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Smithsonian American Women’s History Museum Act

Bill: 116-s-959
Sponsor: Sen. Collins, Susan M. [R-ME]
Introduced: 2019-03-28 in the Senate
Policy area: Arts, Culture, Religion
Subjects: District of Columbia
Executive agency funding and structure
Museums, exhibitions, cultural centers
Smithsonian Institution
U.S. history
Women's employment
Women's rights

Summary:
action_date: 2019-03-28
text: 

Smithsonian American Women's History Museum Act

 
This bill establishes in the Smithsonian Institution a comprehensive women's history museum. 
 
Such museum shall be named by the Board of Regents of the Smithsonian Institution. 
 
The bill establishes a council that, among other things, shall make recommendations to the board on the planning, design, and construction of the museum. 
 
The board shall designate a site for the museum, with priority given to a site that is on or near the National Mall. 

action_date: 2020-12-03
text: 

Smithsonian American Women's History Museum Act

 
This bill establishes in the Smithsonian Institution a comprehensive women's history museum. 
 
Such museum shall be named by the Board of Regents of the Smithsonian Institution. 
 
The bill establishes a council that, among other things, shall make recommendations to the board on the planning, design, and construction of the museum. 
 
The board shall designate a site for the museum, with priority given to a site that is on or near the National Mall. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2020-12-03
text: Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 599.
action_date: 2020-12-03
text: Committee on Rules and Administration. Reported by Senator Blunt with an amendment in the nature of a substitute. Without written report.
action_date: 2020-12-03
text: Committee on Rules and Administration. Reported by Senator Blunt with an amendment in the nature of a substitute. Without written report.
action_date: 2020-12-03
text: Committee on Rules and Administration. Ordered to be reported with an amendment in the nature of a substitute favorably.
action_date: 2020-11-17
text: Committee on Rules and Administration. Hearings held. Hearings printed: S.Hrg. 116-339.
action_date: 2019-03-28
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Rules and Administration. (Sponsor introductory remarks on measure: CR S2091-2092)
action_date: 2019-03-28
text: Introduced in Senate
We the People Commission on Full Representation Act of 2019

Bill: 116-s-960
Sponsor: Sen. Merkley, Jeff [D-OR]
Introduced: 2019-03-28 in the Senate
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Subjects: Advisory bodies
American Samoa
Caribbean area
Congressional districts and representation
Congressional oversight
District of Columbia
Elections, voting, political campaign regulation
Guam
Northern Mariana Islands
Puerto Rico
State and local government operations
U.S. territories and protectorates
Virgin Islands

Summary:
action_date: 2019-03-28
text: 

We the People Commission on Full Representation Act of 2019 

 
This bill establishes the We the People Commission on Full Representation. The commission must develop proposals and report to Congress regarding voting representation for 
 
 
Puerto Rico, 
 
the District of Columbia, 
 
Guam, 
 
the U.S. Virgin Islands, 
 
American Samoa, and 
 
the Northern Mariana Islands. 
 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2019-03-28
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2019-03-28
text: Introduced in Senate
Improving Health Insurance Affordability Act of 2019

Bill: 116-s-961
Sponsor: Sen. Shaheen, Jeanne [D-NH]
Introduced: 2019-04-01 in the Senate
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Health care costs and insurance
Income tax credits

Summary:
action_date: 2019-04-01
text: 

Improving Health Insurance Affordability Act of 2019

 
This bill expands taxpayer eligibility for the refundable tax credit for the cost of health care insurance and increases the size of the tax credit for all income brackets.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2019-04-01
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
action_date: 2019-04-01
text: Introduced in Senate
Community Health Center and Primary Care Workforce Expansion Act of 2019

Bill: 116-s-962
Sponsor: Sen. Sanders, Bernard [I-VT]
Introduced: 2019-04-01 in the Senate
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Education programs funding
Health facilities and institutions
Health personnel
Health programs administration and funding
Medical education
Student aid and college costs

Summary:
action_date: 2019-04-01
text: 

Community Health Center and Primary Care Workforce Expansion Act of 2019

 
This bill reauthorizes through FY2024 the Community Health Center Fund, which provides enhanced funding for community health centers and the National Health Service Corps.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2019-04-01
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
action_date: 2019-04-01
text: Introduced in Senate
FLAG Act of 2019

Bill: 116-s-963
Sponsor: Sen. Klobuchar, Amy [D-MN]
Introduced: 2019-04-01 in the Senate
Policy area: Commerce
Subjects: Intellectual property
Licensing and registrations
National symbols

Summary:
action_date: 2019-04-01
text: 

Fair Licensing Access for Governments Act of 2019 or the FLAG Act of 2019

 
This bill allows for the registration of trademarks that contain the flag or insignia of a country, state, or municipality if the entity represented by the flag or insignia gives written consent. Currently, such trademarks may not be registered, regardless of consent. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2019-04-01
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2019-04-01
text: Introduced in Senate
Marketplace Certainty Act

Bill: 116-s-964
Sponsor: Sen. Shaheen, Jeanne [D-NH]
Introduced: 2019-04-01 in the Senate
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Health care costs and insurance
Health care coverage and access

Summary:
action_date: 2019-04-01
text: 

Marketplace Certainty Act

 
This bill expands eligibility for additional cost-sharing reductions that apply to certain enrollees of qualified health plans. Specifically, it increases the income thresholds under which plan holders receive such cost-sharing reductions and increases the percentage of the shared costs paid by the plan at each income threshold.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2019-04-01
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
action_date: 2019-04-01
text: Introduced in Senate
Ceiling and Visibility Unlimited Act

Bill: 116-s-965
Sponsor: Sen. Jones, Doug [D-AL]
Introduced: 2019-04-01 in the Senate
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Aviation and airports
Congressional oversight
Elementary and secondary education
Government studies and investigations
Higher education
Licensing and registrations
Military education and training
Student aid and college costs
Transportation employees

Summary:
action_date: 2019-04-01
text: 

Ceiling and Visibility Unlimited Act

 
This bill authorizes each military department to carry out a program to award scholarships to Junior Reserve Officers' Training Corps members to assist them in obtaining private pilot's licenses through approved institutions of higher education.
 
The bill also requires a report on the results of an assessment of the Air Force aviation training program known as the &quot;JROTC Flight Academy, Chief of Staff Private Pilot Scholarship Program,&quot; conducted in 2018 and 2019.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2019-04-01
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Armed Services.
action_date: 2019-04-01
text: Introduced in Senate
Medicare Care Coordination Improvement Act of 2019

Bill: 116-s-966
Sponsor: Sen. Portman, Rob [R-OH]
Introduced: 2019-04-01 in the Senate
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Business ethics
Health care quality
Health personnel
Medical ethics
Medicare

Summary:
action_date: 2019-04-01
text: 

Medicare Care Coordination Improvement Act of 

2019

 
This bill exempts certain alternative payment models under Medicare from the general prohibition on physician self-referrals (i.e., the Stark law).

 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2019-04-01
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
action_date: 2019-04-01
text: Introduced in Senate
Reducing Costs for Out-of-Network Services Act of 2019

Bill: 116-s-967
Sponsor: Sen. Shaheen, Jeanne [D-NH]
Introduced: 2019-04-01 in the Senate
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Congressional oversight
Employee benefits and pensions
Government studies and investigations
Health care costs and insurance
Health care coverage and access
Health programs administration and funding
Insurance industry and regulation
Medicare
Rural conditions and development
State and local government operations

Summary:
action_date: 2019-04-01
text: 

Reducing Costs for Out-of-Network Services Act of 2019

 
 This bill places limits on the cost to insurance plan holders for out-of-network health care services and on the amount charged for services provided to uninsured individuals. First, each state must select one of the following formulas for determining the maximum cost for a service:
 
 
125% of fee-for-service rate under Medicare,
 
the 80th percentile of the cost for such service in the geographic area, or
 
100% of the allowed charges if the service had been provided in network. 
 
 
Health insurance issuers must set the cost-sharing amount for out-of-network services at no more than the state-selected rate for such service. Further, out-of-network health care providers may charge plan holders no more than the state-selected rate for a service.
 
 Each state also must set the maximum rate for services that health care providers may charge uninsured individuals at the lower of (1) 125% of the fee-for-service rate under Medicare, (2) the 80th percentile of the cost for such service in the geographic area, or (3) the rate otherwise applicable under state law. 
 
If a state does not select a maximum rate for a service provided to an insured or uninsured individual, the maximum rate a provider may charge is (1) 125% of the fee-for-service rate under Medicare, or (2) the rate established by the Department of Health and Human Services if such service is not covered under Medicare.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2019-04-01
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
action_date: 2019-04-01
text: Introduced in Senate
Protect Student Borrowers Act of 2019

Bill: 116-s-968
Sponsor: Sen. Reed, Jack [D-RI]
Introduced: 2019-04-01 in the Senate
Policy area: Education
Subjects: Congressional oversight
Education programs funding
Government Accountability Office (GAO)
Government studies and investigations
Higher education
Student aid and college costs

Summary:
action_date: 2019-04-01
text: 

Protect Student Borrowers Act of 2019

 
This bill requires institutions of higher education (IHEs) to assume some of the risk of default for federal student loans.
 
IHEs must remit risk-sharing payments, based on the amount of defaulted student loans, if 33% or more of their enrolled students have student loans. The Department of Education may reduce or waive the payments under certain circumstances.
 
The proceeds from the payments must be used for reducing student loan debt, delinquency, or default and increasing Pell grants at IHEs with low default rates that enroll a high percentage of Pell Grant recipients.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2019-04-01
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. (Sponsor introductory remarks on measure: CR S2120-2121)
action_date: 2019-04-01
text: Introduced in Senate
Educator Preparation Reform Act

Bill: 116-s-969
Sponsor: Sen. Reed, Jack [D-RI]
Introduced: 2019-04-01 in the Senate
Policy area: Education
Subjects: Academic performance and assessments
Administrative remedies
Congressional oversight
Disability and paralysis
Education of the disadvantaged
Education programs funding
Educational technology and distance education
Elementary and secondary education
Employee performance
Higher education
Minority employment
Performance measurement
Preschool education
School administration
Special education
Student aid and college costs
Teaching, teachers, curricula

Summary:
action_date: 2019-04-01
text: 

Educator Preparation Reform Act

 
This bill modifies federal grants and requirements for educator preparation programs.
 
Specifically, the bill revises the Teacher Quality Partnership Grant program to require a partnership (e.g., a high-need local educational agency or school and an institution of higher education) to use grant funds to carry out a program for the pre-baccalaureate or post-baccalaureate preparation of teachers, a teaching or principal residency program, or a combination of such programs. Currently, such grants must be used for programs specific to teachers.
 
A partnership may also use funds to carry out other educator development programs, including programs for school librarians and counselors.
 
The bill further revises requirements for teacher residency programs and prescribes requirements for the establishment of principal residency programs. A partnership carrying out a principal residency program must perform activities for high-need schools.
 
The bill revises requirements for state reporting on the quality of teacher preparation programs and specifies that a state must conduct an assessment to identify at-risk and low-performing teacher preparation programs as a condition of receiving certain federal funds.
 
It also modifies student eligibility for the Teacher Education Assistance for College and Higher Education (TEACH) Grant program.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2019-04-01
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. (Sponsor introductory remarks on measure: CR S2121)
action_date: 2019-04-01
text: Introduced in Senate
Physical Therapist Workforce and Patient Access Act of 2019

Bill: 116-s-970
Sponsor: Sen. Tester, Jon [D-MT]
Introduced: 2019-04-01 in the Senate
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Education programs funding
Health care coverage and access
Health personnel
Health programs administration and funding
Long-term, rehabilitative, and terminal care
Medical education
Student aid and college costs

Summary:
action_date: 2019-04-01
text: 

Physical Therapist Workforce and Patient Access Act of 2019

 
This bill makes the provision of physical therapy services a profession eligible for the National Health Service Corps (NHSC) Loan Repayment Program. The NHSC Loan Repayment Program assists specified health care professionals to repay eligible student loans in exchange for providing services in areas with limited access to health care.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2019-04-01
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
action_date: 2019-04-01
text: Introduced in Senate
Ensuring FEHBP Coverage During Shutdowns Act

Bill: 116-s-971
Sponsor: Sen. Smith, Tina [D-MN]
Introduced: 2019-04-01 in the Senate
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Subjects: Employee benefits and pensions
Government employee pay, benefits, personnel management
Health care costs and insurance
Health care coverage and access

Summary:
action_date: 2019-04-01
text: 

Ensuring FEHBP Coverage During Shutdowns Act

 
This bill provides statutory authority to allow federal employees to enroll in the Federal Employees Health Benefits Program (FEHB), or make changes to their enrollment due to a qualifying life event, during a lapse in appropriations for the federal government. Specifically, the bill requires the Office of Personnel Management to designate the officers and employees who perform the FEHB services as excepted employees under the Anti-Deficiency Act. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2019-04-01
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.
action_date: 2019-04-01
text: Introduced in Senate
Retirement Enhancement and Savings Act of 2019

Bill: 116-s-972
Sponsor: Sen. Grassley, Chuck [R-IA]
Introduced: 2019-04-01 in the Senate
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Border security and unlawful immigration
Consumer credit
Corporate finance and management
Emergency medical services and trauma care
Employee benefits and pensions
Fires
First responders and emergency personnel
Government employee pay, benefits, personnel management
Government information and archives
House of Representatives
Income tax credits
Income tax deferral
Income tax exclusion
Inflation and prices
Judges
Life, casualty, property insurance
Military personnel and dependents
Motor carriers
Motor vehicles
Religion
Sales and excise taxes
Securities
Senate
Small business
Social work, volunteer service, charitable organizations
Specialized courts
Student aid and college costs
Tax administration and collection, taxpayers
Teaching, teachers, curricula

Summary:
action_date: 2019-04-01
text: 

Retirement Enhancement and Savings Act of 201

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This bill modifies requirements for tax-favored retirement savings accounts, employer-provided retirement plans, and retirement benefits for federal judges. 
 
With respect to employer-provided plans, the bill modifies requirements regarding
 
 
 multiple employer plans, 
 
 automatic enrollment and nonelective contributions, 
 
loans, 
 
 terminating or transferring plans, 
 
 reporting and disclosure rules,
 
 nondiscrimination rules, 
 
 selecting lifetime income providers, and 
 
 Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation premiums. 
 
 
The bill also increases the tax credit for small employer pension plan startup costs and allows a tax credit for small employers that establish retirement plans that include automatic enrollment. 
 
With respect to Individual Retirement Accounts (IRAs), the bill 
 
 
 treats taxable non-tuition fellowship and stipend payments as compensation,
 
 repeals the maximum age for traditional IRA contributions, and 
 
 permits any IRA to be a shareholder of any S corporation that is a bank. 
 
 
The bill makes several modifications to retirement benefits for magistrate judges of the U.S. Tax Court and other federal judges. 
 
The bill also modifies various tax provisions to
 
 
 reinstate and increase the tax exclusion for benefits provided to volunteer firefighters and emergency medical responders, 
 
 revise the required distribution rules for pension plans,
 
 increase penalties for failing to file tax or retirement plan returns, and 
 
 require the Internal Revenue Service to share returns and return information with U.S. Customs Border Protection to administer the heavy vehicle use tax. 
 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2019-04-01
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
action_date: 2019-04-01
text: Introduced in Senate
Ensuring FEDVIP and FLTCIP Coverage During Shutdowns Act

Bill: 116-s-973
Sponsor: Sen. Smith, Tina [D-MN]
Introduced: 2019-04-01 in the Senate
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Appropriations
Dental care
Government employee pay, benefits, personnel management
Health care coverage and access
Hearing, speech, and vision care
Long-term, rehabilitative, and terminal care

Summary:
action_date: 2019-04-01
text: 

Ensuring FEDVIP and FLTCIP Coverage During Shutdowns Act

 
This bill prohibits the termination of federal-employee dental, vision, and long-term-care insurance coverage as a result of unpaid premiums or other periodic charges in the event of a lapse in appropriations that results in an employee being placed in a nonpay status. This includes supplemental dental, vision, and long-term-care insurance policies.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2019-04-01
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.
action_date: 2019-04-01
text: Introduced in Senate
A bill to modify the authorized uses of certain property conveyed by the United States in Los Angeles, California.

Bill: 116-s-974
Sponsor: Sen. Feinstein, Dianne [D-CA]
Introduced: 2019-04-01 in the Senate
Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources
Subjects: California
Homelessness and emergency shelter
Land transfers

Summary:
action_date: 2019-04-01
text: 
This bill requires the portion of the property known as the Veterans' Administration Center Reservation in Los Angeles California, which was conveyed by the General Services Administration (GSA) to the state of California for a proposed National Guard Armory, to be used for purposes of meeting the needs of the homeless. 
 
The bill directs the state to submit an application to the GSA for the use of such property to meet the needs of the homeless.
 
The GSA and the Department of Health and Human Services must jointly determine whether the use of the property described in the application is a use for meeting the needs of the homeless. 
 
If it is determined that the proposed use of the property is for meeting the needs of the homeless, the GSA must modify the deed of conveyance for such property to authorize its use for homeless needs.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2019-04-01
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Armed Services.
action_date: 2019-04-01
text: Introduced in Senate
Women's Retirement Protection Act

Bill: 116-s-975
Sponsor: Sen. Murray, Patty [D-WA]
Introduced: 2019-04-01 in the Senate
Policy area: Labor and Employment
Subjects: Civil actions and liability
Consumer affairs
Crime victims
Crimes against women
Domestic violence and child abuse
Employee benefits and pensions
Family relationships
Financial literacy
Financial services and investments
Government information and archives
Separation, divorce, custody, support
Temporary and part-time employment
Women's employment

Summary:
action_date: 2019-04-01
text: 

Women's Retirement Protection Act

 
This bill modifies the requirements for pension plans under the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (ERISA) to (1) extend spousal consent requirements that currently apply to defined benefit pension plans to defined contribution pension plans, and (2) allow certain long-term part-time workers to participate in pension plans that include either a qualified cash or deferred arrangement or a salary reduction agreement. 
 
Financial product or service providers who sell retirement financial products or services must provide purchasers of their products or services an easily accessible link to the website of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau to obtain information relating to retirement planning or later life economic security. 
 
The Women's Bureau of the Department of Labor shall award grants to certain community-based organizations to (1) improve the financial literacy of women who are working age or in retirement, and (2) assist low-income women and survivors of domestic violence in obtaining qualified domestic relations orders and the benefits they are entitled to through the orders. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2019-04-01
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
action_date: 2019-04-01
text: Introduced in Senate