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Expedited Disability Insurance Payments for Terminally Ill Individuals Act of 2019

Bill: 116-s-2262
Sponsor: Sen. Barrasso, John [R-WY]
Introduced: 2019-07-25 in the Senate
Policy area: Social Welfare
Subjects: Congressional oversight
Disability assistance
Long-term, rehabilitative, and terminal care
Social security and elderly assistance

Summary:
action_date: 2019-07-25
text: 

Expedited Disability Insurance Payments for Terminally Ill Individuals Act of 2019

 
This bill allows an individual diagnosed with a terminal illness to receive disability payments under the Old Age, Survivors, and Disability Insurance program during the waiting period for such payments (which typically lasts five months). It also establishes a phased-in payment schedule for such payments. 
 
These provisions shall expire January 1, 2025.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2019-07-25
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
action_date: 2019-07-25
text: Introduced in Senate
CO2 Regulatory Certainty Act

Bill: 116-s-2263
Sponsor: Sen. Hoeven, John [R-ND]
Introduced: 2019-07-25 in the Senate
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Air quality
Climate change and greenhouse gases
Department of the Treasury
Environmental regulatory procedures
Income tax credits
Internal Revenue Service (IRS)
Oil and gas
Water quality
Water use and supply

Summary:
action_date: 2019-07-25
text: 

CO2 Regulatory Certainty Act

 
This bill amends the Internal Revenue Code to revise requirements for the secure geological storage of carbon oxide. 
 
The bill requires the Internal Revenue Service (IRS), in consultation with other federal agencies, including the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), to prescribe regulations for determining adequate security measures for the geological storage of carbon oxide so that it does not escape into the atmosphere. 
 
The IRS regulations must consider the carbon oxide to be disposed of in secure geological storage if it is stored in compliance with specified rules promulgated by the EPA under the Clean Air Act and the Safe Drinking Water Act for the geologic sequestration of carbon oxide.
 
The bill also revises the definition of "qualified enhanced oil or natural gas recovery project" to exclude a requirement for the first injection of liquids, gases, or other matter to commence after December 31, 1990. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2019-07-25
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
action_date: 2019-07-25
text: Introduced in Senate
Eric’s Law

Bill: 116-s-2264
Sponsor: Sen. Toomey, Patrick [R-PA]
Introduced: 2019-07-25 in the Senate
Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement
Subjects: Criminal procedure and sentencing
Judicial procedure and administration

Summary:
action_date: 2019-07-25
text: 

Eric's Law

 
This bill modifies procedures with respect to capital sentencing hearings.
 
If a jury at a capital sentencing hearing does not reach a unanimous recommendation on the defendant's sentence, then the court must order a new special sentencing hearing and impanel a new jury. If the new jury at the special sentencing hearing does not reach a unanimous recommendation on the defendant's sentence, then the court is prohibited from imposing a death sentence.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2019-07-25
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2019-07-25
text: Introduced in Senate
GI Bill Work Study Improvement Act of 2019

Bill: 116-s-2265
Sponsor: Sen. Tester, Jon [D-MT]
Introduced: 2019-07-25 in the Senate
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Higher education
Veterans' education, employment, rehabilitation
Wages and earnings

Summary:
action_date: 2019-07-25
text: 

GI Bill Work Study Improvement Act of 2019

 
This bill updates provisions related to the work-study allowance benefit available to eligible veterans, including by authorizing educational institutions to make payments directly to veterans for work performed under the program and prescribing the annual amount that the Department of Veterans Affairs must provide to educational institutions for this purpose.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2019-07-25
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
action_date: 2019-07-25
text: Introduced in Senate
Group Flood Insurance Policy Extension Act of 2019

Bill: 116-s-2266
Sponsor: Sen. Manchin, Joe, III [D-WV]
Introduced: 2019-07-25 in the Senate
Policy area: Finance and Financial Sector
Subjects: Congressional oversight
Disaster relief and insurance
Floods and storm protection
Government studies and investigations
Housing and community development funding

Summary:
action_date: 2019-07-25
text: 

Group Flood Insurance Policy Extension Act of 2019 

 
This bill extends the term of certain existing Group Flood Insurance Policies. Specifically, the term is extended for active policies awaiting funds from the Department of Housing and Urban Development's Community Development Block Grant-Disaster Recovery fund. (Group Flood Insurance Policies are offered through the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) to certain individuals who do not have flood insurance and have received FEMA assistance after a presidentially declared disaster.) 
 
FEMA must provide financial assistance to individuals with extended-term policies in the amount of the additional required premium. 
 
The Government Accountability Office must report on the costs and benefits of Group Flood Insurance Policies and the rate at which individuals purchase private policies after the term of these policies expire. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2019-07-25
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs.
action_date: 2019-07-25
text: Introduced in Senate
A bill for the relief of Cesar Carlos Silva Rodriguez.

Bill: 116-s-2267
Sponsor: Sen. Cortez Masto, Catherine [D-NV]
Introduced: 2019-07-25 in the Senate
Subjects: Private Legislation

Summary:
action_date: 2019-07-25
text: Provides for the relief of Cesar Carlos Silva Rodriguez.

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2019-07-25
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2019-07-25
text: Introduced in Senate
Stop Subsidizing Multimillion Dollar Corporate Bonuses Act

Bill: 116-s-2268
Sponsor: Sen. Reed, Jack [D-RI]
Introduced: 2019-07-25 in the Senate
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Business expenses
Corporate finance and management
Department of the Treasury
Income tax deductions
Wages and earnings

Summary:
action_date: 2019-07-25
text: 

Stop Subsidizing Multimillion Dollar Corporate Bonuses Act

 
This bill extends the $1 million limit on the deductibility of executive compensation to all employees of publicly traded corporations. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2019-07-25
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. (Sponsor introductory remarks on measure: CR S5110)
action_date: 2019-07-25
text: Introduced in Senate
SWAMP Act

Bill: 116-s-2269
Sponsor: Sen. Ernst, Joni [R-IA]
Introduced: 2019-07-25 in the Senate
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Subjects: Building construction
District of Columbia
Executive agency funding and structure
Government buildings, facilities, and property
Maryland
Virginia

Summary:
action_date: 2019-07-25
text: 

Strategic Withdrawal of Agencies for Meaningful Placement Act of 2019 or the SWAMP Act

 
This bill repeals the requirement that all offices attached to the seat of government be exercised in the District of Columbia, and not elsewhere. It prohibits new construction or major renovation of certain executive agency headquarters in the Washington Metropolitan area.
 
The General Services Administration (GSA) must (1) establish a process to allow an executive agency to request GSA to issue a solicitation for the relocation of its headquarters; (2) allow any state to submit a proposal for the relocation of the agency's headquarters; and (3) in consultation with the executive agency, select a state for the relocation of the agency's headquarters using a competitive bidding procedure based on certain considerations.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2019-07-25
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.
action_date: 2019-07-25
text: Introduced in Senate
Enhancing Geothermal Production on Federal Lands Act

Bill: 116-s-2270
Sponsor: Sen. Risch, James E. [R-ID]
Introduced: 2019-07-25 in the Senate
Policy area: Energy
Subjects: Administrative remedies
Alternative and renewable resources
Department of the Interior
Environmental assessment, monitoring, research
Government information and archives
Land use and conservation
Oil and gas

Summary:
action_date: 2019-07-25
text: 

Enhancing Geothermal Production on Federal Lands Act 

 
This bill revises provisions related to geothermal energy projects on federal land.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2019-07-25
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
action_date: 2019-07-25
text: Introduced in Senate
AID in Appalachia Act

Bill: 116-s-2271
Sponsor: Sen. Capito, Shelley Moore [R-WV]
Introduced: 2019-07-25 in the Senate
Policy area: Transportation and Public Works
Subjects: Alabama
Georgia
Government information and archives
Government trust funds
Infrastructure development
Intergovernmental relations
Kentucky
Maryland
Mississippi
New York State
North Carolina
Ohio
Pennsylvania
Roads and highways
Rural conditions and development
South Carolina
State and local government operations
Tennessee
Transportation programs funding
Virginia
West Virginia

Summary:
action_date: 2019-07-25
text: 

Advancing Infrastructure Development in Appalachia Act or the
 
AID in Appalachia Act 

 
This bill directs the Department of Transportation (DOT) to establish the Balance Exchanges for Infrastructure Program to improve highway infrastructure development in the Appalachian region of the United States.
 
DOT must incentivize certain states within the Appalachian region to use unobligated balances of funding to improve highway infrastructure in the region.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2019-07-25
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works.
action_date: 2019-07-25
text: Introduced in Senate
Blair Holt Firearm Owner Licensing and Record of Sale Act of 2019

Bill: 116-s-2272
Sponsor: Sen. Duckworth, Tammy [D-IL]
Introduced: 2019-07-25 in the Senate
Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Administrative remedies
Business records
Child safety and welfare
Civil actions and liability
Criminal investigation, prosecution, interrogation
Criminal justice information and records
Criminal procedure and sentencing
Department of Justice
Firearms and explosives
Government information and archives
Government studies and investigations
Licensing and registrations
Mental health
Retail and wholesale trades
Smuggling and trafficking
State and local government operations

Summary:
action_date: 2019-07-25
text: 

Blair Holt Firearm Owner Licensing and Record of Sale Act of 201

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This bill establishes new requirements and restrictions with respect to the sale, transfer, and possession of firearms. 
 
Among other things, the bill does the following: 
 
 
generally requires owners of certain firearms&#8212;handguns and semiautomatic rifles capable of accepting a detachable ammunition feeding device&#8212;to obtain a license, and 
 
establishes background check requirements for firearm transfers between private parties. 
 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2019-07-25
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2019-07-25
text: Introduced in Senate
Appalachian Regional Commission Reauthorization Act

Bill: 116-s-2273
Sponsor: Sen. Capito, Shelley Moore [R-WV]
Introduced: 2019-07-25 in the Senate
Policy area: Economics and Public Finance
Subjects: Appalachian Regional Commission
Economic development
Regional and metropolitan planning
Rural conditions and development

Summary:
action_date: 2019-07-25
text: 

Appalachian Regional Commission Reauthorization Act

 
This bill reauthorizes the Appalachian Regional Commission through FY2025.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2019-07-25
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works.
action_date: 2019-07-25
text: Introduced in Senate
WHERA Act

Bill: 116-s-2274
Sponsor: Sen. Carper, Thomas R. [D-DE]
Introduced: 2019-07-25 in the Senate
Policy area: Environmental Protection
Subjects: Air quality
Congressional oversight
Energy assistance for the poor and aged
Energy efficiency and conservation
Environmental health
Government information and archives
Indian social and development programs
Lighting, heating, cooling
Residential rehabilitation and home repair
Solid waste and recycling

Summary:
action_date: 2019-07-25
text: 

Wood Heaters Emissions Reduction Act of 2019 or the WHERA Act

 
This bill requires the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to implement programs and authorize policy to reduce emissions from wood heaters.
 
Specifically, the bill requires the EPA to establish a grant program to provide funding for programs designed to (1) incentivize homeowners to replace old wood heaters with more efficient, cleaner-burning heaters; (2) achieve significant reductions in emissions from wood heaters; (3) help homeowners transition to safer and more efficient heating sources; and (4) support retailers, installers, and manufacturers that sell and make more efficient certified clean heaters.
 
The EPA must also establish a program to (1) inform stakeholders of the benefits of replacing wood heaters that do not meet specified emission reductions standards, (2) develop nonfinancial incentives to promote the proper installation and use of certified clean heaters, and (3) consult with Indian tribes to implement programs and actions to reduce wood heater emissions.
 
Finally, the bill authorizes the EPA to accept wood heater emissions reductions Supplemental Environmental Projects. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2019-07-25
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works.
action_date: 2019-07-25
text: Introduced in Senate
Broadband Transparency and Accountability Act of 2019

Bill: 116-s-2275
Sponsor: Sen. Bennet, Michael F. [D-CO]
Introduced: 2019-07-25 in the Senate
Policy area: Science, Technology, Communications
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Consumer affairs
Federal Communications Commission (FCC)
Geography and mapping
Government information and archives
Government studies and investigations
Intergovernmental relations
Internet and video services
Internet, web applications, social media
Marketing and advertising
Public-private cooperation
State and local government operations
Telecommunication rates and fees
User charges and fees

Summary:
action_date: 2019-07-25
text: 

Broadband Transparency and Accountability Act of 2019

 
This bill addresses how internet service providers report data on the availability of broadband across the country and how the federal government verifies and shares such data. 
 
Specifically, the bill requires providers to report to the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) data for each covered household in a census block showing
 
 
average speed and price of broadband service;
 
latency, or the delay before a transfer of data begins following an instruction for its transfer;
 
denials of service and their reason; and
 
type of broadband technology available. 
 
 
Providers must also report data measuring the characteristics of broadband service as advertised and as delivered.
 
The FCC must make the collected data available to certain governmental entities, nonprofit organizations, and researchers. 
 
Further, the bill requires the FCC to develop a searchable map of existing broadband service capability and availability. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2019-07-25
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
action_date: 2019-07-25
text: Introduced in Senate
Vested Employee Pension Benefit Protection Act

Bill: 116-s-2276
Sponsor: Sen. Blunt, Roy [R-MO]
Introduced: 2019-07-25 in the Senate
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Building construction
Employee benefits and pensions
Income tax deferral

Summary:
action_date: 2019-07-25
text: 

Vested Employee Pension Benefit Protection Act
 
 
This bill amends the Internal Revenue Code to allow employees in the building and construction industry who have attained age 55 and are not separated from employment to make distributions from certain tax-exempt multiemployer pension plans if they were participants in such plan on or before April 30, 2013. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2019-07-25
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
action_date: 2019-07-25
text: Introduced in Senate
Battery Storage Innovation Act of 2019

Bill: 116-s-2277
Sponsor: Sen. Hassan, Margaret Wood [D-NH]
Introduced: 2019-07-25 in the Senate
Policy area: Energy
Subjects: Advanced technology and technological innovations
Energy storage, supplies, demand
Government lending and loan guarantees

Summary:
action_date: 2019-07-25
text: 

Battery Storage Innovation Act
 
of 2019

 
This bill makes certain battery storage technologies eligible for loan guarantees provided by the Department of Energy for innovative technology.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2019-07-25
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
action_date: 2019-07-25
text: Introduced in Senate
School Bus Safety Act of 2019

Bill: 116-s-2278
Sponsor: Sen. Duckworth, Tammy [D-IL]
Introduced: 2019-07-25 in the Senate
Policy area: Transportation and Public Works
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Child safety and welfare
Department of Transportation
Education programs funding
Elementary and secondary education
Employment and training programs
Fires
Government studies and investigations
Manufacturing
Motor carriers
Motor vehicles
Roads and highways
Transportation employees
Transportation safety and security
Worker safety and health

Summary:
action_date: 2019-07-25
text: 

School Bus Safety Act of 2019

 
This bill addresses safety features for school buses.
 
Specifically, the bill directs the Department of Transportation (DOT) to implement rules requiring school buses to include
 
 
a three-point safety belt at each designated seating position,
 
a fire suppression system which addresses engine fires,
 
a firewall that prohibits hazardous quantities of gas or flame to pass through the firewall from the engine compartment to the passenger compartment,
 
an automatic emergency braking system,
 
an event data recorder, and
 
an electronic stability control system.
 
 
DOT must also establish a grant program to assist local educational agencies to purchase school buses equipped with three-point safety belts or any of the other safety features under this bill and assist them in modifying existing school buses to be equipped with such features.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2019-07-25
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
action_date: 2019-07-25
text: Introduced in Senate
FHA Foreclosure Prevention Act of 2019

Bill: 116-s-2279
Sponsor: Sen. Cortez Masto, Catherine [D-NV]
Introduced: 2019-07-25 in the Senate
Policy area: Housing and Community Development
Subjects: Administrative remedies
Congressional oversight
Department of Housing and Urban Development
Government information and archives
Housing finance and home ownership

Summary:
action_date: 2019-07-25
text: 

FHA Foreclosure Prevention Act of 2019

 
This bill revises foreclosure-prevention measures for single-family homes insured by the Federal Housing Administration. Specifically, the bill 
 
 
requires documentation from mortgage servicers of loss mitigation efforts, 
 
provides the Department of Housing and Urban Development with oversight responsibilities over mortgage servicers,
 
establishes a complaint procedure for borrowers regarding mortgage servicers, and
 
requires a mortgage servicer to provide notice to borrowers regarding the loss mitigation process. 
 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2019-07-25
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs.
action_date: 2019-07-25
text: Introduced in Senate
Appalachian Regional Energy Hub Initiative Act

Bill: 116-s-2280
Sponsor: Sen. Capito, Shelley Moore [R-WV]
Introduced: 2019-07-25 in the Senate
Policy area: Energy
Subjects: Economic development
Economic performance and conditions
Energy research
Energy storage, supplies, demand
Lighting, heating, cooling
Oil and gas
Rural conditions and development

Summary:
action_date: 2019-07-25
text: 

Appalachian Regional Energy Hub Initiative Act 

 
This bill authorizes the Appalachian Regional Commission to provide technical assistance and grants to individuals or entities in the Appalachian region for projects and activities (1) to conduct research and analysis regarding the impact of an ethane storage hub in the region, (2) with the potential to significantly contribute to the economic resilience of the area where the project is located, and (3) that will help establish a regional energy hub in the region for natural gas and natural gas liquids.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2019-07-25
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works.
action_date: 2019-07-25
text: Introduced in Senate
IDEA Act

Bill: 116-s-2281
Sponsor: Sen. Hirono, Mazie K. [D-HI]
Introduced: 2019-07-25 in the Senate
Policy area: Commerce
Subjects: Congressional oversight
Government information and archives
Intellectual property
Right of privacy

Summary:
action_date: 2019-07-25
text: 

Inventor Diversity for Economic Advancement Act of 2019 or the IDEA Act

 
This bill directs the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office to collect demographic information about each inventor listed on a patent application. Inventors shall not be required to provide the requested information, which shall include gender, ethnicity, national origin, sexual identity, veterans status, disability, and education and income levels. Such information shall be (1) kept confidential and separate from each patent application, and (2) periodically made public as aggregated data without personally identifying information. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2019-07-25
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. (Sponsor introductory remarks on measure: CR S5110-5111)
action_date: 2019-07-25
text: Introduced in Senate
Tribal Access to Homeless Assistance Act of 2019

Bill: 116-s-2282
Sponsor: Sen. Smith, Tina [D-MN]
Introduced: 2019-07-25 in the Senate
Policy area: Housing and Community Development
Subjects: Homelessness and emergency shelter
Housing and community development funding
Indian social and development programs

Summary:
action_date: 2019-07-25
text: 

Tribal Access to Homeless Assistance Act of 2019

 
This bill allows an Indian tribe or tribally designated housing entity to apply for a Homeless Assistance Grant under the Continuum of Care Program administered by the Department of Housing and Urban Development. Under current law, nonprofit and government entities may apply for and use such grants to provide shelter and other services to eligible individuals. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2019-07-25
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs.
action_date: 2019-07-25
text: Introduced in Senate