HOTEL Act Heightened Oversight of Travel, Eating, and Lodging Act of 2019 [S.2485]
Prohibits federal agencies from using U.S. government funds to pay for expenses at lodging establishments that are owned by or employ certain public officials or their relatives, including by providing travel reimbursement or a per diem allowance for the cost of lodging, with exceptions.
S.2485: HOTEL Act Heightened Oversight of Travel, Eating, and Lodging Act of 2019
Sponsored by: Sen. Robert Casey
Read Twice And Referred To The Committee On Homeland Security And Governmental Affairs. on 09/17/2019
Protect American Values Act [S.2482]
A bill to prohibit the use of Federal funds to carry out the final rule of the Department of Homeland Security entitled "Inadmissibility on Public Charge Grounds".
S.2482: Protect American Values Act
Sponsored by: Sen. Robert Casey
Read Twice And Referred To The Committee On The Judiciary. on 09/17/2019
Clean Air, Healthy Kids Act [S.2505]
Reinstates a variety of rules regarding climate change that were repealed, suspended, delayed, withdrawn, or replaced and prohibits the implementation of certain policies and proposed rules. Specifically, the bill nullifies Executive Order 13783 titled Promoting Energy Independence and Economic Growth. In addition, the bill nullifies the following rules: the Repeal of the Clean Power Plan; Emission Guidelines for Greenhouse Gas Emissions From Existing Electric Utility Generating Units; Revisions to Emission Guidelines Implementing Regulations rule
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S.2505: Clean Air, Healthy Kids Act
Sponsored by: Sen. Jack Reed
Read Twice And Referred To The Committee On Energy And Natural Resources. on 09/18/2019
Elementary and Secondary School Counseling Act [S.2499]
Directs the Department of Education to award grants to state educational agencies to support school-based, mental-health-services providers at public elementary and secondary schools.
S.2499: Elementary and Secondary School Counseling Act
Sponsored by: Sen. Robert Casey
Read Twice And Referred To The Committee On Health, Education, Labor, And Pensions. on 09/18/2019
Compassionate Retirement Act of 2019 Kathryn Manginelli Act of 2019 [S.2495]
Permits early distributions, without penalty, from tax-preferred pension plans to individuals diagnosed with a terminal illness (i.e., an illness or physical condition that can be reasonably expected to result in death seven years after diagnosis).
S.2495: Compassionate Retirement Act of 2019 Kathryn Manginelli Act of 2019
Sponsored by: Sen. Richard Burr
Read Twice And Referred To The Committee On Finance. on 09/18/2019
SR-316: A resolution supporting the clean vehicle emissions standards of the United States and defending the authority of States under the Clean Air Act to protect the people of those States from harmful air pollution.
Sponsored by: Sen. Robert Casey
Referred To The Committee On Environment And Public Works. on 09/18/2019
You have voted SR-316: A resolution supporting the clean vehicle emissions standards of the United States and defending the authority of States under the Clean Air Act to protect the people of those States from harmful air pollution..
SR-319: A resolution designating the week beginning September 16, 2019, as National Hispanic-Serving Institutions Week.
Sponsored by: Sen. Robert Casey
Submitted In The Senate, Considered, And Agreed To Without Amendment And With A Preamble By Unanimous Consent. on 09/19/2019
S.2526: A bill to require the Secretary of Energy to identify and convey to the State of Colorado land for use as a storage site for residual radioactive material, and for other purposes.
Sponsored by: Sen. Cory Gardner
Read Twice And Referred To The Committee On Energy And Natural Resources. on 09/19/2019
You have voted S.2526: A bill to require the Secretary of Energy to identify and convey to the State of Colorado land for use as a storage site for residual radioactive material, and for other purposes..
KOMBUCHA Keeping Our Manufacturers from Being Unfairly taxed while Championing Health Act [S.926]
Exempts the production of kombucha for consumption or sale from excise taxes imposed on alcoholic beverages. Kombucha is a beverage that (1) is fermented solely by a symbiotic culture of bacteria and yeast; (2) contains not more than 1.25% of alcohol by volume; (3) is sold or offered for sale as kombucha; and (4) is derived from sugar, malt or malt substitute, tea, or coffee, and not more than 20% other wholesome ingredients.
S.926: KOMBUCHA Keeping Our Manufacturers from Being Unfairly taxed while Championing Health Act
Sponsored by: Sen. Ron Wyden
Read Twice And Referred To The Committee On Finance. on 03/28/2019
Mainstreaming Addiction Treatment Act of 2019 [S.2074]
A bill to amend section 303(g) of the Controlled Substances Act (21 U.S.C. 823(g)) to eliminate the separate registration requirement for dispensing narcotic drugs in schedule III, IV, or V, such as buprenorphine, for maintenance or detoxification treatment, and for other purposes.
S.2074: Mainstreaming Addiction Treatment Act of 2019
Sponsored by: Sen. Jeff Merkley
Read Twice And Referred To The Committee On Health, Education, Labor, And Pensions. on 07/10/2019