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GEAR UP for Success Act of 2019

Bill: 116-s-303
Sponsor: Sen. Cornyn, John [R-TX]
Introduced: 2019-01-31 in the Senate
Policy area: Education
Subjects: Education of the disadvantaged
Education programs funding
Elementary and secondary education
Government lending and loan guarantees
Government studies and investigations
Higher education
Student aid and college costs

Summary:
action_date: 2019-01-31
text: 

GEAR UP for Success Act of 

2019

 
This bill reauthorizes through FY2025 and revises the Gaining Early Awareness and Readiness for Undergraduate Programs (GEAR UP).
 
The bill adds metrics for program evaluations and makes other revisions to GEAR UP, including with respect to authorized uses of funds. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2019-01-31
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
action_date: 2019-01-31
text: Introduced in Senate
Training the Next Generation of Primary Care Doctors Act of 2019

Bill: 116-s-304
Sponsor: Sen. Collins, Susan M. [R-ME]
Introduced: 2019-01-31 in the Senate
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Aging
Congressional oversight
Education programs funding
Government information and archives
Health facilities and institutions
Health information and medical records
Health programs administration and funding
Medical education

Summary:
action_date: 2019-01-31
text: 

Training the Next Generation of Primary Care Doctors Act of 2019

 
This bill alters funding provisions, and establishes additional reporting requirements, relating to the Teaching Health Center Graduate Medical Education Program, which is administered by the Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA). The program supports training for primary-care-physician and dental residents at community-based clinics. 
 
The bill (1) establishes certain parameters for payments to approved and newly approved graduate medical-residency training programs, and (2) requires HRSA to publish a report regarding new and expanded programs. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2019-01-31
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. (Sponsor introductory remarks on measure: CR S804-807)
action_date: 2019-01-31
text: Introduced in Senate
Tribal Adoption Parity Act

Bill: 116-s-305
Sponsor: Sen. Klobuchar, Amy [D-MN]
Introduced: 2019-01-31 in the Senate
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Adoption and foster care
Child safety and welfare
Disability and paralysis
Income tax credits
Indian social and development programs

Summary:
action_date: 2019-01-31
text: 

 Tribal Adoption Parity Act
 
 
This bill allows Indian tribal governments to determine whether a child has special needs for the purposes of the adoption tax credit.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2019-01-31
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
action_date: 2019-01-31
text: Introduced in Senate
Merger Enforcement Improvement Act

Bill: 116-s-306
Sponsor: Sen. Klobuchar, Amy [D-MN]
Introduced: 2019-01-31 in the Senate
Policy area: Commerce
Subjects: Business investment and capital
Business records
Civil actions and liability
Competition and antitrust
Congressional oversight
Corporate finance and management
Economic performance and conditions
Federal Trade Commission (FTC)
Financial services and investments
Government information and archives
Government studies and investigations
Securities
Unemployment
User charges and fees
Wages and earnings

Summary:
action_date: 2019-01-31
text: 

Merger Enforcement Improvement Act

 
This bill modifies antitrust enforcement requirements regarding mergers. Specifically, the bill
 
 
adjusts premerger notification filing fees; 
 
requires certain filers to report to the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) or to the relevant Assistant Attorney General on information that allows the government to assess the competitive impact of a merger; 
 
requires the FTC to study overlapping ownership or control by investors in certain markets; and 
 
requires the Government Accountability Office to assess the success of certain merger remedies and the impact of mergers and acquisitions on wages, employment, innovation, and new business formation.



Legislative actions:
action_date: 2019-01-31
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2019-01-31
text: Introduced in Senate
Consolidation Prevention and Competition Promotion Act of 2019

Bill: 116-s-307
Sponsor: Sen. Klobuchar, Amy [D-MN]
Introduced: 2019-01-31 in the Senate
Policy area: Commerce
Subjects: Business records
Civil actions and liability
Competition and antitrust
Consumer affairs
Corporate finance and management
Executive agency funding and structure
Federal Trade Commission (FTC)
Government information and archives
Small business

Summary:
action_date: 2019-01-31
text: 

Consolidation Prevention and Competition Promotion Act of 2019

 
This bill amends the Clayton Act to revise merger requirements. Specifically, the bill
 
 
prohibits a merger that materially (currently, substantially) lessens competition in more than a de minimis amount or tends to create a monopsony (a market situation in which there is only one buyer);
 
shifts the burden of proof to the merging companies to show that their consolidation will not harm competition;
 
requires companies that enter into a settlement agreement with the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) or Department of Justice regarding a merger to report information that allows the agencies to assess the competitive impact of the merger, and
 
establishes the Office of the Competition Advocate within the FTC.



Legislative actions:
action_date: 2019-01-31
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2019-01-31
text: Introduced in Senate
Santa Ana River Wash Plan Land Exchange Act

Bill: 116-s-308
Sponsor: Sen. Feinstein, Dianne [D-CA]
Introduced: 2019-01-31 in the Senate
Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources
Subjects: California
Land transfers
Water use and supply

Summary:
action_date: 2019-01-31
text: 

Santa Ana River Wash Plan Land Exchange Act

 
This bill directs the Department of the Interior to conduct a land exchange upon request by the San Bernadino Valley Water Conservation District in California. Specifically, Interior must (1) convey to the district in 327 acres of identified federal land administered by the Bureau of Land Management and any portion of an identified federal parcel necessary to equalize the values of the lands exchanged, and (2) accept in exchange 310 acres of district land and any portion of an identified nonfederal parcel necessary to equalize the values of the lands exchanged. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2019-01-31
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. (Sponsor introductory remarks on measure: CR S807)
action_date: 2019-01-31
text: Introduced in Senate
For the 99.8 Percent Act

Bill: 116-s-309
Sponsor: Sen. Sanders, Bernard [I-VT]
Introduced: 2019-01-31 in the Senate
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Farmland
Land use and conservation
Tax administration and collection, taxpayers
Transfer and inheritance taxes

Summary:
action_date: 2019-01-31
text: 

For the 99.8 Percent Act

 
This bill imposes increased tax rates on decedent estates, gifts, and generation-skipping transfers.
 
 Estates with a value of over $1 billion are taxed at a 77% tax rate. The basic exclusion amount is reduced to $3.5 million. 
 
The bill increases (1) to $3 million the reduction in valuations of farmland for estate tax purposes and adjusts such increased amount for inflation, and (2) to $2 million the maximum estate tax exclusion for contributions of conservation easements.
 
The bill requires (1) consistent basis reporting for property acquired by gift and transfers in trust, and (2) executors of estates and donors of gifts required to file a gift tax return to disclose to the Department of the Treasury, and to recipients of any interest in an estate or a gift, information identifying the value of each interest received.
 
The bill sets forth estate valuation rules for certain transfers of nonbusiness assets and limits estate tax discounts for certain individuals with minority interests in a business acquired from a decedent.
 
The bill expands rules for valuing assets in grantor retained annuity trusts to require that (1) the right to receive fixed amounts from an annuity last for a term of not less than 10 years and not more than the life expectancy of the annuitant plus 10 years, and that such fixed amounts not decrease during the first 10 years of the annuity term, and (2) the remainder interest have a value when transferred that is not less than the the greater of 25% of the fair market value of the trust property or $500,000. The bill also sets forth rules for the application of transfer taxes to a grantor trust (a trust in which the grantor retains control over the trust assets and has the right to receive income from the trust). 
 
 The bill eliminates the generation-skipping transfer tax exemption for any trust whose termination date is not greater than 50 years after its creation. 
 
The bill modifies the gift tax exclusion for annual gifts (currently, $14,000). 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2019-01-31
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. (Sponsor introductory remarks on measure: CR S807-809)
action_date: 2019-01-31
text: Introduced in Senate
Migratory Birds of the Americas Conservation Act

Bill: 116-s-310
Sponsor: Sen. Cardin, Benjamin L. [D-MD]
Introduced: 2019-01-31 in the Senate
Policy area: Animals
Subjects: Birds
Government trust funds
Wildlife conservation and habitat protection

Summary:
action_date: 2019-01-31
text: 

Migratory Birds of the Americas Conservation Act

 
This bill reauthorizes the Neotropical Migratory Bird Conservation Act program through FY2024.

action_date: 2019-02-05
text: 

Migratory Birds of the Americas Conservation Act

 
This bill reauthorizes the Neotropical Migratory Bird Conservation Act program through FY2024.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2019-03-14
text: By Senator Barrasso from Committee on Environment and Public Works filed written report. Report No. 116-9.
action_date: 2019-03-14
text: By Senator Barrasso from Committee on Environment and Public Works filed written report. Report No. 116-9.
action_date: 2019-02-05
text: Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 21.
action_date: 2019-02-05
text: Committee on Environment and Public Works. Reported by Senator Barrasso without amendment. Without written report.
action_date: 2019-02-05
text: Committee on Environment and Public Works. Reported by Senator Barrasso without amendment. Without written report.
action_date: 2019-02-05
text: Committee on Environment and Public Works. Ordered to be reported without amendment favorably.
action_date: 2019-01-31
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works.
action_date: 2019-01-31
text: Introduced in Senate
A bill to amend title 18, United States Code, to prohibit a health care practitioner from failing to exercise the proper degree of care in the case of a child who survives an abortion or attempted abortion.

Bill: 116-s-311
Sponsor: Sen. Sasse, Ben [R-NE]
Introduced: 2019-01-31 in the Senate
Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement
Subjects: Abortion
Civil actions and liability
Criminal investigation, prosecution, interrogation
Health personnel
Legal fees and court costs
Medical ethics
Violent crime

Summary:
action_date: 2019-01-31
text: 

Born-Alive Abortion Survivors Protection Act
 
This bill establishes requirements for the degree of care a health care practitioner must exercise in the event a child is born alive following an abortion or attempted abortion.
 
 A health care practitioner who is present must (1) exercise the same degree of care as reasonably provided to another child born alive at the same gestational age, and (2) immediately admit the child to a hospital. The bill also requires a health care practitioner or other employee to immediately report any failure to comply with this requirement to law enforcement. 
 
A person who violates the requirements is subject to criminal penalties&#8212;a fine, up to five years in prison, or both. 
 
Additionally, an individual who intentionally kills or attempts to kill a child born alive is subject to prosecution for murder.
 
The bill bars the criminal prosecution of a mother of a child born alive for conspiracy to violate these provisions, for being an accessory after the fact, or for concealment of felony.
 
A woman who undergoes an abortion or attempted abortion may file a civil action for damages against an individual who violates this bill.
 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2020-02-25
text: Cloture on the motion to proceed to the measure not invoked in Senate by Yea-Nay Vote. 56 - 41. Record Vote Number: 58. (CR S1136)
action_date: 2020-02-13
text: Motion to proceed to consideration of measure withdrawn in Senate. (CR S1062)
action_date: 2020-02-13
text: Cloture motion on the motion to proceed to the measure presented in Senate. (CR S1062)
action_date: 2020-02-13
text: Motion to proceed to consideration of measure made in Senate. (CR S1062)
action_date: 2019-02-25
text: Cloture on the motion to proceed not invoked in Senate by Yea-Nay Vote. 53 - 44. Record Vote Number: 27. (CR S1422)
action_date: 2019-02-25
text: Motion to proceed to measure considered in Senate. (CR S1414)
action_date: 2019-02-14
text: Cloture motion on the motion to proceed to the consideration of measure presented in Senate. (CR S1364)
action_date: 2019-02-14
text: Motion to proceed to consideration of measure made in Senate. (CR S1364)
action_date: 2019-02-04
text: Read the second time. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 17.
action_date: 2019-01-31
text: Introduced in the Senate. Read the first time. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under Read the First Time.
action_date: 2019-01-31
text: Introduced in Senate
Prevention of Arms Race Act of 2019

Bill: 116-s-312
Sponsor: Sen. Merkley, Jeff [D-OR]
Introduced: 2019-01-31 in the Senate
Policy area: International Affairs
Subjects: Alliances
Appropriations
Arms control and nonproliferation
Asia
China
Congressional oversight
Congressional-executive branch relations
Defense spending
Diplomacy, foreign officials, Americans abroad
Europe
International law and treaties
Military procurement, research, weapons development
Nuclear weapons
Russia

Summary:
action_date: 2019-01-31
text: 

Prevention of Arms Race Act of 2019

 
This bill restricts the appropriation of funds for the procurement, flight testing, or deployment of missiles banned by the Treaty between the United States of America and the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics on the Elimination of Their Intermediate-Range and Shorter-Range Missiles (INF Treaty). Before such funds may be appropriated, the Department of Defense shall submit a report to Congress that includes (1) a memorandum of understanding from a North Atlantic Treaty Organization or Indo-Pacific ally committing to hosting the deployment of such a missile, (2) confirmation that the United States has not rejected any diplomatic offer to resolve Russia's violation of the INF Treaty, (3) discussion of the ramifications of a collapse of the treaty and of a U.S. withdrawal from the agreement, (4) discussion of the mission requirements with respect to Russia and China that would be met by weapons systems covered by the INF, and (5) discussion of the degree to which INF-compliant weapons can meet such mission requirements. 



Legislative actions:
action_date: 2019-01-31
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations.
action_date: 2019-01-31
text: Introduced in Senate
CIVICS Act of 2019

Bill: 116-s-313
Sponsor: Sen. Inhofe, James M. [R-OK]
Introduced: 2019-01-31 in the Senate
Policy area: Education
Subjects: Civics education
Constitution and constitutional amendments
Education programs funding
Elementary and secondary education
U.S. history

Summary:
action_date: 2019-01-31
text: 

Constitution Education Is Valuable in Community Schools Act of 2019 or the CIVICS Act of 2019

 
This bill requires national activities supported by American History and Civics Education grants to include programs that educate students about the history and principles of the U.S. Constitution, including the Bill of Rights. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2019-01-31
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
action_date: 2019-01-31
text: Introduced in Senate
Modernizing the Trusted Workforce for the 21st Century Act of 2019

Bill: 116-s-314
Sponsor: Sen. Warner, Mark R. [D-VA]
Introduced: 2019-01-31 in the Senate
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Appropriations
Congressional oversight
Criminal justice information and records
Employment discrimination and employee rights
Executive agency funding and structure
Federal officials
Government employee pay, benefits, personnel management
Intelligence activities, surveillance, classified information
Performance measurement
Personnel records
Public contracts and procurement
Right of privacy

Summary:
action_date: 2019-01-31
text: 

Modernizing the Trusted Workforce for the 21st Century Act of 2019

 
This bill directs various agencies to report on, and devise plans to improve, systems for handling security clearances and background checks.
 
The Security, Suitability, and Credentialing Performance Accountability Council shall provide Congress with a plan to reduce the background investigation backlog and to consolidate security clearance processes to improve efficiency.
 
The Director of National Intelligence, or another individual selected by the President, shall serve as the Security Executive Agent for all U.S. departments and agencies. The agent shall establish a policy and implementation plan for improving security clearance procedures.
 
The agent shall report to Congress on (1) ways to improve or simplify investigation procedures; (2) the feasibility of the 
clearance in person
 concept, which permits an individual to maintain access to classified information for up to three years after leaving a cleared position; and (3) protections for the confidentiality of whistleblower-related communications in continuous vetting programs.
 
Federal departments and agencies shall report annually to the agent certain information related to reciprocal recognition of security clearances when an individual moves between positions within the department or agency, and the agent shall summarize and report such information to Congress.
 
The bill imposes various targets for reducing the pendency of secret and top secret level clearance determinations. It also requires reports to Congress on various topics, such as the feasibility of having no more than three tiers of trust and security clearance positions. 
 



Legislative actions:
action_date: 2019-01-31
text: Read twice and referred to the Select Committee on Intelligence.
action_date: 2019-01-31
text: Introduced in Senate
DHS Cyber Hunt and Incident Response Teams Act of 2019

Bill: 116-s-315
Sponsor: Sen. Hassan, Margaret Wood [D-NH]
Introduced: 2019-01-31 in the Senate
Policy area: Science, Technology, Communications
Subjects: Computer security and identity theft
Department of Homeland Security
Government studies and investigations
Public-private cooperation

Summary:
action_date: 2019-01-31
text: 

DHS Cyber Hunt and Incident Response Teams Act of 2019

 
This bill requires the Department of Homeland Security's National Cybersecurity and Communications Integration Center to maintain cyber-hunt and incident-response teams to assist with activities such as restoring services following a cyber incident and identifying cybersecurity risks and unauthorized cyber activity.

action_date: 2019-04-08
text: 

DHS Cyber Hunt and Incident Response Teams Act of 2019

 
This bill requires the Department of Homeland Security's National Cybersecurity and Communications Integration Center to maintain cyber-hunt and incident-response teams to assist with activities such as restoring services following a cyber incident and identifying cybersecurity risks and unauthorized cyber activity.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2019-04-08
text: Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 62.
action_date: 2019-04-08
text: Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs. Reported by Senator Johnson with an amendment in the nature of a substitute. With written report No. 116-27.
action_date: 2019-04-08
text: Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs. Reported by Senator Johnson with an amendment in the nature of a substitute. With written report No. 116-27.
action_date: 2019-02-13
text: Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs. Ordered to be reported with an amendment in the nature of a substitute favorably.
action_date: 2019-01-31
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.
action_date: 2019-01-31
text: Introduced in Senate
Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta National Heritage Area Act

Bill: 116-s-316
Sponsor: Sen. Feinstein, Dianne [D-CA]
Introduced: 2019-02-04 in the Senate
Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources
Subjects: California
Historic sites and heritage areas
Lakes and rivers

Summary:
action_date: 2019-02-04
text: 

Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta National Heritage Area Act

 
This bill establishes the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta National Heritage Area in California. 
 
The Delta Protection Commission is designated as the local coordinating entity for the heritage area. The commission shall submit a proposed management plan for the heritage area to the Department of the Interior for approval. The management plan shall not be approved until Interior has received certification from the commission that the Delta Stewardship Council has reviewed such plan for consistency with the plan adopted by the council pursuant to state law. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2019-02-04
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. (Sponsor introductory remarks on measure: CR S833)
action_date: 2019-02-04
text: Introduced in Senate
ACE Kids Act of 2019

Bill: 116-s-317
Sponsor: Sen. Grassley, Chuck [R-IA]
Introduced: 2019-02-04 in the Senate
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Child health
Disability and paralysis
Drug, alcohol, tobacco use
Emergency medical services and trauma care
Family services
Health care coverage and access
Health information and medical records
Health personnel
Health promotion and preventive care
Health technology, devices, supplies
Home and outpatient care
Hospital care
Medicaid
Mental health
State and local government operations

Summary:
action_date: 2019-02-04
text: 

Advancing Care for Exceptional Kids Act of 2019 or the ACE Kids Act of 2019

 
This bill establishes a state Medicaid option to provide for medical assistance with respect to coordinated care provided through a health home (i.e., a designated provider or team of health-care professionals) for children with medically complex conditions. States must determine payment methodologies in accordance with specified requirements; payments also temporarily qualify for an enhanced federal matching rate.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2019-02-04
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
action_date: 2019-02-04
text: Introduced in Senate