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Know Where to Go in an Emergency Act of 2019

Bill: 116-hr-5192
Sponsor: Rep. Beyer, Donald S., Jr. [D-VA-8]
Introduced: 2019-11-20 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Employee benefits and pensions
Health care costs and insurance
Health care coverage and access
Health information and medical records
Hospital care

Summary:
action_date: 2019-11-20
text: 

Know Where to Go in an Emergency Act of 2019

 
 This bill requires private health insurance plans to identify on insurance membership cards the in-network hospital or urgent care facility nearest to the primary residence of the plan holder.
 
 
 
 
 
 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2019-11-21
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2019-11-20
text: Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committees on Ways and Means, and 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: 2019-11-20
text: Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committees on Ways and Means, and 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: 2019-11-20
text: Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committees on Ways and Means, and 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: 2019-11-20
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2019-11-20
text: Introduced in House
Buy America for Drinking Water Extension Act of 2019

Bill: 116-hr-5193
Sponsor: Rep. Bustos, Cheri [D-IL-17]
Introduced: 2019-11-20 in the House
Policy area: Environmental Protection
Subjects: Buy American requirements
Government lending and loan guarantees
Metals
Public contracts and procurement
State and local finance
Water quality
Water storage
Water use and supply

Summary:
action_date: 2019-11-20
text: 

Buy America for Drinking Water Extension Act of 2019

 
This bill makes permanent a requirement that projects financed through a drinking water state revolving fund program only use iron and steel products that are produced in the United States, unless the Environmental Protection Agency grants a waiver from the requirement. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2019-11-21
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Environment and Climate Change.
action_date: 2019-11-20
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2019-11-20
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2019-11-20
text: Introduced in House
Climate Change Financial Risk Act of 2019

Bill: 116-hr-5194
Sponsor: Rep. Casten, Sean [D-IL-6]
Introduced: 2019-11-20 in the House
Policy area: Finance and Financial Sector
Subjects: Advisory bodies
Air quality
Bank accounts, deposits, capital
Banking and financial institutions regulation
Climate change and greenhouse gases
Congressional oversight
Economic performance and conditions
Farmland
Federal Reserve System
Financial Stability Oversight Council
Financial crises and stabilization
Fires
Floods and storm protection
Foreign and international banking
International organizations and cooperation
Land use and conservation
Marine and coastal resources, fisheries

Summary:
action_date: 2019-11-20
text: 

Climate Change Financial Risk Act of 2019 

 
This bill addresses climate change risk and its potential impact on the financial system. 
 
The Federal Reserve Board must develop financial risk analyses relating to climate change for specified large nonbank financial companies and bank holding companies. Specifically, these entities will be evaluated every two years on whether they have the capital necessary to absorb financial losses that would arise under several different climate change risk scenarios. 
 
The bill also establishes the Climate Risk Scenario Technical Development Group to provide recommendations to the board regarding such climate change risk scenarios, and determine the financial and economic risks of these scenarios. 
 
The Financial Stability Oversight Council of the Department of the Treasury must establish a subcommittee to assist it in identifying risks and responding to threats to the financial system as a result of climate change. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2019-11-21
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Environment and Climate Change.
action_date: 2019-11-20
text: Referred to the Committee on Financial Services, 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: 2019-11-20
text: Referred to the Committee on Financial Services, 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: 2019-11-20
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2019-11-20
text: Introduced in House
FAIR Fees Act

Bill: 116-hr-5195
Sponsor: Rep. Cohen, Steve [D-TN-9]
Introduced: 2019-11-20 in the House
Policy area: Transportation and Public Works
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Aviation and airports
Department of Transportation
Transportation costs

Summary:
action_date: 2019-11-20
text: 

Forbid Airlines from Imposing Ridiculous Fees Act of 2019 or the
 
FAIR Fees Act

 
This bill directs the Department of Transportation to prescribe regulations (1) prohibiting an air carrier from imposing specified fees relating to a flight in interstate air transportation that are unreasonable or disproportional to the costs it incurs, and (2) establishing standards for assessing whether such fees are reasonable and proportional to those costs.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2019-11-21
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Aviation.
action_date: 2019-11-20
text: Referred to the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.
action_date: 2019-11-20
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2019-11-20
text: Introduced in House
Save Lives Act

Bill: 116-hr-5196
Sponsor: Rep. Delgado, Antonio [D-NY-19]
Introduced: 2019-11-20 in the House
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Subjects: Business ethics
Congressional elections
Corporate finance and management
Drug trafficking and controlled substances
Elections, voting, political campaign regulation
Prescription drugs

Summary:
action_date: 2019-11-20
text: 

Save Lives Act 

 
This bill prohibits political contributions and expenditures from a separate segregated political fund of a company engaged in the manufacture of opioids. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2019-11-20
text: Referred to the House Committee on House Administration.
action_date: 2019-11-20
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2019-11-20
text: Introduced in House
Managed Stablecoins are Securities Act of 2019

Bill: 116-hr-5197
Sponsor: Rep. Garcia, Sylvia R. [D-TX-29]
Introduced: 2019-11-20 in the House
Policy area: Finance and Financial Sector
Subjects: Broadcasting, cable, digital technologies
Currency
Securities

Summary:
action_date: 2019-11-20
text: 

Managed Stablecoins are Securities Act of 2019 

 
This bill establishes managed stablecoins&#8212;a type of digital currency the value of which is linked to another asset or group of assets&#8212;as a type of security for regulatory purposes. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2019-11-20
text: Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services.
action_date: 2019-11-20
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2019-11-20
text: Introduced in House
Patients’ Right to Know Their Medication Act of 2019

Bill: 116-hr-5198
Sponsor: Rep. Golden, Jared F. [D-ME-2]
Introduced: 2019-11-20 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Department of Health and Human Services
Drug safety, medical device, and laboratory regulation
Food and Drug Administration (FDA)
Health information and medical records
Prescription drugs

Summary:
action_date: 2019-11-20
text: 

Patients' Right to Know Their Medication Act of 2019

 
This bill directs the Food and Drug Administration to regulate the authorship, content, format, color, printing, and dissemination of patient medication information that is required to be in the labeling of prescription drugs.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2019-11-21
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2019-11-20
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2019-11-20
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2019-11-20
text: Introduced in House
ECHO Act of 2019

Bill: 116-hr-5199
Sponsor: Rep. Lujan, Ben Ray [D-NM-3]
Introduced: 2019-11-20 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Child health
Congressional oversight
Drug, alcohol, tobacco use
Government information and archives
Health care coverage and access
Health information and medical records
Health personnel
Health programs administration and funding
Health technology, devices, supplies
Indian social and development programs
Medical education
Mental health
Minority health
Rural conditions and development
Women's health

Summary:
action_date: 2019-11-20
text: 

Expanding Capacity for Health Outcomes Act of 2019 or the ECHO 2019 Act

 
This bill requires the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) to establish a grant program that supports specified health care services in rural or medically underserved areas. Specifically, HHS must award grants to health care entities serving rural areas, health-professional shortage areas, medically underserved populations, or Native Americans for (1) specified videoconferencing technology that connects health professionals with specialists (e.g., chronic-disease, mental-health, and substance-use disorder specialists), (2) retaining health care providers, and (3) increasing access to health care services.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2019-11-21
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2019-11-20
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2019-11-20
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2019-11-20
text: Introduced in House
PSA Screening for HIM Act

Bill: 116-hr-5200
Sponsor: Rep. Rush, Bobby L. [D-IL-1]
Introduced: 2019-11-20 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Cancer
Health care costs and insurance
Health promotion and preventive care
Medical tests and diagnostic methods
Minority health

Summary:
action_date: 2019-11-20
text: 

Prostate-Specific Antigen Screening for High-risk Insured Men Act or the PSA Screening for HIM Act
 

 This bill requires group health insurance plans to cover preventive prostate cancer screenings that are not already covered under the recommendations of the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force for men with a family history of prostate cancer, without imposing any cost-sharing requirement.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2019-11-21
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2019-11-20
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2019-11-20
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2019-11-20
text: Introduced in House
Telemental Health Expansion Act of 2020

Bill: 116-hr-5201
Sponsor: Rep. Matsui, Doris O. [D-CA-6]
Introduced: 2019-11-20 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Health care coverage and access
Health technology, devices, supplies
Home and outpatient care
Medicare
Mental health

Summary:
action_date: 2019-11-20
text: 

Telemental Health Expansion Act of 2019

 
This bill modifies requirements relating to coverage of mental health telehealth services under Medicare. Specifically, the bill removes restrictions that require the originating site (i.e., the location of the beneficiary) to be in a rural area, and allows the home of a beneficiary to serve as the originating site for such services.

action_date: 2020-12-24
text: 

Telemental Health Expansion Act of 2020

 
This bill permanently excludes mental health services that are furnished via telehealth from certain originating site requirements under Medicare. Under current law, these telehealth services are excluded from such requirements through the end of the public health emergency relating to COVID-19 (i.e., coronavirus disease 2019).


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2020-12-24
text: Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 580.
action_date: 2020-12-24
text: Committee on Ways and Means discharged.
action_date: 2020-12-24
text: Committee on Ways and Means discharged.
action_date: 2020-12-24
text: Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Energy and Commerce. H. Rept. 116-697, Part I.
action_date: 2020-12-24
text: Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Energy and Commerce. H. Rept. 116-697, Part I.
action_date: 2020-07-15
text: Subcommittee on Health Discharged.
action_date: 2020-07-15
text: Ordered to be Reported (Amended) by Voice Vote.
action_date: 2020-07-15
text: Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
action_date: 2020-06-30
text: Subcommittee Hearings Held.
action_date: 2019-11-21
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2019-11-20
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: 2019-11-20
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: 2019-11-20
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2019-11-20
text: Introduced in House
Protecting Critical Services for Mothers and Babies Act

Bill: 116-hr-5202
Sponsor: Rep. McBath, Lucy [D-GA-6]
Introduced: 2019-11-20 in the House
Policy area: Labor and Employment
Subjects: Child health
Employee benefits and pensions
Health facilities and institutions
Health personnel
Medical research
Social work, volunteer service, charitable organizations
Tax-exempt organizations
Women's health

Summary:
action_date: 2019-11-20
text: 

Protecting Critical Services for Mothers and Babies Act 

 
This bill expands the application of rules for cooperative and small employer charity pension plans to include certain nonprofit medical-research organizations that have the primary purpose of delivering services to mothers and children. (These rules exempt specified employers from certain minimum funding requirements for employee pension plans.) 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2019-11-20
text: Referred to the Committee on Education and Labor, 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: 2019-11-20
text: Referred to the Committee on Education and Labor, 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: 2019-11-20
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2019-11-20
text: Introduced in House
Promoting Rural Exports Act of 2019

Bill: 116-hr-5203
Sponsor: Rep. Peterson, Collin C. [D-MN-7]
Introduced: 2019-11-20 in the House
Policy area: Foreign Trade and International Finance
Subjects: Business education
Competitiveness, trade promotion, trade deficits
Department of Commerce
Executive agency funding and structure
Government information and archives
Rural conditions and development

Summary:
action_date: 2019-11-20
text: 

Promoting Rural Exports Act of 2019 

 
This bill establishes the Rural Export Center for the purpose of assisting rural businesses seeking to export their products. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2019-11-20
text: Referred to the House Committee on Foreign Affairs.
action_date: 2019-11-20
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2019-11-20
text: Introduced in House
Student Mental Health Rights Act

Bill: 116-hr-5204
Sponsor: Rep. Porter, Katie [D-CA-45]
Introduced: 2019-11-20 in the House
Policy area: Education
Subjects: Academic performance and assessments
Congressional oversight
Disability and health-based discrimination
Disability assistance
Drug, alcohol, tobacco use
Government studies and investigations
Higher education
Mental health

Summary:
action_date: 2019-11-20
text: 

Student Mental Health Rights Act

 
This bill addresses mental health and substance use at institutions of higher education (IHEs).
 
Specifically, the bill requires the Department of Education (ED) to conduct a study on mental health conditions and substance use conditions at IHEs.
 
In addition, ED must issue guidance on IHEs' (1) compliance with federal law on mental health, (2) legal obligations to students with mental health conditions and students with substance use conditions, and (3) policies which may have a disparate impact on such students.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2019-11-20
text: Referred to the House Committee on Education and Labor.
action_date: 2019-11-20
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2019-11-20
text: Introduced in House
Fair Warning Act of 2019

Bill: 116-hr-5205
Sponsor: Rep. Ryan, Tim [D-OH-13]
Introduced: 2019-11-20 in the House
Policy area: Labor and Employment
Subjects: Business records
Civil actions and liability
Congressional oversight
Employment and training programs
Employment discrimination and employee rights
Government information and archives
Unemployment

Summary:
action_date: 2019-11-20
text: 

Fair Warning Act of 2019

 
This bill bars an employer from ordering a site closing or mass layoff until 90 calendar days after the employer has served written notice of such an order to (1) each representative of the affected employees as of the time of the notice or each affected employee, (2) the Department of Labor and the governor of the state where the site closing or mass layoff is to occur, and (3) the state or entity designated by the state to carry out rapid response activities. 
 
No notice shall be required if the site closing or mass layoff is because of any natural disaster, such as a flood, earthquake, or a drought ravaging the farmlands of the United States.
 
 Labor shall maintain a guide of benefits and services that may be available to affected employees, including unemployment compensation, trade adjustment assistance, COBRA continuation coverage, and early access to training services and other services, including counseling services.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2019-11-20
text: Referred to the House Committee on Education and Labor.
action_date: 2019-11-20
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2019-11-20
text: Introduced in House
Empowering Individuals to Succeed Through Education and Workforce Training Act

Bill: 116-hr-5206
Sponsor: Rep. Smith, Adam [D-WA-9]
Introduced: 2019-11-20 in the House
Policy area: Labor and Employment
Subjects: Child care and development
Employee benefits and pensions
Employment and training programs
Poverty and welfare assistance
State and local finance
State and local government operations
Transportation costs

Summary:
action_date: 2019-11-20
text: 

Empowering Individuals to Succeed Through Education and Workforce Training Act

 
This bill directs the Department of Labor to award grants to provide support services (e.g., transportation, child or dependent care, housing, and other needs-related payments) for individuals receiving workforce training and education.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2019-11-20
text: Referred to the House Committee on Education and Labor.
action_date: 2019-11-20
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2019-11-20
text: Introduced in House
End the Migrant Protection Protocols Act of 2019

Bill: 116-hr-5207
Sponsor: Rep. Vela, Filemon [D-TX-34]
Introduced: 2019-11-20 in the House
Policy area: Immigration
Subjects: Border security and unlawful immigration
Immigration status and procedures
Latin America
Mexico

Summary:
action_date: 2019-11-20
text: 

End the Migrant Protection Protocols Act of 2019

 
This bill revokes the Department of Homeland Security's statutory authority to return an alien to a contiguous country while removal proceedings are pending against that alien, if the alien arrived in the United States by land from that contiguous country. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2019-12-19
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration and Citizenship.
action_date: 2019-11-20
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2019-11-20
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2019-11-20
text: Introduced in House
To authorize the President to award the Medal of Honor to Major Brian R. Chontosh, United States Marine Corps (retired), for acts of valor on March 25, 2003.

Bill: 116-hr-5208
Sponsor: Rep. Reed, Tom [R-NY-23]
Introduced: 2019-11-20 in the House
Subjects: Private Legislation

Summary:
action_date: 2019-11-20
text: 
 This bill authorizes the President to award the Medal of Honor to Major Brian R. Chontosh, United States Marine Corps (retired), for acts of valor performed on March 25, 2003, while serving in Iraq.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2019-11-20
text: Referred to the House Committee on Armed Services.
action_date: 2019-11-20
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2019-11-20
text: Introduced in House
Raising the Bar Act of 2019

Bill: 116-hr-5209
Sponsor: Rep. Rose, Max [D-NY-11]
Introduced: 2019-11-21 in the House
Policy area: Science, Technology, Communications
Subjects: Computer security and identity theft
Congressional oversight
Consumer affairs
Government studies and investigations
Internet and video services
Internet, web applications, social media
Mental health
Public-private cooperation
Terrorism

Summary:
action_date: 2019-11-21
text: 

Raising the Bar Act of 2019

 
This bill establishes an exercise program to flag online terrorist content. Specifically, the bill directs the Department of Homeland Security to designate a lead institution to administer a voluntary online terrorist content moderation exercise program to test how well participating technology companies (e.g., social media platforms) adhere to their own content moderation policies and procedures.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2019-12-09
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Intelligence and Counterterrorism.
action_date: 2019-12-09
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Cybersecurity, Infrastructure Protection, and Innovation.
action_date: 2019-11-21
text: Referred to the House Committee on Homeland Security.
action_date: 2019-11-21
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2019-11-21
text: Introduced in House