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Payment Commission Data Act of 2019

Bill: 116-hr-1264
Sponsor: Rep. Doggett, Lloyd [D-TX-35]
Introduced: 2019-02-14 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Advisory bodies
Health care costs and insurance
Health information and medical records
Health programs administration and funding
Medicaid
Medicare
Prescription drugs

Summary:
action_date: 2019-02-14
text: 

Payment Commission Data Act of 2019

 
This bill allows certain payment information relating to covered drugs under the Medicare prescription drug benefit and Medicaid to be disclosed to additional entities. Specifically, certain subsidy and rebate information, as reported by prescription drug plan sponsors and drug manufacturers, may be disclosed to the Medicare Payment Advisory Commission and the Medicaid and Children's Health Insurance Program (CHIP) Payment and Access Commission, in accordance with specified confidentiality restrictions.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2019-02-15
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2019-02-14
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2019-02-14
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: 2019-02-14
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: 2019-02-14
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2019-02-14
text: Introduced in House
Nursing Home Workforce Quality Act

Bill: 116-hr-1265
Sponsor: Rep. Duffy, Sean P. [R-WI-7]
Introduced: 2019-02-14 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Health facilities and institutions
Health personnel
Medical education

Summary:
action_date: 2019-02-14
text: 

Nursing Home Workforce Quality Act

 
This bill repeals certain restrictions under Medicare and Medicaid that prohibit the approval of nurse-aide training and competency evaluation programs in skilled nursing facilities that have been subject to specified regulatory actions (e.g., civil penalties) for substandard quality of care. The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) may still disapprove such programs; however, the CMS must rescind the disapproval upon completion of corrective action. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2019-02-15
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2019-02-14
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2019-02-14
text: Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, 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: 2019-02-14
text: Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, 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: 2019-02-14
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2019-02-14
text: Introduced in House
Ghost Guns Are Guns Act

Bill: 116-hr-1266
Sponsor: Rep. Espaillat, Adriano [D-NY-13]
Introduced: 2019-02-14 in the House
Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement
Subjects: Firearms and explosives

Summary:
action_date: 2019-02-14
text: 

Ghost Guns Are Guns Act

 
This bill broadens the definition of &quot;firearm&quot; for purposes of federal firearms laws. 
 
Specifically, it includes as a firearm any combination of parts designed and intended to be used to convert a device into a firearm and from which a firearm may be readily assembled. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2019-03-25
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security.
action_date: 2019-02-14
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2019-02-14
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2019-02-14
text: Introduced in House
B–47 Ridge Designation Act

Bill: 116-hr-1267
Sponsor: Rep. Gianforte, Greg [R-MT-At Large]
Introduced: 2019-02-14 in the House
Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources
Subjects: Accidents
Aviation and airports
Military personnel and dependents
Montana
Monuments and memorials

Summary:
action_date: 2019-02-14
text: 

B-47 Ridge Designation Act

 
This bill designates the mountain ridge that runs south and west of Emigrant Peak in the Absaroka Range in Montana, which is where an Air Force B-47 strategic bomber crashed while on a training mission in 1962, as the "B-47 Ridge."
 
The bill permits the installing of a plaque on the ridge in memory of such crash. 

action_date: 2020-09-14
text: 

B-47 Ridge Designation Act

 
This bill designates the mountain ridge that runs south and west of Emigrant Peak in the Absaroka Range in Montana, which is where an Air Force B-47 strategic bomber crashed while on a training mission in 1962, as the "B-47 Ridge."
 
The bill permits the installing of a plaque on the ridge in memory of such crash. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2020-09-14
text: Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 403.
action_date: 2020-09-14
text: Reported by the Committee on Natural Resources. H. Rept. 116-503.
action_date: 2020-09-14
text: Reported by the Committee on Natural Resources. H. Rept. 116-503.
action_date: 2020-07-29
text: Ordered to be Reported by Unanimous Consent.
action_date: 2020-07-29
text: Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
action_date: 2020-07-29
text: Subcommittee on National Parks, Forests, and Public Lands Discharged.
action_date: 2020-06-18
text: Subcommittee Hearings Held.
action_date: 2019-03-07
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on National Parks, Forests, and Public Lands.
action_date: 2019-02-14
text: Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.
action_date: 2019-02-14
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2019-02-14
text: Introduced in House
Bureau of Reclamation Transparency Act

Bill: 116-hr-1268
Sponsor: Rep. Gosar, Paul A. [R-AZ-4]
Introduced: 2019-02-14 in the House
Policy area: Water Resources Development
Subjects: Appropriations
Congressional oversight
Dams and canals
Department of the Interior
Government information and archives
Infrastructure development
Water resources funding
Water use and supply

Summary:
action_date: 2019-02-14
text: 

Bureau of Reclamation Transparency Act

 
This bill directs the Department of the Interior to publish, and update every two years, an Asset Management Report. The report must describe the Bureau of Reclamation's efforts to (1) maintain in a reliable manner its reserved works (e.g., buildings, structures, facilities, or equipment); and (2) standardize and streamline data reporting and processes across regions and areas for the purpose of maintaining reserved works. The report must include (1) an assessment of major repair and rehabilitation needs for reserved works, and (2) an itemized and prioritized list of major repair and rehabilitation needs of individual facilities.
 
Interior must coordinate with the nonfederal entities responsible for the operation and maintenance of Reclamation facilities, known as transferred works, in developing reporting requirements for their major repair and rehabilitation needs.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2019-03-07
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Water, Oceans, and Wildlife.
action_date: 2019-02-14
text: Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.
action_date: 2019-02-14
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2019-02-14
text: Introduced in House
History and Tradition Protection Act of 2019

Bill: 116-hr-1269
Sponsor: Rep. Johnson, Mike [R-LA-4]
Introduced: 2019-02-14 in the House
Policy area: Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues
Subjects: Civil actions and liability
First Amendment rights
Government liability
Legal fees and court costs
Religion
State and local government operations

Summary:
action_date: 2019-02-14
text: 

History and Tradition Protection Act of 2019

 
This bill limits the remedies available for certain civil actions involving the deprivation of rights under color of law. Specifically, remedies will be limited to injunctive and declaratory relief for claims where the deprivation of rights consists of violation of a prohibition in the Constitution against the establishment of religion. Additionally, no attorney's fees shall be awarded in proceedings in vindication of civil rights with respect to such a claim concerning the actions of states and localities.
 
With regard to a claim brought against the United States or a federal official acting in his or her official capacity, the bill prohibits the award of reasonable fees and expenses of attorneys to the prevailing party.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2019-03-25
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on the Constitution, Civil Rights, and Civil Liberties.
action_date: 2019-02-14
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2019-02-14
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2019-02-14
text: Introduced in House
Pawel Adamowicz Democratic Leadership Exchange Act of 2019

Bill: 116-hr-1270
Sponsor: Rep. Kaptur, Marcy [D-OH-9]
Introduced: 2019-02-14 in the House
Policy area: International Affairs
Subjects: Area studies and international education
Cultural exchanges and relations
Diplomacy, foreign officials, Americans abroad
Education programs funding
Elementary and secondary education
Europe
Human rights
International organizations and cooperation
Poland
Sovereignty, recognition, national governance and status

Summary:
action_date: 2019-02-14
text: 

Pawel Adamowicz Democratic Leadership Exchange Act of 2019

 
This bill permanently reauthorizes the U.S.-Poland Parliamentary Exchange Program, which allows participants from both countries to visit the other to participate in educational and skills-development activities. It also establishes the Pawel Adamowicz Democratic Leadership Exchange Program, which is open to eligible adults (the current program is open only to individuals under the age of 19). 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2019-02-14
text: Referred to the House Committee on Foreign Affairs.
action_date: 2019-02-14
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E178)
action_date: 2019-02-14
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2019-02-14
text: Introduced in House
Vet HP Act

Bill: 116-hr-1271
Sponsor: Rep. Kaptur, Marcy [D-OH-9]
Introduced: 2019-02-14 in the House
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Department of Veterans Affairs
Health care coverage and access
Health facilities and institutions
Health personnel
Higher education
Medical education
Veterans' medical care

Summary:
action_date: 2019-02-14
text: 

Veterans-Specific Education for Tomorrow's Health Professionals Act or the VET HP Act

 
This bill requires the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) to implement a pilot program, located at a minimum of five VA medical centers, to provide a clinical observation experience to students who are enrolled at an institution of higher education that has referred them to the program.
 
The VA shall give priority to students who (1) resided in a health professional shortage area, (2) are first-generation college students, (3) have been referred by minority-serving institutions, (4) are veterans, or (5) indicate an intention to specialize in an occupation with a health professional shortage.

action_date: 2019-03-05
text: 

Veterans-Specific Education for Tomorrow's Health Professionals Act or the VET HP Act

 
(Sec. 3) This bill requires the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) to implement a pilot program, located at a minimum of five VA medical centers, to provide a clinical observation experience to students who are enrolled at an institution of higher education that has referred them to the program.
 
The VA shall give priority to students who (1) resided in a health professional shortage area, (2) are first-generation college students, (3) have been referred by minority-serving institutions, (4) are veterans, or (5) indicate an intention to specialize in an occupation with a health professional shortage.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2019-03-07
text: Read the second time. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 31.
action_date: 2019-03-06
text: Received in the Senate. Read the first time. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under Read the First Time.
action_date: 2019-03-05
text: Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
action_date: 2019-03-05
text: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill Agreed to by voice vote. (text: CR H2335)
action_date: 2019-03-05
text: Passed/agreed to in House: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill Agreed to by voice vote.(text: CR H2335)
action_date: 2019-03-05
text: DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on H.R. 1271.
action_date: 2019-03-05
text: Considered under suspension of the rules. (consideration: CR H2335-2337)
action_date: 2019-03-05
text: Mr. Tonko moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill.
action_date: 2019-03-01
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2019-02-14
text: Referred to the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
action_date: 2019-02-14
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2019-02-14
text: Introduced in House
Restoring Integrity to America’s Elections Act

Bill: 116-hr-1272
Sponsor: Rep. Kilmer, Derek [D-WA-6]
Introduced: 2019-02-14 in the House
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Subjects: Administrative remedies
Advisory bodies
Civil actions and liability
Elections, voting, political campaign regulation
Executive agency funding and structure
Federal Election Commission (FEC)
Federal officials
Government studies and investigations
Judicial review and appeals

Summary:
action_date: 2019-02-14
text: 

Restoring Integrity to America's Elections Act

 
This bill revises provisions regarding the Federal Election Commission (FEC), including to change FEC membership.
 
The bill reduces the number of members of the FEC from eight to five, including by removing the Secretary of the Senate and Clerk of the House as ex officio members. No more than two members may be affiliated with the same political party.
 
A Blue Ribbon Advisory Panel shall recommend to the President individuals for nomination to the FEC.
 
The President shall appoint the FEC chair, subject to Senate confirmation.
 
The bill distributes the FEC's powers between the chair and the other FEC members.
 
The bill modifies the process for (1) the FEC to initiate an investigation, and (2) a party aggrieved by the FEC's dismissal of the party's complaint or the FEC's failure to take action on the party's complaint. 
 
Persons who submit written comments regarding requests for advisory opinions must be given an opportunity to appear at FEC hearings on such requests.
 
The FEC's administrative penalty authority is extended permanently.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2019-02-14
text: Referred to the House Committee on House Administration.
action_date: 2019-02-14
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2019-02-14
text: Introduced in House
KREMLIN Act

Bill: 116-hr-1273
Sponsor: Rep. Krishnamoorthi, Raja [D-IL-8]
Introduced: 2019-02-14 in the House
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Alliances
Canada
Conflicts and wars
Congressional oversight
Diplomacy, foreign officials, Americans abroad
Elections, voting, political campaign regulation
Estonia
Europe
Germany
Government studies and investigations
Intelligence activities, surveillance, classified information
International organizations and cooperation
Lithuania
Middle East
Military operations and strategy
Poland
Russia
Sanctions
Sovereignty, recognition, national governance and status
Subversive activities
Syria
Ukraine
United Kingdom

Summary:
action_date: 2019-02-14
text: 

Keeping Russian Entrapments Minimal and Limiting Intelligence Networks Act or the KREMLIN Act

 
This bill requires the Office of the Director of National Intelligence to report to Congress an assessment of Russia's political intentions, including (1) Russian leadership intentions in pursuing military scenarios against members of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO), (2) Russian leadership reactions to the European Reassurance Initiative, and (3) areas of possible joint cooperation between Russia and its Western adversaries.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2019-02-14
text: Referred to the Committee on Intelligence (Permanent Select), 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: 2019-02-14
text: Referred to the Committee on Intelligence (Permanent Select), 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: 2019-02-14
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2019-02-14
text: Introduced in House
Repeal of the Authorization for Use of Military Force

Bill: 116-hr-1274
Sponsor: Rep. Lee, Barbara [D-CA-13]
Introduced: 2019-02-14 in the House
Policy area: International Affairs
Subjects: Congressional oversight
Presidents and presidential powers, Vice Presidents
Terrorism
War and emergency powers

Summary:
action_date: 2019-02-14
text: 

Repeal of the Authorization for Use of Military Force

 
This bill repeals the Authorization for Use of Military Force signed into law September 18, 2001. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2019-02-14
text: Referred to the House Committee on Foreign Affairs.
action_date: 2019-02-14
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2019-02-14
text: Introduced in House
America’s Public Land Act of 2019

Bill: 116-hr-1276
Sponsor: Rep. Lowenthal, Alan S. [D-CA-47]
Introduced: 2019-02-14 in the House
Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources
Subjects: Congressional-executive branch relations
Land transfers
Land use and conservation

Summary:
action_date: 2019-02-14
text: 

America's Public Land Act of 2019

 
This bill reaffirms that it is U.S. policy 
 
 
to retain public land in federal ownership unless its disposal has been authorized by an Act of Congress; 
 
to retain management authority over public land, except where a nonfederal individual or entity is authorized to exercise management authority pursuant to an Act of Congress or another applicable law; and 
 
that retention of public land and the management authority over it is in the public interest. 
 
 
Neither the Department of the Interior nor of Agriculture shall approve or permit the conveyance of public land or the granting of management authority over such land to nonfederal individuals or entities except as authorized by an Act of Congress.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2019-03-11
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Conservation and Forestry.
action_date: 2019-03-07
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on National Parks, Forests, and Public Lands.
action_date: 2019-02-14
text: Referred to the Committee on Natural Resources, and in addition to the Committee on Agriculture, 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: 2019-02-14
text: Referred to the Committee on Natural Resources, and in addition to the Committee on Agriculture, 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: 2019-02-14
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2019-02-14
text: Introduced in House
State Public Option Act

Bill: 116-hr-1277
Sponsor: Rep. Lujan, Ben Ray [D-NM-3]
Introduced: 2019-02-14 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Abortion
Appropriations
Child health
Department of Health and Human Services
Executive agency funding and structure
Health care costs and insurance
Health care coverage and access
Health care quality
Health personnel
Health programs administration and funding
Income tax credits
Medicaid
Medicare
Performance measurement
Sex and reproductive health
State and local government operations
Women's health

Summary:
action_date: 2019-02-14
text: 

State Public Option Act

 
This bill allows residents who are not already eligible for Medicaid and not concurrently enrolled in other health insurance coverage to buy into a state Medicaid plan beginning January 1, 2020, at the option of the state. State Medicaid programs may set premiums and cost-sharing requirements for such coverage in accordance with specified limitations.
 
The bill also (1) provides the enhanced Federal Medical Assistance Percentage (FMAP) to every state that expands Medicaid coverage for individuals who are newly eligible under the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, regardless of when such expansion takes place; and (2) requires state Medicaid programs to cover comprehensive reproductive health care services, including abortion services.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2019-12-10
text: Subcommittee Hearings Held.
action_date: 2019-02-15
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2019-02-14
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2019-02-14
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: 2019-02-14
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: 2019-02-14
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2019-02-14
text: Introduced in House
African Burial Ground International Memorial Museum and Educational Center Act

Bill: 116-hr-1278
Sponsor: Rep. Nadler, Jerrold [D-NY-10]
Introduced: 2019-02-14 in the House
Policy area: Social Sciences and History
Subjects: Advisory bodies
Archaeology and anthropology
Department of the Interior
Executive agency funding and structure
Land transfers
Monuments and memorials
Museums, exhibitions, cultural centers
New York City
Parks, recreation areas, trails
Racial and ethnic relations
U.S. history

Summary:
action_date: 2019-02-14
text: 

African Burial Ground International Memorial Museum and Educational Center Act

 
 This bill establishes the African Burial Ground International Memorial Museum and Educational Center at the African Burial Ground National Monument in New York, New York.
 
 The National Park Service shall (1) acquire for the museum property that is located adjacent to the national monument or in any other area of the African Burial Ground National Historic Landmark in the city other than the location adjacent to the monument, and (2) construct the museum on the acquired property. 
 
The bill establishes within the Department of the Interior the African Burial Ground Advisory Council to (1) make recommendations on the construction of the museum, and (2) advise and assist Interior on all matters relating to the operation and preservation of the museum.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2019-03-07
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on National Parks, Forests, and Public Lands.
action_date: 2019-02-14
text: Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.
action_date: 2019-02-14
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2019-02-14
text: Introduced in House