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START Act

Bill: 116-hr-3156
Sponsor: Rep. Clarke, Yvette D. [D-NY-9]
Introduced: 2019-06-06 in the House
Policy area: Science, Technology, Communications
Subjects: Advanced technology and technological innovations
Air quality
Business investment and capital
Climate change and greenhouse gases
Community life and organization
Computers and information technology
Congressional oversight
Energy efficiency and conservation
Environmental technology
Government information and archives
Government studies and investigations
Performance measurement
Public-private cooperation
Research administration and funding
Right of privacy
State and local government operations
Transportation costs
Transportation programs funding
Urban and suburban affairs and development

Summary:
action_date: 2019-06-06
text: 

Smart Technologies Advancing Reliable Transportation Act or the START Act
 
 
 This bill directs the Department of Transportation (DOT), in coordination with the Department of Energy, the Department of Housing and Urban Development, and the National Science Foundation, to create, publish, and maintain a resource guide to assist states, communities, and cities in developing and implementing smart city or community programs. 
 
DOT shall develop and implement an additional round to the Smart Cities Challenge, under which it shall provide competitive grants to small- and medium-sized communities to implement smart transportation proposals. 
 
The Government Accountability Office shall conduct a study on innovative financing and procurement for funding smart cities or community activities and associated demonstration projects. 
 
Recipients of a Smart Cities Challenge grant shall submit quarterly reports to DOT regarding the development, implementation, and operation of their projects funded under the challenge.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2019-06-07
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Highways and Transit.
action_date: 2019-06-06
text: Referred to the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.
action_date: 2019-06-06
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2019-06-06
text: Introduced in House
Working Families Tax Relief Act of 2019

Bill: 116-hr-3157
Sponsor: Rep. Kildee, Daniel T. [D-MI-5]
Introduced: 2019-06-06 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Administrative remedies
Caribbean area
Congressional oversight
Department of the Treasury
Employment taxes
Fraud offenses and financial crimes
Government information and archives
Government studies and investigations
Income tax credits
Inflation and prices
Intergovernmental relations
Poverty and welfare assistance
Puerto Rico
State and local government operations
State and local taxation
Tax administration and collection, taxpayers
Tax treatment of families
U.S. territories and protectorates
Wages and earnings

Summary:
action_date: 2019-06-06
text: 

Working Families Tax Relief Act of 2019

 
This bill increases and revises requirements for the refundable earned income and child tax credits. It also makes similar revisions to the earned income tax credit for residents of Puerto Rico. 
 
The bill authorizes the Department of the Treasury to regulate the practice of tax return preparers and impose sanctions upon preparers found to be incompetent or disreputable. 
 
The Government Accountability Office must study and report on the sharing of information between Treasury and states regarding identification numbers issued to tax return preparers and minimum standards for preparers. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2019-06-06
text: Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committee on Natural Resources, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
action_date: 2019-06-06
text: Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committee on Natural Resources, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
action_date: 2019-06-06
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2019-06-06
text: Introduced in House
To establish a pilot program to execute lease agreements using alternative procedures, and for other purposes.

Bill: 116-hr-3158
Sponsor: Rep. Meadows, Mark [R-NC-11]
Introduced: 2019-06-06 in the House
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Congressional oversight
General Services Administration
Government buildings, facilities, and property
Real estate business

Summary:
action_date: 2019-06-06
text: 
This bill modifies requirements regarding leases for federal buildings. It directs the General Services Administration (GSA) to establish, and operate through 2024, a pilot program to execute lease agreements using alternative procedures to (1) reduce the costs to the government of leased space, including by improving office space utilization rates of federal tenants; and (2) significantly reduce or eliminate the backlog of expiring leases over the next five years. 
 
The GSA shall furnish simplified procedures for the leasing of real property at rates that do not exceed $500,000. 
 
The bill provides for (1) waiver of space-planning and housing-cost requirements concerning building projects subject to congressional approval, and (2) consolidation of projects into a single prospectus to achieve efficiencies and improve utilization rates.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2019-06-07
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Economic Development, Public Buildings, and Emergency Management.
action_date: 2019-06-06
text: Referred to the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.
action_date: 2019-06-06
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2019-06-06
text: Introduced in House
RIDE Act of 2019

Bill: 116-hr-3159
Sponsor: Rep. Miller, Carol D. [R-WV-3]
Introduced: 2019-06-06 in the House
Policy area: Transportation and Public Works
Subjects: Congressional oversight
Drug, alcohol, tobacco use
Government studies and investigations
Prescription drugs
Transportation safety and security

Summary:
action_date: 2019-06-06
text: 

Reinforcing Impaired Driving Education Act of 2019 or the
 
RIDE Act of 2019

 
This bill requires the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration to establish a two-year pilot program to create and study the effects of a public marketing campaign to raise awareness on driving while under the influence of prescription and over-the-counter medications. The program shall be implemented in states or territories that are most affected by the opioid epidemic.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2019-06-07
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Highways and Transit.
action_date: 2019-06-06
text: Referred to the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.
action_date: 2019-06-06
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2019-06-06
text: Introduced in House
National Oceanographic Partnership Program Reauthorization Act

Bill: 116-hr-3161
Sponsor: Rep. Panetta, Jimmy [D-CA-20]
Introduced: 2019-06-06 in the House
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Aquatic ecology
Congressional oversight
Department of the Interior
Environmental assessment, monitoring, research
Federal officials
Marine and coastal resources, fisheries
Public-private cooperation
Research administration and funding
Science and engineering education

Summary:
action_date: 2019-06-06
text: 

National Oceanographic Partnership Program Reauthorization Act

 
This bill revises naval administration of the National Oceanographic Partnership Program. Specifically, the bill
 
 
expands the program's purposes;
 
modifies the Department of the Interior's representation on the National Ocean Research Leadership Council and provides additional authorities to the council concerning supervision of the performance of duties by the program office (including concerning new collaborative programs);
 
adds reporting requirements; and
 
adds criteria for selection of an operator of the Partnership Program Office, as well as a process for choosing projects funded by private contracts, grants, and donations.
 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2019-06-21
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Water, Oceans, and Wildlife.
action_date: 2019-06-07
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Intelligence and Emerging Threats and Capabilities.
action_date: 2019-06-06
text: Referred to the Committee on Natural Resources, and in addition to the Committees on Armed Services, and 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: 2019-06-06
text: Referred to the Committee on Natural Resources, and in addition to the Committees on Armed Services, and 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: 2019-06-06
text: Referred to the Committee on Natural Resources, and in addition to the Committees on Armed Services, and 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: 2019-06-06
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Environment.
action_date: 2019-06-06
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2019-06-06
text: Introduced in House
Broadband Data Improvement Act of 2019

Bill: 116-hr-3162
Sponsor: Rep. McMorris Rodgers, Cathy [R-WA-5]
Introduced: 2019-06-06 in the House
Policy area: Science, Technology, Communications
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Computers and information technology
Federal Communications Commission (FCC)
Geography and mapping
Government information and archives
Internet and video services
Internet, web applications, social media
Public contracts and procurement
Rural conditions and development
Telephone and wireless communication

Summary:
action_date: 2019-06-06
text: 

Broadband Data Improvement Act of 2019

 
This bill requires (1) broadband service providers to fulfill certain reporting requirements, and (2) the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) to establish a challenge process to aid in broadband mapping.
 
Specifically, the bill requires each provider to report certain information regarding the geographic availability of broadband service it provides. The FCC must contract with an entity to provide data submission assistance to a provider that is unable to comply with this reporting requirement. Among other responsibilities, such entity shall provide support for the required challenge process and establish an ongoing data validation and verification process.
 
The FCC is also required to establish a framework for a process whereby information challenging the accuracy of the National Broadband Map may be submitted. Subject to the challenge process and feedback received therefrom, specified federal agencies shall use the National Broadband Map to determine the extent of broadband availability and the areas of the United States that remain unserved. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2019-06-07
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Communications and Technology.
action_date: 2019-06-06
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2019-06-06
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2019-06-06
text: Introduced in House
Mental Health Parity Compliance Act

Bill: 116-hr-3165
Sponsor: Rep. Porter, Katie [D-CA-45]
Introduced: 2019-06-10 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Drug, alcohol, tobacco use
Employee benefits and pensions
Government studies and investigations
Health care costs and insurance
Health care coverage and access
Health information and medical records
Mental health

Summary:
action_date: 2019-06-10
text: 

Mental Health Parity Compliance Act

 
This bill revises the mental health parity rules to require private health insurance plans that offer both medical and mental health coverage to prepare a comparative analysis of nonquantitative treatment limitations (NQTLs). (NQTLs are limitations on the scope or duration of benefits for treatment, such as preauthorization requirements.)
 
 The comparative analysis must be available for the Department of Health and Human Services upon request and must include (1) a description of the NQTL and the specific services to which it applies, (2) the factors used to determine when the NQTL will apply, and (3) a description of how the NQTLs applicable to mental health or substance use disorder benefits are comparable to, and no more stringent than, the NQTLs applicable to medical or surgical benefits, among other information.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2020-06-30
text: Subcommittee Hearings Held.
action_date: 2019-06-11
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2019-06-10
text: Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committees on Ways and Means, and 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: 2019-06-10
text: Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committees on Ways and Means, and 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: 2019-06-10
text: Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committees on Ways and Means, and 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: 2019-06-10
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2019-06-10
text: Introduced in House
To direct the Secretary of Defense to modernize certain forms and surveys of the Department of Defense, and for other purposes.

Bill: 116-hr-3166
Sponsor: Rep. Hastings, Alcee L. [D-FL-20]
Introduced: 2019-06-10 in the House
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Congressional oversight
Government information and archives
Government studies and investigations
Racial and ethnic relations

Summary:
action_date: 2019-06-10
text: 
This bill directs the Department of Defense to modernize its forms and surveys that contain terms or classifications that may be considered racially or ethnically insensitive.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2019-06-11
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Military Personnel.
action_date: 2019-06-10
text: Referred to the House Committee on Armed Services.
action_date: 2019-06-10
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E729)
action_date: 2019-06-10
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2019-06-10
text: Introduced in House
To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to allow certain legal fees and investment fees to be taken into account as miscellaneous itemized deductions.

Bill: 116-hr-3168
Sponsor: Rep. Flores, Bill [R-TX-17]
Introduced: 2019-06-10 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Financial services and investments
Income tax deductions
Legal fees and court costs

Summary:
action_date: 2019-06-10
text: 
This bill allows certain legal and investment fees to be currently taken into account as miscellaneous itemized deductions despite the suspension of such deductions after 2017 and before 2026. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2019-06-10
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2019-06-10
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2019-06-10
text: Introduced in House
FASTER

Bill: 116-hr-3169
Sponsor: Rep. McMorris Rodgers, Cathy [R-WA-5]
Introduced: 2019-06-10 in the House
Policy area: Commerce
Subjects: Consumer affairs
Government information and archives
Product safety and quality

Summary:
action_date: 2019-06-10
text: 

Focusing Attention on Safety Transparency and Effective Recalls Act or the FASTER Act

 
 This bill provides statutory authority for the Consumer Product Safety Commission&rsquo;s (CPSC) fast-track recall program, which is a process for expediting removal of substantially hazardous products from the marketplace. Specifically, if a manufacturer, distributor, or retailer submits notification that it intends to carry out a fast-track recall plan, the CPSC must promptly post the notice on its website.
 
 The fast-track recall plan submitted to the CPSC must include (1) a clear product description, (2) a clear description of the safety risk being addressed, (3) how a consumer can obtain the available remedy, (4) a statement that such remedy will be provided at no charge, (5) the earliest date such remedy will be available, and (6) a schedule for notifying entities in the supply chain of the recall plan. For the purpose of related CPSC proceedings, however, filing a fast-track plan does not constitute an admission that the product is actually defective or presents a substantial hazard.
 
 Further, if the CPSC determines, after providing an opportunity for a hearing, that the remedy in the submitted fast-track plan is inadequate, it may order the manufacturer, distributor, or retailer to take additional actions, including ceasing distribution, notification by mail, replacing the defective product, and accelerating the remedy. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2019-06-13
text: Subcommittee Hearings Held.
action_date: 2019-06-12
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Consumer Protection and Commerce.
action_date: 2019-06-10
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2019-06-10
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2019-06-10
text: Introduced in House
Safe Cribs Act of 2019

Bill: 116-hr-3170
Sponsor: Rep. Schakowsky, Janice D. [D-IL-9]
Introduced: 2019-06-10 in the House
Policy area: Commerce
Subjects: Child safety and welfare
Consumer affairs
Product safety and quality
Trade restrictions

Summary:
action_date: 2019-06-10
text: 

Safe Cribs Act of 2019

 
 This bill makes it unlawful to manufacture, sell, or otherwise distribute crib bumpers. Crib bumpers are generally padded materials inserted around the inside of a crib and intended to prevent the crib occupant from becoming trapped in any part of the crib's openings.

action_date: 2019-09-13
text: 

Safe Cribs Act of 2019

 
 This bill makes it unlawful to manufacture, sell, or otherwise distribute crib bumpers. Crib bumpers are generally padded materials inserted around the inside of a crib and intended to prevent the crib occupant from becoming trapped in any part of the crib's openings. However, unpadded, mesh crib liners are not prohibited by this bill. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2019-09-13
text: Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 162.
action_date: 2019-09-13
text: Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Energy and Commerce. H. Rept. 116-205.
action_date: 2019-09-13
text: Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Energy and Commerce. H. Rept. 116-205.
action_date: 2019-07-17
text: Ordered to be Reported (Amended) by Voice Vote.
action_date: 2019-07-17
text: Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
action_date: 2019-07-10
text: Forwarded by Subcommittee to Full Committee (Amended) by Voice Vote .
action_date: 2019-07-10
text: Subcommittee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
action_date: 2019-06-13
text: Subcommittee Hearings Held.
action_date: 2019-06-11
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Consumer Protection and Commerce.
action_date: 2019-06-10
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2019-06-10
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2019-06-10
text: Introduced in House
Safe Disposal of Opioids Act of 2019

Bill: 116-hr-3171
Sponsor: Rep. Bonamici, Suzanne [D-OR-1]
Introduced: 2019-06-10 in the House
Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement
Subjects: Cancer
Drug therapy
Drug trafficking and controlled substances
Health care costs and insurance
Law enforcement administration and funding
Long-term, rehabilitative, and terminal care
Prescription drugs
Solid waste and recycling
User charges and fees

Summary:
action_date: 2019-06-10
text: 

Safe Disposal of Opioids Act of 2019

 
This bill directs the Department of Justice to award grants to establish or maintain disposal sites for unwanted prescription medications.
 
Additionally, the bill imposes a fee on the sale of an active opioid by the manufacturer, producer, or importer. The Department of Health and Human Services must establish a mechanism to provide discounts to patients to ensure that they do not pay the fee.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2019-06-11
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2019-06-10
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2019-06-10
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2019-06-10
text: Introduced in House
Promoting STEM in JROTC Act of 2019

Bill: 116-hr-3173
Sponsor: Rep. Brown, Anthony G. [D-MD-4]
Introduced: 2019-06-10 in the House
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Elementary and secondary education
Military education and training
Science and engineering education

Summary:
action_date: 2019-06-10
text: 

Promoting STEM in JROTC Act of 2019

 
This bill requires a secondary educational institution, in order to maintain a Junior Reserve Officers' Training Corps unit, to include instruction or activities in the fields of science, technology, engineering, and mathematics in its course of military instruction.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2019-06-11
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Military Personnel.
action_date: 2019-06-10
text: Referred to the House Committee on Armed Services.
action_date: 2019-06-10
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2019-06-10
text: Introduced in House
To direct the Secretary of Defense to include questions regarding supremacism, extremism, and racism in the workplace and equal opportunity, command climate, and workplace and gender relations surveys administered by the Office of People Analytics of the Department of Defense.

Bill: 116-hr-3174
Sponsor: Rep. Brown, Anthony G. [D-MD-4]
Introduced: 2019-06-10 in the House
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Department of Defense
Employment discrimination and employee rights
Government employee pay, benefits, personnel management
Government studies and investigations
Military command and structure
Military personnel and dependents
Political movements and philosophies
Racial and ethnic relations
Sex, gender, sexual orientation discrimination

Summary:
action_date: 2019-06-10
text: 
 This bill requires the Department of Defense to include, in workplace and gender relations surveys administered by the Office of People Analytics, questions regarding whether respondents have (1) experienced or witnessed in the workplace supremacist or extremist activity or racism, and (2) reported such activity.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2019-06-11
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Military Personnel.
action_date: 2019-06-10
text: Referred to the House Committee on Armed Services.
action_date: 2019-06-10
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2019-06-10
text: Introduced in House