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Spittlebug Act

Bill: 116-hr-5362
Sponsor: Rep. Gabbard, Tulsi [D-HI-2]
Introduced: 2019-12-09 in the House
Policy area: Agriculture and Food
Subjects: Agricultural research
Animal and plant health
Insects
Pest management
Research administration and funding

Summary:
action_date: 2019-12-09
text: 

Spittlebug Act

 
This bill authorizes the Department of Agriculture to provide competitive research and extension grants to (1) develop and disseminate science-based tools and treatments to combat the insect known as the spittlebug (Cercopoidea); and (2) establish an area-wide integrated pest management program in areas affected, or at risk of being affected by, the insect.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2019-12-09
text: Referred to the House Committee on Agriculture.
action_date: 2019-12-09
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2019-12-09
text: Introduced in House
License Transfer Modernization Act of 2019

Bill: 116-hr-5365
Sponsor: Rep. Flores, Bill [R-TX-17]
Introduced: 2019-12-09 in the House
Policy area: Science, Technology, Communications
Subjects: Administrative remedies
Broadcasting, cable, digital technologies
District of Columbia
Federal Communications Commission (FCC)
Federal district courts
Judicial review and appeals
Licensing and registrations
Telephone and wireless communication
Television and film

Summary:
action_date: 2019-12-09
text: 

License Transfer Modernization Act of 2019

 
This bill requires the Federal Communications Commission to approve or deny a license-transfer application within 180 days of submission. These applications relate to the transfer of control or assignment for radio-station licenses.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2019-12-10
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Communications and Technology.
action_date: 2019-12-09
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2019-12-09
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2019-12-09
text: Introduced in House
Chesapeake Bay Oyster Research Act

Bill: 116-hr-5366
Sponsor: Rep. Brown, Anthony G. [D-MD-4]
Introduced: 2019-12-09 in the House
Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources
Subjects: Aquatic ecology
Chesapeake Bay
Environmental assessment, monitoring, research
Marine and coastal resources, fisheries
Research administration and funding
Seafood
Wildlife conservation and habitat protection

Summary:
action_date: 2019-12-09
text: 

Chesapeake Bay Oyster Research Act 

 
This bill directs the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) to provide grants to certain entities, including the academic community and seafood industry, to conduct research on the conservation, restoration, or management of oysters in the Chesapeake Bay.
 
Grant awards may not exceed 85% of the research project's total cost unless NOAA waives such requirement.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2019-12-09
text: Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.
action_date: 2019-12-09
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2019-12-09
text: Introduced in House
Stop Exploiting Children Act

Bill: 116-hr-5367
Sponsor: Rep. Burchett, Tim [R-TN-2]
Introduced: 2019-12-09 in the House
Policy area: International Affairs
Subjects: Canada
Crimes against children
Foreign aid and international relief
Latin America
Mexico
Pornography
Sanctions

Summary:
action_date: 2019-12-09
text: 

Stop Exploiting Children Act

 
This bill prohibits the President from providing foreign assistance to a country that shares a border with the United States if that country is not taking adequate measures to stop child pornography from entering the United States.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2019-12-09
text: Referred to the House Committee on Foreign Affairs.
action_date: 2019-12-09
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2019-12-09
text: Introduced in House
Faster Access to Federal Student Aid Act of 2019

Bill: 116-hr-5368
Sponsor: Rep. DelBene, Suzan K. [D-WA-1]
Introduced: 2019-12-09 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Congressional oversight
Government information and archives
Government lending and loan guarantees
Higher education
Student aid and college costs
Student records
Tax administration and collection, taxpayers

Summary:
action_date: 2019-12-09
text: 

Faster Access to Federal Student Aid Act of 2019

 
This bill directs the Internal Revenue Service (IRS), upon the written request of the Department of Education, to disclose to any authorized person, tax return information to determine eligibility for recertifications for income-contingent or income-based repayments, discharges of loans based on total and permanent disability, and the amount of student financial aid.
 
The IRS must also establish and implement procedures for recertifying income for purposes of this bill and for requesting tax return information.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2019-12-09
text: Referred to the Committee on Education and Labor, 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: 2019-12-09
text: Referred to the Committee on Education and Labor, 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: 2019-12-09
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2019-12-09
text: Introduced in House
Supporting Mexico Against Corruption Act

Bill: 116-hr-5369
Sponsor: Rep. Gallagher, Mike [R-WI-8]
Introduced: 2019-12-09 in the House
Policy area: International Affairs
Subjects: Diplomacy, foreign officials, Americans abroad
Foreign property
Government ethics and transparency, public corruption
Human rights
Latin America
Mexico
Sanctions
Visas and passports

Summary:
action_date: 2019-12-09
text: 

Supporting Mexico Against Corruption Act

 
This bill directs the President to impose property- and visa-blocking sanctions on foreign persons who are current or former officials of the Mexican government and who are responsible for acts of significant corruption. Such sanctions shall also apply to foreign persons acting on behalf of such a government official.
 
Such sanctions shall not apply to acts related to U.S. intelligence activities. The President may waive application of the sanctions for U.S. national security interests or to prevent undue economic harm to the people of Mexico. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2020-01-30
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration and Citizenship.
action_date: 2019-12-09
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: 2019-12-09
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: 2019-12-09
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2019-12-09
text: Introduced in House
To require the General Services Administration to remove a deed restriction on property located in Prescott, Arizona, and for other purposes.

Bill: 116-hr-5370
Sponsor: Rep. Gosar, Paul A. [R-AZ-4]
Introduced: 2019-12-09 in the House
Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources
Subjects: Arizona
Land transfers

Summary:
action_date: 2019-12-09
text: 
This bill directs the General Services Administration (GSA), if the city of Prescott, Arizona, makes a written request to the GSA, to release, convey, and quitclaim, without monetary consideration, all rights, title, and interest of the United States in and to lands conveyed from the United States to the city pursuant to the quitclaim deed of August 8, 2002. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2019-12-10
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Economic Development, Public Buildings, and Emergency Management.
action_date: 2019-12-09
text: Referred to the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.
action_date: 2019-12-09
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2019-12-09
text: Introduced in House
Local Task Forces on 21st Century Policing Act of 2019

Bill: 116-hr-5371
Sponsor: Del. Norton, Eleanor Holmes [D-DC-At Large]
Introduced: 2019-12-09 in the House
Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement
Subjects: Community life and organization
Crime prevention
Law enforcement administration and funding
Law enforcement officers
Racial and ethnic relations
State and local government operations

Summary:
action_date: 2019-12-09
text: 

Local Task Forces on 21st Century Policing Act of 2019

 
This bill allows a state or local government to use Edward Byrne Memorial Justice Assistance Grant Program funds to establish a task force to promote an effective partnership between law enforcement officers and the communities they serve.

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2020-01-30
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security.
action_date: 2019-12-09
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2019-12-09
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E1557-1558)
action_date: 2019-12-09
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2019-12-09
text: Introduced in House
Safety Net Health Plan Employee Student Loan Forgiveness Fairness Act

Bill: 116-hr-5372
Sponsor: Rep. Smith, Adam [D-WA-9]
Introduced: 2019-12-09 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Government lending and loan guarantees
Health care costs and insurance
Higher education
Social work, volunteer service, charitable organizations
Student aid and college costs

Summary:
action_date: 2019-12-09
text: 

Safety Net Health Plan Employee Student Loan Forgiveness Fairness Act

 
This bill provides employees of safety net health plans with statutory eligibility for the Public Service Loan Forgiveness Program; safety net health plans are generally Medicaid managed care plans sponsored by a nonprofit organization as opposed to a commercial health plan.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2019-12-09
text: Referred to the House Committee on Education and Labor.
action_date: 2019-12-09
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2019-12-09
text: Introduced in House
Advanced Geothermal Research and Development Act of 2019

Bill: 116-hr-5374
Sponsor: Rep. Lucas, Frank D. [R-OK-3]
Introduced: 2019-12-10 in the House
Policy area: Energy
Subjects: Advanced technology and technological innovations
Air quality
Alternative and renewable resources
Climate change and greenhouse gases
Computers and information technology
Congressional oversight
Earth sciences
Electric power generation and transmission
Energy efficiency and conservation
Energy research
Energy storage, supplies, demand
Environmental assessment, monitoring, research
Environmental technology
Higher education
Hydrology and hydrography
International organizations and cooperation
Land use and conservation
Mining
Oil and gas
Research administration and funding
Research and development
Technology transfer and commercialization

Summary:
action_date: 2019-12-10
text: 

Advanced Geothermal Research and Development Act of 2019

 
This bill revises provisions related to hydrothermal and geothermal research and development programs at the Department of Energy.

action_date: 2020-09-11
text: 

Advanced Geothermal Research and Development Act of 2019

 
This bill revises provisions related to hydrothermal and geothermal research and development programs at the Department of Energy, including for geothermal heat pumps and the direct use of geothermal energy.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2020-09-11
text: Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 401.
action_date: 2020-09-11
text: Committee on Education and Labor discharged.
action_date: 2020-09-11
text: Committee on Education and Labor discharged.
action_date: 2020-09-11
text: Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Science, Space, and Technology. H. Rept. 116-500, Part I.
action_date: 2020-09-11
text: Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Science, Space, and Technology. H. Rept. 116-500, Part I.
action_date: 2020-02-12
text: Ordered to be Reported (Amended) by Voice Vote.
action_date: 2020-02-12
text: Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
action_date: 2019-12-19
text: Forwarded by Subcommittee to Full Committee (Amended) by Voice Vote .
action_date: 2019-12-19
text: Subcommittee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
action_date: 2019-12-13
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Energy.
action_date: 2019-12-10
text: Referred to the Committee on Science, Space, and Technology, 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: 2019-12-10
text: Referred to the Committee on Science, Space, and Technology, 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: 2019-12-10
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2019-12-10
text: Introduced in House
E. Cooper Brown Ocean Clean Energy Act of 2019

Bill: 116-hr-5375
Sponsor: Rep. Gabbard, Tulsi [D-HI-2]
Introduced: 2019-12-10 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Alternative and renewable resources
Electric power generation and transmission
Energy storage, supplies, demand
Income tax credits
Lighting, heating, cooling
Marine and coastal resources, fisheries

Summary:
action_date: 2019-12-10
text: 

E. Cooper Brown Ocean Clean Energy Act of 2019

 
This bill allows an energy tax credit for the cost of ocean thermal energy equipment. The bill defines "ocean thermal energy equipment" as equipment that converts ocean thermal energy to usable energy or that uses ocean water as a thermal energy sink to cool a structure. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2019-12-10
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2019-12-10
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2019-12-10
text: Introduced in House
END Child Exploitation Act

Bill: 116-hr-5376
Sponsor: Rep. Gonzalez, Anthony [R-OH-16]
Introduced: 2019-12-10 in the House
Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement
Subjects: Crime prevention
Crimes against children
Criminal justice information and records
Evidence and witnesses
Internet and video services
Internet, web applications, social media
Sex offenses

Summary:
action_date: 2019-12-10
text: 

Eliminate Network Distribution of Child Exploitation Act or the END Child Exploitation Act

 
This bill extends the period of time, from 90 days to 180 days, that electronic communication service providers and remote computing service providers (providers) must preserve the contents of a report that is submitted to the CyberTipline of the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children on crimes involving the sexual exploitation of children.
 
Further, providers may voluntarily preserve the contents of a report for longer than 180 days to reduce the proliferation of or to prevent the online sexual exploitation of children.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2020-01-30
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security.
action_date: 2019-12-10
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2019-12-10
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2019-12-10
text: Introduced in House
Second Lieutenant Richard W. Collins III Memorial Act

Bill: 116-hr-5378
Sponsor: Rep. Brown, Anthony G. [D-MD-4]
Introduced: 2019-12-10 in the House
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Cemeteries and funerals
Life, casualty, property insurance
Military education and training
Military personnel and dependents

Summary:
action_date: 2019-12-10
text: 

Second Lieutenant Richard W. Collins III Memorial Act

 
This bill requires the Department of Defense to provide the death gratuity and casualty assistance to the survivors of a member of the Reserve Officers' Training Corps who received a commission but died before receiving a first duty assignment.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2019-12-10
text: Referred to the House Committee on Armed Services.
action_date: 2019-12-10
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2019-12-10
text: Introduced in House
United States Commission on International Religious Freedom Reauthorization Act of 2019

Bill: 116-hr-5379
Sponsor: Rep. Cicilline, David N. [D-RI-1]
Introduced: 2019-12-10 in the House
Policy area: International Affairs
Subjects: Advisory bodies
Congressional oversight
Executive agency funding and structure
Federal officials
Freedom of information
Government ethics and transparency, public corruption
Government information and archives
Human rights
Religion
U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom

Summary:
action_date: 2019-12-10
text: 

United States Commission on International Religious Freedom Reauthorization Act of 2019

 
This bill reauthorizes the U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom through FY2023 and makes changes to the administration of the commission.
 
Specifically, the bill removes staggered terms for commissioners, replacing them with one, non-renewable three-year term, and it eliminates the requirement that each commissioner obtain a security clearance.
 
The bill prescribes certain procedures when a commissioner speaks at a public event in either a private or official capacity, and it requires commissioners to disclose any instance in which they were identified as a commissioner while participating in a public event in a private capacity. The bill also prohibits commissioners and staff from accepting nonfederal funding for official travel expenses, and it requires each member of the commission to disclose any international travel that was paid for or reimbursed by anyone other than the commissioner or the federal government. Further, the commission must make its rules, opinions, orders, records, and proceedings publicly available, and each commissioner must submit financial disclosure reports in the same form and manner as an officer or employee of Congress.
 
In addition, the bill revises provisions related to commission personnel and compensation.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2019-12-10
text: Referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs, and in addition to the Committee on House Administration, 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: 2019-12-10
text: Referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs, and in addition to the Committee on House Administration, 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: 2019-12-10
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2019-12-10
text: Introduced in House
Senior Guardianship Social Security Protection Act of 2019

Bill: 116-hr-5380
Sponsor: Rep. Crist, Charlie [D-FL-13]
Introduced: 2019-12-10 in the House
Policy area: Social Welfare
Subjects: Aging
Government information and archives
Intergovernmental relations
Social security and elderly assistance
State and local courts

Summary:
action_date: 2019-12-10
text: 

Senior Guardianship Social Security Protection Act of 2019

 
This bill requires the Social Security Administration to establish agreements with each state to share certain information on a monthly basis about the guardianship arrangements of individuals who are entitled to Social Security retirement benefits or Supplemental Security Income payments.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2019-12-10
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2019-12-10
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E1572)
action_date: 2019-12-10
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2019-12-10
text: Introduced in House
International Pharmaceutical Transparency Act of 2019

Bill: 116-hr-5381
Sponsor: Rep. DesJarlais, Scott [R-TN-4]
Introduced: 2019-12-10 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Consumer affairs
Drug safety, medical device, and laboratory regulation
Prescription drugs

Summary:
action_date: 2019-12-10
text: 

International Pharmaceutical Transparency Act of 2019

 
This bill prohibits the sale of a drug if its label fails to list the country of origin of each of the drug's active ingredients.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2019-12-11
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2019-12-10
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2019-12-10
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2019-12-10
text: Introduced in House
To create a mechanism whereby insulin manufacturers may sell directly to consumers at current net prices.

Bill: 116-hr-5382
Sponsor: Rep. Fortenberry, Jeff [R-NE-1]
Introduced: 2019-12-10 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Health care coverage and access
Prescription drugs
Retail and wholesale trades

Summary:
action_date: 2019-12-10
text: 
This bill requires the federal government to create a mechanism through which insulin manufacturers may sell their products directly to consumers at current net prices.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2019-12-11
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2019-12-10
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2019-12-10
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2019-12-10
text: Introduced in House