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Investment in Tomorrow’s Pediatric Health Care Workforce Act

Bill: 116-s-2443
Sponsor: Sen. Reed, Jack [D-RI]
Introduced: 2019-09-09 in the Senate
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Child health
Drug, alcohol, tobacco use
Government lending and loan guarantees
Health care coverage and access
Health personnel
Health programs administration and funding
Higher education
Interest, dividends, interest rates
Medical education
Mental health
Student aid and college costs

Summary:
action_date: 2019-09-09
text: 

Investment in Tomorrow's Pediatric Health Care Workforce Act

 
 This bill reauthorizes and revises the pediatric specialty loan repayment program. The program provides qualified pediatric medical specialists or child and adolescent mental, behavioral, and psychiatric health specialists up to three years of loan repayment in exchange for two years of service providing health care in an area with limited access to such care.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2019-09-09
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. (Sponsor introductory remarks on measure: CR S5364)
action_date: 2019-09-09
text: Introduced in Senate
BOUND Act

Bill: 116-s-2444
Sponsor: Sen. Schumer, Charles E. [D-NY]
Introduced: 2019-09-09 in the Senate
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Subjects: Border security and unlawful immigration
Canada
Customs enforcement
Department of Homeland Security
Government employee pay, benefits, personnel management
Law enforcement officers

Summary:
action_date: 2019-09-09
text: 

Border Officers Utilization for National Defense Act of 2019 or the BOUND Act

 
This bill sets a minimum number of U.S. Customs and Border Protection officers that must be deployed along the border between the United States and Canada. The minimum number of officers is the maximum number of officers that were deployed along that border at any time between January 1, 2016, and the enactment of this bill.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2019-09-09
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs. (text: CR S5364)
action_date: 2019-09-09
text: Introduced in Senate
Fair Share for Workers Act

Bill: 116-s-2445
Sponsor: Sen. Merkley, Jeff [D-OR]
Introduced: 2019-09-09 in the Senate
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Corporate finance and management
Income tax rates
Wages and earnings

Summary:
action_date: 2019-09-09
text: 

Fair Share for Workers Act

 
This bill imposes an additional tax on the income of corporations that have gross revenues in excess of $1 billion and a wage disparity level in excess of 3,000%. A &quot;wage disparity level&quot; is defined as the ratio of the annual salary of the highest compensated officer of the corporation to the median annual salary of all employees of the corporation. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2019-09-09
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
action_date: 2019-09-09
text: Introduced in Senate
Medicare Audiologist Access and Services Act of 2019

Bill: 116-s-2446
Sponsor: Sen. Warren, Elizabeth [D-MA]
Introduced: 2019-09-09 in the Senate
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Health care costs and insurance
Health care coverage and access
Health personnel
Hearing, speech, and vision care
Medicare

Summary:
action_date: 2019-09-09
text: 

Medicare Audiologist Access and Services Act of 2019

 
This bill provides for Medicare coverage of certain audiologist services. Specifically, the bill expands coverage to include diagnostic and treatment services that are furnished by audiologists and that would otherwise be covered if provided by a physician, including incidental services, regardless of whether such services are provided pursuant to a referral from, or under the supervision of, a physician or other health care practitioner.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2019-09-09
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
action_date: 2019-09-09
text: Introduced in Senate
American Energy Opportunity Act of 2019

Bill: 116-s-2447
Sponsor: Sen. Heinrich, Martin [D-NM]
Introduced: 2019-09-09 in the Senate
Policy area: Energy
Subjects: Alternative and renewable resources
Building construction
Electric power generation and transmission
Energy storage, supplies, demand
Hybrid, electric, and advanced technology vehicles
Licensing and registrations
Social work, volunteer service, charitable organizations
Tax-exempt organizations
User charges and fees

Summary:
action_date: 2019-09-09
text: 

American Energy Opportunity Act of 2019

 
This bill establishes a process for expediting and standardizing the permitting process for certain distributed energy systems. The bill defines such systems as equipment or materials installed in, on, or near a building to support onsite or local energy use, such as solar energy, batteries, and charging systems for electrical vehicles.
 
Specifically, the Department of Energy (DOE) must establish or designate a Distributed Energy Opportunity Board to carry out a voluntary program to (1) expedite the process for local permitting and inspection of qualifying distributed energy systems, and (2) facilitate the certification of distributed energy system installers.
 
In addition, DOE must recognize and certify communities as Distributed Energy Opportunity Communities if they adopt and implement a permit-to-build protocol that is established by the board. DOE may award grants to encourage communities to adopt the protocol and standardized inspection processes established by the board.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2019-09-09
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
action_date: 2019-09-09
text: Introduced in Senate
Secure E-Waste Export and Recycling Act

Bill: 116-s-2448
Sponsor: Sen. Whitehouse, Sheldon [D-RI]
Introduced: 2019-09-09 in the Senate
Policy area: Foreign Trade and International Finance
Subjects: Computers and information technology
Government information and archives
Intellectual property
Licensing and registrations
Photography and imaging
Solid waste and recycling
Television and film
Trade restrictions

Summary:
action_date: 2019-09-09
text: 

Secure E-Waste Export and Recycling Act

 
This bill prohibits the export or reexport of electronic waste, such as computers, televisions, and consumer electronics, subject to certain exemptions (e.g., items that meet specific criteria designed to ensure they do not become the source of counterfeit products).


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2019-09-09
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs.
action_date: 2019-09-09
text: Introduced in Senate
Federal Firearm Licensing Act

Bill: 116-s-2449
Sponsor: Sen. Booker, Cory A. [D-NJ]
Introduced: 2019-09-10 in the Senate
Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement
Subjects: Assault and harassment offenses
Criminal justice information and records
Domestic violence and child abuse
Drug trafficking and controlled substances
Drug, alcohol, tobacco use
Firearms and explosives
Licensing and registrations
Retail and wholesale trades
Smuggling and trafficking
Violent crime

Summary:
action_date: 2019-09-10
text: 

Federal Firearm Licensing Act

 
This bill establishes a federal firearm licensing program through which an individual must obtain a federal firearm license from the Department of Justice prior to purchasing or receiving a firearm. To be eligible for such a license, the individual must have completed training in firearms safety and be subject to a background investigation and criminal history check.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2019-09-10
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2019-09-10
text: Introduced in Senate
Protecting Immigrant Gold Star and Military Families Act

Bill: 116-s-2450
Sponsor: Sen. Booker, Cory A. [D-NJ]
Introduced: 2019-09-10 in the Senate
Policy area: Immigration
Subjects: Border security and unlawful immigration
Criminal procedure and sentencing
Family relationships
Immigration status and procedures
Military personnel and dependents
Veterans' organizations and recognition

Summary:
action_date: 2019-09-10
text: 

Protecting Immigrant Gold Star and Military Families Act

 
This bill limits the deportability of certain relatives of current and former members of the Armed Forces. 
 
Certain grounds of deportability shall not apply to a qualifying alien who is (1) the spouse, widow or widower, parent, child, or sibling of a member of the Armed Forces or a veteran; or (2) eligible for a Gold Star lapel button (for certain immediate relatives of a member of the Armed Forces who died while serving). A qualifying alien is one who (1) has not have been convicted of a felony, significant misdemeanor, or three misdemeanors; and (2) is not a threat to national security or public safety.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2019-09-10
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2019-09-10
text: Introduced in Senate
SFC Richard Stayskal Military Medical Accountability Act of 2019

Bill: 116-s-2451
Sponsor: Sen. Kennedy, John [R-LA]
Introduced: 2019-09-10 in the Senate
Policy area: Law
Subjects: Civil actions and liability
Congressional oversight
Government liability
Health care quality
Health facilities and institutions
Military medicine
Military personnel and dependents

Summary:
action_date: 2019-09-10
text: 

SFC Richard Stayskal Military Medical Accountability Act of 2019

 
This bill allows claims to be brought against the United States for damages relating to the personal injury or death of a member of the Armed Forces arising out of a negligent or wrongful act or omission in providing medical, dental, or related health care functions at a military medical treatment facility. However, the bill does not apply to care provided at a medical treatment location deployed in an area of armed combat.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2019-09-10
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2019-09-10
text: Introduced in Senate
Climate Stewardship Act of 2019

Bill: 116-s-2452
Sponsor: Sen. Booker, Cory A. [D-NJ]
Introduced: 2019-09-10 in the Senate
Policy area: Agriculture and Food
Subjects: Agricultural conservation and pollution
Agricultural education
Agricultural marketing and promotion
Agricultural practices and innovations
Agricultural prices, subsidies, credit
Agricultural research
Air quality
Alabama
Appropriations
Atmospheric science and weather
Building construction
Climate change and greenhouse gases
Congressional oversight
District of Columbia
Education programs funding
Energy efficiency and conservation
Environmental assessment, monitoring, research
Farmland
Fires
Food supply, safety, and labeling
Forests, forestry, trees
Government trust funds
Higher education
Indian lands and resources rights
Marine and coastal resources, fisheries
Poverty and welfare assistance
Research administration and funding
Research and development
Rural conditions and development
Small business
Social work, volunteer service, charitable organizations
Urban and suburban affairs and development
Wetlands
Wildlife conservation and habitat protection
Youth employment and child labor

Summary:
action_date: 2019-09-10
text: 

Climate Stewardship Act of 2019

 
This bill provides funding and incentives for states, Indian tribes, local governments, and other entities to carry out climate stewardship practices, including farm and ranch conservation practices, reforestation projects, and wetland restoration projects.
 
For example, the bill extends through FY2030 the Conservation Reserve Program, the Agricultural Conservation Easement Program, the Environmental Quality Incentives Program, and the Conservation Stewardship Program. It also modifies and increases funding levels for some of these programs.
 
The Forest Service must award cost-share grants to states, Indian tribes, local governments, and nonprofit entities to conduct projects to reforest certain land.
 
The bill also establishes a civilian conservation corps to provide youth from low-income communities, indigenous communities, and communities of color with the academic, vocational, and social skills necessary to pursue long-term, productive careers in the forest sector and the wetland restoration sector.
 
Further, the bill sets forth a grant program for states, Indian tribes, local governments, institutions of higher education, and nonprofit entities to conduct coastal wetland restoration projects, including projects that mitigate greenhouse gas emissions.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2019-09-10
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry.
action_date: 2019-09-10
text: Introduced in Senate
SAVE Right Whales Act

Bill: 116-s-2453
Sponsor: Sen. Booker, Cory A. [D-NJ]
Introduced: 2019-09-10 in the Senate
Policy area: Animals
Subjects: Advanced technology and technological innovations
Animal protection and human-animal relationships
Atlantic Ocean
Canada
Congressional oversight
Endangered and threatened species
Environmental assessment, monitoring, research
Government information and archives
Government studies and investigations
International organizations and cooperation
Mammals
Marine and coastal resources, fisheries
Marine and inland water transportation
Wildlife conservation and habitat protection

Summary:
action_date: 2019-09-10
text: 

Scientific Assistance for Very Endangered North Atlantic Right Whales Act of 2019 or the SAVE Right Whales Act

 
This bill provides support for the conservation of North Atlantic right whales (
Eubalaena glacialis
).
 
Specifically, it requires the Department of Commerce to provide financial assistance for the conservation of such whales.
 
In addition, Commerce must conduct surveys of plankton on an ongoing basis using a continuous plankton recorder.

action_date: 2020-08-13
text: 

Scientific Assistance for Very Endangered North Atlantic Right Whales Act of 2019 or the SAVE Right Whales Act

 
This bill provides support for the conservation of North Atlantic right whales (
Eubalaena glacialis
).
 
Specifically, it requires the Department of Commerce to provide financial assistance for projects designed to reduce the lethal or sub-lethal effects of human activities on such whales.
 
In addition, Commerce must conduct surveys of plankton on an ongoing basis using a continuous plankton recorder.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2020-08-13
text: Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 519.
action_date: 2020-08-13
text: Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. Reported by Senator Wicker with an amendment in the nature of a substitute. With written report No. 116-258.
action_date: 2020-08-13
text: Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. Reported by Senator Wicker with an amendment in the nature of a substitute. With written report No. 116-258.
action_date: 2019-11-13
text: Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. Ordered to be reported with an amendment in the nature of a substitute favorably.
action_date: 2019-09-10
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
action_date: 2019-09-10
text: Introduced in Senate
Go Pack Go Act of 2019

Bill: 116-s-2454
Sponsor: Sen. Baldwin, Tammy [D-WI]
Introduced: 2019-09-10 in the Senate
Policy area: Science, Technology, Communications
Subjects: Administrative remedies
Broadcasting, cable, digital technologies
Consumer affairs
Wisconsin

Summary:
action_date: 2019-09-10
text: 

Go Pack Go Act of 201

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This bill requires a cable operator or satellite carrier to provide their subscribers in specified Wisconsin counties (i.e., Ashland, Barron, Bayfield, Burnett, Douglas, Dunn, Florence, Iron, Pierce, Polk, Sawyer, St. Croix, or Washburn) the choice of retransmission of (1) the signal of any local network station that the operator or carrier is required to retransmit to the subscriber; (2) an in-state, adjacent-market network station; or (3) both. This will allow residents of such Wisconsin counties currently assigned to an out-of-state Minnesota television market to access programming in Wisconsin.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2019-09-10
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
action_date: 2019-09-10
text: Introduced in Senate
National Historic Vehicle Register Act of 2019

Bill: 116-s-2455
Sponsor: Sen. Peters, Gary C. [D-MI]
Introduced: 2019-09-10 in the Senate
Policy area: Arts, Culture, Religion
Subjects: Government information and archives
Historical and cultural resources
Library of Congress
Motor vehicles
Photography and imaging
U.S. history

Summary:
action_date: 2019-09-10
text: 

National Historic Vehicle Register Act of 2019

 
This bill directs the National Park Service (NPS) to establish and maintain a National Historic Vehicle Register that shall include (1) a narrative describing each historic vehicle and its historical significance, (2) a photographic record of the vehicle, and (3) a line drawing or engineering drawing of the vehicle. Such register shall be archived in the Library of Congress.
 
 The NPS shall (1) coordinate with the Historic Vehicle Association, American Motorcycle Heritage Foundation, and other appropriate organizations in order to invite owners of historic vehicles to participate in the register; and (2) develop criteria for the inclusion of historic vehicles on the register. 
 
 When developing such criteria, the NPS shall consider whether a vehicle is (1) associated with an important event or a significant individual in automotive or U.S. history; (2) distinctive based on design, engineering, craftsmanship, or aesthetic value; or (3) of a particular type that was the first or last produced or among the most well-preserved or authentically restored examples of that type.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2019-09-10
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
action_date: 2019-09-10
text: Introduced in Senate
Clean Water Through Green Infrastructure Act

Bill: 116-s-2456
Sponsor: Sen. Udall, Tom [D-NM]
Introduced: 2019-09-10 in the Senate
Policy area: Environmental Protection
Subjects: Advanced technology and technological innovations
Education programs funding
Elementary and secondary education
Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)
Environmental assessment, monitoring, research
Environmental technology
Executive agency funding and structure
Government information and archives
Higher education
Hydrology and hydrography
Infrastructure development
Public-private cooperation
Research administration and funding
Teaching, teachers, curricula
Water quality
Water use and supply

Summary:
action_date: 2019-09-10
text: 

Clean Water Through Green Infrastructure Act

 
This bill establishes grant programs for 
i

nnovative stormwater control infrastructure
, which means any green stormwater management technique that (1) uses systems that mimic natural processes to infiltrate, evapotranspire, or capture stormwater; and (2) preserves, enhances, or mimics natural hydrology to protect or restore water quality. 
 
Specifically, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) must provide grants to eligible institutions of higher education or research institutions to establish and maintain between three and five centers of excellence for innovative stormwater control infrastructure. Among other things, the centers must research such infrastructure and provide technical assistance to state, tribal, and local governments to assist with stormwater control infrastructure projects. One of the centers must be the national electronic clearinghouse center. That center must operate a website and a public database on the infrastructure.
 
In addition, the EPA must provide grants to state, tribal, or local governments or entities that manage stormwater, drinking water resources, or wastewater resources for innovative stormwater control infrastructure projects.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2019-09-10
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works.
action_date: 2019-09-10
text: Introduced in Senate
Federal Jobs Guarantee Development Act of 2019

Bill: 116-s-2457
Sponsor: Sen. Booker, Cory A. [D-NJ]
Introduced: 2019-09-10 in the Senate
Policy area: Labor and Employment
Subjects: Accounting and auditing
Adult day care
Air quality
Alternative and renewable resources
Appropriations
Child care and development
Child health
Correctional facilities and imprisonment
Department of Labor
Disability assistance
Economic development
Elementary and secondary education
Employee benefits and pensions
Employee hiring
Employee leave
Employment and training programs
Energy efficiency and conservation
Environmental assessment, monitoring, research
Executive agency funding and structure
Government information and archives
Government studies and investigations
Government trust funds
Health care costs and insurance
Health care coverage and access
Health care quality
Income tax credits
Labor-management relations
Mental health
Performance measurement
Poverty and welfare assistance
Wages and earnings
Water quality

Summary:
action_date: 2019-09-10
text: 

Federal Jobs Guarantee Development Act of 2019

 
This bill requires the Department of Labor to establish a pilot program to provide grants to eligible entities (i.e., political subdivisions of states and Tribal entities with a high unemployment rate) for programs to guarantee employment to individuals residing in the areas served by such entities.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2019-09-10
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
action_date: 2019-09-10
text: Introduced in Senate
America Grows Act of 2019

Bill: 116-s-2458
Sponsor: Sen. Durbin, Richard J. [D-IL]
Introduced: 2019-09-10 in the Senate
Policy area: Agriculture and Food
Subjects: Agricultural research
Appropriations
Budget process
Department of Agriculture
Executive agency funding and structure
Research administration and funding

Summary:
action_date: 2019-09-10
text: 

America Grows Act of 2019

 
This bill require certain adjustments to the discretionary spending limits for FY2020-FY2024 to accommodate increases in appropriations for agencies that conduct agricultural research. 
 
The bill requires adjustments for the following agencies within the Department of Agriculture: 
 
 
the Agricultural Research Service,
 
the Economic Research Service,
 
the National Agricultural Statistics Service, and
 
 the National Institute of Food and Agriculture.
 
 
 The bill also requires annual appropriations for each of these agencies to be at least the amount appropriated for FY2019. 
 
The bill exempts appropriations provided pursuant to this bill from sequestration. Sequestration is a process of automatic, usually across-the-board spending reductions under which budgetary resources are permanently cancelled to enforce specific budget policy goals. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2019-09-10
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Budget. (text: CR S5409-5410)
action_date: 2019-09-10
text: Introduced in Senate
Justice for Ser­vice­mem­bers Act

Bill: 116-s-2459
Sponsor: Sen. Murkowski, Lisa [R-AK]
Introduced: 2019-09-10 in the Senate
Policy area: Law
Subjects: Alternative dispute resolution, mediation, arbitration
Civil actions and liability
Employment discrimination and employee rights
Government employee pay, benefits, personnel management
Labor-management relations
Military personnel and dependents
Veterans' education, employment, rehabilitation

Summary:
action_date: 2019-09-10
text: 

Justice for Servicemembers Act

 
This bill prohibits a predispute arbitration agreement from being valid or enforceable if it requires arbitration of a dispute related to the employment or reemployment rights of a uniformed service member.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2019-09-10
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
action_date: 2019-09-10
text: Introduced in Senate