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National Flood Insurance Program Reauthorization and Reform Act of 2019

Bill: 116-s-2187
Sponsor: Sen. Menendez, Robert [D-NJ]
Introduced: 2019-07-18 in the Senate
Policy area: Finance and Financial Sector
Subjects: Accounting and auditing
Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Administrative remedies
Advisory bodies
Alternative dispute resolution, mediation, arbitration
Appropriations
Building construction
Business records
Congressional oversight
Digital media
Disaster relief and insurance
Emergency planning and evacuation
Executive agency funding and structure
Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA)
Federal-Indian relations
Floods and storm protection
Geography and mapping
Government employee pay, benefits, personnel management
Government ethics and transparency, public corruption
Government information and archives
Government lending and loan guarantees
Government studies and investigations
Government trust funds
Housing and community development funding
Housing finance and home ownership
Inflation and prices
Insurance industry and regulation
Intergovernmental relations
Judicial review and appeals
Legal fees and court costs
Licensing and registrations
Life, casualty, property insurance
Low- and moderate-income housing
Performance measurement
Poverty and welfare assistance
Public contracts and procurement
Public-private cooperation
Residential rehabilitation and home repair
Securities
State and local finance
State and local government operations
Urban and suburban affairs and development
User charges and fees

Summary:
action_date: 2019-07-18
text: 

National Flood Insurance Program Reauthorization and Reform Act of 2019

 
This bill generally revises the National Flood Insurance Program (NFIP) and reauthorizes the program through FY2024.
 
The bill addresses NFIP coverage, cost, and availability, including by 
 
 
generally prohibiting the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) from raising certain premiums, surcharges, and fees more than 9% a year for five years; 
 
revising flood insurance coverage limits;
 
establishing the Affordability Assistance Fund to provide financial assistance to low income households through vouchers, grants, or premium credits; and
 
revising standards and certification requirements for flood insurance rate maps.
 
 
The bill also revises administrative provisions of NFIP, including by 
 
 
allowing for the continuous operation of NFIP during a lapse in appropriations, and
 
prohibiting the Department of the Treasury from charging FEMA interest for NFIP debt for five years. 
 
 
The bill sets forth requirements for Write Your Own companies related to reimbursements, agent commissions, and penalties for underpayment of claims. (A Write Your Own company writes and services federal standard flood insurance policies in its own name.) 
 
The bill establishes a state revolving fund for flood mitigation activities and also provides for loans, grants, and other incentives regarding mitigation. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2019-07-18
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs.
action_date: 2019-07-18
text: Introduced in Senate
SBIC Licensing Improvement Act

Bill: 116-s-2188
Sponsor: Sen. Hawley, Josh [R-MO]
Introduced: 2019-07-18 in the Senate
Policy area: Commerce
Subjects: Administrative remedies
Business investment and capital
Licensing and registrations
Small Business Administration
Small business

Summary:
action_date: 2019-07-18
text: 

SBIC Licensing Improvement Act

 
This bill modifies the timeline and creates an appeals process for the approval or disapproval of Small Business Investment Company (SBIC) license applications.
 
Specifically, when an application to be licensed as an SBIC is approved, the bill requires the Small Business Administration to issue such license within 10 business days. The bill also (1) authorizes an applicant whose application is denied to request a written decision for the disapproval, and (2) establishes an appeals process for such applicant. Lastly, the bill allows a state development company that meets certain qualifications to apply for an SBIC license. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2019-07-18
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship.
action_date: 2019-07-18
text: Introduced in Senate
Veteran Small Business Export Promotion Act

Bill: 116-s-2189
Sponsor: Sen. Hirono, Mazie K. [D-HI]
Introduced: 2019-07-18 in the Senate
Policy area: Commerce
Subjects: Competitiveness, trade promotion, trade deficits
Government lending and loan guarantees
Small business
User charges and fees
Veterans' education, employment, rehabilitation
Veterans' loans, housing, homeless programs

Summary:
action_date: 2019-07-18
text: 

Veteran Small Business Export Promotion Act

 
This bill prohibits the Small Business Administration (SBA) from assessing a guarantee fee in connection with a loan made to a veteran or spouse of a veteran under the SBA's Export Working Capital, International Trade, or Export Express programs.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2019-07-18
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship.
action_date: 2019-07-18
text: Introduced in Senate
Northern Mariana Islands Small Business Act

Bill: 116-s-2190
Sponsor: Sen. Hirono, Mazie K. [D-HI]
Introduced: 2019-07-18 in the Senate
Policy area: Commerce
Subjects: Business investment and capital
Government lending and loan guarantees
Northern Mariana Islands
Small business
U.S. territories and protectorates

Summary:
action_date: 2019-07-18
text: 

Northern Mariana Islands Small Business Act

 
This bill expands eligibility for certain Small Business Administration programs to the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2019-07-18
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship.
action_date: 2019-07-18
text: Introduced in Senate
Native American Business Outreach Act

Bill: 116-s-2191
Sponsor: Sen. Hirono, Mazie K. [D-HI]
Introduced: 2019-07-18 in the Senate
Policy area: Native Americans
Subjects: Alaska Natives and Hawaiians
Business education
Economic development
Federal-Indian relations
Indian social and development programs
Minority and disadvantaged businesses
Small business

Summary:
action_date: 2019-07-18
text: 

Native American Business Outreach Act

 
This bill requires the Small Business Administration to establish a Native American Outreach Program to provide assistance to (1) Native American communities, including Alaska Natives and Native Hawaiians; and (2) small business concerns owned by individuals in those communities or tribes.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2019-07-18
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship.
action_date: 2019-07-18
text: Introduced in Senate
State Flood Mitigation Revolving Fund Act of 2019

Bill: 116-s-2192
Sponsor: Sen. Reed, Jack [D-RI]
Introduced: 2019-07-18 in the Senate
Policy area: Finance and Financial Sector
Subjects: Building construction
Disaster relief and insurance
Emergency planning and evacuation
Floods and storm protection
Government lending and loan guarantees
Housing finance and home ownership
Low- and moderate-income housing
Securities
State and local finance

Summary:
action_date: 2019-07-18
text: 

State Flood Mitigation Revolving Fund Act of 2019

 
This bill permits the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) to provide capitalization grants to states. These grants must establish revolving funds to address flood risks. Revolving funds may be used to provide (1) financial assistance to participants in the National Flood Insurance Program, including homeowners, businesses, nonprofit organizations, and local governments; or (2) support for leveraged loans or state bonds. Financial assistance may be used for elevation projects, flood-proofing activities, relocation or removal of buildings, environmental restoration, acquiring property, obtaining protective easements, and other activities identified by FEMA.
 
States must annually submit to FEMA a plan that identifies the intended uses of the state loan fund.
 
States may provide additional subsidies to low-income homeowners and recipients of financial assistance in low-income areas. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2019-07-18
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs. (Sponsor introductory remarks on measure: CR S4953-4954)
action_date: 2019-07-18
text: Introduced in Senate
PREDATORS Act

Bill: 116-s-2194
Sponsor: Sen. Barrasso, John [R-WY]
Introduced: 2019-07-22 in the Senate
Policy area: Animals
Subjects: Advanced technology and technological innovations
Advisory bodies
Animal protection and human-animal relationships
Congressional oversight
Wildlife conservation and habitat protection

Summary:
action_date: 2019-07-22
text: 

Promoting Resourceful and Effective Deterrents Against Threats Or Risks involving Species Act or the PREDATORS Act 

 
This bill establishes an annual prize competition for a technological advancement that promotes reducing human and predator animal conflict using nonlethal means, including the application and monitoring of tagging technologies. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2019-07-24
text: Committee on Environment and Public Works. Hearings held.
action_date: 2019-07-22
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works.
action_date: 2019-07-22
text: Introduced in Senate
National Fab Lab Network Act of 2019

Bill: 116-s-2195
Sponsor: Sen. Van Hollen, Chris [D-MD]
Introduced: 2019-07-22 in the Senate
Policy area: Commerce
Subjects: Advanced technology and technological innovations
Digital media
Federally chartered organizations
Manufacturing
Product development and innovation
Public-private cooperation
Research and development

Summary:
action_date: 2019-07-22
text: 

National Fab Lab Network Act of 2019

 
This bill establishes the National Fab Lab Network as a federally chartered corporation. 
 
A fab lab is a digital fabrication facility with the capabilities necessary to create form and function from digital designs. The bill requires the National Fab Lab Network to (1) endeavor to establish at least one fab lab in each congressional district and additional labs according to local demand, (2) link fab labs into a national network and promote their further expansion across the country, (3) serve as a training and operating resource for fab labs and their leaders and mentors, (4) maintain a national registry of fab labs, and (5) provide standards and protocols for connecting fab labs. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2019-07-22
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2019-07-22
text: Introduced in Senate
A bill to designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 11158 Highway 146 North in Hardin, Texas, as the "Lucas Lowe Memorial Post Office".

Bill: 116-s-2196
Sponsor: Sen. Cornyn, John [R-TX]
Introduced: 2019-07-22 in the Senate
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Subjects: Congressional tributes
Government buildings, facilities, and property
Military personnel and dependents
Postal service
Texas

Summary:
action_date: 2019-07-22
text: Designates the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 11158 Highway 146 North in Hardin, Texas, as the "Lucas Lowe Memorial Post Office."

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2019-07-22
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.
action_date: 2019-07-22
text: Introduced in Senate
Protecting Rights Of Those Exploited by Coercive Trafficking Act of 2019

Bill: 116-s-2197
Sponsor: Sen. Brown, Sherrod [D-OH]
Introduced: 2019-07-22 in the Senate
Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement
Subjects: Crimes against children
Drug, alcohol, tobacco use
Human trafficking
Labor standards
Sex offenses

Summary:
action_date: 2019-07-22
text: 

Protecting Rights Of Those Exploited by Coercive Trafficking Act of 2019

 
This bill specifies that supplying, furnishing, or providing a drug or illegal substance to a person, including to exploit or create an addiction, constitutes (1) coercion, for purposes of a child sex trafficking offense; and (2) coercive means, for purposes of a forced labor offense.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2019-07-22
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2019-07-22
text: Introduced in Senate
PLANE Act of 2019

Bill: 116-s-2198
Sponsor: Sen. Inhofe, James M. [R-OK]
Introduced: 2019-07-22 in the Senate
Policy area: Transportation and Public Works
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Administrative remedies
Advisory bodies
Atmospheric science and weather
Aviation and airports
Civil actions and liability
Congressional oversight
Department of Transportation
Disaster relief and insurance
Emergency medical services and trauma care
Evidence and witnesses
Government employee pay, benefits, personnel management
Government liability
Government studies and investigations
Government trust funds
Judicial review and appeals
Licensing and registrations
Motor fuels
Natural disasters
Oklahoma
Public-private cooperation
Roads and highways
Sales and excise taxes
Small business
Transportation employees
Transportation programs funding
Transportation safety and security

Summary:
action_date: 2019-07-22
text: 

Promoting the Launch of Aviation's Next Era Act of 2019 or the
 
PLANE Act of 2019

 
This bill revises provisions related to the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), including provisions for air traffic controllers and protections for the aviation community.
 
Among other things, the bill
 
 
expands pilot protection to include that pilot facing an investigation by the FAA can appeal to a federal district court for 
de novo
 review, 
 
establishes a five-year public-private partnership for general aviation airports to attract private sector investments, 
 
designates certain general aviation airports as disaster relief airports, 
 
directs employees and staff of the FAA Academy responsible for training air traffic controllers to remain open during a government shutdown, 
 
provides practical experience for trainee air traffic control operators, and 
 
requires that all tax receipts from aviation fuel sources are deposited in the Airport and Airways Trust Fund. 



Legislative actions:
action_date: 2019-07-22
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
action_date: 2019-07-22
text: Introduced in Senate
Insulin Price Reduction Act

Bill: 116-s-2199
Sponsor: Sen. Shaheen, Jeanne [D-NH]
Introduced: 2019-07-22 in the Senate
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Accounting and auditing
Business records
Digestive and metabolic diseases
Drug safety, medical device, and laboratory regulation
Fraud offenses and financial crimes
Health care costs and insurance
Health programs administration and funding
Inflation and prices
Medicare
Prescription drugs

Summary:
action_date: 2019-07-22
text: 

Insulin Price Reduction Act

 
 This bill prohibits health insurance plan issuers and pharmacy benefits managers (PBMs) from receiving rebates or discounts for insulin from manufacturers who certify that its current insulin list price has been reduced to an amount no greater than what the list price was for the same insulin on July 1, 2006. This restriction does not apply to discounts provided to insurance plan holders at retail sale or to flat-rate fees for service paid to PBMs. Further, insurance plans are prohibited from applying a deductible to insulin that has received such price certification.
 
A manufacturer may certify insulin prices by submitting to the Department of Health and Human Services data about the list price of any insulin the manufacturer has produced since January 1, 2000, and by setting the current list price for an insulin product at the 2006 rate. To remain certified, a manufacturer may not increase the list price of insulin by more than the annual increase in the medical care consumer price index. A manufacturer may certify the price of an insulin product for which it did not have a list price in 2006 by reducing the list price of such insulin to the weighted average list price in 2006 of specified insulin categories. 
 
This bill also applies to Medicare prescription drug benefits. The bill sets the rebate for insulin under Medicaid based on the average manufacturer price of insulin during the last fiscal quarter of 2019, increasing by the medical care consumer price index thereafter.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2019-07-22
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
action_date: 2019-07-22
text: Introduced in Senate
Fairness for Housing Communities Act of 2019

Bill: 116-s-2200
Sponsor: Sen. Duckworth, Tammy [D-IL]
Introduced: 2019-07-22 in the Senate
Policy area: Housing and Community Development
Subjects: Civil actions and liability
Department of Housing and Urban Development
Executive agency funding and structure
Fraud offenses and financial crimes
Government trust funds
Housing and community development funding
Public housing
State and local government operations

Summary:
action_date: 2019-07-22
text: 

Fairness for Housing Communities Act of 2019

 
This bill requires that the amount of any penalty or assessment imposed by the Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) because of a false claim made in connection with certain public housing assistance be returned to HUD. 

 
HUD may establish a Fraud Compensation Fund consisting of such amounts.



Legislative actions:
action_date: 2019-07-22
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs.
action_date: 2019-07-22
text: Introduced in Senate
CLAIM Act

Bill: 116-s-2201
Sponsor: Sen. Menendez, Robert [D-NJ]
Introduced: 2019-07-22 in the Senate
Policy area: Finance and Financial Sector
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Banking and financial institutions regulation
Criminal investigation, prosecution, interrogation
Drug trafficking and controlled substances
Financial services and investments
Insurance industry and regulation
Licensing and registrations
Life, casualty, property insurance
State and local government operations

Summary:
action_date: 2019-07-22
text: 

Clarifying Law Around Insurance of Marijuana Act or the CLAIM Act 

 
This bill generally provides a safe harbor from penalties or other adverse agency action for insurance companies that provide services to cannabis-related businesses in jurisdictions where such activity is legal. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2019-07-22
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs.
action_date: 2019-07-22
text: Introduced in Senate
A bill to expedite detainee transport to border patrol processing facilities.

Bill: 116-s-2202
Sponsor: Sen. Heinrich, Martin [D-NM]
Introduced: 2019-07-22 in the Senate
Policy area: Immigration
Subjects: Arizona
Border security and unlawful immigration
California
Congressional oversight
Detention of persons
Latin America
Law enforcement officers
Licensing and registrations
Mexico
Texas
Transportation safety and security

Summary:
action_date: 2019-07-22
text: 
This bill directs Customs and Border Protection (CBP) to establish a program to expedite detainee transport to processing facilities. Under the program, CBP shall ensure that (1) a certain number of border patrol agents with commercial driver's licenses with passenger endorsements are serving at each remote station and on each shift, and (2) a certain number of buses are assigned to specified geographical sectors.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2019-07-22
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.
action_date: 2019-07-22
text: Introduced in Senate
Brand USA Extension Act

Bill: 116-s-2203
Sponsor: Sen. Blunt, Roy [R-MO]
Introduced: 2019-07-23 in the Senate
Policy area: Commerce
Subjects: Computers and information technology
Government information and archives
Immigration status and procedures
Performance measurement
Public-private cooperation
Travel and tourism
User charges and fees

Summary:
action_date: 2019-07-23
text: 

Brand USA Extension Act

 
This bill (1) extends funding for Brand USA, the Corporation for Travel Promotion, through FY2027; (2) raises the fee for using the electronic system for travel authorization; and (3) otherwise modifies the duties and powers of Brand USA.

action_date: 2020-10-01
text: 

Brand USA Extension Act

 
This bill (1) extends funding for Brand USA, the Corporation for Travel Promotion, through FY2027; (2) raises the fee for using the electronic system for travel authorization; and (3) otherwise modifies the duties and powers of Brand USA.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2020-10-01
text: Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 568.
action_date: 2020-10-01
text: Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. Reported by Senator Wicker with amendments. With written report No. 116-275.
action_date: 2020-10-01
text: Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. Reported by Senator Wicker with amendments. With written report No. 116-275.
action_date: 2019-07-24
text: Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. Ordered to be reported with amendments favorably.
action_date: 2019-07-23
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
action_date: 2019-07-23
text: Introduced in Senate
Black Lung Benefits Improvement Act of 2019

Bill: 116-s-2205
Sponsor: Sen. Casey, Robert P., Jr. [D-PA]
Introduced: 2019-07-23 in the Senate
Policy area: Labor and Employment
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Administrative remedies
Cardiovascular and respiratory health
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)
Coal
Congressional oversight
Department of Labor
Disability assistance
Evidence and witnesses
Executive agency funding and structure
Fraud offenses and financial crimes
Government information and archives
Government studies and investigations
Health
Health information and medical records
Health personnel
Legal fees and court costs
Medical ethics
Medical tests and diagnostic methods
Mining
Social security and elderly assistance
Tax administration and collection, taxpayers
User charges and fees
Wages and earnings
Worker safety and health

Summary:
action_date: 2019-07-23
text: 

Black Lung Benefits Improvement Act of 2019

 
This bill revises requirements for miners' claims for pneumoconiosis (black lung) benefits.
 
Specifically, the bill requires the Department of Labor to
 
 
pay the attorneys' fees of prevailing parties on a qualifying benefit claim;
 
 give a claimant the opportunity to substantiate a claim for benefits through a pulmonary evaluation;
 
authorize a CT (computerized tomography) scan in diagnosing complicated pneumoconiosis;
 
educate certain individuals who work on black lung benefits about medical evidence relevant to claims; 
 
use data from continuous personal dust monitors to determine whether to make changes to respirable dust concentration standards, controls, and measurements; and
 
develop a strategy to reduce delays in adjudication of black lung benefits claims. 
 
 
The bill also requires the Government Accountability Office to report on barriers to health care faced by coal miners with black lung.
 
The bill authorizes (1) black lung clinics to use federal funds to help individuals file claims, and (2) previously denied claimants to file a new claim for black lung benefits within one year.
 
The bill prohibits a person from (1) knowingly and willfully making a false statement or misrepresentation in increasing or reducing black lung benefits, or (2) threatening or misleading a participant in a proceeding regarding black lung benefits.
 
Further, the bill revises (1) the standards of medical evidence that establish a presumption that a miner is totally disabled by black lung, and (2) payments to such miners.
 
 
Lastly, the bill provides statutory authority for the Office of Workers' Compensation Programs.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2019-07-23
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
action_date: 2019-07-23
text: Introduced in Senate