SWIFT Act Surviving Widow(er) Income Fair Treatment Act of 2019 [S.345]
Modifies eligibility requirements and increases benefits for widows, widowers, and surviving divorced spouses under the Old Age, Survivors, and Disability Insurance (OASDI) benefits program. The bill makes widow and widower's benefits available to disabled individuals at any age, whereas currently the benefits are limited to such individuals between ages 50 to 60. Provisions reducing benefits in various instances, such as when a beneficiary is entitled to multiple types of benefits, shall not apply to widow and widower's benefits for individuals
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S.345: SWIFT Act Surviving Widow(er) Income Fair Treatment Act of 2019
Sponsored by: Sen. Robert Casey
Read Twice And Referred To The Committee On Finance. on 02/06/2019
Craft Beverage Modernization and Tax Reform Act of 2019 [S.362]
Modifies the tax treatment of certain alcoholic beverages to exclude the aging period from the production period for beer, wine, or distilled spirits for purposes of determining whether a taxpayer can expense, rather than capitalize, interest costs paid or incurred during the production period; reduce excise tax rates on beer and distilled spirits; permit the transfer of beer between bonded facilities without payment of tax; increase the amount of the small wine producer tax credit and expand the categories of producers covered by such credit; allow
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S.362: Craft Beverage Modernization and Tax Reform Act of 2019
Sponsored by: Sen. Robert Casey
Read Twice And Referred To The Committee On Finance. on 02/06/2019
Global Health, Empowerment and Rights Act [S.368]
Establishes that a foreign nongovernmental organization shall not be disqualified from receiving certain U.S. international development assistance solely because the organization provides medical services using non-U.S. government funds if the medical services are legal in both the United States and the country in which they are being provided. Such foreign organizations shall not be subject to requirements relating to their use of non-U.S. funds for advocacy or lobbying activities, other than those that apply to U.S. nongovernmental organizations.
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S.368: Global Health, Empowerment and Rights Act
Sponsored by: Sen. Robert Casey
Read Twice And Referred To The Committee On Foreign Relations. on 02/07/2019
Keep Buying American Act of 2019 [S.405]
Requires agencies to publish and submit to Congress specified reports regarding government preferences for using domestic materials. The bill applies to reports under Executive Order 13788, entitled Buy American and Hire American, which are currently submitted to the Department of Commerce and the Office of Management and Budget, and reports under Executive Order 13858, entitled Strengthening Buy-American Preferences for Infrastructure Projects, which are currently submitted to the President or the Office of Trade and Manufacturing Policy. Previously
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S.405: Keep Buying American Act of 2019
Sponsored by: Sen. Jeff Merkley
Read Twice And Referred To The Committee On Homeland Security And Governmental Affairs. on 02/07/2019
Aretha Franklin Congressional Gold Medal Act [S.409]
Instructs the Speaker of the House of Representatives and the President pro tempore of the Senate to arrange for the posthumous presentation of a Congressional Gold Medal in commemoration of Aretha Franklin. After the award of the medal, it shall be given to the Smithsonian Institution, where it shall be displayed as appropriate and made available for research.
S.409: Aretha Franklin Congressional Gold Medal Act
Sponsored by: Sen. Jack Reed
Read Twice And Referred To The Committee On Banking, Housing, And Urban Affairs. on 02/07/2019
SR-16: A resolution relative to the death of John Chester Culver, former United States Senator for the State of Iowa.
Sponsored by: Sen. Robert Casey
Submitted In The Senate, Considered, And Agreed To Without Amendment And With A Preamble By Unanimous Consent. (consideration: Cr S146; Text: Cr S145-146) on 01/10/2019
You have voted SR-18: A resolution authorizing the Senate Legal Counsel to represent the Senate in Texas v. United States No. 4:18-cv-00167-O (N.D. Tex.)..
A resolution calling for a prompt multinational freedom of navigation operation in the Black Sea and urging the cancellation of the Nord Stream 2 pipeline. [SR-27]
This resolution urges the President to work with allies to lead a multinational freedom of navigation operation in the Black Sea to push back against excessive Russian claims of sovereignty. It also calls for the North Atlantic Treaty Organization to enhance allied maritime presence and capabilities in the Black Sea and for European governments to cancel the Nord Stream 2 pipeline due to its threat to European energy security. The resolution also urges the President to provide additional security assistance to Ukraine and states that the President
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SR-27: A resolution calling for a prompt multinational freedom of navigation operation in the Black Sea and urging the cancellation of the Nord Stream 2 pipeline.
Sponsored by: Sen. Robert Casey
Committee On Foreign Relations. Reported By Senator Risch Without Amendment And With A Preamble. Without Written Report. on 04/04/2019
You have voted SR-27: A resolution calling for a prompt multinational freedom of navigation operation in the Black Sea and urging the cancellation of the Nord Stream 2 pipeline..
A resolution expressing support for the designation of a "Women's Health Research Day". [SR-29]
This resolution expresses support for the designation of a Women's Health Research Day. It also supports efforts to (1) recognize the importance of biomedical and clinical research to women's health, (2) increase awareness of the value of sex- and gender-based biomedical research, and (3) encourage individuals to advocate on behalf of sex- and gender-inclusive research.
SR-29: A resolution expressing support for the designation of a "Women's Health Research Day".
Sponsored by: Sen. Dianne Feinstein
Referred To The Committee On Health, Education, Labor, And Pensions. (text Of Measure As Introduced: Cr S681) on 01/25/2019