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Rural MOMS Act

Bill: 116-hr-4243
Sponsor: Rep. Torres Small, Xochitl [D-NM-2]
Introduced: 2019-09-09 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Alaska Natives and Hawaiians
Appropriations
Congressional oversight
Department of Health and Human Services
Drug, alcohol, tobacco use
Employment and training programs
Executive agency funding and structure
Government studies and investigations
Health care coverage and access
Health care quality
Health facilities and institutions
Health information and medical records
Health personnel
Health programs administration and funding
Health promotion and preventive care
Health technology, devices, supplies
Higher education
Indian social and development programs
Medical education
Mental health
Minority health
Nursing
Performance measurement
Rural conditions and development
Sex and reproductive health
Teaching, teachers, curricula
Telephone and wireless communication
Women's health

Summary:
action_date: 2019-09-09
text: 

Rural Maternal and Obstetric Modernization of Services Act or the Rural MOMS Act

 
This bill expands initiatives to address maternal health in rural areas.
 
The bill provides funding for the Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) to establish rural obstetric networks for improving outcomes in birth and maternal morbidity. Specifically, these networks must (1) connect individuals with care providers, (2) identify successful maternal-care models, (3) facilitate collaboration among rural providers, (4) provide training and guidance, (5) collaborate with academic institutions that have regional expertise, and (6) measure and address inequities in birth outcomes among rural residents.

HRSA also must award five-year demonstration program grants to (1) train physicians, medical residents, and other practitioners to provide maternal and obstetric services in rural communities; and (2) support academic programs that develop or provide training to improve maternal care in rural areas.

Further, the bill adds maternal-health services as part of the telehealth network and telehealth resource-centers grant programs.

The bill also makes a series of changes to the research and reporting requirements of the Department of Health and Human Services and the Government Accountability Office with respect to data on maternal-health outcomes. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2019-09-10
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2019-09-09
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2019-09-09
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2019-09-09
text: Introduced in House
MAGIC Act

Bill: 116-hr-4244
Sponsor: Rep. Kelly, Mike [R-PA-16]
Introduced: 2019-09-09 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Competition and antitrust
Digestive and metabolic diseases
Drug safety, medical device, and laboratory regulation
Licensing and registrations
Manufacturing
Prescription drugs

Summary:
action_date: 2019-09-09
text: 

Market Access for Generic Insulin Competition or the
 
MAGIC Act 

 
This bill provides a pathway for the Food and Drug Administration to approve chemically synthesized insulin or an analogue of chemically synthesized insulin as a generic drug under the abbreviated new drug application process.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2019-09-10
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2019-09-09
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2019-09-09
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2019-09-09
text: Introduced in House
HOPE (Heightening Opportunities for Pathways to Education) for FAFSA Act

Bill: 116-hr-4245
Sponsor: Rep. McBath, Lucy [D-GA-6]
Introduced: 2019-09-09 in the House
Policy area: Education
Subjects: Government information and archives
Higher education
Poverty and welfare assistance
Student aid and college costs
Tax administration and collection, taxpayers

Summary:
action_date: 2019-09-09
text: 

HOPE (Heightening Opportunities for Pathways to Education) for FAFSA Act

 
This bill revises the application process for a Free Application for Federal Student Aid.
 
Specifically, the Department of Education (ED) shall not require an applicant to provide income or asset information if the applicant indicates they received a federal benefit (e.g., supplemental nutrition assistance or Social Security disability) at some time during the previous 24 months. ED shall use a data retrieval tool to obtain such information for any other applicant.
 
The bill raises to $34,000 the amount of household income below which a student shall be considered to have an expected family contribution (EFC) equal to zero. EFC is used to calculate individual financial aid awards, and an EFC of zero means that a student's family is deemed unable to contribute to educational expenses.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2019-09-09
text: Referred to the House Committee on Education and Labor.
action_date: 2019-09-09
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2019-09-09
text: Introduced in House
To amend the Commodity Exchange Act to clarify the venue for judicial review of Commission rules, and for other purposes.

Bill: 116-hr-4246
Sponsor: Rep. Kirkpatrick, Ann [D-AZ-2]
Introduced: 2019-09-09 in the House
Policy area: Law
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Commodities markets
Commodity Futures Trading Commission
Government information and archives
Judicial review and appeals
Jurisdiction and venue

Summary:
action_date: 2019-09-09
text: 
This bill provides for the judicial review of rules issued by the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC). Specifically, a person adversely affected by a CFTC rule may obtain a review of the rule by an appropriate U.S. court of appeals.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2020-01-23
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Commodity Exchanges, Energy, and Credit.
action_date: 2019-09-09
text: Referred to the Committee on Agriculture, 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: 2019-09-09
text: Referred to the Committee on Agriculture, 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: 2019-09-09
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2019-09-09
text: Introduced in House
Financial Watchdog Support Act

Bill: 116-hr-4247
Sponsor: Rep. Harder, Josh [D-CA-10]
Introduced: 2019-09-09 in the House
Policy area: Finance and Financial Sector
Subjects: Banking and financial institutions regulation
Financial services and investments
Securities

Summary:
action_date: 2019-09-09
text: 

Financial Watchdog Support Act

 
This bill eliminates the requirement that a swap data repository must confirm the accuracy of submitted data with both parties participating in the swap.
 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2019-09-18
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Commodity Exchanges, Energy, and Credit.
action_date: 2019-09-09
text: Referred to the House Committee on Agriculture.
action_date: 2019-09-09
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2019-09-09
text: Introduced in House
Stop Vaping Ads Act of 2019

Bill: 116-hr-4249
Sponsor: Rep. Brownley, Julia [D-CA-26]
Introduced: 2019-09-09 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Drug, alcohol, tobacco use
Marketing and advertising

Summary:
action_date: 2019-09-09
text: 

Stop Vaping Ads Act of 2019 

 
This bill generally prohibits electronic advertisements of electronic nicotine delivery systems (e.g., e-cigarettes or vape pens).


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2019-09-18
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR H7760)
action_date: 2019-09-10
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2019-09-09
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2019-09-09
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2019-09-09
text: Introduced in House
To amend the Commodity Exchange Act to exempt certain charitable organizations from regulation as commodity pool operators, and for other purposes.

Bill: 116-hr-4250
Sponsor: Rep. Craig, Angie [D-MN-2]
Introduced: 2019-09-09 in the House
Policy area: Finance and Financial Sector
Subjects: Commodities markets
Financial services and investments
Social work, volunteer service, charitable organizations

Summary:
action_date: 2019-09-09
text: 
This bill generally exempts charitable organizations from commodity trading regulations and registration requirements.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2019-09-18
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Commodity Exchanges, Energy, and Credit.
action_date: 2019-09-09
text: Referred to the House Committee on Agriculture.
action_date: 2019-09-09
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2019-09-09
text: Introduced in House
To amend the Commodity Exchange Act to provide greater protection of proprietary information of other registered entities, and for other purposes.

Bill: 116-hr-4251
Sponsor: Rep. Hayes, Jahana [D-CT-5]
Introduced: 2019-09-09 in the House
Policy area: Finance and Financial Sector
Subjects: Banking and financial institutions regulation
Business records
Commodities markets
Government studies and investigations
Judicial review and appeals

Summary:
action_date: 2019-09-09
text: 
This bill generally limits disclosure by the Commodity Futures Trading Commission of proprietary information belonging to a commodity trading advisor or commodity pool operator. However, the bill does not authorize the commission to withhold such information from law enforcement, government agencies, or Congress.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2019-09-18
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Commodity Exchanges, Energy, and Credit.
action_date: 2019-09-09
text: Referred to the House Committee on Agriculture.
action_date: 2019-09-09
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2019-09-09
text: Introduced in House
Shift Back to Society Act of 2019

Bill: 116-hr-4252
Sponsor: Rep. Hill, J. French [R-AR-2]
Introduced: 2019-09-09 in the House
Policy area: Education
Subjects: Correctional facilities and imprisonment
Education programs funding
Higher education
Law enforcement administration and funding
Minority education

Summary:
action_date: 2019-09-09
text: 

Shift Back to Society Act of 2019

 
This bill directs the Department of Justice to establish a pilot program that awards matching grants to historically black colleges and universities to provide educational programs for eligible offenders to facilitate re-entry into the community.
 
An eligible offender is a convicted criminal offender who has been released from incarceration for not longer than one year or who is scheduled to be released from incarceration within one year.
 
The Government Accountability Office must report to Congress on the results of the pilot program.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2019-10-28
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security.
action_date: 2019-09-09
text: Referred to the Committee on Education and Labor, 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: 2019-09-09
text: Referred to the Committee on Education and Labor, 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: 2019-09-09
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2019-09-09
text: Introduced in House
Empower Parents in College Act of 2019

Bill: 116-hr-4253
Sponsor: Rep. Johnson, Dusty [R-SD-At Large]
Introduced: 2019-09-09 in the House
Policy area: Education
Subjects: Child care and development
Education programs funding
Higher education

Summary:
action_date: 2019-09-09
text: 

Empower Parents in College Act of 2019

 
This bill authorizes universities to use certain grant funds to partner with local child care providers in offering child care services to their student-parent population.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2019-09-09
text: Referred to the House Committee on Education and Labor.
action_date: 2019-09-09
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2019-09-09
text: Introduced in House
Overdraft Protection Act of 2019

Bill: 116-hr-4254
Sponsor: Rep. Maloney, Carolyn B. [D-NY-12]
Introduced: 2019-09-09 in the House
Policy area: Finance and Financial Sector
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Bank accounts, deposits, capital
Banking and financial institutions regulation
Congressional oversight
Consumer Financial Protection Bureau
Consumer affairs
Consumer credit
Government studies and investigations
Marketing and advertising
User charges and fees

Summary:
action_date: 2019-09-09
text: 

Overdraft Protection Act of 2019

 
This bill prohibits a depository institution from engaging in unfair or deceptive acts in connection with overdraft coverage.
 
Each depository institution that offers overdraft coverage for accounts must disclose overdraft coverage fees. It must also disclose that
 
 
the consumer's transaction may be declined if there are insufficient funds in the related transaction account, and 
 
the consumer will not be charged a fee if such transaction is declined. 

 
A depository institution must provide certain other disclosures regarding its overdraft protection program, including prompt notification of the account's overdraft status.
 
The bill limits the number of overdraft fees a consumer may be charged each month and year, and provides that such fees must be reasonable.
 
The bill prohibits an overdraft coverage fee if the overdraft results solely from a debit hold amount that exceeds the actual dollar amount of the transaction. 
 
The bill also prohibits a depository institution from
 
 
charging a non-sufficient fund fee for any debit card transaction, or 
 
reporting negative information regarding consumer use of overdraft coverage to any consumer reporting agency when the overdraft amounts and coverage fees are paid under the terms of an overdraft coverage program. 



Legislative actions:
action_date: 2019-09-09
text: Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services.
action_date: 2019-09-09
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2019-09-09
text: Introduced in House
Trafficking Reduction And Criminal Enforcement (TRACE) Act

Bill: 116-hr-4255
Sponsor: Rep. Quigley, Mike [D-IL-5]
Introduced: 2019-09-09 in the House
Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Administrative remedies
Business records
Criminal justice information and records
Firearms and explosives
Retail and wholesale trades

Summary:
action_date: 2019-09-09
text: 

Trafficking Reduction And Criminal Enforcement (TRACE) Act

 
This bill modifies provisions related to firearms tracing. 
 
First, the bill directs the Department of Justice to promulgate regulations that require each firearm manufactured in the United States to be marked with a serial number that is located inside the firearm's receiver or that is visible only in infrared light, in addition to the serial number mark otherwise required.
 
Next, it requires National Instant Criminal Background Check System records to be maintained for at least 180 days.
 
The bill also requires each licensed firearms dealer to conduct a physical check of their firearms business inventory.
 
Finally, it removes limitations on the use of firearms tracing data by the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2019-10-28
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security.
action_date: 2019-09-09
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2019-09-09
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2019-09-09
text: Introduced in House
Freedom From Union Violence Act of 2019

Bill: 116-hr-4256
Sponsor: Rep. Rooney, Francis [R-FL-19]
Introduced: 2019-09-09 in the House
Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement
Subjects: Crimes against property
Criminal investigation, prosecution, interrogation
Criminal procedure and sentencing
Labor-management relations
Organized crime
Violent crime

Summary:
action_date: 2019-09-09
text: 

Freedom From Union Violence Act of 2019

 
This bill revises provisions commonly known as the Hobbs Act that prohibit obstructing (or attempting or conspiring to obstruct) interstate commerce by means of robbery or extortion. 
 
Specifically, the bill exempts from the prohibition conduct that (1) is incidental to otherwise peaceful picketing during a labor dispute; (2) consists solely of minor bodily injury, minor property damage, or threats of such minor injury or damage; and (3) is not part of a pattern of violent conduct or of a coordinated violent activity. Such exempted conduct is subject to prosecution only by state and local authorities.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2019-10-28
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security.
action_date: 2019-09-09
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2019-09-09
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2019-09-09
text: Introduced in House
To require the Commodity Futures Trading Commission to establish an Office of Minority and Women Inclusion, and for other purposes.

Bill: 116-hr-4257
Sponsor: Rep. Scott, David [D-GA-13]
Introduced: 2019-09-09 in the House
Policy area: Finance and Financial Sector
Subjects: Commodity Futures Trading Commission
Executive agency funding and structure
Government employee pay, benefits, personnel management
Higher education
Minority education
Minority employment
Sex, gender, sexual orientation discrimination
Student aid and college costs
Temporary and part-time employment
Women's employment

Summary:
action_date: 2019-09-09
text: 
This bill establishes at the Commodity Futures Trading Commission an Office of Minority and Women Inclusion and an internship program.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2019-09-24
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Commodity Exchanges, Energy, and Credit.
action_date: 2019-09-09
text: Referred to the House Committee on Agriculture.
action_date: 2019-09-09
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2019-09-09
text: Introduced in House
SPARK Act

Bill: 116-hr-4259
Sponsor: Rep. Wild, Susan [D-PA-7]
Introduced: 2019-09-09 in the House
Policy area: Families
Subjects: Adoption and foster care
Child safety and welfare
Food assistance and relief
Nutrition and diet
Poverty and welfare assistance

Summary:
action_date: 2019-09-09
text: 

Schools Preventing Hunger in At-Risk Kids Act or the SPARK Act

This bill expands automatic eligibility for the National School Lunch Program to foster children who have been placed with a relative or family friend with the involvement of the state child welfare agency. To enroll in the program, a family must document the foster child's status to the child's school.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2019-09-09
text: Referred to the House Committee on Education and Labor.
action_date: 2019-09-09
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2019-09-09
text: Introduced in House
For the relief of Gualterio Lazaro Santos Santos.

Bill: 116-hr-4260
Sponsor: Rep. Correa, J. Luis [D-CA-46]
Introduced: 2019-09-09 in the House
Subjects: Private Legislation

Summary:
action_date: 2019-09-09
text: Provides for the relief of Gualterio Lazaro Santos Santos.

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2019-09-09
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2019-09-09
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2019-09-09
text: Introduced in House
To prohibit the use of Federal funds for payments in support of campaigns for election for the offices of Senator or Representative in Congress.

Bill: 116-hr-4261
Sponsor: Rep. Davis, Rodney [R-IL-13]
Introduced: 2019-09-10 in the House
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Subjects: Congressional elections
Elections, voting, political campaign regulation
House of Representatives
Senate

Summary:
action_date: 2019-09-10
text: 
This bill prohibits federal funds from being used to make payments in support of a congressional election campaign.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2019-09-10
text: Referred to the House Committee on House Administration.
action_date: 2019-09-10
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2019-09-10
text: Introduced in House
Tax Refund Responsibility Act

Bill: 116-hr-4262
Sponsor: Del. San Nicolas, Michael F. Q. [D-GU-At Large]
Introduced: 2019-09-10 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Employment taxes
Government trust funds
Guam
Income tax credits
Oceania
State and local taxation
Tax administration and collection, taxpayers
U.S. territories and protectorates

Summary:
action_date: 2019-09-10
text: 

Tax Refund Responsibility Act

 
This bill requires the governor of Guam to ensure that (1) each refund claim relating to the Guam income tax is processed within 90 days after it is filed, (2) valid refunds are issued within 90 days after the refund form is filed, and (3) a sufficient percentage of taxes collected by the government of Guam is deposited into the Guam Income Tax Refund Efficient Payment Trust Fund to cover the cost of refunds. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2019-09-10
text: Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.
action_date: 2019-09-10
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2019-09-10
text: Introduced in House
Act for the Amazon Act

Bill: 116-hr-4263
Sponsor: Rep. DeFazio, Peter A. [D-OR-4]
Introduced: 2019-09-10 in the House
Policy area: Foreign Trade and International Finance
Subjects: Agricultural trade
Brazil
Foreign aid and international relief
Forests, forestry, trees
Military assistance, sales, and agreements
Trade restrictions

Summary:
action_date: 2019-09-10
text: 

Act for the Amazon Act

 
This bill requires the President to prohibit the importation of certain products from Brazil, restricts the President from providing military or security assistance to Brazil, and prohibits any negotiations by a federal department or agency to enter into a free trade agreement with Brazil.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2019-09-10
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Trade.
action_date: 2019-09-10
text: Referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs, 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: 2019-09-10
text: Referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs, 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: 2019-09-10
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2019-09-10
text: Introduced in House