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To amend the Biologics Price Competition and Innovation Act of 2009 to make improvements with respect to the transition of biological products, and for other purposes.

Bill: 116-hr-6155
Sponsor: Rep. Grothman, Glenn [R-WI-6]
Introduced: 2020-03-09 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Drug safety, medical device, and laboratory regulation
Licensing and registrations
Prescription drugs

Summary:
action_date: 2020-03-09
text: 
This bill requires the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to continue to review applications for certain biological products under an earlier review process, notwithstanding recent FDA guidance. Specifically, the bill applies to applications that were filed under the earlier process on or before March 23, 2019, and were still pending on March 23, 2020. (A 2009 law established a new procedure for approving biological products but allowed certain products in an already approved product class to receive approval under the earlier procedure until March 23, 2020; subsequently, in December 2018, the FDA issued guidance stating that an application filed under the earlier procedure that is not approved by March, 23, 2020, will not be approved.)


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2020-03-09
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2020-03-09
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2020-03-09
text: Introduced in House
Transportation Workforce Investment Act of 2020

Bill: 116-hr-6156
Sponsor: Rep. Langevin, James R. [D-RI-2]
Introduced: 2020-03-09 in the House
Policy area: Transportation and Public Works
Subjects: Administrative remedies
Congressional oversight
Department of Transportation
Employee hiring
Employment and training programs
Government information and archives
Government studies and investigations
Higher education
Minority employment
Transportation programs funding
Vocational and technical education
Women's employment

Summary:
action_date: 2020-03-09
text: 

Transportation Workforce Investment Act of 2020

 
This bill directs the Department of Transportation (DOT) to establish a program to provide competitive grants to institutions of higher education, states, and other partnerships to support transportation sector education and workforce development projects.
 
The bill expands authority for DOT to provide grants for surface transportation workforce development, training, and education to include (1) on-the-job training or work-based learning opportunities, including pre-apprenticeships and registered apprenticeships; (2) activities to support the establishment of industry or sector partnerships; (3) activities to increase the number of underrepresented individuals in such workforce; and (4) activities to update facilities and equipment used in career and technical education programs of study.
 
DOT must also establish a task force to (1) conduct an assessment of the current and projected state of the transportation workforce, including any existing barriers to attracting, developing, training, or retaining a skilled transportation workforce; and (2) develop recommendations and strategies for DOT and states to improve the transportation workforce based on such assessment.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2020-03-10
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Coast Guard and Maritime Transportation.
action_date: 2020-03-10
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Aviation.
action_date: 2020-03-10
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Railroads, Pipelines, and Hazardous Materials.
action_date: 2020-03-10
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Highways and Transit.
action_date: 2020-03-09
text: Referred to the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.
action_date: 2020-03-09
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2020-03-09
text: Introduced in House
Transparency for Student Veterans Act

Bill: 116-hr-6157
Sponsor: Rep. Luria, Elaine G. [D-VA-2]
Introduced: 2020-03-09 in the House
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Congressional oversight
Employment and training programs
Government information and archives
Government lending and loan guarantees
Higher education
Intergovernmental relations
Military education and training
Military personnel and dependents
Right of privacy
Student aid and college costs
Student records
Veterans' education, employment, rehabilitation
Wages and earnings

Summary:
action_date: 2020-03-09
text: 

Transparency for Student Veterans Act

 
This bill requires the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) to provide student outcome information to veterans and members of the Armed Forces under its comprehensive policy to provide education information on institutions of higher learning and training opportunities via the GI Bill comparison tool.
 
Specifically, the VA must enter into a memorandum of understanding with specified agencies (e.g., Department of Defense) to receive specified information from such agencies about student outcomes with respect to students who are veterans, members of the Armed Forces, or dependents of such veterans or members. The bill requires the agencies to provide information including, but not limited to, graduation rates, student loan default rates, and median earnings for graduates.
 
The VA must develop a plan to protect personally identifiable information when providing information on aggregate student outcomes.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2020-03-12
text: Ordered to be Reported by Voice Vote.
action_date: 2020-03-12
text: Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
action_date: 2020-03-09
text: Referred to the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
action_date: 2020-03-09
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2020-03-09
text: Introduced in House
District of Columbia Chief Financial Officer Salary Home Rule Act

Bill: 116-hr-6158
Sponsor: Del. Norton, Eleanor Holmes [D-DC-At Large]
Introduced: 2020-03-09 in the House
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Subjects: District of Columbia
Government employee pay, benefits, personnel management
State and local finance
State and local government operations

Summary:
action_date: 2020-03-09
text: 

District of Columbia Chief Financial Officer Salary Home Rule Act

 
This bill revises the pay of the Chief Financial Officer of the District of Columbia to establish it at the greater of (1) the current rate; or (2) a rate established by the District, except that any rate established by this bill shall not be reduced during the officer's tenure.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2020-03-09
text: Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Reform.
action_date: 2020-03-09
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E276)
action_date: 2020-03-09
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2020-03-09
text: Introduced in House
Kids’ Access to Primary Care Act of 2020

Bill: 116-hr-6159
Sponsor: Rep. Schrier, Kim [D-WA-8]
Introduced: 2020-03-09 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Child health
Government studies and investigations
Health personnel
Health promotion and preventive care
Medicaid
Medical tests and diagnostic methods
Medicare
Nursing
Women's health

Summary:
action_date: 2020-03-09
text: 

Kids' Access to Primary Care Act of 2020

 
This bill applies a Medicare payment rate floor to Medicaid primary care services that are provided after the date of enactment of the bill, extends the payment rate to additional types of practitioners (e.g., obstetricians), and establishes other requirements with respect to payment for such services.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2020-03-09
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2020-03-09
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2020-03-09
text: Introduced in House
To extend the chemical facility anti-terrorism standards program of the Department of Homeland Security.

Bill: 116-hr-6160
Sponsor: Rep. Thompson, Bennie G. [D-MS-2]
Introduced: 2020-03-09 in the House
Policy area: Emergency Management
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Civil actions and liability
Criminal justice information and records
Department of Homeland Security
Hazardous wastes and toxic substances
Homeland security
Industrial facilities
Performance measurement
Personnel records
Terrorism

Summary:
action_date: 2020-03-09
text: 
This bill extends by a year and one half the Department of Homeland Security's Chemical Facility Anti-Terrorism Standards Program.

action_date: 2020-03-14
text: 
This bill extends by a year and one half the Department of Homeland Security's Chemical Facility Anti-Terrorism Standards Program.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2020-03-16
text: Received in the Senate.
action_date: 2020-03-14
text: Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
action_date: 2020-03-14
text: On passage Passed without objection. (text: CR H1692)
action_date: 2020-03-14
text: Passed/agreed to in House: On passage Passed without objection.
action_date: 2020-03-14
text: Considered by unanimous consent. (consideration: CR H1692)
action_date: 2020-03-14
text: Committee on Energy and Commerce discharged.
action_date: 2020-03-14
text: Committee on Energy and Commerce discharged.
action_date: 2020-03-14
text: Committee on Homeland Security discharged.
action_date: 2020-03-14
text: Committee on Homeland Security discharged.
action_date: 2020-03-14
text: Mr. Thompson (MS) asked unanimous consent to discharge from committee and consider.
action_date: 2020-03-12
text: Forwarded by Subcommittee to Full Committee by Voice Vote .
action_date: 2020-03-12
text: Subcommittee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
action_date: 2020-03-10
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Environment and Climate Change.
action_date: 2020-03-09
text: Referred to the Committee on Homeland Security, 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: 2020-03-09
text: Referred to the Committee on Homeland Security, 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: 2020-03-09
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2020-03-09
text: Introduced in House
To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 1585 Yanceyville Street, Greensboro, North Carolina, as the J. Howard Coble Post Office Building.

Bill: 116-hr-6161
Sponsor: Rep. Walker, Mark [R-NC-6]
Introduced: 2020-03-09 in the House
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Subjects: Congressional tributes
Government buildings, facilities, and property
House of Representatives
Members of Congress
North Carolina
Postal service

Summary:
action_date: 2020-03-09
text: Designates the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 1585 Yanceyville Street, Greensboro, North Carolina, as the "J. Howard Coble Post Office Building."
action_date: 2021-01-05
text: 
Designates the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 1585 Yanceyville Street, Greensboro, North Carolina, as the "J. Howard Coble Post Office Building."


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-01-05
text: Became Public Law No: 116-310.
action_date: 2021-01-05
text: Became Public Law No: 116-310.
action_date: 2021-01-05
text: Signed by President.
action_date: 2021-01-05
text: Signed by President.
action_date: 2020-12-24
text: Presented to President.
action_date: 2020-12-24
text: Presented to President.
action_date: 2020-12-18
text: Message on Senate action sent to the House.
action_date: 2020-12-17
text: Passed Senate without amendment by Unanimous Consent.
action_date: 2020-12-17
text: Passed/agreed to in Senate: Passed Senate without amendment by Unanimous Consent.
action_date: 2020-12-17
text: Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs discharged by Unanimous Consent. (consideration: CR S7643-7644)
action_date: 2020-12-17
text: Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs discharged by Unanimous Consent.
action_date: 2020-12-11
text: Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.
action_date: 2020-12-10
text: Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
action_date: 2020-12-10
text: On passage Passed without objection. (text: CR H7136)
action_date: 2020-12-10
text: Passed/agreed to in House: On passage Passed without objection.(text: CR H7136)
action_date: 2020-12-10
text: Considered by unanimous consent. (consideration: CR H7136)
action_date: 2020-12-10
text: Committee on Oversight and Reform discharged.
action_date: 2020-12-10
text: Committee on Oversight and Reform discharged.
action_date: 2020-12-10
text: Ms. Kelly (IL) asked unanimous consent to discharge from committee and consider.
action_date: 2020-03-09
text: Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Reform.
action_date: 2020-03-09
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2020-03-09
text: Introduced in House

Enacted as: number: 116-310
For the relief of Manuel de Jesus Pacheco Reyes.

Bill: 116-hr-6162
Sponsor: Rep. Gabbard, Tulsi [D-HI-2]
Introduced: 2020-03-09 in the House
Subjects: Private Legislation

Summary:
action_date: 2020-03-09
text: Provides for the relief of Manuel de Jesus Pacheco Reyes.

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2020-03-09
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2020-03-09
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2020-03-09
text: Introduced in House
For the relief of Stela Simeonova and Simeon Simeonov.

Bill: 116-hr-6163
Sponsor: Rep. Schakowsky, Janice D. [D-IL-9]
Introduced: 2020-03-09 in the House
Subjects: Private Legislation

Summary:
action_date: 2020-03-09
text: Provides for the relief of Stela Simeonova and Simeon Simeonov.

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2020-03-09
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2020-03-09
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2020-03-09
text: Introduced in House
Perinatal Workforce Act of 2020

Bill: 116-hr-6164
Sponsor: Rep. Moore, Gwen [D-WI-4]
Introduced: 2020-03-10 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Congressional oversight
Employee hiring
Employment and training programs
Government studies and investigations
Health care quality
Health personnel
Higher education
Medical education
Minority employment
Minority health
Women's health

Summary:
action_date: 2020-03-10
text: 

Perinatal Workforce Act of 2020

 
This bill establishes grants for eligible education programs to grow and diversify the perinatal workforce with respect to nurses, physician assistants, and other specified health workers, and otherwise addresses issues related to the maternal health workforce and care delivery models.
 
The Department of Health and Human Services must disseminate guidance on respectful maternal care delivery that covers, among other topics, recruiting and retaining maternity care providers from diverse backgrounds and incorporating trained midwives, doulas, and others in maternity care teams. In addition, the National Institutes of Health must study best practices and make recommendations for culturally congruent maternity care (i.e., care that is in agreement with the preferred cultural values, beliefs, worldview, and practices of the health care consumer and other stakeholders).
 
The Government Accountability Office must report on specified information related to certain perinatal health care professions, with a particular focus on barriers to entering such professions faced by low-income and minority women.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2020-03-10
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2020-03-10
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2020-03-10
text: Introduced in House
Data to Save Moms Act of 2020

Bill: 116-hr-6165
Sponsor: Rep. Davids, Sharice [D-KS-3]
Introduced: 2020-03-10 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Advisory bodies
Alaska Natives and Hawaiians
Child health
Congressional oversight
Federal-Indian relations
Health care quality
Health facilities and institutions
Health information and medical records
Health programs administration and funding
Housing and community development funding
Indian social and development programs
Medical research
Minority health
State and local government operations
Women's health

Summary:
action_date: 2020-03-10
text: 

Data to Save Moms Act of 2020

 
This bill establishes the Task Force on Maternal Health Data and Quality Measures, and certain grants for maternal mortality review committees, to address maternal mortality and severe maternal morbidity among women in minority populations.
 
Among other activities, the task force must evaluate issues related to maternal health data and provide recommendations to improve maternity care. 
 
The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) may award grants to certain entities that coordinate maternal mortality review committees for purposes of including community representatives on such committees. Additionally, to the extent practicable, the committees must (1) consult with community-based organizations about nonclinical factors that contribute to adverse maternal health outcomes, and (2) review certain cases of severe maternal morbidity in addition to pregnancy-associated and pregnancy-related deaths. 
 
In addition, the Indian Health Service and HHS must coordinate studies of maternal mortality and severe maternal morbidity among women in tribal and minority populations, respectively.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2020-03-23
text: Referred to the Subcommittee for Indigenous Peoples of the United States.
action_date: 2020-03-10
text: Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on Natural Resources, 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: 2020-03-10
text: Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on Natural Resources, 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: 2020-03-10
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2020-03-10
text: Introduced in House
HEARTS Act of 2020

Bill: 116-hr-6166
Sponsor: Rep. Kim, Andy [D-NJ-3]
Introduced: 2020-03-10 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Cardiovascular and respiratory health
Child care and development
Child health
Congressional oversight
Educational facilities and institutions
Elementary and secondary education
Government studies and investigations
Health information and medical records
Health promotion and preventive care
Health technology, devices, supplies
Medical research
Research administration and funding
School administration
State and local government operations
Teaching, teachers, curricula

Summary:
action_date: 2020-03-10
text: 

Cardiomyopathy Health Education, Awareness, Research, and Training in the Schools Act of 2020

 or HEARTS Act of 2020

 
This bill establishes a series of programs and requirements relating to cardiomyopathy. (Cardiomyopathy is a collection of diverse conditions of the heart muscle.) The Department of Health and Human Services must convene an interdisciplinary working group to expand pediatric cardiomyopathy research, and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention must (1) disseminate information about cardiomyopathy to certain school professionals and others, (2) report on certain research and surveillance activities, and (3) develop specified risk assessment tools for cardiomyopathy. 
 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2020-03-10
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2020-03-10
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2020-03-10
text: Introduced in House
Investing in State Energy Act

Bill: 116-hr-6167
Sponsor: Rep. Blunt Rochester, Lisa [D-DE-At Large]
Introduced: 2020-03-10 in the House
Policy area: Energy
Subjects: Alternative and renewable resources
Energy assistance for the poor and aged
Energy efficiency and conservation
State and local finance

Summary:
action_date: 2020-03-10
text: 

Investing in State Energy Act

 
This bill requires the Department of Energy to distribute funds for the Weatherization Assistance Program and the state energy assistance program within 60 days of Congress making the funds available for such programs. The Weatherization Assistance Program reduces energy costs for low-income households by increasing the energy efficiency. The State Energy Program supports state energy conservation plans and energy emergency planning and response.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2020-03-10
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2020-03-10
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2020-03-10
text: Introduced in House
Modernizing Access to Our Public Land Act

Bill: 116-hr-6169
Sponsor: Rep. Fulcher, Russ [R-ID-1]
Introduced: 2020-03-10 in the House
Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources
Subjects: Congressional oversight
Digital media
Geography and mapping
Government information and archives
Hunting and fishing
Land use and conservation
Marine and inland water transportation
Motor vehicles
Outdoor recreation
Parks, recreation areas, trails
Pedestrians and bicycling
Roads and highways

Summary:
action_date: 2020-03-10
text: 

Modernizing Access to Our Public Land Act 

 
This bill directs the Department of the Interior, the Forest Service, and the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers to jointly develop and adopt interagency standards to ensure compatibility and interoperability among federal databases for the collection and dissemination of outdoor recreation data related to federal lands.
 
Interior, the Forest Service, and the Corps of Engineers must digitize and publish geographic information system mapping data that includes
 
 
federal interests, including easements and rights-of-way, in private land;
 
status information as to whether roads and trails are open or closed; 
 
the dates on which roads and trails are seasonally opened and closed; 
 
the types of vehicles that are allowed on each segment of roads and trails; 
 
the boundaries of areas where hunting or recreational shooting is regulated or closed; and 
 
the boundaries of any portion of a body of water that is closed to entry, is closed to watercraft, or has horsepower limitations for watercraft.
 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2020-03-19
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Water, Oceans, and Wildlife.
action_date: 2020-03-19
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on National Parks, Forests, and Public Lands.
action_date: 2020-03-11
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Water Resources and Environment.
action_date: 2020-03-10
text: Referred to the Committee on Natural Resources, and in addition to the Committees on Agriculture, and Transportation and Infrastructure, 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: 2020-03-10
text: Referred to the Committee on Natural Resources, and in addition to the Committees on Agriculture, and Transportation and Infrastructure, 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: 2020-03-10
text: Referred to the Committee on Natural Resources, and in addition to the Committees on Agriculture, and Transportation and Infrastructure, 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: 2020-03-10
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2020-03-10
text: Introduced in House