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Rebuild America’s Schools Act of 2019

Bill: 116-s-266
Sponsor: Sen. Reed, Jack [D-RI]
Introduced: 2019-01-29 in the Senate
Policy area: Education
Subjects: Building construction
Buy American requirements
Congressional oversight
Education of the disadvantaged
Education programs funding
Educational facilities and institutions
Educational technology and distance education
Elementary and secondary education
Energy efficiency and conservation
Government information and archives
Hazardous wastes and toxic substances
Indian social and development programs
Infrastructure development
U.S. territories and protectorates

Summary:
action_date: 2019-01-29
text: 

Rebuild America's Schools Act of 2019

 
This bill provides financial assistance in FY2020-FY2029 for long-term improvements to public school facilities by allocating funds to states for school improvements, awarding need-based grants to local education agencies, and restoring school infrastructure tax credit bonds. 
 
The bill specifies allowable uses of grant funds, including making major repairs of public school facilities and making public school facilities accessible to disabled individuals.
 
 The bill requires local education agencies to adopt certain green practices (environmental standards) and use products made in the United States (Buy America). 
 
The Department of Education must establish a clearinghouse to disseminate information to assist schools in initiating, developing, and financing energy efficiency projects, distributed generation projects, and energy retrofitting projects. 
 
The bill increases funding through FY2023 for the Impact Aid Construction program under the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2019-01-29
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. (Sponsor introductory remarks on measure: CR S743-744)
action_date: 2019-01-29
text: Introduced in Senate
North American Development Bank Improvement Act of 2019

Bill: 116-s-267
Sponsor: Sen. Cornyn, John [R-TX]
Introduced: 2019-01-29 in the Senate
Policy area: International Affairs
Subjects: Air quality
Congressional oversight
Energy storage, supplies, demand
Foreign loans and debt
Latin America
Mexico
Motor vehicles
Multilateral development programs
North America
Oil and gas
Performance measurement
Pipelines
Roads and highways
Solid waste and recycling
Water quality
Water use and supply

Summary:
action_date: 2019-01-29
text: 

North American Development Bank Improvement Act of 2019

 
This bill authorizes the Department of the Treasury to provide a capital increase for the North American Development Bank, a financial institution the United States and Mexico created to develop infrastructure that protect the environment along their shared border.
 
Treasury may subscribe to and purchase 150,000 shares of the bank's capital stock, to the extent that funds are appropriated for such a purpose. 
 
Treasury shall support projects related to water pollution and conservation, waste treatment, natural gas and energy security, expanding land border crossings, and reducing pollution related to such traffic. It shall also support developing various performance measures at the bank and report to Congress about its progress imposing such measures. 
 
 

 
 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2019-01-29
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations.
action_date: 2019-01-29
text: Introduced in Senate
Social Security 2100 Act

Bill: 116-s-269
Sponsor: Sen. Blumenthal, Richard [D-CT]
Introduced: 2019-01-30 in the Senate
Policy area: Social Welfare
Subjects: Aging
Disability assistance
Employment taxes
Government trust funds
Inflation and prices
Interest, dividends, interest rates
Self-employed
Social security and elderly assistance
Wages and earnings

Summary:
action_date: 2019-01-30
text: 

Social Security 2100 Act

 
This bill increases various Old Age, Survivors, and Disability Insurance (OASDI) benefits and related taxes.
 
The bill increases the primary insurance amount (e.g., the amount a Social Security beneficiary receives if the beneficiary begins receiving benefits at normal retirement age) by increasing the percentage of the beneficiary's average indexed monthly earnings used to calculate the amount. 
 
The Bureau of Labor Statistics shall publish a Consumer Price Index for Elderly Consumers, which the Social Security Administration (SSA) shall use to calculate cost-of-living adjustments to benefits. Currently, the SSA uses a price index for wage earners to make such adjustments.
 
The bill increases the minimum benefit amount for individuals who worked for more than 10 years by creating an alternative minimum benefit. A qualifying beneficiary shall receive that alternative minimum if it is higher than the standard calculated benefit amount.
 
The bill increases the income threshold that a beneficiary must reach before Social Security benefits are taxable. 
 
Increased benefits from this bill shall not count as income when determining an individual's eligibility or benefit amounts for (1) Medicaid, (2) the Children's Health Insurance Program, or (3) the Supplemental Security Income program.
 
Income above $400,000 shall be included when calculating Social Security benefits and taxes. The bill also increases rates for the payroll and self-employment taxes that fund OASDI. 
 
The bill establishes the Social Security Trust Fund, which replaces the Federal Old-Age and Survivors Insurance Trust Fund and the Federal Disability Insurance Trust Fund. 
 



Legislative actions:
action_date: 2019-01-30
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
action_date: 2019-01-30
text: Introduced in Senate
Paycheck Fairness Act

Bill: 116-s-270
Sponsor: Sen. Murray, Patty [D-WA]
Introduced: 2019-01-30 in the Senate
Policy area: Labor and Employment
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Civil actions and liability
Contracts and agency
Department of Education
Department of Labor
Employee hiring
Employment discrimination and employee rights
Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC)
Government information and archives
Government studies and investigations
Labor standards
Public contracts and procurement
Racial and ethnic relations
Sex, gender, sexual orientation discrimination
Small business
Wages and earnings
Women's employment

Summary:
action_date: 2019-01-30
text: 

Paycheck Fairness Act

 
This bill addresses wage discrimination on the basis of sex. It amends equal pay provisions of the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 to (1) restrict the use of the bona fide factor defense to wage discrimination claims, (2) enhance nonretaliation prohibitions, (3) make it unlawful to require an employee to sign a contract or waiver prohibiting the employee from disclosing information about the employee's wages, and (4) increase civil penalties for violations of equal pay provisions.
 
The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) and the Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs shall train EEOC employees and other affected parties on wage discrimination. 
The bill directs the Department of Labor to: (1) establish and carry out a grant program for negotiation skills training for girls and women, (2) conduct studies to eliminate pay disparities between men and women, and (3) make available information on wage discrimination to assist the public in understanding and addressing such discrimination. 
The Secretary of Labor's National Award for Pay Equity in the Workplace is established for an employer who has made a substantial effort to eliminate pay disparities between men and women. 
The bill requires the EEOC to issue regulations for collecting from employers compensation and other employment data according to the sex, race, and national origin of employees for use in enforcing laws prohibiting pay discrimination.

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2019-01-30
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
action_date: 2019-01-30
text: Introduced in Senate
Families Belong Together Act

Bill: 116-s-271
Sponsor: Sen. Blumenthal, Richard [D-CT]
Introduced: 2019-01-30 in the Senate
Policy area: Immigration
Subjects: Border security and unlawful immigration
Family relationships
Immigration status and procedures
Refugees, asylum, displaced persons

Summary:
action_date: 2019-01-30
text: 

Families Belong Together Act

 
This bill grants lawful permanent resident status to certain aliens who were separated from immediate family members by the Department of Homeland Security (DHS).
 
Children and their legal guardians or parents shall be eligible if DHS separated them and failed to demonstrate in a hearing that the legal guardian or parent was unfit or presented a danger to the child. Such a child shall be eligible whether he or she remained in the custody of DHS or the Office of Refugee Settlement, was released to a sponsor, or repatriated to his or her country of origin.
 
Individuals who are inadmissible for various grounds, including those related to criminal activity or security concerns, shall not be eligible.
 
The U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services shall grant all applications from eligible individuals for humanitarian parole or for lawful permanent resident status, and no application fees may be charged. 



Legislative actions:
action_date: 2019-01-30
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2019-01-30
text: Introduced in Senate
A bill to establish the policy of the United States regarding the no-first-use of nuclear weapons.

Bill: 116-s-272
Sponsor: Sen. Warren, Elizabeth [D-MA]
Introduced: 2019-01-30 in the Senate
Policy area: International Affairs
Subjects: Military operations and strategy
Nuclear weapons

Summary:
action_date: 2019-01-30
text: 
This bill establishes that it is U.S. policy to not use nuclear weapons first.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2019-01-30
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations.
action_date: 2019-01-30
text: Introduced in Senate
Kelsey Smith Act

Bill: 116-s-273
Sponsor: Sen. Roberts, Pat [R-KS]
Introduced: 2019-01-30 in the Senate
Policy area: Science, Technology, Communications
Subjects: Civil actions and liability
Criminal investigation, prosecution, interrogation
Criminal justice information and records
Emergency communications systems
Internet and video services
Internet, web applications, social media
Law enforcement administration and funding
Law enforcement officers
Telephone and wireless communication

Summary:
action_date: 2019-01-30
text: 

Kelsey Smith Act

 
This bill requires a mobile or internet voice service provider to disclose, at the request of an investigative or law enforcement officer (or public safety employee or agent on behalf of such officer), the location information of a device if the officer asserts (1) that the device was used to place a 911 call, or (2) reasonable suspicion that the device is in the possession of an individual who is in an emergency situation.
 
The bill prohibits a civil action or administrative proceeding against a telecommunications carrier that discloses call location information in accordance with this bill.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2019-01-30
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. (Sponsor introductory remarks on measure: CR S770-771)
action_date: 2019-01-30
text: Introduced in Senate
Child Welfare Provider Inclusion Act of 2019

Bill: 116-s-274
Sponsor: Sen. Enzi, Michael B. [R-WY]
Introduced: 2019-01-30 in the Senate
Policy area: Social Welfare
Subjects: Administrative remedies
Adoption and foster care
Child safety and welfare
Civil actions and liability
Poverty and welfare assistance
Religion

Summary:
action_date: 2019-01-30
text: 

Child Welfare Provider Inclusion Act of 2019

 
This bill prohibits discrimination or adverse action against a child welfare provider that declines to provide services due to the provider's sincerely held religious beliefs or moral convictions. The prohibition applies to the federal government and any state, tribal, or local government that receives federal funding for child and family services or foster care and adoption assistance. However, government entities may still take adverse action against a provider that denies adoption or foster care placement based on the prospective parent or child's race, color, or national origin.
 
If a state, tribal, or local entity engages in such prohibited actions, the Department of Health and Human Services shall withhold 15% of the federal funds the entity would have received to provide child and family services or foster care and adoption. The bill also provides a private right of action for child welfare providers to sue the government entity for such discrimination, and a prevailing provider shall be entitled to recover reasonable attorney's fees and costs.
 
A government entity that accepts federal funding for child and family services or foster care and adoption assistance shall have waived sovereign entity as a defense to such discrimination allegations.



Legislative actions:
action_date: 2019-01-30
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
action_date: 2019-01-30
text: Introduced in Senate
Skills Investment Act of 2019

Bill: 116-s-275
Sponsor: Sen. Klobuchar, Amy [D-MN]
Introduced: 2019-01-30 in the Senate
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Bank accounts, deposits, capital
Employment and training programs
Higher education
Income tax credits
Income tax deductions
Income tax deferral
Student aid and college costs
Vocational and technical education
Youth employment and child labor

Summary:
action_date: 2019-01-30
text: 

Skills Investment Act of 201

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This bill expands tax-favored Coverdell education savings accounts to allow the accounts to be used for educational or skill development expenses such as training services, career and technical education activities, career services, youth workforce investment activities, and adult education and literacy activities. 
 
The bill also 
 
 
renames the accounts "Coverdell lifelong learning accounts," 
 
 increases contribution limits, 
 
 modifies the age-based contribution restrictions, 
 
 allows a tax credit for a portion of an employer's contributions to an employee's account, and
 
allows beneficiaries to deduct contributions made by or on behalf of the beneficiary. 
 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2019-01-30
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
action_date: 2019-01-30
text: Introduced in Senate
Spotlight Act

Bill: 116-s-276
Sponsor: Sen. Tester, Jon [D-MT]
Introduced: 2019-01-30 in the Senate
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Department of the Treasury
Government information and archives
Internal Revenue Service (IRS)
Labor-management relations
Tax administration and collection, taxpayers
Tax-exempt organizations

Summary:
action_date: 2019-01-30
text: 

Spotlight Act 

 
This bill repeals an Internal Revenue Service (IRS) revenue procedure (Rev. Proc. 2018-38) that exempts certain tax-exempt organizations that are not 501(c)(3) organizations from the requirement to report the names and addresses of substantial contributors (persons who contribute more than $5,000 per year) on information returns that are filed with the IRS.
 
The bill requires tax-exempt organizations that fall under sections 501(c)(4), 501(c)(5), and 501(c)(6) of the Internal Revenue Code (e.g., social welfare organizations, labor organizations, business leagues) to disclose the names and addresses of all substantial contributors on their returns.
 
The bill also eliminates the authority of the IRS to provide exceptions to the disclosure requirements for tax-exempt organizations. This provision does not apply to determinations made by the IRS before July 16, 2018. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2019-01-30
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
action_date: 2019-01-30
text: Introduced in Senate
Fred Korematsu Congressional Gold Medal Act of 2019

Bill: 116-s-277
Sponsor: Sen. Hirono, Mazie K. [D-HI]
Introduced: 2019-01-30 in the Senate
Policy area: Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues
Subjects: Asia
Conflicts and wars
Congressional tributes
Detention of persons
Due process and equal protection
Japan
Museums, exhibitions, cultural centers
Protest and dissent
Racial and ethnic relations
Smithsonian Institution
U.S. history

Summary:
action_date: 2019-01-30
text: 

Fred Korematsu Congressional Gold Medal Act of 2019

 
This bill requires the President pro tempore of the Senate and the Speaker of the House of Representatives to make arrangements for the posthumous award of a Congressional Gold Medal to Fred Korematsu, in recognition of his contributions to civil rights, his loyalty and patriotism to the United States, and his dedication to justice and equality. The medal shall be given to the Smithsonian Institution and will be available for display and research, and can be loaned, as appropriate, for display elsewhere.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2019-01-30
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs.
action_date: 2019-01-30
text: Introduced in Senate
CBO Show Your Work Act

Bill: 116-s-278
Sponsor: Sen. Lee, Mike [R-UT]
Introduced: 2019-01-30 in the Senate
Policy area: Economics and Public Finance
Subjects: Budget process
Congressional Budget Office (CBO)
Congressional agencies
Congressional oversight
Economic performance and conditions
Government information and archives
Legislative rules and procedure

Summary:
action_date: 2019-01-30
text: 

CBO Show Your Work Act 

 
This bill requires the Congressional Budget Office (CBO) to make available to Congress and the public each fiscal model, policy model, and data preparation routine that the CBO uses to estimate the costs and other fiscal, social, or economic effects of legislation. 
 
For each estimate of the costs and other fiscal effects of legislation, the CBO must also disclose, in a manner sufficient to permit replication by individuals not employed by the CBO, the data, programs, models, assumptions, and other details of the computations used to prepare the estimate. 
 
For data that may not be disclosed, the CBO must make available to Congress and the public
 
 
 a complete list of all data variables for the data; 
 
 descriptive statistics for all data variables for the data, to the extent that the descriptive statistics do not violate the rule against disclosure; 
 
 a reference to the statute requiring that the data not be disclosed; and 
 
 contact information for the individual or entity who has unrestricted access to the data. 
 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2019-01-30
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Budget.
action_date: 2019-01-30
text: Introduced in Senate
Tribal School Federal Insurance Parity Act

Bill: 116-s-279
Sponsor: Sen. Thune, John [R-SD]
Introduced: 2019-01-30 in the Senate
Policy area: Native Americans
Subjects: Government employee pay, benefits, personnel management
Health care costs and insurance
Health care coverage and access
Indian social and development programs
Life, casualty, property insurance
Minority education
Minority health
Teaching, teachers, curricula

Summary:
action_date: 2019-01-30
text: 

Tribal School Federal Insurance Parity Act

 
This bill allows schools that receive grants under the Tribally Controlled Schools Act of 1988 to participate in the Federal Employee Health Benefits program.

action_date: 2019-07-09
text: 

Tribal School Federal Insurance Parity Act

 
This bill allows schools that receive grants under the Tribally Controlled Schools Act of 1988 to participate in the Federal Employee Health Benefits program.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2019-07-09
text: Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 135.
action_date: 2019-07-09
text: Committee on Indian Affairs. Reported by Senator Hoeven without amendment. With written report No. 116-54.
action_date: 2019-07-09
text: Committee on Indian Affairs. Reported by Senator Hoeven without amendment. With written report No. 116-54.
action_date: 2019-05-15
text: Committee on Indian Affairs. Ordered to be reported without amendment favorably.
action_date: 2019-05-01
text: Committee on Indian Affairs. Hearings held. Hearings printed: S.Hrg. 116-77.
action_date: 2019-01-30
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs.
action_date: 2019-01-30
text: Introduced in Senate
A bill to reauthorize the Historically Black Colleges and Universities Historic Preservation program.

Bill: 116-s-280
Sponsor: Sen. Harris, Kamala D. [D-CA]
Introduced: 2019-01-30 in the Senate
Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources
Subjects: Educational facilities and institutions
Higher education
Historic sites and heritage areas
Minority education

Summary:
action_date: 2019-01-30
text: 
This bill reauthorizes through FY2025 the Historically Black Colleges and Universities Historic Preservation Fund Grant Program.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2019-01-30
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
action_date: 2019-01-30
text: Introduced in Senate
End Shutdowns Act

Bill: 116-s-281
Sponsor: Sen. Kaine, Tim [D-VA]
Introduced: 2019-01-30 in the Senate
Policy area: Economics and Public Finance
Subjects: Appropriations
Executive agency funding and structure
Legislative rules and procedure
Senate

Summary:
action_date: 2019-01-30
text: 

End Shutdowns Act

 
This bill provides continuing appropriations to prevent a government shutdown if any appropriations measure for a fiscal year has not been enacted before the fiscal year begins and continuing appropriations are not in effect. 
 
 The bill provides appropriations at the rate of operations that was provided for the prior fiscal year to continue programs, projects, and activities for which funds were provided in the preceding fiscal year. 
 
The bill also prohibits the Senate from considering matters other than appropriations or emergency legislation on or after October 1 of each fiscal year if continuing appropriations provided by this bill are in effect. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2019-01-30
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Appropriations. (Sponsor introductory remarks on measure: CR S771)
action_date: 2019-01-30
text: Introduced in Senate
Genetically Engineered Salmon Labeling Act

Bill: 116-s-282
Sponsor: Sen. Murkowski, Lisa [R-AK]
Introduced: 2019-01-30 in the Senate
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Fishes
Food supply, safety, and labeling
Genetics
Marine and coastal resources, fisheries
Marketing and advertising
Seafood

Summary:
action_date: 2019-01-30
text: 

Genetically Engineered Salmon Labeling Act

 
This bill requires the market name of genetically engineered (commonly called 
genetically modified
 or 
GMO
) salmon to include 
Genetically Engineered
 or 
GE
 in front of the existing market name.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2019-01-30
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
action_date: 2019-01-30
text: Introduced in Senate
Increasing Access to Osteoporosis Testing for Medicare Beneficiaries Act of 2019

Bill: 116-s-283
Sponsor: Sen. Collins, Susan M. [R-ME]
Introduced: 2019-01-30 in the Senate
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Medical tests and diagnostic methods
Medicare
Musculoskeletal and skin diseases
Women's health

Summary:
action_date: 2019-01-30
text: 

Increasing Access to Osteoporosis Testing for Medicare Beneficiaries Act of 2019

 
This bill specifies that certain Medicare payment rules applicable to imaging services shall apply to dual-energy x-ray absorptiometry services used in bone mass scans beginning in 2019.
 
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services must establish national minimum payment amounts for such services.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2019-01-30
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
action_date: 2019-01-30
text: Introduced in Senate