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Ebola Eradication Act of 2019

Bill: 116-hr-3085
Sponsor: Rep. Bass, Karen [D-CA-37]
Introduced: 2019-06-04 in the House
Policy area: International Affairs
Subjects: Africa
Congressional oversight
Democratic Republic of the Congo
Foreign aid and international relief
Infectious and parasitic diseases
World health

Summary:
action_date: 2019-06-04
text: 

Ebola Eradication Act of 2019

 
This bill directs the U.S. Agency for International Development to immediately provide assistance to the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) and other vulnerable countries to combat the Ebola outbreak that began in August 2018.
 
In November 2018, the President restricted all non-humanitarian and non-trade-related aid to the DRC due to concerns that the country is not taking sufficient steps to combat human trafficking.
 



Legislative actions:
action_date: 2019-06-07
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Africa, Global Health, Global Human Rights, and International Organizations.
action_date: 2019-06-04
text: Referred to the House Committee on Foreign Affairs.
action_date: 2019-06-04
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2019-06-04
text: Introduced in House
RISE Act of 2019

Bill: 116-hr-3086
Sponsor: Rep. Bonamici, Suzanne [D-OR-1]
Introduced: 2019-06-04 in the House
Policy area: Education
Subjects: Academic performance and assessments
Disability and paralysis
Disability assistance
Education programs funding
Government information and archives
Higher education
Student records

Summary:
action_date: 2019-06-04
text: 

Respond, Innovate, Succeed, and Empower Act of 2019 or the RISE Act of 2019

 
This bill establishes requirements for institutions of higher education (IHEs) concerning students with disabilities.
 
Specifically, the bill requires IHEs to allow students to use certain documents, such as individualized education programs, to establish their disabilities.
 
In addition, IHEs must make the process for determining the eligibility for accommodations transparent.
 
Finally, IHEs must submit key data related to their undergraduate students with disabilities for inclusion in federal postsecondary institution data collection efforts.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2019-06-04
text: Referred to the House Committee on Education and Labor.
action_date: 2019-06-04
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2019-06-04
text: Introduced in House
To make improvements to the Mentor-Protégé Program of the Department of Defense, and for other purposes.

Bill: 116-hr-3087
Sponsor: Rep. Brown, Anthony G. [D-MD-4]
Introduced: 2019-06-04 in the House
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Congressional oversight
Military procurement, research, weapons development
Minority and disadvantaged businesses
Performance measurement
Public contracts and procurement
Small business

Summary:
action_date: 2019-06-04
text: 
This bill revises the Department of Defense Mentor-Protege Program, under which disadvantaged small business concerns are assisted in participation as federal contractors.
 
The bill permanently authorizes the program and removes its pilot designation, requires the establishment of performance goals, and modifies the definition of a business for purposes of the program, allowing it to be up to the size standard according to its primary North American Industry Classification System code.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2019-06-04
text: Referred to the House Committee on Armed Services.
action_date: 2019-06-04
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2019-06-04
text: Introduced in House
Shareholder Protection Act of 2019

Bill: 116-hr-3088
Sponsor: Rep. Duffy, Sean P. [R-WI-7]
Introduced: 2019-06-04 in the House
Policy area: Finance and Financial Sector
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Business records
Corporate finance and management
Securities
Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC)

Summary:
action_date: 2019-06-04
text: 

Shareholder Protection Act of 2019

 
This bill directs the Securities and Exchange Commission to increase specified resubmission thresholds for shareholder proposals. (Current regulations allow the resubmission of a shareholder proposal that has been previously included in an issuer's proxy materials if, when the proposal was last included, it received a specified percentage of the vote; this percentage, which varies depending upon the number of times a proposal has been previously submitted, represents the minimum threshold at which resubmission is permissible.) 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2019-09-27
text: ASSUMING FIRST SPONSORSHIP - Mr. Steil asked unanimous consent that he may hereafter be considered as the first sponsor of H.R. 3088, a bill originally introduced by Representative Duffy, for the purpose of adding cosponsors and requesting reprintings pursuant to clause 7 of rule XII. Agreed to without objection.
action_date: 2019-06-04
text: Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services.
action_date: 2019-06-04
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2019-06-04
text: Introduced in House
Success in the Middle Act of 2019

Bill: 116-hr-3089
Sponsor: Rep. Grijalva, Raúl M. [D-AZ-3]
Introduced: 2019-06-04 in the House
Policy area: Education
Subjects: Academic performance and assessments
Census and government statistics
Child health
Computers and information technology
Education of the disadvantaged
Education programs funding
Educational facilities and institutions
Educational guidance
Elementary and secondary education
Government information and archives
Government studies and investigations
Health care coverage and access
Higher education
Language arts
Libraries and archives
Mental health
Performance measurement
Public contracts and procurement
Research administration and funding
Research and development
School administration
Science and engineering education
Teaching, teachers, curricula

Summary:
action_date: 2019-06-04
text: 

Success in the Middle Act of 

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This bill creates a grant program to support middle schools' efforts to identify and implement best practices for improving student outcomes and increasing high school graduation rates.
 
Specifically, the bill directs the Department of Education (ED) to (1) allot grants to states, based on their proportion of poor children aged 5 to 17, to implement state middle grades needs analyses and, on the basis of such analyses, improvement plans that describe what students must master to complete successfully the middle grades and succeed in academically rigorous secondary school coursework; and (2) award competitive subgrants to local educational agencies and institutions of higher education, educational service agencies, or educational nonprofit organizations to implement a comprehensive middle school improvement plan for each eligible school. 
 

Eligible schools
 are those where (1) a high proportion of middle grade students matriculate to secondary schools with graduation rates below 67%; (2) more than 25% of the students who finish grade six, or the school's earliest middle grade level, exhibit key risk factors for failure; and (3) a majority of middle grade students are not rated proficient on required state assessments in mathematics, reading, or language arts.
 
Funding is provided to ED to, among other things (1) contract for studies that identify promising practices for, and review existing research to identify factors that might lead to, the improvement of middle grades education; and (2) create a national clearinghouse in best middle grade educational practices.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2019-06-04
text: Referred to the House Committee on Education and Labor.
action_date: 2019-06-04
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2019-06-04
text: Introduced in House
Farm and Ranch to School Act of 2019

Bill: 116-hr-3090
Sponsor: Rep. Johnson, Dusty [R-SD-At Large]
Introduced: 2019-06-04 in the House
Policy area: Agriculture and Food
Subjects: Agricultural education
Education programs funding
Elementary and secondary education
Teaching, teachers, curricula

Summary:
action_date: 2019-06-04
text: 

Farm and Ranch to School Act of 2019

 
This bill revises the Department of Agriculture's (USDA's) Farm to School Program to include in the program education activities in curriculum planning that encourage the participation of school children in ranching, livestock production, and meat processing educational activities.
 
USDA must reserve 50% of the amounts made available for the program to carry out such activities.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2019-06-04
text: Referred to the House Committee on Education and Labor.
action_date: 2019-06-04
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2019-06-04
text: Introduced in House
National Flood Research and Education Center Act

Bill: 116-hr-3091
Sponsor: Rep. Loebsack, David [D-IA-2]
Introduced: 2019-06-04 in the House
Policy area: Science, Technology, Communications
Subjects: Atmospheric science and weather
Department of Commerce
Environmental assessment, monitoring, research
Executive agency funding and structure
Floods and storm protection
Government information and archives
Higher education
Hydrology and hydrography
Intergovernmental relations
Policy sciences
Public-private cooperation
Research administration and funding
State and local government operations

Summary:
action_date: 2019-06-04
text: 

National Flood Research and Education Center Act

 
This bill establishes within the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) a National Flood Research and Education Center (NFREC). NFREC must include (1) an office within NOAA, (2) a public university or college selected by NOAA to serve as the lead partner institution, and (3) a consortium of other public universities or colleges selected by NOAA and the lead partner institution based on their ability to fulfill specific purposes of NFREC.
 
Among other things, NFREC shall (1) provide public research, data, education, and recommendations as they relate to flooding issues nationwide, regionally, and locally; and (2) identify opportunities for increased efficiency in allocation of resources, coordination, and consolidation of efforts as they relate to flood-related efforts with respect to NFREC's purposes.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2019-06-05
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Water Resources and Environment.
action_date: 2019-06-04
text: Referred to the Committee on Science, Space, and Technology, and in addition to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, 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: 2019-06-04
text: Referred to the Committee on Science, Space, and Technology, and in addition to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, 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: 2019-06-04
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Environment.
action_date: 2019-06-04
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2019-06-04
text: Introduced in House
District of Columbia Police Home Rule Act

Bill: 116-hr-3092
Sponsor: Del. Norton, Eleanor Holmes [D-DC-At Large]
Introduced: 2019-06-04 in the House
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Subjects: District of Columbia
Intergovernmental relations
Law enforcement administration and funding
Presidents and presidential powers, Vice Presidents
State and local government operations
War and emergency powers

Summary:
action_date: 2019-06-04
text: 

District of Columbia Police Home Rule Act

 
This bill restricts the authority of the President to assume control of the District of Columbia Metropolitan Police Department during an emergency.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2019-06-04
text: Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Reform.
action_date: 2019-06-04
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E710)
action_date: 2019-06-04
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2019-06-04
text: Introduced in House
CODER Act of 2019

Bill: 116-hr-3093
Sponsor: Rep. Slotkin, Elissa [D-MI-8]
Introduced: 2019-06-04 in the House
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Computers and information technology
Congressional oversight
Employment and training programs
Government employee pay, benefits, personnel management
Military procurement, research, weapons development
Public contracts and procurement

Summary:
action_date: 2019-06-04
text: 

Creating Opportunities through Defense Engineering Requirements Act of 2019 or the CODER Act of 2019

 
This bill modifies processes for the acquisition of software for the Department of Defense (DOD). It requires DOD to establish guidance for the use of pathways for the rapid acquisition of software applications and upgrades that are intended to be fielded within one year:
 
 
An applications pathway shall provide for the use of rapid development and implementation of applications to be used with commercially available hardware.
 
An upgrades pathway shall provide for the rapid development and insertion of software upgrades for hardware systems solely used by DOD.
 
 
The bill requires DOD to establish software development and acquisition training and management programs enabling software personnel to earn a certification in software development and acquisition.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2019-06-05
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Intelligence and Emerging Threats and Capabilities.
action_date: 2019-06-04
text: Referred to the House Committee on Armed Services.
action_date: 2019-06-04
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2019-06-04
text: Introduced in House
To designate the National Pulse Memorial located at 1912 South Orange Avenue, Orlando, Florida, 32806, and for other purposes.

Bill: 116-hr-3094
Sponsor: Rep. Soto, Darren [D-FL-9]
Introduced: 2019-06-04 in the House
Policy area: Arts, Culture, Religion
Subjects: Florida
Hate crimes
Monuments and memorials
Sex, gender, sexual orientation discrimination
Terrorism
Violent crime

Summary:
action_date: 2019-06-04
text: 
This bill redesignates the Pulse Memorial located at 1912 South Orange Avenue in Orlando, Florida, as the &quot;National Pulse Memorial.&quot;

action_date: 2020-06-24
text: 
This bill redesignates the Pulse Memorial located at 1912 South Orange Avenue in Orlando, Florida, as the &quot;National Pulse Memorial.&quot;

action_date: 2020-06-26
text: 
This bill redesignates the Pulse Memorial located at 1912 South Orange Avenue in Orlando, Florida, as the &quot;National Pulse Memorial.&quot;


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2020-06-29
text: Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
action_date: 2020-06-26
text: Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
action_date: 2020-06-26
text: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by voice vote. (text: CR H2544)
action_date: 2020-06-26
text: Passed/agreed to in House: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by voice vote.(text: CR H2544)
action_date: 2020-06-26
text: DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on H.R. 3094.
action_date: 2020-06-26
text: Considered under suspension of the rules. (consideration: CR H2544-2548)
action_date: 2020-06-26
text: Mr. Soto moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended.
action_date: 2020-06-24
text: Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 349.
action_date: 2020-06-24
text: Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Natural Resources. H. Rept. 116-435.
action_date: 2020-06-24
text: Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Natural Resources. H. Rept. 116-435.
action_date: 2020-03-11
text: Ordered to be Reported (Amended) by Unanimous Consent.
action_date: 2020-03-11
text: Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
action_date: 2020-03-11
text: Subcommittee on National Parks, Forests, and Public Lands Discharged.
action_date: 2019-12-04
text: Subcommittee Hearings Held.
action_date: 2019-06-19
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on National Parks, Forests, and Public Lands.
action_date: 2019-06-12
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR H4437)
action_date: 2019-06-04
text: Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.
action_date: 2019-06-04
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2019-06-04
text: Introduced in House
Know Your Repayment Options Act

Bill: 116-hr-3095
Sponsor: Rep. Swalwell, Eric [D-CA-15]
Introduced: 2019-06-04 in the House
Policy area: Education
Subjects: Educational guidance
Higher education
Interest, dividends, interest rates
Student aid and college costs

Summary:
action_date: 2019-06-04
text: 

Know Your Repayment Options Act

 
This bill requires the Department of Education to annually give federal student loan borrowers who have graduated or departed from school individualized loan repayment information, including monthly amounts and lifetime payment amounts, for each repayment option available to the borrowers. Borrowers may opt out of being provided this information.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2019-06-04
text: Referred to the House Committee on Education and Labor.
action_date: 2019-06-04
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2019-06-04
text: Introduced in House
Strengthening Loan Forgiveness for Public Servants Act

Bill: 116-hr-3096
Sponsor: Rep. Swalwell, Eric [D-CA-15]
Introduced: 2019-06-04 in the House
Policy area: Education
Subjects: Government employee pay, benefits, personnel management
Government information and archives
Health personnel
Higher education
Interest, dividends, interest rates
Law enforcement officers
Military personnel and dependents
Social work, volunteer service, charitable organizations
Student aid and college costs

Summary:
action_date: 2019-06-04
text: 

Strengthening Loan Forgiveness for Public Servants Act

 
This bill directs the Department of Education to cancel 15%, 15%, 20%, 20%, and 30% of the amount a borrower owes after 2, 4, 6, 8, and 10 years of public service employment, respectively, on a federal student loan made after this bill's enactment. Currently, the loan is forgiven if the borrower is not in default and has made 120 monthly payments on such loan while employed as a public service employee.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2019-06-04
text: Referred to the House Committee on Education and Labor.
action_date: 2019-06-04
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2019-06-04
text: Introduced in House
Fairness in Forgiveness Act of 2019

Bill: 116-hr-3097
Sponsor: Rep. Swalwell, Eric [D-CA-15]
Introduced: 2019-06-04 in the House
Policy area: Education
Subjects: Department of Energy
Energy research
Government employee pay, benefits, personnel management
Higher education
Public contracts and procurement
Research administration and funding
Student aid and college costs

Summary:
action_date: 2019-06-04
text: 

Fairness in Forgiveness Act of 2019

 
This bill revises the public service loan forgiveness program to expand eligibility for student loan forgiveness to include contractor employees who work at national laboratories owned by the Department of Energy. 
 
This bill takes effect as if enacted on October 1, 2007.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2019-06-04
text: Referred to the House Committee on Education and Labor.
action_date: 2019-06-04
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2019-06-04
text: Introduced in House
Student Loan Interest Deduction Act of 2019

Bill: 116-hr-3098
Sponsor: Rep. Swalwell, Eric [D-CA-15]
Introduced: 2019-06-04 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Higher education
Income tax deductions
Interest, dividends, interest rates
Student aid and college costs

Summary:
action_date: 2019-06-04
text: 

Student Loan Interest Deduction Act of 201

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This bill modifies the tax deduction for student loan interest to (1) increase the maximum deduction for interest paid on any qualified education loan to $5,000 ($10,000 for married couples filing a joint tax return), and (2) repeal the limitation on the deduction based upon modified adjusted gross income. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2019-06-04
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2019-06-04
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2019-06-04
text: Introduced in House
STEM K to Career Act

Bill: 116-hr-3099
Sponsor: Rep. Swalwell, Eric [D-CA-15]
Introduced: 2019-06-04 in the House
Policy area: Education
Subjects: Education of the disadvantaged
Education programs funding
Elementary and secondary education
Employment and training programs
Higher education
Income tax credits
Income tax deductions
Science and engineering education
Student aid and college costs
Teaching, teachers, curricula

Summary:
action_date: 2019-06-04
text: 

STEM K to Career Act

 
This bill provides for loan forgiveness and tax credits related to science, technology, engineering, or mathematics (STEM) education and addresses work-study for students employed in STEM fields.
 
The bill requires the Department of Education to forgive student loan obligations of borrowers employed as full-time teachers of STEM in elementary or secondary schools in which the number of low-income children exceeds a certain percentage. Portions of the student loan debt, including interest, shall be forgiven on the basis of years of service, with 100% forgiven for five years of teacher service.
 
The bill allows (1) an increased tax deduction for expenses of elementary and secondary school teachers for STEM education supplies; (2) a tax credit for the employment of STEM interns; and (3) a tax credit for employment of individuals who participated in an apprenticeship program in a STEM field, with the amount determined according to the degree of completion of the program.
 
Beginning with FY2020, an institution of higher education must use at least 7% of federal work-study funds to compensate students employed in STEM fields.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2019-06-04
text: Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committee on Education and Labor, 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: 2019-06-04
text: Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committee on Education and Labor, 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: 2019-06-04
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2019-06-04
text: Introduced in House
Challenges & Prizes for Climate Act of 2019

Bill: 116-hr-3100
Sponsor: Rep. Lipinski, Daniel [D-IL-3]
Introduced: 2019-06-05 in the House
Policy area: Environmental Protection
Subjects: Advanced technology and technological innovations
Air quality
Atmospheric science and weather
Climate change and greenhouse gases
Energy efficiency and conservation
Energy research
Energy storage, supplies, demand
Environmental assessment, monitoring, research
Environmental technology
Technology transfer and commercialization

Summary:
action_date: 2019-06-05
text: 

Challenges & Prizes for Climate Act of 2019

 
This bill requires the Department of Energy (DOE) to establish a Climate Solutions Challenges program. Under the program, DOE must carry out competitions that award cash and other incentives for climate and energy solutions, such as
 
 
 capturing carbon and converting the carbon into a beneficial use, 
 
 achieving transformative increases in energy efficiency, 
 
achieving implementation or grid integration of advanced energy storage technology, 
 
providing approaches to mitigating or adapting to the effects of climate change, or
 
providing data analytics on the climate and related phenomena.
 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2019-06-05
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Energy.
action_date: 2019-06-05
text: Referred to the House Committee on Science, Space, and Technology.
action_date: 2019-06-05
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2019-06-05
text: Introduced in House