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Effective Suicide Screening and Assessment in the Emergency Department Act of 2019

Bill: 116-s-3006
Sponsor: Sen. Murkowski, Lisa [R-AK]
Introduced: 2019-12-10 in the Senate
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Congressional oversight
Emergency medical services and trauma care
Employee hiring
Employment and training programs
Health care coverage and access
Health facilities and institutions
Health information and medical records
Health personnel
Health programs administration and funding
Hospital care
Long-term, rehabilitative, and terminal care
Medical education
Mental health

Summary:
action_date: 2019-12-10
text: 

Effective Suicide Screening and Assessment in the Emergency Department Act of 2019

 
This bill establishes a competitive grant program for up to 40 hospitals with emergency departments and certain on-site professionals to help connect patients in emergency departments who are at risk of suicide with treatment and mental health services. Grants may be used to train emergency department providers and establish certain policies and procedures related to the identification, assessment, and treatment of, and care coordination for, individuals who are at risk of suicide. In awarding the grants, the Department of Health and Human Services may give preference to specified types of hospitals, such as critical access hospitals and hospitals in areas with suicide rates higher than the national average.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2019-12-10
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
action_date: 2019-12-10
text: Introduced in Senate
END Child Exploitation Act

Bill: 116-s-3007
Sponsor: Sen. Blackburn, Marsha [R-TN]
Introduced: 2019-12-10 in the Senate
Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement
Subjects: Crime prevention
Crimes against children
Criminal justice information and records
Evidence and witnesses
Internet and video services
Internet, web applications, social media
Sex offenses

Summary:
action_date: 2019-12-10
text: 

Eliminate Network Distribution of Child Exploitation Act or the END Child Exploitation Act

 
This bill extends the period of time, from 90 days to 180 days, that electronic communication service providers and remote computing service providers (providers) must preserve the contents of a report that is submitted to the CyberTipline of the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children on crimes involving the sexual exploitation of children.
 
Further, providers may voluntarily preserve the contents of a report for longer than 180 days to reduce the proliferation of or to prevent the online sexual exploitation of children.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2019-12-10
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2019-12-10
text: Introduced in Senate
Service-Disabled Veterans Small Business Continuation Act

Bill: 116-s-3008
Sponsor: Sen. Cornyn, John [R-TX]
Introduced: 2019-12-10 in the Senate
Policy area: Commerce
Subjects: Disability and paralysis
Public contracts and procurement
Small business
Veterans' education, employment, rehabilitation

Summary:
action_date: 2019-12-10
text: 

Service-Disabled Veterans Small Business Continuation Act

 
This bill enables the surviving spouse of a service-disabled veteran who owned a small business to retain priority of the business for a period of time upon the death of the veteran spouse, regardless of the severity of the veteran's disability.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2019-12-10
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship.
action_date: 2019-12-10
text: Introduced in Senate
A bill to provide for a period of continuing appropriations in the event of a lapse in appropriations under the normal appropriations process, and establish procedures and consequences in the event of a failure to enact appropriations.

Bill: 116-s-3009
Sponsor: Sen. Lankford, James [R-OK]
Introduced: 2019-12-10 in the Senate
Policy area: Economics and Public Finance
Subjects: Appropriations
Budget process
Congressional officers and employees
Elections, voting, political campaign regulation
Executive agency funding and structure
Federal officials
Government employee pay, benefits, personnel management
Legislative rules and procedure
Members of Congress
Office of Management and Budget (OMB)
Transportation costs

Summary:
action_date: 2019-12-10
text: 

Prevent Government Shutdowns Act of 2019

 
This bill provides continuing appropriations to prevent a government shutdown if any of the appropriations bills for a fiscal year have not been enacted before the fiscal year begins and continuing appropriations are not in effect.
 
The bill also limits official travel, congressional recesses or adjournments, and the consideration of legislation that is unrelated to appropriations after the beginning of a fiscal year if both chambers of Congress have not passed the appropriations bills for the year.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2019-12-11
text: Read the second time. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 321.
action_date: 2019-12-10
text: Introduced in the Senate. Read the first time. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under Read the First Time. (Sponsor introductory remarks on measure: CR S6952-6953)
action_date: 2019-12-10
text: Introduced in Senate
SENIOR CARE Act

Bill: 116-s-3010
Sponsor: Sen. Portman, Rob [R-OH]
Introduced: 2019-12-10 in the Senate
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Disability and paralysis
Employment and training programs
Medicaid
Medicare

Summary:
action_date: 2019-12-10
text: 

Supporting and Empowering the Nation to Improve Outcomes that Reaffirm Careers, Activities, and Recreation for the Elderly Act or the SENIOR CARE Act

 
This bill expands eligibility for the Medicaid Ticket to Work Program to include individuals who are 65 years of age or older. (Under the current program, states may establish a Medicaid buy-in option for working individuals with disabilities whose income exceeds the customary limits and who are between the ages of 16 and 64.)


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2019-12-10
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
action_date: 2019-12-10
text: Introduced in Senate
AHEAD Act

Bill: 116-s-3011
Sponsor: Sen. Murray, Patty [D-WA]
Introduced: 2019-12-10 in the Senate
Policy area: Housing and Community Development
Subjects: Academic performance and assessments
Adoption and foster care
Adult education and literacy
Child care and development
Child health
Child safety and welfare
Community life and organization
Congressional oversight
Education programs funding
Employment and training programs
Family services
Higher education
Homelessness and emergency shelter
Housing and community development funding
Housing supply and affordability
Low- and moderate-income housing
Mental health
Preschool education
Public housing
School administration
Social work, volunteer service, charitable organizations
Teaching, teachers, curricula

Summary:
action_date: 2019-12-10
text: 

Affordable Housing for Educational Achievement Demonstration Act or the AHEAD Act

 
This bill requires the Department of Education to award grants to community partnerships for demonstration projects to provide educational and housing support for children.



Legislative actions:
action_date: 2019-12-10
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
action_date: 2019-12-10
text: Introduced in Senate
Private Security Officer Screening Improvement Act of 2019

Bill: 116-s-3012
Sponsor: Sen. Toomey, Patrick [R-PA]
Introduced: 2019-12-10 in the Senate
Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement
Subjects: Criminal justice information and records
Employee hiring
Law enforcement officers
Personnel records

Summary:
action_date: 2019-12-10
text: 

Private Security Officer Screening Improvement Act of 2019

 
This bill requires the Department of Justice to designate one or more entities to process requests for Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) background checks from employers of private security officers when those checks are not available through the state of employment.
 
Under current law, employers must request FBI background checks through a state agency. However, a state may decline to participate in this background check system.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2019-12-10
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2019-12-10
text: Introduced in Senate
Encouraging Innovative Benefit Design to Lower Costs for Seniors Act

Bill: 116-s-3013
Sponsor: Sen. Toomey, Patrick [R-PA]
Introduced: 2019-12-10 in the Senate
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Government information and archives
Health care costs and insurance
Health care coverage and access
Insurance industry and regulation
Medicare
Prescription drugs

Summary:
action_date: 2019-12-10
text: 

Encouraging Innovative Benefit Design to Lower Costs for Seniors Act

 
This bill allows prescription drug plan (PDP) sponsors under the Medicare prescription drug benefit to offer additional plans in a region. 
 
Specifically, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) must update guidance to allow PDP sponsors to offer up to four plans in a region; the CMS may also set a greater limit, as appropriate. 
 
PDP sponsors may offer up to two additional plans beyond this limit if the PDP sponsor ensures that, under at least one of the plans, pharmacy benefit managers do not receive any remuneration unless at least 10% of price reductions received from drug manufacturers are reflected at the point-of-sale or otherwise used to reduce beneficiary cost-sharing. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2019-12-10
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
action_date: 2019-12-10
text: Introduced in Senate
Preventing the Spread of Nuclear Weapons Act of 2019

Bill: 116-s-3014
Sponsor: Sen. Markey, Edward J. [D-MA]
Introduced: 2019-12-10 in the Senate
Policy area: International Affairs
Subjects: Arms control and nonproliferation
Chemical and biological weapons
Congressional oversight
International law and treaties
Nuclear power
Nuclear weapons
Trade agreements and negotiations

Summary:
action_date: 2019-12-10
text: 

Preventing the Spread of Nuclear Weapons Act of 2019

 
This bill requires the President to obtain congressional approval before entering into or renewing a nuclear cooperation agreement with a foreign country in certain cases.
 
Before entering into or renewing such an agreement, the President shall report to Congress on (1) any credible evidence that the foreign country intends to pursue a nuclear program that is not inherently peaceful; and (2) any instance where the country has violated international standards related to weapons of mass destruction, including certain treaties relating to nuclear and chemical weapons. 
 
If the report contains any such credible evidence or instances, the President may not enter into or renew the treaty unless (1) the President submits a proposed agreement with the foreign country that meets specified statutory requirements related to nuclear cooperation agreements, and (2) Congress passes a joint resolution approving the agreement. These provisions requiring a proposed agreement and congressional approval do not apply if the foreign country is a member of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) and a nuclear weapon state. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2019-12-10
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations.
action_date: 2019-12-10
text: Introduced in Senate
Locality Pay Equity Act of 2019

Bill: 116-s-3015
Sponsor: Sen. Casey, Robert P., Jr. [D-PA]
Introduced: 2019-12-11 in the Senate
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Subjects: Government employee pay, benefits, personnel management
Wages and earnings

Summary:
action_date: 2019-12-11
text: 

Locality Pay Equity Act of 2019

 
This bill (1) prohibits the Office of Personnel Management (OPM) from defining more than one local wage area for prevailing rate employees within a pay locality, except with respect to the pay locality designated as 
Rest of United States
; and (2) requires the OPM to ensure that this bill shall not have the effect of reducing the rate of basic pay for an individual serving as a prevailing rate employee.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2019-12-11
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.
action_date: 2019-12-11
text: Introduced in Senate
Real MEAT Act of 2019

Bill: 116-s-3016
Sponsor: Sen. Fischer, Deb [R-NE]
Introduced: 2019-12-11 in the Senate
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Civil actions and liability
Consumer affairs
Food supply, safety, and labeling
Meat

Summary:
action_date: 2019-12-11
text: 

Real Marketing Edible Artificials Truthfully Act of 2019 or the Real MEAT Act of 2019 

 
This bill prohibits the sale of any imitation meat food product unless its label includes (1) the word 
imitation
, and (2) a statement that clearly indicates the product is not derived from or does not contain meat.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2019-12-11
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
action_date: 2019-12-11
text: Introduced in Senate
Accountability for World Bank Loans to China Act of 2019

Bill: 116-s-3017
Sponsor: Sen. Grassley, Chuck [R-IA]
Introduced: 2019-12-11 in the Senate
Policy area: International Affairs
Subjects: Asia
China
Congressional oversight
Foreign loans and debt
International monetary system and foreign exchange
International organizations and cooperation
Multilateral development programs

Summary:
action_date: 2019-12-11
text: 

Accountability for World Bank Loans to China Act of 2019

 
This bill directs the U.S. Governor for the International Bank for Reconstruction and Development (IBRD) to instruct U.S. representatives to the IBRD that it is U.S. policy to seek China's graduation from IBRD assistance programs. (The IBRD is the World Bank's primary financing institution for middle-income countries. The World Bank's definition of 
middle-income country
 is based on a country's gross national income per capita.)
 
The governor shall report to Congress on U.S. efforts to secure China's graduation from IBRD assistance programs. The Department of the Treasury shall report to Congress on debt transparency and debt management assistance efforts in relation to credit provided by China to other countries, including through China's Belt and Road Initiative. 


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
A bill to require the United States Executive Director of the International Bank for Reconstruction and Development to oppose assistance by the Bank for any country that exceeds the graduation threshold of the Bank and is of concern with respect to religious freedom.

Bill: 116-s-3018
Sponsor: Sen. Grassley, Chuck [R-IA]
Introduced: 2019-12-11 in the Senate
Policy area: International Affairs
Subjects: Foreign loans and debt
Human rights
International organizations and cooperation
Multilateral development programs
Religion

Summary:
action_date: 2019-12-11
text: 
This bill requires the U.S. Executive Director of the International Bank for Reconstruction and Development to oppose any extension of financial or technical assistance by the bank to a country that both exceeds the graduation threshold of the bank and is designated as a country of particular concern for religious freedom.


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
Montana Water Rights Protection Act

Bill: 116-s-3019
Sponsor: Sen. Daines, Steve [R-MT]
Introduced: 2019-12-11 in the Senate
Policy area: Native Americans
Subjects: Federal-Indian relations
Government trust funds
Indian claims
Indian lands and resources rights
Land transfers
Land use and conservation
Montana
Water storage
Water use and supply
Wilderness and natural areas, wildlife refuges, wild rivers, habitats

Summary:
action_date: 2019-12-11
text: 

Montana Water Rights Protection Act

 
This bill authorizes, ratifies, and confirms a specified water rights settlement entered into by the United States, Montana, and the Confederated Salish and Kootenai Tribes of the Flathead Reservation of Montana. Specified claims of the tribes against the United States are waived and released.
 
The bill directs the Department of the Interior to allocate specified amounts of storage water in Hungry Horse Reservoir for use by the tribes. 
 
It also permits the tribes to carry out specified activities related to the Flathead Indian Irrigation Project, such as rehabilitating structures, upgrading irrigation facilities, and restoring streams that are affected by such project. 
 
In addition, the bill (1) establishes, for purposes of carrying out the bill, the S&eacute;li&#353-Qlisp&eacute; Ksanka Settlement Trust Fund; (2) requires Interior to offer to negotiate with Montana for the transfer of specified parcels of state land; (3) requires the National Bison Range to be held in trust for the benefit of the tribes; and (4) requires Interior to make certain payments to Lake and Sanders Counties in Montana for the restoration of the National Bison Range.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2020-07-29
text: Committee on Indian Affairs. Ordered to be reported with an amendment in the nature of a substitute favorably.
action_date: 2020-06-24
text: Committee on Indian Affairs. Hearings held. Hearings printed: S.Hrg. 116-338.
action_date: 2019-12-11
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs.
action_date: 2019-12-11
text: Introduced in Senate
Commitment to Veteran Support and Outreach Act

Bill: 116-s-3020
Sponsor: Sen. Baldwin, Tammy [D-WI]
Introduced: 2019-12-11 in the Senate
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Administrative remedies
Appropriations
Department of Veterans Affairs
Employee hiring
Executive agency funding and structure
Government employee pay, benefits, personnel management
Health programs administration and funding
Health promotion and preventive care
Mental health
Public contracts and procurement
State and local government operations
Veterans' medical care
Veterans' pensions and compensation

Summary:
action_date: 2019-12-11
text: 

Commitment to Veteran Support and Outreach Act

 
This bill authorizes the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) to enter into a contract with a state in order to carry out, coordinate, improve, or otherwise enhance health and wellness programs, comprehensive veteran suicide prevention programs, and outreach by the VA and the state.
 
The VA is authorized to award a grant to a state to (1) carry out, coordinate, improve or otherwise enhance health and wellness programs, comprehensive veteran suicide prevention programs, outreach activities, or activities to assist with benefits claims for veterans; or (2) hire additional county veterans service officers. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2019-12-11
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
action_date: 2019-12-11
text: Introduced in Senate
Gluten in Medicine Disclosure Act of 2019

Bill: 116-s-3021
Sponsor: Sen. Blumenthal, Richard [D-CT]
Introduced: 2019-12-11 in the Senate
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Consumer affairs
Drug safety, medical device, and laboratory regulation
Grain
Nutrition and diet
Prescription drugs

Summary:
action_date: 2019-12-11
text: 

Gluten in Medicine Disclosure Act of 2019

 
This bill prohibits the sale of any drug intended for human use that contains an ingredient derived from a gluten-containing grain unless the drug's label (1)states that the drug contains such an ingredient, and (2)identifies the type of grain from which the ingredient is derived.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2019-12-11
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
action_date: 2019-12-11
text: Introduced in Senate
Southwest Tourism Expansion Act

Bill: 116-s-3022
Sponsor: Sen. McSally, Martha [R-AZ]
Introduced: 2019-12-11 in the Senate
Policy area: Immigration
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Arizona
Border security and unlawful immigration
Congressional oversight
Department of Homeland Security
Economic performance and conditions
Government information and archives
Immigration status and procedures
Latin America
Mexico
Travel and tourism
Visas and passports

Summary:
action_date: 2019-12-11
text: 

Southwest Tourism Expansion Act

 
This bill directs the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) to waive the requirement to issue arrival-departure cards to certain Mexican nationals. Specifically, the waiver shall apply to a Mexican national who is (1) eligible for nonimmigrant admission into the United States, (2) exempt from visa and passport requirements or certain existing (and generally more limited) arrival-departure card requirements, and (3) admitted at a port of entry in Arizona on the U.S.-Mexico border for visiting Arizona for up to 30 days.
 
The waiver program shall be in effect for five years. Before the program expires, DHS shall report to Congress on issues including (1) the estimated economic impact of the program, and (2) the number of Mexican nationals who overstayed their visa in Arizona during the first four years in which the program was in effect. 
 


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

Bill: 116-s-3023
Sponsor: Sen. Ernst, Joni [R-IA]
Introduced: 2019-12-11 in the Senate
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Cancer
Child health
Genetics
Health programs administration and funding
Medical research
Mental health
Research administration and funding

Summary:
action_date: 2019-12-11
text: 

Pediatricians Accelerate Childhood Therapies Act of 2019 or the PACT Act of 2019

 
 This bill provides statutory authority for the Trans-National Institutes of Health (NIH) Pediatric Research Consortium to coordinate pediatric research across national health research institutions. The consortium, chaired by the director of the Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development, must develop priorities for the NIH to award research grants to early career pediatric researchers, including physician-scientists and researchers from underrepresented populations.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2019-12-11
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
action_date: 2019-12-11
text: Introduced in Senate
Hazardous Materials Safety Improvement Act of 2019

Bill: 116-s-3024
Sponsor: Sen. Kennedy, John [R-LA]
Introduced: 2019-12-11 in the Senate
Policy area: Transportation and Public Works
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Administrative remedies
Department of Transportation
Hazardous wastes and toxic substances
Pipelines
Transportation safety and security

Summary:
action_date: 2019-12-11
text: 

Hazardous Materials Safety Improvement Act of 2019

 
This bill requires the Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration (PHMSA) of the Department of Transportation (DOT) to respond to petitions for regulatory action within 18 months, including petitions for reconsideration of a rule and petitions from groups with delegated authority.
 
Any action taken by DOT or the PHMSA in response to a petition shall supersede any decision concerning the issue reached by a group with delegated authority.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2019-12-11
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
action_date: 2019-12-11
text: Introduced in Senate