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Tax Excessive CEO Pay Act of 2019

Bill: 116-hr-5066
Sponsor: Rep. Lee, Barbara [D-CA-13]
Introduced: 2019-11-13 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Corporate finance and management
Department of the Treasury
Income tax rates
Wages and earnings

Summary:
action_date: 2019-11-13
text: 

Tax Excessive CEO Pay Act of 2019
 
 
This bill requires an increase in the corporate income tax rate based upon the ratio of compensation paid to the corporation's highest paid employee to median worker compensation. The pay ratios range from greater than 50 to 1 (0.5% increase) to greater than 500 to 1 (5% increase). The bill exempts corporations whose average annual gross receipts during a three-year period are less than $100 million from the rate increase. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2019-11-13
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2019-11-13
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2019-11-13
text: Introduced in House
TEAMS Act

Bill: 116-hr-5067
Sponsor: Rep. Meadows, Mark [R-NC-11]
Introduced: 2019-11-13 in the House
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Congressional oversight
Educational guidance
Elementary and secondary education
Employee hiring
Government information and archives
Health personnel
Inflation and prices
Law enforcement officers
Licensing and registrations
School administration
Student aid and college costs
Teaching, teachers, curricula
Veterans' education, employment, rehabilitation
Vocational and technical education
Wages and earnings

Summary:
action_date: 2019-11-13
text: 

 

Troops Educating And Managing Schools Act or the TEAMS Act
 
This bill renames the Troops-to-Teachers Program as the Veterans-to-Classrooms Program, expands the program to include recruitment of veterans to non-teaching positions such as positions for nurses, counselors, and school resource officers, and generally modifies the program's scope and related requirements.
 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2019-12-18
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security.
action_date: 2019-12-02
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Economic Opportunity.
action_date: 2019-11-13
text: Referred to the Committee on Armed Services, and in addition to the Committees on Education and Labor, the Judiciary, and Veterans' 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: 2019-11-13
text: Referred to the Committee on Armed Services, and in addition to the Committees on Education and Labor, the Judiciary, and Veterans' 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: 2019-11-13
text: Referred to the Committee on Armed Services, and in addition to the Committees on Education and Labor, the Judiciary, and Veterans' 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: 2019-11-13
text: Referred to the Committee on Armed Services, and in addition to the Committees on Education and Labor, the Judiciary, and Veterans' 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: 2019-11-13
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2019-11-13
text: Introduced in House
The Recognizing Poverty Act

Bill: 116-hr-5069
Sponsor: Rep. Ocasio-Cortez, Alexandria [D-NY-14]
Introduced: 2019-11-13 in the House
Policy area: Social Welfare
Subjects: Census and government statistics
Child care and development
Government information and archives
Government studies and investigations
Health care costs and insurance
Homelessness and emergency shelter
Housing finance and home ownership
Inflation and prices
Poverty and welfare assistance
Public contracts and procurement

Summary:
action_date: 2019-11-13
text: 

The Recognizing Poverty Act

 
This bill requires the Department of Health and Human Services, in collaboration with the Census Bureau and the Bureau of Labor and Statistics, to enter into agreements with the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine (National Academies) to examine certain poverty measures relevant to the Community Services Block Grant. As background, this grant provides funding to states, tribes, territories, and other entities to alleviate the causes and conditions of poverty. Currently, to be eligible for activities funded by this grant, individuals must have incomes at or below 100% of the federal poverty line.
 
Specifically, the National Academies must assess the adequacy of the current poverty line as a measure of the resources a family needs to afford basic goods and services and must propose a new poverty guide that accounts for costs related to health insurance, childcare, and other factors, such as the prevalence of food insecurity at different levels of income. This proposed measure may not be lower than the current poverty line.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2019-11-13
text: Referred to the House Committee on Education and Labor.
action_date: 2019-11-13
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2019-11-13
text: Introduced in House
A Just Society: The Mercy In Re-entry Act

Bill: 116-hr-5070
Sponsor: Rep. Ocasio-Cortez, Alexandria [D-NY-14]
Introduced: 2019-11-13 in the House
Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement
Subjects: Criminal procedure and sentencing
Disability assistance
Employee benefits and pensions
Food assistance and relief
Government lending and loan guarantees
Health care coverage and access
Licensing and registrations
Poverty and welfare assistance
Public contracts and procurement
Public housing
Student aid and college costs
Unemployment

Summary:
action_date: 2019-11-13
text: 

A Just Society: The Mercy In Re-entry Act

 
This bill prohibits the denial of federal public benefits to an individual solely on the basis of that individual's criminal conviction (whether under federal, state, tribal, or foreign law).


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2019-11-13
text: Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Reform.
action_date: 2019-11-13
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2019-11-13
text: Introduced in House
A Just Society: The Embrace Act

Bill: 116-hr-5071
Sponsor: Rep. Ocasio-Cortez, Alexandria [D-NY-14]
Introduced: 2019-11-13 in the House
Policy area: Immigration
Subjects: Immigrant health and welfare
Immigration status and procedures
Poverty and welfare assistance

Summary:
action_date: 2019-11-13
text: 

A Just Society: The Embrace Act

 
This bill establishes that an alien may not be denied any federal public benefit solely due to that alien's immigration status. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2019-11-13
text: Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Reform.
action_date: 2019-11-13
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2019-11-13
text: Introduced in House
A Just Society: The Uplift Our Workers Act

Bill: 116-hr-5073
Sponsor: Rep. Ocasio-Cortez, Alexandria [D-NY-14]
Introduced: 2019-11-13 in the House
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Subjects: Congressional oversight
Employee benefits and pensions
Employment discrimination and employee rights
Government information and archives
Government studies and investigations
Labor standards
Labor-management relations
Public contracts and procurement
Wages and earnings

Summary:
action_date: 2019-11-13
text: 

A Just Society: The Uplift Our Workers Act

 
This bill requires an employer to be scored on worker-friendliness before entering into a federal contract and establishes a contracting preference for such score.
 
Specifically, each executive agency shall ensure that (1) contracting officers consider the score at least approximately equal in importance to cost or price, and (2) an offeror for a prime contract does not subcontract with any entity that violates specified labor laws and executive orders.
 
The Department of Labor, in coordination with the Office of Management and Budget, shall, among other things
 
 
develop a method to score the worker-friendliness of each prospective contractor or subcontractor that submits a bid for a federal contract that takes into account specified factors, such as whether the employer provides paid overtime for any work that exceeds 40 hours per work week;
 
provide each executive agency with recommendations on how to evaluate such a score in making contracting decisions;
 
 identify best practices for the implementation of the scoring process;
 
 create a process for an employer to appeal a score;
 
review each score every five years to ensure that such score is up-to-date; and
 
enable employers that are not federal contractors to request such a score for purposes of promoting worker-friendly policies.
 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2020-11-19
text: Message on Senate action sent to the House.
action_date: 2019-11-13
text: Referred to the Committee on Oversight and Reform, and in addition to the Committee on Education and Labor, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
action_date: 2019-11-13
text: Referred to the Committee on Oversight and Reform, and in addition to the Committee on Education and Labor, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
action_date: 2019-11-13
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2019-11-13
text: Introduced in House
Vets ETA

Bill: 116-hr-5074
Sponsor: Rep. Panetta, Jimmy [D-CA-20]
Introduced: 2019-11-13 in the House
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Health care coverage and access
Transportation costs
Veterans' education, employment, rehabilitation
Veterans' medical care

Summary:
action_date: 2019-11-13
text: 

Veterans Earned Transportation Act or the Vets ETA

 
This bill permanently reauthorizes the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) program that provides transportation to and from VA facilities or other places in connection with vocational rehabilitation, for counseling, or for the purpose of examination, treatment, or care.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2019-12-02
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Economic Opportunity.
action_date: 2019-11-13
text: Referred to the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
action_date: 2019-11-13
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2019-11-13
text: Introduced in House
FAIR Leave Act

Bill: 116-hr-5075
Sponsor: Rep. Porter, Katie [D-CA-45]
Introduced: 2019-11-13 in the House
Policy area: Labor and Employment
Subjects: Employee leave
Marriage and family status
Military personnel and dependents

Summary:
action_date: 2019-11-13
text: 

Fair Access for Individuals to Receive Leave Act or the FAIR Leave Act

 
This bill repeals the limitation on the aggregate number of workweeks of leave husbands and wives employed by the same employer may be entitled to under the Family and Medical Leave Act of 1993. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2019-11-13
text: Referred to the Committee on Education and Labor, and in addition to the Committees on Oversight and Reform, and House Administration, 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: 2019-11-13
text: Referred to the Committee on Education and Labor, and in addition to the Committees on Oversight and Reform, and House Administration, 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: 2019-11-13
text: Referred to the Committee on Education and Labor, and in addition to the Committees on Oversight and Reform, and House Administration, 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: 2019-11-13
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2019-11-13
text: Introduced in House
Protecting Seniors Through Immunization Act of 2019

Bill: 116-hr-5076
Sponsor: Rep. Shalala, Donna E. [D-FL-27]
Introduced: 2019-11-13 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Congressional oversight
Government information and archives
Government studies and investigations
Health care coverage and access
Health promotion and preventive care
Immunology and vaccination
Infectious and parasitic diseases
Medicare
Minority health
Neurological disorders
Prescription drugs

Summary:
action_date: 2019-11-13
text: 

Protecting Seniors Through Immunization Act of 

2019

 
This bill specifies that certain deductible, coinsurance, initial coverage limit, and cost-sharing requirements that apply under the Medicare prescription drug benefit shall not apply with respect to vaccines that are recommended by the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. 
 
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services must provide to Medicare beneficiaries specified information regarding (1) coverage of vaccines for seniors, and (2) access to recommended vaccines without cost-sharing.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2019-11-13
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2019-11-13
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: 2019-11-13
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: 2019-11-13
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2019-11-13
text: Introduced in House
REAL Protection Act

Bill: 116-hr-5077
Sponsor: Rep. Tipton, Scott  R. [R-CO-3]
Introduced: 2019-11-13 in the House
Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources
Subjects: General public lands matters
Government information and archives
Land transfers
Property rights

Summary:
action_date: 2019-11-13
text: 

Resurveys Entitle Adjacent Landowners to Protection Act or the REAL Protection Act

 
 This bill directs the Bureau of Land Management, the National Park Service, or the Forest Service, as appropriate, to notify all property owners with land abutting or adjacent to federal land being resurveyed of the pending resurvey. A resurvey is an official rerunning and remarking intended to supersede the records of the original survey.
 
 The appropriate agency shall notify affected landowners within 30 days of completion of the resurvey if it extends the boundaries of federal land. 
 
If a resurvey results in private land being reclassified as federal land, the affected landowners shall be given the right of first refusal to purchase the land for fair market value minus the value of any significant improvements made to such lands, or be reimbursed for the fair market value of any such improvements. Affected landowners may not be charged with willful trespass onto the land unless they used such lands with the knowledge that they should be classified as federal land. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2019-12-04
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Conservation and Forestry.
action_date: 2019-12-02
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on National Parks, Forests, and Public Lands.
action_date: 2019-11-13
text: Referred to the Committee on Natural Resources, and in addition to the Committee on Agriculture, 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: 2019-11-13
text: Referred to the Committee on Natural Resources, and in addition to the Committee on Agriculture, 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: 2019-11-13
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2019-11-13
text: Introduced in House
National Historic Vehicle Register Act of 2019

Bill: 116-hr-5079
Sponsor: Rep. Walberg, Tim [R-MI-7]
Introduced: 2019-11-13 in the House
Policy area: Arts, Culture, Religion
Subjects: Government information and archives
Historical and cultural resources
Library of Congress
Motor vehicles
Photography and imaging
U.S. history

Summary:
action_date: 2019-11-13
text: 

National Historic Vehicle Register Act of 2019

 
This bill directs the National Park Service (NPS) to establish and maintain a National Historic Vehicle Register that shall include (1) a narrative describing each historic vehicle and its historical significance, (2) a photographic record of the vehicle, and (3) a line drawing or engineering drawing of the vehicle. Such register shall be archived in the Library of Congress.
 
 The NPS shall (1) coordinate with the Historic Vehicle Association, American Motorcycle Heritage Foundation, and other appropriate organizations in order to invite owners of historic vehicles to participate in the register; and (2) develop criteria for the inclusion of historic vehicles on the register. 
 
 When developing such criteria, the NPS shall consider whether a vehicle is (1) associated with an important event or a significant individual in automotive or U.S. history; (2) distinctive based on design, engineering, craftsmanship, or aesthetic value; or (3) of a particular type that was the first or last produced or among the most well-preserved or authentically restored examples of that type.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2019-12-02
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on National Parks, Forests, and Public Lands.
action_date: 2019-11-13
text: Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.
action_date: 2019-11-13
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2019-11-13
text: Introduced in House
HOPE for Victims of Human Trafficking Act

Bill: 116-hr-5080
Sponsor: Rep. Spano, Ross [R-FL-15]
Introduced: 2019-11-14 in the House
Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement
Subjects: Crime victims
Crimes against children
Criminal justice information and records
Criminal procedure and sentencing
Drug trafficking and controlled substances
Evidence and witnesses
Human trafficking
Sex offenses

Summary:
action_date: 2019-11-14
text: 

Help Obtaining Presumption of Exoneration for Victims of Human Trafficking Act or the HOPE for Victims of Human Trafficking Act

 
This bill establishes a rebuttable presumption that certain offenses were induced by coercion if the defendant establishes that he or she was a victim of human trafficking at the time of the offense.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2019-12-18
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security.
action_date: 2019-11-14
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: 2019-11-14
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: 2019-11-14
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR H8870)
action_date: 2019-11-14
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2019-11-14
text: Introduced in House
K–9 Hero Act of 2019

Bill: 116-hr-5081
Sponsor: Rep. Wright, Ron [R-TX-6]
Introduced: 2019-11-14 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Congressional oversight
Health care costs and insurance
Mammals
Service animals
Veterinary medicine and animal diseases

Summary:
action_date: 2019-11-14
text: 

K&#8211;9 Hero Act of 2019

 
This bill establishes a program for the Department of Justice to award grants to assist nonprofit organizations with the medical expenses of retired government working dogs.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2019-12-18
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security.
action_date: 2019-11-20
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR H9064)
action_date: 2019-11-14
text: Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committee on Armed Services, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
action_date: 2019-11-14
text: Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committee on Armed Services, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
action_date: 2019-11-14
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2019-11-14
text: Introduced in House