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National Fish Habitat Conservation Act of 2019

Bill: 116-s-754
Sponsor: Sen. Crapo, Mike [R-ID]
Introduced: 2019-03-12 in the Senate
Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources
Subjects: Advisory bodies
Congressional oversight
Fishes
Hunting and fishing
Marine and coastal resources, fisheries
Public-private cooperation
Wildlife conservation and habitat protection

Summary:
action_date: 2019-03-12
text: 

National Fish Habitat Conservation Act of 2019

 
This bill establishes the National Fish Habitat Board to (1) encourage partnerships among public agencies and other interested parties to promote fish conservation, (2) establish national goals and priorities for fish habitat conservation, (3) recommend to Congress entities for designation as a Fish Habitat Partnership, and (4) review and make recommendations regarding fish habitat conservation projects.
 
The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, the Environmental Protection Agency, and the U.S. Geological Survey may provide technical and scientific assistance to the partnerships, participants in the fish habitat conservation projects, and the board.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2019-03-12
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works.
action_date: 2019-03-12
text: Introduced in Senate
Safe Housing for Families Act

Bill: 116-s-755
Sponsor: Sen. Harris, Kamala D. [D-CA]
Introduced: 2019-03-12 in the Senate
Policy area: Housing and Community Development
Subjects: Air quality
Emergency communications systems
Hazardous wastes and toxic substances
Housing for the elderly and disabled
Housing industry and standards
Low- and moderate-income housing
Product safety and quality
Public housing

Summary:
action_date: 2019-03-12
text: 

 

 

Safe Housing for Families Act
 
 
This bill requires the installation of at least one carbon monoxide detector per floor in each unit of specified federally assisted housing. Specifically, the requirement applies to (1) supportive housing for the elderly and for persons with disabilities, (2) public housing, and (3) rental housing for which the owner receives low-income voucher assistance. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2019-03-12
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs.
action_date: 2019-03-12
text: Introduced in Senate
No Stolen Trademarks Honored in America Act

Bill: 116-s-756
Sponsor: Sen. Menendez, Robert [D-NJ]
Introduced: 2019-03-12 in the Senate
Policy area: Commerce
Subjects: Caribbean area
Civil actions and liability
Cuba
Evidence and witnesses
Intellectual property
Jurisdiction and venue
Latin America
Property rights

Summary:
action_date: 2019-03-12
text: 

No Stolen Trademarks Honored in America Act

 
This bill modifies the bar against U.S. courts enforcing or validating trademarks that were confiscated by the Cuban government. 
 
The bill prohibits U.S. courts from enforcing or validating such confiscated trademarks if the mark had been used in connection with a confiscated business or asset. Currently, the prohibition applies only if the confiscated trademark is being asserted in the United States by a Cuban national. 
 
Under the bill, the prohibition shall not apply if the original trademark owner, or a successor, has expressly consented to the enforcement action.
 
The prohibition shall apply only if the entity asserting the trademark rights knew or should have known, when it acquired the rights, that the mark was the same or substantially similar to one connected to a confiscated business or asset.
 

 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2019-03-12
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2019-03-12
text: Introduced in Senate
Petroleum Coke Transparency and Public Health Protection Act

Bill: 116-s-757
Sponsor: Sen. Peters, Gary C. [D-MI]
Introduced: 2019-03-12 in the Senate
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Air quality
Congressional oversight
Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)
Environmental assessment, monitoring, research
Environmental health
Environmental regulatory procedures
Government information and archives
Government studies and investigations
Medical research
Oil and gas
Solid waste and recycling

Summary:
action_date: 2019-03-12
text: 

Petroleum Coke Transparency and Public Health Protection Act

 
This bill requires the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) to study and report on petroleum coke usage, including public-health and environmental impacts, best practices for storage and transport, and an analysis of current and projected production and utilization locations.
 
The Environmental Protection Agency must issue rules for petroleum coke storage and transportation that protect public and ecological health, based on the HHS study.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2019-03-12
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works.
action_date: 2019-03-12
text: Introduced in Senate
Equal Access to Abortion Coverage in Health Insurance (EACH Woman) Act of 2019

Bill: 116-s-758
Sponsor: Sen. Duckworth, Tammy [D-IL]
Introduced: 2019-03-12 in the Senate
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Abortion
Child health
Employee benefits and pensions
Government employee pay, benefits, personnel management
Health care costs and insurance
Health care coverage and access
Health facilities and institutions
Medicaid
Medicare
Women's health

Summary:
action_date: 2019-03-12
text: 

Equal Access to Abortion Coverage in Health Insurance (EACH Woman) Act of 2019

 
 This bill requires coverage for abortion care through public health insurance programs, including Medicaid, Medicare, and the Children&rsquo;s Health Insurance Program, as well as insurance plans for federal employees. Further, abortion care must be available at federal, and federally supported, health care facilities to individuals eligible for services at such facilities.
 
 Additionally, the bill prohibits federal, state, or local governments from restricting coverage for abortion care available through private health insurance plans.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2019-03-12
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
action_date: 2019-03-12
text: Introduced in Senate
Native American Indian Education Act

Bill: 116-s-759
Sponsor: Sen. Gardner, Cory [R-CO]
Introduced: 2019-03-12 in the Senate
Policy area: Native Americans
Subjects: Appropriations
Education programs funding
Higher education
Indian social and development programs
Minority education
State and local finance
Student aid and college costs

Summary:
action_date: 2019-03-12
text: 

Native American Indian Education Act

 
 This bill requires the Department of Education to pay Native American Indian-serving, nontribal institutions of higher education (IHEs) the tuition of their out-of-state Native American Indian students.
 
The bill applies only to IHEs that are required to provide tuition-free education, with the support of their state, to Native American Indian students as a condition under which the IHE or state received its original grant of land and facilities from the federal government. 
 
Payments are treated as reimbursements to IHEs from their states.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2019-03-12
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
action_date: 2019-03-12
text: Introduced in Senate
DONATE Act

Bill: 116-s-761
Sponsor: Sen. Enzi, Michael B. [R-WY]
Introduced: 2019-03-12 in the Senate
Policy area: Economics and Public Finance
Subjects: Budget deficits and national debt
Charitable contributions
Congressional oversight
Department of Agriculture
Department of Commerce
Department of Education
Department of Energy
Department of Homeland Security
Department of Housing and Urban Development
Department of Justice
Department of Labor
Department of Veterans Affairs
Department of the Interior
Department of the Treasury
Executive agency funding and structure
Government studies and investigations

Summary:
action_date: 2019-03-12
text: 

Donations for Our Nation's Advancement, Transformation, and Enhancement Act or the DONATE Act

 
This bill allows executive departments to accept conditional gifts on behalf of such departments.
 
Specifically, departments may accept cash donations made by U.S. citizens that come with instructions on how the money should be spent. Current law allows departments to accept donations but not where there are conditions on the money's use.
 
A department may not accept a conditional gift that is conditioned upon carrying out any act or purpose that will require an expenditure of funds that exceeds the gift amount, unless the expenditure has been approved by Congress. If a department accepts a conditional gift that is insufficient to meet the cost of carrying out a conditional act or purpose of the gift, the acceptance shall not obligate the department to expend funds to carry out such act or purpose.
 
The bill allows such departments to transfer unspent gift funds to the Department of the Treasury to reduce the deficit.
 
The Government Accountability Office shall report to Congress on how each department manages such funds and how they are used, including recommendations for enhancing such management and use of funds.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2019-03-12
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.
action_date: 2019-03-12
text: Introduced in Senate
Aviation Funding Stability Act of 2019

Bill: 116-s-762
Sponsor: Sen. Moran, Jerry [R-KS]
Introduced: 2019-03-12 in the Senate
Policy area: Transportation and Public Works
Subjects: Appropriations
Aviation and airports
Department of Transportation
Executive agency funding and structure
Government trust funds
Legislative rules and procedure
Transportation programs funding

Summary:
action_date: 2019-03-12
text: 

Aviation Funding Stability Act of 2019

 
This bill provides continuing appropriations to the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) from the Airport and Airway Trust Fund if an appropriations bill for the FAA has not been enacted before a fiscal year begins or a joint resolution making continuing appropriations for the FAA is not in effect. 
 
The bill provides appropriations at the rate of operations that was provided for the prior fiscal year to continue programs, projects, and activities for which funds were provided in the preceding fiscal year. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2019-03-12
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
action_date: 2019-03-12
text: Introduced in Senate
Climate Change Resiliency Fund for America Act of 2019

Bill: 116-s-763
Sponsor: Sen. Durbin, Richard J. [D-IL]
Introduced: 2019-03-12 in the Senate
Policy area: Environmental Protection
Subjects: Advisory bodies
Air quality
Climate change and greenhouse gases
Department of Commerce
Ecology
Economic performance and conditions
Environmental health
Executive agency funding and structure
Government trust funds
Infrastructure development
Securities

Summary:
action_date: 2019-03-12
text: 

Climate Change Resiliency Fund for America Act of 2019

 
This bill provides support to address the impacts of climate change.
 
Specifically, the bill authorizes the Department of the Treasury to issue up to $1 billion in climate change obligations (e.g., bonds) in a fiscal year, with bond proceeds going into the Climate Change Resiliency Fund established by this bill. The fund must be used for a program that finances projects that reduce the economic, social, and environmental impact of the adverse effects of climate change.
 
The Climate Change Advisory Commission, established by this bill, must provide recommendations and guidelines for the program and identify categories of the most cost-effective investments and projects that emphasize multiple benefits to commerce, human health, and ecosystems.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2019-03-12
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. (text: CR S1795-1797)
action_date: 2019-03-12
text: Introduced in Senate
Digital Goods and Services Tax Fairness Act of 2019

Bill: 116-s-765
Sponsor: Sen. Thune, John [R-SD]
Introduced: 2019-03-13 in the Senate
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Digital media
Internet and video services
Internet, web applications, social media
Sales and excise taxes
State and local taxation
Tax administration and collection, taxpayers

Summary:
action_date: 2019-03-13
text: 

Digital Goods and Services Tax Fairness Act of 
 
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This bill prohibits a state or local jurisdiction from imposing (1) multiple taxes on the sale of a covered electronic good or service, or (2) discriminatory taxes on the sale or use of a digital good or service. 
 
A "digital good or service" is delivered or transferred electronically to a customer. A "covered electronic good or service" is a digital good, digital service, audio or video programming service, or Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP) service. 
 
The bill also
 
 
specifies services that are excluded from the definition of "digital service;"
 
 
restricts taxation of a covered electronic good or service to taxation by a state or local jurisdiction whose territorial limits encompass a customer tax address, as defined by this bill; 
 
makes the seller of covered electronic goods or services responsible for obtaining and maintaining such address; and 
 
specifies rules regarding the taxation of bundled transactions, digital code, and VoIP services. 
 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2019-03-13
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. (text: CR S1847-1849)
action_date: 2019-03-13
text: Introduced in Senate
PROTECT Asbestos Victims Act of 2019

Bill: 116-s-766
Sponsor: Sen. Tillis, Thomas [R-NC]
Introduced: 2019-03-13 in the Senate
Policy area: Finance and Financial Sector
Subjects: Alabama
Bankruptcy
Civil actions and liability
Fraud offenses and financial crimes
Government studies and investigations
Hazardous wastes and toxic substances
North Carolina
Product safety and quality

Summary:
action_date: 2019-03-13
text: 

Providing Responsible Oversight of Trusts to Ensure Compensation and Transparency for Asbestos Victims Act of 2019 or the PROTECT Asbestos Victims Act of 2019

 
This bill modifies several aspects of the asbestos bankruptcy trust system. An asbestos bankruptcy trust is established when a company subject to asbestos-related liability files for bankruptcy under chapter 11. 
 
Among other things, the bill
 
 
provides statutory authority for the U.S. Trustee Program within the Department of Justice to investigate the administration and operation of asbestos bankruptcy trusts; and
 
creates new criminal offenses for making a false representation to, or a false claim for payment by, an asbestos bankruptcy trust. 
 


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
Housing for Homeless Students Act of 2019

Bill: 116-s-767
Sponsor: Sen. Portman, Rob [R-OH]
Introduced: 2019-03-13 in the Senate
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Higher education
Homelessness and emergency shelter
Income tax credits
Low- and moderate-income housing
Veterans' loans, housing, homeless programs

Summary:
action_date: 2019-03-13
text: 

Housing for Homeless Students Act of 201

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This bill modifies the low-income housing tax credit to allow certain low-income building units that provide housing for homeless children, youth, or veterans who are full-time students to qualify for the credit. To qualify for the credit, the full-time student must have been a homeless child or youth during any portion of the seven-year period prior to occupying the housing unit or a homeless veteran during any portion of the five-year period prior to occupying the unit. 


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
Bank on Students Emergency Loan Refinancing Act

Bill: 116-s-768
Sponsor: Sen. Warren, Elizabeth [D-MA]
Introduced: 2019-03-13 in the Senate
Policy area: Education
Subjects: Budget deficits and national debt
Government lending and loan guarantees
Higher education
Income tax deductions
Income tax rates
Inflation and prices
Interest, dividends, interest rates
Social work, volunteer service, charitable organizations
Student aid and college costs
User charges and fees

Summary:
action_date: 2019-03-13
text: 

Bank on Students Emergency Loan Refinancing Act

 
This bill revises requirements concerning student loan debt. 
 
Specifically, the bill establishes a program that allows eligible individuals with federal or private student loans to refinance them down to the lower rates offered to new federal borrowers in the 2016-2017 school year under certain circumstances. 
 
In addition, the bill requires an individual taxpayer whose adjusted gross income exceeds $1 million to pay a minimum tax rate of 30% of the excess of the taxpayer's adjusted gross income over the taxpayer's modified charitable contribution deduction for the taxable year (commonly known as the tentative fair share tax). 


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
MAR-A-LAGO Act

Bill: 116-s-769
Sponsor: Sen. Udall, Tom [D-NM]
Introduced: 2019-03-13 in the Senate
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Subjects: Government buildings, facilities, and property
Government ethics and transparency, public corruption
Government information and archives
Presidents and presidential powers, Vice Presidents

Summary:
action_date: 2019-03-13
text: 

Making Access Records Available to Lead American Government Openness Act or the MAR-A-LAGO Act

 
This bill directs the President to establish and update, every 90 days, a publicly available database that contains records of
 
 
the name of each visitor at the White House, residence of the Vice-President, or any other location at which the President or Vice President regularly conducts official business (covered location);
 
the name of each individual with whom the visitor met at the covered location; and 
 
the purpose of the visit. 
 
 
The President shall not include in the database any such record (1) the posting of which would implicate personal privacy or law enforcement concerns or threaten national security, or (2) relating to a purely personal guest at a covered location. 
 
For a particularly sensitive meeting, the President shall (1) include in the database the number of visitors at the covered location, and (2) post the applicable records in the database when their release is no longer sensitive. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2019-03-13
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.
action_date: 2019-03-13
text: Introduced in Senate
Sunshine in the Courtroom Act of 2019

Bill: 116-s-770
Sponsor: Sen. Grassley, Chuck [R-IA]
Introduced: 2019-03-13 in the Senate
Policy area: Law
Subjects: Broadcasting, cable, digital technologies
Evidence and witnesses
Federal appellate courts
Federal district courts
Judicial procedure and administration
Photography and imaging
Sound recording
Supreme Court
Television and film

Summary:
action_date: 2019-03-13
text: 

 
 

Sunshine in the Courtroom Act of 2019

 
This bill establishes a framework to allow federal court proceedings&#8212;in district courts, in circuit courts, and at the Supreme Court&#8212;to be photographed, recorded, broadcast, or televised. 
 
Specifically, it authorizes the presiding judge to permit media coverage of court proceedings, subject to requirements and limitations. 


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
Small Business Cyber Training Act of 2019

Bill: 116-s-771
Sponsor: Sen. Rubio, Marco [R-FL]
Introduced: 2019-03-13 in the Senate
Policy area: Commerce
Subjects: Business education
Computer security and identity theft
Licensing and registrations
Small business

Summary:
action_date: 2019-03-13
text: 

Small Business Cyber Training Act of 2019

 
This bill requires the Small Business Administration to establish a program for certifying at least 5 or 10% of the total number of employees of a small business development center to provide cybersecurity planning assistance to small businesses.

action_date: 2019-04-01
text: 

Small Business Cyber Training Act of 2019

 
This bill requires the Small Business Administration to establish a program for certifying at least 5 or 10% of the total number of employees of a small business development center to provide cybersecurity planning assistance to small businesses.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2019-04-01
text: Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 51.
action_date: 2019-04-01
text: Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship. Reported by Senator Rubio without amendment. Without written report.
action_date: 2019-04-01
text: Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship. Reported by Senator Rubio without amendment. Without written report.
action_date: 2019-03-27
text: Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship. Ordered to be reported without amendment favorably.
action_date: 2019-03-13
text: Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship. Hearings held.
action_date: 2019-03-13
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship.
action_date: 2019-03-13
text: Introduced in Senate
SBA Cyber Awareness Act

Bill: 116-s-772
Sponsor: Sen. Rubio, Marco [R-FL]
Introduced: 2019-03-13 in the Senate
Policy area: Commerce
Subjects: Asia
China
Computer security and identity theft
Congressional oversight
Government studies and investigations
Public contracts and procurement
Small Business Administration
Small business
Technology assessment

Summary:
action_date: 2019-03-13
text: 

SBA Cyber Awareness Act

 
This bill addresses the cybersecurity of the Small Business Administration (SBA).
 
 Specifically, it requires the SBA to report annually to Congress on (1) an assessment of SBA's information technology (IT) and cybersecurity; (2) a strategy to increase such cybersecurity; (3) a detailed account of SBA's IT component or system manufactured by a company located in the People's Republic of China; and (4) any SBA cyber threat, breach, or cyber attack that occurred during two years before the report, including SBA's actions to respond to or remediate it.

action_date: 2019-04-01
text: 

SBA Cyber Awareness Act

 
This bill addresses the cybersecurity of the Small Business Administration (SBA).
 
Specifically, it requires the SBA to report annually to Congress on (1) an assessment of SBA's information technology (IT) and cybersecurity; (2) a strategy to increase such cybersecurity; (3) a detailed account of SBA's IT component or system manufactured by a company located in the People's Republic of China; and (4) any SBA major incident that occurred during two years before the report, including SBA's actions to respond to or remediate it.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2019-04-01
text: Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 52.
action_date: 2019-04-01
text: Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship. Reported by Senator Rubio with an amendment in the nature of a substitute. Without written report.
action_date: 2019-04-01
text: Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship. Reported by Senator Rubio with an amendment in the nature of a substitute. Without written report.
action_date: 2019-03-27
text: Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship. Ordered to be reported with an amendment in the nature of a substitute favorably.
action_date: 2019-03-13
text: Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship. Hearings held.
action_date: 2019-03-13
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship.
action_date: 2019-03-13
text: Introduced in Senate