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Corey Adams Searchlight Act

Bill: 116-hr-1350
Sponsor: Rep. Moore, Gwen [D-WI-4]
Introduced: 2019-02-25 in the House
Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement
Subjects: Criminal investigation, prosecution, interrogation
Criminal justice information and records
Department of Justice
Emergency communications systems
Executive agency funding and structure
Government information and archives
Intergovernmental relations
Law enforcement administration and funding
Mental health
Military personnel and dependents
Public-private cooperation
State and local government operations
Veterans' medical care

Summary:
action_date: 2019-02-25
text: 

Corey Adams Searchlight Act

 
This bill directs the Department of Justice to establish a national communications network&#8212;the Green Alert communications network&#8212;to support regional and local search efforts for missing veterans.
 
The Green Alert communications network must operate in coordination with the AMBER Alert communications network (i.e., the communications network that supports search efforts for abducted children).


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2019-03-25
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security.
action_date: 2019-02-27
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E222)
action_date: 2019-02-25
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2019-02-25
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2019-02-25
text: Introduced in House
SURVIVE Act

Bill: 116-hr-1351
Sponsor: Rep. O'Halleran, Tom [D-AZ-1]
Introduced: 2019-02-25 in the House
Policy area: Native Americans
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Aging
Child safety and welfare
Congressional oversight
Crime victims
Department of Justice
Domestic violence and child abuse
Emergency medical services and trauma care
Evidence and witnesses
HIV/AIDS
Health programs administration and funding
Health promotion and preventive care
Indian social and development programs
Law enforcement administration and funding
Lawyers and legal services
Mental health
Minority health
Right of privacy
Sex offenses

Summary:
action_date: 2019-02-25
text: 

Securing Urgent Resources Vital to Indian Victim Empowerment Act or the SURVIVE Act

 
This bill requires the Department of Justice's Office for Victims of Crime to make grants to Native American tribes for programs and services for crime victims, such as domestic violence shelters, rape crisis centers, child abuse programs, child advocacy centers, elder abuse programs, medical care, legal services, relocation, and transitional housing.
 
In addition, the bill makes 5% of the Crime Victims Fund available for these grants.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2019-03-25
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security.
action_date: 2019-02-25
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2019-02-25
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2019-02-25
text: Introduced in House
Federal School Meals Parity Act

Bill: 116-hr-1352
Sponsor: Del. Plaskett, Stacey E. [D-VI-At Large]
Introduced: 2019-02-25 in the House
Policy area: Agriculture and Food
Subjects: Alaska
Child safety and welfare
Elementary and secondary education
Food assistance and relief
Government studies and investigations
Guam
Hawaii
Poverty and welfare assistance
Virgin Islands

Summary:
action_date: 2019-02-25
text: 

Federal School Meals Parity Act 

 
This bill increases the reimbursement rates for the U.S. Virgin Islands and Guam under the Department of Agriculture (USDA) school meal and child nutrition programs, including the National School Lunch Program and the School Breakfast Program. The bill also requires USDA to report on the reimbursement rates and costs for providing meals and supplements under the programs in U.S. territories and in the states. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2019-02-25
text: Referred to the House Committee on Education and Labor.
action_date: 2019-02-25
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2019-02-25
text: Introduced in House
LWCF Parity for Territories and DC Act

Bill: 116-hr-1353
Sponsor: Del. Plaskett, Stacey E. [D-VI-At Large]
Introduced: 2019-02-25 in the House
Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources
Subjects: American Samoa
Caribbean area
District of Columbia
Guam
Land use and conservation
Northern Mariana Islands
Outdoor recreation
Puerto Rico
State and local government operations
U.S. territories and protectorates
Virgin Islands

Summary:
action_date: 2019-02-25
text: 

LWCF Parity for Territories and DC Act

 
This bill requires that the same apportionment formula be applied to specified U.S. territories (i.e., Puerto Rico, Guam, American Samoa, the U.S. Virgin Islands, and the Northern Mariana Islands) and the District of Columbia as is applied to states with respect to amounts made available for state purposes from the Land and Water Conservation Fund.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2019-02-25
text: Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.
action_date: 2019-02-25
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2019-02-25
text: Introduced in House
Territories Health Equity Act of 2019

Bill: 116-hr-1354
Sponsor: Del. Plaskett, Stacey E. [D-VI-At Large]
Introduced: 2019-02-25 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: American Samoa
Caribbean area
Child health
Computers and information technology
Congressional oversight
Department of Health and Human Services
Executive agency funding and structure
Government information and archives
Guam
Health care costs and insurance
Health care coverage and access
Health facilities and institutions
Health information and medical records
Health programs administration and funding
Health technology, devices, supplies
Hospital care
Income tax credits
Medicaid
Medicare
Northern Mariana Islands
Poverty and welfare assistance
Prescription drugs
Puerto Rico
Small business
Tax administration and collection, taxpayers
U.S. territories and protectorates
User charges and fees
Virgin Islands

Summary:
action_date: 2019-02-25
text: 

Territories Health Equity Act of 2019

 
This bill alters provisions under Medicaid, Medicare, and Medicare Advantage relating to U.S. territories, and generally modifies and establishes programs to expand health insurance coverage for residents.
 
Among other things, the bill
 
 
eliminates Medicaid funding limitations for U.S. territories beginning in FY2020;
 
repeals provisions that exclude residents of Puerto Rico from a certain automatic enrollment process for Medicare medical services;
 
establishes minimum criteria for certain elements used in Medicare Advantage payment calculations for areas within U.S. territories; and
 
allows residents of U.S. territories who are unable to obtain health insurance through their employer or a health insurance exchange to instead obtain coverage through the District of Columbia exchange, including coverage that is available to Members of Congress and their staff.
 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2019-02-26
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2019-02-25
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: 2019-02-25
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: 2019-02-25
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2019-02-25
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2019-02-25
text: Introduced in House
To posthumously award a Congressional Gold Medal to Simeon Booker in recognition of his achievements in the field of journalism, including his reporting during the Civil Rights movement and his social and political commentary.

Bill: 116-hr-1355
Sponsor: Rep. Ryan, Tim [D-OH-13]
Introduced: 2019-02-25 in the House
Policy area: Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues
Subjects: Congressional tributes
Museums, exhibitions, cultural centers
News media and reporting
Racial and ethnic relations
Smithsonian Institution

Summary:
action_date: 2019-02-25
text: 
This bill directs the Speaker of the House of Representatives and the President pro tempore of the Senate to arrange for the posthumous presentation of a Congressional Gold Medal in commemoration of Simeon Saunders Booker, Jr., in recognition of his achievements in the field of journalism, including his reporting during the civil rights movement and his social and political commentary.
 
The medal shall be given to the Smithsonian Institution and made available for display and research.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2019-02-25
text: Referred to the Committee on Financial Services, and in addition to the Committee on 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: 2019-02-25
text: Referred to the Committee on Financial Services, and in addition to the Committee on 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: 2019-02-25
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2019-02-25
text: Introduced in House
Special Counsel Transparency Act

Bill: 116-hr-1356
Sponsor: Rep. Doggett, Lloyd [D-TX-35]
Introduced: 2019-02-26 in the House
Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement
Subjects: Congressional oversight
Constitution and constitutional amendments
Criminal investigation, prosecution, interrogation
Department of Justice
Evidence and witnesses
Federal officials
Government ethics and transparency, public corruption
Government information and archives

Summary:
action_date: 2019-02-26
text: 

Special Counsel Transparency Act

 
This bill establishes reporting requirements with respect to a special counsel appointed by the Department of Justice (DOJ).
 
Specifically, it requires a special counsel to submit a report, within 30 days, to DOJ and Congress (1) at the conclusion of an investigation; or (2) when the special counsel is removed from office, transferred within DOJ, or resigns before the completion of the investigation. The report must include the factual findings of the investigation and significant expenditures, explain prosecutorial decisions, and be made publicly available. 
 
Additionally, a special counsel must submit periodic reports to DOJ and Congress on budgetary requirements and expenditures, personnel, and performance statistics.
 
Finally, the bill requires DOJ to notify Congress when a special counsel is removed or transferred. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2019-02-26
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2019-02-26
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2019-02-26
text: Introduced in House
Special Counsel Reporting Act

Bill: 116-hr-1357
Sponsor: Rep. Doggett, Lloyd [D-TX-35]
Introduced: 2019-02-26 in the House
Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement
Subjects: Congressional oversight
Criminal investigation, prosecution, interrogation
Department of Justice
Evidence and witnesses
Executive Office of the President
Federal officials
Government ethics and transparency, public corruption
Presidents and presidential powers, Vice Presidents

Summary:
action_date: 2019-02-26
text: 

Special Counsel Reporting Act

 
This bill establishes reporting requirements with respect to a special counsel appointed under Department of Justice (DOJ) regulations. 
 
Specifically, it establishes these requirements: 
 
 
a special counsel must report periodically on the status of an investigation;
 
a special counsel who is removed from office must report on the status of an investigation, as of the date of dismissal; and
 
DOJ must report on the status of an investigation following the removal of a special counsel.
 
 
The reports must be made publicly available. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2019-02-26
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2019-02-26
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2019-02-26
text: Introduced in House
Advancing Medical Resident Training in Community Hospitals Act of 2019

Bill: 116-hr-1358
Sponsor: Rep. Kind, Ron [D-WI-3]
Introduced: 2019-02-26 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Education programs funding
Health facilities and institutions
Health programs administration and funding
Hospital care
Medical education
Medicare

Summary:
action_date: 2019-02-26
text: 

Advancing Medical Resident Training in Community Hospitals Act of 

2019

 
This bill revises payment rules under Medicare for graduate medical education (GME) costs with respect to a hospital that establishes a new medical residency training program. 
 
If a hospital has not entered into a GME affiliation agreement, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) must establish the hospital's full-time equivalent (FTE) resident amount only after determining that the hospital's medical residency training program trains more than 1.0 FTE resident in a cost reporting period. If a hospital has an approved FTE resident amount that is based on other specified thresholds, the CMS must give the hospital the opportunity to have the amount reestablished when the hospital begins training FTE residents in excess of the applicable threshold. 
 
The bill also establishes similar thresholds for new determinations of certain adjustments to hospital payment limitations regarding FTE residents in allopathic and osteopathic medicine; a hospital that has an adjustment has the opportunity to have it redetermined once the applicable threshold is exceeded. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2019-02-27
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2019-02-26
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2019-02-26
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: 2019-02-26
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: 2019-02-26
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2019-02-26
text: Introduced in House
VA Health Center Management Stability and Improvement Act

Bill: 116-hr-1360
Sponsor: Rep. Bost, Mike [R-IL-12]
Introduced: 2019-02-26 in the House
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Department of Veterans Affairs
Government employee pay, benefits, personnel management
Health facilities and institutions
Health personnel
Veterans' medical care

Summary:
action_date: 2019-02-26
text: 

VA Health Center Management Stability and Improvement Act

 
This bill directs the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) to develop and implement a plan to hire a director for each VA medical center without a permanent director. 
 
Hiring priority shall be given to medical centers that have not had a permanent director for the longest periods.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2019-03-14
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2019-02-26
text: Referred to the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
action_date: 2019-02-26
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR H2105)
action_date: 2019-02-26
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2019-02-26
text: Introduced in House
Blockchain Promotion Act of 2019

Bill: 116-hr-1361
Sponsor: Rep. Matsui, Doris O. [D-CA-6]
Introduced: 2019-02-26 in the House
Policy area: Science, Technology, Communications
Subjects: Advanced technology and technological innovations
Advisory bodies
Computers and information technology
Congressional oversight
Currency
Financial services and investments
Intergovernmental relations

Summary:
action_date: 2019-02-26
text: 

Blockchain Promotion Act of 2019

 
This bill directs the Department of Commerce to establish the Blockchain Working Group to submit a report to Congress which contains a recommended definition of the distributed ledger technology commonly referred to as blockchain technology, and other specified recommendations regarding this technology. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2019-02-27
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Communications and Technology.
action_date: 2019-02-26
text: Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on Oversight and Reform, 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: 2019-02-26
text: Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on Oversight and Reform, 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: 2019-02-26
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2019-02-26
text: Introduced in House
Medical Innovation Never Stops Act of 2019

Bill: 116-hr-1362
Sponsor: Rep. Emmer, Tom [R-MN-6]
Introduced: 2019-02-26 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Appropriations
Department of Health and Human Services
Drug safety, medical device, and laboratory regulation
Executive agency funding and structure
Licensing and registrations
User charges and fees

Summary:
action_date: 2019-02-26
text: 

Medical Innovation Never Stops Act of 2019 

 
This bill requires the Food and Drug Administration (FDA)to accept and review new medical device applications and associated user fees during a lapse in appropriations.Under current law, the FDA is prohibited from accepting new user fees and reviewing medical device submissions during an appropriations lapse.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2019-02-27
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2019-02-26
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2019-02-26
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2019-02-26
text: Introduced in House
Honest Elections and Campaign, No Gain Act

Bill: 116-hr-1363
Sponsor: Rep. Castor, Kathy [D-FL-14]
Introduced: 2019-02-26 in the House
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Subjects: Congressional elections
Elections, voting, political campaign regulation
Political parties and affiliation
Public participation and lobbying

Summary:
action_date: 2019-02-26
text: 

Honest Elections and Campaign, No Gain Act

 
This bill requires each authorized candidate committee or leadership political action committee (PAC) to disburse all unused funds within a specified time period beginning after an election, unless the candidate files to run for office again before the disbursement period begins. A committee or PAC disbursing unspent funds shall first pay any obligations incurred and, if funds are left over, it may disburse the funds in specified ways, such as by transferring the funds to a national or state committee of a political party. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2019-03-25
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on the Constitution, Civil Rights, and Civil Liberties.
action_date: 2019-02-26
text: Referred to the Committee on House Administration, 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: 2019-02-26
text: Referred to the Committee on House Administration, 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: 2019-02-26
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2019-02-26
text: Introduced in House
Child Care for Working Families Act

Bill: 116-hr-1364
Sponsor: Rep. Scott, Robert C. "Bobby" [D-VA-3]
Introduced: 2019-02-26 in the House
Policy area: Education
Subjects: Academic performance and assessments
Adoption and foster care
Appropriations
Child care and development
Child health
Crime prevention
Disability and paralysis
Domestic violence and child abuse
Education of the disadvantaged
Education programs funding
Family services
Health programs administration and funding
Higher education
Homelessness and emergency shelter
Preschool education
Student aid and college costs
Teaching, teachers, curricula
Women's health

Summary:
action_date: 2019-02-26
text: 

Child Care for Working Families Act

 
This bill provides funds and otherwise revises certain child care and early learning programs for low- to moderate-income families.
 
Specifically, the bill provides funds for the Child Care and Development Block Grant program and reestablishes it as a child care and development assistance program. It also allocates program funds for states to provide services and support to infants, toddlers, and children with disabilities. 
 
Further, it revises the program to require each state to, among other things
 
 
create a tiered and transparent system for measuring the quality of child care providers, which must include evidence-based standards and payment rates that are based on a certain cost estimation model;
 
 assure that copayments are based on a sliding scale and that no family receiving assistance pays more than 7% of their household income on child care; and 
 
use quality child care amounts for certain activities, such as improving the supply of child care providers who provide care to infants, toddlers, and children with disabilities (e.g., professional development). 
 
 
It also provides funds and establishes grants for states to create preschool programs for low- to moderate-income children between the ages of three and five years. 
 
Finally, the Department of Health and Human Services must make grants to Head Start agencies to (1) provide children with access to full-school-year and full-school-day services, (2) provide access to additional service hours for migrant and seasonal agencies, or (3) enhance the quality of existing services.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2019-02-26
text: Referred to the House Committee on Education and Labor.
action_date: 2019-02-26
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2019-02-26
text: Introduced in House
Responsible Additions and Increases to Sustain Employee Health Benefits Act of 2019

Bill: 116-hr-1366
Sponsor: Rep. Stivers, Steve [R-OH-15]
Introduced: 2019-02-26 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Employee benefits and pensions
Health care costs and insurance
Income tax exclusion
Inflation and prices

Summary:
action_date: 2019-02-26
text: 

Responsible Additions and Increases to Sustain Employee Health Benefits Act of 201

9

 
This bill modifies the tax exclusion for distributions from health flexible spending arrangements provided to employees under a cafeteria plan to (1) increase the annual limit on employee salary reduction contributions to $5,000, with an additional $500 for each additional employee dependent above two dependents that has not been taken into account by another person for the year; (2) revise the adjustment for inflation after 2020; and (3) allow a carryforward into the next year for unused amounts in such plans. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2019-02-26
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2019-02-26
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2019-02-26
text: Introduced in House