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Clean Energy Standard Act of 2019

Bill: 116-s-1359
Sponsor: Sen. Smith, Tina [D-MN]
Introduced: 2019-05-08 in the Senate
Policy area: Energy
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Advanced technology and technological innovations
Air quality
Alternative and renewable resources
Business records
Civil actions and liability
Climate change and greenhouse gases
Congressional oversight
Department of Energy
Electric power generation and transmission
Energy efficiency and conservation
Energy prices
Energy research
Energy storage, supplies, demand
Environmental assessment, monitoring, research
Environmental regulatory procedures
Environmental technology
Government information and archives
Government studies and investigations
Government trust funds
Intergovernmental relations
Oil and gas
Public utilities and utility rates
Research and development
Solid waste and recycling
State and local government operations

Summary:
action_date: 2019-05-08
text: 

Clean Energy Standard Act of 2019 

 
This bill addresses clean energy standards.
 
Among other things, the bill 
 
 
requires retail electricity suppliers to sell a certain quantity of clean electric energy;
 
establishes a federal clean energy credit trading program;
 
subjects retail electricity suppliers to civil penalties for noncompliance with requirements;
 
establishes a state energy efficiency, clean energy deployment, and electric bill reduction program; 
 
requires the Department of Energy (DOE) to facilitate coordination between the federal clean energy program and state clean and renewable energy programs; 
 
requires the National Academy of Sciences to periodically evaluate all aspects of the federal clean energy standard; and
 
directs DOE to establish a program for the research, development, demonstration, and deployment of clean energy technologies and portfolios.
 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2019-05-08
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. (Sponsor introductory remarks on measure: CR S2745-2746)
action_date: 2019-05-08
text: Introduced in Senate
Reserve Component DD–214 Act of 2019

Bill: 116-s-1360
Sponsor: Sen. Peters, Gary C. [D-MI]
Introduced: 2019-05-08 in the Senate
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Military education and training
Military personnel and dependents
National Guard and reserves
Personnel records

Summary:
action_date: 2019-05-08
text: 

Reserve Component DD-214 Act of 2019

 
This bill requires that the final pay and certificate of discharge or release from active status for a reserve member of the Armed Forces be ready for delivery when the reserve member is released from duty. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2019-05-08
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Armed Services.
action_date: 2019-05-08
text: Introduced in Senate
A bill to amend the Congressional Budget Act of 1974 respecting the scoring of preventive health savings.

Bill: 116-s-1361
Sponsor: Sen. Cardin, Benjamin L. [D-MD]
Introduced: 2019-05-08 in the Senate
Policy area: Economics and Public Finance
Subjects: Accounting and auditing
Budget deficits and national debt
Budget process
Congressional oversight
Health care costs and insurance
Health programs administration and funding
Health promotion and preventive care

Summary:
action_date: 2019-05-08
text: 
This bill requires the Congressional Budget Office, upon receiving a request from Congress, to determine if legislation would reduce spending outside of the 10-year budget window through the use of preventive health and preventive health services. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2019-05-08
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Budget.
action_date: 2019-05-08
text: Introduced in Senate
NURSE Act

Bill: 116-s-1362
Sponsor: Sen. Tester, Jon [D-MT]
Introduced: 2019-05-08 in the Senate
Policy area: Education
Subjects: Child health
Education of the disadvantaged
Education programs funding
Elementary and secondary education
Health care coverage and access
Health personnel
Health programs administration and funding
Nursing

Summary:
action_date: 2019-05-08
text: 

Nurses for Under-Resourced Schools Everywhere Act or the NURSE Act

 
This bill establishes a demonstration grant program through which the Department of Education shall award matching funds to increase the number of school nurses in public elementary and secondary schools served by a state educational agency or local educational agency in which at least 20% of students are eligible to participate in the school lunch program. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2019-05-08
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
action_date: 2019-05-08
text: Introduced in Senate
Early Pell Promise Act

Bill: 116-s-1364
Sponsor: Sen. Stabenow, Debbie [D-MI]
Introduced: 2019-05-08 in the Senate
Policy area: Education
Subjects: Academic performance and assessments
Education of the disadvantaged
Education programs funding
Food assistance and relief
Government information and archives
Higher education
Medicaid
Military personnel and dependents
Poverty and welfare assistance
Student aid and college costs
Teaching, teachers, curricula
Vocational and technical education

Summary:
action_date: 2019-05-08
text: 

Early Pell Promise Act

 
This bill authorizes the Department of Education (ED) to carry out an Early Federal Pell Grant Commitment Program under which ED must make a commitment to award Pell Grants to certain students. 
 
To be eligible to receive such a commitment, the student must be in grades 8 through 12 and a member of a household receiving assistance under the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program.
 
Pursuant to such a commitment, the student shall receive a Pell Grant during the first two academic years of attendance at an institution of higher education (IHE) as an undergraduate if the student
 
 
files the Free Application for Federal Student Aid form for the award year in which the student will be in attendance at the IHE, and
 
enrolls at the IHE not later than one year after receiving a secondary school diploma or not later than three years after release from the Armed Forces.



Legislative actions:
action_date: 2019-05-08
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
action_date: 2019-05-08
text: Introduced in Senate
Comprehensive Addiction Resources Emergency Act of 2019

Bill: 116-s-1365
Sponsor: Sen. Warren, Elizabeth [D-MA]
Introduced: 2019-05-08 in the Senate
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)
Child health
Civil actions and liability
Congressional oversight
Drug safety, medical device, and laboratory regulation
Drug trafficking and controlled substances
Drug, alcohol, tobacco use
Employment and training programs
Government information and archives
Government studies and investigations
Health care costs and insurance
Health care coverage and access
Health programs administration and funding
Health promotion and preventive care
Higher education
Home and outpatient care
Hospital care
Indian social and development programs
Long-term, rehabilitative, and terminal care
Medicaid
Medical education
Medical research
Medical tests and diagnostic methods
Mental health
Minority health
National Institutes of Health (NIH)
Prescription drugs
Public contracts and procurement
Social work, volunteer service, charitable organizations
State and local finance
State and local government operations
Women's health

Summary:
action_date: 2019-05-08
text: 

Comprehensive Addiction Resources Emergency Act of 2019

 
 This bill establishes various programs to address substance use disorder and opioid addiction, including grants for treatment, recovery, and harm reduction services as well as a program to distribute overdose reversal drugs.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2019-05-08
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
action_date: 2019-05-08
text: Introduced in Senate
Opioid QuOTA Act

Bill: 116-s-1366
Sponsor: Sen. Markey, Edward J. [D-MA]
Introduced: 2019-05-08 in the Senate
Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement
Subjects: Congressional oversight
Drug trafficking and controlled substances
Government information and archives
Government studies and investigations
Licensing and registrations

Summary:
action_date: 2019-05-08
text: 

Opioid Quota Openness, Transparency, and Awareness Act of 2019 or the Opioid QuOTA Act

 
This bill requires the Drug Enforcement Administration to make publicly available on its website certain information regarding opioid procurement quotas.
 
The term &quot;opioid procurement quota&quot; means the maximum quantity of opioid analgesics that a registered manufacturer may procure.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2019-05-08
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2019-05-08
text: Introduced in Senate
A bill to designate Union Station in Washington, DC, as "Harry S. Truman Union Station".

Bill: 116-s-1367
Sponsor: Sen. Blunt, Roy [R-MO]
Introduced: 2019-05-08 in the Senate
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Subjects: Congressional tributes
District of Columbia
Presidents and presidential powers, Vice Presidents
Railroads

Summary:
action_date: 2019-05-08
text: 
 This bill designates Union Station, located at 40 Massachusetts Avenue, NE, Washington, DC, as the &quot;Harry S. Truman Union Station.&quot;


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2019-05-08
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works.
action_date: 2019-05-08
text: Introduced in Senate
Lumbee Recognition Act

Bill: 116-s-1368
Sponsor: Sen. Burr, Richard [R-NC]
Introduced: 2019-05-08 in the Senate
Policy area: Native Americans
Subjects: Federal-Indian relations
Gambling
Indian lands and resources rights
North Carolina

Summary:
action_date: 2019-05-08
text: 

Lumbee Recognition Act

 
This bill extends federal recognition to the Lumbee Tribe of North Carolina and makes its members eligible for the services and benefits provided to members of federally recognized tribes. 
 
Members of the tribe residing in Robeson, Cumberland, Hoke, and Scotland counties in North Carolina are deemed to be within the delivery area for such services.
 
The Department of Health and Human Services must develop, in consultation with the tribe, a determination of needs to provide the services for which members of the tribe are eligible.
 
The Department of the Interior may take land into trust for the benefit of the tribe. Gaming is allowed on such land taken into trust for the tribe. 
 
North Carolina must exercise jurisdiction over all criminal offenses committed, and all civil actions that arise, on North Carolina lands owned by, or held in trust for, the Lumbee Tribe or any dependent Indian community of the tribe unless jurisdiction is transferred to the United States pursuant to an agreement between the tribe and the state.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2019-05-08
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs.
action_date: 2019-05-08
text: Introduced in Senate
Vietnam Human Rights Sanctions Act of 2019

Bill: 116-s-1369
Sponsor: Sen. Cornyn, John [R-TX]
Introduced: 2019-05-08 in the Senate
Policy area: International Affairs
Subjects: Asia
Congressional oversight
Criminal investigation, prosecution, interrogation
Detention of persons
Foreign property
Human rights
Immigration status and procedures
Protest and dissent
Religion
Rule of law and government transparency
Sanctions
Trade restrictions
Vietnam
Visas and passports

Summary:
action_date: 2019-05-08
text: 

Vietnam Human Rights Sanctions Act of 2019

 
This bill requires the President to (1) impose financial sanctions on, and prohibit U.S. entry by, nationals of Vietnam who are complicit in human rights abuses committed against nationals of Vietnam or their family members, regardless of whether such abuses occurred in Vietnam; and (2) submit to Congress a publicly available list of individuals determined to be complicit in such human rights abuses.
 
The President may waive sanctions to comply with international agreements or if in the U.S. national interest. 
 
Sanctions shall be terminated if the President certifies to Congress that the government of Vietnam has (1) released all political prisoners; (2) ceased using violence, detention, and abuse against Vietnamese nationals engaging in peaceful political activity; and (3) conducted a transparent investigation into the killings, arrest, and abuse of such political activists and prosecuted those responsible. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2019-05-08
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations.
action_date: 2019-05-08
text: Introduced in Senate
Gold Star Family Tax Relief Act

Bill: 116-s-1370
Sponsor: Sen. Cassidy, Bill [R-LA]
Introduced: 2019-05-08 in the Senate
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Income tax rates
Military personnel and dependents
Veterans' pensions and compensation

Summary:
action_date: 2019-05-08
text: 

Gold Star Family Tax Relief Act 

 
This bill treats certain military survivor benefits that are received by children as earned income of the child for the purposes of the kiddie tax (the tax on the unearned income of children). This has the effect of exempting the benefits from such tax.

action_date: 2019-05-21
text: 

Gold Star Family Tax Relief Act 

 
(Sec. 2) This bill treats certain military survivor benefits that are received by children as earned income of the child for the purposes of the kiddie tax (the tax on the unearned income of children). This has the effect of exempting the benefits from such tax.
 
The bill applies to taxable years beginning after December 31, 2017. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2019-05-21
text: Ordered held at desk by unanimous consent.
action_date: 2019-05-21
text: Passed Senate without amendment by Unanimous Consent. (text: CR S2985)
action_date: 2019-05-21
text: Passed/agreed to in Senate: Passed Senate without amendment by Unanimous Consent.(text: CR S2985)
action_date: 2019-05-21
text: Senate Committee on Finance discharged by Unanimous Consent. (consideration: CR S2985)
action_date: 2019-05-21
text: Senate Committee on Finance discharged by Unanimous Consent.(consideration: CR S2985)
action_date: 2019-05-08
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
action_date: 2019-05-08
text: Introduced in Senate
Oxybenzone and Octinoxate Impact Study Act of 2019

Bill: 116-s-1371
Sponsor: Sen. Merkley, Jeff [D-OR]
Introduced: 2019-05-08 in the Senate
Policy area: Environmental Protection
Subjects: Animal and plant health
Aquatic ecology
Cosmetics and personal care
Endangered and threatened species
Environmental assessment, monitoring, research
Environmental health
Government information and archives
Government studies and investigations
Hazardous wastes and toxic substances
Marine and coastal resources, fisheries
Marine pollution

Summary:
action_date: 2019-05-08
text: 

Oxybenzone and Octinoxate Impact Study Act of 2019

 
This bill requires the Environmental Protection Agency to study the impact of oxybenzone and octinoxate (chemicals commonly found in sunscreens) on public health and the environment, including marine life.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2019-05-08
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works.
action_date: 2019-05-08
text: Introduced in Senate
PFAS Accountability Act of 2019

Bill: 116-s-1372
Sponsor: Sen. Stabenow, Debbie [D-MI]
Introduced: 2019-05-08 in the Senate
Policy area: Environmental Protection
Subjects: Congressional oversight
Environmental assessment, monitoring, research
Environmental health
Environmental regulatory procedures
Government buildings, facilities, and property
Hazardous wastes and toxic substances
Intergovernmental relations
Military facilities and property
National Guard and reserves
Pollution liability
Soil pollution
State and local government operations
Water quality
Water use and supply

Summary:
action_date: 2019-05-08
text: 

PFAS Accountability Act of 2019

 
This bill addresses the remediation of water or land that is contaminated from certain perfluoroalkyl or polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) originating from federal facilities or sites, including the Department of Defense's sites or facilities. PFAS are man-made and may have adverse human health effects. A variety of products contain PFAS, such as nonstick cookware or weatherproof clothing.
 
Upon state request, federal departments or agencies must expedite cooperative agreements with states to address the contamination&#8212;or suspected contamination&#8212;of drinking water, surface water, groundwater, land surface, or subsurface strata (e.g., rock or soil). The cooperative agreements must meet or exceed the most stringent of the standards enumerated in the bill.
 
If cooperative agreements are not finalized a year after requests are made by states, then the President must provide to Congress reports that include (1) explanations of why cooperative agreements have not been finalized or amended, and (2) projected timelines for finalizing the agreements.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2019-05-08
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works.
action_date: 2019-05-08
text: Introduced in Senate
SNIFF Act

Bill: 116-s-1373
Sponsor: Sen. Cassidy, Bill [R-LA]
Introduced: 2019-05-08 in the Senate
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Subjects: Customs enforcement
Government employee pay, benefits, personnel management
Postal service
Smuggling and trafficking
U.S. Postal Service

Summary:
action_date: 2019-05-08
text: 

Search Now, Inspect For Fentanyl Act of 2019 or the SNIFF Act

 
This bill requires the U.S. Postal Service (USPS) to enter into an agreement with U.S. Customs and Border Protection to train USPS employees to identify illicit packages.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2019-05-08
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.
action_date: 2019-05-08
text: Introduced in Senate
Metastatic Breast Cancer Access to Care Act

Bill: 116-s-1374
Sponsor: Sen. McSally, Martha [R-AZ]
Introduced: 2019-05-08 in the Senate
Policy area: Social Welfare
Subjects: Cancer
Disability and paralysis
Disability assistance
Health care coverage and access
Hospital care
Medicare
Women's health

Summary:
action_date: 2019-05-08
text: 

Metastatic Breast Cancer Access to Care Act

 
This bill exempts individuals with metastatic breast cancer from certain waiting periods for disability insurance benefits under the Old-Age, Survivors, and Disability Insurance program and related Medicare coverage. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2019-05-08
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
action_date: 2019-05-08
text: Introduced in Senate
Reef Safe Act of 2019

Bill: 116-s-1375
Sponsor: Sen. Merkley, Jeff [D-OR]
Introduced: 2019-05-08 in the Senate
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Environmental assessment, monitoring, research
Hazardous wastes and toxic substances
Marine and coastal resources, fisheries
Product safety and quality
Wildlife conservation and habitat protection

Summary:
action_date: 2019-05-08
text: 

Reef Safe Act of 2019 

 
This bill requires the Food and Drug Administrationto develop labeling criteria and standards for a 
Reef Safe
 designation on nonprescription sunscreen.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2019-05-08
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
action_date: 2019-05-08
text: Introduced in Senate
Family First Transition and Support Act of 2019

Bill: 116-s-1376
Sponsor: Sen. Brown, Sherrod [D-OH]
Introduced: 2019-05-08 in the Senate
Policy area: Social Welfare
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Adoption and foster care
Child care and development
Child safety and welfare
Drug, alcohol, tobacco use
Employment and training programs
Family relationships
Family services
Government information and archives
Indian social and development programs
Judges
Lawyers and legal services
Licensing and registrations
Mental health
Research administration and funding
Social work, volunteer service, charitable organizations
Specialized courts
State and local courts
State and local finance
State and local government operations

Summary:
action_date: 2019-05-08
text: 

Family First Transition and Support Act of 2019

 
This bill eliminates income-based limitations on a child's eligibility for federal foster care support and makes other changes to funding for, and administration of, grants and programs for child welfare in states and tribes.
 
The bill increases funding for activities including (1) training of child welfare workers, foster parents, and those working in the court system; (2) research on evidence-based practices to prevent child abuse and neglect; and (3) regional partnerships between child welfare agencies and others to address a parent's, or other caregiver's, substance use disorder.
 
The bill's changes to the administration of child welfare programs include, for example, delaying until FY2027 a requirement for states to expend a minimum percentage of funding for child abuse prevention services on only those services that meet certain criteria for effectiveness. In addition, the bill expands the scope of certain grants to include kinship placement services and allows the use of federal funds to address issues that may put a child at risk of entering foster care, such as by providing assistance with housing and utility payments.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2019-05-08
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
action_date: 2019-05-08
text: Introduced in Senate
EQUAL Defense Act of 2019

Bill: 116-s-1377
Sponsor: Sen. Harris, Kamala D. [D-CA]
Introduced: 2019-05-08 in the Senate
Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement
Subjects: Criminal justice information and records
Employment and training programs
Employment discrimination and employee rights
Law enforcement administration and funding
Lawyers and legal services
Student aid and college costs
Wages and earnings

Summary:
action_date: 2019-05-08
text: 

Ensuring Quality Access to Legal Defense Act of 2019 or the EQUAL Defense Act of 2019

 
 This bill establishes and modifies certain programs that support the delivery of public defense services (i.e., legal services for criminal defendants who cannot afford counsel). 
 
Specifically, the bill directs the Department of Justice (DOJ) to award grants to state and local governments, tribal organizations, and public defender offices for public defense. A grant recipient must use the grant to establish a data collection process, develop workload limits, and satisfy specified compensation requirements (e.g., pay parity between public defenders and prosecutors).
 
The bill also directs DOJ to award grants to nonprofits and government organizations to train public defenders, court-appointed attorneys, and contract attorneys.
 
Additionally, a state that receives Edward Byrne Memorial Justice Assistance Grant program funds must annually submit to DOJ information related to the legal representation of defendants in criminal cases.
 
It also reauthorizes through FY2022 the student loan repayment program for prosecutors and public defenders and otherwise revises the program, including by increasing the maximum benefit amount.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2019-05-08
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2019-05-08
text: Introduced in Senate