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Highway Trust Fund Reform Act of 2019

Bill: 116-hr-3904
Sponsor: Rep. Foxx, Virginia [R-NC-5]
Introduced: 2019-07-23 in the House
Policy area: Transportation and Public Works
Subjects: Public contracts and procurement
Public transit
Roads and highways
Transportation programs funding
Wages and earnings

Summary:
action_date: 2019-07-23
text: 

Highway Trust Fund Reform Act of 2019 

 
This bill eliminates the requirement that all laborers and mechanics working on federal-aid highway and public transportation projects shall be paid wages at rates not less than the locally prevailing wage rate.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2019-07-24
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Highways and Transit.
action_date: 2019-07-23
text: Referred to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, and in addition to the Committee on Education and Labor, 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: 2019-07-23
text: Referred to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, and in addition to the Committee on Education and Labor, 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: 2019-07-23
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2019-07-23
text: Introduced in House
Social Security Administration Accountability Act of 2019

Bill: 116-hr-3905
Sponsor: Rep. Higgins, Brian [D-NY-26]
Introduced: 2019-07-23 in the House
Policy area: Social Welfare
Subjects: Administrative remedies
Executive agency funding and structure
Government information and archives
Social Security Administration
Social security and elderly assistance

Summary:
action_date: 2019-07-23
text: 

 Social Security Administration Accountability Act of 

2019

 
This bill revises requirements regarding the content and submission of the annual budget for the Social Security Administration (SSA) and restricts the SSA from closing or consolidating a field or hearing office without providing specified notice and justification. The Government Accountability Office must report specified information relating to the average length of time for certain reviews of applications for disability insurance benefits.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2019-07-23
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Social Security.
action_date: 2019-07-23
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2019-07-23
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2019-07-23
text: Introduced in House
DONE Act

Bill: 116-hr-3906
Sponsor: Rep. Jayapal, Pramila [D-WA-7]
Introduced: 2019-07-23 in the House
Policy area: Immigration
Subjects: Assault and harassment offenses
Border security and unlawful immigration
Congressional oversight
Correctional facilities and imprisonment
Detention of persons
Government buildings, facilities, and property
Government information and archives
Government studies and investigations
Health care coverage and access
Immigration status and procedures
Lawyers and legal services
Mental health
Public contracts and procurement
Sex offenses
Women's health

Summary:
action_date: 2019-07-23
text: 

Detention Oversight, Not Expansion Act or the DONE Act

 
This bill prohibits the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) from using any federal funds to construct or expand immigration detention facilities and requires additional oversight of such facilities. 
 
The DHS Inspector General shall conduct various oversight activities into immigration detention facilities, including (1) periodic unannounced inspections; (2) audits to ensure compliance with various legal requirements; and (3) investigations into issues such as deaths in custody, detainee access to medical and mental health care, and sexual assault and harassment. DHS may not continue a contract with any facility deemed less than adequate in two of the most recent inspector general inspections, audits, or investigations. 
 
The Office for Civil Rights and Civil Liberties within DHS shall (1) investigate civil rights and civil liberties complaints in immigration detention facilities, and (2) periodically release on a public website data about such complaints and investigations. 
 
The bill requires various reports to Congress, including a DHS plan for decreasing the number of immigration detention beds and implementing community-based alternatives to detention.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2019-08-15
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration and Citizenship.
action_date: 2019-07-23
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2019-07-23
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2019-07-23
text: Introduced in House
Department of Homeland Security Insider Threat and Mitigation Act of 2019

Bill: 116-hr-3907
Sponsor: Rep. King, Peter T. [R-NY-2]
Introduced: 2019-07-23 in the House
Policy area: Emergency Management
Subjects: Congressional oversight
Department of Homeland Security
Employment and training programs
Espionage and treason
Executive agency funding and structure
Government studies and investigations
Intelligence activities, surveillance, classified information
Technology assessment

Summary:
action_date: 2019-07-23
text: 

Department of Homeland Security Insider Threat and Mitigation Act of 2019

 
This bill directs the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) to establish an Insider Threat Program.
 
Such program shall (1) provide training and education for DHS personnel to identify, prevent, mitigate, and respond to insider threat risks to DHS's critical assets; (2) provide investigative support regarding such threats; and (3) conduct risk mitigation activities for such threats.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2019-08-21
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Intelligence and Counterterrorism.
action_date: 2019-08-21
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Oversight, Management, and Accountability.
action_date: 2019-07-23
text: Referred to the House Committee on Homeland Security.
action_date: 2019-07-23
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2019-07-23
text: Introduced in House
Truth in Spending Act of 2019

Bill: 116-hr-3908
Sponsor: Rep. Kinzinger, Adam [R-IL-16]
Introduced: 2019-07-23 in the House
Policy area: Economics and Public Finance
Subjects: Accounting and auditing
Budget deficits and national debt
Budget process
Legislative rules and procedure

Summary:
action_date: 2019-07-23
text: 

Truth in Spending Act of 2019 

 
This bill requires the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) to submit to the President, for inclusion in the President's annual budget submission, specified reports regarding the difference between the actual costs of direct spending legislation and the costs that were estimated by the Congressional Budget Office and the OMB. (Direct spending, also known as mandatory spending, is spending provided by laws other than appropriations Acts.)
 
If the actual total cost of the direct spending legislation exceeds the estimated total cost, the report must also include proposed legislative language to eliminate the excess cost.
 
Within seven days of receiving a report from the OMB, the President must submit to Congress any proposed legislative language included in the report. Congress must then consider the proposed legislation using specified expedited legislative procedures.
 
The budgetary effects of legislation considered pursuant to this bill may not be entered on the Pay-As-You-Go (PAYGO) scorecards maintained under the Statutory Pay-As-You-Go Act of 2010. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2019-07-23
text: Referred to the Committee on the Budget, and in addition to the Committee on Rules, 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: 2019-07-23
text: Referred to the Committee on the Budget, and in addition to the Committee on Rules, 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: 2019-07-23
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2019-07-23
text: Introduced in House
Supporting Adopted Children and Families Act of 2019

Bill: 116-hr-3909
Sponsor: Rep. Langevin, James R. [D-RI-2]
Introduced: 2019-07-23 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Adoption and foster care
Child health
Child safety and welfare
Family services
Health programs administration and funding
Mental health

Summary:
action_date: 2019-07-23
text: 

Supporting Adopted Children and Families Act of 2019

 
 This bill requires the Administration for Children and Families (ACF) to award grants to states for post-adoption and post-legal guardianship mental health services. Specifically, grants may be used to implement statewide direct service programs such as educational support or counseling to aid adoptive parents and families in addressing common behavioral health issues among adopted children. Grants also may be used for activities such as peer-to-peer mentoring, crisis intervention, program evaluation, policy development, and research, among others uses.
 
 The ACF must grant only one awards per state, or state-designated entity, and preference must be given to eligible entities that partner with a state's mental health agency and have demonstrated success at increasing adoption and legal guardianship competency.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2019-07-23
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Worker and Family Support.
action_date: 2019-07-23
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2019-07-23
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2019-07-23
text: Introduced in House
Equality in Medicare and Medicaid Treatment Act of 2019

Bill: 116-hr-3910
Sponsor: Rep. Lewis, John [D-GA-5]
Introduced: 2019-07-23 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Health care costs and insurance
Health care coverage and access
Health care quality
Health programs administration and funding
Health promotion and preventive care
Medicaid
Medicare
Mental health
Minority health
Rural conditions and development
Sex and reproductive health
Women's health

Summary:
action_date: 2019-07-23
text: 

Equality in Medicare and Medicaid Treatment Act of 2019

 
This bill requires the Center for Medicare and Medicaid Innovation to test a payment model that addresses social determinants of health and health disparities, particularly with respect to minorities, underserved areas, and high-risk individuals. The bill also generally incorporates consideration of such factors into the selection, implementation, and evaluation of other models, including the decision as to whether to expand a model's duration and scope.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2019-07-24
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2019-07-23
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2019-07-23
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: 2019-07-23
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: 2019-07-23
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2019-07-23
text: Introduced in House
Increasing Access to Quality Cardiac Rehabilitation Care Act of 2019

Bill: 116-hr-3911
Sponsor: Rep. Lewis, John [D-GA-5]
Introduced: 2019-07-23 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Cardiovascular and respiratory health
Health personnel
Long-term, rehabilitative, and terminal care
Medicare
Nursing

Summary:
action_date: 2019-07-23
text: 

Increasing Access to Quality Cardiac Rehabilitation Care Act of 2019

 
This bill accelerates and expands certain changes that are scheduled to take effect relating to the coverage of cardiac, intensive cardiac, and pulmonary rehabilitation programs under Medicare.
 
Currently, such programs require physician supervision. Effective January 1, 2024, physician assistants, nurse practitioners, and clinical nurse specialists may also supervise these programs. The bill expedites the effective date of these changes to January 1, 2020, and also allows these practitioners to administer programs in their offices, prepare and sign treatment plans, and prescribe exercise.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2019-07-24
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2019-07-23
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2019-07-23
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: 2019-07-23
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: 2019-07-23
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2019-07-23
text: Introduced in House
Chronic Kidney Disease Improvement in Research and Treatment Act

Bill: 116-hr-3912
Sponsor: Rep. Lewis, John [D-GA-5]
Introduced: 2019-07-23 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Aging
Congressional oversight
Debt collection
Department of Health and Human Services
Digestive and metabolic diseases
Drug therapy
Government studies and investigations
Health care costs and insurance
Health care coverage and access
Health care quality
Health facilities and institutions
Health information and medical records
Health personnel
Health programs administration and funding
Health promotion and preventive care
Health technology, devices, supplies
Hospital care
Long-term, rehabilitative, and terminal care
Medical education
Medical research
Medicare
National and community service
Performance measurement
Student aid and college costs

Summary:
action_date: 2019-07-23
text: 

Chronic Kidney Disease Improvement in Research and Treatment Act

 
This bill expands, establishes, and otherwise modifies requirements under Medicare and other health care programs relating to individuals with end-stage renal disease (ESRD).
 
Among other things, the bill
 
 
expands the scope of the National Health Service Corps to specifically include kidney disease specialists,
 
modifies payments under the Medicare ESRD program to exclude certain adjustment factors (e.g., comorbidities),
 
authorizes incentive payments for renal dialysis facilities that exceed performance standards under the Medicare ESRD program, and
 
 expands guaranteed issue rights with respect to Medigap policies (Medicare supplemental health insurance policies) to all ESRD beneficiaries.
 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2019-07-24
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2019-07-23
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2019-07-23
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: 2019-07-23
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: 2019-07-23
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2019-07-23
text: Introduced in House
To authorize the Secretary of Education to provide grants for education programs on the history of the treatment of Italian Americans during World War II.

Bill: 116-hr-3913
Sponsor: Rep. Lofgren, Zoe [D-CA-19]
Introduced: 2019-07-23 in the House
Policy area: Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues
Subjects: Conflicts and wars
Education programs funding
Europe
Historical and cultural resources
Italy
Racial and ethnic relations
U.S. history

Summary:
action_date: 2019-07-23
text: 
This bill authorizes the Department of Education to provide grants for public awareness education programs on the history of the treatment of Italian Americans during World War II. 
 
In awarding such grants, priority shall be given to Italian American historical and cultural organizations.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2019-07-23
text: Referred to the House Committee on Education and Labor.
action_date: 2019-07-23
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2019-07-23
text: Introduced in House
To apologize for the treatment of Italian Americans during World War II.

Bill: 116-hr-3914
Sponsor: Rep. Lofgren, Zoe [D-CA-19]
Introduced: 2019-07-23 in the House
Policy area: Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues
Subjects: Conflicts and wars
Constitution and constitutional amendments
Europe
First Amendment rights
Italy
Racial and ethnic relations
U.S. history

Summary:
action_date: 2019-07-23
text: 
This bill declares that Congress apologizes on behalf of the nation for violations of the civil liberties and constitutional rights of Italian Americans during World War II.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2019-08-15
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on the Constitution, Civil Rights, and Civil Liberties.
action_date: 2019-07-23
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2019-07-23
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2019-07-23
text: Introduced in House
ARPA–E Reauthorization and Reform Act of 2019

Bill: 116-hr-3915
Sponsor: Rep. Lucas, Frank D. [R-OK-3]
Introduced: 2019-07-23 in the House
Policy area: Science, Technology, Communications
Subjects: Advanced technology and technological innovations
Air quality
Climate change and greenhouse gases
Congressional oversight
Energy efficiency and conservation
Energy research
Energy storage, supplies, demand
Environmental assessment, monitoring, research
Hazardous wastes and toxic substances
Performance measurement
Radioactive wastes and releases

Summary:
action_date: 2019-07-23
text: 

ARPA-E Reauthorization and Reform Act of 2019
 
 
This bill revises and reauthorizes requirements governing the Advanced Research Projects Agency-Energy (ARPA-E) in the Department of Energy (DOE). 
 
This bill requires ARPA-E to overcome the long-term and high-risk technological barriers in the development of transformative science and technology solutions to address energy, environmental, economic, and national security challenges. (Currently, ARPA-E must overcome barriers in the development of energy technologies.)
 
The bill expands the goals of ARPA-E to include the development of energy technologies that
 
 
provide transformative solutions to improve management of radioactive waste, 
 
improve the efficiency and reduce the environmental impact of energy production, and
 
address other challenges within the mission of DOE.
 
 
The bill expands the responsibility of ARPA-E to accelerate novel early-stage research to include nonenergy research. 
 
ARPA-E must ensure that it does not fund an advanced technology project unless the prospective grantee has demonstrated sufficient attempts to secure private financing or that such project is not independently commercially viable.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2019-07-23
text: Referred to the House Committee on Science, Space, and Technology.
action_date: 2019-07-23
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2019-07-23
text: Introduced in House
Native American Seeds Protection Act of 2019

Bill: 116-hr-3916
Sponsor: Rep. Lujan, Ben Ray [D-NM-3]
Introduced: 2019-07-23 in the House
Policy area: Native Americans
Subjects: Agricultural marketing and promotion
Agricultural practices and innovations
Agricultural research
Federal-Indian relations
Fraud offenses and financial crimes
Government studies and investigations
Horticulture and plants
Indian lands and resources rights
Marketing and advertising
Right of privacy

Summary:
action_date: 2019-07-23
text: 

Native American Seeds Protection Act of 2019

 
This bill requires the Government Accountability Office (GAO) to conduct a study on the protection of Native American seeds and traditional foods.
 
Under the bill, sensitive tribal information gathered by the study shall be exempt from public disclosure requirements and shall be kept confidential by the GAO.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2019-08-12
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Biotechnology, Horticulture, and Research.
action_date: 2019-08-08
text: Referred to the Subcommittee for Indigenous Peoples of the United States.
action_date: 2019-07-24
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Consumer Protection and Commerce.
action_date: 2019-07-23
text: Referred to the Committee on Agriculture, and in addition to the Committees on Energy and Commerce, and Natural Resources, 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: 2019-07-23
text: Referred to the Committee on Agriculture, and in addition to the Committees on Energy and Commerce, and Natural Resources, 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: 2019-07-23
text: Referred to the Committee on Agriculture, and in addition to the Committees on Energy and Commerce, and Natural Resources, 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: 2019-07-23
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2019-07-23
text: Introduced in House
Give Our Athletes Level Salaries Act

Bill: 116-hr-3917
Sponsor: Rep. Matsui, Doris O. [D-CA-6]
Introduced: 2019-07-23 in the House
Policy area: Sports and Recreation
Subjects: Appropriations
Athletes
Employment discrimination and employee rights
Professional sports
Sex, gender, sexual orientation discrimination
Wages and earnings
Women's employment
Women's rights

Summary:
action_date: 2019-07-23
text: 

Give Our Athletes Level Salaries Act or the GOALS Act

 
This bill prohibits the use of funds for the 2026 World Cup until the U.S. Soccer Federation agrees to provide equitable pay to the members of the U.S. Women's National Team and the U.S. Men's National Team.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2019-07-23
text: Referred to the House Committee on Foreign Affairs.
action_date: 2019-07-23
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2019-07-23
text: Introduced in House