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Merrill’s Marauders Congressional Gold Medal Act

Bill: 116-hr-906
Sponsor: Rep. King, Peter T. [R-NY-2]
Introduced: 2019-01-30 in the House
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Asia
Burma
Conflicts and wars
Congressional tributes
Military history
Military personnel and dependents
Museums, exhibitions, cultural centers
Smithsonian Institution

Summary:
action_date: 2019-01-30
text: 

Merrill's Marauders Congressional Gold Medal Act

 
This bill directs Congress to award a Congressional Gold Medal to the 5307th Composite Unit (Provisional), commonly known as Merrill's Marauders, in recognition of their bravery and outstanding service in the jungles of Burma (Myanmar) during World War II.
 
Following its award, the gold medal shall be given to the Smithsonian Institution where it shall be displayed and made available for research.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2019-01-30
text: Referred to the Committee on Financial Services, and in addition to the Committee on 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: 2019-01-30
text: Referred to the Committee on Financial Services, and in addition to the Committee on 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: 2019-01-30
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2019-01-30
text: Introduced in House
To clarify exclusions from the definition of a deposit broker.

Bill: 116-hr-907
Sponsor: Rep. LaHood, Darin [R-IL-18]
Introduced: 2019-01-30 in the House
Policy area: Finance and Financial Sector
Subjects: Bank accounts, deposits, capital
Banking and financial institutions regulation
Insurance industry and regulation

Summary:
action_date: 2019-01-30
text: 
This bill excludes from the definition of "deposit broker" an entity that is an exclusive agent of an insurance company and an affiliated depository institution. Deposit brokers place, or facilitate the placement of, deposits in a depository institution. Generally, under current law, an insured depository institution that is not well capitalized may not accept funds obtained by or through any deposit broker for deposit. This bill excludes certain deposits from those restrictions. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2019-01-30
text: Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services.
action_date: 2019-01-30
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2019-01-30
text: Introduced in House
Stop Penalizing Working Seniors Act

Bill: 116-hr-908
Sponsor: Rep. Latta, Robert E. [R-OH-5]
Introduced: 2019-01-30 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Health care costs and insurance
Income tax deductions
Income tax deferral
Medicare

Summary:
action_date: 2019-01-30
text: 

Stop Penalizing Working Seniors Act

 
This bill allows Medicare-eligible individuals who are age 65 or older to contribute to health savings accounts if their entitlement to Medicare benefits is limited to hospital insurance benefits under Medicare Part A.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2019-01-30
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2019-01-30
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2019-01-30
text: Introduced in House
Medicaid Expansion Parity Act of 2019

Bill: 116-hr-909
Sponsor: Rep. Lewis, John [D-GA-5]
Introduced: 2019-01-30 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Health programs administration and funding
Intergovernmental relations
Medicaid
State and local finance

Summary:
action_date: 2019-01-30
text: 

Medicaid Expansion Parity Act of 

2019

 
This bill provides the enhanced federal medical assistance percentage (FMAP) to every state that expands Medicaid coverage for individuals who are newly eligible under the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, regardless of when such expansion takes place. 
 
Under current law, the enhanced FMAP is equivalent to 100% in 2014 through 2016, 95% in 2017, 94% in 2018, 93% in 2019, and 90% thereafter. The bill retains this enhanced FMAP, but bases it on a term of years rather than on specific dates.
 
The bill applies retroactively.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2019-01-30
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2019-01-30
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2019-01-30
text: Introduced in House
Yemen Refueling Prohibition Act

Bill: 116-hr-910
Sponsor: Rep. Lieu, Ted [D-CA-33]
Introduced: 2019-01-30 in the House
Policy area: International Affairs
Subjects: Aviation and airports
Conflicts and wars
Foreign aid and international relief
Middle East
Motor fuels
Saudi Arabia
Yemen

Summary:
action_date: 2019-01-30
text: 

Yemen Refueling Prohibition Act

 
This bill prohibits obligating or expending federal funds to provide in-flight refueling for aircraft belonging to Saudi Arabia or the Saudi-led coalition as part of the ongoing military intervention in Yemen.
 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2019-01-30
text: Referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs, and in addition to the Committee on Armed Services, 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: 2019-01-30
text: Referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs, and in addition to the Committee on Armed Services, 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: 2019-01-30
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2019-01-30
text: Introduced in House
Saracini Enhanced Aviation Safety Act of 2019

Bill: 116-hr-911
Sponsor: Rep. Fitzpatrick, Brian K. [R-PA-1]
Introduced: 2019-01-30 in the House
Policy area: Transportation and Public Works
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Aviation and airports
Department of Transportation
Transportation safety and security

Summary:
action_date: 2019-01-30
text: 

Saracini Enhanced Aviation Safety Act of 2019

 
This bill requires the Federal Aviation Administration to issue an order requiring installation of a secondary cockpit barrier on commercial aircraft.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2019-02-07
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Aviation.
action_date: 2019-01-30
text: Referred to the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.
action_date: 2019-01-30
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2019-01-30
text: Introduced in House
Esther Martinez Native American Languages Programs Reauthorization Act

Bill: 116-hr-912
Sponsor: Rep. Lujan, Ben Ray [D-NM-3]
Introduced: 2019-01-30 in the House
Policy area: Native Americans
Subjects: Department of the Interior
Executive agency funding and structure
Foreign language and bilingual programs
Indian social and development programs

Summary:
action_date: 2019-01-30
text: 

Esther Martinez Native American Languages Programs Reauthorization Act

 
 This bill revises a grant program administered by the Administration for Native Americans at the Department of Health and Human Services to preserve Native American languages. The minimum number of enrollees in educational programs funded by grants is reduced from 10 to 5 enrollees in Native American language nests, which provide instruction through the use of a Native American language for children under the age of 7 and their parents. For survival schools, which are programs striving for fluency in a Native American language and proficiency in other academic fields, the minimum number of enrollees is reduced from 15 to 10. The bill increases the maximum duration of grants.
 
The program is reauthorized through FY2024.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2019-01-30
text: Referred to the House Committee on Education and Labor.
action_date: 2019-01-30
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2019-01-30
text: Introduced in House
CLINICAL TREATMENT Act

Bill: 116-hr-913
Sponsor: Rep. Lujan, Ben Ray [D-NM-3]
Introduced: 2019-01-30 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Cancer
Drug therapy
Government studies and investigations
Health care costs and insurance
Medicaid
Medical research
Research administration and funding

Summary:
action_date: 2019-01-30
text: 

Covering Life-saving Investigations Needed in Cancer and Other Life-threatening Conditions through Timely use of Resources for Easy and Affordable Treatment from Medicaid for Enrollees in Need Today Act or the CLINICAL TREATMENT Act

 
This bill requires state Medicaid programs to cover routine patient costs for items and services that are provided in connection with a qualifying clinical trial regarding cancer or other life-threatening conditions.
 
The bill defines &quot;routine patient costs&quot; to include items and services that would otherwise be covered under Medicaid absent the patient's participation in the clinical trial; the term includes items and services relating to trial complications, but excludes those items and services that are the subject of the trial or that are provided solely in relation to data analysis. 
 
Additionally, a &quot;qualifying clinical trial&quot; means, among other things, a clinical trial that is approved or funded by specified entities (e.g., the National Institutes of Health) or is an authorized new drug trial.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2019-01-30
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2019-01-30
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2019-01-30
text: Introduced in House
Responsible Withdrawal from Syria Act

Bill: 116-hr-914
Sponsor: Rep. Malinowski, Tom [D-NJ-7]
Introduced: 2019-01-30 in the House
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Arab-Israeli relations
Arms control and nonproliferation
Conflicts and wars
Congressional oversight
Department of Defense
Diplomacy, foreign officials, Americans abroad
Executive agency funding and structure
International organizations and cooperation
Iran
Iraq
Israel
Lebanon
Middle East
Military operations and strategy
Military personnel and dependents
Oil and gas
Racial and ethnic relations
Reconstruction and stabilization
Refugees, asylum, displaced persons
Religion
Russia
Saudi Arabia
Syria
Terrorism
Turkey

Summary:
action_date: 2019-01-30
text: 

Responsible Withdrawal from Syria Act

 
This bill prohibits the Department of Defense (DOD), absent a report that addresses specified issues, from spending FY2019 funds to reduce below 1,500 the number of active-duty servicemembers deployed to Syria. Specifically, DOD, the Department of State, and the Office of the Director of National Intelligence must report on issues including U.S. political and military strategies in the region and the potential effects of a withdrawal. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2019-01-30
text: Referred to the House Committee on Armed Services.
action_date: 2019-01-30
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2019-01-30
text: Introduced in House
Expanded Stalking Protections Act of 2019

Bill: 116-hr-915
Sponsor: Rep. Meng, Grace [D-NY-6]
Introduced: 2019-01-30 in the House
Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement
Subjects: Assault and harassment offenses
Worker safety and health

Summary:
action_date: 2019-01-30
text: 

Expanded Stalking Protections Act of 2019

 
This bill broadens the scope of conduct that constitutes a federal stalking offense.
 
Specifically, it expands stalking to include conduct that causes a person's friend or co-worker to experience a reasonable fear of death or serious bodily injury.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2019-03-22
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security.
action_date: 2019-01-30
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2019-01-30
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2019-01-30
text: Introduced in House
School Resource Officer Act of 2019

Bill: 116-hr-916
Sponsor: Rep. Mitchell, Paul [R-MI-10]
Introduced: 2019-01-30 in the House
Policy area: Education
Subjects: Child safety and welfare
Educational facilities and institutions
Elementary and secondary education
Law enforcement administration and funding
Law enforcement officers
School administration

Summary:
action_date: 2019-01-30
text: 

School Resource Officer Act of 2019

 
This bill reauthorizes through FY2023 the Community Oriented Policing Services (COPS) program and modifies it:
 
 
to restore authority to make COPS grants for hiring and rehiring additional career law enforcement officers, and
 
to specify that at least 30% of the amount made available for such grants must be used for school resource officers.
 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2019-03-22
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security.
action_date: 2019-01-30
text: Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, 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: 2019-01-30
text: Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, 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: 2019-01-30
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2019-01-30
text: Introduced in House
District of Columbia Local Prosecutor Home Rule Act of 2019

Bill: 116-hr-917
Sponsor: Del. Norton, Eleanor Holmes [D-DC-At Large]
Introduced: 2019-01-30 in the House
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Subjects: Criminal investigation, prosecution, interrogation
District of Columbia
Lawyers and legal services
State and local government operations

Summary:
action_date: 2019-01-30
text: 

District of Columbia Local Prosecutor Home Rule Act of 2019

 
This bill shifts the responsibility for conducting prosecutions for violations of District of Columbia laws from the Corporation Counsel for the District of Columbia (Attorney General for the District) or his or her assistants to the head of the office designated under District local law as the one responsible for conducting such prosecutions (local prosecutor's office) or his or her assistants.
 
An indictment or information brought in the name of
 
 
 the United States in the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia may include charges of offenses prosecutable by the District if the head of the local prosecutor's office consents to such inclusion in writing, and 
 
the District in the Superior Court of the District of Columbia may be joined for trial in the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia with an indictment or information brought in that court if the offenses charged could have been joined in the same indictment or information and if the head of the local prosecutor's office consents to such joinder.
 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2019-01-30
text: Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Reform.
action_date: 2019-01-30
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E109)
action_date: 2019-01-30
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2019-01-30
text: Introduced in House
Spotlight Act

Bill: 116-hr-918
Sponsor: Rep. Price, David E. [D-NC-4]
Introduced: 2019-01-30 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Department of the Treasury
Government information and archives
Internal Revenue Service (IRS)
Labor-management relations
Tax administration and collection, taxpayers
Tax-exempt organizations

Summary:
action_date: 2019-01-30
text: 

Spotlight Act 

 
This bill repeals an Internal Revenue Service (IRS) revenue procedure (Rev. Proc. 2018-38) that exempts certain tax-exempt organizations that are not 501(c)(3) organizations from the requirement to report the names and addresses of substantial contributors (persons who contribute more than $5,000 per year) on information returns that are filed with the IRS.
 
The bill requires tax-exempt organizations that fall under sections 501(c)(4), 501(c)(5), and 501(c)(6) of the Internal Revenue Code (e.g., social welfare organizations, labor organizations, business leagues) to disclose the names and addresses of all substantial contributors on their returns.
 
The bill also eliminates the authority of the IRS to provide exceptions to the disclosure requirements for tax-exempt organizations. This provision does not apply to determinations made by the IRS before July 16, 2018. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2019-01-30
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2019-01-30
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2019-01-30
text: Introduced in House
Bird-Safe Buildings Act of 2019

Bill: 116-hr-919
Sponsor: Rep. Quigley, Mike [D-IL-5]
Introduced: 2019-01-30 in the House
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Subjects: Animal protection and human-animal relationships
Birds
Building construction
Government buildings, facilities, and property
Lighting, heating, cooling
Wildlife conservation and habitat protection

Summary:
action_date: 2019-01-30
text: 

Bird-Safe Buildings Act of 2019

 This bill requires each public building constructed, acquired, or of which more than 50% of the facade is substantially altered by the General Services Administration (GSA) to meet the following standards: 
 
at least 90% of the exposed facade material from ground level to 40 feet shall not be composed of glass or shall be composed of glass which employs any combination of the methods of modification described in this bill;
 
at least 60% of the exposed facade material above 40 feet shall meet such modified glass standard; 
 
there shall not be any transparent passageways or corners;
 
all glass adjacent to atria or courtyards containing water features, plants, and other materials attractive to birds shall meet the standard; and
 
outside lighting shall be appropriately shielded and minimized subject to security and other mission related requirements. 
 
 
 The GSA must (1) ensure that actual bird mortality is monitored at each public building; and (2) reduce exterior building and site lighting for each public building, where practicable and consistent with the requirements for outside lighting.
 
The bill exempts from these requirements buildings and sites listed or eligible for listing on the National Register of Historic Places, the White House and its grounds, the Supreme Court building and its grounds, and the U.S. Capitol and its related buildings and grounds. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2019-02-07
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Economic Development, Public Buildings, and Emergency Management.
action_date: 2019-01-30
text: Referred to the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.
action_date: 2019-01-30
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2019-01-30
text: Introduced in House
To establish the policy of the United States regarding the no-first-use of nuclear weapons.

Bill: 116-hr-921
Sponsor: Rep. Smith, Adam [D-WA-9]
Introduced: 2019-01-30 in the House
Policy area: International Affairs
Subjects: Military operations and strategy
Nuclear weapons

Summary:
action_date: 2019-01-30
text: 
This bill establishes that it is U.S. policy to not use nuclear weapons first.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2019-03-14
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Asia, the Pacific and Nonproliferation.
action_date: 2019-01-30
text: Referred to the House Committee on Foreign Affairs.
action_date: 2019-01-30
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2019-01-30
text: Introduced in House
Virtual Currency Consumer Protection Act of 2019

Bill: 116-hr-922
Sponsor: Rep. Soto, Darren [D-FL-9]
Introduced: 2019-01-30 in the House
Policy area: Finance and Financial Sector
Subjects: Banking and financial institutions regulation
Congressional oversight
Consumer affairs
Crime prevention
Currency
Fraud offenses and financial crimes
Government studies and investigations

Summary:
action_date: 2019-01-30
text: 

Virtual Currency Consumer Protection Act of 2019 

 
This bill directs the Commodity Futures Trading Commission to report on the potential for price manipulation in virtual currency markets. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2019-02-25
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Commodity Exchanges, Energy, and Credit.
action_date: 2019-01-30
text: Referred to the Committee on Financial Services, and in addition to the Committee on Agriculture, 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: 2019-01-30
text: Referred to the Committee on Financial Services, and in addition to the Committee on Agriculture, 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: 2019-01-30
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2019-01-30
text: Introduced in House
U.S. Virtual Currency Market and Regulatory Competitiveness Act of 2019

Bill: 116-hr-923
Sponsor: Rep. Soto, Darren [D-FL-9]
Introduced: 2019-01-30 in the House
Policy area: Finance and Financial Sector
Subjects: Banking and financial institutions regulation
Commodities markets
Competitiveness, trade promotion, trade deficits
Congressional oversight
Currency
Government studies and investigations

Summary:
action_date: 2019-01-30
text: 

U.S. Virtual Currency Market and Regulatory Competitiveness Act of 2019

 
This bill directs the Commodity Futures Trading Commission to report on virtual currency markets and U.S. competitiveness. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2019-02-25
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Commodity Exchanges, Energy, and Credit.
action_date: 2019-01-30
text: Referred to the Committee on Financial Services, and in addition to the Committee on Agriculture, 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: 2019-01-30
text: Referred to the Committee on Financial Services, and in addition to the Committee on Agriculture, 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: 2019-01-30
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2019-01-30
text: Introduced in House