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A bill to prohibit taxpayer funded abortions.

Bill: 116-s-109
Sponsor: Sen. Wicker, Roger F. [R-MS]
Introduced: 2019-01-10 in the Senate
Policy area: Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues
Subjects: Abortion
Appropriations
Assault and harassment offenses
Comprehensive health care
Consumer affairs
Crimes against women
Employee benefits and pensions
Government buildings, facilities, and property
Health care costs and insurance
Health care coverage and access
Health facilities and institutions
Health programs administration and funding
Income tax credits
Sex offenses
Small business

Summary:
action_date: 2019-01-10
text: 

No Taxpayer Funding for Abortion and Abortion Insurance Full Disclosure Act of 

2019

 
This bill modifies provisions relating to federal funding for, and health insurance coverage of, abortions.
 
Specifically, the bill prohibits the use of federal funds for abortions or for health coverage that includes abortions. Such restrictions extend to the use of funds in the budget of the District of Columbia. Additionally, abortions may not be provided in a federal health care facility or by a federal employee. 
 
Historically, language has been included in annual appropriations bills for the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) that prohibits the use of federal funds for abortions&#8212;such language is commonly referred to as the Hyde Amendment. Similar language is also frequently included in appropriations bills for other federal agencies and the District of Columbia. The bill makes these restrictions permanent and extends the restrictions to all federal funds (rather than specific agencies). 
 
The bill's restrictions regarding the use of federal funds do not apply in cases of rape, incest, or where a physical disorder, injury, or illness endangers a woman's life unless an abortion is performed. The Hyde Amendment provides the same exceptions.
 
The bill also prohibits qualified health plans from including coverage for abortions. Currently, qualified health plans may cover abortion, but the portion of the premium attributable to abortion coverage is not eligible for subsidies.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2019-01-17
text: Cloture on the motion to proceed to the measure not invoked in Senate by Yea-Nay Vote. 48 - 47. Record Vote Number: 7. (CR S288)
action_date: 2019-01-17
text: Motion to proceed to measure considered in Senate. (CR S288)
action_date: 2019-01-16
text: Cloture motion on the motion to proceed presented in Senate. (CR S247-248)
action_date: 2019-01-16
text: Motion to proceed to consideration of measure made in Senate. (CR S247)
action_date: 2019-01-11
text: Read the second time. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 11.
action_date: 2019-01-10
text: Introduced in the Senate. Read the first time. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under Read the First Time.
action_date: 2019-01-10
text: Introduced in Senate
Medical Expense Savings Act

Bill: 116-s-110
Sponsor: Sen. Collins, Susan M. [R-ME]
Introduced: 2019-01-10 in the Senate
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Health care costs and insurance
Income tax deductions

Summary:
action_date: 2019-01-10
text: 

Medical Expense Savings Act

 
This bill makes permanent the reduction in the adjusted gross income threshold that must be exceeded before a taxpayer is allowed to claim an itemized tax deduction for medical expenses. (In 2017, the threshold was temporarily reduced from 10% to 7.5% for 2017 and 2018. This bill makes the 7.5% threshold permanent.)


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2019-01-10
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
action_date: 2019-01-10
text: Introduced in Senate
Pay Our Protectors Act of 2019

Bill: 116-s-111
Sponsor: Sen. McSally, Martha [R-AZ]
Introduced: 2019-01-10 in the Senate
Policy area: Economics and Public Finance
Subjects: Appropriations
Border security and unlawful immigration
Central Intelligence Agency (CIA)
Coast guard
Criminal investigation, prosecution, interrogation
Department of Homeland Security
Department of Justice
Executive agency funding and structure
Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI)
Government employee pay, benefits, personnel management
Immigration status and procedures
Intelligence activities, surveillance, classified information
Judges
Law enforcement administration and funding
Law enforcement officers
Transportation safety and security

Summary:
action_date: 2019-01-10
text: 

Pay Our Protectors Act of 2019

 
This bill provides continuing appropriations for the pay and allowances of certain employees of the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) and the Department of Justice (DOJ) who are required to work without pay during a lapse in appropriations for FY2019.
 
The bill applies to DHS and DOJ employees who are excepted employees or performing emergency work during a lapse in FY2019 appropriations.
 
The employees must also be
 
 
officers or employees of U.S. Customs and Border Protection, U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, the Transportation Safety Administration, the U.S. Coast Guard, the Federal Bureau of Investigation, or the Central Intelligence Agency;
 
DOJ attorneys who prosecute criminal offenses; or
 
DOJ immigration judges.
 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2019-01-10
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Appropriations.
action_date: 2019-01-10
text: Introduced in Senate
National FFA Organization's Federal Charter Amendments Act

Bill: 116-s-112
Sponsor: Sen. Young, Todd [R-IN]
Introduced: 2019-01-14 in the Senate
Policy area: Congress
Subjects: Agricultural education
Elementary and secondary education
Federally chartered organizations

Summary:
action_date: 2019-01-14
text: 

National FFA Organization's Federal Charter Amendments Act

 
This bill revises the charter of the National FFA Organization (Future Farmers of America). Such revisions include (1) making it a purpose of the organization to be an integral component of agricultural education, and (2) removing the Secretary of Education as the chair of the National FFA Board of Directors.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2019-01-14
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2019-01-14
text: Introduced in Senate
Shutdown Fairness Act

Bill: 116-s-113
Sponsor: Sen. Johnson, Ron [R-WI]
Introduced: 2019-01-14 in the Senate
Policy area: Economics and Public Finance
Subjects: Appropriations
Executive agency funding and structure
Government employee pay, benefits, personnel management
Public contracts and procurement

Summary:
action_date: 2019-01-14
text: 

Shutdown Fairness Act 

 
This bill provides appropriations for the pay and allowances of certain federal employees and contractors who are required to work during any period in which there is a lapse in appropriations for FY2019.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2019-01-14
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Appropriations.
action_date: 2019-01-14
text: Introduced in Senate
A bill to amend title 31, United States Code, to provide that activities relating to the training and readiness of the reserve components of the Armed Forces during a lapse in appropriations shall constitute voluntary services that may be accepted by the United States.

Bill: 116-s-114
Sponsor: Sen. Hoeven, John [R-ND]
Introduced: 2019-01-14 in the Senate
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Appropriations
Defense spending
Department of Defense
Department of Homeland Security
District of Columbia
Executive agency funding and structure
Government employee pay, benefits, personnel management
Military education and training
Military readiness
National Guard and reserves
Social work, volunteer service, charitable organizations

Summary:
action_date: 2019-01-14
text: 
This bill provides that, during a lapse in appropriations for the Department of Defense or the Department of Homeland Security, activities related to the training and readiness of the Armed Forces (including the National Guard and the Reserves) are considered voluntary services that may be accepted by the federal government or the District of Columbia government. 
 
(Under current law, the federal government or the District of Columbia government may not accept voluntary services or employ personal services exceeding those authorized by law except for emergencies involving the safety of human life or the protection of property.) 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2019-01-14
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Armed Services.
action_date: 2019-01-14
text: Introduced in Senate
A bill for the relief of Alemseghed Mussie Tesfamical.

Bill: 116-s-115
Sponsor: Sen. Schumer, Charles E. [D-NY]
Introduced: 2019-01-15 in the Senate
Subjects: Private Legislation

Summary:
action_date: 2019-01-15
text: Provides for the relief of Alemseghed Mussie Tesfamical.

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2019-01-15
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2019-01-15
text: Introduced in Senate
MOMS Act

Bill: 116-s-116
Sponsor: Sen. Gillibrand, Kirsten E. [D-NY]
Introduced: 2019-01-15 in the Senate
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Cardiovascular and respiratory health
Congressional oversight
Drug, alcohol, tobacco use
Government studies and investigations
Health care quality
Health facilities and institutions
Health information and medical records
Health programs administration and funding
Health promotion and preventive care
Health technology, devices, supplies
Mental health
Minority health
Racial and ethnic relations
Surgery and anesthesia
Women's health

Summary:
action_date: 2019-01-15
text: 

Modernizing Obstetric Medicine Standards Act of 2019 or the MOMS Act

 
This bill requires the Health Resources and Services Administration to contract with a national organization to (1) develop best practices relating to maternal mortality and morbidity prevention, and (2) establish a grant program for states to implement such best practices. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2019-01-15
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
action_date: 2019-01-15
text: Introduced in Senate
Disability Integration Act of 2019

Bill: 116-s-117
Sponsor: Sen. Schumer, Charles E. [D-NY]
Introduced: 2019-01-15 in the Senate
Policy area: Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Civil actions and liability
Community life and organization
Department of Health and Human Services
Department of Justice
Disability and health-based discrimination
Disability and paralysis
Disability assistance
Employment and training programs
Health care costs and insurance
Health care coverage and access
Health programs administration and funding
Home and outpatient care
Housing for the elderly and disabled
Housing supply and affordability
Intergovernmental relations
Long-term, rehabilitative, and terminal care
Low- and moderate-income housing
Medicaid
State and local government operations

Summary:
action_date: 2019-01-15
text: 

Disability Integration Act of
 
2019

 
This bill prohibits government entities and insurance providers from denying community-based services to individuals with disabilities that require long-term service or support that would enable such individuals to live in the community and lead an independent life. 
 
Specifically, these entities may not discriminate against such individuals in the provision of community-based services by such actions as imposing prohibited eligibility criteria, cost caps, or waiting lists or failing to provide a specific community-based service. Additionally, community-based services must be offered to individuals with such disabilities prior to institutionalization. Institutionalized individuals must be notified regularly of community-based alternatives. 
 
The bill requires the Department of Justice and the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) to issue regulations requiring government entities and insurance providers to offer community-based long-term services to individuals with such disabilities who would otherwise qualify for institutional placement. Government entities must ensure sufficient availability of affordable, accessible, and integrated housing that is not a disability-specific residential setting or a setting where services are tied to tenancy. 
 
Regulations shall also (1) require government entities and insurance providers to perform self-evaluation on current services, policies, and practices and concerning compliance with requirements of this bill; and (2) require government entities to submit a transition plan. HHS must determine annually whether each government entity is complying with the transition plan and must increase funding for those in compliance. 
 
The bill allows civil actions by individuals subjected to, or about to be subjected to, a violation of its requirements.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2019-01-15
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
action_date: 2019-01-15
text: Introduced in Senate
Innovators to Entrepreneurs Act of 2019

Bill: 116-s-118
Sponsor: Sen. Coons, Christopher A. [D-DE]
Introduced: 2019-01-15 in the Senate
Policy area: Science, Technology, Communications
Subjects: Business education
Business investment and capital
Congressional oversight
Government studies and investigations
Research administration and funding
Research and development
Small business
Technology transfer and commercialization

Summary:
action_date: 2019-01-15
text: 

Innovators to Entrepreneurs Act of 2019
 
 
This bill expands eligibility for the Innovation Corps (I-Corps) program and requires development of an I-Corps course to support commercialization-ready participants.
 
 The bill requires the National Science Foundation (NSF) to allow grantees of the Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Program and other entities to participate in I-Corps courses. The cost of participation by such a grantee in a course may be furnished
 
 
through I-Corps Teams grants,
 
through funds awarded to grantees under the SBIR Program or the Small Business Technology Transfer (STTR) Program,
 
by the grantor federal agency using funds set aside for the SBIR and STTR Programs, or 
 
by the participating teams.
 
 
The NSF shall develop an I-Corps course, to be offered by I-Corps regional nodes, to support commercialization-ready participants. The course shall support participants that have completed an I-Corps course and participants that have made the decision to market an innovation.
 
The Government Accountability Office shall report on the I-Corps Program, including by assessing the effects of the I-Corps on the commercialization of federally funded research and development, the higher education system, regional economies, and the national economy.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2019-05-15
text: Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship. Hearings held.
action_date: 2019-01-15
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
action_date: 2019-01-15
text: Introduced in Senate
Child Interstate Abortion Notification Act

Bill: 116-s-119
Sponsor: Sen. Rubio, Marco [R-FL]
Introduced: 2019-01-15 in the Senate
Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement
Subjects: Abortion
Child health
Civil actions and liability
Crimes against children
Criminal procedure and sentencing
Family relationships
Health personnel
Separation, divorce, custody, support
State and local government operations
Teenage pregnancy

Summary:
action_date: 2019-01-15
text: 

Child Interstate Abortion Notification Act

 
This bill creates new federal crimes related to transporting a minor across state lines for an abortion.
 
It makes it a crime to knowingly transport a minor to another state to obtain an abortion without satisfying a parental involvement law in the minor's resident state. A parental involvement law requires parental consent or notification, or judicial authorization, for a minor to obtain an abortion.
 
The bill prohibits an individual who has committed incest with a minor from knowingly transporting the minor across a state line to receive an abortion.
 
Finally, it makes it a crime for a physician to knowingly perform or induce an abortion on an out-of-state minor without first complying with parental notification requirements.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2019-01-15
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2019-01-15
text: Introduced in Senate
Protecting Domestic Violence and Stalking Victims Act of 2019

Bill: 116-s-120
Sponsor: Sen. Klobuchar, Amy [D-MN]
Introduced: 2019-01-15 in the Senate
Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement
Subjects: Assault and harassment offenses
Crime prevention
Crime victims
Criminal investigation, prosecution, interrogation
Criminal procedure and sentencing
Domestic violence and child abuse
Firearms and explosives
Lawyers and legal services

Summary:
action_date: 2019-01-15
text: 

Protecting Domestic Violence and Stalking Victims Act of 2019

 
This bill expands the categories of persons who are prohibited from receiving or possessing a firearm or ammunition.
 
Specifically, it prohibits firearm sale or transfer to and receipt, possession, shipment, or transport by a person who has been convicted in any court of a misdemeanor crime of stalking.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2019-01-15
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2019-01-15
text: Introduced in Senate
Automotive Jobs Act of 2019

Bill: 116-s-121
Sponsor: Sen. Jones, Doug [D-AL]
Introduced: 2019-01-15 in the Senate
Policy area: Foreign Trade and International Finance
Subjects: Competitiveness, trade promotion, trade deficits
Congressional oversight
Economic performance and conditions
Government studies and investigations
Manufacturing
Motor vehicles
Tariffs
Trade restrictions
Unemployment

Summary:
action_date: 2019-01-15
text: 

Automotive Jobs Act of 2019

 
This bill directs the U.S. International Trade Commission (USITC) to report on the status of the U.S. automotive industry.
 
The bill suspends the Department of Commerce's investigation initiated on May 23, 2018, regarding the effects on national security of importing automobiles and automotive parts until the USITC submits its report to the President and Congress and the President subsequently determines whether to reopen the investigation.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2019-01-15
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
action_date: 2019-01-15
text: Introduced in Senate
Private Corrado Piccoli Purple Heart Preservation Act

Bill: 116-s-122
Sponsor: Sen. Perdue, David [R-GA]
Introduced: 2019-01-15 in the Senate
Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Conflicts and wars
Marketing and advertising
Military personnel and dependents
Retail and wholesale trades

Summary:
action_date: 2019-01-15
text: 

Private Corrado Piccoli Purple Heart Preservation Act

 
This bill prohibits the sale of a Purple Heart, unless the sale is conducted by the member or former member of the Armed Forces to whom the Purple Heart was awarded.
 
It imposes criminal penalties for a violation&#8212;a fine, a prison term of up to six months, or both.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2019-01-15
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2019-01-15
text: Introduced in Senate
Freedom to Compete Act

Bill: 116-s-124
Sponsor: Sen. Rubio, Marco [R-FL]
Introduced: 2019-01-15 in the Senate
Policy area: Labor and Employment
Subjects: Competition and antitrust
Contracts and agency
Employment discrimination and employee rights
Labor standards
Labor-management relations

Summary:
action_date: 2019-01-15
text: 

Freedom to Compete Act

 
This bill amends the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 to prohibit an employer from enforcing, or threatening to enforce, any non-compete agreement in employment contracts with certain entry level, lower wage workers. A non-compete agreement entered into before the enactment of this bill shall be void and have no effect. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2019-11-14
text: Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship. Hearings held.
action_date: 2019-01-15
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
action_date: 2019-01-15
text: Introduced in Senate
REDUCE Government Waste Act

Bill: 116-s-125
Sponsor: Sen. Cortez Masto, Catherine [D-NV]
Introduced: 2019-01-15 in the Senate
Policy area: Agriculture and Food
Subjects: Advanced technology and technological innovations
Agricultural marketing and promotion
Agricultural practices and innovations
Agricultural prices, subsidies, credit
Agricultural research
Alcoholic beverages
Debt collection
Insects
Research administration and funding

Summary:
action_date: 2019-01-15
text: 

Removing Excessive Dollars to Uproot and Cut Expensive Government Waste Act or the REDUCE Government Waste Act 

 
This bill repeals the rules for peanuts under the nonrecourse marketing assistance loan program administered by the Department of Agriculture (USDA). (Under a nonrecourse marketing assistance loan, a farmer pledges a commodity as collateral and may deliver the pledged collateral to USDA to repay the loan.) 
 
The bill also prohibits federal funds from being used for the development of (1) a beerbot or other robot bartender; or (2) insect-based foods for human consumption, including cricket farming and taste-testing of insect-based foods. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2019-01-15
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry.
action_date: 2019-01-15
text: Introduced in Senate
Native American Millennium Challenge Demonstration Act

Bill: 116-s-126
Sponsor: Sen. Murkowski, Lisa [R-AK]
Introduced: 2019-01-15 in the Senate
Policy area: Native Americans
Subjects: Economic development
Federal-Indian relations
Government information and archives
Indian social and development programs
Performance measurement
Poverty and welfare assistance

Summary:
action_date: 2019-01-15
text: 

Native American Millennium Challenge Demonstration Act

 
This bill requires the Department of the Interior to establish the Native American Millennium Challenge Demonstration Project to provide economic development assistance for Native Americans.
 
Entities must enter into a five-year binding agreement with the United States to receive assistance. Among other elements, these agreements must contain a description of the specific objectives related to sustainable economic development and poverty reduction that the entity expects to achieve.
 
Assistance shall be provided in the form of funding agreements and may not be provided as loans. Additionally, funds may not be used for regulated gaming activities.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2019-01-15
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs.
action_date: 2019-01-15
text: Introduced in Senate
A bill to direct the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to seek to enter into an agreement with the city of Vallejo, California, for the transfer of Mare Island Naval Cemetery in Vallejo, California, and for other purposes.

Bill: 116-s-127
Sponsor: Sen. Feinstein, Dianne [D-CA]
Introduced: 2019-01-15 in the Senate
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: California
Cemeteries and funerals
Historic sites and heritage areas
Land transfers
Military history
Veterans' organizations and recognition

Summary:
action_date: 2019-01-15
text: 
This bill directs the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) and the city of Vallejo, California, to enter into an agreement to transfer Mare Island Naval Cemetery in Vallejo, California, to the VA to be maintained as a national shrine. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2019-01-15
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs. (Sponsor introductory remarks on measure: CR S226)
action_date: 2019-01-15
text: Introduced in Senate