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America Grows Act of 2019

Bill: 116-hr-4714
Sponsor: Rep. Bustos, Cheri [D-IL-17]
Introduced: 2019-10-17 in the House
Policy area: Agriculture and Food
Subjects: Agricultural research
Appropriations
Budget process
Department of Agriculture
Executive agency funding and structure
Research administration and funding

Summary:
action_date: 2019-10-17
text: 

America Grows Act of 2019

 
This bill require certain adjustments to the discretionary spending limits for FY2020-FY2024 to accommodate increases in appropriations for agencies that conduct agricultural research. 
 
The bill requires adjustments for the following agencies within the Department of Agriculture: 
 
 
the Agricultural Research Service,
 
the Economic Research Service,
 
the National Agricultural Statistics Service, and
 
 the National Institute of Food and Agriculture.
 
 
 The bill also requires annual appropriations for each of these agencies to be at least the amount appropriated for FY2019. 
 
The bill exempts appropriations provided pursuant to this bill from sequestration. Sequestration is a process of automatic, usually across-the-board spending reductions under which budgetary resources are permanently cancelled to enforce specific budget policy goals. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2019-11-08
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Biotechnology, Horticulture, and Research.
action_date: 2019-10-17
text: Referred to the Committee on Agriculture, and in addition to the Committee on the Budget, 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: 2019-10-17
text: Referred to the Committee on Agriculture, and in addition to the Committee on the Budget, 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: 2019-10-17
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2019-10-17
text: Introduced in House
Judicial Travel Accountability Act

Bill: 116-hr-4715
Sponsor: Rep. Cicilline, David N. [D-RI-1]
Introduced: 2019-10-17 in the House
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Subjects: Federal officials
Financial services and investments
Government ethics and transparency, public corruption
Government information and archives
Judges
Transportation costs
Travel and tourism

Summary:
action_date: 2019-10-17
text: 

Judicial Travel Accountability Act 

 
This bill requires a judicial officer to annually disclose (1) the source, description, and value of certain gifts; (2) a detailed description of meetings and events attended, including the names of other known attendees; and (3) total expenses for transportation, lodging, and meals. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2019-11-15
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on the Constitution, Civil Rights, and Civil Liberties.
action_date: 2019-10-17
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2019-10-17
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2019-10-17
text: Introduced in House
I CAN Act

Bill: 116-hr-4716
Sponsor: Rep. Cox, TJ [D-CA-21]
Introduced: 2019-10-17 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Cardiovascular and respiratory health
Health care costs and insurance
Health care coverage and access
Health technology, devices, supplies
Income tax deductions

Summary:
action_date: 2019-10-17
text: 

Inhaler Coverage and Access Now Act or the I CAN Act 

 
This bill provides for coverage under a high deductible health plan not requiring a deductible of inhalers for treatment of any chronic lung disease, including asthma (and any medicine or drug which is delivered through such inhalers for treatment of such diseases).


action_date: 2020-02-21
text: 

Inhaler Coverage and Access Now Act or the I CAN Act 

 
This bill provides for coverage under a high deductible health plan not requiring a deductible of inhalers for treatment of any chronic lung disease, including asthma (and any medicine or drug which is delivered through such inhalers for treatment of such diseases).



Legislative actions:
action_date: 2020-02-21
text: Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 323.
action_date: 2020-02-21
text: Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Ways and Means. H. Rept. 116-401.
action_date: 2020-02-21
text: Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Ways and Means. H. Rept. 116-401.
action_date: 2019-10-23
text: Ordered to be Reported in the Nature of a Substitute (Amended) by Voice Vote.
action_date: 2019-10-23
text: Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
action_date: 2019-10-17
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2019-10-17
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2019-10-17
text: Introduced in House
Swap Trading Improvement Act

Bill: 116-hr-4717
Sponsor: Rep. Crawford, Eric A. "Rick" [R-AR-1]
Introduced: 2019-10-17 in the House
Policy area: Finance and Financial Sector
Subjects: Banking and financial institutions regulation
Commodities markets
Contracts and agency

Summary:
action_date: 2019-10-17
text: 

Swap Trading Improvement Act 

 
This bill revises provisions regarding swap execution facilities (i.e., trading platforms for speculators exchanging the benefit or liability of two financial instruments). 
 
The bill eliminates the requirement that swap execution facilities must adopt position limitations or position accountability for speculators. 
 
The bill allows a swap execution facility to delegate certain core functions to a third party. Currently, these functions may only be delegated to other registered entities. 
 
Additionally, the bill revises the required adequate financial resources of a swap execution facility. Currently, a facility must be able to cover the operating costs of a one year period. The bill requires the facility to cover the greater amount of the operating costs of a 90 day period, or to enable an orderly wind down of its operations. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2019-11-08
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Commodity Exchanges, Energy, and Credit.
action_date: 2019-10-17
text: Referred to the House Committee on Agriculture.
action_date: 2019-10-17
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2019-10-17
text: Introduced in House
Polling Access Safety Act of 2019

Bill: 116-hr-4718
Sponsor: Rep. Garcia, Sylvia R. [D-TX-29]
Introduced: 2019-10-17 in the House
Policy area: Immigration
Subjects: Border security and unlawful immigration
Congressional oversight
Elections, voting, political campaign regulation
Employment and training programs
Federal officials
Foreign language and bilingual programs
Government information and archives
Immigration status and procedures
Law enforcement administration and funding

Summary:
action_date: 2019-10-17
text: 

Polling Access Safety Act of 2019

 
This bill limits immigration enforcement in relation to polling places and establishes various requirements related to the Department of Homeland Security (DHS).
 
Absent exigent circumstances, the following are prohibited on a voting day: (1) immigration enforcement actions within one mile of a polling place; (2) identification checks at a polling place by a federal officer or employee; and (3) DHS-conducted temporary vehicle checkpoints, public transportation searches, and public training exercises. 
 
State election administrations shall post notice of such prohibitions at each polling place on a voting day. Information acquired in violation of such prohibitions may not be used to initiate deportation proceedings.
 
DHS shall establish a training program for certain officers and employees on compliance with federal laws limiting certain political activities of federal employees and officers (e.g., the Hatch Act). 
 
The bill establishes three positions to monitor and ensure compliance with the bill. These positions shall be within the DHS Office of Inspector General, the DHS Office for Civil Rights and Civil Liberties, and the Office of Special Counsel.
 
 



Legislative actions:
action_date: 2019-11-15
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration and Citizenship.
action_date: 2019-11-04
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Oversight, Management, and Accountability.
action_date: 2019-10-17
text: Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committees on Homeland Security, and 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: 2019-10-17
text: Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committees on Homeland Security, and 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: 2019-10-17
text: Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committees on Homeland Security, and 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: 2019-10-17
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2019-10-17
text: Introduced in House
To amend title 10, United States Code, to establish the Assistant Secretary of Defense for Space, and for other purposes.

Bill: 116-hr-4720
Sponsor: Rep. Green, Mark E. [R-TN-7]
Introduced: 2019-10-17 in the House
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Congressional oversight
Department of Defense
Executive agency funding and structure
Federal officials
Military procurement, research, weapons development
Public contracts and procurement
Spacecraft and satellites

Summary:
action_date: 2019-10-17
text: 
This bill establishes the position of Assistant Secretary of Defense for Space.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2019-10-17
text: Referred to the House Committee on Armed Services.
action_date: 2019-10-17
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2019-10-17
text: Introduced in House
No Russia in G7 Act

Bill: 116-hr-4721
Sponsor: Rep. Hill, Katie [D-CA-25]
Introduced: 2019-10-17 in the House
Policy area: International Affairs
Subjects: Appropriations
Congressional oversight
Diplomacy, foreign officials, Americans abroad
Elections, voting, political campaign regulation
Europe
International organizations and cooperation
Russia
Subversive activities
Ukraine

Summary:
action_date: 2019-10-17
text: 

No Russia in G7 Act

 
This bill prohibits the use of federal funds to support or facilitate Russia's participation in a proceeding of the Group of Seven (a group consisting of the seven largest major advanced economies, as determined by the International Monetary Fund) or to reconstitute the Group of Eight to include Russia. (Russia was disinvited from the Group of Eight in 2014 after it occupied parts of Ukraine, including the Crimea region.)
 
This prohibition shall terminate after the Department of State certifies that Russia (1) has halted all interference into U.S. elections; (2) has ended its occupation of Crimea and is implementing its commitments under certain agreements related to Ukraine; and (3) has taken steps to end its campaign to divide western economic, political, and security institutions. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2019-10-17
text: Referred to the House Committee on Foreign Affairs.
action_date: 2019-10-17
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2019-10-17
text: Introduced in House
Support UNFPA Funding Act

Bill: 116-hr-4722
Sponsor: Rep. Houlahan, Chrissy [D-PA-6]
Introduced: 2019-10-17 in the House
Policy area: International Affairs
Subjects: Family planning and birth control
Foreign aid and international relief
Health care coverage and access
Human rights
International organizations and cooperation
Sex and reproductive health
United Nations
Women's health
Women's rights
World health

Summary:
action_date: 2019-10-17
text: 

Support UNFPA Funding Act

 
This bill authorizes annual contributions to support the core functions and programs of the United Nations Population Fund for the five fiscal years following the bill's enactment. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2019-10-17
text: Referred to the House Committee on Foreign Affairs.
action_date: 2019-10-17
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2019-10-17
text: Introduced in House
Fish Act of 2019

Bill: 116-hr-4723
Sponsor: Rep. Huffman, Jared [D-CA-2]
Introduced: 2019-10-17 in the House
Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Air quality
Aquatic ecology
Canada
Climate change and greenhouse gases
Congressional oversight
Dams and canals
Department of Commerce
Department of the Interior
Environmental assessment, monitoring, research
Environmental regulatory procedures
Environmental technology
Federal-Indian relations
Fishes
Forests, forestry, trees
Government information and archives
Indian lands and resources rights
Intergovernmental relations
Lakes and rivers
Marine and coastal resources, fisheries
Mining
Performance measurement
Pollution liability
Research administration and funding
Roads and highways
Water use and supply
Watersheds
Wildlife conservation and habitat protection

Summary:
action_date: 2019-10-17
text: 

Salmon Focused Investments in Sustainable Habitats Act of 2019 or the

 Fish Act of 2019

 
This bill addresses identifying, restoring, and protecting salmon conservation areas in the United States.
 
Specifically, the bill
 
 
requires the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration and the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service to jointly issue guidance on the process and biological criteria required to identify salmon conservation areas; and
 
directs the National Fish and Wildlife Foundation to provide grants to certain entities to protect or maintain salmon conservation area features and projects that are focused on conservation and restoration within conservation areas, including to restore or maintain ecological functions and processes related to salmon productivity and diversity at watershed or subwatershed scales.
 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2020-01-14
text: Subcommittee Hearings Held.
action_date: 2019-11-13
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Water, Oceans, and Wildlife.
action_date: 2019-11-08
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Conservation and Forestry.
action_date: 2019-10-17
text: Referred to the Committee on Natural Resources, and in addition to the Committees on Agriculture, and Foreign Affairs, 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: 2019-10-17
text: Referred to the Committee on Natural Resources, and in addition to the Committees on Agriculture, and Foreign Affairs, 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: 2019-10-17
text: Referred to the Committee on Natural Resources, and in addition to the Committees on Agriculture, and Foreign Affairs, 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: 2019-10-17
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2019-10-17
text: Introduced in House
Students Not Profits Act of 2019

Bill: 116-hr-4724
Sponsor: Rep. Jayapal, Pramila [D-WA-7]
Introduced: 2019-10-17 in the House
Policy area: Education
Subjects: Area studies and international education
Bankruptcy
Correctional facilities and imprisonment
Education programs funding
Educational technology and distance education
Elementary and secondary education
Fraud offenses and financial crimes
Government information and archives
Government lending and loan guarantees
Higher education
Licensing and registrations
Marketing and advertising
Medical education
Nursing
School administration
Student aid and college costs
Tax-exempt organizations
Veterinary medicine and animal diseases
Vocational and technical education

Summary:
action_date: 2019-10-17
text: 

Students Not Profits Act of 2019

 
This bill makes certain institutions of higher education (IHEs) ineligible to receive federal financial student assistance.
 
Specifically, the bill makes for-profit institutions of higher education ineligible to receive such assistance. The bill also makes ineligible any institution that has (1) filed for bankruptcy; (2) been convicted of, or pled nolo contendere or guilty to, a crime involving federal student aid; (3) committed fraud, substantial misrepresentation, or false certification involving federal student aid; or (4) executive officers who were previously employed at an institution receiving federal student aid that closed.
 
Additionally, the bill establishes certain criteria that an IHE must meet to be eligible for conversion from a for-profit IHE to a nonprofit IHE. Before approving such conversion, the Department of Education must publish the application in the Federal Register for notice and comment.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2019-10-17
text: Referred to the House Committee on Education and Labor.
action_date: 2019-10-17
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2019-10-17
text: Introduced in House
To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 8585 Criterion Drive in Colorado Springs, Colorado, as the Chaplain (Capt.) Dale Goetz Memorial Post Office Building.

Bill: 116-hr-4725
Sponsor: Rep. Lamborn, Doug [R-CO-5]
Introduced: 2019-10-17 in the House
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Subjects: Colorado
Congressional tributes
Government buildings, facilities, and property
Military personnel and dependents
Postal service
Religion

Summary:
action_date: 2019-10-17
text: Designates the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 8585 Criterion Drive in Colorado Springs, Colorado, as the "Chaplain (Capt.) Dale Goetz Memorial Post Office Building."
action_date: 2020-09-30
text: 
Designates the facility of the U.S. Postal Service located at 8585 Criterion Drive in Colorado Springs, Colorado, as the "Chaplain (Capt.) Dale Goetz Memorial Post Office Building."

action_date: 2020-12-21
text: 
Designates the facility of the U.S. Postal Service located at 8585 Criterion Drive in Colorado Springs, Colorado, as the "Chaplain (Capt.) Dale Goetz Memorial Post Office Building."


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2020-12-21
text: Became Public Law No: 116-239.
action_date: 2020-12-21
text: Became Public Law No: 116-239.
action_date: 2020-12-21
text: Signed by President.
action_date: 2020-12-21
text: Signed by President.
action_date: 2020-12-11
text: Presented to President.
action_date: 2020-12-11
text: Presented to President.
action_date: 2020-12-07
text: Message on Senate action sent to the House.
action_date: 2020-12-03
text: Passed Senate without amendment by Unanimous Consent.
action_date: 2020-12-03
text: Passed/agreed to in Senate: Passed Senate without amendment by Unanimous Consent.
action_date: 2020-12-03
text: Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs discharged by Unanimous Consent. (consideration: CR S7220-7221)
action_date: 2020-12-03
text: Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs discharged by Unanimous Consent.(consideration: CR S7220-7221)
action_date: 2020-10-01
text: Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.
action_date: 2020-09-30
text: Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
action_date: 2020-09-30
text: On passage Passed without objection. (text: CR H5071)
action_date: 2020-09-30
text: Passed/agreed to in House: On passage Passed without objection.
action_date: 2020-09-30
text: Considered by unanimous consent. (consideration: CR H5070-5071)
action_date: 2020-09-30
text: Committee on Oversight and Reform discharged.
action_date: 2020-09-30
text: Committee on Oversight and Reform discharged.
action_date: 2020-09-30
text: Mr. Connolly asked unanimous consent to discharge from committee and consider.
action_date: 2019-12-19
text: Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
action_date: 2019-10-17
text: Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Reform.
action_date: 2019-10-17
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2019-10-17
text: Introduced in House

Enacted as: number: 116-239
Certainty for End-Users Act

Bill: 116-hr-4726
Sponsor: Rep. Marshall, Roger [R-KS-1]
Introduced: 2019-10-17 in the House
Policy area: Finance and Financial Sector
Subjects: Banking and financial institutions regulation
Commodities markets
Securities

Summary:
action_date: 2019-10-17
text: 

Certainty for End-Users Act

 
This bill revises provisions regarding exemptions to the clearing requirement for commodity swaps, also known as the end-user exception. Among other things, the bill addresses qualifying financial entities, risk management activities of affiliated nonfinancial entities, margin requirements for certain insurance companies, and major swap participants. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2019-11-08
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Commodity Exchanges, Energy, and Credit.
action_date: 2019-10-17
text: Referred to the House Committee on Agriculture.
action_date: 2019-10-17
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2019-10-17
text: Introduced in House
Youth Tax Fairness Act of 2019

Bill: 116-hr-4728
Sponsor: Rep. Moore, Gwen [D-WI-4]
Introduced: 2019-10-17 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Alaska
Disability and paralysis
Federal-Indian relations
Fires
First responders and emergency personnel
Higher education
Income tax rates
Interest, dividends, interest rates
Law enforcement officers
Military personnel and dependents
Social security and elderly assistance
Student aid and college costs
Tax treatment of families
Veterans' pensions and compensation
Wages and earnings

Summary:
action_date: 2019-10-17
text: 

Youth Tax Fairness Act of 2019

 
This bill amends the Internal Revenue Code to treat certain income as earned income for purposes of the taxation of the unearned income of certain children (i.e., the kiddie tax). Such income includes (1) distributions from qualified disability trusts, (2) certain military survivor benefits, (3) certain first responder survivor benefits, (4) certain Indian tribal payments, (5) certain scholarships or fellowship grants, (6) Alaska permanent fund dividends, and (7) Social Security benefits. Treating such income as earned income allows it to be taxed at lower rates. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2019-10-17
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2019-10-17
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2019-10-17
text: Introduced in House
Courtney Wild Crime Victims' Rights Reform Act of 2019

Bill: 116-hr-4729
Sponsor: Rep. Speier, Jackie [D-CA-14]
Introduced: 2019-10-17 in the House
Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement
Subjects: Civil actions and liability
Congressional oversight
Crime victims
Criminal investigation, prosecution, interrogation
Criminal justice information and records
Criminal procedure and sentencing
Due process and equal protection
Employment and training programs
Government information and archives
Judicial review and appeals
Lawyers and legal services
Legal fees and court costs

Summary:
action_date: 2019-10-17
text: 

Courtney Wild Crime Victims' Rights Reform Act of 2019

 
This bill expands the rights of crime victims, including by allowing victims to make motions to annul or rescind prosecutorial agreements, providing for attorneys' fees for victims who prevail against the United States in enforcement actions, and permitting victims to bring civil actions to enforce restitution orders. It also requires the Department of Justice to take specified actions to ensure the rights of victims.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2019-11-15
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security.
action_date: 2019-10-17
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2019-10-17
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2019-10-17
text: Introduced in House