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Health Savings for Seniors Act

Bill: 116-hr-3796
Sponsor: Rep. Bera, Ami [D-CA-7]
Introduced: 2019-07-17 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Aging
Health care costs and insurance
Income tax exclusion
Medicare

Summary:
action_date: 2019-07-17
text: 

Health Savings for Seniors Act 

 
This bill permits a Medicare beneficiary to participate in and contribute to health savings accounts. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2019-07-17
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2019-07-17
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2019-07-17
text: Introduced in House
Equal Access to Contraception for Veterans Act

Bill: 116-hr-3798
Sponsor: Rep. Brownley, Julia [D-CA-26]
Introduced: 2019-07-17 in the House
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Family planning and birth control
Health care costs and insurance
Health care coverage and access
Veterans' medical care
Women's health

Summary:
action_date: 2019-07-17
text: 

Equal Access to Contraception for Veterans Act

 
This bill prohibits the Department of Veterans Affairs from requiring payment from a veteran for any contraceptive item or service that is required to be covered by health insurance plans without a cost-sharing requirement.

action_date: 2020-09-22
text: 

Equal Access to Contraception for Veterans Act

 
This bill prohibits the Department of Veterans Affairs from requiring payment from a veteran for any contraceptive item that is required to be covered by health insurance plans without a cost-sharing requirement.

action_date: 2020-09-23
text: 

Equal Access to Contraception for Veterans Act

 
This bill prohibits the Department of Veterans Affairs from requiring payment from a veteran for any contraceptive item that is required to be covered by health insurance plans without a cost-sharing requirement.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2020-09-24
text: Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
action_date: 2020-09-23
text: Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
action_date: 2020-09-23
text: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by voice vote. (text: CR H4770)
action_date: 2020-09-23
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: 2020-09-23
text: DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on H.R. 3798.
action_date: 2020-09-23
text: Considered under suspension of the rules. (consideration: CR H4770-4772)
action_date: 2020-09-23
text: Mr. Takano moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended.
action_date: 2020-09-22
text: Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 429.
action_date: 2020-09-22
text: Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Veterans' Affairs. H. Rept. 116-529.
action_date: 2020-09-22
text: Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Veterans' Affairs. H. Rept. 116-529.
action_date: 2020-03-12
text: Ordered to be Reported (Amended) by Voice Vote.
action_date: 2020-03-12
text: Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
action_date: 2020-03-12
text: Subcommittee on Health Discharged.
action_date: 2019-09-11
text: Subcommittee Hearings Held.
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
Reuniting Families Act

Bill: 116-hr-3799
Sponsor: Rep. Chu, Judy [D-CA-27]
Introduced: 2019-07-17 in the House
Policy area: Immigration
Subjects: Administrative remedies
Asia
Business investment and capital
Caribbean area
Citizenship and naturalization
Criminal justice information and records
Cuba
Department of Homeland Security
Domestic violence and child abuse
Family relationships
Foreign labor
Fraud offenses and financial crimes
Human trafficking
Immigration status and procedures
Latin America
Marriage and family status
Military personnel and dependents
Philippines
Refugees, asylum, displaced persons
U.S. and foreign investments
Visas and passports

Summary:
action_date: 2019-07-17
text: 

 
 
 

Reuniting Families Act 

 
This bill makes various immigration law changes, such as increasing the annual caps for certain immigrant visas and establishing that permanent partners are generally treated as spouses. 
 
The bill also expands which familial relationships are considered as immediate family and therefore not subject to annual limits, repeals specified bars from admission for unlawfully present aliens, and limits what constitutes a misrepresentation of citizenship status&#8212;a deportable offense&#8212;by requiring a willful misrepresentation. 
 

 

 



Legislative actions:
action_date: 2019-08-12
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration and Citizenship.
action_date: 2019-07-17
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2019-07-17
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2019-07-17
text: Introduced in House
Educational Opportunity and Success Act of 2019

Bill: 116-hr-3800
Sponsor: Rep. Davidson, Warren [R-OH-8]
Introduced: 2019-07-17 in the House
Policy area: Education
Subjects: Administrative remedies
Department of Education
Education of the disadvantaged
Education programs funding
Higher education
Student aid and college costs

Summary:
action_date: 2019-07-17
text: 

Educational Opportunity and Success Act of 2019

 
This bill reauthorizes through FY2025 and revises TRIO programs. (These outreach and student-services programs identify and provide services to students from disadvantaged backgrounds.)
 
Among other revisions to the programs, the bill
 
 
prohibits the Department of Education (ED) from rejecting TRIO grant applications based on certain errors,
 
requires ED to provide additional technical assistance to interested grant applicants, and
 
allows program administrators to use a student's most recent Free Application for Federal Student Aid to determine TRIO program eligibility.



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
Military Hunger Prevention Act

Bill: 116-hr-3801
Sponsor: Rep. Davis, Susan A. [D-CA-53]
Introduced: 2019-07-17 in the House
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Military personnel and dependents
Poverty and welfare assistance
Wages and earnings

Summary:
action_date: 2019-07-17
text: 

Military Hunger Prevention Act

 
This bill requires the Department of Defense (DOD) to pay a basic needs allowance to a regular member of the Army, Navy, Marine Corps, or Air Force who is low-income and meets other specified requirements.
 
Specifically, DOD must pay the allowance to such a service member who (1) has completed initial entry training, (2) has a gross household income during the most recent year that does not exceed an amount equal to 130% of the federal poverty guidelines, (3) submits required information to DOD, and (4) does not elect against receiving the allowance for a given year.
 
For purposes of determining eligibility, gross household income does not include any basic allowance for housing received during the year by the service member or by any dependents of the service member in the household. In the event a household contains two or more service members entitled to receive the allowance, only one allowance may be paid in a given year.
 
DOD must annually notify potentially eligible service members and provide them with information on DOD financial management and assistance programs.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2019-07-18
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Military Personnel.
action_date: 2019-07-17
text: Referred to the House Committee on Armed Services.
action_date: 2019-07-17
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2019-07-17
text: Introduced in House
American Business for American Companies Act of 2019

Bill: 116-hr-3802
Sponsor: Rep. DeLauro, Rosa L. [D-CT-3]
Introduced: 2019-07-17 in the House
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Corporate finance and management
Department of the Treasury
Foreign and international corporations
Military procurement, research, weapons development
Public contracts and procurement

Summary:
action_date: 2019-07-17
text: 

American Business for American Companies Act of 2019

 
This bill prohibits an executive agency from awarding a contract for the procurement of property or services (including a defense contract) to (1) any foreign incorporated entity determined to be an inverted domestic corporation or any subsidiary of such entity, or (2) any joint venture more than 10% of which is held by such an entity or subsidiary. An 
inverted domestic corporation
 is a company that was previously incorporated in the United States or was a partnership in the United States but is now incorporated in a foreign country despite (1) a majority of the company being owned by the owners of the former domestic entity, or (2) management of the company primarily occurring in the United States.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2019-07-17
text: Referred to the Committee on Oversight and Reform, and in addition to the Committee on Armed Services, 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 Oversight and Reform, and in addition to the Committee on Armed Services, 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
Pell Grant Flexibility Act of 2019

Bill: 116-hr-3803
Sponsor: Rep. DeSaulnier, Mark [D-CA-11]
Introduced: 2019-07-17 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Higher education
Income tax exclusion
Student aid and college costs

Summary:
action_date: 2019-07-17
text: 

Pell Grant Flexibility Act of 2019

 
This bill amends the Internal Revenue Code to exclude from gross income any amount received as a Federal Pell Grant.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2019-07-17
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2019-07-17
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2019-07-17
text: Introduced in House
Athletics Fair Pay Act of 2019

Bill: 116-hr-3804
Sponsor: Rep. Frankel, Lois [D-FL-21]
Introduced: 2019-07-17 in the House
Policy area: Sports and Recreation
Subjects: Athletes
Congressional oversight
Employment discrimination and employee rights
Wages and earnings
Women's employment
Women's rights

Summary:
action_date: 2019-07-17
text:  

Athletics Fair Pay Act of 2019

 
This bill addresses pay equity for amateur athletes. It requires amateur sports national governing bodies to provide equitable wages and other compensation for women where separate programs for male and female athletes are conducted on a national basis.
 
The bill also requires a national governing body to report to Congress on the compensation of amateur athletes in the sport governed by such body for each of the two consecutive calendar years ending immediately before, and each calendar year beginning after, this bill's enactment.
 
Each report shall include (1) the median compensation for amateur athletes, disaggregated by race and gender; and (2) the minimum and maximum compensation paid to amateur athletes, disaggregated by race and gender.
 

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2019-07-17
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2019-07-17
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2019-07-17
text: Introduced in House
Prescription Drug Rebate Reform Act of 2019

Bill: 116-hr-3805
Sponsor: Rep. Gallagher, Mike [R-WI-8]
Introduced: 2019-07-17 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Health care costs and insurance
Health care coverage and access
Inflation and prices
Prescription drugs

Summary:
action_date: 2019-07-17
text: 

Prescription Drug Rebate Reform Act of 2019

 
This bill requires private health insurance plans to set any coinsurance rate for a covered prescription drug based on the net price of the drug (the price after accounting for rebates and discounts provided by the drug manufacturer) and not the list price (the initial wholesale price set by the drug manufacturer). This requirement applies when a plan holder has an unmet deductible or other coinsurance obligation for prescription drug benefits under the plan.
 
 The bill does not prohibit a plan from requiring a copayment provided that such copayment is not based on the cost of the drug.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2019-07-18
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2019-07-17
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2019-07-17
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2019-07-17
text: Introduced in House
Protecting Immigrant Gold Star and Military Families Act

Bill: 116-hr-3806
Sponsor: Rep. Gallego, Ruben [D-AZ-7]
Introduced: 2019-07-17 in the House
Policy area: Immigration
Subjects: Border security and unlawful immigration
Criminal procedure and sentencing
Family relationships
Immigration status and procedures
Military personnel and dependents
Veterans' organizations and recognition

Summary:
action_date: 2019-07-17
text: 

Protecting Immigrant Gold Star and Military Families Act

 
This bill limits the deportability of certain relatives of current and former members of the Armed Forces. 
 
Certain grounds of deportability shall not apply to a qualifying alien who is (1) the spouse, widow or widower, parent, child, or sibling of a member of the Armed Forces or a veteran; or (2) eligible for a Gold Star lapel button (for certain immediate relatives of a member of the Armed Forces who died while serving). A qualifying alien is one who (1) has not have been convicted of a felony, significant misdemeanor, or three misdemeanors; and (2) is not a threat to national security or public safety.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2019-08-06
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration and Citizenship.
action_date: 2019-07-17
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2019-07-17
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2019-07-17
text: Introduced in House
Independent Labor Secretariat for Fair Trade Deals Act

Bill: 116-hr-3807
Sponsor: Rep. Kaptur, Marcy [D-OH-9]
Introduced: 2019-07-17 in the House
Policy area: Foreign Trade and International Finance
Subjects: Advisory bodies
Alternative dispute resolution, mediation, arbitration
Employment discrimination and employee rights
Government employee pay, benefits, personnel management
Government studies and investigations
Human rights
Intergovernmental relations
Labor standards
Labor-management relations
Migrant, seasonal, agricultural labor
Sanctions
Temporary and part-time employment
Trade agreements and negotiations
Violent crime
Wages and earnings
Youth employment and child labor

Summary:
action_date: 2019-07-17
text: 

Independent Labor Secretariat for Fair Trade Deals Act

 
This bill establishes a Labor Secretariat to (1) address transnational issues relating to labor, (2) monitor and enforce labor-related trade agreement provisions, and (3) provide research relating to the effects of trade agreements on jobs and communities in countries covered by such agreements.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2019-07-17
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2019-07-17
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR H5926)
action_date: 2019-07-17
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2019-07-17
text: Introduced in House
Teach CS Act

Bill: 116-hr-3808
Sponsor: Rep. Kilmer, Derek [D-WA-6]
Introduced: 2019-07-17 in the House
Policy area: Education
Subjects: Computers and information technology
Congressional oversight
Education of the disadvantaged
Education programs funding
Elementary and secondary education
Higher education
Licensing and registrations
Performance measurement
Public-private cooperation
Research administration and funding
Student aid and college costs
Teaching, teachers, curricula
Temporary and part-time employment

Summary:
action_date: 2019-07-17
text: 

Teacher Education for Computer Science Act or the Teach CS Act

 
This bill authorizes the Department of Education to award grants to institutions of higher education for establishing and maintaining teacher education programs for computer science.
 
It also includes computer science as an eligible education category with respect to receiving various teacher preparation grants and graduate fellowships.


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
College Student Hunger Act of 2019

Bill: 116-hr-3809
Sponsor: Rep. Lawson, Al, Jr. [D-FL-5]
Introduced: 2019-07-17 in the House
Policy area: Agriculture and Food
Subjects: Department of Agriculture
Employment and training programs
Food assistance and relief
Government information and archives
Government studies and investigations
Higher education
Intergovernmental relations
Poverty and welfare assistance

Summary:
action_date: 2019-07-17
text: 

College Student Hunger Act of 2019

 
This bill expands the eligibility of students at institutions of higher education to participate in the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP, formerly known as the food stamp program).
 
SNAP eligibility for students is expanded to include certain low-income students who (1) are employed a minimum of 10 hours per week (currently 20 hours) during the regular school year, (2) are eligible for a federal Pell Grant, (3) have an expected family contribution equal to zero, or (4) are independent.
 
Additionally, the bill directs
 
 
the Department of Education to provide notification to certain students regarding their eligibility for SNAP benefits,
 
the Inspector General of the Department of Agriculture (USDA) to conduct an audit of the operations of the Food and Nutrition Service to examine the procedures and outreach practices used by the service to provide to states information about the eligibility of students at institutions of higher education for participation in the program, 
 
USDA to update its state outreach plan guidance, and
 
USDA to implement projects to decrease student hunger at institutions of higher education and to reduce barriers to college students fully utilizing SNAP benefits at these institutions.
 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2019-09-11
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Nutrition, Oversight, and Department Operations.
action_date: 2019-07-17
text: Referred to the Committee on Agriculture, and in addition to the Committee on Education and Labor, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
action_date: 2019-07-17
text: Referred to the Committee on Agriculture, and in addition to the Committee on Education and Labor, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
action_date: 2019-07-17
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2019-07-17
text: Introduced in House
DO NOT Call Act

Bill: 116-hr-3810
Sponsor: Rep. Lee, Susie [D-NV-3]
Introduced: 2019-07-17 in the House
Policy area: Commerce
Subjects: Assault and harassment offenses
Civil actions and liability
Consumer affairs
Fraud offenses and financial crimes
Marketing and advertising
Telephone and wireless communication

Summary:
action_date: 2019-07-17
text: 

Deter Obnoxious, Nefarious, and Outrageous Telephone Calls Act of 2019 or the DO NOT Call Act

 
 This bill increases and establishes criminal penalties, which include imprisonment for up to one year, for an intentional violation of the prohibition on automated telephone marketing and messaging. In addition, a person may be imprisoned for up to three years for an aggravated violation of such prohibition if the person (1) previously has been convicted of such an offense, (2) initiates a certain high volume of such calls during specified periods of time, (3) commits the offense in the furtherance of a felony, or (4) causes losses of at least $5,000 during any one year period to one or more persons.
 
The bill also increases from $10,000 to $20,000 the fine for intentionally transmitting misleading or inaccurate caller identification information.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2019-07-18
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Communications and Technology.
action_date: 2019-07-17
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2019-07-17
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2019-07-17
text: Introduced in House
IoT Standards Leadership Act of 2019

Bill: 116-hr-3811
Sponsor: Rep. Matsui, Doris O. [D-CA-6]
Introduced: 2019-07-17 in the House
Policy area: International Affairs
Subjects: Advanced technology and technological innovations
Computer security and identity theft
Computers and information technology
Congressional oversight
Government studies and investigations
International organizations and cooperation
Internet and video services
Internet, web applications, social media
Public-private cooperation

Summary:
action_date: 2019-07-17
text: 

IoT Standards Leadership Act of 2019

 
This bill directs the Department of Commerce to report to Congress a study of (1) international bodies that set technological standards relevant to internet-connected devices, and (2) the appropriate means to ensure robust U.S. leadership in such bodies. (Technological standards for emerging technologies, such as next-generation wireless data communications, are typically set by international bodies that comprise various stakeholders, such as equipment manufacturers in the relevant industries.) 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2019-07-17
text: Referred to the House Committee on Foreign Affairs.
action_date: 2019-07-17
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2019-07-17
text: Introduced in House
REMEDY Act

Bill: 116-hr-3812
Sponsor: Rep. McKinley, David B. [R-WV-1]
Introduced: 2019-07-17 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Drug safety, medical device, and laboratory regulation
Intellectual property
Prescription drugs

Summary:
action_date: 2019-07-17
text: 

Reforming Evergreening and Manipulation that Extends Drug Years Act or the
 
REMEDY Act 

 
This bill addresses drug patents with respect to Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approval of a drug application.
 
Currently, when the owner of a brand-name drug approval sues a generic drug company for patent infringement based on the generic company's application for FDA approval of a generic version of the brand-name drug, there is generally a 30-month stay on the approval of the generic version. Under this bill, the stay goes into effect only if the lawsuit alleges infringement of a patent that claims the drug compound. 
 
When the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office invalidates a patent for a drug, the FDA must update its list of relevant patents for the drug.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2019-07-18
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2019-07-17
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2019-07-17
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2019-07-17
text: Introduced in House