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Land and Water Conservation Fund Permanent Funding Act

Bill: 116-hr-3195
Sponsor: Rep. Van Drew, Jefferson [D-NJ-2]
Introduced: 2019-06-11 in the House
Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources
Subjects: Appropriations
Congressional oversight
Government trust funds
Hunting and fishing
Land transfers
Land use and conservation
Outdoor recreation
Parks, recreation areas, trails

Summary:
action_date: 2019-06-11
text: 

Land and Water Conservation Fund Permanent Funding Act

 
This bill makes permanent, beginning in FY2020, funding for the Land and Water Conservation Fund (LWCF).
 
The President shall annually submit to Congress specified details regarding the allocation of funds to the LWCF. Congress may provide for alternate allocations using specified procedures.

action_date: 2019-11-08
text: 

Land and Water Conservation Fund Permanent Funding Act

 
This bill makes funding for the Land and Water Conservation Fund (LWCF) permanent.
 
The President shall annually submit to Congress specified details regarding the allocation of funds to the LWCF. Congress may provide for alternate allocations using specified procedures.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2019-11-08
text: Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 222.
action_date: 2019-11-08
text: Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Natural Resources. H. Rept. 116-277.
action_date: 2019-11-08
text: Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Natural Resources. H. Rept. 116-277.
action_date: 2019-06-19
text: Ordered to be Reported (Amended) by the Yeas and Nays: 21 - 13.
action_date: 2019-06-19
text: Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
action_date: 2019-06-11
text: Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.
action_date: 2019-06-11
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2019-06-11
text: Introduced in House
Restoring Overtime Pay Act of 2019

Bill: 116-hr-3197
Sponsor: Rep. Takano, Mark [D-CA-41]
Introduced: 2019-06-11 in the House
Policy area: Labor and Employment
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Department of Labor
Government information and archives
Labor standards
Wages and earnings

Summary:
action_date: 2019-06-11
text: 

Restoring Overtime Pay Act of 2019

 
This bill requires the Department of Labor to update the salary threshold applicable to bona fide executive, administrative, and professional employees for purposes of determining eligibility for overtime pay. The bill adopts rulemaking promulgated by Labor in 2016 that established the threshold for exempting such employees from overtime requirements at the 40th percentile of earnings for full-time salaried employees in the lowest-wage census region. The bill also requires updates to the threshold amount every three years. 
 
In addition, the Bureau of Labor Statistics shall publish quarterly on its public website data on the weekly earnings of nonhourly, full-time salaried workers by census region. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2019-06-11
text: Referred to the House Committee on Education and Labor.
action_date: 2019-06-11
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2019-06-11
text: Introduced in House
Comprehensive Regulatory Review Act

Bill: 116-hr-3198
Sponsor: Rep. Loudermilk, Barry [R-GA-11]
Introduced: 2019-06-11 in the House
Policy area: Finance and Financial Sector
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Banking and financial institutions regulation
Consumer Financial Protection Bureau
Consumer credit
Department of the Treasury
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC)
Federal Reserve System
National Credit Union Administration

Summary:
action_date: 2019-06-11
text: 

Comprehensive Regulatory Review Act

 
This bill expands the required comprehensive review of financial regulatory requirements. Specifically, the review must be completed by the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) and the National Credit Union Administration, in addition to (as required under current law) the Federal Financial Institutions Examination Council, the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency, the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation, and the Federal Reserve Board. The review must be performed at least every 7, rather than 10, years.
 
After performing the review, a regulator must consider tailoring regulations to limit specified burdens.
 
The bill specifies information and criteria the CFPB must use when conducting its review. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2019-06-11
text: Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services.
action_date: 2019-06-11
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2019-06-11
text: Introduced in House
Term Act of 2019

Bill: 116-hr-3199
Sponsor: Rep. Jeffries, Hakeem S. [D-NY-8]
Introduced: 2019-06-11 in the House
Policy area: Commerce
Subjects: Congressional oversight
Department of Commerce
Evidence and witnesses
Government studies and investigations
Intellectual property
Prescription drugs

Summary:
action_date: 2019-06-11
text: 

Terminating the Extension of Rights Misappropriated Act of 2019 or the Term Act of 2019

 
This bill addresses double patenting with respect to drug-related patents. Specifically, the bill requires an owner of drug-related patents, if the owner lists more than one patent as covering a particular drug, to prove in certain proceedings that each patent covers a distinct invention. If the patent owner fails to do so, then the owner shall have disclaimed patent protection from all the listed patents after the first patent expires.
 
This requirement shall apply to various proceedings challenging the validity of drug-related patents, as well as to infringement lawsuits filed by the patent owner against companies seeking Food and Drug Administration approval for generic or biosimilar versions of patented drugs. 
 
The bill also directs the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) to review its examination procedures to prevent granting multiple patents for the same drug or biological product, unless the patents cover distinct inventions. The USPTO shall report to Congress its findings and recommendations from the review. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2019-06-28
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Courts, Intellectual Property, and the Internet.
action_date: 2019-06-11
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2019-06-11
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2019-06-11
text: Introduced in House
Safe Students Act

Bill: 116-hr-3200
Sponsor: Rep. Massie, Thomas [R-KY-4]
Introduced: 2019-06-11 in the House
Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement
Subjects: Child safety and welfare
Educational facilities and institutions
Elementary and secondary education
Firearms and explosives

Summary:
action_date: 2019-06-11
text: 

Safe Students Act

 
This bill repeals provisions of federal criminal law that prohibit the possession or discharge of a firearm in a school zone.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2019-06-28
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security.
action_date: 2019-06-11
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2019-06-11
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2019-06-11
text: Introduced in House
Save Voters Act

Bill: 116-hr-3201
Sponsor: Rep. Beatty, Joyce [D-OH-3]
Introduced: 2019-06-11 in the House
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Subjects: Elections, voting, political campaign regulation
Government information and archives
State and local government operations
Voting rights

Summary:
action_date: 2019-06-11
text: 

Stop Automatically Voiding Eligible Voters Off Their Enlisted Rolls in States Act or the Save Voters Act 

 
This bill requires verification and notice of the removal of registrants from an official list of eligible voters. Specifically, the bill requires a state or political subdivision to provide notice to individual registrants that are removed, the grounds for the removal, and information on contesting the removal. Public notice must be provided after any systematic removal of names. 
 
The bill provides conditions for the removal of names from an official list of eligible voters. A state is prohibited from removing a name unless the state verifies that the registrant is ineligible to vote. A state is prohibited from considering failure to vote in an election or failure to respond to a notice as evidence of ineligibility to vote.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2019-06-11
text: Referred to the House Committee on House Administration.
action_date: 2019-06-11
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2019-06-11
text: Introduced in House
Strengthening Support of NATO Through Dual Use Infrastructure Act

Bill: 116-hr-3202
Sponsor: Rep. Brown, Anthony G. [D-MD-4]
Introduced: 2019-06-11 in the House
Policy area: International Affairs
Subjects: Alliances
Aviation and airports
Collective security
Europe
Infrastructure development
Marine and inland water transportation
Military operations and strategy
Railroads
Roads and highways

Summary:
action_date: 2019-06-11
text: 

Strengthening Support of NATO Through Dual Use Infrastructure Act

 
This bill directs the Department of Defense and Department of State to report to Congress on the value of North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) member-state investments in dual-use infrastructure projects. Dual-use infrastructure projects are those identified by the European Union as upgrades to the Trans-European Transport Network that also improve military mobility.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2019-06-27
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Europe, Eurasia, Energy and the Environment.
action_date: 2019-06-11
text: Referred to the House Committee on Foreign Affairs.
action_date: 2019-06-11
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2019-06-11
text: Introduced in House
Marine Energy Research and Development Act of 2019

Bill: 116-hr-3203
Sponsor: Rep. Deutch, Theodore E. [D-FL-22]
Introduced: 2019-06-11 in the House
Policy area: Energy
Subjects: Alternative and renewable resources
Education programs funding
Electric power generation and transmission
Energy efficiency and conservation
Energy research
Energy storage, supplies, demand
Higher education
Marine and coastal resources, fisheries
Research administration and funding
Research and development
Technology assessment
Technology transfer and commercialization

Summary:
action_date: 2019-06-11
text: 

Marine Energy Research and Development Act of 2019

 
This bill directs the Water Power Technologies Office of the Department of Energy to carry out a program to accelerate the introduction of marine energy production into the United States energy supply while fostering accelerated research, development, demonstration, and commercial application of technology, including programs to to identify and study critical short- and long-term needs to create a sustainable marine energy supply chain based in the United States.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2019-06-11
text: Referred to the House Committee on Science, Space, and Technology.
action_date: 2019-06-11
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Energy.
action_date: 2019-06-11
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2019-06-11
text: Introduced in House
Nogales Wastewater Fairness Act

Bill: 116-hr-3204
Sponsor: Rep. Grijalva, Raúl M. [D-AZ-3]
Introduced: 2019-06-11 in the House
Policy area: Environmental Protection
Subjects: Arizona
Latin America
Mexico
Pipelines
Solid waste and recycling
Water quality

Summary:
action_date: 2019-06-11
text: 

Nogales Wastewater Fairness Act

 
This bill directs the U.S. Section of the International Boundary and Water Commission to charge Nogales, Arizona, no more than an equitable proportion of the costs for operating and maintaining the Nogales sanitation project. The sanitation project includes (1) the International Outfall Interceptor and the trunkline, which is a sewer line that carries wastewater along the U.S. and Mexico border; and (2) the Nogales International Wastewater Treatment Plant. 
 
Nogales is not obligated to pay the capital costs of repairing or upgrading the project.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2019-06-12
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Water Resources and Environment.
action_date: 2019-06-11
text: Referred to the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.
action_date: 2019-06-11
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2019-06-11
text: Introduced in House
Coast Guard Youth STEM Programs Expansion Act

Bill: 116-hr-3205
Sponsor: Rep. Kaptur, Marcy [D-OH-9]
Introduced: 2019-06-11 in the House
Policy area: Education
Subjects: Coast guard
Elementary and secondary education
Intergovernmental relations
Science and engineering education

Summary:
action_date: 2019-06-11
text: 

Coast Guard Youth STEM Programs Expansion Act

 
This bill authorizes the U.S. Coast Guard, in coordination with the Department of Education, to establish programs for the purpose of improving the mathematics and scientific knowledge and skills of elementary and secondary school students and faculty members.
 
Any such program may also focus on areas of specific Coast Guard expertise. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2019-06-12
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Coast Guard and Maritime Transportation.
action_date: 2019-06-11
text: Referred to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, and in addition to the Committee on Education and Labor, 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: 2019-06-11
text: Referred to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, and in addition to the Committee on Education and Labor, 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: 2019-06-11
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E748)
action_date: 2019-06-11
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2019-06-11
text: Introduced in House
Protecting Europe’s Energy Security Act of 2019

Bill: 116-hr-3206
Sponsor: Rep. Kinzinger, Adam [R-IL-16]
Introduced: 2019-06-11 in the House
Policy area: International Affairs
Subjects: Asia
Energy storage, supplies, demand
Europe
Foreign property
Germany
Marine and inland water transportation
Oil and gas
Pipelines
Presidents and presidential powers, Vice Presidents
Russia
Sanctions
Turkey
Ukraine
Visas and passports
War and emergency powers

Summary:
action_date: 2019-06-11
text: 

Protecting Europe's Energy Security Act of 2019

 
This bill directs the President to impose visa- and asset-blocking sanctions on any foreign person that knowingly provides pipe-laying vessels for constructing a Russian-origin energy export pipeline that makes landfall in Germany or Turkey. 
 
The President may waive the sanctions as to specific persons if it is in the U.S. national interest to do so and if the President notifies Congress of the decision. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2019-06-28
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration and Citizenship.
action_date: 2019-06-26
text: Committee Agreed to Seek Consideration Under Suspension of the Rules.
action_date: 2019-06-26
text: Ordered to be Reported (Amended) by Voice Vote.
action_date: 2019-06-26
text: Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
action_date: 2019-06-11
text: Referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs, and in addition to the Committee on the Judiciary, 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: 2019-06-11
text: Referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs, and in addition to the Committee on the Judiciary, 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: 2019-06-11
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2019-06-11
text: Introduced in House
Airport Transfer of License Act

Bill: 116-hr-3209
Sponsor: Rep. Lewis, John [D-GA-5]
Introduced: 2019-06-11 in the House
Policy area: Transportation and Public Works
Subjects: Aviation and airports
Licensing and registrations
Marketing and advertising

Summary:
action_date: 2019-06-11
text: 

Airport Transfer of License Act

 
This bill sets forth requirements for a change in airport sponsorship or operations with respect to airport operating certificates.
 
The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) must issue an airport operating certificate to a new sponsor or operator if (1) the holder of the airport operating certificate for such airport consents to the transfer of sponsorship or operations, and (2) the new sponsor or operator satisfies all requirements for obtaining a certificate.
 
If the holder of the airport operating certificate disputes the transfer, the FAA must issue a certificate to the new sponsor if all requirements are satisfied and the dispute is resolved through legal action, including the issuance of a final, non-appealable judicial decision requiring a change of sponsorship or operations.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2019-06-12
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Aviation.
action_date: 2019-06-11
text: Referred to the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.
action_date: 2019-06-11
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2019-06-11
text: Introduced in House
Coast Guard Shore Infrastructure Improvement Act

Bill: 116-hr-3210
Sponsor: Rep. Mucarsel-Powell, Debbie [D-FL-26]
Introduced: 2019-06-11 in the House
Policy area: Transportation and Public Works
Subjects: Coast guard
Congressional oversight
Military facilities and property
Performance measurement
Transportation safety and security

Summary:
action_date: 2019-06-11
text: 

Coast Guard Shore Infrastructure Improvement Act

 
This bill addresses U.S. Coast Guard shore infrastructure.
 
The bill directs the Coast Guard to (1) develop a plan to standardize its facility assessments; (2) establish shore infrastructure performance goals, measures, and baselines to track the effectiveness of maintenance and repair investments; (3)develop a process to routinely align its shore infrastructure portfolio with mission needs; (4) establish guidance for planning boards to document inputs, deliberations, and project prioritization decisions for infrastructure maintenance projects; (5)employ models for its infrastructure asset lines; (6) include details about competing project alternatives and report tradeoffs in congressional budget requests and related reports; and (7)explore the development of real property management expertise within its workforce.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2019-06-12
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Coast Guard and Maritime Transportation.
action_date: 2019-06-11
text: Referred to the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.
action_date: 2019-06-11
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2019-06-11
text: Introduced in House
Task Force on the Impact of the Affordable Housing Crisis Act of 2019

Bill: 116-hr-3211
Sponsor: Rep. Peters, Scott H. [D-CA-52]
Introduced: 2019-06-11 in the House
Policy area: Housing and Community Development
Subjects: Advisory bodies
Community life and organization
Economic development
Education of the disadvantaged
Health care coverage and access
Housing and community development funding
Housing supply and affordability
Low- and moderate-income housing
Nutrition and diet
Poverty and welfare assistance
Public housing
Rural conditions and development

Summary:
action_date: 2019-06-11
text: 

Task Force on the Impact of the Affordable Housing Crisis Act of 2019

 
This bill establishes the Task Force on the Impact of the Affordable Housing Crisis and requires the task force to make recommendations on how to use affordable housing to improve the effectiveness of federal programs and improve life outcomes.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2019-06-11
text: Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services.
action_date: 2019-06-11
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2019-06-11
text: Introduced in House
Accountability for Sexual and Gender-based Violence as a Tool in Conflict Act of 2019

Bill: 116-hr-3212
Sponsor: Rep. Pingree, Chellie [D-ME-1]
Introduced: 2019-06-11 in the House
Policy area: International Affairs
Subjects: Assault and harassment offenses
Conflicts and wars
Congressional oversight
Crime victims
Crimes against women
Criminal investigation, prosecution, interrogation
Diplomacy, foreign officials, Americans abroad
Foreign aid and international relief
Foreign property
Human rights
Military assistance, sales, and agreements
Sanctions
Sex offenses
Sex, gender, sexual orientation discrimination
Violent crime
Visas and passports
War and emergency powers
War crimes, genocide, crimes against humanity

Summary:
action_date: 2019-06-11
text: 

Accountability for Sexual and Gender-based Violence as a Tool in Conflict Act of 2019

 
This bill provides for sanctions against foreign persons responsible for conflict-related acts of sexual and gender-based violence. 
 
The President may impose property- and visa-blocking sanctions on foreign persons responsible for sexual and gender-based violence against individuals seeking human rights or attempting to expose illegal activity by government officials. 
 
Foreign government officials and their immediate family members who have been involved in significant corruption involving sexual or gender-based violence shall be ineligible to enter the United States. 
 
The bill also expands existing foreign-assistance-related reporting requirements to include information on conflict-related sexual and gender-based violence.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2019-06-28
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on the Constitution, Civil Rights, and Civil Liberties.
action_date: 2019-06-11
text: Referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs, and in addition to the Committee on the Judiciary, 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: 2019-06-11
text: Referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs, and in addition to the Committee on the Judiciary, 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: 2019-06-11
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2019-06-11
text: Introduced in House
To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to clarify the treatment of certain retirement plan contributions picked up by governmental employers.

Bill: 116-hr-3213
Sponsor: Rep. Roe, David P. [R-TN-1]
Introduced: 2019-06-11 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Employee benefits and pensions
Government employee pay, benefits, personnel management
Income tax deferral

Summary:
action_date: 2019-06-11
text: 
This bill amends the Internal Revenue Code to permit the treatment of certain employer contributions made to public retirement plans as picked up by a governmental employing unit regardless of whether the participating employee is allowed to make an irrevocable election between the application of two alternative benefit formulas involving the same or different levels of employee contributions.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2019-06-11
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2019-06-11
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2019-06-11
text: Introduced in House