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Youth Access to Sexual Health Services Act of 2019

Bill: 116-hr-2701
Sponsor: Rep. Adams, Alma S. [D-NC-12]
Introduced: 2019-05-14 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Assault and harassment offenses
Cancer
Child health
Community life and organization
Crime victims
Crimes against women
Education of the disadvantaged
Education programs funding
Family planning and birth control
HIV/AIDS
Health care coverage and access
Health programs administration and funding
Health promotion and preventive care
Immunology and vaccination
Medical tests and diagnostic methods
Mental health
Sex and reproductive health
Sex offenses
Sex, gender, sexual orientation discrimination
Sexually transmitted diseases
Women's health

Summary:
action_date: 2019-05-14
text: 

Youth Access to Sexual Health Services Act of 2019

 
This bill authorizes the Department of Health and Human Services to award grants to support the access of marginalized youth to sexual health services such as sexual health education and contraception. Marginalized youth are disadvantaged individuals under the age of 26. Grants may be awarded to state or local health or education agencies, public schools, nonprofit organizations, hospitals, Indian tribes, and tribal organizations.
 
Grants may be used to (1) provide sexual health information to marginalized youth, (2) promote effective communication regarding sexual health among marginalized youth, (3) promote and support opportunities for school-age parents, and (3) train individuals who work with marginalized youth to promote sexual health and the development of safe and supportive environments.
 
Grants may not be used to provide access to health services that (1) are medically unsound; (2) withhold sexual health-promoting or lifesaving information; (3) promote gender stereotypes; or (4) are insensitive or unresponsive to the needs of young people, including youth with varying gender identities and sexual orientations, sexually active youth, pregnant or parenting youth, and survivors of sexual abuse or assault.
 
Unobligated funds for abstinence education are transferred and made available for these grants.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2019-05-15
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2019-05-14
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2019-05-14
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2019-05-14
text: Introduced in House
Family First Transition and Support Act of 2019

Bill: 116-hr-2702
Sponsor: Rep. Bass, Karen [D-CA-37]
Introduced: 2019-05-14 in the House
Policy area: Social Welfare
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Adoption and foster care
Child care and development
Child safety and welfare
Drug, alcohol, tobacco use
Employment and training programs
Family relationships
Family services
Government information and archives
Indian social and development programs
Judges
Lawyers and legal services
Licensing and registrations
Mental health
Research administration and funding
Social work, volunteer service, charitable organizations
Specialized courts
State and local courts
State and local finance
State and local government operations

Summary:
action_date: 2019-05-14
text: 

Family First Transition and Support Act of 2019

 
This bill eliminates income-based limitations on a child's eligibility for federal foster care support and makes other changes to funding for, and administration of, grants and programs for child welfare in states and tribes.
 
The bill increases funding for activities including (1) training of child welfare workers, foster parents, and those working in the court system; (2) research on evidence-based practices to prevent child abuse and neglect; and (3) regional partnerships between child welfare agencies and others to address a parent's, or other caregiver's, substance use disorder.
 
The bill's changes to the administration of child welfare programs include, for example, delaying until FY2027 a requirement for states to expend a minimum percentage of funding for child abuse prevention services on only those services that meet certain criteria for effectiveness. In addition, the bill expands the scope of certain grants to include kinship placement services and allows the use of federal funds to address issues that may put a child at risk of entering foster care, such as by providing assistance with housing and utility payments.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2019-05-14
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2019-05-14
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2019-05-14
text: Introduced in House
MAPLE Act of 2019

Bill: 116-hr-2703
Sponsor: Rep. Blumenauer, Earl [D-OR-3]
Introduced: 2019-05-14 in the House
Policy area: Immigration
Subjects: Drug trafficking and controlled substances
Immigration status and procedures
Visas and passports

Summary:
action_date: 2019-05-14
text: 

Maintaining Appropriate Protections for Legal Entry Act of 2019 or the MAPLE Act of 2019

 
This bill removes various marijuana-related acts from the list of crimes that would make an alien inadmissible for entry into the United States or deportable, if such acts were lawful in the jurisdiction where they occurred.
 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2019-06-26
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration and Citizenship.
action_date: 2019-05-14
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2019-05-14
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E391)
action_date: 2019-05-14
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2019-05-14
text: Introduced in House
Renewable Energy Transferability Act

Bill: 116-hr-2704
Sponsor: Rep. Blumenauer, Earl [D-OR-3]
Introduced: 2019-05-14 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Alternative and renewable resources
Business investment and capital
Electric power generation and transmission
Energy efficiency and conservation
Income tax credits
Income tax deductions
Public utilities and utility rates
Residential rehabilitation and home repair
Tax administration and collection, taxpayers

Summary:
action_date: 2019-05-14
text: 

Renewable Energy Transferability Act

 
This bill allows tax credits for renewable energy to be transferred to project partners. The bill applies to the tax credits for (1) renewable electricity production, and (2) investments in renewable energy property. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2019-05-14
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2019-05-14
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E586)
action_date: 2019-05-14
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2019-05-14
text: Introduced in House
Water Infrastructure Trust Fund Act of 2019

Bill: 116-hr-2705
Sponsor: Rep. Blumenauer, Earl [D-OR-3]
Introduced: 2019-05-14 in the House
Policy area: Environmental Protection
Subjects: Consumer affairs
Government studies and investigations
Government trust funds
Public utilities and utility rates
User charges and fees
Water quality
Water resources funding
Water use and supply

Summary:
action_date: 2019-05-14
text: 

Water Infrastructure Trust Fund Act of 2019 

 
The bill establishes a Water Infrastructure Trust Fund for the Environmental Protection Agency to use for capitalization grants under the clean water state revolving fund or drinking water state revolving fund. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2019-05-15
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Environment and Climate Change.
action_date: 2019-05-15
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Water Resources and Environment.
action_date: 2019-05-14
text: Referred to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, and in addition to the Committees on Ways and Means, and 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: 2019-05-14
text: Referred to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, and in addition to the Committees on Ways and Means, and 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: 2019-05-14
text: Referred to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, and in addition to the Committees on Ways and Means, and 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: 2019-05-14
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E588-589)
action_date: 2019-05-14
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2019-05-14
text: Introduced in House
Feeding Hungry Students in Schools Act of 2019

Bill: 116-hr-2706
Sponsor: Rep. Castro, Joaquin [D-TX-20]
Introduced: 2019-05-14 in the House
Policy area: Agriculture and Food
Subjects: Child health
Educational facilities and institutions
Elementary and secondary education
Food assistance and relief
Food supply, safety, and labeling
Nutrition and diet
Social work, volunteer service, charitable organizations

Summary:
action_date: 2019-05-14
text: 

Feeding Hungry Students in Schools Act of 2019 

 
This bill revises program requirements under the National School Lunch Program regarding food donations to allow schools participating in the program to donate food through a charitable organization official who is directly affiliated with the school and the local educational agency serving such school.
 
A charitable organization official may not receive donated food unless they have received a food safety certification, or other applicable certification, from the state health department in the state such food is donated in.
 
The food donated by a school may be received, stored, and distributed on the campus of such school.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2019-05-14
text: Referred to the House Committee on Education and Labor.
action_date: 2019-05-14
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2019-05-14
text: Introduced in House
New START Treaty Improvement Act of 2019

Bill: 116-hr-2707
Sponsor: Rep. Cheney, Liz [R-WY-At Large]
Introduced: 2019-05-14 in the House
Policy area: International Affairs
Subjects: Arms control and nonproliferation
Asia
China
International law and treaties
Nuclear weapons
Russia

Summary:
action_date: 2019-05-14
text: 

New START Treaty Improvement Act of 2019

 
This bill prohibits extending the Measures for the Further Reduction and Limitation of Strategic Offensive Arms (New START treaty) or any successor agreement unless the agreement (1) includes and is signed by China, and (2) covers all Russian strategic and non-strategic nuclear forces. 
 
(The New START treaty between the United States and Russia is set to expire in February 2021 but may be extended to February 2026.)


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2019-05-15
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Strategic Forces.
action_date: 2019-05-14
text: Referred to the Committee on Armed Services, and in addition to the Committee on Foreign Affairs, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
action_date: 2019-05-14
text: Referred to the Committee on Armed Services, and in addition to the Committee on Foreign Affairs, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
action_date: 2019-05-14
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2019-05-14
text: Introduced in House
Disarm Hate Act

Bill: 116-hr-2708
Sponsor: Rep. Cicilline, David N. [D-RI-1]
Introduced: 2019-05-14 in the House
Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement
Subjects: Assault and harassment offenses
Criminal procedure and sentencing
Firearms and explosives
Hate crimes
Violent crime

Summary:
action_date: 2019-05-14
text: 

Disarm Hate Act

 
The bill expands the categories of persons who are prohibited from receiving or possessing a firearm.
 
Specifically, it prohibits firearm sale or transfer to and receipt, possession, shipment, or transport by a person (1) who has been convicted of a misdemeanor hate crime, or (2) who has received an enhanced hate crime misdemeanor sentence. 
 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2019-09-10
text: Ordered to be Reported (Amended) by the Yeas and Nays: 23 - 15.
action_date: 2019-09-10
text: Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
action_date: 2019-09-10
text: Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security Discharged.
action_date: 2019-06-26
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security.
action_date: 2019-05-14
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2019-05-14
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2019-05-14
text: Introduced in House
Fire Police Fairness Act

Bill: 116-hr-2709
Sponsor: Rep. Courtney, Joe [D-CT-2]
Introduced: 2019-05-14 in the House
Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement
Subjects: Employee benefits and pensions
Fires
First responders and emergency personnel
Law enforcement officers

Summary:
action_date: 2019-05-14
text: 

Fire Police Fairness Act

 
This bill includes additional firefighters within the definition of &quot;public safety officer&quot; for purposes of death, disability, and education benefits under the Public Safety Officers' Benefits Program.
 
Specifically, it includes as a public safety officer a firefighter whose primary duty during an emergency response is to secure the scene or manage traffic.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2019-06-26
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security.
action_date: 2019-05-14
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2019-05-14
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2019-05-14
text: Introduced in House
Patient Access to ESRD New Innovative Devices Act

Bill: 116-hr-2710
Sponsor: Rep. Davis, Danny K. [D-IL-7]
Introduced: 2019-05-14 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Department of Health and Human Services
Digestive and metabolic diseases
Drug safety, medical device, and laboratory regulation
Health care coverage and access
Health technology, devices, supplies
Medical tests and diagnostic methods
Medicare

Summary:
action_date: 2019-05-14
text: 

Patient Access to ESRD New Innovative Devices Act

 
This bill requires the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) to establish a process to provide a certain payment adjustment under the Medicare end-stage renal disease (ESRD) prospective payment system. Specifically, the CMS must establish a process to provide for an add-on payment adjustment for new medical devices used to diagnose, treat, or manage ESRD. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2019-05-15
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2019-05-14
text: Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on Ways and Means, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
action_date: 2019-05-14
text: Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on Ways and Means, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
action_date: 2019-05-14
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2019-05-14
text: Introduced in House
Methane Waste Prevention Act of 2019

Bill: 116-hr-2711
Sponsor: Rep. DeGette, Diana [D-CO-1]
Introduced: 2019-05-14 in the House
Policy area: Energy
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Air quality
Business records
Civil actions and liability
Climate change and greenhouse gases
Congressional oversight
Energy efficiency and conservation
Environmental assessment, monitoring, research
Environmental regulatory procedures
Government information and archives
Oil and gas

Summary:
action_date: 2019-05-14
text: 

Methane Waste Prevention Act of 2019

 
This bill addresses methane emissions from oil and gas operations. (Methane is emitted during the production and transport of coal, natural gas, and oil.)
 
The bill provides statutory authority for the Environmental Protection Agency rule titled 
Oil and Natural Gas Sector: Emission Standards for New, Reconstructed, and Modified Sources
, published on June 3, 2016.
 
The bill directs the Department of the Interior to establish specified requirements for 
 
 
reducing and preventing the waste of natural gas, including by venting, flaring, and fugitive releases, from all oil and gas operations; and
 
measuring and reporting the production and disposition of all gas subject to the mineral leasing laws, all such gas produced, consumed on site, or lost through venting, flaring, or fugitive releases.
 
 
All such requirements shall include consistent enforcement mechanisms for any operations not in compliance with them.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2019-09-24
text: Subcommittee Hearings Held.
action_date: 2019-06-03
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Energy and Mineral Resources.
action_date: 2019-05-15
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Environment and Climate Change.
action_date: 2019-05-14
text: Referred to the Committee on Natural Resources, 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: 2019-05-14
text: Referred to the Committee on Natural Resources, 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: 2019-05-14
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2019-05-14
text: Introduced in House
Buy American Agriculture Act

Bill: 116-hr-2712
Sponsor: Rep. DeLauro, Rosa L. [D-CT-3]
Introduced: 2019-05-14 in the House
Policy area: Agriculture and Food
Subjects: Agricultural marketing and promotion
Agricultural prices, subsidies, credit
Agricultural trade
Buy American requirements
Government information and archives
Trade restrictions

Summary:
action_date: 2019-05-14
text: 

Buy American Agriculture Act

 
This bill requires the Department of Agriculture's Agricultural Marketing Service to purchase agricultural commodities and seafood under the Food Purchase and Distribution Program only from domestically owned enterprises.
 
The bill includes exceptions if applying the requirement
 
 
 would be inconsistent with the public interest, 
 
is not possible because the domestically produced products are not available in sufficient quantities or in a satisfactory quality, or
 
would result in cost increase of more than 25% compared to the previous year. 
 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2019-06-07
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Biotechnology, Horticulture, and Research.
action_date: 2019-05-14
text: Referred to the House Committee on Agriculture.
action_date: 2019-05-14
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2019-05-14
text: Introduced in House
People’s Liberation Army (PLA) Visa Security Act

Bill: 116-hr-2713
Sponsor: Rep. Gallagher, Mike [R-WI-8]
Introduced: 2019-05-14 in the House
Policy area: Immigration
Subjects: Asia
Australia
Canada
China
Diplomacy, foreign officials, Americans abroad
Europe
Foreign labor
Government information and archives
Immigration status and procedures
New Zealand
Oceania
Research administration and funding
United Kingdom
Visas and passports

Summary:
action_date: 2019-05-14
text: 

People's Liberation Army (PLA) Visa Security Act

 
This bill bars individuals affiliated with the Chinese military from entering the United States on visas for students (F visa) or work-and-study exchange (J visa).
 
The President shall publish a list identifying research, engineering, and scientific institutions affiliated or funded by China's People's Liberation Army. Aliens who are or were previously employed, sponsored, or funded by any institution on the list shall be subject to the bar. 
 
When a Chinese national applies for an F or J visa for an academic field related to an item on the Commerce Control List (a list of items subject to export controls), the consular officer handling the application shall request a special background check on the applicant.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2019-06-26
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration and Citizenship.
action_date: 2019-05-14
text: Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committee on Foreign Affairs, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
action_date: 2019-05-14
text: Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committee on Foreign Affairs, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
action_date: 2019-05-14
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2019-05-14
text: Introduced in House
AMISH Act

Bill: 116-hr-2714
Sponsor: Rep. Gibbs, Bob [R-OH-7]
Introduced: 2019-05-14 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Employment taxes
Income tax credits
Religion
Social security and elderly assistance
Tax administration and collection, taxpayers
Wages and earnings

Summary:
action_date: 2019-05-14
text: 

Act to exempt religious Members and Individuals from Social Security and Healthcare taxes Act or the AMISH Act

 
This bill allows an employee, based on a conscientious, faith based objection, to apply for a credit or refund of deductions from that employee's wages for Social Security and Medicare taxes, provided that the employee waives all related federal benefits thereto.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2019-05-14
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2019-05-14
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2019-05-14
text: Introduced in House
Medicaid Improvement and State Flexibility Act of 2019

Bill: 116-hr-2715
Sponsor: Rep. Green, Mark E. [R-TN-7]
Introduced: 2019-05-14 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Health care costs and insurance
Health care coverage and access
Medicaid
State and local finance
State and local government operations

Summary:
action_date: 2019-05-14
text: 

Medicaid Improvement and State Flexibility Act of 2019

 
This bill authorizes states to approve their own experimental, pilot, or demonstration project under Medicaid if the project provides certain benefits involving electronic benefits transfer (EBT) cards. (Currently, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services approves Medicaid demonstration projects; such projects are also known as 
Section 1115 Demonstrations
.)
 
Specifically, the project must provide enrollees who elect to participate with an EBT card to purchase primary care services; enrollees must receive any remaining balance at the end of the year in the form of a cash payment and must also obtain catastrophic health insurance. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2019-05-15
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2019-05-14
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2019-05-14
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2019-05-14
text: Introduced in House