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Bring Our Heroes Home Act

Bill: 116-hr-5646
Sponsor: Rep. Pappas, Chris [D-NH-1]
Introduced: 2020-01-16 in the House
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Advisory bodies
Asia
China
Diplomacy, foreign officials, Americans abroad
Executive agency funding and structure
Government information and archives
Government studies and investigations
Libraries and archives
Military personnel and dependents
Missing persons
National Archives and Records Administration
North Korea
Personnel records
Presidents and presidential powers, Vice Presidents
Russia

Summary:
action_date: 2020-01-16
text: 

Bring Our Heroes Home Act

 
This bill establishes at the National Archives a collection of records that relate to the fate or status of missing Armed Forces personnel. 
 
Each government office must identify and locate such records in its possession and transmit them to the Archives.
 
The bill establishes a temporary board to ensure and facilitate the review, transmission, and public disclosure of such records.

 
The bill generally makes such records public, with specified exceptions.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2020-01-16
text: Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Reform.
action_date: 2020-01-16
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2020-01-16
text: Introduced in House
Campus Fire Safety Education Act of 2020

Bill: 116-hr-5647
Sponsor: Rep. Pascrell, Bill, Jr. [D-NJ-9]
Introduced: 2020-01-16 in the House
Policy area: Education
Subjects: Disability and paralysis
Education programs funding
Educational facilities and institutions
Emergency planning and evacuation
Fires
Higher education

Summary:
action_date: 2020-01-16
text: 

Campus Fire Safety Education Act of 

2020

 
 This bill directs the Department of Education to award grants to institutions of higher education (IHEs), or consortia of such IHEs that are in collaborative partnerships with nonprofit organizations or public safety departments, for (1) initiating, expanding, or improving fire-safety education programs; and (2) increasing fire-safety awareness among enrolled students.
 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2020-01-16
text: Referred to the House Committee on Education and Labor.
action_date: 2020-01-16
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2020-01-16
text: Introduced in House
TREAT PTSD Act

Bill: 116-hr-5648
Sponsor: Rep. Perry, Scott [R-PA-10]
Introduced: 2020-01-16 in the House
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Health care coverage and access
Mental health
Neurological disorders
Veterans' medical care

Summary:
action_date: 2020-01-16
text: 

Treatment and Relief through Emerging and Accessible Therapy for PTSD Act or the TREAT PTSD Act

 
This bill requires the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) to furnish stellate ganglion block to certain veterans diagnosed with post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD). Blocking the stellate ganglion (a group of nerves at the base of the neck) by injecting a local anesthetic is a treatment that may alleviate PTSD symptoms.
 
 The bill authorizes this treatment for any veteran who (1) is enrolled in the VA health care system, (2) has been diagnosed with PTSD, and (3) has elected to receive stellate ganglion block after being informed by a physician of the risks and benefits.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2020-02-07
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2020-01-16
text: Referred to the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
action_date: 2020-01-16
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2020-01-16
text: Introduced in House
Consumer Access to Grid Information Act of 2020

Bill: 116-hr-5649
Sponsor: Rep. Porter, Katie [D-CA-45]
Introduced: 2020-01-16 in the House
Policy area: Energy
Subjects: Air quality
Alternative and renewable resources
Climate change and greenhouse gases
Electric power generation and transmission
Energy prices
Energy research
Internet and video services
Internet, web applications, social media
Telephone and wireless communication

Summary:
action_date: 2020-01-16
text: 

Consumer Access to Grid Information Act of 2020

 
This bill requires the Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy of the Department of Energy to establish a grant program for the creation of a cellular phone application (app). The app must allow the public to monitor power grids, including by enabling the public to view the demand and capacity of the energy grid, the types of energy sources that are serving the grid, and regional energy prices.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2020-01-16
text: Referred to the House Committee on Science, Space, and Technology.
action_date: 2020-01-16
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2020-01-16
text: Introduced in House
Federal Energy and Water Management Performance Act of 2020

Bill: 116-hr-5650
Sponsor: Rep. Welch, Peter [D-VT-At Large]
Introduced: 2020-01-16 in the House
Policy area: Energy
Subjects: Architecture
Building construction
Department of Energy
Energy efficiency and conservation
Executive agency funding and structure
Federal officials
Government buildings, facilities, and property
Government information and archives
Performance measurement
Public contracts and procurement
Public utilities and utility rates
Water use and supply

Summary:
action_date: 2020-01-16
text: 

Federal Energy and Water Management Performance Act of 2020

 
This bill revises federal energy and water performance requirements for federal buildings and directs the Department of Energy to implement a Federal Energy Management Program.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2020-01-16
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2020-01-16
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2020-01-16
text: Introduced in House
Adoption Information Act

Bill: 116-hr-5651
Sponsor: Rep. Wittman, Robert J. [R-VA-1]
Introduced: 2020-01-16 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Abortion
Adoption and foster care
Family planning and birth control
Government information and archives
Health information and medical records
Health programs administration and funding
Public contracts and procurement

Summary:
action_date: 2020-01-16
text: 

Adoption Information Act 

 
This bill requires family planning service projects or programs that receive certain federal grants or contracts to provide individuals who inquire about their services with specified information related to adoption centers in their state. The Department of Health and Human Services must provide such projects and programs with pamphlets containing the required information.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2020-01-16
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2020-01-16
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2020-01-16
text: Introduced in House
Estate Tax Rate Reduction Act

Bill: 116-hr-5652
Sponsor: Rep. Arrington, Jodey C. [R-TX-19]
Introduced: 2020-01-17 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Transfer and inheritance taxes

Summary:
action_date: 2020-01-17
text: 

Estate Tax Rate Reduction Act 

 
This bill reduces the rate for the tax on estates, gifts, and generation-skipping transfers to 20%. (Under current law, the highest rate is 40%.) 
 
The bill also exempts the budgetary effects of the tax reduction from the Pay-As-You-Go (PAYGO) rules established by the Statutory Pay-As-You-Go Act of 2010 and the FY2018 congressional budget resolution.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2020-01-17
text: Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committee on the Budget, 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: 2020-01-17
text: Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committee on the Budget, 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: 2020-01-17
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2020-01-17
text: Introduced in House
Green Federal Fleet Act

Bill: 116-hr-5653
Sponsor: Rep. Brownley, Julia [D-CA-26]
Introduced: 2020-01-17 in the House
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Subjects: Government buildings, facilities, and property
Hybrid, electric, and advanced technology vehicles
Motor vehicles

Summary:
action_date: 2020-01-17
text: 

Green Federal Fleet Act

 
This bill requires passenger vehicles that are purchased or leased from a nonfederal entity by a federal agency to be zero-emission vehicles. This requirement does not apply to tactical vehicles or in circumstances where a zero-emission vehicle is not technically feasible.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2020-01-17
text: Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Reform.
action_date: 2020-01-17
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2020-01-17
text: Introduced in House
Expanding Medical Education Act of 2020

Bill: 116-hr-5654
Sponsor: Rep. Costa, Jim [D-CA-16]
Introduced: 2020-01-17 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Building construction
Education programs funding
Educational facilities and institutions
Health programs administration and funding
Higher education
Medical education
School administration
Teaching, teachers, curricula

Summary:
action_date: 2020-01-17
text: 

Expanding Medical Education Act of 2020

 
This bill permits the Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) to award matching grants to institutions of higher education to establish medical schools in underserved areas (i.e., areas with populations of more than 1 million and no medical schools). HRSA must prioritize awards that (1) establish medical schools in areas with fewer than 200 actively practicing physicians per 100,000 residents, and (2) emphasize care for diverse and underserved populations in the curriculum. Among other purposes, grant funds may be used for constructing facilities, hiring faculty and staff, and recruiting medical students. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2020-01-17
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2020-01-17
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR H573)
action_date: 2020-01-17
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2020-01-17
text: Introduced in House
Nonprofit Security Expansion Act

Bill: 116-hr-5655
Sponsor: Rep. Norcross, Donald [D-NJ-1]
Introduced: 2020-01-17 in the House
Policy area: Emergency Management
Subjects: Emergency planning and evacuation
Social work, volunteer service, charitable organizations
Terrorism

Summary:
action_date: 2020-01-17
text: 

Nonprofit Security Expansion Act

 
This bill increases the authorization of appropriations for the Nonprofit Security Grant Program of the Department of Homeland Security.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2020-01-23
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Emergency Preparedness, Response, and Recovery.
action_date: 2020-01-17
text: Referred to the House Committee on Homeland Security.
action_date: 2020-01-17
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2020-01-17
text: Introduced in House
Working Families Flexibility Act of 2020

Bill: 116-hr-5656
Sponsor: Rep. Roby, Martha [R-AL-2]
Introduced: 2020-01-17 in the House
Policy area: Labor and Employment
Subjects: Administrative remedies
Civil actions and liability
Congressional oversight
Department of Labor
Employee leave
Employment discrimination and employee rights
Government studies and investigations
Labor standards
Labor-management relations
Wages and earnings

Summary:
action_date: 2020-01-17
text: 

Working Families Flexibility Act of 2020

 
This bill revises requirements for the receipt of compensatory time off for private sector employees. 
 
Specifically, the bill authorizes private employers to provide compensatory time off to their employees at a rate of one and one-half hours for each hour of employment for which overtime compensation otherwise is required; employees may accrue a maximum of 160 hours of compensatory time.
 
Employers are prohibited from interfering with an employee's right to or not request compensatory time off in lieu of payment of overtime compensation or from requiring an employee to use such compensatory time, and must give their employees 30-days notice before discontinuing a compensatory time policy.
 
Employers are liable to employees for damages from violations of these requirements.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2020-01-17
text: Referred to the House Committee on Education and Labor.
action_date: 2020-01-17
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2020-01-17
text: Introduced in House
Religious Insignia on Dog Tags Act

Bill: 116-hr-5657
Sponsor: Rep. Steube, W. Gregory [R-FL-17]
Introduced: 2020-01-17 in the House
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Department of Defense
Intellectual property
Licensing and registrations
Religion
Retail and wholesale trades

Summary:
action_date: 2020-01-17
text: 

Religious Insignia on Dog Tags Act

 
This bill directs the Department of Defense (DOD) to allow trademarks owned or controlled by DOD to be combined with religious insignia on commercial identification tags (i.e., dog tags) and to be sold by lawful trademark licensees.
 
The bill applies retroactively to September 13, 2013. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2020-01-17
text: Referred to the House Committee on Armed Services.
action_date: 2020-01-17
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2020-01-17
text: Introduced in House
Crime Victims’ Rights Act of 2020

Bill: 116-hr-5658
Sponsor: Rep. Wasserman Schultz, Debbie [D-FL-23]
Introduced: 2020-01-17 in the House
Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement
Subjects: Congressional oversight
Crime victims
Criminal justice information and records
Department of Justice
Due process and equal protection
Evidence and witnesses
Executive agency funding and structure
Government employee pay, benefits, personnel management
Government ethics and transparency, public corruption
Government studies and investigations
Lawyers and legal services

Summary:
action_date: 2020-01-17
text: 

Crime Victims' Rights Act of 2020

 
This bill modifies provisions concerning statutory rights afforded to victims of federal criminal offenses to facilitate enforcement of those rights, including by establishing the Office of Crime Victims' Rights within the Department of Justice and adding notification requirements. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2020-02-07
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security.
action_date: 2020-01-17
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2020-01-17
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2020-01-17
text: Introduced in House
Protecting Community Television Act

Bill: 116-hr-5659
Sponsor: Rep. Eshoo, Anna G. [D-CA-18]
Introduced: 2020-01-21 in the House
Policy area: Science, Technology, Communications
Subjects: Broadcasting, cable, digital technologies
Television and film
User charges and fees

Summary:
action_date: 2020-01-21
text: 

Protecting Community Television Act

 
This bill revises the definition of a franchise fee that is paid by a cable operator or cable subscriber to encompass only a tax, fee, or other monetary assessment that is imposed by a franchising authority or other governmental entity.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2020-01-21
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2020-01-21
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2020-01-21
text: Introduced in House
To amend title 23, United States Code, to ensure that each State receives an aggregate apportionment equal to at least 100 percent of the estimated tax payments attributable to certain highway users in the State, and for other purposes.

Bill: 116-hr-5660
Sponsor: Rep. Roy, Chip [R-TX-21]
Introduced: 2020-01-21 in the House
Policy area: Transportation and Public Works
Subjects: Government trust funds
Roads and highways
State and local finance
Transportation programs funding

Summary:
action_date: 2020-01-21
text: 
This bill revises the methodology for apportioning federal highway funds among states to ensure that each state receives an aggregate apportionment equal to at least 100% of the estimated tax payments attributable to certain highway users in the state.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2020-01-22
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Highways and Transit.
action_date: 2020-01-21
text: Referred to the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.
action_date: 2020-01-21
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2020-01-21
text: Introduced in House
To prohibit the sharing of United States intelligence with countries that permit operation of Huawei fifth generation telecommunications technology within their borders.

Bill: 116-hr-5661
Sponsor: Rep. Banks, Jim [R-IN-3]
Introduced: 2020-01-21 in the House
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Asia
China
Computers and information technology
Foreign and international corporations
Intelligence activities, surveillance, classified information
Telephone and wireless communication

Summary:
action_date: 2020-01-21
text: 
This bill prohibits sharing U.S. intelligence with countries that permit within their national borders the use of Huawei fifth generation telecommunications technology. (Huawei is a Chinese telecommunications company with suspected ties to the Chinese government.)


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2020-01-21
text: Referred to the House Committee on Intelligence (Permanent Select).
action_date: 2020-01-21
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2020-01-21
text: Introduced in House
Pregnant Women Health and Safety Act of 2020

Bill: 116-hr-5662
Sponsor: Rep. Biggs, Andy [R-AZ-5]
Introduced: 2020-01-21 in the House
Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement
Subjects: Abortion
Criminal investigation, prosecution, interrogation
Health facilities and institutions
Health information and medical records
Health personnel
Health programs administration and funding
Licensing and registrations

Summary:
action_date: 2020-01-21
text: 

Pregnant Women Health and Safety Act of 2020

 
This bill imposes criminal penalties&#8212;a fine, a prison term of up to two years, or both&#8212;on a physician who performs an abortion without admitting privileges to a local hospital or fails to comply with certain notification requirements. 
 
A woman who receives an abortion in violation of this bill may not be prosecuted.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2020-02-07
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security.
action_date: 2020-01-21
text: Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, 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: 2020-01-21
text: Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, 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: 2020-01-21
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2020-01-21
text: Introduced in House
For the relief of Maria Rose Versace.

Bill: 116-hr-5665
Sponsor: Rep. Brindisi, Anthony [D-NY-22]
Introduced: 2020-01-21 in the House
Subjects: Private Legislation

Summary:
action_date: 2020-01-21
text: Provides for the relief of Maria Rose Versace.

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2020-02-07
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on the Constitution, Civil Rights, and Civil Liberties.
action_date: 2020-01-21
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2020-01-21
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2020-01-21
text: Introduced in House
National Aeronautics and Space Administration Authorization Act of 2020

Bill: 116-hr-5666
Sponsor: Rep. Horn, Kendra S. [D-OK-5]
Introduced: 2020-01-24 in the House
Policy area: Science, Technology, Communications

Summary:
action_date: 2020-01-24
text: 

National Aeronautics and Space Administration Authorization Act of 2020

 
The bill reauthorizes the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) through FY2020.
 
The bill authorizes NASA programs, activities, reports, and reviews, including those regarding a Moon to Mars Program, low-earth orbit activities, small satellites, commercial Earth observation, the wide field infrared survey telescope, the stratospheric observatory for infrared astronomy, Mars communications infrastructure, a commercial lunar payload services program, a dedicated space-based infrared survey telescope mission, near-Earth objects, a space weather research to operations program, testing facilities for in-space propulsion, space nuclear systems, and orbital debris mitigation.
 
NASA shall 
 
 
arrange for a review of the Human Research program related to long-term human spaceflight,
 
continue operations of the International Space Station (ISS) through at least 2028, 
 
transmit an ISS Deorbit Capability and Plan,
 
arrange for the development of a comprehensive set of requirements to support life and physical sciences research in microgravity following the end of ISS operations,
 
develop a Mars sample return strategy and plan,
 
establish a data science and management initiative,
 
arrange for a review of the University Leadership Initiative, and 
 
arrange for a review of the National Space Grant College and Fellowship Program.
 
 
To advance progress toward federal STEM (science, technology, engineering, and mathematics) education goals, NASA shall establish an Office of STEM Engagement.
 
The Government Accountability Office shall, among other things, review NASA's space communications and navigation programs, activities, and plans.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2020-01-29
text: Forwarded by Subcommittee to Full Committee (Amended) by Voice Vote .
action_date: 2020-01-29
text: Subcommittee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
action_date: 2020-01-24
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Space and Aeronautics.
action_date: 2020-01-24
text: Referred to the House Committee on Science, Space, and Technology.
action_date: 2020-01-24
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2020-01-24
text: Introduced in House