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Securing American Families by Educating and Training You (SAFETY) Through Nonviolence Act of 2019

Bill: 116-hr-4167
Sponsor: Rep. Lewis, John [D-GA-5]
Introduced: 2019-08-06 in the House
Policy area: Education
Subjects: Crime prevention
Education programs funding
Educational guidance
Elementary and secondary education
Juvenile crime and gang violence
Law enforcement administration and funding
Violent crime

Summary:
action_date: 2019-08-06
text: 

Securing American Families by Educating and Training You (SAFETY) Through Nonviolence Act of 2019

 
This bill authorizes the Department of Justice (DOJ) to award grants to eligible entities for the purpose of preventing or alleviating the effects of community violence by providing education, mentoring, and counseling related to principles of nonviolence in conflict resolution. Eligible entities include state or local government entities, educational institutions, nonprofit communities, and faith-based organizations.
 
In awarding grants under the program, DOJ shall give priority to applicants that agree to use the grant funds in at least one community that can certify (1) an increased or sustained level of violence or tension in the community; or (2) a lack of resources to adopt innovative, integrated, community-based violence prevention programs.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2019-08-06
text: Referred to the House Committee on Education and Labor.
action_date: 2019-08-06
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2019-08-06
text: Introduced in House
Law Enforcement Inclusion Act of 2019

Bill: 116-hr-4168
Sponsor: Rep. Lewis, John [D-GA-5]
Introduced: 2019-08-06 in the House
Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement
Subjects: Criminal justice information and records
Employee hiring
Employment and training programs
Government information and archives
Law enforcement administration and funding
Law enforcement officers

Summary:
action_date: 2019-08-06
text: 

Law Enforcement Inclusion Act of 2019

 
This bill expands the allowable uses for Community Oriented Policing Services (COPS) grants to include hiring and training career law enforcement officers who are residents of the communities they serve and increasing law enforcement workforce diversity and inclusivity.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2019-09-25
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security.
action_date: 2019-08-06
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2019-08-06
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2019-08-06
text: Introduced in House
Religious Freedom Peace Tax Fund Act

Bill: 116-hr-4169
Sponsor: Rep. Lewis, John [D-GA-5]
Introduced: 2019-08-06 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Appropriations
Conflicts and wars
Congressional oversight
Defense spending
Religion
Right of privacy
Tax administration and collection, taxpayers

Summary:
action_date: 2019-08-06
text: 

Religious Freedom Peace Tax Fund Act

 
This bill directs the Department of the Treasury to establish the Religious Freedom Peace Tax Fund for the deposit of income, gift, and estate taxes paid by or on behalf of taxpayers (1) who are designated conscientious objectors opposed to participation in war in any form based upon their sincerely held moral, ethical, or religious beliefs or training (within the meaning of the Military Selective Service Act); and (2) who have certified their beliefs in writing. 
 
Amounts deposited in the fund shall be allocated annually to any appropriation not for a military purpose. Treasury shall report to the House and Senate Appropriations Committees on the total amount transferred into the fund during the preceding fiscal year and the purposes for which such amount was allocated. The privacy of individuals using the fund shall be protected. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2019-08-06
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2019-08-06
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2019-08-06
text: Introduced in House
ENCRYPT Act of 2019

Bill: 116-hr-4170
Sponsor: Rep. Lieu, Ted [D-CA-33]
Introduced: 2019-08-06 in the House
Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement
Subjects: Computer security and identity theft
Computers and information technology
Consumer affairs
Federal preemption
Intelligence activities, surveillance, classified information
Internet and video services
Internet, web applications, social media
Right of privacy
State and local government operations
Telephone and wireless communication

Summary:
action_date: 2019-08-06
text: 

Ensuring National Constitutional Rights for Your Private Telecommunications Act of 2019 or the ENCRYPT Act of 2019

 
This bill prohibits a state from requiring a manufacturer, developer, seller, or provider of a technology product or service to (1) alter the security functions of its product or service to allow a government agency to conduct a physical search or user surveillance, or (2) use its product or service to decrypt encrypted information.
 
A technology product or service includes a commercial computer product, electronic device, or online service that is publicly available.
 
Additionally, it bars a state from prohibiting the manufacture, sale or lease, or provision of a technology product or service because it uses encryption or similar security functions.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2019-09-25
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security.
action_date: 2019-08-07
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Communications and Technology.
action_date: 2019-08-06
text: Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, 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: 2019-08-06
text: Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, 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: 2019-08-06
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2019-08-06
text: Introduced in House
WIN 5G Act

Bill: 116-hr-4171
Sponsor: Rep. Matsui, Doris O. [D-CA-6]
Introduced: 2019-08-06 in the House
Policy area: Science, Technology, Communications
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Broadcasting, cable, digital technologies
Congressional oversight
Federal Communications Commission (FCC)
Government studies and investigations
Government trust funds
Internet and video services
Internet, web applications, social media
Licensing and registrations
Radio spectrum allocation
Research administration and funding
Telephone and wireless communication

Summary:
action_date: 2019-08-06
text: 

Wireless Investment Now in 5G Act or the WIN 5G Act

 
This bill addresses wireless network technology, including by requiring the Federal Communications Commission to designate a transition facilitator (i.e., an organization consisting of all satellite operators providing mid-band spectrum) to create a transition plan for reallocating mid-band spectrum.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2019-08-07
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Communications and Technology.
action_date: 2019-08-06
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2019-08-06
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2019-08-06
text: Introduced in House
National Child Identification Act of 2019

Bill: 116-hr-4172
Sponsor: Rep. Norcross, Donald [D-NJ-1]
Introduced: 2019-08-06 in the House
Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement
Subjects: Crime victims
Crimes against children
Criminal investigation, prosecution, interrogation
Criminal justice information and records
Human trafficking
Missing persons

Summary:
action_date: 2019-08-06
text: 

National Child Identification Act of 2019

 
This bill permits the Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention to award grants for local law enforcement to distribute in-home fingerprint and DNA identification kits to families. These kits can be turned over to law enforcement to assist in locating missing or trafficked children.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2019-08-06
text: Referred to the House Committee on Education and Labor.
action_date: 2019-08-06
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2019-08-06
text: Introduced in House
Rock Creek National Park Act of 2019

Bill: 116-hr-4173
Sponsor: Del. Norton, Eleanor Holmes [D-DC-At Large]
Introduced: 2019-08-06 in the House
Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources
Subjects: District of Columbia
Parks, recreation areas, trails

Summary:
action_date: 2019-08-06
text: 

Rock Creek National Park Act of 2019

 
This bill redesignates Rock Creek Park in the District of Columbia as Rock Creek National Park. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2019-08-21
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on National Parks, Forests, and Public Lands.
action_date: 2019-08-06
text: Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.
action_date: 2019-08-06
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E1037)
action_date: 2019-08-06
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2019-08-06
text: Introduced in House
Guardianship Accountability Act of 2019

Bill: 116-hr-4174
Sponsor: Rep. Soto, Darren [D-FL-9]
Introduced: 2019-08-06 in the House
Policy area: Families
Subjects: Aging
Family relationships
Government information and archives
Judicial procedure and administration
Personnel records
Social security and elderly assistance
Social work, volunteer service, charitable organizations
State and local courts

Summary:
action_date: 2019-08-06
text: 

Guardianship Accountability Act of 2019

This bill requires the Elder Justice Coordinating Council to create a National Online Resource Center on Guardianship for the publication of resources and data relating to court-determined adult guardianships. Further, the bill requires the Department of Health and Human Services to award at least 5% of certain grant funds for state programs related to overseeing the administration of court-appointed guardian arrangements. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2019-08-06
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2019-08-06
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2019-08-06
text: Introduced in House
Promoting Renewable Energy with Shared Solar Act of 2019

Bill: 116-hr-4175
Sponsor: Rep. Van Drew, Jefferson [D-NJ-2]
Introduced: 2019-08-06 in the House
Policy area: Energy
Subjects: Alternative and renewable resources
Electric power generation and transmission
Public utilities and utility rates
State and local government operations

Summary:
action_date: 2019-08-06
text: 

Promoting Renewable Energy with Shared Solar Act of 2019

 
This bill requires an electric utility to provide interconnection and net billing service for community solar facilities. (A community solar facility is a solar photovoltaic system that allocates electricity to multiple individual electric consumers of an electric utility and has a nameplate rating of 2 megawatts or less.)
 
Specifically, the bill requires each state regulatory authority and nonregulated electric utility to commence consideration of and determine ratemaking standards that allow community solar facilities to be connected to the power distribution system.
 
The bill does not apply in the case of any electric utility in a state if (1) the state has implemented the standard in accordance with the bill (or a comparable one) for the electric utility, (2) the state regulatory authority or the relevant nonregulated electric utility has conducted a proceeding to consider implementation of the standard (or a comparable one) for the electric utility, or (3) the state legislature has voted on the implementation of the standard (or a comparable one) for the electric utility.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2019-08-07
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Energy.
action_date: 2019-08-06
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2019-08-06
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2019-08-06
text: Introduced in House
Open Access to Courts Act of 2019

Bill: 116-hr-4176
Sponsor: Rep. Cicilline, David N. [D-RI-1]
Introduced: 2019-08-09 in the House
Policy area: Law
Subjects: Congressional oversight
Evidence and witnesses
Federal district courts
Government information and archives
Judicial procedure and administration

Summary:
action_date: 2019-08-09
text: 

Open Access to Courts Act of 2019

 
This bill establishes a pilot program to provide public online access to exhibits in federal cases. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2019-09-25
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Courts, Intellectual Property, and the Internet.
action_date: 2019-08-09
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2019-08-09
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2019-08-09
text: Introduced in House
Gun Safety Board and Research Act of 2019

Bill: 116-hr-4177
Sponsor: Rep. DeSaulnier, Mark [D-CA-11]
Introduced: 2019-08-09 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Crime prevention
Crime victims
Department of Health and Human Services
Executive agency funding and structure
Firearms and explosives
Government information and archives
Research administration and funding

Summary:
action_date: 2019-08-09
text: 

Gun Safety Board and Research Act of 2019

 
This bill establishes a gun safety board in the Department of Health and Human Services. The board must (1) conduct original research about firearm violence reduction; (2) publish policy recommendations for and findings about the efficacy of federal, state, and local actions to reduce firearm violence in the Federal Register; and (3) establish a grant program to support original research on firearm violence reduction and education for the public about the effects of and ways to mitigate firearm violence. 



Legislative actions:
action_date: 2019-08-12
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2019-08-09
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2019-08-09
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2019-08-09
text: Introduced in House
REFUND Act of 2019

Bill: 116-hr-4178
Sponsor: Rep. Engel, Eliot L. [D-NY-16]
Introduced: 2019-08-09 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Accounting and auditing
Civil actions and liability
Government trust funds
Health care costs and insurance
Health information and medical records
Inflation and prices
Medicare
Prescription drugs

Summary:
action_date: 2019-08-09
text: 

Recovering Excessive Funds for Unused and Needless Drugs Act of 2019 or the REFUND Act of 2019

 
This bill requires drug manufacturers to issue rebates to the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) in relation to discarded amounts (i.e., amounts remaining after administration) of single-dose vial drugs that are covered under Medicare. Manufacturers that fail to comply are subject to civil penalties.
 
The CMS must determine rebate amounts based on payment claims from providers. (Currently, providers may receive payment under Medicare for discarded amounts of single-dose vial drugs through the use of a specific claims modifier.)


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2019-08-12
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2019-08-09
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2019-08-09
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: 2019-08-09
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: 2019-08-09
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2019-08-09
text: Introduced in House
Teacher Tax Deduction Enhancement Act of 2019

Bill: 116-hr-4180
Sponsor: Rep. Graves, Sam [R-MO-6]
Introduced: 2019-08-09 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Educational guidance
Elementary and secondary education
Income tax deductions
Preschool education
School administration
Teaching, teachers, curricula
Temporary and part-time employment

Summary:
action_date: 2019-08-09
text: 

Teacher Tax Deduction Enhancement Act of 2019

 
This bill revises the deduction from gross income (i.e., the above-the-line deduction) for the unreimbursed expenses of school teachers (e.g., supplies and materials). It increases the deduction from $250 to $500 for full-time teachers and allows part-time teachers a $250 deduction. It also allows the deduction for teachers in accredited preschool programs. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2019-08-09
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2019-08-09
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2019-08-09
text: Introduced in House
To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to allow distributions from qualified cash or deferred arrangements in the event that the employer files for chapter 11 bankruptcy and the employee is not regularly scheduled for work or paid.

Bill: 116-hr-4181
Sponsor: Rep. Griffith, H. Morgan [R-VA-9]
Introduced: 2019-08-09 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Bankruptcy
Employee benefits and pensions
Wages and earnings

Summary:
action_date: 2019-08-09
text: 
This bill amends the Internal Revenue Code to permit penalty-free distributions from a tax-preferred pension plan in chapter 11 bankruptcy proceedings on behalf of employees who, at the time of filing of the chapter 11 petition, are not regularly scheduled to work for the number of hours they are customarily scheduled to work or are not paid on or before the time they are customarily paid.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2019-08-09
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2019-08-09
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2019-08-09
text: Introduced in House
Women Veterans Support Act

Bill: 116-hr-4182
Sponsor: Rep. Waters, Maxine [D-CA-43]
Introduced: 2019-08-09 in the House
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Congressional oversight
Department of Veterans Affairs
Education programs funding
Employee hiring
Employment and training programs
Executive agency funding and structure
Government employee pay, benefits, personnel management
Government information and archives
Government studies and investigations
Health care costs and insurance
Health care coverage and access
Health care quality
Health facilities and institutions
Health programs administration and funding
Health promotion and preventive care
Higher education
Mental health
Performance measurement
Public contracts and procurement
Social work, volunteer service, charitable organizations
Student aid and college costs
Veterans' education, employment, rehabilitation
Veterans' medical care
Women's health

Summary:
action_date: 2019-08-09
text: 

Women Veterans Support Act

 
This bill implements programs and studies to improve mental health care for veterans, with a focus on women veterans.
 
Specifically, the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) must enter into an agreement with an independent entity to conduct a study on suicide by women veterans.
 
The bill requires the VA to perform outreach on a national, regional, and local scale to prevent suicide by women veterans. 
 
The VA must establish a five-year grant program for certain nonprofit organizations to provide specified services to women veterans. Such services include, but are not limited to, mental health support services and financial counseling services.
 
The bill requires the VA to provide financial assistance to eligible entities to provide or coordinate the provision of specified mental health supportive services for a veteran with a mental health condition who is seeking mental health treatment. Such entities must apply, and the VA shall provide training and technical assistance to entities regarding the planning, development, and provision of such services. For purposes of this financial assistance program, eligible entities include tribally designated housing entities and certain private entities (e.g., incorporated private institutions).
 
The bill authorizes the VA to collect information from a participating entity relating to a mental health condition of a veteran for inclusion in the electronic health record of the VA in order to improve care provided to such veteran.
 
The bill requires the VA to implement, with a specified framework, the Department of Veterans Affairs Readjustment Counseling Service Scholarship Program.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2019-08-22
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2019-08-09
text: Referred to the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
action_date: 2019-08-09
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2019-08-09
text: Introduced in House
To require the Director of the Court Services and Offender Supervision Agency for the District of Columbia and the Director of the District of Columbia Pretrial Services Agency to reside in the District of Columbia.

Bill: 116-hr-4184
Sponsor: Del. Norton, Eleanor Holmes [D-DC-At Large]
Introduced: 2019-08-13 in the House
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Subjects: Criminal procedure and sentencing
District of Columbia
Judicial procedure and administration
State and local courts
State and local government operations

Summary:
action_date: 2019-08-13
text: 
This bill prospectively requires the Director of the Court Services and Offender Supervision Agency and the Director of the Pretrial Services Agency for the District of Columbia to reside in the District during their tenure.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2019-08-13
text: Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Reform.
action_date: 2019-08-13
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (E1050)
action_date: 2019-08-13
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2019-08-13
text: Introduced in House
Nuclear Security and Nonproliferation Accounting Act

Bill: 116-hr-4185
Sponsor: Rep. Panetta, Jimmy [D-CA-20]
Introduced: 2019-08-13 in the House
Policy area: International Affairs
Subjects: Arms control and nonproliferation
Congressional oversight
Defense spending
Nuclear weapons

Summary:
action_date: 2019-08-13
text: 

Nuclear Security and Nonproliferation Accounting Act

 
This bill directs the Government Accountability Office to annually report to Congress an assessment of the budgets for nuclear-security and nuclear-nonproliferation programs in the President's budget for that fiscal year. The report shall include (1) assessments of any changes in budget estimates from the previous fiscal year; and (2) recommendations for developing new metrics for evaluating such programs, as appropriate.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2019-08-13
text: Referred to the House Committee on Foreign Affairs.
action_date: 2019-08-13
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2019-08-13
text: Introduced in House
Renewable Electricity Tax Credit Equalization Act

Bill: 116-hr-4186
Sponsor: Rep. Stefanik, Elise M. [R-NY-21]
Introduced: 2019-08-13 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Alternative and renewable resources
Business investment and capital
Electric power generation and transmission
Income tax credits

Summary:
action_date: 2019-08-13
text: 

Renewable Electricity Tax Credit Equalization Act

 
This bill extends the energy tax credit for investment in certain qualified investment credit facilities and the credit for production of electricity from certain renewable resources (e.g., wind, biomass, solar, trash, and hydropower facilities).


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2019-08-13
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2019-08-13
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2019-08-13
text: Introduced in House