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No Political Pay Raises During Shutdowns Act

Bill: 116-hr-503
Sponsor: Rep. Schneider, Bradley Scott [D-IL-10]
Introduced: 2019-01-11 in the House
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Subjects: Executive agency funding and structure
Government employee pay, benefits, personnel management
Presidents and presidential powers, Vice Presidents

Summary:
action_date: 2019-01-11
text: 

No Political Pay Raises During Shutdowns Act 

 
This bill prohibits the Vice President and certain senior political appointees at federal agencies from receiving a pay increase during any lapse in appropriations beginning on or after December 22, 2018. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2019-01-11
text: Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Reform.
action_date: 2019-01-11
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2019-01-11
text: Introduced in House
CARE Act

Bill: 116-hr-505
Sponsor: Rep. Calvert, Ken [R-CA-42]
Introduced: 2019-01-11 in the House
Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement
Subjects: Assault and harassment offenses
Crime victims
Crimes against women
Criminal investigation, prosecution, interrogation
Disability and health-based discrimination
Government information and archives
Law enforcement administration and funding
Sex offenses

Summary:
action_date: 2019-01-11
text: 

Certainty, Assistance, and Relief for Everyone Act or the CARE Act

 
This bill reauthorizes through FY2024 the grant program that provides training and services to end violence against women with disabilities. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2019-02-25
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security.
action_date: 2019-01-11
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2019-01-11
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2019-01-11
text: Introduced in House
Hospital Competition Act of 2019

Bill: 116-hr-506
Sponsor: Rep. Banks, Jim [R-IN-3]
Introduced: 2019-01-11 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Competition and antitrust
Computers and information technology
Government studies and investigations
Health care costs and insurance
Health care coverage and access
Health care quality
Health facilities and institutions
Health information and medical records
Health programs administration and funding
Hospital care
Medicare
Social security and elderly assistance
State and local finance

Summary:
action_date: 2019-01-11
text: 

Hospital Competition Act of 

2019

 
This bill establishes a series of programs and requirements relating to hospital costs, payments, and infrastructure.
 
Among other things, the bill requires hospitals, as a condition of Medicare participation, to (1) in the case of hospitals that meet specified market concentration thresholds, apply Medicare reimbursement rates regardless of whether the individual receiving services is entitled to or enrolled in Medicare; and (2) publish the prices charged for specified services that are highly utilized. 
 
The bill also repeals (1) performance incentives under the Medicare Shared Savings Program for accountable care organizations, and (2) provisions under the Stark law (i.e., the Physician Self-Referral Law) that prohibit physician-owned hospitals from expanding facility capacity. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2019-03-01
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2019-02-25
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Antitrust, Commercial, and Administrative Law.
action_date: 2019-01-25
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2019-01-11
text: Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committees on Ways and Means, and 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: 2019-01-11
text: Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committees on Ways and Means, and 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: 2019-01-11
text: Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committees on Ways and Means, and 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: 2019-01-11
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2019-01-11
text: Introduced in House
Trafficking Victims Housing Act of 2019

Bill: 116-hr-508
Sponsor: Rep. Beatty, Joyce [D-OH-3]
Introduced: 2019-01-11 in the House
Policy area: Housing and Community Development
Subjects: Adoption and foster care
Congressional oversight
Crime victims
Government studies and investigations
Homelessness and emergency shelter
Housing supply and affordability
Public housing
Sex offenses
Smuggling and trafficking

Summary:
action_date: 2019-01-11
text: 

Trafficking Victims Housing Act of 2019

 
This bill requires the U.S. Interagency Council on Homelessness, in coordination with other agencies, to conduct a study assessing the availability and accessibility of housing and services for homeless individuals who are victims of trafficking or at risk of being trafficked.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2019-01-11
text: Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services.
action_date: 2019-01-11
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2019-01-11
text: Introduced in House
Human Trafficking Accountability Act

Bill: 116-hr-509
Sponsor: Rep. Beatty, Joyce [D-OH-3]
Introduced: 2019-01-11 in the House
Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement
Subjects: Crime prevention
Crime victims
Criminal investigation, prosecution, interrogation
Criminal justice information and records
Department of Justice
Evidence and witnesses
Executive agency funding and structure
Federal officials
Government information and archives
Human trafficking

Summary:
action_date: 2019-01-11
text: 

Human Trafficking Accountability Act

 
This bill directs the Department of Justice (DOJ) to designate
 
 
at least one Human Trafficking Coordinator in each federal judicial district to implement the National Strategy for Combatting Human Trafficking and to prosecute cases, conduct outreach, and enforce laws related to human trafficking; and 
 
a National Human Trafficking Coordinator within DOJ to coordinate, promote, and support DOJ's work related to human trafficking.
 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2019-02-25
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security.
action_date: 2019-01-11
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2019-01-11
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2019-01-11
text: Introduced in House
BRACE Act of 2019

Bill: 116-hr-510
Sponsor: Rep. Blumenauer, Earl [D-OR-3]
Introduced: 2019-01-11 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Business investment and capital
Income tax credits
Railroads

Summary:
action_date: 2019-01-11
text: 

Building Rail Access for Customers and the Economy Act of 2019 or the BRACE Act
 
of 2019

 
This bill permanently extends the tax credit for railroad track maintenance. The extension applies to expenditures paid or incurred during tax years beginning after 2017. Assignments of miles of railroad track, including related expenditures, for tax years ending after 2017 must be treated as timely if they are made pursuant to a written agreement entered into within 90 days of the enactment of this bill.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2019-01-11
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2019-01-11
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2019-01-11
text: Introduced in House
Protecting Domestic Violence and Stalking Victims Act

Bill: 116-hr-511
Sponsor: Rep. Brown, Anthony G. [D-MD-4]
Introduced: 2019-01-11 in the House
Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement
Subjects: Assault and harassment offenses
Domestic violence and child abuse
Evidence and witnesses
Firearms and explosives

Summary:
action_date: 2019-01-11
text: 

Protecting Domestic Violence and Stalking Victims Act

 
This bill expands the categories of individuals who are prohibited from receiving or possessing a firearm, particularly with respect to individuals who have been convicted of stalking or who are subject to certain restraining orders involving an intimate partner.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2019-02-25
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security.
action_date: 2019-01-11
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2019-01-11
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2019-01-11
text: Introduced in House
To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 115 South Swenson Street in Stamford, Texas, as the "Charles W. Stenholm Post Office Building".

Bill: 116-hr-512
Sponsor: Rep. Conaway, K. Michael [R-TX-11]
Introduced: 2019-01-11 in the House
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Subjects: Congressional tributes
Government buildings, facilities, and property
Members of Congress
Postal service
Texas

Summary:
action_date: 2019-01-11
text: Designates the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 115 South Swenson Street in Stamford, Texas, as the "Charles W. Stenholm Post Office Building."

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2019-01-11
text: Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Reform.
action_date: 2019-01-11
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2019-01-11
text: Introduced in House
Nonprofits Support Act

Bill: 116-hr-513
Sponsor: Rep. Conaway, K. Michael [R-TX-11]
Introduced: 2019-01-11 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Employee benefits and pensions
Income tax rates
Social work, volunteer service, charitable organizations
Tax-exempt organizations
Transportation costs

Summary:
action_date: 2019-01-11
text: 

Nonprofits Support Act 

 
This bill modifies the requirements for determining the unrelated business taxable income of tax-exempt organizations. The bill repeals provisions that (1) require organizations with more than one unrelated trade or business to compute unrelated business taxable income separately for each trade or business; and (2) increase unrelated business taxable income by the amount of expenses paid or incurred by an organization for certain fringe benefits for which a tax deduction is not allowed, including benefits relating to transportation, parking, or an on-premises athletic facility. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2019-01-11
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2019-01-11
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2019-01-11
text: Introduced in House
Abbas Stop Drunk Driving Act

Bill: 116-hr-514
Sponsor: Rep. Dingell, Debbie [D-MI-12]
Introduced: 2019-01-11 in the House
Policy area: Transportation and Public Works
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Department of Transportation
Drug, alcohol, tobacco use
Motor vehicles
Transportation safety and security

Summary:
action_date: 2019-01-11
text: 

Abbas Stop Drunk Driving Act

 
 This bill directs the Department of Transportation to prescribe a motor vehicle safety standard that requires a motor vehicle to be equipped with an ignition interlock device that (1) determines the blood alcohol concentration of the operator of the vehicle, and (2) prevents the operation of the vehicle if the operator is legally intoxicated.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2019-01-25
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Consumer Protection and Commerce.
action_date: 2019-01-11
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2019-01-11
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2019-01-11
text: Introduced in House
State And Local Tax Deduction Fairness Act of 2019

Bill: 116-hr-515
Sponsor: Rep. Engel, Eliot L. [D-NY-16]
Introduced: 2019-01-11 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Income tax deductions
Property tax
State and local taxation

Summary:
action_date: 2019-01-11
text: 

 State And Local Tax Deduction Fairness Act of 2019

 
 This bill repeals the limitation on individual tax deductions for certain state and local taxes. (For tax years 2018-2025, the deduction for certain state and local taxes is currently limited to $10,000 per year for individuals or $5,000 for married individuals filing a separate return.) 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2019-01-11
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2019-01-11
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2019-01-11
text: Introduced in House
Ending Sanctuary Cities Act of 2019

Bill: 116-hr-516
Sponsor: Rep. Grothman, Glenn [R-WI-6]
Introduced: 2019-01-11 in the House
Policy area: Immigration
Subjects: Border security and unlawful immigration
Congressional oversight
Detention of persons
Employment discrimination and employee rights
Government trust funds
Immigration status and procedures
Intergovernmental relations
Law enforcement officers
State and local finance
State and local government operations

Summary:
action_date: 2019-01-11
text: 

Ending Sanctuary Cities Act of 2019

 
This bill makes state or local governments that violate immigration laws ineligible for federal financial assistance.
 
A governmental entity shall be ineligible if it
 
 
violates federal law by prohibiting its officials from communicating with the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) about the immigration status of any individual,
 
restricts compliance with DHS detainer requests, or
 
has any laws or policies that violate immigration laws.
 
 
A DHS detainer request is an order or request to a state or local government to (1) temporarily hold or transport an alien for transfer into federal custody, or (2) notify DHS before releasing an alien from custody.
 
A government or law enforcement officer that complies with a DHS detainer request shall be acting under the color of federal authority, for the purposes of liability or immunity in a lawsuit filed by the detained individual. 
 
The bill makes it unlawful for a state or local government to discharge or discriminate against one of its law enforcement officers for complying with a DHS retainer request.
 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2019-02-25
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration and Citizenship.
action_date: 2019-01-11
text: Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committees on Oversight and Reform, and 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: 2019-01-11
text: Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committees on Oversight and Reform, and 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: 2019-01-11
text: Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committees on Oversight and Reform, and 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: 2019-01-11
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2019-01-11
text: Introduced in House
Closing Asylum Loopholes Act

Bill: 116-hr-517
Sponsor: Rep. Johnson, Mike [R-LA-4]
Introduced: 2019-01-11 in the House
Policy area: Immigration
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Administrative remedies
Foreign language and bilingual programs
Immigration status and procedures
Internet and video services
Internet, web applications, social media
Refugees, asylum, displaced persons
Sound recording

Summary:
action_date: 2019-01-11
text: 

Closing Asylum Loopholes Act

 
This bill requires an alien's &quot;credible fear of persecution&quot; to be more probable than not in order to be eligible for asylum. It also directs the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) to ensure that the questions asked in expedited removal proceedings are done so in a uniform manner, and to record interviews in expedited removal and asylum proceedings. 
 
If an asylum seeker needs an interpreter, DHS shall ensure that a competent interpreter is used who is not affiliated with the government of the country the alien is seeking asylum frrom. 
 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2019-02-25
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration and Citizenship.
action_date: 2019-01-11
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2019-01-11
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2019-01-11
text: Introduced in House
To bar Supreme Court decisions in certain Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act cases from citation.

Bill: 116-hr-518
Sponsor: Rep. King, Steve [R-IA-4]
Introduced: 2019-01-11 in the House
Policy area: Law
Subjects: Health care costs and insurance
Health care coverage and access
Judicial procedure and administration
Judicial review and appeals
Supreme Court

Summary:
action_date: 2019-01-11
text: 
This bill bars the Supreme Court from citing for the purpose of precedence [
sic
] in all future cases the following Supreme Court decisions concerning the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act:
 
 

National Federation of Independent Business v. Sebelius
, 
 

King v. Burwell
, and 
 

Burwell v. Hobby Lobby Stores Inc
.

 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2019-02-25
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Courts, Intellectual Property, and the Internet.
action_date: 2019-02-25
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on the Constitution, Civil Rights, and Civil Liberties.
action_date: 2019-01-11
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2019-01-11
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2019-01-11
text: Introduced in House
Tax Free Health Insurance Act of 2019

Bill: 116-hr-519
Sponsor: Rep. King, Steve [R-IA-4]
Introduced: 2019-01-11 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Health care costs and insurance
Income tax deductions

Summary:
action_date: 2019-01-11
text: 

Tax Free Health Insurance Act of 201

9

 
This bill allows an individual taxpayer a deduction from gross income for insurance premiums paid for the health care coverage of the taxpayer and the taxpayer's spouse and dependents. The bill makes the deduction available whether or not the taxpayer itemizes other deductions. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2019-03-01
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2019-01-11
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2019-01-11
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2019-01-11
text: Introduced in House
Protecting Life Until Natural Death Act

Bill: 116-hr-520
Sponsor: Rep. King, Steve [R-IA-4]
Introduced: 2019-01-11 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Long-term, rehabilitative, and terminal care
Medicare

Summary:
action_date: 2019-01-11
text: 

Protecting Life Until Natural Death Act

 
This bill excludes advanced care planning services from Medicare coverage, with the exception of certain hospice-related services that may include advising on end-of-life or advanced care planning.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2019-03-01
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2019-01-25
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2019-01-11
text: Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, 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: 2019-01-11
text: Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, 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: 2019-01-11
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2019-01-11
text: Introduced in House
Permanently Repeal the Estate Tax Act of 2019

Bill: 116-hr-521
Sponsor: Rep. Latta, Robert E. [R-OH-5]
Introduced: 2019-01-11 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Transfer and inheritance taxes

Summary:
action_date: 2019-01-11
text: 

Permanently Repeal the Estate Tax Act of 201

9

 
This bill repeals the federal estate tax, effective for estates of decedents dying after December 31, 2018.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2019-01-11
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2019-01-11
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2019-01-11
text: Introduced in House
No Walls Act

Bill: 116-hr-522
Sponsor: Rep. Meng, Grace [D-NY-6]
Introduced: 2019-01-11 in the House
Policy area: Immigration
Subjects: Appropriations
Border security and unlawful immigration
Building construction
Government trust funds
Mexico

Summary:
action_date: 2019-01-11
text: 

No Walls Act

 
This bill prohibits using available funds to build any new border barriers through a declaration of a national emergency.
 
It also prohibits using such funds to declare a national emergency with respect to immigration concerns at the U.S.-Mexico border.
 
This restriction shall be enforced during a lapse in the appropriations of any federal agency.
 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2019-02-25
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration and Citizenship.
action_date: 2019-01-11
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2019-01-11
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2019-01-11
text: Introduced in House
To amend the Immigration and Nationality Act to render overstaying a visa a criminal offense, and for other purposes.

Bill: 116-hr-523
Sponsor: Rep. Smucker, Lloyd [R-PA-11]
Introduced: 2019-01-11 in the House
Policy area: Immigration
Subjects: Administrative remedies
Border security and unlawful immigration
Criminal justice information and records
Department of Homeland Security
Diplomacy, foreign officials, Americans abroad
Immigration status and procedures
International organizations and cooperation
Lawyers and legal services
Legal fees and court costs
Visas and passports

Summary:
action_date: 2019-01-11
text: 
This bill makes it a criminal offense to overstay a visa. For the first offense, the overstaying alien shall be fined or imprisoned up to six months, or both. For each subsequent offense, the alien shall be fined or imprisoned up to two years, or both. The Department of Homeland Security may make case-by-case exceptions for medical necessity, public safety, or national security.
 
Aliens who overstay a visa shall be barred from admission into the United States and may not be granted a visa. For the first offense, the overstaying alien shall be barred from admission for 5 years and barred from receiving a visa for 10 years. For a subsequent offense, the alien shall be permanently barred from admission and from getting a visa. 
 
If an alien's visa is revoked, all valid visas in that alien's possession are automatically cancelled.
 
The bill expands the types of removal proceedings where an alien shall have the right to counsel. The government shall not bear the expense for such counsel.
 
The Department of State may share visa and entry permit-related records with foreign governments on a case-by-case basis, if it is in the interests of the United States to do so. The State Department shall have access to National Crime Information Center files for determining whether visas for certain applicants should be granted.
 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2019-02-25
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration and Citizenship.
action_date: 2019-01-11
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2019-01-11
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2019-01-11
text: Introduced in House