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To amend the Federal Election Campaign Act of 1971 to prohibit contributions and donations by foreign nationals in connection with State or local ballot initiatives or referenda.

Bill: 116-hr-1624
Sponsor: Rep. Porter, Katie [D-CA-45]
Introduced: 2019-03-07 in the House
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Subjects: Elections, voting, political campaign regulation
State and local government operations

Summary:
action_date: 2019-03-07
text: 
This bill prohibits contributions or donations by foreign nationals in connection with state or local ballot initiatives or referenda.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2019-03-07
text: Referred to the House Committee on House Administration.
action_date: 2019-03-07
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2019-03-07
text: Introduced in House
NEW GIG Act of 2019

Bill: 116-hr-1625
Sponsor: Rep. Rice, Tom [R-SC-7]
Introduced: 2019-03-07 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Contracts and agency
Employment taxes
Self-employed
Tax administration and collection, taxpayers
Wages and earnings

Summary:
action_date: 2019-03-07
text: 

New Economy Works to Guarantee Independence and Growth Act of 2019 or the NEW GIG Act of 2019

 
This bill establishes a test for determining if a service provider should be classified as an independent contractor rather than as an employee for tax purposes.
 
If the requirements of the test are met, the provider may not be treated as an employee, the recipient or any payor may not be treated as an employer, and compensation for the service may not be treated as paid or received with respect to employment. 
 
The factors of the test include
 
 
 the relationship between the parties (i.e., the provider incurs expenses; does not work exclusively for a single recipient; performs the service for a particular amount of time, to achieve a specific result, or to complete a specific task; or is a sales person compensated primarily on a commission basis);
 
 the place of business or ownership of the equipment (i.e., the provider has a principal place of business, does not work primarily at the recipient's place of business, and provides tools or supplies); and 
 
 the performance of the services under a written contract that meets certain requirements (i.e., specifies that the provider is not an employee, the recipient will satisfy withholding and reporting requirements, and that the provider is responsible for taxes on the compensation).
 
 
The bill also (1) sets forth withholding and reporting requirements for service recipients who meet the requirements of the test, and (2) allows service providers to petition the U.S. Tax Court for a determination of employment status. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2019-03-07
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2019-03-07
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2019-03-07
text: Introduced in House
Public Service Spending Integrity Act

Bill: 116-hr-1626
Sponsor: Rep. Ruiz, Raul [D-CA-36]
Introduced: 2019-03-07 in the House
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Subjects: Corporate finance and management
Family relationships
Federal officials
Government ethics and transparency, public corruption
Members of Congress
Presidents and presidential powers, Vice Presidents
Public contracts and procurement

Summary:
action_date: 2019-03-07
text: 

Public Service Spending Integrity Act

 
This bill restricts federal spending at businesses of the President, specified other officials, Members of Congress, or their family members.
 
Specifically, the bill prohibits federal funds from being obligated or expended for purposes of procuring goods or services at any business owned or controlled by a covered individual or family member of such individual, except for security purposes. A
 covered individual
 is defined to include the President, the Vice President, the head of any executive department, and any individual occupying a position designated by the President as a cabinet-level position. No federal agency may enter into a contract with a business owned or controlled by a covered individual or family member.
 
The bill also prohibits the obligation or expenditure of funds from a Member's Representational Allowance or a Senator's Official Personnel and Office Expense Account for purposes of procuring goods or services at any business owned or controlled by the Member of Congress or any family member, except for security purposes.
 
A business shall be deemed to be owned or controlled by a covered individual or family member, or by a Member of Congress or family member, if any such person (1) is a member of the board of directors or similar governing body of the business, or (2) directly or indirectly owns or controls 51% or more of the voting shares of the business.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2019-03-07
text: Referred to the Committee on Oversight and Reform, 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: 2019-03-07
text: Referred to the Committee on Oversight and Reform, 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: 2019-03-07
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2019-03-07
text: Introduced in House
Abuse of the Pardon Prevention Act

Bill: 116-hr-1627
Sponsor: Rep. Schiff, Adam B. [D-CA-28]
Introduced: 2019-03-07 in the House
Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement
Subjects: Congressional oversight
Criminal investigation, prosecution, interrogation
Criminal procedure and sentencing
Evidence and witnesses
Government ethics and transparency, public corruption
Presidents and presidential powers, Vice Presidents

Summary:
action_date: 2019-03-07
text: 

Abuse of the Pardon Prevention Act

 
This bill requires the Department of Justice to submit to Congress all investigative materials related to an offense for which the President pardons an individual if the offense arises from an investigation in which the President, or a relative of the President, is a target, subject, or witness.

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2019-04-12
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on the Constitution, Civil Rights, and Civil Liberties.
action_date: 2019-03-07
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2019-03-07
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2019-03-07
text: Introduced in House
Enewetak Atoll Cleanup Radiation Study Act

Bill: 116-hr-1628
Sponsor: Rep. Steube, W. Gregory [R-FL-17]
Introduced: 2019-03-07 in the House
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Congressional oversight
Government studies and investigations
Marshall Islands
Medical research
Military personnel and dependents
Military procurement, research, weapons development
Nuclear weapons
Oceania
Radiation
Radioactive wastes and releases
Veterans' medical care

Summary:
action_date: 2019-03-07
text: 

Enewetak Atoll Cleanup Radiation Study Act

 
This bill requires the Department of Veterans Affairs to seek to enter an agreement with the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine to conduct a study and report on the level of radiation exposure experienced by members of the Armed Forces who participated in the cleanup of Enewetak Atoll between January 1, 1977, and December 31, 1980.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2019-05-01
text: Subcommittee Hearings Held.
action_date: 2019-04-30
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Disability Assistance and Memorial Affairs.
action_date: 2019-03-07
text: Referred to the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
action_date: 2019-03-07
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2019-03-07
text: Introduced in House
911 SAVES Act

Bill: 116-hr-1629
Sponsor: Rep. Torres, Norma J. [D-CA-35]
Introduced: 2019-03-07 in the House
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Subjects: Emergency communications systems
First responders and emergency personnel
Government information and archives

Summary:
action_date: 2019-03-07
text: 

Supporting Accurate Views of Emergency Services Act of 2019 or the 911 SAVES Act

 
This bill requires the Office of Management and Budget, by 30 days after the bill's enactment, to categorize public safety telecommunicators as a protective service occupation under the Standard Occupational Classification System.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2019-03-07
text: Referred to the House Committee on Education and Labor.
action_date: 2019-03-07
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2019-03-07
text: Introduced in House
Guatemala Rule of Law Accountability Act

Bill: 116-hr-1630
Sponsor: Rep. Torres, Norma J. [D-CA-35]
Introduced: 2019-03-07 in the House
Policy area: International Affairs
Subjects: Congressional oversight
Criminal investigation, prosecution, interrogation
Drug trafficking and controlled substances
Foreign aid and international relief
Fraud offenses and financial crimes
Government ethics and transparency, public corruption
Guatemala
Latin America
Military assistance, sales, and agreements
Presidents and presidential powers, Vice Presidents
Rule of law and government transparency
Sanctions
Sovereignty, recognition, national governance and status

Summary:
action_date: 2019-03-07
text: 

Guatemala Rule of Law Accountability Act

 
This bill directs the President to impose visa- and property-blocking sanctions on certain foreign persons that have engaged in corruption, money laundering, or other specified activities in Guatemala. Specifically, the sanctions shall apply to a current or former Guatemalan official, or a foreign person acting in cooperation with such an official, that knowingly (1) committed or facilitated acts of significant corruption, money laundering, or narcotics trafficking; (2) obstructed investigations into any of those acts; (3) misued equipment provided by the Department of State or Department of Defense to Guatemala's military or national police for the purpose of combating drug trafficking or securing Guatemala's border; or (4) disobeyed rulings of the Guatemalan Constitutional Court. The President shall report to Congress on the implementation of such sanctions.
 
In agreements to transfer equipment to Guatemala's military or national police, the State Department shall include a provision allowing the United States to recover such equipment if it is used in a way that violates an end-use agreement.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2019-04-12
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration and Citizenship.
action_date: 2019-03-07
text: Referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs, and in addition to the Committee on the Judiciary, 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: 2019-03-07
text: Referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs, and in addition to the Committee on the Judiciary, 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: 2019-03-07
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2019-03-07
text: Introduced in House
Postage Free Ballot Act

Bill: 116-hr-1631
Sponsor: Rep. Veasey, Marc A. [D-TX-33]
Introduced: 2019-03-07 in the House
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Subjects: Elections, voting, political campaign regulation
Postal service

Summary:
action_date: 2019-03-07
text: 

Postage Free Ballot Act

 
This bill requires that any absentee ballot for an election be carried through the mail expeditiously and free of charge.
 
The bill directs a state to use a requirements payment under the Help America Vote Act of 2002 to reimburse the U.S. Postal Service for revenue it would have obtained from the mailing of absentee ballots but for the requirement that such ballots be mailed for free.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2019-03-07
text: Referred to the Committee on Oversight and Reform, 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: 2019-03-07
text: Referred to the Committee on Oversight and Reform, 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: 2019-03-07
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2019-03-07
text: Introduced in House
Smart Manufacturing Leadership Act

Bill: 116-hr-1633
Sponsor: Rep. Welch, Peter [D-VT-At Large]
Introduced: 2019-03-07 in the House
Policy area: Energy
Subjects: Advanced technology and technological innovations
Competitiveness, trade promotion, trade deficits
Computers and information technology
Energy efficiency and conservation
Government studies and investigations
Industrial facilities
Industrial policy and productivity
Manufacturing
Materials
Research administration and funding
Research and development
Small business

Summary:
action_date: 2019-03-07
text: 

Smart Manufacturing Leadership Act

 
This bill addresses the productivity and energy efficiency of the manufacturing sector as well as the development of smart manufacturing technologies (certain advanced technologies in information, automation, monitoring, computation, sensing, modeling, and networking).
 
The Department of Energy (DOE) must complete a national plan for smart manufacturing technology development and deployment to improve the productivity and energy efficiency of the U.S. manufacturing sector. DOE must revise the plan biennially to account for advancements in information and communication technology and manufacturing needs.
 
DOE may make grants to states for supporting the implementation of smart manufacturing technologies. States must use those grants to (1) provide access to shared supercomputing facilities to small- and medium-sized manufacturers, (2) fund research and development of transformational manufacturing processes and materials technology that advance smart manufacturing, and (3) provide tools and training to aid the adoption of energy management systems and implement smart manufacturing technologies in the manufacturers' facilities.
 
DOE must expand the scope of technologies covered by Industrial Assessment Centers to (1) include smart manufacturing technologies and practices, and (2) equip the centers' directors with the training and tools necessary to provide technical assistance in smart manufacturing technologies and practices.
 
 DOE must (1) study how it can increase access to existing high-performance computing resources in the National Laboratories, and (2) facilitate access to the laboratories by small- and medium-sized manufacturers.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2019-03-08
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Energy.
action_date: 2019-03-07
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Energy.
action_date: 2019-03-07
text: Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on Science, Space, and Technology, 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: 2019-03-07
text: Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on Science, Space, and Technology, 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: 2019-03-07
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2019-03-07
text: Introduced in House
Youth Corps Act of 2019

Bill: 116-hr-1634
Sponsor: Rep. Wilson, Frederica S. [D-FL-24]
Introduced: 2019-03-07 in the House
Policy area: Labor and Employment
Subjects: Elementary and secondary education
Employment and training programs
Indian social and development programs
Land use and conservation
National and community service
Youth employment and child labor

Summary:
action_date: 2019-03-07
text: 

Youth Corps Act of 2019

 
This bill authorizes the Department of Labor to make grants to public or private nonprofit agencies or organizations to carry out Youth Corps programs that utilize the Youth Corps model to provide low-income youth (age 16 and not more than age 24) with education and work readiness training.
 
The term "Youth Corps model" means a youth education and training program for which an eligible entity provides eligible youth with, among other things, stipended or paid work experience and basic and technical skills training leading to (1) enrollment in postsecondary education or training, (2) attainment of an industry-recognized certification or credential, (3) meaningful employment in the economy of the 21st century, or (4) military service.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2019-03-07
text: Referred to the House Committee on Education and Labor.
action_date: 2019-03-07
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2019-03-07
text: Introduced in House
Jobs Now Act of 2019

Bill: 116-hr-1635
Sponsor: Rep. Wilson, Frederica S. [D-FL-24]
Introduced: 2019-03-07 in the House
Policy area: Labor and Employment
Subjects: Disability and paralysis
Employment and training programs
Foreign aid and international relief
Government employee pay, benefits, personnel management
Marshall Islands
Micronesia
Oceania
Palau
State and local government operations
Veterans' education, employment, rehabilitation

Summary:
action_date: 2019-03-07
text: 

Jobs Now Act of 2019

 
This bill directs the Department of Labor to carry out a two-year pilot program to award grants to general local governmental units or community-based organizations to retain, employ, or train employees who provide a local government unit with a public service (i.e., job creation). At least 50% of grant funds must be used to retain employees who would otherwise be laid off due to budget cuts. 
 
Labor must encourage grantees to use grant funds to retain, employ, or train veterans, individuals with disabilities, individuals receiving unemployment benefits, or dislocated workers. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2019-03-07
text: Referred to the House Committee on Education and Labor.
action_date: 2019-03-07
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2019-03-07
text: Introduced in House
Commission on the Social Status of Black Men and Boys Act

Bill: 116-hr-1636
Sponsor: Rep. Wilson, Frederica S. [D-FL-24]
Introduced: 2019-03-07 in the House
Policy area: Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues
Subjects: Academic performance and assessments
Child health
Commission on Civil Rights
Correctional facilities and imprisonment
Criminal investigation, prosecution, interrogation
Drug, alcohol, tobacco use
Elementary and secondary education
Executive agency funding and structure
Government studies and investigations
Health information and medical records
Higher education
Minority health
Poverty and welfare assistance
Racial and ethnic relations
Violent crime

Summary:
action_date: 2019-03-07
text: 

Commission on the Social Status of Black Men and Boys Act

 
This bill establishes the Commission on the Social Status of Black Men and Boys within the U.S. Commission on Civil Rights Office of the Staff Director to make a systematic study of the conditions affecting black men and boys.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2019-04-12
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on the Constitution, Civil Rights, and Civil Liberties.
action_date: 2019-03-07
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2019-03-07
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2019-03-07
text: Introduced in House
High School Voter Empowerment Act of 2019

Bill: 116-hr-1637
Sponsor: Rep. Wilson, Frederica S. [D-FL-24]
Introduced: 2019-03-07 in the House
Policy area: Education
Subjects: Educational facilities and institutions
Elections, voting, political campaign regulation
Elementary and secondary education
State and local government operations

Summary:
action_date: 2019-03-07
text: 

High School Voter Empowerment Act of 2019

 
This bill requires states to designate public high schools as voter-registration agencies and public high schools to conduct annual voter-registration drives to register eligible students.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2019-03-07
text: Referred to the Committee on House Administration, 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: 2019-03-07
text: Referred to the Committee on House Administration, 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: 2019-03-07
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2019-03-07
text: Introduced in House
Building Success for Youth ChalleNGe Act

Bill: 116-hr-1638
Sponsor: Rep. Napolitano, Grace F. [D-CA-32]
Introduced: 2019-03-08 in the House
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Elementary and secondary education
Employment and training programs
Government buildings, facilities, and property
Military education and training
National Guard and reserves
National and community service
Youth employment and child labor

Summary:
action_date: 2019-03-08
text: 

Building Success for Youth ChalleNGe Act

 
This bill authorizes the federal government and state, tribal, county, and local governments to transfer excess equipment and facilities to the National Guard for purposes of the Youth Challenge Program, which seeks to improve life skills and employment potential of at-risk youth. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2019-03-11
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Readiness.
action_date: 2019-03-08
text: Referred to the House Committee on Armed Services.
action_date: 2019-03-08
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2019-03-08
text: Introduced in House