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Veteran Suicide Prevention Act

Bill: 116-hr-5570
Sponsor: Rep. King, Peter T. [R-NY-2]
Introduced: 2020-01-09 in the House
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Department of Veterans Affairs
Government information and archives
Health facilities and institutions
Health information and medical records
Mental health
Prescription drugs
Veterans' medical care

Summary:
action_date: 2020-01-09
text: 

Veteran Suicide Prevention Act

 
This bill requires the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) to complete a review of the deaths of all covered veterans who died by suicide during the five-year period preceding the enactment of this bill. Covered veterans are those who received VA hospital care or medical services during the five-year period preceding the death of the veteran. 
 
The VA shall report on the results of the review and make such report publicly available.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2020-02-07
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2020-01-09
text: Referred to the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
action_date: 2020-01-09
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2020-01-09
text: Introduced in House
Revamping American Infrastructure Act of 2020

Bill: 116-hr-5571
Sponsor: Rep. Meadows, Mark [R-NC-11]
Introduced: 2020-01-09 in the House
Policy area: Transportation and Public Works
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Congressional oversight
Department of Transportation
Performance measurement

Summary:
action_date: 2020-01-09
text: 

Revamping American Infrastructure Act of 2020 

 
This bill addresses the use of performance-based standards by the Department of Transportation (DOT).
 
Specifically, DOT must
 
 
 invite the public to identify DOT regulations, guidance, and policies that establish prescriptive requirements for regulated entities that can be replaced with performance-based standards;
 
submit and implement a plan to address feedback from the public that includes a detailed plan to replace the regulations, guidance, and policies with such standards; and
 
ensure that its regulations, guidance, and policies issued are issued as performance-based standards.
 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2020-01-10
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Railroads, Pipelines, and Hazardous Materials.
action_date: 2020-01-10
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Highways and Transit.
action_date: 2020-01-10
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Coast Guard and Maritime Transportation.
action_date: 2020-01-10
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Aviation.
action_date: 2020-01-09
text: Referred to the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.
action_date: 2020-01-09
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2020-01-09
text: Introduced in House
PROTECT Kids Act

Bill: 116-hr-5573
Sponsor: Rep. Walberg, Tim [R-MI-7]
Introduced: 2020-01-09 in the House
Policy area: Science, Technology, Communications
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Child safety and welfare
Congressional oversight
Consumer affairs
Government studies and investigations
Internet and video services
Internet, web applications, social media
Right of privacy
Telephone and wireless communication

Summary:
action_date: 2020-01-09
text: 

Preventing Real Online Threats Endangering Children Today or the PROTECT Kids Act

 
This bill addresses the online collection of personal information from children.
 
Specifically, the bill raises the age for parental consent protections for children online from under 13 to under 16, adds geolocation and biometric information to protected personal information, and extends all protections for children online to mobile applications.
 
The bill also requires the operator of a website, online service, or mobile application to delete a child's personal information upon the verified request of a parent, and it prohibits such operator from terminating service to a child whose parent has refused to permit further collection or use of that child's personal information.
 
Additionally, the Federal Trade Commission must study and report on the appropriateness of the existing actual knowledge standard (preventing an operator from collecting personal information without meeting certain requirements when it has actual knowledge that it is collecting such information from a child) and what effects changing such standard will have on children's online privacy.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2020-01-09
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2020-01-09
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2020-01-09
text: Introduced in House
Preserving Small Business Lending Act of 2020

Bill: 116-hr-5574
Sponsor: Rep. Williams, Roger [R-TX-25]
Introduced: 2020-01-10 in the House
Policy area: Finance and Financial Sector
Subjects: Banking and financial institutions regulation
Business records
Government information and archives
Minority and disadvantaged businesses
Small business
Women in business

Summary:
action_date: 2020-01-10
text: 

Preserving Small Business Lending Act of 2020 

 
This bill repeals provisions requiring financial institutions to collect and report to the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau specified information regarding women-owned, minority-owned, and small businesses applying for a loan. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2020-01-10
text: Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services.
action_date: 2020-01-10
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2020-01-10
text: Introduced in House
Primary and Behavioral Health Care Access Act of 2020

Bill: 116-hr-5575
Sponsor: Rep. Underwood, Lauren [D-IL-14]
Introduced: 2020-01-10 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Employee benefits and pensions
Health care costs and insurance
Health care coverage and access
Health promotion and preventive care
Insurance industry and regulation
Mental health

Summary:
action_date: 2020-01-10
text: 

Primary and Behavioral Health Care Access Act of 2020

 
This bill requires private health insurance plans to cover, without cost sharing, three primary care visits and three behavioral health care visits during a plan year.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2020-01-10
text: Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committees on Education and Labor, and 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: 2020-01-10
text: Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committees on Education and Labor, and 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: 2020-01-10
text: Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committees on Education and Labor, and 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: 2020-01-10
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2020-01-10
text: Introduced in House
Double Dip Elimination Act

Bill: 116-hr-5576
Sponsor: Rep. Arrington, Jodey C. [R-TX-19]
Introduced: 2020-01-10 in the House
Policy area: Social Welfare
Subjects: Disability assistance
Social security and elderly assistance
Trade adjustment assistance
Unemployment

Summary:
action_date: 2020-01-10
text: 

Double Dip Elimination Act

 
This bill disqualifies an individual from receiving disability insurance benefits with respect to any month for which the individual receives unemployment insurance benefits.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2020-01-10
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2020-01-10
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2020-01-10
text: Introduced in House
No Social Security for Illegal Aliens Act of 2020

Bill: 116-hr-5577
Sponsor: Rep. Brooks, Mo [R-AL-5]
Introduced: 2020-01-10 in the House
Policy area: Social Welfare
Subjects: Border security and unlawful immigration
Foreign labor
Social security and elderly assistance

Summary:
action_date: 2020-01-10
text: 

No Social Security for Illegal Aliens Act of 2020

 
This bill prohibits an individual from collecting Social Security benefits based on wages and income earned for services illegally performed in the United States while the individual was an alien. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2020-01-10
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2020-01-10
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2020-01-10
text: Introduced in House
Recall Unsafe Drugs Act of 2020

Bill: 116-hr-5578
Sponsor: Rep. DeLauro, Rosa L. [D-CT-3]
Introduced: 2020-01-10 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Administrative remedies
Consumer affairs
Department of Health and Human Services
Drug safety, medical device, and laboratory regulation
Government information and archives

Summary:
action_date: 2020-01-10
text: 

Recall Unsafe Drugs Act of 

2020

 
This bill authorizes the Food and Drug Administration to recall certain adulterated or misbranded drugs.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2020-01-10
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2020-01-10
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2020-01-10
text: Introduced in House
LIST Act of 2020

Bill: 116-hr-5579
Sponsor: Rep. Gianforte, Greg [R-MT-At Large]
Introduced: 2020-01-10 in the House
Policy area: Environmental Protection
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Administrative remedies
Department of the Interior
Endangered and threatened species
Government information and archives
Judicial review and appeals
Scientific communication

Summary:
action_date: 2020-01-10
text: 

Less Imprecision in Species Treatment Act of 2020 or the LIST Act of 2020

 
This bill revises the process for removing a species from the endangered or threatened species lists.
 
A species must be removed from the endangered or threatened species lists if the Department of the Interior produces or receives substantial scientific or commercial information demonstrating that the species is recovered or that recovery goals set for the species have been met.
 
The publication and notice of a proposed regulation to remove a species from the lists must consist solely of a notice of the removal.
 
The bill establishes a process for removing species from the lists if they were erroneously or wrongfully listed. The bill prohibits a person from submitting a petition to list a species as a threatened or endangered species for 10 years if the person knowingly submitted a petition with information that was inaccurate beyond scientifically reasonable margins of error, fraudulent, or misrepresentative.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2020-01-16
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Water, Oceans, and Wildlife.
action_date: 2020-01-10
text: Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.
action_date: 2020-01-10
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2020-01-10
text: Introduced in House
Bring ESA Into the 21st Century Act

Bill: 116-hr-5580
Sponsor: Rep. Gosar, Paul A. [R-AZ-4]
Introduced: 2020-01-10 in the House
Policy area: Environmental Protection
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Congressional oversight
Department of Commerce
Department of the Interior
Endangered and threatened species
Environmental regulatory procedures
Wildlife conservation and habitat protection

Summary:
action_date: 2020-01-10
text: 

Bring ESA Into the 21st Century Act

 
This bill provides statutory authority for two rules relating to endangered or threatened species. The Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS) and the National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS) published the rules on August 27, 2019.
 
The first rule revises the interagency consultation process relating to such species and federal actions (i.e., activity authorized, funded, or carried out by federal agencies). Under current law, federal agencies must consult with the FWS and NMFS to review the effects of federal actions on such species or their critical habitats. Among other requirements, the rule establishes alternative consultation mechanisms as well as deadlines for FWS and NMFS to complete consultations.
 
The second rule revises the processes for adding or removing a species to the list of endangered or threatened species and designating critical habitat for such species. Among other requirements, the rule outlines additional circumstances under which critical habitat does not need to be designated for endangered or threatened species.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2020-01-16
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Water, Oceans, and Wildlife.
action_date: 2020-01-10
text: Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.
action_date: 2020-01-10
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2020-01-10
text: Introduced in House
Parental Accessibility Rights for Emergency and Negligent Treatment Act

Bill: 116-hr-5582
Sponsor: Rep. Murphy, Gregory [R-NC-3]
Introduced: 2020-01-10 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Child health
Family relationships
Health care coverage and access
Health information and medical records
Health programs administration and funding
Home and outpatient care
Hospital care
Long-term, rehabilitative, and terminal care
Medicaid
State and local government operations

Summary:
action_date: 2020-01-10
text: 

Parental Accessibility Rights for Emergency and Negligent Treatment Act

 
This bill expands the scope of advance directive policies and related disclosures for providers under Medicaid and the Children's Health Insurance Program (CHIP).
 
Specifically, providers (e.g., hospitals, hospice programs, and home health care providers) must have advance directive policies for minors (rather than only adults) and must disclose such policies on the provider's website and upon request. Providers must also disclose information regarding (1) an individual's rights with respect to life-sustaining procedures, including hydration and sustenance; and (2) whether parental consent is required to provide, withdraw, or deny life-sustaining procedures, or to institute a do-not-resuscitate order, for a minor.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2020-01-10
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2020-01-10
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2020-01-10
text: Introduced in House
Help Grandfamilies Prevent Child Abuse Act

Bill: 116-hr-5583
Sponsor: Rep. Scanlon, Mary Gay [D-PA-5]
Introduced: 2020-01-10 in the House
Policy area: Families
Subjects: Adoption and foster care
Advisory bodies
Child health
Child safety and welfare
Domestic violence and child abuse
Drug, alcohol, tobacco use
Family relationships
Family services
Government information and archives
Mental health

Summary:
action_date: 2020-01-10
text: 

Help Grandfamilies Prevent Child Abuse Act

 
 This bill expands the activities and functions of child welfare programs that support kinship caregiving (i.e., grandparents or other extended family members that provide child caregiving). The bill also expands grants programs for preventing child abuse to prioritize and support the needs of such kinship families.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2020-01-10
text: Referred to the House Committee on Education and Labor.
action_date: 2020-01-10
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2020-01-10
text: Introduced in House
FRESH Trucking Act

Bill: 116-hr-5584
Sponsor: Rep. Steube, W. Gregory [R-FL-17]
Introduced: 2020-01-10 in the House
Policy area: Transportation and Public Works
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Department of Transportation
Food supply, safety, and labeling
Motor carriers
Transportation employees
Transportation safety and security
Worker safety and health

Summary:
action_date: 2020-01-10
text: 

Freedom from Regulating Edible Supplies and Horticulture Trucking Act or the
 
FRESH Trucking Act

 
This bill modifies service hour requirements for drivers transporting perishable agricultural, horticultural, or floricultural commodities.
 
The bill requires the Department of Transportation to establish that
 
 
loading and unloading of commercial motor vehicles shall be excluded from on-duty time requirements, 
 
there shall be no requirement of a 30-minute rest break within the first 8 hours of the hours of service on-duty requirements and the carrier or driver may take breaks at any time during the trip, and 
 
such carrier or driver may complete a scheduled trip if they are over the hours of service maximum on-duty drive schedule and are within 150 miles of their scheduled delivery point. 



Legislative actions:
action_date: 2020-01-13
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Highways and Transit.
action_date: 2020-01-10
text: Referred to the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.
action_date: 2020-01-10
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2020-01-10
text: Introduced in House
Listing Reform Act

Bill: 116-hr-5585
Sponsor: Rep. Olson, Pete [R-TX-22]
Introduced: 2020-01-13 in the House
Policy area: Environmental Protection
Subjects: Administrative remedies
Department of Commerce
Department of the Interior
Economic performance and conditions
Endangered and threatened species
Wildlife conservation and habitat protection

Summary:
action_date: 2020-01-13
text: 

Listing Reform Act

 
This bill modifies requirements concerning the review of petitions to add a species to the list of endangered or threatened species or to remove a species from the list.
 
Specifically, the bill allows the Department of the Interior and the Department of Commerce to prioritize the consideration of petitions to list a species as endangered or threatened other than in the order in which the petitions are received. The appropriate department may not give general priority to petitions to add species to the list of endangered or threatened species over petitions to remove a species from the list.
 
The deadline for the appropriate department to decide on whether or not a petition to list or remove a species should be granted is changed from within 12 months to as expeditiously as possible. 
 
The appropriate department is given the authority to preclude the listing of a species as threatened due to the likelihood of significant, cumulative economic effects that would result from such listing or from the likely resulting designation of critical habitat of the species. Once a petition is precluded due to those economic effects, the appropriate department may not reconsider that finding unless the department (1) determines there is endangerment of extinction of the species; or (2) receives a new petition to add the species to the list that includes an analyses concluding that alternative actions are possible other than those resulting in significant, cumulative economic effects.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2020-01-17
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Water, Oceans, and Wildlife.
action_date: 2020-01-13
text: Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.
action_date: 2020-01-13
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2020-01-13
text: Introduced in House
To amend the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act with respect to the regulation of hemp-derived cannabidiol and hemp-derived cannabidiol containing substances.

Bill: 116-hr-5587
Sponsor: Rep. Peterson, Collin C. [D-MN-7]
Introduced: 2020-01-13 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Congressional oversight
Drug safety, medical device, and laboratory regulation
Drug trafficking and controlled substances
Drug, alcohol, tobacco use
Food supply, safety, and labeling
Government studies and investigations
State and local government operations

Summary:
action_date: 2020-01-13
text: 
This bill requires the Food and Drug Administration to regulate a hemp-derived cannabidiol (CBD) product as a dietary supplement instead of as a drug. The bill also allows the introduction into interstate commerce of a food with added hemp-derived CBD.
 
The Department of Agriculture must report on market and regulatory barriers for producers operating under its domestic hemp production program.

 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2020-01-23
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Biotechnology, Horticulture, and Research.
action_date: 2020-01-13
text: Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, 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: 2020-01-13
text: Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, 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: 2020-01-13
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2020-01-13
text: Introduced in House
WHOLE Act of 2020

Bill: 116-hr-5588
Sponsor: Rep. Newhouse, Dan [R-WA-4]
Introduced: 2020-01-13 in the House
Policy area: Environmental Protection
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Administrative remedies
Endangered and threatened species
Licensing and registrations
Wildlife conservation and habitat protection

Summary:
action_date: 2020-01-13
text: 

Weigh Habitats Offsetting Locational Effects Act of 2020 or the WHOLE Act of 2020

 
This bill revises the process by which the Department of the Interior or the Department of Commerce reviews an agency action to determine whether the action is likely to jeopardize the continued existence of an endangered or threatened species or result in the destruction or adverse modification of the critical habitat of the species. When making such determination, the appropriate department must consider the offsetting effects of protection or conservation measures that are already in place or proposed to be implemented as part of the action.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2020-01-17
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Water, Oceans, and Wildlife.
action_date: 2020-01-13
text: Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.
action_date: 2020-01-13
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E29-30)
action_date: 2020-01-13
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2020-01-13
text: Introduced in House