Financing Our Energy Future Act [S.1841]
Amends the Internal Revenue Code, with respect to the tax treatment of publicly traded partnerships as corporations, to expand the definition of "qualifying income" for such partnerships (known as master limited partnerships) to include income and gains from renewable and alternative energy generation projects (in addition to fossil fuel-based energy generation projects) and related infrastructure for transportation or storage, including energy derived from thermal resources, waste, renewable fuels and chemicals, energy efficient buildings, gasification,
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S.1841: Financing Our Energy Future Act
Sponsored by: Sen. Susan Collins
Read Twice And Referred To The Committee On Finance. on 06/13/2019
Never Again Education Act [S.2085]
Creates the Holocaust Education Assistance Program Fund for the Department of Education (ED) to (1) award grants to eligible entities to carry out Holocaust education programs, and (2) conduct periodic regional workshops to provide teachers with technical assistance on how to incorporate Holocaust education within state and local education standards. The fund may accept donations and in-kind contributions. ED shall (1) create and maintain a Holocaust education program website containing resources for middle grades and high schools; and (2) establish
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S.2085: Never Again Education Act
Sponsored by: Sen. Robert Casey
Read Twice And Referred To The Committee On Health, Education, Labor, And Pensions. on 07/10/2019
Nuclear Energy Leadership Act [S.903]
A bill to direct the Secretary of Energy to establish advanced nuclear goals, provide for a versatile, reactor-based fast neutron source, make available high-assay, low-enriched uranium for research, development, and demonstration of advanced nuclear reactor concepts, and for other purposes.
S.903: Nuclear Energy Leadership Act
Sponsored by: Sen. Martha McSally
Committee On Energy And Natural Resources. Reported By Senator Murkowski With An Amendment In The Nature Of A Substitute. With Written Report No. 116-114. on 09/24/2019
TRUST Act Time to Rescue United States Trusts Act [S.2733]
Establishes congressional rescue committees to develop recommendations and legislation to improve critical social contract programs. A critical social contract program is a federal program for which a federal trust fund is established (e.g., Social Security, Medicare, and federal highway programs), with outlays of at least $20 billion during the year preceding the year in which this bill is enacted, and for which the amount of dedicated federal funds and federal trust fund balances will be inadequate to meet the total amount of outlays of the program
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S.2733: TRUST Act Time to Rescue United States Trusts Act
Sponsored by: Sen. Martha McSally
Committee On Homeland Security And Governmental Affairs. Hearings Held. on 01/28/2020
SCR-31: A concurrent resolution recognizing the importance and significance of the 2020 Census and encouraging individuals, families, and households across the United States to participate in the 2020 Census to ensure a complete and accurate count.
Sponsored by: Sen. Jack Reed
Message On Senate Action Sent To The House. on 12/19/2019
You have voted SCR-31: A concurrent resolution recognizing the importance and significance of the 2020 Census and encouraging individuals, families, and households across the United States to participate in the 2020 Census to ensure a complete and accurate count..
Measuring Real Income Growth Act of 2019 [S.3102]
Requires the Bureau of Economic Analysis to include estimates pertaining to various income groups in its gross domestic product analyses. Such analyses shall include estimates pertaining to each of the 10 deciles of income as discreet groups and the highest 1% of income as a group.
S.3102: Measuring Real Income Growth Act of 2019
Sponsored by: Sen. Robert Casey
Read Twice And Referred To The Committee On Commerce, Science, And Transportation. on 12/18/2019
SR-282: A resolution honoring former Associate Justice John Paul Stevens of the Supreme Court of the United States.
Sponsored by: Sen. Robert Casey
Submitted In The Senate, Considered, And Agreed To Without Amendment And With A Preamble By Unanimous Consent. (consideration: Cr S5000-5001; Text: Cr S5017-5018) on 07/23/2019
Foreign Agents Disclosure and Registration Enhancement Act of 2019 [S.1762]
Provides the Department of Justice (DOJ) with a mechanism to demand evidence for investigating compliance with foreign-agent disclosure requirements and increases penalties relating to such requirements. DOJ may issue civil investigative demands to a person who may have information relevant to an investigation related to the Foreign Agents Registration Act of 1938 (FARA). Such demands may be for documents, written answers to questions, or oral testimony. The bill prescribes various procedures and requirements, such as minimum notice periods when
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S.1762: Foreign Agents Disclosure and Registration Enhancement Act of 2019
Sponsored by: Sen. Chuck Grassley
Read Twice And Referred To The Committee On Foreign Relations. on 06/10/2019
You have voted S.3146: A bill to ensure a fair process for negotiations of collective bargaining agreements under chapter 71 of title 5, United States Code..