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California Desert Protection and Recreation Act of 2019

Bill: 116-s-67
Sponsor: Sen. Feinstein, Dianne [D-CA]
Introduced: 2019-01-09 in the Senate
Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources
Subjects: Air quality
Alternative and renewable resources
Animal protection and human-animal relationships
California
Education programs funding
Electric power generation and transmission
Elementary and secondary education
Endangered and threatened species
Fires
Forests, forestry, trees
Government buildings, facilities, and property
Government information and archives
Historical and cultural resources
Indian lands and resources rights
Land transfers
Land use and conservation
Livestock
Medical research
Mining
Motor vehicles
Outdoor recreation
Parks, recreation areas, trails
Reptiles
Travel and tourism
Veterinary medicine and animal diseases
Water quality
Wilderness and natural areas, wildlife refuges, wild rivers, habitats
Wildlife conservation and habitat protection

Summary:
action_date: 2019-01-09
text: 

California Desert Protection and Recreation Act of 2019

 
This bill provides for conservation, additional recreational opportunities, and renewable energy development in the California Desert Conservation Area. 
 
Specifically, the bill, among other things
 
 
establishes or designates wilderness areas, a special management area, off-highway vehicle recreation areas, and a national scenic area; 
 
releases specified wilderness study areas; 
 
adjusts national park and preserve boundaries; and 
 
specifies land withdrawals, transfers, and conveyances. 

 
Specified federal land shall be taken into trust for the Lone Pine Paiute-Shoshone Tribe.
 
Lands and interests in land, including improvements, outside the boundary of Joshua Tree National Park in California may be acquired for the purpose of operating a visitor center.
 
The bill makes amendments to the California Desert Protection Act of 1994 regarding the California State School lands and designates specified segments of rivers and creeks as components of the National Wild and Scenic Rivers System.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2019-01-09
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. (Sponsor introductory remarks on measure: CR S104-105)
action_date: 2019-01-09
text: Introduced in Senate
Smart Choices Act

Bill: 116-s-68
Sponsor: Sen. Jones, Doug [D-AL]
Introduced: 2019-01-09 in the Senate
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Government information and archives
Health care coverage and access
Health programs administration and funding
Medicaid
State and local government operations

Summary:
action_date: 2019-01-09
text: 

Smart Choices Act

 
This bill requires the Medicaid and Children's Health Insurance Program (CHIP) Payment and Access Commission to publish annually a report regarding the effects of Medicaid expansion under the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act. The report must include funding and coverage information for states participating in Medicaid expansion, as well as information on the potential effects of expansion for states that have not elected to do so.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2019-01-09
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
action_date: 2019-01-09
text: Introduced in Senate
Constitutional Concealed Carry Reciprocity Act of 2019

Bill: 116-s-69
Sponsor: Sen. Cornyn, John [R-TX]
Introduced: 2019-01-09 in the Senate
Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement
Subjects: Firearms and explosives
Intergovernmental relations
Licensing and registrations
State and local government operations

Summary:
action_date: 2019-01-09
text: 

Constitutional Concealed Carry Reciprocity Act of 2019
 
 This bill allows a qualified individual to carry a concealed handgun into or possess a concealed handgun in another state that allows its residents to carry concealed firearms.
 
A qualified individual must (1) be eligible to possess, transport, or receive a firearm under federal law; (2) carry a valid photo identification document; and (3) carry a valid state-issued concealed carry permit, or be eligible to carry a concealed firearm in his or her state of residence.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2019-01-09
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2019-01-09
text: Introduced in Senate
Medgar and Myrlie Evers Home National Monument Act

Bill: 116-s-70
Sponsor: Sen. Wicker, Roger F. [R-MS]
Introduced: 2019-01-09 in the Senate
Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources
Subjects: Higher education
Historic sites and heritage areas
Mississippi
Monuments and memorials
Racial and ethnic relations

Summary:
action_date: 2019-01-09
text: 

Medgar and Myrlie Evers Home National Monument Act

 
This bill establishes the Medgar and Myrlie Evers Home National Monument in Jackson, Mississippi, as a unit of the National Park System to preserve, protect, and interpret the home and history of the pivotal role of Medgar and Myrlie Evers in the civil rights movement. 
 
The National Park Service shall seek to enter into a cooperative agreement with Tougaloo College in Tougaloo, Mississippi, for interpretive and educational services related to the monument. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2019-01-09
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
action_date: 2019-01-09
text: Introduced in Senate
Special Counsel Independence and Integrity Act

Bill: 116-s-71
Sponsor: Sen. Graham, Lindsey [R-SC]
Introduced: 2019-01-09 in the Senate
Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement
Subjects: Congressional oversight
Criminal investigation, prosecution, interrogation
Department of Justice
Evidence and witnesses
Federal officials
Government ethics and transparency, public corruption
Judicial review and appeals
Supreme Court

Summary:
action_date: 2019-01-09
text: 

Special Counsel Independence and Integrity Act

 
This bill codifies certain Department of Justice (DOJ) regulations that govern the appointment, oversight, and removal of a special counsel. 
 
 
Additionally, the bill provides new statutory limitations and requirements with respect to the removal from office of a special counsel. 
 
 
Finally, the bill requires DOJ to notify Congress when a special counsel is appointed, before a special counsel is removed, and after a special counsel's investigation concludes.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2019-01-09
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2019-01-09
text: Introduced in Senate
Federal Employees Civil Relief Act

Bill: 116-s-72
Sponsor: Sen. Schatz, Brian [D-HI]
Introduced: 2019-01-09 in the Senate
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Subjects: Appropriations
Civil actions and liability
Consumer credit
Employment discrimination and employee rights
Executive agency funding and structure
Government employee pay, benefits, personnel management
Health care costs and insurance
Higher education
Housing finance and home ownership
Income tax deferral
Legal fees and court costs
Life, casualty, property insurance
Student aid and college costs
Tax administration and collection, taxpayers

Summary:
action_date: 2019-01-09
text: 

Federal Employees Civil Relief Act

 
This bill establishes a framework to temporarily suspend certain judicial and administrative proceedings against a federal employee or contractor during a lapse in appropriations.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2019-01-09
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
action_date: 2019-01-09
text: Introduced in Senate
End Taxpayer Subsidies for Drug Ads Act

Bill: 116-s-73
Sponsor: Sen. Shaheen, Jeanne [D-NH]
Introduced: 2019-01-10 in the Senate
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Business expenses
Income tax deductions
Marketing and advertising
Prescription drugs

Summary:
action_date: 2019-01-10
text: 

End Taxpayer Subsidies for Drug Ads Act

 
This bill prohibits tax deductions for expenses relating to direct-to-consumer advertising of prescription drugs. 
 
&quot;Direct-to-consumer advertising&quot; is any dissemination, by or on behalf of a sponsor of a prescription drug product, of an advertisement that is (1) in regard to the drug product, and (2) primarily targeted to the general public. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2019-01-10
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
action_date: 2019-01-10
text: Introduced in Senate
No Work, No Pay Act of 2019

Bill: 116-s-74
Sponsor: Sen. Daines, Steve [R-MT]
Introduced: 2019-01-10 in the Senate
Policy area: Congress
Subjects: Appropriations
Executive agency funding and structure
Government employee pay, benefits, personnel management
Members of Congress

Summary:
action_date: 2019-01-10
text: 

No Work, No Pay Act of 2019

 
This bill prohibits Members of Congress from being paid during a government shutdown, beginning with the 117th Congress.
 
For the 116th Congress, the bill requires a Member's pay to be deposited in an escrow account during a government shutdown and to be released at the earlier of the end of the shutdown or the end of the Congress.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2019-01-10
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.
action_date: 2019-01-10
text: Introduced in Senate
Preventing SBA Assistance from Going to China Act of 2019

Bill: 116-s-75
Sponsor: Sen. Rubio, Marco [R-FL]
Introduced: 2019-01-10 in the Senate
Policy area: Commerce
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Asia
China
Corporate finance and management
Foreign and international corporations
Securities
Small Business Administration
Small business
U.S. and foreign investments

Summary:
action_date: 2019-01-10
text: 

Preventing SBA Assistance from Going to China Act of 2019 
 
 
This bill prohibits the Small Business Administration from providing aid, counsel, or assistance to a small business concern that (1) is headquartered in China, or (2) has more than 25% of voting stock owned by citizens of China. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2019-01-10
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship.
action_date: 2019-01-10
text: Introduced in Senate
Saint-Gaudens National Historical Park Redesignation Act

Bill: 116-s-76
Sponsor: Sen. Shaheen, Jeanne [D-NH]
Introduced: 2019-01-10 in the Senate
Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources
Subjects: Art, artists, authorship
Historic sites and heritage areas
New Hampshire
Parks, recreation areas, trails

Summary:
action_date: 2019-01-10
text: 

Saint-Gaudens National Historical Park Redesignation Act

This bill redesignates the Saint-Gaudens National Historic Site in New Hampshire as the Saint-Gaudens National Historical Park.

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2019-01-10
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
action_date: 2019-01-10
text: Introduced in Senate
Small Business Relief From Disease Induced Economic Hardship Act of 2019

Bill: 116-s-77
Sponsor: Sen. Rubio, Marco [R-FL]
Introduced: 2019-01-10 in the Senate
Policy area: Commerce
Subjects: Disaster relief and insurance
Health promotion and preventive care
Infectious and parasitic diseases
Small business
Travel and tourism

Summary:
action_date: 2019-01-10
text: 

Small Business Relief from Disease Induced Economic Hardship Act of 2019

 
This bill allows the Small Business Administration to provide disaster loans to small business concerns affected by communicable diseases for which the federal government issues a travel alert or travel warning. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2019-01-10
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship.
action_date: 2019-01-10
text: Introduced in Senate
Hearing Small Businesses Act of 2019

Bill: 116-s-78
Sponsor: Sen. Rubio, Marco [R-FL]
Introduced: 2019-01-10 in the Senate
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Department of the Interior
Department of the Treasury
Economic performance and conditions
Internal Revenue Service (IRS)
Small business

Summary:
action_date: 2019-01-10
text: 

Hearing Small Businesses Act of 2019

 
This bill requires the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service and the Internal Revenue Service to seek and consider the advice of small entities about a proposed or interim final rule before publishing the rule if the rule will have a significant economic impact on a substantial number of small entities.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2019-05-22
text: Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Subcommittee on Regulatory Affairs and Federal Management. Hearings held.
action_date: 2019-05-22
text: Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship. Hearings held.
action_date: 2019-01-10
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.
action_date: 2019-01-10
text: Introduced in Senate
A bill to authorize the Secretary of Agriculture to maintain or replace certain facilities and structures for commercial recreation services at Smith Gulch in Idaho, and for other purposes.

Bill: 116-s-79
Sponsor: Sen. Risch, James E. [R-ID]
Introduced: 2019-01-10 in the Senate
Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources
Subjects: Alternative and renewable resources
Electric power generation and transmission
Energy storage, supplies, demand
Government buildings, facilities, and property
Idaho
Lighting, heating, cooling
Outdoor recreation
Wilderness and natural areas, wildlife refuges, wild rivers, habitats

Summary:
action_date: 2019-01-10
text: 
This bill states that the authorization of the Department of Agriculture (USDA) under the Wild and Scenic Rivers Act, with respect to the Salmon River in Idaho, to maintain or replace facilities or structures for commercial recreation services at Smith Gulch may include improvements or replacements that
 
 
are consistent with the management of a specified river segment of the main Salmon River pursuant to the Central Idaho Wilderness Act of 1980, and 
 
would reduce the impact of commercial recreation facilities or services on wilderness or wild and scenic river resources and values. 

 
USDA may also consider other facilities and equipment, including hydroelectric generators, water pumps for fire suppression, and solar energy systems.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2019-01-10
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
action_date: 2019-01-10
text: Introduced in Senate
Jobs and Premium Protection Act

Bill: 116-s-80
Sponsor: Sen. Barrasso, John [R-WY]
Introduced: 2019-01-10 in the Senate
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Health care costs and insurance
Insurance industry and regulation
User charges and fees

Summary:
action_date: 2019-01-10
text: 

Jobs and Premium Protection Act

 
This bill repeals the annual fee on health insurers. Under current law, the fee is suspended for 2019 and is scheduled to be reimposed in 2020.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2019-01-10
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
action_date: 2019-01-10
text: Introduced in Senate
Crooked River Ranch Fire Protection Act

Bill: 116-s-81
Sponsor: Sen. Wyden, Ron [D-OR]
Introduced: 2019-01-10 in the Senate
Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources
Subjects: Fires
Forests, forestry, trees
Oregon
Wilderness and natural areas, wildlife refuges, wild rivers, habitats

Summary:
action_date: 2019-01-10
text: 

Crooked River Ranch Fire Protection Act

 
This bill (1) modifies the boundary of the Deschutes Canyon-Steelhead Falls Wilderness Study Area in Oregon to exclude approximately 688 acres of public land, and (2) directs the Department of the Interior to manage such land to improve fire resiliency and forest health. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2019-01-10
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
action_date: 2019-01-10
text: Introduced in Senate
Frank and Jeanne Moore Wild Steelhead Special Management Area Designation Act

Bill: 116-s-82
Sponsor: Sen. Wyden, Ron [D-OR]
Introduced: 2019-01-10 in the Senate
Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources
Subjects: Fishes
Forests, forestry, trees
Hunting and fishing
Oregon
Outdoor recreation
Wilderness and natural areas, wildlife refuges, wild rivers, habitats
Wildlife conservation and habitat protection

Summary:
action_date: 2019-01-10
text: 

Frank and Jeanne Moore Wild Steelhead Special Management Area Designation Act
 
 
This bill designates approximately 99,653 acres of Forest Service land in Oregon as the Frank and Jeanne Moore Wild Steelhead Special Management Area.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2019-01-10
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
action_date: 2019-01-10
text: Introduced in Senate
Advocacy Empowerment Act of 2019

Bill: 116-s-83
Sponsor: Sen. Rubio, Marco [R-FL]
Introduced: 2019-01-10 in the Senate
Policy area: Commerce
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Executive agency funding and structure
Small Business Administration
Small business

Summary:
action_date: 2019-01-10
text: 

Advocacy Empowerment Act of 2019

 
This bill revises the duties of the Chief Counsel for Advocacy of the Small Business Administration to include (1) issuing, modifying, or amending rules governing federal agency compliance with regulatory flexibility analysis requirements; and (2) authorizing an agency to issue such supplemental rules governing such compliance as the Chief Counsel may approve.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2019-05-22
text: Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Subcommittee on Regulatory Affairs and Federal Management. Hearings held.
action_date: 2019-05-22
text: Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship. Hearings held.
action_date: 2019-01-10
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship.
action_date: 2019-01-10
text: Introduced in Senate
Small Business Credit Protection Act

Bill: 116-s-84
Sponsor: Sen. Rubio, Marco [R-FL]
Introduced: 2019-01-10 in the Senate
Policy area: Commerce
Subjects: Business records
Computer security and identity theft
Congressional oversight
Consumer credit
Credit and credit markets
Government studies and investigations

Summary:
action_date: 2019-01-10
text: 

Small Business Credit Protection Act 

 
This bill establishes requirements related to breaches of data belonging to small businesses. Specifically, a consumer reporting agency must promptly report any breach of nonpublic small business data. In the event of a breach, a consumer reporting agency may not charge a small business for a credit report.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2019-02-13
text: Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship. Hearings held.
action_date: 2019-01-10
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship.
action_date: 2019-01-10
text: Introduced in Senate
A bill to reauthorize the Family Violence Prevention and Services Act.

Bill: 116-s-85
Sponsor: Sen. Grassley, Chuck [R-IA]
Introduced: 2019-01-10 in the Senate
Policy area: Families
Subjects: Crime prevention
Domestic violence and child abuse
Family services
Health programs administration and funding

Summary:
action_date: 2019-01-10
text: 
This bill reauthorizes the Family Violence Prevention and Services Act through FY2024. The Act provides services and support for victims of family violence, domestic violence, or dating violence.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2019-01-10
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
action_date: 2019-01-10
text: Introduced in Senate
Oregon Wildlands Act

Bill: 116-s-86
Sponsor: Sen. Wyden, Ron [D-OR]
Introduced: 2019-01-10 in the Senate
Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources
Subjects: Forests, forestry, trees
Land use and conservation
Oregon
Outdoor recreation
Parks, recreation areas, trails
Wilderness and natural areas, wildlife refuges, wild rivers, habitats

Summary:
action_date: 2019-01-10
text: 

Oregon Wildlands Act

 
This bill designates specified Bureau of Land Management (BLM) land in Oregon as the Rogue Canyon and Molalla National Recreation Areas. 
 
The bill adds specified segments to the Rogue River as components of the National Wild and Scenic Rivers System. 
 
Segment lengths and other technical corrections are made to segment designations for the Chetco River, Oregon. 
 
The Squaw Creek is renamed as Whychus Creek. 
 
The bill designates specified segments of
 
 
Franklin and Wasson Creeks as wild rivers and components of the Wild and Scenic Rivers System, and 
 
the Molalla River as a recreational river and components of such system. 

 
Specified segments are added to the Elk River, and specified other river segments are designated as components of such system. 
 
The bill adds 59,512 acres of specified federal land to the Wild Rogue Wildernes. 
 
The bill designates 30,621 acres of certain Forest Service and BLM land in Oregon as the Devil's Staircase Wilderness and as a component of the National Wilderness Preservation System. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2019-01-10
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
action_date: 2019-01-10
text: Introduced in Senate
Kennesaw Mountain National Battlefield Park Boundary Adjustment Act

Bill: 116-s-87
Sponsor: Sen. Isakson, Johnny [R-GA]
Introduced: 2019-01-10 in the Senate
Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources
Subjects: Conflicts and wars
Georgia
Land transfers
Military history
Parks, recreation areas, trails

Summary:
action_date: 2019-01-10
text: 

Kennesaw Mountain National Battlefield Park Boundary Adjustment Act

 
 This bill modifies the boundary of the Kennesaw Mountain National Battlefield Park in Georgia to include approximately eight acres of land or interests in land identified as Wallis House and Harriston Hill. 
 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2019-01-10
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
action_date: 2019-01-10
text: Introduced in Senate
Ocmulgee Mounds National Historical Park Boundary Revision Act

Bill: 116-s-88
Sponsor: Sen. Isakson, Johnny [R-GA]
Introduced: 2019-01-10 in the Senate
Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources
Subjects: Congressional oversight
Georgia
Government studies and investigations
Historic sites and heritage areas
Land transfers
Land use and conservation
Parks, recreation areas, trails

Summary:
action_date: 2019-01-10
text: 

Ocmulgee Mounds National Historical Park Boundary Revision Act

This bill redesignates the Ocmulgee National Monument in Georgia as the Ocmulgee Mounds National Historical Park. 
The boundary of the park is adjusted to include 2,100 acres of land.
 
The Department of the Interior may acquire lands and interests within the boundaries of the park by donation, purchase, or exchange, but not by condemnation. 
 
Interior shall conduct a special resource study of the Ocmulgee River corridor between the cities of Macon, Georgia, and Hawkinsville, Georgia, to
 
 
evaluate the national significance of the study area, and 
 
determine the suitability and feasibility of designating the study area as a unit of the National Park System. 



Legislative actions:
action_date: 2019-01-10
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
action_date: 2019-01-10
text: Introduced in Senate
Fort Frederica National Monument Boundary Expansion Act

Bill: 116-s-89
Sponsor: Sen. Isakson, Johnny [R-GA]
Introduced: 2019-01-10 in the Senate
Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources
Subjects: Georgia
Historic sites and heritage areas
Land transfers
Land use and conservation
Military history
Monuments and memorials
Parks, recreation areas, trails

Summary:
action_date: 2019-01-10
text: 
 
Fort Frederica National Monument Boundary Expansion Act 

 
 This bill expands the boundary of the Fort Frederica National Monument on St. Simons Island, Georgia, and increases the maximum number of acres that may be included in the monument from 250 to 305 acres.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2019-01-10
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
action_date: 2019-01-10
text: Introduced in Senate