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Blue Collar to Green Collar Jobs Development Act of 2019

Bill: 116-hr-1315
Sponsor: Rep. Rush, Bobby L. [D-IL-1]
Introduced: 2019-02-22 in the House
Policy area: Energy
Subjects: Alternative and renewable resources
Education programs funding
Employment and training programs
Energy efficiency and conservation
Government information and archives
Higher education
Intergovernmental relations
Manufacturing
Minority employment
Oil and gas
Science and engineering education
Unemployment
Vocational and technical education
Wages and earnings

Summary:
action_date: 2019-02-22
text: 

Blue Collar to Green Collar Jobs Development Act of 2019

 
This bill reauthorizes and modifies the Department of Energy's Office of Minority Economic Impact.
 
The bill (1) renames the office as the Office of Economic Impact, Diversity, and Employment; and (2) directs the office to establish a comprehensive program to improve education and training for jobs in energy-related industries, with emphasis on increasing the number of skilled individuals from underrepresented groups trained to work in those jobs.
 
The office must provide grants to certain businesses to pay the wages of employees when they are receiving training for jobs in the renewable energy, energy efficiency, or grid modernization sectors.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2019-07-17
text: Ordered to be Reported (Amended) by Voice Vote.
action_date: 2019-07-17
text: Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
action_date: 2019-05-16
text: Forwarded by Subcommittee to Full Committee by Voice Vote .
action_date: 2019-05-16
text: Subcommittee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
action_date: 2019-04-10
text: Subcommittee Hearings Held.
action_date: 2019-02-25
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Energy.
action_date: 2019-02-22
text: Referred to the Committee on Education and Labor, 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: 2019-02-22
text: Referred to the Committee on Education and Labor, 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: 2019-02-22
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2019-02-22
text: Introduced in House
Federal Labor-Management Partnership Act of 2019

Bill: 116-hr-1316
Sponsor: Rep. Cummings, Elijah E. [D-MD-7]
Introduced: 2019-02-22 in the House
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Subjects: Advisory bodies
Executive agency funding and structure
Government employee pay, benefits, personnel management
Labor-management relations
Office of Personnel Management (OPM)

Summary:
action_date: 2019-02-22
text: 

Federal Labor-Management Partnership Act of 2019 
 
This bill establishes the Federal Labor-Management Partnership Council. 
Among other things, the council must do the following: 
 
advise the President on matters involving labor-management relations in the executive branch, and
 
support the creation of local labor-management partnership councils in the executive branch.
 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2019-02-22
text: Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Reform.
action_date: 2019-02-22
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2019-02-22
text: Introduced in House
To direct the Librarian of Congress to obtain a stained glass panel depicting the seal of the District of Columbia and install the panel among the stained glass panels depicting the seals of States which overlook the Main Reading Room of the Library of Congress Thomas Jefferson Building.

Bill: 116-hr-1318
Sponsor: Del. Norton, Eleanor Holmes [D-DC-At Large]
Introduced: 2019-02-22 in the House
Policy area: Congress
Subjects: Art, artists, authorship
Congressional agencies
District of Columbia
Government buildings, facilities, and property
Library of Congress
National symbols

Summary:
action_date: 2019-02-22
text: 
This bill requires the Librarian of Congress, concurrently with the planned renovation and replacement of existing glass panels, to obtain a stained glass panel depicting the seal of the District of Columbia and install it among the panels depicting the seals of states that overlook the Main Reading Room of the Library of Congress Thomas Jefferson Building. 

action_date: 2019-05-16
text: 
This bill requires the Librarian of Congress, concurrently with the planned renovation and replacement of existing glass panels, to obtain a stained glass panel depicting the seal of the District of Columbia and install it among the panels depicting the seals of states that overlook the Main Reading Room of the Library of Congress Thomas Jefferson Building. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2019-05-16
text: Reported by the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure. H. Rept. 116-66, Part I.
action_date: 2019-05-16
text: Reported by the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure. H. Rept. 116-66, Part I.
action_date: 2019-02-27
text: Ordered to be Reported by Voice Vote.
action_date: 2019-02-27
text: Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
action_date: 2019-02-27
text: Subcommittee on Economic Development, Public Buildings, and Emergency Management Discharged.
action_date: 2019-02-25
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Economic Development, Public Buildings, and Emergency Management.
action_date: 2019-02-22
text: Referred to the Committee on House Administration, 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: 2019-02-22
text: Referred to the Committee on House Administration, 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: 2019-02-22
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E194-195)
action_date: 2019-02-22
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2019-02-22
text: Introduced in House
Davis-Bacon Repeal Act

Bill: 116-hr-1319
Sponsor: Rep. King, Steve [R-IA-4]
Introduced: 2019-02-22 in the House
Policy area: Labor and Employment
Subjects: Building construction
Government buildings, facilities, and property
Labor standards
Public contracts and procurement
Wages and earnings

Summary:
action_date: 2019-02-22
text: 

Davis-Bacon Repeal Act

 
 This bill repeals the Davis-Bacon Act (which requires that the locally prevailing wage rate be paid to various classes of laborers and mechanics working under federally-financed or federally-assisted contracts for construction, alteration, and repair of public buildings or public works).
 
The bill states that references in any law to a wage requirement of the Davis-Bacon Act after enactment of this bill shall be null and void. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2019-02-22
text: Referred to the House Committee on Education and Labor.
action_date: 2019-02-22
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2019-02-22
text: Introduced in House
Census Accuracy Act of 2019

Bill: 116-hr-1320
Sponsor: Rep. King, Steve [R-IA-4]
Introduced: 2019-02-22 in the House
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Subjects: Census and government statistics
Citizenship and naturalization
Immigration status and procedures

Summary:
action_date: 2019-02-22
text: 

Census Accuracy Act of 2019

 
This bill requires any questionnaire used in the decennial census to determine the total population by states to include (1) a checkbox or other similar option for a respondent to indicate whether he or she is a U.S. citizen or U.S. national, is lawfully admitted for permanent residence in the United States, is an alien who otherwise has lawful status under the immigration laws, or is none of these; and (2) a question regarding which federal program or legal provision accorded the respondent such status.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2019-02-22
text: Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Reform.
action_date: 2019-02-22
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2019-02-22
text: Introduced in House
Northern Rockies Ecosystem Protection Act

Bill: 116-hr-1321
Sponsor: Rep. Maloney, Carolyn B. [D-NY-12]
Introduced: 2019-02-22 in the House
Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources
Subjects: Advisory bodies
Federal-Indian relations
Fishes
Forests, forestry, trees
Freedom of information
Government information and archives
Idaho
Indian lands and resources rights
Montana
Oregon
Parks, recreation areas, trails
Roads and highways
Washington State
Water quality
Wilderness and natural areas, wildlife refuges, wild rivers, habitats
Wildlife conservation and habitat protection
Wyoming

Summary:
action_date: 2019-02-22
text: 

Northern Rockies Ecosystem Protection Act

 
This bill designates specified National Forest System lands, National Park System lands, and public lands in Idaho, Montana, Oregon, Washington, and Wyoming as wilderness and as components or additions to existing components of the National Wilderness Preservation System. 
 
The bill also designates (1) specified federal lands as biological connecting corridors and as special corridor management areas; (2) segments of specified rivers and creeks in Idaho, Montana, and Wyoming as components of the National Wild and Scenic Rivers System; and (3) specified areas as wildland recovery areas. The Department of Agriculture shall develop a wildland recovery plan for each recovery area. 
 
 A specified panel of independent scientists shall study roadless lands greater than 1,000 acres that are within the National Forest System in the Wild Rockies bioregion in Idaho, Montana, Oregon, Washington, or Wyoming and that are not designated as components of the National Wilderness Preservation System for their role in maintaining biological diversity in the Northern Rockies and as part of the overall forest reserve system. Any new road construction or reconstruction or timber harvest is prohibited in those lands after the evaluation without an Act of Congress. Oil or gas leasing, mining, or other development which impairs the natural and roadless qualities of the land is also prohibited. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2019-03-07
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on National Parks, Forests, and Public Lands.
action_date: 2019-02-22
text: Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.
action_date: 2019-02-22
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2019-02-22
text: Introduced in House
To require a report on the effects of climate change on the Coast Guard, and for other purposes.

Bill: 116-hr-1322
Sponsor: Rep. Maloney, Sean Patrick [D-NY-18]
Introduced: 2019-02-22 in the House
Policy area: Transportation and Public Works
Subjects: Air quality
Climate change and greenhouse gases
Coast guard
Congressional oversight
Environmental assessment, monitoring, research
Government studies and investigations

Summary:
action_date: 2019-02-22
text: 
This bill requires the U.S. Coast Guard to submit to Congress a report on vulnerabilities to Coast Guard installations resulting from climate change over the next 20 years, including an overview of mitigations that may be necessary to ensure the continued operational viability of the vulnerable installations.

action_date: 2019-05-24
text: 
This bill requires the U.S. Coast Guard to submit a report on the vulnerabilities of Coast Guard installations as a result of climate change over the next 20 years, including an overview of mitigations that may be necessary to ensure the continued operational viability of the vulnerable installations.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2019-05-24
text: Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 60.
action_date: 2019-05-24
text: Reported by the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure. H. Rept. 116-85.
action_date: 2019-05-24
text: Reported by the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure. H. Rept. 116-85.
action_date: 2019-03-27
text: Subcommittee on Coast Guard and Maritime Transportation Discharged.
action_date: 2019-03-27
text: Ordered to be Reported by Voice Vote.
action_date: 2019-03-27
text: Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
action_date: 2019-02-25
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Coast Guard and Maritime Transportation.
action_date: 2019-02-22
text: Referred to the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.
action_date: 2019-02-22
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2019-02-22
text: Introduced in House
Rural Hospital Frontier Fairness Act

Bill: 116-hr-1323
Sponsor: Rep. Peterson, Collin C. [D-MN-7]
Introduced: 2019-02-22 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Health care costs and insurance
Health facilities and institutions
Health personnel
Hospital care
Inflation and prices
Prescription drugs
Wages and earnings

Summary:
action_date: 2019-02-22
text: 

Rural Hospital Frontier Fairness Act

 
This bill alters the Medicare prospective payment system for inpatient hospital services furnished at sole community hospitals (i.e., rural hospitals or hospitals that are the sole source of inpatient care in a certain geographic area). Specifically, the bill applies a minimum area wage adjustment to payments to sole community hospitals that are located up to 75 miles from the closest frontier (i.e., predominantly rural) state. Currently, the minimum area wage adjustment applies only to hospitals in frontier states.
 
The bill also allows such sole community hospitals to participate in the 340B drug pricing program (i.e., a program that allows entities to receive covered outpatient drugs at reduced prices from manufacturers). 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2019-02-26
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2019-02-22
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2019-02-22
text: Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, 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: 2019-02-22
text: Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, 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: 2019-02-22
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2019-02-22
text: Introduced in House
FAST NICS Act

Bill: 116-hr-1324
Sponsor: Rep. Rice, Tom [R-SC-7]
Introduced: 2019-02-22 in the House
Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement
Subjects: Criminal justice information and records
Firearms and explosives
Government information and archives

Summary:
action_date: 2019-02-22
text: 

FBI Access to Speedy Technology NICS Act or the FAST NICS Act

 
This bill modifies requirements governing the national instant criminal background check system (NICS).
 
Specifically, it requires the NICS to query an additional database&#8212;the National Data Exchange&#8212;as part of a firearm-related background check.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2019-03-25
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security.
action_date: 2019-02-22
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2019-02-22
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2019-02-22
text: Introduced in House
Protect and Serve Act of 2019

Bill: 116-hr-1325
Sponsor: Rep. Rutherford, John H. [R-FL-4]
Introduced: 2019-02-22 in the House
Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement
Subjects: Assault and harassment offenses
Crime victims
Criminal investigation, prosecution, interrogation
Firearms and explosives
Law enforcement officers

Summary:
action_date: 2019-02-22
text: 

Protect and Serve Act of 2019

 
This bill establishes a new criminal offense for knowingly assaulting a law enforcement officer causing serious bodily injury (or attempting to do so) in circumstances that affect interstate commerce.
 
It imposes criminal penalties&#8212;a prison term of up to 10 years, a fine, or both&#8212;on a violator.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2019-02-22
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2019-02-22
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2019-02-22
text: Introduced in House
Medicaid Reentry Act

Bill: 116-hr-1329
Sponsor: Rep. Tonko, Paul [D-NY-20]
Introduced: 2019-02-25 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Congressional oversight
Correctional facilities and imprisonment
Health care coverage and access
Medicaid
State and local government operations

Summary:
action_date: 2019-02-25
text: 

Medicaid Reentry Act

 
This bill allows Medicaid payment for medical services furnished to an incarcerated individual during the 30-day period preceding the individual's release.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2019-02-26
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2019-02-25
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2019-02-25
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2019-02-25
text: Introduced in House
Amache Study Act

Bill: 116-hr-1330
Sponsor: Rep. Buck, Ken [R-CO-4]
Introduced: 2019-02-25 in the House
Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources
Subjects: Colorado
Conflicts and wars
Congressional oversight
Detention of persons
Government studies and investigations
Historic sites and heritage areas
Japan
Racial and ethnic relations
U.S. history

Summary:
action_date: 2019-02-25
text: 

Amache Study Act

 
This bill directs the Department of the Interior to conduct a special resource study of the site known as Amache, Camp Amache, and Granada Relocation Center, in Granada, Colorado, which was 1 of the 10 relocation centers where Japanese Americans were incarcerated during World War II. 
 
In conducting such study, Interior shall evaluate the national significance of such relocation center and determine the suitability and feasibility of designating it as a unit of the National Park System. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2019-03-08
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on National Parks, Forests, and Public Lands.
action_date: 2019-02-25
text: Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.
action_date: 2019-02-25
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2019-02-25
text: Introduced in House
No Drilling in Our Backyards Act

Bill: 116-hr-1333
Sponsor: Rep. Barragan, Nanette Diaz [D-CA-44]
Introduced: 2019-02-25 in the House
Policy area: Energy
Subjects: Community life and organization
Educational facilities and institutions
Land use and conservation
Licensing and registrations
Oil and gas

Summary:
action_date: 2019-02-25
text: 

No Drilling in Our Backyards Act

 
This bill prohibits the Department of the Interior from issuing a permit for any oil and gas drilling operation that is located within 1,500 feet from a home, business, school, or other building that requires special protection.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2019-03-08
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Energy and Mineral Resources.
action_date: 2019-02-25
text: Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.
action_date: 2019-02-25
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2019-02-25
text: Introduced in House
Outdoor Recreation Legacy Partnership Grant Program Act

Bill: 116-hr-1334
Sponsor: Rep. Barragan, Nanette Diaz [D-CA-44]
Introduced: 2019-02-25 in the House
Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources
Subjects: Employment and training programs
Energy revenues and royalties
Gulf of Mexico
Indian lands and resources rights
Land transfers
Marine and coastal resources, fisheries
Oil and gas
Outdoor recreation
Parks, recreation areas, trails
Public-private cooperation
Urban and suburban affairs and development
Youth employment and child labor

Summary:
action_date: 2019-02-25
text: 

Outdoor Recreation Legacy Partnership Grant Program Act

 
This bill directs the Department of the Interior to establish an outdoor recreation legacy partnership grant program under which Interior may award grants to states, certain political subdivisions of a state, special purpose districts, or certain Indian tribes for projects to (1) acquire land and water for parks and other outdoor recreation purposes, and (2) develop new or renovate existing outdoor recreation facilities.
 
As a condition for receiving a grant, a recipient shall provide matching funds in cash or in kind equal to 100% of the amounts available under the grant. 
 
A grant recipient may use the grant to acquire land or water providing outdoor recreation opportunities to the public and develop or renovate outdoor recreational facilities, with priority given to projects that
 
 
create or significantly enhance access to park and recreational opportunities in an urban neighborhood or community,
 
engage and empower underserved communities and youth,
 
provide opportunities for youth employment or job training,
 
establish or expand public-private partnerships, and
 
take advantage of coordination among various levels of government.
 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2019-03-11
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on National Parks, Forests, and Public Lands.
action_date: 2019-02-25
text: Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.
action_date: 2019-02-25
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2019-02-25
text: Introduced in House
Safe COAST Act

Bill: 116-hr-1335
Sponsor: Rep. Barragan, Nanette Diaz [D-CA-44]
Introduced: 2019-02-25 in the House
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Environmental regulatory procedures
Environmental technology
Government studies and investigations
Marine pollution
Oil and gas

Summary:
action_date: 2019-02-25
text: 

Safe Coasts, Oceans, And Seaside Towns Act or the Safe COAST Act

 
This bill addresses the safety of offshore oil and gas drilling.
 
Specifically, the bill provides statutory authority for specified safety regulations that govern offshore oil and gas production in the Outer Continental Shelf and provide protections for human, marine, and coastal environments.
 
In addition, the Department of the Interior must contract with the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine to complete the study titled "Review and Update of Bureau of Safety and Environmental Enforcement Offshore Oil and Gas Operations Inspection Program."


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2019-03-08
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Energy and Mineral Resources.
action_date: 2019-02-25
text: Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.
action_date: 2019-02-25
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2019-02-25
text: Introduced in House