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Driver Fatigue Prevention Act

Bill: 116-hr-3485
Sponsor: Rep. Speier, Jackie [D-CA-14]
Introduced: 2019-06-25 in the House
Policy area: Labor and Employment
Subjects: Labor standards
Motor carriers
Transportation employees
Transportation safety and security
Worker safety and health

Summary:
action_date: 2019-06-25
text: 

Driver Fatigue Prevention Act

 
This bill makes over-the-road bus drivers subject to limitations on the maximum number of hours that an employee may work under the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2019-06-25
text: Referred to the House Committee on Education and Labor.
action_date: 2019-06-25
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2019-06-25
text: Introduced in House
Prevent Corrupting Foreign Influence Act

Bill: 116-hr-3486
Sponsor: Rep. Swalwell, Eric [D-CA-15]
Introduced: 2019-06-25 in the House
Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement
Subjects: Diplomacy, foreign officials, Americans abroad
Government ethics and transparency, public corruption
Presidents and presidential powers, Vice Presidents
Public participation and lobbying

Summary:
action_date: 2019-06-25
text: 

Prevent Corrupting Foreign Influence Act

 
This bill establishes new statutory restrictions on the receipt or acceptance of foreign gifts or things of value by the President, Vice President, or their immediate family members. 
 First, the bill creates a new criminal offense to generally prohibit the President, Vice President, an immediate family member of the President or Vice President, or an entity in which any of these individuals has at least a 50% ownership interest from accepting or receiving anything of value from a foreign state or entity. A violator is subject to criminal penalties&#8212;a fine, a prison term of up to five years, or both. 
Second, the bill broadens the application of existing foreign gift restrictions on federal employees. Current law generally prohibits federal employees (including the President and Vice President) from receiving or soliciting foreign gifts. This bill further extends the restrictions to cover immediate family members of the President or Vice President. An immediate family member is a parent, parent-in-law, child, or sibling. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2019-07-30
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security.
action_date: 2019-06-25
text: Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committee on Oversight and Reform, 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: 2019-06-25
text: Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committee on Oversight and Reform, 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: 2019-06-25
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2019-06-25
text: Introduced in House
PRO Students Act

Bill: 116-hr-3487
Sponsor: Rep. Takano, Mark [D-CA-41]
Introduced: 2019-06-25 in the House
Policy area: Education
Subjects: Civil actions and liability
Consumer affairs
Debt collection
Education programs funding
Employment discrimination and employee rights
Government information and archives
Government studies and investigations
Higher education
Licensing and registrations
Marketing and advertising
Student aid and college costs
Wages and earnings

Summary:
action_date: 2019-06-25
text: 

Protections and Regulation for Our Students Act or the PRO Students Act

 
This bill increases oversight of postsecondary educational institutions and provides consumer protections for students.
 
Proprietary (i.e., for-profit) institutions of higher education (IHEs) must derive at least 15% of their revenue from non-federal sources or risk becoming ineligible for federal educational assistance funds.
 
Postsecondary educational institutions must meet certain requirements regarding entrance counseling for first-time borrowers, disclosure of clinical training agreement terms, disclosure of a mandatory program review, and preparation of students upon successful program completion. The bill prohibits such institutions from using revenues derived from federal educational assistance funds for recruiting or marketing activities. 
 
The bill revises requirements governing IHEs that receive federal educational assistance funds, including to broaden the ban on institutions compensating employees based on their successes in securing either enrollments or student aid awards, prohibit predispute arbitration agreements in student loan contracts that waive the rights available to borrowers, and increase protections for whistleblowers who disclose institutional violations.
 
The Department of Education (ED) must (1) establish a complaint tracking system, (2) conduct mandatory program reviews of institutions that pose a significant risk of failing to comply with certain requirements, and (3) recalculate the cohort default rate for institutions that engage in default manipulation and redetermine their eligibility for federal educational assistance funds.
 
The bill expands the defenses that a borrower may assert for not repaying a student loan. ED may impose civil penalties on IHEs that engage in substantial misrepresentation or other serious violations.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2019-06-25
text: Referred to the House Committee on Education and Labor.
action_date: 2019-06-25
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2019-06-25
text: Introduced in House
Coast Guard Academy Improvement Act

Bill: 116-hr-3488
Sponsor: Rep. Thompson, Bennie G. [D-MS-2]
Introduced: 2019-06-25 in the House
Policy area: Transportation and Public Works
Subjects: Academic performance and assessments
Advisory bodies
Coast guard
Computer security and identity theft
Congressional oversight
Employment and training programs
Higher education
Members of Congress
Military education and training
Minority education
Minority employment
Performance measurement
Presidents and presidential powers, Vice Presidents
Racial and ethnic relations
Religion
Sex, gender, sexual orientation discrimination

Summary:
action_date: 2019-06-25
text: 

Coast Guard Academy Improvement Act 

 
This bill concerns matters related to the U.S. Coast Guard Academy.
 
Among other things, the bill
 
 
establishes a commission to assess the level of cultural competence within the academy;
 
 mandates a recruitment and retention plan for the academy;
 
provides statutory authority for a minority outreach team program to recruit minority students to the academy;
 
requires the Coast Guard to select half of each academy class from a pool of applicants with congressional nominations; and 
 
provides statutory authority for and expands the College Student Pre-Commissioning Initiative, which allows certain undergraduate students to enlist and receive a guaranteed commission as an officer in the Coast Guard.
 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2019-06-26
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Coast Guard and Maritime Transportation.
action_date: 2019-06-25
text: Referred to the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.
action_date: 2019-06-25
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2019-06-25
text: Introduced in House
Higher Education Mental Health Act of 2019

Bill: 116-hr-3489
Sponsor: Rep. Trone, David J. [D-MD-6]
Introduced: 2019-06-25 in the House
Policy area: Education
Subjects: Academic performance and assessments
Advisory bodies
Congressional oversight
Department of Education
Disability and health-based discrimination
Disability and paralysis
Educational guidance
Executive agency funding and structure
Government information and archives
Government studies and investigations
Health care coverage and access
Health information and medical records
Higher education
Mental health
Right of privacy

Summary:
action_date: 2019-06-25
text: 

Higher Education Mental Health Act of 2019

 
This bill requires the Department of Education to establish an Advisory Commission on Serving and Supporting Students with Mental Health Disabilities in Institutions of Higher Education. The commission must conduct a study and report on (1) services available to students with mental health disabilities in institutions of higher education (IHEs) and the effectiveness of such services in supporting these students; (2) the impact of policies and procedures, such as reasonable accommodation and disciplinary policies, that help or hinder the goal of providing equal opportunity to these students; (3) the use of protected health information of these students by IHEs; (4) the impact of providing mental health services on a student's academic performance, well-being, and ability to complete college; (5) conclusions on the major challenges facing these students; and (6) recommendations to improve the overall education, retention, and graduation rates of these students.
 
The bill also requires the Government Accountability Office to submit a report on the challenges faced by students with mental health disabilities in IHEs. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2019-06-25
text: Referred to the House Committee on Education and Labor.
action_date: 2019-06-25
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2019-06-25
text: Introduced in House
Small Business Lending Fairness Act

Bill: 116-hr-3490
Sponsor: Rep. Velazquez, Nydia M. [D-NY-7]
Introduced: 2019-06-25 in the House
Policy area: Finance and Financial Sector
Subjects: Business ethics
Consumer credit
Contracts and agency
Lawyers and legal services

Summary:
action_date: 2019-06-25
text: 

Small Business Lending Fairness Act 

 
This bill prohibits as a condition to a loan or extension of credit a confession of judgment or similar agreement. (A confession of judgment is an agreement to a judgment of liability without notice and opportunity to be heard in court in the event of the default of a borrower.) 

action_date: 2020-03-19
text: 

Small Business Lending Fairness Act 

 
This bill prohibits as a condition to a loan or extension of credit a confession of judgment or similar agreement. (A confession of judgment is an agreement to a judgment of liability without notice and opportunity to be heard in court in the event of the default of a borrower.) 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2020-03-19
text: Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 336.
action_date: 2020-03-19
text: Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Financial Services. H. Rept. 116-417.
action_date: 2020-03-19
text: Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Financial Services. H. Rept. 116-417.
action_date: 2019-11-14
text: Ordered to be Reported (Amended) by the Yeas and Nays: 31 - 23.
action_date: 2019-11-14
text: Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
action_date: 2019-11-13
text: Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
action_date: 2019-06-25
text: Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services.
action_date: 2019-06-25
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2019-06-25
text: Introduced in House
Kickapoo Tribe in Kansas Water Rights Settlement Act

Bill: 116-hr-3491
Sponsor: Rep. Watkins, Steve [R-KS-2]
Introduced: 2019-06-25 in the House
Policy area: Native Americans
Subjects: Federal-Indian relations
Government studies and investigations
Government trust funds
Indian claims
Indian lands and resources rights
Kansas
Land transfers
Water use and supply

Summary:
action_date: 2019-06-25
text: 

Kickapoo Tribe in Kansas Water Rights Settlement Act 

 
This bill modifies and ratifies the Kickapoo Tribe Water Rights Settlement Agreement entered into by the tribe and Kansas.
 
The bill confirms a consumptive tribal water right in the Delaware River Basin of up to 4,705 acre-feet of water per year.
 
The bill also outlines waivers, releases, and retentions of claims by the tribe and the United States under the settlement agreement.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2019-07-15
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Conservation and Forestry.
action_date: 2019-07-11
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Water, Oceans, and Wildlife.
action_date: 2019-06-25
text: Referred to the Committee on Natural Resources, and in addition to the Committee on Agriculture, 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: 2019-06-25
text: Referred to the Committee on Natural Resources, and in addition to the Committee on Agriculture, 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: 2019-06-25
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2019-06-25
text: Introduced in House
Local School Foods Expansion Act of 2019

Bill: 116-hr-3492
Sponsor: Rep. Welch, Peter [D-VT-At Large]
Introduced: 2019-06-25 in the House
Policy area: Agriculture and Food
Subjects: Child health
Congressional oversight
Elementary and secondary education
Food assistance and relief
Fruit and vegetables
Nutrition and diet
Performance measurement
Public contracts and procurement
State and local government operations

Summary:
action_date: 2019-06-25
text: 

Local School Foods Expansion Act of 2019

 
This bill directs the Department of Agriculture to make permanent, and expand to at least 15 states, the program to provide more flexibility for states participating in the National School Lunch Program to purchase domestically grown unprocessed fruits and vegetables. The bill also provides additional mandatory funding for the program.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2019-06-25
text: Referred to the House Committee on Education and Labor.
action_date: 2019-06-25
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2019-06-25
text: Introduced in House
United States Ambassador at Large for Arctic Affairs Act of 2019

Bill: 116-hr-3493
Sponsor: Rep. Sensenbrenner, F. James, Jr. [R-WI-5]
Introduced: 2019-06-26 in the House
Policy area: International Affairs
Subjects: Arctic and polar regions
Department of State
Diplomacy, foreign officials, Americans abroad
Executive agency funding and structure
Federal officials

Summary:
action_date: 2019-06-26
text: 

United States Ambassador at Large for Arctic Affairs Act of 2019

 
 This bill establishes within the Department of State an Ambassador at Large for Arctic Affairs.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2019-06-26
text: Referred to the House Committee on Foreign Affairs.
action_date: 2019-06-26
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2019-06-26
text: Introduced in House
Improve Well-Being for Veterans Act

Bill: 116-hr-3495
Sponsor: Rep. Bergman, Jack [R-MI-1]
Introduced: 2019-06-26 in the House
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Congressional oversight
Health programs administration and funding
Mental health
Veterans' medical care

Summary:
action_date: 2019-06-26
text: 

Improve Well-Being for Veterans Act

 
This bill requires the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) to award grants for a period of three years to eligible entities for the provision of suicide prevention services to veterans and their families. Under the bill, eligible entities include tribally designated housing entities, community-based organizations, and other private entities that meet certain requirements. 
 
Entities must submit an application to receive financial assistance that includes a description of the services they propose to provide, among other elements. 
 
The bill requires the VA to equitably distribute grants across geographic regions and areas with the most need. Additionally, the VA shall give preference to entities that are experienced in providing suicide prevention services. 
 
Entities receiving funding must notify service recipients that funding is wholly or partially from the VA.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2019-12-05
text: Ordered to be Reported (Amended) by the Yeas and Nays: 16 - 10.
action_date: 2019-12-05
text: Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
action_date: 2019-12-05
text: Subcommittee on Health Discharged.
action_date: 2019-07-16
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2019-06-26
text: Referred to the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
action_date: 2019-06-26
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2019-06-26
text: Introduced in House
CREATE Opportunities Act

Bill: 116-hr-3496
Sponsor: Rep. Kuster, Ann M. [D-NH-2]
Introduced: 2019-06-26 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Congressional oversight
Correctional facilities and imprisonment
Crime prevention
Criminal justice information and records
Detention of persons
Drug safety, medical device, and laboratory regulation
Drug therapy
Drug, alcohol, tobacco use
Government information and archives
Health care costs and insurance
Health care coverage and access
Health care quality
Health information and medical records
Health personnel
Health programs administration and funding
Health promotion and preventive care
Health technology, devices, supplies
Intergovernmental relations
Medicaid
Medical tests and diagnostic methods
Mental health
Performance measurement
Poverty and welfare assistance
Prescription drugs
Rural conditions and development
Social work, volunteer service, charitable organizations
Telephone and wireless communication

Summary:
action_date: 2019-06-26
text: 

Community Re-Entry through Addiction Treatment to Enhance Opportunities Act or the CREATE Opportunities Act

 
This bill establishes the Medication-Assisted Treatment Corrections and Community Reentry Program in the Department of Justice. Under the program, the National Institute of Corrections may award grants to support local programs that provide medication-assisted treatment for incarcerated individuals who have opioid-use disorder; such treatment must be provided in accordance with specified requirements, including drug, screening, and personnel criteria.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2019-07-30
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security.
action_date: 2019-06-26
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2019-06-26
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2019-06-26
text: Introduced in House
JOBS Act of 2019

Bill: 116-hr-3497
Sponsor: Rep. Richmond, Cedric L. [D-LA-2]
Introduced: 2019-06-26 in the House
Policy area: Education
Subjects: Employee hiring
Employment and training programs
Higher education
Licensing and registrations
Performance measurement
Student aid and college costs
Vocational and technical education

Summary:
action_date: 2019-06-26
text: 
 
Jumpstart Our Businesses by Supporting Students Act of 2019 or the JOBS Act of 2019
 
 
This bill expands student eligibility for Pell Grants by establishing the Job Training Federal Pell Grant program.
 
Specifically, the bill requires the Department of Education to award a job training Pell Grant to a student who does not have a degree; attends an institution of higher education (IHE); is enrolled in a career and technical education program at an IHE that provides 150 to 600 clock hours of instructional time over a period of 8 to 15 weeks and provides training aligned with high-skill, high-wage, or in-demand industry sectors (i.e., job training programs); and meets all other eligibility requirements for a Pell Grant.
 
It also specifies that any period during which a student receives a job training Pell Grant counts toward that student's Pell Grant eligibility period.
 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2019-06-26
text: Referred to the House Committee on Education and Labor.
action_date: 2019-06-26
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2019-06-26
text: Introduced in House
Combating Deceptive Immigration Enforcement Practices Act of 2019

Bill: 116-hr-3498
Sponsor: Rep. Velazquez, Nydia M. [D-NY-7]
Introduced: 2019-06-26 in the House
Policy area: Immigration
Subjects: Border security and unlawful immigration
Department of Homeland Security
Government employee pay, benefits, personnel management
Law enforcement administration and funding
Law enforcement officers

Summary:
action_date: 2019-06-26
text: 

Combating Deceptive Immigration Enforcement Practices Act of 2019

 
This bill bars immigration officers or agents of the Department of Homeland Security from wearing clothing, accessories, or other items bearing the word 
police
 while performing duties under the immigration laws.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2019-07-30
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration and Citizenship.
action_date: 2019-06-26
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2019-06-26
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2019-06-26
text: Introduced in House
Presidential Appointee Accountability Act of 2019

Bill: 116-hr-3499
Sponsor: Rep. Speier, Jackie [D-CA-14]
Introduced: 2019-06-26 in the House
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Subjects: Civil actions and liability
Employee performance
Federal officials
Government employee pay, benefits, personnel management
Government ethics and transparency, public corruption
Government information and archives
Presidents and presidential powers, Vice Presidents

Summary:
action_date: 2019-06-26
text: 

Presidential Appointee Accountability Act of 2019

 
This bill authorizes the Merit Systems Protection Board (MSPB) to impose a fine on a presidentially appointed employee against whom the Special Counsel determines disciplinary action should be taken for (1) committing a prohibited personnel practice; (2) violating the provision of any law, rule, or regulation, or engaging in certain other conduct within the jurisdiction of the Special Counsel; or (3) knowingly and willfully refusing or failing to comply with an order of the MSPB.
 
If the Special Counsel determines that such disciplinary action should be taken, the Special Counsel must prepare a written complaint containing such determination and present it to the President. The President shall submit a written response explaining whether the President is taking the recommended disciplinary action and, if not, the reason for not doing so.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2019-06-26
text: Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Reform.
action_date: 2019-06-26
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2019-06-26
text: Introduced in House
FACE Act

Bill: 116-hr-3500
Sponsor: Rep. Thompson, Bennie G. [D-MS-2]
Introduced: 2019-06-26 in the House
Policy area: Emergency Management
Subjects: Congressional oversight
Disaster relief and insurance
Government information and archives
Government studies and investigations
Public contracts and procurement

Summary:
action_date: 2019-06-26
text: 

Federal Advance Contracts Enhancement Act or the FACE Act

 
This bill directs the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) to report to Congress on advance contracts. 
Advance contracts
 are established prior to disasters to provide life-sustaining goods and services in the immediate aftermath of a disaster. 
 
The report must include (1) information required in the initial report on recurring disaster response requirements; and (2) an updated strategy that defines the objectives of advance contracts, how such contracts contribute to FEMA disaster response operations, how to maximize the award of advance contracts to small business concerns, and whether and how such contracts should be prioritized in relation to new post-disaster contract awards.
 
The bill sets forth additional duties of FEMA with respect to advance contracts, including requiring FEMA to (1) update and implement guidance for its program office and acquisition personnel to identify acquisition planning time frames and considerations across the entire acquisition planning process, and (2) communicate the purpose and use of a master acquisition planning schedule.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2019-06-27
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Economic Development, Public Buildings, and Emergency Management.
action_date: 2019-06-26
text: Referred to the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.
action_date: 2019-06-26
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2019-06-26
text: Introduced in House