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Helping Homeless Veterans Act of 2019

Bill: 116-hr-2223
Sponsor: Rep. Brownley, Julia [D-CA-26]
Introduced: 2019-04-10 in the House
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Advisory bodies
Appropriations
Mental health
Public contracts and procurement
Veterans' loans, housing, homeless programs
Veterans' medical care

Summary:
action_date: 2019-04-10
text: 

Helping Homeless Veterans Act of 2019

 
 This bill permanently extends the following Department of Veterans Affairs programs and services: 
 
 
homeless veterans reintegration programs, 
 
referral and counseling services for veterans at risk of homelessness who are transitioning from certain institutions (including penal institutions), 
 
financial assistance for supportive services for very low-income veteran families in permanent housing,
 
a grant program for homeless veterans with special needs, 
 
treatment and rehabilitation for seriously mentally ill and homeless veterans, 
 
housing assistance for homeless veterans, and 
 
the Advisory Committee on Homeless Veterans.
 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2019-05-02
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Economic Opportunity.
action_date: 2019-05-02
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2019-04-10
text: Referred to the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
action_date: 2019-04-10
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2019-04-10
text: Introduced in House
Homeless Veterans with Children Reintegration Act

Bill: 116-hr-2224
Sponsor: Rep. Brownley, Julia [D-CA-26]
Introduced: 2019-04-10 in the House
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Child safety and welfare
Congressional oversight
Military personnel and dependents
Veterans' education, employment, rehabilitation
Veterans' loans, housing, homeless programs

Summary:
action_date: 2019-04-10
text: 

Homeless Veterans with Children Reintegration Act

 
This bill directs the Department of Labor to give homeless veterans with dependent children service priority under homeless veterans reintegration programs.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2020-03-12
text: Ordered to be Reported (Amended) by Voice Vote.
action_date: 2020-03-12
text: Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
action_date: 2020-03-12
text: Subcommittee on Economic Opportunity Discharged.
action_date: 2020-03-12
text: Subcommittee on Health Discharged.
action_date: 2020-03-10
text: Subcommittee Hearings Held.
action_date: 2019-05-02
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Economic Opportunity.
action_date: 2019-05-02
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2019-04-10
text: Referred to the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
action_date: 2019-04-10
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2019-04-10
text: Introduced in House
To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide a refundable credit against tax for landlords of veterans receiving rental assistance under the Veterans Affairs Supported Housing program.

Bill: 116-hr-2225
Sponsor: Rep. Brownley, Julia [D-CA-26]
Introduced: 2019-04-10 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Income tax credits
Veterans' loans, housing, homeless programs

Summary:
action_date: 2019-04-10
text: 
This bill allows a refundable tax credit for the owner of a dwelling unit that is occupied by a veteran on whose behalf rental assistance is provided by the Veterans Affairs Supported Housing program under the United States Housing Act of 1937. The credit is equal to 10% of the amount of rental assistance received by the person for the year. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2019-04-10
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2019-04-10
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2019-04-10
text: Introduced in House
To offer persistent poverty counties and political subdivisions of such counties the opportunity to have their rural development loans restructured.

Bill: 116-hr-2228
Sponsor: Rep. Butterfield, G. K. [D-NC-1]
Introduced: 2019-04-10 in the House
Policy area: Agriculture and Food
Subjects: Census and government statistics
Government lending and loan guarantees
Poverty and welfare assistance
Rural conditions and development

Summary:
action_date: 2019-04-10
text: 
This bill allows persistent poverty counties and political subdivisions of the counties to restructure certain Department of Agriculture rural development loans so that the interest rate is 0% and the loan term is 40 years. 
 
A "persistent poverty county" is a county that has had at least 20% of its population living in poverty over the past 30 years, as measured by the 1990, 2000, and 2010 decennial censuses. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2019-05-07
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Commodity Exchanges, Energy, and Credit.
action_date: 2019-04-11
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Communications and Technology.
action_date: 2019-04-10
text: Referred to the Committee on Agriculture, and in addition to the Committees on Financial Services, and Energy and Commerce, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
action_date: 2019-04-10
text: Referred to the Committee on Agriculture, and in addition to the Committees on Financial Services, and Energy and Commerce, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
action_date: 2019-04-10
text: Referred to the Committee on Agriculture, and in addition to the Committees on Financial Services, and Energy and Commerce, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
action_date: 2019-04-10
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2019-04-10
text: Introduced in House
First Responders Passport Act of 2019

Bill: 116-hr-2229
Sponsor: Rep. Chabot, Steve [R-OH-1]
Introduced: 2019-04-10 in the House
Policy area: International Affairs
Subjects: Congressional oversight
Disaster relief and insurance
First responders and emergency personnel
Foreign aid and international relief
Natural disasters
Social work, volunteer service, charitable organizations
User charges and fees
Visas and passports

Summary:
action_date: 2019-04-10
text: 

First Responders Passport Act of 2019 

 
This bill waives passport fees for an individual operating under a contract, grant, or cooperative agreement with the U.S. government, including a volunteer, to aid a foreign country suffering from a qualifying natural disaster.
 
 The Department of State shall report to Congress on the number of fee waivers for the issuance of passports to first responders.

action_date: 2019-09-24
text: 

First Responders Passport Act of 2019 

 
This bill authorizes the Department of State to waive passport fees for an individual operating under a contract, grant, or cooperative agreement with the U.S. government, including a volunteer, to travel abroad within the first seven days after a natural disaster to aid a foreign country suffering from the natural disaster.
 
 The Department of State shall report to Congress on the number of fee waivers for the issuance of passports to first responders.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2019-09-25
text: Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations.
action_date: 2019-09-24
text: Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
action_date: 2019-09-24
text: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by voice vote. (text: CR H7874)
action_date: 2019-09-24
text: Passed/agreed to in House: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by voice vote.(text: CR H7874)
action_date: 2019-09-24
text: DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on H.R. 2229.
action_date: 2019-09-24
text: Considered under suspension of the rules. (consideration: CR H7874-7875)
action_date: 2019-09-24
text: Mr. Levin (MI) moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended.
action_date: 2019-06-20
text: Committee Agreed to Seek Consideration Under Suspension of the Rules.
action_date: 2019-06-20
text: Ordered to be Reported (Amended) by Voice Vote.
action_date: 2019-06-20
text: Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
action_date: 2019-04-10
text: Referred to the House Committee on Foreign Affairs.
action_date: 2019-04-10
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2019-04-10
text: Introduced in House
BREAK PAY for Veterans Act

Bill: 116-hr-2230
Sponsor: Rep. Cisneros, Gilbert Ray, Jr. [D-CA-39]
Introduced: 2019-04-10 in the House
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Higher education
Student aid and college costs
Veterans' education, employment, rehabilitation

Summary:
action_date: 2019-04-10
text: 

Break Relief for Every Academic Kind of Period in an Academic Year for Veterans Act or the BREAK PAY for Veterans Act

 
This bill authorizes the Department of Veterans Affairs to continue paying educational assistance or subsistence allowances during periods between school terms in certain circumstances. Specifically, the bill authorizes the payment of educational assistance or subsistence allowances during periods between school terms where the educational institution certifies the enrollment of the eligible veteran or eligible person if (1) the period between those terms does not exceed eight weeks, and (2) the terms preceding and immediately following such a break period are not shorter in length than the period itself.
 
The bill also specifies that such payments of educational assistance allowances shall not (1) be charged against an individual's entitlement to educational assistance, or (2) be counted toward certain limitations that are placed on the period of assistance that is allowed under two or more programs.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2019-04-29
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Economic Opportunity.
action_date: 2019-04-10
text: Referred to the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
action_date: 2019-04-10
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2019-04-10
text: Introduced in House
Algorithmic Accountability Act of 2019

Bill: 116-hr-2231
Sponsor: Rep. Clarke, Yvette D. [D-NY-9]
Introduced: 2019-04-10 in the House
Policy area: Commerce
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Business records
Civil actions and liability
Computers and information technology
Consumer affairs
Contracts and agency
Federal Trade Commission (FTC)
Right of privacy
State and local government operations

Summary:
action_date: 2019-04-10
text: 

Algorithmic Accountability Act of 2019

 
 This bill requires specified commercial entities to conduct assessments of high-risk systems that involve personal information or make automated decisions, such as systems that use artificial intelligence or machine learning.
 
 Specifically, high-risk automated decision systems include those that (1) may contribute to inaccuracy, bias, or discrimination; or (2) facilitate decision-making about sensitive aspects of consumers' lives by evaluating consumers' behavior. Further, an automated-decision system, or information system involving personal data, is considered high-risk if it (1) raises security or privacy concerns, (2) involves the personal information of a significant number of people, or (3) systematically monitors a large, publicly accessible physical location.
 
 Assessments of high-risk automated-decision systems must (1) describe the system in detail, (2) assess the relative costs and benefits of the system, (3) determine the risks to the privacy and security of personal information, and (4) explain the steps taken to minimize those risks, if discovered. Assessments of high-risk information systems involving personal information must evaluate the extent to which the system protects the privacy and security of such information.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2019-04-11
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Consumer Protection and Commerce.
action_date: 2019-04-10
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2019-04-10
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2019-04-10
text: Introduced in House
New Pathways Act

Bill: 116-hr-2232
Sponsor: Rep. Cummings, Elijah E. [D-MD-7]
Introduced: 2019-04-10 in the House
Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement
Subjects: Correctional facilities and imprisonment
Criminal justice information and records
Criminal procedure and sentencing
Licensing and registrations

Summary:
action_date: 2019-04-10
text: 

New Pathways Act

 
This bill revises existing requirements for the Bureau of Prisons (BOP) to help prisoners obtain identification documents prior to their release.
 
With respect to U.S. citizens, the BOP must obtain and provide a Social Security card, a proof of U.S. citizenship document, and a photo identification card.
 
With respect to noncitizens, the BOP must help obtain proof of lawful status and, if applicable, an employment authorization document.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2019-05-15
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security.
action_date: 2019-04-10
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2019-04-10
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2019-04-10
text: Introduced in House
Bail Fairness Act of 2019

Bill: 116-hr-2233
Sponsor: Rep. Davis, Danny K. [D-IL-7]
Introduced: 2019-04-10 in the House
Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement
Subjects: Criminal procedure and sentencing
Detention of persons
Government studies and investigations

Summary:
action_date: 2019-04-10
text: 

Bail Fairness Act of 2019

 
This bill allows a state or local government to use Edward Byrne Memorial Justice Assistance Grant Program funds for bail fairness programs.
 
The term &quot;bail fairness program&quot; means a program that (1) does not impose monetary conditions of release on a person arrested for a misdemeanor, and (2) dismisses criminal charges against an offender who completes a pre-trial diversion program.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2019-05-15
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security.
action_date: 2019-04-10
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2019-04-10
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2019-04-10
text: Introduced in House
Jonny Wade Pediatric Cancer Research Act

Bill: 116-hr-2234
Sponsor: Rep. Davis, Rodney [R-IL-13]
Introduced: 2019-04-10 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Cancer
Child health
Elections, voting, political campaign regulation
Government trust funds
Health programs administration and funding
Medical research
Research administration and funding
Tax administration and collection, taxpayers

Summary:
action_date: 2019-04-10
text: 

Jonny Wade Pediatric Cancer Research Act

 
This bill terminates (1) the taxpayer election to designate $3 of income tax liability for financing of presidential election campaigns, (2) the Presidential Election Campaign Fund, and (3) the Presidential Primary Matching Payment Account.
 
The Department of the Treasury must transfer the funds remaining in the Presidential Election Campaign Fund to the 10-Year Pediatric Research Initiative Fund. 
 
The National Institutes of Health (NIH) must prioritize certain pediatric research that does not replicate existing NIH research activities. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2019-04-11
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2019-04-10
text: Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committees on Energy and Commerce, 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: 2019-04-10
text: Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committees on Energy and Commerce, 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: 2019-04-10
text: Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committees on Energy and Commerce, 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: 2019-04-10
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2019-04-10
text: Introduced in House
HELLPP Act

Bill: 116-hr-2235
Sponsor: Rep. DeGette, Diana [D-CO-1]
Introduced: 2019-04-10 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Digestive and metabolic diseases
Health care coverage and access
Health personnel
Health technology, devices, supplies
Medicaid
Medicare
Tax administration and collection, taxpayers

Summary:
action_date: 2019-04-10
text: 

Helping Ensure Life- and Limb-Saving Access to Podiatric Physicians Act or the HELLPP Act

 
This bill adds podiatrists as covered physicians under the Medicaid program. 
 
Additionally, the bill revises certain documentation requirements related to Medicare coverage of therapeutic shoes for individuals with diabetes. 
 
Finally, the bill subjects payments made to a Medicaid provider or supplier to a continuing levy for federal taxes owed by the provider or supplier. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2019-04-11
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2019-04-10
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2019-04-10
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: 2019-04-10
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: 2019-04-10
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2019-04-10
text: Introduced in House
Forage Fish Conservation Act

Bill: 116-hr-2236
Sponsor: Rep. Dingell, Debbie [D-MI-12]
Introduced: 2019-04-10 in the House
Policy area: Animals
Subjects: Advisory bodies
Atlantic Ocean
Ecology
Fishes
Hunting and fishing
Marine and coastal resources, fisheries
Wildlife conservation and habitat protection

Summary:
action_date: 2019-04-10
text: 

Forage Fish Conservation Act

 
This bill addresses the management and conservation of forage fish. (A forage fish is any fish at a low trophic level that contributes significantly to the diets of other fish, marine mammals, or birds and serves as a conduit for energy transfer to species at a higher trophic level.)
 
The Department of Commerce must establish guidelines to assist regional fishery management councils in (1) developing a list of unmanaged forage fish areas and prohibiting the development of any new forage fish fisheries until the potential impacts of such fisheries have been assessed; and (2)setting annual catch limits for forage fish fisheries that assess, specify, and reduce such limits by the diet needs of other fish species and marine wildlife.
 
The bill adds shad (American shad and hickory shad)and river herring (blueback herring and alewife)to the list of managed stocks for the New England and Mid-Atlantic Fishery Management Council.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2020-01-14
text: Subcommittee Hearings Held.
action_date: 2019-04-29
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Water, Oceans, and Wildlife.
action_date: 2019-04-10
text: Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.
action_date: 2019-04-10
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2019-04-10
text: Introduced in House
STOP Act of 2019

Bill: 116-hr-2237
Sponsor: Rep. Espaillat, Adriano [D-NY-13]
Introduced: 2019-04-10 in the House
Policy area: Transportation and Public Works
Subjects: Motor vehicles
Pedestrians and bicycling
Terrorism
Transportation programs funding
Transportation safety and security

Summary:
action_date: 2019-04-10
text: 

Stopping Threats On Pedestrians Act of 2019 or the STOP Act of 201

9

 
This bill directs the Department of Transportation (DOT) to establish a program to assist bollard installation projects designed to prevent pedestrian injuries and acts of terrorism in areas utilized by large numbers of pedestrians. Such a project is one that installs raised concrete or metal posts on a sidewalk adjacent to a roadway that are designed to slow or stop a motor vehicle.
 
In carrying out the program, DOT may award competitive grants to local government entities.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2019-04-11
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Highways and Transit.
action_date: 2019-04-10
text: Referred to the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.
action_date: 2019-04-10
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2019-04-10
text: Introduced in House
To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to extend certain tax benefits related to empowerment zones.

Bill: 116-hr-2238
Sponsor: Rep. Espaillat, Adriano [D-NY-13]
Introduced: 2019-04-10 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Economic development
Elementary and secondary education
Income tax credits
Securities

Summary:
action_date: 2019-04-10
text: 
This bill extends the period for the designation of empowerment zones and reinstates the tax credit for holders of qualified zone academy bonds. An 
empowerment zone
 is an economically distressed community eligible for various tax incentives and grants from the federal government to promote investment in the community. 
 
The bill reinstates and expands the tax credit for holders of qualified zone academy bonds. A 
qualified zone academy bond
 is a tax-exempt bond that may be issued to rehabilitate or repair a public school facility, to provide equipment and develop course material, and train teachers and other school personnel.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2019-04-10
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2019-04-10
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2019-04-10
text: Introduced in House
To amend the Tariff Act of 1930 to provide for a deferral of the payment of a duty upon the sale of certain used vessels, and for other purposes.

Bill: 116-hr-2239
Sponsor: Rep. Frankel, Lois [D-FL-21]
Introduced: 2019-04-10 in the House
Policy area: Foreign Trade and International Finance
Subjects: Marine and inland water transportation
Tariffs

Summary:
action_date: 2019-04-10
text: 
This bill repeals the deferral until sale of the duty owed on large yachts imported for sale at U.S. boat shows. 
 
It instead defers until sale the duty owed on certain used vessels used primarily for recreation and brought into the customs territory of the U.S. Generally, the duty must be paid within 15 days after the sale of a covered vessel to a U.S. resident. 
 
Posting of bond for this duty is not required upon a covered vessel's entry into the U.S. customs territory.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2019-04-10
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Trade.
action_date: 2019-04-10
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2019-04-10
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2019-04-10
text: Introduced in House