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Fair COLA for Seniors Act

Bill: 116-hr-1553
Sponsor: Rep. Garamendi, John [D-CA-3]
Introduced: 2019-03-06 in the House
Policy area: Social Welfare
Subjects: Aging
Disability assistance
Government employee pay, benefits, personnel management
Inflation and prices
Military personnel and dependents
Social security and elderly assistance
Veterans' pensions and compensation

Summary:
action_date: 2019-03-06
text: 

Fair COLA for Seniors Act

 
This bill bases cost-of-living adjustments on a price index that tracks the spending patterns of older consumers for specified benefits under the Civil Service Retirement System, the Federal Employees Retirement System, military retirement and survivor benefit programs, the Old-Age, Survivors, and Disability Insurance benefits program, and other specified veterans benefits programs.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2019-03-29
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Disability Assistance and Memorial Affairs.
action_date: 2019-03-07
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Military Personnel.
action_date: 2019-03-06
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Social Security.
action_date: 2019-03-06
text: Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committees on Veterans' Affairs, Oversight and Reform, and 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: 2019-03-06
text: Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committees on Veterans' Affairs, Oversight and Reform, and 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: 2019-03-06
text: Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committees on Veterans' Affairs, Oversight and Reform, and 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: 2019-03-06
text: Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committees on Veterans' Affairs, Oversight and Reform, and 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: 2019-03-06
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2019-03-06
text: Introduced in House
REDI Act

Bill: 116-hr-1554
Sponsor: Rep. Babin, Brian [R-TX-36]
Introduced: 2019-03-06 in the House
Policy area: Education
Subjects: Dental care
Government lending and loan guarantees
Health personnel
Interest, dividends, interest rates
Medical education
Student aid and college costs

Summary:
action_date: 2019-03-06
text: 

Resident Education Deferred Interest Act or the REDI Act

 
This bill makes student loan borrowers eligible for interest-free deferment on loans under the William D. Ford Federal Direct Loan Program if the borrowers are serving in medical or dental internships or residency programs.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2019-03-06
text: Referred to the House Committee on Education and Labor.
action_date: 2019-03-06
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2019-03-06
text: Introduced in House
Transparency for Cable Consumers Act

Bill: 116-hr-1555
Sponsor: Rep. Brindisi, Anthony [D-NY-22]
Introduced: 2019-03-06 in the House
Policy area: Science, Technology, Communications
Subjects: Broadcasting, cable, digital technologies
Congressional oversight
Internet and video services
Internet, web applications, social media
User charges and fees

Summary:
action_date: 2019-03-06
text: 

Transparency for Cable Consumers Act

 
This bill requires cable operators and internet service providers that have been directed to pay at least $1,000,000 to a state in fines or penalties to submit an annual report to the Federal Communications Commission that includes both consumer and internet service data. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2019-03-07
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Communications and Technology.
action_date: 2019-03-06
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2019-03-06
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2019-03-06
text: Introduced in House
Sunshine Protection Act of 2019

Bill: 116-hr-1556
Sponsor: Rep. Buchanan, Vern [R-FL-16]
Introduced: 2019-03-06 in the House
Policy area: Science, Technology, Communications
Subjects: State and local government operations
Time and calendar

Summary:
action_date: 2019-03-06
text: 

Sunshine Protection Act of 2019
 
 
This bill makes daylight savings time the new, permanent standard time.
 
States with areas exempt from daylight savings time may choose the standard time for those areas.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2019-03-07
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Consumer Protection and Commerce.
action_date: 2019-03-06
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2019-03-06
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2019-03-06
text: Introduced in House
No Bonuses in Bankruptcy Act of 2019

Bill: 116-hr-1557
Sponsor: Rep. Bustos, Cheri [D-IL-17]
Introduced: 2019-03-06 in the House
Policy area: Finance and Financial Sector
Subjects: Bankruptcy
Corporate finance and management
Wages and earnings

Summary:
action_date: 2019-03-06
text: 

No Bonuses in Bankruptcy Act of 2019 

 
This bill prohibits debtors in bankruptcy proceedings from paying bonuses to certain individuals, including insiders (such as relatives) and highly compensated employees. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2019-04-08
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Antitrust, Commercial, and Administrative Law.
action_date: 2019-03-06
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2019-03-06
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2019-03-06
text: Introduced in House
Taxpayer Extension Act

Bill: 116-hr-1558
Sponsor: Rep. Casten, Sean [D-IL-6]
Introduced: 2019-03-06 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Interest, dividends, interest rates
Tax administration and collection, taxpayers

Summary:
action_date: 2019-03-06
text: 

Taxpayer Extension Act

 
This bill extends the deadline for filing 2018 individual income tax returns from April 15, 2019, to May 20, 2019. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2019-03-06
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2019-03-06
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2019-03-06
text: Introduced in House
340B Protection and Accountability Act of 2019

Bill: 116-hr-1559
Sponsor: Rep. Collins, Chris [R-NY-27]
Introduced: 2019-03-06 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Business records
Congressional oversight
Employee hiring
Government studies and investigations
Health care costs and insurance
Health care coverage and access
Health facilities and institutions
Health information and medical records
Medicaid
Postal service
Prescription drugs
User charges and fees

Summary:
action_date: 2019-03-06
text: 

340B Protection and Accountability Act of 2019
 

 This bill makes various changes to the 340B prescription drug pricing program, including requiring certain participants to pay annual user fees and requiring certain participants to establish sliding scales for the amounts they charge low-income individuals for outpatient drugs.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2019-03-07
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2019-03-06
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2019-03-06
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2019-03-06
text: Introduced in House
American Family Act of 2019

Bill: 116-hr-1560
Sponsor: Rep. DeLauro, Rosa L. [D-CT-3]
Introduced: 2019-03-06 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Caribbean area
Immigration status and procedures
Income tax credits
Inflation and prices
Northern Mariana Islands
Puerto Rico
Tax treatment of families
U.S. territories and protectorates

Summary:
action_date: 2019-03-06
text: 

American Family Act of 2019 

 
This bill modifies the child tax credit to (1) make the credit fully refundable, (2) increase the amount of the credit and allow an additional credit for children who are under six years of age, (3) require the amount of the credit to be adjusted annually for inflation, and (4) require the Department of the Treasury to establish a program for making advance payments of the credit on a monthly basis. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2019-03-06
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2019-03-06
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2019-03-06
text: Introduced in House
Security Clearance Family Review Act

Bill: 116-hr-1561
Sponsor: Rep. Gallego, Ruben [D-AZ-7]
Introduced: 2019-03-06 in the House
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Subjects: Congressional oversight
Executive Office of the President
Family relationships
Foreign and international banking
Foreign and international corporations
Government ethics and transparency, public corruption
Government studies and investigations
Intelligence activities, surveillance, classified information
Presidents and presidential powers, Vice Presidents

Summary:
action_date: 2019-03-06
text: 

Security Clearance Family Review Act

 
This bill prohibits certain federal agencies from granting a relative of the President access to classified information for purposes of federal employment unless the Office of Government Ethics makes a favorable determination during a review process regarding the relative's suitability for such access. In conducting a review, the office must determine whether the relative of the President has any ongoing and substantial commercial relationships with state-owned or privately-owned foreign enterprises or financial institutions and, if so, whether the relative is ineligible for access to classified information because of such relationships.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2019-03-06
text: Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Reform.
action_date: 2019-03-06
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2019-03-06
text: Introduced in House
Commercial Space Transportation Safety Act of 2019

Bill: 116-hr-1562
Sponsor: Rep. Graves, Garret [R-LA-6]
Introduced: 2019-03-06 in the House
Policy area: Transportation and Public Works
Subjects: Accidents
Executive agency funding and structure
Government studies and investigations
National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB)
Space flight and exploration
Spacecraft and satellites
Transportation safety and security

Summary:
action_date: 2019-03-06
text: 

Commercial Space Transportation Safety Act of 2019

 
This bill authorizes the National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) to investigate a commercial space transportation accident in which there is (1) a known impact of a commercial launch vehicle, the payload of such vehicle, or any component thereof outside of the hazard area designated for the launch or reentry of such vehicle; (2) a fatality or significant injury of any individual, regardless of whether the individual was on board the commercial launch vehicle at the time of the accident; or (3) substantial damage to property that is not associated with commercial space launch activities and that is not located at the launch site.
 
The NTSB shall seek to enter into a memorandum of understanding with any government agency with the authority to certify a commercial space transportation operation to delineate the conditions under which a commercial space transportation accident will be investigated by such agency rather than by the NTSB.
 

 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2019-03-07
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Aviation.
action_date: 2019-03-06
text: Referred to the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.
action_date: 2019-03-06
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2019-03-06
text: Introduced in House
Chester County Reversionary Interest Release Act

Bill: 116-hr-1563
Sponsor: Rep. Green, Mark E. [R-TN-7]
Introduced: 2019-03-06 in the House
Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources
Subjects: Forests, forestry, trees
Land transfers
Tennessee

Summary:
action_date: 2019-03-06
text: 

Chester County Reversionary Interest Release Act

 
This bill directs the Department of Agriculture (USDA) to release the reversionary interest of the United States in a 0.62-acre parcel of land in Chickasaw State Forest in Tennessee (the state forest land), if, as consideration for the release, the State of Tennessee agrees to transfer to the United States a vested future interest in the 0. 90-acre parcel known as the Webb property that is similar to such interest, in order to facilitate a land exchange between Bethel Baptist Church in Henderson, Tennessee, and the state. 
 
As soon as the state has complied with specified requirements concerning the deed for the state forest land, Interior shall convey to the state the undivided mineral interest of the United States in such land. 
 
Additionally, Interior must determine the mineral character of the state forest land and the fair market value of the U.S. mineral interests 90 days after enactment of this bill. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2019-03-27
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Conservation and Forestry.
action_date: 2019-03-06
text: Referred to the House Committee on Agriculture.
action_date: 2019-03-06
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2019-03-06
text: Introduced in House
Outpatient Mental Health Modernization Act of 2019

Bill: 116-hr-1564
Sponsor: Rep. Hastings, Alcee L. [D-FL-20]
Introduced: 2019-03-06 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Advisory bodies
Aging
Disability and health-based discrimination
Health care coverage and access
Health facilities and institutions
Home and outpatient care
Hospital care
Medicare
Mental health
Veterans' medical care

Summary:
action_date: 2019-03-06
text: 

Outpatient Mental Health Modernization Act of 

2019

 
This bill includes nutritional planning, meals, and transportation, as well as vocational and employment counseling services, as covered partial-hospitalization services under Medicare.
 
The Department of Health and Human Services shall convene a Behavioral Health Advisory Committee to address specified issues, including discrimination against the chronically mentally ill, elderly, and veterans in relation to treatment for mental illness.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2019-03-07
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2019-03-06
text: Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committee on 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: 2019-03-06
text: Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committee on 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: 2019-03-06
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E252)
action_date: 2019-03-06
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2019-03-06
text: Introduced in House
To amend the Foreign Agents Registration Act of 1938 to ensure online access to the registration statements filed under such Act, and for other purposes.

Bill: 116-hr-1566
Sponsor: Rep. Jayapal, Pramila [D-WA-7]
Introduced: 2019-03-06 in the House
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Subjects: General foreign operations matters
Government ethics and transparency, public corruption
Government information and archives
Licensing and registrations
Public participation and lobbying

Summary:
action_date: 2019-03-06
text: 
This bill revises the requirement that the Department of Justice maintain a public database regarding foreign agents with information contained in the agents' registration statements, including to require the information to be in a digitized format.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2019-04-08
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on the Constitution, Civil Rights, and Civil Liberties.
action_date: 2019-03-06
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2019-03-06
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2019-03-06
text: Introduced in House
Prompt and Fast Action to Stop Damages Act of 2019

Bill: 116-hr-1567
Sponsor: Rep. Lujan, Ben Ray [D-NM-3]
Introduced: 2019-03-06 in the House
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Agricultural conservation and pollution
Congressional oversight
Environmental assessment, monitoring, research
Fires
Government studies and investigations
Hazardous wastes and toxic substances
Land transfers
Military facilities and property
Water quality
Water use and supply

Summary:
action_date: 2019-03-06
text: 

Prompt and Fast Action to Stop Damages Act of 2019

 
This bill authorizes military departments to provide water for agricultural purposes in areas in which activities on a military installation have contaminated a water source with perfluoroalkyl or polyfluoroalkyl substances, such as perfluorooctanoic acid (PFOA) or perfluorooctane sulfonate (PFOS). The military departments may provide uncontaminated water or provide treatment for contaminated water. The agricultural products produced must be destined for human consumption. 
 
The Department of the Air Force may acquire certain real property adjacent to an Air Force base that has shown signs of contamination from PFOA and PFOS due to activities on the base.
 
The Department of Defense must submit to Congress a remediation plan for water at or adjacent to a military base that is contaminated with PFOA or PFOS.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2019-03-08
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Readiness.
action_date: 2019-03-07
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Environment and Climate Change.
action_date: 2019-03-07
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Water Resources and Environment.
action_date: 2019-03-06
text: Referred to the Committee on Armed Services, and in addition to the Committees on Energy and Commerce, and Transportation and Infrastructure, 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: 2019-03-06
text: Referred to the Committee on Armed Services, and in addition to the Committees on Energy and Commerce, and Transportation and Infrastructure, 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: 2019-03-06
text: Referred to the Committee on Armed Services, and in addition to the Committees on Energy and Commerce, and Transportation and Infrastructure, 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: 2019-03-06
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2019-03-06
text: Introduced in House
SAVE Right Whales Act

Bill: 116-hr-1568
Sponsor: Rep. Moulton, Seth [D-MA-6]
Introduced: 2019-03-06 in the House
Policy area: Animals
Subjects: Advanced technology and technological innovations
Animal protection and human-animal relationships
Atlantic Ocean
Canada
Congressional oversight
Endangered and threatened species
International organizations and cooperation
Mammals
Marine and coastal resources, fisheries
Marine and inland water transportation
Wildlife conservation and habitat protection

Summary:
action_date: 2019-03-06
text: 

Scientific Assistance for Very Endangered North Atlantic Right Whales Act of 2019 or the SAVE Right Whales Act

 
This bill provides support for the conservation of North Atlantic right whales (
Eubalaena glacialis
).
 
Specifically, it requires the Department of Commerce to provide financial assistance for the conservation of such whales.
 
In addition, Commerce must conduct surveys of plankton on an ongoing basis using a continuous plankton recorder.

action_date: 2019-10-18
text: 

Scientific Assistance for Very Endangered North Atlantic Right Whales Act of 2019 or the SAVE Right Whales Act

 
This bill provides support for the conservation of North Atlantic right whales (
Eubalaena glacialis
).
 
Specifically, it requires the Department of Commerce to provide financial assistance for the conservation of such whales.
 
In addition, Commerce must conduct surveys of plankton on an ongoing basis using a continuous plankton recorder.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2019-10-18
text: Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 194.
action_date: 2019-10-18
text: Committee on the Budget discharged.
action_date: 2019-10-18
text: Committee on the Budget discharged.
action_date: 2019-10-18
text: Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Natural Resources. H. Rept. 116-244, Part I.
action_date: 2019-10-18
text: Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Natural Resources. H. Rept. 116-244, Part I.
action_date: 2019-05-01
text: Ordered to be Reported (Amended) by the Yeas and Nays: 23 - 13.
action_date: 2019-05-01
text: Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
action_date: 2019-05-01
text: Subcommittee on Water, Oceans, and Wildlife Discharged.
action_date: 2019-03-26
text: Subcommittee Hearings Held.
action_date: 2019-03-22
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Water, Oceans, and Wildlife.
action_date: 2019-03-06
text: Referred to the Committee on Natural Resources, and in addition to the Committee on the Budget, 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: 2019-03-06
text: Referred to the Committee on Natural Resources, and in addition to the Committee on the Budget, 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: 2019-03-06
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2019-03-06
text: Introduced in House
Debt-Free College Act of 2019

Bill: 116-hr-1571
Sponsor: Rep. Pocan, Mark [D-WI-2]
Introduced: 2019-03-06 in the House
Policy area: Education
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Appropriations
Congressional oversight
Criminal justice information and records
Department of Education
Drug trafficking and controlled substances
Education of the disadvantaged
Education programs funding
Educational facilities and institutions
Educational guidance
Elementary and secondary education
Government information and archives
Government lending and loan guarantees
Higher education
Immigration status and procedures
Minority education
Student aid and college costs

Summary:
action_date: 2019-03-06
text: 

Debt-Free College Act
 
of 2019

 
This bill requires the Department of Education to (1) award grants for state-federal partnerships with a goal of providing debt-free college for students at in-state public institutions of higher education, and (2) award grants to provide debt-free college for students at historically black colleges and universities and minority serving institutions, and (3) allow grants for financial aid for dreamer students (students who entered the United States before the age of 16 and who meet certain educational criteria). It also repeals the suspension of eligibility for financial aid for students convicted of the possession or sale of illegal drugs.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2019-03-06
text: Referred to the House Committee on Education and Labor.
action_date: 2019-03-06
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2019-03-06
text: Introduced in House