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William T. Coleman, Jr., Department of Transportation Headquarters Act

Bill: 116-s-3239
Sponsor: Sen. Wicker, Roger F. [R-MS]
Introduced: 2020-01-28 in the Senate
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Subjects: Congressional tributes
Department of Transportation
District of Columbia
Federal officials
Government buildings, facilities, and property

Summary:
action_date: 2020-01-28
text: 

William T. Coleman, Jr., Department of Transportation Headquarters Act

 
This bill designates the headquarters building of the Department of Transportation located at 1200 New Jersey Avenue, SE, in Washington, DC, as the 
William T. Coleman, Jr., Federal Building
.

action_date: 2020-02-11
text: 

William T. Coleman, Jr., Department of Transportation Headquarters Act

 
This bill designates the headquarters building of the Department of Transportation located at 1200 New Jersey Avenue, SE, in Washington, DC, as the 
William T. Coleman, Jr., Federal Building
.

action_date: 2020-02-13
text: 

William T. Coleman, Jr., Department of Transportation Headquarters Act

 
This bill designates the headquarters building of the Department of Transportation located at 1200 New Jersey Avenue, SE, in Washington, DC, as the 
William T. Coleman, Jr., Federal Building
.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2020-02-24
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Economic Development, Public Buildings, and Emergency Management.
action_date: 2020-02-21
text: Referred to the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.
action_date: 2020-02-21
text: Received in the House.
action_date: 2020-02-20
text: Message on Senate action sent to the House.
action_date: 2020-02-13
text: Passed Senate without amendment by Unanimous Consent. (consideration: CR S1082-1083; text: CR S1083)
action_date: 2020-02-13
text: Passed/agreed to in Senate: Passed Senate without amendment by Unanimous Consent.(consideration: CR S1082-1083; text: CR S1083)
action_date: 2020-02-11
text: Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 419.
action_date: 2020-02-11
text: Committee on Environment and Public Works. Reported by Senator Barrasso without amendment. Without written report.
action_date: 2020-02-11
text: Committee on Environment and Public Works. Reported by Senator Barrasso without amendment. Without written report.
action_date: 2020-02-11
text: Committee on Environment and Public Works. Ordered to be reported without amendment favorably.
action_date: 2020-01-28
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works.
action_date: 2020-01-28
text: Introduced in Senate
Trafficking Survivors Relief Act of 2020

Bill: 116-s-3240
Sponsor: Sen. Gillibrand, Kirsten E. [D-NY]
Introduced: 2020-01-28 in the Senate
Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement
Subjects: Congressional oversight
Crime victims
Criminal investigation, prosecution, interrogation
Criminal justice information and records
Criminal procedure and sentencing
Evidence and witnesses
Government studies and investigations
Human trafficking
Sex offenses

Summary:
action_date: 2020-01-28
text: 

Trafficking Survivors Relief Act of 2020

 
This bill establishes a process to vacate convictions and expunge arrest records for certain criminal offenses committed by victims of human trafficking that directly result from or relate to having been a trafficking victim.
 
It defines the offenses eligible to be vacated or expunged and sets forth procedures for filing a motion.
 
The Government Accountability Office must assess the impact of this process, including the number of human trafficking survivors who file motions to vacate convictions or expunge records. 
 
Finally, it permits certain grants for legal representation to be used to seek post-conviction relief. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2020-01-28
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2020-01-28
text: Introduced in Senate
A bill to amend the John D. Dingell, Jr. Conservation, Management, and Recreation Act to establish the Cerro de la Olla Wilderness in the Rio Grande del Norte National Monument, New Mexico.

Bill: 116-s-3241
Sponsor: Sen. Heinrich, Martin [D-NM]
Introduced: 2020-01-28 in the Senate
Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources
Subjects: Land use and conservation
Monuments and memorials
New Mexico
Parks, recreation areas, trails
Water use and supply
Wilderness and natural areas, wildlife refuges, wild rivers, habitats
Wildlife conservation and habitat protection

Summary:
action_date: 2020-01-28
text: 
This bill designates specified federal land administered by the Bureau of Land Management in Taos County, New Mexico, comprising 13,103 acres in the Rio Grande del Norte National Monument, to be known as the Cerro de la Olla Wilderness.
 
The Department of the Interior shall enter into a cooperative agreement with New Mexico that specifies, subject to certain prohibition provisions under the Wilderness Act, the terms and conditions under which wildlife management activities in the wilderness may be carried out.
 
Subject to such agreement and such prohibition provisions, Interior may authorize the maintenance of any existing structure or facility for wildlife water development projects (including guzzlers) in the wilderness, if 
 
 
the structure or facility would enhance wilderness values by promoting healthy, viable, and more naturally distributed wildlife populations; and 
 
the visual impacts of the structure or facility on the wilderness can reasonably be minimized. 
 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2020-09-16
text: Committee on Energy and Natural Resources Subcommittee on Public Lands, Forests, and Mining. Hearings held. With printed Hearing: S.Hrg. 116-380.
action_date: 2020-01-28
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
action_date: 2020-01-28
text: Introduced in Senate
Safeguarding Americans' Private Records Act of 2020

Bill: 116-s-3242
Sponsor: Sen. Wyden, Ron [D-OR]
Introduced: 2020-01-28 in the Senate
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Business records
Congressional oversight
Criminal investigation, prosecution, interrogation
Employment discrimination and employee rights
Evidence and witnesses
First Amendment rights
Geography and mapping
Government studies and investigations
Intelligence activities, surveillance, classified information
Internet and video services
Internet, web applications, social media
Judges
Judicial procedure and administration
Judicial review and appeals
Privacy and Civil Liberties Oversight Board
Racial and ethnic relations
Right of privacy
Specialized courts
Supreme Court
Telephone and wireless communication
Terrorism

Summary:
action_date: 2020-01-28
text: 

Safeguarding Americans' Private Records Act of 2020

 
This bill imposes limitations on investigative powers provided under the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act of 1978 (FISA), reauthorizes certain FISA programs, and makes related changes.
 
Provisions include
 
 
reauthorizing to December 15, 2023, FISA authority to obtain business records, but also repealing the power to use such authority to obtain records on an ongoing basis; 
 
excluding certain data, such as cell phone location, from FISA authority to access business records; 
 
establishing that nonpublic information collected under FISA authority may not be retained for more than three years unless the information includes foreign intelligence information; 
 
disallowing the use of FISA-collected business records for criminal, civil, or administrative proceedings except in certain instances, such as cases involving a specific cybersecurity threat from a foreign country; 
 
requiring a government entity to notify a targeted person that the entity intends to use in court business records collected under FISA; 
 
excluding cell site location and global positioning system information from FISA authority for using a pen register or trap and trace device to collect evidence; 
 
reauthorizing to December 15, 2023, the power to treat individual terrorists as foreign agents; 
 
expanding the powers of FISA court amicus curiae (outside parties appointed to assist in a case), such as by authorizing the amicus to refer a FISA court decision to the FISA Court of Review; and 
 
repealing the government's authority to use National Security Letters to obtain financial or communications records without a court order. 
 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2020-01-28
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2020-01-28
text: Introduced in Senate
Simplifying Access to Student Loan Information Act of 2020

Bill: 116-s-3243
Sponsor: Sen. Shaheen, Jeanne [D-NH]
Introduced: 2020-01-28 in the Senate
Policy area: Education
Subjects: Consumer credit
Government information and archives
Higher education
Right of privacy
Student aid and college costs

Summary:
action_date: 2020-01-28
text: 

Simplifying Access to Student Loan Information Act of 

2020

 
This bill expands the National Student Loan Data System (NSLDS) to include information about private education loans.
 
Specifically, the bill requires private educational lenders to submit to the NSLDS information regarding private education loans made to borrowers, including the outstanding balances and interest rates of such loans. Currently, only federal student loan information is available in the NSLDS.
 
The bill requires the Department of Education to
 
 
ensure that a cosigner of a private education loan for which information is included in the NSLDS has access only to that information in a separate account,
 
ensure that a private educational lender has access to the NSLDS only to submit information regarding the lender's loans, and
 
establish a functionality within the NSLDS that enables a student borrower of federal student loans to input the information necessary to compare repayment plans.



Legislative actions:
action_date: 2020-01-28
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
action_date: 2020-01-28
text: Introduced in Senate
HERO Act of 2020

Bill: 116-s-3244
Sponsor: Sen. Rosen, Jacky [D-NV]
Introduced: 2020-01-28 in the Senate
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Census and government statistics
Congressional oversight
Employment and training programs
First responders and emergency personnel
Government information and archives
Health programs administration and funding
Health promotion and preventive care
Medical tests and diagnostic methods
Mental health
Social work, volunteer service, charitable organizations
Tax-exempt organizations
Worker safety and health

Summary:
action_date: 2020-01-28
text: 

Helping Emergency Responders Overcome Act of 

2020
 
or the HERO Act of 2020

 
This bill establishes a series of programs relating to the behavioral health of public-safety officers (e.g., law-enforcement officers, firefighters, ambulance crew members, and 911 operators). For example, the bill establishes (1) a public-safety officer suicide-reporting system at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, and (2) a grant program for peer-support behavioral health and wellness programs within fire departments and emergency medical services agencies. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2020-01-28
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
action_date: 2020-01-28
text: Introduced in Senate
WORKER Act

Bill: 116-s-3245
Sponsor: Sen. Cortez Masto, Catherine [D-NV]
Introduced: 2020-01-28 in the Senate
Policy area: Labor and Employment
Subjects: Advisory bodies
Congressional oversight
Department of Labor
Education programs funding
Educational guidance
Elementary and secondary education
Employment and training programs
Executive agency funding and structure
Government information and archives
Higher education
Manufacturing
Performance measurement
Product development and innovation
Public-private cooperation
Science and engineering education
State and local government operations
Teaching, teachers, curricula
Unemployment
Vocational and technical education
Wages and earnings

Summary:
action_date: 2020-01-28
text: 

Working On Rewarding and Keeping Employees Resilient Act or the WORKER Act

 
This bill addresses workforce development by advancing science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) education, revising and implementing certain worker training, retention, and advancement programs.
 
 The bill requires (1) the Department of Education (ED) to award grants to eligible entities to implement certain formal and informal engineering education programs in elementary and secondary schools, and (2) the use of certain career and technical education program funds for supporting a hands-on learning approach.
 
The bill establishes in the Department of Labor an Office of Apprenticeship, including a National Advisory Committee on Apprenticeships, to promote apprenticeship programs.
 
 Labor and ED must establish a voluntary Registered Apprenticeship-College Collaborative consisting of the sponsors carrying out registered apprenticeship programs, two- or four-year post secondary educational institutions, and organizations that represent such programs or institutions.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2020-01-28
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
action_date: 2020-01-28
text: Introduced in Senate
SMART Act

Bill: 116-s-3246
Sponsor: Sen. Kennedy, John [R-LA]
Introduced: 2020-01-28 in the Senate
Policy area: Science, Technology, Communications
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Aviation and airports
Budget deficits and national debt
Educational technology and distance education
Emergency communications systems
Federal Communications Commission (FCC)
Government trust funds
Health technology, devices, supplies
Indian lands and resources rights
Internet and video services
Internet, web applications, social media
Licensing and registrations
Radio spectrum allocation
Rural conditions and development
Telephone and wireless communication
Transportation safety and security

Summary:
action_date: 2020-01-28
text: 

Spectrum Management And Reallocation for Taxpayers Act or the SMART Act

 
This bill authorizes the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) to conduct a public auction of mid-band spectrum and places requirements on how the FCC must use the proceeds from such an auction.
 
Specifically, the bill authorizes the FCC to identify, clear, and auction mid-band spectrum. The bill also establishes a (1) C-Band Reimbursement and Implementation Fund to reimburse costs and incentivize license holders to reduce their usage of spectrum so that it may be auctioned, (2) Digital Divide Trust Fund for deployment of broadband infrastructure in unserved and underserved areas, and (3) Next Generation 9&#8211;1&#8211;1 Trust Fund for deployment of upgraded 9&#8211;1&#8211;1 services that use a digital or internet protocol-based system.
 
The FCC must use the proceeds from a spectrum auction authorized under this bill to (1) reimburse amounts borrowed from the general fund of the Treasury that were deposited into the C-Band Reimbursement and Implementation Fund, (2) deposit a specified amount into the general fund of the Treasury for the purpose of deficit reduction, and (3) deposit all remaining amounts in the Digital Divide Trust Fund and the Next Generation 9&#8211;1&#8211;1 Trust Fund.
 
Additionally, the bill prohibits an entity that poses a national security risk from participating in a spectrum auction.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2020-01-28
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
action_date: 2020-01-28
text: Introduced in Senate
Fracking Ban Act

Bill: 116-s-3247
Sponsor: Sen. Sanders, Bernard [I-VT]
Introduced: 2020-01-28 in the Senate
Policy area: Environmental Protection
Subjects: Aging
Air quality
Climate change and greenhouse gases
Congressional oversight
Department of Labor
Disability and paralysis
Electric power generation and transmission
Energy storage, supplies, demand
Environmental health
Executive agency funding and structure
Government studies and investigations
Housing supply and affordability
Licensing and registrations
Oil and gas
Pipelines
Poverty and welfare assistance
Racial and ethnic relations
Rural conditions and development
Water quality

Summary:
action_date: 2020-01-28
text: 

Fracking Ban Act

 
This bill phases out hydraulic fracturing for oil and natural gas. Hydraulic fracturing or fracking is a process to extract underground resources such as oil or gas from a geologic formation by injecting water, a propping agent (e.g., sand), and chemical additives into a well under enough pressure to fracture the geological formation.
 
The bill prohibits federal agencies from issuing permits for the expansion of fracking or fracked oil and natural gas infrastructure, including infrastructure intended to extract, transport, or burn natural gas or oil.
 
In addition, the bill requires the Environmental Protection Agency to complete a survey of all oil and natural gas wells to identify the wells where fracking is, or has been, used. The survey must include a variety of data, including data on the proximity of fracking operations to inhabited structures (e.g., homes or schools).
 
Beginning on February 1, 2021, the bill revokes permits for wells where fracking is, or has been, used within 2,500 feet of inhabited structures. The bill bans all fracking on onshore and offshore land by 2025.
 
Finally, the bill requires the Department of Labor to establish a Just Transition Committee to make recommendations on ensuring the health and safety of individuals residing in, and the prosperity of, natural gas- and oil-producing regions during the phaseout of fracking.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2020-01-28
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
action_date: 2020-01-28
text: Introduced in Senate
Motorcyclist Advisory Council Reauthorization Act

Bill: 116-s-3249
Sponsor: Sen. Johnson, Ron [R-WI]
Introduced: 2020-02-03 in the Senate
Policy area: Transportation and Public Works
Subjects: Advanced technology and technological innovations
Advisory bodies
Department of Transportation
Executive agency funding and structure
Motor vehicles
Roads and highways
Transportation safety and security

Summary:
action_date: 2020-02-03
text: 

Motorcyclist Advisory Council Reauthorization Act

 
This bill amends Fixing America's Surface Transportation Act or the FAST Act to provide statutory authority for the establishment of a Motorcyclist Advisory Council whose duties are to advise the Department of Transportation, the National Highway Safety Administration, and the Federal Highway Administration on transportation safety issues of concern to motorcyclists, including (1) barrier design; (2) road design, construction, and maintenance practices; and (3) the architecture and implementation of intelligent transportation system technologies.
 
The bill also sets forth the membership of the council, member terms, and reporting requirements. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2020-02-03
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works.
action_date: 2020-02-03
text: Introduced in Senate
DHS Opioid Detection Resilience Act of 2020

Bill: 116-s-3250
Sponsor: Sen. Cornyn, John [R-TX]
Introduced: 2020-02-04 in the Senate
Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement
Subjects: Chemistry
Crime prevention
Criminal investigation, prosecution, interrogation
Criminal justice information and records
Customs enforcement
Drug trafficking and controlled substances
Government information and archives
Law enforcement administration and funding

Summary:
action_date: 2020-02-04
text: 

DHS Opioid Detection Resilience Act of 2020

 
This bill establishes new requirements related to the detection of illicit narcotics at ports of entry. 
 
Specifically, U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) must implement a strategy to ensure chemical screening devices are able to identify narcotics at purity levels equal to or less than 10%, or provide an alternate method for identifying narcotics at lower purity levels. The CBP must also test new chemical screening devices at various purity levels before it commits to their acquisition. 
 
Additionally, the Department of Homeland Security must implement a plan for the long-term development of a centralized spectral database for chemical screening devices. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2020-02-04
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.
action_date: 2020-02-04
text: Introduced in Senate
Veterans Assistance Helpline Act

Bill: 116-s-3251
Sponsor: Sen. Rosen, Jacky [D-NV]
Introduced: 2020-02-04 in the Senate
Policy area: Science, Technology, Communications
Subjects: Government information and archives
Government studies and investigations
Telephone and wireless communication
Veterans' education, employment, rehabilitation
Veterans' medical care
Veterans' pensions and compensation

Summary:
action_date: 2020-02-04
text: 

Veterans Assistance Helpline Act

 
This bill requires the Federal Communications Commission to designate a three-digit dialing code that a covered individual may use to obtain information about, or be directed to, veteran services or benefits. A covered individual is (1) a veteran, (2) an individual acting on behalf of a veteran, or (3) an individual other than a veteran who is eligible to receive a veteran benefit or service.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2020-02-04
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
action_date: 2020-02-04
text: Introduced in Senate
Teleabortion Prevention Act of 2020

Bill: 116-s-3252
Sponsor: Sen. Cassidy, Bill [R-LA]
Introduced: 2020-02-04 in the Senate
Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement
Subjects: Abortion
Civil actions and liability
Health personnel
Health technology, devices, supplies
Medical ethics
Medical tests and diagnostic methods

Summary:
action_date: 2020-02-04
text: 

Teleabortion Prevention Act of 2020

 
This bill restricts the use of telehealth for chemical abortions (also known as medication abortions). 
 
Specifically, it requires a provider who dispenses or prescribes medication for a chemical abortion to physically examine the patient, be physically present at the location of the chemical abortion, and schedule a follow-up visit. The bill provides an exception for a chemical abortion that is necessary to save the life of a mother whose life is endangered by a physical disorder, illness, injury, or condition. 
 
The bill establishes criminal penalties&#8212;a fine, a prison term of up to two years, or both&#8212;for a provider who does not comply with the requirements.
 
A patient who undergoes a chemical abortion may not be prosecuted. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2020-02-04
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2020-02-04
text: Introduced in Senate