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Protecting Gold Star Spouses Act of 2019

Bill: 116-hr-847
Sponsor: Rep. Green, Mark E. [R-TN-7]
Introduced: 2019-01-29 in the House
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Appropriations
Coast guard
Department of Homeland Security
Executive agency funding and structure
Military personnel and dependents
Veterans' pensions and compensation

Summary:
action_date: 2019-01-29
text: 

Protecting Gold Star Spouses Act of 2019

 
This bill provides interim appropriations for the Coast Guard Retired Serviceman's Family Protection and Survivor Benefits Plans if a bill providing appropriations for the plans has not been enacted before the fiscal year begins. 
 
The bill provides the appropriations at the rate of operations and under the terms and conditions provided by the most recent law making full-year appropriations for the plans.
 
The appropriations provided by this bill are not available after a bill is enacted that (1) provides appropriations for the plans, or (2) provides appropriations for the Coast Guard without funding the plans.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2019-01-29
text: Referred to the House Committee on Appropriations.
action_date: 2019-01-29
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2019-01-29
text: Introduced in House
To restrict certain Federal assistance benefits to individuals verified to be citizens of the United States.

Bill: 116-hr-848
Sponsor: Rep. Grothman, Glenn [R-WI-6]
Introduced: 2019-01-29 in the House
Policy area: Social Welfare
Subjects: Citizenship and naturalization
Government information and archives
Poverty and welfare assistance
Social security and elderly assistance

Summary:
action_date: 2019-01-29
text: 
This bill establishes that only U.S. citizens or nationals shall receive certain federal assistance benefits. To establish eligibility, an individual shall provide evidence of citizenship or nationality status and attest to that status when applying for assistance. 
 
The restriction applies to (1) all federal benefits where eligibility is based on the income or resources of the recipient, except for those based on tax law; and (2) benefits authorized under the Social Security Act.



Legislative actions:
action_date: 2019-01-29
text: Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Reform.
action_date: 2019-01-29
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2019-01-29
text: Introduced in House
Civics Learning Act of 2019

Bill: 116-hr-849
Sponsor: Rep. Hastings, Alcee L. [D-FL-20]
Introduced: 2019-01-29 in the House
Policy area: Education
Subjects: Civics education
Congressional oversight
Education programs funding
Elementary and secondary education
Teaching, teachers, curricula
U.S. history

Summary:
action_date: 2019-01-29
text: 

Civics Learning Act of 2019

 
This bill amends the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 to prioritize innovative civics learning and teaching and to provide additional funding in FY2020 for civics education programs.
 
The bill expands the allowable uses of grant funds for civics education to include before, during, and after-school and extracurricular activities, activities that include service learning and community service projects that are linked to school curriculum, activities that encourage and support student participation in school governance, and online and video game-based learning.
 
The Department of Education must ensure that specified percentages of grant funds for civics education be awarded on a diverse basis to eligible entities that serve students and teachers at elementary schools, middle schools, and high schools.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2019-01-29
text: Referred to the House Committee on Education and Labor.
action_date: 2019-01-29
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E105)
action_date: 2019-01-29
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2019-01-29
text: Introduced in House
Oil and Flammable Material Rail Transportation Safety Act

Bill: 116-hr-851
Sponsor: Rep. Herrera Beutler, Jaime [R-WA-3]
Introduced: 2019-01-29 in the House
Policy area: Transportation and Public Works
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Department of Transportation
Railroads
Transportation safety and security

Summary:
action_date: 2019-01-29
text: 

Oil and Flammable Material Rail Transportation Safety Act 

 
 This bill declares that the final rule of the Department of Transportation dated September 25, 2018, and titled "Hazardous Materials: Removal of Electronically Controlled Pneumatic Brake System Requirements for High Hazard Flammable Unit Trains" shall have no force and effect and each regulation removed or amended by such final rule shall be restored and revived as if such final rule had not been issued.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2019-02-07
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Railroads, Pipelines, and Hazardous Materials.
action_date: 2019-01-29
text: Referred to the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.
action_date: 2019-01-29
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2019-01-29
text: Introduced in House
Get the Lead Out of Schools Act

Bill: 116-hr-852
Sponsor: Rep. Lawrence, Brenda L. [D-MI-14]
Introduced: 2019-01-29 in the House
Policy area: Environmental Protection
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Child care and development
Child health
Education programs funding
Educational facilities and institutions
Elementary and secondary education
Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)
Environmental assessment, monitoring, research
Environmental regulatory procedures
Government information and archives
Hazardous wastes and toxic substances
Water quality
Water use and supply

Summary:
action_date: 2019-01-29
text: 

Get the Lead Out of Schools Act 

 
This bill requires the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to (1) test for lead in drinking water at schools and day care facilities, and (2) create a grant program for lead testing and remediation efforts in schools and day care facilities.
 
Specifically, the EPA must promulgate a national primary drinking water regulation for schools and day care facilities that
 
 
establishes a lead action level (a level of lead in drinking water that triggers additional actions to control lead contamination) that is no more than 15 parts per billion; 
 
directs each public water system to sample for lead in the drinking water at schools and day care facilities if the EPA determines there is a risk that the lead in the drinking water will meet or exceed the action level; and 
 
requires public water systems that serve schools or day cares that meet or exceed the action level to notify the local educational agency, the relevant local health agencies, the municipality, and the state as soon as practicable, but no later than 24 hours after the system receives the sampling results. 
 
 
The EPA must also establish a grant program for (1) testing drinking water in schools and day care facilities for lead contamination, and (2) remediating lead contamination in such drinking water by replacing lead pipes and certain plumbing materials with lead-free material.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2019-01-29
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2019-01-29
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2019-01-29
text: Introduced in House
Army Combat Action Badge Eligibility Act

Bill: 116-hr-853
Sponsor: Rep. Mooney, Alexander X. [R-WV-2]
Introduced: 2019-01-29 in the House
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Conflicts and wars
Military operations and strategy
Military personnel and dependents
Military procurement, research, weapons development
Veterans' organizations and recognition

Summary:
action_date: 2019-01-29
text: 

Army Combat Action Badge Eligibility Act

 
This bill authorizes the Department of the Army to award the Army Combat Action Badge to a person who (1) participated as a member of the Army in combat during which the person was personally engaged with the enemy at any time from December 7, 1941, to September 18, 2001, and (2) has not been recognized previously for such participation.
 
The Army may make arrangements with suppliers of the badge so that eligible persons may procure it directly from suppliers, thereby substantially reducing or eliminating administrative costs for carrying out this bill.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2019-01-30
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Military Personnel.
action_date: 2019-01-29
text: Referred to the House Committee on Armed Services.
action_date: 2019-01-29
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2019-01-29
text: Introduced in House
STRONG Act

Bill: 116-hr-855
Sponsor: Rep. Peters, Scott H. [D-CA-52]
Introduced: 2019-01-29 in the House
Policy area: Science, Technology, Communications
Subjects: Advisory bodies
Atmospheric science and weather
Congressional oversight
Disaster relief and insurance
Ecology
Economic performance and conditions
Emergency planning and evacuation
Executive Office of the President
Executive agency funding and structure
Government information and archives
Government studies and investigations
Intergovernmental relations
Public-private cooperation
State and local government operations

Summary:
action_date: 2019-01-29
text: 

Strengthening The Resiliency of Our Nation on the Ground Act or the STRONG Act

 
This bill requires the Office of Science and Technology Policy of the Executive Office of the President to establish an interagency working group to (1) provide a strategic vision of extreme weather resilience; (2) conduct an analysis of current and planned federal activities related to achieving short- and long-term resilience to extreme weather and its impacts on the United States, such as flooding, drought, and wildfires; and (3) develop a National Extreme Weather Resilience Action Plan.
 
The plan must include (1) the establishment of an online portal that directs users to key data and tools to inform resilience-enhancing efforts; and (2) the identification of a coordinating entity to establish and maintain such portal and to coordinate the implementation of the plan and track its progress. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2019-02-07
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Economic Development, Public Buildings, and Emergency Management.
action_date: 2019-01-29
text: Referred to the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.
action_date: 2019-01-29
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2019-01-29
text: Introduced in House
Physician Pro Bono Care Act of 2019

Bill: 116-hr-856
Sponsor: Rep. Webster, Daniel [R-FL-11]
Introduced: 2019-01-29 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Child health
Civil actions and liability
Health personnel
Income tax deductions
Medicaid
Poverty and welfare assistance
Social work, volunteer service, charitable organizations

Summary:
action_date: 2019-01-29
text: 

Physician Pro Bono Care Act of 2019

 
This bill allows a tax deduction for direct primary care physicians who provide charity care. The care must be provided without expectation of reimbursement and to an individual enrolled in Medicaid or the Children's Health Insurance Program (CHIP). 
 
A "direct primary care physician" is a physician who provides primary care (1) to individuals who have paid a periodic subscription fee, and (2) in exchange for a fee that is published on a publicly available website of the physician. 
 
The bill also specifies that a physician is not liable under federal or state law for harm caused by an act or omission of the physician, or attending medical personnel supporting the physician, if the act or omission (1) occurs in the course of furnishing charity care, and (2) was not grossly negligent. The bill preempts laws of a state or a political subdivision of the state that are inconsistent with this provision, unless the laws provide greater protection from liability for a defendant. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2019-01-29
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2019-01-29
text: Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, 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: 2019-01-29
text: Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, 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: 2019-01-29
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2019-01-29
text: Introduced in House
Inaction Has Consequences Act

Bill: 116-hr-857
Sponsor: Rep. Wittman, Robert J. [R-VA-1]
Introduced: 2019-01-29 in the House
Policy area: Congress
Subjects: Appropriations
Budget process
Executive agency funding and structure
Government employee pay, benefits, personnel management
Legislative rules and procedure
Members of Congress

Summary:
action_date: 2019-01-29
text: 

Inaction Has Consequences Act

 
This bill requires the salaries of Members of Congress to be held in escrow if their chamber has not passed each of the annual appropriations bills before the beginning of the fiscal year, beginning with FY2020. Salaries are released once the bills are passed or at the end of the Congress.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2019-01-29
text: Referred to the House Committee on House Administration.
action_date: 2019-01-29
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2019-01-29
text: Introduced in House
To make continuing appropriations for salaries and expenses of air traffic controllers for fiscal year 2019.

Bill: 116-hr-858
Sponsor: Rep. Young, Don [R-AK-At Large]
Introduced: 2019-01-29 in the House
Policy area: Transportation and Public Works
Subjects: Appropriations
Aviation and airports
Department of Transportation
Executive agency funding and structure
Government employee pay, benefits, personnel management
Transportation employees

Summary:
action_date: 2019-01-29
text: 
This bill provides FY2019 continuing appropriations for the salaries and expenses of air traffic controllers. The bill provides the appropriations for any period during FY2019 in which interim or full-year appropriations for the Federal Aviation Administration are not in effect.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2019-01-29
text: Referred to the House Committee on Appropriations.
action_date: 2019-01-29
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2019-01-29
text: Introduced in House
To authorize the honorary appointment of Robert J. Dole to the grade of colonel in the regular Army.

Bill: 116-hr-859
Sponsor: Rep. Marshall, Roger [R-KS-1]
Introduced: 2019-01-29 in the House
Subjects: Private Legislation

Summary:
action_date: 2019-01-29
text: 
This bill provides for the honorary appointment of Robert J. Dole, of Kansas, to the grade of colonel in the regular Army.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2019-01-30
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Military Personnel.
action_date: 2019-01-29
text: Referred to the House Committee on Armed Services.
action_date: 2019-01-29
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2019-01-29
text: Introduced in House
End Surprise Billing Act of 2019

Bill: 116-hr-861
Sponsor: Rep. Doggett, Lloyd [D-TX-35]
Introduced: 2019-01-30 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Emergency medical services and trauma care
Hospital care
Medicare

Summary:
action_date: 2019-01-30
text: 

End Surprise Billing Act of 

2019

 
This bill requires a critical access hospital or other hospital to comply, as a condition of participation in Medicare, with certain requirements related to billing for out-of-network services.
 
With respect to an individual who has health benefits coverage and is seeking services, a hospital must provide notice as to (1) whether the hospital, or any of the providers furnishing services to the individual at the hospital, is not within the health care provider network or otherwise a participating provider with respect to the individual's health care coverage; and (2) if so, the estimated out-of-pocket costs of the services to the individual. At least 24 hours prior to providing those services, the hospital must document that the individual (1) has been provided with the required notice, and (2) consents to be furnished with the services and charged an amount approximate to the estimate provided. Otherwise, the hospital may not charge the individual more than the individual would have been required to pay if the services had been furnished by an in-network or participating provider.
 
With respect to such an individual who is seeking same-day emergency services, a hospital may not charge more than the individual would be required to pay for such services furnished by an in-network or participating provider.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2019-01-30
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2019-01-30
text: Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, 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: 2019-01-30
text: Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, 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: 2019-01-30
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2019-01-30
text: Introduced in House
Eastern Legacy Extension Act

Bill: 116-hr-862
Sponsor: Rep. Johnson, Bill [R-OH-6]
Introduced: 2019-01-30 in the House
Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources
Subjects: Indiana
Ohio
Parks, recreation areas, trails
Pennsylvania

Summary:
action_date: 2019-01-30
text: 

Eastern Legacy Extension Act

 
This bill extends the Lewis and Clark National Historic Trail by 1,200 miles from Wood River, Illinois, to the Ohio River in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2019-02-15
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on National Parks, Forests, and Public Lands.
action_date: 2019-01-30
text: Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.
action_date: 2019-01-30
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2019-01-30
text: Introduced in House
DXM Abuse Prevention Act of 2019

Bill: 116-hr-863
Sponsor: Rep. Matsui, Doris O. [D-CA-6]
Introduced: 2019-01-30 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Child health
Civil actions and liability
Drug safety, medical device, and laboratory regulation
Drug trafficking and controlled substances
Drug, alcohol, tobacco use
Licensing and registrations
Prescription drugs
Retail and wholesale trades

Summary:
action_date: 2019-01-30
text: 

DXM Abuse Prevention Act of 2019 

 
This bill addresses the sale and distribution of dextromethorphan (DXM).
 
Specifically, the bill requires a retailer that sells certain drugs containing DXM to have a verification system that is intended to ensure that no one under 18 years of age purchases such drugs from the retailer.
 
The bill also establishes restrictions on (1)the sale of over-the-counter drugs containing DXM, and (2)the distribution of bulk DXM.
 



Legislative actions:
action_date: 2019-01-30
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2019-01-30
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2019-01-30
text: Introduced in House
Intelligence Directors Lobbying Prevention Act of 2019

Bill: 116-hr-867
Sponsor: Rep. Castro, Joaquin [D-TX-20]
Introduced: 2019-01-30 in the House
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Subjects: Congressional oversight
Federal officials
Government ethics and transparency, public corruption
Intelligence activities, surveillance, classified information
Public participation and lobbying

Summary:
action_date: 2019-01-30
text: 

Intelligence Directors Lobbying Prevention Act of 2019

 
This bill prohibits any individual who served as the head of any element of the intelligence community from acting as the agent of a foreign principal, including by engaging in lobbying activity on behalf of a foreign entity.
 
The Office of the Director of National Intelligence, in coordination with each element of the intelligence community, shall submit annual reports to Congress on the compliance of former heads of such elements with respect to such prohibition.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2019-03-25
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on the Constitution, Civil Rights, and Civil Liberties.
action_date: 2019-01-30
text: Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committee on Intelligence (Permanent Select), 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: 2019-01-30
text: Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committee on Intelligence (Permanent Select), 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: 2019-01-30
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2019-01-30
text: Introduced in House
End Dark Money Act

Bill: 116-hr-868
Sponsor: Rep. Crow, Jason [D-CO-6]
Introduced: 2019-01-30 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Department of the Treasury
Executive agency funding and structure
Internal Revenue Service (IRS)
Public participation and lobbying
Tax-exempt organizations

Summary:
action_date: 2019-01-30
text: 

End Dark Money Act 

 
This bill repeals a restriction on the use of funds by the Internal Revenue Service during FY2019 for certain regulations, revenue rulings, or other guidance related to the standard used to determine whether a tax-exempt organization is operated exclusively for the promotion of social welfare for the purposes of section 501(c)(4) of the Internal Revenue Code. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2019-01-30
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2019-01-30
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2019-01-30
text: Introduced in House
Undetectable Firearms Modernization Act

Bill: 116-hr-869
Sponsor: Rep. Dean, Madeleine [D-PA-4]
Introduced: 2019-01-30 in the House
Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement
Subjects: Aviation and airports
Firearms and explosives
Transportation safety and security

Summary:
action_date: 2019-01-30
text: 

Undetectable Firearms Modernization Act

 
 This bill revises the prohibition on undetectable firearms.
 
Specifically, the bill prohibits the manufacture, importation, sale, shipment, delivery, possession, transfer, or receipt of (1) any firearm that, after removal of all parts other than major components, is not as detectable by walk-through metal detectors as the Security Exemplar (an object fabricated for the testing and calibration of metal detectors); or (2) any major component of a firearm that is undetectable by detection devices commonly used at airports for security screenings.
 
The bill exempts from this prohibition (1) a prototype firearm for detectability testing; (2) any firearm received by, in the possession of, or under the control of the United States; or (3) the manufacture, importation, possession, transfer, receipt, shipment, or delivery of a firearm by a licensed manufacturer or licensed importer pursuant to an existing contract with the United States.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2019-03-25
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security.
action_date: 2019-01-30
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2019-01-30
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2019-01-30
text: Introduced in House