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PREVENT Act of 2019

Bill: 116-hr-5344
Sponsor: Rep. Aguilar, Pete [D-CA-31]
Introduced: 2019-12-06 in the House
Policy area: Emergency Management
Subjects: Community life and organization
Crime prevention
Health personnel
Homeland security
Intergovernmental relations
Law enforcement officers
Racial and ethnic relations
Religion
Social work, volunteer service, charitable organizations
State and local government operations
Terrorism

Summary:
action_date: 2019-12-06
text: 

Preventing Radical Extremist's Violent Endeavors Now and Tomorrow Act of 2019 or the PREVENT Act of 2019

 
This bill expands the duties of the Office for State and Local Government Coordination in the Department of Homeland Security to include, for purposes of countering violent extremist threats (1) providing training from specially trained clinical social workers, psychologists, religious and community leaders, and law enforcement personnel to assist local efforts in securing the homeland; and (2) in coordination with the Federal Bureau of Investigation, providing to state and local governments specialists, analysts, and agents trained to counter terrorism and white nationalism to assist local efforts at responding to such threats.
 



Legislative actions:
action_date: 2019-12-06
text: Referred to the House Committee on Homeland Security.
action_date: 2019-12-06
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2019-12-06
text: Introduced in House
Innocent Party Protection Act

Bill: 116-hr-5345
Sponsor: Rep. Buck, Ken [R-CO-4]
Introduced: 2019-12-06 in the House
Policy area: Law
Subjects: Civil actions and liability
Evidence and witnesses
Federal district courts
Fraud offenses and financial crimes
Judicial procedure and administration
State and local courts

Summary:
action_date: 2019-12-06
text: 

Innocent Party Protection Act

 
This bill requires a federal court, under certain circumstances, to deny a plaintiff's motion to transfer a case to state court based on diversity of state citizenship among the parties. A court must deny such a motion if it finds, for example, that the plaintiff's claim against a defendant is implausible or is not made in good faith.



Legislative actions:
action_date: 2020-01-30
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on the Constitution, Civil Rights, and Civil Liberties.
action_date: 2019-12-06
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2019-12-06
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2019-12-06
text: Introduced in House
Jakelin Caal Death in Custody Reporting Act of 2019

Bill: 116-hr-5346
Sponsor: Rep. Castro, Joaquin [D-TX-20]
Introduced: 2019-12-06 in the House
Policy area: Immigration
Subjects: Border security and unlawful immigration
Congressional oversight
Detention of persons
Government information and archives
Government studies and investigations
Health personnel
Immigrant health and welfare
Refugees, asylum, displaced persons

Summary:
action_date: 2019-12-06
text: 

Jakelin Caal Death in Custody Reporting Act of 2019

 
This bill requires an investigation and reports for each death of an alien in Department of Homeland Security or Department of Health and Human Services custody. 
 
Within 24 hours of such a death, the relevant department shall provide to Congress a publicly available report containing (1) the name, gender, race, ethnicity, and age of the deceased; (2) the date, time, and location of the death; and (3) the circumstances surrounding the death.
 
The relevant department shall conduct an investigation within 30 days of the death of an alien in its custody, including an analysis of (1) the root cause of the death, and (2) any policy or systemic changes that could reduce the possibility of such a death in the future. The results of such an investigation shall be reported to Congress and made publicly available on the internet.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2020-01-30
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration and Citizenship.
action_date: 2020-01-03
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Oversight, Management, and Accountability.
action_date: 2020-01-03
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Border Security, Facilitation, and Operations.
action_date: 2019-12-06
text: Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committee on Homeland Security, 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: 2019-12-06
text: Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committee on Homeland Security, 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: 2019-12-06
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2019-12-06
text: Introduced in House
Small Business Innovation Voucher Act of 2019

Bill: 116-hr-5348
Sponsor: Rep. Crow, Jason [D-CO-6]
Introduced: 2019-12-06 in the House
Policy area: Commerce
Subjects: Advanced technology and technological innovations
Congressional oversight
Higher education
Minority and disadvantaged businesses
Product development and innovation
Research administration and funding
Research and development
Rural conditions and development
Small business
Technology transfer and commercialization
Veterans' education, employment, rehabilitation
Women in business

Summary:
action_date: 2019-12-06
text: 

Small Business Innovation Voucher Act of 2019

 
This bill requires the Small Business Administration to establish the Innovation Voucher Grant Program to aid small businesses in carrying out research, development, or commercialization of new or innovative products and services.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2019-12-06
text: Referred to the House Committee on Small Business.
action_date: 2019-12-06
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2019-12-06
text: Introduced in House
Protect SNAP Act

Bill: 116-hr-5349
Sponsor: Rep. DeLauro, Rosa L. [D-CT-3]
Introduced: 2019-12-06 in the House
Policy area: Agriculture and Food
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Department of Agriculture
Employment and training programs
Food assistance and relief

Summary:
action_date: 2019-12-06
text: 

Protect SNAP Act

 
This bill prohibits the Department of Agriculture from modifying work requirements for able-bodied adults receiving benefits under the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP, formerly known as the food stamp program).
 
The bill also prohibits the use of federal funds (including fees) to implement or enforce the Food and Nutrition Service rule titled 
Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program: Requirements for Able Bodied Adults Without Dependents
, published on February 1, 2019.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2019-12-06
text: Referred to the House Committee on Agriculture.
action_date: 2019-12-06
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2019-12-06
text: Introduced in House
Diversify Act

Bill: 116-hr-5350
Sponsor: Rep. Garcia, Jesus G. "Chuy" [D-IL-4]
Introduced: 2019-12-06 in the House
Policy area: Education
Subjects: Budget deficits and national debt
Education of the disadvantaged
Education programs funding
Higher education
Student aid and college costs
Teaching, teachers, curricula

Summary:
action_date: 2019-12-06
text: 

Diversifying by Investing in Educators and Students to Improve Outcomes For Youth Act or the Diversify Act

 
This bill increases the maximum grant award under the Teacher Education Assistance for College and Higher Education (TEACH) Grant Program. The TEACH program awards grants to college students who plan to teach in low-income areas. 
 
The bill also exempts the TEACH program from sequestration, which is a process of automatic, usually across-the-board spending reductions under which budgetary resources are permanently cancelled to enforce specific budget policy goals. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2019-12-06
text: Referred to the Committee on Education and Labor, and in addition to the Committee on the Budget, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
action_date: 2019-12-06
text: Referred to the Committee on Education and Labor, and in addition to the Committee on the Budget, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
action_date: 2019-12-06
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E1552)
action_date: 2019-12-06
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2019-12-06
text: Introduced in House
Short Sea Shipping Act of 2019

Bill: 116-hr-5351
Sponsor: Rep. Higgins, Brian [D-NY-26]
Introduced: 2019-12-06 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Marine and inland water transportation
Sales and excise taxes

Summary:
action_date: 2019-12-06
text: 

Short Sea Shipping Act of 2019

 
This bill exempts certain commercial cargo from the harbor maintenance excise tax. The exemption is for commercial cargo, other than bulk cargo, that (1) is loaded at a port in the United States mainland (i.e., the continental United States not including Alaska) and is unloaded at another port in the U.S. mainland after transport solely by coastal route or river, or a port in Canada located in the Great Lakes St. Lawrence Seaway System; or (2) is loaded at a port in Canada located in the Great Lakes St.. Lawrence Seaway System and is unloaded at a port in the U.S. mainland. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2019-12-06
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2019-12-06
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2019-12-06
text: Introduced in House
Supporting America’s Teachers Act of 2019

Bill: 116-hr-5352
Sponsor: Rep. Horsford, Steven [D-NV-4]
Introduced: 2019-12-06 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Elementary and secondary education
Income tax deductions
Teaching, teachers, curricula

Summary:
action_date: 2019-12-06
text: 

Supporting America's Teachers Act of 2019

 
This bill increases the tax deduction for the expenses of elementary and secondary school teachers from $250 to $500. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2019-12-06
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2019-12-06
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2019-12-06
text: Introduced in House
Armed Forces Digital Advantage Act

Bill: 116-hr-5353
Sponsor: Rep. Houlahan, Chrissy [D-PA-6]
Introduced: 2019-12-06 in the House
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Advanced technology and technological innovations
Computers and information technology
Congressional oversight
Digital media
Military education and training
Military personnel and dependents
Military readiness
Performance measurement

Summary:
action_date: 2019-12-06
text: 

Armed Forces Digital Advantage Act

 
This bill requires the Department of Defense to (1) maintain digital expertise and software development as core competencies of civilian and military workforces to support the National Defense Strategy, (2) appoint a civilian officer responsible for the development and implementation of a policy to promote and maintain such expertise, and (3) create a plan to carry out the policy. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2019-12-06
text: Referred to the House Committee on Armed Services.
action_date: 2019-12-06
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2019-12-06
text: Introduced in House
GREEN Streets Act

Bill: 116-hr-5354
Sponsor: Rep. Huffman, Jared [D-CA-2]
Introduced: 2019-12-06 in the House
Policy area: Transportation and Public Works
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Air quality
Climate change and greenhouse gases
Department of Transportation
Environmental assessment, monitoring, research
Food supply, safety, and labeling
Government information and archives
Health care coverage and access
Land use and conservation
Pedestrians and bicycling
Performance measurement
Public transit
Regional and metropolitan planning
Roads and highways
State and local government operations
Transportation programs funding

Summary:
action_date: 2019-12-06
text: 

Generating Resilient, Environmentally Exceptional National Streets Act or the
 
GREEN Streets Act 

 
This bill establishes national goals to reduce carbon dioxide and other greenhouse gas emissions and improve the resilience of the transportation system.
 
Specifically, the bill directs
 
 
the Department of Transportation (DOT) to establish minimum standards for states to decrease greenhouse gas emissions and per capita vehicle miles traveled (VMTs) on the National Highway System; 
 
DOT to establish measures for states to assess and reduce carbon dioxide; 
 
states and metropolitan planning organizations (MPOs) to consider projects and strategies that reduce carbon dioxide and other greenhouse gas emissions and decrease per capita VMTs; 
 
states and MPOs to publish an analysis of the impact on per capita VMTs and mobile source greenhouse gas emissions for each project that adds new lanes or otherwise increases traffic capacity and costs more than $25 million; 
 
states that are out of compliance with the per capita VMT standards or carbon dioxide or greenhouse gas emission measures to dedicate federal highway funding to achieve compliance; and 
 
DOT to establish national transit access standards and performance measures for transit accessibility, transit stop distance, and transit mode share. 



Legislative actions:
action_date: 2019-12-09
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Highways and Transit.
action_date: 2019-12-06
text: Referred to the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.
action_date: 2019-12-06
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2019-12-06
text: Introduced in House
Stop Climate Censorship Act of 2019

Bill: 116-hr-5355
Sponsor: Rep. Neguse, Joe [D-CO-2]
Introduced: 2019-12-06 in the House
Policy area: Science, Technology, Communications
Subjects: Air quality
Climate change and greenhouse gases
Congressional oversight
Federal officials
Government ethics and transparency, public corruption
Government information and archives
Research administration and funding

Summary:
action_date: 2019-12-06
text: 

Stop Climate Censorship Act of 2019

 
This bill directs the Office of Science and Technology (OSTP) to issue policies, consistent with established scientific integrity policies, that require political appointees of the federal civilian agencies that conduct scientific research to report to the public on any action by such an appointee to 
 
 
 modify any scientific research or findings that are used to inform any agency communication to the public related to climate change, or 
 
 modify any agency communication to the public that is inconsistent with scientific research or findings related to climate change. 
 
 
The OSTP shall review and update such policies biennially as necessary.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2019-12-06
text: Referred to the House Committee on Science, Space, and Technology.
action_date: 2019-12-06
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2019-12-06
text: Introduced in House
Federal Labs Modernization Act of 2019

Bill: 116-hr-5356
Sponsor: Rep. Neguse, Joe [D-CO-2]
Introduced: 2019-12-06 in the House
Policy area: Science, Technology, Communications
Subjects: Building construction
Congressional oversight
Government buildings, facilities, and property
Government studies and investigations
Lighting, heating, cooling
Research administration and funding

Summary:
action_date: 2019-12-06
text: 

Federal Labs Modernization Act of 2019

 
This bill requires the inclusion of certain information related to research infrastructure in specified reports to Congress.
 
The bill requires the Office of Science and Technology Policy to include in a report to Congress a description of the deficiencies in funding for research infrastructure in research facilities and major instrumentation located at federal laboratories and national user facilities at academic institutions that are widely accessible for use by researchers in the United States.
 
The General Accountability Office must submit a report to Congress on research infrastructure.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2019-12-06
text: Referred to the House Committee on Science, Space, and Technology.
action_date: 2019-12-06
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2019-12-06
text: Introduced in House
Innovation Network and Capital Act of 2019

Bill: 116-hr-5357
Sponsor: Rep. Peters, Scott H. [D-CA-52]
Introduced: 2019-12-06 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Health technology, devices, supplies
Medical research
Research administration and funding
Technology transfer and commercialization

Summary:
action_date: 2019-12-06
text: 

Innovation Network and Capital Act of 2019

 
This bill establishes and provides funds through FY2025 for a grant program in the National Institutes of Health (NIH) to expand the commercialization of biomedical products. NIH shall award grants or contracts to entities that have received funding from either the Small Business Innovation Research Program or the Small Business Technology Transfer Program of NIH. Awardees must use the funds to support participation in specified NIH programs and activities related to the commercialization stage of research, later stage research and development, technology transfer, and commercialization technical assistance. 



Legislative actions:
action_date: 2019-12-09
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2019-12-06
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2019-12-06
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2019-12-06
text: Introduced in House
To amend title 28, United States Code, to expand the definition of "other institutions" for purposes of acquisition, preservation, and exchange of identification records and information, and for other purposes.

Bill: 116-hr-5358
Sponsor: Rep. Rose, John W. [R-TN-6]
Introduced: 2019-12-06 in the House
Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement
Subjects: Criminal justice information and records
Evidence and witnesses
Intergovernmental relations
Law enforcement administration and funding
Law enforcement officers
State and local government operations
Travel and tourism

Summary:
action_date: 2019-12-06
text: 
This bill expands the scope of entities that are authorized to access criminal identification records (e.g., fingerprints) from the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI). 
 
Current law authorizes the FBI to exchange criminal identification and other records with criminal justice agencies and other institutions. The term 
other institutions
 includes railroad police departments and campus police departments. 
 
This bill includes police departments of private resorts as 
other institutions
 that are authorized to access criminal identification records from the FBI. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2020-01-30
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security.
action_date: 2019-12-06
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2019-12-06
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2019-12-06
text: Introduced in House
DEBT Act of 2019

Bill: 116-hr-5359
Sponsor: Rep. Stivers, Steve [R-OH-15]
Introduced: 2019-12-06 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Employee benefits and pensions
Higher education
Income tax deductions
Income tax exclusion
Interest, dividends, interest rates
Student aid and college costs

Summary:
action_date: 2019-12-06
text: 

Decreasing Employees Burdensome Taxes from Student Loans Act of 2019 or the DEBT Act of 2019

 
This bill amends the Internal Revenue Code, with respect to the tax treatment of student loan payments, to (1) expand the tax exclusion for employer-provided educational assistance programs to include an employer's payment of any qualified education loan incurred by an employee, (2) increase the maximum amount that may be excluded from the gross income of an employee under employer-provided educational assistance programs, and (3) increase the maximum tax deduction and the income limitation for interest on education loans. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2019-12-06
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2019-12-06
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2019-12-06
text: Introduced in House
Closing the Racial Wealth Gap Act of 2019

Bill: 116-hr-5360
Sponsor: Rep. Beatty, Joyce [D-OH-3]
Introduced: 2019-12-09 in the House
Policy area: Finance and Financial Sector
Subjects: Bank accounts, deposits, capital
Census and government statistics
Government information and archives
Racial and ethnic relations

Summary:
action_date: 2019-12-09
text: 

Closing the Racial Wealth Gap Act of 2019

 
This bill directs the Federal Reserve Board to collect, in specified surveys conducted by the board, data on household assets and debt with respect to respondents' race, ethnicity, tribal affiliation, and ancestral origin.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2019-12-09
text: Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services.
action_date: 2019-12-09
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2019-12-09
text: Introduced in House
Safe Drinking Water Assistance Act of 2019

Bill: 116-hr-5361
Sponsor: Rep. Blunt Rochester, Lisa [D-DE-At Large]
Introduced: 2019-12-09 in the House
Policy area: Environmental Protection
Subjects: Environmental assessment, monitoring, research
Environmental health
Executive agency funding and structure
Government information and archives
Government studies and investigations
Hazardous wastes and toxic substances
Research administration and funding
Water quality
Water use and supply

Summary:
action_date: 2019-12-09
text: 

Safe Drinking Water Assistance Act of 2019

 
This bill addresses contaminants of emerging concern (emerging contaminants), which are not regulated under a national primary drinking water regulation and may have an adverse effect on human health.
 
The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) must review federal efforts to (1) identify, monitor, and assist in the development of treatment methods for emerging contaminants; and (2) assist states in responding to the human health risks posed by those contaminants. In addition, the EPA must establish a strategic plan for improving those efforts.
 
The EPA and the Department of Health and Human Services must jointly establish an interagency working group to coordinate federal activities that identify and analyze the public health effects of emerging contaminants.
 
The Office of Science and Technology Policy must establish a National Emerging Contaminant Research Initiative to (1) improve the identification, analysis, monitoring, and treatment methods of emerging contaminants; and (2) support the implementation of its cross-agency plan for addressing research gaps related to detecting, assessing exposure to, and identifying the adverse health effects of such contaminants.
 
Specified federal agencies must make grants for research proposals that are likely to result in significant progress toward achieving the plan's objectives.
 
The EPA must (1) report on actions it may take to increase technical assistance and support for states with respect to emerging contaminants in drinking water samples, and (2) develop a program to provide technical assistance and support to states for the testing and analysis of emerging contaminants.
 
 



Legislative actions:
action_date: 2019-12-10
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Environment and Climate Change.
action_date: 2019-12-09
text: Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on Science, Space, and Technology, 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: 2019-12-09
text: Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on Science, Space, and Technology, 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: 2019-12-09
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2019-12-09
text: Introduced in House