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DATA Privacy Act

Bill: 116-s-583
Sponsor: Sen. Cortez Masto, Catherine [D-NV]
Introduced: 2019-02-27 in the Senate
Policy area: Commerce
Subjects: Accounting and auditing
Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Civil actions and liability
Computer security and identity theft
Computers and information technology
Consumer affairs
Employee hiring
Federal Trade Commission (FTC)
Government employee pay, benefits, personnel management
Inflation and prices
Research administration and funding
Right of privacy
State and local government operations

Summary:
action_date: 2019-02-27
text: 

Digital Accountability and Transparency to Advance Privacy Act or the DATA Privacy Act

 
This bill establishes information security requirements for businesses that collect, process, store, or disclose information relating to at least 3,000 people in a 12-month period. The bill applies to information that may be linked to a specific individual or a device associated with a specific individual. It does not cover data related to employment or publicly available government records.
 
 Specifically, covered businesses must 
 
provide consumers with accessible notice of the business&rsquo; privacy practices with respect to such information; and
 
if meeting a certain revenue threshold, appoint a privacy officer to oversee compliance with the information privacy standards of this bill.
 
 
The bill further requires the Federal Trade Commission to promulgate rules requiring covered businesses to
 
 
limit the purpose and amount of consumer data collection to reasonable business purposes, provide consumers with clear methods to opt-in and opt-out of such collection, and refrain from using such data for discriminatory purposes;
 
provide consumers with a method to access, revise, transmit, and delete such collected information; and
 
establish information security practices based on the sensitivity and level of identifiability of the collected data, risk of exposure of such data, widely-accepted practices of securing such data, and cost and impact of implementing such practices.
 
 
The bill further revises the National Science Foundation information security grants program to include research about methods to encrypt or remove identifiable elements from collected consumer data.
 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2019-02-27
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
action_date: 2019-02-27
text: Introduced in Senate
Advancing Human Spaceflight Act

Bill: 116-s-584
Sponsor: Sen. Cornyn, John [R-TX]
Introduced: 2019-02-27 in the Senate
Policy area: Science, Technology, Communications
Subjects: Congressional oversight
International organizations and cooperation
Public-private cooperation
Research administration and funding
Space flight and exploration
Spacecraft and satellites

Summary:
action_date: 2019-02-27
text: 

Advancing Human Spaceflight Act

 
This bill addresses the establishment of U.S. policy, programs, and activities pertaining to human presence in space. 
 
The bill declares that it is U.S. policy to permanently establish a human presence in low-Earth orbit and that such capability shall 
 
 
maintain U.S. global leadership and relations with partners and allies,
 
contribute to the general welfare of the United States, and
 
be affordable so as to not preclude a robust portfolio of other human space exploration activities. 
 
 
The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) shall ensure that the International Space Station (ISS) remains a viable and productive facility capable of potential U.S. use through at least FY2030. 
 
NASA must submit a strategy that includes how it will transition to a successor platform to the ISS.
 
The bill expands the objectives of NASA to include the expansion of permanent human presence beyond Earth in a way that enables human space settlement and a thriving space economy.
 
NASA shall establish a program of developing space suits and associated technologies. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2019-02-27
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
action_date: 2019-02-27
text: Introduced in Senate
SAME Act of 2019

Bill: 116-s-585
Sponsor: Sen. Warner, Mark R. [D-VA]
Introduced: 2019-02-27 in the Senate
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Medicaid
State and local finance

Summary:
action_date: 2019-02-27
text: 

States Achieve Medicaid Expansion Act of 2019 or the SAME Act of 2019

 
This bill provides the enhanced federal medical assistance percentage (FMAP) to every state that expands Medicaid coverage for individuals who are newly eligible under the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, regardless of when such expansion takes place. 
 
Under current law, the enhanced FMAP is equivalent to 100% in 2014 through 2016, 95% in 2017, 94% in 2018, 93% in 2019, and 90% thereafter. The bill retains this enhanced FMAP, but bases it on a term of years rather than on specific dates.
 
The bill applies retroactively.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2019-02-27
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
action_date: 2019-02-27
text: Introduced in Senate
Critical Access Hospital Relief Act of 2019

Bill: 116-s-586
Sponsor: Sen. Roberts, Pat [R-KS]
Introduced: 2019-02-27 in the Senate
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Health care coverage and access
Health facilities and institutions
Health personnel
Hospital care
Medicare
Rural conditions and development

Summary:
action_date: 2019-02-27
text: 

Critical Access Hospital Relief Act of 

2019

 
This bill repeals the 96-hour physician-certification requirement for inpatient critical access hospital services under Medicare. Under current law, as a condition for Medicare payment for such services, a physician must certify that a patient may reasonably be expected to be discharged or transferred to a hospital within 96 hours after admission to the critical access hospital. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2019-02-27
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
action_date: 2019-02-27
text: Introduced in Senate
United States-Mexico Economic Partnership Act

Bill: 116-s-587
Sponsor: Sen. Cornyn, John [R-TX]
Introduced: 2019-02-27 in the Senate
Policy area: International Affairs
Subjects: Business education
Business investment and capital
Cultural exchanges and relations
Elementary and secondary education
Energy storage, supplies, demand
Foreign language and bilingual programs
Higher education
Infrastructure development
International exchange and broadcasting
Latin America
Licensing and registrations
Medical education
Mexico
Oil and gas
Texas
Vocational and technical education

Summary:
action_date: 2019-02-27
text: 

United States-Mexico Economic Partnership Act

 
This bill directs the Department of State to develop a strategy to enhance economic cooperation and expand professional and educational exchange programs between the United States and Mexico.
 
The State Department shall develop strategies to encourage more academic exchanges between the countries, as well as exchanges to encourage strengthening business skills and entrepreneurship.
 
The State Department shall also promote energy infrastructure coordination and educational development. It shall also assess ways to develop partnerships between the countries' medical and nursing schools. The plan should ensure that accreditation standards for such schools are comparable so that students in Mexico can pass the licensing exams needed to practice in the United States.
 
These programs shall be focused on the region within 100 kilometers of the U.S.-Mexico border.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2019-02-27
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations.
action_date: 2019-02-27
text: Introduced in Senate
Income Verification Act

Bill: 116-s-588
Sponsor: Sen. Kennedy, John [R-LA]
Introduced: 2019-02-27 in the Senate
Policy area: Social Welfare
Subjects: Food assistance and relief
Medicaid
Poverty and welfare assistance
State and local government operations
Tax administration and collection, taxpayers

Summary:
action_date: 2019-02-27
text: 

Income Verification Act

 
This bill directs states to use federal tax return information to verify an individual's income eligibility for the Temporary Assistance for Needy Families program, Medicaid, or the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (formerly known as the food stamp program). 



Legislative actions:
action_date: 2019-02-27
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
action_date: 2019-02-27
text: Introduced in Senate
Prevent Government Shutdowns Act of 2019

Bill: 116-s-589
Sponsor: Sen. Lankford, James [R-OK]
Introduced: 2019-02-27 in the Senate
Policy area: Economics and Public Finance
Subjects: Appropriations
Congressional officers and employees
Congressional operations and organization
Elections, voting, political campaign regulation
Executive agency funding and structure
Federal officials
Legislative rules and procedure
Members of Congress
Office of Management and Budget (OMB)
Transportation costs

Summary:
action_date: 2019-02-27
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 all of the regular appropriations bills for the year have not been enacted.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2019-02-27
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Appropriations.
action_date: 2019-02-27
text: Introduced in Senate
Guardianship Accountability Act of 2019

Bill: 116-s-591
Sponsor: Sen. Collins, Susan M. [R-ME]
Introduced: 2019-02-27 in the Senate
Policy area: Families
Subjects: Aging
Family relationships
Government information and archives
Judicial procedure and administration
Personnel records
Social security and elderly assistance
Social work, volunteer service, charitable organizations
State and local courts

Summary:
action_date: 2019-02-27
text: 

Guardianship Accountability Act of 2019

This bill requires the Elder Justice Coordinating Council to create a National Online Resource Center on Guardianship for the publication of resources and data relating to court-determined adult guardianships. Further, the bill requires the Department of Health and Human Services to award at least 5% of certain grant funds for state programs related to overseeing the administration of court-appointed guardian arrangements. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2019-02-27
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. (Sponsor introductory remarks on measure: CR S1541-1542)
action_date: 2019-02-27
text: Introduced in Senate
Cybersecurity Disclosure Act of 2019

Bill: 116-s-592
Sponsor: Sen. Reed, Jack [D-RI]
Introduced: 2019-02-28 in the Senate
Policy area: Finance and Financial Sector
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Computer security and identity theft
Corporate finance and management
Financial services and investments
Government information and archives
Securities
Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC)

Summary:
action_date: 2019-02-28
text: 

Cybersecurity Disclosure Act of 2019

 
This bill directs the Securities and Exchange Commission to issue final rules requiring a registered issuer to
 
 
disclose in its mandatory annual report or annual proxy statement whether any member of its governing body has expertise or experience in cybersecurity; and 
 
if no member has such expertise or experience, describe what other company cybersecurity aspects were taken into account by the persons responsible for identifying and evaluating nominees for the governing body. 



Legislative actions:
action_date: 2019-06-11
text: Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs. Hearings held.
action_date: 2019-02-28
text: Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs. Hearings held.
action_date: 2019-02-28
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs. (Sponsor introductory remarks on measure: CR S1595-1596)
action_date: 2019-02-28
text: Introduced in Senate
Do No Harm Act

Bill: 116-s-593
Sponsor: Sen. Harris, Kamala D. [D-CA]
Introduced: 2019-02-28 in the Senate
Policy area: Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues
Subjects: Civil actions and liability
Crimes against women
Disability and health-based discrimination
Employee leave
Employment discrimination and employee rights
First Amendment rights
Government liability
Health care coverage and access
Housing discrimination
Labor-management relations
Religion
Sex, gender, sexual orientation discrimination
Wages and earnings
Youth employment and child labor

Summary:
action_date: 2019-02-28
text: 

Do No Harm Act

 
This bill prohibits the application of the Religious Freedom Restoration Act of 1993 (RFRA) to specified federal laws or the implementation of such laws. Currently, RFRA prohibits the government from substantially burdening a person's exercise of religion even if the burden results from a rule of general applicability, except in furtherance of a compelling governmental interest when using the least restrictive means.
 
Under the bill, RFRA is inapplicable to laws or the implementation of laws that
 
 
protect against discrimination or the promotion of equal opportunity (e.g., the Civil Rights Act of 1964); 
 
require employers to provide wages, other compensation, or benefits, including leave; 
 
protect collective activity in the workplace; 
 
protect against child labor, abuse, or exploitation; or 
 
provide for access to, information about, referrals for, provision of, or coverage for, any health care item or service. 
 
 
The bill prevents RFRA from being used to deny (1) goods or services the government has contracted, granted, or made an agreement to provide to a beneficiary; or (2) a person's full and equal enjoyment of a government-provided good, service, benefit, facility, privilege, advantage, or accommodation.
 
In order for a person to assert a RFRA claim or defense in a judicial proceeding, the government must be a party to the proceeding.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2019-02-28
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2019-02-28
text: Introduced in Senate
Preserving Rehabilitation Innovation Centers Act of 2019

Bill: 116-s-594
Sponsor: Sen. Cassidy, Bill [R-LA]
Introduced: 2019-02-28 in the Senate
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Congressional oversight
Government information and archives
Government studies and investigations
Health facilities and institutions
Long-term, rehabilitative, and terminal care
Medical research
Medicare
Neurological disorders

Summary:
action_date: 2019-02-28
text: 

Preserving Rehabilitation Innovation Centers Act of 

2019

 
This bill directs the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services to publish and biennially update a list of all rehabilitation innovation centers. The bill defines 
rehabilitation innovation centers
 as nonprofit or government-owned rehabilitation facilities that (1) hold specified federal research and training designations for traumatic brain injury, spinal cord injury, or stroke rehabilitation research; and (2) serve at least a certain number of Medicare patients.
 
The Medicare Payment Advisory Commission must analyze the three most recent years of cost report data for all rehabilitation innovation centers and assess the payment adequacy for such innovation centers under Medicare. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2019-02-28
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
action_date: 2019-02-28
text: Introduced in Senate
Treat and Reduce Obesity Act of 2019

Bill: 116-s-595
Sponsor: Sen. Cassidy, Bill [R-LA]
Introduced: 2019-02-28 in the Senate
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Congressional oversight
Health care coverage and access
Health personnel
Health promotion and preventive care
Medical research
Medicare
Mental health
Nutrition and diet
Physical fitness and lifestyle
Prescription drugs

Summary:
action_date: 2019-02-28
text: 

Treat and Reduce Obesity Act of 

2019

 
This bill expands Medicare coverage of intensive behavioral therapy for obesity. Specifically, the bill allows coverage for therapy that is provided by (1) a physician who is not a primary care physician; or (2) other health care providers (e.g., physician assistants and nurse practitioners) and approved counseling programs, if provided upon a referral from, and in coordination with, a physician or primary care practitioner. Currently, such therapy is covered only if provided by a primary care practitioner. 
 
The bill also allows coverage under Medicare's prescription drug benefit of drugs used for the treatment of obesity or for weight loss management for individuals who are overweight. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2019-02-28
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
action_date: 2019-02-28
text: Introduced in Senate
A bill to amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to provide for direct payment to physician assistants under the Medicare program for certain services furnished by such physician assistants.

Bill: 116-s-596
Sponsor: Sen. Barrasso, John [R-WY]
Introduced: 2019-02-28 in the Senate
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Health care costs and insurance
Health personnel
Health programs administration and funding
Medicare

Summary:
action_date: 2019-02-28
text: 
This bill allows direct payment, under the Medicare program, to physician assistants for certain services furnished to enrollees.



Legislative actions:
action_date: 2019-02-28
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
action_date: 2019-02-28
text: Introduced in Senate
Marijuana Justice Act of 2019

Bill: 116-s-597
Sponsor: Sen. Booker, Cory A. [D-NJ]
Introduced: 2019-02-28 in the Senate
Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement
Subjects: Civil actions and liability
Correctional facilities and imprisonment
Criminal investigation, prosecution, interrogation
Criminal procedure and sentencing
Drug trafficking and controlled substances
Employment and training programs
Health programs administration and funding
Health promotion and preventive care
Housing and community development funding
Law enforcement administration and funding
State and local government operations
Trade restrictions

Summary:
action_date: 2019-02-28
text: 

Marijuana Justice Act of 2019
 
This bill decriminalizes marijuana. 
 
Specifically, it removes marijuana from the list of scheduled substances under the Controlled Substances Act and eliminates criminal penalties for an individual who imports, exports, manufactures, distributes, or possesses with intent to distribute marijuana. 
 
Additionally, the bill does the following: 
 
 
reduces federal funds for a state that has not legalized marijuana and has a disproportionate arrest rate or a disproportionate incarceration rate for marijuana offenses,
 
directs federal courts to expunge convictions for marijuana use or possession, and
 
establishes a fund&#8212;the Community Reinvestment Fund&#8212;to support grants in communities most affected by the war on drugs. 
 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2019-02-28
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2019-02-28
text: Introduced in Senate
BRAVE Act of 2019

Bill: 116-s-598
Sponsor: Sen. Peters, Gary C. [D-MI]
Introduced: 2019-02-28 in the Senate
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Cemeteries and funerals
Disability and paralysis
Inflation and prices
Veterans' pensions and compensation

Summary:
action_date: 2019-02-28
text: 

Burial Rights for America&rsquo;s Veterans&rsquo; Efforts Act of 2019 or the BRAVE Act of 2019

 
This bill increases the amounts payable through the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) for (1) burial and funeral expenses of veterans, and (2) such expenses in connection with a veteran's death due to a service-connected disability. 
 
 The VA shall also increase such amounts each fiscal year to account for inflation.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2019-02-28
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
action_date: 2019-02-28
text: Introduced in Senate
Singh's Law

Bill: 116-s-599
Sponsor: Sen. Cotton, Tom [R-AR]
Introduced: 2019-02-28 in the Senate
Policy area: Immigration
Subjects: Accounting and auditing
Administrative remedies
Border security and unlawful immigration
Congressional oversight
Department of Homeland Security
Detention of persons
Drug trafficking and controlled substances
Evidence and witnesses
Fraud offenses and financial crimes
Government studies and investigations
Human trafficking
Immigration status and procedures
Judicial review and appeals
Juvenile crime and gang violence
Law enforcement administration and funding
Organized crime
Refugees, asylum, displaced persons
Violent crime
Visas and passports

Summary:
action_date: 2019-02-28
text: 

Singh's Law

 
This bill establishes that aliens associated with a criminal gang shall be inadmissible into the United States and deported if already in the country. Such aliens are (1) subject to mandatory detention, (2) barred from receiving asylum, (3) ineligible for temporary protected status, and (4) barred from receiving special immigrant juvenile status. 
 
An alien associated with a criminal gang is one who (1) has been a member of a criminal gang or has participated in a gang's activities, knowing or having reason to know that such activities will promote or support the gang's illegal activities; and (2) has been convicted of a crime in the United States.
 
The bill also provides for procedures for designating a group or organization a criminal gang, and also procedures for challenging and revoking such a designation.
 
The Department of Justice may provide grants to states and local governments to assist (1) efforts to combat criminal and youth gangs, and (2) gangprevention activities. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2019-02-28
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2019-02-28
text: Introduced in Senate
Modernizing Agricultural Transportation Act

Bill: 116-s-600
Sponsor: Sen. Hoeven, John [R-ND]
Introduced: 2019-02-28 in the Senate
Policy area: Transportation and Public Works
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Advisory bodies
Agricultural equipment and machinery
Agricultural marketing and promotion
Animal protection and human-animal relationships
Congressional oversight
Department of Transportation
Executive agency funding and structure
Fruit and vegetables
Government studies and investigations
Insects
Livestock
Motor carriers
Roads and highways
Transportation employees
Transportation safety and security
Worker safety and health

Summary:
action_date: 2019-02-28
text: 

Modernizing Agricultural Transportation Act

 
This bill directs the Department of Transportation to establish a working group to (1) identify obstacles to safe, humane, and market-efficient transport of livestock, insects, and agricultural commodities; and (2) develop guidelines and recommended regulatory or legislative actions to improve the safe, humane, and efficient transport of livestock, insects, and agricultural commodities.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2019-02-28
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
action_date: 2019-02-28
text: Introduced in Senate