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Deborah Sampson Act

Bill: 116-s-514
Sponsor: Sen. Tester, Jon [D-MT]
Introduced: 2019-02-14 in the Senate
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Child health
Congressional oversight
Department of Veterans Affairs
Disability and paralysis
Emergency medical services and trauma care
Family services
Government information and archives
Government studies and investigations
Health care coverage and access
Health facilities and institutions
Health information and medical records
Health personnel
Health technology, devices, supplies
Homelessness and emergency shelter
Lawyers and legal services
Medical education
Public-private cooperation
Veterans' education, employment, rehabilitation
Veterans' medical care
Women's health

Summary:
action_date: 2019-02-14
text: 

Deborah Sampson Act

 
This bill implements or expands various programs and services related to health care, readjustment assistance, legal and supportive services, newborn care, and benefits for women veterans at the Department of Veterans Affairs.

action_date: 2020-09-15
text: 

Deborah Sampson Act

 
This bill implements or expands various programs and services related to health care, readjustment assistance, legal and supportive services, child care, and benefits for women veterans at the Department of Veterans Affairs.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2020-09-15
text: Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 536.
action_date: 2020-09-15
text: Committee on Veterans' Affairs. Reported by Senator Moran with an amendment in the nature of a substitute. Without written report.
action_date: 2020-09-15
text: Committee on Veterans' Affairs. Reported by Senator Moran with an amendment in the nature of a substitute. Without written report.
action_date: 2020-08-05
text: Committee on Veterans' Affairs. Ordered to be reported with an amendment in the nature of a substitute favorably.
action_date: 2019-05-22
text: Committee on Veterans' Affairs. Hearings held.
action_date: 2019-02-14
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
action_date: 2019-02-14
text: Introduced in Senate
Equal Dignity for Married Taxpayers Act of 2019

Bill: 116-s-515
Sponsor: Sen. Wyden, Ron [D-OR]
Introduced: 2019-02-14 in the Senate
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Marriage and family status
Sex, gender, sexual orientation discrimination
Tax administration and collection, taxpayers
Tax treatment of families

Summary:
action_date: 2019-02-14
text: 

Equal Dignity for Married Taxpayers Act of 201

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This bill modifies several tax provisions that refer to married couples to make the provisions equally applicable to legally married same-sex couples. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2019-02-14
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
action_date: 2019-02-14
text: Introduced in Senate
Prescription Drug Monitoring Act of 2019

Bill: 116-s-516
Sponsor: Sen. Klobuchar, Amy [D-MN]
Introduced: 2019-02-14 in the Senate
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Criminal justice information and records
Drug trafficking and controlled substances
Health information and medical records
Health personnel
Intergovernmental relations
Licensing and registrations
Medical ethics
Prescription drugs
State and local government operations

Summary:
action_date: 2019-02-14
text: 

Prescription Drug Monitoring Act of 2019

 
 This bill expands the notification and reporting requirements with respect to potentially addictive prescription drugs for states receiving funds for a Prescription Drug Monitoring Program (PDMP). Dispensers of these drugs, which includes substances listed in schedule II, III, or IV of the Controlled Substances Act, must consult with the PDMP before starting treatment involving such drugs and report each prescription of such drugs to the PDMP within 24 hours.
 
 The state agency administering a PDMP must analyze reported data for patterns of controlled substance misuse or abuse and provide certain information to law enforcement, the public, and other states.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2019-02-14
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
action_date: 2019-02-14
text: Introduced in Senate
Military Reserve Jobs Act of 2019

Bill: 116-s-517
Sponsor: Sen. Cruz, Ted [R-TX]
Introduced: 2019-02-14 in the Senate
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Subjects: Congressional oversight
Employee hiring
Government employee pay, benefits, personnel management
National Guard and reserves
Veterans' education, employment, rehabilitation

Summary:
action_date: 2019-02-14
text: 

Military Reserve Jobs Act of 2019 

 
This bill establishes tiered hiring preferences for members of the reserve components of the Armed Forces. 
 
The bill grants (1) a 2-point preference to current members of a reserve component who have completed at least 6 years of service in a reserve component and were credited with at least 50 retirement points in each year of service, and (2) a 3-point preference to current members of a reserve component who have completed a least 10 years of service and were credited with at least 50 retirement points in each year of service. 
 
The bill also requires the Government Accountability Office to report to Congress on federal employment opportunities for members of a reserve component and the impact of this bill on the hiring of reservists and veterans by the federal government. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2019-02-14
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.
action_date: 2019-02-14
text: Introduced in Senate
Lymphedema Treatment Act

Bill: 116-s-518
Sponsor: Sen. Cantwell, Maria [D-WA]
Introduced: 2019-02-14 in the Senate
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Health technology, devices, supplies
Immunology and vaccination
Medicare

Summary:
action_date: 2019-02-14
text: 

Lymphedema Treatment Act

 
This bill includes certain lymphedema compression treatment items as covered durable medical equipment under Medicare. (Lymphedema is a condition of localized fluid retention and tissue swelling that is caused when the lymphatic system is damaged or blocked.)


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2019-02-14
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
action_date: 2019-02-14
text: Introduced in Senate
Plum Island Conservation Act

Bill: 116-s-519
Sponsor: Sen. Blumenthal, Richard [D-CT]
Introduced: 2019-02-14 in the Senate
Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources
Subjects: Agricultural research
Animal and plant health
Government buildings, facilities, and property
Land transfers
Medical research
New York State
Veterinary medicine and animal diseases

Summary:
action_date: 2019-02-14
text: 

Plum Island Conservation Act
 
 
This bill repeals provisions requiring the sale of federal property and assets supporting the Department of Homeland Security's Plum Island Animal Disease Center in New York. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2019-02-14
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.
action_date: 2019-02-14
text: Introduced in Senate
A bill to require the Secretary of Energy to establish an energy efficiency materials pilot program.

Bill: 116-s-520
Sponsor: Sen. Klobuchar, Amy [D-MN]
Introduced: 2019-02-14 in the Senate
Policy area: Energy
Subjects: Alternative and renewable resources
Building construction
Educational facilities and institutions
Energy efficiency and conservation
Health facilities and institutions
Materials
Social work, volunteer service, charitable organizations
Tax-exempt organizations

Summary:
action_date: 2019-02-14
text: 
This bill requires the Department of Energy to establish a pilot program to award grants for providing nonprofit buildings with energy-efficiency materials.

action_date: 2019-08-16
text: 
This bill requires the Department of Energy to establish and report on a pilot program to award grants for providing nonprofit buildings with energy-efficiency materials.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2019-08-16
text: Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 174.
action_date: 2019-08-16
text: Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. Reported by Senator Murkowski under authority of the order of the Senate of 08/01/2019 with an amendment. With written report No. 116-72.
action_date: 2019-08-16
text: Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. Reported by Senator Murkowski under authority of the order of the Senate of 08/01/2019 with an amendment. With written report No. 116-72.
action_date: 2019-07-16
text: Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. Ordered to be reported with an amendment favorably.
action_date: 2019-02-14
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
action_date: 2019-02-14
text: Introduced in Senate
Social Security Fairness Act

Bill: 116-s-521
Sponsor: Sen. Brown, Sherrod [D-OH]
Introduced: 2019-02-14 in the Senate
Policy area: Social Welfare
Subjects: Government employee pay, benefits, personnel management
Social security and elderly assistance

Summary:
action_date: 2019-02-14
text: 

Social Security Fairness Act

 
This bill repeals provisions that reduce Social Security benefits for individuals who receive other benefits, such as a pension from a state or local government job. 
 
The bill eliminates the 
government pension offset
, which in various instances reduces Social Security survivors' benefits for spouses, widows, and widowers who also receives government pensions of their own. 
 
The bill also eliminates the 
windfall elimination provision
, which in some instances reduces Social Security benefits for individuals who also receive a pension or disability benefit from an employer that did not withhold Social Security taxes. 
 



Legislative actions:
action_date: 2019-02-14
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
action_date: 2019-02-14
text: Introduced in Senate
African Burial Ground International Memorial Museum and Educational Center Act

Bill: 116-s-522
Sponsor: Sen. Gillibrand, Kirsten E. [D-NY]
Introduced: 2019-02-14 in the Senate
Policy area: Social Sciences and History
Subjects: Advisory bodies
Archaeology and anthropology
Department of the Interior
Executive agency funding and structure
Land transfers
Monuments and memorials
Museums, exhibitions, cultural centers
New York City
Parks, recreation areas, trails
Racial and ethnic relations
U.S. history

Summary:
action_date: 2019-02-14
text: 

African Burial Ground International Memorial Museum and Educational Center Act

 
 This bill establishes the African Burial Ground International Memorial Museum and Educational Center at the African Burial Ground National Monument in New York, New York.
 
 The National Park Service shall (1) acquire for the museum property that is located adjacent to the national monument or in any other area of the African Burial Ground National Historic Landmark in the city other than the location adjacent to the monument, and (2) construct the museum on the acquired property. 
 
The bill establishes within the Department of the Interior the African Burial Ground Advisory Council to (1) make recommendations on the construction of the museum, and (2) advise and assist Interior on all matters relating to the operation and preservation of the museum.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2019-02-14
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
action_date: 2019-02-14
text: Introduced in Senate
Climate Change Health Protection and Promotion Act of 2019

Bill: 116-s-523
Sponsor: Sen. Markey, Edward J. [D-MA]
Introduced: 2019-02-14 in the Senate
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Advisory bodies
Air quality
Atmospheric science and weather
Climate change and greenhouse gases
Environmental assessment, monitoring, research
Environmental health
Hazardous wastes and toxic substances
Health personnel
Health programs administration and funding
Indian social and development programs
Infectious and parasitic diseases
Intergovernmental relations
Medical education
Medical research
Minority health
Research administration and funding
Scientific communication
World health

Summary:
action_date: 2019-02-14
text: 

Climate Change Health Protection and Promotion Act of 

2019

 
This bill requires the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) to take a series of actions to address the potential impacts of climate change on public health. Specifically, HHS must develop a strategic action plan and a climate and health program to ensure the public health and health care systems in the United States and other nations are prepared for, and can respond to, the impacts of climate change on health.
 
The bill directs HHS to revise the plan periodically to reflect new scientific developments and information.
 
HHS must establish a permanent science advisory board to provide (1) scientific and technical recommendations on the impacts of climate change on public health, and (2) advice for purposes of issuing the plan and conducting the program. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2019-02-14
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
action_date: 2019-02-14
text: Introduced in Senate
Department of Veterans Affairs Tribal Advisory Committee Act of 2019

Bill: 116-s-524
Sponsor: Sen. Tester, Jon [D-MT]
Introduced: 2019-02-14 in the Senate
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Advisory bodies
Congressional oversight
Department of Veterans Affairs
Federal-Indian relations

Summary:
action_date: 2019-02-14
text: 

Department of Veterans Affairs Tribal Advisory Committee Act of 2019

 
This bill directs the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) to establish the Advisory Committee on Tribal and Indian Affairs to advise the VA on matters relating to Native American tribes, tribal organizations, and Native American veterans.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2020-01-29
text: Committee on Veterans' Affairs. Ordered to be reported without amendment favorably.
action_date: 2019-05-22
text: Committee on Veterans' Affairs. Hearings held.
action_date: 2019-02-14
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
action_date: 2019-02-14
text: Introduced in Senate
National Right-to-Work Act

Bill: 116-s-525
Sponsor: Sen. Paul, Rand [R-KY]
Introduced: 2019-02-14 in the Senate
Policy area: Labor and Employment
Subjects: Labor-management relations
Railroads
Transportation employees

Summary:
action_date: 2019-02-14
text: 

National Right-to-Work Act 

 
This bill amends the National Labor Relations Act and the Railway Labor Act to repeal those provisions that permit employers, pursuant to a collective bargaining agreement that is a union security agreement, to require employees to join a union as a condition of employment (including provisions permitting railroad carriers to require, pursuant to such an agreement, payroll deduction of union dues or fees as a condition of employment).


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2019-02-14
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
action_date: 2019-02-14
text: Introduced in Senate
Buffalo Tract Protection Act

Bill: 116-s-526
Sponsor: Sen. Heinrich, Martin [D-NM]
Introduced: 2019-02-14 in the Senate
Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources
Subjects: Land transfers
Mining
New Mexico

Summary:
action_date: 2019-02-14
text: 

Buffalo Tract Protection Act

 
This bill withdraws specified Bureau of Land Management (BLM) lands in Placitas, New Mexico, from all forms of mineral development under all laws pertaining to mineral leasing or mineral materials, including locatable minerals. 
 
Any disposal of the surface estate of the BLM lands shall be subject to the condition that the mineral estate of those lands shall remain under the ownership of the BLM, subject to the withdrawal under this bill. 

action_date: 2019-12-17
text: 

Buffalo Tract Protection Act

 
This bill withdraws 4,288 acres of land administered by the Bureau of Land Management and identified as Tract A, Tract B, Tract C, and Tract D in Placitas, New Mexico, from
 
 
location, entry, and patent under the mining laws; and 
 
disposition under the mineral leasing, mineral materials, and geothermal leasing laws. 
 
 
Any conveyance of the surface estate of the federal land must require a reservation of the mineral estate to the United States. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2019-12-17
text: Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 350.
action_date: 2019-12-17
text: Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. Reported by Senator Murkowski with an amendment in the nature of a substitute. Without written report.
action_date: 2019-12-17
text: Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. Reported by Senator Murkowski with an amendment in the nature of a substitute. Without written report.
action_date: 2019-12-12
text: Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. Ordered to be reported with an amendment in the nature of a substitute favorably.
action_date: 2019-05-14
text: Committee on Energy and Natural Resources Subcommittee on Public Lands, Forests, and Mining. Hearings held. With printed Hearing: S.Hrg. 116-323.
action_date: 2019-02-14
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
action_date: 2019-02-14
text: Introduced in Senate
Cost-of-Living Refund Act of 2019

Bill: 116-s-527
Sponsor: Sen. Brown, Sherrod [D-OH]
Introduced: 2019-02-14 in the Senate
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Adult day care
Aging
Education of the disadvantaged
Higher education
Income tax credits
Marriage and family status
Poverty and welfare assistance
Wages and earnings

Summary:
action_date: 2019-02-14
text: 

Cost-of-Living Refund Act of 2019

 
This bill modifies the earned income tax credit to (1) increase its credit percentage and modify the phaseout amount, (2) include for purposes of the credit certain qualifying dependents and students, and (3) set forth requirements for advance payments of the credit. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2019-02-14
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
action_date: 2019-02-14
text: Introduced in Senate
Fairness For Breastfeeding Mothers Act of 2019

Bill: 116-s-528
Sponsor: Sen. Daines, Steve [R-MT]
Introduced: 2019-02-14 in the Senate
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Subjects: Child health
Government buildings, facilities, and property
Museums, exhibitions, cultural centers
Nutrition and diet
Right of privacy
Smithsonian Institution
U.S. Capitol
Women's health

Summary:
action_date: 2019-02-14
text: 

Fairness For Breastfeeding Mothers Act of 2019

 

This bill requires that certain public buildings that are open to the public and contain a public restroom provide a lactation room, other than a bathroom, that is hygienic and is available for use by members of the public to express milk. The lactation room must be shielded from public view, be free from intrusion, and contain a chair, a working surface, and (if the building is supplied with electricity) an electrical outlet. 

action_date: 2019-06-26
text: 

Fairness For Breastfeeding Mothers Act of 2019

 

(Sec. 2) This bill requires that certain public buildings that are open to the public and contain a public restroom provide a lactation room, other than a bathroom, that is hygienic and is available for use by members of the public to express milk. The lactation room must be shielded from public view, be free from intrusion, and contain a chair, a working surface, and (if the building is supplied with electricity) an electrical outlet. 
 
A public building may be excluded from such requirement at the discretion of the official responsible for its operation if
 
 
 it does not contain a lactation room for employees and does not have a space that could be repurposed as one or that could be made private by using portable materials, at a reasonable cost; or 
 
the cost of new construction required to create a lactation room is not feasible. 
 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2019-06-27
text: Held at the desk.
action_date: 2019-06-27
text: Received in the House.
action_date: 2019-06-27
text: Message on Senate action sent to the House.
action_date: 2019-06-26
text: Passed Senate without amendment by Voice Vote.
action_date: 2019-06-26
text: Passed/agreed to in Senate: Passed Senate without amendment by Voice Vote.
action_date: 2019-06-26
text: Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works discharged by Unanimous Consent. (consideration: CR S4584-4585)
action_date: 2019-06-26
text: Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works discharged by Unanimous Consent.(consideration: CR S4584-4585)
action_date: 2019-02-14
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works.
action_date: 2019-02-14
text: Introduced in Senate
Federal Labor-Management Partnership Act of 2019

Bill: 116-s-530
Sponsor: Sen. Schatz, Brian [D-HI]
Introduced: 2019-02-14 in the Senate
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Subjects: Advisory bodies
Executive agency funding and structure
Government employee pay, benefits, personnel management
Labor-management relations
Office of Personnel Management (OPM)

Summary:
action_date: 2019-02-14
text: 

Federal Labor-Management Partnership Act of 2019 
 
This bill establishes the Federal Labor-Management Partnership Council. 
Among other things, the council must do the following: 
 
advise the President on matters involving labor-management relations in the executive branch, and
 
support the creation of local labor-management partnership councils in the executive branch. 
 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2019-02-14
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.
action_date: 2019-02-14
text: Introduced in Senate
First Responder Fair RETIRE Act

Bill: 116-s-531
Sponsor: Sen. Tester, Jon [D-MT]
Introduced: 2019-02-14 in the Senate
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Subjects: Aviation and airports
Border security and unlawful immigration
Central Intelligence Agency (CIA)
Congressional officers and employees
Customs enforcement
Department of Homeland Security
Department of State
Diplomacy, foreign officials, Americans abroad
Disability and paralysis
Employee hiring
Fires
First responders and emergency personnel
Government employee pay, benefits, personnel management
Intelligence activities, surveillance, classified information
Law enforcement officers
Supreme Court

Summary:
action_date: 2019-02-14
text: 

First Responder Fair Return for Employees on Their Initial Retirement Earned Act of 2019 or the First Responder Fair RETIRE Act

 
This bill allows disabled federal first responders (e.g., law enforcement officers, customs and border protection officers, and firefighters) to continue receiving federal retirement benefits in the same manner as though they had not been disabled.
 
Under current law, federal first responders are subject to a mandatory retirement age of 57. To facilitate this earlier retirement, federal first responders are required to pay a greater percentage of their salary towards retirement. Additionally, their annuity amount is calculated at a higher rate than other federal employees.
 
This bill allows a federal first responder to remain in the accelerated retirement system if they are placed in another civil service position outside of that system after returning to work from a work-related injury or illness. Further, if such an employee is separated from service before they are entitled to receive an annuity, they may receive a refund of their accelerated contributions.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2019-02-14
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.
action_date: 2019-02-14
text: Introduced in Senate