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State And Federal Electronic Data Records to Improve Vehicle-operator Eligibility Reporting Systems Act of 2019

Bill: 116-hr-4531
Sponsor: Rep. Moulton, Seth [D-MA-6]
Introduced: 2019-09-26 in the House
Policy area: Transportation and Public Works
Subjects: Employee hiring
Government information and archives
Intergovernmental relations
Licensing and registrations
Roads and highways
State and local government operations
Transportation employees
Transportation programs funding
Transportation safety and security

Summary:
action_date: 2019-09-26
text: 

State And Federal Electronic Data Records to Improve Vehicle-operator Eligibility Reporting Systems Act of 2019 or the
 
SAFE DRIVERS Act 

 
This bill authorizes states to reallocate certain funds provided for national priority safety programs and modifies the permitted use of grant funds for state traffic safety information system improvements.
 
The bill also directs the Department of Transportation to award up to 10 interoperability grants to states and related entities for the improvement of interoperability among state and national traffic data systems.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2019-09-27
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Highways and Transit.
action_date: 2019-09-26
text: Referred to the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.
action_date: 2019-09-26
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2019-09-26
text: Introduced in House
Nursing Home Care for Native American Veterans Act

Bill: 116-hr-4532
Sponsor: Rep. O'Halleran, Tom [D-AZ-1]
Introduced: 2019-09-26 in the House
Policy area: Native Americans
Subjects: Building construction
Congressional oversight
Health facilities and institutions
Health programs administration and funding
Long-term, rehabilitative, and terminal care
Minority health
Veterans' medical care

Summary:
action_date: 2019-09-26
text: 

Nursing Home Care for Native American Veterans Act

 
This bill expands eligibility for grants that provide per diem funding to state nursing homes for veterans to include veterans homes established by Native American tribes.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2019-10-08
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2019-09-26
text: Referred to the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
action_date: 2019-09-26
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2019-09-26
text: Introduced in House
Native Health Access Improvement Act of 2019

Bill: 116-hr-4533
Sponsor: Rep. Pallone, Frank, Jr. [D-NJ-6]
Introduced: 2019-09-26 in the House
Policy area: Native Americans
Subjects: Alaska Natives and Hawaiians
Comprehensive health care
Drug, alcohol, tobacco use
Health care costs and insurance
Health care coverage and access
Health programs administration and funding
Health promotion and preventive care
Indian social and development programs
Mental health
Minority health

Summary:
action_date: 2019-09-26
text: 

Native Health Access Improvement Act of 2019

 
This bill establishes a grant program for Indian health facilities and expands the applicability of certain federal health care provisions to American Indians and Alaska Natives. 
Specifically, the bill provides funds for and requires the Indian Health Service (IHS) to award grants to Indian health facilities for the prevention and treatment of mental health and substance use disorders. The IHS must establish a technical assistance center for grantees. 
The bill defines 
Indian
 for purposes of health insurance reform, exchanges, and subsidies to include individuals of Indian descent who are members of an Indian community served by the IHS and individuals considered by the Department of Health and Human Services to be Indian for purposes of eligibility for Indian health care services. Individuals included in the definition are eligible for special monthly enrollment periods on health insurance exchanges and elimination of cost sharing under individual health coverage for those whose income is not more than 300% of the poverty line. Under current law, only members of Indian tribes are eligible for these benefits. 
The bill also exempts Indians, as defined by the bill, from the tax penalty for not maintaining minimum essential health coverage.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2019-10-07
text: Referred to the Subcommittee for Indigenous Peoples of the United States.
action_date: 2019-09-27
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2019-09-26
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2019-09-26
text: Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committees on Ways and Means, and Natural Resources, 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: 2019-09-26
text: Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committees on Ways and Means, and Natural Resources, 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: 2019-09-26
text: Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committees on Ways and Means, and Natural Resources, 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: 2019-09-26
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2019-09-26
text: Introduced in House
Native Health and Wellness Act of 2019

Bill: 116-hr-4534
Sponsor: Rep. Ruiz, Raul [D-CA-36]
Introduced: 2019-09-26 in the House
Policy area: Native Americans
Subjects: Alaska Natives and Hawaiians
Education programs funding
Food supply, safety, and labeling
Health personnel
Health programs administration and funding
Health promotion and preventive care
Higher education
Indian social and development programs
Infectious and parasitic diseases
Medical education
Minority health
Science and engineering education

Summary:
action_date: 2019-09-26
text: 

Native Health and Wellness Act of 2019

 
This bill requires the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention to award grants to Indian tribes or tribal organizations for promoting health, preventing disease, and reducing health disparities among American Indians and Alaska Natives. Specifically, grants may be used to (1) establish or support preventive health service programs that facilitate the achievement of health-status goals, (2) establish or support public health services that reduce the prevalence of chronic disease among American Indians and Alaska Natives, or (3) strengthen public health infrastructure to facilitate the surveillance and response to infectious disease and foodborne illness outbreaks.
 
In addition, the Department of Health and Human Services must make grants to Indian tribes and tribal organizations for recruiting and mentoring American Indian and Alaska Native youth and young adults in health professions.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2019-09-27
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2019-09-26
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2019-09-26
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2019-09-26
text: Introduced in House
Commodity Futures Trading Commission Research and Development Modernization Act

Bill: 116-hr-4535
Sponsor: Rep. Scott, Austin [R-GA-8]
Introduced: 2019-09-26 in the House
Policy area: Finance and Financial Sector
Subjects: Advanced technology and technological innovations
Commodities markets
Commodity Futures Trading Commission
Computer security and identity theft
Computers and information technology
Congressional oversight
Executive agency funding and structure
Government studies and investigations
Public contracts and procurement
Research administration and funding
Research and development
Securities
Technology assessment

Summary:
action_date: 2019-09-26
text: 

Commodity Futures Trading Commission Research and Development Modernization Act 

 
This bill modifies requirements applicable to the Commodity Futures Trading Commission regarding research and development projects related to financial technologies as they apply to commodities markets. Specifically, the commission may enter into transactions or accept gifts to carry out these purposes. The commission must report annually on each transaction or gift. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2019-10-11
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Commodity Exchanges, Energy, and Credit.
action_date: 2019-09-26
text: Referred to the House Committee on Agriculture.
action_date: 2019-09-26
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2019-09-26
text: Introduced in House
Bot Disclosure and Accountability Act of 2019

Bill: 116-hr-4536
Sponsor: Rep. Slotkin, Elissa [D-MI-8]
Introduced: 2019-09-26 in the House
Policy area: Science, Technology, Communications
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Digital media
Internet and video services
Internet, web applications, social media

Summary:
action_date: 2019-09-26
text: 

Bot Disclosure and Accountability Act of 2019

 
 This bill requires social media providers to publicly disclose the use of any automated software program or process intended to impersonate or replicate human activity (i.e., bots) on the provider's social media website. Social media providers also must establish processes for identifying and removing automated software programs that attempt to appear as legitimate users of the site.
 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2019-09-27
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Consumer Protection and Commerce.
action_date: 2019-09-26
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2019-09-26
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2019-09-26
text: Introduced in House
Mobile Health Clinics Act of 2019

Bill: 116-hr-4537
Sponsor: Rep. Velazquez, Nydia M. [D-NY-7]
Introduced: 2019-09-26 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Congressional oversight
Drug, alcohol, tobacco use
Employee hiring
Health care coverage and access
Health facilities and institutions
Health information and medical records
Health personnel
Health programs administration and funding
Health promotion and preventive care
Home and outpatient care
Mental health
Minority health
Prescription drugs

Summary:
action_date: 2019-09-26
text: 

Mobile Health Clinics Act of 2019

 
This bill permits the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) to establish a grant program to increase mobile medical health care services for medically underserved communities and medically underserved populations. (These are geographic areas and populations designated as lacking access to primary care services.) 
 
HHS may provide grants to partnerships of (1) one or more hospitals; or (2) one or more local health care facilities, including clinics, federally qualified health centers, or pharmacies. Among other purposes, grantees may use funds to purchase or maintain mobile health care services vehicles; hire and train staff; and increase access to required primary health services, substance use disorder services, and mental health counseling. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2019-09-27
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2019-09-26
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2019-09-26
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2019-09-26
text: Introduced in House
Closing Loopholes for Orphan Drugs Act

Bill: 116-hr-4538
Sponsor: Rep. Welch, Peter [D-VT-At Large]
Introduced: 2019-09-26 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Drug therapy
Health care costs and insurance
Inflation and prices
Prescription drugs

Summary:
action_date: 2019-09-26
text: 

Closing Loopholes for Orphan Drugs Act

 
This bill amends the Public Health Service Act to revise the 340B Drug Pricing Program, which currently requires drug manufacturers to discount orphan drugs (i.e., drugs for rare conditions) for certain entities covered by the program. The bill discounts orphan drugs that are not being used to treat rare conditions for all entities covered by the program. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2019-09-27
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2019-09-26
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2019-09-26
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2019-09-26
text: Introduced in House
For the relief of Alirio Palacios Gamez, Hilda Veronica Ramirez Mendez, and Jayro Ivan Juarez Ramirez.

Bill: 116-hr-4539
Sponsor: Rep. Castro, Joaquin [D-TX-20]
Introduced: 2019-09-26 in the House
Subjects: Private Legislation

Summary:
action_date: 2019-09-26
text: Provides for the relief of Alirio Palacios Gamez, Hilda Veronica Ramirez Mendez, and Jayro Ivan Juarez Ramirez.

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2019-10-28
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration and Citizenship.
action_date: 2019-09-26
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2019-09-26
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2019-09-26
text: Introduced in House
Public Servants Protection and Fairness Act

Bill: 116-hr-4540
Sponsor: Rep. Neal, Richard E. [D-MA-1]
Introduced: 2019-09-27 in the House
Policy area: Social Welfare
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Congressional oversight
Employee benefits and pensions
Executive agency funding and structure
Government employee pay, benefits, personnel management
Government information and archives
Government studies and investigations
Government trust funds
Social Security Administration
Social security and elderly assistance
State and local government operations
Wages and earnings

Summary:
action_date: 2019-09-27
text: 

Public Servants Protection and Fairness Act

 
This bill establishes an alternative formula to calculate Old-Age, Survivors, and Disability Insurance benefits for those who receive pensions for certain non-covered employment. (The existing formula is known as the windfall elimination provision.)
 
 The alternative formula adjusts an individual's total lifetime earnings based on the proportion of covered earnings (i.e., earnings subject to Social Security payroll taxes). It applies to individuals who (1) first become eligible for benefits after 2021, (2) have earnings from non-covered service performed after 1977 and (3) have less than 30 years of coverage (i.e., years in which a beneficiary is considered to have contributed a substantial amount into the Social Security trust funds). 
 
 Beneficiaries receive the higher benefit amount as calculated under the alternative method or the existing formula. In addition, the bill provides rebates for certain beneficiaries currently impacted by the existing formula. 
 
 The Social Security Administration must include non-covered earnings in Social Security account statements, and the Government Accountability Office must study the availability of certain information related to retirement plans maintained by state and local governments.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2019-09-27
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Social Security.
action_date: 2019-09-27
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2019-09-27
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2019-09-27
text: Introduced in House
To establish a grant program to provide certain eligible entities engaged in food recovery with grants to support certain costs.

Bill: 116-hr-4541
Sponsor: Rep. McKinley, David B. [R-WV-1]
Introduced: 2019-09-27 in the House
Policy area: Agriculture and Food
Subjects: Charitable contributions
Employment and training programs
Food assistance and relief
Food supply, safety, and labeling
Motor vehicles
Transportation costs
Transportation programs funding

Summary:
action_date: 2019-09-27
text: 
This bill directs the Department of Agriculture to award grants to public food service providers, tribal organizations, or private nonprofit entities for activities related to food recovery.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2019-10-11
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Nutrition, Oversight, and Department Operations.
action_date: 2019-09-27
text: Referred to the House Committee on Agriculture.
action_date: 2019-09-27
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2019-09-27
text: Introduced in House
Nation’s Oldest Port National Heritage Area Act

Bill: 116-hr-4542
Sponsor: Rep. Rutherford, John H. [R-FL-4]
Introduced: 2019-09-27 in the House
Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources
Subjects: Accounting and auditing
Archaeology and anthropology
Florida
Historic sites and heritage areas
Historical and cultural resources
Museums, exhibitions, cultural centers
Navigation, waterways, harbors
Outdoor recreation
Parks, recreation areas, trails
Property rights
Public-private cooperation
Tax-exempt organizations
U.S. history
Watersheds

Summary:
action_date: 2019-09-27
text: 

Nation's Oldest Port National Heritage Area Act

 
This bill establishes the Nation's Oldest Port National Heritage Area in Florida. Such heritage area shall include natural watersheds in Nassau, Duval, St. Johns, and Flagler Counties.
 
The Nation's Oldest Port Heritage Area Alliance, Inc., shall serve as the coordinating entity for the heritage area and shall develop a management plan for it. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2019-10-07
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on National Parks, Forests, and Public Lands.
action_date: 2019-09-27
text: Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.
action_date: 2019-09-27
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2019-09-27
text: Introduced in House
Reducing Mental Health Stigma in the Hispanic Community Act of 2019

Bill: 116-hr-4543
Sponsor: Rep. Napolitano, Grace F. [D-CA-32]
Introduced: 2019-09-27 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Community life and organization
Congressional oversight
Drug, alcohol, tobacco use
Health promotion and preventive care
Mental health
Minority health

Summary:
action_date: 2019-09-27
text: 

Stop Mental Health Stigma in Our Communities Act

 
This bill requires the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration to develop and implement an outreach and education strategy regarding behavioral health issues among the Hispanic and Latino populations. The strategy must be designed to promote behavioral and mental health and reduce stigma associated with mental health conditions and substance abuse among such populations. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2019-09-30
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2019-09-27
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2019-09-27
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2019-09-27
text: Introduced in House
Ensuring Fair Legal Recourse for Private Student Loan Borrowers Act

Bill: 116-hr-4544
Sponsor: Rep. Dean, Madeleine [D-PA-4]
Introduced: 2019-09-27 in the House
Policy area: Finance and Financial Sector
Subjects: Alternative dispute resolution, mediation, arbitration
Consumer credit
Higher education
Student aid and college costs

Summary:
action_date: 2019-09-27
text: 

Ensuring Fair Legal Recourse for Private Student Loan Borrowers Act 

 
This bill invalidates a predispute arbitration agreement if it requires arbitration of a dispute relating to a private education loan. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2019-09-27
text: Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services.
action_date: 2019-09-27
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2019-09-27
text: Introduced in House
Private Loan Disability Discharge Act of 2019

Bill: 116-hr-4545
Sponsor: Rep. Dean, Madeleine [D-PA-4]
Introduced: 2019-09-27 in the House
Policy area: Finance and Financial Sector
Subjects: Consumer credit
Debt collection
Disability and paralysis
Higher education
Income tax exclusion
Student aid and college costs

Summary:
action_date: 2019-09-27
text: 

Private Loan Disability Discharge Act of 2019 

 
This bill directs the holder of a private education loan to discharge the loan in the event of the borrower's death or total and permanent disability. The obligation of a cosigner for a private education loan is also discharged in the event of total and permanent disability of the borrower. The bill also extends indefinitely the exclusion of student loan debt discharge from gross income for federal income tax purposes. 

action_date: 2020-12-21
text: 

Private Loan Disability Discharge Act of 2019 

 
This bill directs the holder of a private education loan to discharge the loan in the event of the borrower's death or total and permanent disability. The obligation of a cosigner for a private education loan is also discharged in the event of total and permanent disability of the borrower. The bill also extends indefinitely the exclusion of student loan debt discharge from gross income for federal income tax purposes. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2020-12-21
text: Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 565.
action_date: 2020-12-21
text: Committee on Ways and Means discharged.
action_date: 2020-12-21
text: Committee on Ways and Means discharged.
action_date: 2020-12-21
text: Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Financial Services. H. Rept. 116-682, Part I.
action_date: 2020-12-21
text: Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Financial Services. H. Rept. 116-682, Part I.
action_date: 2019-12-11
text: Ordered to be Reported (Amended) by the Yeas and Nays: 32 - 25.
action_date: 2019-12-11
text: Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
action_date: 2019-12-10
text: Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
action_date: 2019-09-27
text: Referred to the Committee on Financial Services, 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: 2019-09-27
text: Referred to the Committee on Financial Services, 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: 2019-09-27
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2019-09-27
text: Introduced in House
Public Housing Emergency Response Act

Bill: 116-hr-4546
Sponsor: Rep. Velazquez, Nydia M. [D-NY-7]
Introduced: 2019-09-27 in the House
Policy area: Housing and Community Development
Subjects: Government trust funds
Housing and community development funding
Low- and moderate-income housing
Public housing
Residential rehabilitation and home repair

Summary:
action_date: 2019-09-27
text: 

Public Housing Emergency Response Act

 
This bill authorizes additional assistance from the Public Housing Capital Fund to public housing agencies for the development, financing, and modernization of public housing developments and for management improvements. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2019-09-27
text: Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services.
action_date: 2019-09-27
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2019-09-27
text: Introduced in House