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LIVE Well Act

Bill: 116-hr-2625
Sponsor: Rep. Adams, Alma S. [D-NC-12]
Introduced: 2019-05-09 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Child care and development
Child health
Congressional oversight
Elementary and secondary education
Health promotion and preventive care
Mental health
Nutrition and diet

Summary:
action_date: 2019-05-09
text: 

Long-term InVestment in Education and Wellness Act or the LIVE Well Act

 
This bill includes eating-disorder prevention and promotion of long-term health practices in the educational component of the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP-Ed) and local school wellness policies created under the National School Lunch Program or other federal child nutrition programs. Under current law, states may elect to implement certain nutrition education and obesity prevention programs as part of SNAP-Ed; this bill requires the Department of Agriculture to specifically implement a nutrition education and obesity prevention program that includes a focus on long-term health practices. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2019-06-07
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Nutrition, Oversight, and Department Operations.
action_date: 2019-05-09
text: Referred to the Committee on Agriculture, and in addition to the Committee on 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: 2019-05-09
text: Referred to the Committee on Agriculture, and in addition to the Committee on 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: 2019-05-09
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2019-05-09
text: Introduced in House
Return to Work Awareness Act of 2019

Bill: 116-hr-2627
Sponsor: Rep. Beatty, Joyce [D-OH-3]
Introduced: 2019-05-09 in the House
Policy area: Labor and Employment
Subjects: Cardiovascular and respiratory health
Disability and health-based discrimination
Disability assistance
Employment and training programs
Government information and archives
Neurological disorders
Small business

Summary:
action_date: 2019-05-09
text: 

Return to Work Awareness Act of 2019

 
 This bill authorizes the Job Accommodation Network to disseminate information and promote awareness among survivors of stroke and other debilitating health occurrences, such as traumatic brain injury and heart attack, and survivors' families, as well as among employers, government agencies, employee representatives, and service providers to (1) assist survivors of stroke and such other debilitating health occurrences in returning to work, (2) improve a survivor's employability and demonstrate to employers ways to capitalize on the value and talent that survivors add to the workplace, and (3) enhance self-employment and entrepreneurship options for survivors.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2019-05-09
text: Referred to the House Committee on Education and Labor.
action_date: 2019-05-09
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2019-05-09
text: Introduced in House
VET CARE Act of 2019

Bill: 116-hr-2628
Sponsor: Rep. Bilirakis, Gus M. [R-FL-12]
Introduced: 2019-05-09 in the House
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Dental care
Digestive and metabolic diseases
Health information and medical records
Health personnel
Home and outpatient care
Medical education
Veterans' medical care

Summary:
action_date: 2019-05-09
text: 

Veterans Early Treatment for Chronic Ailment Resurgence through Examinations Act of 2019 or the VET CARE Act of 2019

 
This bill addresses dental care programs for veterans. Specifically, the bill authorizes the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) to furnish administrative support to a dental care provider that provides services to a veteran that would not be covered by VA benefits.
 
The bill also requires the VA to implement a pilot program to provide free outpatient dental services and treatment, and related dental appliances, to eligible veterans. Eligible veterans are those who are (1) enrolled in the VA health care system but are not eligible for VA dental care, (2) not receiving regular periodontal care, (3) between 40 and 70 years old, and (4) diagnosed with type 2 diabetes.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2020-03-12
text: Ordered to be Reported by Voice Vote.
action_date: 2020-03-12
text: Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
action_date: 2020-03-12
text: Subcommittee on Health Discharged.
action_date: 2019-09-11
text: Subcommittee Hearings Held.
action_date: 2019-05-29
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2019-05-09
text: Referred to the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
action_date: 2019-05-09
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2019-05-09
text: Introduced in House
CARE for Reservists Act of 2019

Bill: 116-hr-2629
Sponsor: Rep. Brindisi, Anthony [D-NY-22]
Introduced: 2019-05-09 in the House
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Congressional oversight
Emergency medical services and trauma care
Government studies and investigations
Health promotion and preventive care
Health technology, devices, supplies
Home and outpatient care
Mental health
Military medicine
Military operations and strategy
National Guard and reserves
Veterans' medical care

Summary:
action_date: 2019-05-09
text: 

Care And Readiness Enhancement for Reservists Act of 2019 or the CARE for Reservists Act of 2019

 
This bill authorizes the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) to provide counseling without referral to any member of the reserve components of the Armed Forces who has a behavioral health condition or psychological trauma. Such counseling may include a comprehensive individual assessment, and outpatient services shall also be available. 
 
The bill authorizes the VA to furnish mental health services to reservists. 
 
The bill also expands specified VA programs to include reservists for the provision of (1) comprehensive suicide prevention, and (2) mental health treatment for veterans who served in classified missions.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2019-05-29
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2019-05-09
text: Referred to the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
action_date: 2019-05-09
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2019-05-09
text: Introduced in House
Cash Always Should be Honored Act

Bill: 116-hr-2630
Sponsor: Rep. Cicilline, David N. [D-RI-1]
Introduced: 2019-05-09 in the House
Policy area: Commerce
Subjects: Administrative remedies
Consumer affairs
Currency
Federal Trade Commission (FTC)
Retail and wholesale trades
Telephone and wireless communication

Summary:
action_date: 2019-05-09
text: 

CASH Act or the Cash Always Should be Honored Act

 
This bill makes it unlawful for a physical retail establishment to refuse to accept any U.S. coin or currency for the products or services it offers for sale. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2019-05-10
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Consumer Protection and Commerce.
action_date: 2019-05-09
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2019-05-09
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2019-05-09
text: Introduced in House
Make It In America Manufacturing Communities Act

Bill: 116-hr-2631
Sponsor: Rep. Cicilline, David N. [D-RI-1]
Introduced: 2019-05-09 in the House
Policy area: Commerce
Subjects: Competitiveness, trade promotion, trade deficits
Economic development
Employment and training programs
Energy efficiency and conservation
Higher education
Industrial facilities
Industrial policy and productivity
Manufacturing
Minority employment
Public-private cooperation
U.S. and foreign investments
Women's employment

Summary:
action_date: 2019-05-09
text: 

Make It In America Manufacturing Communities Act

 
This bill directs the Department of Commerce to establish the Manufacturing Community Support Program, under which certain consortiums shall be designated as manufacturing communities and receive specified support. 
To be eligible for designation, a consortium must include at least one (1) institution of higher education, (2) private sector entity, and (3) government entity. The consortium may define the region that it represents, as long as the region contains critical elements of key technologies or supply chain and enables close collaboration among the consortium's members. Each designation shall be for two years and may be renewed for up to two additional two-year periods. 
 
Support under the program shall include financial and technical assistance and preferential consideration when seeking such assistance. Designees may use such financial or technical assistance to support investments in ecosystems that will improve the competitiveness of U.S. manufacturing, including infrastructure, access to capital, promotion of exports and foreign direct investment, equipment upgrades, workforce training, energy or process efficiency, business incubators, site preparation, advanced research, supply chain development, and small business assistance. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2019-05-09
text: Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services.
action_date: 2019-05-09
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2019-05-09
text: Introduced in House
CCAMPIS Reauthorization Act

Bill: 116-hr-2632
Sponsor: Rep. Clark, Katherine M. [D-MA-5]
Introduced: 2019-05-09 in the House
Policy area: Education
Subjects: Child care and development
Congressional oversight
Education of the disadvantaged
Education programs funding
Educational facilities and institutions
Government information and archives
Higher education
Performance measurement
Preschool education
Teaching, teachers, curricula

Summary:
action_date: 2019-05-09
text: 

CCAMPIS Reauthorization Act

 
This bill reauthorizes through FY2025 and revises the Child Care Access Means Parents in School Program. (The program awards grants to support the participation of low-income parents in postsecondary education through the provision of campus-based child care services.)
 
Among other revisions to the program, the bill
 
 
authorizes the Department of Education (ED) to provide performance bonuses to certain institutions of higher education (IHEs);
 
requires ED to give priority in awarding grants to certain IHEs, including those with high proportions of independent or low-income students; and
 
specifies additional grant application requirements.



Legislative actions:
action_date: 2019-05-09
text: Referred to the House Committee on Education and Labor.
action_date: 2019-05-09
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2019-05-09
text: Introduced in House
Study of Office of Rural Affairs, within the Small Business Administration

Bill: 116-hr-2633
Sponsor: Rep. Cox, TJ [D-CA-21]
Introduced: 2019-05-09 in the House
Policy area: Commerce
Subjects: Congressional oversight
Government studies and investigations
Rural conditions and development
Small Business Administration

Summary:
action_date: 2019-05-09
text: 

Study of Office of Rural Affairs, within the Small Business Administration

 
This bill requires the Small Business Administration to report on the costs and potential benefits of establishing a successor to the Office of Rural Affairs.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2019-05-09
text: Referred to the House Committee on Small Business.
action_date: 2019-05-09
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2019-05-09
text: Introduced in House
Closing the Loophole on Interstate Firearm Sales Act

Bill: 116-hr-2634
Sponsor: Rep. Crow, Jason [D-CO-6]
Introduced: 2019-05-09 in the House
Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement
Subjects: Criminal procedure and sentencing
Firearms and explosives
Licensing and registrations
Retail and wholesale trades

Summary:
action_date: 2019-05-09
text: 

Closing the Loophole on Interstate Firearm Sales Act

 
This bill generally prohibits a licensed importer, manufacturer, dealer, or collector (transferor) from selling or delivering a rifle or shotgun to an out-of-state resident (transferee). Specifically, the bill removes an exception under current law that allows a transferee to obtain a rifle or shotgun from a transferor in another state, provided that (1) the transferee and transferor meet in person to accomplish the transfer; and (2) the sale, delivery, and receipt of the firearm comply with the laws of both states. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2019-06-26
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security.
action_date: 2019-05-09
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2019-05-09
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2019-05-09
text: Introduced in House
PREP Act

Bill: 116-hr-2635
Sponsor: Rep. Cummings, Elijah E. [D-MD-7]
Introduced: 2019-05-09 in the House
Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement
Subjects: Academic performance and assessments
Adult education and literacy
Census and government statistics
Correctional facilities and imprisonment
Department of Justice
Detention of persons
Educational guidance
Employment and training programs
Executive agency funding and structure
Government information and archives
Higher education
Intergovernmental relations
Performance measurement
State and local government operations
Veterans' education, employment, rehabilitation
Vocational and technical education

Summary:
action_date: 2019-05-09
text: 

Promoting Reentry Through Education in Prisons Act of 2019 or the PREP Act

 
This bill establishes, within the Bureau of Prisons, an Office of Correctional Education. The office must provide educational services to incarcerated individuals in federal prisons and correctional institutions.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2019-06-26
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security.
action_date: 2019-06-11
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Economic Opportunity.
action_date: 2019-05-09
text: Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committee on Veterans' 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: 2019-05-09
text: Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committee on Veterans' 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: 2019-05-09
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2019-05-09
text: Introduced in House
Preserving Overseas Immigration Services Act

Bill: 116-hr-2637
Sponsor: Rep. Espaillat, Adriano [D-NY-13]
Introduced: 2019-05-09 in the House
Policy area: Emergency Management
Subjects: Congressional oversight
Department of Homeland Security
Executive agency funding and structure
Immigration status and procedures

Summary:
action_date: 2019-05-09
text: 

Preserving Overseas Immigration Services Act

 
This bill prohibits the Department of Homeland Security from closing or consolidating any field office of the International Operations Division of the Refugee, Asylum, and International Operations Directorate of U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services unless it obtains the approval of specified congressional committees.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2019-06-26
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration and Citizenship.
action_date: 2019-05-09
text: Referred to the Committee on Homeland Security, 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: 2019-05-09
text: Referred to the Committee on Homeland Security, 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: 2019-05-09
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2019-05-09
text: Introduced in House
To direct the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency to issue guidance on minimizing the use of firefighting foam containing PFAS, and for other purposes.

Bill: 116-hr-2638
Sponsor: Rep. Fletcher, Lizzie [D-TX-7]
Introduced: 2019-05-09 in the House
Policy area: Environmental Protection
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)
Environmental regulatory procedures
Fires
First responders and emergency personnel
Hazardous wastes and toxic substances
Law enforcement officers
Worker safety and health

Summary:
action_date: 2019-05-09
text: 
This bill requires the Environmental Protection Agency to issue guidance on minimizing first responders' use of equipment (e.g., foam used to fight fires) that contains perfluoroalkyl or polyfluoroalkyl substances, commonly referred to as PFAS. These substances are man-made and may have adverse human health effects. A variety of products contain the compounds, such as nonstick cookware or weatherproof clothing.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2019-09-26
text: Forwarded by Subcommittee to Full Committee by Voice Vote .
action_date: 2019-09-26
text: Subcommittee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
action_date: 2019-05-15
text: Subcommittee Hearings Held.
action_date: 2019-05-10
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Environment and Climate Change.
action_date: 2019-05-09
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2019-05-09
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2019-05-09
text: Introduced in House
Buffalo Tract Protection Act

Bill: 116-hr-2640
Sponsor: Rep. Haaland, Debra A. [D-NM-1]
Introduced: 2019-05-09 in the House
Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources
Subjects: Land transfers
Mining
New Mexico

Summary:
action_date: 2019-05-09
text: 

Buffalo Tract Protection Act

 
This bill withdraws specified Bureau of Land Management (BLM) lands in Placitas, New Mexico, from all forms of mineral development under all laws pertaining to mineral leasing or mineral materials, including locatable minerals. 
 
Any disposal of the surface estate of the BLM lands shall be subject to the condition that the mineral estate of those lands shall remain under the ownership of the BLM, subject to the withdrawal under this bill. 

action_date: 2020-09-08
text: 

Buffalo Tract Protection Act

 
This bill withdraws specified Bureau of Land Management lands in Placitas, New Mexico, from (1) location, entry, and patent under the mining laws; and (2) disposition under the mineral leasing, mineral materials, and geothermal leasing laws.
 
Any conveyance of the surface estate of such federal land shall require a reservation of the mineral estate to the United States.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2020-09-08
text: Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 393.
action_date: 2020-09-08
text: Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Natural Resources. H. Rept. 116-491.
action_date: 2020-09-08
text: Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Natural Resources. H. Rept. 116-491.
action_date: 2020-01-15
text: Ordered to be Reported (Amended) by the Yeas and Nays: 20 - 13.
action_date: 2020-01-15
text: Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
action_date: 2020-01-15
text: Subcommittee on Energy and Mineral Resources Discharged.
action_date: 2019-09-19
text: Subcommittee Hearings Held.
action_date: 2019-05-28
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Energy and Mineral Resources.
action_date: 2019-05-09
text: Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.
action_date: 2019-05-09
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2019-05-09
text: Introduced in House
Free Press Act of 2019

Bill: 116-hr-2641
Sponsor: Rep. Himes, James A. [D-CT-4]
Introduced: 2019-05-09 in the House
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Subjects: Government information and archives
News media and reporting
Presidents and presidential powers, Vice Presidents

Summary:
action_date: 2019-05-09
text: 

Free Press Act of 2019

 
This bill requires the President or his designee, at least twice a week, to brief members of the press assigned to report on the White House on the official business of the President.
 
Each briefing shall be video recorded and transmitted to the public.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2019-05-09
text: Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Reform.
action_date: 2019-05-09
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2019-05-09
text: Introduced in House
Broadband MAPS Act of 2019

Bill: 116-hr-2643
Sponsor: Rep. Latta, Robert E. [R-OH-5]
Introduced: 2019-05-09 in the House
Policy area: Science, Technology, Communications
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Federal Communications Commission (FCC)
Internet and video services
Internet, web applications, social media
Telephone and wireless communication

Summary:
action_date: 2019-05-09
text: 

Broadband Mapping After Public Scrutiny Act of 2019 or the Broadband MAPS Act of 2019

 
This bill requires the Federal Communications Commission to establish a challenge process for collecting and using broadband coverage data submitted by private and governmental entities to verify coverage data reported by broadband service providers.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2019-05-10
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Communications and Technology.
action_date: 2019-05-09
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2019-05-09
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2019-05-09
text: Introduced in House
SMART IoT Act

Bill: 116-hr-2644
Sponsor: Rep. Latta, Robert E. [R-OH-5]
Introduced: 2019-05-09 in the House
Policy area: Science, Technology, Communications
Subjects: Advanced technology and technological innovations
Computers and information technology
Congressional oversight
Government studies and investigations
Internet and video services
Internet, web applications, social media

Summary:
action_date: 2019-05-09
text: 

State of Modern Application, Research, and Trends of IoT Act or the SMART IoT Act

 
This bill requires the Department of Commerce to study the state of the internet-connected devices industry (commonly known as the Internet of Things or IoT) by (1) ascertaining which federal agencies have jurisdiction over entities in the industry, (2) describing such jurisdiction and agency expertise, and (3) surveying the entities to better understand their interaction with the relevant federal agencies. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2019-05-10
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Consumer Protection and Commerce.
action_date: 2019-05-09
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2019-05-09
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2019-05-09
text: Introduced in House
Newborn Care Improvement Act of 2019

Bill: 116-hr-2645
Sponsor: Rep. Lee, Susie [D-NV-3]
Introduced: 2019-05-09 in the House
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Child health
Congressional oversight
Veterans' medical care
Women's health

Summary:
action_date: 2019-05-09
text: 

Newborn Care Improvement Act of 2019

 
This bill increases from 7 to 14 the number of days that the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) may furnish health care services, including post-delivery care, to the newborn child of a woman veteran who delivered the child in a VA facility or another facility pursuant to a VA contract for such services. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2019-09-11
text: Subcommittee Hearings Held.
action_date: 2019-05-29
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2019-05-09
text: Referred to the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
action_date: 2019-05-09
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2019-05-09
text: Introduced in House