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Fellowships to Prepare the Next Generation of Teachers Act

Bill: 116-hr-4422
Sponsor: Rep. Norcross, Donald [D-NJ-1]
Introduced: 2019-09-19 in the House
Policy area: Education
Subjects: Academic performance and assessments
Education programs funding
Elementary and secondary education
Foreign language and bilingual programs
Government lending and loan guarantees
Higher education
Science and engineering education
Special education
Student aid and college costs
Teaching, teachers, curricula

Summary:
action_date: 2019-09-19
text: 

Fellowships to Prepare the Next Generation of Teachers Act

 
This bill requires the Department of Education to award grants to institutions of higher education that will fund fellowships for graduate students pursuing doctoral degrees in teacher education.
 
To be eligible for such fellowships, graduate students must be preparing for the professorate in order to educate other individuals who will become elementary and secondary school science, technology, engineering, and math teachers, special education teachers, and English language teachers. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2019-09-19
text: Referred to the House Committee on Education and Labor.
action_date: 2019-09-19
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2019-09-19
text: Introduced in House
Teacher and School Leader Quality Partnership Grants Act

Bill: 116-hr-4423
Sponsor: Rep. Rouda, Harley [D-CA-48]
Introduced: 2019-09-19 in the House
Policy area: Education
Subjects: Academic performance and assessments
Advisory bodies
Congressional oversight
Disability and paralysis
Education of the disadvantaged
Education programs funding
Educational technology and distance education
Elementary and secondary education
Employee performance
Employment and training programs
Foreign language and bilingual programs
Government information and archives
Government studies and investigations
Higher education
Licensing and registrations
Minority employment
Performance measurement
Preschool education
School administration
Special education
Student aid and college costs
Student records
Teaching, teachers, curricula

Summary:
action_date: 2019-09-19
text: 

Teacher and School Leader Quality Partnership Grants Act

 
This bill revises a program that awards grants to eligible partnerships to establish preparation or residency programs that prepare teachers, school leaders, and other educators for their profession.
 
Eligible partnerships must be comprised of (1) a high-need local educational agency; (2) a high-need school or early childhood education program; (3) a partner institution and certain schools, departments, or programs within such institution. In their preparation or residency programs, such partnerships must use evidence-based methods and adhere to an evaluation plan that includes measurable performance objectives.
 
The bill also establishes an advisory committee within the Department of Education to conduct a feasibility study that, among other things, compiles best practices for educating and training profession-ready teachers and school leaders. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2019-09-19
text: Referred to the House Committee on Education and Labor.
action_date: 2019-09-19
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2019-09-19
text: Introduced in House
Elevation of the Education Profession Act

Bill: 116-hr-4424
Sponsor: Del. Sablan, Gregorio Kilili Camacho [D-MP-At Large]
Introduced: 2019-09-19 in the House
Policy area: Education
Subjects: Advisory bodies
Congressional oversight
Elementary and secondary education
Government information and archives
Government studies and investigations
Higher education
Licensing and registrations
School administration
State and local government operations
Teaching, teachers, curricula

Summary:
action_date: 2019-09-19
text: 

Elevation of the Education Profession Act

 
This bill requires the Department of Education to establish an advisory committee to carry out a study examining policies related to preparing and certifying educators.
 
The study must (1) assess the state of policies and practices related to teacher and school leader education and entry into the profession, (2) compile best practices for educating and training teachers and school leaders, (3) review certification and credentialing practices across the country, and (4) recommend a comprehensive set of expectations for state standards related to the profession of teaching. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2019-09-19
text: Referred to the House Committee on Education and Labor.
action_date: 2019-09-19
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E1181-1182)
action_date: 2019-09-19
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2019-09-19
text: Introduced in House
QUITS Act of 2019

Bill: 116-hr-4425
Sponsor: Rep. Suozzi, Thomas R. [D-NY-3]
Introduced: 2019-09-19 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Drug, alcohol, tobacco use
Inflation and prices
Sales and excise taxes
Tax administration and collection, taxpayers

Summary:
action_date: 2019-09-19
text: 

Quell Underage Inhaling of Toxic Substances Act of 2019 or the
 
QUITS Act of 2019

 
This bill increases the excise tax on various tobacco products and prohibits the flavoring of certain tobacco products.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2019-09-20
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2019-09-19
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: 2019-09-19
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: 2019-09-19
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2019-09-19
text: Introduced in House
Office of Technology Assessment Improvement and Enhancement Act

Bill: 116-hr-4426
Sponsor: Rep. Takano, Mark [D-CA-41]
Introduced: 2019-09-19 in the House
Policy area: Congress
Subjects: Congressional agencies
Congressional leadership
Congressional operations and organization
Congressional oversight
General science and technology matters
Government employee pay, benefits, personnel management
Government information and archives
Members of Congress
Technology assessment

Summary:
action_date: 2019-09-19
text: 

Office of Technology Assessment Improvement and Enhancement Act

 
This bill renames and revises the functions and duties of the Office of Technology Assessment which, composed of a Technology Assessment Board and a director, provides Congress with assessments of probable technology application impacts.
 
Specifically, the bill renames the office the Congressional Office of Technology, and it requires the office to undertake additional duties, such as providing to Members of Congress (1) certain information without the need for board review, (2) certain technical assistance on legislation related to science and technology without the need for board review, and (3) objective policy options on how Members may achieve goals with respect to science and technology policy.
 
The bill authorizes Members of Congress to submit to the board a request that the office undertake an assessment activity. Additionally, the bill requires the Congressional Research Service and the Government Accountability Office to coordinate technology assessment activities with the office to avoid duplication or overlapping of research activities.
 
The office may temporarily appoint specified technical and professional personnel to work for the office, and the office must also make the findings of completed analyses publicly available.
 
The bill also (1) revises the appointment of board members, (2) requires the board to hold an annual meeting at which Members of Congress may appear and present information regarding technology assessment activities, and (3) requires the board to report annually on the activities of the office. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2019-09-19
text: Referred to the House Committee on House Administration.
action_date: 2019-09-19
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2019-09-19
text: Introduced in House
To require the Secretary of Energy to identify and convey to the State of Colorado land for use as a storage site for residual radioactive material, and for other purposes.

Bill: 116-hr-4427
Sponsor: Rep. Tipton, Scott  R. [R-CO-3]
Introduced: 2019-09-19 in the House
Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources
Subjects: Colorado
Hazardous wastes and toxic substances
Land transfers
Nuclear power
Radioactive wastes and releases
State and local government operations

Summary:
action_date: 2019-09-19
text: 
This bill directs the Department of Energy (DOE) to identify a portion of federal land within the Durango disposal site that is suitable for conveyance to Colorado to be used as a storage site for residual radioactive materials as part of remediation activities carried out by the state related to properties in the vicinity of the Durango processing site.
 
DOE must ensure that the identified land is (1) approximately 0.25 acres, (2) located in the southwestern corner of the Durango disposal site, and (3) south of and bounded by County Road 212. 
 
After DOE offers to convey the identified land to the state, and the state accepts the offer, DOE shall convey to the state all interest of the United States in and to such land. 
 
As a condition of such conveyance, DOE must require the state to manage the conveyed land consistent with the requirements of the Uranium Mill Tailings Radiation Control Act of 1978 relating to the Durango disposal site, including after the use of it has ceased.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2019-09-20
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Environment and Climate Change.
action_date: 2019-09-19
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2019-09-19
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2019-09-19
text: Introduced in House
Greater Mental Health Access Act

Bill: 116-hr-4428
Sponsor: Rep. Wild, Susan [D-PA-7]
Introduced: 2019-09-19 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Congressional oversight
Department of Health and Human Services
Employee benefits and pensions
Executive agency funding and structure
Family relationships
Government employee pay, benefits, personnel management
Health care costs and insurance
Health care coverage and access
Health programs administration and funding
Home and outpatient care
Mental health

Summary:
action_date: 2019-09-19
text: 

Greater Mental Health Access Act

 
This bill establishes a special enrollment period for family members of individuals who died by suicide to enroll in, or change enrollment under, a health insurance plan.
 
The bill also requires the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration to use funds from the Prevention and Public Health Fund to award grants to medical providers and others to provide outpatient mental health services for individuals impacted by the attempted or completed suicide of a friend or family member.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2020-06-30
text: Subcommittee Hearings Held.
action_date: 2019-09-20
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2019-09-19
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2019-09-19
text: Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committees on Ways and Means, and Oversight and Reform, 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: 2019-09-19
text: Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committees on Ways and Means, and Oversight and Reform, 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: 2019-09-19
text: Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committees on Ways and Means, and Oversight and Reform, 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: 2019-09-19
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2019-09-19
text: Introduced in House
Fairness to Kids with Cancer Act of 2019

Bill: 116-hr-4429
Sponsor: Rep. Fitzpatrick, Brian K. [R-PA-1]
Introduced: 2019-09-20 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Cancer
Child health
Medical research
Research administration and funding

Summary:
action_date: 2019-09-20
text: 

Fairness to Kids with Cancer Act of 2019

 
This bill requires the share of federal funds for cancer research that is allocated to pediatric cancer research to equal the percentage of the U.S. population that is under the age of 18.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2019-09-23
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2019-09-20
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2019-09-20
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2019-09-20
text: Introduced in House
Clean Data in Higher Education Act of 2019

Bill: 116-hr-4430
Sponsor: Rep. Trahan, Lori [D-MA-3]
Introduced: 2019-09-20 in the House
Policy area: Education
Subjects: Educational facilities and institutions
Government information and archives
Higher education
Student aid and college costs

Summary:
action_date: 2019-09-20
text: 

Clean Data in Higher Education Act of 2019

 
This bill requires the Department of Education to assign a unique numeric identifier to each campus of each institution of higher education for the purposes of reporting and disaggregating data such as tuition costs and graduation rates. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2019-09-20
text: Referred to the House Committee on Education and Labor.
action_date: 2019-09-20
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2019-09-20
text: Introduced in House
No Fly for Terrorists Act

Bill: 116-hr-4431
Sponsor: Rep. Amash, Justin [I-MI-3]
Introduced: 2019-09-20 in the House
Policy area: Transportation and Public Works
Subjects: Aviation and airports
Criminal justice information and records
Marine and inland water transportation
Terrorism
Transportation safety and security
Travel and tourism

Summary:
action_date: 2019-09-20
text: 

No Fly for Terrorists Act

 
This bill prohibits Department of Homeland Security personnel from preventing a citizen or permanent resident of the United States to board a flight or a cruise ship as a passenger based on their inclusion on a no fly list, no transport list, selectee list, or terrorist watchlist unless they have been convicted of a federal crime of terrorism.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2019-10-02
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Transportation and Maritime Security.
action_date: 2019-09-20
text: Referred to the House Committee on Homeland Security.
action_date: 2019-09-20
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2019-09-20
text: Introduced in House
Appalachian Regional Energy Hub Initiative Act

Bill: 116-hr-4433
Sponsor: Rep. McKinley, David B. [R-WV-1]
Introduced: 2019-09-20 in the House
Policy area: Energy
Subjects: Economic development
Economic performance and conditions
Energy research
Energy storage, supplies, demand
Lighting, heating, cooling
Oil and gas
Rural conditions and development

Summary:
action_date: 2019-09-20
text: 

Appalachian Regional Energy Hub Initiative Act 

 
This bill authorizes the Appalachian Regional Commission to provide technical assistance and grants to individuals or entities in the Appalachian region for projects and activities (1) to conduct research and analysis regarding the impact of an ethane storage hub in the region, (2) with the potential to significantly contribute to the economic resilience of the area where the project is located, and (3) that will help establish a regional energy hub in the region for natural gas and natural gas liquids.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2019-09-23
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Economic Development, Public Buildings, and Emergency Management.
action_date: 2019-09-20
text: Referred to the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.
action_date: 2019-09-20
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2019-09-20
text: Introduced in House
Appalachian Regional Commission Reauthorization Act

Bill: 116-hr-4434
Sponsor: Rep. McKinley, David B. [R-WV-1]
Introduced: 2019-09-20 in the House
Policy area: Economics and Public Finance
Subjects: Appalachian Regional Commission
Economic development
Regional and metropolitan planning
Rural conditions and development

Summary:
action_date: 2019-09-20
text: 

Appalachian Regional Commission Reauthorization Act

 
This bill reauthorizes the Appalachian Regional Commission through FY2025.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2019-09-23
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Economic Development, Public Buildings, and Emergency Management.
action_date: 2019-09-20
text: Referred to the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.
action_date: 2019-09-20
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2019-09-20
text: Introduced in House
Coal Cleanup Taxpayer Protection Act of 2019

Bill: 116-hr-4435
Sponsor: Rep. Cartwright, Matt [D-PA-8]
Introduced: 2019-09-20 in the House
Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Coal
Corporate finance and management
Department of the Interior
Environmental regulatory procedures
Government liability
Land use and conservation
Mining
Pollution liability
Solid waste and recycling
State and local government operations
Wages and earnings

Summary:
action_date: 2019-09-20
text: 

Coal Cleanup Taxpayer Protection Act of 2019

 
This bill addresses bonding programs with regard to surface coal mining operations..
 
Specifically, the bill
 
 
prohibits the Office of Surface Mining and Reclamation Enforcement (OSMRE) and state regulatory authorities from accepting new self-bonds for coal reclamation,
 
requires any existing self-bonds or corporate bonds utilized for coal reclamation to be converted to surety or collateral bonds,
 
authorizes the OSMRE to approve state or federal alternative coal mining bond programs that result in no greater risk of financial liability to the federal government than a surety or collateral bond program, and
 
directs the OSMRE to issue rules establishing limitations on surety bonds to minimize the financial liability to the federal or state government.
 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2019-09-24
text: Subcommittee Hearings Held.
action_date: 2019-09-20
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Energy and Mineral Resources.
action_date: 2019-09-20
text: Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.
action_date: 2019-09-20
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2019-09-20
text: Introduced in House
National Poverty Research Center Authorization Act

Bill: 116-hr-4436
Sponsor: Rep. Pocan, Mark [D-WI-2]
Introduced: 2019-09-20 in the House
Policy area: Social Welfare
Subjects: Higher education
Poverty and welfare assistance
Research administration and funding

Summary:
action_date: 2019-09-20
text: 

National Poverty Research Center Authorization Act

 
This bill requires the Department of Health and Human Services to award grants to institutions of higher education for National Poverty Research Centers. In addition to conducting poverty policy research, such centers must coordinate nationwide research networks to inform public policies aimed at reducing poverty in the United States.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2019-09-20
text: Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Reform.
action_date: 2019-09-20
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2019-09-20
text: Introduced in House
Small Business Flexibility Act

Bill: 116-hr-4437
Sponsor: Rep. Biggs, Andy [R-AZ-5]
Introduced: 2019-09-20 in the House
Policy area: Labor and Employment
Subjects: Wages and earnings

Summary:
action_date: 2019-09-20
text: 

Small Business Flexibility Act

 
This bill allows the pooling of tips among employees who (1) customarily and regularly receive tips (as under current law), (2) customarily and regularly receive tips and receive a cash wage paid by the employer that is not less than the effective minimum wage, and (3) do not customarily and regularly receive tips. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2019-09-20
text: Referred to the House Committee on Education and Labor.
action_date: 2019-09-20
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2019-09-20
text: Introduced in House
Don’t Tax Higher Education Act

Bill: 116-hr-4438
Sponsor: Rep. Boyle, Brendan F. [D-PA-2]
Introduced: 2019-09-20 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Financial services and investments
Higher education
Sales and excise taxes
Tax-exempt organizations

Summary:
action_date: 2019-09-20
text: 

Don't Tax Higher Education Act 

 
This bill amends the Internal Revenue Code to repeal the excise tax on the net investment income of certain private colleges and universities. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2019-09-20
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2019-09-20
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2019-09-20
text: Introduced in House
Creating Hope Reauthorization Act

Bill: 116-hr-4439
Sponsor: Rep. Butterfield, G. K. [D-NC-1]
Introduced: 2019-09-20 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Child health
Drug safety, medical device, and laboratory regulation
Health programs administration and funding
Health promotion and preventive care
Infectious and parasitic diseases

Summary:
action_date: 2019-09-20
text: 

Creating Hope Reauthorization Act

 
This bill permanently reauthorizes a Food and Drug Administration program that awards priority review vouchers to manufacturers of drugs that treat rare pediatric diseases. (A priority review voucher entitles the voucher holder to priority review of a single human drug application.)

action_date: 2020-09-29
text: 

Creating Hope Reauthorization Act

 
This bill reauthorizes a Food and Drug Administration (FDA) program that awards priority review vouchers to manufacturers of drugs that treat rare pediatric diseases. (A priority review voucher entitles the voucher holder to priority review of a single human drug application.)
 
Specifically, the bill reauthorizes the program through FY2024, but the FDA may award a voucher afterwards in certain instances.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2020-09-30
text: Received in the Senate.
action_date: 2020-09-29
text: The title of the measure was amended. Agreed to without objection.
action_date: 2020-09-29
text: Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
action_date: 2020-09-29
text: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by voice vote. (text: CR H5023)
action_date: 2020-09-29
text: Passed/agreed to in House: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by voice vote.
action_date: 2020-09-29
text: DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on H.R. 4439.
action_date: 2020-09-29
text: Considered under suspension of the rules. (consideration: CR H5023-5025)
action_date: 2020-09-29
text: Mr. Pallone moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended.
action_date: 2020-09-29
text: Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 451.
action_date: 2020-09-29
text: Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Energy and Commerce. H. Rept. 116-551.
action_date: 2020-09-29
text: Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Energy and Commerce. H. Rept. 116-551.
action_date: 2020-09-09
text: Ordered to be Reported (Amended) by Voice Vote.
action_date: 2020-09-09
text: Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
action_date: 2019-09-23
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2019-09-20
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2019-09-20
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2019-09-20
text: Introduced in House