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IC 116th CONGRESS 1st Session S. 163 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES May 21, 2019 Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce AN ACT To prevent catastrophic failure or shutdown of remote diesel power engines due to emission control devices, and for other purposes.

1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Alaska Remote Generator Reliability and Protection Act . 2. Revision of regulations required (a) In general The Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency shall revise section 60.4216(c) of title 40, Code of Federal Regulations (as in effect on the date of enactment of this Act), by striking that was not certified and all that follows through compared to engine-out emissions and inserting must have that engine certified as meeting at least Tier 3 PM standards . (b) Emissions and energy reliability study Not later than 1 year after the date of enactment of this Act, the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency, in consultation with the Secretary of Energy, shall submit to the Committee on Environment and Public Works of the Senate and the Committee on Energy and Commerce of the House of Representatives a report assessing options for the Federal Government to assist remote areas in the State of Alaska in meeting the energy needs of those areas in an affordable and reliable manner using— (1) existing emissions control technology; or (2) other technology that achieves emissions reductions similar to the technology described in paragraph (1).

Passed the Senate May 20, 2019. Julie E. Adams, Secretary
II Calendar No. 19 116th CONGRESS 1st Session S. 163 IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES January 16, 2019 Mr. Sullivan (for himself and Ms. Murkowski ) introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works February 5, 2019 Reported by Mr. Barrasso , without amendment A BILL To prevent catastrophic failure or shutdown of remote diesel power engines due to emission control devices, and for other purposes.

1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Alaska Remote Generator Reliability and Protection Act . 2. Revision of regulations required (a) In general The Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency shall revise section 60.4216(c) of title 40, Code of Federal Regulations (as in effect on the date of enactment of this Act), by striking that was not certified and all that follows through compared to engine-out emissions and inserting must have that engine certified as meeting at least Tier 3 PM standards . (b) Emissions and energy reliability study Not later than 1 year after the date of enactment of this Act, the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency, in consultation with the Secretary of Energy, shall submit to the Committee on Environment and Public Works of the Senate and the Committee on Energy and Commerce of the House of Representatives a report assessing options for the Federal Government to assist remote areas in the State of Alaska in meeting the energy needs of those areas in an affordable and reliable manner using— (1) existing emissions control technology; or (2) other technology that achieves emissions reductions similar to the technology described in paragraph (1).

February 5, 2019 Reported without amendment
II 116th CONGRESS 1st Session S. 164 IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES January 16, 2019 Mr. Daines (for himself, Mr. Manchin , Mr. Crapo , Ms. Baldwin , Mrs. Capito , Mr. Tester , Mr. Boozman , Mrs. Shaheen , Mr. Moran , Mr. Jones , Mr. Hoeven , and Ms. Rosen ) introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Armed Services A BILL To amend title 10, United States Code, to remove the prohibition on eligibility for TRICARE Reserve Select of members of the reserve components of the Armed Forces who are eligible to enroll in a health benefits plan under chapter 89 of title 5, United States Code.

1. Short title This Act may be cited as the TRICARE Reserve Improvement Act . 2. Modification of eligibility for TRICARE Reserve Select of certain members of the Selected Reserve Section 1076d(a) of title 10, United States Code, is amended— (1) in paragraph (1), by striking (1) Except as provided in paragraph (2), a member and inserting A member ; and (2) by striking paragraph (2).
II 116th CONGRESS 1st Session S. 165 IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES January 16, 2019 Mr. Blumenthal (for himself, Ms. Harris , and Mr. Murphy ) introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance A BILL To amend chapter 85 of title 5, United States Code, to clarify that Federal employees excepted from a furlough are eligible for unemployment compensation.

1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Federal Unemployment Compensation Equality Act of 2019 . 2. Clarification that Federal employees excepted from a furlough are eligible for unemployment compensation (a) In general Section 8502 of title 5, United States Code, is amended— (1) by redesignating subsection (e) as subsection (f); and (2) by inserting after subsection (d) the following new subsection: (e) (1) With respect to any lapse in appropriations beginning on or after December 22, 2018, each excepted Federal employee shall be, solely for the purpose of determining eligibility for unemployment compensation under this subchapter, deemed for the duration of the lapse in appropriations to be— (A) totally separated from Federal service; and (B) eligible for unemployment compensation benefits under this subchapter with no waiting period for such eligibility to accrue. (2) In this subsection, the term excepted Federal employee means a Federal employee who— (A) is an excepted employee or an employee performing emergency work, as such terms are defined by the Office of Personnel Management; and (B) is not being paid due to a lapse in appropriations. . (b) Application The amendments made by subsection (a) shall apply to weeks of unemployment beginning on or after December 22, 2018.
II 116th CONGRESS 1st Session S. 167 IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES January 16, 2019 Mr. Young introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources A BILL To amend the National Trails System Act to extend the Lewis and Clark National Historic Trail, and for other purposes.

1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Eastern Legacy Extension Act . 2. Extension of Lewis and Clark National Historic Trail (a) Extension Section 5(a)(6) of the National Trails System Act ( 16 U.S.C. 1244(a)(6) ) is amended, in the first sentence— (1) by striking three thousand seven hundred and inserting 4,900 ; (2) by striking Wood River, Illinois, and inserting the Ohio River in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, ; and (3) by striking maps identified as, Vicinity Map, Lewis and Clark Trail study report dated April 1977 and inserting the map entitled Lewis and Clark National Historic Trail Authorized Trail Including Proposed Eastern Legacy Extension, dated April 2018, and numbered 648/143721 . (b) Effective Date The amendments made by subsection (a) take effect on the date that is 60 days after the date of enactment of this Act.
II 116th CONGRESS 1st Session S. 168 IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES January 16, 2019 Mr. Young (for himself and Mr. Braun ) introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources A BILL To retitle Indiana Dunes National Lakeshore as Indiana Dunes National Park, and for other purposes.

1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Indiana Dunes National Park Act . 2. Indiana Dunes National Lakeshore retitled as Indiana Dunes National Park (a) In general Public Law 89–761 ( 16 U.S.C. 460u et seq.) is amended— (1) by striking National Lakeshore and national lakeshore each place it appears and inserting National Park ; and (2) by striking lakeshore each place it appears and inserting Park . (b) Nonapplication The amendment made by subsection (a)(1) shall not apply to the title of the map referred to in the first section of Public Law 89–761 ( 16 U.S.C. 460u ), or to the title of the maps referred to in section 4 of Public Law 89–761 ( 16 U.S.C. 460u–3 ). 3. Paul H. Douglas Trail The 1.6 mile trail within the Indiana Dunes National Park designated the Miller-Woods Trail is hereby redesignated as the Paul H. Douglas Trail .
II 116th CONGRESS 1st Session S. 169 IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES January 16, 2019 Mr. Cornyn (for himself, Mr. Wyden , Mr. Portman , Mr. Carper , Ms. Klobuchar , and Mrs. Capito ) introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance A BILL To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide an exemption from gross income for civil damages as recompense for trafficking in persons.

1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Human Trafficking Survivor Tax Relief Act . 2. Exempting from Federal income taxation civil damages awarded under section 1595 of title 18, United States Code (a) In general Part III of subchapter B of chapter 1 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 is amended by inserting before section 140 the following new section: 139H. Certain amount received as civil damages as recompense for trafficking in persons (a) Exclusion from gross income Gross income shall not include any civil damages, restitution, or other monetary award (including compensatory or statutory damages and restitution imposed in a criminal matter) awarded in an action under section 1595 of title 18, United States Code. . (b) Conforming amendment The table of sections for part III of subchapter B of chapter 1 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 is amended by inserting before the item relating to section 140 the following new item: Sec. 139H. Certain amount received as civil damages as recompense for trafficking in persons. . (c) Effective date The amendments made by this section shall apply to taxable years beginning after the date of the enactment of this Act.
II 116th CONGRESS 1st Session S. 170 IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES January 16, 2019 Mr. Daines (for himself and Ms. Stabenow ) introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance A BILL To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to limit the amount of certain qualified conservation contributions.

1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Charitable Conservation Easement Program Integrity Act of 2019 . 2. Limitation on partner’s deduction for qualified conservation contributions made by partnership (a) In general Section 170(h) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 is amended by adding at the end the following new paragraph: (7) Limitation on partnership allocation of contributions (A) In general In the case of any qualified conservation contributions of any partnership (whether directly or as a distributive share of such contributions of another partnership), no amount of such contributions may be taken into account under this section by any partner of such partnership as a distributive share of such contributions if the aggregate amount so taken into account by such partner for the taxable year would (but for this paragraph) exceed 2.5 times such partner’s adjusted basis in such partnership (determined as of the close of such taxable year and without regard to such contributions). The preceding sentence shall apply only with respect to the first 3 taxable years of such partner which end after the date on which such partner first became a partner in the partnership. (B) Exception for family partnerships Subparagraph (A) shall not apply with respect to any partnership if substantially all of the partnership interests in such partnership are held by individuals who are related within the meaning of section 152(d)(2). (C) Regulations The Secretary shall prescribe such regulations or other guidance as may be necessary to carry out, and prevent the avoidance of, the purposes of this paragraph. . (b) Effective date This section shall apply to contributions made in taxable years ending after December 23, 2016. No inference is intended as the appropriate treatment of contributions made in taxable years ending on or before such date or as to any activity not described in section 170(h)(7) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as added by this section.
II 116th CONGRESS 1st Session S. 172 IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES January 16, 2019 Mr. Gardner (for himself, Mrs. Shaheen , Mr. Barrasso , Mr. Jones , Mr. Scott of South Carolina , and Ms. Sinema ) introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance A BILL To delay the reimposition of the annual fee on health insurance providers until after 2021.

1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Health Insurance Tax Relief Act of 2019 . 2. Delay of reimposition of annual fee on health insurance providers until after 2020 (a) In general Section 9010(j)(3) of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act is amended by striking December 31, 2019 and inserting December 31, 2021 . (b) Effective date The amendment made by this section shall apply to calendar years beginning after December 31, 2019.
II 116th CONGRESS 1st Session S. 176 IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES January 17, 2019 Mr. Cotton (for himself, Mr. Boozman , Mr. Blunt , and Ms. Ernst ) introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance A BILL To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to reduce the rate of tax on estates, gifts, and generation-skipping transfers.

1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Estate Tax Rate Reduction Act . 2. Reduction of rate of tax on estates, gifts, and generation-skipping transfers (a) In general Section 2001 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 is amended— (1) by striking subsection (c) and inserting the following: (c) Rate of tax For purposes of determining the tentative tax, the rate of tax shall be 20 percent of the amount with respect to which the tentative tax is computed. ; and (2) in subsection (g)(1), by striking rates of tax under subsection (c) and inserting rate of tax under subsection (c) . (b) Conforming amendments (1) Section 2056A(b)(2) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 is amended— (A) in subparagraph (B)(i), by striking highest ; and (B) in subparagraph (C), by striking highest . (2) Section 2107(a) of such Code is amended by striking the table contained in and inserting the rate of tax under . (3) Section 2201(a) of such Code is amended by striking the rate schedule set forth in section 2001(c) and inserting the rate of tax under section 2001(c) . (4) Section 2641 of such Code is amended to read as follows: 2641. Applicable rate For purposes of this chapter, the term applicable rate means, with respect to any generation-skipping transfer, the product of— (1) the rate imposed by section 2001 on the estates of decedents dying at the time of the taxable distribution, taxable termination, or direct skip, as the case may be, and (2) the inclusion ratio with respect to the transfer. . (5) Section 2801(a)(1) of such Code is amended by striking the highest rate of tax specified in the table contained in and inserting the rate of tax under . (6) Section 6601(j)(2)(A)(i) of such Code is amended by striking the rate schedule set forth in . (c) Effective date The amendments made by this section shall apply to estates of decedents dying, generation-skipping transfers, and gifts made, after December 31, 2019. (d) Budgetary effects (1) PAYGO scorecard The budgetary effects of this section shall not be entered on either PAYGO scorecard maintained pursuant to section 4(d) of the Statutory Pay-As-You-Go Act of 2010 ( 2 U.S.C. 933(d) ). (2) Senate PAYGO scorecard The budgetary effects of this section shall not be entered on any PAYGO scorecard maintained for purposes of section 4106 of H. Con. Res. 71 (115th Congress), the concurrent resolution on the budget for fiscal year 2018.
II 116th CONGRESS 1st Session S. 180 IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES January 17, 2019 Mr. Hoeven (for himself and Mr. Lee ) introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources A BILL To streamline the oil and gas permitting process and to recognize fee ownership for certain oil and gas drilling or spacing units, and for other purposes.

1. Compliance with BLM permitting (a) In general Notwithstanding any other provision of law but subject to any State requirements, a Bureau of Land Management drilling permit shall not be required under the Federal Oil and Gas Royalty Management Act of 1982 ( 30 U.S.C. 1701 et seq.) or section 3164.1 of title 43, Code of Federal Regulations (or a successor regulation), for an action occurring within an oil and gas drilling or spacing unit if— (1) less than 50 percent of the minerals within the oil and gas drilling or spacing unit are minerals owned by the Federal Government; and (2) the Federal Government does not own or lease the surface estate within the boundaries of the oil and gas drilling or spacing unit. (b) Effect Nothing in this Act affects the right of the Federal Government to receive royalties due to the Federal Government from the production of the Federal minerals within the oil and gas drilling or spacing unit.
II 116th CONGRESS 1st Session S. 184 IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES January 17, 2019 Mr. Markey (for himself, Mr. Blumenthal , Mr. Whitehouse , Mr. Durbin , Mr. Casey , Ms. Hassan , Ms. Warren , Mrs. Gillibrand , Mr. Cardin , Mr. Udall , Mr. Sanders , Mr. Reed , Mr. Schumer , Ms. Stabenow , Ms. Duckworth , Ms. Harris , Mr. Murphy , Ms. Cortez Masto , Mr. Coons , Mr. Leahy , Ms. Baldwin , Ms. Hirono , Mr. Heinrich , Mr. Schatz , Mr. Kaine , Ms. Smith , Ms. Klobuchar , Mr. Brown , Mrs. Murray , Mr. Carper , Mr. Van Hollen , Mr. Booker , Mr. Bennet , Mrs. Feinstein , Mr. Merkley , Mr. Warner , Mr. Menendez , Mr. Wyden , Ms. Rosen , and Mr. Peters ) introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions A BILL To authorize the appropriation of funds to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention for conducting or supporting research on firearms safety or gun violence prevention.

1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Gun Violence Prevention Research Act . 2. Funding for research by CDC on firearms safety or gun violence prevention There is authorized to be appropriated to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention $50,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2020 through 2025 for the purpose of conducting or supporting research on firearms safety or gun violence prevention under the Public Health Service Act ( 42 U.S.C. 201 et seq.). The amount authorized to be appropriated by the preceding sentence is in addition to any other amounts authorized to be appropriated for such purpose.
II 116th CONGRESS 1st Session S. 185 IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES January 17, 2019 Mrs. Shaheen (for herself, Ms. Collins , Mr. Coons , and Mr. Reed ) introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources A BILL To require certain financial assistance under the State energy program and the Weatherization Assistance Program to be distributed without undue delay to support State and local high-impact energy efficiency and renewable energy initiatives.

1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Investing in State Energy Act . 2. Timing for distribution of certain financial assistance under the State energy program and the Weatherization Assistance Program (a) Timing for distribution of financial assistance under the weatherization assistance program Section 417(d) of the Energy Conservation and Production Act ( 42 U.S.C. 6867(d) ) is amended— (1) by striking (d) Payments and inserting the following: (d) Method and timing of payments (1) In general Subject to paragraph (2), any payments ; and (2) by adding at the end the following: (2) Timing Notwithstanding any other provision of law (including regulations), not later than 60 days after the date on which funds have been made available to provide assistance under this part, the Secretary shall distribute to the applicable recipient the full amount of assistance to be provided to the recipient under this part for the fiscal year. . (b) Timing for distribution of financial assistance under the State energy program Section 363 of the Energy Policy and Conservation Act ( 42 U.S.C. 6323 ) is amended by adding at the end the following: (g) Timing for distribution of financial assistance Notwithstanding any other provision of law (including regulations), not later than 60 days after the date on which funds have been made available to provide financial assistance under this section, the Secretary shall distribute to the applicable State the full amount of assistance to be provided to the State under this section for the fiscal year. .
II 116th CONGRESS 1st Session S. 187 IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES January 17, 2019 Mr. Portman (for himself, Mr. Barrasso , Mr. Blunt , Mr. Boozman , Ms. Collins , Mr. Enzi , Mr. Hoeven , and Mr. Isakson ) introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs A BILL To require Senate confirmation of the Inspector General of the Bureau of Consumer Financial Protection, and for other purposes.

1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Bureau of Consumer Financial Protection-Inspector General Reform Act or the CFPB-IG Act . 2. Appointment of Inspector General The Inspector General Act of 1978 (5 U.S.C. App.) is amended— (1) in section 8G— (A) in subsection (a)(2), by striking and the Bureau of Consumer Financial Protection ; (B) in subsection (c), by striking For purposes of implementing this section and all that follows through the end of the subsection; and (C) in subsection (g)(3), by striking and the Bureau of Consumer Financial Protection ; and (2) in section 12— (A) in paragraph (1), by inserting the Director of the Bureau of Consumer Financial Protection; after the President of the Export-Import Bank; ; and (B) in paragraph (2), by inserting the Bureau of Consumer Financial Protection, after the Export-Import Bank, .
II 116th CONGRESS 1st Session S. 188 IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES January 17, 2019 Mrs. Hyde-Smith introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance A BILL To make revenue from certain duties imposed on goods imported from the People's Republic of China available for border security, and for other purposes.

1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Border, Law Enforcement, Operational Control, and Sovereignty Act of 2019 . 2. Additional funding for border security (a) Transfer of certain revenue from duties to Secretary of Homeland Security (1) In general The Secretary of the Treasury shall transfer to the Secretary of Homeland Security from the general fund of the Treasury amounts determined by the Secretary of the Treasury to be equivalent to 50 percent of the amounts received into the general fund that are attributable to duties imposed under section 301 of the Trade Act of 1974 ( 19 U.S.C. 2411 ) with respect to goods imported from the People’s Republic of China on or after July 6, 2018. (2) Administration of transfers (A) In general The amounts required to be transferred under paragraph (1) shall be transferred not less frequently than quarterly from the general fund of the Treasury to the Secretary of Homeland Security on the basis of estimates made by the Secretary of the Treasury of the amounts described in paragraph (1) that are received into the Treasury. (B) Adjustments Proper adjustments shall be made in the amounts described in paragraph (1) subsequently transferred under that paragraph to the extent prior estimates were in excess of, or less than, the amounts required to be transferred. (b) Use of funds for border security Amounts transferred under subsection (a) shall be available, without further appropriation, to the Secretary of Homeland Security to install physical barriers and roads described in section 102 of the Illegal Immigration Reform and Immigrant Responsibility Act of 1996 (division C of Public Law 104–208 ; 8 U.S.C. 1103 note), including for the construction of fencing and road improvements described in subsection (b) of that section.
II 116th CONGRESS 1st Session S. 190 IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES January 17, 2019 Mr. Lee (for himself, Mr. Braun , Mr. Cramer , Mr. Cassidy , Mr. Wicker , Mr. Roberts , Mr. Inhofe , Mr. Rounds , Mrs. Hyde-Smith , Mr. Blunt , Ms. Ernst , Mr. Daines , Mr. Rubio , Mr. Hawley , Mr. McConnell , Mr. Cornyn , Mr. Sasse , Mr. Cotton , Mr. Risch , Mr. Thune , Mr. Barrasso , Mrs. Blackburn , Mr. Kennedy , Mr. Crapo , Mr. Scott of South Carolina , Mr. Moran , Mr. Lankford , Mrs. Fischer , and Mr. Enzi ) introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations A BILL To amend the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 to prohibit assistance to nonprofits, foreign nongovernmental organizations, and quasi-autonomous nongovernmental organizations that promote or perform abortions.

1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Protecting Life in Global Health Assistance Act of 2019 . 2. Prohibition on assistance to foreign nonprofits, foreign nongovernmental organizations, and quasi-autonomous nongovernmental organizations that promote or perform abortions Chapter 1 of part III of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 ( 22 U.S.C. 2351 et seq.) is amended by adding at the end the following new section: 620N. Prohibition on assistance to foreign nonprofits, foreign nongovernmental organizations, and quasi-autonomous nongovernmental organizations that promote or perform abortions No assistance may be furnished under this Act to any foreign nonprofit, foreign nongovernmental organization, or quasi-autonomous nongovernmental organization that promotes or performs abortion, except in cases of rape or incest or when the life of the mother would be endangered if the fetus were carried to term. .
II 116th CONGRESS 1st Session S. 192 IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES January 18, 2019 Mr. Alexander (for himself and Mrs. Murray ) introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions A BILL To provide extensions for community health centers, the National Health Service Corps, teaching health centers that operate GME programs, and the special diabetes programs.

1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Community and Public Health Programs Extension Act . 2. Extension for community health centers, the national health service corps, and teaching health centers that operate GME programs (a) Community health centers funding Section 10503(b)(1)(F) of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act ( 42 U.S.C. 254b–2(b)(1)(F) ) is amended by striking fiscal year 2019 and inserting each of fiscal years 2019 through 2024 . (b) National Health Service Corps Section 10503(b)(2)(F) of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act ( 42 U.S.C. 254b–2(b)(2)(F) ) is amended by striking and 2019 and inserting through 2024 . (c) Teaching Health Centers that operate Graduate Medical Education Programs Section 340H(g)(1) of the Public Health Service Act ( 42 U.S.C. 256h(g)(1) ) is amended by striking and 2019 and inserting through 2024 . (d) Application of provisions Amounts appropriated pursuant to this section for each of fiscal years 2019 through 2024 shall be subject to the requirements contained in Public Law 115–245 for funds for programs authorized under sections 330 through 340 of the Public Health Service Act. (e) Conforming amendments Paragraph (4) of section 3014(h) of title 18, United States Code, as amended by section 50901 of Public Law 115–123 , is amended by striking and section 50901(e) of the Advancing Chronic Care, Extenders, and Social Services Act and inserting , section 50901(e) of the Advancing Chronic Care, Extenders, and Social Services Act, and section 2(d) of the Community and Public Health Programs Extension Act . 3. Other programs (a) Type I Section 330B(b)(2)(D) of the Public Health Service Act ( 42 U.S.C. 254c–2(b)(2)(D) ) is amended by striking and 2019 and inserting through 2024 . (b) Indians Subparagraph (D) of section 330C(c)(2) of the Public Health Service Act ( 42 U.S.C. 254c–3(c)(2)(D) ) is amended by striking and 2019 and inserting through 2024 .
II 116th CONGRESS 1st Session S. 197 IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES January 22, 2019 Mr. Heinrich (for himself, Mrs. Feinstein , Mr. Leahy , Mr. Udall , Mr. Blumenthal , Mr. Carper , Ms. Harris , Mr. Whitehouse , Mr. Murphy , Mrs. Gillibrand , Ms. Warren , Mr. Merkley , Ms. Cortez Masto , Mr. Wyden , Mr. Booker , Ms. Klobuchar , Mr. Cardin , Mr. Reed , Mr. Sanders , and Mr. Markey ) introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary A BILL To provide for the confidentiality of information submitted in requests for deferred action under the deferred action for childhood arrivals program, and for other purposes.

1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Protect DREAMer Confidentiality Act of 2019 . 2. Definitions In this Act: (1) DACA program The term DACA program means the deferred action for childhood arrivals program described in the memorandum of the Department of Homeland Security entitled Exercising Prosecutorial Discretion with Respect to Individuals Who Came to the United States as Children issued on June 15, 2012. (2) Individual application information The term individual application information means any information, including personally identifiable information, submitted to the Secretary after June 15, 2012, as part of a request for consideration or reconsideration for the DACA program. (3) Secretary The term Secretary means the Secretary of Homeland Security. 3. Confidentiality of information submitted for DACA program (a) In general The Secretary shall protect individual application information from disclosure to U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement or U.S. Customs and Border Protection for any purpose other than the implementation of the DACA program. (b) Referrals prohibited The Secretary may not refer to U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, U.S. Customs and Border Protection, the Department of Justice, or any other law enforcement agency any individual the case of whom has been deferred pursuant to the DACA program. (c) Limited exception Individual application information may be shared with national security and law enforcement agencies— (1) to identify or prevent fraudulent claims; (2) for particularized national security purposes relating to an individual application; and (3) for the investigation or prosecution of any felony not related to immigration status.
II 116th CONGRESS 1st Session S. 200 IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES January 24, 2019 Mr. Markey (for himself, Mr. Murphy , Ms. Warren , Mr. Van Hollen , Mrs. Gillibrand , Mr. Merkley , Mr. Schatz , Mr. Leahy , Mr. Brown , Mr. Sanders , Mr. Wyden , and Ms. Smith ) introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations A BILL To prohibit the conduct of a first-use nuclear strike absent a declaration of war by Congress.

1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Restricting First Use of Nuclear Weapons Act of 2019 . 2. Findings and declaration of policy (a) Findings Congress finds the following: (1) The Constitution gives Congress the sole power to declare war. (2) The framers of the Constitution understood that the monumental decision to go to war, which can result in massive death and the destruction of civilized society, must be made by the representatives of the people and not by a single person. (3) As stated by section 2(c) of the War Powers Resolution ( Public Law 93–148 ; 50 U.S.C. 1541 ), the constitutional powers of the President as Commander-in-Chief to introduce United States Armed Forces into hostilities, or into situations where imminent involvement in hostilities is clearly indicated by the circumstances, are exercised only pursuant to (1) a declaration of war, (2) specific statutory authorization, or (3) a national emergency created by attack upon the United States, its territories or possessions, or its armed forces . (4) Nuclear weapons are uniquely powerful weapons that have the capability to instantly kill millions of people, create long-term health and environmental consequences throughout the world, directly undermine global peace, and put the United States at existential risk from retaliatory nuclear strikes. (5) By any definition of war, a first-use nuclear strike from the United States would constitute a major act of war. (6) A first-use nuclear strike conducted absent a declaration of war by Congress would violate the Constitution. (b) Declaration of policy It is the policy of the United States that no first-use nuclear strike should be conducted absent a declaration of war by Congress. 3. Prohibition on conduct of first-use nuclear strikes (a) Prohibition Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the President may not use the Armed Forces of the United States to conduct a first-use nuclear strike unless such strike is conducted pursuant to a declaration of war by Congress that expressly authorizes such strike. (b) First-Use nuclear strike defined In this section, the term first-use nuclear strike means an attack using nuclear weapons against an enemy that is conducted without the President determining that the enemy has first launched a nuclear strike against the United States or an ally of the United States.
II 116th CONGRESS 1st Session S. 201 IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES January 24, 2019 Mr. Menendez (for himself, Ms. Hirono , Mr. Booker , Mr. Bennet , Mr. Blumenthal , Ms. Cortez Masto , Mrs. Gillibrand , Ms. Harris , Mrs. Murray , Mr. Reed , Mr. Schumer , Ms. Smith , Mr. Van Hollen , Ms. Warren , and Mr. Whitehouse ) introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs A BILL To amend title 13, United States Code, to make clear that each decennial census, as required for the apportionment of Representatives in Congress among the several States, shall tabulate the total number of persons in each State, and to provide that no information regarding United States citizenship or immigration status may be elicited in any such census.

1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Every Person Counts Act . 2. Census data collection (a) Requirement Section 141(b) of title 13, United States Code, is amended by striking United States and inserting the following: United States, and shall tabulate the total number of persons in each State . (b) Prohibition Section 141(a) of title 13, United States Code, is amended in the second sentence by striking as necessary and inserting the following: as necessary, except that the Secretary may not include any question or otherwise elicit any information regarding United States citizenship or immigration status . (c) Rules of construction Nothing in subsection (a) or (b) shall be construed to— (1) permit or require the exclusion from any decennial census of population (as defined in section 141(g) of title 13, United States Code) of— (A) any person on the basis of age; (B) personnel in the Armed Forces (and their dependents) serving abroad; (C) Federal employees (and their dependents) stationed abroad; or (D) any other persons outside of the United States (in addition to persons described in subparagraph (B) or (C)) who can be traced to the State of their usual place of residence, as determined by the Secretary of Commerce; or (2) affect the survey conducted by the Secretary of Commerce that is commonly referred to as the American Community Survey .
II 116th CONGRESS 1st Session S. 203 IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES January 24, 2019 Mr. Crapo (for himself, Mr. Wyden , Mr. Roberts , Mr. Schumer , Mr. Thune , Ms. Stabenow , Mr. Isakson , Mr. Casey , Mr. Inhofe , Mr. Blumenthal , Mr. Moran , and Mr. Wicker ) introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance A BILL To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to permanently extend the railroad track maintenance credit, and for other purposes.

1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Building Rail Access for Customers and the Economy Act of 2019 or the BRACE Act of 2019 . 2. Railroad track maintenance credit made permanent (a) In general Section 45G of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 is amended by striking subsection (f). (b) Effective date (1) In general The amendment made by subsection (a) shall apply to expenditures paid or incurred during taxable years beginning after December 31, 2017. (2) Safe harbor assignments Assignments, including related expenditures paid or incurred, under paragraph (2) of section 45G(b) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 for taxable years beginning on or after January 1, 2018, and before January 1, 2019, shall be treated as effective as of the close of such taxable year if made pursuant to a written agreement entered into not later than 90 days after the date of the enactment of this Act.
II 116th CONGRESS 1st Session S. 214 IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES January 24, 2019 Mr. Gardner introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Appropriations A BILL To provide for the compensation of Federal and other government employees affected by the current lapse in appropriations.

1. Compensation for Federal and other government employees affected by the lapse in appropriations (a) Definitions In this section— (1) the term agency means each establishment in the Federal Government; (2) the term covered lapse in appropriations means the lapse in appropriations that began on or about December 22, 2018; (3) the term District of Columbia public employer means— (A) the District of Columbia Courts; (B) the Public Defender Service for the District of Columbia; or (C) the District of Columbia government; and (4) the term excepted employee means an excepted employee or an employee performing emergency work, as such terms are defined by the Office of Personnel Management or the appropriate District of Columbia public employer, as applicable. (b) Pay During the period of the covered lapse in appropriations, the head of each agency or District of Columbia public employer that is subject to the covered lapse in appropriations shall compensate, at the employee's standard rate of compensation— (1) each employee of the agency or of a District of Columbia public employer who was furloughed as a result of the covered lapse in appropriations; and (2) each excepted employee who is required to perform work during the covered lapse in appropriations. (c) Funding (1) In general There are appropriated for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2019, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, to the head of each agency or District of Columbia public employer that is subject to the covered lapse in appropriations such sums as are necessary to carry out this section. (2) Charging to full-year appropriations Expenditures made pursuant to this Act shall be charged to the applicable appropriation, fund, or authorization whenever a bill in which such applicable appropriation, fund, or authorization is contained is enacted into law. (3) Interaction with other law For purposes of section 1341(c) of title 31, United States Code, the appropriations provided under paragraph (1) shall constitute an end of the covered lapse in appropriations.
II 116th CONGRESS 1st Session S. 221 IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES January 24, 2019 Mr. Gardner (for himself, Mr. Manchin , Mr. Moran , Ms. Collins , and Mr. Cassidy ) introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs A BILL To amend title 38, United States Code, to require the Under Secretary of Health to report major adverse personnel actions involving certain health care employees to the National Practitioner Data Bank and to applicable State licensing boards, and for other purposes.

1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Department of Veterans Affairs Provider Accountability Act . 2. Accountability within Veterans Health Administration (a) Reporting major adverse actions to National Practitioner Data Bank and State licensing boards Section 7461 of title 38, United States Code, is amended by adding at the end the following new subsection: (f) Whenever the Under Secretary for Health (or an official designated by the Under Secretary) brings charges based on conduct or performance against a section 7401(1) employee and as a result of those charges a major adverse action is taken against the employee, the Under Secretary shall, not later than 30 days after the date on which such major adverse action is carried out, transmit to the National Practitioner Data Bank and the applicable State licensing board the name of the employee, a description of the major adverse action, and a description of the reason for the major adverse action. . (b) Prohibition on signing settlements with certain clauses (1) In general Except as provided in paragraph (2), the Secretary of Veterans Affairs may not enter into a settlement agreement relating to a claim by an employee of the Department of Veterans Affairs under which the Department would be required to conceal a serious medical error or purge a negative record from a personnel file of an employee of the Department. (2) Exception Paragraph (1) shall not apply to a negative record if the head of the Office of Accountability and Whistleblower Protection of the Department and the Special Counsel (established by section 1211 of title 5, United States Code) jointly certify that the negative record is not legitimate.
II 116th CONGRESS 1st Session S. 222 IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES January 24, 2019 Mr. Jones (for himself, Mr. Cardin , Mr. Kaine , Mr. Van Hollen , Ms. Hirono , Mr. Wyden , Ms. Baldwin , Ms. Klobuchar , and Mrs. Shaheen ) introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Appropriations A BILL To amend section 1341 of title 31, United States Code, to require payment of interest on back pay for employees affected by a lapse in appropriations.

1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Back Pay Fairness Act of 2019 . 2. Interest on back pay for employees affected by a lapse in appropriations (a) In general Section 1341(c) of title 31, United States Code, is amended— (1) by redesignating paragraph (3) as paragraph (4); and (2) by inserting after paragraph (2) the following: (3) (A) If a payment under paragraph (2) to an employee furloughed as a result of a covered lapse in appropriations or to an excepted employee is made after the regularly scheduled pay date for such payment in the absence of a lapse in appropriations, the payment shall include an interest payment prorated daily which shall accrue from such regularly scheduled pay date. (B) An interest payment under subparagraph (A)— (i) shall be computed at the rate of interest established by the Secretary of the Treasury under section 3902 that is in effect on the first day of the covered lapse in appropriations; and (ii) shall be in addition to any other remedy available under any other law, rule, or regulation. . (b) Applicability The amendments made by this section shall apply with respect to any covered lapse in appropriations (as defined in section 1341(c) of title 31, United States Code) that begins before, on, or after the date of enactment of this Act.
II 116th CONGRESS 1st Session S. 226 IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES January 24, 2019 Mr. Moran (for himself, Mr. Gardner , Mr. Risch , Mr. Thune , Mr. Lankford , Mr. Daines , and Mr. Rounds ) introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs A BILL To clarify the rights of Indians and Indian Tribes on Indian lands under the National Labor Relations Act.

1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Tribal Labor Sovereignty Act of 2019 . 2. Definition of employer Section 2 of the National Labor Relations Act ( 29 U.S.C. 152 ) is amended— (1) in paragraph (2), by inserting or any Indian Tribe, or any enterprise or institution owned and operated by an Indian Tribe and located on its Indian lands, after subdivision thereof, ; and (2) by adding at the end the following: (15) The term Indian Tribe means any Indian Tribe, band, nation, pueblo, or other organized group or community which is recognized as eligible for the special programs and services provided by the United States to Indians because of their status as Indians. (16) The term Indian means any individual who is a member of an Indian Tribe. (17) The term Indian lands means— (A) all lands within the limits of any Indian reservation; (B) any lands title to which is either held in trust by the United States for the benefit of any Indian Tribe or Indian or held by any Indian Tribe or Indian subject to restriction by the United States against alienation; and (C) any lands in the State of Oklahoma that are within the boundaries of a former reservation (as defined by the Secretary of the Interior) of a federally recognized Indian Tribe. .
II Calendar No. 65 116th CONGRESS 1st Session S. 226 [Report No. 116–30] IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES January 24, 2019 Mr. Moran (for himself, Mr. Gardner , Mr. Risch , Mr. Thune , Mr. Lankford , Mr. Daines , Mr. Rounds , Mr. Cramer , Mr. Crapo , and Ms. McSally ) introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs April 9, 2019 Reported by Mr. Hoeven , without amendment A BILL To clarify the rights of Indians and Indian Tribes on Indian lands under the National Labor Relations Act.

1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Tribal Labor Sovereignty Act of 2019 . 2. Definition of employer Section 2 of the National Labor Relations Act ( 29 U.S.C. 152 ) is amended— (1) in paragraph (2), by inserting or any Indian Tribe, or any enterprise or institution owned and operated by an Indian Tribe and located on its Indian lands, after subdivision thereof, ; and (2) by adding at the end the following: (15) The term Indian Tribe means any Indian Tribe, band, nation, pueblo, or other organized group or community which is recognized as eligible for the special programs and services provided by the United States to Indians because of their status as Indians. (16) The term Indian means any individual who is a member of an Indian Tribe. (17) The term Indian lands means— (A) all lands within the limits of any Indian reservation; (B) any lands title to which is either held in trust by the United States for the benefit of any Indian Tribe or Indian or held by any Indian Tribe or Indian subject to restriction by the United States against alienation; and (C) any lands in the State of Oklahoma that are within the boundaries of a former reservation (as defined by the Secretary of the Interior) of a federally recognized Indian Tribe. .

April 9, 2019 Reported without amendment