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Crooked River Ranch Fire Protection Act

Bill: 116-hr-524
Sponsor: Rep. Walden, Greg [R-OR-2]
Introduced: 2019-01-11 in the House
Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources
Subjects: Fires
Forests, forestry, trees
Oregon
Wilderness and natural areas, wildlife refuges, wild rivers, habitats

Summary:
action_date: 2019-01-11
text: 

Crooked River Ranch Fire Protection Act

 
This bill (1) modifies the boundary of the Deschutes Canyon-Steelhead Falls Wilderness Study Area in Oregon to exclude approximately 688 acres of public land; and (2) directs the Department of the Interior to manage such land to improve fire resiliency and forest health, including the conduct of wildfire prevention and response activities.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2019-02-05
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on National Parks, Forests, and Public Lands.
action_date: 2019-01-11
text: Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.
action_date: 2019-01-11
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2019-01-11
text: Introduced in House
Superior National Forest Land Exchange Act of 2019

Bill: 116-hr-527
Sponsor: Rep. Stauber, Pete [R-MN-8]
Introduced: 2019-01-14 in the House
Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources
Subjects: Forests, forestry, trees
Land transfers
Land use and conservation
Mining
Minnesota

Summary:
action_date: 2019-01-14
text: 

Superior National Forest Land Exchange Act of 2019

 This bill directs the Department of Agriculture (USDA), if the PolyMet Mining Corporation, Inc., offers to convey 6,690 acres of non-federal land within the Superior National Forest in St. Louis County and Lake County in Minnesota, to accept the offer and, in exchange, convey 6,650 acres of National Forest System land within the forest to PolyMet. 
The United States shall reserve the mineral rights on 181 acres of such federal land parcel.
 
PolyMet shall waive any payment otherwise owed to it by the United States to equalize the values of the exchanged lands.
 
Upon conveyance, the non-federal lands shall become part of the forest and be managed in a manner consistent with the land and resource management plan applicable to adjacent federally owned lands in the forest.
 
Upon conveyance, the federal land shall: (1) become private land and be made available for any lawful use in accordance with applicable federal, state, and local laws and regulations that pertain to mining and other uses of land in private ownership; and (2) be withdrawn from appropriation and disposal under public land laws and under laws relating to mineral and geothermal leasing. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2019-02-04
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on National Parks, Forests, and Public Lands.
action_date: 2019-01-14
text: Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.
action_date: 2019-01-14
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2019-01-14
text: Introduced in House
Blockchain Regulatory Certainty Act

Bill: 116-hr-528
Sponsor: Rep. Emmer, Tom [R-MN-6]
Introduced: 2019-01-14 in the House
Policy area: Finance and Financial Sector
Subjects: Advanced technology and technological innovations
Banking and financial institutions regulation
Computers and information technology
Currency
Financial services and investments
Licensing and registrations

Summary:
action_date: 2019-01-14
text: 

Blockchain Regulatory Certainty Act 

 
This bill exempts from certain financial reporting and licensing requirements blockchain developers and providers of blockchain services that do not take control of consumer funds. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2019-02-25
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Courts, Intellectual Property, and the Internet.
action_date: 2019-02-25
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security.
action_date: 2019-01-14
text: Referred to the Committee on Financial Services, and in addition to the Committee on the Judiciary, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
action_date: 2019-01-14
text: Referred to the Committee on Financial Services, and in addition to the Committee on the Judiciary, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
action_date: 2019-01-14
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2019-01-14
text: Introduced in House
National Intersection and Interchange Safety Construction Program Act of 2019

Bill: 116-hr-529
Sponsor: Rep. Emmer, Tom [R-MN-6]
Introduced: 2019-01-14 in the House
Policy area: Transportation and Public Works
Subjects: Roads and highways
Transportation programs funding
Transportation safety and security

Summary:
action_date: 2019-01-14
text: 

National Intersection and Interchange Safety Construction Program Act of 2019

 
This bill directs the Department of Transportation (DOT) to establish a national intersection and interchange safety construction grant program. Under the program, DOT may make grants to governmental entities and planning organizations to assist a project that is eligible for federal-aid highway funding and will improve the safety of intersections or interchanges on the National Highway System that are used by an average of 50,000 vehicles a day and are in immediate need of safety improvement.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2019-02-07
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Highways and Transit.
action_date: 2019-01-14
text: Referred to the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.
action_date: 2019-01-14
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2019-01-14
text: Introduced in House
Accelerating Broadband Development by Empowering Local Communities Act of 2019

Bill: 116-hr-530
Sponsor: Rep. Eshoo, Anna G. [D-CA-18]
Introduced: 2019-01-14 in the House
Policy area: Science, Technology, Communications
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Federal Communications Commission (FCC)
State and local government operations
Telephone and wireless communication

Summary:
action_date: 2019-01-14
text: 

Accelerating Broadband Development by Empowering Local Communities Act of 2019 

 
This bill nullifies rules issued by the Federal Communications Commission that revoke state and local authority to regulate telecommunications equipment deployment. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2019-01-25
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Communications and Technology.
action_date: 2019-01-14
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2019-01-14
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2019-01-14
text: Introduced in House
FIRED Act

Bill: 116-hr-531
Sponsor: Rep. Brown, Anthony G. [D-MD-4]
Introduced: 2019-01-14 in the House
Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement
Subjects: Department of Justice
Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI)
Federal officials
Presidents and presidential powers, Vice Presidents

Summary:
action_date: 2019-01-14
text: 

Fighting for Intelligent, Rational, and Ethical Dismissal Act or the FIRED Act

 
This bill limits the circumstances under which the President may remove the Director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation&mdash;specifically, for inefficiency, neglect of duty, or malfeasance.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2019-02-25
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security.
action_date: 2019-01-14
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2019-01-14
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2019-01-14
text: Introduced in House
Alternatives to Detention Act of 2019

Bill: 116-hr-532
Sponsor: Rep. Brown, Anthony G. [D-MD-4]
Introduced: 2019-01-14 in the House
Policy area: Immigration
Subjects: Border security and unlawful immigration
Child safety and welfare
Congressional oversight
Crime victims
Crimes against women
Department of Homeland Security
Detention of persons
Executive agency funding and structure
Family relationships
Human trafficking
Immigrant health and welfare
Immigration status and procedures
Public-private cooperation
Refugees, asylum, displaced persons
Sex, gender, sexual orientation discrimination

Summary:
action_date: 2019-01-14
text: 

Alternatives to Detention Act of 2019

 
This bill requires the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) to establish programs for providing alternatives to detaining individuals under the immigration laws, including community-based supervision and community support programs. DHS may not detain and must place in an alternative detention program individuals deemed members of a vulnerable population (e.g., asylum seekers, pregnant or nursing women, or crime victims), a parent of a child under age 18, or a caregiver. 
 
DHS shall not use alternative detention programs for (1) aliens subject to mandatory detention, or (2) aliens where release on bond or recognizance is deemed to be sufficient. 
 
DHS shall establish the position of Coordinator of Alternatives to Detention and Family Reunification to coordinate the use of alternative detention programs and to reunify parents with children separated from them. Executive departments shall cooperate with the coordinator to the greatest extent practicable to facilitate the performance of the coordinator's mission.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2019-02-25
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration and Citizenship.
action_date: 2019-01-14
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2019-01-14
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2019-01-14
text: Introduced in House
To amend title 41, United States Code, to require the head of each executive agency to consider the existence of qualified training programs of contractors in the award of certain contracts.

Bill: 116-hr-533
Sponsor: Rep. Brown, Anthony G. [D-MD-4]
Introduced: 2019-01-14 in the House
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Subjects: Employment and training programs
Executive agency funding and structure
Public contracts and procurement

Summary:
action_date: 2019-01-14
text: 
This bill requires each executive agency to take into account a contractor's training programs in evaluating offers for any contract in an amount greater than $25 million. Contracting officers must give consideration to a contractor that provides comprehensive training and education programs to develop its workforce, consistent with the agency's needs. In assessing past performance, contracting officers must consider the manner in which an incumbent contractor is educating, investing, and retaining the contractor's workforce.
 
Each agency shall develop workforce development investment incentives for contractors.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2019-01-14
text: Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Reform.
action_date: 2019-01-14
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2019-01-14
text: Introduced in House
Aidan’s Law

Bill: 116-hr-534
Sponsor: Rep. Clarke, Yvette D. [D-NY-9]
Introduced: 2019-01-14 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Advisory bodies
Child health
Health promotion and preventive care
Hereditary and development disorders
Medical tests and diagnostic methods
Neurological disorders

Summary:
action_date: 2019-01-14
text: 

Aidan's Law

 
This bill authorizes newborn screenings for adrenoleukodystrophy (also known as ALD), which is a hereditary condition that damages the insulating membrane of nerve cells in the brain. The bill authorizes hospitals, child care centers, clinics, and similar institutions to test newborns for ALD in accordance with state protocols; such protocols must be approved by the Discretionary Advisory Committee on Heritable Disorders in Newborns and Children.
 
The bill also reauthorizes for FY2020-FY2023 the heritable disorders screening program for newborns and children that is administered by the Health Resources and Services Administration.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2019-01-25
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2019-01-14
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2019-01-14
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2019-01-14
text: Introduced in House
Hurricane Florence Tax Relief Act

Bill: 116-hr-536
Sponsor: Rep. Holding, George [R-NC-2]
Introduced: 2019-01-14 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Charitable contributions
Disaster relief and insurance
Employee benefits and pensions
Income tax credits
Income tax deductions
Income tax exclusion
Natural disasters
North Carolina
Poverty and welfare assistance
South Carolina
Tax administration and collection, taxpayers
Tax treatment of families
Virginia
Wages and earnings

Summary:
action_date: 2019-01-14
text: 

Hurricane Florence Tax Relief Act

 
This bill allows various tax credits, tax deductions, and modifications to existing rules for individuals and businesses affected by Hurricane Florence. 
 
With respect to individuals and businesses in the affected areas, the bill 
 
 
 waives the 10% additional tax on early distributions from retirement plans for up to $100,000 in distributions made on or after September 13, 2018, and before January 1, 2020; 
 
 permits individuals to recontribute funds to retirement plans if the funds were distributed for a home purchase in a Hurricane Florence disaster area that was cancelled on account of the hurricane; 
 
 increases the limit and extends the repayment deadline for loans from retirement plans; 
 
 allows an employee retention tax credit for a portion of the wages paid to an employee whose principal place of employment on specified dates was in a Hurricane Florence disaster zone; 
 
 temporarily suspends the limitation on charitable contributions for relief efforts in the Hurricane Florence disaster area; 
 
 modifies the rules for the deduction for personal casualty losses; and 
 
 allows taxpayers to use earned income from the immediately preceding year for the purpose of determining earned income for the earned income tax credit and the child tax credit. 
 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2019-01-14
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2019-01-14
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2019-01-14
text: Introduced in House
Bureau of Reclamation Pumped Storage Hydropower Development Act

Bill: 116-hr-537
Sponsor: Rep. Lamborn, Doug [R-CO-5]
Introduced: 2019-01-14 in the House
Policy area: Water Resources Development
Subjects: Alternative and renewable resources
Electric power generation and transmission
Water storage
Water use and supply

Summary:
action_date: 2019-01-14
text: 

Bureau of Reclamation Pumped Storage Hydropower Development Act

 
This bill revises requirements governing the development of certain hydropower projects by nonfederal entities at reservoirs administered by the Bureau of Reclamation. Under current law, those hydropower developments may be governed by requirements of Reclamation or the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission. This bill gives Reclamation the sole authority to oversee the development of pumped storage hydropower by the nonfederal entities if the development exclusively utilizes Reclamation's reservoirs.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2019-12-05
text: Ordered to be Reported (Amended) by Unanimous Consent.
action_date: 2019-12-05
text: Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
action_date: 2019-12-05
text: Subcommittee on Energy and Mineral Resources Discharged.
action_date: 2019-12-05
text: Subcommittee on Water, Oceans, and Wildlife Discharged.
action_date: 2019-02-04
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Energy and Mineral Resources.
action_date: 2019-02-04
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Water, Oceans, and Wildlife.
action_date: 2019-01-14
text: Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.
action_date: 2019-01-14
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2019-01-14
text: Introduced in House
CLEARANCES Act

Bill: 116-hr-538
Sponsor: Rep. Lieu, Ted [D-CA-33]
Introduced: 2019-01-14 in the House
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Subjects: Congressional oversight
Executive Office of the President
Federal officials
Government employee pay, benefits, personnel management
Government studies and investigations
Intelligence activities, surveillance, classified information
Presidents and presidential powers, Vice Presidents

Summary:
action_date: 2019-01-14
text: 

Commonsense Legislation Ensuring Accountability by Reporting Access of Non-Cleared Employees to Secrets Act or the CLEARANCES Act

 
This bill requires the President to submit quarterly reports to Congress on security clearance information with respect to individuals working in the White House or in the Executive Office of the President.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2019-01-14
text: Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Reform.
action_date: 2019-01-14
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2019-01-14
text: Introduced in House
To require the Federal Railroad Administration to provide appropriate congressional notice of comprehensive safety assessments conducted with respect to intercity or commuter rail passenger transportation.

Bill: 116-hr-543
Sponsor: Rep. Sires, Albio [D-NJ-8]
Introduced: 2019-01-14 in the House
Policy area: Transportation and Public Works
Subjects: Congressional oversight
Government studies and investigations
Public transit
Railroads
Transportation safety and security

Summary:
action_date: 2019-01-14
text: 
This bill requires the Federal Railroad Administration (1) within 10 days after it initiates a comprehensive safety assessment of an entity providing regularly scheduled intercity or commuter rail passenger service, to notify specified congressional committees and each Member of Congress representing a state in which the service that is the subject of the assessment being conducted is located, of the initiation of that assessment; and (2) within 90 days after completing such assessment, to report the findings of such assessment to such committees and Members.

action_date: 2019-02-07
text: 
(Sec. 1) This bill requires the Federal Railroad Administration (1) within 10 days after it initiates a comprehensive safety assessment of an entity providing regularly scheduled intercity or commuter rail passenger service, to notify specified congressional committees and each Member of Congress representing a state in which the service that is the subject of the assessment being conducted is located, of the initiation of that assessment; and (2) within 90 days after completing such assessment, to report the findings of such assessment to such committees and Members.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2019-02-07
text: Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
action_date: 2019-02-06
text: Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
action_date: 2019-02-06
text: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill Agreed to by voice vote. (text: CR H1372)
action_date: 2019-02-06
text: Passed/agreed to in House: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill Agreed to by voice vote.(text: CR H1372)
action_date: 2019-02-06
text: DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on H.R. 543.
action_date: 2019-02-06
text: Considered under suspension of the rules. (consideration: CR H1372)
action_date: 2019-02-06
text: Ms. Norton moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill.
action_date: 2019-01-14
text: Referred to the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.
action_date: 2019-01-14
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2019-01-14
text: Introduced in House
Continuing Federal Employee Leave Policy Act of 2019

Bill: 116-hr-544
Sponsor: Rep. Young, Don [R-AK-At Large]
Introduced: 2019-01-14 in the House
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Subjects: Appropriations
Government employee pay, benefits, personnel management

Summary:
action_date: 2019-01-14
text: 

Continuing Federal Employee Leave Policy Act of 2019

 
This bill requires federal employees to accrue annual and sick leave during a lapse in appropriations.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2019-01-14
text: Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Reform.
action_date: 2019-01-14
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2019-01-14
text: Introduced in House
Financial Relief for Feds Act of 2019

Bill: 116-hr-545
Sponsor: Rep. Olson, Pete [R-TX-22]
Introduced: 2019-01-15 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Appropriations
Employee benefits and pensions
Executive agency funding and structure
Government employee pay, benefits, personnel management
Income tax deferral
Income tax exclusion
Income tax rates
Public contracts and procurement
State and local government operations

Summary:
action_date: 2019-01-15
text: 

Financial Relief for Feds Act of 2019

 
This bill allows certain employees who are not paid during a lapse in federal appropriations to make penalty-free withdrawals from retirement accounts. The bill applies to employees of the federal government, federal contractors, federal grantees, and the District of Columbia. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2019-03-01
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Oversight.
action_date: 2019-01-15
text: Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committee on 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: 2019-01-15
text: Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committee on 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: 2019-01-15
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2019-01-15
text: Introduced in House
Border Bonds for America Act of 2019

Bill: 116-hr-546
Sponsor: Rep. Palazzo, Steven M. [R-MS-4]
Introduced: 2019-01-15 in the House
Policy area: Immigration
Subjects: Appropriations
Border security and unlawful immigration
Government trust funds
Securities

Summary:
action_date: 2019-01-15
text: 

Border Bonds for America Act of 2019 

 
This bill directs the Department of the Treasury to issue up to $5 billion in bonds in a fiscal year, with proceeds going into a trust fund for the construction of reinforced fencing, physical barriers, and related infrastructure for the southwest border with Mexico. Treasury may issue such bonds for 30 years from the bill's enactment date.
 
The bill also authorizes Treasury to accept gifts of money for the same purpose. 
 



Legislative actions:
action_date: 2019-02-04
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Border Security, Facilitation, and Operations.
action_date: 2019-01-15
text: Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committee on Homeland Security, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
action_date: 2019-01-15
text: Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committee on Homeland Security, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
action_date: 2019-01-15
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2019-01-15
text: Introduced in House