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Protecting Businesses from Burdensome Compliance Cost Act of 2019

Bill: 116-hr-379
Sponsor: Rep. Gibbs, Bob [R-OH-7]
Introduced: 2019-01-09 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Retail and wholesale trades
Sales and excise taxes
State and local taxation
Tax administration and collection, taxpayers

Summary:
action_date: 2019-01-09
text: 

Protecting Businesses from Burdensome Compliance Cost Act of 2019

 
This bill limits the authority of a state to require a remote seller to collect (1) a tax or fee owed by a purchaser located in the state incident to a purchase of a good or service from the seller, and (2) information incident to the purchase. A remote seller is a seller with no physical presence in the state in which the purchaser is located at the time of the purchase. 
 
A state may not impose the requirements for collecting taxes or fees and related information on a remote seller unless the purchase occurs after this bill takes effect and the tax or fee is imposed under a statute in effect in the state where the purchaser is located at the time of the purchase. A subdivision of a state may not impose the requirements on a remote seller. 
 
The tax or fee must apply to purchases throughout the state of the good or service. The rate must be uniform and may not exceed the combined rate of the state and local taxes and fees payable by purchasers in the state of the good or service from sellers physically present in the state. 
 
The state statute may not require the seller to (1) remit the taxes or fees to more than one location, or (2) provide information about the purchaser other than the zip code of the purchase and the aggregate amount of fees or taxes collected in a particular zip code.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2019-01-09
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Antitrust, Commercial, and Administrative Law.
action_date: 2019-01-09
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2019-01-09
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2019-01-09
text: Introduced in House
To amend the Federal Power Act to require the consideration of invasive species when prescribing fishways, and for other purposes.

Bill: 116-hr-380
Sponsor: Rep. Grothman, Glenn [R-WI-6]
Introduced: 2019-01-09 in the House
Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources
Subjects: Fishes
Lakes and rivers
Land use and conservation
Wilderness and natural areas, wildlife refuges, wild rivers, habitats
Wildlife conservation and habitat protection

Summary:
action_date: 2019-01-09
text: 
This bill requires the Department of Commerce or the Department of the Interior to consider the threat of invasive species before mandating that a new fishway be built. (Fishways are structures placed on or around constructed barriers to give fish the opportunity to migrate.)


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2019-01-25
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Energy.
action_date: 2019-01-09
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2019-01-09
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2019-01-09
text: Introduced in House
21st Century Respect Act

Bill: 116-hr-381
Sponsor: Rep. Jeffries, Hakeem S. [D-NY-8]
Introduced: 2019-01-09 in the House
Policy area: Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Agricultural prices, subsidies, credit
Alaska Natives and Hawaiians
Department of Agriculture
District of Columbia
Economic development
General Services Administration
Government lending and loan guarantees
Housing finance and home ownership
Racial and ethnic relations
Rural conditions and development

Summary:
action_date: 2019-01-09
text: 

21st Century Respect Act

 
This bill requires the Department of Agriculture (USDA) and the General Services Administration to change the terminology used to describe the racial background or place of origin of people in regulations concerning (1) USDA programs for financing and insuring loans for properties in rural areas, and (2) the 1974 development plan for Pennsylvania Avenue in Washington, DC.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2019-02-08
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Commodity Exchanges, Energy, and Credit.
action_date: 2019-01-09
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: 2019-01-09
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: 2019-01-09
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2019-01-09
text: Introduced in House
To provide for the conveyance of the Custer County Airport, and for other purposes.

Bill: 116-hr-382
Sponsor: Rep. Johnson, Dusty [R-SD-At Large]
Introduced: 2019-01-09 in the House
Policy area: Transportation and Public Works
Subjects: Aviation and airports
Forests, forestry, trees
Land transfers
South Dakota

Summary:
action_date: 2019-01-09
text: 
This bill directs the Forest Service to convey specified National Forest System acreage to Custer County in South Dakota if the county offers to acquire the land for its market value.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2019-02-05
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on National Parks, Forests, and Public Lands.
action_date: 2019-01-09
text: Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.
action_date: 2019-01-09
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2019-01-09
text: Introduced in House
Continuing Coverage for Preexisting Conditions Act of 2019

Bill: 116-hr-383
Sponsor: Rep. Joyce, David P. [R-OH-14]
Introduced: 2019-01-09 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Health care costs and insurance
Health care coverage and access
Insurance industry and regulation

Summary:
action_date: 2019-01-09
text: 

Continuing Coverage for Preexisting Conditions Act of 

2019

 
This bill establishes severability between provisions relating to the requirement to maintain minimum essential health care coverage (i.e., the individual mandate) and other provisions of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act. Specifically, the bill provides that if the individual mandate is found to be illegal or incapable of being enforced, such findings do not affect the validity of other provisions relating to (1) the availability and renewability of coverage, or (2) the prohibitions against discriminatory coverage practices based on preexisting conditions or health status.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2019-01-25
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2019-01-09
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2019-01-09
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2019-01-09
text: Introduced in House
Establishing Mandatory Minimums for Illegal Reentry Act of 2019

Bill: 116-hr-384
Sponsor: Rep. King, Steve [R-IA-4]
Introduced: 2019-01-09 in the House
Policy area: Immigration
Subjects: Border security and unlawful immigration
Criminal procedure and sentencing
Immigration status and procedures

Summary:
action_date: 2019-01-09
text: 

Kate's Law or the Establishing Mandatory Minimums for Illegal Reentry Act of 2019

 
This bill imposes a mandatory minimum five-year prison term (not more than six years) upon removed aliens who unlawfully reenter the United States.
 
The bill also imposes mandatory minimum prison terms upon removed aliens convicted of certain serious crimes, including three or more misdemeanors involving drugs or an aggravated felony as defined by the immigration law. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2019-01-09
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration and Citizenship.
action_date: 2019-01-09
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2019-01-09
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2019-01-09
text: Introduced in House
Sarah's Law

Bill: 116-hr-385
Sponsor: Rep. King, Steve [R-IA-4]
Introduced: 2019-01-09 in the House
Policy area: Immigration
Subjects: Border security and unlawful immigration
Crime victims
Criminal justice information and records
Detention of persons
Immigration status and procedures
Visas and passports

Summary:
action_date: 2019-01-09
text: 

Sarah's Law

 
This bill directs U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) to detain an alien who is unlawfully present in the United States and has been charged with a crime that resulted in the death or serious bodily injury of another person.
 
 ICE shall make reasonable efforts to obtain information about the identity of any victims of the crimes for which such alien was charged or convicted. It shall provide the victim, or the closest living relative of a deceased victim, with information about such alien, including name, date of birth, nationality, immigration status, criminal history, and a description of any related removal efforts.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2019-03-04
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration and Citizenship.
action_date: 2019-01-09
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2019-01-09
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2019-01-09
text: Introduced in House
To update the map of, and modify the maximum acreage available for inclusion in, the Florissant Fossil Beds National Monument.

Bill: 116-hr-386
Sponsor: Rep. Lamborn, Doug [R-CO-5]
Introduced: 2019-01-09 in the House
Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources
Subjects: Colorado
Earth sciences
Land transfers
Monuments and memorials
Parks, recreation areas, trails
Wilderness and natural areas, wildlife refuges, wild rivers, habitats

Summary:
action_date: 2019-01-09
text: 
 This bill revises the title, number, and date of the map depicting the Florissant Fossil Beds National Monument in Colorado and increases from 6,000 to 6,300 the maximum number of acres that may be made available for inclusion in the monument.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2019-02-05
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on National Parks, Forests, and Public Lands.
action_date: 2019-01-09
text: Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.
action_date: 2019-01-09
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2019-01-09
text: Introduced in House
Crags, Colorado Land Exchange Act of 2019

Bill: 116-hr-387
Sponsor: Rep. Lamborn, Doug [R-CO-5]
Introduced: 2019-01-09 in the House
Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources
Subjects: Colorado
Forests, forestry, trees
Land transfers
Land use and conservation

Summary:
action_date: 2019-01-09
text: 

Crags, Colorado Land Exchange Act of 2019

 This bill directs the Department of Agriculture (USDA), if the Broadmoor Hotel, Inc. (BHI) offers to convey to USDA 320 acres of specified nonfederal land in the Pike National Forest in Teller County, Colorado, and a permanent trail easement for the Barr Trail in El Paso County, Colorado, to accept the offer and convey to the BHI 83 acres of specified federal land within the forest, together with a non-exclusive perpetual access easement for the BHI to and from such land on Forest Service Road (FSR) 371. 
The nonexclusive perpetual access easement granted to the BHI shall allow (1) the BHI to fully maintain, at its own expense, and use FSR 371 from its junction with FSR 368 in accordance with historic BHI use and maintenance patterns; and (2) full and continued public and administrative access and use of FSR 371 in accordance with the existing Forest Service travel management plan, or as it may be revised by USDA.
 
USDA shall determine the values of the lands to be exchanged through appraisals. The values shall be equal, or if they are not equal, shall be equalized as prescribed by this bill. 
 
The Barr Trail easement donation shall not be appraised for purposes of this bill. 
 
The land acquired by USDA under this bill shall become part of the Pike-San Isabel National Forest. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2019-02-05
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on National Parks, Forests, and Public Lands.
action_date: 2019-01-09
text: Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.
action_date: 2019-01-09
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2019-01-09
text: Introduced in House
Financial Reporting Threshold Modernization Act

Bill: 116-hr-388
Sponsor: Rep. Loudermilk, Barry [R-GA-11]
Introduced: 2019-01-09 in the House
Policy area: Finance and Financial Sector
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Banking and financial institutions regulation
Business records
Currency
Department of the Treasury
Fraud offenses and financial crimes

Summary:
action_date: 2019-01-09
text: 

Financial Reporting Threshold Modernization Act

 
This bill increases the threshold dollar amounts above which financial institutions are required to file currency-transaction and suspicious-activity reports with the Financial Crimes Enforcement Network.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2019-01-09
text: Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services.
action_date: 2019-01-09
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2019-01-09
text: Introduced in House
To establish the Adams Memorial Commission to carry out the provisions of Public Law 107-62, and for other purposes.

Bill: 116-hr-390
Sponsor: Rep. Lynch, Stephen F. [D-MA-8]
Introduced: 2019-01-09 in the House
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Subjects: District of Columbia
Monuments and memorials
Presidents and presidential powers, Vice Presidents
U.S. history

Summary:
action_date: 2019-01-09
text: 
This bill establishes the Adams Memorial Commission to replace the Adams Memorial Foundation in planning a permanent memorial in the District of Columbia to honor John Adams and his legacy. The commission terminates after seven years.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2019-02-05
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on National Parks, Forests, and Public Lands.
action_date: 2019-01-09
text: Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.
action_date: 2019-01-09
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2019-01-09
text: Introduced in House
White House Ethics Transparency Act of 2019

Bill: 116-hr-391
Sponsor: Rep. Lynch, Stephen F. [D-MA-8]
Introduced: 2019-01-09 in the House
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Subjects: Corporate finance and management
Federal officials
Financial services and investments
Government ethics and transparency, public corruption
Government information and archives
Presidents and presidential powers, Vice Presidents

Summary:
action_date: 2019-01-09
text: 

White House Ethics Transparency Act of 2019

 
This bill creates transparency requirements for ethics waivers (i.e., waivers from the requirement to sign an ethics pledge) issued to executive branch appointees.
 
Specifically, such ethics waivers must be transmitted to the Office of Government Ethics and made publicly available online.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2019-06-12
text: Ordered to be Reported (Amended) by the Yeas and Nays: 23 - 16.
action_date: 2019-06-12
text: Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
action_date: 2019-01-09
text: Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Reform.
action_date: 2019-01-09
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2019-01-09
text: Introduced in House
Secure Government Buildings from Espionage Act of 2019

Bill: 116-hr-392
Sponsor: Rep. Lynch, Stephen F. [D-MA-8]
Introduced: 2019-01-09 in the House
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Subjects: Espionage and treason
Government buildings, facilities, and property
Government information and archives
Intelligence activities, surveillance, classified information
Landlord and tenant
Public contracts and procurement
Real estate business
U.S. and foreign investments

Summary:
action_date: 2019-01-09
text: 

Secure Government Buildings from Espionage Act of 2019

 
This bill instructs the General Services Administration, the Architect of the Capitol, or any other federal agency (other than the Department of Defense), before entering into a lease agreement with a public or private entity to accommodate a federal agency in a building or other improvement that will be used for high-security leased space, to require such entity
 
 
 to identify each beneficial owner of such entity;
 
to disclose to such agency any beneficial owner that is a foreign person; and 
 
if such agency is assigning the building or other improvement to a federal tenant, to notify that tenant of any such disclosure. 
 
 
The agency shall require such entity to
 
 
provide such identification and disclosure when first submitting a proposal in response to an agency solicitation, and
 
 update such information within 60 days of any change in the beneficial owners of that entity or the information required to be provided relating to each such owner. 
 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2019-05-22
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Economic Development, Public Buildings, and Emergency Management.
action_date: 2019-05-22
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Water Resources and Environment.
action_date: 2019-05-22
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Highways and Transit.
action_date: 2019-01-09
text: Referred to the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.
action_date: 2019-01-09
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2019-01-09
text: Introduced in House
Aircraft Ownership Transparency Act of 2019

Bill: 116-hr-393
Sponsor: Rep. Lynch, Stephen F. [D-MA-8]
Introduced: 2019-01-09 in the House
Policy area: Transportation and Public Works
Subjects: Aviation and airports
Business records
Government information and archives
Licensing and registrations
U.S. and foreign investments

Summary:
action_date: 2019-01-09
text: 

Aircraft Ownership Transparency Act of 2019

 
This bill requires the Federal Aviation Administration to obtain the identity of each beneficial owner of an entity seeking a certificate of registration for an aircraft before approving such certificate.
 "Beneficial owner" is defined as a natural person who exercises control over or has an interest in the entity seeking the aircraft registration.

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2019-02-07
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Aviation.
action_date: 2019-01-09
text: Referred to the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.
action_date: 2019-01-09
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2019-01-09
text: Introduced in House
21st Century Voting Act

Bill: 116-hr-394
Sponsor: Rep. Meng, Grace [D-NY-6]
Introduced: 2019-01-09 in the House
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Subjects: Advisory bodies
Citizenship and naturalization
Commemorative events and holidays
Computer security and identity theft
Correctional facilities and imprisonment
Elections, voting, political campaign regulation
Government studies and investigations
Legislative rules and procedure
State and local government operations
Voting rights

Summary:
action_date: 2019-01-09
text: 

21st Century Voting Act

 
This bill establishes the Commission on Voting to report to Congress proposed legislation that would make specified changes to voting policy, including (1) making Election Day a national holiday, (2) making voter registration automatic and permanent, and (3) restoring the right to vote to persons released from prison.
 
This proposed legislation must be introduced as a bill by the Speaker of the House of Representatives and receive a vote. If the bill passes the House, it must be considered and voted upon by the Senate.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2019-01-09
text: Referred to the Committee on House Administration, and in addition to the Committee on Rules, 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: 2019-01-09
text: Referred to the Committee on House Administration, and in addition to the Committee on Rules, 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: 2019-01-09
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2019-01-09
text: Introduced in House
POWERS Act of 2019

Bill: 116-hr-395
Sponsor: Rep. Mullin, Markwayne [R-OK-2]
Introduced: 2019-01-09 in the House
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Congressional oversight

Summary:
action_date: 2019-01-09
text: 

Preventing Overreach Within the Executive Rulemaking System Act of 2019 or the POWERS Act of
 
201
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This bill requires agencies to (1) provide at least a 60-day period for the public to comment on proposed rules, and (2) respond within 10 days to certain congressional inquiries submitted during that period about a proposed rule.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2019-01-09
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Antitrust, Commercial, and Administrative Law.
action_date: 2019-01-09
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration and Citizenship.
action_date: 2019-01-09
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2019-01-09
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2019-01-09
text: Introduced in House
To provide for the equitable settlement of certain Indian land disputes regarding land in Illinois, and for other purposes.

Bill: 116-hr-396
Sponsor: Rep. Mullin, Markwayne [R-OK-2]
Introduced: 2019-01-09 in the House
Policy area: Native Americans
Subjects: Indian claims
Indian lands and resources rights
Jurisdiction and venue
Oklahoma
Specialized courts

Summary:
action_date: 2019-01-09
text: 
This bill confers exclusive jurisdiction to the U.S. Court of Federal Claims for the Miami Tribe of Oklahoma's land claim arising under the Treaty of Grouseland. The court must render judgement without regard to defenses based on the passage of time, including the statute of limitations. The United States is the only entity liable for such a claim, and monetary damages are the only available remedy. This jurisdiction expires unless such a claim is filed within one year.
 All other claims of the tribe, including claims to title arising under the Treaty of Grouseland and the Northwest Ordinance, are extinguished.

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2019-07-16
text: Subcommittee Hearings Held.
action_date: 2019-02-05
text: Referred to the Subcommittee for Indigenous Peoples of the United States.
action_date: 2019-01-09
text: Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.
action_date: 2019-01-09
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2019-01-09
text: Introduced in House