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Fairness for Federal Contractors Act of 2019

Bill: 116-hr-824
Sponsor: Rep. Norcross, Donald [D-NJ-1]
Introduced: 2019-01-28 in the House
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Subjects: Appropriations
Contracts and agency
Executive agency funding and structure
Public contracts and procurement
Wages and earnings

Summary:
action_date: 2019-01-28
text: 

Fairness for Federal Contractors Act of 2019

 
This bill appropriates funding to provide compensation to certain employees of contractors who lost pay or leave due to the lapse in appropriations that began on December 22, 2018. 
 
Each agency subject to such lapse shall adjust the price of any contract for which the contractor was ordered to suspend, delay, or stop work as a result of the lapse. The agency shall compensate the contractor for reasonable costs incurred to (1) provide compensation, at an employee's standard rate of compensation, to any employee who was furloughed or laid off, or who was not working, who experienced a reduction of hours, or who experienced a reduction in compensation, as a result of the lapse, for the period of the lapse; or (2) restore paid leave taken by any employee during the lapse, if the contractor required employees to use paid leave as a result of the lapse.
 
The maximum amount of weekly compensation of an employee for which an adjustment may be made may not exceed the lesser of the employee's actual weekly compensation or $1,400.
 
 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2019-01-28
text: Referred to the Committee on Appropriations, and in addition to the Committee on Oversight and Reform, 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: 2019-01-28
text: Referred to the Committee on Appropriations, and in addition to the Committee on Oversight and Reform, 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: 2019-01-28
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2019-01-28
text: Introduced in House
Finger Lakes National Heritage Area Study Act

Bill: 116-hr-825
Sponsor: Rep. Reed, Tom [R-NY-23]
Introduced: 2019-01-28 in the House
Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources
Subjects: Government studies and investigations
Historic sites and heritage areas
Lakes and rivers
New York State

Summary:
action_date: 2019-01-28
text: 

Finger Lakes National Heritage Area Study Act

 
This bill directs the Department of the Interior to assess the suitability and feasibility of designating specified counties and other areas in the state of New York as the Finger Lakes National Heritage Area. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2019-02-13
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on National Parks, Forests, and Public Lands.
action_date: 2019-01-28
text: Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.
action_date: 2019-01-28
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2019-01-28
text: Introduced in House
AI JOBS Act of 2019

Bill: 116-hr-827
Sponsor: Rep. Soto, Darren [D-FL-9]
Introduced: 2019-01-28 in the House
Policy area: Labor and Employment
Subjects: Advanced technology and technological innovations
Computers and information technology
Congressional oversight
Elementary and secondary education
Employment and training programs
Higher education
Manufacturing
Unemployment

Summary:
action_date: 2019-01-28
text: 

Artificial Intelligence Job Opportunities and Background Summary Act of 2019 or the AI JOBS Act of 2019

 
This bill expresses the sense of Congress that technology can improve the lives of individuals, but can also disrupt jobs, and for this reason, innovation should be encouraged while training and retraining American workers.
 
The Department of Labor shall prepare and submit to Congress a report on artificial intelligence and its impact on the workforce.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2019-01-28
text: Referred to the House Committee on Education and Labor.
action_date: 2019-01-28
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2019-01-28
text: Introduced in House
Flood Insurance for Farmers Act of 2019

Bill: 116-hr-830
Sponsor: Rep. Garamendi, John [D-CA-3]
Introduced: 2019-01-29 in the House
Policy area: Finance and Financial Sector
Subjects: Disaster relief and insurance
Farmland
Floods and storm protection
Land use and conservation

Summary:
action_date: 2019-01-29
text: 

Flood Insurance for Farmers Act of 2019

 
This bill modifies coverage requirements under the National Flood Insurance Program (NFIP). The bill allows certain local variances from compliance with elevation and flood-proofing requirements for agricultural structures located in special flood hazard zones. The chargeable premium rate for coverage of a structure given a variance shall be the same as would otherwise apply if the structure had been dry floodproofed.
 
The bill allows for alternative maps and risk-based rates for NFIP coverage in certain areas where levees fail to meet specified minimum standards.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2019-01-29
text: Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services.
action_date: 2019-01-29
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E102)
action_date: 2019-01-29
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2019-01-29
text: Introduced in House
Whole Milk for Healthy Kids Act of 2019

Bill: 116-hr-832
Sponsor: Rep. Thompson, Glenn [R-PA-15]
Introduced: 2019-01-29 in the House
Policy area: Agriculture and Food
Subjects: Child health
Elementary and secondary education
Food assistance and relief
Nutrition and diet

Summary:
action_date: 2019-01-29
text: 

Whole Milk for Healthy Kids Act of 2019

 
This bill allows schools participating in the National School Lunch Program to serve flavored and unflavored whole milk. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2019-02-14
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR H2004)
action_date: 2019-01-29
text: Referred to the House Committee on Education and Labor.
action_date: 2019-01-29
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2019-01-29
text: Introduced in House
Protecting Life and Taxpayers Act of 2019

Bill: 116-hr-833
Sponsor: Rep. Hartzler, Vicky [R-MO-4]
Introduced: 2019-01-29 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Abortion
Health programs administration and funding

Summary:
action_date: 2019-01-29
text: 

Protecting Life and Taxpayers Act of 

2019

 
This bill requires federally funded entities to certify that they will not perform, and will not provide funds to any other entity that performs, an abortion, except in cases of rape or incest or where a physical condition endangers the woman's life unless an abortion is performed. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2019-01-29
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2019-01-29
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2019-01-29
text: Introduced in House
The Shutdown to End All Shutdowns Act

Bill: 116-hr-834
Sponsor: Rep. Houlahan, Chrissy [D-PA-6]
Introduced: 2019-01-29 in the House
Policy area: Economics and Public Finance
Subjects: Appropriations
Congressional operations and organization
Executive agency funding and structure
Federal officials
Government employee pay, benefits, personnel management
Legislative rules and procedure
Members of Congress
Sports and recreation facilities
Transportation costs

Summary:
action_date: 2019-01-29
text: 

The Shutdown to End All Shutdowns Act

 
This bill provides continuing appropriations to prevent a government shutdown if any appropriations measure for a fiscal year has not been enacted before the fiscal year begins or a joint resolution making continuing appropriations is not in effect. 
 
If the continuing appropriations have been in effect for more than 30 days and an appropriations measure or a continuing resolution still has not been enacted, the bill withholds the salaries of Members of Congress and generally prohibits federal funds from being used for travel, bonuses and other pay incentives, official reception and representation expenses, and the operation of an exercise facility or golf course.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2019-01-29
text: Referred to the Committee on Appropriations, and in addition to the Committees on Oversight and Reform, House Administration, and Rules, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
action_date: 2019-01-29
text: Referred to the Committee on Appropriations, and in addition to the Committees on Oversight and Reform, House Administration, and Rules, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
action_date: 2019-01-29
text: Referred to the Committee on Appropriations, and in addition to the Committees on Oversight and Reform, House Administration, and Rules, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
action_date: 2019-01-29
text: Referred to the Committee on Appropriations, and in addition to the Committees on Oversight and Reform, House Administration, and Rules, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
action_date: 2019-01-29
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2019-01-29
text: Introduced in House
Interdiction for the Protection of Child Victims of Exploitation and Human Trafficking Act

Bill: 116-hr-836
Sponsor: Rep. McCaul, Michael T. [R-TX-10]
Introduced: 2019-01-29 in the House
Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement
Subjects: Child safety and welfare
Crime victims
Crimes against children
Criminal justice information and records
Federal-Indian relations
First responders and emergency personnel
Human trafficking
Intergovernmental relations
Law enforcement administration and funding
Law enforcement officers
Missing persons
Sex offenses
Social work, volunteer service, charitable organizations
State and local government operations

Summary:
action_date: 2019-01-29
text: 
 
Interdiction for the Protection of Child Victims of Exploitation and Human Trafficking Act

 
This bill directs the Department of Justice to establish a pilot program&#8212;the Interdiction for the Protection of Child Victims of Exploitation and Human Trafficking Program&#8212;to train law enforcement officers and other professionals to identify and assist victims of child exploitation and human trafficking.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2019-03-25
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security.
action_date: 2019-01-29
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2019-01-29
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2019-01-29
text: Introduced in House
Chronic Wasting Disease Transmission in Cervidae Study Act

Bill: 116-hr-837
Sponsor: Rep. Abraham, Ralph Lee [R-LA-5]
Introduced: 2019-01-29 in the House
Policy area: Animals
Subjects: Canada
Congressional oversight
Government studies and investigations
Infectious and parasitic diseases
Livestock
Mammals
Medical research
Neurological disorders
Research administration and funding
Veterinary medicine and animal diseases

Summary:
action_date: 2019-01-29
text: 

Chronic Wasting Disease Transmission in Cervidae Study Act

 
This bill requires the Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service and the U.S. Geological Survey to contract the National Academy of Sciences to study the predominant pathways and mechanisms of the transmission of chronic wasting disease in wild, captive, and farmed populations of deer, elk, reindeer, and moose populations in the United States. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2019-02-15
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Livestock and Foreign Agriculture.
action_date: 2019-02-15
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Water, Oceans, and Wildlife.
action_date: 2019-01-29
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: 2019-01-29
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: 2019-01-29
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2019-01-29
text: Introduced in House
Threat Assessment, Prevention, and Safety Act of 2019

Bill: 116-hr-838
Sponsor: Rep. Babin, Brian [R-TX-36]
Introduced: 2019-01-29 in the House
Policy area: Emergency Management
Subjects: Child safety and welfare
Congressional oversight
Crime prevention
Crimes against children
Criminal investigation, prosecution, interrogation
Department of Homeland Security
Educational facilities and institutions
Elementary and secondary education
Executive agency funding and structure
Government information and archives
Higher education
Mental health
Terrorism
Violent crime

Summary:
action_date: 2019-01-29
text: 

Threat Assessment, Prevention, and Safety Act of 2019

 
This bill directs the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) to establish a Joint Behavioral Threat Assessment and Management Task Force, which shall provide recommendations to Congress and DHS on the development and implementation of a national strategy for preventing targeted violence through behavioral threat assessment and management.
 
The bill defines 
behavioral threat assessment and management
 as the systematic and evidence-based process of (1) identifying individuals whose behavior indicates a capacity for committing acts of violence, (2) investigating and gathering information from multiple sources to assess whether such individuals pose a threat, and (3) the subsequent management of such a threat. 
 
DHS shall (1) develop and implement the national strategy and provide information and training services related to it, and (2) award grants to establish community based units for implementing the national strategy.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2019-03-25
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security.
action_date: 2019-01-29
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2019-01-29
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2019-01-29
text: Introduced in House
National Multimodal Freight Network Improvement Act

Bill: 116-hr-839
Sponsor: Rep. Brownley, Julia [D-CA-26]
Introduced: 2019-01-29 in the House
Policy area: Transportation and Public Works
Subjects: Navigation, waterways, harbors

Summary:
action_date: 2019-01-29
text: 

National Multimodal Freight Network Improvement Act

 
This bill revises the network components of the National Multimodal Freight Network (NMFN).
 
Specifically, the bill requires 
 
 
the interim NMFN to include public ports of the United States that have a total annual cargo value of at least $1 billion, and 
 
the final NMFN to include all specified interim network components when the Department of Transportation designates or redesignates the network. 



Legislative actions:
action_date: 2019-02-07
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Highways and Transit.
action_date: 2019-01-29
text: Referred to the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.
action_date: 2019-01-29
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2019-01-29
text: Introduced in House
CLEAR Act

Bill: 116-hr-842
Sponsor: Rep. Delgado, Antonio [D-NY-19]
Introduced: 2019-01-29 in the House
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Subjects: Congressional oversight
Elections, voting, political campaign regulation
Government ethics and transparency, public corruption
Government information and archives
Public participation and lobbying

Summary:
action_date: 2019-01-29
text: 

Connecting Lobbyists and Electeds for Accountability and Reform Act or the CLEAR Act

 
This bill requires reports filed by political committees, reports filed by persons making independent expenditures, and reports filed by persons making disbursements for electioneering communications to disclose if individuals identified in the reports are registered lobbyists.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2019-01-29
text: Referred to the House Committee on House Administration.
action_date: 2019-01-29
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2019-01-29
text: Introduced in House
Reform EPA Act

Bill: 116-hr-843
Sponsor: Rep. Gibbs, Bob [R-OH-7]
Introduced: 2019-01-29 in the House
Policy area: Environmental Protection
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Army Corps of Engineers
Department of Defense
Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)
Environmental regulatory procedures
Licensing and registrations
Navigation, waterways, harbors
Solid waste and recycling
Water quality

Summary:
action_date: 2019-01-29
text: 

Reforming EPA Permitting Authority Act or the Reform EPA Act
 
 
This bill limits the period during which the Environmental Protection Agency may prohibit the specification, or restrict the use, of an area as a disposal site for discharges of dredged or fill materials into waters of the United States.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2019-02-07
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Water Resources and Environment.
action_date: 2019-01-29
text: Referred to the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.
action_date: 2019-01-29
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2019-01-29
text: Introduced in House
Industrial Mineral Parity Act of 2019

Bill: 116-hr-844
Sponsor: Rep. Gibbs, Bob [R-OH-7]
Introduced: 2019-01-29 in the House
Policy area: Environmental Protection
Subjects: Coal
Licensing and registrations
Mining
Water quality

Summary:
action_date: 2019-01-29
text: 

Industrial Mineral Parity Act of 2019

 
This bill allows industrial mineral remining operations to obtain modified permits under the National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System to discharge certain pollutants into waters of the United States if pollution treatment requirements are met. The term 
industrial minerals
 means limestone, clay, sand, gravel, diatomite, kaolin, bentonite, silica, barite, gypsum, or talc. Currently, modified permits are limited to discharges from coal remining operations.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2019-02-07
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Water Resources and Environment.
action_date: 2019-01-29
text: Referred to the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.
action_date: 2019-01-29
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2019-01-29
text: Introduced in House
Solidarity in Salary Act of 2019

Bill: 116-hr-845
Sponsor: Rep. Golden, Jared F. [D-ME-2]
Introduced: 2019-01-29 in the House
Policy area: Congress
Subjects: Appropriations
Executive agency funding and structure
Government employee pay, benefits, personnel management
Members of Congress
Presidents and presidential powers, Vice Presidents

Summary:
action_date: 2019-01-29
text: 

Solidarity in Salary Act of 2019

 
This bill provides for withholding or eliminating the pay of Members of Congress, the President, and the Vice President during a government shutdown.
 
For the 116th Congress, the bill requires the salaries of Members of Congress to be held in escrow during a government shutdown and to be released on the earlier of (1) the date on which the government shutdown ends, or (2) the last day of the Congress.
 
Beginning with the 117th Congress, the bill prohibits Members of Congress from being paid for the period of a government shutdown.
 
The bill also requires the salaries of the President and the Vice President to be held in escrow during a government shutdown and to be released on the earlier of (1) the date on which the government shutdown ends, or (2) the last day of the term of office of the President and Vice President during which the government shutdown begins.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2019-01-29
text: Referred to the Committee on Oversight and Reform, 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: 2019-01-29
text: Referred to the Committee on Oversight and Reform, 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: 2019-01-29
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR H1253)
action_date: 2019-01-29
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2019-01-29
text: Introduced in House
Veterans Serving Veterans Act of 2019

Bill: 116-hr-846
Sponsor: Resident Commissioner González-Colón, Jenniffer [R-PR-At Large]
Introduced: 2019-01-29 in the House
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Congressional oversight
Employee hiring
Employment and training programs
Government information and archives
Health facilities and institutions
Health personnel
Military personnel and dependents
Personnel records
Veterans' education, employment, rehabilitation

Summary:
action_date: 2019-01-29
text: 

Veterans Serving Veterans Act of 2019

 
This bill updates the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) current recruiting database by requiring the VA to maintain a single searchable database to be known as the 
Departments of Defense and Veterans Affairs Recruitment Database
.
 
With respect to vacant positions for critical jobs or mental health professionals, the database must list (1) the military occupational specialty or skill that corresponds to the position, and (2) each qualified member of the Armed Forces who may be recruited to fill the position before such qualified member has been discharged and released from active duty. Qualified members of the Armed Forces are those service members who (1) are being separated or recently separated from active duty, (2) elect to be listed in the database, and (3) have been determined by the VA to have a military occupational specialty.
 
The database must list the following for each qualified member of the Armed Forces: name, contact information, expected discharge date, and military occupational specialty. 
 
The VA must implement direct hiring and appointment procedures for vacant database positions and may authorize relocation bonuses. 
 
The bill also requires the VA to train and certify veterans who served as basic health care technicians in the Armed Forces to work as VA intermediate care technicians.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2019-02-22
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Economic Opportunity.
action_date: 2019-01-29
text: Referred to the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
action_date: 2019-01-29
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2019-01-29
text: Introduced in House