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Taxpayer Exposure Mitigation Act

Bill: 116-hr-471
Sponsor: Rep. Luetkemeyer, Blaine [R-MO-3]
Introduced: 2019-01-10 in the House
Policy area: Finance and Financial Sector
Subjects: Disaster relief and insurance
Floods and storm protection
Insurance industry and regulation

Summary:
action_date: 2019-01-10
text: 

Taxpayer Exposure Mitigation Act 

 
This bill requires the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) to annually transfer a portion of the risk from the National Flood Insurance Program (NFIP) to private reinsurance or capital markets. The amount of transferred risk must be based on a probable maximum loss target for NFIP established by FEMA each fiscal year.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2019-01-10
text: Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services.
action_date: 2019-01-10
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2019-01-10
text: Introduced in House
Community Mapping Act

Bill: 116-hr-472
Sponsor: Rep. Luetkemeyer, Blaine [R-MO-3]
Introduced: 2019-01-10 in the House
Policy area: Finance and Financial Sector
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Advisory bodies
Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA)
Floods and storm protection
Geography and mapping
Government information and archives
Life, casualty, property insurance
State and local government operations

Summary:
action_date: 2019-01-10
text: 

Community Mapping Act

 
The bill requires the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) to establish standards for the development of alternative flood insurance rate maps by local and state governments. FEMA must consider recommendations made by the Technical Mapping Advisory Council when establishing these standards. FEMA must approve the use of these alternative maps under the National Flood Insurance Program.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2019-01-10
text: Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services.
action_date: 2019-01-10
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2019-01-10
text: Introduced in House
Bolts Ditch Access and Use Act

Bill: 116-hr-474
Sponsor: Rep. Neguse, Joe [D-CO-2]
Introduced: 2019-01-10 in the House
Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources
Subjects: Colorado
Land use and conservation
Water storage
Water use and supply
Wilderness and natural areas, wildlife refuges, wild rivers, habitats

Summary:
action_date: 2019-01-10
text: 

Bolts Ditch Access and Use Act

 
This bill directs the Department of Agriculture to permit by special use authorization nonmotorized access and use of the Bolts Ditch headgate and the Bolts Ditch within the Holy Cross Wilderness in Colorado for the diversion of water and use, maintenance, and repair of the ditch and headgate by the town of Minturn, Colorado. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2019-02-05
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on National Parks, Forests, and Public Lands.
action_date: 2019-01-10
text: Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.
action_date: 2019-01-10
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2019-01-10
text: Introduced in House
Arapaho National Forest Boundary Adjustment Act of 2019

Bill: 116-hr-475
Sponsor: Rep. Neguse, Joe [D-CO-2]
Introduced: 2019-01-10 in the House
Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources
Subjects: Colorado
Forests, forestry, trees
Land transfers
Motor vehicles

Summary:
action_date: 2019-01-10
text: 

Arapaho National Forest Boundary Adjustment Act of 2019

 
This bill adjusts the boundary of the Arapaho National Forest in Colorado to incorporate approximately 92.95 acres of additional land. The Department of Agriculture shall include all federal land within the boundary in the Bowen Gulch Protection Area. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2019-02-05
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on National Parks, Forests, and Public Lands.
action_date: 2019-01-10
text: Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.
action_date: 2019-01-10
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2019-01-10
text: Introduced in House
Solar EDGE Act

Bill: 116-hr-476
Sponsor: Rep. Neguse, Joe [D-CO-2]
Introduced: 2019-01-10 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Alternative and renewable resources
Electric power generation and transmission
Energy efficiency and conservation
Income tax credits
Residential rehabilitation and home repair

Summary:
action_date: 2019-01-10
text: 

Solar Expansion of Distributed Generation Exponentially Act or the Solar EDGE Act 

 
This bill increases for 2 years tax credits that apply to solar property with a nameplate capacity of less than 20 kilowatts. The increases apply to the investment tax credit and the tax credit for residential energy efficient property expenditures. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2019-01-10
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2019-01-10
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2019-01-10
text: Introduced in House
To amend section 7 of Public Law 100-515 (16 U.S.C. 1244 note) to promote continued use of the James J. Howard Marine Sciences Laboratory at Gateway National Recreation Area by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration.

Bill: 116-hr-477
Sponsor: Rep. Pallone, Frank, Jr. [D-NJ-6]
Introduced: 2019-01-10 in the House
Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources
Subjects: Land transfers
Land use and conservation
Marine and coastal resources, fisheries
New Jersey

Summary:
action_date: 2019-01-10
text: 
This bill authorizes the transfer of the James J. Howard Marine Science Laboratory at Gateway National Recreation Area in New Jersey, without consideration, to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration by the state of New Jersey and sets forth new requirements governing the continued use of the laboratory.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2019-02-05
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Water, Oceans, and Wildlife.
action_date: 2019-02-05
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on National Parks, Forests, and Public Lands.
action_date: 2019-01-10
text: Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.
action_date: 2019-01-10
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2019-01-10
text: Introduced in House
Safe and Affordable Drugs from Canada Act of 2019

Bill: 116-hr-478
Sponsor: Rep. Pingree, Chellie [D-ME-1]
Introduced: 2019-01-10 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Canada
Department of Health and Human Services
Drug safety, medical device, and laboratory regulation
Government information and archives
Prescription drugs
Trade restrictions

Summary:
action_date: 2019-01-10
text: 

Safe and Affordable Drugs from Canada Act of 2019 

 
This bill requires the Food and Drug Administration (FDA)to promulgate regulations within 180 days permitting individuals to import a prescription drug purchased from an approved Canadian pharmacy if the drug 
 
 
 is dispensed by a pharmacist licensed in Canada;
 
 is purchased for personal use in quantities not greater than a 90-day supply;
 
is filled using a valid prescription issued by a physician licensed to practice in the United States; and
 
has the same active ingredients, route of administration, dosage form, and strength as a prescription drug approved by the FDA.
 
 
Under the bill, certain drugs may not be imported, including controlled substances and biological products.
 
The bill establishes a certification process for approving Canadian pharmacies. The FDA must publish a list of approved Canadian pharmacies.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2019-01-25
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2019-01-10
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2019-01-10
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2019-01-10
text: Introduced in House
SAFE for America Act

Bill: 116-hr-479
Sponsor: Rep. Posey, Bill [R-FL-8]
Introduced: 2019-01-10 in the House
Policy area: Immigration
Subjects: Administrative remedies
Department of State
Immigration status and procedures
Visas and passports

Summary:
action_date: 2019-01-10
text: 

Security and Fairness Enhancement for America Act of 2019 or the SAFE for America Act

 
This bill amends the Immigration and Nationality Act to eliminate the diversity immigrant program, which makes immigrant visas available to individuals from countries with low rates of immigration to the United States.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2019-01-10
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration and Citizenship.
action_date: 2019-01-10
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2019-01-10
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2019-01-10
text: Introduced in House
Homeland Threat Assessment Act

Bill: 116-hr-480
Sponsor: Rep. Rogers, Mike D. [R-AL-3]
Introduced: 2019-01-10 in the House
Policy area: Emergency Management
Subjects: Border security and unlawful immigration
Computer security and identity theft
Government studies and investigations
Homeland security
Political movements and philosophies
Terrorism
Transportation safety and security

Summary:
action_date: 2019-01-10
text: 

Homeland Threat Assessment Act

 
This bill requires the Department of Homeland Security's Office of Intelligence and Analysis to assess the terrorist threat to the homeland for each of the next five fiscal years.
 
Each assessment shall include:
 
 
empirical data assessing terrorist activities and incidents over time in the United States;
 
an evaluation of current and future terrorist tactics;
 
an assessment of criminal activity suspected of financing terrorist activity;
 
detailed information on all individuals denied entry to or removed from the United States as a result of material support provided to a foreign terrorist organization;
 
the efficacy and spread of foreign terrorist organization propaganda, messaging, or recruitment;
 
an assessment of threats, including cyber threats, to the homeland, including to critical infrastructure and federal civilian networks;
 
an assessment of terrorism and criminal threats posed by individuals and organized groups seeking to unlawfully enter the United States; and
 
an assessment of threats to the transportation sector.
 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2019-02-04
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Intelligence and Counterterrorism.
action_date: 2019-01-10
text: Referred to the House Committee on Homeland Security.
action_date: 2019-01-10
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2019-01-10
text: Introduced in House
Asylum Protection Act of 2019

Bill: 116-hr-481
Sponsor: Rep. Rooney, Francis [R-FL-19]
Introduced: 2019-01-10 in the House
Policy area: Immigration
Subjects: Immigration status and procedures
Refugees, asylum, displaced persons

Summary:
action_date: 2019-01-10
text: 

Asylum Protection Act of 2019 

 
This bill shortens the current deadline for an asylum application from one year to 30 days from the date an asylum seeker enters the United States, and requires an applicant who arrives at a designated port of entry to begin the asylum application at the time of arrival.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2019-03-04
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration and Citizenship.
action_date: 2019-01-10
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2019-01-10
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2019-01-10
text: Introduced in House
To authorize the Secretary of Agriculture to maintain or replace certain facilities and structures for commercial recreation services at Smith Gulch in Idaho, and for other purposes.

Bill: 116-hr-482
Sponsor: Rep. Simpson, Michael K. [R-ID-2]
Introduced: 2019-01-10 in the House
Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources
Subjects: Alternative and renewable resources
Electric power generation and transmission
Energy storage, supplies, demand
Government buildings, facilities, and property
Idaho
Lighting, heating, cooling
Outdoor recreation
Wilderness and natural areas, wildlife refuges, wild rivers, habitats

Summary:
action_date: 2019-01-10
text: 
This bill states that the authorization of the Department of Agriculture (USDA) under the Wild and Scenic Rivers Act, with respect to the Salmon River in Idaho, to maintain or replace facilities or structures for commercial recreation services at Smith Gulch may include improvements or replacements that
 
 
are consistent with the management of a specified river segment of the main Salmon River pursuant to the Central Idaho Wilderness Act of 1980, and 
 
would reduce the impact of commercial recreation facilities or services on wilderness or wild and scenic river resources and values. 

 
USDA may also consider other facilities and equipment, including hydroelectric generators, water pumps for fire suppression, and solar energy systems.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2019-02-05
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on National Parks, Forests, and Public Lands.
action_date: 2019-01-10
text: Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.
action_date: 2019-01-10
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2019-01-10
text: Introduced in House
To authorize the Secretary of the Interior to convey certain public land within the Henry's Lake Wilderness Study Area in the State of Idaho to resolve an unauthorized use and an occupancy encroachment dating back to 1983.

Bill: 116-hr-483
Sponsor: Rep. Simpson, Michael K. [R-ID-2]
Introduced: 2019-01-10 in the House
Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources
Subjects: Idaho
Land transfers
Land use and conservation

Summary:
action_date: 2019-01-10
text: 
This bill authorizes the Department of the Interior to convey the approximately 0.5 acres of specified federal land in the Henry's Lake Wilderness Study Area in Fremont County, Idaho, to the owner of a private residence at 3787 Valhalla Road in Island Park, Idaho. 
 
Interior may grant Fall River Electric in Ashton, Idaho, the right to operate, maintain, and rehabilitate a right-of-way encumbering the approximately 0.4 acres of specified federal land in the study area which includes an electric distribution line and an access road. 
 
The conveyed land shall be exempt from all requirements of the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2019-02-05
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on National Parks, Forests, and Public Lands.
action_date: 2019-01-10
text: Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.
action_date: 2019-01-10
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2019-01-10
text: Introduced in House
To amend the Mineral Leasing Act to authorize the Secretary of the Interior to regulate hydraulic fracturing operations on Federal lands, and for other purposes.

Bill: 116-hr-484
Sponsor: Rep. Soto, Darren [D-FL-9]
Introduced: 2019-01-10 in the House
Policy area: Environmental Protection
Subjects: Government information and archives
Hazardous wastes and toxic substances
Land use and conservation
Licensing and registrations
Oil and gas
Water quality

Summary:
action_date: 2019-01-10
text: 
This bill addresses requirements concerning hydraulic fracturing operations. Hydraulic fracturing or fracking is a process to extract underground resources such as oil or gas from a geologic formation by injecting water, a propping agent (e.g., sand), and chemical additives into a well under enough pressure to fracture the formation.
 
Specifically, this bill subjects the underground injection of such fluids or propping agents to regulation under state underground injection control programs, which protect drinking water.
 
 In addition, the bill (1) requires the Bureau of Land Management to regulate hydraulic fracturing operations on federal land administered by the Department of the Interior, and (2) establishes permit requirements for such operations.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2019-02-05
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Energy and Mineral Resources.
action_date: 2019-01-25
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Environment and Climate Change.
action_date: 2019-01-10
text: Referred to the Committee on Natural Resources, and in addition to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, 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: 2019-01-10
text: Referred to the Committee on Natural Resources, and in addition to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, 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: 2019-01-10
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2019-01-10
text: Introduced in House
VREASA

Bill: 116-hr-485
Sponsor: Rep. Tipton, Scott  R. [R-CO-3]
Introduced: 2019-01-10 in the House
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Emergency medical services and trauma care
Veterans' medical care

Summary:
action_date: 2019-01-10
text: 

Veterans Reimbursement for Emergency Ambulance Services Act or VREASA

 
This bill directs the Department of Veterans Affairs to treat ambulance services as reimbursable emergency services in certain circumstances. Specifically, services are reimbursable when (1) the ambulance request was made because of the sudden onset of a medical condition that would reasonably be expected to be hazardous to the individual in the absence of immediate medical attention, and (2) the individual is transported to the closest and most appropriate medical facility capable of treating such emergency medical condition.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2019-06-20
text: Committee Hearings Held.
action_date: 2019-02-01
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2019-01-10
text: Referred to the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
action_date: 2019-01-10
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2019-01-10
text: Introduced in House
Chicano Park Preservation Act

Bill: 116-hr-486
Sponsor: Rep. Vargas, Juan [D-CA-51]
Introduced: 2019-01-10 in the House
Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources
Subjects: Art, artists, authorship
California
Government studies and investigations
Historic sites and heritage areas
Historical and cultural resources
Parks, recreation areas, trails

Summary:
action_date: 2019-01-10
text: 

Chicano Park Preservation Act

 
This bill requires the Department of the Interior to conduct a special resource study of Chicano Park and its murals located in San Diego, California.
 
In conducting the study, Interior shall evaluate the site's national significance and determine the suitability and feasibility of designating it as an Affiliated Site of the National Park System. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2019-10-29
text: Subcommittee Hearings Held.
action_date: 2019-02-05
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on National Parks, Forests, and Public Lands.
action_date: 2019-01-10
text: Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.
action_date: 2019-01-10
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2019-01-10
text: Introduced in House
Transporting Livestock Across America Safely Act

Bill: 116-hr-487
Sponsor: Rep. Yoho, Ted S. [R-FL-3]
Introduced: 2019-01-10 in the House
Policy area: Transportation and Public Works
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Department of Transportation
Fishes
Insects
Labor standards
Livestock
Motor carriers
Motor vehicles
Transportation employees
Transportation safety and security
Worker safety and health

Summary:
action_date: 2019-01-10
text: 

Transporting Livestock Across America Safely Act

 
This bill requires the Department of Transportation to amend regulations on hours of service for commercial drivers who transport live covered animals (i.e., livestock, honey bees, insects, fish, and crawfish) within a 300 air-mile radius from where the on-duty time of the driver begins. The regulations must (1) exclude from the driver's on-duty time certain activities, such as loading or unloading a commercial motor vehicle; (2) change the driving time requirement to a maximum of not less than 15, and not more than 18, hours within a 24-hour period; (3) permit the driver to take one or more rest periods during the trip, which shall not be included in the calculation of the driving time; (4) require the driver, after completion of the trip, to take a rest break for a period that is five hours less than the maximum driving time; (5) exclude from the calculation of the driving time up to two additional hours, if the driver is within 150 air-miles of the point of delivery; and (6) make inapplicable the requirement that the driver take a 10-hour rest period before driving.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2019-02-07
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Highways and Transit.
action_date: 2019-01-10
text: Referred to the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.
action_date: 2019-01-10
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2019-01-10
text: Introduced in House
Employee Bonus Protection Act

Bill: 116-hr-488
Sponsor: Rep. Calvert, Ken [R-CA-42]
Introduced: 2019-01-11 in the House
Policy area: Labor and Employment
Subjects: Labor standards
Wages and earnings

Summary:
action_date: 2019-01-11
text: 

Employee Bonus Protection Act

 
This bill amends the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 to exclude from an employee's regular rate, for purposes of calculating overtime compensation, payments made to reward an employee or group of employees for meeting or exceeding the productivity, quality, efficiency, or sales goals specified in writing in a gainsharing plan, incentive bonus plan, commission plan, or performance contingent bonus plan.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2019-01-11
text: Referred to the House Committee on Education and Labor.
action_date: 2019-01-11
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2019-01-11
text: Introduced in House