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Advancing Gun Safety Technology Act of 2019

Bill: 116-hr-4730
Sponsor: Rep. Speier, Jackie [D-CA-14]
Introduced: 2019-10-17 in the House
Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement
Subjects: Accidents
Advanced technology and technological innovations
Child safety and welfare
Firearms and explosives
Law enforcement administration and funding
Product safety and quality
Small business
Technology transfer and commercialization

Summary:
action_date: 2019-10-17
text: 

Advancing Gun Safety Technology Act of 2019

 
This bill authorizes the National Institute of Justice to establish a pilot program to make grants to small business concerns for the development of gun safety technology.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2019-11-15
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security.
action_date: 2019-10-17
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2019-10-17
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2019-10-17
text: Introduced in House
Military Aviation Training Safeguard Act

Bill: 116-hr-4731
Sponsor: Rep. Tipton, Scott  R. [R-CO-3]
Introduced: 2019-10-17 in the House
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Aviation and airports
Department of Defense
Military facilities and property
Transportation safety and security
Wilderness and natural areas, wildlife refuges, wild rivers, habitats

Summary:
action_date: 2019-10-17
text: 

Military Aviation Training Safeguard Act

 
This bill allows military aircraft operating outside of designated Department of Defense airspace while flying in wilderness areas in mountainous regions to deviate from service level requirements if necessary to maintain safety of flight. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2019-10-18
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Readiness.
action_date: 2019-10-17
text: Referred to the House Committee on Armed Services.
action_date: 2019-10-17
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2019-10-17
text: Introduced in House
To establish a Global Climate Change Resilience Strategy, to authorize the admission of climate-displaced persons, and for other purposes.

Bill: 116-hr-4732
Sponsor: Rep. Velazquez, Nydia M. [D-NY-7]
Introduced: 2019-10-17 in the House
Policy area: International Affairs
Subjects: Air quality
Climate change and greenhouse gases
Congressional oversight
Department of State
Diplomacy, foreign officials, Americans abroad
Disaster relief and insurance
Environmental assessment, monitoring, research
Executive agency funding and structure
Federal officials
Foreign aid and international relief
Government information and archives
Immigration status and procedures
International organizations and cooperation
Military assistance, sales, and agreements
Public-private cooperation
Refugees, asylum, displaced persons

Summary:
action_date: 2019-10-17
text: 
This bill generally addresses the response of federal agencies to climate change, including by providing for the admission to the United States of climate displaced persons, by requiring the Department of State to develop a Global Climate Change Resilience Strategy, and by requiring the Government Accountability Office to report on the progress made towards incorporating climate change into the policy of departments and agencies.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2019-11-15
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration and Citizenship.
action_date: 2019-10-18
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Environment and Climate Change.
action_date: 2019-10-17
text: Referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs, and in addition to the Committees on the Judiciary, 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: 2019-10-17
text: Referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs, and in addition to the Committees on the Judiciary, 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: 2019-10-17
text: Referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs, and in addition to the Committees on the Judiciary, 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: 2019-10-17
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2019-10-17
text: Introduced in House
Low-Dose Radiation Research Act of 2019

Bill: 116-hr-4733
Sponsor: Rep. Posey, Bill [R-FL-8]
Introduced: 2019-10-18 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Cell biology and embryology
Energy research
Medical research
Medical tests and diagnostic methods
Radiation
Research administration and funding

Summary:
action_date: 2019-10-18
text: 

Low-Dose Radiation Research Act of 201
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This bill requires the Department of Energy to conduct a research program on low-dose and low-dose-rate radiation to enhance the scientific understanding of the effects of exposure and to improve risk-assessment and risk-management methods. 
 
Low-dose radiation means a dose of less than 100 millisieverts. Low-dose-rate radition means a radiation dose rate of less than 5 millisieverts per hour. (For comparison, the Nuclear Regulatory Commission limits an adult's annual occupational radiation dose to 50 millisieverts and dose rate to approximately .025 millisieverts per hour.)


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2020-03-12
text: Forwarded by Subcommittee to Full Committee (Amended) by Voice Vote .
action_date: 2020-03-12
text: Subcommittee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
action_date: 2019-10-18
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Energy.
action_date: 2019-10-18
text: Referred to the House Committee on Science, Space, and Technology.
action_date: 2019-10-18
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2019-10-18
text: Introduced in House
To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 171 South Maple Street in Dana, Indiana, as the Ernest Ernie T. Pyle Post Office.

Bill: 116-hr-4734
Sponsor: Rep. Bucshon, Larry [R-IN-8]
Introduced: 2019-10-18 in the House
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Subjects: Congressional tributes
Government buildings, facilities, and property
Indiana
News media and reporting
Postal service

Summary:
action_date: 2019-10-18
text: Designates the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 171 South Maple Street in Dana, Indiana, as the "Ernest 'Ernie' T. Pyle Post Office."
action_date: 2020-12-03
text: 
Designates the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 171 South Maple Street in Dana, Indiana, as the "Ernest 'Ernie' T. Pyle Post Office."


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2020-12-03
text: Became Public Law No: 116-200.
action_date: 2020-12-03
text: Became Public Law No: 116-200.
action_date: 2020-12-03
text: Signed by President.
action_date: 2020-12-03
text: Signed by President.
action_date: 2020-11-24
text: Presented to President.
action_date: 2020-11-24
text: Presented to President.
action_date: 2020-11-19
text: Message on Senate action sent to the House.
action_date: 2020-11-18
text: Passed Senate without amendment by Unanimous Consent. (consideration: CR S7082)
action_date: 2020-11-18
text: Passed/agreed to in Senate: Passed Senate without amendment by Unanimous Consent.(consideration: CR S7082)
action_date: 2020-09-15
text: Received in the Senate. Read twice. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 532.
action_date: 2020-09-14
text: Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
action_date: 2020-09-14
text: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill Agreed to by voice vote. (text: CR H4364)
action_date: 2020-09-14
text: Passed/agreed to in House: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill Agreed to by voice vote.
action_date: 2020-09-14
text: DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on H.R. 4734.
action_date: 2020-09-14
text: Considered under suspension of the rules. (consideration: CR H4364-4365)
action_date: 2020-09-14
text: Mrs. Maloney, Carolyn B. moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill.
action_date: 2019-12-19
text: Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
action_date: 2019-10-18
text: Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Reform.
action_date: 2019-10-18
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2019-10-18
text: Introduced in House

Enacted as: number: 116-200
Mine Affected Community Energy and Environment Act

Bill: 116-hr-4735
Sponsor: Rep. Meuser, Daniel [R-PA-9]
Introduced: 2019-10-18 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Business records
Coal
Electric power generation and transmission
Income tax credits
Industrial facilities
Industrial policy and productivity
Performance measurement

Summary:
action_date: 2019-10-18
text: 

Mine Affected Community Energy and Environment Act

 
This bill allows a new tax credit for the production of electricity from a coal refuse facility. A "coal refuse facility" means any facility (1) that was originally placed in service prior to January 1, 2019, and combusts coal refuse or fuel composed of at least 75 percent coal refuse by BTU energy value; and (2) uses at a minimum, a circulating fluidized bed combustion unit or a pressurized fluidized bed combustion unit, equipped with a limestone injection system for control of acid gases, and a fabric filter particulate emission control system.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2019-10-18
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2019-10-18
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2019-10-18
text: Introduced in House
Honest Elections Act

Bill: 116-hr-4736
Sponsor: Rep. Davis, Rodney [R-IL-13]
Introduced: 2019-10-18 in the House
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Subjects: Broadcasting, cable, digital technologies
Congressional elections
Congressional oversight
Diplomacy, foreign officials, Americans abroad
Elections, voting, political campaign regulation
Foreign and international corporations
Immigration status and procedures
Internet and video services
Internet, web applications, social media
News media and reporting
Political advertising
State and local finance
State and local government operations
Subversive activities
Television and film

Summary:
action_date: 2019-10-18
text: 

Honest Elections Act

 
This bill modifies registration requirements for foreign agents who engage in political activities, requires that certain disclosures be made in online political communications, and prohibits a state from receiving certain election assistance funds if the state allows ballot harvesting or voting by noncitizens.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2019-10-23
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR H8411-8412)
action_date: 2019-10-18
text: Referred to the Committee on House Administration, and in addition to the Committee on the Judiciary, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
action_date: 2019-10-18
text: Referred to the Committee on House Administration, and in addition to the Committee on the Judiciary, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
action_date: 2019-10-18
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2019-10-18
text: Introduced in House
Department of Homeland Security Climate Change Research Act

Bill: 116-hr-4737
Sponsor: Rep. Clarke, Yvette D. [D-NY-9]
Introduced: 2019-10-18 in the House
Policy area: Environmental Protection
Subjects: Air quality
Climate change and greenhouse gases
Congressional oversight
Emergency planning and evacuation
Government studies and investigations
Homeland security
Natural disasters
Terrorism

Summary:
action_date: 2019-10-18
text: 

Department of Homeland Security Climate Change Research Act

 
This bill requires the Department of Homeland Security to evaluate current federal research and development regarding approaches to mitigate the consequences of climate change on homeland security, identify research and development gaps, and conduct additional research and development to fill those gaps.

action_date: 2020-01-10
text: 

Department of Homeland Security Climate Change Research Act

 
This bill requires the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) to evaluate current federal research and development regarding approaches to mitigate the consequences of climate change on homeland security to identify research and development gaps. DHS must conduct additional research and development to fill those gaps.

action_date: 2020-02-10
text: 

Department of Homeland Security Climate Change Research Act

 
This bill requires the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) to evaluate current federal research and development regarding approaches to mitigate the consequences of climate change on homeland security to identify research and development gaps. DHS must conduct additional research and development to fill those gaps.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2020-02-11
text: Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.
action_date: 2020-02-10
text: Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
action_date: 2020-02-10
text: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by voice vote. (text: CR H991-992)
action_date: 2020-02-10
text: Passed/agreed to in House: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by voice vote.
action_date: 2020-02-10
text: DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on H.R. 4737.
action_date: 2020-02-10
text: Considered under suspension of the rules. (consideration: CR H991-993)
action_date: 2020-02-10
text: Ms. Torres Small (NM) moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended.
action_date: 2020-01-10
text: Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 298.
action_date: 2020-01-10
text: Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Homeland Security. H. Rept. 116-375.
action_date: 2020-01-10
text: Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Homeland Security. H. Rept. 116-375.
action_date: 2019-10-23
text: Ordered to be Reported (Amended) by Unanimous Consent.
action_date: 2019-10-23
text: Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
action_date: 2019-10-18
text: Referred to the House Committee on Homeland Security.
action_date: 2019-10-18
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2019-10-18
text: Introduced in House
Pregnancy Discrimination Amendment Act

Bill: 116-hr-4738
Sponsor: Rep. Walberg, Tim [R-MI-7]
Introduced: 2019-10-18 in the House
Policy area: Labor and Employment
Subjects: Employment discrimination and employee rights
Sex, gender, sexual orientation discrimination
Women's employment
Women's health

Summary:
action_date: 2019-10-18
text: 

Pregnancy Discrimination Amendment Act 

 
This bill amends the Civil Rights Act of 1964 to expand protections against pregnancy discrimination in the workplace.
 



Legislative actions:
action_date: 2019-10-18
text: Referred to the House Committee on Education and Labor.
action_date: 2019-10-18
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2019-10-18
text: Introduced in House
TASERS Act

Bill: 116-hr-4740
Sponsor: Rep. Rush, Bobby L. [D-IL-1]
Introduced: 2019-10-18 in the House
Policy area: Commerce
Subjects: Accidents
Congressional oversight
Consumer affairs
Firearms and explosives
Government studies and investigations
Medical research
Product safety and quality

Summary:
action_date: 2019-10-18
text: 

TASER Access, Safety, and Effectiveness Review and Study Act or the TASERS Act

 
 This bill requires the Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC), in consultation with various federal agencies, to study the use of firearms and Tasers. Specifically, with respect to both types of weapon, the CPSC must determine (1) the number of successful self-defense attempts, (2) the number of accidental discharges or misfires, (3) the types of injuries sustained, and (4) the long-term health implications for individuals who are shot or tased.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2019-10-21
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Consumer Protection and Commerce.
action_date: 2019-10-18
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2019-10-18
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2019-10-18
text: Introduced in House
Connecting Communities Post Disasters Act of 2019

Bill: 116-hr-4741
Sponsor: Rep. Olson, Pete [R-TX-22]
Introduced: 2019-10-18 in the House
Policy area: Science, Technology, Communications
Subjects: Disaster relief and insurance
Environmental assessment, monitoring, research
Environmental regulatory procedures
Historic sites and heritage areas
Licensing and registrations
Telephone and wireless communication

Summary:
action_date: 2019-10-18
text: 

Connecting Communities Post Disasters Act of 2019
 
 
This bill requires the Federal Communications Commission to exempt projects that replace or make improvements to communications facilities following a major disaster or presidentially declared emergency from certain environmental or historic preservation review requirements. Specifically, the bill exempts such projects from any requirement to prepare an environmental assessment or environmental impact statement. Such projects are also exempt from considerations about the effect they will have on any historic property.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2019-11-04
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on National Parks, Forests, and Public Lands.
action_date: 2019-10-21
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Communications and Technology.
action_date: 2019-10-18
text: Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on 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: 2019-10-18
text: Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on 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: 2019-10-18
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2019-10-18
text: Introduced in House
Protecting American Lungs Act of 2019

Bill: 116-hr-4742
Sponsor: Rep. Suozzi, Thomas R. [D-NY-3]
Introduced: 2019-10-18 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Drug safety, medical device, and laboratory regulation
Drug, alcohol, tobacco use
Sales and excise taxes

Summary:
action_date: 2019-10-18
text: 
This bill imposes an excise tax on "taxable nicotine" which is any nicotine that has been extracted, concentrated, or synthesized and is treated as a tobacco product. The tax does not apply to nicotine used in a product that has been approved by the Food and Drug Administration for sale as a nicotine replacement therapy.

action_date: 2020-02-21
text: 

Protecting American Lungs Act of 2019

 
This bill imposes an excise tax on &quot;taxable nicotine&quot; which is any nicotine that has been extracted, concentrated, or synthesized and is treated as a tobacco product. The tax does not apply to nicotine used in a product that has been approved by the Food and Drug Administration for sale as a nicotine replacement therapy. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2020-02-21
text: Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 322.
action_date: 2020-02-21
text: Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Ways and Means. H. Rept. 116-400.
action_date: 2020-02-21
text: Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Ways and Means. H. Rept. 116-400.
action_date: 2019-10-23
text: Ordered to be Reported in the Nature of a Substitute (Amended) by the Yeas and Nays: 24 - 15.
action_date: 2019-10-23
text: Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
action_date: 2019-10-18
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2019-10-18
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2019-10-18
text: Introduced in House
Employment Services and Jobs Parity Act of 2019

Bill: 116-hr-4743
Sponsor: Del. Sablan, Gregorio Kilili Camacho [D-MP-At Large]
Introduced: 2019-10-18 in the House
Policy area: Labor and Employment
Subjects: American Samoa
Employment and training programs
Northern Mariana Islands

Summary:
action_date: 2019-10-18
text: 

Employment Services and Jobs Parity Act of 2019

 
This bill includes for purposes of the Federal Employment Service, the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands and American Samoa.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2019-10-18
text: Referred to the House Committee on Education and Labor.
action_date: 2019-10-18
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E1303)
action_date: 2019-10-18
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2019-10-18
text: Introduced in House
THUG Act

Bill: 116-hr-4744
Sponsor: Rep. Frankel, Lois [D-FL-21]
Introduced: 2019-10-18 in the House
Policy area: International Affairs
Subjects: Congressional oversight
Corporate finance and management
Diplomacy, foreign officials, Americans abroad
Florida
Government ethics and transparency, public corruption
Government information and archives
Government studies and investigations
Presidents and presidential powers, Vice Presidents
Public contracts and procurement

Summary:
action_date: 2019-10-18
text: 

Trump's Heist Undermines the G7 Act or the THUG Act

 
This bill prohibits the use of federal funds for any purpose relating to the 46th G7 Summit and the Trump National Doral Miami in Miami, Florida, unless the Secret Service certifies to Congress that such an expenditure is necessary to provide required protection to a person. (The G7 Summit is a meeting of the seven largest major advanced economies, as determined by the International Monetary Fund.)
 
The President shall provide to the Government Accountability Office and Congress all documents and communications relating to the decision to host the summit at the Trump National Doral Miami.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2019-10-18
text: Referred to the Committee on Oversight and Reform, and in addition to the Committee on Foreign Affairs, 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: 2019-10-18
text: Referred to the Committee on Oversight and Reform, and in addition to the Committee on Foreign Affairs, 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: 2019-10-18
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2019-10-18
text: Introduced in House
Mobile Mammography Promotion Act of 2019

Bill: 116-hr-4745
Sponsor: Rep. Luetkemeyer, Blaine [R-MO-3]
Introduced: 2019-10-18 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Cancer
Health facilities and institutions
Medical tests and diagnostic methods
Motor fuels
Motor vehicles
Sales and excise taxes
Women's health

Summary:
action_date: 2019-10-18
text: 

Mobile Mammography Promotion Act of 201

9

 
This bill amends the Internal Revenue Code to exempt from the motor fuel excise tax fuel used in any highway vehicle designed exclusively to provide mobile mammography services. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2019-10-18
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2019-10-18
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2019-10-18
text: Introduced in House