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Increasing Opportunity for Former Foster Youth Act

Bill: 116-s-3025
Sponsor: Sen. Grassley, Chuck [R-IA]
Introduced: 2019-12-11 in the Senate
Policy area: Families
Subjects: Adoption and foster care
Bank accounts, deposits, capital
Child safety and welfare
Congressional oversight
Debt collection
Government studies and investigations
Homelessness and emergency shelter
Juvenile crime and gang violence
Separation, divorce, custody, support
State and local government operations

Summary:
action_date: 2019-12-11
text: 

Increasing Opportunity for Former Foster Youth Act

 
This bill establishes and funds grants to provide services to youth aging out of the foster care system. Such grants must be awarded based on specified degrees of evidence-based effectiveness. Grant applications must specify the target population for the grant, such as foster youth who (1) are at risk of homelessness; (2) have, or are expecting, a child; (3) lack financial stability; or (4) have been involved with the juvenile justice system.
 
The bill also modifies child welfare programs to facilitate the enforcement of child support orders.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2019-12-11
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
action_date: 2019-12-11
text: Introduced in Senate
CROOK Act

Bill: 116-s-3026
Sponsor: Sen. Cardin, Benjamin L. [D-MD]
Introduced: 2019-12-11 in the Senate
Policy area: International Affairs
Subjects: Business ethics
Congressional oversight
Corporate finance and management
Crime victims
Criminal investigation, prosecution, interrogation
Department of State
Diplomacy, foreign officials, Americans abroad
Europe
Executive agency funding and structure
Foreign aid and international relief
Foreign and international corporations
Fraud offenses and financial crimes
Free trade and trade barriers
Government ethics and transparency, public corruption
Government trust funds
Human rights
Income tax deductions
International law and treaties
International organizations and cooperation
Latin America
Rule of law and government transparency
Russia
Sanctions
Sovereignty, recognition, national governance and status

Summary:
action_date: 2019-12-11
text: 

Countering Russian and Other Overseas Kleptocracy Act or the CROOK Act

 
This bill requires various actions designed to combat public corruption in foreign countries.
 
The bill establishes within the Department of the Treasury the Anti-Corruption Action fund to help foreign states fight public corruption and develop rule-of-law-based governance structures. For certain fines and penalties imposed under the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act, an additional fine shall be imposed and deposited into the fund.
 
The Department of State shall (1) manage U.S. government efforts to fight foreign public corruption, and (2) establish an interagency task force to assist in coordinating such efforts. 
 
Each U.S. embassy shall have a point of contact responsible for coordinating the embassy's anti-corruption efforts. 
 
The State Department shall report to Congress on its anti-corruption activities and make various reports publicly available online. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2019-12-11
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations.
action_date: 2019-12-11
text: Introduced in Senate
Child Abuse Death Disclosure Act

Bill: 116-s-3027
Sponsor: Sen. Brown, Sherrod [D-OH]
Introduced: 2019-12-11 in the Senate
Policy area: Families
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Child health
Child safety and welfare
Criminal investigation, prosecution, interrogation
Department of Health and Human Services
Domestic violence and child abuse
Government information and archives
Government studies and investigations
Health information and medical records
Indian social and development programs
Mental health
Social work, volunteer service, charitable organizations
State and local government operations

Summary:
action_date: 2019-12-11
text: 

Child Abuse Death Disclosure Act

 
This bill requires states receiving child welfare grants to report specified information about child deaths from maltreatment. Specifically, multidisciplinary teams from within the child welfare system in each state must
 
 
make a finding concerning the causes of each child fatality during the annual review period;
 
submit such findings to the Child Death Review Case Reporting System;
 
develop recommendations to prevent future child deaths from maltreatment;
 
submit annual reports with this information to the state&rsquo;s governor and legislature; and
 
if the number of child deaths in a state exceeds an established threshold, submit a report to the Children&rsquo;s Bureau of the Administration for Children and Families.
 
 
Further, the Children&rsquo;s Bureau must promulgate rules establishing standardized definitions for states to use in such reporting.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2019-12-11
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
action_date: 2019-12-11
text: Introduced in Senate
Partnerships for Affordability and Student Success Act

Bill: 116-s-3028
Sponsor: Sen. Reed, Jack [D-RI]
Introduced: 2019-12-11 in the Senate
Policy area: Education
Subjects: Academic performance and assessments
Consumer affairs
Economic development
Education of the disadvantaged
Education programs funding
Government information and archives
Higher education
Intergovernmental relations
International exchange and broadcasting
State and local finance
State and local government operations
Student aid and college costs

Summary:
action_date: 2019-12-11
text: 

Partnerships for Affordability and Student Success Act

 
This bill commits states to maintaining support for affordable higher education, and it authorizes federal-state partnerships to provide for higher education access, affordability, and completion.
 
Specifically, the bill requires states to maintain support for institutions of higher education (IHEs) and for student financial aid at levels that are equal to or greater than the average levels of such support for the three most recent academic years.
 
The bill also requires the Department of Education, after entering into an agreement with states, to award incentive grants to states to (1) provide grants to eligible students attending IHEs or participating in accredited study abroad programs, (2) reduce the cost of attendance at public IHEs, and (3) provide subgrants to eligible IHEs to reduce student costs and improve outcomes for students and graduates.
 
Each state that receives such grant funds shall report annually on its progress in meeting its public postsecondary education goals and comprehensive plan for postsecondary education.
 
Private, nonprofit IHEs may voluntarily elect to participate in a state's efforts under its comprehensive plan for postsecondary education.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2019-12-11
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. (Sponsor introductory remarks on measure: CR S6994)
action_date: 2019-12-11
text: Introduced in Senate
Territories Medicare Prescription Drug Assistance Equity Act of 2019

Bill: 116-s-3029
Sponsor: Sen. Menendez, Robert [D-NJ]
Introduced: 2019-12-12 in the Senate
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Medicaid
Medicare
Prescription drugs
U.S. territories and protectorates

Summary:
action_date: 2019-12-12
text: 

Territories Medicare Prescription Drug Assistance Equity Act of 

2019

 
This bill makes certain subsidies under the Medicare prescription drug benefit available to beneficiaries who reside in Puerto Rico or another U.S. territory. Current law makes such beneficiaries ineligible for premium and cost-sharing subsidies, but establishes a process for U.S. territories to apply for financial assistance with respect to the provision of Medicare prescription drugs. The bill eliminates this process and makes the subsidies available to beneficiaries who reside in a U.S. territory and are otherwise eligible. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2019-12-12
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
action_date: 2019-12-12
text: Introduced in Senate
Eviction Crisis Act of 2019

Bill: 116-s-3030
Sponsor: Sen. Bennet, Michael F. [D-CO]
Introduced: 2019-12-12 in the Senate
Policy area: Housing and Community Development
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Advisory bodies
Census and government statistics
Community life and organization
Congressional oversight
Consumer credit
Department of Housing and Urban Development
Disability and paralysis
Foreign language and bilingual programs
Government information and archives
Government studies and investigations
Health care coverage and access
Homelessness and emergency shelter
Housing and community development funding
Housing supply and affordability
Judicial procedure and administration
Landlord and tenant
Legal fees and court costs
Low- and moderate-income housing
Mental health
Research administration and funding
Right of privacy
Social work, volunteer service, charitable organizations
Specialized courts
State and local government operations

Summary:
action_date: 2019-12-12
text: 

Eviction Crisis Act of 2019

 
This bill creates several grant programs to prevent at-risk tenants from being evicted and establishes consumer protections related to evictions.
 
Specifically, the bill 
 
 
requires the Department of Justice to establish a grant program for states and local jurisdictions to support landlord-tenant focused community courts that make social-service representatives available to assist tenants in becoming current on any debts owed to the landlord or in transitioning to a new, stable home environment; 
 
requires the Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) to award grants for states and local and tribal governments to establish crisis-assistance programs to prevent extremely low-income households from experiencing housing instability during periods of crisis; and 
 
requires HUD to establish a grant program for local governments and nonprofit organizations to collect data from landlords on illegal evictions. 

 
The Government Accountability Office must study evictions and report to Congress on the grants awarded under the bill, including best estimates of any amounts saved and any additional revenues generated.
 
Additionally, HUD must establish and maintain a database of data regarding various forms of eviction.
 
A tenant who is denied rental housing on the basis of information in a consumer report must be notified of such adverse action. Further, a copy of any consumer report generated in connection with an application for tenancy in rental housing must be given to the consumer. Eviction judgments and related suits where a judgment is rendered in favor of the tenant may not be included in any consumer reports. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2019-12-12
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs.
action_date: 2019-12-12
text: Introduced in Senate
Significant Transnational Criminal Organization Designation Act

Bill: 116-s-3031
Sponsor: Sen. Cotton, Tom [R-AR]
Introduced: 2019-12-12 in the Senate
Policy area: Immigration
Subjects: Bank accounts, deposits, capital
Civil actions and liability
Congressional oversight
Criminal investigation, prosecution, interrogation
Criminal justice information and records
Evidence and witnesses
Foreign property
Government information and archives
Immigration status and procedures
Judicial procedure and administration
Judicial review and appeals
Latin America
Mexico
Organized crime
Violent crime

Summary:
action_date: 2019-12-12
text: 

Significant Transnational Criminal Organization Designation Act

 
This bill makes membership in a significant transnational criminal organization a ground for inadmissibility into the United States and provides for criminal penalties against those that provide material support to such an organization. 
 
The bar against admission applies to an alien member of such an organization and an alien spouse or child of such an individual. The bar shall not apply to a spouse or child who (1) did not know, or should not reasonably have known, that the individual was a member of such an organization; or (2) has renounced the organization in question. 
 
The bill establishes statutory authority and procedures for the Department of Justice to designate an organization a significant transnational criminal organization. The Department of the Treasury may require U.S. financial institutions to block transactions involving assets belonging to such an organization. 
 
An individual who knowingly provides material support or resources to a significant transnational criminal organization (or attempts or conspires to do so) shall be fined, imprisoned for up to 20 years, or both. If the death of any person is the result, the offending individual may be imprisoned for any term of years or for life. A financial institution that becomes aware that it possesses or controls funds belonging to such an organization shall retain such funds and notify Treasury.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2019-12-12
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2019-12-12
text: Introduced in Senate
Renewable Energy Transferability Act

Bill: 116-s-3032
Sponsor: Sen. Bennet, Michael F. [D-CO]
Introduced: 2019-12-12 in the Senate
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Air quality
Alternative and renewable resources
Business investment and capital
Climate change and greenhouse gases
Electric power generation and transmission
Energy efficiency and conservation
Income tax credits
Income tax deductions
Public utilities and utility rates
Residential rehabilitation and home repair
Tax administration and collection, taxpayers

Summary:
action_date: 2019-12-12
text: 

Renewable Energy Transferability Act

 
This bill allows tax credits for renewable energy to be transferred to project partners. The bill applies to the tax credits for (1) renewable electricity production, (2) investments in renewable energy property, and (3) carbon oxide sequestration. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2019-12-12
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
action_date: 2019-12-12
text: Introduced in Senate
K–12 Cybersecurity Act of 2019

Bill: 116-s-3033
Sponsor: Sen. Peters, Gary C. [D-MI]
Introduced: 2019-12-12 in the Senate
Policy area: Education
Subjects: Computer security and identity theft
Computers and information technology
Educational facilities and institutions
Elementary and secondary education
Government information and archives
Government studies and investigations
Personnel records
Student records

Summary:
action_date: 2019-12-12
text: 

K-12 Cybersecurity Act of 2019

 
This bill requires the Office of Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security (OCIS) to study the cybersecurity risks facing K-12 educational institutions and develop recommendations that include cybersecurity guidelines designed to assist such institutions in facing those risks. The use of such recommendations shall be voluntary.
 
The study shall include the challenges that such institutions face in securing (1) information systems owned, leased, or relied upon by those institutions; and (2) sensitive student and employee records.
 
OCIS shall (1) develop an online training toolkit designed for officials at K-12 educational institutions to educate the officials about, and provide strategies to implement, the recommendations; and (2) make available on the Department of Homeland Security website the study's findings, the guidelines developed, and the toolkit.
 
 
 
 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2019-12-12
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.
action_date: 2019-12-12
text: Introduced in Senate
TAA for Automation Act of 2019

Bill: 116-s-3034
Sponsor: Sen. Peters, Gary C. [D-MI]
Introduced: 2019-12-12 in the Senate
Policy area: Foreign Trade and International Finance
Subjects: Advanced technology and technological innovations
Advisory bodies
Congressional oversight
Department of Labor
Employment and training programs
Executive agency funding and structure
Industrial facilities
Intergovernmental relations
Manufacturing
State and local government operations
Trade adjustment assistance
Unemployment

Summary:
action_date: 2019-12-12
text: 

TAA for Automation Act of 2019

 
This bill makes trade adjustment assistance, which provides adversely affected workers with the skills and support to obtain new employment, available to workers whose jobs are displaced through automation. The bill also requires the Department of Labor to specify the basis for eligibility when certifying a group of workers as eligible to apply for adjustment assistance. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2019-12-12
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
action_date: 2019-12-12
text: Introduced in Senate
Elderly Home Detention Pilot Program Technical Corrections Act of 2019

Bill: 116-s-3035
Sponsor: Sen. Durbin, Richard J. [D-IL]
Introduced: 2019-12-12 in the Senate
Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement
Subjects: Aging
Correctional facilities and imprisonment
Criminal procedure and sentencing
Detention of persons

Summary:
action_date: 2019-12-12
text: 

Elderly Home Detention Pilot Program Technical Corrections Act of 2019
 
 
This bill modifies the eligibility criteria for an elderly offender to qualify for early release from prison and placement in home detention. 
 
Specifically, it reduces the amount of a prison term an elderly offender must serve by the amount of good time credits earned by the offender. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2019-12-12
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. (text: CR S7029)
action_date: 2019-12-12
text: Introduced in Senate
Unsolicited Loan Act of 2019

Bill: 116-s-3036
Sponsor: Sen. Jones, Doug [D-AL]
Introduced: 2019-12-12 in the Senate
Policy area: Finance and Financial Sector
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Banking and financial institutions regulation
Consumer Financial Protection Bureau
Consumer credit

Summary:
action_date: 2019-12-12
text: 

Unsolicited Loan Act of 2019

 
This bill prohibits a lender from providing an unsolicited loan check or similar instrument to a consumer. Additionally, a consumer is not liable for any debt incurred from such an instrument.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2019-12-12
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs.
action_date: 2019-12-12
text: Introduced in Senate
International Violence Against Women Act of 2019

Bill: 116-s-3037
Sponsor: Sen. Shaheen, Jeanne [D-NH]
Introduced: 2019-12-12 in the Senate
Policy area: International Affairs
Subjects: Child safety and welfare
Congressional oversight
Crime prevention
Crimes against children
Crimes against women
Criminal investigation, prosecution, interrogation
Criminal justice information and records
Department of State
Diplomacy, foreign officials, Americans abroad
Executive agency funding and structure
Foreign aid and international relief
Government information and archives
Human rights
Human trafficking
International organizations and cooperation
Judicial procedure and administration
Law enforcement officers
Marriage and family status
Military education and training
Military personnel and dependents
Public contracts and procurement
Sex offenses
Sex, gender, sexual orientation discrimination
U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID)
Violent crime
Women in business
Women's education
Women's health
Women's rights

Summary:
action_date: 2019-12-12
text: 

International Violence Against Women Act of 2019 

 
This bill provides for a U.S. global strategy to prevent and respond to violence against women and girls.
 
The bill establishes in the Department of State an Office of Global Women's Issues, which shall be headed by an Ambassador-at-Large for Global Women's Issues. The Ambassador-at-Large shall (1) coordinate U.S. government efforts regarding gender equality and the advancement of women and girls in foreign policy, and (2) develop or update periodically a U.S. global strategy to prevent and respond to gender-based violence.
 
The bill establishes in the U.S. Agency for International Development the position of Senior Coordinator for Gender Equality and Women's Empowerment who shall coordinate policies, programs, and funding regarding gender equality and women's empowerment.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2019-12-12
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations.
action_date: 2019-12-12
text: Introduced in Senate
A bill to authorize the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to establish a grant program to conduct cemetery research and produce educational materials for the Veterans Legacy Program, and for other purposes.

Bill: 116-s-3039
Sponsor: Sen. Tester, Jon [D-MT]
Introduced: 2019-12-12 in the Senate
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Cemeteries and funerals
Education programs funding
Research administration and funding
Veterans' organizations and recognition

Summary:
action_date: 2019-12-12
text: 
This bill authorizes the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) to establish a grant program to conduct cemetery research and produce educational materials for the Veterans Legacy Program. The program provides the public with engagement and educational opportunities regarding veterans interred in national, state, or tribal veterans' cemeteries. Additionally, the bill requires the VA to report on the efficacy of the grant program.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2019-12-12
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
action_date: 2019-12-12
text: Introduced in Senate
Teach CS Act

Bill: 116-s-3040
Sponsor: Sen. Rosen, Jacky [D-NV]
Introduced: 2019-12-12 in the Senate
Policy area: Education
Subjects: Computers and information technology
Congressional oversight
Education of the disadvantaged
Education programs funding
Elementary and secondary education
Higher education
Licensing and registrations
Performance measurement
Public-private cooperation
Research administration and funding
Student aid and college costs
Teaching, teachers, curricula
Temporary and part-time employment

Summary:
action_date: 2019-12-12
text: 

Teacher Education for Computer Science Act or the Teach CS Act

 
This bill authorizes the Department of Education to award grants to institutions of higher education for establishing and maintaining teacher education programs for computer science.
 
It also includes computer science as an eligible education category with respect to receiving various teacher preparation grants and graduate fellowships.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2019-12-12
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
action_date: 2019-12-12
text: Introduced in Senate