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Summer Meals and Learning Act of 2019

Bill: 116-s-2070
Sponsor: Sen. Merkley, Jeff [D-OR]
Introduced: 2019-07-10 in the Senate
Policy area: Education
Subjects: Education programs funding
Elementary and secondary education
Food assistance and relief
Libraries and archives
Poverty and welfare assistance

Summary:
action_date: 2019-07-10
text: 

Summer Meals and Learning Act of 2019

 
This bill directs the Department of Education to award grants to state library administrative agencies to enable them to award subgrants to eligible local educational agencies for summer early reading programs held at schools with a summer lunch site. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2019-07-10
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
action_date: 2019-07-10
text: Introduced in Senate
Repealing Existing Substandard Provisions Encouraging Conciliation with Tribes Act

Bill: 116-s-2071
Sponsor: Sen. Rounds, Mike [R-SD]
Introduced: 2019-07-10 in the Senate
Policy area: Native Americans
Subjects: Federal-Indian relations

Summary:
action_date: 2019-07-10
text: 

Repealing Existing Substandard Provisions Encouraging Conciliation with Tribes Act

 This bill repeals outdated provisions regarding treatment of Native Americans, including provisions on hostile tribes, alcohol, work requirements, penalties for truancy, and placement of youth in reform school without the consent of a parent or guardian.
action_date: 2019-10-22
text: 

Repealing Existing Substandard Provisions Encouraging Conciliation with Tribes Act

 This bill repeals outdated provisions regarding treatment of Native Americans, including provisions on hostile tribes, alcohol, work requirements, penalties for truancy, and placement of youth in reform school without the consent of a parent or guardian.
action_date: 2019-11-18
text: 

Repealing Existing Substandard Provisions Encouraging Conciliation with Tribes Act

 This bill repeals outdated provisions regarding treatment of Native Americans, including provisions on hostile tribes, alcohol, work requirements, penalties for truancy, and placement of youth in reform school without the consent of a parent or guardian.

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2019-11-21
text: Referred to the Subcommittee for Indigenous Peoples of the United States.
action_date: 2019-11-19
text: Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.
action_date: 2019-11-19
text: Received in the House.
action_date: 2019-11-19
text: Message on Senate action sent to the House.
action_date: 2019-11-18
text: Passed Senate without amendment by Unanimous Consent. (consideration: CR S6628-6629; text: CR S6628-6629)
action_date: 2019-11-18
text: Passed/agreed to in Senate: Passed Senate without amendment by Unanimous Consent.(consideration: CR S6628-6629; text: CR S6628-6629)
action_date: 2019-10-22
text: Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 252.
action_date: 2019-10-22
text: Committee on Indian Affairs. Reported by Senator Hoeven without amendment. With written report No. 116-132.
action_date: 2019-10-22
text: Committee on Indian Affairs. Reported by Senator Hoeven without amendment. With written report No. 116-132.
action_date: 2019-07-17
text: Committee on Indian Affairs. Ordered to be reported without amendment favorably.
action_date: 2019-07-10
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs.
action_date: 2019-07-10
text: Introduced in Senate
Veterans' Compensation Cost-of-Living Adjustment Act of 2019

Bill: 116-s-2072
Sponsor: Sen. Isakson, Johnny [R-GA]
Introduced: 2019-07-10 in the Senate
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Department of Veterans Affairs
Disability assistance
Inflation and prices
Veterans' pensions and compensation

Summary:
action_date: 2019-07-10
text: 

Veterans' Compensation Cost-of-Living Adjustment Act of 2019

 
 This bill directs the Department of Veterans Affairs to increase, as of December 1, 2019, the rates of veterans' disability compensation, additional compensation for dependents, the clothing allowance for certain disabled veterans, and dependency and indemnity compensation for surviving spouses and children.
 
The percentage increase in benefits shall be the same as the cost-of-living increase for Social Security recipients. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2019-07-10
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
action_date: 2019-07-10
text: Introduced in Senate
A bill to address fees erroneously collected by Department of Veterans Affairs for housing loans, and for other purposes.

Bill: 116-s-2073
Sponsor: Sen. Boozman, John [R-AR]
Introduced: 2019-07-10 in the Senate
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Accounting and auditing
Congressional oversight
Government studies and investigations
User charges and fees
Veterans' loans, housing, homeless programs

Summary:
action_date: 2019-07-10
text: 
This bill requires the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) to submit a plan to identify individuals who were erroneously charged a fee between January 1, 2012, and December 31, 2017, in relation to VA-backed home loans. Specifically, the bill focuses on veterans who are rated as eligible for disability compensation and are supposed to have such home loan fees waived by the VA. The VA must also submit a plan to identify individuals who were erroneously charged a fee prior to January 1, 2012. Both plans must include the number of individuals who may be due a refund and a time line for refunding the fees.
 
The bill also requires the VA to 
 
 
develop an automated process for refunding fees, 
 
update policies to ensure certificates of eligibility are accurate for determining eligibility under the VA home loan guaranty program and the exemption from the collection of fees,
 
develop a process for determining whether a fee has been collected from an individual with a waiver (due to service-connected death or disability), and 
 
develop a plan for annual audits to determine the rate at which fees are erroneously collected from individuals with waivers.
 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2019-07-10
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
action_date: 2019-07-10
text: Introduced in Senate
Mainstreaming Addiction Treatment Act of 2019

Bill: 116-s-2074
Sponsor: Sen. Hassan, Margaret Wood [D-NH]
Introduced: 2019-07-10 in the Senate
Policy area: Commerce
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Crime and Law Enforcement
Drug therapy
Drug trafficking and controlled substances
Drug, alcohol, tobacco use
Federal preemption
Government information and archives
Health care coverage and access
Health personnel
Licensing and registrations
Prescription drugs
State and local government operations

Summary:
action_date: 2019-07-10
text: 

Mainstreaming Addiction Treatment Act of 2019

 
This bill removes the requirement that a health care practitioner apply for a separate waiver through the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) to dispense certain narcotic drugs (e.g., buprenorphine) for maintenance or detoxification treatment (i.e., substance use disorder treatment).
 
Further, a community health aide or community health practitioner may dispense certain narcotic drugs for maintenance or detoxification treatment without registering with the DEA if the drug is prescribed by a health care practitioner through telemedicine. It preempts state laws related to licensure for this activity.
 
The bill also directs the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration to conduct a national campaign to educate health care practitioners and encourage them to integrate substance use disorder treatment into their practices.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2019-07-10
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
action_date: 2019-07-10
text: Introduced in Senate
Climate Risk Disclosure Act of 2019

Bill: 116-s-2075
Sponsor: Sen. Warren, Elizabeth [D-MA]
Introduced: 2019-07-10 in the Senate
Policy area: Finance and Financial Sector
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Air quality
Business records
Climate change and greenhouse gases
Corporate finance and management
Financial services and investments
Securities
Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC)
Water use and supply

Summary:
action_date: 2019-07-10
text: 

Climate Risk Disclosure Act of 2019

 
This bill directs the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) to require an issuer of securities to annually disclose information regarding climate change-related risks posed to the issuer, including an issuer's strategies and actions to mitigate these risks.
 
Among other things, issuers must (1) report their direct and indirect greenhouse-gas emissions, (2) disclose their fossil fuel-related assets, and (3) establish standards regarding the social cost of carbon.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2020-11-17
text: Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs. Hearings held.
action_date: 2019-07-10
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs.
action_date: 2019-07-10
text: Introduced in Senate
Fair Chance at Housing Act of 2019

Bill: 116-s-2076
Sponsor: Sen. Harris, Kamala D. [D-CA]
Introduced: 2019-07-10 in the Senate
Policy area: Housing and Community Development
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Advisory bodies
Criminal justice information and records
Drug, alcohol, tobacco use
Evidence and witnesses
Government information and archives
Housing discrimination
Housing industry and standards
Judicial review and appeals
Landlord and tenant
Low- and moderate-income housing
Public housing

Summary:
action_date: 2019-07-10
text: 

Fair Chance at Housing Act of 2019

 
This bill limits the authority of public housing agencies (PHAs) to deny or terminate federally assisted housing based on criminal conduct by the applicant or tenant. 
 
Specifically, PHAs may deny or terminate assistance based only on criminal conduct that threatens the health or safety of other tenants or the employees or owner of the PHA, excluding misdemeanors and certain other lesser criminal offenses. Furthermore, with respect to applicants, a denial may be based only on a felony conviction other than a conviction for a drug offense for which the individual served less than 10 years. 
 
Before denying or terminating assistance based on criminal conduct, a PHA must conduct an individualized review and consider specified factors, including evidence of rehabilitation. PHAs must also give the household an opportunity to remove the culpable member before proceeding with the denial or termination. 
 
Additionally, PHAs may not drug test applicants or tenants as a condition of assistance.
 
Under current law, PHAs must deny, and may terminate, federally assisted housing upon a determination that any household member is illegally using a controlled substance. Current law also allows PHAs to take such actions if there is reasonable cause to believe that a household member's illegal use of a controlled substance or abuse of alcohol may interfere with the health, safety, or right to peaceful enjoyment of the premises by other residents. Further, tenants evicted on the basis of drug-related criminal activity are not eligible under current law for federally assisted housing for three years, unless the tenant successfully completes a rehabilitation program. 



Legislative actions:
action_date: 2019-07-10
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs.
action_date: 2019-07-10
text: Introduced in Senate
Complete Streets Act of 2019

Bill: 116-s-2077
Sponsor: Sen. Markey, Edward J. [D-MA]
Introduced: 2019-07-10 in the Senate
Policy area: Transportation and Public Works
Subjects: Access Board
Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Air quality
Community life and organization
Congressional oversight
Disability and paralysis
Government information and archives
Pedestrians and bicycling
Performance measurement
Public transit
Regional and metropolitan planning
Roads and highways
State and local government operations
Transportation programs funding
Transportation safety and security

Summary:
action_date: 2019-07-10
text: 

Complete Streets Act of 2019

 
This bill directs each state to establish a competitive program to provide technical assistance and grants for the design and construction of complete streets to make transit routes safer and more accessible.
 
Specifically, the bill directs
 
 
the Department of Transportation (DOT) to establish benchmarks and guidance by which states can implement complete streets programs and eligible entities can carry out complete streets policies and principles;
 
eligible entities seeking technical assistance or funds for a complete streets program to adopt policies using complete streets principles that are approved by the state or metropolitan planning organizations (MPOs) with jurisdiction over such entites;
 
states and MPOs to certify that their complete street policies meet the minimum requirements set out by DOT;
 
states to set aside 5% of their federal highway money to implement a complete streets program; and
 
states and MPOs to adopt design standards for federal surface transportation projects that provide for the safe and adequate accommodation of all users of the surface transportation network, including motorized and non-motorized users, in all phases of project planning, development, and operation.
 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2019-07-10
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works.
action_date: 2019-07-10
text: Introduced in Senate
A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to treat Alaska Permanent Fund dividends as earned income for purposes of the kiddie tax.

Bill: 116-s-2078
Sponsor: Sen. Murkowski, Lisa [R-AK]
Introduced: 2019-07-10 in the Senate
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Alaska
Income tax rates
Interest, dividends, interest rates
State and local finance
Tax treatment of families

Summary:
action_date: 2019-07-10
text: 
This bill treats dividends paid to children from the Alaska Permanent Fund as earned income, not subject to the &quot;kiddie tax&quot; which taxes income of children as unearned income subject to the parent's marginal tax rate. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2019-07-10
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
action_date: 2019-07-10
text: Introduced in Senate
A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to treat certain tribal benefits as earned income for purposes of the kiddie tax.

Bill: 116-s-2079
Sponsor: Sen. Murkowski, Lisa [R-AK]
Introduced: 2019-07-10 in the Senate
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Disability and paralysis
Federal-Indian relations
Income tax rates
Tax treatment of families

Summary:
action_date: 2019-07-10
text: 
This bill treats certain disability payments and other payments made by Indian tribes or Native Corporations to children as the earned income of such children. This exempts such income from the "kiddie tax" which taxes the unearned income of children at the parent's marginal tax rate. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2019-07-10
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
action_date: 2019-07-10
text: Introduced in Senate
Palliative Care and Hospice Education and Training Act

Bill: 116-s-2080
Sponsor: Sen. Baldwin, Tammy [D-WI]
Introduced: 2019-07-10 in the Senate
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Cancer
Cardiovascular and respiratory health
Department of Health and Human Services
Digestive and metabolic diseases
Education programs funding
Executive agency funding and structure
Government information and archives
Health care quality
Health facilities and institutions
Health programs administration and funding
Health promotion and preventive care
Home and outpatient care
Infectious and parasitic diseases
Long-term, rehabilitative, and terminal care
Medical education
Medical research
National Institutes of Health (NIH)
Neurological disorders
Nursing
Research administration and funding
Social work, volunteer service, charitable organizations
Student aid and college costs

Summary:
action_date: 2019-07-10
text: 

Palliative Care and Hospice Education and Training Act

 
This bill requires the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) to take a series of actions relating to palliative-care training. 
 
Specifically, HHS must provide support for Palliative Care and Hospice Education Centers. The centers must improve the training of health professionals in palliative care and establish traineeships for individuals preparing for advanced-education nursing degrees, social-work degrees, or advanced degrees in physician-assistant studies in palliative care.
 
HHS may provide support to medical schools, teaching hospitals, and graduate medical-education programs for training physicians who plan to teach palliative medicine.
 
HHS must (1) provide Palliative Medicine and Hospice Academic Career Awards to individuals to promote their career development, (2) support entities that operate a Palliative Care and Hospice Education Center, (3) support individuals in specified fields who are pursuing an advanced degree in palliative care or related fields, and (4) award grants to nursing programs to train individuals in providing palliative care. 
 
The Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality must provide for a national education and awareness campaign to inform patients, families, and health professionals about the benefits of palliative care.
 
The National Institutes of Health must expand national research programs in palliative care.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2019-07-10
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
action_date: 2019-07-10
text: Introduced in Senate
Stop Drug Companies from Overcharging Seniors in Medicare Part B Act of 2019

Bill: 116-s-2081
Sponsor: Sen. Peters, Gary C. [D-MI]
Introduced: 2019-07-10 in the Senate
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Government information and archives
Government trust funds
Health care costs and insurance
Home and outpatient care
Inflation and prices
Manufacturing
Medicare
Prescription drugs

Summary:
action_date: 2019-07-10
text: 

Stop Drug Companies from Overcharging Seniors in Medicare Part B Act of 2019

 
This bill requires manufacturers of covered drugs under Medicare medical services to issue rebates to the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services. Rebates are calculated based on the number of units sold and the amount by which the manufacturer price exceeds inflation. The bill's requirements do not apply to drugs that cost less than $100 annually per user in 2020 (and as adjusted for inflation annually thereafter) or to drugs on a specified drug shortage list.
 
The bill also eliminates cost-sharing for such drugs for beneficiaries whose out-of-pocket costs meet or exceed a specified threshold.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2019-07-10
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
action_date: 2019-07-10
text: Introduced in Senate
STRONGER Patents Act of 2019

Bill: 116-s-2082
Sponsor: Sen. Coons, Christopher A. [D-DE]
Introduced: 2019-07-10 in the Senate
Policy area: Commerce
Subjects: Administrative remedies
Civil actions and liability
Congressional oversight
Department of Commerce
Employment and training programs
Evidence and witnesses
Executive agency funding and structure
Federal Trade Commission (FTC)
Federal district courts
Federal preemption
Fraud offenses and financial crimes
Government information and archives
Government trust funds
Higher education
Intellectual property
Judges
Judicial procedure and administration
Judicial review and appeals
Licensing and registrations
Property rights
Small business
State and local government operations
User charges and fees

Summary:
action_date: 2019-07-10
text: 

Support Technology and Research for Our Nation's Growth and Economic Resilience Patents Act of 2019 or the STRONGER Patents Act of 2019

 
This bill makes several patent-related changes, including with respect to how the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) conducts administrative patent validity reviews.
 
When deciding inter partes reviews (IPRs) and post-grant reviews (PGRs), the USPTO's Patent Trial and Appeal Board (PTAB) shall give patent claim terms their ordinary and customary meanings as understood by a person of ordinary skill in the relevant art (the same standard used in court). If a court has already construed a patent claim, the USPTO shall consider that construction. 
 
The bill makes various changes relating to such proceedings, such as by (1) raising the burden of proof to invalidate a patent claim; (2) establishing that a challenged patent claim is presumed valid; (3) imposing standing requirements as to who may file an IPR or PGR, where none currently exist except for some timing requirements; (4) restricting when multiple challenges may be filed against the same patent; and (5) limiting IPRs and PGRs when a court or the International Trade Commission has ruled on the obviousness or novelty of the same patent claims.
 
This bill also (1) makes it easier to get an injunction after a court finding of the infringement of a valid patent, by a presumption that further infringement would cause irreparable injury and the remedies available at law are inadequate; (2) authorizes the USPTO to keep and spend the fees that it collects; and (3) makes bad faith patent demand letters an unfair or deceptive act in violation of the Federal Trade Commission Act.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2019-07-10
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2019-07-10
text: Introduced in Senate
Athletics Fair Pay Act of 2019

Bill: 116-s-2083
Sponsor: Sen. Feinstein, Dianne [D-CA]
Introduced: 2019-07-10 in the Senate
Policy area: Sports and Recreation
Subjects: Athletes
Congressional oversight
Employment discrimination and employee rights
Wages and earnings
Women's employment
Women's rights

Summary:
action_date: 2019-07-10
text: 

Athletics Fair Pay Act of 2019

 
This bill addresses pay equity for amateur athletes. It requires amateur sports national governing bodies to provide equitable wages and other compensation for women where separate programs for male and female athletes are conducted on a national basis.
 
The bill also requires a national governing body to report to Congress on the compensation of amateur athletes in the sport governed by such body for each of the two consecutive calendar years ending immediately before, and each calendar year beginning after, this bill's enactment.
 
Each report shall include (1) the median compensation for amateur athletes, disaggregated by race and gender; and (2) the minimum and maximum compensation paid to amateur athletes, disaggregated by race and gender.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2019-07-10
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. (Sponsor introductory remarks on measure: CR S4775-4776)
action_date: 2019-07-10
text: Introduced in Senate