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COASTS Act

Bill: 116-hr-3919
Sponsor: Rep. Moulton, Seth [D-MA-6]
Introduced: 2019-07-23 in the House
Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources
Subjects: Disaster relief and insurance
Environmental assessment, monitoring, research
Marine and coastal resources, fisheries
Natural disasters
Research administration and funding

Summary:
action_date: 2019-07-23
text: 

Creating Opportunity And Sustainability Through Science Act or the
 
COASTS Act

 
This bill directs the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration to implement a competitive grant program focused on interdisciplinary coastal resilience and sustainability and a grant program for (1) activities that strengthen coastal communities, and (2) restoration of coastal habitats to provide vital habitat for fish and strengthen the resilience of coastal ecosystems.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2020-11-17
text: Committee Hearings Held.
action_date: 2020-11-17
text: Subcommittee on Water, Oceans, and Wildlife Discharged.
action_date: 2019-08-07
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Water, Oceans, and Wildlife.
action_date: 2019-07-23
text: Referred to the Committee on Natural Resources, and in addition to the Committee on Science, Space, and Technology, 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: 2019-07-23
text: Referred to the Committee on Natural Resources, and in addition to the Committee on Science, Space, and Technology, 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: 2019-07-23
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2019-07-23
text: Introduced in House
End Employer Collusion Act

Bill: 116-hr-3920
Sponsor: Rep. Nadler, Jerrold [D-NY-10]
Introduced: 2019-07-23 in the House
Policy area: Labor and Employment
Subjects: Competition and antitrust
Employee hiring
Employment discrimination and employee rights

Summary:
action_date: 2019-07-23
text: 

End Employer Collusion Act

 
This bill makes it unlawful for any entity to enter into a restrictive employment agreement, or to enforce or threaten to enforce a restrictive employment agreement. A "restrictive employment agreement" is any agreement between two or more employers that prohibits or restricts one employer from soliciting or hiring another employer's employees or former employees.
 
The bill provides for penalties under the Sherman Act and the Federal Trade Commission Act for entering into a restrictive employment agreement. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2019-08-15
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Antitrust, Commercial, and Administrative Law.
action_date: 2019-07-23
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2019-07-23
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2019-07-23
text: Introduced in House
Protecting Academic Integrity Act of 2019

Bill: 116-hr-3921
Sponsor: Rep. Perry, Scott [R-PA-10]
Introduced: 2019-07-23 in the House
Policy area: Education
Subjects: Congressional oversight
Government studies and investigations
Higher education
International exchange and broadcasting

Summary:
action_date: 2019-07-23
text: 

Protecting Academic Integrity Act of 2019

 
This bill revises certain disclosure requirements for institutions of higher education (IHEs).
 
Specifically, the bill requires an IHE to disclose to the Department of Education any gift from or contract with a foreign entity or individual valued at $50,000 or more. Currently, an IHE must make such a disclosure if the gift or contract is valued at $250,000 or more.
 
An IHE must report, if available, the purpose of the gift or contract.
 
The bill also requires the Government Accountability Office to study and report on IHEs' compliance with these disclosure requirements. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2019-07-23
text: Referred to the House Committee on Education and Labor.
action_date: 2019-07-23
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2019-07-23
text: Introduced in House
American Opportunity Accounts Act

Bill: 116-hr-3922
Sponsor: Rep. Pressley, Ayanna [D-MA-7]
Introduced: 2019-07-23 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Accounting and auditing
Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Advisory bodies
Bank accounts, deposits, capital
Capital gains tax
Congressional oversight
Department of the Treasury
Executive agency funding and structure
Financial literacy
Financial services and investments
Government trust funds
Health care costs and insurance
Higher education
Housing finance and home ownership
Income tax exclusion
Income tax rates
Inflation and prices
Student aid and college costs
Tax administration and collection, taxpayers
Tax treatment of families
Transfer and inheritance taxes
Wages and earnings

Summary:
action_date: 2019-07-23
text: 

American Opportunity Accounts Act 

 
This bill requires federally funded and managed savings accounts (American Opportunity Accounts) to be established for American children who are under the age of 18. The bill also increases and modifies (1) estate and gift taxes, and (2) capital gains taxes. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2019-07-23
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2019-07-23
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2019-07-23
text: Introduced in House
Streamlining Part D Appeals Process Act

Bill: 116-hr-3924
Sponsor: Rep. Suozzi, Thomas R. [D-NY-3]
Introduced: 2019-07-23 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Administrative remedies
Department of Health and Human Services
Medicare
Prescription drugs

Summary:
action_date: 2019-07-23
text: 

Streamlining Part D Appeals Process Act

 
This bill allows a Medicare beneficiary to directly appeal a pharmacy's refusal to fill a prescription as a coverage determination under the Medicare prescription drug benefit. 
 
Currently, if a pharmacy refuses to fill a prescription, the pharmacy provides the beneficiary with a notice explaining how to contact the beneficiary's prescription drug plan (PDP); the beneficiary must then obtain a written coverage determination (i.e., a decision denying coverage) from the PDP before initiating the appeals process. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2019-07-24
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2019-07-23
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2019-07-23
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: 2019-07-23
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: 2019-07-23
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2019-07-23
text: Introduced in House
Reducing Barriers to Substance Use Treatment Act

Bill: 116-hr-3925
Sponsor: Rep. Tonko, Paul [D-NY-20]
Introduced: 2019-07-23 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Drug therapy
Drug, alcohol, tobacco use
Health care coverage and access
Medicaid
Prescription drugs

Summary:
action_date: 2019-07-23
text: 

Reducing Barriers to Substance Use Treatment Act

 
This bill prohibits state Medicaid programs from imposing any utilization control policies, including prior authorization requirements, with respect to medication-assisted treatment for opioid-use disorders.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2019-07-24
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2019-07-23
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2019-07-23
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2019-07-23
text: Introduced in House
Consider Teachers Act

Bill: 116-hr-3926
Sponsor: Rep. Visclosky, Peter J. [D-IN-1]
Introduced: 2019-07-23 in the House
Policy area: Education
Subjects: Education of the disadvantaged
Education programs funding
Elementary and secondary education
Government information and archives
Government lending and loan guarantees
Higher education
Interest, dividends, interest rates
Student aid and college costs
Teaching, teachers, curricula

Summary:
action_date: 2019-07-23
text: 

Consider Teachers Act

 
This bill revises the service obligation verification process for the Teacher Education Assistance for College and Higher Education (TEACH) grant program. 
 
For example, the bill provides a process for the Department of Education to reconsider and reverse the conversion of a TEACH grant to a loan.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2019-07-23
text: Referred to the House Committee on Education and Labor.
action_date: 2019-07-23
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2019-07-23
text: Introduced in House
PDMPs Help Patients Act of 2019

Bill: 116-hr-3927
Sponsor: Rep. McKinley, David B. [R-WV-1]
Introduced: 2019-07-24 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Congressional oversight
Drug, alcohol, tobacco use
Health care coverage and access
Health information and medical records
Mental health
Prescription drugs
State and local government operations

Summary:
action_date: 2019-07-24
text: 

PDMPs Help Patients Act of 2019

 
 This bill directs the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) to establish a grant program to test the feasibility of integrating substance use disorder and behavioral health treatment locator tools into prescription drug monitoring programs. HHS may award grants to up to five states.
 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2019-07-25
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2019-07-24
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2019-07-24
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2019-07-24
text: Introduced in House
Federal Reserve Accountability and Justification Act

Bill: 116-hr-3928
Sponsor: Rep. Riggleman, Denver [R-VA-5]
Introduced: 2019-07-24 in the House
Policy area: Finance and Financial Sector
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Banking and financial institutions regulation
Competition and antitrust
Economic performance and conditions
Federal Reserve System
Financial services and investments
Government ethics and transparency, public corruption
Government information and archives
Judicial review and appeals
Monetary policy

Summary:
action_date: 2019-07-24
text: 

Federal Reserve Accountability and Justification Act

 
This bill requires the Federal Reserve Board to satisfy certain requirements prior to providing a new payment service or substantially changing existing payment services. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2019-07-24
text: Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services.
action_date: 2019-07-24
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2019-07-24
text: Introduced in House
GAIN Act

Bill: 116-hr-3929
Sponsor: Rep. Schakowsky, Janice D. [D-IL-9]
Introduced: 2019-07-24 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Access Board
Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Civil actions and liability
Consumer affairs
Disability and health-based discrimination
Disability and paralysis
Drug safety, medical device, and laboratory regulation
Food and Drug Administration (FDA)
Government studies and investigations
Manufacturing

Summary:
action_date: 2019-07-24
text: 

Greater Access and Independence through Nonvisual Access Technology Act of 2019 or the GAIN Act

 
 This bill requires the Architectural and Transportation Barriers Compliance Board (Access Board) to establish access standards for home (1) medical devices, (2) appliances, and (3) exercise equipment that allow blind consumers to effectively use such products.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2019-07-25
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Consumer Protection and Commerce.
action_date: 2019-07-24
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2019-07-24
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2019-07-24
text: Introduced in House
Maximizing America’s Prosperity Act of 2019

Bill: 116-hr-3930
Sponsor: Rep. Brady, Kevin [R-TX-8]
Introduced: 2019-07-24 in the House
Policy area: Economics and Public Finance
Subjects: Appropriations
Budget deficits and national debt
Budget process
Economic performance and conditions

Summary:
action_date: 2019-07-24
text: 

Maximizing America's Prosperity Act of 2019

 
This bill establishes annual spending limits that are equal to specified percentages of potential gross domestic product (GDP). Potential GDP generally refers to the GDP that would occur if the economy were at full employment without inflation. The spending limits apply to all budget authority and outlays of the federal government excluding net interest.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2019-07-24
text: Referred to the Committee on the Budget, 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: 2019-07-24
text: Referred to the Committee on the Budget, 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: 2019-07-24
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2019-07-24
text: Introduced in House
Veterans Preventive Health Coverage Fairness Act

Bill: 116-hr-3932
Sponsor: Rep. Underwood, Lauren [D-IL-14]
Introduced: 2019-07-24 in the House
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Drug therapy
Health promotion and preventive care
Hospital care
Immunology and vaccination
Medical tests and diagnostic methods
Veterans' medical care
Women's health

Summary:
action_date: 2019-07-24
text: 

Veterans Preventive Health Coverage Fairness Act

 
This bill eliminates veterans' copayments for medication, hospital care, and medical services related to preventive health services provided by the Department of Veterans Affairs.
 
 The bill expands the definition of 
preventive health services
 to include (1) evidence-based items or services that have an A or B rating in the recommendations of the United States Preventive Services Task Force; (2) immunizations that have a recommendation from the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention with respect to the individual involved; and (3) with respect to women, the preventive care and screenings provided for in the Health Resources and Services Administration Preventive Services Guidelines in effect as of January 1, 2017.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2019-08-14
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2019-07-24
text: Referred to the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
action_date: 2019-07-24
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2019-07-24
text: Introduced in House
America’s College Promise Act of 2019

Bill: 116-hr-3933
Sponsor: Rep. Levin, Andy [D-MI-9]
Introduced: 2019-07-24 in the House
Policy area: Education
Subjects: Academic performance and assessments
Alaska Natives and Hawaiians
Appropriations
Congressional oversight
Department of Education
Education of the disadvantaged
Education programs funding
Educational guidance
Elementary and secondary education
Employment and training programs
Executive agency funding and structure
Higher education
Indian social and development programs
Intergovernmental relations
Licensing and registrations
Minority education
Minority employment
Performance measurement
School administration
State and local finance
State and local government operations
Student aid and college costs
Teaching, teachers, curricula

Summary:
action_date: 2019-07-24
text: 

America's College Promise Act of 2019

 
This bill provides funding and establishes grants for states, Native American tribes, historically black colleges and universities, tribal colleges and universities, and minority-serving institutions.
 
Specifically, the bill requires the Department of Education to award grants to eligible states and Native American tribes to pay the federal share (75% of the average resident community college tuition and fees per student) of a program that provides funds to community colleges for waiving resident tuition and fees.
 
The bill also requires each state to ensure that a participating institution offers academic credits that are fully transferable to a four-year institution.
 
In addition, the bill establishes a grant program to encourage certain minority group students to enroll in and complete baccalaureate programs by requiring a university that receives grant funding to waive or significantly reduce tuition and fees for such students.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2019-07-24
text: Referred to the House Committee on Education and Labor.
action_date: 2019-07-24
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2019-07-24
text: Introduced in House
Equal Treatment of Public Servants Act of 2019

Bill: 116-hr-3934
Sponsor: Rep. Brady, Kevin [R-TX-8]
Introduced: 2019-07-24 in the House
Policy area: Social Welfare
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Congressional oversight
Employee benefits and pensions
Government employee pay, benefits, personnel management
Government information and archives
Government studies and investigations
Intergovernmental relations
Social Security Administration
Social security and elderly assistance
State and local government operations
Wages and earnings

Summary:
action_date: 2019-07-24
text: 

Equal Treatment of Public Servants Act of 2019

 
This bill phases in a new funding formula for determining benefit amounts under the windfall elimination provision (WEP). (The WEP reduces Old-Age, Survivors, and Disability Insurance benefits for those who receive pensions for certain non-covered employment.)
 
The new formula adjusts an individual's total lifetime earnings based on the proportion of those earnings subject to Social Security payroll taxes. It applies to individuals who (1) become eligible for old-age or disability benefits after 2060, and (2) have earnings from non-covered service performed in a year after 1977. Beneficiaries who become eligible for benefits between 2022 and 2060 receive the higher of their benefit calculated under the existing WEP or the new formula. In addition, certain beneficiaries currently impacted by the WEP receive an additional payment. 
 
The Social Security Administration must include non-covered earnings in Social Security account statements and must study the feasibility of partnering with certain pension systems to address data sharing issues related to non-covered pensions.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2019-07-24
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Social Security.
action_date: 2019-07-24
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2019-07-24
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2019-07-24
text: Introduced in House
Southern Campaign of the Revolution National Heritage Corridor Act of 2019

Bill: 116-hr-3936
Sponsor: Rep. Clyburn, James E. [D-SC-6]
Introduced: 2019-07-24 in the House
Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources
Subjects: Accounting and auditing
Conflicts and wars
Congressional oversight
Federal-Indian relations
Government studies and investigations
Higher education
Historic sites and heritage areas
Historical and cultural resources
Indian lands and resources rights
Intergovernmental relations
Land use and conservation
Military history
North Carolina
Parks, recreation areas, trails
Performance measurement
Public-private cooperation
South Carolina
State and local government operations
U.S. history

Summary:
action_date: 2019-07-24
text: 

Southern Campaign of the Revolution National Heritage Corridor Act of 2019

 
This bill establishes the Southern Campaign of the Revolution National Heritage Corridor in North Carolina and South Carolina. 
 
The University of South Carolina, as the managing entity for the corridor, shall submit a Corridor Management Action Plan for the corridor. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2019-09-11
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on National Parks, Forests, and Public Lands.
action_date: 2019-07-24
text: Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.
action_date: 2019-07-24
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2019-07-24
text: Introduced in House
To redesignate the facility of the Bureau of Reclamation located at Highway-155, Coulee Dam, WA 99116, as the "Nathaniel 'Nat' Washington Power Plant".

Bill: 116-hr-3937
Sponsor: Rep. Newhouse, Dan [R-WA-4]
Introduced: 2019-07-24 in the House
Policy area: Energy
Subjects: Congressional tributes
Dams and canals
Washington State

Summary:
action_date: 2019-07-24
text: 
This bill designates the Bureau of Reclamation's facility in Coulee Dam, Washington, known as the Third Power Plant, as the 
Nathaniel &quot;Nat&quot; Washington Power Plant
.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2020-06-25
text: Subcommittee Hearings Held.
action_date: 2019-08-08
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Water, Oceans, and Wildlife.
action_date: 2019-07-24
text: Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.
action_date: 2019-07-24
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E980-981)
action_date: 2019-07-24
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2019-07-24
text: Introduced in House
Gold Star Children Act

Bill: 116-hr-3938
Sponsor: Rep. Taylor, Van [R-TX-3]
Introduced: 2019-07-24 in the House
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Subjects: Disability and paralysis
Government employee pay, benefits, personnel management
Military personnel and dependents
Veterans' education, employment, rehabilitation

Summary:
action_date: 2019-07-24
text: 

Gold Star Children Act

 
This bill broadens the categories of individuals eligible for veterans' preference in the civil service.
 
Specifically, it makes children of certain permanently disabled or deceased veterans eligible for veterans' preference treatment in the federal civil service.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2019-07-24
text: Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Reform.
action_date: 2019-07-24
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2019-07-24
text: Introduced in House
To require the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System to carry out a quantitative impact study of any proposed real-time payment system under the Faster Payments Initiative before implementing such system.

Bill: 116-hr-3939
Sponsor: Rep. Budd, Ted [R-NC-13]
Introduced: 2019-07-24 in the House
Policy area: Finance and Financial Sector
Subjects: Banking and financial institutions regulation
Computer security and identity theft
Congressional oversight
Consumer affairs
Financial services and investments
Government information and archives
Government studies and investigations
Public-private cooperation

Summary:
action_date: 2019-07-24
text: 
This bill prohibits the Federal Reserve Board from developing, building, or implementing a real-time payment system until one year after submitting a report to Congress regarding such a system. This report must include a quantitative impact study.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2019-07-24
text: Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services.
action_date: 2019-07-24
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2019-07-24
text: Introduced in House