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Protecting Our Children’s Future Act of 2019

Bill: 116-hr-1536
Sponsor: Rep. Mitchell, Paul [R-MI-10]
Introduced: 2019-03-05 in the House
Policy area: Economics and Public Finance
Subjects: Appropriations
Budget deficits and national debt
Budget process
Executive agency funding and structure
Government employee pay, benefits, personnel management
Legislative rules and procedure
Members of Congress

Summary:
action_date: 2019-03-05
text: 

Protecting Our Children's Future Act of 201

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This bill makes several changes to the federal budget process. The changes to the budget process include
 
 
 converting the existing annual budget and appropriations process to a biennial process; 
 
changing the calendar period for the federal fiscal year (currently October 1 through September 30) to January 1 through December 31;
 
 requiring mandatory spending programs to be subject to the appropriations process with exceptions for Social Security, Medicare, programs administered by the Department of Veterans Affairs, and TRICARE; 
 
 requiring the baseline budget of each department or agency to be assumed to be zero and each proposed expenditure to be justified as if it were a new expenditure; 
 
 requiring Congress to consider appropriations bills using procedures similar to the existing budget reconciliation process, which includes expedited procedures that prevent a filibuster and restrict amendments in the Senate; and
 
 withholding pay for Members of Congress if the House and Senate have not jointly agreed to a congressional budget resolution by June 30 of the first year of a Congress. 
 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2019-03-05
text: Referred to the Committee on the Budget, and in addition to the Committees on Rules, Oversight and Reform, and 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: 2019-03-05
text: Referred to the Committee on the Budget, and in addition to the Committees on Rules, Oversight and Reform, and 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: 2019-03-05
text: Referred to the Committee on the Budget, and in addition to the Committees on Rules, Oversight and Reform, and 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: 2019-03-05
text: Referred to the Committee on the Budget, and in addition to the Committees on Rules, Oversight and Reform, and 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: 2019-03-05
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2019-03-05
text: Introduced in House
Bayard Rustin Stamp Act

Bill: 116-hr-1537
Sponsor: Del. Norton, Eleanor Holmes [D-DC-At Large]
Introduced: 2019-03-05 in the House
Policy area: Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues
Subjects: Postal service
Protest and dissent
Racial and ethnic relations
U.S. history

Summary:
action_date: 2019-03-05
text: 

Bayard Rustin Stamp Act

 
This bill requires the U.S. Postal Service to issue a forever stamp depicting Bayard Rustin to honor his life and work.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2019-03-05
text: Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Reform.
action_date: 2019-03-05
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E242)
action_date: 2019-03-05
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2019-03-05
text: Introduced in House
District of Columbia Zoning Commission Home Rule Act

Bill: 116-hr-1538
Sponsor: Del. Norton, Eleanor Holmes [D-DC-At Large]
Introduced: 2019-03-05 in the House
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Subjects: Architect of the Capitol
Building construction
Congressional agencies
Department of the Interior
District of Columbia
Intergovernmental relations
Land use and conservation
State and local government operations

Summary:
action_date: 2019-03-05
text: 

District of Columbia Zoning Commission Home Rule Act

 
This bill removes the Architect of the Capitol and the Director of the National Park Service from the Zoning Commission for the District of Columbia. Currently, the commission consists of two federal officials and three mayoral appointees.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2019-03-05
text: Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Reform.
action_date: 2019-03-05
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E243)
action_date: 2019-03-05
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2019-03-05
text: Introduced in House
Leadership PAC Limitation Act

Bill: 116-hr-1539
Sponsor: Rep. Peters, Scott H. [D-CA-52]
Introduced: 2019-03-05 in the House
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Subjects: Congressional elections
Elections, voting, political campaign regulation

Summary:
action_date: 2019-03-05
text: 

Leadership PAC Limitation Act 

 
This bill prohibits the conversion of leadership PAC funds to personal use. A leadership PAC is a political action committee (other than a political committee of a political party) that is established, financed, maintained, or controlled by the candidate or an individual but which is not an authorized committee of the candidate or individual and not affiliated with an authorized committee of the candidate or individual.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2019-03-05
text: Referred to the House Committee on House Administration.
action_date: 2019-03-05
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2019-03-05
text: Introduced in House
Protecting Our Widows and Widowers in Retirement (POWR) Act

Bill: 116-hr-1540
Sponsor: Rep. Sánchez, Linda T. [D-CA-38]
Introduced: 2019-03-05 in the House
Policy area: Social Welfare
Subjects: Poverty and welfare assistance
Social security and elderly assistance

Summary:
action_date: 2019-03-05
text: 

Protecting Our Widows and Widowers in Retirement (POWR) Act

 
This bill increases Old Age, Survivors, and Disability Insurance benefits for widows or widowers in two-income households by establishing an alternative benefit based on combined household benefits.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2019-03-05
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2019-03-05
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Social Security.
action_date: 2019-03-05
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2019-03-05
text: Introduced in House
To require a report on Saudi Arabia obtaining nuclear fuel enrichment capabilities.

Bill: 116-hr-1541
Sponsor: Rep. Schneider, Bradley Scott [D-IL-10]
Introduced: 2019-03-05 in the House
Policy area: International Affairs
Subjects: Alliances
Arms control and nonproliferation
Congressional oversight
Israel
Middle East
Nuclear power
Saudi Arabia

Summary:
action_date: 2019-03-05
text: 
This bill directs the President to report to Congress on the impact to the national security interests of the United States and regional allies, including Israel, of Saudi Arabia obtaining nuclear fuel enrichment capabilities through a commercial sale.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2019-03-25
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Asia, the Pacific and Nonproliferation.
action_date: 2019-03-05
text: Referred to the House Committee on Foreign Affairs.
action_date: 2019-03-05
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2019-03-05
text: Introduced in House
Combating Illicit Fentanyl Act of 2019

Bill: 116-hr-1542
Sponsor: Rep. Smith, Christopher H. [R-NJ-4]
Introduced: 2019-03-05 in the House
Policy area: International Affairs
Subjects: Asia
China
Congressional oversight
Diplomacy, foreign officials, Americans abroad
Drug trafficking and controlled substances
Foreign property
Presidents and presidential powers, Vice Presidents
Sanctions
Visas and passports
War and emergency powers

Summary:
action_date: 2019-03-05
text: 

Combating Illicit Fentanyl Act of 2019

 
This bill directs the Department of State and the Department of the Treasury to annually report to Congress identifying each person in China, including government officials, involved in fentanyl production and its trafficking into the United States.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2019-04-08
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security.
action_date: 2019-03-05
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: 2019-03-05
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: 2019-03-05
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2019-03-05
text: Introduced in House
American Workers for Security Act of 2019

Bill: 116-hr-1543
Sponsor: Rep. Stauber, Pete [R-MN-8]
Introduced: 2019-03-05 in the House
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Subjects: Building construction
Buy American requirements
Metals
Mexico
Public contracts and procurement

Summary:
action_date: 2019-03-05
text: 

American Workers for Security Act of 2019

 
This bill requires iron or steel used to build a border wall with Mexico to be produced in the United States, with exceptions.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2019-03-05
text: Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Reform.
action_date: 2019-03-05
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2019-03-05
text: Introduced in House
Nuclear Waste Informed Consent Act

Bill: 116-hr-1544
Sponsor: Rep. Titus, Dina [D-NV-1]
Introduced: 2019-03-05 in the House
Policy area: Energy
Subjects: Federal-Indian relations
Intergovernmental relations
Nuclear power
Radioactive wastes and releases
State and local government operations

Summary:
action_date: 2019-03-05
text: 

Nuclear Waste Informed Consent Act

 
This bill prohibits the Department of Energy (DOE) from using the Nuclear Waste Fund for certain expenditures involving repositories for disposing of spent nuclear fuel or high-level radioactive waste. Specifically, DOE may not use the fund to pay for disposal in a repository or planning, construction, or operation of a repository unless DOE has entered into an agreement with the state in which the repository is located and with affected local governments and Indian tribes.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2019-03-06
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Environment and Climate Change.
action_date: 2019-03-05
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2019-03-05
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2019-03-05
text: Introduced in House
To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to repeal the inclusion of certain fringe benefit expenses for which a deduction is disallowed in unrelated business taxable income.

Bill: 116-hr-1545
Sponsor: Rep. Walker, Mark [R-NC-6]
Introduced: 2019-03-05 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Business expenses
Income tax rates
Sports and recreation facilities
Tax-exempt organizations
Transportation costs

Summary:
action_date: 2019-03-05
text: 
This bill modifies the requirements for determining the unrelated business taxable income of tax-exempt organizations. The bill repeals a provision that requires unrelated business taxable income to be increased by the amount of expenses paid or incurred by a tax-exempt organization for certain fringe benefits for which a tax deduction is not allowed, including benefits relating to transportation, parking, or an on-premises athletic facility.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2019-03-05
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2019-03-05
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2019-03-05
text: Introduced in House
To amend the Help America Vote Act of 2002 to establish a minimum period for early voting in elections for Federal office.

Bill: 116-hr-1546
Sponsor: Rep. Wild, Susan [D-PA-7]
Introduced: 2019-03-05 in the House
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Subjects: Congressional elections
Elections, voting, political campaign regulation
Public transit
State and local government operations

Summary:
action_date: 2019-03-05
text: 
This bill requires each state to allow individuals to vote in an election for federal office during an early voting period. Individuals voting early must be allowed to vote in the same manner as individuals voting on the day of the election.
 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2019-03-05
text: Referred to the House Committee on House Administration.
action_date: 2019-03-05
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR H2342)
action_date: 2019-03-05
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2019-03-05
text: Introduced in House
For the relief of Malachy McAllister, Nicola McAllister, and Sean Ryan McAllister.

Bill: 116-hr-1547
Sponsor: Rep. Pascrell, Bill, Jr. [D-NJ-9]
Introduced: 2019-03-05 in the House
Subjects: Private Legislation

Summary:
action_date: 2019-03-05
text: Provides for the relief of Malachy McAllister, Nicola McAllister, and Sean Ryan McAllister.

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2019-03-25
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration and Citizenship.
action_date: 2019-03-05
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2019-03-05
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2019-03-05
text: Introduced in House
For the relief of Maria Carmen Castro Ramirez and J. Refugio Carreno Rojas.

Bill: 116-hr-1548
Sponsor: Rep. Pelosi, Nancy [D-CA-12]
Introduced: 2019-03-05 in the House
Subjects: Private Legislation

Summary:
action_date: 2019-03-05
text: Provides for the relief of Maria Carmen Castro Ramirez and J. Refugio Carreno Rojas.
action_date: 2020-05-22
text: 
Provides for the relief of Maria Carmen Castro Ramirez and J. Refugio Carreno Rojas. 

action_date: 2020-06-11
text: 
Provides for the relief of Maria Carmen Castro Ramirez and J. Refugio Carreno Rojas. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2020-06-11
text: Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2020-06-11
text: Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
action_date: 2020-06-11
text: On passage Passed without objection. (text: CR H2379-2380)
action_date: 2020-06-11
text: Passed/agreed to in House: On passage Passed without objection.
action_date: 2020-06-11
text: Without objection, the Chair laid before the House H.R. 1548. (consideration: CR H2379-2380)
action_date: 2020-05-22
text: Placed on the Private Calendar, Calendar No. 1.
action_date: 2020-05-22
text: Reported by the Committee on Judiciary. H. Rept. 116-423.
action_date: 2020-05-22
text: Reported by the Committee on Judiciary. H. Rept. 116-423.
action_date: 2020-03-11
text: Ordered to be Reported by Voice Vote.
action_date: 2020-03-11
text: Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
action_date: 2020-03-10
text: Subcommittee on Immigration and Citizenship Discharged.
action_date: 2019-03-25
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration and Citizenship.
action_date: 2019-03-05
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2019-03-05
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2019-03-05
text: Introduced in House
Air Carrier Access Amendments Act of 2019

Bill: 116-hr-1549
Sponsor: Rep. Langevin, James R. [D-RI-2]
Introduced: 2019-03-06 in the House
Policy area: Transportation and Public Works
Subjects: Access Board
Administrative remedies
Aviation and airports
Civil actions and liability
Consumer affairs
Department of Transportation
Disability and health-based discrimination
Disability and paralysis
Government information and archives
Government studies and investigations

Summary:
action_date: 2019-03-06
text: 

Air Carrier Access Amendments Act of 2019

 
This bill expands provisions prohibiting discrimination against disabled individuals by an air carrier. Specifically, it enumerates certain actions that an air carrier must take or may not take with respect to a disabled individual. It also requires the Department of Transportation (DOT) to ensure that disabled individuals traveling in air transportation are able to file complaints with DOT in response to disability-related discrimination and receive assistance from DOT through a hotline or comparable electronic means.
 
The bill authorizes an aggrieved individual and the Department of Justice to bring a civil action for discrimination.
 
The Architectural and Transportation Barriers Compliance Board shall prescribe regulations setting forth minimum standards for aircraft with new or existing type certificates to ensure the accessibility of individuals with disabilities, including those who use wheelchairs. The standards shall address, among other things, boarding and deplaning equipment, seating accommodations, lavatories, visually accessible announcements, and proper stowage of assistive devices in the cargo hold to prevent damage. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2019-03-07
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Aviation.
action_date: 2019-03-06
text: Referred to the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.
action_date: 2019-03-06
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2019-03-06
text: Introduced in House
Chronic Wasting Disease Management Act

Bill: 116-hr-1550
Sponsor: Rep. Kind, Ron [D-WI-3]
Introduced: 2019-03-06 in the House
Policy area: Animals
Subjects: Health programs administration and funding
Infectious and parasitic diseases
Mammals
Neurological disorders
Research administration and funding
State and local government operations
Veterinary medicine and animal diseases
Wildlife conservation and habitat protection

Summary:
action_date: 2019-03-06
text: 

Chronic Wasting Disease Management Act

 
This bill requires the Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service-Wildlife Services to support state and tribal efforts to address chronic wasting disease. The transmissible disease afflicts deer, elk, and moose populations.
 
The agency must make grants to research centers to support efforts to expand and accelerate applied research on the disease.
 
Land management agencies of the Department of Agriculture and the Department of the Interior must work cooperatively with states in researching the disease and implementing state response plans to reduce the spread and prevalence of the disease.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2019-03-27
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Biotechnology, Horticulture, and Research.
action_date: 2019-03-27
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Livestock and Foreign Agriculture.
action_date: 2019-03-26
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Water, Oceans, and Wildlife.
action_date: 2019-03-06
text: Referred to the Committee on Agriculture, and in addition to the Committee on 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: 2019-03-06
text: Referred to the Committee on Agriculture, and in addition to the Committee on 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: 2019-03-06
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2019-03-06
text: Introduced in House
Quality Care for Moms and Babies Act

Bill: 116-hr-1551
Sponsor: Rep. Engel, Eliot L. [D-NY-16]
Introduced: 2019-03-06 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Child health
Government information and archives
Health care costs and insurance
Health care quality
Health facilities and institutions
Health information and medical records
Health programs administration and funding
Medicaid
Performance measurement
State and local government operations
Women's health

Summary:
action_date: 2019-03-06
text: 

Quality Care for Moms and Babies Act

 
This bill directs the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) to take a series of actions relating to the quality of maternal and infant care under Medicaid, the Children's Health Insurance Program (CHIP), and other health programs.
 
Specifically, the CMS must
 
 
identify and publish a recommended core set of maternal and infant quality measures for women and children, as specified by the bill; 
 
publish an initial core set of any such measures applicable to mothers and infants eligible under Medicaid or CHIP; 
 
establish a Maternal and Infant Quality Measurement Program; and 
 
establish an online clearinghouse of resources for entities working to improve maternity and infant care quality.

 
The CMS may also make grants to eligible entities (e.g., state Medicaid programs, health departments, and provider organizations) to develop or expand maternity and infant care quality collaboratives or initiatives. 
 

 
 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2019-03-07
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2019-03-06
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2019-03-06
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: 2019-03-06
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: 2019-03-06
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2019-03-06
text: Introduced in House
Private Cemeteries Honoring Veterans in the Absence of Next of Kin Act

Bill: 116-hr-1552
Sponsor: Rep. Tipton, Scott  R. [R-CO-3]
Introduced: 2019-03-06 in the House
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Cemeteries and funerals
Family relationships
Veterans' organizations and recognition

Summary:
action_date: 2019-03-06
text: 

Private Cemeteries Honoring Veterans in the Absence of Next of Kin Act

 
This bill provides that if the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) is unable to locate any next of kin of certain deceased veterans, a private cemetery may request that the VA furnish a headstone or marker, medallion, or other device for the grave to signify the individual's veteran status.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2019-03-29
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Disability Assistance and Memorial Affairs.
action_date: 2019-03-06
text: Referred to the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
action_date: 2019-03-06
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2019-03-06
text: Introduced in House