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Data Mapping to Save Moms' Lives Act

Bill: 116-s-3152
Sponsor: Sen. Rosen, Jacky [D-NV]
Introduced: 2020-01-07 in the Senate
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Geography and mapping
Health information and medical records
Intergovernmental relations
Women's health

Summary:
action_date: 2020-01-07
text: 

Data Mapping to Save Moms' Lives Act

This bill directs the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) to include data on certain maternal health outcomes in its broadband health mapping tool (an online platform that allows users to visualize, overlay, and analyze broadband and health data at national, state, and county levels).

The FCC must consult with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention to determine which maternal health outcomes should be incorporated.

action_date: 2020-12-08
text: 

Data Mapping to Save Moms' Lives Act

This bill directs the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) to include data on certain maternal health outcomes in its broadband health mapping tool (an online platform that allows users to visualize, overlay, and analyze broadband and health data at national, state, and county levels).

The FCC must consult with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention to determine which maternal health outcomes should be incorporated.

action_date: 2020-12-15
text: 

Data Mapping to Save Moms' Lives Act

This bill directs the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) to include data on certain maternal health outcomes in its broadband health mapping tool (an online platform that allows users to visualize, overlay, and analyze broadband and health data at national, state, and county levels).

The FCC must consult with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention to determine which maternal health outcomes should be incorporated.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2020-12-16
text: Held at the desk.
action_date: 2020-12-16
text: Received in the House.
action_date: 2020-12-16
text: Message on Senate action sent to the House.
action_date: 2020-12-15
text: Passed Senate with an amendment by Unanimous Consent. (consideration: CR S7508; text of amendment in the nature of a substitute: CR S7508)
action_date: 2020-12-15
text: Passed/agreed to in Senate: Passed Senate with an amendment by Unanimous Consent.(consideration: CR S7508; text of amendment in the nature of a substitute: CR S7508)
action_date: 2020-12-08
text: Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 604.
action_date: 2020-12-08
text: Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. Reported by Senator Wicker with an amendment in the nature of a substitute. With written report No. 116-304.
action_date: 2020-12-08
text: Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. Reported by Senator Wicker with an amendment in the nature of a substitute. With written report No. 116-304.
action_date: 2020-07-22
text: Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. Ordered to be reported with an amendment in the nature of a substitute favorably.
action_date: 2020-01-07
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
action_date: 2020-01-07
text: Introduced in Senate
A bill to prohibit the sharing of United States intelligence with countries that permit the operation of Huawei fifth generation telecommunications technology within their borders.

Bill: 116-s-3153
Sponsor: Sen. Cotton, Tom [R-AR]
Introduced: 2020-01-08 in the Senate
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Asia
China
Computers and information technology
Foreign and international corporations
Intelligence activities, surveillance, classified information
Telephone and wireless communication

Summary:
action_date: 2020-01-08
text: 
This bill prohibits sharing U.S. intelligence with countries that permit within their national borders the use of Huawei fifth generation telecommunications technology. (Huawei is a Chinese telecommunications company with suspected ties to the Chinese government.)


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2020-01-08
text: Read twice and referred to the Select Committee on Intelligence.
action_date: 2020-01-08
text: Introduced in Senate
Tribal Child Support Enforcement Act

Bill: 116-s-3154
Sponsor: Sen. Thune, John [R-SD]
Introduced: 2020-01-08 in the Senate
Policy area: Native Americans
Subjects: Child safety and welfare
Debt collection
Federal-Indian relations
Government information and archives
Separation, divorce, custody, support
Tax administration and collection, taxpayers

Summary:
action_date: 2020-01-08
text: 

Tribal Child Support Enforcement Act

 
This bill permits tribal child support enforcement agencies to access the Federal Tax Refund Offset Program to collect past-due child support payments from the federal tax refunds of noncustodial parents.
 
Additionally, the bill authorizes the Internal Revenue Service and the Social Security Administration to disclose certain tax return information to tribal child support enforcement agencies. Such information may be disclosed to establish and collect child support obligations from, and to locate, those individuals owing such obligations.
 
It also permits the Department of Health and Human Services to reimburse tribal agencies for certain reporting costs related to the Federal Parent Locator Service.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2020-01-08
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
action_date: 2020-01-08
text: Introduced in Senate
Success for Rural Students and Communities Act of 2020

Bill: 116-s-3155
Sponsor: Sen. Collins, Susan M. [R-ME]
Introduced: 2020-01-08 in the Senate
Policy area: Education
Subjects: Academic performance and assessments
Economic development
Education programs funding
Educational guidance
Elementary and secondary education
Employment and training programs
Higher education
Research administration and funding
Rural conditions and development
Teaching, teachers, curricula
Vocational and technical education

Summary:
action_date: 2020-01-08
text: 

Success for Rural Students and Communities Act of 2020

 
This bill establishes a grant program through which the Department of Education may award funds to eligible partnerships to support rural postsecondary education and economic growth and development in rural communities.
 
A grant recipient must be a partnership whose members represent at least three designated types of organizations, specifically (1) a local educational agency or educational service agency serving a rural area, (2) an institution of higher education (IHE), (3) a regional economic development entity, or (4) a rural community-serving organization with demonstrated success supporting rural students in accessing higher education and attaining degrees.
 
A grant recipient must use awarded funds to carry out no less than two specified activities, namely (1) improving postsecondary enrollment rates for rural secondary school students, (2) increasing enrollment and completion rates of rural nontraditional students in degree programs at IHEs, (3) creating or strengthening academic programs at rural serving IHEs to prepare graduates to enter into high-need occupations in the regional and local economies, or (4) generating local and regional economic development that creates employment opportunities for rural students with postsecondary degrees. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2020-01-08
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. (Sponsor introductory remarks on measure: CR S95-96)
action_date: 2020-01-08
text: Introduced in Senate
January 8th National Memorial Act

Bill: 116-s-3156
Sponsor: Sen. McSally, Martha [R-AZ]
Introduced: 2020-01-08 in the Senate
Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources
Subjects: Arizona
Congressional officers and employees
Crime victims
House of Representatives
Judges
Members of Congress
Monuments and memorials
Social work, volunteer service, charitable organizations
Violent crime

Summary:
action_date: 2020-01-08
text: 

January 8th National Memorial Act

 
This bill directs the Department of the Interior to establish the January 8th National Memorial in Tucson, Arizona, as an affiliated area of the National Park System in commemoration of the shooting of Congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords and 18 others in Tucson on January 8, 2011. 
 
The January 8th Memorial Foundation shall transfer to Pima County the total amount of final funding pledges, in addition to the amounts that the foundation has raised and transferred to the county for the construction of the memorial.
 
The memorial shall be constructed on land owned by Pima County. The bill makes the county responsible for managing the construction contract for the memorial using the funds provided by the foundation which were pledged, raised, and transferred. 
 
The foundation shall cease its operations on the later of when (1) final funding pledge amounts have been paid to Pima County, or (2) construction of the memorial has been completed. 
 
Pima County shall (1) be the memorial's management entity, and (2) be responsible for the construction and operation of the memorial. 
 
Interior shall develop a general management plan for the memorial.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2020-01-08
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
action_date: 2020-01-08
text: Introduced in Senate
Superfund Polluter Pays Restoration Act of 2020

Bill: 116-s-3157
Sponsor: Sen. Booker, Cory A. [D-NJ]
Introduced: 2020-01-08 in the Senate
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Government trust funds
Hazardous wastes and toxic substances
Inflation and prices
Oil and gas
Pollution liability
Sales and excise taxes

Summary:
action_date: 2020-01-08
text: 

Superfund Polluter Pays Restoration Act of 2020

 
 This bill amends the Internal Revenue Code to: (1) reinstate the Hazardous Substance Superfund financing rate beginning 60 days after enactment of this bill; (2) increase such rate from 9.7 cents to 15.8 cents per barrel of crude oil (adjusted for inflation after 2019); (3) reinstate and increase the rates of tax on taxable chemicals (adjusted for inflation after 2019); and (4) modify the definition of &quot;crude oil&quot; to include any bitumen or bituminous mixture, any oil derived from such mixture (including oil derived from tar sands), and any oil derived form kerogen-bearing sources (including oil derived from oil shale).
 
The bill amends the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980 to allow the use of the Superfund for environmental remediation without further appropriation. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2020-01-08
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
action_date: 2020-01-08
text: Introduced in Senate
Diversify Act

Bill: 116-s-3158
Sponsor: Sen. Booker, Cory A. [D-NJ]
Introduced: 2020-01-08 in the Senate
Policy area: Education
Subjects: Budget deficits and national debt
Education of the disadvantaged
Education programs funding
Higher education
Student aid and college costs
Teaching, teachers, curricula

Summary:
action_date: 2020-01-08
text: 

Diversifying by Investing in Educators and Students to Improve Outcomes For Youth Act or the Diversify Act

 
This bill raises the maximum amount for grants made under the Teacher Education Assistance for College and Higher Education (TEACH) Grant Program. The TEACH program awards grants to college students who plan to teach in low-income areas. 
 
The bill also exempts the TEACH program from sequestration, which is a process of automatic, usually across-the-board spending reductions under which budgetary resources are permanently cancelled to enforce specific budget policy goals. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2020-01-08
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
action_date: 2020-01-08
text: Introduced in Senate
No War Against Iran Act

Bill: 116-s-3159
Sponsor: Sen. Sanders, Bernard [I-VT]
Introduced: 2020-01-08 in the Senate
Policy area: International Affairs
Subjects: Congressional oversight
Defense spending
Iran
Middle East
Military operations and strategy
Presidents and presidential powers, Vice Presidents
War and emergency powers

Summary:
action_date: 2020-01-08
text: 

No War Against Iran Act

 
This bill prohibits the obligation or expenditure of federal funds for any use of military force in or against Iran unless Congress has either declared war or enacted specific statutory authorization for such use.
 
An exception is made for a presidential exercise of power to introduce Armed Forces into hostilities (or situations where imminent involvement in hostilities is clearly indicated) when there is a national emergency created by an attack upon the United States.
 
The bill further states that no prior authorizations of military force (e.g., against Iraq) may be construed to authorize the use of military force against Iran. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2020-01-08
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations.
action_date: 2020-01-08
text: Introduced in Senate
Affordable Safe Drinking Water Act of 2020

Bill: 116-s-3160
Sponsor: Sen. Warren, Elizabeth [D-MA]
Introduced: 2020-01-08 in the Senate
Policy area: Environmental Protection
Subjects: Congressional oversight
Government lending and loan guarantees
Hazardous wastes and toxic substances
State and local finance
Water quality
Water resources funding
Water use and supply

Summary:
action_date: 2020-01-08
text: 

Affordable Safe Drinking Water Act of 2020

 
This bill revises the clean water state revolving fund (SRF) program and the drinking water SRF program. Both programs provide financial assistance for water infrastructure.
 
The bill removes the 30-year term limits for loans under the SRF programs. Thus, new loans under the programs may have terms up to the projected useful life of the projects. Loan terms for existing loans may, on agreement of the parties to the loan, be extended.
 
In addition, the bill allows states to use a percentage of SRF funds to replace pipes, plumbing fittings, and fixtures that carry water contaminated with lead or perfluoroalkyl or polyfluoroalkyl substances (commonly referred to as PFAS) at certain state, municipal, or tribal facilities (e.g., schools, parks, and senior centers) that provide the public or employees with drinking water. PFAS are man-made and may have adverse human health effects.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2020-01-08
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works.
action_date: 2020-01-08
text: Introduced in Senate
National Biomedical Research Act

Bill: 116-s-3161
Sponsor: Sen. Warren, Elizabeth [D-MA]
Introduced: 2020-01-08 in the Senate
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Aging
Appropriations
Budget deficits and national debt
Cancer
Child health
Computers and information technology
Department of Health and Human Services
Drug safety, medical device, and laboratory regulation
Drug therapy
Education programs funding
Environmental health
Executive agency funding and structure
Food and Drug Administration (FDA)
Genetics
Government trust funds
Health care costs and insurance
Health information and medical records
Health personnel
Health programs administration and funding
Health promotion and preventive care
Health technology, devices, supplies
Immunology and vaccination
Medicaid
Medical education
Medical research
Medical tests and diagnostic methods
Medicare
Military medicine
Minority health
National Institutes of Health (NIH)
Neurological disorders
Nutrition and diet
Physical fitness and lifestyle
Poverty and welfare assistance
Research administration and funding

Summary:
action_date: 2020-01-08
text: 

National Biomedical Research Act

 
This bill establishes and makes deposits through FY2029 into the Biomedical Innovation Fund for initiatives at the National Institutes of Health and the Food and Drug Administration for advancing medical innovation, including by supporting (1) research for disease prevention, diagnosis, and treatment; (2) research for diseases that disproportionally account for federal health care spending; (3) the development, review, and post-market surveillance of medical products; and (4) other innovative research.



Legislative actions:
action_date: 2020-01-08
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
action_date: 2020-01-08
text: Introduced in Senate
Affordable Drug Manufacturing Act of 2020

Bill: 116-s-3162
Sponsor: Sen. Warren, Elizabeth [D-MA]
Introduced: 2020-01-08 in the Senate
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Competition and antitrust
Congressional oversight
Department of Health and Human Services
Drug safety, medical device, and laboratory regulation
Executive agency funding and structure
Federal officials
Government employee pay, benefits, personnel management
Health care costs and insurance
Health care coverage and access
Health care quality
Health programs administration and funding
Inflation and prices
Licensing and registrations
Manufacturing
Prescription drugs
Public contracts and procurement
Public participation and lobbying

Summary:
action_date: 2020-01-08
text: 

Affordable Drug Manufacturing Act of 

2020

 
This bill establishes the Office of Drug Manufacturing within the Department of Health and Human Services to lower prices for, increase access to, and address shortages of prescription drugs (e.g., insulin, naloxone, and antibiotics), including by manufacturing prescription drugs and selling them at a fair price.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2020-01-08
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
action_date: 2020-01-08
text: Introduced in Senate
Medical Innovation Act of 2020

Bill: 116-s-3163
Sponsor: Sen. Warren, Elizabeth [D-MA]
Introduced: 2020-01-08 in the Senate
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Appropriations
Civil actions and liability
Department of Health and Human Services
Drug safety, medical device, and laboratory regulation
Executive agency funding and structure
Food and Drug Administration (FDA)
Fraud offenses and financial crimes
Health technology, devices, supplies
Medical research
National Institutes of Health (NIH)
Prescription drugs
Research administration and funding

Summary:
action_date: 2020-01-08
text: 

Medical Innovation Act of 2020 

 
This bill requires certain drug manufacturers to make payments to fund research supported by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) and the National Institutes of Health (NIH).
 
A drug manufacturer with over $1 billion in net income in a fiscal year that has entered into a relevant settlement agreement regarding specified violations must pay 0.75%-1.5% of its net income to the Department of Health and Human Services for each of its covered blockbuster drugs. A covered blockbuster drug is a drug that has at least $1 billion in net sales in a year and was developed, in whole or in part, through federal investments in medical research.
 
Payments are divided between the FDA and the NIH in proportion to the discretionary funding of those agencies, excluding FDA user fees. Payments are not disbursed if appropriations for the FDA or the NIH are lower than in the prior fiscal year. Priorities for payments must include advancing regulatory science for medical products and research related to diseases that disproportionately account for federal health care spending.
 
A covered blockbuster drug for which a manufacturer has not made a required payment is considered misbranded and subject to prohibitions on introducing or receiving misbranded drugs in interstate commerce. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2020-01-08
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
action_date: 2020-01-08
text: Introduced in Senate
Remove the Stain Act

Bill: 116-s-3164
Sponsor: Sen. Warren, Elizabeth [D-MA]
Introduced: 2020-01-08 in the Senate
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Conflicts and wars
Federal-Indian relations
Military history
Military personnel and dependents
South Dakota

Summary:
action_date: 2020-01-08
text: 

Remove the Stain Act

 
This bill rescinds each Medal of Honor awarded for acts that occurred on December 29, 1890, at Wounded Knee Creek, Lakota Pine Ridge Indian Reservation, South Dakota.
 
The bill requires the Army, Navy, Air Force, and Coast Guard to remove the names of those award recipients from the Medal of Honor Roll.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2020-01-08
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Armed Services.
action_date: 2020-01-08
text: Introduced in Senate
SAFE SEX Workers Study Act

Bill: 116-s-3165
Sponsor: Sen. Warren, Elizabeth [D-MA]
Introduced: 2020-01-08 in the Senate
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Congressional oversight
Crime victims
Criminal investigation, prosecution, interrogation
Government studies and investigations
HIV/AIDS
Health information and medical records
Homelessness and emergency shelter
Human trafficking
Internet and video services
Internet, web applications, social media
Mental health
Racial and ethnic relations
Rural conditions and development
Sex and reproductive health
Sex, gender, sexual orientation discrimination
Sexually transmitted diseases
Violent crime
Worker safety and health

Summary:
action_date: 2020-01-08
text: 

SESTA/FOSTA Examination of Secondary Effects for Sex Workers Study Act or the SAFE SEX Workers Study Act

 
 This bill requires the Department of Health and Human Services to study the impacts of the reduction in access to client-screening, information-sharing, and harm-reduction websites resulting from the Allow States and Victims to Fight Online Sex Trafficking Act of 2017 on individuals engaged in adult, consensual sex work. 
 
The study must utilize community-based nonprofits to conduct surveys and interviews of sex workers to collect information about (1) experiences of violence from clients; (2) interactions with law enforcement; (3) experiences with exploitation; and (4) the impact on housing stability and mental health, among other effects. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2020-01-08
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
action_date: 2020-01-08
text: Introduced in Senate
Prescription Drug Affordability and Access Act

Bill: 116-s-3166
Sponsor: Sen. Booker, Cory A. [D-NJ]
Introduced: 2020-01-08 in the Senate
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Advisory bodies
Business records
Congressional oversight
Corporate finance and management
Department of Health and Human Services
Executive agency funding and structure
Government information and archives
Government studies and investigations
Health care costs and insurance
Health care coverage and access
Health programs administration and funding
Inflation and prices
Intellectual property
Manufacturing
Prescription drugs
Retail and wholesale trades

Summary:
action_date: 2020-01-08
text: 

Prescription Drug Affordability and Access Act
 
 
This bill addresses prescription drug costs and access. For example, the bill (1) establishes within the Department of Health and Human Services the Bureau of Prescription Drug Affordability and Access to review the wholesale acquisition costs of prescription drugs, and (2) authorizes the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services to negotiate Medicare drug prices.



Legislative actions:
action_date: 2020-01-08
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
action_date: 2020-01-08
text: Introduced in Senate