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ACTION for National Service Act

Bill: 116-hr-3464
Sponsor: Rep. Larson, John B. [D-CT-1]
Introduced: 2019-06-25 in the House
Policy area: Labor and Employment
Subjects: Advisory bodies
Appropriations
Corporation for National and Community Service
Executive agency funding and structure
Federal officials
Government corporations and government-sponsored enterprises
Higher education
Income tax exclusion
National and community service
Social work, volunteer service, charitable organizations
Student aid and college costs
Tax-exempt organizations
Wages and earnings

Summary:
action_date: 2019-06-25
text: 

America's Call To Improve Opportunities Now for National Service Act or the ACTION for National Service Act

 
This bill (1) converts the Corporation for National and Community Service into the National and Community Service Administration; (2) reauthorizes programs carried out by the administration; (3) establishes a National Service Foundation to accept and administer gifts on behalf of the administration; and (4) modifies the calculation of national service educational awards.
 
Furthermore, the bill
 
 
 creates a 21st Century American Service Outreach Program to notify individuals age 17 and not more than age 30 about their eligibility to participate in national service programs,;
 
 increases living stipends for such volunteers and the cap on such full-time positions;
 
provides a living allowance to members of the National Civilian Community Corps, under specified conditions; and
 
provides an exclusion from gross income, for income tax purposes, for such educational awards and living allowances.
 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2019-06-25
text: Referred to the Committee on Education and Labor, 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: 2019-06-25
text: Referred to the Committee on Education and Labor, 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: 2019-06-25
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2019-06-25
text: Introduced in House
To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to clarify the authority of the Secretary of the Treasury to rescind identifying numbers of tax return preparers.

Bill: 116-hr-3466
Sponsor: Rep. Estes, Ron [R-KS-4]
Introduced: 2019-06-25 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Accounting and auditing
Business ethics
Government information and archives
Licensing and registrations
Tax administration and collection, taxpayers

Summary:
action_date: 2019-06-25
text: 
This bill authorizes the Department of the Treasury to rescind the identifying numbers of tax return preparers for incompetence or disreputable behavior. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2019-06-25
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2019-06-25
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2019-06-25
text: Introduced in House
Remove the Stain Act

Bill: 116-hr-3467
Sponsor: Rep. Heck, Denny [D-WA-10]
Introduced: 2019-06-25 in the House
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Conflicts and wars
Federal-Indian relations
Military history
Military personnel and dependents
South Dakota

Summary:
action_date: 2019-06-25
text: 

Remove the Stain Act

 
This bill rescinds each Medal of Honor awarded for acts that occurred on December 29, 1890, at Wounded Knee Creek, Lakota Pine Ridge Indian Reservation, South Dakota.
 
The bill requires the Army, Navy, Air Force, and Coast Guard to remove the names of those award recipients from the Medal of Honor Roll.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2019-06-26
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Military Personnel.
action_date: 2019-06-25
text: Referred to the House Committee on Armed Services.
action_date: 2019-06-25
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2019-06-25
text: Introduced in House
Fair Pay for All Act of 2019

Bill: 116-hr-3468
Sponsor: Rep. Brown, Anthony G. [D-MD-4]
Introduced: 2019-06-25 in the House
Policy area: Labor and Employment
Subjects: Employment discrimination and employee rights
Sex, gender, sexual orientation discrimination
Wages and earnings

Summary:
action_date: 2019-06-25
text: 

Fair Pay for All Act of 2019

 
This bill prohibits sex discrimination in the payment of the minimum wage to workers based on their gender identity, sexual orientation, sex characteristics, a sex stereotype, pregnancy, childbirth, or a related medical condition.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2019-06-25
text: Referred to the House Committee on Education and Labor.
action_date: 2019-06-25
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2019-06-25
text: Introduced in House
Earl N. Williams, Sr., First Chance Act

Bill: 116-hr-3470
Sponsor: Rep. Davis, Danny K. [D-IL-7]
Introduced: 2019-06-25 in the House
Policy area: Education
Subjects: Education programs funding
Higher education
Student aid and college costs

Summary:
action_date: 2019-06-25
text: 

Earl N. Williams, Sr., First Chance Act

 
This bill expands the student support services program to include grants to students at institutions of higher education for basic and emergency supplemental living assistance.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2019-06-25
text: Referred to the House Committee on Education and Labor.
action_date: 2019-06-25
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2019-06-25
text: Introduced in House
To make available the continued use of Pick-Sloan Missouri Basin Program project use power by the Kinsey Irrigation Company and the Sidney Water Users Irrigation District, and for other purposes.

Bill: 116-hr-3471
Sponsor: Rep. Gianforte, Greg [R-MT-At Large]
Introduced: 2019-06-25 in the House
Policy area: Water Resources Development
Subjects: Electric power generation and transmission
Energy storage, supplies, demand
Montana
Public contracts and procurement
Water resources funding
Water storage
Water use and supply

Summary:
action_date: 2019-06-25
text: 
This bill provides for the continued use of power from the Pick-Sloan Missouri Basin Program by the Kinsey Irrigation Company and the Sidney Water Users Irrigation District in Montana. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2019-07-10
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Water, Oceans, and Wildlife.
action_date: 2019-06-25
text: Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.
action_date: 2019-06-25
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2019-06-25
text: Introduced in House
College for All Act of 2019

Bill: 116-hr-3472
Sponsor: Rep. Jayapal, Pramila [D-WA-7]
Introduced: 2019-06-25 in the House
Policy area: Education
Subjects: Academic performance and assessments
Education of the disadvantaged
Education programs funding
Educational guidance
Government lending and loan guarantees
Higher education
Indian social and development programs
Interest, dividends, interest rates
Minority education
Student aid and college costs
Teaching, teachers, curricula
Vocational and technical education

Summary:
action_date: 2019-06-25
text: 

College for All Act of 2019

 
This bill provides funding for (1) grants to eliminate tuition and required fees for eligible students at community colleges, public four-year institutions of higher education, and tribal colleges and universities; and (2) grants to eliminate or significantly reduce tuition and required fees for eligible students at private, nonprofit historically Black colleges and universities and minority-serving institutions. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2019-06-25
text: Referred to the House Committee on Education and Labor.
action_date: 2019-06-25
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2019-06-25
text: Introduced in House
Offshore WIND Act

Bill: 116-hr-3473
Sponsor: Rep. Langevin, James R. [D-RI-2]
Introduced: 2019-06-25 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Alternative and renewable resources
Business investment and capital
Electric power generation and transmission
Great Lakes
Income tax credits
Marine and coastal resources, fisheries

Summary:
action_date: 2019-06-25
text: 
 
Offshore Wind Incentives for New Development Act or the Offshore WIND Act 

 
This bill allows an energy tax credit for investment in qualified offshore wind property, the construction of which begins before January 1, 2026. The bill defines &quot;qualified offshore wind property&quot; as an offshore facility using wind to produce electricity. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2019-06-25
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2019-06-25
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2019-06-25
text: Introduced in House
To amend title 49, United States Code, to include truck combinations in the definition of automobile transporter for purposes of certain length limitations.

Bill: 116-hr-3474
Sponsor: Rep. Luetkemeyer, Blaine [R-MO-3]
Introduced: 2019-06-25 in the House
Policy area: Transportation and Public Works
Subjects: Motor carriers
Motor vehicles
Roads and highways
Transportation safety and security

Summary:
action_date: 2019-06-25
text: 
This bill revises the definition of "automobile transporter" to include truck tractors attached to trailers that are designed to transport assembled highway vehicles for purposes of certain length limitations. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2019-06-26
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Highways and Transit.
action_date: 2019-06-25
text: Referred to the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.
action_date: 2019-06-25
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2019-06-25
text: Introduced in House
SPECTRUM NOW Act

Bill: 116-hr-3475
Sponsor: Rep. Matsui, Doris O. [D-CA-6]
Introduced: 2019-06-25 in the House
Policy area: Science, Technology, Communications
Subjects: Broadcasting, cable, digital technologies
Congressional oversight
Government studies and investigations
Internet and video services
Internet, web applications, social media
Licensing and registrations
Radio spectrum allocation
Telephone and wireless communication

Summary:
action_date: 2019-06-25
text: 

Supplementing the Pipeline for Efficient Control of The Resources for Users Making New Opportunities for Wireless Act or the SPECTRUM NOW Act

 
This bill directs federal entities operating on mid-band spectrum to study the feasibility of (1) increasing spectrum efficiency, and (2) relocating federally held spectrum or sharing it with commercial users to facilitate the deployment of 5G. These federal entities must then submit plans for repurposing their spectrum, or a portion thereof, for commercial wireless use.
 
Further, the National Telecommunications and Information Administration must consult with the Federal Communications Commission and the relevant federal entity to determine whether spectrum may be made available on an unlicensed basis if the entity determines it is not feasible to make spectrum available on a licensed basis in accordance with the bill. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2019-06-26
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Communications and Technology.
action_date: 2019-06-25
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2019-06-25
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2019-06-25
text: Introduced in House
POISE Act

Bill: 116-hr-3476
Sponsor: Rep. Murphy, Stephanie N. [D-FL-7]
Introduced: 2019-06-25 in the House
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Asia
Caribbean area
China
Congressional oversight
Congressional-executive branch relations
Cuba
Diplomacy, foreign officials, Americans abroad
Government ethics and transparency, public corruption
Intelligence activities, surveillance, classified information
Iran
Middle East
North Korea
Russia

Summary:
action_date: 2019-06-25
text: 

Prevention and Oversight of Intelligence Sharing with Enemies Act or the POISE Act

 
This bill expresses the sense of Congress that elements of the intelligence community are obligated to notify Congress upon discovering that an individual in the executive branch has disclosed, outside established intelligence channels, certain classified information to specified adversary foreign governments (North Korea, Iran, China, Russia, and Cuba).


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2019-06-25
text: Referred to the House Committee on Intelligence (Permanent Select).
action_date: 2019-06-25
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2019-06-25
text: Introduced in House
Reclaiming Congressional Trade Authority Act of 2019

Bill: 116-hr-3477
Sponsor: Rep. Murphy, Stephanie N. [D-FL-7]
Introduced: 2019-06-25 in the House
Policy area: Foreign Trade and International Finance
Subjects: Congressional oversight
Congressional-executive branch relations
Economic performance and conditions
Legislative rules and procedure
Military procurement, research, weapons development
Presidents and presidential powers, Vice Presidents
Tariffs
War and emergency powers

Summary:
action_date: 2019-06-25
text: 

Reclaiming Congressional Trade Authority Act of 2019

 
 This bill requires the President, when modifying duty rates for national security reasons, to obtain congressional approval through a joint resolution for these modifications. The bill also gives Congress the authority to disapprove through a joint resolution certain duties or other import restrictions imposed by the U.S. Trade Representative. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2019-06-25
text: Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committee on Rules, 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: 2019-06-25
text: Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committee on Rules, 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: 2019-06-25
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2019-06-25
text: Introduced in House
Affordable HOUSE Act

Bill: 116-hr-3478
Sponsor: Rep. Neguse, Joe [D-CO-2]
Introduced: 2019-06-25 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Housing and community development funding
Housing finance and home ownership
Housing supply and affordability
Income tax credits
Low- and moderate-income housing
Residential rehabilitation and home repair

Summary:
action_date: 2019-06-25
text: 

Affordable Housing Opportunities for Utilization, Sustainment, and Expansion Act of 2019 or the Affordable HOUSE Act

 
This bill amends the Internal Revenue Code, with respect to the low-income housing tax credit, to modify the basis limitation rules applicable to the acquisition of buildings in service within the previous 10 years. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2019-06-25
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2019-06-25
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2019-06-25
text: Introduced in House
Save Affordable Housing Act of 2019

Bill: 116-hr-3479
Sponsor: Rep. Neguse, Joe [D-CO-2]
Introduced: 2019-06-25 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Housing supply and affordability
Income tax credits
Low- and moderate-income housing

Summary:
action_date: 2019-06-25
text: 

Save Affordable Housing Act of 2019 

 
This bill amends the Internal Revenue Code, with respect to the low-income housing tax credit, to repeal the qualified contract option for a building that received its allocation of housing credit dollar amount before January 1, 2019, or received before that date, a determination from the bond issuer or housing credit agency of its eligibility to receive an allocation of a housing credit dollar amount. 
 
Under current law, properties subject to the low-income housing tax credit are subject to a 30-year affordability period, during which the value of properties is set at a below market rate. The qualified contract option allows property owners, in some cases, to convert to market rate after 15 years. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2019-06-25
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2019-06-25
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2019-06-25
text: Introduced in House
Aviation Humanitarian Crisis Act of 2019

Bill: 116-hr-3480
Sponsor: Rep. Payne, Donald M., Jr. [D-NJ-10]
Introduced: 2019-06-25 in the House
Policy area: Transportation and Public Works
Subjects: Aviation and airports
Disaster relief and insurance
Transportation costs
User charges and fees

Summary:
action_date: 2019-06-25
text: 

Aviation Humanitarian Crisis Act of 2019

 
This bill authorizes the Department of Transportation (DOT) to declare an aviation humanitarian crisis at airports serving areas in which a federally-declared major disaster or emergency exists. For each such humanitarian crisis, DOT must identify the airports subject to the disaster declaration and the time period during which the declaration applies.
 
The bill limits the ability of air carriers to impose an excess charge for any seat on a flight or a passenger facility charge during the period of such crisis.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2019-06-26
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Aviation.
action_date: 2019-06-25
text: Referred to the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.
action_date: 2019-06-25
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2019-06-25
text: Introduced in House
To direct the Secretary of Transportation to issue regulations to require air carriers to disclose to consumers the actual wheels-off and wheels-on times for certain domestic passenger flight segments, and for other purposes.

Bill: 116-hr-3481
Sponsor: Rep. Payne, Donald M., Jr. [D-NJ-10]
Introduced: 2019-06-25 in the House
Policy area: Transportation and Public Works
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Aviation and airports
Consumer affairs
Department of Transportation

Summary:
action_date: 2019-06-25
text: 
This bill directs the Department of Transportation to revise federal consumer disclosure regulations to ensure that certain air carriers (1) disclose, upon the reasonable request of a consumer during the course of a reservation or ticketing discussion, the projected period between the actual take-off and landing times for domestic flights; and (2) display on their public website such information for the most recent calendar month.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2019-06-26
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Aviation.
action_date: 2019-06-25
text: Referred to the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.
action_date: 2019-06-25
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2019-06-25
text: Introduced in House
To amend the Immigration and Nationality Act to waive certain requirements for naturalization for American Samoan United States nationals to become United States citizens, and for other purposes.

Bill: 116-hr-3482
Sponsor: Del. Radewagen, Aumua Amata Coleman [R-AS-At Large]
Introduced: 2019-06-25 in the House
Policy area: Immigration
Subjects: American Samoa
Citizenship and naturalization
Constitution and constitutional amendments
Education programs funding
Family relationships
Immigration status and procedures
Policy sciences
U.S. territories and protectorates

Summary:
action_date: 2019-06-25
text: 
This bill establishes that a U.S. national who otherwise qualifies may become a citizen upon establishing residence and physical presence in a U.S. outlying possession (i.e. American Samoa and Swains Island). Currently, U.S. nationals must become a resident of a state to qualify for naturalization.Individuals born in an outlying possession are U.S. nationals but do not automatically acquire citizenship through birth in an outlying possession.
 
The bill also waives certain naturalization requirements, including those related to English language proficiency and participation in a public ceremony, for individuals who have continuously resided in an outlying possession or state from birth to the approval of a naturalization application.
 
 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2019-07-30
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration and Citizenship.
action_date: 2019-06-25
text: Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, 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: 2019-06-25
text: Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, 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: 2019-06-25
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2019-06-25
text: Introduced in House
Integration of Baseball Commemorative Coin Act

Bill: 116-hr-3483
Sponsor: Rep. Richmond, Cedric L. [D-LA-2]
Introduced: 2019-06-25 in the House
Policy area: Finance and Financial Sector
Subjects: Athletes
Currency
Museums, exhibitions, cultural centers
New York State
Professional sports
Racial and ethnic relations
U.S. history

Summary:
action_date: 2019-06-25
text: 

Integration of Baseball Commemorative Coin Act

 
This bill directs the Department of the Treasury to mint and issue $5 gold coins, $1 silver coins, and half-dollar clad coins in recognition and celebration of the 75th anniversary of the integration of the game of baseball. 
 
All sales of such coins shall include specified surcharges. All surcharges received by Treasury shall be distributed to the National Baseball Hall of Fame, with the understanding that the Hall of Fame shall work with the Jackie Robinson Foundation to develop and operate education programs about the integration of the game of baseball and to preserve artifacts related to the integration of the game. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2019-06-25
text: Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services.
action_date: 2019-06-25
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2019-06-25
text: Introduced in House
DHS Rotational Cybersecurity Program Act of 2019

Bill: 116-hr-3484
Sponsor: Rep. Richmond, Cedric L. [D-LA-2]
Introduced: 2019-06-25 in the House
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Subjects: Coast guard
Computer security and identity theft
Computers and information technology
Employment and training programs
Government employee pay, benefits, personnel management
Research and development

Summary:
action_date: 2019-06-25
text: 

Department of Homeland Security Rotational Cybersecurity Program Act of 2019 or the DHS Rotational Cybersecurity Program Act of 2019

 
This bill authorizes the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) to establish a rotational cybersecurity research, development, and training program.
 
Under such program, DHS shall detail to the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) (including the national cybersecurity and communications integration center) Coast Guard Academy graduates and faculty.
 
DHS shall detail to the Coast Guard Academy, as faculty, individuals with expertise and experience in cybersecurity who are employed by (1) CISA; (2) the Directorate of Science and Technology; or (3) institutions that have been designated by DHS as a Center of Excellence for Cyber Defense, or the equivalent. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2019-07-18
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Transportation and Maritime Security.
action_date: 2019-07-18
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Cybersecurity, Infrastructure Protection, and Innovation.
action_date: 2019-06-25
text: Referred to the House Committee on Homeland Security.
action_date: 2019-06-25
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2019-06-25
text: Introduced in House