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End Mass Deportation Act

Bill: 116-s-1591
Sponsor: Sen. Cortez Masto, Catherine [D-NV]
Introduced: 2019-05-22 in the Senate
Policy area: Immigration
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Border security and unlawful immigration
Civil actions and liability
Crime victims
Criminal investigation, prosecution, interrogation
Department of Homeland Security
Detention of persons
Immigration status and procedures
Intergovernmental relations
Law enforcement administration and funding
Law enforcement officers
Organized crime
Presidents and presidential powers, Vice Presidents
State and local finance
State and local government operations
Violent crime

Summary:
action_date: 2019-05-22
text: 

End Mass Deportation Act

 
This bill rescinds Executive Order 13768, dated January 25, 2017, entitled 
Enhancing Public Safety in the Interior of the United States
. 
 
(The executive order contains various provisions relating to immigration enforcement, including ones (1) directing the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) to prioritize removal of certain criminal aliens, and (2) authorizing the Department of Justice and DHS to render a sanctuary jurisdiction ineligible for certain federal grants if the jurisdiction willfully violates any law requiring local officials to cooperate with immigration enforcement officials.)


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2019-05-22
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2019-05-22
text: Introduced in Senate
Cooperate with Law Enforcement Agencies and Watch Act of 2019

Bill: 116-s-1592
Sponsor: Sen. Cotton, Tom [R-AR]
Introduced: 2019-05-22 in the Senate
Policy area: Finance and Financial Sector
Subjects: Bank accounts, deposits, capital
Banking and financial institutions regulation
Business records
Civil actions and liability
Criminal investigation, prosecution, interrogation
Fraud offenses and financial crimes

Summary:
action_date: 2019-05-22
text: 

Cooperate with Law Enforcement Agencies and Watch Act of 2019 

 
This bill limits a financial institution's liability for maintaining a customer account or a customer transaction in compliance with a written request by a federal, state, tribal, or local law enforcement agency. A federal or state agency may not take an adverse supervisory action against a financial institution with respect to maintaining an account or a transaction consistent with such a request. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2019-05-22
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs.
action_date: 2019-05-22
text: Introduced in Senate
Promoting Grid Storage Act of 2019

Bill: 116-s-1593
Sponsor: Sen. Smith, Tina [D-MN]
Introduced: 2019-05-22 in the Senate
Policy area: Energy
Subjects: Electric power generation and transmission
Energy efficiency and conservation
Energy research
Energy storage, supplies, demand
Government information and archives
Public utilities and utility rates
Research administration and funding
Rural conditions and development

Summary:
action_date: 2019-05-22
text: 

Promoting Grid Storage Act of 2019

 
This bill requires the Department of Energy (DOE) to establish certain programs for energy storage.
 
DOE must establish a program for the research of energy storage systems, components, and materials.
 
DOE must also establish a technical assistance and grant program for (1) disseminating information and providing technical assistance directly to nonprofit or for-profit entities so those entities can identify, evaluate, plan, and design energy storage systems; and (2) making grants to those entities so that they may contract to obtain technical assistance to identify, evaluate, plan, and design energy storage systems.
 
The bill provides for the establishment of a competitive grant program for pilot energy storage systems.


Legislative actions:
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: 2019-05-22
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
action_date: 2019-05-22
text: Introduced in Senate
SERVICE Act

Bill: 116-s-1594
Sponsor: Sen. Cortez Masto, Catherine [D-NV]
Introduced: 2019-05-22 in the Senate
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Conflicts and wars
Health care coverage and access
Mental health
Veterans' medical care

Summary:
action_date: 2019-05-22
text: 

Show Esteem and Respect for Veterans by Increasing Care and Equity Act or the SERVICE Act

 
This bill provides eligibility for hospital care, medical services, and nursing home care for any mental illness through the Department of Veterans Affairs to veterans who served on active duty in a theater of combat operations. Specifically, combat veterans are eligible for such care regardless of (1) whether there is insufficient medical evidence to conclude such illness is service-connected, and (2) time limitations based on discharge or release from active military service.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2019-05-22
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
action_date: 2019-05-22
text: Introduced in Senate
Stop Overdraft Profiteering Act of 2019

Bill: 116-s-1595
Sponsor: Sen. Booker, Cory A. [D-NJ]
Introduced: 2019-05-22 in the Senate
Policy area: Finance and Financial Sector
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Bank accounts, deposits, capital
Banking and financial institutions regulation
Consumer Financial Protection Bureau
Consumer credit
Marketing and advertising

Summary:
action_date: 2019-05-22
text: 

Stop Overdraft Profiteering Act of 2019

 
This bill prohibits a depository institution from engaging in certain acts in connection with overdraft coverage. 
 
Each depository institution that offers overdraft coverage for accounts must disclose overdraft coverage fees and certain related information. A depository institution must provide certain other disclosures regarding its overdraft protection program, including prompt notification of the account's overdraft status.
 
The bill limits the number of overdraft fees a consumer may be charged each month and year and provides that such fees must be reasonable.
 
The bill prohibits an overdraft coverage fee if the overdraft results solely from a debit hold amount that exceeds the actual dollar amount of the transaction. 
 
The bill also prohibits a depository institution from
 
 
charging a non-sufficient fund fee for any debit card transaction, or 
 
reporting negative information regarding consumer use of overdraft coverage to any consumer reporting agency when the overdraft amounts and coverage fees are paid under the terms of an overdraft coverage program. 



Legislative actions:
action_date: 2019-05-22
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs.
action_date: 2019-05-22
text: Introduced in Senate
Food and Agribusiness Merger Moratorium and Antitrust Review Act of 2019

Bill: 116-s-1596
Sponsor: Sen. Booker, Cory A. [D-NJ]
Introduced: 2019-05-22 in the Senate
Policy area: Commerce
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Advisory bodies
Agricultural prices, subsidies, credit
Competition and antitrust
Congressional oversight
Corporate finance and management
Employment discrimination and employee rights
Food industry and services
Food supply, safety, and labeling
Government employee pay, benefits, personnel management
Government information and archives
Manufacturing
Meat
Retail and wholesale trades
Rural conditions and development
Wages and earnings

Summary:
action_date: 2019-05-22
text: 

Food and Agribusiness Merger Moratorium and Antitrust Review Act of 2019

 
This bill places a moratorium on certain acquisitions between large agricultural and retail-related businesses and establishes the Food and Agriculture Concentration and Market Power Review Commission. The commission shall report to Congress and the President on (1) the nature and consequences of market concentration in the U.S. food and agricultural economy, and (2) recommended legal and regulatory changes to address such market concentration.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2019-05-22
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2019-05-22
text: Introduced in Senate
Sutton Mountain and Painted Hills Area Preservation and Economic Enhancement Act

Bill: 116-s-1597
Sponsor: Sen. Merkley, Jeff [D-OR]
Introduced: 2019-05-22 in the Senate
Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources
Subjects: Land transfers
Oregon
Wilderness and natural areas, wildlife refuges, wild rivers, habitats

Summary:
action_date: 2019-05-22
text: 

Sutton Mountain and Painted Hills Area Preservation and Economic Enhancement Act

 
This bill designates the Sutton Mountain Wilderness, Pat's Cabin Wilderness, Painted Hills Wilderness, and Dead Dog Wilderness in Oregon as wilderness areas and components of the National Wilderness Preservation System. 
 
The Department of the Interior must provide an owner of private property within the boundary of a wilderness area designated by this bill adequate access to such property.
 
The bill prescribes requirements for the Collins, Faulkner, Quant, and Twickenham Livestock LLC land exchanges in Oregon.
 
The bill directs Interior to convey specified lands managed by the Bureau of Land Management to the city of Mitchell and Wheeler County in Oregon. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2019-05-22
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
action_date: 2019-05-22
text: Introduced in Senate
Filipino Veterans Family Reunification Act of 2019

Bill: 116-s-1598
Sponsor: Sen. Hirono, Mazie K. [D-HI]
Introduced: 2019-05-22 in the Senate
Policy area: Immigration
Subjects: Asia
Citizenship and naturalization
Conflicts and wars
Family relationships
Immigration status and procedures
Philippines
Visas and passports

Summary:
action_date: 2019-05-22
text: 

Filipino Veterans Family Reunification Act of 2019

 
 This bill exempts from worldwide or numerical limitations certain family-sponsored immigrant visas for the sons and daughters of Filipino World War II veterans who were naturalized under certain laws providing for naturalization for service during World War II.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2019-05-22
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2019-05-22
text: Introduced in Senate
Foster Care Tax Credit Act

Bill: 116-s-1599
Sponsor: Sen. Kaine, Tim [D-VA]
Introduced: 2019-05-22 in the Senate
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Adoption and foster care
Congressional oversight
Fraud offenses and financial crimes
Government studies and investigations
Income tax credits
Tax administration and collection, taxpayers

Summary:
action_date: 2019-05-22
text: 

Foster Care Tax Credit Act

 
This bill allows eligible taxpayers an income-based tax credit equal to $850 in a taxable year for the care of a qualifying foster child. An 
eligible taxpayer
 is a taxpayer with whom a foster child was placed for not less than one month in the taxable year and for whom a child tax credit is not allowed for such taxable year. A 
qualifying foster child
 is a foster child who is under age 17 and is a citizen, national, or resident of the United States. 
 
The bill requires certain information reporting for foster child placements and a study and report on emergency and short-term foster placements. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2019-05-22
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. (Sponsor introductory remarks on measure: CR S3062)
action_date: 2019-05-22
text: Introduced in Senate
Maternal CARE Act

Bill: 116-s-1600
Sponsor: Sen. Harris, Kamala D. [D-CA]
Introduced: 2019-05-22 in the Senate
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Alternative treatments
Child health
Congressional oversight
Disability and health-based discrimination
Education programs funding
Employment and training programs
Government studies and investigations
Health care quality
Health personnel
Health programs administration and funding
Health promotion and preventive care
Home and outpatient care
Medical education
Minority health
Racial and ethnic relations
Sex and reproductive health
State and local government operations
Women's health

Summary:
action_date: 2019-05-22
text: 

Maternal Care Access and Reducing Emergencies Act or the Maternal CARE Act

 
This bill requires the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) to award grants to health-professional training programs for training that addresses implicit bias (e.g., racial bias) in the practice of obstetrics and gynecology. 
 
HHS must also award grants to up to 10 states for pregnancy medical-home programs that reduce adverse maternal-health outcomes and racial disparities. Among other requirements, such programs must prioritize the care of uninsured individuals or Medicaid enrollees. 
 
The National Academy of Medicine must make recommendations for incorporating bias recognition in clinical-skills tests at medical schools.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2019-05-22
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
action_date: 2019-05-22
text: Introduced in Senate
HOT CARS Act of 2019

Bill: 116-s-1601
Sponsor: Sen. Wicker, Roger F. [R-MS]
Introduced: 2019-05-22 in the Senate
Policy area: Transportation and Public Works
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Child safety and welfare
Congressional oversight
Department of Transportation
Government information and archives
Government studies and investigations
Motor vehicles
Roads and highways
State and local government operations
Transportation programs funding
Transportation safety and security

Summary:
action_date: 2019-05-22
text: 

Helping Overcome Trauma for Children Alone in Rear Seats Act of 2019 or the HOT CARS Act of 2019

 
 This bill requires the Department of Transportation (DOT) to issue a final rule requiring all new passenger motor vehicles weighing less than 10,000 pounds gross vehicle weight to be equipped with a system to alert the operator to check rear designated seating positions after the vehicle engine is turned off.
 
The alert must (1) include a distinct auditory and visual alert which may be combined with a haptic alert (i.e., vibrations), and (2) be activated when the vehicle engine is turned off.
 
DOT must enter into an agreement with an independent third party for a study on retrofitting existing passenger motor vehicles with technology to address the problem of children left in rear seats after the vehicle engine is turned off.

action_date: 2020-01-13
text: 

Helping Overcome Trauma for Children Alone in Rear Seats Act of 2019 or the HOT CARS Act of 2019

 
 This bill requires the Department of Transportation (DOT) to issue a final rule requiring all new passenger motor vehicles weighing less than 10,000 pounds gross vehicle weight to be equipped with a system to alert the operator to check rear designated seating positions after the vehicle engine is turned off.
 
The alert must (1) include a distinct auditory and visual alert which may be combined with a haptic alert (i.e., vibrations), and (2) be activated when the vehicle engine is turned off.
 
DOT must enter into an agreement with an independent third party for a study on retrofitting existing passenger motor vehicles with technology to address the problem of children left in rear seats after the vehicle engine is turned off.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2020-01-13
text: Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 404.
action_date: 2020-01-13
text: Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. Reported by Senator Wicker without amendment. With written report No. 116-204.
action_date: 2020-01-13
text: Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. Reported by Senator Wicker without amendment. With written report No. 116-204.
action_date: 2019-07-10
text: Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. Ordered to be reported without amendment favorably.
action_date: 2019-05-22
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
action_date: 2019-05-22
text: Introduced in Senate
BEST Act

Bill: 116-s-1602
Sponsor: Sen. Collins, Susan M. [R-ME]
Introduced: 2019-05-22 in the Senate
Policy area: Energy
Subjects: Congressional oversight
Electric power generation and transmission
Energy efficiency and conservation
Energy research
Energy storage, supplies, demand
Public-private cooperation
Research administration and funding
Research and development
Technology transfer and commercialization

Summary:
action_date: 2019-05-22
text: 

Better Energy Storage Technology Act or the
 
BEST Act

 
This bill addresses grid-scale energy storage systems.
 
The bill requires the Department of Energy (DOE) to establish within its Office of Electricity a research, development, and demonstration program for grid-scale energy storage systems.
 
DOE must enter into agreements to carry out not more than five demonstration projects and develop a 10-year strategic plan and cost targets for grid-scale energy storage systems.

action_date: 2019-10-22
text: 

Better Energy Storage Technology Act or the
 
BEST Act

 
This bill addresses research, development, and demonstration programs relating to energy storage systems.
 
Among other requirements, the Department of Energy must
 
 
establish a research, development, and deployment program for energy storage systems, including distributed and transportation energy storage technologies and applications;
 
enter into agreements to carry out at least five demonstration projects and develop a 10-year strategic plan for energy storage systems;
 
establish a competitive grant program to assist certain states and tribal governments, institutions of higher education, utilities, and private energy storage companies carry out demonstration projects for pilot energy storage systems;
 
provide technical and planning assistance to help certain electric cooperatives, political subdivisions of states, nonprofit entities, and utilities procure energy storage systems; and
 
award competitive prizes for advancing the recycling of critical energy storage materials such as lithium and cobalt.
 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2019-10-22
text: Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 255.
action_date: 2019-10-22
text: Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. Reported by Senator Murkowski with an amendment in the nature of a substitute and an amendment to the title. With written report No. 116-135.
action_date: 2019-10-22
text: Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. Reported by Senator Murkowski with an amendment in the nature of a substitute and an amendment to the title. With written report No. 116-135.
action_date: 2019-09-25
text: Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. Ordered to be reported with an amendment in the nature of a substitute 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: 2019-05-22
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. (Sponsor introductory remarks on measure: CR S3062-3063)
action_date: 2019-05-22
text: Introduced in Senate
DELIVER Act of 2019

Bill: 116-s-1603
Sponsor: Sen. King, Angus S., Jr. [I-ME]
Introduced: 2019-05-22 in the Senate
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Aging
Charitable contributions
Disability assistance
Food assistance and relief
Income tax deductions
Motor vehicles
Transportation costs

Summary:
action_date: 2019-05-22
text: 

Delivering Elderly Lunches and Increasing Volunteer Engagement and Reimbursements Act of 2019 or the DELIVER Act of 201

9

 
This bill increases the standard mileage rate for the tax deduction for the charitable use of a passenger automobile to deliver meals to homebound individuals who are elderly, disabled, frail, or at risk. The bill increases the rate from the standard charitable rate of 14 cents per mile to the standard business mileage rate, which is 58 cents per mile for 2019. 
 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2019-05-22
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
action_date: 2019-05-22
text: Introduced in Senate
Local Water Protection Act

Bill: 116-s-1604
Sponsor: Sen. Klobuchar, Amy [D-MN]
Introduced: 2019-05-22 in the Senate
Policy area: Environmental Protection
Subjects: Environmental assessment, monitoring, research
State and local government operations
Water quality

Summary:
action_date: 2019-05-22
text: 

Local Water Protection Act

 
This bill extends programs within the Environmental Protection Agency that award grants to states for managing nonpoint source water pollution or protecting groundwater quality. Water pollution from nonpoint sources is caused by precipitation picking up pollution as it moves over or through the ground.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2019-05-22
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works.
action_date: 2019-05-22
text: Introduced in Senate
Housing Survivors of Major Disasters Act of 2019

Bill: 116-s-1605
Sponsor: Sen. Warren, Elizabeth [D-MA]
Introduced: 2019-05-22 in the Senate
Policy area: Emergency Management
Subjects: Disaster relief and insurance
Evidence and witnesses
Foreign language and bilingual programs
Government information and archives
Homelessness and emergency shelter
Housing and community development funding
Intergovernmental relations
Natural disasters
Residential rehabilitation and home repair

Summary:
action_date: 2019-05-22
text: 

Housing Survivors of Major Disasters Act of 2019

 
This bill makes certain individuals and households eligible for housing assistance in connection with a major disaster, including Hurricane Maria of 2017. To be eligible, an individual or household must be (1) occupying an otherwise unused or uninhabited property located in the area for which the major disaster was declared but does not have documented ownership rights to and is not renting the property, or (2) residing or have resided in an area for which the major disaster was declared but does not have documentary proof of residence. 
 
The Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) shall consider alternative forms of proof to determine the eligibility of an individual or household for assistance.
 
FEMA shall (1) create and distribute a form declarative statement that applicants for assistance may use to self-certify their eligibility for assistance, and (2) make the statement available in specified languages at all active Disaster Recovery Centers and on its website and social media.
 
FEMA shall enter into agreements with the Department of Housing and Urban Development to implement a disaster housing assistance program to provide temporary rental assistance to individuals and households displaced by any major disaster during 2017 and 2018, and shall engage in consultations regarding the implementation of such program for future disasters.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2019-05-22
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.
action_date: 2019-05-22
text: Introduced in Senate