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Transition-to-Success Mentoring Act

Bill: 116-hr-804
Sponsor: Rep. Carson, Andre [D-IN-7]
Introduced: 2019-01-28 in the House
Policy area: Education
Subjects: Education of the disadvantaged
Education programs funding
Educational guidance
Elementary and secondary education
Employee hiring
Higher education
Teaching, teachers, curricula

Summary:
action_date: 2019-01-28
text: 

Transition-to-Success Mentoring Act

 
This bill reauthorizes educational programs that assist at-risk middle school students.
 
The bill establishes a transition-to-success mentoring program requiring the Department of Education to award grants to local educational agencies or certain community-based nonprofit organizations to provide school-based mentoring programs and assist at-risk students in transitioning from middle to high school.
 
Grantees must assign each at-risk student in his or her middle school a success coach who creates a plan of success for the student and serves as the student's advocate between the student's parents and teachers and in exploring higher education and career opportunities.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2019-01-28
text: Referred to the House Committee on Education and Labor.
action_date: 2019-01-28
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E97-98)
action_date: 2019-01-28
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2019-01-28
text: Introduced in House
Robo COP Act

Bill: 116-hr-805
Sponsor: Rep. Foxx, Virginia [R-NC-5]
Introduced: 2019-01-28 in the House
Policy area: Commerce
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Federal Trade Commission (FTC)
Political advertising
Science, Technology, Communications
Telephone and wireless communication

Summary:
action_date: 2019-01-28
text: 

Robo Calls Off Phones Act or the Robo COP Act

 
This bill directs the Federal Trade Commission to revise the do-not-call registry provisions of the Telemarketing Sales Rule to prohibit politically-oriented recorded message telephone calls to telephone numbers listed on that registry. 
 
A "politically-oriented recorded message telephone call" is an outbound telephone call that plays a recorded message that (1) promotes, advertises, campaigns, or solicits donations for or against a political candidate or regarding a political issue; or (2) uses a political candidate's name.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2019-01-29
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Consumer Protection and Commerce.
action_date: 2019-01-28
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2019-01-28
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2019-01-28
text: Introduced in House
Water and Agriculture Tax Reform Act of 2019

Bill: 116-hr-807
Sponsor: Rep. Buck, Ken [R-CO-4]
Introduced: 2019-01-28 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Business investment and capital
Corporate finance and management
Farmland
Financial services and investments
Land transfers
Securities
Tax-exempt organizations
Water use and supply

Summary:
action_date: 2019-01-28
text: 

Water and Agriculture Tax Reform Act of 201

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This bill permits tax-exempt mutual ditch or irrigation companies to earn income from dispositions of certain property and stock interests without affecting their tax-exempt status, but requires that such income be used to pay the costs of operations, maintenance, and capital improvements of such a company.
 
The bill also establishes a rule regarding the organizational governance of mutual ditch or irrigation companies. Where state law provides that such a company may be organized in a manner that permits voting on a basis that is pro rata to share ownership on corporate governance matters, the tax-exempt status of the mutual ditch or irrigation company must be determined without taking into account whether its member shareholders have one vote on corporate governance matters per share held in the corporation. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2019-01-28
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2019-01-28
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2019-01-28
text: Introduced in House
Promoting Access to Diabetic Shoes Act

Bill: 116-hr-808
Sponsor: Rep. Blumenauer, Earl [D-OR-3]
Introduced: 2019-01-28 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Digestive and metabolic diseases
Health information and medical records
Health personnel
Health technology, devices, supplies
Medicare

Summary:
action_date: 2019-01-28
text: 

Promoting Access to Diabetic Shoes Act

 
This bill allows a nurse practitioner or physician assistant to fulfill documentation requirements for coverage, under Medicare, of special shoes for diabetic individuals. Under current law, such requirements may be satisfied only by a physician.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2019-01-29
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2019-01-28
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: 2019-01-28
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: 2019-01-28
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2019-01-28
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E98-99)
action_date: 2019-01-28
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2019-01-28
text: Introduced in House
Ban Government Shutdowns Act

Bill: 116-hr-809
Sponsor: Rep. Boyle, Brendan F. [D-PA-2]
Introduced: 2019-01-28 in the House
Policy area: Economics and Public Finance
Subjects: Appropriations
Executive agency funding and structure
Legislative rules and procedure

Summary:
action_date: 2019-01-28
text: 

Ban Government Shutdowns Act 

 
This bill provides continuing appropriations to prevent a government shutdown if any appropriations measure has not been enacted before the beginning of the fiscal year or otherwise expires. 
 
 The bill provides appropriations at the rate of operations that was provided for the prior fiscal year to continue programs, projects, and activities for which funds were provided in the preceding fiscal year.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2019-01-28
text: Referred to the House Committee on Appropriations.
action_date: 2019-01-28
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2019-01-28
text: Introduced in House
To block the implementation of certain presidential actions that restrict individuals from certain countries from entering the United States.

Bill: 116-hr-810
Sponsor: Rep. Chu, Judy [D-CA-27]
Introduced: 2019-01-28 in the House
Policy area: Immigration
Subjects: Africa
Asia
Chad
Department of Homeland Security
Executive agency funding and structure
Immigration status and procedures
Iran
Latin America
Libya
Middle East
North Korea
Presidents and presidential powers, Vice Presidents
Somalia
Sudan
Syria
Travel and tourism
Venezuela
Visas and passports
Yemen

Summary:
action_date: 2019-01-28
text: 
This bill prohibits making funds, resources, or fees available to any federal agency to implement or enforce Executive Order 13780 and Presidential Proclamation 9645, which suspended individuals from several countries of concern, including Chad, Iran, and Libya, from entering the United States. The Proclamation also provided for enhanced U.S. vetting capacities.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2019-03-25
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration and Citizenship.
action_date: 2019-02-13
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Border Security, Facilitation, and Operations.
action_date: 2019-01-28
text: Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committees on Foreign Affairs, Homeland Security, and Intelligence (Permanent Select), for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
action_date: 2019-01-28
text: Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committees on Foreign Affairs, Homeland Security, and Intelligence (Permanent Select), for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
action_date: 2019-01-28
text: Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committees on Foreign Affairs, Homeland Security, and Intelligence (Permanent Select), for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
action_date: 2019-01-28
text: Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committees on Foreign Affairs, Homeland Security, and Intelligence (Permanent Select), for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
action_date: 2019-01-28
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2019-01-28
text: Introduced in House
Transparency in Student Lending Act

Bill: 116-hr-811
Sponsor: Rep. Curtis, John R. [R-UT-3]
Introduced: 2019-01-28 in the House
Policy area: Education
Subjects: Higher education
Interest, dividends, interest rates
Student aid and college costs

Summary:
action_date: 2019-01-28
text: 

Transparency in Student Lending Act

 
This bill requires an institution of higher education to disclose, prior to disbursement, the annual percentage rate applicable to a federal student loan. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2019-01-29
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR H1250)
action_date: 2019-01-28
text: Referred to the House Committee on Education and Labor.
action_date: 2019-01-28
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2019-01-28
text: Introduced in House
Conflicts from Political Fundraising Act of 2019

Bill: 116-hr-812
Sponsor: Rep. Deutch, Theodore E. [D-FL-22]
Introduced: 2019-01-28 in the House
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Congressional oversight
Elections, voting, political campaign regulation
Federal officials
Government ethics and transparency, public corruption
Office of Government Ethics
Public participation and lobbying

Summary:
action_date: 2019-01-28
text: 

Conflicts from Political Fundraising Act of 2019

 
This bill requires presidentially appointed executive branch officials to disclose whether they have solicited donations for or contributed funds to political action committees, political non-profits, or industry trade associations. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2019-01-28
text: Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Reform.
action_date: 2019-01-28
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2019-01-28
text: Introduced in House
Puerto Rico Integrity in Medicare Advantage Act

Bill: 116-hr-813
Sponsor: Resident Commissioner González-Colón, Jenniffer [R-PR-At Large]
Introduced: 2019-01-28 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Administrative remedies
Disaster relief and insurance
Health care costs and insurance
Health personnel
Insurance industry and regulation
Medicare
Puerto Rico

Summary:
action_date: 2019-01-28
text: 

Puerto Rico Integrity in Medicare Advantage Act

 
This bill temporarily establishes geographic adjustments for certain Medicare Advantage payment formulations, and specifies that a certain percentage of corresponding payment increases must be directed toward compensating providers in Puerto Rico.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2019-01-29
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2019-01-28
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: 2019-01-28
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: 2019-01-28
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2019-01-28
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2019-01-28
text: Introduced in House
To provide a bonus to any Federal employee excepted from furlough during the lapse in appropriations beginning on or about December 22, 2018, and for other purposes.

Bill: 116-hr-814
Sponsor: Rep. Griffith, H. Morgan [R-VA-9]
Introduced: 2019-01-28 in the House
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Subjects: Appropriations
Government employee pay, benefits, personnel management
Military personnel and dependents

Summary:
action_date: 2019-01-28
text: 
This bill provides a bonus to federal employees who were excepted from furlough and worked without pay during the lapse in FY2019 appropriations that began on December 22, 2018. For each day that an employee worked without pay, the bill provides a bonus equal to 15% of the employee's daily rate of pay.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2019-01-29
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Military Personnel.
action_date: 2019-01-28
text: Referred to the Committee on Oversight and Reform, and in addition to the Committee on Armed Services, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
action_date: 2019-01-28
text: Referred to the Committee on Oversight and Reform, and in addition to the Committee on Armed Services, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
action_date: 2019-01-28
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2019-01-28
text: Introduced in House
Pay our Homeland Heroes Act

Bill: 116-hr-815
Sponsor: Rep. Kelly, Trent [R-MS-1]
Introduced: 2019-01-28 in the House
Policy area: Emergency Management
Subjects: Appropriations
Border security and unlawful immigration
Coast guard
Department of Homeland Security
Executive agency funding and structure
Law enforcement officers

Summary:
action_date: 2019-01-28
text: 

Pay our Homeland Heroes Act 

 
This bill provides FY2019 continuing appropriations for (1) the pay and allowances of members and employees of the U.S. Coast Guard, and (2) the salaries and expenses of law enforcement and customs and border protection officers within the Department of Homeland Security. 
 
The bill provides the continuing appropriations for any period during which interim or full-year appropriations for FY2019 are not in effect. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2019-01-28
text: Referred to the House Committee on Appropriations.
action_date: 2019-01-28
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2019-01-28
text: Introduced in House
Officer Sean Collier Campus Police Recognition Act of 2019

Bill: 116-hr-816
Sponsor: Rep. King, Peter T. [R-NY-2]
Introduced: 2019-01-28 in the House
Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement
Subjects: Employee benefits and pensions
Government employee pay, benefits, personnel management
Higher education
Law enforcement officers

Summary:
action_date: 2019-01-28
text: 
 

Officer Sean Collier Campus Police Recognition Act of 2019

 
This bill includes a campus police officer within the definition of &quot;public safety officer&quot; for purposes of death, disability, and education benefits under the Public Safety Officers' Benefits Program. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2019-03-25
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security.
action_date: 2019-01-28
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2019-01-28
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2019-01-28
text: Introduced in House
Combating the Heroin Epidemic Through Forensic Drug Testing Act of 2019

Bill: 116-hr-817
Sponsor: Rep. Kuster, Ann M. [D-NH-2]
Introduced: 2019-01-28 in the House
Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement
Subjects: Criminal investigation, prosecution, interrogation
Drug trafficking and controlled substances
Drug, alcohol, tobacco use
Law enforcement administration and funding

Summary:
action_date: 2019-01-28
text: 

Combating the Heroin Epidemic Through Forensic Drug Testing Act of 2019

 
This bill authorizes the Bureau of Justice Assistance to award state grants to address the use, sale, and distribution of heroin, fentanyl, and associated synthetic drugs.
 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2019-03-25
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security.
action_date: 2019-01-28
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2019-01-28
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2019-01-28
text: Introduced in House
DEVICE Act of 2019

Bill: 116-hr-818
Sponsor: Rep. Lieu, Ted [D-CA-33]
Introduced: 2019-01-28 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Business records
Drug safety, medical device, and laboratory regulation
Government information and archives
Health technology, devices, supplies

Summary:
action_date: 2019-01-28
text: 

Disclosure; and Encouragement of Verification, Innovation, Cleaning, and Efficiency Act of 
 
2019 or the DEVICE Act of 2019

 
This bill addresses design changes and reprocessing of medical devices. Reprocessing of medical devices is the process to clean and sterilize or disinfect devices for reuse. Specifically, medical device manufacturers must notify the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) (1) before making changes to the design or reprocessing instructions of a device, and (2) no more than five days after widely disseminating to health care providers in a foreign country communications regarding changes to the design or reprocessing instructions of a device or regarding a safety concern about a device. A device may not be sold if the manufacturer violates these notification requirements.
 
Rapid assessment tests intended to ensure the proper reprocessing of reusable medical devices are defined as medical devices. The FDA must publish a list of the types of rapid assessment tests for which premarket notification must include validated instructions for use and validation data.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2019-01-29
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2019-01-28
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2019-01-28
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2019-01-28
text: Introduced in House
Protecting Families from Government Shutdowns Act

Bill: 116-hr-819
Sponsor: Rep. Lieu, Ted [D-CA-33]
Introduced: 2019-01-28 in the House
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Appropriations
Civil actions and liability
Contracts and agency
Credit and credit markets
Debt collection
Executive agency funding and structure
Federal Trade Commission (FTC)
Interest, dividends, interest rates
Landlord and tenant
State and local government operations

Summary:
action_date: 2019-01-28
text: 

Protecting Families from Government Shutdowns Act

 
This bill makes it unlawful for an entity to do any of the following with respect to a person if the person is unable to meet an obligation because government service is unavailable during a lapse in appropriations: (1) debt collection; (2) collection of interest on loans accrued during the lapse; (3) eviction; (4) foreclosure; (5) acceleration or downgrading of credit; or (6) enforcement of any other obligation required by law or contract that relies on a government service that is unavailable during a lapse in appropriations.
 
 Penalty provisions in a contract for services that is violated because of a lapse in appropriations and services shall be unenforceable.
 
The Federal Trade Commission and the states are given authority to enforce this bill.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2019-01-29
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Consumer Protection and Commerce.
action_date: 2019-01-28
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2019-01-28
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2019-01-28
text: Introduced in House
Gun Show Loophole Closing Act of 2019

Bill: 116-hr-820
Sponsor: Rep. Maloney, Carolyn B. [D-NY-12]
Introduced: 2019-01-28 in the House
Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement
Subjects: Business records
Congressional oversight
Criminal investigation, prosecution, interrogation
Criminal justice information and records
Criminal procedure and sentencing
Department of Justice
Firearms and explosives
Licensing and registrations
Retail and wholesale trades

Summary:
action_date: 2019-01-28
text: 

 

Gun Show Loophole Closing Act of 2019

 
This bill establishes new requirements regarding firearm transfers at gun shows.
 
Specifically, the bill requires the following:
 
 
a person who operates a gun show must meet certain requirements (e.g., minimum age and registration); and 
 
a firearm transfer between private parties at a gun show must be facilitated by a licensed gun dealer, importer, or manufacturer in compliance with certain background check and recordkeeping requirements.
 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2019-03-25
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security.
action_date: 2019-01-28
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2019-01-28
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2019-01-28
text: Introduced in House
NICS Review Act of 2019

Bill: 116-hr-821
Sponsor: Rep. Maloney, Carolyn B. [D-NY-12]
Introduced: 2019-01-28 in the House
Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement
Subjects: Criminal justice information and records
Firearms and explosives
Law enforcement administration and funding
Licensing and registrations
Retail and wholesale trades

Summary:
action_date: 2019-01-28
text: 

NICS Review Act of 2019

 
This bill revises the amount of time that the national instant criminal background check system retains certain information about an approved firearm transaction.
 
Currently, identifying information about an approved firearm purchaser must be destroyed within 24 hours. This bill requires identifying information about an approved firearm purchaser to be retained for at least 90 days before it can be destroyed.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2019-03-25
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security.
action_date: 2019-01-28
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2019-01-28
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2019-01-28
text: Introduced in House
Firearm Risk Protection Act of 2019

Bill: 116-hr-822
Sponsor: Rep. Maloney, Carolyn B. [D-NY-12]
Introduced: 2019-01-28 in the House
Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement
Subjects: Firearms and explosives
Life, casualty, property insurance

Summary:
action_date: 2019-01-28
text: 

Firearm Risk Protection Act of 2019

 
This bill establishes requirements for gun purchasers and gun owners to be covered by a qualified liability insurance policy.
 
A qualified liability insurance policy, with respect to a firearm purchaser, is a policy that covers losses resulting from use of the firearm while it is owned by the purchaser.
 
A person who violates or fails to comply with the requirements is subject to a criminal fine of up to $10,000.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2019-03-25
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security.
action_date: 2019-01-28
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2019-01-28
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2019-01-28
text: Introduced in House