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Probation Officer Protection Act of 2019

Bill: 116-s-1504
Sponsor: Sen. Tillis, Thomas [R-NC]
Introduced: 2019-05-16 in the Senate
Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement
Subjects: Assault and harassment offenses
Criminal investigation, prosecution, interrogation
Criminal procedure and sentencing
Law enforcement officers

Summary:
action_date: 2019-05-16
text: 

Probation Officer Protection Act of 2019

 
This bill authorizes a probation officer to arrest a person (i.e., a person other than the probationer) without a warrant if there is probable cause to believe the person forcibly assaulted or obstructed a probation officer engaged in the performance of official duties.
 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2019-05-16
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2019-05-16
text: Introduced in Senate
Medicare Prescription Drug Fraud Prevention Act of 2019

Bill: 116-s-1505
Sponsor: Sen. Cornyn, John [R-TX]
Introduced: 2019-05-16 in the Senate
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Fraud offenses and financial crimes
Government information and archives
Health care costs and insurance
Medicare
Prescription drugs

Summary:
action_date: 2019-05-16
text: 

Medicare Prescription Drug Fraud Prevention Act of 2019

 
This bill requires prescription drug plan sponsors to report any suspicious activities relating to fraud, waste, or abuse under the Medicare prescription drug benefit and any corrective actions taken.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2019-05-16
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
action_date: 2019-05-16
text: Introduced in Senate
A bill to amend title 18, United States Code, to permit certain individuals complying with State law to possess firearms.

Bill: 116-s-1506
Sponsor: Sen. Rounds, Mike [R-SD]
Introduced: 2019-05-16 in the Senate
Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement
Subjects: Child safety and welfare
Educational facilities and institutions
Elementary and secondary education
Firearms and explosives
Licensing and registrations
State and local government operations

Summary:
action_date: 2019-05-16
text: 
This bill modifies the criminal prohibition on possession of a firearm in a school zone.
 
Specifically, it revises an exception to permit an individual to possess a firearm in a school zone if that individual is in compliance with the laws of the state and political subdivision in which the school zone is located.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2019-05-16
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2019-05-16
text: Introduced in Senate
Thin Blue Line Act

Bill: 116-s-1508
Sponsor: Sen. Toomey, Patrick [R-PA]
Introduced: 2019-05-16 in the Senate
Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement
Subjects: Crime victims
Criminal procedure and sentencing
Emergency medical services and trauma care
Fires
First responders and emergency personnel
Health personnel
Law enforcement officers
Violent crime

Summary:
action_date: 2019-05-16
text: 

Thin Blue Line Act

 
This bill expands the list of statutory aggravating factors in death penalty determinations to also include killing or targeting a law enforcement officer, firefighter, or other first responder.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2019-05-16
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2019-05-16
text: Introduced in Senate
Safe Routes Act of 2019

Bill: 116-s-1509
Sponsor: Sen. Johnson, Ron [R-WI]
Introduced: 2019-05-16 in the Senate
Policy area: Transportation and Public Works
Subjects: Forests, forestry, trees
Motor carriers
Roads and highways

Summary:
action_date: 2019-05-16
text: 
 
Safe Routes Act of 2019

 
This bill directs the Department of Transportation to waive any vehicle weight limit for covered logging vehicles.
 
The term &quot;covered logging vehicle&quot; means a vehicle that (1) is transporting raw or unfinished forest products, including logs, pulpwood, biomass, or wood chips; (2) is traveling a distance of not more than 150 air miles from the point of origin to a storage or processing facility; and (3) meets applicable state legal weight tolerances and vehicle configurations for transporting raw or unfinished forest products within the boundaries of each state in which the vehicle is operating.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2019-05-16
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works.
action_date: 2019-05-16
text: Introduced in Senate
Employee Flexibility Act

Bill: 116-s-1510
Sponsor: Sen. Young, Todd [R-IN]
Introduced: 2019-05-16 in the Senate
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Employee benefits and pensions
Health care costs and insurance
Health care coverage and access
Sales and excise taxes

Summary:
action_date: 2019-05-16
text: 

Employee Flexibility Act 

 
This bill increases the hours of service required for an employee to be classified as a full-time employee for purposes of the employer mandate under the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act to provide minimum essential health care coverage to full-time employees. The bill increases the hours of service threshold from an average of at least 30 hours of service a week to an average of at least 40 hours of service a week.
 
 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2019-05-16
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
action_date: 2019-05-16
text: Introduced in Senate
Supporting Our Pilots Act

Bill: 116-s-1511
Sponsor: Sen. Cortez Masto, Catherine [D-NV]
Introduced: 2019-05-16 in the Senate
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Aviation and airports
Congressional oversight
Government studies and investigations
Military personnel and dependents

Summary:
action_date: 2019-05-16
text: 

Supporting Our Pilots Act

 
This bill requires the Department of the Air Force to regularly evaluate its justifications for continuing maintenance of nonoperational staff positions requiring pilot expertise.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2019-05-16
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Armed Services.
action_date: 2019-05-16
text: Introduced in Senate
Rural Servicemembers Support Act of 2019

Bill: 116-s-1512
Sponsor: Sen. Cortez Masto, Catherine [D-NV]
Introduced: 2019-05-16 in the Senate
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Congressional oversight
Government studies and investigations
Military facilities and property
Military personnel and dependents

Summary:
action_date: 2019-05-16
text: 

Rural Servicemembers Support Act of 2019

 
This bill directs the Government Accountability Office to study the designation of Department of Defense installations as remote or isolated.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2019-05-16
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Armed Services.
action_date: 2019-05-16
text: Introduced in Senate
Better Military Housing Act of 2019

Bill: 116-s-1513
Sponsor: Sen. Cortez Masto, Catherine [D-NV]
Introduced: 2019-05-16 in the Senate
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Congressional oversight
Government information and archives
Government studies and investigations
Housing industry and standards
Housing supply and affordability
Landlord and tenant
Military facilities and property
Military personnel and dependents
Military procurement, research, weapons development
Performance measurement
Public contracts and procurement

Summary:
action_date: 2019-05-16
text: 

Better Military Housing Act of 2019

 
 This bill requires the Department of Defense (DOD) to develop and implement a plan to address health, safety, and quality issues at privatized military housing.
 
DOD shall provide a tenant entering into a tenancy agreement for such a housing unit information on
 
 
tenant rights;
 
 expectations regarding reporting by tenants and landlords of maintenance, health, or safety issues relating to the unit;
 
a comprehensive accounting of the rights and responsibilities relating to maintenance; and
 
a comprehensive maintenance, repair, and remediation history of the unit.
 
 
At least annually, the DOD Inspector General shall inspect the oversight of privatized military housing at no fewer than 15 randomly selected installations. Additionally, DOD shall study ways to improve privatized military housing and the oversight and execution of contracts in order to improve housing conditions for Armed Forces members and their families.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2019-05-16
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Armed Services.
action_date: 2019-05-16
text: Introduced in Senate
Help Students Vote Act

Bill: 116-s-1514
Sponsor: Sen. Booker, Cory A. [D-NJ]
Introduced: 2019-05-16 in the Senate
Policy area: Education
Subjects: Civil actions and liability
Education programs funding
Elections, voting, political campaign regulation
Higher education
Voting rights

Summary:
action_date: 2019-05-16
text: 

Help Students Vote Act

 
This bill addresses voter registration of students who attend institutions of higher education (IHEs) that participate in federal student aid programs.
 
Specifically, this bill (1) requires IHEs to make a good faith effort to distribute voter registration forms to each of their students at least twice a year, (2) authorizes grants to IHEs that greatly exceed the requirements governing the distribution of voter registration forms, and (3) allows civil actions against IHEs that violate the requirements.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2019-05-16
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
action_date: 2019-05-16
text: Introduced in Senate
Rural Reasonable and Comparable Wireless Access Act of 2019

Bill: 116-s-1515
Sponsor: Sen. Hassan, Margaret Wood [D-NH]
Introduced: 2019-05-16 in the Senate
Policy area: Science, Technology, Communications
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Congressional oversight
Federal Communications Commission (FCC)
Internet and video services
Internet, web applications, social media
Rural conditions and development
Telecommunication rates and fees
Telephone and wireless communication

Summary:
action_date: 2019-05-16
text: 

Rural Reasonable and Comparable Wireless Access Act of 2019

 
This bill requires the Federal Communications Commission to establish a national standard&#8212;informed by data gathered on broadband service in the 20 most populous metropolitan areas in the United States&#8212;to determine whether the broadband service available in rural areas is reasonably comparable to that of urban areas.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2019-05-16
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
action_date: 2019-05-16
text: Introduced in Senate
Promoting Readiness in Education to Prevent Additional Remediation and Expense Act

Bill: 116-s-1516
Sponsor: Sen. Jones, Doug [D-AL]
Introduced: 2019-05-16 in the Senate
Policy area: Education
Subjects: Academic performance and assessments
Adoption and foster care
American Samoa
Education of the disadvantaged
Education programs funding
Elementary and secondary education
Guam
Higher education
Homelessness and emergency shelter
Indian social and development programs
Military personnel and dependents
Minority education
Northern Mariana Islands
Special education
U.S. territories and protectorates
Virgin Islands

Summary:
action_date: 2019-05-16
text: 

Promoting Readiness in Education to Prevent Additional Remediation and Expense Act

 
This bill establishes grants and subgrants to address rates of postsecondary remediation.
 
Specifically, the bill requires the Department of Education (ED) to award grants to states for certain activities, including 
 
 
aligning high school graduation requirements with entrance requirements for credit-bearing coursework in institutions of higher education (IHEs); 
 
developing statewide articulation agreements between IHEs and local educational agencies (LEAs); 
 
developing statewide standards for student placement in remedial coursework based on multiple indicators, including grade point average and completion of high school courses; and 
 
providing monitoring, training, technical assistance, and capacity building to entities receiving subgrants. 
 
 
States receiving such grants must award subgrants to partnerships between LEAs and IHEs. 
 
Entities receiving such subgrants must use funds to develop and implement programs and activities that
 
 
improve high school education to prevent remedial education at the postsecondary education level, including activities related to advanced coursework and summer bridge programs; and 
 
strengthen remedial education at the postsecondary education level, including activities related to corequisite courses, technology-enhanced diagnostics and delivery of remedial education, and additional supports for certain students. 
 
 
The bill directs ED and the Institute of Education Sciences to contract with a third party to conduct an independent evaluation of the policies and services provided by the bill.
 
The bill also specifies reporting requirements.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2019-05-16
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
action_date: 2019-05-16
text: Introduced in Senate
BUILDS Act

Bill: 116-s-1517
Sponsor: Sen. Kaine, Tim [D-VA]
Introduced: 2019-05-16 in the Senate
Policy area: Labor and Employment
Subjects: Education programs funding
Educational guidance
Employee hiring
Employment and training programs
Food assistance and relief
Higher education
Infrastructure development
Poverty and welfare assistance
Public-private cooperation
Teaching, teachers, curricula
Unemployment
Vocational and technical education

Summary:
action_date: 2019-05-16
text: 

Building U.S. Infrastructure by Leveraging Demands for Skills or the BUILDS Act

 
This bill requires the Department of Labor to award implementation or renewal grants to eligible industry or sector partnerships to achieve certain strategic objectives with respect to targeted infrastructure industries (e.g., transportation, construction, energy, information technology, or utilities industries).
 
Such strategic objectives must include
 
 
recruiting key stakeholders in the targeted infrastructure industries;
 
supporting the training needs of multiple businesses in such industries;
 
facilitating actions that lead to economies of scale by aggregating multiple businesses' training and education needs;
 
helping grant recipients who provide career and technical education and training in aligning curricula, entrance requirements, and programs to the targeted infrastructure's needs and required credentials;
 
providing information on grant activities to state agencies to enable them to inform unemployment compensation recipients of employment and training opportunities; 
 
helping partner businesses to attract and retain workers from a diverse job seeker base; and
 
expanding the number of individuals with a barrier to employment, who have access to training and education opportunities that are aligned with business needs, and providing those workers with support to address such barrier.



Legislative actions:
action_date: 2019-05-16
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. (Sponsor introductory remarks on measure: CR S2927-2928)
action_date: 2019-05-16
text: Introduced in Senate
Rebuild America Now Act

Bill: 116-s-1518
Sponsor: Sen. Sullivan, Dan [R-AK]
Introduced: 2019-05-16 in the Senate
Policy area: Environmental Protection
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Air quality
Alaska Natives and Hawaiians
Alternative and renewable resources
Civil actions and liability
Coal
Economic performance and conditions
Electric power generation and transmission
Environmental assessment, monitoring, research
Environmental regulatory procedures
Executive Office of the President
Floods and storm protection
Government studies and investigations
Indian lands and resources rights
Intergovernmental relations
Judicial review and appeals
Land transfers
Land use and conservation
Licensing and registrations
Oil and gas
Pedestrians and bicycling
Pipelines
Public transit
Public utilities and utility rates
Roads and highways
State and local government operations
Transportation programs funding
Unemployment

Summary:
action_date: 2019-05-16
text: 

Rebuild America Now Act 

 
This bill generally expedites the environmental review and permitting process of certain infrastructure projects and projects undertaken or funded by the federal government that could have significant environmental consequences. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2019-05-16
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works.
action_date: 2019-05-16
text: Introduced in Senate
Protecting Communities and Preserving the Second Amendment Act of 2019

Bill: 116-s-1519
Sponsor: Sen. Grassley, Chuck [R-IA]
Introduced: 2019-05-16 in the Senate
Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Business records
Congressional oversight
Criminal investigation, prosecution, interrogation
Criminal justice information and records
Criminal procedure and sentencing
Department of Justice
Diplomacy, foreign officials, Americans abroad
Drug trafficking and controlled substances
Executive agency funding and structure
Firearms and explosives
Foreign aid and international relief
Fraud offenses and financial crimes
Government studies and investigations
Health information and medical records
Intergovernmental relations
Internet and video services
Internet, web applications, social media
Law enforcement administration and funding
Licensing and registrations
Mental health
Military assistance, sales, and agreements
Military personnel and dependents
Organized crime
Retail and wholesale trades
Sanctions
Smuggling and trafficking
State and local government operations
Terrorism
U.S. Sentencing Commission
Veterans' medical care
Violent crime

Summary:
action_date: 2019-05-16
text: 

Protecting Communities and Preserving the Second Amendment Act of 2019

 
This bill reauthorizes a grant program, requires the Department of Justice (DOJ) to take specified actions, creates new criminal offenses, and makes several other changes related to the sale, transfer, and possession of firearms. 
 
Among other things, the bill
 
 
modifies and reauthorizes grants under the NICS (National Instant Criminal Background Check System) Improvement Amendments Act of 2007, 
 
requires DOJ to establish the Nationwide Project Exile Expansion Program to prosecute violations of federal firearms laws, 
 
establishes a task force within DOJ to investigate and prosecute cases of convicted felons and fugitives from justice who illegally attempt to purchase a firearm, 
 
removes certain restrictions on interstate firearms transactions, and 
 
creates stand-alone criminal offenses for trafficking in firearms and straw purchasing of firearms.
 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2019-05-16
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2019-05-16
text: Introduced in Senate
National Flood Insurance Program Extension Act of 2019

Bill: 116-s-1520
Sponsor: Sen. Kennedy, John [R-LA]
Introduced: 2019-05-16 in the Senate
Policy area: Finance and Financial Sector
Subjects: Disaster relief and insurance
Floods and storm protection

Summary:
action_date: 2019-05-16
text: 

National Flood Insurance Program Extension Act of 2019

 
This bill reauthorizes the National Flood Insurance Program through September 30, 2019. 
 
The bill shall take effect as if it had been enacted on May 31, 2019.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2019-05-16
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs.
action_date: 2019-05-16
text: Introduced in Senate
A bill to amend section 327 of the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act to clarify that National Urban Search and Rescue Response System task forces may include Federal employees.

Bill: 116-s-1521
Sponsor: Sen. Hawley, Josh [R-MO]
Introduced: 2019-05-16 in the Senate
Policy area: Emergency Management
Subjects: Employee hiring
Federal officials
First responders and emergency personnel
Government employee pay, benefits, personnel management

Summary:
action_date: 2019-05-16
text: 
This bill amends the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act to specify that National Urban Search and Rescue Response System task forces may include federal employees.

action_date: 2019-07-22
text: 
This bill amends the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act to specify that National Urban Search and Rescue Response System task forces may include federal employees.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2019-07-22
text: Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 159.
action_date: 2019-07-22
text: Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs. Reported by Senator Johnson without amendment. With written report No. 116-60.
action_date: 2019-07-22
text: Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs. Reported by Senator Johnson without amendment. With written report No. 116-60.
action_date: 2019-06-19
text: Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs. Ordered to be reported without amendment favorably.
action_date: 2019-05-16
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.
action_date: 2019-05-16
text: Introduced in Senate
Broadband Data Improvement Act of 2019

Bill: 116-s-1522
Sponsor: Sen. Capito, Shelley Moore [R-WV]
Introduced: 2019-05-16 in the Senate
Policy area: Science, Technology, Communications
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Computers and information technology
Federal Communications Commission (FCC)
Geography and mapping
Government information and archives
Internet and video services
Internet, web applications, social media
Public contracts and procurement
Rural conditions and development
Telephone and wireless communication

Summary:
action_date: 2019-05-16
text: 

Broadband Data Improvement Act of 2019

 
This bill requires (1) broadband service providers to fulfill certain reporting requirements, and (2) the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) to establish a challenge process to aid in broadband mapping.
 
Specifically, the bill requires each provider to report certain information regarding the geographic availability of broadband service it provides. The FCC must contract with an entity to provide data submission assistance to a provider that is unable to comply with this reporting requirement. Among other responsibilities, such entity shall provide support for the required challenge process and establish an ongoing data validation and verification process.
 
The FCC is also required to establish a framework for a process whereby information challenging the accuracy of the National Broadband Map may be submitted. Subject to the challenge process and feedback received therefrom, specified federal agencies shall use the National Broadband Map to determine the extent of broadband availability and the areas of the United States that remain unserved. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2019-05-16
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
action_date: 2019-05-16
text: Introduced in Senate