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TSP Act

Bill: 116-hr-5018
Sponsor: Rep. Meadows, Mark [R-NC-11]
Introduced: 2019-11-08 in the House
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Subjects: Accounting and auditing
Corporate finance and management
Employee benefits and pensions
Financial services and investments
Government employee pay, benefits, personnel management
Securities

Summary:
action_date: 2019-11-08
text: 

Taxpayers and Savers Protection Act or the TSP Act

 
This bill prohibits any sums in the Thrift Savings Fund from being invested in a security that is listed on an exchange in a jurisdiction in which the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (1) has never conducted the mandatory inspection or investigation of a registered public accounting firm, and (2) is prevented from conducting such inspection or investigation because of a position taken by an authority in that jurisdiction. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2019-11-08
text: Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Reform.
action_date: 2019-11-08
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2019-11-08
text: Introduced in House
Veterans Legal Support Act of 2019

Bill: 116-hr-5019
Sponsor: Del. Norton, Eleanor Holmes [D-DC-At Large]
Introduced: 2019-11-08 in the House
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Civil actions and liability
Department of Veterans Affairs
Education programs funding
Executive agency funding and structure
Lawyers and legal services
Veterans' medical care
Veterans' pensions and compensation

Summary:
action_date: 2019-11-08
text: 

Veterans Legal Support Act of 2019

 
This bill authorizes the Department of Veterans Affairs to provide support, including financial support, to one or more university law school programs to provide veterans with legal assistance.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2019-12-02
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Disability Assistance and Memorial Affairs.
action_date: 2019-11-08
text: Referred to the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
action_date: 2019-11-08
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E1408)
action_date: 2019-11-08
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2019-11-08
text: Introduced in House
To direct the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to seek to enter into an agreement with the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine or the National Cancer Institute to conduct a study on radiation exposure relating to prostate cancer.

Bill: 116-hr-5020
Sponsor: Rep. Panetta, Jimmy [D-CA-20]
Introduced: 2019-11-08 in the House
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Cancer
Congressional oversight
Government studies and investigations
Medical research
Radiation
Veterans' medical care

Summary:
action_date: 2019-11-08
text: 
This bill requires the Department of Veterans Affairs to seek to enter an agreement with the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine or the National Cancer Institute to conduct a study and report on whether prostate cancer should be included in the list of diseases considered to have been incurred or aggravated during active military, naval, or air service of radiation-exposed veterans.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2019-12-02
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Disability Assistance and Memorial Affairs.
action_date: 2019-11-08
text: Referred to the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
action_date: 2019-11-08
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2019-11-08
text: Introduced in House
Ending Debt Collection Harassment Act of 2019

Bill: 116-hr-5021
Sponsor: Rep. Pressley, Ayanna [D-MA-7]
Introduced: 2019-11-08 in the House
Policy area: Finance and Financial Sector
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Congressional oversight
Consumer Financial Protection Bureau
Consumer credit
Debt collection
Telephone and wireless communication

Summary:
action_date: 2019-11-08
text: 

Ending Debt Collection Harassment Act of 2019

 
This bill prohibits a debt collector from sending electronic communications to a consumer without the consumer's consent. The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) may not issue rules that allow a debt collector to send unlimited electronic communications. Additionally, the CFPB must report on consumer complaints about electronic communications and enforcement actions taken against debt collectors. 

action_date: 2020-03-19
text: 

Ending Debt Collection Harassment Act of 2019

 
This bill prohibits a debt collector from sending electronic communications to a consumer without the consumer's consent. The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) may not issue rules that allow a debt collector to send unlimited electronic communications. Additionally, the CFPB must report on consumer complaints about electronic communications and enforcement actions taken against debt collectors. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2020-03-19
text: Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 337.
action_date: 2020-03-19
text: Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Financial Services. H. Rept. 116-418.
action_date: 2020-03-19
text: Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Financial Services. H. Rept. 116-418.
action_date: 2019-11-14
text: Ordered to be Reported (Amended) by the Yeas and Nays: 31 - 23.
action_date: 2019-11-14
text: Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
action_date: 2019-11-13
text: Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
action_date: 2019-11-08
text: Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services.
action_date: 2019-11-08
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2019-11-08
text: Introduced in House
NO VAPE Act of 2019

Bill: 116-hr-5022
Sponsor: Rep. Ruiz, Raul [D-CA-36]
Introduced: 2019-11-08 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Air quality
Civil actions and liability
Congressional oversight
Department of Health and Human Services
Drug, alcohol, tobacco use
Government studies and investigations
Marketing and advertising
Photography and imaging
Product safety and quality
Retail and wholesale trades

Summary:
action_date: 2019-11-08
text: 

Nicotine Or Vaping Access Protection and Enforcement Act of 2019 or the
 
NO VAPE Act of 2019

 
This bill increases civil penalties for violating restrictions on the sale and distribution of tobacco products. The bill also requires retailers to check photographic identification to verify the age of all tobacco product purchasers, with no exceptions for older purchasers.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2019-11-12
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2019-11-08
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2019-11-08
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2019-11-08
text: Introduced in House
To name the Department of Veterans Affairs community-based outpatient clinic in Youngstown, Ohio, as the Carl Nunziato VA Clinic.

Bill: 116-hr-5023
Sponsor: Rep. Ryan, Tim [D-OH-13]
Introduced: 2019-11-08 in the House
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Congressional tributes
Department of Veterans Affairs
Health facilities and institutions
Home and outpatient care
Ohio
Veterans' medical care

Summary:
action_date: 2019-11-08
text: 
This bill designates the community-based outpatient clinic of the Department of Veterans Affairs in Youngstown, Ohio, as the &quot;Carl Nunziato VA Clinic.&quot;

action_date: 2020-09-23
text: 
This bill designates the community-based outpatient clinic of the Department of Veterans Affairs in Youngstown, Ohio, as the Carl Nunziato VA Clinic.

action_date: 2020-12-18
text: 
This bill designates the community-based outpatient clinic of the Department of Veterans Affairs in Youngstown, Ohio, as the Carl Nunziato VA Clinic.

action_date: 2021-01-05
text: 
This bill designates the community-based outpatient clinic of the Department of Veterans Affairs in Youngstown, Ohio, as the Carl Nunziato VA Clinic.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-01-05
text: Became Public Law No: 116-297.
action_date: 2021-01-05
text: Became Public Law No: 116-297.
action_date: 2021-01-05
text: Signed by President.
action_date: 2021-01-05
text: Signed by President.
action_date: 2020-12-24
text: Presented to President.
action_date: 2020-12-24
text: Presented to President.
action_date: 2020-12-20
text: Message on Senate action sent to the House.
action_date: 2020-12-18
text: Passed Senate without amendment by Unanimous Consent. (consideration: CR S7828)
action_date: 2020-12-18
text: Passed/agreed to in Senate: Passed Senate without amendment by Unanimous Consent.
action_date: 2020-09-24
text: Received in the Senate, read twice.
action_date: 2020-09-23
text: Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
action_date: 2020-09-23
text: On passage Passed without objection. (text: CR H4732)
action_date: 2020-09-23
text: Passed/agreed to in House: On passage Passed without objection.
action_date: 2020-09-23
text: Considered by unanimous consent. (consideration: CR H4732)
action_date: 2020-09-23
text: Committee on Veterans' Affairs discharged.
action_date: 2020-09-23
text: Committee on Veterans' Affairs discharged.
action_date: 2020-09-23
text: Mr. Takano asked unanimous consent to discharge from committee and consider.
action_date: 2019-12-02
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2019-11-08
text: Referred to the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
action_date: 2019-11-08
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2019-11-08
text: Introduced in House

Enacted as: number: 116-297
To amend title 38, United States Code, to expand health care coverage provided by the Department of Veterans Affairs during the transition of members of the Armed Forces from service in the Armed Forces to civilian life, and for other purposes.

Bill: 116-hr-5024
Sponsor: Del. Sablan, Gregorio Kilili Camacho [D-MP-At Large]
Introduced: 2019-11-08 in the House
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Government information and archives
Health care coverage and access
Hospital care
Military personnel and dependents
Veterans' medical care

Summary:
action_date: 2019-11-08
text: 
This bill expands eligibility for Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) hospital care and medical services to recently discharged or released veterans during the one-year period following their discharge or release from active service or active reserve status. Such veterans shall be eligible for care even if they fail to enroll in the VA health care system.
 
The Department of Labor must promote the expanded eligibility for such VA care to members of the Armed Forces transitioning from service in the Armed Forces to civilian life through the Transition Assistance Program. In addition, the VA must publish notification of the expanded eligibility for such care on a VA website.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2019-12-02
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Economic Opportunity.
action_date: 2019-12-02
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2019-11-08
text: Referred to the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
action_date: 2019-11-08
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E1409)
action_date: 2019-11-08
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2019-11-08
text: Introduced in House
WEST Access Act

Bill: 116-hr-5025
Sponsor: Rep. Smith, Adrian [R-NE-3]
Introduced: 2019-11-08 in the House
Policy area: Science, Technology, Communications
Subjects: Administrative remedies
Broadcasting, cable, digital technologies
Federal Communications Commission (FCC)
Intellectual property
Licensing and registrations
Television and film

Summary:
action_date: 2019-11-08
text: 

Western Expanded In-State Television Access Act of 2019 or the WEST Access Act

 
This bill expands the authority of satellite carriers to make secondary transmissions of local television programming to subscribers in certain counties. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2019-11-12
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Communications and Technology.
action_date: 2019-11-08
text: Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, 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: 2019-11-08
text: Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, 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: 2019-11-08
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2019-11-08
text: Introduced in House
Survivors’ Bill of Rights in the States Act of 2019

Bill: 116-hr-5026
Sponsor: Rep. Speier, Jackie [D-CA-14]
Introduced: 2019-11-08 in the House
Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement
Subjects: Assault and harassment offenses
Crime victims
Criminal investigation, prosecution, interrogation
Evidence and witnesses
Health information and medical records
Medical tests and diagnostic methods
Sex offenses
State and local government operations

Summary:
action_date: 2019-11-08
text: 

Survivors' Bill of Rights in the States Act of 2019

 
This bill directs the Department of Justice to make grants to states that provide certain legal rights to survivors of sexual assault. Among other things, grants may be used to implement such legal rights.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2019-12-18
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security.
action_date: 2019-11-08
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2019-11-08
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2019-11-08
text: Introduced in House
To amend title 38, United States Code, to direct the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to furnish free and comprehensive mental health care to former members of the Armed Services, and for other purposes.

Bill: 116-hr-5027
Sponsor: Rep. Suozzi, Thomas R. [D-NY-3]
Introduced: 2019-11-08 in the House
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Mental health
Veterans' education, employment, rehabilitation
Veterans' medical care

Summary:
action_date: 2019-11-08
text: 
This bill requires the Department of Veterans Affairs to furnish free comprehensive mental health care to any former member of the Armed Forces, including reservists. Additionally, the bill makes any former member of the Armed Forces, including reservists, eligible for readjustment counseling and related mental health services.
 
 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2019-12-02
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2019-11-08
text: Referred to the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
action_date: 2019-11-08
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2019-11-08
text: Introduced in House
Protecting Benefits for Disabled Veterans Act of 2019

Bill: 116-hr-5028
Sponsor: Rep. Waters, Maxine [D-CA-43]
Introduced: 2019-11-08 in the House
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Disability and paralysis
Unemployment
Veterans' education, employment, rehabilitation
Veterans' pensions and compensation
Wages and earnings

Summary:
action_date: 2019-11-08
text: 

Protecting Benefits for Disabled Veterans Act of 2019 

 
This bill authorizes the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) to assign, for purposes of the disability compensation program, a disability rating of total to a veteran who meets certain parameters and is unable to secure or maintain substantially gainful employment due to a service-connected disability.
 
Specifically, the VA may make such a disability determination if a veteran has a service-connected disability rated at least 60%, or has two or more service-connected disabilities with one being at least 40% and a combined total of at least 70%. The VA may also make a determination on the disability rating in circumstances where a veteran meeting the specified parameters maintains marginal employment (income is less than the poverty threshold), or if the veteran maintains substantially gainful employment (exceeds the poverty threshold) and the VA determines that the rating is appropriate.
 
The bill prescribes what disabilities may be considered as one disability (e.g., disabilities incurred or aggravated as a prisoner of war).
 
The VA may not consider the age of a veteran or eligibility for retirement benefits when making any determination related to disability rating.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2019-12-02
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Disability Assistance and Memorial Affairs.
action_date: 2019-11-08
text: Referred to the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
action_date: 2019-11-08
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2019-11-08
text: Introduced in House
VA Suicide Prevention Services Act

Bill: 116-hr-5029
Sponsor: Rep. Watkins, Steve [R-KS-2]
Introduced: 2019-11-08 in the House
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Health personnel
Health promotion and preventive care
Mental health
Veterans' medical care

Summary:
action_date: 2019-11-08
text: 

VA Suicide Prevention Services Act

 
This bill requires the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) to staff each VA medical center with at least one full-time suicide prevention coordinator.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2019-12-02
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2019-11-08
text: Referred to the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
action_date: 2019-11-08
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2019-11-08
text: Introduced in House
VA Suicide Prevention Services Accountability Act

Bill: 116-hr-5030
Sponsor: Rep. Watkins, Steve [R-KS-2]
Introduced: 2019-11-08 in the House
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Congressional oversight
Department of Veterans Affairs
Executive agency funding and structure
Government studies and investigations
Health information and medical records
Health promotion and preventive care
Mental health
Veterans' medical care

Summary:
action_date: 2019-11-08
text: 

VA Suicide Prevention Services Accountability Act

 
This bill requires the Government Accountability Office (GAO) to conduct a management review and submit reports on mental health and suicide prevention efforts carried out by the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA). Specifically, the bill requires the GAO to conduct a management review of the mental health and suicide prevention services provided by the VA.
 
The bill also requires the GAO to report on the VA's efforts to (1) manage veterans at high risk for suicide, (2) integrate mental health care into VA primary care clinics, and (3) integrate community-based mental health care (care provided by a non-VA provider but paid for by the VA) into the Veterans Health Administration.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2019-12-02
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2019-11-08
text: Referred to the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
action_date: 2019-11-08
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2019-11-08
text: Introduced in House
Medical Innovation Act of 2019

Bill: 116-hr-5031
Sponsor: Rep. Welch, Peter [D-VT-At Large]
Introduced: 2019-11-08 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Appropriations
Civil actions and liability
Department of Health and Human Services
Drug safety, medical device, and laboratory regulation
Executive agency funding and structure
Food and Drug Administration (FDA)
Fraud offenses and financial crimes
Health technology, devices, supplies
Medical research
National Institutes of Health (NIH)
Prescription drugs
Research administration and funding

Summary:
action_date: 2019-11-08
text: 

Medical Innovation Act of 2019 

 
This bill requires certain drug manufacturers to make payments to fund research supported by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) and the National Institutes of Health (NIH).
 
A drug manufacturer with over $1 billion in net income in a fiscal year that has entered into a relevant settlement agreement regarding specified violations must pay 0.75%-1.5% of its net income to the Department of Health and Human Services for each of its covered blockbuster drugs. A covered blockbuster drug is a drug that has at least $1 billion in net sales in a year and was developed, in whole or in part, through federal investments in medical research.
 
Payments are divided between the FDA and the NIH in proportion to the discretionary funding of those agencies, excluding FDA user fees. Payments are not disbursed if appropriations for the FDA or the NIH are lower than in the prior fiscal year. Priorities for payments must include advancing regulatory science for medical products and research related to diseases that disproportionately account for federal health care spending.
 
A covered blockbuster drug for which a manufacturer has not made a required payment is considered misbranded and subject to prohibitions on introducing or receiving misbranded drugs in interstate commerce. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2019-11-12
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2019-11-08
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2019-11-08
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2019-11-08
text: Introduced in House
RURAL Veterans Act

Bill: 116-hr-5032
Sponsor: Rep. Huffman, Jared [D-CA-2]
Introduced: 2019-11-12 in the House
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Congressional oversight
Employee hiring
Executive agency funding and structure
Government employee pay, benefits, personnel management
Government studies and investigations
Health care coverage and access
Health care quality
Health facilities and institutions
Health personnel
Health programs administration and funding
Higher education
Medical education
Rural conditions and development
Student aid and college costs
Veterans' medical care

Summary:
action_date: 2019-11-12
text: 

Recruiting in Underserved Rural Areas and Localities for Veterans Act or the RURAL Veterans Act

 
This bill addresses the recruitment of Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) health care professionals in rural areas. Specifically, the bill requires the VA to establish the Office of Rural Recruitment to improve the recruitment of health care professionals for rural and highly rural community-based outpatient clinics and medical centers of the VA.
 
The bill also requires the director of each Veterans Integrated Service Network that contains at least one rural or highly rural community-based outpatient clinic to annually develop and maintain a strategy to recruit health care professionals.
 
The Office of Rural Recruitment shall conduct a study on the feasibility of a scholarship program for health care professionals to attend the Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences in exchange for service as full-time employees at a rural or highly rural community-based outpatient clinic or medical center of the VA for a specified period of time.
 
The VA shall establish the Rural Health Quality and Access Fellowship program to provide fellowships to health care professionals at the graduate or post-graduate level who serve on a short-term basis as full-time employees at a rural or highly rural community-based outpatient clinic or medical center of the VA and conduct research on (1) improving the quality of rural health care, (2) access to health care in rural areas, and (3) recruitment and retention of health care professionals in rural areas. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2019-12-02
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2019-11-12
text: Referred to the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
action_date: 2019-11-12
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2019-11-12
text: Introduced in House