hyperdemocracy/usc-billstatus huggingface dataset:
Nutrition CARE Act of 2019

Bill: 116-s-2907
Sponsor: Sen. Hassan, Margaret Wood [D-NH]
Introduced: 2019-11-20 in the Senate
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Health care coverage and access
Health personnel
Medicare
Mental health
Nutrition and diet

Summary:
action_date: 2019-11-20
text: 

Nutrition Counseling Aiding Recovery for Eating Disorders Act of 2019 or the Nutrition CARE Act of 2019

 
This bill provides for Medicare coverage of medical nutrition therapy services for individuals with eating disorders. Such services must be furnished by a registered dietitian or nutrition professional pursuant to a referral from a physician, psychologist, or other authorized mental health professional.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2019-11-20
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
action_date: 2019-11-20
text: Introduced in Senate
FAIR Fees Act

Bill: 116-s-2908
Sponsor: Sen. Markey, Edward J. [D-MA]
Introduced: 2019-11-20 in the Senate
Policy area: Transportation and Public Works
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Aviation and airports
Department of Transportation
Transportation costs

Summary:
action_date: 2019-11-20
text: 

Forbid Airlines from Imposing Ridiculous Fees Act of 2019 or the
 
FAIR Fees Act

 
This bill directs the Department of Transportation to prescribe regulations (1) prohibiting an air carrier from imposing specified fees relating to a flight in interstate air transportation that are unreasonable or disproportional to the costs it incurs, and (2) establishing standards for assessing whether such fees are reasonable and proportional to those costs.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2019-11-20
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
action_date: 2019-11-20
text: Introduced in Senate
NASA Enhanced Use Leasing Extension Act of 2019

Bill: 116-s-2909
Sponsor: Sen. Wicker, Roger F. [R-MS]
Introduced: 2019-11-20 in the Senate
Policy area: Science, Technology, Communications
Subjects: Government buildings, facilities, and property
Lease and rental services
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Public contracts and procurement

Summary:
action_date: 2019-11-20
text: 

NASA Enhanced Use Leasing Extension Act of 2019

 
This bill extends through 2021 the authority of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) to lease its non-excess real property and related personal property.

action_date: 2019-12-11
text: 

NASA Enhanced Use Leasing Extension Act of 2019

 
This bill extends through 2021 the authority of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) to lease its non-excess real property and related personal property.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2020-08-13
text: By Senator Wicker from Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation filed written report. Report No. 116-260.
action_date: 2020-08-13
text: By Senator Wicker from Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation filed written report. Report No. 116-260.
action_date: 2019-12-11
text: Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 324.
action_date: 2019-12-11
text: Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. Reported by Senator Wicker without amendment. Without written report.
action_date: 2019-12-11
text: Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. Reported by Senator Wicker without amendment. Without written report.
action_date: 2019-12-11
text: Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. Ordered to be reported without amendment favorably.
action_date: 2019-11-20
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
action_date: 2019-11-20
text: Introduced in Senate
A bill to establish aviation accession training programs for the Commissioned Officer Corps of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration to prepare students for commissioned service as pilots in the Corps, and for other purposes.

Bill: 116-s-2910
Sponsor: Sen. Moran, Jerry [R-KS]
Introduced: 2019-11-20 in the Senate
Policy area: Transportation and Public Works
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Aviation and airports
Department of Commerce
Higher education
Student aid and college costs
Transportation employees

Summary:
action_date: 2019-11-20
text: 
This bill directs the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) to establish aviation accession training programs for the NOAA Commissioned Officer Corps at certain educational institutions.
 
The bill sets forth eligibility requirements for the training programs and authorizes NOAA to provide financial assistance to program participants.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2019-11-20
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
action_date: 2019-11-20
text: Introduced in Senate
Seniors Prescription Drug Relief Act of 2019

Bill: 116-s-2911
Sponsor: Sen. Cassidy, Bill [R-LA]
Introduced: 2019-11-20 in the Senate
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Department of Health and Human Services
Health care coverage and access
Medicare
Prescription drugs

Summary:
action_date: 2019-11-20
text: 

Seniors Prescription Drug Relief Act of 2019

 
This bill allows beneficiaries whose monthly costs under the Medicare prescription drug benefit equal or exceed a significant percentage of the annual out-of-pocket spending threshold to pay down such costs in installments over the course of the remaining plan year. The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services must determine what constitutes a significant percentage; however, such percentage must be between 50% and 100%. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2019-11-20
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
action_date: 2019-11-20
text: Introduced in Senate
Blackwater Trading Post Land Transfer Act

Bill: 116-s-2912
Sponsor: Sen. McSally, Martha [R-AZ]
Introduced: 2019-11-20 in the Senate
Policy area: Native Americans
Subjects: Arizona
Federal-Indian relations
Indian lands and resources rights
Land transfers

Summary:
action_date: 2019-11-20
text: 

Blackwater Trading Post Land Transfer Act

 
This bill directs the Department of the Interior to take the 55.3 acres of land of the Blackwater Trading Post in Pinal County, Arizona, which is bordered and owned by the Gila River Indian Community, into trust for the benefit of the community after it (1) conveys to Interior all of its interest in such land, and (2) submits a request for Interior to take such land into trust for it. 
 
The land that is taken into trust shall be treated as part of the community's reservation. 
 
The bill prohibits gaming on any of the land taken into trust. 

action_date: 2020-09-24
text: 

Blackwater Trading Post Land Transfer Act

 
This bill directs the Department of the Interior to take the 55.3 acres of land of the Blackwater Trading Post in Pinal County, Arizona, which is bordered and owned by the Gila River Indian Community, into trust for the benefit of the community after it (1) conveys to Interior all of its interest in such land, and (2) submits a request for Interior to take such land into trust for it. 
 
The land that is taken into trust shall be treated as part of the community's reservation. 
 
The bill prohibits gaming on any of the land taken into trust. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2020-09-24
text: Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 557.
action_date: 2020-09-24
text: Committee on Indian Affairs. Reported by Senator Hoeven without amendment. With written report No. 116-270.
action_date: 2020-09-24
text: Committee on Indian Affairs. Reported by Senator Hoeven without amendment. With written report No. 116-270.
action_date: 2020-07-29
text: Committee on Indian Affairs. Ordered to be reported without amendment favorably.
action_date: 2020-06-24
text: Committee on Indian Affairs. Hearings held. Hearings printed: S.Hrg. 116-338.
action_date: 2019-11-20
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs.
action_date: 2019-11-20
text: Introduced in Senate
Protecting Critical Services for Mothers and Babies Act

Bill: 116-s-2913
Sponsor: Sen. Kaine, Tim [D-VA]
Introduced: 2019-11-20 in the Senate
Policy area: Labor and Employment
Subjects: Child health
Employee benefits and pensions
Health facilities and institutions
Health personnel
Medical research
Social work, volunteer service, charitable organizations
Tax-exempt organizations
Women's health

Summary:
action_date: 2019-11-20
text: 

Protecting Critical Services for Mothers and Babies Act 

 
This bill expands the application of rules for cooperative and small employer charity pension plans to include certain nonprofit medical-research organizations that have the primary purpose of delivering services to mothers and children. (These rules exempt specified employers from certain minimum funding requirements for employee pension plans.) 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2019-11-20
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. (Sponsor introductory remarks on measure: CR S6720)
action_date: 2019-11-20
text: Introduced in Senate
Acupuncture for Our Heroes Act of 2019

Bill: 116-s-2914
Sponsor: Sen. Shaheen, Jeanne [D-NH]
Introduced: 2019-11-20 in the Senate
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Advisory bodies
Alternative treatments
Health personnel
Veterans' medical care

Summary:
action_date: 2019-11-20
text: 

Acupuncture for Our Heroes Act
 
of 2019

 
This bill requires the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) to provide qualified acupuncturist services to veterans enrolled in the VA health care system. A qualified acupuncturist is an individual who is licensed, certified, or otherwise accredited and may be appointed as an employee of the VA or as a contractor.
 
The VA shall carry out such program in at least one VA facility in each Veterans Integrated Service Network (regional VA health care administrative areas) in both urban and rural areas. 
 
The bill requires the VA to establish the Advisory Committee on Acupuncturist Services, which must advise the VA on governing protocols and review and evaluate the ability of a veteran to access an acupuncturist at VA facilities.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2019-11-20
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
action_date: 2019-11-20
text: Introduced in Senate
Supporting Veteran Survivors of Domestic and Sexual Violence Act of 2019

Bill: 116-s-2915
Sponsor: Sen. Shaheen, Jeanne [D-NH]
Introduced: 2019-11-20 in the Senate
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Assault and harassment offenses
Crime victims
Crimes against women
Domestic violence and child abuse
Emergency medical services and trauma care
Government studies and investigations
Health care coverage and access
Sex offenses
Veterans' loans, housing, homeless programs
Veterans' medical care

Summary:
action_date: 2019-11-20
text: 

Supporting Veteran Survivors of Domestic and Sexual Violence Act of 2019

 
This bill requires the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) to take actions to improve assistance to veterans who experience domestic violence, intimate partner violence, or sexual assault.
 
Specifically, the bill requires the VA to implement a program to assist veterans who have experienced or are experiencing domestic violence, intimate partner violence, or sexual assault in accessing VA benefits. The VA shall carry out the program in partnership with domestic violence shelters and programs, rape crisis centers, state domestic violence and sexual assault coalitions, and other appropriate service providers. The bill authorizes the VA to establish local coordinators to provide outreach under the program to effectively assist veterans who have experienced domestic violence, intimate partner violence, or sexual assault.
 
The VA must consult with the Department of Justice (DOJ) and the Department of Health and Human Services to establish a national task force to develop a comprehensive national program to address domestic violence and sexual assault among veterans by integrating VA facilities, services, and benefits into existing networks of community-based domestic violence and sexual assault services.
 
The VA must consult with DOJ to conduct a national baseline study to examine the scope of the problem of domestic violence, intimate partner violence, and sexual assault among veterans and spouses of veterans.
 
Finally, the bill requires the Advisory Committee on Women Veterans to include in its biennial report an assessment of the effects of intimate partner violence on women veterans.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2019-11-20
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
action_date: 2019-11-20
text: Introduced in Senate
Runaway and Homeless Youth and Trafficking Prevention Act of 2019

Bill: 116-s-2916
Sponsor: Sen. Leahy, Patrick J. [D-VT]
Introduced: 2019-11-20 in the Senate
Policy area: Families
Subjects: Adoption and foster care
Assault and harassment offenses
Child health
Child safety and welfare
Congressional oversight
Drug, alcohol, tobacco use
Emergency medical services and trauma care
Employment and training programs
Family relationships
Family services
Government buildings, facilities, and property
Government information and archives
Health care coverage and access
Health promotion and preventive care
Higher education
Home and outpatient care
Homelessness and emergency shelter
Human trafficking
Intergovernmental relations
Internet and video services
Internet, web applications, social media
Juvenile crime and gang violence
Mental health
Rural conditions and development
Sex offenses
Sex, gender, sexual orientation discrimination
Social work, volunteer service, charitable organizations
Teenage pregnancy
Telephone and wireless communication
Vocational and technical education

Summary:
action_date: 2019-11-20
text: 

Runaway and Homeless Youth and Trafficking Prevention Act of 2019

 
 This bill modifies and reauthorizes through FY2025 the Runaway and Homeless Youth Act, which provides community-based services for runaway or homeless youth who are in need of temporary shelter, counseling, or aftercare services. Specifically, the bill makes grants for centers and services for five-year terms and such grants must include trauma-informed and culturally-competent services, as appropriate. 
 
 Grant recipients must make services accessible to runaway or homeless youth who are victims of sexual abuse, exploitation, or trafficking. Grant recipients also must collect, and keep confidential, specified aggregated data about the demographics of program participants. The bill requires grants for home-based services to (1) include suicide prevention, (2) provide staff training about trauma-informed care, and (3) ensure eligibility for youth at risk of separation from their family. The bill also revises and expands the transition living grants program to provide five-year grants to support long-term residential services for older homeless youth.
 
 Additionally, the bill requires the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) to coordinate with specified agencies to deliver programs for runaway and homeless youth and provide five-year grants for technical assistance to regional nonprofit organizations to implement trauma-informed programs for such youth. Further, the bill authorizes five-year grants for the sexual abuse prevention program and the national communications system to connect runaway and homeless youth with their families and service providers.
 
 The bill also prioritizes grants for research and evaluation projects that examine the intersection of human trafficking and youth homelessness populations, among other provisions.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2019-11-20
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2019-11-20
text: Introduced in Senate
Nuclear Waste Policy Amendments Act of 2019

Bill: 116-s-2917
Sponsor: Sen. Barrasso, John [R-WY]
Introduced: 2019-11-20 in the Senate
Policy area: Energy
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Canada
Congressional oversight
Department of Energy
Education programs funding
Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)
Executive agency funding and structure
Federal officials
Government trust funds
Great Lakes
Higher education
Intergovernmental relations
Lakes and rivers
Land transfers
Land use and conservation
Licensing and registrations
Missouri
Nevada
Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC)
Nuclear power
Public contracts and procurement
Radioactive wastes and releases
Solid waste and recycling
State and local government operations
Transportation programs funding
Transportation safety and security
User charges and fees

Summary:
action_date: 2019-11-20
text: 

Nuclear Waste Policy Amendments Act of 2019

 
This bill addresses the storage and disposal of nuclear waste.
 
Among other things, the bill
 
 
directs the Department of Energy (DOE) to initiate a program to consolidate and temporarily store commercial spent nuclear fuel during the development, construction, and operation of a permanent nuclear waste repository;
 
addresses federal land withdrawal and related management issues, including the permanent withdrawal of specific federal land for repository use by DOE;
 
updates the Nuclear Regulatory Commission licensing process and conditions for the permanent repository;
 
limits activities relating to developing a separate defense waste repository used for storing high-level radioactive waste and spent nuclear fuel derived from the atomic energy defense activities of DOE;
 
authorizes DOE to enter into agreements to provide benefits to state, local, and tribal governments that might host or be affected by facilities related to storing nuclear waste;
 
revises the method by which DOE funds its nuclear waste management activities though the collection and usage of the Nuclear Waste Fund; 
 
creates an Office of Spent Nuclear Fuel within DOE; and
 
requires DOE to establish a Stranded Nuclear Waste Task Force to study existing resources and funding for communities that contain stranded nuclear waste and develop economic adjustment plans for such communities.
 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2019-11-20
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works.
action_date: 2019-11-20
text: Introduced in Senate
MPH Act of 2019

Bill: 116-s-2918
Sponsor: Sen. Merkley, Jeff [D-OR]
Introduced: 2019-11-20 in the Senate
Policy area: Transportation and Public Works
Subjects: Congressional oversight
Horticulture and plants
Insects
Roads and highways
Transportation programs funding
Wildlife conservation and habitat protection

Summary:
action_date: 2019-11-20
text: 

Monarch and Pollinator Highway Act of 2019 or the
 
MPH Act of 2019

 
This bill requires the Department of Transportation to provide grants to states, Indian tribes, and federal land management agencies to carry out pollinator-friendly practices on roadsides and highway rights-of-way, including the planting and seeding of native, locally-appropriate grasses, wildflowers, and milkweed.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2019-11-20
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works.
action_date: 2019-11-20
text: Introduced in Senate
Shutdown Guidance for Financial Institutions Act

Bill: 116-s-2919
Sponsor: Sen. Van Hollen, Chris [D-MD]
Introduced: 2019-11-20 in the Senate
Policy area: Finance and Financial Sector
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Appropriations
Banking and financial institutions regulation
Congressional oversight
Consumer affairs
Consumer credit
Credit and credit markets
Government employee pay, benefits, personnel management
Government information and archives

Summary:
action_date: 2019-11-20
text: 

Shutdown Guidance for Financial Institutions Act 

 
This bill directs financial regulators&#8212;including the Federal Reserve Board, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency, the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation, and the National Credit Union Administration&#8212;to issue guidance relating to a government shutdown. Among other things, financial regulators must issue guidance encouraging financial institutions 
 
 
to modify loan terms and to extend credit to consumers and businesses affected by a shutdown, and 
 
to take steps to prevent the reporting of adverse credit information related to a shutdown. 
 
 
Financial regulators must also notify the public of this guidance in the event of a government shutdown, and complete a report after a government shutdown regarding the guidance's effectiveness. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2019-11-20
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs.
action_date: 2019-11-20
text: Introduced in Senate
A bill to reauthorize the Violence Against Women Act of 1994, and for other purposes.

Bill: 116-s-2920
Sponsor: Sen. Ernst, Joni [R-IA]
Introduced: 2019-11-20 in the Senate
Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Administrative remedies
Aging
Assault and harassment offenses
Child safety and welfare
Congressional oversight
Crime prevention
Crime victims
Crimes against children
Crimes against women
Criminal investigation, prosecution, interrogation
Criminal justice information and records
Department of Justice
Detention of persons
Domestic violence and child abuse
Emergency medical services and trauma care
Employee hiring
Employment discrimination and employee rights
Evidence and witnesses
Federal-Indian relations
Government employee pay, benefits, personnel management
Government ethics and transparency, public corruption
Government information and archives
Government studies and investigations
HIV/AIDS
Health programs administration and funding
Health promotion and preventive care
Homelessness and emergency shelter
Housing and community development funding
Indian lands and resources rights
Indian social and development programs
Internet and video services
Internet, web applications, social media
Judicial procedure and administration
Juvenile crime and gang violence
Labor-management relations
Law enforcement administration and funding
Law enforcement officers
Lawyers and legal services
Medical tests and diagnostic methods
Mental health
Minority employment
Minority health
Missing persons
Public contracts and procurement
Right of privacy
Rural conditions and development
Separation, divorce, custody, support
Sex offenses
State and local government operations
Violent crime
Wages and earnings
Women's health
Worker safety and health

Summary:
action_date: 2019-11-20
text: 

Violence Against Women Reauthorization Act of 2019

 
This bill reauthorizes through FY2029, modifies, and establishes new programs and activities under the Violence Against Women Act, which provides funding and other support to prevent and respond to domestic violence, sexual assault, dating violence, and stalking.
 
Among the bill's changes, it expands activities in rural areas and among tribal populations; addresses female genital mutilation; and establishes new protections to promote housing stability for victims of domestic violence, sexual assault, dating violence, and stalking.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2019-11-21
text: Read the second time. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 308.
action_date: 2019-11-20
text: Introduced in the Senate. Read the first time. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under Read the First Time.
action_date: 2019-11-20
text: Introduced in Senate