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Brian Tally VA Medical Care and Liability Improvement Act

Bill: 116-hr-3813
Sponsor: Rep. Meadows, Mark [R-NC-11]
Introduced: 2019-07-17 in the House
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Civil actions and liability
Department of Veterans Affairs
Government liability
Health care quality
Health information and medical records
Health personnel
Licensing and registrations
Veterans' medical care

Summary:
action_date: 2019-07-17
text: 

Brian Tally VA Medical Care and Liability Improvement Act

 
This bill imposes civil liability under the federal tort claim law upon certain contractors hired by the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) for their negligence or malpractice in providing medical care to veterans. Such liability is waived if the VA provides a notice to affected individuals or their estates identifying the full names of the contractors involved and the nature of the health care they furnished, among other information. The VA must provide such notice within 30 days after the veteran or the veteran's estate files a claim.
 
The bill also requires the VA to revoke a contractor's authorization to provide health care at a VA facility if the contractor is a defendant in at least three separate negligence claims during a five-year period. This revocation requirement also applies to VA physicians and other health practitioners if claims against the physicians or providers resulted in a judgment against the United States or were compromised or settled.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2019-08-14
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations.
action_date: 2019-08-14
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2019-07-17
text: Referred to the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
action_date: 2019-07-17
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2019-07-17
text: Introduced in House
Domestic Offshore Energy Reinvestment Act of 2019

Bill: 116-hr-3814
Sponsor: Rep. Richmond, Cedric L. [D-LA-2]
Introduced: 2019-07-17 in the House
Policy area: Energy
Subjects: Alabama
Aquatic ecology
Energy revenues and royalties
Floods and storm protection
Government trust funds
Gulf of Mexico
Land use and conservation
Louisiana
Marine and coastal resources, fisheries
Mississippi
Natural disasters
Oil and gas
Outdoor recreation
Parks, recreation areas, trails
Texas

Summary:
action_date: 2019-07-17
text: 

Domestic Offshore Energy Reinvestment Act of 2019

 
This bill increases the revenue Gulf states (Texas, Louisiana, Mississippi, and Alabama) receive from certain federal oil and gas leases in the Gulf of Mexico and eliminates the revenue sharing cap.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2019-09-11
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Energy and Mineral Resources.
action_date: 2019-07-17
text: Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.
action_date: 2019-07-17
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2019-07-17
text: Introduced in House
No Pensions For Pedophiles Act

Bill: 116-hr-3816
Sponsor: Rep. Spano, Ross [R-FL-15]
Introduced: 2019-07-17 in the House
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Subjects: Crimes against children
Criminal justice information and records
Criminal procedure and sentencing
Domestic violence and child abuse
Employee benefits and pensions
Government employee pay, benefits, personnel management
Human trafficking
Sex offenses
Smuggling and trafficking

Summary:
action_date: 2019-07-17
text: 

No Pensions for Pedophiles Act

 
This bill prohibits a federal employee from receiving federal retirement benefits if the employee has been convicted of certain crimes relating to the sexual abuse of children.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2019-07-17
text: Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Reform.
action_date: 2019-07-17
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2019-07-17
text: Introduced in House
Protect Against Paraquat Act

Bill: 116-hr-3817
Sponsor: Rep. Velazquez, Nydia M. [D-NY-7]
Introduced: 2019-07-17 in the House
Policy area: Environmental Protection
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)
Environmental regulatory procedures
Food supply, safety, and labeling
Hazardous wastes and toxic substances
Licensing and registrations
Pest management

Summary:
action_date: 2019-07-17
text: 

Protect Against Paraquat Act

 
This bill requires the Environmental Protection Agency to cancel the registration for all uses of the pesticide paraquat and to ban paraquat residue on food.
 
The bill prohibits the sale and use of existing stock of paraquat.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2019-08-09
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Biotechnology, Horticulture, and Research.
action_date: 2019-07-18
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Environment and Climate Change.
action_date: 2019-07-17
text: Referred to the Committee on Agriculture, and in addition to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, 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: 2019-07-17
text: Referred to the Committee on Agriculture, and in addition to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, 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: 2019-07-17
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2019-07-17
text: Introduced in House
INFANT Act

Bill: 116-hr-3818
Sponsor: Rep. Young, Don [R-AK-At Large]
Introduced: 2019-07-17 in the House
Policy area: Agriculture and Food
Subjects: Child health
Food assistance and relief
Nutrition and diet
Poverty and welfare assistance

Summary:
action_date: 2019-07-17
text: 

Infants Need Food And Nutrition Today Act or the
 
INFANT Act

 
This bill requires the Department of Agriculture to allow infant food combinations and dinners to be served under the Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and Children (WIC).


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2019-07-17
text: Referred to the House Committee on Education and Labor.
action_date: 2019-07-17
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2019-07-17
text: Introduced in House
Climate and Health Protection Act

Bill: 116-hr-3819
Sponsor: Rep. Underwood, Lauren [D-IL-14]
Introduced: 2019-07-18 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Air quality
Climate change and greenhouse gases
Congressional oversight
Environmental health
Health information and medical records
Health programs administration and funding
Health promotion and preventive care

Summary:
action_date: 2019-07-18
text: 

Climate and Health Protection Act

 
This bill provides statutory authority for the Climate and Health Program within the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. 



Legislative actions:
action_date: 2019-07-19
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2019-07-18
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2019-07-18
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2019-07-18
text: Introduced in House
Effective Drug Control Strategy Act

Bill: 116-hr-3820
Sponsor: Rep. Rouda, Harley [D-CA-48]
Introduced: 2019-07-18 in the House
Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement
Subjects: Drug trafficking and controlled substances
Government information and archives
Government studies and investigations
Law enforcement administration and funding

Summary:
action_date: 2019-07-18
text: 

Effective Drug Control Strategy Act

 
 This bill requires the Office of National Drug Control Policy to (1) evaluate the effectiveness of all federally funded activities aimed at reducing the demand for illegal drugs, and (2) publish annually a complete list of all drug control grant programs.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2019-07-19
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2019-07-18
text: Referred to the Committee on Oversight and Reform, and in addition to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, 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: 2019-07-18
text: Referred to the Committee on Oversight and Reform, and in addition to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, 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: 2019-07-18
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2019-07-18
text: Introduced in House
To amend the Fair Credit Reporting Act to make improvements to the regulation of consumer reporting agencies and protect consumers, and for other purposes.

Bill: 116-hr-3821
Sponsor: Rep. McHenry, Patrick T. [R-NC-10]
Introduced: 2019-07-18 in the House
Policy area: Finance and Financial Sector
Subjects: Banking and financial institutions regulation
Business records
Computer security and identity theft
Congressional oversight
Consumer Financial Protection Bureau
Consumer affairs
Consumer credit
Crime victims
Debt collection
Fraud offenses and financial crimes
Government information and archives
Government studies and investigations
Health care costs and insurance
Higher education
Housing finance and home ownership
Social security and elderly assistance
Student aid and college costs

Summary:
action_date: 2019-07-18
text: 
This bill revises requirements related to credit reporting agencies and the reporting of adverse credit information. 
 
Credit reporting agencies are prohibited from using social security numbers in credit reports and as a method of verifying a consumer's identity. 
 
The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau must supervise and examine the cybersecurity of certain credit reporting agencies. 
 
The bill prohibits a credit reporting agency from reporting paid, medically-necessary debt if the debt was paid over a year prior. A credit reporting agency is also prohibited from reporting certain adverse credit information related to financial abuse, unfair or fraudulent mortgage lending, or fraudulent private student lending.
 
The bill extends the time credit reporting agencies have to place a credit security freeze when receiving such a request by phone or through electronic means from one to three business days. It also extends the time agencies have to remove a freeze from one hour to three days. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2019-07-18
text: Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services.
action_date: 2019-07-18
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2019-07-18
text: Introduced in House
Green Transportation Act

Bill: 116-hr-3822
Sponsor: Rep. Doggett, Lloyd [D-TX-35]
Introduced: 2019-07-18 in the House
Policy area: Transportation and Public Works
Subjects: Air quality
Climate change and greenhouse gases
Environmental assessment, monitoring, research
Government information and archives
Public transit
Regional and metropolitan planning
Roads and highways
Transportation programs funding

Summary:
action_date: 2019-07-18
text: 

Green Transportation Act

 
This bill requires states and metropolitan planning organizations to include greenhouse gas reductions in their long-range transportation plans and transportation improvement programs.
 
Each metropolitan planning organization must biennially submit to the Department of Transportation (DOT) the standardized models and methodologies it uses to measure and monitor transportation-related greenhouse gas emissions.
 
DOT must create a public clearinghouse of such models and methodologies.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2019-07-19
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Highways and Transit.
action_date: 2019-07-18
text: Referred to the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.
action_date: 2019-07-18
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2019-07-18
text: Introduced in House
Promoting Health Careers in Community and Technical Colleges Act

Bill: 116-hr-3823
Sponsor: Rep. Doggett, Lloyd [D-TX-35]
Introduced: 2019-07-18 in the House
Policy area: Education
Subjects: Education programs funding
Health personnel
Higher education
Medical education
Public contracts and procurement

Summary:
action_date: 2019-07-18
text: 

Promoting Health Careers in Community and Technical Colleges Act

 
This bill requires entities (e.g., institutions of higher education) that are awarded Health Profession Opportunity Grants to train project participants to earn recognized postsecondary credentials, including industry-recognized credentials.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2019-07-18
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2019-07-18
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2019-07-18
text: Introduced in House
Cahokia Mounds Mississippian Culture National Historical Park Act

Bill: 116-hr-3824
Sponsor: Rep. Bost, Mike [R-IL-12]
Introduced: 2019-07-18 in the House
Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources
Subjects: General Native American affairs matters
Historic sites and heritage areas
Historical and cultural resources
Illinois
Land transfers
Missouri
Parks, recreation areas, trails
Public-private cooperation

Summary:
action_date: 2019-07-18
text: 

Cahokia Mounds Mississippian Culture National Historical Park Act

 
This bill provides for the establishment of the Cahokia Mounds Mississippian Culture National Historical Park in Collinsville, Illinois; Monroe, Madison, and St. Clair Counties, Illinois; and St. Louis City County, Missouri, as a unit of the National Park System.
 
The Department of the Interior may acquire lands and interests within the boundary of the park by donation, purchase, or exchange, except that land owned by such states or their political subdivisions may only be acquired by donation. 
 
Interior may enter into cooperative agreements with such states and their political subdivisions, colleges and universities, nonprofit organizations, Indian tribes, and individuals to (1) mark, interpret, and restore nationally significant historic or cultural and natural resources related to the life of the Mississippi culture within the park, if the agreement provides for reasonable public access; and (2) conduct research related to Mississippi culture. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2019-10-29
text: Subcommittee Hearings Held.
action_date: 2019-08-02
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on National Parks, Forests, and Public Lands.
action_date: 2019-07-18
text: Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.
action_date: 2019-07-18
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR H7255)
action_date: 2019-07-18
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2019-07-18
text: Introduced in House
To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 401 Main Street in Brawley, California, as the "Helen Fabela Chávez Memorial Post Office Building".

Bill: 116-hr-3825
Sponsor: Rep. Vargas, Juan [D-CA-51]
Introduced: 2019-07-18 in the House
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Subjects: California
Congressional tributes
Government buildings, facilities, and property
Postal service

Summary:
action_date: 2019-07-18
text: Designates the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 401 Main Street in Brawley, California, as the "Helen Fabela Chavez Memorial Post Office Building."

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2019-07-18
text: Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Reform.
action_date: 2019-07-18
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2019-07-18
text: Introduced in House
Veterans 2nd Amendment Protection Act

Bill: 116-hr-3826
Sponsor: Rep. Roe, David P. [R-TN-1]
Introduced: 2019-07-18 in the House
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Criminal justice information and records
Firearms and explosives
Government information and archives
Veterans' pensions and compensation

Summary:
action_date: 2019-07-18
text: 

Veterans 2nd Amendment Protection Act

 
This bill prohibits the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) from transmitting certain information to the National Instant Criminal Background Check System (NICS) utilized by licensed importers or dealers of firearms. 
 
Specifically, the bill prohibits the VA from transmitting personally identifying information of a veteran or a beneficiary to the NICS solely on the basis that such veteran or beneficiary has an appointed fiduciary to manage their benefits, unless there is an order or finding of a judicial authority that such veteran or beneficiary is a danger to themselves or others.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2020-09-10
text: Committee Hearings Held.
action_date: 2019-07-18
text: Referred to the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
action_date: 2019-07-18
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2019-07-18
text: Introduced in House
Hispanic Educational Resources and Empowerment Act of 2019

Bill: 116-hr-3827
Sponsor: Rep. Castro, Joaquin [D-TX-20]
Introduced: 2019-07-18 in the House
Policy area: Education
Subjects: Academic performance and assessments
Education programs funding
Educational guidance
Educational technology and distance education
Elementary and secondary education
Government studies and investigations
Higher education
Minority education
Performance measurement
Student aid and college costs
Teaching, teachers, curricula
Vocational and technical education

Summary:
action_date: 2019-07-18
text: 

Hispanic Educational Resources and Empowerment Act of 2019

 
This bill directs the Department of Education to (1) award grants to Hispanic-serving institutions of higher education (IHEs) to improve and expand innovative collaboration agreements between local educational agencies and IHEs to better serve Hispanic students, (2) provide technical assistance to such IHEs, and (3) contract with a third party to conduct an independent evaluation of grant activities.
 
Such grants must be used for specific activities, such as providing academic support to prepare students for postsecondary education and addressing nonacademic needs of students that are barriers to college enrollment. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2019-07-18
text: Referred to the House Committee on Education and Labor.
action_date: 2019-07-18
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2019-07-18
text: Introduced in House
Launching Energy Advancement and Development through Innovations for Natural Gas Act of 2019

Bill: 116-hr-3828
Sponsor: Rep. Crenshaw, Dan [R-TX-2]
Introduced: 2019-07-18 in the House
Policy area: Energy
Subjects: Air quality
Climate change and greenhouse gases
Congressional oversight
Electric power generation and transmission
Energy research
Environmental assessment, monitoring, research
Environmental technology
Oil and gas
Research administration and funding
Research and development
Technology transfer and commercialization

Summary:
action_date: 2019-07-18
text: 

Launching Energy Advancement and Development through Innovations for Natural Gas Act of 2019

 
This bill directs the Department of Energy (DOE) to establish a program to award competitive grants to certain entities for the capture of carbon dioxide produced during the generation of natural gas-generated power.
 
Specifically, DOE must
 
 
accelerate the development of commercially viable carbon capture technologies to reduce carbon dioxide emissions, including to improve the thermodynamics, kinetics, scalability, durability, and flexibility of carbon capture technologies used during the generation of electricity from natural gas power systems;
 
 enter into cooperative agreements with certain entities to construct and operate no more than five facilities to capture carbon dioxide from natural gas generating power facilities; and
 
identify any barriers to the commercial development of carbon capture technologies.
 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2019-07-18
text: Referred to the House Committee on Science, Space, and Technology.
action_date: 2019-07-18
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2019-07-18
text: Introduced in House
Energizing American Shipbuilding Act of 2019

Bill: 116-hr-3829
Sponsor: Rep. Garamendi, John [D-CA-3]
Introduced: 2019-07-18 in the House
Policy area: Energy
Subjects: Buy American requirements
Government information and archives
Manufacturing
Marine and inland water transportation
Oil and gas
Trade restrictions
Transportation employees

Summary:
action_date: 2019-07-18
text: 

Energizing American Shipbuilding Act of 2019

 
This bill directs (1) the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) to require specified percentages of liquefied natural gas exports to be transported on vessels built or retrofitted in the United States and documented under its laws, and (2) the President to require specified percentages of crude oil exports to be transported on vessels built or retrofitted in the United States and documented under its laws. 
 
FERC and the President may waive these requirements under specified circumstances. 
 
The Energy Information Administration must collect and publish information on exports of natural gas and crude oil by vessels, including forecasts and data on those exports.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2019-07-23
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR H7227-7229)
action_date: 2019-07-19
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Energy.
action_date: 2019-07-18
text: Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on Foreign Affairs, 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: 2019-07-18
text: Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on Foreign Affairs, 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: 2019-07-18
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2019-07-18
text: Introduced in House
Taxpayers Right-To-Know Act

Bill: 116-hr-3830
Sponsor: Rep. Walberg, Tim [R-MI-7]
Introduced: 2019-07-18 in the House
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Subjects: Congressional oversight
Executive agency funding and structure
Government ethics and transparency, public corruption
Government information and archives
Performance measurement

Summary:
action_date: 2019-07-18
text: 

Taxpayers Right-To-Know Act

 
This bill requires the Office of Management and Budget to expand the information it publishes in its inventory of agency programs. The inventory must include information such as links to program performance reviews and details regarding financial assistance.

action_date: 2020-02-05
text: 

Taxpayers Right-To-Know Act

 
This bill requires the Office of Management and Budget to expand the information it publishes in its inventory of agency programs. The inventory must include information such as links to program performance reviews and details regarding financial assistance.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2020-02-10
text: Received in the Senate.
action_date: 2020-02-05
text: Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
action_date: 2020-02-05
text: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by voice vote. (text: CR H808-810)
action_date: 2020-02-05
text: Passed/agreed to in House: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by voice vote.
action_date: 2020-02-05
text: DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on H.R. 3830.
action_date: 2020-02-05
text: Considered under suspension of the rules. (consideration: CR H808-811)
action_date: 2020-02-05
text: Mrs. Maloney, Carolyn B. moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended.
action_date: 2019-12-19
text: Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
action_date: 2019-07-18
text: Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Reform.
action_date: 2019-07-18
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2019-07-18
text: Introduced in House