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A bill to make housing more affordable, and for other purposes.

Bill: 116-s-787
Sponsor: Sen. Warren, Elizabeth [D-MA]
Introduced: 2019-03-13 in the Senate
Policy area: Housing and Community Development
Subjects: Agricultural prices, subsidies, credit
Appropriations
Banking and financial institutions regulation
Building construction
Consumer credit
Educational facilities and institutions
Elementary and secondary education
Energy efficiency and conservation
Financial crises and stabilization
Government information and archives
Government lending and loan guarantees
Higher education
Housing and community development funding
Housing discrimination
Housing finance and home ownership
Housing supply and affordability
Indian social and development programs
Labor standards
Land use and conservation
Landlord and tenant
Low- and moderate-income housing
Property tax
Public contracts and procurement
Public housing
Regional and metropolitan planning
Residential rehabilitation and home repair
Rural conditions and development
Sex, gender, sexual orientation discrimination
Small business
Transfer and inheritance taxes
Veterans' loans, housing, homeless programs
Wages and earnings

Summary:
action_date: 2019-03-13
text: 

American Housing and Economic Mobility Act of 2019

 
This bill addresses housing affordability and availability, makes certain changes to the estate and gift taxes, and contains other related provisions.
 
The Department of Housing and Urban Development shall provide grants to (1) state and local governments that remove unnecessary barriers to building affordable units, (2) states to assist borrowers who have negative equity in their homes, (3) state housing finance agencies to construct affordable rental housing and prevent tenant displacement and harassment, and (4) eligible individuals (generally, lower income individuals who resided in low-income or historically racially segregated areas) to help them purchase their first homes.
 
The bill provides funding through FY2029 for the first-time homeowner grant program established by the bill, through FY2020 for the affordable rental housing construction program established by the bill, and through FY2020 for specified existing rural housing programs.
 
The bill also expands fair housing protections to prohibit discrimination based on sexual orientation, gender identity, marital status, source of income, veteran status, or an individual's perceived membership in a protected class (e.g., an individual's perceived race or sex).
 
Additionally, the bill modifies the estate tax in various ways, including by reducing the number of brackets to three, increasing the tax rates, and reducing the basic exemption amount. The bill also modifies provisions related to gift taxes and transfer taxes.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2019-03-13
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
action_date: 2019-03-13
text: Introduced in Senate
Equality Act

Bill: 116-s-788
Sponsor: Sen. Merkley, Jeff [D-OR]
Introduced: 2019-03-13 in the Senate
Policy area: Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues
Subjects: Civil actions and liability
Consumer credit
Due process and equal protection
Elementary and secondary education
Employment discrimination and employee rights
Government employee pay, benefits, personnel management
Higher education
Housing discrimination
Judicial procedure and administration
Museums, exhibitions, cultural centers
Religion
Retail and wholesale trades
Sex, gender, sexual orientation discrimination
Sports and recreation facilities

Summary:
action_date: 2019-03-13
text: 

Equality Act

 
This bill prohibits discrimination based on sex, sexual orientation, and gender identity in areas including public accommodations and facilities, education, federal funding, employment, housing, credit, and the jury system. Specifically, the bill defines and includes sex, sexual orientation, and gender identity among the prohibited categories of discrimination or segregation. 
 
The bill expands the definition of public accommodations to include places or establishments that provide (1) exhibitions, recreation, exercise, amusement, gatherings, or displays; (2) goods, services, or programs; and (3) transportation services.
 
The bill allows the Department of Justice to intervene in equal protection actions in federal court on account of sexual orientation or gender identity.
 
The bill prohibits an individual from being denied access to a shared facility, including a restroom, a locker room, and a dressing room, that is in accordance with the individual's gender identity.

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2019-03-13
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2019-03-13
text: Introduced in Senate
Higher Education Access and Success for Homeless and Foster Youth Act

Bill: 116-s-789
Sponsor: Sen. Murray, Patty [D-WA]
Introduced: 2019-03-13 in the Senate
Policy area: Education
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Adoption and foster care
Census and government statistics
Child safety and welfare
Congressional oversight
Department of Education
Education programs funding
Elementary and secondary education
Employment and training programs
Government information and archives
Government studies and investigations
Higher education
Homelessness and emergency shelter
Student aid and college costs
Temporary and part-time employment

Summary:
action_date: 2019-03-13
text: 

Higher Education Access and Success for Homeless and Foster Youth Act

 
This bill revises provisions related to financial aid and higher education programs for children and youths who are homeless or in foster care.
 
It requires institutions of higher education (IHEs) participating in financial aid programs to, among other things, simplify the financial aid determinations process for these students. It also requires IHEs to designate a staff liaison to assist these students with support services, programs, and community resources in a variety of areas, including financial aid and housing.
 
The bill also requires these students to receive in-state tuition rates at public IHEs. Under current law, some states offer these students in-state tuition or provide them with tuition waivers.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2019-03-13
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
action_date: 2019-03-13
text: Introduced in Senate
Catawba Indian Nation Lands Act

Bill: 116-s-790
Sponsor: Sen. Graham, Lindsey [R-SC]
Introduced: 2019-03-13 in the Senate
Policy area: Native Americans
Subjects: Gambling
Indian claims
Indian lands and resources rights
North Carolina
South Carolina

Summary:
action_date: 2019-03-13
text: 
This bill authorizes the Department of the Interior to take into trust 16.573 acres of land in Cleveland County, North Carolina, on behalf of the Catawba Indian Nation for the tribe to own and operate a gaming facility on such land.

action_date: 2020-12-09
text: 

Catawba Indian Nation Lands Act

 
This bill ratifies and confirms the actions of the Department of the Interior to take into trust approximately 17 acres of land in Cleveland County, North Carolina, for the benefit of the Catawba Indian Nation. The land is made part of the Catawba Reservation.
 
The bill allows gaming on the land taken into trust for the tribe.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2020-12-09
text: Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 607.
action_date: 2020-12-09
text: Committee on Indian Affairs. Reported by Senator Hoeven with an amendment in the nature of a substitute. With written report No. 116-307.
action_date: 2020-12-09
text: Committee on Indian Affairs. Reported by Senator Hoeven with an amendment in the nature of a substitute. With written report No. 116-307.
action_date: 2020-11-18
text: Committee on Indian Affairs. Ordered to be reported with an amendment in the nature of a substitute favorably.
action_date: 2019-05-01
text: Committee on Indian Affairs. Hearings held. Hearings printed: S.Hrg. 116-77.
action_date: 2019-03-13
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs.
action_date: 2019-03-13
text: Introduced in Senate
GI Education Benefits Fairness Act of 2019

Bill: 116-s-791
Sponsor: Sen. Durbin, Richard J. [D-IL]
Introduced: 2019-03-13 in the Senate
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Family relationships
Veterans' education, employment, rehabilitation

Summary:
action_date: 2019-03-13
text: 

GI Education Benefits Fairness Act
 
of 2019

 
This bill expands eligibility for receipt of GI education benefits as a dependent under the Post-9/11 Educational Assistance Program. Specifically, the bill includes certain unmarried persons as dependents who can receive a transferred entitlement to educational assistance.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2019-03-13
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs. (text: CR S1850)
action_date: 2019-03-13
text: Introduced in Senate
DAIRY PRIDE Act

Bill: 116-s-792
Sponsor: Sen. Baldwin, Tammy [D-WI]
Introduced: 2019-03-14 in the Senate
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Department of Health and Human Services
Food and Drug Administration (FDA)
Food supply, safety, and labeling
Marketing and advertising
Nutrition and diet

Summary:
action_date: 2019-03-14
text: 

Defending Against Imitations and Replacements of Yogurt, Milk, and Cheese To Promote Regular Intake of Dairy Everyday Act or the DAIRY PRIDE Act

 This bill prohibits the sale of any food that uses the market name of a dairy product (such as 
milk
, 
yogurt
, or 
cream cheese
) unless the food (1) is the milk of a hooved animal, (2) is derived from such milk, or (3) contains such milk as a primary ingredient.

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2019-03-14
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
action_date: 2019-03-14
text: Introduced in Senate
American Apprenticeship Act

Bill: 116-s-793
Sponsor: Sen. Klobuchar, Amy [D-MN]
Introduced: 2019-03-14 in the Senate
Policy area: Labor and Employment
Subjects: Congressional oversight
Education programs funding
Employment and training programs
Government studies and investigations
Higher education
Performance measurement
State and local government operations
Vocational and technical education

Summary:
action_date: 2019-03-14
text: 

American Apprenticeship Act

 
This bill directs the Department of Labor to make grants to assist states in carrying out projects that defray the cost of instruction associated with pre-apprenticeship and apprenticeship programs.
 
Labor shall (1) establish performance measures and an evaluation system for such grant program; and (2) identify in-demand occupations that lack the use of apprenticeships, analyze the use of the apprenticeship model in those occupations, and report on such analysis to states and Congress.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2019-03-14
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
action_date: 2019-03-14
text: Introduced in Senate
A bill for the relief of Jose Alberto Martinez Moreno, Micaela Lopez Martinez, and Adilene Martinez.

Bill: 116-s-794
Sponsor: Sen. Feinstein, Dianne [D-CA]
Introduced: 2019-03-14 in the Senate
Subjects: Private Legislation

Summary:
action_date: 2019-03-14
text: Provides for the relief of Jose Alberto Martinez Moreno, Micaela Lopez Martinez, and Adilene Martinez.

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2019-03-14
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. (Sponsor introductory remarks on measure: CR S1901; text: CR S1901-1902)
action_date: 2019-03-14
text: Introduced in Senate
A bill for the relief of Alfredo Plascencia Lopez.

Bill: 116-s-795
Sponsor: Sen. Feinstein, Dianne [D-CA]
Introduced: 2019-03-14 in the Senate
Subjects: Private Legislation

Summary:
action_date: 2019-03-14
text: Provides for the relief of Alfredo Plascencia Lopez.

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2019-03-14
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. (Sponsor introductory remarks on measure: CR S1902; text: CR S1902)
action_date: 2019-03-14
text: Introduced in Senate
A bill for the relief of Ruben Mkoian and Asmik Karapetian.

Bill: 116-s-796
Sponsor: Sen. Feinstein, Dianne [D-CA]
Introduced: 2019-03-14 in the Senate
Subjects: Private Legislation

Summary:
action_date: 2019-03-14
text: Provides for the relief of Ruben Mkoian and Asmik Karapetian.

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2019-03-14
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. (Sponsor introductory remarks on measure: CR S1902-1903; text: CR S1903)
action_date: 2019-03-14
text: Introduced in Senate
A bill for the relief of Shirley Constantino Tan.

Bill: 116-s-797
Sponsor: Sen. Feinstein, Dianne [D-CA]
Introduced: 2019-03-14 in the Senate
Subjects: Private Legislation

Summary:
action_date: 2019-03-14
text: Provides for the relief of Shirley Constantino Tan.

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2019-03-14
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. (Sponsor introductory remarks on measure: CR S1903-1904; text: CR S1904)
action_date: 2019-03-14
text: Introduced in Senate
A bill for the relief of Esidronio Arreola-Saucedo, Maria Elena Cobian Arreola, Nayely Arreola Carlos, and Cindy Jael Arreola.

Bill: 116-s-798
Sponsor: Sen. Feinstein, Dianne [D-CA]
Introduced: 2019-03-14 in the Senate
Subjects: Private Legislation

Summary:
action_date: 2019-03-14
text: Provides for the relief of Esidronio Arreola-Saucedo, Maria Elena Cobian Arreola, Nayely Arreola Carlos, and Cindy Jael Arreola.

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2019-03-14
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. (Sponsor introductory remarks on measure: CR S1904; text: CR S1904-1905)
action_date: 2019-03-14
text: Introduced in Senate
Securities Fraud Enforcement and Investor Compensation Act of 2019

Bill: 116-s-799
Sponsor: Sen. Warner, Mark R. [D-VA]
Introduced: 2019-03-14 in the Senate
Policy area: Finance and Financial Sector
Subjects: Civil actions and liability
Criminal investigation, prosecution, interrogation
Financial services and investments
Fraud offenses and financial crimes
Securities

Summary:
action_date: 2019-03-14
text: 

Securities Fraud Enforcement and Investor Compensation Act of 2019

 
This bill provides statutory authority for the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) to seek disgorgement (i.e., repayment) as a remedy for unjust enrichment that a person gained through a securities law violation. It also allows the SEC to seek restitution for an investor's loss as a result of a securities law violation by a person registered as or associated with a securities dealer, broker, or other specified financial advisor. 
 
The bill establishes a 5-year statute of limitations for disgorgement and a 10-year statute of limitations for equitable remedies, including restitution. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2019-03-14
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs.
action_date: 2019-03-14
text: Introduced in Senate
College Transparency Act

Bill: 116-s-800
Sponsor: Sen. Cassidy, Bill [R-LA]
Introduced: 2019-03-14 in the Senate
Policy area: Education
Subjects: Academic performance and assessments
Advisory bodies
Census and government statistics
Government information and archives
Higher education
Student aid and college costs
Student records
Wages and earnings

Summary:
action_date: 2019-03-14
text: 

College Transparency Act

 
This bill requires the National Center for Education Statistics to establish a secure and privacy-protected data system that contains information about postsecondary students. Specifically, the data system must
 
 
 evaluate student enrollment patterns, progression, completion, and postcollegiate outcomes, and higher education costs and financial aid;
 
provide complete and customizable information for students and families making decisions about postsecondary education; 
 
reduce the requirements for reporting by institutions of higher education; and 
 
periodically match with other federal systems of data. 
 
 
The bill also establishes a postsecondary student data system advisory committee.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2019-03-14
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
action_date: 2019-03-14
text: Introduced in Senate
A bill to amend titles XVIII and XIX of the Social Security Act to provide the Medicare Payment Advisory Commission and the Medicaid and CHIP Payment and Access Commission with access to certain drug payment information, including certain rebate information.

Bill: 116-s-801
Sponsor: Sen. Cortez Masto, Catherine [D-NV]
Introduced: 2019-03-14 in the Senate
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Advisory bodies
Health care costs and insurance
Health information and medical records
Health programs administration and funding
Medicaid
Medicare
Prescription drugs

Summary:
action_date: 2019-03-14
text: 
This bill allows certain payment information relating to covered drugs under the Medicare prescription drug benefit and Medicaid to be disclosed to additional entities. Specifically, certain subsidy and rebate information, as reported by prescription drug plan sponsors and drug manufacturers, may be disclosed to the Medicare Payment Advisory Commission and the Medicaid and Children's Health Insurance Program (CHIP) Payment and Access Commission, in accordance with specified confidentiality restrictions.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2019-03-14
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
action_date: 2019-03-14
text: Introduced in Senate
Jobs and Opportunity with Benefits and Services for Success Act

Bill: 116-s-802
Sponsor: Sen. Daines, Steve [R-MT]
Introduced: 2019-03-14 in the Senate
Policy area: Social Welfare
Subjects: Appropriations
Child care and development
Child safety and welfare
Economic performance and conditions
Employment and training programs
Family relationships
Government information and archives
Indian social and development programs
Marriage and family status
Performance measurement
Poverty and welfare assistance
State and local finance
State and local government operations
U.S. territories and protectorates

Summary:
action_date: 2019-03-14
text: 

Jobs and Opportunity with Benefits and Services for Success Act

 
This bill renames the Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) program as the Jobs and Opportunity with Benefits and Services (JOBS) program, reauthorizes the program through FY2024, and makes changes relating to work requirements for beneficiaries.
 
States providing aid under the program shall create an individual opportunity plan for each beneficiary. States shall impose work requirements on all work-eligible beneficiaries, and shall reduce benefits for noncompliance. (Currently, individual plans are optional under TANF, and states have discretion as to whether to reduce benefits for noncompliant individuals.)
 
States providing aid shall meet annual performance targets related to the number of beneficiaries who exit the program and find unsubsidized employment. The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) shall reduce grants to states that fail to meet such targets. States shall provide data related to beneficiary employment and wages to HHS, which shall be publicly available.
 
The bill modifies various limitations on the use of funds for various purposes, and establishes that at least 25% of funds from various grants shall be spent on core activities. 
 
Certain existing laws relating to monitoring and recovering improper benefits payments shall apply to the JOBS program. 
 
The bill eliminates programs providing (1) supplemental grants for population increases, (2) bonuses for high performance states, (3) welfare-to-work grants, and (4) contingency funds for state welfare programs. 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 



Legislative actions:
action_date: 2019-03-14
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
action_date: 2019-03-14
text: Introduced in Senate
Restoring Investment in Improvements Act

Bill: 116-s-803
Sponsor: Sen. Toomey, Patrick [R-PA]
Introduced: 2019-03-14 in the Senate
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Building construction
Business investment and capital
Income tax deductions

Summary:
action_date: 2019-03-14
text: 

Restoring Investment in Improvements Act

 
This bill confirms that the applicable recovery period for qualified improvement property (nonresidential real estate) for depreciation purposes is 15 years under the modified accelerated cost recovery system (MACRS) and 20 years under the alternative depreciation system (ADS). 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2019-03-14
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
action_date: 2019-03-14
text: Introduced in Senate
Empowering Rural Economies Through Alaska Native Sustainable Arts and Handicrafts Act

Bill: 116-s-804
Sponsor: Sen. Sullivan, Dan [R-AK]
Introduced: 2019-03-14 in the Senate
Policy area: Native Americans
Subjects: Alaska
Alaska Natives and Hawaiians
Animals
Historical and cultural resources
Mammals
Trade restrictions

Summary:
action_date: 2019-03-14
text: 

Empowering Rural Economies Through Alaska Native Sustainable Arts and Handicrafts Act

 
This bill prohibits states from imposing bans on marine mammal and fossilized ivory products produced by Alaska Natives.
 
Specifically, states may not prohibit (1) the importation, sale, transfer, trade, barter, or possession of mammoth, mastodon, or walrus ivory, marine mammal bones, teeth, or baleen legally produced by an Alaska Native as an authentic native article of handicrafts and clothing; or (2) the importation, sale, transfer, trade, or possession of fossilized ivory.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2020-09-16
text: Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. Ordered to be reported without amendment favorably.
action_date: 2019-03-14
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
action_date: 2019-03-14
text: Introduced in Senate
Own Your Own Data Act

Bill: 116-s-806
Sponsor: Sen. Kennedy, John [R-LA]
Introduced: 2019-03-14 in the Senate
Policy area: Science, Technology, Communications
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Consumer affairs
Federal Trade Commission (FTC)
Internet and video services
Internet, web applications, social media
Licensing and registrations
Right of privacy

Summary:
action_date: 2019-03-14
text: 

Own Your Own Data Act

 
This bill requires a social media company to (1) provide a user with the ability to obtain and export their user data, along with any analysis of such data by the company; and (2) ensure that each user knowingly and willingly licenses their data to the company during the registration of an account.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2019-03-14
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
action_date: 2019-03-14
text: Introduced in Senate