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A bill to amend the Federal Water Pollution Control Act to increase the ability of a State to administer a permit program under that Act, and for other purposes.

Bill: 116-s-1050
Sponsor: Sen. Cornyn, John [R-TX]
Introduced: 2019-04-04 in the Senate
Policy area: Environmental Protection
Subjects: Environmental assessment, monitoring, research
Licensing and registrations
Solid waste and recycling
State and local government operations
Water quality

Summary:
action_date: 2019-04-04
text: 
This bill allows a state department of transportation that has assumed the environmental review responsibilities of the federal Department of Transportation under the surface transportation project delivery program to apply to the Environmental Protection Agency to administer, for highway projects, an individual and general permit program for discharging dredge and fill material into navigable waters.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2019-04-04
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works.
action_date: 2019-04-04
text: Introduced in Senate
A bill to amend the Endangered Species Act of 1973 to establish a program to allow States to assume certain Federal responsibilities under that Act with respect to agency actions applicable to highway projects within the States, and for other purposes.

Bill: 116-s-1051
Sponsor: Sen. Cornyn, John [R-TX]
Introduced: 2019-04-04 in the Senate
Policy area: Environmental Protection
Subjects: Civil actions and liability
Endangered and threatened species
Environmental assessment, monitoring, research
Intergovernmental relations
Roads and highways
State and local government operations

Summary:
action_date: 2019-04-04
text: 
This bill revises requirements governing endangered species to establish a program that allows participating states to assume certain federal responsibilities regarding the review of the impacts of highway projects on endangered or threatened species. For example, the bill allows states to assume the responsibility of federal agencies to oversee the consultation process that is used to ensure that highway projects do not jeopardize the continued existence of endangered or threatened species.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2019-04-04
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works.
action_date: 2019-04-04
text: Introduced in Senate
Rare Earth Element Advanced Coal Technologies Act

Bill: 116-s-1052
Sponsor: Sen. Manchin, Joe, III [D-WV]
Introduced: 2019-04-04 in the Senate
Policy area: Energy
Subjects: Advanced technology and technological innovations
Coal
Congressional oversight
Government studies and investigations
Metals
Strategic materials and reserves
Technology assessment

Summary:
action_date: 2019-04-04
text: 

Rare Earth Element Advanced Coal Technologies Act

 
This bill requires the Department of Energy's Office of Fossil Energy to create a program for the development of advanced separation technology to extract and recover rare earth elements and minerals from coal and coal byproducts.

action_date: 2019-08-16
text: 

Rare Earth Element Advanced Coal Technologies Act

 
This bill requires the Department of Energy's Office of Fossil Energy to create a program for the development of advanced separation technology to extract and recover rare earth elements and minerals from coal and coal byproducts.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2019-08-16
text: Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 176.
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 in the nature of a substitute. With written report No. 116-74.
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 in the nature of a substitute. With written report No. 116-74.
action_date: 2019-07-16
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. Hearings held. Hearings printed: S.Hrg. 116-322.
action_date: 2019-04-04
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
action_date: 2019-04-04
text: Introduced in Senate
Saving for the Future Act

Bill: 116-s-1053
Sponsor: Sen. Coons, Christopher A. [D-DE]
Introduced: 2019-04-04 in the Senate
Policy area: Labor and Employment
Subjects: Corporate finance and management
Employee benefits and pensions
Financial services and investments
Government trust funds
Income tax credits
Income tax rates
Public-private cooperation
Small business
Tax administration and collection, taxpayers
Tax-exempt organizations

Summary:
action_date: 2019-04-04
text: 

Saving for the Future Act

 
This bill requires employers to make minimum contributions to savings plans for full-time employees and increases certain individual and corporate income tax rates. Specifically, it requires employers of 10 or more full-time employees to contribute 50 cents for each hour an employee works to a qualified pension plan. The minimum contribution increases to 60 cents per hour after two years and proportionally based on income beginning two years thereafter.
 
 The bill further establishes the Federal Universal Personal Savings Investment Board to oversee UP retirement and savings accounts. Applicable small employers may make contributions to such accounts directly as a qualified plan or through a state-run program. UP retirement accounts are portable, defined-contribution pension plans to which employees must contribute 4% of the employee's wages unless the employee opts out. Employers must make the minimum required contribution under this program as well as match employee contributions up to 10% of an employee's wages. The initial $2,500 of such employer contributions may be applied to an UP savings account and used for certain nonroutine expenses such as a large medical bill or home mortgage down payment.
 
 Employer contributions to UP accounts are generally deferred from income tax and employee contributions may be pretax or posttax. Employers also receive a tax credit for a specified proportion of the minimum contribution amount for up to the employer's first 30 employees.
 
 Additionally, the bill also increases the highest individual income tax rate from 37% to 39.6% and the highest corporate income tax rate from 21% to 23%.
 

 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2019-04-04
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
action_date: 2019-04-04
text: Introduced in Senate
A bill to amend title 54, United States Code, to establish a program to allow States to assume certain Federal responsibilities under that title with respect to agency actions applicable to highway projects within the States, and for other purposes.

Bill: 116-s-1054
Sponsor: Sen. Cornyn, John [R-TX]
Introduced: 2019-04-04 in the Senate
Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources
Subjects: Civil actions and liability
Historic sites and heritage areas
Intergovernmental relations
Roads and highways
State and local government operations

Summary:
action_date: 2019-04-04
text: 
This bill directs federal agencies to carry out an assignment program that allows participating states to assume certain responsibilities of the agency regarding highway projects on historic properties within the state.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2019-04-04
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works.
action_date: 2019-04-04
text: Introduced in Senate
HOPR Act

Bill: 116-s-1055
Sponsor: Sen. Shaheen, Jeanne [D-NH]
Introduced: 2019-04-04 in the Senate
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Subjects: Buy American requirements
Congressional oversight
Government buildings, facilities, and property
Government employee pay, benefits, personnel management
Government studies and investigations
Public contracts and procurement
Small business

Summary:
action_date: 2019-04-04
text: 

Homeland Procurement Reform Act or the HOPR Act

 
This bill directs the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) to ensure that procurement of certain items, such as body armor and other protective gear, meets specified requirements, including that a fraction of procurement funds be used for items manufactured by U.S. small businesses.
 
DHS shall (1) ensure that covered items are purchased at a fair and reasonable price, and (2) study the adequacy of uniform allowances provided to employees.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2019-04-04
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.
action_date: 2019-04-04
text: Introduced in Senate
Cell-Cultured Meat and Poultry Regulation Act of 2019

Bill: 116-s-1056
Sponsor: Sen. Hyde-Smith, Cindy [R-MS]
Introduced: 2019-04-04 in the Senate
Policy area: Agriculture and Food
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Cell biology and embryology
Department of Agriculture
Food supply, safety, and labeling
Meat

Summary:
action_date: 2019-04-04
text: 

Cell-Cultured Meat and Poultry Regulation Act of 2019

 
This bill requires the Department of Agriculture (USDA) and the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to enter into a binding formal agreement regarding the authority of each agency to oversee cell-cultured meat and poultry.
 
The agreement must require the FDA to (1) oversee cell collection, cell banks, and cell growth and differentiation; and (2) transition oversight authority of food products at the beginning of the cell harvest stage to USDA. After the transition, USDA must oversee the processing, preparation, packaging, and labeling of the food products.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2019-04-04
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry.
action_date: 2019-04-04
text: Introduced in Senate
Colorado River Drought Contingency Plan Authorization Act

Bill: 116-s-1057
Sponsor: Sen. McSally, Martha [R-AZ]
Introduced: 2019-04-08 in the Senate
Policy area: Water Resources Development
Subjects: Arizona
California
Colorado
Intergovernmental relations
Lakes and rivers
Nevada
New Mexico
Utah
Water storage
Water use and supply
Wyoming

Summary:
action_date: 2019-04-08
text: 

Colorado River Drought Contingency Plan Authorization Act

 
This bill requires the Department of the Interior to carry out the Colorado River Drought Contingency Plan which was submitted to Congress on March 19, 2019, by Arizona, California, Colorado, Nevada, New Mexico, Utah, and Wyoming. Interior must execute the plan without delay and operate applicable Colorado River System reservoirs accordingly.

action_date: 2019-04-08
text: 

Colorado River Drought Contingency Plan Authorization Act

 
This bill requires the Department of the Interior to carry out the Colorado River Drought Contingency Plan which was submitted to Congress on March 19, 2019, by Arizona, California, Colorado, Nevada, New Mexico, Utah, and Wyoming. Interior must execute the plan without delay and operate applicable Colorado River System reservoirs accordingly.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2019-04-09
text: Held at the desk.
action_date: 2019-04-09
text: Received in the House.
action_date: 2019-04-09
text: Message on Senate action sent to the House.
action_date: 2019-04-08
text: Introduced in the Senate, read twice, considered, read the third time, and passed without amendment by Unanimous Consent. (consideration: CR S2291-2292; text: CR S2295)
action_date: 2019-04-08
text: Passed/agreed to in Senate: Introduced in the Senate, read twice, considered, read the third time, and passed without amendment by Unanimous Consent.(consideration: CR S2291-2292; text: CR S2295)
action_date: 2019-04-08
text: Introduced in Senate
Earthquake Mitigation and Tax Parity Act

Bill: 116-s-1058
Sponsor: Sen. Harris, Kamala D. [D-CA]
Introduced: 2019-04-08 in the Senate
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Building construction
Income tax exclusion
Natural disasters
Residential rehabilitation and home repair

Summary:
action_date: 2019-04-08
text: 

Earthquake Mitigation and Tax Parity Act 

 
This bill modifies the requirements for calculating taxable income to exclude from gross income any earthquake loss mitigation received by a residential property owner or occupant under a state-based earthquake loss mitigation program. 
 
&quot;Earthquake loss mitigation&quot; is any property or service that reduces seismic risks to a residential structure or its contents. The term includes any payment, reimbursement, loan, loan forgiveness, grant, credit, rebate, voucher, or other financial incentive for the property or service.
 
The bill applies to earthquake loss mitigation programs established by a state (including an agency, instrumentality, or political subdivision of the state) or by a state with a tax-exempt organization or public instrumentality of the state. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2019-04-08
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
action_date: 2019-04-08
text: Introduced in Senate
FINISH Act

Bill: 116-s-1059
Sponsor: Sen. Young, Todd [R-IN]
Introduced: 2019-04-08 in the Senate
Policy area: Education
Subjects: Education of the disadvantaged
Education programs funding
Government lending and loan guarantees
Government studies and investigations
Higher education
Performance measurement
Public-private cooperation

Summary:
action_date: 2019-04-08
text: 

Fund for Innovation and Success in Higher Education Act or the FINISH Act

 
This bill establishes and revises programs to increase access to higher education for high-need students, increase their graduation rates, improve the efficiency of postsecondary education, and evaluate higher education programs.
 
Specifically, the bill authorizes the Department of Education to
 
 
award grants to institutions of higher education (IHEs) and other entities to develop and implement evidence-based innovations, including pay-for-success initiatives, in order to improve postsecondary access and increase graduation rates of high-need students;
 
approve up to five pay-for-success pilot initiatives each fiscal year to allow IHEs and private entities to use grants for improvement of student outcomes; and
 
independently evaluate the effectiveness and efficiency of all higher education grant programs.
 
 
The bill also encourages IHEs to make all forms of postsecondary instructional content, including open educational resources (e.g., textbooks), widely available. Open educational resources either reside in the public domain or have been released under a copyright license that permits their free use, reuse, modification, and sharing with others.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2019-04-08
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
action_date: 2019-04-08
text: Introduced in Senate
Defending Elections from Threats by Establishing Redlines Act of 2019

Bill: 116-s-1060
Sponsor: Sen. Van Hollen, Chris [D-MD]
Introduced: 2019-04-08 in the Senate
Policy area: International Affairs
Subjects: Asia
Bank accounts, deposits, capital
China
Congressional oversight
Diplomacy, foreign officials, Americans abroad
Elections, voting, political campaign regulation
Europe
European Union
Foreign and international banking
Foreign loans and debt
Foreign property
Government Operations and Politics
Government ethics and transparency, public corruption
Government information and archives
Intelligence activities, surveillance, classified information
Iran
Middle East
North Korea
Oil and gas
Political advertising
Russia
Sanctions
Subversive activities
U.S. and foreign investments
Visas and passports

Summary:
action_date: 2019-04-08
text: 

Defending Elections from Threats by Establishing Redlines Act of 2019

 
This bill requires the Office of the Director of National Intelligence to report on foreign interference in elections and requires the President to impose sanctions if such interference occurred. Additionally, the President must make various reports, including on foreign interference in elections and the net worth of certain Russian officials. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2019-07-18
text: Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs. Hearings held.
action_date: 2019-04-08
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs.
action_date: 2019-04-08
text: Introduced in Senate
John F. Kennedy Center Reauthorization Act of 2019

Bill: 116-s-1061
Sponsor: Sen. Barrasso, John [R-WY]
Introduced: 2019-04-08 in the Senate
Policy area: Arts, Culture, Religion
Subjects: Charitable contributions
Commemorative events and holidays
District of Columbia
Humanities programs funding
Museums, exhibitions, cultural centers
Performing arts
Presidents and presidential powers, Vice Presidents

Summary:
action_date: 2019-04-08
text: 

John F. Kennedy Center Reauthorization Act of 2019

 
This bill reauthorizes funding for FY2020-FY2024 for maintenance, repair, and security and capital projects for the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts. 
 
The bill directs that a plaque be placed within the Kennedy Center that contains an inscription to commemorate the 60th anniversary of the signing of the National Cultural Center Act by President Dwight D. Eisenhower. The Kennedy Center may solicit private contributions for the design, procurement, and installation of the plaque. 

action_date: 2019-04-10
text: 

John F. Kennedy Center Reauthorization Act of 2019

 
This bill reauthorizes funding for FY2020-FY2024 for maintenance, repair, and security and capital projects for the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts. 
 
The bill directs that a plaque be placed within the Kennedy Center that contains an inscription to commemorate the 60th anniversary of the signing of the National Cultural Center Act by President Dwight D. Eisenhower. The Kennedy Center may solicit private contributions for the design, procurement, and installation of the plaque. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2019-05-06
text: By Senator Barrasso from Committee on Environment and Public Works filed written report. Report No. 116-36.
action_date: 2019-05-06
text: By Senator Barrasso from Committee on Environment and Public Works filed written report. Report No. 116-36.
action_date: 2019-04-10
text: Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 72.
action_date: 2019-04-10
text: Committee on Environment and Public Works. Reported by Senator Barrasso without amendment. Without written report.
action_date: 2019-04-10
text: Committee on Environment and Public Works. Reported by Senator Barrasso without amendment. Without written report.
action_date: 2019-04-08
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works.
action_date: 2019-04-08
text: Introduced in Senate
Hammers' Law

Bill: 116-s-1062
Sponsor: Sen. Fischer, Deb [R-NE]
Introduced: 2019-04-08 in the Senate
Policy area: Transportation and Public Works
Subjects: Accidents
Civil actions and liability
Marine and inland water transportation
Transportation safety and security

Summary:
action_date: 2019-04-08
text: 

Hammers' Law

 
This bill makes additional compensation recoverable for nonpecuniary damages (but not punitive damages) for deaths resulting from a passenger cruise ship accident occurring on the high seas beyond 12 nautical miles from the U.S. shore.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2019-04-08
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
action_date: 2019-04-08
text: Introduced in Senate
HALOS Act of 2019

Bill: 116-s-1063
Sponsor: Sen. Murphy, Christopher [D-CT]
Introduced: 2019-04-08 in the Senate
Policy area: Finance and Financial Sector
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Business investment and capital
Financial services and investments
Higher education
Marketing and advertising
Securities
Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC)
Social work, volunteer service, charitable organizations

Summary:
action_date: 2019-04-08
text: 

Helping Angels Lead Our Startups Act of 2019 or the HALOS Act of 2019

 
This bill directs the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) to revise Regulation D, which exempts certain offerings from SEC registration requirements but prohibits general solicitation or general advertising with respect to such offerings. Specifically, this prohibition shall not apply to events with specified kinds of sponsors&#8212;including "angel investor groups" unconnected to broker-dealers or investment advisers&#8212;where presentations or communications are made by or on behalf of an issuer, if
 
 
the advertising does not refer to any specific offering of securities by the issuer; 
 
the sponsor does not provide investment recommendation or advice to attendees, engage in investment negotiations with attendees, charge certain fees, or receive certain compensation; and 
 
no specific information regarding a securities offering is communicated beyond the type and amount of securities being offered, the amount of securities already subscribed for, and the intended use of proceeds from the offering.



Legislative actions:
action_date: 2019-04-08
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs.
action_date: 2019-04-08
text: Introduced in Senate
Appalachian Energy for National Security Act

Bill: 116-s-1064
Sponsor: Sen. Manchin, Joe, III [D-WV]
Introduced: 2019-04-08 in the Senate
Policy area: Energy
Subjects: Atmospheric science and weather
Congressional oversight
Energy storage, supplies, demand
Foreign and international corporations
Government studies and investigations
Oil and gas
Rural conditions and development
U.S. and foreign investments

Summary:
action_date: 2019-04-08
text: 

Appalachian Energy for National Security Act 

 
This bill directs the Department of Energy to conduct a study on the national security impacts of building ethane and other natural gas liquids petrochemical infrastructure in the vicinity of the Marcellus, Utica, and Rogersville shale plays located in the Appalachian region of the United States.
 
The study must include an examination of the proposed infrastructure, including an identification of the potential benefits to national and economic security and the risks posed by foreign ownership and control of U.S. domestic petrochemical resources.

action_date: 2019-08-16
text: 

Appalachian Energy for National Security Act 

 
This bill directs the Department of Energy to conduct a study on the national security impacts of building ethane and other natural gas liquids petrochemical infrastructure in the vicinity of the Marcellus, Utica, and Rogersville shale plays located in the Appalachian region of the United States.
 
The study must include an examination of the proposed infrastructure, including an identification of the potential benefits to national and economic security and the risks posed by foreign ownership and control of U.S. domestic petrochemical resources.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2019-08-16
text: Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 177.
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. 116-75.
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. 116-75.
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: 2019-04-08
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
action_date: 2019-04-08
text: Introduced in Senate