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SAFE SEX Workers Study Act

Bill: 116-hr-5448
Sponsor: Rep. Khanna, Ro [D-CA-17]
Introduced: 2019-12-17 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Congressional oversight
Crime victims
Criminal investigation, prosecution, interrogation
Government studies and investigations
HIV/AIDS
Health information and medical records
Homelessness and emergency shelter
Human trafficking
Internet and video services
Internet, web applications, social media
Mental health
Racial and ethnic relations
Rural conditions and development
Sex and reproductive health
Sex, gender, sexual orientation discrimination
Sexually transmitted diseases
Violent crime
Worker safety and health

Summary:
action_date: 2019-12-17
text: 

SESTA/FOSTA Examination of Secondary Effects for Sex Workers Study Act or the SAFE SEX Workers Study Act

 
 This bill requires the Department of Health and Human Services to study the impacts of the reduction in access to client-screening, information-sharing, and harm-reduction websites resulting from the Allow States and Victims to Fight Online Sex Trafficking Act of 2017 on individuals engaged in adult, consensual sex work. 
 
The study must utilize community-based nonprofits to conduct surveys and interviews of sex workers to collect information about (1) experiences of violence from clients; (2) interactions with law enforcement; (3) experiences with exploitation; and (4) the impact on housing stability and mental health, among other effects. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2019-12-18
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2019-12-17
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2019-12-17
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2019-12-17
text: Introduced in House
Road User Charge Advancement Act of 2019

Bill: 116-hr-5449
Sponsor: Rep. Blumenauer, Earl [D-OR-3]
Introduced: 2019-12-17 in the House
Policy area: Transportation and Public Works
Subjects: Roads and highways
Transportation programs funding
User charges and fees

Summary:
action_date: 2019-12-17
text: 

Road User Charge Advancement Act of 2019

 
This bill revises and reauthorizes through FY2025 the Department of Transportation's (DOT's) surface transportation system funding alternatives program. Under the program, DOT provides grants to states to demonstrate user-based alternative revenue mechanisms that utilize a user fee structure to maintain the long-term solvency of the Highway Trust Fund.
 
Specifically, the bill
 
 
increases funding to carry out the program;
 
authorizes DOT to provide grants for states to test solutions to ensure the privacy and security of data collected for the purpose of implementing a user-based alternative revenue mechanism;
 
revises reporting requirements for DOT; and
 
requires DOT to provide special consideration to projects that carry out activities not previously carried out to advance the knowledge and practice of surface transportation system funding alternatives or that collect revenues from pilot project participants.



Legislative actions:
action_date: 2019-12-18
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Highways and Transit.
action_date: 2019-12-17
text: Referred to the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.
action_date: 2019-12-17
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2019-12-17
text: Introduced in House
Cleaner, Quieter Airplanes Act

Bill: 116-hr-5450
Sponsor: Rep. Beyer, Donald S., Jr. [D-VA-8]
Introduced: 2019-12-17 in the House
Policy area: Science, Technology, Communications
Subjects: Advanced technology and technological innovations
Air quality
Aviation and airports
Climate change and greenhouse gases
Congressional oversight
Environmental technology
Noise pollution

Summary:
action_date: 2019-12-17
text: 

Cleaner, Quieter Airplanes Act

 
This bill directs the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) to establish an initiative to build upon and accelerate previous or ongoing work to develop and demonstrate new technologies in aircraft concepts that are capable of reducing both greenhouse gas emissions and noise emissions from aircraft by at least 50%. The goal of the initiative shall be to deploy new technologies developed pursuant to the initiative on (1) regional transport aircraft intended to enter into service by 2030, and (2) single-aisle aircraft designed to accommodate more than 125 passengers intended to enter into service by 2040.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2019-12-17
text: Referred to the House Committee on Science, Space, and Technology.
action_date: 2019-12-17
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2019-12-17
text: Introduced in House
To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 599 East Genesse Street in Fayetteville, New York, as the George H. Bacel Post Office Building.

Bill: 116-hr-5451
Sponsor: Rep. Katko, John [R-NY-24]
Introduced: 2019-12-17 in the House
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Subjects: Congressional tributes
Government buildings, facilities, and property
New York State
Postal service

Summary:
action_date: 2019-12-17
text: Designates the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 599 East Genesse Street in Fayetteville, New York, as the "George H. Bacel Post Office Building."
action_date: 2021-01-05
text: 
Designates the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 599 East Genesse [
sic
] Street in Fayetteville, New York, as the "George H. Bacel Post Office Building."


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-01-05
text: Became Public Law No: 116-300.
action_date: 2021-01-05
text: Became Public Law No: 116-300.
action_date: 2021-01-05
text: Signed by President.
action_date: 2021-01-05
text: Signed by President.
action_date: 2020-12-24
text: Presented to President.
action_date: 2020-12-24
text: Presented to President.
action_date: 2020-12-18
text: Message on Senate action sent to the House.
action_date: 2020-12-17
text: Passed Senate without amendment by Unanimous Consent.
action_date: 2020-12-17
text: Passed/agreed to in Senate: Passed Senate without amendment by Unanimous Consent.
action_date: 2020-12-17
text: Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs discharged by Unanimous Consent. (consideration: CR S7643-7644)
action_date: 2020-12-17
text: Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs discharged by Unanimous Consent.
action_date: 2020-12-11
text: Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.
action_date: 2020-12-10
text: Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
action_date: 2020-12-10
text: On passage Passed without objection. (text: CR H7135)
action_date: 2020-12-10
text: Passed/agreed to in House: On passage Passed without objection.(text: CR H7135)
action_date: 2020-12-10
text: Considered by unanimous consent. (consideration: CR H7135)
action_date: 2020-12-10
text: Committee on Oversight and Reform discharged.
action_date: 2020-12-10
text: Committee on Oversight and Reform discharged.
action_date: 2020-12-10
text: Ms. Kelly (IL) asked unanimous consent to discharge from committee and consider.
action_date: 2020-09-16
text: Ordered to be Reported by Unanimous Consent.
action_date: 2020-09-16
text: Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
action_date: 2019-12-17
text: Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Reform.
action_date: 2019-12-17
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2019-12-17
text: Introduced in House

Enacted as: number: 116-300
Sandy Duplication of Benefits Fairness Act

Bill: 116-hr-5452
Sponsor: Rep. King, Peter T. [R-NY-2]
Introduced: 2019-12-17 in the House
Policy area: Emergency Management
Subjects: Disaster relief and insurance
Government lending and loan guarantees
Housing and community development funding
Housing finance and home ownership
Natural disasters
Residential rehabilitation and home repair
Small business

Summary:
action_date: 2019-12-17
text: 

Sandy Duplication of Benefits Fairness Act

 
This bill expands the applicability of the waiver of the prohibition against duplication of benefits for disaster relief recipients following Superstorm Sandy. Under current law, the waiver period extends from January 1, 2016, through December 31, 2021. This bill begins that period on October 1, 2012, through December 31, 2021. This change would permit individuals who suffered losses resulting from Superstorm Sandy and who initially applied for and received federal benefits, including Small Business Administration disaster relief loans, to receive additional federal benefits, including funds under the Department of Housing and Urban Development Block Grant for Disaster Relief (CDBG-DR), without having to repay such additional benefits.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2019-12-18
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Economic Development, Public Buildings, and Emergency Management.
action_date: 2019-12-17
text: Referred to the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.
action_date: 2019-12-17
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2019-12-17
text: Introduced in House
Prevent Interruptions in Physical Therapy Act of 2019

Bill: 116-hr-5453
Sponsor: Rep. Lujan, Ben Ray [D-NM-3]
Introduced: 2019-12-17 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Contracts and agency
Health care coverage and access
Health personnel
Home and outpatient care
Long-term, rehabilitative, and terminal care
Medicare

Summary:
action_date: 2019-12-17
text: 

Prevent Interruptions in Physical Therapy Act of 2019

 
This bill allows a physical therapist to receive payment under Medicare for services provided to the physical therapist's patients by another physical therapist through a qualifying temporary arrangement, regardless of the geographic area or population served. Currently, physical therapists may only receive payment with respect to such arrangements for services provided in medically underserved, rural, or health professional shortage areas.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2019-12-18
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2019-12-17
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: 2019-12-17
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: 2019-12-17
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2019-12-17
text: Introduced in House
Fairness for Landowners Facing Eminent Domain Act

Bill: 116-hr-5454
Sponsor: Rep. Malinowski, Tom [D-NJ-7]
Introduced: 2019-12-17 in the House
Policy area: Energy
Subjects: Environmental regulatory procedures
Land use and conservation
Licensing and registrations
Oil and gas
Pipelines
Property rights

Summary:
action_date: 2019-12-17
text: 

Fairness for Landowners Facing Eminent Domain Act

 
This bill addresses the use of eminent domain by the holder of a certificate of public convenience and necessity to acquire land or property with respect to the construction and operation of a natural gas pipeline facility.
 
Specifically, the bill 
 
 
prohibits the use of eminent domain unless the holder (1) obtains all federal and state permits required by law for the construction and operation of pipeline facilities, and (2) complies with all environmental conditions appended to the certificate order;
 
suspends eminent domain authority if (1) the holder requests a material amendment to the certificate, or (2) a federal or state permit held by the holder is vacated or remanded; and
 
prohibits the use of eminent domain if the pipeline, land, or other property necessary for the construction and operation of the natural gas pipeline is attached to any facility that imports or exports natural gas from or to a foreign country.
 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2019-12-18
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Energy.
action_date: 2019-12-17
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2019-12-17
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2019-12-17
text: Introduced in House
Public Housing Residents Protection Act of 2019

Bill: 116-hr-5455
Sponsor: Rep. Maloney, Carolyn B. [D-NY-12]
Introduced: 2019-12-17 in the House
Policy area: Housing and Community Development
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Government information and archives
Housing industry and standards
Low- and moderate-income housing
Public housing
State and local government operations

Summary:
action_date: 2019-12-17
text: 

Public Housing Residents Protection Act of 2019

 
This bill requires public housing agencies (PHAs) to take certain actions when selling or leasing assets.
 
Specifically, a PHA must ensure that such a sale or lease financially benefits the residents of the public housing project as well as the budget of the PHA. Further, if a buyer or lessee intends to derive a product or service from the asset, the PHA must require that the product or service be offered and provided to residents of the public housing project before being offered and provided to nonresidents.
 
Additionally, a PHA must include certain information regarding assets it intends to sell or lease in the upcoming year in its annual plan.
 

 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2019-12-17
text: Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services.
action_date: 2019-12-17
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2019-12-17
text: Introduced in House
Family Medical Leave Modernization Act

Bill: 116-hr-5456
Sponsor: Rep. Maloney, Carolyn B. [D-NY-12]
Introduced: 2019-12-17 in the House
Policy area: Labor and Employment
Subjects: Aging
Employee benefits and pensions
Employee leave
Family relationships
Government employee pay, benefits, personnel management
Military personnel and dependents

Summary:
action_date: 2019-12-17
text: 

Family Medical Leave Modernization Act

 
This bill amends the Family and Medical Leave Act of 1993 to expand the number of individuals who are permitted to take leave under that Act. 
 
The bill grants leave to private sector and federal employees to care for a domestic partner and any individual related by blood or affinity whose close association with such employees is the equivalent of a family relationship if (1) such individual has a serious health condition, or (2) there is a qualifying exigency due to such employees' active duty in the Armed Forces. 
 
The bill entitles an employee who is a domestic partner, next of kin of a member of the Armed Forces, or any individual related by blood or affinity to a service member whose close association is the equivalent of a family relationship to take leave to care for the service member. 
 
The bill entitles private sector and federal employees to take additional leave to participate in or attend their children's and grandchildren's school or community organization activities, meet routine family medical care needs, or care for their elderly relatives. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2019-12-17
text: Referred to the Committee on Education and Labor, and in addition to the Committees on Oversight and Reform, and House Administration, 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: 2019-12-17
text: Referred to the Committee on Education and Labor, and in addition to the Committees on Oversight and Reform, and House Administration, 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: 2019-12-17
text: Referred to the Committee on Education and Labor, and in addition to the Committees on Oversight and Reform, and House Administration, 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: 2019-12-17
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2019-12-17
text: Introduced in House
Carbon Reduction and Tax Credit Act

Bill: 116-hr-5457
Sponsor: Rep. Maloney, Sean Patrick [D-NY-18]
Introduced: 2019-12-17 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Air quality
Climate change and greenhouse gases
Coal
Income tax credits
Inflation and prices
Mining
Oil and gas
Sales and excise taxes

Summary:
action_date: 2019-12-17
text: 

Carbon Reduction and Tax Credit Act 

 
This bill imposes an excise tax based on the carbon content of fuel. The tax is equal to $40 per ton of carbon contained in fuel (1) produced at a coal mine or an oil or gas well located in the United States; or (2) entered into the United States for consumption, use, or warehousing. The bill requires the tax rate to be adjusted for inflation. 
 
The bill also allows a refundable tax credit of up to $1,000 for each individual taxpayer and each dependent of the taxpayer. The credit must be reduced by a specified amount if the taxpayer's adjusted gross income exceeds $314,000 ($157,000 in the case of a return other than a joint return). The bill requires that the dollar amounts of the credit be adjusted for inflation and specifies that nonresident aliens are ineligible for the credit. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2019-12-17
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2019-12-17
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2019-12-17
text: Introduced in House
To direct the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System to revise the transfers and withdrawals limit with respect to savings deposits and transaction accounts, and for other purposes.

Bill: 116-hr-5460
Sponsor: Rep. Perry, Scott [R-PA-10]
Introduced: 2019-12-17 in the House
Policy area: Finance and Financial Sector
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Bank accounts, deposits, capital
Federal Reserve System

Summary:
action_date: 2019-12-17
text: 
This bill directs the Federal Reserve Board to increase (1) the number of transfers and withdrawals permitted for savings deposit accounts, and (2) the withdrawal threshold for transaction accounts.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2019-12-17
text: Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services.
action_date: 2019-12-17
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2019-12-17
text: Introduced in House
To provide that the Secretary of Homeland Security may not admit to the United States as a nonimmigrant under certain categories aliens who are nationals of noncompliant countries, and for other purposes.

Bill: 116-hr-5461
Sponsor: Rep. Perry, Scott [R-PA-10]
Introduced: 2019-12-17 in the House
Policy area: Immigration
Subjects: Immigration status and procedures
Visas and passports

Summary:
action_date: 2019-12-17
text: 
This bill prohibits the Department of Homeland Security from admitting into the United States an alien as a nonimmigrant under certain visa categories, if the alien is a national of a country that is noncompliant as to repatriating its nationals who have been ordered removed from the United States.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2020-01-28
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration and Citizenship.
action_date: 2019-12-17
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2019-12-17
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2019-12-17
text: Introduced in House
BUSREGS21 Act

Bill: 116-hr-5462
Sponsor: Rep. Perry, Scott [R-PA-10]
Introduced: 2019-12-17 in the House
Policy area: Transportation and Public Works
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Advisory bodies
Civil actions and liability
Congressional oversight
Department of Transportation
Elementary and secondary education
Government studies and investigations
Licensing and registrations
Motor carriers
Public contracts and procurement
Public transit
Transportation employees
Transportation programs funding
Transportation safety and security
User charges and fees
Worker safety and health

Summary:
action_date: 2019-12-17
text: 

Buses United for Safety, Regulatory Reform, and Enhanced Growth for the 21st Century Act or the BUSREGS21 Act

 
This bill addresses provisions related to passenger motor carriers, including school buses.
 
Among other matters, the bill
 
 
prescribes requirements for, and limitations on, the use of Department of Transportation (DOT) motor coach carrier safety fitness determinations;
 
exempts commercial motor coach drivers, motor coach carriers, and private school bus carriers from certain proposed regulations and requirements, including requirements related to obstructive sleep apnea, and the installation of speed limiting devices;
 
requires DOT to establish a committee to modernize Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA) regulations applicable to the operations of passenger motor carriers;
 
requires the Government Accountability Office to conduct a study assessing the effects of FMCSA and National Highway Traffic Safety Administration regulations affecting certain small fleet motor carriers that were finalized in the preceding ten years; 
 
directs DOT to carry out a pilot program to compare the effectiveness of prescheduled inspections with random destination inspections on passenger motor carriers;
 
prohibits DOT from promulgating any new regulatory mandates for motor coaches or school buses that are not based solely on sound data and science that will directly reduce crashes; and
 
creates an incentive program for public transit agencies that contract with the private sector for fixed route bus transportation services.
 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2019-12-18
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Highways and Transit.
action_date: 2019-12-17
text: Referred to the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.
action_date: 2019-12-17
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2019-12-17
text: Introduced in House
Healthy Meal Time Act of 2019

Bill: 116-hr-5463
Sponsor: Rep. Schrier, Kim [D-WA-8]
Introduced: 2019-12-17 in the House
Policy area: Agriculture and Food
Subjects: Child health
Elementary and secondary education
Government information and archives
Government studies and investigations
Nutrition and diet

Summary:
action_date: 2019-12-17
text: 

Healthy Meal Time Act of 2019

 
This bill requires the Department of Agriculture (USDA) to enter into an agreement with an independent, nonpartisan, science-based research organization to carry out a study on the time lunches are served, the time that recess is offered, and the duration of lunch periods at schools participating in the National School Lunch Program.
 
USDA must also
 
 
make the findings of the study publicly available online;
 
establish a task force, in coordination with the Department of Education, to review the study, review other related research, and develop best practices for lunch and recess periods to ensure student health, including appropriate nutritional intake; and
 
issue guidance regarding such best practices to schools participating in the National School Lunch Program.
 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2019-12-17
text: Referred to the House Committee on Education and Labor.
action_date: 2019-12-17
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2019-12-17
text: Introduced in House