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GROW American Jobs Act of 2019

Bill: 116-hr-3288
Sponsor: Rep. Ruiz, Raul [D-CA-36]
Introduced: 2019-06-13 in the House
Policy area: Commerce
Subjects: Business investment and capital
Competitiveness, trade promotion, trade deficits
Congressional oversight
Economic development
Government studies and investigations
Rural conditions and development
U.S. and foreign investments

Summary:
action_date: 2019-06-13
text: 

Get Reinvesting in Opportunities for Workers American Jobs Act of 2019 or the GROW American Jobs Act of 2019

 
This bill provides statutory authority for the SelectUSA program within the Department of Commerce.
 
The program shall aim to facilitate business investments in the United States, help coordinate federal activities to increase the impact of federal resources supporting such investments, and maximize the impact of its assistance on job creation and economic growth. The Government Accountability Office shall assess the effectiveness of SelectUSA in increasing foreign direct investment in the United States.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2019-06-14
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Consumer Protection and Commerce.
action_date: 2019-06-13
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2019-06-13
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2019-06-13
text: Introduced in House
PHMSA Accountability Act

Bill: 116-hr-3290
Sponsor: Rep. Speier, Jackie [D-CA-14]
Introduced: 2019-06-13 in the House
Policy area: Transportation and Public Works
Subjects: Civil actions and liability
Hazardous wastes and toxic substances
Oil and gas
Pipelines
Transportation safety and security

Summary:
action_date: 2019-06-13
text: 

PHMSA Accountability Act

 
This bill allows a private person to bring a civil action for a writ of mandamus in an appropriate U.S. district court to compel the Department of Transportation to perform pipeline safety duties.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2019-06-28
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Courts, Intellectual Property, and the Internet.
action_date: 2019-06-14
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Energy.
action_date: 2019-06-14
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Railroads, Pipelines, and Hazardous Materials.
action_date: 2019-06-13
text: Referred to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, and in addition to the Committees on the Judiciary, and 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: 2019-06-13
text: Referred to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, and in addition to the Committees on the Judiciary, and 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: 2019-06-13
text: Referred to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, and in addition to the Committees on the Judiciary, and 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: 2019-06-13
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2019-06-13
text: Introduced in House
SNACKS Act

Bill: 116-hr-3291
Sponsor: Rep. Wright, Ron [R-TX-6]
Introduced: 2019-06-14 in the House
Policy area: Agriculture and Food
Subjects: Elementary and secondary education
Food assistance and relief
Food supply, safety, and labeling
Nutrition and diet

Summary:
action_date: 2019-06-14
text: 

Smart Nutrition And Choices for Kids and Schools Act or the SNACKS Act

 
This bill ensures that the Department of Agriculture school nutrition standards allow any food that may be served as part of a reimbursable meal under the National School Lunch Program or the School Breakfast Program to be sold: (1) outside the school meal programs, (2) on the school campus, and (3) at any time during the school day.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2019-06-14
text: Referred to the House Committee on Education and Labor.
action_date: 2019-06-14
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2019-06-14
text: Introduced in House
Aamodt Litigation Settlement Completion Act of 2019

Bill: 116-hr-3292
Sponsor: Rep. Lujan, Ben Ray [D-NM-3]
Introduced: 2019-06-14 in the House
Policy area: Water Resources Development
Subjects: Federal-Indian relations
Government trust funds
Indian lands and resources rights
Intergovernmental relations
New Mexico
State and local government operations
Water resources funding
Water use and supply

Summary:
action_date: 2019-06-14
text: 

Aamodt Litigation Settlement Completion Act of 2019

 
This bill ratifies an agreement relating to the settlement of the 
Aamodt
 litigation, which resolved claims concerning Pueblo water resources. The bill also reauthorizes through FY2028 activities to construct a regional water system as part of the settlement.
 
Specifically, the bill ratifies an agreement between the United States, New Mexico, the city of Santa Fe, and the Pueblos of Nambe, Pojoaque, San Ildefonso, and Tesuque relating to the litigation. (This agreement is in addition to previously ratified agreements settling the litigation.)


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2019-06-26
text: Subcommittee Hearings Held.
action_date: 2019-06-19
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Water, Oceans, and Wildlife.
action_date: 2019-06-14
text: Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.
action_date: 2019-06-14
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2019-06-14
text: Introduced in House
Collision Avoidance Systems Act of 2019

Bill: 116-hr-3293
Sponsor: Rep. Engel, Eliot L. [D-NY-16]
Introduced: 2019-06-14 in the House
Policy area: Transportation and Public Works
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Department of Transportation
Motor vehicles
Transportation safety and security

Summary:
action_date: 2019-06-14
text: 

Collision Avoidance Systems Act of 2019

 
This bill allows a passenger car, multipurpose passenger vehicle, truck, or bus to be equipped with a pulsating light system for high mounted stop lamps.
 
The term &quot;pulsating light system&quot; means a system for a high mounted stop lamp in which (1) the lamp pulses rapidly no more than four times and for no more than two seconds when the vehicle brake is applied and then converts to a continuous light until the brake is released, and (2) the rapid pulsing may not be repeated upon a subsequent application of the brakes for a lock-out period of five seconds after the brake's release.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2019-06-17
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Consumer Protection and Commerce.
action_date: 2019-06-17
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Highways and Transit.
action_date: 2019-06-14
text: Referred to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, 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: 2019-06-14
text: Referred to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, 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: 2019-06-14
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2019-06-14
text: Introduced in House
Refund Equality Act of 2019

Bill: 116-hr-3294
Sponsor: Rep. Chu, Judy [D-CA-27]
Introduced: 2019-06-14 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Marriage and family status
Sex, gender, sexual orientation discrimination
Tax administration and collection, taxpayers

Summary:
action_date: 2019-06-14
text: 

Refund Equality Act of 2019

 
This bill amends the Internal Revenue Code to permit legally married same sex couples to amend their tax returns to file as married filing jointly for returns outside of the statute of limitations.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2019-06-14
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2019-06-14
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2019-06-14
text: Introduced in House
REHABS Act of 2019

Bill: 116-hr-3295
Sponsor: Rep. Maloney, Sean Patrick [D-NY-18]
Introduced: 2019-06-14 in the House
Policy area: Housing and Community Development
Subjects: Community life and organization
Congressional oversight
Environmental health
Government studies and investigations
Hazardous wastes and toxic substances
Housing and community development funding
Housing supply and affordability
Low- and moderate-income housing
Public-private cooperation
Residential rehabilitation and home repair
Rural conditions and development

Summary:
action_date: 2019-06-14
text: 

Removing Environmental Hazards And Building Safely Act of 2019 or the REHABS Act of 2019

 
This bill authorizes the Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) to award grants to national and regional organizations and consortia to abate and remove environmental hazards (e.g., lead, asbestos, and mold) in homes being rehabilitated for families and individuals who otherwise would be unable to afford to purchase a dwelling. Additionally, HUD must study the assessment and removal of mold in the rehabilitation of a single-family home.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2019-06-14
text: Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services.
action_date: 2019-06-14
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2019-06-14
text: Introduced in House
Affordability is Access Act

Bill: 116-hr-3296
Sponsor: Rep. Pressley, Ayanna [D-MA-7]
Introduced: 2019-06-14 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Drug safety, medical device, and laboratory regulation
Family planning and birth control
Health care costs and insurance
Health care coverage and access
Health promotion and preventive care
Medical research
Research and development
Retail and wholesale trades
Women's health

Summary:
action_date: 2019-06-14
text: 

Affordability is Access Act

 
This bill establishes several requirements relating to health-insurance coverage of, and access to, over-the-counter contraceptives.
 
Specifically, the bill requires the Department of Health and Human Services, the Department of Labor, and the Department of the Treasury to specify that private health-insurance plans must cover over-the-counter contraceptives that are approved by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA), even without a prescription. Under current law, private health-insurance plans (with some exceptions) must cover FDA-approved prescription contraceptives, without cost-sharing requirements.
 
The bill also prohibits retailers from interfering with an individual's access to oral contraceptives that are meant for routine, daily use and are FDA-approved for use without a prescription.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2019-06-17
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2019-06-14
text: Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committees on Education and Labor, and Ways and Means, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
action_date: 2019-06-14
text: Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committees on Education and Labor, and Ways and Means, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
action_date: 2019-06-14
text: Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committees on Education and Labor, and Ways and Means, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
action_date: 2019-06-14
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2019-06-14
text: Introduced in House
Harmful Algal Bloom Essential Forecasting Act

Bill: 116-hr-3297
Sponsor: Rep. Rooney, Francis [R-FL-19]
Introduced: 2019-06-14 in the House
Policy area: Environmental Protection
Subjects: Aquatic ecology
Department of Commerce
Government employee pay, benefits, personnel management
Marine pollution
Social work, volunteer service, charitable organizations
Water quality

Summary:
action_date: 2019-06-14
text: 

Harmful Algal Bloom Essential Forecasting Act

 
This bill requires the Harmful Algal Bloom Operational Forecast System to continue to operate during a government shutdown by designating certain activities related to the system as excepted services under the Anti-Deficiency Act.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2020-03-04
text: Forwarded by Subcommittee to Full Committee (Amended) by Voice Vote .
action_date: 2020-03-04
text: Subcommittee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
action_date: 2019-06-24
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Water, Oceans, and Wildlife.
action_date: 2019-06-14
text: Referred to the Committee on Science, Space, and Technology, 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: 2019-06-14
text: Referred to the Committee on Science, Space, and Technology, 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: 2019-06-14
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Environment.
action_date: 2019-06-14
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2019-06-14
text: Introduced in House
Child Care Quality and Access Act of 2019

Bill: 116-hr-3298
Sponsor: Rep. Davis, Danny K. [D-IL-7]
Introduced: 2019-06-18 in the House
Policy area: Families
Subjects: Appropriations
Child care and development
Department of Health and Human Services
Executive agency funding and structure
Family services
Poverty and welfare assistance

Summary:
action_date: 2019-06-18
text: 

Child Care Quality and Access Act of 2019

 
This bill extends through FY2021, and increases funding for, the Child Care Entitlement grant program under the Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) program.

action_date: 2019-07-18
text: 

Child Care Quality and Access Act of 2019

 
This bill extends through FY2021, and increases funding for, the Child Care Entitlement grant program under the Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) program.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2019-07-18
text: Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 119.
action_date: 2019-07-18
text: Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Ways and Means. H. Rept. 116-160.
action_date: 2019-07-18
text: Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Ways and Means. H. Rept. 116-160.
action_date: 2019-06-20
text: Ordered to be Reported (Amended) by the Yeas and Nays: 22 - 18.
action_date: 2019-06-20
text: Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
action_date: 2019-06-18
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2019-06-18
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2019-06-18
text: Introduced in House
Promoting Respect for Individuals' Dignity and Equality Act of 2019

Bill: 116-hr-3299
Sponsor: Rep. Chu, Judy [D-CA-27]
Introduced: 2019-06-18 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Administrative remedies
Marriage and family status
Sex, gender, sexual orientation discrimination
Tax administration and collection, taxpayers
Tax treatment of families

Summary:
action_date: 2019-06-18
text: 

Promoting Respect for Individuals' Dignity and Equality Act of 2019 or the PRIDE Act of 2019

 
This bill amends the Internal Revenue Code to provide for equal treatment of same sex married couples. It permits such couples to amend their filing status to married filing jointly for tax returns outside of the statute of limitations and modifies tax rules relating to married couples to include same sex couples. 

action_date: 2019-07-18
text: 

Promoting Respect for Individuals' Dignity and Equality Act of 2019 or the PRIDE Act of 2019

 
This bill amends the Internal Revenue Code to provide for equal treatment of same sex married couples. It permits such couples to amend their filing status to married filing jointly for tax returns outside of the statute of limitations and modifies tax rules relating to married couples to include same sex couples. 

action_date: 2019-07-24
text: 
P
romoting Respect for Individuals' Dignity and Equality Act of 2019 or the PRIDE Act of 2019

 
This bill amends the Internal Revenue Code to provide for equal treatment of same sex married couples. It permits such couples to amend their filing status to married filing jointly for tax returns outside of the statute of limitations and modifies tax rules relating to married couples to include same sex couples. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2019-07-25
text: Received in the Senate.
action_date: 2019-07-24
text: Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
action_date: 2019-07-24
text: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by voice vote. (text: CR H7313-7316)
action_date: 2019-07-24
text: Passed/agreed to in House: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by voice vote.(text: CR H7313-7316)
action_date: 2019-07-24
text: DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on H.R. 3299.
action_date: 2019-07-24
text: Considered under suspension of the rules. (consideration: CR H7313-7318)
action_date: 2019-07-24
text: Ms. Chu, Judy moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended.
action_date: 2019-07-18
text: Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 120.
action_date: 2019-07-18
text: Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Ways and Means. H. Rept. 116-161.
action_date: 2019-07-18
text: Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Ways and Means. H. Rept. 116-161.
action_date: 2019-06-20
text: Ordered to be Reported (Amended) by Voice Vote.
action_date: 2019-06-20
text: Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
action_date: 2019-06-18
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2019-06-18
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2019-06-18
text: Introduced in House
Economic Mobility Act of 2019

Bill: 116-hr-3300
Sponsor: Rep. Neal, Richard E. [D-MA-1]
Introduced: 2019-06-18 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Adult day care
Business expenses
Caribbean area
Child care and development
Corporate finance and management
Employee benefits and pensions
Guam
Income tax credits
Income tax exclusion
Income tax rates
Inflation and prices
Northern Mariana Islands
Poverty and welfare assistance
Puerto Rico
Sports and recreation facilities
Student aid and college costs
Tax treatment of families
Tax-exempt organizations
Transportation costs
U.S. territories and protectorates
Virgin Islands
Wages and earnings

Summary:
action_date: 2019-06-18
text: 

Economic Mobility Act of 2019

 
This bill modifies provisions relating to the earned income tax credit, the child tax credit, and the child and dependent care tax credit. Among other things, it increases the earned income tax credit in 2019 and 2020 for individuals with no qualifying children, makes the child tax credit fully refundable during the same period, increases the exclusion from employee gross income for employer-provided dependent care assistance, and provides for payments to U.S. possessions related to such credits. 
 
The bill also eliminates the increase in unrelated business taxable income by expenses for certain fringe benefits for which a tax deduction is not allowed, including transportation and parking benefits or an on-premises athletic facility.

action_date: 2020-02-04
text: 

Economic Mobility Act of 2019

 
 This bill modifies provisions relating to the earned income tax credit, the child tax credit, and the child and dependent care tax credit. Among other things, it increases the earned income tax credit in 2019 and 2020 for individuals with no qualifying children, makes the child and dependent care tax credits fully refundable during the same period, increases the child tax credit for children under the age of 4, increases the exclusion from employee gross income for employer-provided dependent care assistance, and provides for payments to U.S. possessions related to such credits. 
 
The bill also eliminates the increase in unrelated business taxable income by expenses for certain fringe benefits for which a tax deduction is not allowed, including transportation and parking benefits or an on-premises athletic facility. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2020-02-04
text: Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 307.
action_date: 2020-02-04
text: Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Ways and Means. H. Rept. 116-384.
action_date: 2020-02-04
text: Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Ways and Means. H. Rept. 116-384.
action_date: 2019-06-20
text: Ordered to be Reported (Amended) by the Yeas and Nays: 22 - 19.
action_date: 2019-06-20
text: Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
action_date: 2019-06-18
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2019-06-18
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2019-06-18
text: Introduced in House
Taxpayer Certainty and Disaster Tax Relief Act of 2019

Bill: 116-hr-3301
Sponsor: Rep. Thompson, Mike [D-CA-5]
Introduced: 2019-06-18 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Alcoholic beverages
Alternative and renewable resources
American Samoa
Business expenses
Business investment and capital
Cardiovascular and respiratory health
Charitable contributions
Coal
Disaster relief and insurance
Economic development
Electric power generation and transmission
Employee benefits and pensions
Energy efficiency and conservation
First responders and emergency personnel
Government trust funds
Guam
Health care costs and insurance
Housing finance and home ownership
Hybrid, electric, and advanced technology vehicles
Income tax credits
Income tax deductions
Income tax exclusion
Indian lands and resources rights
Indian social and development programs
Life, casualty, property insurance
Mammals
Mining
Minority employment
Motor fuels
Natural disasters
Northern Mariana Islands
Oil and gas
Pollution liability
Poverty and welfare assistance
Professional sports
Public utilities and utility rates
Railroads
Residential rehabilitation and home repair
Sales and excise taxes
Sports and recreation facilities
Tax administration and collection, taxpayers
Tax treatment of families
Television and film
U.S. territories and protectorates
Wages and earnings
Worker safety and health

Summary:
action_date: 2019-06-18
text: 

Taxpayer Certainty and Disaster Tax Relief Act of 2019

 
This bill extends certain individual and business-related tax provisions, provides tax incentives for energy production and green economy jobs, eliminates the increase in the estate and gift tax unified credit after 2022, and provides disaster tax relief. 

action_date: 2020-01-21
text: 

Taxpayer Certainty and Disaster Tax Relief Act of 2019

 
This bill extends certain individual and business-related tax provisions, provides tax incentives for energy production and green economy jobs, eliminates the increase in the estate and gift tax unified credit after 2022, and provides disaster tax relief. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2020-01-21
text: Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 300.
action_date: 2020-01-21
text: Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Ways and Means. H. Rept. 116-379.
action_date: 2020-01-21
text: Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Ways and Means. H. Rept. 116-379.
action_date: 2019-06-18
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2019-06-18
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2019-06-18
text: Introduced in House