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Better Oversight of Secondary Sales and Accountability in Concert Ticketing Act of 2019

Bill: 116-s-1850
Sponsor: Sen. Blumenthal, Richard [D-CT]
Introduced: 2019-06-13 in the Senate
Policy area: Commerce
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Civil actions and liability
Competition and antitrust
Computers and information technology
Congressional oversight
Consumer affairs
Federal Trade Commission (FTC)
Fraud offenses and financial crimes
Government studies and investigations
Internet and video services
Internet, web applications, social media
Legal fees and court costs
Music
Performing arts
Professional sports
Retail and wholesale trades

Summary:
action_date: 2019-06-13
text: 

Better Oversight of Secondary Sales and Accountability in Concert Ticketing Act of 2019

 
This bill requires the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) to issue rules regarding transparency in primary and secondary ticket sales. Specifically, the rules must
 
 
require ticket sellers to make specified disclosures to purchasers, including with respect to ancillary charges and refunds; 
 
require ticket sellers to include ancillary charges in refunds to purchasers; 
 
prohibit a primary ticket seller from restricting the ability of a purchaser to resell tickets; 
 
prohibit certain secondary ticket sales by employees of entities that are involved in hosting, promoting, performing in, or selling tickets to events; 
 
prohibit the secondary sale of a ticket for the same seat to multiple persons at the same time; and 
 
include other specified requirements and prohibitions related to ticket sales.

 
The bill provides for enforcement of the rules by the FTC and state attorneys general.
 
The FTC must report on its enforcement actions with respect to the ticket market.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2019-06-13
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
action_date: 2019-06-13
text: Introduced in Senate
Protecting Our Gold Star Families' Education Act of 2019

Bill: 116-s-1851
Sponsor: Sen. Kaine, Tim [D-VA]
Introduced: 2019-06-13 in the Senate
Policy area: Education
Subjects: Afghanistan
Asia
Conflicts and wars
Higher education
Iraq
Middle East
Military personnel and dependents
Student aid and college costs
Veterans' education, employment, rehabilitation

Summary:
action_date: 2019-06-13
text: 

Protecting Our Gold Star Families' Education Act of 2019

 
This bill requires the Department of Education to expand the Pell Grant program to include grants for the dependents (including independent students) of a veteran who died serving on active duty as a member of the Armed Forces in Iraq or Afghanistan on or after September 11, 2001. To qualify for assistance, the dependents must be less than 33 years of age. 
 
Pell Grant rules pertaining to the determination of financial need do not apply to the grants awarded by this bill for veterans' dependents. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2019-06-13
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. (Sponsor introductory remarks on measure: CR S3481)
action_date: 2019-06-13
text: Introduced in Senate
Fairness in Federal Disaster Declarations Act of 2019

Bill: 116-s-1852
Sponsor: Sen. Durbin, Richard J. [D-IL]
Introduced: 2019-06-13 in the Senate
Policy area: Emergency Management
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Department of Homeland Security
Disaster relief and insurance
Economic performance and conditions
Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA)
Poverty and welfare assistance
Sales and excise taxes
State and local taxation

Summary:
action_date: 2019-06-13
text: 

Fairness in Federal Disaster Declarations Act of 2019

 
This bill requires the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) to amend the rules concerning the factors it considers when evaluating a governor's request for a major disaster declaration.
 
FEMA must (1) provide that, with respect to the evaluation of the need for public assistance, specific weighted valuations shall be assigned to the estimated cost of the assistance (10%), localized impacts (40%), insurance coverage in force (10%), hazard mitigation (10%), recent multiple disasters (10%), programs of other federal assistance (10%), and economic circumstances (10%); and (2) consider the economic circumstances of both the local economy of the affected area (including the local assessable tax base and local sales tax, median income, and poverty rate) and the state economy (including the unemployment rate).
 
Such rules are applicable to any disaster for which a governor requested a major disaster declaration and was denied on or after January 1, 2012.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2019-06-13
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs. (text: CR S3481)
action_date: 2019-06-13
text: Introduced in Senate
Stronger Enforcement of Civil Penalties Act of 2019

Bill: 116-s-1854
Sponsor: Sen. Reed, Jack [D-RI]
Introduced: 2019-06-13 in the Senate
Policy area: Finance and Financial Sector
Subjects: Administrative remedies
Civil actions and liability
Financial services and investments
Fraud offenses and financial crimes
Securities

Summary:
action_date: 2019-06-13
text: 

Stronger Enforcement of Civil Penalties Act of 2019

 
This bill increases civil and administrative monetary penalties for securities laws violations.
 
The bill also adds a fourth tier of monetary penalties for violations by a person that, within the five-year period preceding the violation (1) was criminally convicted for securities fraud; or (2) became subject to a judgment or order imposing monetary, equitable, or administrative relief in a Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) action alleging fraud.
 
In addition, the bill expands penalties for violations of certain federal court injunctions or SEC orders.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2019-06-13
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs. (S3481-3482)
action_date: 2019-06-13
text: Introduced in Senate
ASPIRE Act

Bill: 116-s-1855
Sponsor: Sen. Coons, Christopher A. [D-DE]
Introduced: 2019-06-13 in the Senate
Policy area: Education
Subjects: Congressional oversight
Consumer affairs
Department of Education
Education of the disadvantaged
Education programs funding
Educational technology and distance education
Government information and archives
Government lending and loan guarantees
Higher education
Student aid and college costs

Summary:
action_date: 2019-06-13
text: 

Access, Success, and Persistence in Reshaping Education Act of 2019 or the ASPIRE Act

 
This bill revises the Pell Grant Program to provide incentives for institutions of higher education (IHEs) to increase (1) enrollment of students who receive Pell Grants, and (2) graduation rates of their students. 
 
Specifically, the Department of Education (ED) must rank IHEs participating in student financial aid programs. First, ED must rank IHEs based on the percentage of first-time, full-time students who receive Pell Grants and are enrolled at the IHEs. The IHEs in the bottom 5% must improve the enrollment of those students by specific deadlines or pay a fee-per-student penalty.
 
Second, ED must rank IHEs based on the percentage of first-time, full-time students who enroll at the school and graduate within six years. The bill gives IHEs in the bottom 5% the option of receiving funding to improve student graduation rates. Those IHEs must improve those rates by specific deadlines or pay a penalty.
 
ED must use the fees to fund (1) grant programs for improving graduation rates; and (2) a bonus program for providing nonfinancial rewards to IHEs with proven records of affordability, access, and success for low- income, moderate-income, or working class students. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2019-06-13
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
action_date: 2019-06-13
text: Introduced in Senate
Protect Our Refuges Act of 2019

Bill: 116-s-1856
Sponsor: Sen. Heinrich, Martin [D-NM]
Introduced: 2019-06-13 in the Senate
Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources
Subjects: Hazardous wastes and toxic substances
Pest management
Wilderness and natural areas, wildlife refuges, wild rivers, habitats
Wildlife conservation and habitat protection

Summary:
action_date: 2019-06-13
text: 

Protect Our Refuges Act of 2019

 
This bill prohibits the use of neonicotinoids (a class of neuroactive insecticides that are chemically similar to nicotine) within the National Wildlife Refuge System. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2019-06-13
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works.
action_date: 2019-06-13
text: Introduced in Senate
Federal Energy and Water Management Performance Act of 2019

Bill: 116-s-1857
Sponsor: Sen. Murkowski, Lisa [R-AK]
Introduced: 2019-06-13 in the Senate
Policy area: Energy
Subjects: Architecture
Building construction
Department of Energy
Energy efficiency and conservation
Executive agency funding and structure
Federal officials
Government buildings, facilities, and property
Government information and archives
Performance measurement
Public contracts and procurement
Public utilities and utility rates
Water use and supply

Summary:
action_date: 2019-06-13
text: 

Federal Energy and Water Management Performance Act of 2019

 
This bill revises federal energy and water performance requirements for federal buildings and directs the Department of Energy to establish a Federal Energy Management Program.

action_date: 2019-09-25
text: 

Federal Energy and Water Management Performance Act of 2019

 
This bill revises federal energy and water performance requirements for federal buildings and directs the Department of Energy to establish a Federal Energy Management Program.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2019-09-25
text: Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 222.
action_date: 2019-09-25
text: Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. Reported by Senator Murkowski with amendments. With written report No. 116-119.
action_date: 2019-09-25
text: Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. Reported by Senator Murkowski with amendments. With written report No. 116-119.
action_date: 2019-07-16
text: Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. Ordered to be reported with an amendment favorably.
action_date: 2019-07-09
text: Committee on Energy and Natural Resources Subcommittee on Energy. Hearings held. With printed Hearing: S.Hrg. 116-327.
action_date: 2019-06-13
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
action_date: 2019-06-13
text: Introduced in Senate
CPSC CIO Parity Act

Bill: 116-s-1858
Sponsor: Sen. Moran, Jerry [R-KS]
Introduced: 2019-06-13 in the Senate
Policy area: Commerce
Subjects: Computers and information technology
Consumer Product Safety Commission
Executive agency funding and structure
Federal officials
Government employee pay, benefits, personnel management

Summary:
action_date: 2019-06-13
text: 

CPSC CIO Parity Act

This bill specifies that the Chief Information Officer of the Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) must participate in the CPSC's planning, budgeting, management, and personnel practices with respect to information technology. The bill further requires the CPSC to appoint a Chief Data Officer and a Chief Technologist. 

action_date: 2020-12-15
text: 

CPSC CIO Parity Act

 This bill specifies that the Chief Information Officer of the Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC), or another senior information technology official, must participate in the CPSC's planning, budgeting, management, and personnel practices with respect to information technology. The bill further requires the CPSC to appoint a Chief Data Officer and a Chief Technologist.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2020-12-15
text: Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 632.
action_date: 2020-12-15
text: Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. Reported by Senator Wicker with an amendment in the nature of a substitute. Without written report.
action_date: 2020-12-15
text: Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. Reported by Senator Wicker with an amendment in the nature of a substitute. Without written report.
action_date: 2019-07-24
text: Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. Ordered to be reported with an amendment in the nature of a substitute favorably.
action_date: 2019-06-13
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
action_date: 2019-06-13
text: Introduced in Senate
Sixth Amendment Preservation Act

Bill: 116-s-1859
Sponsor: Sen. Paul, Rand [R-KY]
Introduced: 2019-06-13 in the Senate
Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement
Subjects: Conflicts and wars
Criminal procedure and sentencing
Detention of persons
Military operations and strategy
War and emergency powers

Summary:
action_date: 2019-06-13
text: 

Sixth Amendment Preservation Act

 
This bill limits the detention authority of the United States.
 
Current law prohibits the indefinite detention of a U.S. citizen by the United States unless it is authorized by an act of Congress. This bill prohibits the indefinite detention of any person by the United States unless it is consistent with the Constitution.
 
Additionally, it specifies that a general authorization to use military force or similar measure, on its own, does not authorize the indefinite detention of a person who is arrested in the United States.
 
Finally, the bill repeals a provision of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2012 affirming the authority of the Armed Forces to detain individuals captured in connection with hostilities pursuant to the Authorization for Use of Military Force pending the end of hostilities.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2019-06-13
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2019-06-13
text: Introduced in Senate
Military Readiness and Injury Prevention Act of 2019

Bill: 116-s-1860
Sponsor: Sen. Moran, Jerry [R-KS]
Introduced: 2019-06-13 in the Senate
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Congressional oversight
Health promotion and preventive care
Medical tests and diagnostic methods
Military education and training
Military medicine
Military personnel and dependents
Military readiness
Musculoskeletal and skin diseases
Worker safety and health

Summary:
action_date: 2019-06-13
text: 

Military Readiness and Injury Prevention Act of 2019

 
This bill directs the Department of Defense to carry out a pilot program to predict and prevent musculoskeletal injuries in members of the Armed Forces.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2019-06-13
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Armed Services.
action_date: 2019-06-13
text: Introduced in Senate
Streamlining Part D Appeals Process Act

Bill: 116-s-1861
Sponsor: Sen. Cardin, Benjamin L. [D-MD]
Introduced: 2019-06-13 in the Senate
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Administrative remedies
Department of Health and Human Services
Department of Labor
Department of the Treasury
Employee benefits and pensions
Federal preemption
Financial services and investments
Government information and archives
Income tax credits
Medicare
Prescription drugs
Securities
Small business
Tax administration and collection, taxpayers

Summary:
action_date: 2019-06-13
text: 

Streamlining Part D Appeals Process Act

 
This bill allows a Medicare beneficiary to directly appeal a pharmacy's refusal to fill a prescription as a coverage determination under the Medicare prescription drug benefit. 
 
Currently, if a pharmacy refuses to fill a prescription, the pharmacy provides the beneficiary with a notice explaining how to contact the beneficiary's prescription drug plan (PDP); the beneficiary must then obtain a written coverage determination (i.e., a decision denying coverage) from the PDP before initiating the appeals process. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2019-06-13
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
action_date: 2019-06-13
text: Introduced in Senate
Citizenship Affordability Act

Bill: 116-s-1862
Sponsor: Sen. Menendez, Robert [D-NJ]
Introduced: 2019-06-13 in the Senate
Policy area: Immigration
Subjects: Citizenship and naturalization
Immigrant health and welfare
Immigration status and procedures
Poverty and welfare assistance
User charges and fees

Summary:
action_date: 2019-06-13
text: 

Citizenship Affordability Act

 
This bill provides for waivers and reductions for various naturalization-related fees for individuals below certain income levels. For an individual whose income is less than 150% of the federal poverty line, no fees shall be charged for various applications, such as applications for naturalization or for a replacement citizenship document. For individuals whose income is less than 250% of the federal poverty line, not more than 50% of a naturalization-related fee shall be charged or collected.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2019-06-13
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2019-06-13
text: Introduced in Senate
Julius Rosenwald and Rosenwald Schools Study Act of 2019

Bill: 116-s-1863
Sponsor: Sen. Durbin, Richard J. [D-IL]
Introduced: 2019-06-13 in the Senate
Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources
Subjects: Congressional oversight
Educational facilities and institutions
Government studies and investigations
Historic sites and heritage areas
Illinois
Minority education
Public-private cooperation
Social work, volunteer service, charitable organizations

Summary:
action_date: 2019-06-13
text: 

Julius Rosenwald and Rosenwald Schools Study Act of 2019

 
This bill directs the Department of the Interior to study the sites associated with the life and legacy of Julius Rosenwald, a part-owner and President of the Sears, Roebuck, & Company and a noted philanthropist. The study shall include a special focus on the Rosenwald Schools (the 5,357 schools and related buildings that were constructed in 15 southern states between 1912-1932). 
 
In conducting such study, Interior shall (1) determine which sites are of national significance, (2) prioritize the study of any Rosenwald Schools recommended to Interior by the State Historic Preservation Officer of any of the states in which such schools exist, and (3) determine the suitability and feasibility of designating one or more units of the National Park System to include those Rosenwald Schools and other sites representing Julius Rosenwald's life and legacy. 


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: 2019-06-13
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. (text: CR S3482-3483)
action_date: 2019-06-13
text: Introduced in Senate
Buy Clean Transparency Act of 2019

Bill: 116-s-1864
Sponsor: Sen. Klobuchar, Amy [D-MN]
Introduced: 2019-06-13 in the Senate
Policy area: Environmental Protection
Subjects: Air quality
Building construction
Climate change and greenhouse gases
Congressional oversight
Environmental assessment, monitoring, research
Government information and archives
Infrastructure development
Public contracts and procurement

Summary:
action_date: 2019-06-13
text: 

Buy Clean Transparency Act of 2019

 
This bill requires federal contracting agencies to assess how the products they procure affect the levels of greenhouse gases in the atmosphere. The term 
federal contracting agencies
 means the Department of Defense, the Department of Energy, the Department of Transportation, the Department of Commerce, the Environmental Protection Agency, the General Services Administration, and the Department of Veterans Affairs. The agencies must publish their assessments.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2019-06-13
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works.
action_date: 2019-06-13
text: Introduced in Senate
DEFEND Act

Bill: 116-s-1865
Sponsor: Sen. Harris, Kamala D. [D-CA]
Introduced: 2019-06-13 in the Senate
Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement
Subjects: Civil actions and liability
Crime victims
Trade secrets and economic espionage

Summary:
action_date: 2019-06-13
text: 

Deterring Espionage by Foreign Entities through National Defense Act of 2019 or the DEFEND Act

 
This bill makes changes to provisions governing federal civil claims for trade secret misappropriation.
 
Specifically, it does the following: 
 
 
increases punitive damages for a victim, 
 
extends the statute of limitations for filing a claim, and 
 
allows claims for conduct that occurs outside the United States if the offense causes substantial economic harm in the United States.
 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2019-06-13
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2019-06-13
text: Introduced in Senate
STRIVE Act

Bill: 116-s-1866
Sponsor: Sen. Booker, Cory A. [D-NJ]
Introduced: 2019-06-13 in the Senate
Policy area: Education
Subjects: Appropriations
Child care and development
Congressional oversight
Education of the disadvantaged
Education programs funding
Elementary and secondary education
Government information and archives
Higher education
Income tax exclusion
Licensing and registrations
Minority employment
School administration
Student aid and college costs
Teaching, teachers, curricula
Veterans' education, employment, rehabilitation
Veterans' loans, housing, homeless programs

Summary:
action_date: 2019-06-13
text: 

Supporting the Teaching profession through Revitalizing Investments in Valuable Educators Act or the STRIVE Act

 
This bill provides qualifying teachers with a new, incremental loan-cancellation program. 
 
Specifically, with respect to a 12-month period, the Department of Education (ED) must cancel a specified portion of a borrower's qualifying Federal Direct Loan program loans if the borrower (1) has made 12 consecutive on-time monthly payments, (2) is employed in a qualifying teaching position at the time of such cancellation, and (3) was employed in a qualifying teaching position during the period in which the borrower made the 12 payments. After a borrower has received such partial loan cancellation for a specified number of years, ED must cancel the borrower's eligible loans in full. 
 
The bill also
 
 
increases and extends funding for teacher training;
 
establishes grants for mentoring and professional development; 
 
makes changes to the Teacher Education Assistance for College and Higher Education grant program, including by making early childhood teachers eligible for such grants; 
 
requires ED to award grants to institutions of higher education to subsidize teacher certification and licensing fees for low-income individuals who have accepted a teaching position; 
 
expands the Teacher Quality Partnership grant program to include early childhood educators; and
 
 expands the centers for excellence grant program to include early childhood educators and school leaders. 
 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2019-06-13
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
action_date: 2019-06-13
text: Introduced in Senate