Intergovernmental Relations
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FIRM IT Act of 2019 Flood Insurance Rate Map Interagency Technology Act of 2019 [S.1144]
[Insurance ]
[Technology and Innovation ]
[Disaster Relief ]
[Science ]
[Funding ]
[Grants ]
[Public Safety ]
[Water ]
Modifies technical requirements for National Flood Insurance Program (NFIP) rate maps. Specifically, the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) must consult with the Department of Defense, the U.S. Geological Survey, and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration to obtain information relevant to NFIP rate maps. FEMA may include this data, as well as specified property survey information, in NFIP rate maps. The format of NFIP rate maps must conform to specified data and protocols.
Sponsored by: Sen. Marco Rubio
Read Twice And Referred To The Committee On Banking, Housing, And Urban Affairs. on 04/11/2019
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Taxpayer Protection and Preparer Proficiency Act of 2019 [S.1192]
[Taxes ]
[Consumer Protection ]
Authorizes the Department of the Treasury to regulate tax return preparers, including by sanctioning preparers for incompetence and disreputable behavior and by establishing minimum competency standards for preparers.
Sponsored by: Sen. Ron Wyden
Read Twice And Referred To The Committee On Finance. on 04/11/2019
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Not Invisible Act of 2019 [S.982]
[Crime ]
[Human Rights ]
[Native American Affairs ]
[Public Safety ]
[Human Services ]
[Criminal Justice ]
Increases the coordination of efforts to reduce violent crime within Indian lands and against Indians. Specifically, the Department of the Interior must designate an official within the Bureau of Indian Affairs to coordinate prevention efforts, grants, and programs related to missing Indians and the murder and human trafficking of Indians. In addition, Interior and the Department of Justice (DOJ) must (1) establish a joint commission on violent crime within Indian lands and against Indians, and (2) submit a written response to the recommendations
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Sponsored by: Sen. Tom Udall
Became Public Law No: 116-166. (txt | Pdf) on 10/10/2020
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HEALTHIER Act of 2019 Health for Each American Less fortunate Through Help from medical professionals In Every Rural and impoverished area Act of 2019 [HB-2216]
[Healthcare ]
[Public Health ]
[Grants ]
[Poverty ]
Directs the Department of Health and Human Services to award two-year grants to states that adopt laws permitting the provision of specified volunteer health care services. Such laws must require that volunteer health care services are (1) administered by a health care provider that is licensed in another state, (2) within the scope of practice of such provider, and (3) provided to a rural or impoverished area within the state receiving the grant.
Sponsored by: Rep. H. Morgan Griffith
Referred To The Subcommittee On Health. on 04/11/2019
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PUGET SOS Act Promoting United Government Efforts to Save Our Sound Act [HB-2247]
[Environmental ]
[Water ]
[Public Lands and National Parks ]
Provides support for the restoration and protection of the Puget Sound, an estuary in the Pacific Ocean off the coast of Washington. Specifically, the bill establishes (1) a Puget Sound Recovery National Program Office within the Environmental Protection Agency; and (2) the Puget Sound Federal Leadership Task Force, which replaces the existing Puget Sound Federal Task Force. Finally, the bill establishes a State Advisory Committee.
Sponsored by: Rep. Pramila Jayapal
Received In The Senate And Read Twice And Referred To The Committee On Environment And Public Works. on 02/10/2020
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Make Education Local Act of 2019 [HB-2263]
[Education ]
[Funding ]
Creates a framework under which states may receive federal elementary and secondary education funds on a consolidated basis and use such funds for any educational purpose permitted by state law. Each state is authorized to submit to the Department of Education a state management decision which, among other things, shall describe how the state will address persistently failing public schools. The bill defines state management decision as a state decision to assume full management responsibility for the expenditure of federal funds to advance the
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Sponsored by: Rep. Andy Biggs
Introduced In House on 04/10/2019
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A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to expand the earned income and child tax credits, and for other purposes. [S.1138]
[Taxes ]
[Budget and Spending ]
[Children and Youth ]
Increases and revises requirements for the earned income and child tax credits. It also makes similar revisions to the earned income tax credit for residents of Puerto Rico. The bill authorizes the Department of the Treasury to regulate the practice of tax return preparers and impose sanctions upon preparers found to be incompetent or disreputable. The Government Accountability Office must study and report on the sharing of information between Treasury and states regarding identification numbers issued to tax return preparers and minimum standards
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Sponsored by: Sen. Robert Casey
Read Twice And Referred To The Committee On Finance. on 04/10/2019
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Sustainable Chemistry Research and Development Act of 2019 [S.999]
[Environmental ]
[Science ]
[Technology and Innovation ]
[Manufacturing ]
[Energy ]
[Air Quality ]
[Water ]
[Waste Management / Recycling ]
[Climate Change ]
Directs the Office of Science and Technology Policy to convene an interagency entity under the National Science and Technology Council with the responsibility of coordinating federal programs and activities in support of sustainable chemistry. Agencies participating in the entity must carry out specified activities in support of sustainable chemistry, including incorporating sustainable chemistry into existing research, development, demonstration, technology transfer, commercialization, education, and training programs. Sustainable chemistry, also
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Sponsored by: Sen. Susan Collins
Committee On Commerce, Science, And Transportation. Reported By Senator Wicker With An Amendment In The Nature Of A Substitute. With Written Report No. 116-251. on 08/12/2020
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Digital Coast Act [HB-2189]
[Technology and Innovation ]
[Environmental ]
[Science ]
[Telecommunications ]
[Water ]
[Economic Development ]
Provides statutory authority for and revises the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration's (NOAA's) Digital Coast program. (The program currently exists under NOAA to provide data, tools, and training that communities use to manage their coastal resources.) NOAA must focus on filling data needs and gaps for critical coastal management issues and support continued improvement in existing efforts to coordinate the acquisition and integration of key data sets needed for coastal management. NOAA may enter into financial agreements and collect
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Sponsored by: Rep. Don Young
Reported (amended) By The Committee On Natural Resources. H. Rept. 116-315. on 11/26/2019
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Protecting United States Businesses Abroad Act [HB-2167]
[International ]
[Trade ]
[Human Rights ]
[National Security ]
[Finance ]
Authorizes the President to impose visa-blocking sanctions on foreign individuals or entities that engage in certain forms of corruption, expropriation, or extortion to the detriment of a U.S. person or entity that has made an investment in a foreign country. Some of the actions subject to sanctions include (1) using state authority to extort payments from or intimidate such a U.S. investor, (2) expropriating the assets of a U.S. investor without just compensation, and (3) engaging in extortion or threatening force against a U.S. investor. The President
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Sponsored by: Rep. Ted Lieu
Referred To The Subcommittee On Immigration And Citizenship. on 05/15/2019
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Digital Coast Act [S.1069]
[Technology and Innovation ]
[Environmental ]
[Science ]
[Water ]
[Telecommunications ]
[Economic Development ]
Provides statutory authority for and revises the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration's (NOAA's) Digital Coast program. (The program currently exists under NOAA to provide data, tools, and training that communities use to manage their coastal resources.) NOAA must focus on filling data needs and gaps for critical coastal management issues and support continued improvement in existing efforts to coordinate the acquisition and integration of key data sets needed for coastal management. NOAA may enter into financial agreements and collect
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Sponsored by: Sen. Amy Klobuchar
Became Public Law No: 116-223. (txt | Pdf) on 12/18/2020
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Colorado River Drought Contingency Plan Authorization Act [S.1057]
[Water ]
[Energy ]
[Public Lands and National Parks ]
[Environmental ]
[Infrastructure ]
Requires the Department of the Interior to carry out the Colorado River Drought Contingency Plan which was submitted to Congress on March 19, 2019, by Arizona, California, Colorado, Nevada, New Mexico, Utah, and Wyoming. Interior must execute the plan without delay and operate applicable Colorado River System reservoirs accordingly.
Sponsored by: Sen. Mike Lee
Message On Senate Action Sent To The House. on 04/09/2019
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Open Internet Preservation Act [HB-2136]
[Telecommunications ]
[Technology and Innovation ]
[Consumer Protection ]
[Data Privacy ]
Prohibits broadband internet access service providers from (1) blocking lawful content, applications, services, or non-harmful devices; or (2) throttling lawful internet traffic on the basis of internet content, application, or service, or use of a non-harmful device. Providers may offer specialized services, which operate over the same network and share network capacity with the broadband internet access service, so long as such service offerings do not threaten the availability of broadband internet access service or evade the purposes of the
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Sponsored by: Rep. Lloyd Smucker
Referred To The Subcommittee On Communications And Technology. on 04/09/2019
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A bill to amend the Endangered Species Act of 1973 to establish a program to allow States to assume certain Federal responsibilities under that Act with respect to agency actions applicable to highway projects within the States, and for other purposes. [S.1051]
[Environmental ]
[Transportation and Motor Vehicles ]
[Infrastructure ]
[Animals ]
Revises requirements governing endangered species to establish a program that allows participating states to assume certain federal responsibilities regarding the review of the impacts of highway projects on endangered or threatened species. For example, the bill allows states to assume the responsibility of federal agencies to oversee the consultation process that is used to ensure that highway projects do not jeopardize the continued existence of endangered or threatened species.
Sponsored by: Sen. Dan Sullivan
Read Twice And Referred To The Committee On Environment And Public Works. on 04/04/2019
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A bill to amend title 54, United States Code, to establish a program to allow States to assume certain Federal responsibilities under that title with respect to agency actions applicable to highway projects within the States, and for other purposes. [S.1054]
[Transportation and Motor Vehicles ]
[Infrastructure ]
[Public Lands and National Parks ]
[Construction ]
Directs federal agencies to carry out an assignment program that allows participating states to assume certain responsibilities of the agency regarding highway projects on historic properties within the state.
Sponsored by: Sen. Dan Sullivan
Read Twice And Referred To The Committee On Environment And Public Works. on 04/04/2019
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Build USA Infrastructure Act [S.1038]
[Infrastructure ]
[Transportation and Motor Vehicles ]
[Budget and Spending ]
[Construction ]
[Trade ]
[Manufacturing ]
Addresses highway infrastructure funding. The bill requires, for the five-year period beginning on October 1, 2020, the deposit of the first $21.4 billion of revenues collected by the U.S. Customs and Border Protection into the Highway Trust Fund. A state may enter into an agreement with the Federal Highway Administration (FHWA), for a period of three years or longer, under which it agrees to opt out of receiving at least 60% of funds out of the Highway Trust Fund that the state may receive during each year of the agreement for federal-aid highway
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Sponsored by: Sen. Dan Sullivan
Read Twice And Referred To The Committee On Homeland Security And Governmental Affairs. on 04/04/2019
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Colorado River Drought Contingency Plan Authorization Act [HB-2030]
[Water ]
[Energy ]
[Public Lands and National Parks ]
[Environmental ]
Requires the Department of the Interior to carry out the Colorado River Drought Contingency Plan which was submitted to Congress on March 19, 2019, by Arizona, California, Colorado, Nevada, New Mexico, Utah, and Wyoming. Interior must execute the plan without delay and operate applicable Colorado River System reservoirs accordingly.
Sponsored by: Rep. Andy Biggs
Signed By President. on 04/16/2019
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Medicaid Bump Act [HB-1920]
[Healthcare ]
[Medicare and Medicaid ]
[Mental Health ]
[Public Health ]
[Budget and Spending ]
Increases the Federal Medical Assistance Percentage to 90% with respect to increased state Medicaid program expenditures for mental and behavioral health services.
Sponsored by: Rep. Tony Cardenas
Referred To The Subcommittee On Health. on 03/28/2019
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No Sanctuary for Criminals Act of 2019 [HB-1928]
[Immigration ]
[Crime ]
[Funding ]
[Grants ]
[National Security ]
[Public Safety ]
Bars any government entity or individual from prohibiting or restricting a government entity, official, or other personnel from (1) complying with immigration laws, (2) cooperating with immigration enforcement, (3) making inquiries to an individual to obtain immigration-related information, or (4) complying with immigration-related informational inquiries from federal law enforcement entities. States or local entities that fail to comply with such a bar shall be ineligible for certain federal funds and grants for at least one year. (Such provisions
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Sponsored by: Rep. Matt Gaetz
Referred To The Subcommittee On Immigration And Citizenship. on 05/03/2019
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Domestic Terrorism Prevention Act of 2019 [S.894]
[Crime ]
[National Security ]
[Public Safety ]
Authorizes domestic terrorism offices in the Department of Homeland Security (DHS), the Department of Justice (DOJ), and the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) and requires specified steps to prevent and report on domestic terrorism. The bill also authorizes a Domestic Terrorism Executive Committee, which shall coordinate with key public safety officials to promote information sharing and ensure an effective joint effort to combat domestic terrorism. The joint terrorism task forces of the FBI and state, local, and regional fusion centers shall
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Sponsored by: Sen. Jack Reed
Read Twice And Referred To The Committee On The Judiciary. on 03/27/2019