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National Public Health Act of 2019

Bill: 116-hr-2095
Sponsor: Rep. DeSaulnier, Mark [D-CA-11]
Introduced: 2019-04-04 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Civil actions and liability
Government information and archives
Health information and medical records
Manufacturing

Summary:
action_date: 2019-04-04
text: 

National Public Health Act of 

2019

 
This bill requires the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) to take a series of actions relating to the impact of certain products on public health. Specifically, HHS must (1) contract with the National Academy of Medicine, or a similar entity, to develop a list of public health crises; (2) develop a list of products that have a specified fiscal impact on the national public health system; and (3) require manufacturers of such products to develop and implement a plan to mitigate the effects of the products on public health.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2019-04-05
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2019-04-04
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2019-04-04
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2019-04-04
text: Introduced in House
Energy Storage Tax Incentive and Deployment Act of 2019

Bill: 116-hr-2096
Sponsor: Rep. Doyle, Michael F. [D-PA-18]
Introduced: 2019-04-04 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Alternative and renewable resources
Business investment and capital
Energy efficiency and conservation
Energy storage, supplies, demand
Income tax credits
Residential rehabilitation and home repair

Summary:
action_date: 2019-04-04
text: 

Energy Storage Tax Incentive and Deployment Act of 201

9

 
This bill allows tax credits for (1) energy storage technologies, and (2) battery storage technology. 
 
The bill expands the tax credit for investments in energy property to include equipment that (1) receives, stores, and delivers energy using batteries, compressed air, pumped hydropower, hydrogen storage (including hydrolysis), thermal energy storage, regenerative fuel cells, flywheels, capacitors, superconducting magnets, or other technologies identified by the Internal Revenue Service; and (2) has a capacity of at least five kilowatt hours. 
 
The bill also expands the tax credit for residential energy efficient property to include expenditures for battery storage technology that (1) is installed on or in connection with a dwelling unit located in the United States and used as a residence by the taxpayer, and (2) has a capacity of at least three kilowatt hours. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2019-04-04
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2019-04-04
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2019-04-04
text: Introduced in House
Legacies of War Recognition and Unexploded Ordnance Removal Act

Bill: 116-hr-2097
Sponsor: Rep. Duffy, Sean P. [R-WI-7]
Introduced: 2019-04-04 in the House
Policy area: International Affairs
Subjects: Asia
Cambodia
Conflicts and wars
Congressional oversight
Congressional tributes
Firearms and explosives
Foreign aid and international relief
International organizations and cooperation
Laos
Vietnam

Summary:
action_date: 2019-04-04
text: 

Legacies of War Recognition and Unexploded Ordnance Removal Act

 
This bill authorizes the President to provide humanitarian aid to Vietnam, Laos, and Cambodia for (1) the clearance of unexploded ordnance, and (2) assistance for victims of the explosive remnants of war in the region. The President shall annually brief Congress on such assistance activities. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2019-07-17
text: Ordered to be Reported by Unanimous Consent.
action_date: 2019-07-17
text: Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
action_date: 2019-04-04
text: Referred to the House Committee on Foreign Affairs.
action_date: 2019-04-04
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2019-04-04
text: Introduced in House
Wildlife VET Act

Bill: 116-hr-2099
Sponsor: Rep. Hastings, Alcee L. [D-FL-20]
Introduced: 2019-04-04 in the House
Policy area: Animals
Subjects: Animal and plant health
Education programs funding
Endangered and threatened species
Health personnel
Medical education
Medical research
Student aid and college costs
Veterinary medicine and animal diseases
Wildlife conservation and habitat protection

Summary:
action_date: 2019-04-04
text: 

Wildlife Veterinarians Employment and Training Act or the Wildlife VET Act 

 
This bill provides grants for veterinarian positions at wildlife or veterinary institutions and provides incentives for students to enroll in wildlife or zoological veterinary medicine programs. 
 
Specifically, this bill authorizes the Department of the Interior to award grants to wildlife or veterinary institutions to create additional clinical and research positions for such veterinarians. 
 
Interior must establish a program that pays the student loans of graduates and students of institutions that provide doctoral degrees in veterinary medicine or graduate degrees in veterinary medicine. Interior must also establish a program that awards scholarships to students enrolled in an accredited school or college of veterinary medicine. In exchange for the loan payment or scholarship, students must agree to serve for at least four consecutive years at a wildlife or veterinary institution as a wildlife or zoological veterinarian.
 
In addition, Interior must also (1) establish a pilot program to award grants to accredited schools and colleges of veterinary medicine to develop or improve new or existing curricula that specialize in wildlife or zoological veterinary medicine, and (2) award grants to eligible wildlife or veterinary institutions to establish or expand training programs that will enhance the ability of a trainee to practice as a wildlife or zoological veterinarian. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2019-04-26
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Livestock and Foreign Agriculture.
action_date: 2019-04-17
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Water, Oceans, and Wildlife.
action_date: 2019-04-04
text: Referred to the Committee on Agriculture, 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: 2019-04-04
text: Referred to the Committee on Agriculture, 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: 2019-04-04
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E410)
action_date: 2019-04-04
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2019-04-04
text: Introduced in House
Safe to Tell Act of 2019

Bill: 116-hr-2100
Sponsor: Rep. Himes, James A. [D-CT-4]
Introduced: 2019-04-04 in the House
Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement
Subjects: Child safety and welfare
Criminal investigation, prosecution, interrogation
Criminal justice information and records
Elementary and secondary education
Emergency communications systems
Law enforcement administration and funding
Law enforcement officers
Right of privacy
School administration
State and local government operations
Student records
Violent crime

Summary:
action_date: 2019-04-04
text: 

Safe to Tell Act of 2019

 
This bill authorizes the Department of Justice to make grants to states for establishing anonymous school threat reporting programs.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2019-05-15
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security.
action_date: 2019-04-04
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2019-04-04
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2019-04-04
text: Introduced in House
To provide for restrictions on recently appointed Federal employees and recently separated Federal employees with respect to lobbying activities, and for other purposes.

Bill: 116-hr-2101
Sponsor: Rep. Huffman, Jared [D-CA-2]
Introduced: 2019-04-04 in the House
Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement
Subjects: Congressional oversight
Federal officials
Foreign and international corporations
Government ethics and transparency, public corruption
Government information and archives
Presidents and presidential powers, Vice Presidents
Public participation and lobbying

Summary:
action_date: 2019-04-04
text: 
This bill places restrictions on certain lobbying activities by recently separated and recently appointed federal employees.
 
 Specifically, the bill extends to two years the ban on certain senior personnel of the executive branch and independent agencies from lobbying the department or agency in which the person served. The bill also extends to five years the ban on certain senior personnel of the executive branch and independent agencies, including the Vice President, from lobbying any officer or employee of any department or agency in which such person served.
 
Certain high-level employees of the executive branch are subject to a lifetime ban on knowingly representing a foreign entity before any officer or employee of any department or agency of the United States with the intent to influence a decision of such officer or employee. 
 
During a two-year period beginning on the date an individual is appointed to a covered position, such individual is banned from participating in any matter involving specific parties that is directly related to the individual's former employer or former clients. Additionally, any individual who was a registered lobbyist or who engaged in lobbying activities during a two-year period prior to appointment is prohibited from participating in a matter on which the individual made a lobbying contact.
 
The Office of Management and Budget (OMB) may waive these requiremens if OMB certifies in writing to various congressional committees that it is in the public interest to grant the waiver.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2019-05-15
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on the Constitution, Civil Rights, and Civil Liberties.
action_date: 2019-04-04
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2019-04-04
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2019-04-04
text: Introduced in House
VET PFAS Act

Bill: 116-hr-2102
Sponsor: Rep. Kildee, Daniel T. [D-MI-5]
Introduced: 2019-04-04 in the House
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Cancer
Cardiovascular and respiratory health
Congressional oversight
Digestive and metabolic diseases
Disability and paralysis
Hazardous wastes and toxic substances
Hospital care
Military facilities and property
Military personnel and dependents
National Guard and reserves
Veterans' medical care
Veterans' pensions and compensation

Summary:
action_date: 2019-04-04
text: 

Veterans Exposed to Toxic PFAS Act or VET PFAS Act

 
This bill requires hospital care and medical services to be furnished for specified conditions to veterans and reservists who were exposed to perfluorooctanoic acid and other per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (commonly referred to as PFAS) while serving on military installations. Family members of veterans and reservists who resided at these military installations are also eligible for hospital care and medical services under this bill.
 
The bill also provides a presumption of service connection for veterans and reservists who were exposed to such substances. Under a presumption of service connection, specific conditions diagnosed in veterans are presumed to have been caused by the circumstances of their military service. Health care benefits and disability compensation may then be awarded.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2019-04-29
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2019-04-29
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Disability Assistance and Memorial Affairs.
action_date: 2019-04-04
text: Referred to the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
action_date: 2019-04-04
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2019-04-04
text: Introduced in House
Tax Fairness for Workers Act

Bill: 116-hr-2103
Sponsor: Rep. Lamb, Conor [D-PA-17]
Introduced: 2019-04-04 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Business expenses
Income tax deductions
Labor-management relations

Summary:
action_date: 2019-04-04
text: 

Tax Fairness for Workers Act 

 
This bill allows an above-the-line tax deduction for union dues and expenses. (An above-the-line deduction is subtracted from gross income and is available whether or not a taxpayer itemizes other deductions.) 
 
The bill also reinstates the miscellaneous itemized tax deduction for unreimbursed expenses attributable to the performance of services as an employee. (Under current law, all miscellaneous itemized deductions are suspended through 2025.) 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2019-04-04
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2019-04-04
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2019-04-04
text: Introduced in House
Energy Star Program Integrity Act

Bill: 116-hr-2104
Sponsor: Rep. Latta, Robert E. [R-OH-5]
Introduced: 2019-04-04 in the House
Policy area: Energy
Subjects: Civil actions and liability
Consumer affairs
Energy efficiency and conservation
Environmental technology
Product safety and quality

Summary:
action_date: 2019-04-04
text: 

Energy Star Program Integrity Act 

 
The bill revises the Energy Star program to prohibit warranty claims or lawsuits for the disqualification of products from the program. Specifically, the bill prohibits such actions if the manufacturer complies with corrective measures that were approved by the Environmental Protection Agency.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2019-04-05
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Energy.
action_date: 2019-04-04
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2019-04-04
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2019-04-04
text: Introduced in House
Wildlife and Hunting Heritage Conservation Advisory Committee Act of 2019

Bill: 116-hr-2105
Sponsor: Rep. Latta, Robert E. [R-OH-5]
Introduced: 2019-04-04 in the House
Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources
Subjects: Advisory bodies
Hunting and fishing
Outdoor recreation
Wildlife conservation and habitat protection

Summary:
action_date: 2019-04-04
text: 

Wildlife and Hunting Heritage Conservation Advisory Committee Act of 2019

 
This bill establishes the Wildlife and Hunting Heritage Conservation Advisory Committee to advise the Department of the Interior and the Department of Agriculture on wildlife and habitat conservation, hunting, and recreational shooting. 
 
The advisory committee must advise the departments on policies or programs related to
 
 
implementing Executive Order 13443, titled 
Facilitation of Hunting Heritage and Wildlife Conservation
; 
 
conserving and restoring wetlands, agricultural lands, grasslands, forest, and rangeland habitats;
 
promoting opportunities for and access to hunting and shooting sports on federal lands;
 
recruiting and retaining new hunters and shooters;
 
increasing public awareness of the importance of wildlife conservation and the benefits of recreational hunting and shooting; and 
 
encouraging coordination among the public, the hunting and shooting sports community, wildlife conservation groups, states, tribes, and the federal government. 
 
 
The bill abolishes the existing Wildlife and Hunting Heritage Conservation Council, effective on the date of the first meeting of the advisory committee established by this bill.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2019-04-26
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Conservation and Forestry.
action_date: 2019-04-23
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Water, Oceans, and Wildlife.
action_date: 2019-04-04
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: 2019-04-04
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: 2019-04-04
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2019-04-04
text: Introduced in House
To amend section 100905 of title 54, United States Code, to direct the Secretary of the Interior and the Secretary of Agriculture to require annual permits and assess annual fees for commercial filming activities on Federal land for film crews of 5 persons or fewer, and for other purposes.

Bill: 116-hr-2106
Sponsor: Rep. Latta, Robert E. [R-OH-5]
Introduced: 2019-04-04 in the House
Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources
Subjects: Forests, forestry, trees
Land use and conservation
Licensing and registrations
Parks, recreation areas, trails
Television and film
User charges and fees

Summary:
action_date: 2019-04-04
text: 
This bill directs the Departments of the Interior and Agriculture (USDA) to assess an annual fee of up to $200 for any film crew of five persons or fewer to conduct commercial filming activities or similar projects on federal land administered by such departments and to require a one-year permit for such activities or projects that occur in areas designated for public use during public hours on federal land and waterways administered by such departments. 
 
The bill also requires that the fee for a commercial filming activity or similar project in a unit of the National Park System be sufficient to cover the cost of a film permit and other administrative and personnel costs. 
 
Interior and USDA must also assess an annual fee of up to $200 for still photography crews of five persons or fewer. 
 
The bill repeals the requirement for collection by Interior and USDA of costs incurred as a result of filming activities or similar projects, including administrative and personnel costs, in addition to the reasonable fee assessed for commercial filming activities or similar projects in a system unit. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2019-04-26
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Conservation and Forestry.
action_date: 2019-04-23
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on National Parks, Forests, and Public Lands.
action_date: 2019-04-04
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: 2019-04-04
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: 2019-04-04
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2019-04-04
text: Introduced in House
Affordable College Textbook Act

Bill: 116-hr-2107
Sponsor: Rep. Neguse, Joe [D-CO-2]
Introduced: 2019-04-04 in the House
Policy area: Education
Subjects: Academic performance and assessments
Books and print media
Congressional oversight
Disability and paralysis
Education programs funding
Educational technology and distance education
Government studies and investigations
Higher education
Inflation and prices
Intellectual property
Interest, dividends, interest rates
Licensing and registrations
Retail and wholesale trades
School administration
Student aid and college costs
Teaching, teachers, curricula

Summary:
action_date: 2019-04-04
text: 

Affordable College Textbook Act

 
This bill directs the Department of Education to make grants to institutions of higher education or states to support projects that expand the use of open textbooks in order to achieve savings for students while maintaining or improving instruction and student learning outcomes. An open textbook is an educational resource that either resides in the public domain or has been released under an intellectual license that permits its free use, reuse, modification, and sharing with others.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2019-04-04
text: Referred to the House Committee on Education and Labor.
action_date: 2019-04-04
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2019-04-04
text: Introduced in House
Retirement Freedom Act

Bill: 116-hr-2108
Sponsor: Rep. Palmer, Gary J. [R-AL-6]
Introduced: 2019-04-04 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Health care coverage and access
Home and outpatient care
Hospital care
Medicare
Social security and elderly assistance

Summary:
action_date: 2019-04-04
text: 

Retirement Freedom Act

 
This bill allows an individual to opt out of Medicare hospital services benefits without also having to opt out of Old Age, Survivors, and Disability Insurance benefits and without having to repay Medicare hospital services benefits already received. The bill also allows an individual to opt back in with no penalty.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2019-04-04
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2019-04-04
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2019-04-04
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2019-04-04
text: Introduced in House
Relief From Sequestration Act of 2019

Bill: 116-hr-2110
Sponsor: Rep. Smith, Adam [D-WA-9]
Introduced: 2019-04-04 in the House
Policy area: Economics and Public Finance
Subjects: Budget deficits and national debt
Budget process

Summary:
action_date: 2019-04-04
text: 

Relief From Sequestration Act of 201

9

 
This bill eliminates the sequestration, or automatic spending cuts, scheduled to occur because the Joint Select Committee on Deficit Reduction failed to recommend legislation to reduce the deficit by $1.2 trillion over 10 years, as required by the Budget Control Act of 2011. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2019-04-04
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Budget.
action_date: 2019-04-04
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2019-04-04
text: Introduced in House
Preventing Opportunities for Teen E-Cigarette and Tobacco Addiction Act

Bill: 116-hr-2111
Sponsor: Rep. Wasserman Schultz, Debbie [D-FL-23]
Introduced: 2019-04-04 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Child health
Congressional oversight
Drug, alcohol, tobacco use
Health information and medical records
Health programs administration and funding
Health promotion and preventive care
Marketing and advertising

Summary:
action_date: 2019-04-04
text: 

Preventing Opportunities for Teen E-Cigarette and Tobacco Addiction Act or the PROTECT Act

 
 This bill requires the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) to implement a campaign to reduce and prevent the use of electronic cigarettes and emerging tobacco products among youth and young adults. As part of this process, the CDC must conduct research about the types and patterns of use of such products and the corresponding health impacts of their use. The CDC also must provide grants to state agencies, local health departments, and nonprofits to further reduce the use of electronic cigarettes among young people.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2019-04-05
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2019-04-04
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2019-04-04
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2019-04-04
text: Introduced in House