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Independence at Home Act of 2019

Bill: 116-s-1202
Sponsor: Sen. Markey, Edward J. [D-MA]
Introduced: 2019-04-11 in the Senate
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Congressional oversight
Government studies and investigations
Health care quality
Home and outpatient care
Medicare

Summary:
action_date: 2019-04-11
text: 

Independence at Home Act of 

2019

 
This bill establishes a permanent Independence at Home Medical Practice Program for Medicare beneficiaries. Under the program, a primary care practice shall be accountable for (1) providing comprehensive, coordinated, continuous, and accessible care to applicable Medicare beneficiaries at home; and (2) coordinating health care across all treatment settings.
 
Subject to meeting specified quality performance standards, a participating practice is eligible to receive an incentive payment under the program if actual expenditures for applicable beneficiaries are less than the estimated spending target established by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS).
 
The CMS shall terminate a program agreement with a participating practice if the practice (1) for the third of three consecutive years under the program, did not achieve savings; or (2) fails to meet a minimum number of quality performance standards established by the CMS.
 
The bill extends the existing Independence at Home Medical Practice Demonstration Program pending implementation of the permanent program. In addition, the bill removes the limit on the number of beneficiaries that may participate in the demonstration program.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2019-04-11
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
action_date: 2019-04-11
text: Introduced in Senate
What You Can Do For Your Country Act

Bill: 116-s-1203
Sponsor: Sen. Gillibrand, Kirsten E. [D-NY]
Introduced: 2019-04-11 in the Senate
Policy area: Education
Subjects: Family services
First responders and emergency personnel
Government information and archives
Government lending and loan guarantees
Health personnel
Higher education
Law enforcement officers
Lawyers and legal services
Libraries and archives
Military personnel and dependents
Nursing
Preschool education
Social work, volunteer service, charitable organizations
Student aid and college costs
Teaching, teachers, curricula

Summary:
action_date: 2019-04-11
text: 

What You Can Do For Your Country Act

 
This bill revises the Public Service Loan Forgiveness (PSLF) program, including by
 
 
allowing borrowers with loans under the Federal Family Education Loan program to be eligible for the PSLF program,
 
allowing borrowers to receive loan forgiveness on half of their total loans after satisfying 60 qualifying payment obligations,
 
revising provisions related to loan consolidation,
 
revising the types of payments that count toward qualifying payment obligations,
 
defining full-time employment as 30 hours per week,
 
requiring the Department of Education (ED) to provide certain notices to borrowers,
 
revising the process for certification of employment,
 
requiring ED to establish a database of qualifying employers,
 
providing a process for borrowers to satisfy past monthly payment obligations,
 
requiring lenders to provide to ED necessary borrower repayment history information, and 
 
requiring ED to establish a dispute resolution process.



Legislative actions:
action_date: 2019-04-11
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
action_date: 2019-04-11
text: Introduced in Senate
Higher Education Mental Health Act of 2019

Bill: 116-s-1204
Sponsor: Sen. Casey, Robert P., Jr. [D-PA]
Introduced: 2019-04-11 in the Senate
Policy area: Education
Subjects: Academic performance and assessments
Advisory bodies
Department of Education
Disability and health-based discrimination
Disability and paralysis
Educational guidance
Executive agency funding and structure
Government information and archives
Government studies and investigations
Health care coverage and access
Health information and medical records
Higher education
Mental health
Right of privacy

Summary:
action_date: 2019-04-11
text: 

Higher Education Mental Health Act of 2019

 
This bill requires the Department of Education to establish an Advisory Commission on Serving and Supporting Students with Mental Health Disabilities in Institutions of Higher Education. The commission must conduct a study and report on (1) services available to students with mental health disabilities in institutions of higher education (IHEs) and the effectiveness of such services in supporting these students; (2) the impact of policies and procedures, such as reasonable accommodation and disciplinary policies, that help or hinder the goal of providing equal opportunity to these students; (3) the use of protected health information of these students by IHEs; (4) the impact of providing mental health services on a student's academic performance, well-being, and ability to complete college; (5) conclusions on the major challenges facing these students; and (6) recommendations to improve the overall education, retention, and graduation of these students. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2019-04-11
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
action_date: 2019-04-11
text: Introduced in Senate
Protections in Consumer Lending Act

Bill: 116-s-1205
Sponsor: Sen. Gillibrand, Kirsten E. [D-NY]
Introduced: 2019-04-11 in the Senate
Policy area: Finance and Financial Sector
Subjects: Age discrimination
Business records
Congressional oversight
Consumer credit
Credit and credit markets
Government information and archives
Marriage and family status
Racial and ethnic relations
Right of privacy
Sex, gender, sexual orientation discrimination

Summary:
action_date: 2019-04-11
text: 

Protections in Consumer Lending Act 

 
This bill requires creditors to collect specified demographic information regarding applicants for certain credit transactions (e.g., automobile loans, credit cards, and payday loans) and the outcomes of these applications. The creditor must report this information to the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB). 
 
The CFPB must use this information to determine whether a creditor is engaging in discriminatory practices and may take enforcement action. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2019-04-11
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs.
action_date: 2019-04-11
text: Introduced in Senate
Passenger Privacy Protection Act of 2019

Bill: 116-s-1206
Sponsor: Sen. Merkley, Jeff [D-OR]
Introduced: 2019-04-11 in the Senate
Policy area: Transportation and Public Works
Subjects: Accounting and auditing
Aviation and airports
Government studies and investigations
Photography and imaging
Right of privacy
Sound recording

Summary:
action_date: 2019-04-11
text: 

Passenger Privacy Protection Act of 2019

 
This bill prohibits all aircraft of an air carrier and a foreign air carrier: from having in place cameras and microphones that can monitor passengers. 
 
The Federal Aviation Administration shall periodically conduct audits of such air carriers regarding the information they collect with respect to aircraft passengers, including any information obtained through the physical surveillance of passengers.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2019-04-11
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
action_date: 2019-04-11
text: Introduced in Senate
REMEDY Act

Bill: 116-s-1209
Sponsor: Sen. Cassidy, Bill [R-LA]
Introduced: 2019-04-11 in the Senate
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Drug safety, medical device, and laboratory regulation
Intellectual property
Prescription drugs

Summary:
action_date: 2019-04-11
text: 

Reforming Evergreening and Manipulation that Extends Drug Years Act or the
 
REMEDY Act 

 
This bill addresses drug patents with respect to Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approval of a drug application.
 
Currently, when the owner of a brand-name drug approval sues a generic drug company for patent infringement based on the generic company's application for FDA approval of a generic version of the brand-name drug, there is generally a 30-month stay on the approval of the generic version. Under this bill, the stay goes into effect only if the lawsuit alleges infringement of a patent that claims the drug compound. 
 
When the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office invalidates a patent for a drug, the FDA must update its list of relevant patents for the drug.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2019-04-11
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
action_date: 2019-04-11
text: Introduced in Senate
Volunteer Responder Incentive Protection Act of 2019

Bill: 116-s-1210
Sponsor: Sen. Collins, Susan M. [R-ME]
Introduced: 2019-04-11 in the Senate
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Emergency medical services and trauma care
Employee benefits and pensions
Fires
First responders and emergency personnel
Health personnel
Income tax exclusion
Social work, volunteer service, charitable organizations
State and local government operations

Summary:
action_date: 2019-04-11
text: 

Volunteer Responder Incentive Protection Act of 201

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This bill modifies the tax exclusion for tax benefits and qualified payments provided to volunteer firefighters and emergency medical providers by a state or local government to (1) increase the dollar limitation for qualified payments, and (2) make the tax exclusion permanent. (Under current law, the exclusion expired at the end of 2010.) 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2019-04-11
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
action_date: 2019-04-11
text: Introduced in Senate
Addressing Underdeveloped and Tribally Operated Streets Act

Bill: 116-s-1211
Sponsor: Sen. Hoeven, John [R-ND]
Introduced: 2019-04-11 in the Senate
Policy area: Native Americans
Subjects: Accidents
Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Alaska Natives and Hawaiians
Border security and unlawful immigration
Census and government statistics
Congressional oversight
Department of the Interior
Environmental assessment, monitoring, research
Federal-Indian relations
Government information and archives
Government studies and investigations
Indian lands and resources rights
Land use and conservation
Motor carriers
Motor vehicles
Pedestrians and bicycling
Railroads
Roads and highways
Transportation programs funding
Transportation safety and security

Summary:
action_date: 2019-04-11
text: 

Addressing Underdeveloped and Tribally Operated Streets Act

 
This bill addresses tribal transportation facilities, projects, and funding. Specifically, the bill modifies the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) approval process for tribal transportation safety projects to categorically exclude qualifying projects from requirements to conduct environmental assessments and environmental impact statements. A tribal transportation safety project is one that is eligible for assistance under the tribal transportation program and that (1) corrects or improves a hazardous road location or feature, or (2) addresses a highway safety problem.
 
The Department of the Interior must (1) review existing Federal Highway Administration categorical exclusions to determine applicability to tribal transportation program projects, and (2) identify types of tribal transportation safety projects that meet general categorical exclusion requirements. Interior must establish categorical exclusions for tribal projects consistent with its findings.
 
The bill prescribes requirements for the expedited review and approval of tribal transportation safety projects under NEPA or other federal laws.
 
Interior must enter into five-year programmatic agreements with tribes that establish efficient administrative procedures for carrying out environmental reviews for tribal transportation program projects.
 
The bill authorizes through FY2025 the program to fund tribal transportation facility bridge projects and the Bureau of Indian Affairs (BIA) road maintenance program. Per the bill, Customs and Border Protection may transfer funds to the BIA to maintain or repair roads in certain situations.
 
The bill requires the Department of Transportation to develop best practices and a standardized form in relation to motor vehicle crash data on certain tribal lands.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2019-06-19
text: Committee on Indian Affairs. Ordered to be reported with an amendment in the nature of a substitute favorably.
action_date: 2019-05-15
text: Committee on Indian Affairs. Hearings held.
action_date: 2019-04-11
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs.
action_date: 2019-04-11
text: Introduced in Senate
ROBOCOP Act

Bill: 116-s-1212
Sponsor: Sen. Blumenthal, Richard [D-CT]
Introduced: 2019-04-11 in the Senate
Policy area: Science, Technology, Communications
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Civil actions and liability
Consumer affairs
Domestic violence and child abuse
Emergency communications systems
Government information and archives
Telephone and wireless communication

Summary:
action_date: 2019-04-11
text: 

Repeated Objectionable Bothering Of Consumers On Phones Act or the ROBOCOP Act

 
This bill requires telecommunications companies to accurately identify callers and block robocalls.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2019-04-11
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
action_date: 2019-04-11
text: Introduced in Senate
Consumer Health Insurance Protection Act of 2019

Bill: 116-s-1213
Sponsor: Sen. Warren, Elizabeth [D-MA]
Introduced: 2019-04-11 in the Senate
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Appropriations
Child health
Congressional oversight
Consumer affairs
Department of Labor
Drug, alcohol, tobacco use
Emergency medical services and trauma care
Employee benefits and pensions
Government information and archives
Government studies and investigations
Health care costs and insurance
Health care coverage and access
Health programs administration and funding
Income tax credits
Marketing and advertising
Medicaid
Medicare
Mental health
Performance measurement
Prescription drugs
State and local government operations

Summary:
action_date: 2019-04-11
text: 

Consumer Health Insurance Protection Act of 2019

 
 This bill makes various changes to the health insurance marketplace, including (1) providing authority for the Department of Health and Human Services, or states, to prohibit health insurers from implementing unreasonable premium increases; (2) revising certain limits on cost sharing; and (3) modifying certain consumer protections.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2019-04-11
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
action_date: 2019-04-11
text: Introduced in Senate
Privacy Bill of Rights Act

Bill: 116-s-1214
Sponsor: Sen. Markey, Edward J. [D-MA]
Introduced: 2019-04-11 in the Senate
Policy area: Commerce
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Alternative dispute resolution, mediation, arbitration
Business records
Child safety and welfare
Civil actions and liability
Computer security and identity theft
Consumer affairs
Federal Trade Commission (FTC)
Government information and archives
Internet and video services
Internet, web applications, social media
Marketing and advertising
Racial and ethnic relations
Right of privacy
Sex, gender, sexual orientation discrimination
State and local government operations

Summary:
action_date: 2019-04-11
text: 

Privacy Bill of Rights Act

 
 This bill requires the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) to establish rules concerning the collection of personal information that are intended to increase consumer privacy. Specifically, entities that collect, use, retain, or share information that could identify a particular individual must
 
 
provide notice about how the personal information will be used;
 
obtain express approval to collect and use the personal information and provide the ability to withdraw approval;
 
upon request, provide access to, and the ability to correct or delete, retained personal information;
 
ensure that depersonalized information is not restored in a way that makes an individual identifiable;
 
not deny service based on an individual&rsquo;s refusal to approve of the collection or use of that person&rsquo;s information;
 
not offer price incentives in exchange for approval of the collection of personal information; and
 
not disclose personal information to a third party under a written contract unless the contract prohibits the third party from using the personal information for any reason other than performing the contracted service or from disclosing the personal information to another third party.
 
 
The FTC also must limit the sale or disclosure of biometric data and prohibit the use of personal information in a discriminatory manner. Individuals may bring civil claims for alleged violations of these requirements.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2019-04-11
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
action_date: 2019-04-11
text: Introduced in Senate
A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to permanently extend the depreciation rules for property used predominantly within an Indian reservation.

Bill: 116-s-1216
Sponsor: Sen. Inhofe, James M. [R-OK]
Introduced: 2019-04-11 in the Senate
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Business investment and capital
Income tax deductions
Indian social and development programs
Minority and disadvantaged businesses

Summary:
action_date: 2019-04-11
text: 
This bill modifies the requirements for calculating taxable income to make permanent the special depreciation rules for property used predominantly within an Indian reservation. (Under current law, the rules expired after 2017.) 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2019-04-11
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
action_date: 2019-04-11
text: Introduced in Senate
A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to eliminate the taxable income limit on percentage depletion for oil and natural gas produced from marginal properties.

Bill: 116-s-1217
Sponsor: Sen. Inhofe, James M. [R-OK]
Introduced: 2019-04-11 in the Senate
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Income tax deductions
Oil and gas

Summary:
action_date: 2019-04-11
text: 
This bill modifies the tax requirements for certain oil and gas companies to eliminate the taxable income limitation on the percentage depletion allowance for oil and natural gas produced from marginal properties. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2019-04-11
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
action_date: 2019-04-11
text: Introduced in Senate
World War I Valor Medals Review Act

Bill: 116-s-1218
Sponsor: Sen. Van Hollen, Chris [D-MD]
Introduced: 2019-04-11 in the Senate
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Conflicts and wars
Government studies and investigations
Military history
Personnel records
Racial and ethnic relations
Religion
Veterans' organizations and recognition

Summary:
action_date: 2019-04-11
text: 

World War I Valor Medals Review Act

 
This bill requires review of the service records of certain decorated World War I veterans to determine whether they should be awarded the Medal of Honor for valor during that war. Specifically, the Secretary of the Army or the Secretary of the Navy shall review the records of any African American, Asian American, Hispanic American, Jewish American, or Native American war veteran who was recommended for review by a veterans service organization and who, for action that occurred between April 6, 1917, and November 11, 1918
 
 
was awarded the Distinguished Service Cross or the Navy Cross,
 
was awarded the Croix de Guerre with Palm by the government of France, or
 
was recommended for a Medal of Honor.
 
 
If a review indicates that the award is warranted, a recommendation shall be made to the President to award the Medal of Honor to that veteran.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2019-04-11
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Armed Services.
action_date: 2019-04-11
text: Introduced in Senate
Domenic and Ed’s Law

Bill: 116-s-1219
Sponsor: Sen. Portman, Rob [R-OH]
Introduced: 2019-04-11 in the Senate
Policy area: Education
Subjects: Disability and paralysis
Higher education
Student aid and college costs

Summary:
action_date: 2019-04-11
text: 

Domenic and Ed's Law

 
This bill revises the Federal Family Education Loan Program. Specifically, the bill requires the Department of Education (ED) to discharge the liability on loans that parents incurred on behalf of a student who (1) has become permanently and totally disabled, or (2) is unable to engage in any substantial gainful activity due to a physical or mental impairment that can be expected to result in death or has lasted or is expected to last continuously for at least 60 months. Under current law, ED is required to discharge the loans to parents if the student dies.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2019-04-11
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
action_date: 2019-04-11
text: Introduced in Senate
Federal Advisory Committee Act Amendments of 2019

Bill: 116-s-1220
Sponsor: Sen. Portman, Rob [R-OH]
Introduced: 2019-04-11 in the Senate
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Subjects: Advisory bodies
Congressional oversight
Government ethics and transparency, public corruption
Government information and archives
Government studies and investigations
Political parties and affiliation

Summary:
action_date: 2019-04-11
text: 

Federal Advisory Committee Act Amendments of 2019
 
 
This bill revises provisions regarding federal advisory committees, including to (1) require designation of committee members as special government employees or representatives, (2) apply the Federal Advisory Committee Act (FACA) to subcommittees and subgroups, and (3) require publication of certain information about advisory committees.
 
The bill requires appointments to advisory committees to be made without regard to political affiliation or campaign activity, unless required by federal statute. Each agency, prior to appointing members to an advisory committee, must solicit nominations for potential committee members. The agency shall solicit nominations at least once every two years.
 
The bill provides statutory authority for the designation of advisory committee members as special government employees (if they are appointed to exercise their individual best judgement) or representatives (if they are appointed to represent a nongovernment entity). Agencies may not designate committee members as representatives to avoid federal ethics rules.
 
Each agency shall make available on its website specified information about each of the agency's advisory committees, including membership, meeting minutes, and notices of future meetings. The General Services Administration must also publish this information.
 
The bill revises requirements for Advisory Committee Management Officers, including to require them to be senior officials with expertise in implementing FACA.
 
The Government Accountability Office shall report on agency compliance with FACA.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2019-04-11
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.
action_date: 2019-04-11
text: Introduced in Senate