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Opioid Settlement Accountability Act

Bill: 116-hr-5242
Sponsor: Rep. McKinley, David B. [R-WV-1]
Introduced: 2019-11-21 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Alternative treatments
Civil actions and liability
Drug trafficking and controlled substances
Drug, alcohol, tobacco use
Employment and training programs
First responders and emergency personnel
Health care coverage and access
Health personnel
Health programs administration and funding
Health promotion and preventive care
Law enforcement administration and funding
Medicaid
Prescription drugs
Retail and wholesale trades
State and local finance

Summary:
action_date: 2019-11-21
text: 

Opioid Settlement Accountability Act

 
This bill establishes certain requirements with respect to the disposition of funds received by states from litigation against opioid manufacturers and distributors. 
 
Specifically, the bill requires states to use such funds to address opioid use, such as through (1) opioid prevention and treatment services, (2) health care practitioner training, (3) first responder equipment, and (4) social support services.
 
Additionally, the bill prohibits the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services from considering such funds that are recovered or paid to a state on or after December 31, 2023, as an overpayment that reduces the state's payment, or that is subject to recoupment, under Medicaid. 
 
The bill applies retroactively.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2019-11-22
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2019-11-21
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2019-11-21
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2019-11-21
text: Introduced in House
Closing the Homework Gap Through Mobile Hotspots Act

Bill: 116-hr-5243
Sponsor: Rep. Meng, Grace [D-NY-6]
Introduced: 2019-11-21 in the House
Policy area: Science, Technology, Communications
Subjects: Congressional oversight
Education of the disadvantaged
Elementary and secondary education
Higher education
Internet and video services
Internet, web applications, social media
Libraries and archives
State and local government operations
Telephone and wireless communication

Summary:
action_date: 2019-11-21
text: 

Closing the Homework Gap Through Mobile Hotspots Act

 
This bill requires the National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA) to establish the Mobile Hotspot Grant Program.
 
Under the program, the NTIA may provide grants to eligible institutions (e.g., elementary and secondary schools, universities, Indian Tribes, or libraries) to facilitate a mobile hotspot program that provides students with a portable hotspot device for connecting to the internet. The NTIA shall prioritize institutions that will provide hotspots to the highest number of low-income students and, to the extent practicable, shall disburse at least 5% of grant funds to Indian Tribes and 5% to U.S. territories and the District of Columbia. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2019-11-22
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Communications and Technology.
action_date: 2019-11-21
text: Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on Education and Labor, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
action_date: 2019-11-21
text: Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on Education and Labor, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
action_date: 2019-11-21
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E1485)
action_date: 2019-11-21
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2019-11-21
text: Introduced in House
Homes for All Act of 2019

Bill: 116-hr-5244
Sponsor: Rep. Omar, Ilhan [D-MN-5]
Introduced: 2019-11-21 in the House
Policy area: Housing and Community Development
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Building construction
Community life and organization
Criminal justice information and records
Department of Health and Human Services
Energy efficiency and conservation
Executive agency funding and structure
Government trust funds
Homelessness and emergency shelter
Housing and community development funding
Housing discrimination
Housing supply and affordability
Immigration status and procedures
Low- and moderate-income housing
Pedestrians and bicycling
Public housing
Public transit
Sex, gender, sexual orientation discrimination
Social work, volunteer service, charitable organizations

Summary:
action_date: 2019-11-21
text: 

Homes for All Act of 2019

 
This bill provides funding for the construction of new public housing units, authorizes additional assistance for the construction of new affordable housing units, and otherwise addresses housing affordability.
 
Specifically, the bill provides permanent, mandatory funding for the capital and operating funds available to public housing agencies (PHAs) and allows PHAs to use such funds to construct new public housing units. Under current law, a PHA generally may not use such funds to construct public housing units if doing so would result in a net increase of the number of public housing units owned, assisted, or operated by the PHA.
 
The bill also (1) provides annual funding through FY2031 for the construction of new public housing units; and (2) authorizes additional assistance through FY2030 from the Housing Trust Fund for the construction of new, private-market, affordable housing units. A PHA may not discriminate, with respect to the rental of a unit developed with assistance under the bill, based on an individual's criminal record or immigration status. Additionally, a PHA receiving such assistance must meet specified requirements with respect to the new units regarding other forms of discrimination, supportive services, environmental standards, and accessibility.
 
Finally, the bill requires the Department of Housing and Urban Development to establish a Community Control and Anti-Displacement Fund to award grants to local governments for the purpose of combatting gentrification and neighborhood destabilization.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2019-12-05
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR H9283)
action_date: 2019-11-21
text: Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services.
action_date: 2019-11-21
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2019-11-21
text: Introduced in House
REDUCE Act of 2019

Bill: 116-hr-5246
Sponsor: Rep. Pascrell, Bill, Jr. [D-NJ-9]
Introduced: 2019-11-21 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Congressional oversight
Health care coverage and access
Health care quality
Health programs administration and funding
Health promotion and preventive care
Medicaid
Medicare
Performance measurement

Summary:
action_date: 2019-11-21
text: 

Researching and Ending Disparities by Understanding and Creating Equity Act of 2019 or the REDUCE Act of 2019

 
This bill requires the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention to implement a Health in All Policies demonstration project. States, territories, tribes, and certain local government entities may apply for grants through the project to establish or enhance collaborative approaches to improve the health of individuals and communities. The grant funds must be used to (1) integrate health considerations in policymaking across sectors; (2) address health, equity, and sustainability; and (3) target a significant proportion of Medicare beneficiaries, Medicare-Medicaid dual eligibles, or long-term care Medicaid recipients.

The bill also directs the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine or another appropriate entity to produce a report on eliminating health disparities to improve health equity.
 

 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2019-11-22
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2019-11-21
text: Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on Ways and Means, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
action_date: 2019-11-21
text: Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on Ways and Means, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
action_date: 2019-11-21
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2019-11-21
text: Introduced in House
SUBS Act

Bill: 116-hr-5247
Sponsor: Rep. Peters, Scott H. [D-CA-52]
Introduced: 2019-11-21 in the House
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Subjects: Administrative remedies
Business records
Contracts and agency
Public contracts and procurement

Summary:
action_date: 2019-11-21
text: 

Stop Unfair Bid Shopping Act of 2019 or the SUBS Act

 
This bill requires prime contractors under federal construction contracts to notify the government of changes in certain subcontractors performing contract work. 
 
Specifically, the bill requires an executive agency awarding a construction contract using sealed bid procedures in an amount greater than $1.5 million to, among other things (1) require an offeror for the contract to include a list in the offer that includes each subcontractor that the offeror intends to use, for any subcontract expected to be awarded in excess of $100,000; and (2) include a clause in the contract requiring that the prime contractor submit to the agency a written notification of any subcontractor substituted after the award of the contract for a subcontractor listed, along with an updated estimate for the cost of performing the work associated with the substituted subcontractor.
 
If the prime contractor notifies the agency of a substituted subcontractor and the cost of performing the work associated with the substituted contractor is estimated to cost 10% or more than the cost for performing such work as bid, the contracting officer for the contact may modify the contract to reduce the amount of the contract award to take into account the substitution of the subcontractor.
 
The bill excludes from its scope contracts for the Department of Defense or any military department but includes the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2019-11-21
text: Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Reform.
action_date: 2019-11-21
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2019-11-21
text: Introduced in House
Harlem Hellfighters Congressional Gold Medal Act

Bill: 116-hr-5248
Sponsor: Rep. Suozzi, Thomas R. [D-NY-3]
Introduced: 2019-11-21 in the House
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Conflicts and wars
Congressional tributes
Military history
Military personnel and dependents
Museums, exhibitions, cultural centers
New York State
Racial and ethnic relations
Smithsonian Institution
Veterans' organizations and recognition

Summary:
action_date: 2019-11-21
text: 

Harlem Hellfighters Congressional Gold Medal Act

 
This bill directs Congress to make arrangements for the presentation of a Congressional Gold Medal in recognition of the bravery and outstanding service during World War I of the 369th Infantry Regiment, commonly known as the Harlem Hellfighters.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2019-11-21
text: Referred to the Committee on Financial Services, and in addition to the Committee on House Administration, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
action_date: 2019-11-21
text: Referred to the Committee on Financial Services, and in addition to the Committee on House Administration, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
action_date: 2019-11-21
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2019-11-21
text: Introduced in House
Supporting Healthy Mothers and Infants Act of 2019

Bill: 116-hr-5249
Sponsor: Rep. Trone, David J. [D-MD-6]
Introduced: 2019-11-21 in the House
Policy area: Agriculture and Food
Subjects: Child health
Drug, alcohol, tobacco use
Food assistance and relief
Government information and archives
Health information and medical records
Nutrition and diet
Poverty and welfare assistance
Women's health

Summary:
action_date: 2019-11-21
text: 

Supporting Healthy Mothers and Infants Act of 2019

 
This bill modifies the Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and Children (WIC) to add requirements for supporting individuals impacted by a substance use disorder.
 
Specifically, the bill requires the Department of Agriculture to:
 
 
collaborate with the Department of Health and Human Services to develop and disseminate nutrition education materials for individuals impacted by a substance use disorder, including materials for infants impacted by prenatal substance exposure and neonatal abstinence syndrome; 
 
conduct outreach to individuals who are potentially eligible for the WIC program and who are impacted by a such a disorder; and
 
 make available to states through an online clearinghouse any nutrition education and training materials related to nutrition for individuals impacted by a substance use disorder or neonatal abstinence syndrome.
 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2019-11-21
text: Referred to the House Committee on Education and Labor.
action_date: 2019-11-21
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2019-11-21
text: Introduced in House
Veterans Back to Work Act of 2019

Bill: 116-hr-5250
Sponsor: Rep. Wright, Ron [R-TX-6]
Introduced: 2019-11-21 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Appropriations
Disability and paralysis
Employee hiring
Employment taxes
Government trust funds
Income tax credits
Veterans' education, employment, rehabilitation

Summary:
action_date: 2019-11-21
text: 

Veterans Back to Work Act of 2019 

 
This bill amends the Internal Revenue Code to (1) make permanent the work opportunity tax credit for hiring qualified veterans (veterans receiving compensation for a service-connected disability and other federal assistance); and (2) allow employers who hire qualified veterans to elect to claim the tax credit as an exemption from employment and railroad retirement taxes for such veterans' first-year wages, subject to specified limitations. 
 
The bill appropriates amounts to the Social Security trust funds and the Social Security Equivalent Benefit Account to cover any revenue loss to such funds resulting from this bill. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2019-12-11
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR H10028)
action_date: 2019-11-21
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2019-11-21
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2019-11-21
text: Introduced in House
Improving Community Safety Task Force Act

Bill: 116-hr-5251
Sponsor: Rep. Correa, J. Luis [D-CA-46]
Introduced: 2019-11-22 in the House
Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement
Subjects: Congressional oversight
Crime prevention
Criminal justice information and records
First responders and emergency personnel
Government studies and investigations
Law enforcement officers
Violent crime

Summary:
action_date: 2019-11-22
text: 

Improving Community Safety Task Force Act

 
This bill establishes a community safety task force to promote community safety. 
 
Among other things, the task force must study and make recommendations to reduce violence against and involving law enforcement and first responders.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2019-12-19
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security.
action_date: 2019-11-25
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Economic Development, Public Buildings, and Emergency Management.
action_date: 2019-11-22
text: Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
action_date: 2019-11-22
text: Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
action_date: 2019-11-22
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2019-11-22
text: Introduced in House
To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to repeal opportunity zones.

Bill: 116-hr-5252
Sponsor: Rep. Tlaib, Rashida [D-MI-13]
Introduced: 2019-11-22 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Business investment and capital
Economic development
Income tax deferral
Income tax exclusion

Summary:
action_date: 2019-11-22
text: 
This bill repeals the investment tax incentive known as qualified opportunity zones on the day after the enactment date of this bill and also repeals the special basis rule for investments in such zones held for at least 10 years. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2019-12-05
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR H9286)
action_date: 2019-11-22
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2019-11-22
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2019-11-22
text: Introduced in House
21st Century Youth Entrepreneurship Act

Bill: 116-hr-5253
Sponsor: Rep. Meng, Grace [D-NY-6]
Introduced: 2019-11-22 in the House
Policy area: Education
Subjects: Education programs funding
Elementary and secondary education
Financial literacy
Higher education
Vocational and technical education

Summary:
action_date: 2019-11-22
text: 

21st Century Youth Entrepreneurship Act

 
This bill includes innovation and entrepreneurship and related activities in the program of activities to support well-rounded educational opportunities.
 
Specifically, it permits the funding of programs and activities that (1) promote innovation, such as leadership, financial literacy, and entrepreneurship under Student Support and Academic Enrichment grants for elementary and secondary school students; and (2) expand opportunities for students to participate in entrepreneurship education programs under career and technical education programs.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2019-11-22
text: Referred to the House Committee on Education and Labor.
action_date: 2019-11-22
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E1502-1503)
action_date: 2019-11-22
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2019-11-22
text: Introduced in House
Diabetic Vision Loss and Blindness Prevention Act of 2019

Bill: 116-hr-5254
Sponsor: Rep. Sewell, Terri A. [D-AL-7]
Introduced: 2019-11-22 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Digestive and metabolic diseases
Health care costs and insurance
Health care coverage and access
Health promotion and preventive care
Health technology, devices, supplies
Hearing, speech, and vision care
Medical tests and diagnostic methods
Medicare
Photography and imaging

Summary:
action_date: 2019-11-22
text: 

Diabetic Vision Loss and Blindness Prevention Act of 

2019

 
This bill provides for Medicare coverage of digital retinal imaging with remote interpretation, which is used to detect or assess a certain diabetic eye condition. The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services must ensure that beneficiaries who receive such services are also given information about available diabetes self-management training and that such training includes information about the importance of annual eye exams.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2019-11-25
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2019-11-22
text: Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on Ways and Means, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
action_date: 2019-11-22
text: Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on Ways and Means, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
action_date: 2019-11-22
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2019-11-22
text: Introduced in House
MORE TOD Act

Bill: 116-hr-5255
Sponsor: Rep. Brown, Anthony G. [D-MD-4]
Introduced: 2019-11-22 in the House
Policy area: Transportation and Public Works
Subjects: Economic development
Housing and community development funding
State and local government operations
Transportation programs funding

Summary:
action_date: 2019-11-22
text: 

Maximizing Our Redevelopment and Efficiency for Transit Oriented Development Act or the
 
MORE TOD Act

 
This bill provides that existing transit stations servicing a fixed guideway capital system project are eligible for funding under the pilot program for transit-oriented development planning.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2019-11-25
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Highways and Transit.
action_date: 2019-11-22
text: Referred to the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.
action_date: 2019-11-22
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2019-11-22
text: Introduced in House
FREEZER Trucks Act of 2019

Bill: 116-hr-5256
Sponsor: Rep. Clarke, Yvette D. [D-NY-9]
Introduced: 2019-11-22 in the House
Policy area: Environmental Protection
Subjects: Air quality
Climate change and greenhouse gases
Congressional oversight
Electric power generation and transmission
Environmental assessment, monitoring, research
Hybrid, electric, and advanced technology vehicles
Lighting, heating, cooling
Motor carriers
Transportation programs funding

Summary:
action_date: 2019-11-22
text: 

Fostering and Realizing Electrification by Encouraging Zero Emission Refrigeration Trucks Act of 2019 or the FREEZER Trucks Act of 2019

 
This bill requires the Environmental Protection Agency to establish a program to award grants for projects that (1) replace an existing diesel-powered transport refrigeration unit in a heavy-duty vehicle with an electric unit; (2) purchase and install shore power infrastructure (infrastructure that provides power to the vehicle when it is stationary) or other equipment that enables transport refrigeration units to connect to electric power at places where heavy-duty vehicles congregate; or (3) operate and maintain vehicles, infrastructure, or equipment relating to electric transport refrigeration units and associated shore power.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2019-11-25
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Highways and Transit.
action_date: 2019-11-25
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Environment and Climate Change.
action_date: 2019-11-22
text: Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
action_date: 2019-11-22
text: Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
action_date: 2019-11-22
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2019-11-22
text: Introduced in House