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Improving Access to Homes for Heroes Act of 2019

Bill: 116-hr-165
Sponsor: Rep. Green, Al [D-TX-9]
Introduced: 2019-01-03 in the House
Policy area: Housing and Community Development
Subjects: Congressional oversight
Government information and archives
Housing and community development funding
Housing supply and affordability
Low- and moderate-income housing
Poverty and welfare assistance
Public housing
Veterans' loans, housing, homeless programs

Summary:
action_date: 2019-01-03
text: 

Improving Access to Homes for Heroes Act of 2019

 
This bill requires public housing agencies to consider the housing needs of veterans when creating their annual plans and housing strategies, the latter in consultation with agencies that serve veterans. Similarly, the Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) must revise its regulations to require jurisdictions that receive funding from HUD to include information relating to veterans in their consolidated plans. 
 
HUD must also conduct an assessment of the housing needs of very low-income veteran families and report annually on its activities relating to veterans. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2019-01-03
text: Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services.
action_date: 2019-01-03
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2019-01-03
text: Introduced in House
Fair Lending for All Act

Bill: 116-hr-166
Sponsor: Rep. Green, Al [D-TX-9]
Introduced: 2019-01-03 in the House
Policy area: Finance and Financial Sector
Subjects: Age discrimination
Banking and financial institutions regulation
Business ethics
Census and government statistics
Civil actions and liability
Consumer Financial Protection Bureau
Consumer affairs
Consumer credit
Executive agency funding and structure
Racial and ethnic relations
Sex, gender, sexual orientation discrimination

Summary:
action_date: 2019-01-03
text: 

Fair Lending for All Act 

 
This bill modifies provisions related to prohibited credit discrimination. 
 
The bill adds sexual orientation, gender identity, and an applicant's location based on zip code or census tract as classes protected against discrimination with respect to credit transactions. (Currently, discrimination is prohibited on the basis of race, color, religion, national origin, sex, marital status, age, or because an applicant receives public assistance.) 
 
The bill establishes criminal penalties for violations of prohibited credit discrimination.
 
 The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau is required to review loan applications for compliance with specified consumer laws and to establish an Office of Fair Lending Testing.
 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2019-01-03
text: Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services.
action_date: 2019-01-03
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2019-01-03
text: Introduced in House
To prohibit the transfer of a firearm at a gun show by a person who is not a licensed dealer.

Bill: 116-hr-167
Sponsor: Rep. Green, Al [D-TX-9]
Introduced: 2019-01-03 in the House
Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement
Subjects: Firearms and explosives
Licensing and registrations
Retail and wholesale trades

Summary:
action_date: 2019-01-03
text: 
This bill makes it unlawful for a person who is not a licensed gun dealer to transfer a firearm at a gun show. 
 
The prohibition does not apply to a transfer to a licensed manufacturer, importer, dealer, or collector. 
 
A violator is subject to criminal penalties&#8212;a fine, a prison term, or both.


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

Bill: 116-hr-168
Sponsor: Rep. Green, Al [D-TX-9]
Introduced: 2019-01-03 in the House
Policy area: Immigration
Subjects: Family relationships
Immigration status and procedures

Summary:
action_date: 2019-01-03
text: 

Reentry and Reunification Act

 
This bill directs the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) to admit certain aliens for lawful permanent residence, if the alien is the spouse, parent, or guardian of a U.S. citizen.
 
Qualifying aliens shall be those who were removed from the United States before the bill's enactment, or subject to a removal order or in removal proceedings on the bill's enactment date. A qualifying alien shall also (1) be of good moral character; (2) not be deportable or inadmissible for various grounds, including those related to health or having been convicted of certain crimes; (3) not have participated in the persecution of any person on account of characteristics such as race, religion, or nationality; and (4) not have been convicted for a crime under federal or state law where the maximum sentence was more than one year. DHS may waive the requirement relating to a conviction for a state or federal crime for humanitarian, family unity, or public interest purposes.
 
For an alien subject to a removal order or under removal proceedings, the alien must have been continuously physically present in the United States for the four years before the bill's enactment date.
 
 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2019-01-03
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration and Citizenship.
action_date: 2019-01-03
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2019-01-03
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2019-01-03
text: Introduced in House
Driver and Officer Safety Education Act

Bill: 116-hr-169
Sponsor: Rep. Green, Al [D-TX-9]
Introduced: 2019-01-03 in the House
Policy area: Transportation and Public Works
Subjects: Criminal investigation, prosecution, interrogation
Law enforcement administration and funding
Law enforcement officers
Transportation programs funding
Transportation safety and security

Summary:
action_date: 2019-01-03
text: 

Driver and Officer Safety Education Act

 
This bill amends the Fixing America's Surface Transportation Act (FAST Act) to increase authorization levels for FY2019-FY2020.
 
The bill decreases the allocation of funds under national priority safety programs for (1) occupant protection, (2) state traffic safety information system improvements, and (3) impaired driving countermeasures.
 
The Department of Transportation must award grants to states that enact a commuter safety education program for educational and training programs concerning law enforcement practices during traffic stops and other in-person encounters.
 
In each fiscal year, 2% of the funds provided for commuter safety education shall be allocated among states that implement commuter safety education programs. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2019-02-07
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Highways and Transit.
action_date: 2019-01-03
text: Referred to the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.
action_date: 2019-01-03
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2019-01-03
text: Introduced in House
To amend the Black Lung Benefits Act to provide equity for certain eligible survivors, and for other purposes.

Bill: 116-hr-170
Sponsor: Rep. Griffith, H. Morgan [R-VA-9]
Introduced: 2019-01-03 in the House
Policy area: Labor and Employment
Subjects: Cardiovascular and respiratory health
Coal
Disability assistance
Mining
Worker safety and health

Summary:
action_date: 2019-01-03
text: 
This bill amends the Black Lung Benefits Act to preserve specified amendments made by the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA) in the event those amendments are repealed. The amendments expanded the application of certain eligibility requirements for black lung benefits to claims that were pending on or after the enactment of PPACA. Those requirements (1) established a rebuttable presumption for claims filed by a miner who worked at least 15 years in an underground coal mine that a disabling lung or respiratory condition was due to black lung disease; and (2) entitled the survivors of a miner who, before death, was determined to be eligible for benefits to those benefits without the survivors being required to revalidate the miner's claim. (Previously, survivors were required to prove that the miner's death was caused by black lung disease.)


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2019-01-03
text: Referred to the House Committee on Education and Labor.
action_date: 2019-01-03
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2019-01-03
text: Introduced in House
LUMMA

Bill: 116-hr-171
Sponsor: Rep. Griffith, H. Morgan [R-VA-9]
Introduced: 2019-01-03 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Alternative treatments
Drug trafficking and controlled substances
Drug, alcohol, tobacco use
Intergovernmental relations
Prescription drugs
State and local government operations

Summary:
action_date: 2019-01-03
text: 

Legitimate Use of Medicinal Marihuana Act or LUMMA
 
 
This bill transfers marijuana from schedule I to schedule II of the Controlled Substances Act.
 
It also specifies that no provision of the Controlled Substances Act prohibits or restricts activities related to medical marijuana that comply with a state's medical marijuana law.
 
The bill does not affect any federal, state, or local law that regulates or prohibits smoking in public. 
 
Under current law, schedule I controlled substances are those that, among other factors, have no currently accepted medical use in treatment in the United States; such substances thus may not be prescribed, administered, or dispensed for medical use. Substances listed in schedules II through V have some accepted medical use and thus may be prescribed, administered, or dispensed for medical use. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2019-01-25
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2019-01-03
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2019-01-03
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2019-01-03
text: Introduced in House
New Source Review Permitting Improvement Act of 2018

Bill: 116-hr-172
Sponsor: Rep. Griffith, H. Morgan [R-VA-9]
Introduced: 2019-01-03 in the House
Policy area: Environmental Protection
Subjects: Air quality
Building construction
Environmental assessment, monitoring, research
Environmental regulatory procedures
Licensing and registrations
Pollution liability

Summary:
action_date: 2019-01-03
text: 

New Source Review Permitting Improvement Act of 2018
 
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This bill modifies terminology for purposes of the New Source Review (NSR) permitting program of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).
 
In order for a change to a stationary source to be a 
modification
 (a change to a stationary source that increases the air pollutant emissions or results in new pollutants) for purposes of the NSR permitting program, the maximum hourly emission rate achievable by such source must be higher than the maximum hourly rate achievable by such source during any hour in the 10-year period preceding the change.
 
A change at a stationary source is not considered to be a 
modification
 under the bill if it is designed to (1) reduce the amount of any air pollutant emitted; or (2) restore, maintain, or improve the reliability of operations at, or safety of, the source. However, such changes are not excepted if the EPA determines the increase in the maximum achievable hourly emission rate from such change would cause an adverse effect on human health or the environment.
 

Construction
 for a major emitting facility (a type of stationary source) does not include a change at such a facility that does not result in a significant emissions increase or a significant net emissions increase.
 
In relation to major emitting facilities in nonattainment areas, the terms 
modifications 
and 
modified
 do not include changes at such facilities that do not result in a significant emissions increase or a significant net emissions increase.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2019-01-25
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Environment and Climate Change.
action_date: 2019-01-03
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2019-01-03
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2019-01-03
text: Introduced in House
Pipeline Fairness and Transparency Act

Bill: 116-hr-173
Sponsor: Rep. Griffith, H. Morgan [R-VA-9]
Introduced: 2019-01-03 in the House
Policy area: Energy
Subjects: Environmental assessment, monitoring, research
Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC)
Forests, forestry, trees
Land use and conservation
Oil and gas
Parks, recreation areas, trails
Pipelines
Property rights
Public participation and lobbying

Summary:
action_date: 2019-01-03
text: 

Pipeline Fairness and Transparency Act

 
This bill addresses eminent domain, environmental review for interstate natural gas pipeline projects, and the visual impacts of natural gas pipeline projects on national scenic trails.
 
The bill revises the process for environmental reviews of natural gas projects. The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC)must prepare a supplement to a draft or final environmental impact statement if (1)FERC makes a substantial change in the proposed action that is relevant to environmental concerns, or (2) there are significant new circumstances relevant to environmental concerns.FERC must also hold public meetings in each county (or equivalent subdivision) in which a project is to be located.
 
Additionally, in an environmental impact statement, an evaluation of the visual impacts of a project on a national scenic trail must include a cumulative analysis of the visual impacts of the project and similar proposed projects.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2019-01-25
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Energy.
action_date: 2019-01-03
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2019-01-03
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2019-01-03
text: Introduced in House
Supporting Home Owner Rights Enforcement Act

Bill: 116-hr-174
Sponsor: Rep. Griffith, H. Morgan [R-VA-9]
Introduced: 2019-01-03 in the House
Policy area: Energy
Subjects: Alternative and renewable resources
Dams and canals
Electric power generation and transmission
Land use and conservation
Licensing and registrations
Outdoor recreation
Property rights
Water storage

Summary:
action_date: 2019-01-03
text: 

Supporting Home Owner Rights Enforcement Act

 
This bill requires the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, when deciding whether to issue licenses for hydropower projects, to give equal consideration to minimizing infringement on the useful exercise and enjoyment of property rights held by nonlicensees.
 
In developing recreational resources within project boundaries, licensees must consider private landownership as a means to encourage and facilitate private investment and increased tourism and recreational use.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2019-01-25
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Energy.
action_date: 2019-01-03
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2019-01-03
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2019-01-03
text: Introduced in House
To amend chapter 44 of title 18, United States Code, to more comprehensively address the interstate transportation of firearms or ammunition.

Bill: 116-hr-175
Sponsor: Rep. Griffith, H. Morgan [R-VA-9]
Introduced: 2019-01-03 in the House
Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement
Subjects: Criminal procedure and sentencing
Firearms and explosives
Legal fees and court costs
Motor vehicles

Summary:
action_date: 2019-01-03
text: 
This bill revises criminal provisions related to the interstate transportation of firearms and ammunition.
An individual may transport a firearm between two places (e.g., states) where it is legal to possess, carry, or transport the firearm. During transport, the firearm must be unloaded and secured or securely stored. 
Additionally, an individual may transport ammunition, or a detachable magazine or feeding device, between two places where it is legal to possess, carry, or transport the ammunition, magazine, or feeding device. During transport, the ammunition, magazine, or feeding device must not be loaded into a firearm and must be securely stored. 
The bill prohibits the arrest or detention of an individual for a state or local firearm or ammunition violation unless there is probable cause to believe the individual failed to comply with the provisions of this bill.

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2019-01-03
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security.
action_date: 2019-01-03
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2019-01-03
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2019-01-03
text: Introduced in House
Appalachian Regional Commission Relocation Act

Bill: 116-hr-176
Sponsor: Rep. Griffith, H. Morgan [R-VA-9]
Introduced: 2019-01-03 in the House
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Subjects: Appalachian Regional Commission
Congressional oversight
Economic development
Executive agency funding and structure
Regional and metropolitan planning

Summary:
action_date: 2019-01-03
text: 

Appalachian Regional Commission Relocation Act

 
This bill requires the headquarters of the Appalachian Regional Commission to be located in the Appalachian region.
 
The commission must implement this requirement within one year, but may extend the implementation period by up to 180 days with written notice to Congress. 
 



Legislative actions:
action_date: 2019-02-07
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Economic Development, Public Buildings, and Emergency Management.
action_date: 2019-01-03
text: Referred to the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.
action_date: 2019-01-03
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2019-01-03
text: Introduced in House
To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide for waivers of user fees imposed with respect to applications for reinstatement of tax-exempt status of small, subsidiary tax-exempt organizations.

Bill: 116-hr-177
Sponsor: Rep. Griffith, H. Morgan [R-VA-9]
Introduced: 2019-01-03 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Small business
Tax-exempt organizations
User charges and fees

Summary:
action_date: 2019-01-03
text: 
This bill requires (1) the reinstatement of the tax-exempt status of a tax-exempt subsidiary organization with fewer than 50 members whose tax-exempt status was revoked due to failure to file required tax returns or notices, and (2) a waiver of any user fee charged in connection with a reinstatement application. As a condition for reinstatement, the organization must file any required returns or notices. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2019-01-03
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2019-01-03
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2019-01-03
text: Introduced in House
Appalachia Opportunity Grants Act of 2019

Bill: 116-hr-178
Sponsor: Rep. Griffith, H. Morgan [R-VA-9]
Introduced: 2019-01-03 in the House
Policy area: Agriculture and Food
Subjects: Alabama
Business investment and capital
Economic development
Employment and training programs
Georgia
Government information and archives
Government studies and investigations
Health care quality
Health promotion and preventive care
Higher education
Housing and community development funding
Infrastructure development
Kentucky
Maryland
Mississippi
New York State
North Carolina
Ohio
Pennsylvania
Performance measurement
Public-private cooperation
Rural conditions and development
South Carolina
State and local government operations
Tennessee
Travel and tourism
Virginia
West Virginia

Summary:
action_date: 2019-01-03
text: 

Appalachia Opportunity Grants Act of 2019

 
This bill authorizes the Department of Agriculture to award grants for units of local government in the Appalachian region of the eastern United States to convene groups of public and private entities to collaborate in carrying out regional projects to accomplish positive economic and community impacts in the region. 
 
A regional project carried out by a collaborative group must (1) involve at least two municipalities that share a border; and (2) complete a specific activity that has a goal of job creation, expansion of the capacity of post-secondary education, growth of tourism, improving public health, or upgrading regional infrastructure. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2019-02-08
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Commodity Exchanges, Energy, and Credit.
action_date: 2019-01-03
text: Referred to the Committee on Agriculture, 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: 2019-01-03
text: Referred to the Committee on Agriculture, 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: 2019-01-03
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2019-01-03
text: Introduced in House
Acre In, Acre Out Act

Bill: 116-hr-179
Sponsor: Rep. Griffith, H. Morgan [R-VA-9]
Introduced: 2019-01-03 in the House
Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources
Subjects: Budget deficits and national debt
General public lands matters
Land transfers

Summary:
action_date: 2019-01-03
text: 

Acre In, Acre Out Act

 
This bill prescribes a new requirement for any acquisition of land by the Department of the Interior or the Department of Agriculture that would result in a net increase of total land acreage under the jurisdiction of the National Park Service, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, the Bureau of Land Management, or the Forest Service. The department concerned must offer for sale an equal number of acres of federal land that is under the same jurisdictional status.
 
The bill exempts from this requirement any easements acquired to facilitate management of federal lands.
 
Land sold pursuant to this bill shall be offered for sale at fair market value (based on local comparable sales), with monthly price reductions if the land is not sold in six months. 
 
All net proceeds from the sale of federal lands pursuant to this bill shall be deposited directly into the Treasury for reduction of the public debt.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2019-02-08
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Conservation and Forestry.
action_date: 2019-02-05
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on National Parks, Forests, and Public Lands.
action_date: 2019-01-03
text: Referred to the Committee on Natural Resources, and in addition to the Committee on Agriculture, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
action_date: 2019-01-03
text: Referred to the Committee on Natural Resources, and in addition to the Committee on Agriculture, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
action_date: 2019-01-03
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2019-01-03
text: Introduced in House