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Fair Returns for Public Lands Act of 2020

Bill: 116-s-3330
Sponsor: Sen. Udall, Tom [D-NM]
Introduced: 2020-02-25 in the Senate
Policy area: Energy
Subjects: Accounting and auditing
Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Congressional oversight
Department of the Interior
Energy revenues and royalties
Government studies and investigations
Inflation and prices
Oil and gas
Performance measurement
User charges and fees

Summary:
action_date: 2020-02-25
text: 

Fair Returns for Public Lands Act of 2020

 
This bill increases royalty rates, rental rates, and minimum bidding standards for onshore oil and gas leasing on public lands.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2020-02-25
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
action_date: 2020-02-25
text: Introduced in Senate
Rocky Mountain National Park Boundary Modification and Land Exchange Act

Bill: 116-s-3331
Sponsor: Sen. Gardner, Cory [R-CO]
Introduced: 2020-02-25 in the Senate
Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources
Subjects: Colorado
Land transfers
Parks, recreation areas, trails

Summary:
action_date: 2020-02-25
text: 
 
Rocky Mountain National Park Boundary Modification and Land Exchange Act 

 
This bill provides for a land donation and a land exchange involving Rocky Mountain National Park in Colorado.
 
 The Department of the Interior may acquire, by donation, approximately 40 acres of identified nonfederal land for inclusion in the Rocky Mountain National Park. 
 
 Interior shall convey specified federal land to the owner of specified nonfederal land if the owner of the nonfederal land offers to exchange the land. The values of the federal and nonfederal land to be exchanged shall be considered to be of equal value. 
 
The nonfederal land that is acquired by Interior shall be administered as part of Rocky Mountain National Park. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2020-03-04
text: Committee on Energy and Natural Resources Subcommittee on National Parks. Hearings held. With printed Hearing: S.Hrg. 116-367.
action_date: 2020-02-25
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
action_date: 2020-02-25
text: Introduced in Senate
No CORRUPTION Act

Bill: 116-s-3332
Sponsor: Sen. Rosen, Jacky [D-NV]
Introduced: 2020-02-25 in the Senate
Policy area: Congress
Subjects: Fraud offenses and financial crimes
Government employee pay, benefits, personnel management
Government ethics and transparency, public corruption
Members of Congress

Summary:
action_date: 2020-02-25
text: 

No Congressionally-Obligated Recurring Revenue Used as Pensions To Incarcerated Officials Now Act or the No CORRUPTION Act

 
This bill makes a Member of Congress who has been convicted of a crime related to public corruption ineligible to receive retirement payments pursuant to the Civil Service Retirement System or the Federal Employees' Retirement System based on service as a Member.

action_date: 2020-07-29
text: 

No Congressionally-Obligated Recurring Revenue Used as Pensions To Incarcerated Officials Now Act or the No CORRUPTION Act

 
This bill makes a Member of Congress who has been convicted of a crime related to public corruption ineligible to receive retirement payments pursuant to the Civil Service Retirement System or the Federal Employees' Retirement System based on service as a Member.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2020-07-29
text: Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 501.
action_date: 2020-07-29
text: Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs. Reported by Senator Johnson without amendment. With written report No. 116-243.
action_date: 2020-07-29
text: Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs. Reported by Senator Johnson without amendment. With written report No. 116-243.
action_date: 2020-03-11
text: Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs. Ordered to be reported without amendment favorably.
action_date: 2020-02-25
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.
action_date: 2020-02-25
text: Introduced in Senate
Human Trafficking and Exploitation Prevention Training Act of 2020

Bill: 116-s-3333
Sponsor: Sen. Murkowski, Lisa [R-AK]
Introduced: 2020-02-25 in the Senate
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Child health
Child safety and welfare
Congressional oversight
Crime prevention
Crime victims
Education programs funding
Elementary and secondary education
Employment and training programs
Health programs administration and funding
Human trafficking
Law enforcement administration and funding
School administration
Teaching, teachers, curricula

Summary:
action_date: 2020-02-25
text: 

Human Trafficking and Exploitation Prevention Training Act of 2020

 
This bill requires the Office on Trafficking in Persons (OTIP) within the Administration for Children and Families to award grants to nonprofits, state agencies, and elementary and secondary schools for demonstration projects to train students, teachers, and school personnel how to better understand, recognize, prevent, and respond to human trafficking and the exploitation of children and youth.
 
Such projects also must collect data about the number of human trafficking survivors served and develop procedures to coordinate with law enforcement and appropriate social service organizations. The OTIP must consult with appropriate agencies to determine and prioritize funding for geographic areas with the highest prevalence of human trafficking and largest underserved youth populations.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2020-02-25
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
action_date: 2020-02-25
text: Introduced in Senate
DOJ OLC Transparency Act

Bill: 116-s-3334
Sponsor: Sen. Duckworth, Tammy [D-IL]
Introduced: 2020-02-25 in the Senate
Policy area: Law
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Civil actions and liability
Congressional oversight
Constitution and constitutional amendments
Department of Justice
Government information and archives
Lawyers and legal services
Presidents and presidential powers, Vice Presidents

Summary:
action_date: 2020-02-25
text: 

Demanding Oversight and Justification Over Legal Conclusions Transparency Act or the DOJ OLC Transparency Act

 
This bill requires the Department of Justice to publish on its website, and make free to the public, all opinions issued by the Office of Legal Counsel (OLC). Prospectively, all OLC opinions must be published within 48 hours of being issued. Previously issued opinions must be published in accordance with deadlines established by the bill.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2020-02-25
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2020-02-25
text: Introduced in Senate
A bill to require the Secretary of the Army to convey certain Federal property in the State of Ohio to the Friends of Barker House.

Bill: 116-s-3335
Sponsor: Sen. Portman, Rob [R-OH]
Introduced: 2020-02-25 in the Senate
Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources
Subjects: Environmental assessment, monitoring, research
Government liability
Hazardous wastes and toxic substances
Historic sites and heritage areas
Land transfers
Ohio
Pollution liability
Radioactive wastes and releases

Summary:
action_date: 2020-02-25
text: 
This bill directs the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers to convey to the Friends of Joseph Barker, Jr., House organization, by quitclaim deed and without monetary consideration, all interest of the United States in the Judge Joseph Barker, Jr., House and a specified road tract in Washington County, Ohio, situated along the Ohio River. The Corps must also provide the organization with a specified easement.
 
The Corps shall make improvements and alterations to the house to facilitate conveyance of the property, including carrying out the conveyance of the house and road tract, subject to the condition that the total cost of those improvements and alterations shall be not more than $90,000. 
 
Before providing a conveyance or easement under this bill, the Corps must investigate and report to the organization on the environmental condition of the property, including any potential hazardous, toxic, and radioactive waste. On completion and review, the organization may elect to refuse any conveyance or easement of any of the property.
 
The Corps may reserve and retain from any conveyance under this bill a right-of-way or any other right necessary for the operation and maintenance of the authorized federal channel along the Ohio River.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2020-02-25
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works.
action_date: 2020-02-25
text: Introduced in Senate
Last Green Valley National Heritage Corridor and the Upper Housatonic Valley National Heritage Area Reauthorization Act

Bill: 116-s-3336
Sponsor: Sen. Murphy, Christopher [D-CT]
Introduced: 2020-02-25 in the Senate
Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources
Subjects: Connecticut
Historic sites and heritage areas
Massachusetts

Summary:
action_date: 2020-02-25
text: 

Last Green Valley National Heritage Corridor and the Upper Housatonic Valley National Heritage Area Reauthorization Act 

 
This bill reauthorizes through FY2036 the Last Green Valley National Heritage Corridor and the Upper Housatonic Valley National Heritage Area in Connecticut and Massachusetts. 
 
The bill also repeals the limitation on the total amount of funding that may be appropriated for the corridor and heritage area. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2020-02-25
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
action_date: 2020-02-25
text: Introduced in Senate
Restoring Aviation Accountability Act of 2020

Bill: 116-s-3337
Sponsor: Sen. Blumenthal, Richard [D-CT]
Introduced: 2020-02-25 in the Senate
Policy area: Transportation and Public Works
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Administrative remedies
Advisory bodies
Aviation and airports
Business records
Civil actions and liability
Congressional oversight
Department of Labor
Department of Transportation
Employee performance
Employment discrimination and employee rights
Executive agency funding and structure
Government employee pay, benefits, personnel management
Government information and archives
Government studies and investigations
International organizations and cooperation
Licensing and registrations
Manufacturing
Performance measurement
Product safety and quality
Transportation employees
Transportation safety and security

Summary:
action_date: 2020-02-25
text: 

Restoring Aviation Accountability Act of 2020

 
This bill addresses safety standards for the aviation industry.
 
Among other provisions, the bill
 
 
directs the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) to revise its Executive Compensation Plan to ensure that no pay, bonus, or other compensation for an officer or employee of the FAA is contingent on delivery of airplanes, the number of aircraft certified, or the number of audits completed;
 
establishes an independent aircraft type certificate review panel to review aircraft type certificates;
 
sets forth requirements of the aircraft certification process for domestic and international aircraft sales;
 
extends whistleblower incentives and protections in the aviation industry for employees, contractors, and subcontractors of aircraft manufacturers, aircraft repair stations, and the FAA by providing whistleblowers with access to court for a jury trial and monetary incentives;
 
prohibits the FAA from granting an exemption for the use of a non-motion training device to replace a full motion simulator for validation, qualification, checking, or evaluation events, and significant training leading up these events;
 
requires the Department of Transportation to establish a commission to study and make recommendations regarding the organization designation authorization program, including the effectiveness of the program in prioritizing passenger safety; and
 
directs the FAA to implement specific recommendations set forth in the Boeing 737 MAX Flight Control System Joint Authorities Technical Review.
 
 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2020-02-25
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
action_date: 2020-02-25
text: Introduced in Senate
Two-Generation Economic Empowerment Act of 2020

Bill: 116-s-3338
Sponsor: Sen. Heinrich, Martin [D-NM]
Introduced: 2020-02-25 in the Senate
Policy area: Social Welfare
Subjects: Academic performance and assessments
Adult education and literacy
Advisory bodies
Aging
Child health
Child safety and welfare
Congressional oversight
Disability and paralysis
Education of the disadvantaged
Elementary and secondary education
Executive agency funding and structure
Family relationships
Family services
Financial literacy
Government information and archives
Government studies and investigations
HIV/AIDS
Health promotion and preventive care
Homelessness and emergency shelter
Mental health
Minority health
Nutrition and diet
Performance measurement
Poverty and welfare assistance
Public-private cooperation
State and local government operations
Wages and earnings
Women's health

Summary:
action_date: 2020-02-25
text: 

Two-Generation Economic Empowerment Act of 2020

 
This bill establishes the Interagency Council on Multigenerational Poverty and Economic Mobility to carry out specified objectives and the 2-generation approach (i.e., breaking the cycle of multigenerational poverty by improving family economic security through the implementation of 2-generation pilot programs that create opportunities for, and address the needs of, parents and children together). Among other activities, the council must (1) submit a national strategic plan to end and prevent multigenerational poverty and create a cycle of family prosperity; (2) provide guidance for implementing 2-generation approaches; and (3) establish certain 2-generation programs, including a 2-generation performance partnership pilot program.
 
The Office of Management and Budget shall designate lead agencies for purposes of carrying out the 2-generation programs. A lead agency may award up to five performance partnership pilots that allow state, tribal, or local governments to combine discretionary federal funds across multiple federal programs in order to achieve certain outcomes. The Government Accountability Office must evaluate and report on these partnership pilots.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2020-02-25
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. (Sponsor introductory remarks on measure: CR S1158-1159)
action_date: 2020-02-25
text: Introduced in Senate
A bill to restore military priorities, and for other purposes.

Bill: 116-s-3339
Sponsor: Sen. Durbin, Richard J. [D-IL]
Introduced: 2020-02-25 in the Senate
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Appropriations
Border security and unlawful immigration
Defense spending
Department of Defense
Department of Homeland Security
Drug trafficking and controlled substances
Executive agency funding and structure
Law enforcement administration and funding
Military operations and strategy

Summary:
action_date: 2020-02-25
text: 

Restoring Military Priorities Act of 2020

 
This bill requires the Department of Defense (DOD) to restore certain funds that were transferred from various DOD accounts to be used for the construction of a wall along the southern border of the United States. The bill also reduces the amount of funding that DOD is permitted to transfer between certain appropriations accounts. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2020-02-27
text: Read the second time. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 431.
action_date: 2020-02-25
text: Introduced in the Senate. Read the first time. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under Read the First Time. (text: CR S1159)
action_date: 2020-02-25
text: Introduced in Senate
Voter Choice Act

Bill: 116-s-3340
Sponsor: Sen. Bennet, Michael F. [D-CO]
Introduced: 2020-02-27 in the Senate
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Subjects: Elections, voting, political campaign regulation
State and local finance
State and local government operations

Summary:
action_date: 2020-02-27
text: 

Voter Choice Act

 
This bill directs the Election Assistance Commission (EAC) to establish a program to support state and local governments in the transition to ranked choice voting (a system in which voters rank candidates in order of preference).
 
Specifically, the EAC must provide technical assistance to state and local governments that are considering whether to make, or that are in the process of making, the transition to a ranked choice voting system for their elections.
 
The EAC must also award grants to support such transition, including through the acquisition of voting equipment and tabulation software, appropriate ballot design, educational materials, and voter outreach.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2020-02-27
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Rules and Administration.
action_date: 2020-02-27
text: Introduced in Senate
CEO and Worker Pension Fairness Act

Bill: 116-s-3341
Sponsor: Sen. Sanders, Bernard [I-VT]
Introduced: 2020-02-27 in the Senate
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Corporate finance and management
Department of Labor
Employee benefits and pensions
Executive agency funding and structure
Income tax deferral
Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation
Tax administration and collection, taxpayers
Tax-exempt organizations

Summary:
action_date: 2020-02-27
text: 

CEO and Worker Pension Fairness Act

 
This bill limits tax benefits for deferred compensation of highly compensated employees (e.g., corporate chief executive officers) and increases disclosure requirements for such compensation. 
 
The bill includes such deferred compensation in taxable income when there is no substantial risk of forfeiture (i.e., when vested) of the rights of the person entitled to such compensation rather than at distribution. 
 
The bill transfers revenue from this revised tax treatment of deferred compensation from the Treasury to the Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation to increase insurance coverage of multiemployer pension plans. 
 
The bill requires the Department of Labor to report on nonqualified deferred compensation plans of highly compensated employees known as 
top hat plans
. The Department of the Treasury must disclose amounts deferred under such plans on W-2 forms
 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2020-02-27
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
action_date: 2020-02-27
text: Introduced in Senate
Zero Tolerance for Deceptive Fentanyl Trafficking Act

Bill: 116-s-3342
Sponsor: Sen. Cotton, Tom [R-AR]
Introduced: 2020-02-27 in the Senate
Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement
Subjects: Border security and unlawful immigration
Criminal procedure and sentencing
Drug safety, medical device, and laboratory regulation
Drug trafficking and controlled substances
Marketing and advertising

Summary:
action_date: 2020-02-27
text: 

Zero Tolerance for Deceptive Fentanyl Trafficking Act

 
This bill adds five fentanyl analogues and the entire category of fentanyl-related substances to schedule I of the Controlled Substances Act. A schedule I controlled substance is a drug, substance, or chemical that has a high potential for abuse; has no currently accepted medical value; and is subject to regulatory controls and administrative, civil, and criminal penalties under the Controlled Substances Act.
 
Additionally, the bill establishes a new criminal offense and penalties with respect to the deceptive sale of fentanyl, fentanyl analogues, or fentanyl-related substances.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2020-02-27
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2020-02-27
text: Introduced in Senate
Medical Supply Chain Security Act

Bill: 116-s-3343
Sponsor: Sen. Hawley, Josh [R-MO]
Introduced: 2020-02-27 in the Senate
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Congressional oversight
Drug safety, medical device, and laboratory regulation
Health information and medical records
Health technology, devices, supplies
Manufacturing
Prescription drugs

Summary:
action_date: 2020-02-27
text: 

Medical Supply Chain Security Act

 
This bill requires manufacturers of essential medical devices (i.e., those that are life supporting, life-sustaining, or intended for use for a debilitating disease or condition) to notify the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) if the device is discontinued or if there is any meaningful disruption to the device's manufacturing. The bill also authorizes the FDA to expedite review of such a device to mitigate or prevent a shortage.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2020-02-27
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
action_date: 2020-02-27
text: Introduced in Senate
Saving America's Future by Educating Kids Act of 2020

Bill: 116-s-3344
Sponsor: Sen. Manchin, Joe, III [D-WV]
Introduced: 2020-02-27 in the Senate
Policy area: Education
Subjects: Contracts and agency
Drug, alcohol, tobacco use
Education programs funding
Elementary and secondary education
Performance measurement
Teaching, teachers, curricula

Summary:
action_date: 2020-02-27
text: 

Saving America's Future by Educating Kids Act of 2020

 
This bill directs the Department of Education (ED) to develop and disseminate an evidence-based curriculum on substance use disorders (e.g., opioids, tobacco, and vaping) for grades K-12. ED must review and update such curriculum every two years.
 
Additionally, ED must award grants to state educational agencies to implement such evidence-based curriculum. In awarding such grants, ED must give priority to those states that have experienced the highest drug overdose death rates per capita.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2020-02-27
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
action_date: 2020-02-27
text: Introduced in Senate
Synthetic Opioid Exposure Prevention and Training Act

Bill: 116-s-3345
Sponsor: Sen. Peters, Gary C. [D-MI]
Introduced: 2020-02-27 in the Senate
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Subjects: Accounting and auditing
Border security and unlawful immigration
Customs enforcement
Department of Homeland Security
Drug trafficking and controlled substances
Government employee pay, benefits, personnel management
Government studies and investigations
Health promotion and preventive care
Health technology, devices, supplies
Law enforcement officers
Mammals
Service animals
Worker safety and health

Summary:
action_date: 2020-02-27
text: 

Synthetic Opioid Exposure Prevention and Training Act

 
This bill directs the U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) to implement a safety framework to protect its personnel from exposure to potential synthetic opioids.
 
Among other things, the CBP must do the following:
 
 
issue a policy that specifies protocols and procedures for the safe handling of potential synthetic opioids; 
 
require mandatory training on the potential risk of exposure to and safe handling procedures for synthetic opioids, as well as how to administer opioid receptor antagonists (e.g., naloxone) after exposure; and 
 
provide personal protective equipment and opioid receptor antagonists to officers, agents, other personnel, and canines at risk of exposure to synthetic opioids. 
 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2020-02-27
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.
action_date: 2020-02-27
text: Introduced in Senate