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21st Century Energy Workforce Act

Bill: 116-hr-398
Sponsor: Rep. Norcross, Donald [D-NJ-1]
Introduced: 2019-01-09 in the House
Policy area: Labor and Employment
Subjects: Advisory bodies
Alternative and renewable resources
Education programs funding
Employment and training programs
Higher education
Oil and gas
Science and engineering education
Teaching, teachers, curricula
Veterans' education, employment, rehabilitation
Vocational and technical education

Summary:
action_date: 2019-01-09
text: 

21st Century Energy Workforce Act

 
This bill directs the Department of Energy (DOE) to establish a National Center of Excellence for the 21st Century Workforce Advisory Board to (1) support and develop training and science education programs, (2) align apprenticeship programs and industry certifications to further develop succession planning in the energy sector, (3) integrate educational standards to develop foundational skills for elementary and secondary education and postsecondary education to create a pipeline between education and career, and (4) support the replication of existing model energy curricula. 
 
DOE shall also establish a pilot program to award grants on a competitive basis to eligible entities for job training to obtain an industry-recognized credential.
 
Grant amounts are limited to $1 million for any one year. The federal share of the cost of a job training and education program using a grant shall be up to 65%, while the non-federal share may not be less than 50% cash.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2019-01-09
text: Referred to the House Committee on Education and Labor.
action_date: 2019-01-09
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2019-01-09
text: Introduced in House
PATH Act

Bill: 116-hr-399
Sponsor: Rep. Norcross, Donald [D-NJ-1]
Introduced: 2019-01-09 in the House
Policy area: Labor and Employment
Subjects: Building construction
Education programs funding
Employment and training programs
Performance measurement
Vocational and technical education

Summary:
action_date: 2019-01-09
text: 

Pre-Apprenticeships To Hardhats Act or the PATH Act

 
This bill directs the Department of Labor to provide grants to eligible entities to develop pre-apprenticeship programs in the building and construction trades that serve underrepresented populations, including individuals from low income and rural census tracts.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2019-01-09
text: Referred to the House Committee on Education and Labor.
action_date: 2019-01-09
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2019-01-09
text: Introduced in House
Care Packages for Our Heroes Act of 2019

Bill: 116-hr-400
Sponsor: Rep. Norcross, Donald [D-NJ-1]
Introduced: 2019-01-09 in the House
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Diplomacy, foreign officials, Americans abroad
Military facilities and property
Military personnel and dependents
Postal Regulatory Commission
Postal service

Summary:
action_date: 2019-01-09
text: 

Care Packages for Our Heroes Act of 201

9

 
This bill directs the Postal Regulatory Commission to establish rates of postage for packages shipped by priority mail from the United States to a foreign Army Post Office, Fleet Post Office, or Diplomatic Post Office address that limit the charge for distance traveled to that of two postal zones.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2019-01-09
text: Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Reform.
action_date: 2019-01-09
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2019-01-09
text: Introduced in House
Lowell Observatory Conveyance Act

Bill: 116-hr-401
Sponsor: Rep. O'Halleran, Tom [D-AZ-1]
Introduced: 2019-01-09 in the House
Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources
Subjects: Arizona
Astronomy
Forests, forestry, trees
Land transfers

Summary:
action_date: 2019-01-09
text: 

Lowell Observatory Conveyance Act

 
This bill directs the Forest Service, if the Lowell Observatory in Flagstaff, Arizona, requests the conveyance of a certain parcel of land in Coconino National Forest that was originally conveyed by the United States to Percival Lowell and his heirs for observatory purposes, to convey all interest of the United States in such land to the observatory. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2019-07-18
text: Subcommittee Hearings Held.
action_date: 2019-02-05
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on National Parks, Forests, and Public Lands.
action_date: 2019-01-09
text: Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.
action_date: 2019-01-09
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2019-01-09
text: Introduced in House
Flagstaff Federal Reversion Relief Act

Bill: 116-hr-402
Sponsor: Rep. O'Halleran, Tom [D-AZ-1]
Introduced: 2019-01-09 in the House
Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources
Subjects: Arizona
Land transfers

Summary:
action_date: 2019-01-09
text: 

Flagstaff Federal Reversion Relief Act

 
This bill removes any reversionary interest retained by the United States pursuant to the Act of July 27, 1866, in a specified parcel of land in Flagstaff, Arizona, that is owned by Win Oil Company, Inc. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2019-02-05
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on National Parks, Forests, and Public Lands.
action_date: 2019-01-09
text: Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.
action_date: 2019-01-09
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2019-01-09
text: Introduced in House
Clear Creek National Recreation Area and Conservation Act

Bill: 116-hr-403
Sponsor: Rep. Panetta, Jimmy [D-CA-20]
Introduced: 2019-01-09 in the House
Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources
Subjects: California
Lakes and rivers
Land transfers
Parks, recreation areas, trails
Wilderness and natural areas, wildlife refuges, wild rivers, habitats

Summary:
action_date: 2019-01-09
text: 

Clear Creek National Recreation Area and Conservation Act

This bill establishes the Clear Creek National Recreation Area in California to promote environmentally responsible off-highway vehicle recreation and support other public recreational uses, including hunting, hiking, and rock and gem collecting. 
The Department of the Interior shall (1) use the 2006 Clear Creek Management Area Travel Management Plan, as modified by this bill or by Interior, to incorporate natural resource protection information unavailable in 2006 as the basis for an interim management plan to govern off-highway vehicle recreation in the area; and (2) create a comprehensive management plan for the area, which shall include a hazards education program and a user fee program for motorized vehicle use. 
 
Landowners must be given adequate access to inholdings (i.e., privately-owned land inside the boundary of a national park) within the area. The use of motorized vehicles on public land in the area shall be permitted only on roads, trails, and areas designated by the management plan. Livestock grazing shall be allowed to continue in certain parts of the area.
 
The bill (1) designates approximately 21,000 acres of identified federal lands in Fresno and San Benito Counties, California, as the Joaquin Rocks Wilderness and as a component of the National Wilderness Preservation System; and (2) releases the San Benito Mountain wilderness study area from wilderness review requirements.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2019-02-05
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on National Parks, Forests, and Public Lands.
action_date: 2019-01-09
text: Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.
action_date: 2019-01-09
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2019-01-09
text: Introduced in House
United States Territories College Access Act

Bill: 116-hr-404
Sponsor: Del. Plaskett, Stacey E. [D-VI-At Large]
Introduced: 2019-01-09 in the House
Policy area: Education
Subjects: American Samoa
Caribbean area
Congressional oversight
Education programs funding
Employment and training programs
Government lending and loan guarantees
Government studies and investigations
Guam
Higher education
Northern Mariana Islands
Performance measurement
Student aid and college costs
U.S. territories and protectorates
Virgin Islands

Summary:
action_date: 2019-01-09
text: 

United States Territories College Access Act

 
This bill establishes a program to award grants that cover the difference between in-state and out-of-state tuition and fees for students who (1) are residents of outlying areas (i.e., American Samoa, the Northern Mariana Islands, Guam, and the Virgin Islands); and (2) attend public institutions of higher education located in a state, the District of Columbia, or Puerto Rico. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2019-01-09
text: Referred to the House Committee on Education and Labor.
action_date: 2019-01-09
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2019-01-09
text: Introduced in House
To permit the District of Columbia and each of the territories of the United States to provide and furnish statues honoring their citizens for placement in Statuary Hall in the same manner as statues honoring citizens of the States are provided for placement in Statuary Hall.

Bill: 116-hr-405
Sponsor: Del. Plaskett, Stacey E. [D-VI-At Large]
Introduced: 2019-01-09 in the House
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Subjects: American Samoa
Art, artists, authorship
Congressional tributes
District of Columbia
Guam
Museums, exhibitions, cultural centers
Northern Mariana Islands
Puerto Rico
U.S. Capitol
U.S. history
Virgin Islands

Summary:
action_date: 2019-01-09
text: 
This bill permits the District of Columbia and each U.S. territory to furnish up to two statues honoring deceased residents for placement in the U.S. Capitol.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2019-01-09
text: Referred to the House Committee on House Administration.
action_date: 2019-01-09
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2019-01-09
text: Introduced in House
To amend title 1, United States Code, to provide for a definition of the term "State" and to include territories therein, and for other purposes.

Bill: 116-hr-406
Sponsor: Del. Plaskett, Stacey E. [D-VI-At Large]
Introduced: 2019-01-09 in the House
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Intergovernmental relations
State and local government operations
U.S. territories and protectorates

Summary:
action_date: 2019-01-09
text: 
This bill provides that, in determining the meaning of any federal statute or any ruling, regulation, or interpretation of the various U.S. administrative bureaus and agencies, the term 
state
 shall include any U.S. territory, unless the statute, rule, regulation, or interpretation explicitly excludes the territories from the definition of the term or otherwise precludes their inclusion.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2019-01-09
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on the Constitution, Civil Rights, and Civil Liberties.
action_date: 2019-01-09
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2019-01-09
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2019-01-09
text: Introduced in House
Virgin Islands Visa Waiver Act of 2019

Bill: 116-hr-407
Sponsor: Del. Plaskett, Stacey E. [D-VI-At Large]
Introduced: 2019-01-09 in the House
Policy area: Immigration
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Anguilla
Antigua and Barbuda
Bahamas
Barbados
Belize
Bermuda
British Virgin Islands
Caribbean area
Cayman Islands
Department of Homeland Security
Dominica
Grenada
Guyana
Haiti
Immigration status and procedures
Jamaica
Latin America
Montserrat
Saint Kitts and Nevis
Saint Lucia
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
Suriname
Trinidad and Tobago
Turks and Caicos
U.S. territories and protectorates
Virgin Islands
Visas and passports

Summary:
action_date: 2019-01-09
text: 

Virgin Islands Visa Waiver Act of 2019

 
This bill authorizes the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) to establish a visa waiver program for nationals of certain countries to enter the U.S. Virgin Islands. Countries that are member or associate members of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM), such as the Bahamas or Barbados, may be part of the visa waiver program. The government of the U.S. Virgin Islands may request additional countries be added to the program.
 
An individual entering under the waiver program shall be a nonimmigrant visitor to the U.S. Virgin Islands for business or pleasure, and may stay for no longer than 30 days. Such an individual shall waive the right to appeal an immigration officer's determination of admissibility, and also waive the right to appeal a removal decision.
 
DHS may implement the waiver program as to a country if it determines that it would not pose a welfare, safety, or security threat. DHS shall monitor the waiver program, and shall suspend the program as to any country if it determines that an unacceptable number of individuals from that country are remaining unlawfully or unlawfully entering other parts of the United States, seeking asylum or withholding of removal, or for other good cause.
 
 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2019-01-09
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration and Citizenship.
action_date: 2019-01-09
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2019-01-09
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2019-01-09
text: Introduced in House
Sustainable Pension Plan Act of 2019

Bill: 116-hr-408
Sponsor: Del. Plaskett, Stacey E. [D-VI-At Large]
Introduced: 2019-01-09 in the House
Policy area: Labor and Employment
Subjects: Congressional oversight
Employee benefits and pensions
Government employee pay, benefits, personnel management
Government studies and investigations
U.S. territories and protectorates
Virgin Islands

Summary:
action_date: 2019-01-09
text: 

Sustainable Pension Plan Act of 2019 

 
This bill requires the Government Accountability Office (GAO) to study and report on the pension system for the employees of the government of the U.S. Virgin Islands (known as the Government Employees Retirement System). 
 
The GAO study must analyze (1) the benefits provided, including a comparison to those offered to private employees; and (2) whether the system is adequately funded. 
 
The study must also recommend actions that may be necessary to ensure that the system can be sustainably maintained and funded by the U.S Virgin Islands for the next 20 years. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2019-01-09
text: Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.
action_date: 2019-01-09
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2019-01-09
text: Introduced in House
To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to repeal the limitation on the cover over of distilled spirits taxes to the Virgin Islands and Puerto Rico.

Bill: 116-hr-409
Sponsor: Del. Plaskett, Stacey E. [D-VI-At Large]
Introduced: 2019-01-09 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Alcoholic beverages
Caribbean area
Intergovernmental relations
Puerto Rico
Sales and excise taxes
State and local finance
U.S. territories and protectorates
Virgin Islands

Summary:
action_date: 2019-01-09
text: 
This bill repeals the limitation on the amount of distilled spirits excise taxes covered over (paid) to the treasuries of the Virgin Islands and Puerto Rico. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2019-01-09
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2019-01-09
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2019-01-09
text: Introduced in House
Territorial Economic Growth and Recovery Act of 2019

Bill: 116-hr-410
Sponsor: Del. Plaskett, Stacey E. [D-VI-At Large]
Introduced: 2019-01-09 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: American Samoa
Caribbean area
Guam
Income tax credits
Northern Mariana Islands
Poverty and welfare assistance
Puerto Rico
Tax treatment of families
U.S. territories and protectorates
Virgin Islands
Wages and earnings

Summary:
action_date: 2019-01-09
text: 

Territorial Economic Growth and Recovery Act of 2019

 
This bill directs the Department of the Treasury to pay to U.S.possessions for taxable years beginning after 2018 the cost of the earned tax credit and the child tax credit paid to residents of such possessions. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2019-01-09
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2019-01-09
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2019-01-09
text: Introduced in House
Territorial Tax Parity Act of 2019

Bill: 116-hr-411
Sponsor: Del. Plaskett, Stacey E. [D-VI-At Large]
Introduced: 2019-01-09 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: American Samoa
Caribbean area
Guam
Northern Mariana Islands
Puerto Rico
Tax administration and collection, taxpayers
Taxation of foreign income
U.S. territories and protectorates
Virgin Islands

Summary:
action_date: 2019-01-09
text: 

Territorial Tax Parity Act
 
of 2019

 
 This bill modifies the income source rules that apply with respect to the taxation of income from U.S. possessions (Guam, American Samoa, the Northern Mariana Islands, Puerto Rico, and the Virgin Islands). 
 
Under current law, income is not possession source income if it is treated as (1) income from sources within the United States, or (2) as effectively connected with the conduct of a trade or business within the United States. The bill amends this rule to specify that it applies only to the extent that the income is attributable to an office or fixed place of business within the United States.
 
The bill also modifies the income source rules that apply to certain personal property sales in the Virgin Islands. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2019-01-09
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2019-01-09
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2019-01-09
text: Introduced in House
Territorial Tax Equity and Economic Growth Act of 2019

Bill: 116-hr-412
Sponsor: Del. Plaskett, Stacey E. [D-VI-At Large]
Introduced: 2019-01-09 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: American Samoa
Caribbean area
Guam
Northern Mariana Islands
Puerto Rico
Tax administration and collection, taxpayers
Taxation of foreign income
U.S. territories and protectorates
Virgin Islands

Summary:
action_date: 2019-01-09
text: 

Territorial Tax Equity and Economic Growth Act
 
of 2019

 
 This bill modifies the residence and income source rules that apply with respect to the taxation of income from U.S. possessions (Guam, American Samoa, the Northern Mariana Islands, Puerto Rico, and the Virgin Islands). 
 
The bill specifies that a bona fide resident of a possession must have a substantial presence in the possession for at least 122 days during the year. Under current law, the person must be present for at least 183 days during the year.
 
Under current law, income is not possession source income if it is treated as (1) income from sources within the United States, or (2) as effectively connected with the conduct of a trade or business within the United States. The bill amends this rule to:
 
 
specify that it applies only to the extent that the income is attributable to an office or fixed place of business within the United States, 
 
specify principles that must be used to determine whether income from sources without a possession is effectively connected with the conduct of a trade or business within the possession, and
 
prohibit income from activities within the United States which are of a preparatory or auxiliary character from being treated as income from sources within the United States or as effectively connected with the conduct of a trade or business within the United States. 
 
 
The bill also modifies the income source rules that apply to certain personal property sales in the Virgin Islands. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2019-01-09
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2019-01-09
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2019-01-09
text: Introduced in House
Hire A Hero Act of 2019

Bill: 116-hr-413
Sponsor: Del. Plaskett, Stacey E. [D-VI-At Large]
Introduced: 2019-01-09 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Employee hiring
Income tax credits
National Guard and reserves
Veterans' education, employment, rehabilitation
Wages and earnings

Summary:
action_date: 2019-01-09
text: 

Hire A Hero Act of 201

9

 
 This bill allows small businesses a work opportunity tax credit for hiring a member of the Ready Reserve or the National Guard. The bill also makes permanent the provisions of the credit that apply to the hiring of qualified veterans and members of the Ready Reserve and National Guard. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2019-01-09
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2019-01-09
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2019-01-09
text: Introduced in House
Protecting Local Communities from Harmful Algal Blooms Act

Bill: 116-hr-414
Sponsor: Rep. Rooney, Francis [R-FL-19]
Introduced: 2019-01-09 in the House
Policy area: Emergency Management
Subjects: Aquatic ecology
Disaster relief and insurance
Marine pollution
Water quality

Summary:
action_date: 2019-01-09
text: 

Protecting Local Communities from Harmful Algal Blooms Act

 
This bill amends the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act to include algal blooms in the definition of a &quot;major disaster.&quot;


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2019-02-07
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Economic Development, Public Buildings, and Emergency Management.
action_date: 2019-01-09
text: Referred to the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.
action_date: 2019-01-09
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2019-01-09
text: Introduced in House
To authorize the Secretary of the Interior to grant to States and local governments easements and rights-of-way over Federal land within Gateway National Recreation Area for construction, operation, and maintenance of projects for control and prevention of flooding and shoreline erosion.

Bill: 116-hr-415
Sponsor: Rep. Rose, Max [D-NY-11]
Introduced: 2019-01-09 in the House
Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources
Subjects: Floods and storm protection
Land use and conservation
New Jersey
New York State
Parks, recreation areas, trails
Seashores and lakeshores
State and local government operations

Summary:
action_date: 2019-01-09
text: 
 This bill authorizes the Department of the Interior to grant to any state or local government an easement or right-of-way over federal lands within Gateway National Recreation Area in the states of New York and New Jersey to construct, operate, or maintain projects for the control and prevention of flooding and shoreline erosion.



Legislative actions:
action_date: 2019-02-05
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on National Parks, Forests, and Public Lands.
action_date: 2019-01-09
text: Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.
action_date: 2019-01-09
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR H296-297)
action_date: 2019-01-09
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2019-01-09
text: Introduced in House