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Student Aid Improvement Act of 2019

Bill: 116-s-2557
Sponsor: Sen. Alexander, Lamar [R-TN]
Introduced: 2019-09-26 in the Senate
Policy area: Education
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Adoption and foster care
American Samoa
Caribbean area
Congressional oversight
Consumer affairs
Correctional facilities and imprisonment
Department of Education
Education programs funding
Employment taxes
Family relationships
Financial literacy
Government information and archives
Government lending and loan guarantees
Government studies and investigations
Guam
Higher education
Homelessness and emergency shelter
Human trafficking
Inflation and prices
Marriage and family status
Marshall Islands
Micronesia
Military personnel and dependents
Minority education
Northern Mariana Islands
Oceania
Palau
Puerto Rico
Refugees, asylum, displaced persons
State and local taxation
Student aid and college costs
Tax administration and collection, taxpayers
Temporary and part-time employment
U.S. territories and protectorates
User charges and fees
Veterans' education, employment, rehabilitation
Wages and earnings

Summary:
action_date: 2019-09-26
text: 

Student Aid Improvement Act of 2019

 
This bill revises provisions related to federal financial student aid.
 
Specifically, the bill replaces the expected family contribution metric with a student aid index used to assess a family's financial need and approximate their financial resources to contribute to a student's higher education expenses.
 
The bill also revises the process for filing a Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA), and it removes certain eligibility requirements related to drug-related offenses and registration with the Selective Service System.
 
The bill reauthorizes the Pell Grant program through FY2021, establishes a new eligibility formula for Pell Grants, and increases the maximum Pell Grant award. The Department of Education (ED) must conduct certain activities to educate students and their families about Pell Grant eligibility at a younger age. In addition, the bill expands Pell Grant eligibility to (1) certain incarcerated individuals; and (2) students enrolled in short-term programs that provide training in high-skill, high-wage, or in-demand industry sectors or occupations.
 
ED must develop a standard terminology and format for financial aid offers, which shall provide certain information such as costs, grant and scholarship aid, annual net price, work-study, loans, and accepting or declining aid.
 
 In addition, the bill provides that a borrower on a 10-year standard loan repayment plan shall not be subject to a maximum monthly payment or any other maximum monthly payment.
 
 Further, the bill makes funding for historically black colleges and universities and other minority-serving institutions permanent.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2019-09-26
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
action_date: 2019-09-26
text: Introduced in Senate
Nursing Home Care for Native American Veterans Act

Bill: 116-s-2558
Sponsor: Sen. Sinema, Kyrsten [D-AZ]
Introduced: 2019-09-26 in the Senate
Policy area: Native Americans
Subjects: Building construction
Congressional oversight
Health facilities and institutions
Health programs administration and funding
Long-term, rehabilitative, and terminal care
Minority health
Veterans' medical care

Summary:
action_date: 2019-09-26
text: 

Nursing Home Care for Native American Veterans Act

 
This bill expands eligibility for grants that provide per diem funding to state nursing homes for veterans to include veterans homes established by Native American tribes.

action_date: 2020-09-15
text: 

Nursing Home Care for Native American Veterans Act

 
This bill expands eligibility for grants that provide per diem funding to state nursing homes for veterans to include veterans homes established by Native American tribes.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2020-09-15
text: Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 541.
action_date: 2020-09-15
text: Committee on Veterans' Affairs. Reported by Senator Moran without amendment. Without written report.
action_date: 2020-09-15
text: Committee on Veterans' Affairs. Reported by Senator Moran without amendment. Without written report.
action_date: 2020-08-05
text: Committee on Veterans' Affairs. Ordered to be reported without amendment favorably.
action_date: 2019-09-26
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
action_date: 2019-09-26
text: Introduced in Senate
Student Training and Education Metrics Act of 2019

Bill: 116-s-2559
Sponsor: Sen. Scott, Rick [R-FL]
Introduced: 2019-09-26 in the Senate
Policy area: Education
Subjects: Government information and archives
Government lending and loan guarantees
Higher education
Performance measurement
School administration
Student aid and college costs
Wages and earnings

Summary:
action_date: 2019-09-26
text: 

Student Training and Education Metrics Act of 2019

 
This bill makes institutions of higher education (IHE) responsible for a percentage of the loan balance of students who are in default, and it requires IHEs and the Department of Education (ED) to report certain metrics related to student debt and academic programs.
 
Specifically, the bill requires an IHE to remit to ED an annually increasing percentage of the loan balance of students who are in default, up to 10% in the tenth year. Additionally, an IHE shall forfeit its eligibility to receive any federal funds if it raises the amount of tuition and fees above the amount charged for the 2019-2020 award year.
 
An IHE must collect, report to ED, and make publicly available certain statistics such as the (1) graduation rate for each academic program; (2) percentage of graduates who are employed full-time or continuing their education full-time one, three, and five years after graduating; and (3) cost to graduate with a degree for each academic program.
 
For each IHE, ED must annually report (1) the average amount of federal student loan debt owed by a student upon graduation; and (2) the rate of loan deferment, forbearance, default, and delinquency at certain intervals following graduation. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2019-09-26
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
action_date: 2019-09-26
text: Introduced in Senate
Congressional Budget Justification Transparency Act of 2019

Bill: 116-s-2560
Sponsor: Sen. Peters, Gary C. [D-MI]
Introduced: 2019-09-26 in the Senate
Policy area: Economics and Public Finance
Subjects: Appropriations
Budget process
Congressional oversight
Executive agency funding and structure
Government ethics and transparency, public corruption
Government information and archives

Summary:
action_date: 2019-09-26
text: 

Congressional Budget Justification Transparency Act of 2019

 
This bill requires federal agencies to make budget justification materials available to the public. The bill also requires the Office of Management and Budget to make certain details regarding the materials available to the public, including a list of the agencies that submit budget justification materials to Congress, the dates that the materials are submitted to Congress and posted online, and links to the materials.
action_date: 2020-03-02
text: 

Congressional Budget Justification Transparency Act of 2019

 
This bill requires federal agencies to make budget justification materials available to the public. The bill also requires the Office of Management and Budget to make certain details regarding the materials available to the public, including a list of the agencies that submit budget justification materials to Congress, the dates that the materials are submitted to Congress and posted online, and links to the materials.

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2020-03-02
text: Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 436.
action_date: 2020-03-02
text: Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs. Reported by Senator Johnson with an amendment. With written report No. 116-221.
action_date: 2020-03-02
text: Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs. Reported by Senator Johnson with an amendment. With written report No. 116-221.
action_date: 2019-11-06
text: Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs. Ordered to be reported without amendment favorably.
action_date: 2019-09-26
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.
action_date: 2019-09-26
text: Introduced in Senate
Big Cat Public Safety Act

Bill: 116-s-2561
Sponsor: Sen. Blumenthal, Richard [D-CT]
Introduced: 2019-09-26 in the Senate
Policy area: Animals
Subjects: Animal protection and human-animal relationships
Civil actions and liability
Crimes against animals and natural resources
Mammals
Museums, exhibitions, cultural centers
Trade restrictions
Wildlife conservation and habitat protection

Summary:
action_date: 2019-09-26
text: 

Big Cat Public Safety Act

 
This bill revises requirements governing the trade of big cats (i.e., species of lion, tiger, leopard, cheetah, jaguar, or cougar or any hybrid of such species). Specifically, it revises restrictions on the possession and exhibition of big cats, including to restrict direct contact between the public and big cats. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2019-09-26
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works.
action_date: 2019-09-26
text: Introduced in Senate
Captive Primate Safety Act

Bill: 116-s-2562
Sponsor: Sen. Blumenthal, Richard [D-CT]
Introduced: 2019-09-26 in the Senate
Policy area: Animals
Subjects: Animal protection and human-animal relationships
Civil actions and liability
Crimes against animals and natural resources
Mammals
Trade restrictions
Wildlife conservation and habitat protection

Summary:
action_date: 2019-09-26
text: 

Captive Primate Safety Act

 
This bill revises requirements governing the trade of wildlife species, including to add nonhuman primate species to the list of wildlife species that may not be imported, exported, transported, sold, received, acquired, or purchased in interstate or foreign commerce. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2019-09-26
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works.
action_date: 2019-09-26
text: Introduced in Senate
Second Lieutenant Richard W. Collins III Memorial Act

Bill: 116-s-2564
Sponsor: Sen. Cardin, Benjamin L. [D-MD]
Introduced: 2019-09-26 in the Senate
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Cemeteries and funerals
Life, casualty, property insurance
Military education and training
Military personnel and dependents

Summary:
action_date: 2019-09-26
text: 

Second Lieutenant Richard W. Collins III Memorial Act

 
This bill requires the Department of Defense to provide the death gratuity and casualty assistance to the survivors of a member of the Reserve Officers' Training Corps who died before receiving a first duty assignment. 
 
The bail provides for the servicemember's group life insurance to any graduate of a reserve officers' training corps who has not received a first duty assignment to automatically insure the person against death.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2019-09-26
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Armed Services.
action_date: 2019-09-26
text: Introduced in Senate
A bill to establish a Global Climate Change Resilience Strategy, to authorize the admission of climate-displaced persons, and for other purposes.

Bill: 116-s-2565
Sponsor: Sen. Markey, Edward J. [D-MA]
Introduced: 2019-09-26 in the Senate
Policy area: International Affairs
Subjects: Air quality
Climate change and greenhouse gases
Congressional oversight
Department of State
Diplomacy, foreign officials, Americans abroad
Disaster relief and insurance
Environmental assessment, monitoring, research
Executive agency funding and structure
Federal officials
Foreign aid and international relief
Government information and archives
Immigration status and procedures
International organizations and cooperation
Military assistance, sales, and agreements
Public-private cooperation
Refugees, asylum, displaced persons

Summary:
action_date: 2019-09-26
text: 
This bill generally addresses the response of federal agencies to climate change, including by providing for the admission to the United States of climate displaced persons, by requiring the Department of State to develop a Global Climate Change Resilience Strategy, and by requiring the Government Accountability Office to report on the progress made towards incorporating climate change into the policy of departments and agencies.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2019-09-26
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations.
action_date: 2019-09-26
text: Introduced in Senate
Prohibiting Punishment of Acquitted Conduct Act of 2019

Bill: 116-s-2566
Sponsor: Sen. Durbin, Richard J. [D-IL]
Introduced: 2019-09-26 in the Senate
Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement
Subjects: Criminal procedure and sentencing
State and local courts

Summary:
action_date: 2019-09-26
text: 

Prohibiting Punishment of Acquitted Conduct Act of 2019

 
This bill limits the consideration of acquitted conduct (e.g., conduct underlying criminal charges for which an individual was found not guilty) by a federal court at sentencing.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2019-09-26
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. (text: CR S5751)
action_date: 2019-09-26
text: Introduced in Senate
Rural Housing Preservation Act of 2019

Bill: 116-s-2567
Sponsor: Sen. Shaheen, Jeanne [D-NH]
Introduced: 2019-09-26 in the Senate
Policy area: Housing and Community Development
Subjects: Government lending and loan guarantees
Housing and community development funding
Housing finance and home ownership
Housing for the elderly and disabled
Housing supply and affordability
Low- and moderate-income housing
Migrant, seasonal, agricultural labor
Rural conditions and development

Summary:
action_date: 2019-09-26
text: 

 

 

Rural Housing Preservation Act of 2019 
 
 
 
This bill authorizes rental assistance to low-income tenants of certain multifamily public housing in rural areas and otherwise revises provisions related to low-income housing.

 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2019-09-26
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs.
action_date: 2019-09-26
text: Introduced in Senate
Fair Sugar Policy Act of 2019

Bill: 116-s-2568
Sponsor: Sen. Shaheen, Jeanne [D-NH]
Introduced: 2019-09-26 in the Senate
Policy area: Agriculture and Food
Subjects: Agricultural prices, subsidies, credit
Agricultural trade
Alternative and renewable resources
Food supply, safety, and labeling
Tariffs
Trade agreements and negotiations

Summary:
action_date: 2019-09-26
text: 

Fair Sugar Policy Act of 2019

 
This bill makes several modifications to the Department of Agriculture's sugar program. Among other modifications, the bill decreases the rate for price support loans, repeals the marketing allotments, revises the administration of import quotas, and repeals the Feedstock Flexibility Program.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2019-09-26
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry.
action_date: 2019-09-26
text: Introduced in Senate
Vet HP Act

Bill: 116-s-2569
Sponsor: Sen. Baldwin, Tammy [D-WI]
Introduced: 2019-09-26 in the Senate
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Department of Veterans Affairs
Health care coverage and access
Health facilities and institutions
Health personnel
Higher education
Medical education
Veterans' medical care

Summary:
action_date: 2019-09-26
text: 

Veterans-Specific Education for Tomorrow's Health Professionals Act or the VET HP Act

 
This bill requires the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) to implement a pilot program, located at a minimum of five VA medical centers, to provide a clinical observation experience to students who are enrolled at an institution of higher education that has referred them to the program.
 
The VA shall give priority to students who (1) resided in a health professional shortage area, (2) are first-generation college students, (3) have been referred by minority-serving institutions, (4) are veterans, or (5) indicate an intention to specialize in an occupation with a health professional shortage.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2019-09-26
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
action_date: 2019-09-26
text: Introduced in Senate
Greg LeMond Congressional Gold Medal Act

Bill: 116-s-2570
Sponsor: Sen. Sinema, Kyrsten [D-AZ]
Introduced: 2019-09-26 in the Senate
Policy area: Sports and Recreation
Subjects: Athletes
Congressional tributes
Pedestrians and bicycling
Professional sports

Summary:
action_date: 2019-09-26
text: 

Greg LeMond Congressional Gold Medal Act

 
This bill directs the Speaker of the House of Representatives and the President pro tempore of the Senate to arrange for the presentation of a Congressional Gold Medal to Greg LeMond, in recognition of his contributions to the United States as an athlete, activist, role model, and community leader.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2019-09-26
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs.
action_date: 2019-09-26
text: Introduced in Senate
Manufactured Housing Community Sustainability Act of 2019

Bill: 116-s-2571
Sponsor: Sen. Shaheen, Jeanne [D-NH]
Introduced: 2019-09-26 in the Senate
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Business expenses
Cooperative and condominium housing
Income tax credits

Summary:
action_date: 2019-09-26
text: 

Manufactured Housing Community Sustainability Act of 2019

 
This bill amends the Internal Revenue Code to allow a business-related tax credit equal to 75% of the gain from the sale or exchange of real property to a qualified manufactured home community cooperative or corporation if (1) the property is acquired for use as a manufactured home community, (2) the seller (or any related person) owned the property for the entire two-year period before the sale or exchange, and (3) the property is transferred subject to a binding covenant that the property will be used as a manufactured home community for at least 50 years or the maximum permissible term under state laws that restrict such covenants to a lesser term.. A "qualified manufactured home community cooperative or corporation" is a cooperative or a nonprofit corporation established pursuant to the laws of the state in which the property is located. 
 
The bill specifies membership and governance requirements for the communities owned by the cooperative or nonprofit corporation. The bill also imposes a tax on buyers who violate the covenant to use the property for manufactured housing. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2019-09-26
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
action_date: 2019-09-26
text: Introduced in Senate
FHA Loan Affordability Act of 2019

Bill: 116-s-2572
Sponsor: Sen. Shaheen, Jeanne [D-NH]
Introduced: 2019-09-26 in the Senate
Policy area: Housing and Community Development
Subjects: Housing finance and home ownership

Summary:
action_date: 2019-09-26
text: 

FHA Loan Affordability Act of 2019 

 
This bill requires Federal Housing Administration mortgage borrowers to pay mortgage insurance premiums only when their remaining principal balance exceeds 78% or more of the home value or sales price. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2019-09-26
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs.
action_date: 2019-09-26
text: Introduced in Senate
Criminalizing Abused Substance Templates Act of 2019

Bill: 116-s-2573
Sponsor: Sen. Cassidy, Bill [R-LA]
Introduced: 2019-09-26 in the Senate
Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement
Subjects: Criminal procedure and sentencing
Drug trafficking and controlled substances
Manufacturing

Summary:
action_date: 2019-09-26
text: 

Criminalizing Abused Substance Templates Act of 2019

 
This bill makes it a crime to knowingly possess a pill press mold with the intent to manufacture a counterfeit substance in schedule I or II of the Controlled Substances Act. 
 
A violator is subject to criminal penalties&#8212;a prison term of not more than 20 years and a fine.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2019-09-26
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2019-09-26
text: Introduced in Senate
PROTECTS Act

Bill: 116-s-2574
Sponsor: Sen. Gardner, Cory [R-CO]
Introduced: 2019-09-26 in the Senate
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Employee performance
Health care quality
Health personnel
Licensing and registrations
Long-term, rehabilitative, and terminal care
Medicaid
Medicare
Nursing
Personnel records

Summary:
action_date: 2019-09-26
text: 

Promote Responsible Oversight and Targeted Employee background Check Transparency for Seniors Act or the PROTECTS Act

 
This bill allows Medicaid and Medicare providers (e.g., skilled nursing facilities) to access, through the National Practitioner Data Bank, disciplinary information concerning affiliated physicians and other health care practitioners, as reported by state licensing authorities.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2019-09-26
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
action_date: 2019-09-26
text: Introduced in Senate
Disaster Assistance Simplification Act

Bill: 116-s-2575
Sponsor: Sen. Rubio, Marco [R-FL]
Introduced: 2019-09-26 in the Senate
Policy area: Housing and Community Development
Subjects: Disaster relief and insurance
Government lending and loan guarantees
Housing and community development funding
Small business

Summary:
action_date: 2019-09-26
text: 

Disaster Assistance Simplification Act

 
This bill addresses the interaction of disaster recovery relief assistance provided by the Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) and the Small Business Administration (SBA).
 
Specifically, the bill prohibits HUD and recipients of HUD disaster relief grants from (1) considering whether an applicant for assistance rejected a separate disaster loan from the SBA, or (2) reducing the amount of assistance by the amount of a rejected SBA loan.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2019-09-26
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs.
action_date: 2019-09-26
text: Introduced in Senate
Infrastructure Spending Limit Act of 2019

Bill: 116-s-2576
Sponsor: Sen. Paul, Rand [R-KY]
Introduced: 2019-09-26 in the Senate
Policy area: Economics and Public Finance
Subjects: Agricultural conservation and pollution
Appropriations
Aviation and airports
Budget deficits and national debt
Budget process
District of Columbia
Infrastructure development
Marine and inland water transportation
Maryland
Military facilities and property
Public transit
Railroads
Roads and highways
Transportation programs funding
Transportation safety and security
Virginia
Water quality
Water resources funding
Water use and supply
Watersheds

Summary:
action_date: 2019-09-26
text: 

Infrastructure Spending Limit Act of 2019

 
This bill modifies the discretionary spending limits for FY2020 to (1) establish a separate discretionary spending limit for infrastructure spending, and (2) exclude infrastructure spending from the existing discretionary spending limits for defense and nondefense spending. 
 
The bill also specifies the appropriations accounts and programs that are categorized as infrastructure spending for the purposes of the modified discretionary spending limits.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2019-09-26
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Budget.
action_date: 2019-09-26
text: Introduced in Senate