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Recreation Not Red Tape Act

Bill: 116-s-1967
Sponsor: Sen. Wyden, Ron [D-OR]
Introduced: 2019-06-25 in the Senate
Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Department of Agriculture
Department of the Interior
Economic development
Employee performance
Environmental assessment, monitoring, research
Executive agency funding and structure
Forests, forestry, trees
Government employee pay, benefits, personnel management
Government information and archives
Health promotion and preventive care
Intergovernmental relations
Internet and video services
Internet, web applications, social media
Land use and conservation
Licensing and registrations
Mental health
Military personnel and dependents
National and community service
Outdoor recreation
Parks, recreation areas, trails
Performance measurement
Public contracts and procurement
Public-private cooperation
Rural conditions and development
Social work, volunteer service, charitable organizations
Travel and tourism
User charges and fees
Veterans' education, employment, rehabilitation
Veterans' medical care

Summary:
action_date: 2019-06-25
text: 

Recreation Not Red-Tape Act
 
 
This bill revises and sets forth provisions related to recreation areas and special recreation permits issued by the Department of the Interior and the Department of Agriculture (USDA) for individual or group use of federal recreational lands and waters. 
 
The bill makes permanent certain authorizations, including regarding such permits and the fees charged for them. 
 
Interior and USDA shall
 
 
evaluate the special recreation permitting process and identify opportunities for eliminating duplicative processes, reducing costs, and decreasing processing times; 
 
 establish categorical exclusions from environmental review requirements for special recreation permits if it would reduce processing times or costs without significantly affecting the human environment;
 
authorize the issuance of temporary permits for new or additional recreational uses of federal lands and waters managed by the Forest Service and the Bureau of Land Management;
 
allow online payment of certain federal passes and fees;
 
develop initiatives to promote private-sector volunteer opportunities; and
 
establish an interagency trail management plan.
 
 
Permittees issued a special recreation permit may voluntarily and temporarily return one or more of their service days. 
 
The bill sets forth requirements for review by USDA of the renewal or adjustment of the allocations for the use of a special recreation permit. 
 
Interior and USDA may enter into agreements with states to allow the purchase of federal and state recreation passes in the same transaction.
 
The bill establishes a National Recreation Area System.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2019-10-31
text: Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. Hearings held. Hearings printed: S.Hrg. 116-342.
action_date: 2019-06-25
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. (Sponsor introductory remarks on measure: CR S4508)
action_date: 2019-06-25
text: Introduced in Senate
SPECTRUM NOW Act

Bill: 116-s-1968
Sponsor: Sen. Wicker, Roger F. [R-MS]
Introduced: 2019-06-25 in the Senate
Policy area: Science, Technology, Communications
Subjects: Broadcasting, cable, digital technologies
Congressional oversight
Government studies and investigations
Internet and video services
Internet, web applications, social media
Licensing and registrations
Radio spectrum allocation
Telephone and wireless communication

Summary:
action_date: 2019-06-25
text: 

Supplementing the Pipeline for Efficient Control of The Resources for Users Making New Opportunities for Wireless Act or the SPECTRUM NOW Act

 
This bill directs federal entities operating on mid-band spectrum to study the feasibility of (1) increasing spectrum efficiency, and (2) relocating federally held spectrum or sharing it with commercial users to facilitate the deployment of 5G. These federal entities must then submit plans for repurposing their spectrum, or a portion thereof, for commercial wireless use.
 
Further, the National Telecommunications and Information Administration must consult with the Federal Communications Commission and the relevant federal entity to determine whether spectrum may be made available on an unlicensed basis if the entity determines it is not feasible to make spectrum available on a licensed basis in accordance with the bill. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2019-06-25
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
action_date: 2019-06-25
text: Introduced in Senate
Fallen Journalists Memorial Act of 2019

Bill: 116-s-1969
Sponsor: Sen. Cardin, Benjamin L. [D-MD]
Introduced: 2019-06-25 in the Senate
Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources
Subjects: District of Columbia
Monuments and memorials
News media and reporting

Summary:
action_date: 2019-06-25
text: 

Fallen Journalists Memorial Act of 2019

 
This bill authorizes the Fallen Journalists Memorial Foundation to establish a commemorative work on eligible federal land in commemoration of the sacrifices made by journalists for a free and independent press. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2020-03-04
text: Committee on Energy and Natural Resources Subcommittee on National Parks. Hearings held. With printed Hearing: S.Hrg. 116-367.
action_date: 2019-06-25
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. (Sponsor introductory remarks on measure: CR S4508-4510)
action_date: 2019-06-25
text: Introduced in Senate
Public Service Freedom to Negotiate Act of 2019

Bill: 116-s-1970
Sponsor: Sen. Hirono, Mazie K. [D-HI]
Introduced: 2019-06-25 in the Senate
Policy area: Labor and Employment
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Civil actions and liability
Employment discrimination and employee rights
Federal Labor Relations Authority
Government employee pay, benefits, personnel management
Intergovernmental relations
Judicial review and appeals
Labor-management relations
State and local government operations

Summary:
action_date: 2019-06-25
text: 

Public Service Freedom to Negotiate Act of 2019

 
This bill prohibits strikes by certain individuals and requires the issuance of rules that provide for federal minimum standard collective bargaining rights and procedures. 
 
The Federal Labor Relations Authority (FLRA) shall determine for each state whether the laws of such state substantially provide for each of the minimum standard collective bargaining rights and procedures specified by this bill, including the right of public employees and supervisory employees to self-organize, form or join a labor organization, or collectively bargain. 
 
The FLRA must issue rules and take actions to establish and administer bargaining rights and procedures for those states that do not substantially provide for them.
 
No employers, emergency services employees, or law enforcement officers may engage in a lockout, strike, or any other organized job action that would probably result in a measurable disruption of the delivery of emergency or public safety services. Furthermore, no labor organization may be the cause of a violation of such prohibition. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2019-06-25
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
action_date: 2019-06-25
text: Introduced in Senate
Used Car Safety Recall Repair Act

Bill: 116-s-1971
Sponsor: Sen. Blumenthal, Richard [D-CT]
Introduced: 2019-06-25 in the Senate
Policy area: Transportation and Public Works
Subjects: Lease and rental services
Motor vehicles
Product safety and quality
Retail and wholesale trades
Transportation safety and security

Summary:
action_date: 2019-06-25
text: 

Used Car Safety Recall Repair Act 

 
This bill prohibits a dealer from selling, leasing, or loaning a used motor vehicle until a defect of the motor vehicle or motor vehicle equipment or noncompliance with a federal motor vehicle safety standard has been remedied, with specified exceptions.
 
The prohibition does not apply if (1) the recall information regarding the used vehicle was not available at the time of sale or lease and was not on the manufacturer's website; or (2) notification of the defect or noncompliance is required, but enforcement of an order to notify of and remedy the defect or noncompliance is set aside in a civil action on a motion for change of venue.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2019-06-25
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
action_date: 2019-06-25
text: Introduced in Senate
Fair Maps Act of 2019

Bill: 116-s-1972
Sponsor: Sen. Bennet, Michael F. [D-CO]
Introduced: 2019-06-25 in the Senate
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Subjects: Census and government statistics
Civil actions and liability
Congress
Congressional districts and representation
Constitution and constitutional amendments
Government information and archives
Political parties and affiliation
Racial and ethnic relations
State and local government operations
Voting rights

Summary:
action_date: 2019-06-25
text: 

Fair Maps Act of 2019

 
This bill prohibits a state from establishing a congressional districting plan that unduly favors or disfavors a political party. Any eligible voter from the state may sue to invalidate such a districting plan.
 
The bill also establishes certain required and permissible criteria for states to consider when establishing or altering congressional district boundaries, as well as criteria that states are prohibited from considering when devising districting plans.
 
Furthermore, a state that has an approved remedial districting plan may not be redistricted again until after the next apportionment of Representatives unless a court requires the state to conduct such subsequent redistricting to comply with the U.S. Constitution, the Voting Rights Act of 1965, the state's constitution, or the terms or conditions of this bill.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2019-06-25
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2019-06-25
text: Introduced in Senate
A bill to require the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency to establish a program under which the Administrator shall defer the designation of an area as a nonattainment area for purposes of the 8-hour ozone national ambient air quality standard if the area achieves and maintains certain standards under a voluntary early action compact plan, and for other purposes.

Bill: 116-s-1973
Sponsor: Sen. Lee, Mike [R-UT]
Introduced: 2019-06-25 in the Senate
Policy area: Environmental Protection
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Air quality
Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)
Environmental regulatory procedures
Intergovernmental relations
State and local government operations

Summary:
action_date: 2019-06-25
text: 
This bill requires the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to establish the Early Action Compact Program, which allows an area that is not attaining the eight-hour ozone national ambient air quality standard (NAAQS) to obtain a deferment of a nonattainment designation upon the relevant state, local, and tribal government voluntarily developing an early action compact plan. The eight-hour ozone NAAQS measures ozone levels over eight-hour periods to determine the amount of ground-level ozone (i.e., smog) in the environment. 
 
 The EPA (1) must issue a decision on each early action compact plan no later than one year after it is submitted, and (2) may not designate an area as a nonattainment area until it has issued a decision to approve or deny a plan. 
 
 Under the bill, the EPA must establish separate requirements relating to winter ozone levels for each early action compact plan.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2019-06-25
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works.
action_date: 2019-06-25
text: Introduced in Senate
Renewable Electricity Standard Act

Bill: 116-s-1974
Sponsor: Sen. Udall, Tom [D-NM]
Introduced: 2019-06-26 in the Senate
Policy area: Energy
Subjects: Air quality
Alternative and renewable resources
Climate change and greenhouse gases
Coal
Dams and canals
Electric power generation and transmission
Energy efficiency and conservation
Environmental health
Forests, forestry, trees
Government studies and investigations
Government trust funds
Indian lands and resources rights
Mining
Public utilities and utility rates
Solid waste and recycling
Unemployment

Summary:
action_date: 2019-06-26
text: 

Renewable Electricity Standard Act

 
This bill requires retail electric suppliers to generate a significant amount of electricity from renewable energy resources.
 
The Department of Energy must establish a program to (1) verify and issue federal renewable energy credits to generators of renewable energy; (2) track the sale, exchange, and retirement of the credits; and (3) enforce the federal renewable energy credits program.
 
The bill prescribes rules for federal renewable energy credit trading and for borrowing and repayment of federal renewable energy credits.
 
The bill establishes a state renewable energy account to provide grants for promoting renewable energy production and providing energy assistance and weatherization services to low-income consumers.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2019-06-26
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
action_date: 2019-06-26
text: Introduced in Senate
Small Business Investment Improvement Act of 2019

Bill: 116-s-1975
Sponsor: Sen. Risch, James E. [R-ID]
Introduced: 2019-06-26 in the Senate
Policy area: Commerce
Subjects: Business investment and capital
Criminal justice information and records
Licensing and registrations
Small business

Summary:
action_date: 2019-06-26
text: 

Small Business Investment Improvement Act of 2019

 
This bill directs the Small Business Administration to approve or decline an applicant seeking a license to operate as a small business investment company (SBIC) within certain specified timelines, and it requires an applicant to successfully pass a Federal Bureau of Investigation background check before it may become an SBIC. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2019-06-26
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship.
action_date: 2019-06-26
text: Introduced in Senate
Federal Permitting Reform and Jobs Act

Bill: 116-s-1976
Sponsor: Sen. Portman, Rob [R-OH]
Introduced: 2019-06-26 in the Senate
Policy area: Environmental Protection
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Congressional oversight
Environmental assessment, monitoring, research
Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC)
Historic sites and heritage areas
Historical and cultural resources
Infrastructure development
Judicial review and appeals
Licensing and registrations
Performance measurement

Summary:
action_date: 2019-06-26
text: 

Federal Permitting Reform and Jobs Act 

 
This bill revises the program responsible for federal coordination and review of major infrastructure projects, including by making this program permanent and by expanding the types of projects eligible for the program. 

action_date: 2020-07-29
text: 

Federal Permitting Reform and Jobs Act 

 
This bill revises the program responsible for federal coordination and review of major infrastructure projects, including by making this program permanent and by expanding the types of projects eligible for the program.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2020-07-29
text: Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 499.
action_date: 2020-07-29
text: Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs. Reported by Senator Johnson with an amendment in the nature of a substitute. With written report No. 116-241.
action_date: 2020-07-29
text: Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs. Reported by Senator Johnson with an amendment in the nature of a substitute. With written report No. 116-241.
action_date: 2019-07-24
text: Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs. Ordered to be reported with an amendment in the nature of a substitute favorably.
action_date: 2019-06-26
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.
action_date: 2019-06-26
text: Introduced in Senate
Kickapoo Tribe in Kansas Water Rights Settlement Act

Bill: 116-s-1977
Sponsor: Sen. Moran, Jerry [R-KS]
Introduced: 2019-06-26 in the Senate
Policy area: Native Americans
Subjects: Federal-Indian relations
Government studies and investigations
Government trust funds
Indian claims
Indian lands and resources rights
Kansas
Land transfers
Water use and supply

Summary:
action_date: 2019-06-26
text: 

Kickapoo Tribe in Kansas Water Rights Settlement Act 

 
This bill modifies and ratifies the Kickapoo Tribe Water Rights Settlement Agreement entered into by the tribe and Kansas.
 
The bill confirms a consumptive tribal water right in the Delaware River Basin of up to 4,705 acre-feet of water per year.
 
The bill also outlines waivers, releases, and retentions of claims by the tribe and the United States under the settlement agreement.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2019-06-26
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs.
action_date: 2019-06-26
text: Introduced in Senate
Corporate Transparency Act of 2019

Bill: 116-s-1978
Sponsor: Sen. Wyden, Ron [D-OR]
Introduced: 2019-06-26 in the Senate
Policy area: Finance and Financial Sector
Subjects: Business ethics
Business records
Civil actions and liability
Corporate finance and management
Criminal investigation, prosecution, interrogation
Criminal procedure and sentencing
Fraud offenses and financial crimes
Government information and archives
Law enforcement administration and funding
Terrorism
Trade secrets and economic espionage
U.S. and foreign investments

Summary:
action_date: 2019-06-26
text: 

Corporate Transparency Act of 2019 
 
This bill requires certain new and existing small corporations and limited liability companies to disclose information about their beneficial owners. A beneficial owner is an individual who (1) exercises substantial control over a corporation or limited liability company, (2) owns 25% or more of the interest in a corporation or limited liability company, or (3) receives substantial economic benefits from the assets of a corporation or limited liability company. 
Specifically, if certain entities apply to form a corporation or limited liability company, they must file beneficial ownership information with the Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN). Furthermore, certain existing corporations and limited liability companies must file this information with FinCEN two years after the implementation of final regulations required under this bill. 
The bill imposes a civil penalty and authorizes criminal penalties&#8212;a fine, a prison term for up to three years, or both&#8212;for providing false or fraudulent beneficial ownership information or for willfully failing to provide complete or updated beneficial ownership information. 
 
The Government Accountability Office must study and report on: (1) the availability of beneficial ownership information for other legal entities (e.g., partnerships), and (2) the effectiveness of incorporation practices implemented under this bill. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2019-06-26
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs.
action_date: 2019-06-26
text: Introduced in Senate
Safe Freight Act of 2019

Bill: 116-s-1979
Sponsor: Sen. Markey, Edward J. [D-MA]
Introduced: 2019-06-26 in the Senate
Policy area: Transportation and Public Works
Subjects: Railroads
Transportation employees
Transportation safety and security

Summary:
action_date: 2019-06-26
text: 

Safe Freight Act
 
of 2019

 
This bill prohibits the operation of a freight train or light locomotive engine used in the movement of freight unless it has a crew of at least two individuals, one of whom is certified by the Federal Railroad Administration as a locomotive operator and the other as a train conductor.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2019-06-26
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
action_date: 2019-06-26
text: Introduced in Senate
LGBTQ Data Inclusion Act

Bill: 116-s-1980
Sponsor: Sen. Baldwin, Tammy [D-WI]
Introduced: 2019-06-26 in the Senate
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Subjects: Census and government statistics
Government information and archives
Right of privacy
Sex, gender, sexual orientation discrimination

Summary:
action_date: 2019-06-26
text: 

LGBTQ Data Inclusion Act

 
This bill requires federal agencies that collect information through a survey that includes demographic data (where subjects self-report information or a proxy provides information about the subject or responds for all persons in a household) to review existing data sets to determine in which data sets information about sexual orientation and gender identity is not included, and to assess needed changes in survey methods related to asking questions on sexual orientation and gender identity.
 
Agencies that publish reports relying on survey demographic data must include information on sexual orientation and gender identity.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2019-06-26
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.
action_date: 2019-06-26
text: Introduced in Senate
Women and Minority Equity Investment Act of 2019

Bill: 116-s-1981
Sponsor: Sen. Cantwell, Maria [D-WA]
Introduced: 2019-06-26 in the Senate
Policy area: Commerce
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Business investment and capital
Minority and disadvantaged businesses
Public contracts and procurement
Small Business Administration
Small business
Women in business

Summary:
action_date: 2019-06-26
text: 

Women and Minority Equity Investment Act of 2019

 
This bill modifies eligibility requirements for Small Business Administration (SBA) contracting opportunities available to a woman- or minority-owned business.
 
Currently, to be eligible for certain SBA programs, a woman or minority business owner must own an unconditional majority (at least 51%) of their business. However, the bill allows a woman- or minority-owned small business to maintain its contracting eligibility in the event a venture capital or private equity firm purchases an ownership stake in the business, so long as the purchasing enterprise is also owned by either a woman or minority. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2019-06-26
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship.
action_date: 2019-06-26
text: Introduced in Senate