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Liver Illness Visibility, Education, and Research Act of 2019

Bill: 116-s-3074
Sponsor: Sen. Duckworth, Tammy [D-IL]
Introduced: 2019-12-17 in the Senate
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Advisory bodies
Cancer
Digestive and metabolic diseases
Government information and archives
Health facilities and institutions
Health information and medical records
Health programs administration and funding
Health promotion and preventive care
Infectious and parasitic diseases
Medical research
Medical tests and diagnostic methods
Minority health
Research administration and funding
Research and development
Women's health

Summary:
action_date: 2019-12-17
text: 

Liver Illness Visibility, Education, and Research Act of 2019

 
 This bill expands and coordinates activities related to the research of liver cancer and liver disease, including causes, prevention, detection, and treatment. Specifically, the National Cancer Institute must establish an inter-institute working group to coordinate efforts to cure liver cancer and liver disease, including research into such cases resulting from hepatitis B, and may award grants to develop preventative and diagnostic measures as well as support for experimental treatment options.
 
 The bill further establishes grant programs, administered by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, to support liver disease prevention services, diagnostics, and hepatitis tracking programs and to raise awareness about liver disease within high-risk communities.
 
 The renamed National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive, Kidney, and Liver Diseases also must prioritize programs addressing liver disease, including (1) establishing a national clearinghouse for patient data and (2) developing or expanding the centers for research of liver disease.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2019-12-17
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
action_date: 2019-12-17
text: Introduced in Senate
Shawnee Wilderness Designation Act

Bill: 116-s-3075
Sponsor: Sen. Romney, Mitt [R-UT]
Introduced: 2019-12-17 in the Senate
Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources
Subjects: Forests, forestry, trees
Illinois
Wilderness and natural areas, wildlife refuges, wild rivers, habitats

Summary:
action_date: 2019-12-17
text: 

Shawnee Wilderness Designation Act

 
This bill designates approximately 289,000 acres of Forest Service land comprising the Shawnee National Forest in Illinois as the Shawnee Wilderness and as a component of the National Wilderness Preservation System. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2019-12-17
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry.
action_date: 2019-12-17
text: Introduced in Senate
A bill to provide technical and financial support for the completion of the Interstate 11 environmental impact statement, and for other purposes.

Bill: 116-s-3077
Sponsor: Sen. McSally, Martha [R-AZ]
Introduced: 2019-12-17 in the Senate
Policy area: Transportation and Public Works
Subjects: Arizona
Environmental assessment, monitoring, research
Regional and metropolitan planning
Roads and highways
Transportation programs funding

Summary:
action_date: 2019-12-17
text: 
This bill requires the Department of Transportation to provide technical and financial assistance to metropolitan planning organizations and states for the completion of Tier II environmental impact statements for the development of Interstate 11 in Arizona. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2019-12-17
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works.
action_date: 2019-12-17
text: Introduced in Senate
AFIRM Act

Bill: 116-s-3078
Sponsor: Sen. Grassley, Chuck [R-IA]
Introduced: 2019-12-17 in the Senate
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Accounting and auditing
Administrative remedies
Criminal investigation, prosecution, interrogation
Department of Health and Human Services
Evidence and witnesses
Fraud offenses and financial crimes
Government information and archives
Government studies and investigations
Health information and medical records
Health personnel
Medicare
Performance measurement
Public contracts and procurement

Summary:
action_date: 2019-12-17
text: 

Audit & Appeals Fairness, Integrity, and Reforms in Medicare Act of 2019 or the AFIRM Act

 
This bill makes a series of administrative and procedural changes to the Medicare appeals process, such as authorizing the creation of Medicare magistrates to handle smaller claims and allowing adjudicators to consolidate cases under certain circumstances.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2019-12-17
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
action_date: 2019-12-17
text: Introduced in Senate
FAA and TSA Family and Medical Leave Act

Bill: 116-s-3079
Sponsor: Sen. Wicker, Roger F. [R-MS]
Introduced: 2019-12-17 in the Senate
Policy area: Transportation and Public Works
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Aviation and airports
Department of Homeland Security
Department of Transportation
Employee benefits and pensions
Employee leave
Government employee pay, benefits, personnel management
Transportation safety and security

Summary:
action_date: 2019-12-17
text: 

FAA and TSA Family and Medical Leave Act

 
This bill revises the personnel management system of the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) to provide FAA employees, including Transportation Security Administration employees, the same family and medical leave benefits as other federal employees.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2019-12-17
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
action_date: 2019-12-17
text: Introduced in Senate
Strategic Arctic Naval Focus Act of 2019

Bill: 116-s-3080
Sponsor: Sen. Sullivan, Dan [R-AK]
Introduced: 2019-12-18 in the Senate
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Alaska
Arctic and polar regions
Coast guard
Congressional oversight
Department of Defense
Executive agency funding and structure
Federal officials
Marine and coastal resources, fisheries
Marine pollution
Military command and structure
Military education and training
Military operations and strategy
Military procurement, research, weapons development
Navigation, waterways, harbors

Summary:
action_date: 2019-12-18
text: 

Strategic Arctic Naval Focus Act of 2019

 
This bill articulates the policy of the United States with respect to the Arctic. Specifically, it shall be the policy of the United States to prioritize Navy and Coast Guard missions, infrastructure and capability development, training, and stationing of assets in the Arctic.
 
The Department of Defense, in consultation with the Coast Guard, shall submit a report on the development and execution of a strategic plan that focuses on addressing U.S. Arctic policy. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2019-12-18
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Armed Services.
action_date: 2019-12-18
text: Introduced in Senate
Cambodia Democracy Act of 2019

Bill: 116-s-3081
Sponsor: Sen. Gardner, Cory [R-CO]
Introduced: 2019-12-18 in the Senate
Policy area: International Affairs
Subjects: Asia
Cambodia
Congressional oversight
Diplomacy, foreign officials, Americans abroad
Elections, voting, political campaign regulation
Foreign property
Human rights
Presidents and presidential powers, Vice Presidents
Sanctions
Sovereignty, recognition, national governance and status
Visas and passports
War and emergency powers

Summary:
action_date: 2019-12-18
text: 

Cambodia Democracy Act of 2019

 
This bill directs the President to impose sanctions on individuals responsible for acts to undermine democracy in Cambodia, including acts that constituted serious human rights violations.
 
The sanctions shall be directed at senior Cambodian government, military, or security forces officials responsible for such actions, as well as entities controlled or owned by such individuals.
 
The sanctions shall include blocking assets and restricting the entry of sanctioned individuals into the United States, and shall not apply to the importation of goods.
 
The President may waive the sanctions with respect to a person or entity if it is in the national interest of the United States. The President may suspend the sanctions if Cambodia makes meaningful progress toward ending government efforts to undermine democracy or committing human rights violations.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2019-12-18
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations.
action_date: 2019-12-18
text: Introduced in Senate
LEVEE Act

Bill: 116-s-3082
Sponsor: Sen. Gillibrand, Kirsten E. [D-NY]
Introduced: 2019-12-18 in the Senate
Policy area: Water Resources Development
Subjects: Army Corps of Engineers
Congressional oversight
Disaster relief and insurance
Economic performance and conditions
Environmental assessment, monitoring, research
Floods and storm protection
Water resources funding

Summary:
action_date: 2019-12-18
text: 

Local Expertise is Vital for Effective Embankments Act or the LEVEE Act

 
This bill provides that, upon request of a community that has received emergency flood-fighting assistance involving the construction of a temporary structure, the U.S. Department of the Army shall evaluate whether the structure should be made permanent. 
 
If the Army makes such a determination, it (1) shall begin planning, design, and construction of a permanent feature if the total construction cost of the project is not expected to exceed $25 million; and (2) shall seek congressional authorization if construction cost is expected to be in excess of that amount.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2019-12-18
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works.
action_date: 2019-12-18
text: Introduced in Senate
Family Stability and Opportunity Vouchers Act of 2019

Bill: 116-s-3083
Sponsor: Sen. Young, Todd [R-IN]
Introduced: 2019-12-18 in the Senate
Policy area: Housing and Community Development
Subjects: Child safety and welfare
Education of the disadvantaged
Elementary and secondary education
Homelessness and emergency shelter
Housing and community development funding
Low- and moderate-income housing
Poverty and welfare assistance
Public housing

Summary:
action_date: 2019-12-18
text: 

Family Stability and Opportunity Vouchers Act of 2019

 
This bill establishes a voucher program through which public housing agencies shall offer support services to help unstably housed or at-risk families with children move to areas with access to high-performing schools.
 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2019-12-18
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs.
action_date: 2019-12-18
text: Introduced in Senate
Ambulatory Surgical Center Quality and Access Act of 2019

Bill: 116-s-3085
Sponsor: Sen. Crapo, Mike [R-ID]
Introduced: 2019-12-18 in the Senate
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Advisory bodies
Department of Health and Human Services
Health care quality
Health facilities and institutions
Health information and medical records
Home and outpatient care
Medicare
Surgery and anesthesia

Summary:
action_date: 2019-12-18
text: 

Ambulatory Surgical Center Quality and Access Act of 

2019

 
This bill establishes and modifies certain requirements relating to Medicare payments for ambulatory surgical center (ASC) services.
 
Specifically, the bill (1) requires the payment system for ASC services to feature certain positive annual adjustments equivalent to those made with respect to hospital outpatient department (OPD) services; (2) revises quality reporting requirements to permit publicly available, side-by-side comparisons of quality measures for ASCs and OPDs in the same geographic area; and (3) requires the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS), when excluding requested procedures from the list of those approved to be performed in ASCs, to cite specified reasons for doing so.
 
With respect to excluding procedures from the approved list for ASCs, the CMS may not cite as a basis for exclusion that a procedure can only be reported using an unlisted surgical procedure code. (Physicians sometimes use unlisted codes when performing new procedures or services if no existing code is adequately descriptive.)


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2019-12-18
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
action_date: 2019-12-18
text: Introduced in Senate
Temporary Judgeship Conversion Act of 2019

Bill: 116-s-3086
Sponsor: Sen. Moran, Jerry [R-KS]
Introduced: 2019-12-18 in the Senate
Policy area: Law
Subjects: Arizona
California
Federal district courts
Florida
Judges
Kansas
Missouri
New Mexico
North Carolina
Texas

Summary:
action_date: 2019-12-18
text: 

Temporary Judgeship Conversion Act of 2019

 
This bill converts certain temporary district court judgeships to permanent judgeships in specified judicial districts in Arizona, California, Florida, Kansas, Missouri, New Mexico, North Carolina, and Texas.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2019-12-18
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2019-12-18
text: Introduced in Senate
A bill to prohibit the Secretary of Veterans Affairs from denying home loans for veterans who legally work in the marijuana industry on the basis of the nature of such work, and for other purposes.

Bill: 116-s-3087
Sponsor: Sen. Warren, Elizabeth [D-MA]
Introduced: 2019-12-18 in the Senate
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Drug trafficking and controlled substances
Drug, alcohol, tobacco use
Government lending and loan guarantees
Housing finance and home ownership
Veterans' education, employment, rehabilitation
Veterans' loans, housing, homeless programs

Summary:
action_date: 2019-12-18
text: 
This bill prohibits the Department of Veterans Affairs from denying a veteran a home loan because the veteran works in the marijuana industry in a state where the industry is legal.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2019-12-18
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
action_date: 2019-12-18
text: Introduced in Senate
ACHA Act

Bill: 116-s-3088
Sponsor: Sen. Duckworth, Tammy [D-IL]
Introduced: 2019-12-18 in the Senate
Policy area: Housing and Community Development
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Administrative remedies
Civil actions and liability
Department of Housing and Urban Development
Government liability
Housing and community development funding
Housing industry and standards
Landlord and tenant
Low- and moderate-income housing
Public contracts and procurement
Public housing
Residential rehabilitation and home repair
User charges and fees

Summary:
action_date: 2019-12-18
text: 

Averting Crises in Housing Assistance Act or the ACHA Act

 
This bill creates a mechanism for the Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) to identify and rehabilitate public housing agency (PHA) properties that are failing and revises requirements for contracts between PHAs and HUD.
 
After designating a property as failing based on its physical condition or residents' complaints, HUD must enter into an agreement with the PHA to establish an action plan to restore the property to good condition. HUD must require the PHA to notify the residents of the property of the timelines and deadlines established by the plan. HUD must also provide technical and other assistance to the PHA and must provide housing vouchers to tenants wishing to relocate during the rehabilitation process.
 
Residents of a failing property may sue HUD for damages if the property is not restored to good condition within one year after the PHA establishes an action plan.
 
Additionally, the bill allows a consortium of PHAs to enter into a single annual contributions contract (i.e., the contract under which HUD agrees to pay a PHA for housing assistance and administrative fees).


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2019-12-18
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs.
action_date: 2019-12-18
text: Introduced in Senate
BUILD for Veterans Act of 2019

Bill: 116-s-3089
Sponsor: Sen. Tester, Jon [D-MT]
Introduced: 2019-12-18 in the Senate
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Air quality
Appropriations
Atmospheric science and weather
Building construction
Climate change and greenhouse gases
Computers and information technology
Congressional oversight
Department of Veterans Affairs
Fires
Floods and storm protection
Government buildings, facilities, and property
Government employee pay, benefits, personnel management
Health facilities and institutions
Health information and medical records
Natural disasters
Veterans' medical care

Summary:
action_date: 2019-12-18
text: 

Build, Utilize, Invest, Lease, and Deliver for Veterans Act of 2019 or the BUILD for Veterans Act of 2019

 
This bill modifies policies and procedures related to medical facility leases and projects of the Department of Veterans Affairs. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2019-12-18
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
action_date: 2019-12-18
text: Introduced in Senate
Public Housing Fire Safety Act

Bill: 116-s-3090
Sponsor: Sen. Smith, Tina [D-MN]
Introduced: 2019-12-18 in the Senate
Policy area: Housing and Community Development
Subjects: Building construction
Congressional oversight
Fires
Government studies and investigations
Housing and community development funding
Public housing

Summary:
action_date: 2019-12-18
text: 

Public Housing Fire Safety Act

 
This bill creates a grant program, to be administered by the Department of Housing and Urban Development, for public housing agencies to install automatic sprinkler systems in certain public housing projects.
 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2019-12-18
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs.
action_date: 2019-12-18
text: Introduced in Senate
Justice for ALS Veterans Act of 2019

Bill: 116-s-3091
Sponsor: Sen. Coons, Christopher A. [D-DE]
Introduced: 2019-12-18 in the Senate
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Marriage and family status
Neurological disorders
Veterans' pensions and compensation

Summary:
action_date: 2019-12-18
text: 

Justice for ALS Veterans Act of 2019

 
This bill extends increased dependency and indemnity compensation to the surviving spouse of a veteran who dies from amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS or Lou Gehrig's disease) regardless of how long the veteran had such disease prior to death. Under current law, such compensation is paid for a service-connected disability that was rated totally disabling for a continuous period of at least eight years immediately preceding death.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2019-12-18
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
action_date: 2019-12-18
text: Introduced in Senate
Expanding Access to Low-Cost Generics Act of 2019

Bill: 116-s-3092
Sponsor: Sen. Smith, Tina [D-MN]
Introduced: 2019-12-18 in the Senate
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Civil actions and liability
Drug safety, medical device, and laboratory regulation
Intellectual property
Prescription drugs

Summary:
action_date: 2019-12-18
text: 

Expanding Access to Low-Cost Generics Act of 2019
 
 
This bill modifies the 180-day exclusivity period for certain generic drug manufacturers.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2019-12-18
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
action_date: 2019-12-18
text: Introduced in Senate
Broadband Speed Act

Bill: 116-s-3093
Sponsor: Sen. Merkley, Jeff [D-OR]
Introduced: 2019-12-18 in the Senate
Policy area: Science, Technology, Communications
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Business records
Civil actions and liability
Federal Communications Commission (FCC)
Fraud offenses and financial crimes
Government information and archives
Internet and video services
Internet, web applications, social media

Summary:
action_date: 2019-12-18
text: 

Broadband Speed Act

 
This bill establishes a reporting requirement for all broadband internet service providers and a capacity requirement for providers that use federal funds to construct new broadband infrastructure.
 
Specifically, the bill requires an internet service provider to report the actual speed of the broadband it provides consumers, and it establishes a fine for any provider that has willfully or knowingly provided false data about the speed it is capable of offering. Additionally, the bill requires any new broadband infrastructure built using federal funds to provide service of at least 100 megabits per second. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2019-12-18
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
action_date: 2019-12-18
text: Introduced in Senate
Community Broadband Mapping Act

Bill: 116-s-3094
Sponsor: Sen. Merkley, Jeff [D-OR]
Introduced: 2019-12-18 in the Senate
Policy area: Science, Technology, Communications
Subjects: Government information and archives
Internet and video services
Internet, web applications, social media
Rural conditions and development

Summary:
action_date: 2019-12-18
text: 

Community Broadband Mapping Act

 
This bill authorizes the Rural Utilities Service, an agency of the Department of Agriculture, to make grants to government or telecommunications entities that serve a rural area (with less than 25,000 population) to foster data collection about where broadband infrastructure is located and which homes have non-satellite broadband service. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2019-12-18
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry.
action_date: 2019-12-18
text: Introduced in Senate
AIM HIGH Act

Bill: 116-s-3095
Sponsor: Sen. Warren, Elizabeth [D-MA]
Introduced: 2019-12-18 in the Senate
Policy area: Education
Subjects: Advisory bodies
Computers and information technology
Congressional oversight
Department of Education
Disability and paralysis
Education of the disadvantaged
Educational technology and distance education
Government studies and investigations
Higher education
Teaching, teachers, curricula
Technology assessment

Summary:
action_date: 2019-12-18
text: 

Accessible Instructional Materials in Higher Education Act or the AIM HIGH Act

 
This bill creates a commission to develop voluntary guidelines for postsecondary electronic instruction materials and related technologies.
 
Specifically, the Speaker of the House of Representatives, the President pro tempore of the Senate, and the Secretary of Education must establish an independent commission to (1) develop and issue voluntary accessibility guidelines for postsecondary electronic instructional materials and related technologies, (2) develop a model framework for pilot testing such materials and technologies, and (3) produce an annotated list of information technology standards.
 
The Department of Education must review and, as appropriate, update the voluntary guidelines, pilot testing framework, and information technology standards every five years. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2019-12-18
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
action_date: 2019-12-18
text: Introduced in Senate