credits for (1) energy storage technologies, and (2) battery storage technology. 
 
The bill expands the tax credit for investments in energy property to include equipment that (1) receives, stores, and delivers energy using batteries, compressed air, pumped hydropower, hydrogen storage (including hydrolysis), thermal energy storage, regenerative fuel cells, flywheels, capacitors, superconducting magnets, or other technologies identified by the Internal Revenue Service; and (2) has a capacity of at least five kilowatt hours. 
 
The bill also expands the tax credit for residential energy efficient property to include expenditures for battery storage technology that (1) is installed on or in connection with a dwelling unit located in the United States and used as a residence by the taxpayer, and (2) has a capacity of at least three kilowatt hours. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2019-04-11
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
action_date: 2019-04-11
text: Introduced in Senate
Get the Lead Out of Military Housing Act

Bill: 116-s-1143
Sponsor: Sen. Duckworth, Tammy [D-IL]
Introduced: 2019-04-11 in the Senate
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Blood and blood diseases
Building construction
Child health
Civil actions and liability
Congressional oversight
Department of Defense
Educational facilities and institutions
Elementary and secondary education
Employee performance
Environmental health
Federal officials
Government employee pay, benefits, personnel management
Government studies and investigations
Hazardous wastes and toxic substances
Health information and medical records
Medical tests and diagnostic methods
Military facilities and property
Military medicine
Military personnel and dependents
Residential rehabilitation and home repair
Water quality
Worker safety and health

Summary:
action_date: 2019-04-11
text: 

Get the Lead Out of Military Housing Act

 
This bill addresses the exposure of personnel and dependents to lead in military facilities. It requires the Department of Defense (DOD) to establish a policy under which a certified lead-based paint inspector or risk assessor may access a military installation in order to conduct lead testing. Penalties are imposed for failure to provide testing results to relevant government agencies or obstruction of the testing.
 
 DOD shall test for, and mitigate, the presence of lead-based paint and lead in drinking water in schools that are (1) owned or operated by the Department of Defense Education Activity, or (2) providing educational programs pursuant to agreements to provide education to military dependents.
 
DOD may not discourage inspection of housing for presence of lead-based paint or sources of lead.
 
 The bill expands requirements for lead-level testing or screening as part of well-baby care under the TRICARE program. It prescribes testing for the level of lead in the blood at the ages of both 12 and 24 months for children at elevated risk of lead exposure. The Government Accountability Office shall study the effectiveness of such screening, testing, and treatment for lead exposure and poisoning. DOD shall maintain records concerning the year housing for military personnel was built, and members must provide notice of when their residence was built as a condition of receiving a housing allowance.
 
 The military departments shall certify whether housing complies with requirements of the Toxic Substances Control Act regarding lead-based paint hazards at federal facilities. Political appointees in military departments that have failed to meet the certification requirements may not receive bonus pay.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2019-04-11
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Armed Services.
action_date: 2019-04-11
text: Introduced in Senate
FIRM IT Act of 2019

Bill: 116-s-1144
Sponsor: Sen. Rubio, Marco [R-FL]
Introduced: 2019-04-11 in the Senate
Policy area: Finance and Financial Sector
Subjects: Disaster relief and insurance
Earth sciences
Floods and storm protection
Geography and mapping
Government information and archives
Intergovernmental relations

Summary:
action_date: 2019-04-11
text: 

Flood Insurance Rate Map Interagency Technology Act of 2019 or the FIRM IT Act of 2019 

 
This bill modifies technical requirements for National Flood Insurance Program (NFIP) rate maps. Specifically, the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) must consult with the Department of Defense, the U.S. Geological Survey, and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration to obtain information relevant to NFIP rate maps. FEMA may include this data, as well as specified property survey information, in NFIP rate maps. The format of NFIP rate maps must conform to specified data and protocols. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2019-04-11
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs.
action_date: 2019-04-11
text: Introduced in Senate
SMART Act

Bill: 116-s-1145
Sponsor: Sen. Shelby, Richard C. [R-AL]
Introduced: 2019-04-11 in the Senate
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Employee benefits and pensions
Income tax credits
Income tax deductions
Income tax exclusion
Income tax rates
Legislative rules and procedure
Tax reform and tax simplification
Transfer and inheritance taxes

Summary:
action_date: 2019-04-11
text: 

Simplified, Manageable, And Responsible Tax Act or the SMART Act

 
This bill replaces the marginal income tax rates in the Internal Revenue Code with a single rate of 17% on individual taxable income. 
 
The bill redefines "taxable income" to mean the amount by which wages, retirement distributions, and unemployment compensation exceed the standard deduction. It also
 
 
increases the basic standard deduction, 
 
includes an additional standard deduction for dependents, and 
 
includes the taxable income of each dependent child under the age of 14 in an individual's taxable income. 

 
The bill revises the tax on corporations to (1) replace it with a tax on every person engaged in a business activity equal to 17% of the business taxable income of such person; and (2) make the person engaged in the business activity liable for the tax, whether or not such person is an individual, a partnership, or a corporation. 
 
The bill imposes on employers a 17% tax on the value of excludable compensation provided during the year to employees. 
 
With respect to pension rules, the bill (1) repeals rules relating to non-discrimination, contribution limits, and restrictions on distributions; and (2) revises rules relating to transfers of excess pension assets. 
 
The bill also repeals
 
 
the alternative minimum tax; 
 
all income tax credits; 
 
estate, gift, and generation-skipping transfer taxes; and 
 
income tax provisions, except certain provisions relating to retirement distributions and tax-exempt organizations. 

 
The bill prohibits Congress from considering legislation to make specified changes to tax policy unless Congress waives or suspends the prohibition with a three-fifths vote. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2019-04-11
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
action_date: 2019-04-11
text: Introduced in Senate
Supporting Caregivers Act

Bill: 116-s-1146
Sponsor: Sen. Casey, Robert P., Jr. [D-PA]
Introduced: 2019-04-11 in the Senate
Policy area: Social Welfare
Subjects: Adoption and foster care
Aging
Child safety and welfare
Congressional oversight
Disability assistance
Domestic violence and child abuse
Family relationships
Family services
Government information and archives
Performance measurement
Separation, divorce, custody, support
Social work, volunteer service, charitable organizations

Summary:
action_date: 2019-04-11
text: 

Supporting Caregivers Act

 
This bill reauthorizes through FY2024, and revises, programs and activities that support family caregivers of older adults.
 
Among other changes, the Administration on Aging must disseminate best practices and award grants to states, institutes of higher education, and other organizations to conduct activities of national significance to promote quality and continuous improvement of services and other supports provided to caregivers. 
 
The bill also increases the cap on the amount of funds that a state may use to provide support services to older relative caregivers. In addition, individual area agencies on aging may exceed the cap, provided that there is a demonstrated need for the services and state spending overall remains at or below the cap for the fiscal year.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2019-04-11
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
action_date: 2019-04-11
text: Introduced in Senate
DISCLOSE Act of 2019

Bill: 116-s-1147
Sponsor: Sen. Whitehouse, Sheldon [D-RI]
Introduced: 2019-04-11 in the Senate
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Subjects: Accounting and auditing
Broadcasting, cable, digital technologies
Congressional oversight
Corporate finance and management
Criminal justice information and records
Elections, voting, political campaign regulation
Fraud offenses and financial crimes
Government studies and investigations
Labor-management relations
Political advertising
Tax-exempt organizations
Telephone and wireless communication

Summary:
action_date: 2019-04-11
text: 

Democracy Is Strengthened by Casting Light On Spending in Elections Act of 2019 or the DISCLOSE Act of 2019 

 
This bill expands prohibitions and requires additional disclosures related to political spending. Specifically, foreign nationals are further restricted regarding their involvement in election related activity, including by prohibiting their participation in the decision-making process regarding an election expenditure. Existing foreign money prohibitions are expanded to prohibit disbursements for paid internet or digital communications.
 
The Federal Election Commission must perform an audit after each election cycle to determine the incidence of illicit foreign money.
 
In general, organizations making political expenditures must disclose donors who have contributed $10,000 or more during an election cycle. Certain of these organizations, including corporations, must also disclose their beneficial owners.
 
The bill requires organizations to provide additional disclosures on certain political ads, including the donors who contributed the most money to that organization in the last year. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2019-04-11
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Rules and Administration.
action_date: 2019-04-11
text: Introduced in Senate