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Combating Deceptive Immigration Enforcement Practices Act of 2019

Bill: 116-s-2151
Sponsor: Sen. Booker, Cory A. [D-NJ]
Introduced: 2019-07-17 in the Senate
Policy area: Immigration
Subjects: Border security and unlawful immigration
Department of Homeland Security
Government employee pay, benefits, personnel management
Law enforcement administration and funding
Law enforcement officers

Summary:
action_date: 2019-07-17
text: 

Combating Deceptive Immigration Enforcement Practices Act of 2019

 
This bill bars immigration officers or agents of the Department of Homeland Security from wearing clothing, accessories, or other items bearing the word 
police
 while performing duties under the immigration laws.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2019-07-17
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2019-07-17
text: Introduced in Senate
A bill to require a study and report on Coast Guard interdiction of illicit drugs in the transit zones, and for other purposes.

Bill: 116-s-2152
Sponsor: Sen. Markey, Edward J. [D-MA]
Introduced: 2019-07-17 in the Senate
Policy area: Transportation and Public Works
Subjects: Coast guard
Congressional oversight
Drug trafficking and controlled substances
Government studies and investigations
Latin America
Marine and inland water transportation
Performance measurement

Summary:
action_date: 2019-07-17
text: 
This bill requires the Department of Homeland Security to conduct a study to identify gaps in resources that contribute to low interdiction rates for maritime noncommercial smuggling of illicit drugs into the United States from Central America and South America.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2019-07-17
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
action_date: 2019-07-17
text: Introduced in Senate
A bill to require a report on the effects of climate change on the Coast Guard, and for other purposes.

Bill: 116-s-2153
Sponsor: Sen. Markey, Edward J. [D-MA]
Introduced: 2019-07-17 in the Senate
Policy area: Transportation and Public Works
Subjects: Air quality
Climate change and greenhouse gases
Coast guard
Congressional oversight
Environmental assessment, monitoring, research
Government studies and investigations

Summary:
action_date: 2019-07-17
text: 
This bill requires the U.S. Coast Guard to submit to Congress a report on vulnerabilities to Coast Guard installations resulting from climate change over the next 20 years, including an overview of mitigations that may be necessary to ensure the continued operational viability of the vulnerable installations.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2019-07-17
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
action_date: 2019-07-17
text: Introduced in Senate
JROTC Cyber Training Act

Bill: 116-s-2154
Sponsor: Sen. Rosen, Jacky [D-NV]
Introduced: 2019-07-17 in the Senate
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Computer security and identity theft
Computers and information technology
Congressional oversight
Defense spending
Education programs funding
Elementary and secondary education
Employment and training programs
Military education and training
Performance measurement
Science and engineering education
Teaching, teachers, curricula

Summary:
action_date: 2019-07-17
text: 

JROTC Cyber Training Act

 
This bill directs the Department of Defense to implement a program to prepare Junior Reserve Officers' Training Corps students for careers in computer science and cybersecurity. The program may include such elements as internships and cooperative research opportunities, funding for training of instructors, activities to improve the quality of training in these fields, and informal education.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2019-07-17
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Armed Services.
action_date: 2019-07-17
text: Introduced in Senate
Stop Wall Street Looting Act

Bill: 116-s-2155
Sponsor: Sen. Warren, Elizabeth [D-MA]
Introduced: 2019-07-17 in the Senate
Policy area: Finance and Financial Sector
Subjects: Accounting and auditing
Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Bankruptcy
Capital gains tax
Civil actions and liability
Corporate finance and management
Employee benefits and pensions
Financial services and investments
Fraud offenses and financial crimes
Income tax deductions
Income tax rates
Interest, dividends, interest rates
Marketing and advertising
Real estate business
Securities
Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC)
Self-employed
Tax administration and collection, taxpayers
Unemployment
Wages and earnings

Summary:
action_date: 2019-07-17
text: 

Stop Wall Street Looting Act

 
This bill generally revises provisions related to the regulation of private equity funds. Among other things, the bill 
 
 
increases financial and legal liability for these funds in the event of certain violations of law, 
 
gives employee compensation higher priority in bankruptcies, and 
 
generally prohibits the payment of dividends for two years from an acquired asset firm to a private equity fund. 
 
 
 The bill modifies the tax treatment of carried interest&#8212;compensation that is typically received by a partner of a private equity fund and is based on a share of the fund's profits. (Under current law, carried interest is taxed as investment income rather than at ordinary income tax rates.) Among other things, the bill treats as ordinary income the net capital gain with respect to a private equity fund. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2019-07-17
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
action_date: 2019-07-17
text: Introduced in Senate
S Corporation Modernization Act of 2019

Bill: 116-s-2156
Sponsor: Sen. Thune, John [R-SD]
Introduced: 2019-07-18 in the Senate
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Capital gains tax
Corporate finance and management
Employee benefits and pensions
Financial services and investments
Income tax deductions
Income tax rates
Sales and excise taxes
Securities
Small business
Tax administration and collection, taxpayers

Summary:
action_date: 2019-07-18
text: 

S Corporation Modernization Act of 2019

 
This bill modifies the tax treatment of S corporations (pass thru entities) to
 
 
increase from 25% to 60% of S corporation gross receipts the threshold for taxing S corporations with passive investment income; 
 
eliminate a provision terminating the status of S corporations with excessive passive investment income for three consecutive years; 
 
permit S corporations to have individual retirement accounts as shareholders; 
 
allow an adjustment to the basis of an S corporation's assets upon the death of a shareholder, in the form of a 15-year amortization deduction; and 
 
permit the Internal Revenue Service to treat a late revocation of S corporation status as timely if it finds there was reasonable cause for failure to make a timely revocation. 



Legislative actions:
action_date: 2019-07-18
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. (text: CR S4950-4952)
action_date: 2019-07-18
text: Introduced in Senate
Rural Hospital Sustainability Act

Bill: 116-s-2157
Sponsor: Sen. Casey, Robert P., Jr. [D-PA]
Introduced: 2019-07-18 in the Senate
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Community life and organization
Congressional oversight
Health care costs and insurance
Health care coverage and access
Health care quality
Home and outpatient care
Hospital care
Medicaid
Medicare
Public participation and lobbying
Rural conditions and development

Summary:
action_date: 2019-07-18
text: 

Rural Hospital Sustainability Act

 
This bill specifically allows the Center for Medicare and Medicaid Innovation to test a model for global payments to hospitals in rural areas. 
 
Under the model, rural hospitals receive fixed, monthly payments from all participating payers (e.g., Medicare, Medicaid, and private payers) for inpatient and outpatient services (rather than on a fee-for-service basis). In order to participate, hospitals must conduct a community health needs assessment survey and submit a transformation plan that incorporates the survey results and includes other specified information relating to the global payment model, including targeted populations, types of services, and anticipated Medicare savings.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2019-07-18
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
action_date: 2019-07-18
text: Introduced in Senate
The Newborn Screening Saves Lives Reauthorization Act of 2019

Bill: 116-s-2158
Sponsor: Sen. Hassan, Margaret Wood [D-NH]
Introduced: 2019-07-18 in the Senate
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Advisory bodies
Child health
Congressional oversight
Government information and archives
Health facilities and institutions
Health information and medical records
Health programs administration and funding
Health promotion and preventive care
Health technology, devices, supplies
Hereditary and development disorders
Long-term, rehabilitative, and terminal care
Medical research
Medical tests and diagnostic methods

Summary:
action_date: 2019-07-18
text: 

The Newborn Screening Saves Lives Reauthorization Act of 2019

 
 This bill expands and reauthorizes through FY2024 various programs related to the screening of newborns for heritable diseases, including (1) grants to local public health agencies, (2) the Advisory Committee on Heritable Disorders in Newborns and Children, (3) assessments of the effectiveness of such screenings, and (4) research into new screening technologies.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2019-07-18
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
action_date: 2019-07-18
text: Introduced in Senate
A bill to repeal the Act entitled "An Act to confer jurisdiction on the State of North Dakota over offenses committed by or against Indians on the Devils Lake Indian Reservation".

Bill: 116-s-2159
Sponsor: Sen. Hoeven, John [R-ND]
Introduced: 2019-07-18 in the Senate
Policy area: Native Americans
Subjects: Criminal investigation, prosecution, interrogation
Federal-Indian relations
Jurisdiction and venue
North Dakota
State and local courts

Summary:
action_date: 2019-07-18
text: 
This bill repeals the Act that gave North Dakota jurisdiction over offenses committed by or against Indians on the Devils Lake Indian Reservation.

action_date: 2019-10-16
text: 
This bill repeals the Act that gave North Dakota jurisdiction over offenses committed by or against Indians on the Devils Lake Indian Reservation.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2019-10-16
text: Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 244.
action_date: 2019-10-16
text: Committee on Indian Affairs. Reported by Senator Hoeven without amendment. With written report No. 116-130.
action_date: 2019-10-16
text: Committee on Indian Affairs. Reported by Senator Hoeven without amendment. With written report No. 116-130.
action_date: 2019-07-24
text: Committee on Indian Affairs. Ordered to be reported without amendment favorably.
action_date: 2019-07-18
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs.
action_date: 2019-07-18
text: Introduced in Senate
CO ALERTS Act of 2019

Bill: 116-s-2160
Sponsor: Sen. Scott, Tim [R-SC]
Introduced: 2019-07-18 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: 2019-07-18
text: 

Carbon Monoxide Alarms Leading Every Resident To Safety Act of 2019 or the CO ALERTS Act of 2019

 
This bill requires the installation of carbon monoxide detectors in each unit of specified federally assisted housing, in accordance with certain standards. Specifically, the requirement applies to (1) supportive housing for the elderly and for persons with disabilities, (2) public housing, (3) rental housing for which the owner receives low-income voucher assistance, and (4) certain rural housing.
 
The Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) must provide guidance to public housing agencies on how to educate tenants on health hazards in the home.
 
HUD must also report on the inclusion of carbon monoxide detectors in federally assisted housing not covered by the bill.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2019-11-07
text: Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs. Hearings held. Hearings printed: S.Hrg. 116-125.
action_date: 2019-07-18
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs.
action_date: 2019-07-18
text: Introduced in Senate
Reciprocity Ensures Streamlined Use of Lifesaving Treatments Act of 2019

Bill: 116-s-2161
Sponsor: Sen. Cruz, Ted [R-TX]
Introduced: 2019-07-18 in the Senate
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Congressional oversight
Drug safety, medical device, and laboratory regulation

Summary:
action_date: 2019-07-18
text: 

Reciprocity Ensures Streamlined Use of Lifesaving Treatments Act of 2019

 
This bill establishes a reciprocal marketing approval process that allows for the sale of a drug, biological product, or medical device that has not been approved by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) if the product is approved for sale in another country and there is an unmet need.
 
Specifically, the bill requires the product's sponsor to demonstrate, among other things, that their product has been approved in one of the specified countries, the FDA and listed countries have not withdrawn approval because of safety or effectiveness concerns, and there is a public health or unmet medical need for the product.
 
The FDA may only decline approval if the FDA determines that the product is not safe or effective. The FDA must make such a determination not later than 30 days after receiving a request. 
 
Congress may pass a joint resolution to grant reciprocal marketing approval of a product that the FDA declines to approve through the reciprocal process.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2019-07-18
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
action_date: 2019-07-18
text: Introduced in Senate
Water Resources Research Amendments Act

Bill: 116-s-2164
Sponsor: Sen. Cardin, Benjamin L. [D-MD]
Introduced: 2019-07-18 in the Senate
Policy area: Water Resources Development
Subjects: Congressional oversight
Energy efficiency and conservation
Government studies and investigations
Research administration and funding
Water quality
Water resources funding
Water use and supply

Summary:
action_date: 2019-07-18
text: 

Water Resources Research Amendments Act

 
This bill reauthorizes through FY2023 the water resources research program and otherwise revises the program, including by increasing the federal share of grant funding under the program for water resources research and technology institutes. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2019-07-18
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works.
action_date: 2019-07-18
text: Introduced in Senate
Energizing American Shipbuilding Act of 2019

Bill: 116-s-2167
Sponsor: Sen. Wicker, Roger F. [R-MS]
Introduced: 2019-07-18 in the Senate
Policy area: Energy
Subjects: Buy American requirements
Government information and archives
Licensing and registrations
Manufacturing
Marine and inland water transportation
Oil and gas
Transportation employees

Summary:
action_date: 2019-07-18
text: 

Energizing American Shipbuilding Act of 2019

 
This bill directs (1) the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) to require specified percentages of liquefied natural gas exports to be transported on vessels built or retrofitted in the United States and documented under its laws, and (2) the President to require specified percentages of crude oil exports to be transported on vessels built or retrofitted in the United States and documented under its laws. 
 
FERC and the President may waive these requirements under specified circumstances. 
 
The Energy Information Administration must collect and publish information on exports of natural gas and crude oil by vessels, including forecasts and data on those exports.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2019-07-18
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs.
action_date: 2019-07-18
text: Introduced in Senate
Student Loan Forgiveness for Farmers and Ranchers Act

Bill: 116-s-2168
Sponsor: Sen. Murphy, Christopher [D-CT]
Introduced: 2019-07-18 in the Senate
Policy area: Education
Subjects: Agricultural education
Government lending and loan guarantees
Higher education
Minority employment
Student aid and college costs
Veterans' education, employment, rehabilitation
Women's employment

Summary:
action_date: 2019-07-18
text: 

Student Loan Forgiveness for Farmers and Ranchers Act

 
This bill establishes a student loan forgiveness program for certain farmers or ranchers.
 
Specifically, it requires the Department of Education to cancel the balance of interest and principal due on a borrower's Federal Direct Loans after such borrower makes 120 monthly loan payments under a specified repayment plan while employed full-time at a qualified farm or ranch.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2019-07-18
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
action_date: 2019-07-18
text: Introduced in Senate
A bill to amend section 3116 of title 5, United States Code, to clarify the applicability of the appointment limitations for students appointed under the expedited hiring authority for post-secondary students.

Bill: 116-s-2169
Sponsor: Sen. Lankford, James [R-OK]
Introduced: 2019-07-18 in the Senate
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Subjects: Commemorative events and holidays
Conflicts and wars
Diplomacy, foreign officials, Americans abroad
Employee hiring
Employee leave
Government employee pay, benefits, personnel management
Higher education
Military operations and strategy

Summary:
action_date: 2019-07-18
text: 
This bill revises a provision that limits the authority of an agency to appoint, through expedited hiring authority, post-secondary students to an agency position at the GS-11 level.

action_date: 2019-10-15
text: 
This bill revises a provision that limits the authority of an agency to appoint, through expedited hiring authority, post-secondary students to an agency position at the GS-11 level. Further, the bill authorizes an agency to grant paid leave for up to (1) 20 days of rest and recuperation to a civilian employee serving in a combat zone or other high risk, high threat post; and (2) 5 days to a civilian employee serving in a foreign area for local holidays observed in such area.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2019-10-15
text: Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 241.
action_date: 2019-10-15
text: Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs. Reported by Senator Johnson with an amendment. With written report No. 116-129.
action_date: 2019-10-15
text: Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs. Reported by Senator Johnson with an amendment. With written report No. 116-129.
action_date: 2019-07-24
text: Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs. Ordered to be reported with an amendment favorably.
action_date: 2019-07-18
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.
action_date: 2019-07-18
text: Introduced in Senate
MEMA Act of 2019

Bill: 116-s-2170
Sponsor: Sen. Wicker, Roger F. [R-MS]
Introduced: 2019-07-18 in the Senate
Policy area: Finance and Financial Sector
Subjects: Building construction
Disaster relief and insurance
Floods and storm protection
Geography and mapping
Government information and archives
Public contracts and procurement
State and local finance

Summary:
action_date: 2019-07-18
text: 

Municipality Empowerment Mapping Achievement Act of 2019
 
or the MEMA Act of 2019

 
This bill requires the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) to publish National Flood Insurance Program (NFIP) rate maps for the entire United States (current law directs the mapping of certain risk areas). In developing these rate maps, FEMA must use the most current remote sensing technology. 
 
In coordination with the Technical Mapping Advisory Council, FEMA must establish a digital database to display the flood hazard risks of buildings in NFIP. The database must contain specified information about each property, including a certification of the building's elevation. FEMA must provide a one-time premium credit for the purchase of an elevation certificate by a policyholder.
 
The bill allows reimbursement to local governments that assist FEMA in developing flood risk zone data.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2019-07-18
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs.
action_date: 2019-07-18
text: Introduced in Senate
Flood Insurance Continuing Education and Training Act

Bill: 116-s-2171
Sponsor: Sen. Wicker, Roger F. [R-MS]
Introduced: 2019-07-18 in the Senate
Policy area: Finance and Financial Sector
Subjects: Business education
Disaster relief and insurance
Floods and storm protection
Insurance industry and regulation
Licensing and registrations

Summary:
action_date: 2019-07-18
text: 

Flood Insurance Continuing Education and Training Act

 
This bill requires insurance agents selling flood insurance policies to complete a continuing education course every two years. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2019-07-18
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs.
action_date: 2019-07-18
text: Introduced in Senate
Small Business Surcharge Relief Act

Bill: 116-s-2172
Sponsor: Sen. Wicker, Roger F. [R-MS]
Introduced: 2019-07-18 in the Senate
Policy area: Finance and Financial Sector
Subjects: Building construction
Disaster relief and insurance
Floods and storm protection
Small business
Social work, volunteer service, charitable organizations
Tax-exempt organizations

Summary:
action_date: 2019-07-18
text: 

Small Business Surcharge Relief Act

 
This bill partially exempts small businesses and nonprofit organizations from the Homeowner Flood Insurance Affordability Act (HFIAA) surcharge. The bill limits application of the HFIAA surcharge to two buildings on the same property, exempting additional buildings. The business or organization must certify that the savings will be used for flood mitigation on the property.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2019-07-18
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs.
action_date: 2019-07-18
text: Introduced in Senate
Coast Guard Drug Detection and Interdiction Act

Bill: 116-s-2173
Sponsor: Sen. Scott, Rick [R-FL]
Introduced: 2019-07-18 in the Senate
Policy area: Transportation and Public Works
Subjects: Aviation and airports
Coast guard
Congressional oversight
Criminal investigation, prosecution, interrogation
Federal-Indian relations
Intergovernmental relations
Marine and inland water transportation
State and local government operations

Summary:
action_date: 2019-07-18
text: 

Coast Guard Drug Detection and Interdiction Act

 
This bill authorizes the United States Coast Guard to provide funding through FY2021 for the enhancement of its land-based unmanned aircraft system program.
 
The Coast Guard must assess the feasibility and advisability of using unmanned aircraft systems for surveillance of marine protected areas, the transit zone, and the Arctic.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2019-07-18
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
action_date: 2019-07-18
text: Introduced in Senate