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To provide for interim appropriations for the District of Columbia courts and related agencies with respect to any fiscal year for which appropriations are not otherwise provided for such courts and agencies.

Bill: 116-hr-2133
Sponsor: Del. Norton, Eleanor Holmes [D-DC-At Large]
Introduced: 2019-04-08 in the House
Policy area: Economics and Public Finance
Subjects: Appropriations
District of Columbia
State and local courts

Summary:
action_date: 2019-04-08
text: 
This bill provides continuing appropriations to the District of Columbia courts and related agencies during any fiscal year in which appropriations have not otherwise been provided. (The continuing appropriations would exempt the courts and agencies from a government shutdown due to a lapse in appropriations for the federal government.) 
 
The bill provides continuing appropriations for federal payments to
 
 
the District of Columbia Courts,
 
defender services in District of Columbia courts,
 
the Court Services and Offender Supervision Agency for the District of Columbia,
 
the District of Columbia Public Defender Service,
 
the Criminal Justice Coordinating Council,
 
the District of Columbia Commission on Judicial Disabilities and Tenure, and 
 
the District of Columbia Judicial Nomination Commission.
 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2019-04-08
text: Referred to the House Committee on Appropriations.
action_date: 2019-04-08
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E423)
action_date: 2019-04-08
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2019-04-08
text: Introduced in House
Helen Keller National Center Reauthorization Act of 2019

Bill: 116-hr-2134
Sponsor: Rep. Pocan, Mark [D-WI-2]
Introduced: 2019-04-08 in the House
Policy area: Labor and Employment
Subjects: Disability and paralysis
Disability assistance
Employment and training programs
Government trust funds
Hearing, speech, and vision care

Summary:
action_date: 2019-04-08
text: 

Helen Keller National Center Reauthorization Act of 2019

 
This bill reauthorizes through FY2023 the (1) Helen Keller National Center for Youths and Adults Who Are Deaf-Blind, and (2) Helen Keller National Center Federal Endowment Fund.

action_date: 2019-09-17
text: 

Helen Keller National Center Reauthorization Act of 2019

 
This bill reauthorizes through FY2023 the (1) Helen Keller National Center for Youths and Adults Who Are Deaf-Blind, and (2) Helen Keller National Center Federal Endowment Fund.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2019-09-18
text: Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
action_date: 2019-09-17
text: Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
action_date: 2019-09-17
text: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by voice vote. (text: CR H7732)
action_date: 2019-09-17
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 H7732)
action_date: 2019-09-17
text: DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on H.R. 2134.
action_date: 2019-09-17
text: Considered under suspension of the rules. (consideration: CR H7732-7734)
action_date: 2019-09-17
text: Ms. Jayapal moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended.
action_date: 2019-04-08
text: Referred to the House Committee on Education and Labor.
action_date: 2019-04-08
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2019-04-08
text: Introduced in House
PAID AD Act

Bill: 116-hr-2135
Sponsor: Rep. Slotkin, Elissa [D-MI-8]
Introduced: 2019-04-08 in the House
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Subjects: Elections, voting, political campaign regulation
Internet and video services
Internet, web applications, social media
Political advertising
Subversive activities
Television and film

Summary:
action_date: 2019-04-08
text: 

Preventing Adversaries Internationally from Disbursing Advertising Dollars Act or the PAID AD Act

 
This bill prohibits foreign nationals from making disbursements for political advertising.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2019-04-08
text: Referred to the House Committee on House Administration.
action_date: 2019-04-08
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2019-04-08
text: Introduced in House
Open Internet Preservation Act

Bill: 116-hr-2136
Sponsor: Rep. Smucker, Lloyd [R-PA-11]
Introduced: 2019-04-08 in the House
Policy area: Science, Technology, Communications
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Administrative remedies
Federal Communications Commission (FCC)
Intergovernmental relations
Internet and video services
Internet, web applications, social media
State and local government operations
Telecommunication rates and fees

Summary:
action_date: 2019-04-08
text: 

Open Internet Preservation Act

 
This bill prohibits broadband internet access service providers from (1) blocking lawful content, applications, services, or non-harmful devices; or (2) throttling lawful internet traffic on the basis of internet content, application, or service, or use of a non-harmful device.
 
Providers may offer specialized services, which operate over the same network and share network capacity with the broadband internet access service, so long as such service offerings do not threaten the availability of broadband internet access service or evade the purposes of the bill.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2019-04-09
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Communications and Technology.
action_date: 2019-04-08
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2019-04-08
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2019-04-08
text: Introduced in House
Motorsports Fairness and Permanency Act of 2019

Bill: 116-hr-2137
Sponsor: Rep. Thompson, Mike [D-CA-5]
Introduced: 2019-04-08 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Business investment and capital
Income tax deductions
Motor vehicles
Sports and recreation facilities

Summary:
action_date: 2019-04-08
text: 

Motorsports Fairness and Permanency Act 

of 2019

 
This bill modifies the requirements for calculating taxable income to make permanent the accelerated depreciation (seven-year recovery period) of motorsports entertainment complexes.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2019-04-08
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2019-04-08
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2019-04-08
text: Introduced in House
Dental Care for Low-Income Veterans Act

Bill: 116-hr-2138
Sponsor: Rep. Tipton, Scott  R. [R-CO-3]
Introduced: 2019-04-08 in the House
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Dental care
Health care coverage and access
Poverty and welfare assistance
Veterans' medical care

Summary:
action_date: 2019-04-08
text: 

Dental Care for Low-Income Veterans Act

 
This bill expands eligibility for Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) outpatient dental services and treatment to low-income veterans. Currently, only certain veterans, including those suffering from service-connected issues, are eligible for dental services through the VA.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2019-04-08
text: Referred to the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
action_date: 2019-04-08
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2019-04-08
text: Introduced in House
Leonel Rondon Pipeline Safety Act

Bill: 116-hr-2139
Sponsor: Rep. Trahan, Lori [D-MA-3]
Introduced: 2019-04-08 in the House
Policy area: Transportation and Public Works
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Business records
Civil actions and liability
Department of Transportation
Emergency communications systems
Emergency planning and evacuation
Energy storage, supplies, demand
Environmental assessment, monitoring, research
Fires
Government information and archives
Government studies and investigations
Metals
Oil and gas
Pipelines
State and local government operations
Transportation safety and security

Summary:
action_date: 2019-04-08
text: 

Leonel Rondon Pipeline Safety Act

 
This bill addresses natural gas pipeline safety.
 
Among other things, the bill directs the Department of Transportation to require
 
 
each distribution integrity plan developed by an operator of a gas distribution pipeline to include the risks from the presence of cast iron pipes and mains and risks that may result from the operation of a pipeline above the maximum allowable operating pressure;
 
operators to establish protocols for communicating with fire, police, and other relevant public officials after a disaster that includes fires, explosions, or one or more fatalities;
 
procedural manuals for operations, maintenance, and emergencies to include certain written procedures;
 
operators to develop and implement a pipeline safety management systems framework;
 
operators to develop and maintain traceable, reliable, complete, and up-to-date records of the gas distribution system in each region of operation;
 
approval by a professional engineer before carrying out certain tasks on a gas pipeline system; and
 
the development of standards that promote sufficient staffing for monitoring and regulating gas pressure levels by each operator.
 
 
The bill increases civil penalties for violations of natural gas pipeline safety standards.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2019-04-09
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Energy.
action_date: 2019-04-09
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Railroads, Pipelines, and Hazardous Materials.
action_date: 2019-04-08
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: 2019-04-08
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: 2019-04-08
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2019-04-08
text: Introduced in House
Great Lakes Agricultural Stewardship Act

Bill: 116-hr-2141
Sponsor: Rep. Walberg, Tim [R-MI-7]
Introduced: 2019-04-08 in the House
Policy area: Agriculture and Food
Subjects: Agricultural conservation and pollution
Environmental assessment, monitoring, research
Great Lakes
Illinois
Indiana
Lakes and rivers
Michigan
Minnesota
New York State
Ohio
Pennsylvania
Water quality
Watersheds
Wisconsin

Summary:
action_date: 2019-04-08
text: 

Great Lakes Agricultural Stewardship Act 
 
 
This bill requires the Department of Agriculture (USDA) to establish a Great Lakes basin initiative for agricultural nonpoint source pollution prevention. (Nonpoint source pollution comes from diffuse sources and is caused by precipitation moving over or through the ground and carrying pollution.) 
 
In implementing the initiative, USDA must
 
 
 provide grants to Great Lakes states (Illinois, Indiana, Michigan, Minnesota, New York, Ohio, Pennsylvania, or Wisconsin) for education and outreach, technical assistance, and voluntary verification programs regarding nonpoint source pollution from agricultural activities;
 
establish a funding priority within the Great Lakes basin for payments to producers that participate in the initiative to achieve verification through a state verification program; and 
 
use existing data where it is available.
 
 
In carrying out the initiative, states may collaborate with entities that have agricultural or environmental expertise, including academic or nonprofit organizations. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2019-05-07
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Conservation and Forestry.
action_date: 2019-04-08
text: Referred to the House Committee on Agriculture.
action_date: 2019-04-08
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2019-04-08
text: Introduced in House
To amend the Small Business Act to require the Small Business and Agriculture Regulatory Enforcement Ombudsman to create a centralized website for compliance guides, and for other purposes.

Bill: 116-hr-2142
Sponsor: Rep. Delgado, Antonio [D-NY-19]
Introduced: 2019-04-09 in the House
Policy area: Commerce
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Congressional oversight
Government information and archives
Small Business Administration
Small business

Summary:
action_date: 2019-04-09
text: 
This bill requires the Small Business and Agriculture Regulatory Enforcement Ombudsman to create a website compiling small entity compliance guides and contact information for individuals who can assist small entities with each guide.

action_date: 2019-07-15
text: 
This bill requires the Small Business and Agriculture Regulatory Enforcement Ombudsman to create a website compiling small entity compliance guides and contact information for individuals who can assist small entities with each guide.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2019-07-16
text: Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship.
action_date: 2019-07-15
text: Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
action_date: 2019-07-15
text: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill Agreed to by voice vote. (text: CR H5806)
action_date: 2019-07-15
text: Passed/agreed to in House: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill Agreed to by voice vote.(text: CR H5806)
action_date: 2019-07-15
text: DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on H.R. 2142.
action_date: 2019-07-15
text: Considered under suspension of the rules. (consideration: CR H5806-5807)
action_date: 2019-07-15
text: Mr. Delgado moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill.
action_date: 2019-06-13
text: Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 82.
action_date: 2019-06-13
text: Reported by the Committee on Small Business. H. Rept. 116-113.
action_date: 2019-06-13
text: Reported by the Committee on Small Business. H. Rept. 116-113.
action_date: 2019-04-09
text: Referred to the House Committee on Small Business.
action_date: 2019-04-09
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2019-04-09
text: Introduced in House
PIMA of 2019

Bill: 116-hr-2143
Sponsor: Rep. Speier, Jackie [D-CA-14]
Introduced: 2019-04-09 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Accounting and auditing
Allied health services
Civil actions and liability
Drug therapy
Government studies and investigations
Health personnel
Health technology, devices, supplies
Medical ethics
Medical tests and diagnostic methods
Medicare

Summary:
action_date: 2019-04-09
text: 

Promoting Integrity in Medicare Act of 2019 or the PIMA of 

2019

 
This bill expands Medicare's prohibition on physician self-referrals (i.e., the Stark law) to include, with specified exceptions, certain advanced imaging, anatomic pathology, radiation therapy, and physical therapy services. Additionally, the bill establishes increased civil monetary penalties for violations of the self-referral prohibition with respect to those services.
 
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services shall conduct a compliance review with respect to such referrals.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2019-04-10
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2019-04-09
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2019-04-09
text: Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, 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: 2019-04-09
text: Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, 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: 2019-04-09
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2019-04-09
text: Introduced in House
of 2019

Bill: 116-hr-2144
Sponsor: Rep. Davidson, Warren [R-OH-8]
Introduced: 2019-04-09 in the House
Policy area: Finance and Financial Sector
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Banking and financial institutions regulation
Capital gains tax
Computers and information technology
Currency
Digital media
Employee benefits and pensions
Federal Trade Commission (FTC)
Federal preemption
Financial services and investments
Fraud offenses and financial crimes
Income tax exclusion
Securities
State and local government operations
Tax administration and collection, taxpayers

Summary:
action_date: 2019-04-09
text: 

Token Taxonomy Act of 2019

 
This bill specifies that digital tokens, such as those used in virtual currencies, are not securities for regulatory purposes. The bill also provides for the tax treatment of virtual currencies, including by excluding from gross income any gains from virtual currency transactions up to $600, retroactive to January 1, 2017.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2019-04-09
text: Referred to the Committee on Financial Services, 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: 2019-04-09
text: Referred to the Committee on Financial Services, 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: 2019-04-09
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2019-04-09
text: Introduced in House
Disaster Tax Relief Act of 2019

Bill: 116-hr-2145
Sponsor: Rep. Rice, Tom [R-SC-7]
Introduced: 2019-04-09 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Charitable contributions
Disaster relief and insurance
Government employee pay, benefits, personnel management
Guam
Income tax credits
Income tax deductions
Income tax deferral
Income tax exclusion
Natural disasters
Northern Mariana Islands
Tax administration and collection, taxpayers
Tax treatment of families
U.S. territories and protectorates
Wages and earnings

Summary:
action_date: 2019-04-09
text: 

Disaster Tax Relief Act of 2019

 
This bill allows various tax credits, tax deductions, and modifications to existing rules for individuals and businesses affected by certain federally declared disasters that began after January 1, 2018, and before the enactment of this bill. 
 
With respect to individuals and businesses in the affected areas, the bill 
 
 
waives the 10% additional tax on certain early distributions from retirement plans, 
 
permits individuals to recontribute funds to retirement plans if the funds were distributed for a home purchase that was cancelled on account of a disaster,
 
 increases the limit and extends the repayment deadline for loans from retirement plans, 
 
allows an employee retention tax credit for employers affected by disasters,
 
temporarily suspends the limitation on tax deductions for charitable contributions for relief efforts in disaster areas,
 
modifies the rules for the deduction for personal casualty losses, 
 
allows taxpayers residing in disaster areas to use earned income from the immediately preceding year for the purpose of determining earned income for the earned income tax credit and the child tax credit, and
 
automatically extends tax filing deadlines for taxpayers who have a principal residence or place of business located in a disaster area.
 
 
The bill also requires the Department of the Treasury to make payments to certain U.S. possessions to either compensate for revenue lost due to specified provisions in the bill or allow residents to benefit from the provisions.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2019-04-09
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2019-04-09
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2019-04-09
text: Introduced in House
GRACE Act

Bill: 116-hr-2146
Sponsor: Rep. Lofgren, Zoe [D-CA-19]
Introduced: 2019-04-09 in the House
Policy area: Immigration
Subjects: Congressional oversight
Immigration status and procedures
Presidents and presidential powers, Vice Presidents
Refugees, asylum, displaced persons

Summary:
action_date: 2019-04-09
text: 

Guaranteed Refugee Admission Ceiling Enhancement Act or the GRACE Act

 
This bill establishes that the maximum number of refugees admitted each fiscal year shall be no less than 95,000 and that the maximum number shall be treated as the numerical goal for refugee admissions for the applicable fiscal year. The President may set a higher number if it is justified by humanitarian concerns or is otherwise in the national interest.
 
Currently, the number admitted each fiscal year may not exceed 50,000 unless the President determines that a higher number is justified by humanitarian concerns or is otherwise in the national interest.
 
The bill directs the President to take into consideration information from the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees when establishing the maximum admission number and making certain other related decisions. The President shall report to Congress quarterly on (1) the number of refugees admitted during the preceding quarter, (2) the number of aliens who were security-cleared during the preceding quarter, (3) a plan to reach the numerical goal for admitted refugees for that fiscal year, and (4) other related information.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2019-05-15
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration and Citizenship.
action_date: 2019-04-09
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2019-04-09
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2019-04-09
text: Introduced in House
RURAL Act of 2019

Bill: 116-hr-2147
Sponsor: Rep. Sewell, Terri A. [D-AL-7]
Introduced: 2019-04-09 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Disaster relief and insurance
Electric power generation and transmission
Emergency planning and evacuation
Internet and video services
Internet, web applications, social media
Public utilities and utility rates
Rural conditions and development
Tax-exempt organizations
Telephone and wireless communication

Summary:
action_date: 2019-04-09
text: 

Revitalizing Underdeveloped Rural Areas and Lands Act of 2019 or the RURAL Act of 2019

 
This bill modifies the definition of income used to determine the tax-exempt status of a mutual or cooperative telephone or electric company to exclude certain government grants, contributions, and assistance.
 
Specifically, the bill excludes from income (1) grants, contributions, and assistance provided under the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act or by local, state, or regional governmental entities for disasters or emergencies; and (2) certain grants or contributions provided by a government entity for electric, communications, broadband, internet, or other utility facilities or services. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2019-04-09
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2019-04-09
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2019-04-09
text: Introduced in House