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Degrees Not Debt Act of 2019

Bill: 116-hr-4638
Sponsor: Rep. Carbajal, Salud O. [D-CA-24]
Introduced: 2019-10-11 in the House
Policy area: Education
Subjects: Administrative remedies
Government lending and loan guarantees
Higher education
Performance measurement
Student aid and college costs

Summary:
action_date: 2019-10-11
text: 

Degrees Not Debt Act of 2019

 
This bill sets forth provisions to increase the availability of need-based federal student aid and require an institution of higher education (IHE) to disclose performance indicators.
 
The bill repeals the alternative minimum tax exemption and the increased estate and gift tax exemption and uses the tax revenue to increase need-based federal student aid. Specifically, the bill increases (1) the maximum amount of the federal Pell Grant, and (2) the income threshold that triggers an automatic zero for an expected family contribution.
 
In addition, the bill eliminates Pell Grant funding for an institution of higher education in a state that does not maintain its funding levels for IHEs.
 
 Finally, an IHE must disclose performance indicators (e.g., graduation rates and employment outcomes).


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2019-10-11
text: Referred to the Committee on Education and Labor, 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: 2019-10-11
text: Referred to the Committee on Education and Labor, 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: 2019-10-11
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2019-10-11
text: Introduced in House
Pell Grant Sustainability Act

Bill: 116-hr-4639
Sponsor: Rep. Casten, Sean [D-IL-6]
Introduced: 2019-10-11 in the House
Policy area: Education
Subjects: Government lending and loan guarantees
Higher education
Inflation and prices
Student aid and college costs

Summary:
action_date: 2019-10-11
text: 

Pell Grant Sustainability Act

 
This bill requires the Department of Education to calculate the award amount for Pell Grants for award year 2020&#8211;2021 and each subsequent award year by indexing the award amount to the rate of inflation.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2019-10-11
text: Referred to the House Committee on Education and Labor.
action_date: 2019-10-11
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2019-10-11
text: Introduced in House
Affordable Pricing for Taxpayer-Funded Prescription Drugs Act of 2019

Bill: 116-hr-4640
Sponsor: Rep. DeFazio, Peter A. [D-OR-4]
Introduced: 2019-10-11 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Drug safety, medical device, and laboratory regulation
Health programs administration and funding
Health technology, devices, supplies
Inflation and prices
Intellectual property
Medical research
Research and development

Summary:
action_date: 2019-10-11
text: 

Affordable Pricing for Taxpayer-Funded Prescription Drugs Act of 2019

 
This bill prohibits federal agencies and nonprofit entities that conduct federally funded health care research from providing a patent for a drug based on such research until the entity receiving the patent enters into a reasonable pricing agreement with the Department of Health and Human Services.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2019-10-14
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2019-10-11
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2019-10-11
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2019-10-11
text: Introduced in House
Broadband Speed Act

Bill: 116-hr-4641
Sponsor: Rep. Delgado, Antonio [D-NY-19]
Introduced: 2019-10-11 in the House
Policy area: Science, Technology, Communications
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Business records
Civil actions and liability
Federal Communications Commission (FCC)
Fraud offenses and financial crimes
Government information and archives
Internet and video services
Internet, web applications, social media

Summary:
action_date: 2019-10-11
text: 

Broadband Speed Act

 
This bill establishes a reporting requirement for all broadband internet service providers and a capacity requirement for providers that use federal funds to construct new broadband infrastructure.
 
Specifically, the bill requires an internet service provider to report the actual speed of the broadband it provides consumers, and it establishes a fine for any provider that has willfully or knowingly provided false data about the speed it is capable of offering. Additionally, the bill requires any new broadband infrastructure built using federal funds to provide service of at least 100 megabits per second. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2019-10-17
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR H8152)
action_date: 2019-10-14
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Communications and Technology.
action_date: 2019-10-11
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2019-10-11
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2019-10-11
text: Introduced in House
Community Broadband Mapping Act

Bill: 116-hr-4642
Sponsor: Rep. Delgado, Antonio [D-NY-19]
Introduced: 2019-10-11 in the House
Policy area: Science, Technology, Communications
Subjects: Educational technology and distance education
Government information and archives
Health technology, devices, supplies
Infrastructure development
Internet and video services
Internet, web applications, social media
Rural conditions and development
State and local government operations

Summary:
action_date: 2019-10-11
text: 

Community Broadband Mapping Act

 
This bill authorizes the Department of Agriculture's Rural Utilities Service to award telecommunications grants to local governments, electric and telephone cooperatives, economic development and community groups, and small internet providers for collecting local broadband service information.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2019-10-22
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Commodity Exchanges, Energy, and Credit.
action_date: 2019-10-17
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR H8152)
action_date: 2019-10-14
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Communications and Technology.
action_date: 2019-10-11
text: Referred to the Committee on Agriculture, and in addition to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
action_date: 2019-10-11
text: Referred to the Committee on Agriculture, and in addition to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
action_date: 2019-10-11
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2019-10-11
text: Introduced in House
Improving Access to Higher Education Act of 2019

Bill: 116-hr-4643
Sponsor: Rep. DeSaulnier, Mark [D-CA-11]
Introduced: 2019-10-11 in the House
Policy area: Education
Subjects: Advisory bodies
Computers and information technology
Disability and health-based discrimination
Disability and paralysis
Education programs funding
Educational technology and distance education
Government information and archives
Higher education
Judicial procedure and administration
Student records
Teaching, teachers, curricula

Summary:
action_date: 2019-10-11
text: 

Improving Access to Higher Education Act of 2019 

 
This bill addresses accessibility issues of students with disabilities in higher education. 
 Specifically, the bill revises a grant program that supports postsecondary institutions of higher education (IHE) in educating students with disabilities. The Department of Education must award at least five grants to an IHE that provides professional development and technical assistance in order to improve access to and completion of postsecondary education for students, including students with disabilities. 
The bill also (1) revises and reauthorizes through FY2024 a program for national technical assistance centers that assist students with disabilities, and (2) reauthorizes through FY2024 a program to promote training and job placement of real-time writers to provide closed captioning of videos. 
Further, the bill establishes a new program that awards grants to IHEs for certain activities that improve accessibility of instruction and materials, such as distance education courses. The bill also establishes an independent commission to develop guidelines for accessible postsecondary electronic instructional materials and related technologies. 
In addition, the bill requires each IHE to establish an office of accessibility to develop and implement policies that support students with disabilities.

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2019-10-11
text: Referred to the House Committee on Education and Labor.
action_date: 2019-10-11
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2019-10-11
text: Introduced in House
Public Service Loan Forgiveness Inclusion Act of 2019

Bill: 116-hr-4645
Sponsor: Rep. Foster, Bill [D-IL-11]
Introduced: 2019-10-11 in the House
Policy area: Education
Subjects: Government employee pay, benefits, personnel management
Government information and archives
Government lending and loan guarantees
Higher education
Social work, volunteer service, charitable organizations
Student aid and college costs

Summary:
action_date: 2019-10-11
text: 

Public Service Loan Forgiveness Inclusion Act of 2019

 
This bill revises the public service loan forgiveness program to expand the types of payments made by public service employees for Federal Direct Loans that qualify as payments under the program. Specifically, employees' first 60 monthly payments to graduated repayment plans or extended repayment plans qualify as payments under the program.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2019-10-11
text: Referred to the House Committee on Education and Labor.
action_date: 2019-10-11
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2019-10-11
text: Introduced in House
New Home Energy Efficiency Act

Bill: 116-hr-4646
Sponsor: Rep. Gomez, Jimmy [D-CA-34]
Introduced: 2019-10-11 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Building construction
Energy efficiency and conservation
Environmental technology
Income tax credits
Lighting, heating, cooling
Residential rehabilitation and home repair

Summary:
action_date: 2019-10-11
text: 

New Home Energy Efficiency Act

 
This bill reinstates and extends the new home energy efficiency tax credit through 2022. It also increases to $2,500 in 2021 and through 2022, the amount of such credit for new homes meeting the revised energy efficiency standards set forth in the bill.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2019-10-11
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2019-10-11
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2019-10-11
text: Introduced in House
Teacher Debt Relief Act

Bill: 116-hr-4647
Sponsor: Rep. Hayes, Jahana [D-CT-5]
Introduced: 2019-10-11 in the House
Policy area: Education
Subjects: Government employee pay, benefits, personnel management
Government lending and loan guarantees
Higher education
Social work, volunteer service, charitable organizations
Student aid and college costs
Teaching, teachers, curricula

Summary:
action_date: 2019-10-11
text: 

Teacher Debt Relief Act

 
This bill allows an eligible teacher to use the same teaching service to qualify for both the teacher and public service loan forgiveness programs.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2019-10-11
text: Referred to the House Committee on Education and Labor.
action_date: 2019-10-11
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2019-10-11
text: Introduced in House
Transparency in Off-Campus Housing Act

Bill: 116-hr-4648
Sponsor: Rep. Horsford, Steven [D-NV-4]
Introduced: 2019-10-11 in the House
Policy area: Education
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Department of Education
Higher education
Inflation and prices
Student aid and college costs

Summary:
action_date: 2019-10-11
text: 

Transparency in Off-Campus Housing Act

 
This bill requires the Department of Education to issue regulations prescribing a methodology that institutions of higher education shall use to determine the allowance for room and board costs incurred by students who live off-campus.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2019-10-11
text: Referred to the House Committee on Education and Labor.
action_date: 2019-10-11
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2019-10-11
text: Introduced in House
Capping Drug Costs for Seniors Act of 2019

Bill: 116-hr-4649
Sponsor: Rep. Horsford, Steven [D-NV-4]
Introduced: 2019-10-11 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Business records
Civil actions and liability
Government information and archives
Health care costs and insurance
Health care coverage and access
Inflation and prices
Medicare
Prescription drugs
Public contracts and procurement
Retail and wholesale trades

Summary:
action_date: 2019-10-11
text: 

Capping Drug Costs for Seniors Act of 2019

 
This bill reduces the annual out-of-pocket spending threshold, and eliminates beneficiary cost-sharing above this threshold, under the Medicare prescription drug benefit.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2019-10-30
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR H8607)
action_date: 2019-10-14
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2019-10-11
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: 2019-10-11
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: 2019-10-11
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2019-10-11
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2019-10-11
text: Introduced in House
American Future Healthcare Act of 2019

Bill: 116-hr-4651
Sponsor: Rep. King, Steve [R-IA-4]
Introduced: 2019-10-11 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Bank accounts, deposits, capital
Health care costs and insurance
Health care coverage and access
Home and outpatient care
Hospital care
Income tax deductions
Inflation and prices
Medicare
Social security and elderly assistance
User charges and fees

Summary:
action_date: 2019-10-11
text: 

American Future Healthcare Act of 2019

 
 This bill amends the Internal Revenue Code, with respect to health savings accounts (HSAs), to
 
 
 repeal the requirement that an individual making a tax deductible contribution to an HSA be covered by a high deductible health care plan;
 
 increase the maximum HSA contribution level; 
 
allow Medicare eligible individuals to contribute to an HSA; 
 
allow HSAs to be used to purchase health insurance; 
 
provide a cost-of-living adjustment for the limits on additional contributions for individuals 55 or older (catch-up contributions);
 
 require the cost-of-living adjustments to be indexed to the CPI medical care component (the medical care component for the Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers published by the Department of Labor); 
 
allow a rollover of HSA amounts to a Medicare Advantage Medical Savings Account (MSA); and 
 
treat direct primary care service arrangement fees as deductible medical expenses.
 
 
This bill also allows an individual with alternative health coverage to opt out of Medicare hospital services benefits without also having to opt out of Old Age, Survivors, and Disability Insurance benefits and without having to repay Medicare hospital services benefits already received. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2019-10-11
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2019-10-11
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2019-10-11
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2019-10-11
text: Introduced in House
Individual Health Insurance Marketplace Improvement Act

Bill: 116-hr-4652
Sponsor: Rep. Langevin, James R. [D-RI-2]
Introduced: 2019-10-11 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Appropriations
Congressional oversight
Department of Health and Human Services
Executive agency funding and structure
Government trust funds
Health care costs and insurance
Health care coverage and access
Health programs administration and funding
Income tax credits
Medicaid
Medicare
Social work, volunteer service, charitable organizations

Summary:
action_date: 2019-10-11
text: 

Individual Health Insurance Marketplace Improvement Act

 
This bill establishes, and provides funding for, a reinsurance program for qualified health plans relating to the health insurance claims of high-cost individuals.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2019-10-14
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2019-10-11
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: 2019-10-11
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: 2019-10-11
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2019-10-11
text: Introduced in House
PUBLIC Act

Bill: 116-hr-4653
Sponsor: Rep. Lee, Susie [D-NV-3]
Introduced: 2019-10-11 in the House
Policy area: Education
Subjects: Business ethics
Higher education
Licensing and registrations

Summary:
action_date: 2019-10-11
text: 

Protecting Undergraduates with Board Limitations from Influence and Conflicts Act or the PUBLIC Act

 
This bill revises provisions related to the recognition of an accrediting agency or association to preclude potential conflicts of interest.
 
Specifically, if an accrediting agency or association has a voluntary membership of institutions of higher education (IHE) and has as its primary purpose the accrediting of IHEs, it must be separate and independent of certain trade associations, membership organizations, and IHEs.
 
To be separate and independent, members of the accrediting agency or association may not be (1) chosen by the board or chief executive of any related trade association or membership organization, or (2) individuals who exercise substantial control over specified IHEs. Further, there must be at least one public member for every three members of the board of the accrediting agency or association. Dues paid to the accrediting agency or association must be paid separately from any dues paid to a related trade association or membership organization, and the budget of the accrediting agency must be developed and determined without consulting any other entity or organization. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2019-10-11
text: Referred to the House Committee on Education and Labor.
action_date: 2019-10-11
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2019-10-11
text: Introduced in House
Student Veteran Protection Act

Bill: 116-hr-4654
Sponsor: Rep. Lee, Susie [D-NV-3]
Introduced: 2019-10-11 in the House
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Civil actions and liability
Fraud offenses and financial crimes
Higher education
School administration
Student aid and college costs
Veterans' education, employment, rehabilitation

Summary:
action_date: 2019-10-11
text: 

Student Veteran Protection Act

 
This bill provides that overpayments made by an educational institution to a veteran or eligible person entitled to educational assistance shall constitute a liability of the educational institution to the United States if the payment was made as a payment of established charges to educational institutions, advance payment of initial educational assistance or subsistence allowance, or a public-private contribution for additional education assistance.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2019-10-11
text: Referred to the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
action_date: 2019-10-11
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2019-10-11
text: Introduced in House
Enhancing Retirement Security for Medicare Beneficiaries Act of 2019

Bill: 116-hr-4655
Sponsor: Rep. Lee, Susie [D-NV-3]
Introduced: 2019-10-11 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Employee benefits and pensions
Health care costs and insurance
Medicare
Prescription drugs

Summary:
action_date: 2019-10-11
text: 

Enhancing Retirement Security for Medicare Beneficiaries Act of 2019

 
This bill alters certain financial standards that are used to determine eligibility for the low-income subsidy program under the Medicare prescription drug benefit. Specifically, the bill excludes certain retirement plans from eligibility determinations.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2019-10-14
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2019-10-11
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: 2019-10-11
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: 2019-10-11
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2019-10-11
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2019-10-11
text: Introduced in House
Background Ozone Research Act

Bill: 116-hr-4656
Sponsor: Rep. McAdams, Ben [D-UT-4]
Introduced: 2019-10-11 in the House
Policy area: Environmental Protection
Subjects: Air quality
Climate change and greenhouse gases
Congressional oversight
Environmental assessment, monitoring, research
Government studies and investigations
International organizations and cooperation
Research administration and funding

Summary:
action_date: 2019-10-11
text: 

Background Ozone Research Act

 
This bill directs the Environmental Protection Agency to seek to enter into an agreement with the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine under which the National Academies shall conduct a study on the current and future research needs regarding background ozone (the ground-level ozone that would exist in the absence of any human-produced emissions).


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2020-03-04
text: Forwarded by Subcommittee to Full Committee (Amended) by Voice Vote .
action_date: 2020-03-04
text: Subcommittee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
action_date: 2019-10-11
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Environment.
action_date: 2019-10-11
text: Referred to the House Committee on Science, Space, and Technology.
action_date: 2019-10-11
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2019-10-11
text: Introduced in House