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Protecting America’s First Responders Act

Bill: 116-hr-2812
Sponsor: Rep. Pascrell, Bill, Jr. [D-NJ-9]
Introduced: 2019-05-16 in the House
Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement
Subjects: Administrative remedies
Assault and harassment offenses
Census and government statistics
Congressional oversight
Department of Justice
Disability assistance
Emergency medical services and trauma care
Employee benefits and pensions
Fires
First responders and emergency personnel
Government information and archives
Government studies and investigations
Health care costs and insurance
Health personnel
Higher education
Law enforcement officers
Student aid and college costs
Violent crime
Worker safety and health

Summary:
action_date: 2019-05-16
text: 

Protecting America's First Responders Act

 
This bill revises the Public Safety Officers' Benefits Program. That program provides death, disability, and education benefits to public safety officers and survivors of public safety officers who are killed or injured in the line of duty.
 
Specifically, it revises the payment amount of disability benefits for claims pending more than one year. The amount must be based on the date of the adjudication of such claim rather than the date of the injury. It also increases the interim benefit payment amount and adjusts it based on the Consumer Price Index.
 
Additionally, the payment amount of death benefits must be the greater of (1) the amount payable as of the date of the public safety officer's death, or (2) the amount payable based on the date of the adjudication of the claim. Currently, such amount is based only on the date of death.
 
Next, the bill includes within the definition of 
firefighter
 for purposes of benefits an individual whose primary duty during an emergency response is to secure the scene or manage traffic.
 
Further, the bill allows applicants who were denied benefits in the previous three years to reapply for benefits.
 
The Bureau of Justice Assistance of the Department of Justice (DOJ) must use all available investigative tools, including subpoenas, to (1) expedite the processing of a claimant's eligibility for a death, disability, or education benefit; and (2) obtain necessary information from third parties (e.g., public agencies).
 
Finally, DOJ must provide retroactive educational assistance to eligible survivors of public safety officer.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2019-06-26
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security.
action_date: 2019-05-16
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2019-05-16
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2019-05-16
text: Introduced in House
Asylum Seeker Work Authorization Act of 2019

Bill: 116-hr-2813
Sponsor: Rep. Pingree, Chellie [D-ME-1]
Introduced: 2019-05-16 in the House
Policy area: Immigration
Subjects: Foreign labor
Immigration status and procedures
Refugees, asylum, displaced persons

Summary:
action_date: 2019-05-16
text: 

Asylum Seeker Work Authorization Act of 2019

 
This bill directs the Department of Homeland Security to provide employment authorization for eligible asylum applicants. Currently, such individuals are not entitled to employment authorization but may be granted such by the Department of Justice.
 
Such employment authorization shall last for one year and be renewable for one-year terms during the period necessary to adjudicate the applicant's asylum claim.
 
The bill also shortens the waiting period for receiving employment authorization to 30 days from the filing of the asylum application.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2019-06-26
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration and Citizenship.
action_date: 2019-05-16
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2019-05-16
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2019-05-16
text: Introduced in House
To amend title 37, United States Code, to authorize the basic allowance for housing for members of the uniformed services in the Virgin Islands.

Bill: 116-hr-2814
Sponsor: Del. Plaskett, Stacey E. [D-VI-At Large]
Introduced: 2019-05-16 in the House
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Government employee pay, benefits, personnel management
Military personnel and dependents
U.S. territories and protectorates
Virgin Islands

Summary:
action_date: 2019-05-16
text: 
This bill revises the housing allowance for uniformed service members in the U.S. Virgin Islands. 
 
Specifically, the Department of Defense must provide to a service member serving in the U.S. Virgin Islands the basic housing allowance, rather than the overseas housing allowance. 
 
Currently, a service member on duty in the U.S. Virgin Islands receives the overseas housing allowance, which is limited to cost reimbursement. By contrast, service members in the 50 states and the District of Columbia receive the basic housing allowance, which offers a fixed amount for each locality and grade/rank. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2019-05-17
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Military Personnel.
action_date: 2019-05-16
text: Referred to the House Committee on Armed Services.
action_date: 2019-05-16
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2019-05-16
text: Introduced in House
Training the Next Generation of Primary Care Doctors Act of 2019

Bill: 116-hr-2815
Sponsor: Rep. Ruiz, Raul [D-CA-36]
Introduced: 2019-05-16 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Aging
Congressional oversight
Education programs funding
Government information and archives
Health facilities and institutions
Health information and medical records
Health programs administration and funding
Medical education

Summary:
action_date: 2019-05-16
text: 

Training the Next Generation of Primary Care Doctors Act of 2019

 
This bill alters funding provisions, and establishes additional reporting requirements, relating to the Teaching Health Center Graduate Medical Education Program, which is administered by the Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA). The program supports training for primary-care-physician and dental residents at community-based clinics. 
 
The bill (1) establishes certain parameters for payments to approved and newly approved graduate medical-residency training programs, and (2) requires HRSA to publish a report regarding new and expanded programs. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2019-06-04
text: Subcommittee Hearings Held.
action_date: 2019-05-17
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2019-05-16
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2019-05-16
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2019-05-16
text: Introduced in House
Vietnam-Era Veterans Hepatitis C Testing Enhancement Act of 2019

Bill: 116-hr-2816
Sponsor: Rep. Stefanik, Elise M. [R-NY-21]
Introduced: 2019-05-16 in the House
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Asia
Conflicts and wars
Congressional oversight
Digestive and metabolic diseases
Health care coverage and access
Infectious and parasitic diseases
Medical tests and diagnostic methods
Veterans' medical care
Vietnam

Summary:
action_date: 2019-05-16
text: 

Vietnam-Era Veterans Hepatitis C Testing Enhancement Act of 2019

 
This bill requires the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) to carry out a one-year pilot program to make hepatitis C testing available to certain veterans at events organized by veterans service organizations. To be eligible, a veteran must have served in the active military, naval, or air service between February 28, 1961, and May 7, 1975, and must have been discharged or released under conditions other than dishonorable.
 
The program shall be carried out in two rural and three urban Veterans Integrated Service Networks (regional VA health care administrative areas). 
 
The VA shall expand the program to all networks if at least 350,000 veterans are tested for hepatitis C by the program's termination date. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2020-03-12
text: Ordered to be Reported by Voice Vote.
action_date: 2020-03-12
text: Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
action_date: 2020-03-12
text: Subcommittee on Health Discharged.
action_date: 2019-09-11
text: Subcommittee Hearings Held.
action_date: 2019-06-11
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2019-05-16
text: Referred to the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
action_date: 2019-05-16
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2019-05-16
text: Introduced in House
Child Custody Protection Act of 2019

Bill: 116-hr-2817
Sponsor: Rep. Wright, Ron [R-TX-6]
Introduced: 2019-05-16 in the House
Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement
Subjects: Abortion
Child health
Civil actions and liability
Family relationships
Separation, divorce, custody, support
Teenage pregnancy

Summary:
action_date: 2019-05-16
text: 

Child Custody Protection Act of 2019

 
This bill establishes new criminal offenses related to the transportation of a minor across state lines for an abortion.
 
Specifically, the bill makes it a crime to knowingly transport a minor across a state line to obtain an abortion without satisfying a parental involvement law in the minor's resident state. A parental involvement law requires parental consent or notification, or judicial authorization, for a minor to obtain an abortion.
 
A violator is subject to criminal penalties&#8212;a fine, up to one year in prison, or both. The bill provides an exception for an abortion that is necessary to save the life of a minor whose life is endangered by a physical disorder, illness, or condition.
 
Additionally, the bill imposes criminal penalties on an individual who commits incest with a minor and knowingly transports the minor across a state line to receive an abortion.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2019-06-26
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security.
action_date: 2019-05-16
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2019-05-16
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2019-05-16
text: Introduced in House
Summer Meals Act of 2019

Bill: 116-hr-2818
Sponsor: Rep. Young, Don [R-AK-At Large]
Introduced: 2019-05-16 in the House
Policy area: Agriculture and Food
Subjects: Child health
Elementary and secondary education
Food assistance and relief
Nutrition and diet
Poverty and welfare assistance
Public-private cooperation

Summary:
action_date: 2019-05-16
text: 

Summer Meals Act of 201

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This bill revises provisions related to the Summer Food Service Program (SFSP) of the Department of Agriculture (USDA), which provides meals to children and teens in low-income areas during the summer months when school is not in session. 
 
The bill redefines 
areas in which poor economic conditions exist
, where the SFSP may operate, as areas in which at least 40% (currently, 50%) of the children have been determined to be eligible for free or reduced price school meals under the school lunch and breakfast programs.
 
The bill reimburses service institutions (other than school food authorities) for up to one meal and one snack per child each day during after-school hours, weekends, and school holidays during the regular school calendar. Currently, such institutions are reimbursed for meals and snacks served to children over the summer months or to children who are on vacation under a continuous school calendar.
 
USDA may award competitive grants to service institutions to increase participation in the summer food service program for children at congregate feeding sites through innovative approaches to limited transportation and mobile meal trucks.
 
 Service institutions that are participating in the summer food service program for children may serve up to three meals, or two meals and one snack, during each day of operation. Currently, this option is reserved for camps and service institutions that serve meals primarily to migrant children.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2019-05-16
text: Referred to the House Committee on Education and Labor.
action_date: 2019-05-16
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2019-05-16
text: Introduced in House
Family-to-Family Reauthorization Act of 2019

Bill: 116-hr-2822
Sponsor: Rep. Sherrill, Mikie [D-NJ-11]
Introduced: 2019-05-17 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Child health
Disability and paralysis
Health care coverage and access
Health care quality
Health facilities and institutions
Health programs administration and funding
Social work, volunteer service, charitable organizations

Summary:
action_date: 2019-05-17
text: 

Family-to-Family Reauthorization Act of 2019

 
This bill reauthorizes through FY2024 the Family-to-Family Health Information Centers Program, which is administered by the Health Resources and Services Administration. The program awards grants to family-run organizations to support the provision of information and peer support to families of children with special health care needs. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2019-06-04
text: Subcommittee Hearings Held.
action_date: 2019-05-20
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2019-05-17
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2019-05-17
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2019-05-17
text: Introduced in House
Filipino Veterans Fairness Act of 2019

Bill: 116-hr-2823
Sponsor: Rep. Speier, Jackie [D-CA-14]
Introduced: 2019-05-17 in the House
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Asia
Philippines
Veterans' education, employment, rehabilitation
Veterans' loans, housing, homeless programs
Veterans' medical care
Veterans' pensions and compensation

Summary:
action_date: 2019-05-17
text: 

Filipino Veterans Fairness Act of 2019

 
 This bill deems certain service performed before July 1, 1946, in the organized military forces of the Philippines and the Philippine Scouts, to be active military service for purposes of eligibility for veterans benefits through the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA). 
 
 In determining eligibility under this bill, the VA must take into account any relevant service documentation, including documentation other than the Missouri List (certain military service records).


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2019-06-11
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Disability Assistance and Memorial Affairs.
action_date: 2019-05-17
text: Referred to the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
action_date: 2019-05-17
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2019-05-17
text: Introduced in House
Fair Access to Credit Scores Act of 2019

Bill: 116-hr-2824
Sponsor: Rep. Cohen, Steve [D-TN-9]
Introduced: 2019-05-17 in the House
Policy area: Finance and Financial Sector
Subjects: Consumer credit
Government information and archives
User charges and fees

Summary:
action_date: 2019-05-17
text: 

Fair Access to Credit Scores Act of 2019

 
This bill requires certain consumer reporting agencies to disclose, upon request, as part of a consumer's free annual disclosure (1) the consumer's current credit score, (2) any other information in the consumer's file regarding risk scores or predictors, and (3) any other consumer information the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau considers appropriate with respect to consumer financial education.
 
Consumer reporting agencies shall maintain such scores or predictors in a consumer's file for at least one year after the data is generated.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2019-05-17
text: Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services.
action_date: 2019-05-17
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2019-05-17
text: Introduced in House
Historic Tax Credit Growth and Opportunity Act of 2019

Bill: 116-hr-2825
Sponsor: Rep. Blumenauer, Earl [D-OR-3]
Introduced: 2019-05-17 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Building construction
Historic sites and heritage areas
Income tax credits
Residential rehabilitation and home repair
Tax-exempt organizations

Summary:
action_date: 2019-05-17
text: 

Historic Tax Credit Growth and Opportunity Act of 2019

 
This bill increases the rehabilitation tax credit and modifies certain requirements for the credit. 
 
The bill increases the rate of the credit to 30% for smaller projects (rehabilitation expenditures not exceeding $3.75 million) and caps the credit for such projects at $750,000 for all taxable years. The bill also allows taxpayers to transfer all or a portion of the credits that are allowable for smaller projects. 
 
The bill expands the types of buildings eligible for rehabilitation by decreasing the rehabilitation threshold from 100% to 50% of project expenses. It also eliminates the basis adjustment requirement for the credit and modifies rules relating to the eligibility of tax-exempt use property for the credit.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2019-05-17
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2019-05-17
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2019-05-17
text: Introduced in House
Stop Mental Health Stigma in Our Communities Act

Bill: 116-hr-2826
Sponsor: Rep. Chu, Judy [D-CA-27]
Introduced: 2019-05-17 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Alaska Natives and Hawaiians
Drug, alcohol, tobacco use
Health promotion and preventive care
Indian social and development programs
Mental health
Minority health

Summary:
action_date: 2019-05-17
text: 

Stop Mental Health Stigma in Our Communities Act

 
This bill requires the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration to develop and implement an outreach and education strategy regarding behavioral health issues among the Asian American, Native Hawaiian, and Pacific Islander populations. The strategy must be designed to promote behavioral and mental health and reduce stigma associated with mental health conditions and substance abuse among such populations. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2019-05-20
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2019-05-17
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2019-05-17
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2019-05-17
text: Introduced in House
Keep Food Containers Safe from PFAS Act of 2019

Bill: 116-hr-2827
Sponsor: Rep. Dingell, Debbie [D-MI-12]
Introduced: 2019-05-17 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Department of Health and Human Services
Food supply, safety, and labeling
Hazardous wastes and toxic substances

Summary:
action_date: 2019-05-17
text: 

Keep Food Containers Safe from PFAS Act of 2019

 
This bill prohibits the use of perfluoroalkyl or polyfluoroalkyl chemicals (commonly referred to as PFAS) in food contact substances. A food contact substance is a substance intended for use as a component of materials used in manufacturing, packing, packaging, transporting, or holding food if such use is not intended to have a technical effect in such food.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2019-05-20
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2019-05-17
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2019-05-17
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2019-05-17
text: Introduced in House
LEO Fair Retirement Act of 2019

Bill: 116-hr-2828
Sponsor: Rep. King, Peter T. [R-NY-2]
Introduced: 2019-05-17 in the House
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Criminal investigation, prosecution, interrogation
Government employee pay, benefits, personnel management
Income tax credits
Labor standards
Law enforcement officers
Office of Personnel Management (OPM)
Personnel records
U.S. Postal Service
Wages and earnings

Summary:
action_date: 2019-05-17
text: 

LEO Fair Retirement Act of 

2019

 
This bill makes a series of changes to certain retirement and premium pay calculations for federal law enforcement officers (LEOs).
 
Specifically, the bill provides that for purposes of computing the annuity of an LEO under the Civil Service Retirement System and the Federal Employees Retirement System, any premium pay earned by such LEO in excess of limitations imposed on such pay shall be included in the LEO's average pay, contingent on the payment of a specified lump sum by the LEO to the Office of Personnel Management. The bill allows for a nonrefundable tax credit with respect to such lump-sum payments.
 
The bill also makes postal inspectors eligible for availability pay (i.e., premium pay paid to LEOs who are criminal investigators).


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2019-05-17
text: Referred to the Committee on Oversight and Reform, 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: 2019-05-17
text: Referred to the Committee on Oversight and Reform, 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: 2019-05-17
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2019-05-17
text: Introduced in House
AUMF Clarification Act

Bill: 116-hr-2829
Sponsor: Rep. Levin, Andy [D-MI-9]
Introduced: 2019-05-17 in the House
Policy area: International Affairs
Subjects: Conflicts and wars
Congressional oversight
Iran
Middle East
Military operations and strategy
War and emergency powers

Summary:
action_date: 2019-05-17
text: 

AUMF Clarification Act

 
This bill expresses the sense of the House of Representatives that Congress has not authorized the use of military force against Iran. It further specifies that no previous authorization for the use of military force against anyone associated with the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001, may be construed to provide authorization for the use of such force against Iran. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2019-05-17
text: Referred to the House Committee on Foreign Affairs.
action_date: 2019-05-17
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2019-05-17
text: Introduced in House
Drone Backlog Reduction Act

Bill: 116-hr-2830
Sponsor: Rep. Meadows, Mark [R-NC-11]
Introduced: 2019-05-17 in the House
Policy area: Transportation and Public Works
Subjects: Aviation and airports
Congressional oversight
Department of Transportation
Executive agency funding and structure
Licensing and registrations
Transportation safety and security

Summary:
action_date: 2019-05-17
text: 

Drone Backlog Reduction Act

 
This bill directs the Federal Aviation Administration to establish an Unmanned Aircraft System Waiver Task Force to process applications submitted for determinations, assessments, and waivers for small unmanned aircraft systems (i.e., drones) to reduce the backlog and processing time of outstanding waiver or exemption applications.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2019-05-20
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Aviation.
action_date: 2019-05-17
text: Referred to the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.
action_date: 2019-05-17
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2019-05-17
text: Introduced in House