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Multifamily Depreciation Parity Act of 2019

Bill: 116-hr-5313
Sponsor: Rep. Morelle, Joseph D. [D-NY-25]
Introduced: 2019-12-05 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Business investment and capital
Housing industry and standards
Income tax deductions

Summary:
action_date: 2019-12-05
text: 

Multifamily Depreciation Parity Act of 2019

 
This bill allows the depreciation of certain residential rental property placed in service prior to January 1, 2018, over a 30-year period (currently, such property is subject to a 40-year depreciation period). 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2019-12-05
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2019-12-05
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2019-12-05
text: Introduced in House
Support for Veterans in Effective Apprenticeships Act of 2019

Bill: 116-hr-5314
Sponsor: Rep. Clark, Katherine M. [D-MA-5]
Introduced: 2019-12-05 in the House
Policy area: Labor and Employment
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Department of Labor
Employment and training programs
Licensing and registrations
State and local government operations
Veterans' education, employment, rehabilitation

Summary:
action_date: 2019-12-05
text: 

Support for Veterans in Effective Apprenticeships Act of 2019

 
This bill requires the Department of Labor to revise its registered apprenticeship programs to include additional program requirements for increasing the access of veterans and their survivors or dependents to such programs.
 
Labor must acquire written assurance that sponsors of apprenticeship programs (1) are aware of the availability of educational assistance for veterans and eligible individuals for use in such programs, (2) will make a good faith effort to obtain approval for such educational assistance for at least each program location that employs or recruits such recipients, and (3) will not deny a qualified applicant to avoid making a good faith effort to obtain approval for educational assistance.
 
In addition, Labor must (1) require program sponsors to provide standards that contain provisions to grant advanced standing or credit, (2) provide increased wages commensurate to such standing or credit for veterans or individuals eligible for educational assistance, and (3) provide a copy of the approved apprenticeship program's certificate of registration to the state approving agency.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2019-12-05
text: Referred to the House Committee on Education and Labor.
action_date: 2019-12-05
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2019-12-05
text: Introduced in House
Expanding Opportunity for MDIs Act

Bill: 116-hr-5315
Sponsor: Rep. Beatty, Joyce [D-OH-3]
Introduced: 2019-12-05 in the House
Policy area: Finance and Financial Sector
Subjects: Bank accounts, deposits, capital
Congressional oversight
Minority and disadvantaged businesses

Summary:
action_date: 2019-12-05
text: 

Expanding Opportunity for Minority Depository Institutions (MDIs) Act 

 
This bill establishes the Financial Agent Mentor-Prot&eacute;g&eacute; Program within the Department of the Treasury. The program provides participating minority deposit institutions with mentorship regarding becoming a financial agent for Treasury. 

action_date: 2020-01-13
text: 

Expanding Opportunity for Minority Depository Institutions Act 

or the Expanding Opportunity for MDIs Act

 
This bill establishes the Financial Agent Mentor-Prot&eacute;g&eacute; Program within the Department of the Treasury. The program provides participating minority deposit institutions and small financial institutions with mentorship regarding becoming a financial agent for Treasury and improving service capacity.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2020-01-14
text: Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs.
action_date: 2020-01-13
text: Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
action_date: 2020-01-13
text: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by voice vote. (text: CR H192)
action_date: 2020-01-13
text: Passed/agreed to in House: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by voice vote.(text: CR H192)
action_date: 2020-01-13
text: DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on H.R. 5315.
action_date: 2020-01-13
text: Considered under suspension of the rules. (consideration: CR H192-194)
action_date: 2020-01-13
text: Ms. Waters moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended.
action_date: 2019-12-11
text: Ordered to be Reported (Amended) by the Yeas and Nays: 57 - 0.
action_date: 2019-12-11
text: Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
action_date: 2019-12-10
text: Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
action_date: 2019-12-05
text: Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services.
action_date: 2019-12-05
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2019-12-05
text: Introduced in House
Move Water Now Act

Bill: 116-hr-5316
Sponsor: Rep. Cox, TJ [D-CA-21]
Introduced: 2019-12-05 in the House
Policy area: Water Resources Development
Subjects: California
Dams and canals
Water quality
Water resources funding
Water use and supply

Summary:
action_date: 2019-12-05
text: 

Move Water Now Act

 
This bill temporarily authorizes the Department of the Interior to conduct activities to accelerate and complete repairs to certain water conveyance facilities in western states. The bill also authorizes additional activities related to implementation of the San Joaquin River restoration settlement, which resolved a legal dispute regarding fish populations and water supply in the San Joaquin River in California.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2020-02-12
text: Ordered to be Reported by the Yeas and Nays: 21 - 15.
action_date: 2020-02-12
text: Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
action_date: 2020-02-12
text: Subcommittee on Water, Oceans, and Wildlife Discharged.
action_date: 2020-01-28
text: Subcommittee Hearings Held.
action_date: 2019-12-16
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Water, Oceans, and Wildlife.
action_date: 2019-12-05
text: Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.
action_date: 2019-12-05
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2019-12-05
text: Introduced in House
To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 315 Addicks Howell Road in Houston, Texas, as the Deputy Sandeep Singh Dhaliwal Post Office Building.

Bill: 116-hr-5317
Sponsor: Rep. Fletcher, Lizzie [D-TX-7]
Introduced: 2019-12-05 in the House
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Subjects: Congressional tributes
Government buildings, facilities, and property
Law enforcement officers
Postal service
Texas

Summary:
action_date: 2019-12-05
text: Designates the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 315 Addicks Howell Road in Houston, Texas, as the "Deputy Sandeep Singh Dhaliwal Post Office Building."
action_date: 2020-12-21
text: 
Designates the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 315 Addicks Howell Road in Houston, Texas, as the "Deputy Sandeep Singh Dhaliwal Post Office Building."


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2020-12-21
text: Became Public Law No: 116-243.
action_date: 2020-12-21
text: Became Public Law No: 116-243.
action_date: 2020-12-21
text: Signed by President.
action_date: 2020-12-21
text: Signed by President.
action_date: 2020-12-11
text: Presented to President.
action_date: 2020-12-11
text: Presented to President.
action_date: 2020-12-07
text: Message on Senate action sent to the House.
action_date: 2020-12-03
text: Passed Senate without amendment by Unanimous Consent.
action_date: 2020-12-03
text: Passed/agreed to in Senate: Passed Senate without amendment by Unanimous Consent.
action_date: 2020-12-03
text: Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs discharged by Unanimous Consent. (consideration: CR S7220-7221)
action_date: 2020-12-03
text: Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs discharged by Unanimous Consent.(consideration: CR S7220-7221)
action_date: 2020-09-15
text: Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.
action_date: 2020-09-14
text: Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
action_date: 2020-09-14
text: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill Agreed to by voice vote. (text: CR H4356)
action_date: 2020-09-14
text: Passed/agreed to in House: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill Agreed to by voice vote.
action_date: 2020-09-14
text: DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on H.R. 5317.
action_date: 2020-09-14
text: Considered under suspension of the rules. (consideration: CR H4356-4357)
action_date: 2020-09-14
text: Mrs. Maloney, Carolyn B. moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill.
action_date: 2020-03-04
text: Ordered to be Reported (Amended) by Unanimous Consent.
action_date: 2020-03-04
text: Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
action_date: 2019-12-05
text: Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Reform.
action_date: 2019-12-05
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2019-12-05
text: Introduced in House

Enacted as: number: 116-243
Bank Merger Review Modernization Act of 2019

Bill: 116-hr-5318
Sponsor: Rep. Garcia, Jesus G. "Chuy" [D-IL-4]
Introduced: 2019-12-05 in the House
Policy area: Finance and Financial Sector
Subjects: Accounting and auditing
Bank accounts, deposits, capital
Banking and financial institutions regulation
Business records
Civil actions and liability
Community life and organization
Competition and antitrust
Consumer Financial Protection Bureau
Consumer credit
Corporate finance and management
Economic performance and conditions
Financial crises and stabilization
Financial services and investments
Government ethics and transparency, public corruption
Government information and archives
Government studies and investigations
Legal fees and court costs
Performance measurement
Public participation and lobbying
Unemployment

Summary:
action_date: 2019-12-05
text: 

Bank Merger Review Modernization Act of 2019 

 
This bill establishes additional requirements for bank mergers and acquisitions, including by requiring 
 
 
approval from the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau for certain mergers involving a provider of consumer financial products, 
 
financial regulators to determine that the public benefits of any merger outweigh the costs, 
 
specified community reinvestment ratings, and
 
institutions to meet certain financial stability standards and stress testing. 
 
 
Financial regulators must assess the competitive effects a merger will have on the market for certain financial products. 
 
Applicants for a bank merger must disclose specified communications regarding the proposed merger. 
 
The bill provides citizens with standing to file a civil action to review a merger approval. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2019-12-05
text: Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services.
action_date: 2019-12-05
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E1545)
action_date: 2019-12-05
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2019-12-05
text: Introduced in House
Native American Housing Assistance and Self-Determination Reauthorization Act of 2019

Bill: 116-hr-5319
Sponsor: Rep. Heck, Denny [D-WA-10]
Introduced: 2019-12-05 in the House
Policy area: Native Americans
Subjects: Accounting and auditing
Alaska Natives and Hawaiians
Building construction
Congressional oversight
Department of Housing and Urban Development
Energy efficiency and conservation
Environmental assessment, monitoring, research
Executive agency funding and structure
Government lending and loan guarantees
Homelessness and emergency shelter
Housing and community development funding
Housing finance and home ownership
Housing supply and affordability
Indian lands and resources rights
Indian social and development programs
Intergovernmental relations
Landlord and tenant
Low- and moderate-income housing
Public housing
Residential rehabilitation and home repair
Rural conditions and development
Veterans' loans, housing, homeless programs

Summary:
action_date: 2019-12-05
text: 

Native American Housing Assistance and Self-Determination Reauthorization Act of 2019

 
This bill provides federal housing assistance to Indians and Native Hawaiians.
 
Specifically, the bill reauthorizes through FY2024 and otherwise revises housing assistance block grants for Indians and Native Hawaiians. Among other things, the Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) must award competitive grants to eligible recipients of block grants to carry out affordable housing activities, such as housing rehabilitation projects. 
 
The bill authorizes HUD to guarantee housing loans for Indians and Native Hawaiians through FY2024.
 
Additionally, the bill provides statutory authority for the Tribal HUD-VASH program, which provides rental assistance and supportive services to Indians who (1) are veterans of the U.S. Armed Forces, (2) are homeless or at risk of homelessness, and (3) live in or near an area where a tribe or tribally designated housing entity provides assistance for affordable housing. The program must be carried out by HUD in conjunction with the Department of Veterans Affairs.
 
Under the program, grants must be made to entities eligible for housing assistance block grants. HUD may also make renewal grants to entities that have received prior program grants. 
 
The bill also requires the Department of Agriculture to set aside and reserve certain rural housing funds for Indian tribes.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2019-12-05
text: Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services.
action_date: 2019-12-05
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2019-12-05
text: Introduced in House
Citizens’ Right to Know Act of 2019

Bill: 116-hr-5320
Sponsor: Rep. Higgins, Clay [R-LA-3]
Introduced: 2019-12-05 in the House
Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement
Subjects: Criminal justice information and records
Criminal procedure and sentencing
Government information and archives
Law enforcement administration and funding
State and local government operations

Summary:
action_date: 2019-12-05
text: 

Citizens' Right to Know Act of 2019

 
This bill requires a state or local government that receives funds under a Department of Justice (DOJ) grant program and uses such funds for a pretrial services program to annually report to DOJ the amount of money allocated for the pretrial services program and certain information about participating defendants.
 
DOJ must make the information publicly available. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2020-01-30
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security.
action_date: 2019-12-05
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2019-12-05
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2019-12-05
text: Introduced in House
Public Health Infrastructure Modernization Act of 2019

Bill: 116-hr-5321
Sponsor: Rep. McBath, Lucy [D-GA-6]
Introduced: 2019-12-05 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Computers and information technology
Congressional oversight
Emergency medical services and trauma care
Health information and medical records
Health programs administration and funding
Health promotion and preventive care
Health technology, devices, supplies
Indian social and development programs
Intergovernmental relations
Minority health
Public-private cooperation
State and local government operations

Summary:
action_date: 2019-12-05
text: 

Public Health Infrastructure Modernization Act of 2019

 
 This bill requires the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention to (1) update its public health data systems; and (2) provide grants to state and local public health agencies to increase collaboration and information sharing in support of disease and health condition detection and public health emergency preparedness, among other objectives.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2019-12-05
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2019-12-05
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2019-12-05
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2019-12-05
text: Introduced in House
Tribal Elder Care Improvement Act of 2019

Bill: 116-hr-5323
Sponsor: Rep. O'Halleran, Tom [D-AZ-1]
Introduced: 2019-12-05 in the House
Policy area: Native Americans
Subjects: Aging
Alaska Natives and Hawaiians
Employment and training programs
Health care coverage and access
Health programs administration and funding
Health promotion and preventive care
Home and outpatient care
Indian social and development programs
Lawyers and legal services
Minority health
Social work, volunteer service, charitable organizations

Summary:
action_date: 2019-12-05
text: 

Tribal Elder Care Improvement Act of 2019

 
This bill directs the Department of Health and Human Services to award grants to tribal organizations for providing supportive services (e.g., transportation, case management, and health and wellness programs) to older American Indians, Alaska Natives, and Native Hawaiians.
 
The bill also reauthorizes through FY2024 grants for the delivery of supportive services, including nutrition services, to older American Indians, Alaska Natives, and Native Hawaiians.
 
Additionally, the bill specifies that the technical assistance and training programs provided to such grantees may include program management, data development and use, grant development, and staff training and certification.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2019-12-05
text: Referred to the House Committee on Education and Labor.
action_date: 2019-12-05
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2019-12-05
text: Introduced in House
Sergeant Daniel Somers Veterans Network of Support Act of 2019

Bill: 116-hr-5324
Sponsor: Rep. Peters, Scott H. [D-CA-52]
Introduced: 2019-12-05 in the House
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Congressional oversight
Government information and archives
Health promotion and preventive care
Military personnel and dependents
Performance measurement
Social work, volunteer service, charitable organizations
Veterans' medical care

Summary:
action_date: 2019-12-05
text: 

Sergeant Daniel Somers Veterans Network of Support Act of 2019

 
This bill requires the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) to carry out a two-year pilot program on information sharing between the VA and designated persons regarding the assistance and benefits available to veterans. Under the program, volunteer participants who are in the Armed Forces and are transitioning to civilian life shall designate up to 10 persons to receive information on specified services and benefits from the VA.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2020-03-10
text: Subcommittee Hearings Held.
action_date: 2019-12-19
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Economic Opportunity.
action_date: 2019-12-05
text: Referred to the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
action_date: 2019-12-05
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2019-12-05
text: Introduced in House
Ending PUSHOUT Act of 2019

Bill: 116-hr-5325
Sponsor: Rep. Pressley, Ayanna [D-MA-7]
Introduced: 2019-12-05 in the House
Policy area: Education
Subjects: Congressional oversight
Criminal justice information and records
Education programs funding
Government information and archives
Government studies and investigations
Juvenile crime and gang violence
Mental health
Minority education
Social work, volunteer service, charitable organizations
Teaching, teachers, curricula

Summary:
action_date: 2019-12-05
text: 

Ending Punitive, Unfair, School-based Harm that is Overt and Unresponsive to Trauma Act of 2019 or the Ending PUSHOUT Act of 2019

 
This bill requires the Department of Education (ED) to award grants to local educational agencies and nonprofit organizations for the purpose of reducing suspension and expulsion of students (i.e., exclusionary disciplinary practices).
 
The bill requires ED to collect data on exclusionary discipline in schools.
 
It also establishes a joint task force to end school pushout.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2019-12-05
text: Referred to the House Committee on Education and Labor.
action_date: 2019-12-05
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2019-12-05
text: Introduced in House
Fairness in Nursing Home Arbitration Act

Bill: 116-hr-5326
Sponsor: Rep. Sánchez, Linda T. [D-CA-38]
Introduced: 2019-12-05 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Alternative dispute resolution, mediation, arbitration
Health facilities and institutions
Home and outpatient care
Long-term, rehabilitative, and terminal care
Medicaid
Medicare

Summary:
action_date: 2019-12-05
text: 

Fairness in Nursing Home Arbitration Act

 
This bill prohibits, and nullifies any existing, pre-dispute arbitration agreements with respect to Medicare skilled nursing facilities or Medicaid nursing facilities, home- and community-based services, or home health care services.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2019-12-06
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2019-12-05
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: 2019-12-05
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: 2019-12-05
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2019-12-05
text: Introduced in House
RELIEF Act

Bill: 116-hr-5327
Sponsor: Rep. Shalala, Donna E. [D-FL-27]
Introduced: 2019-12-05 in the House
Policy area: Immigration
Subjects: Citizenship and naturalization
Foreign labor
Immigration status and procedures
Marriage and family status
Visas and passports

Summary:
action_date: 2019-12-05
text: 

Resolving Extended Limbo for Immigrant Employees and Families Act or the RELIEF Act

 
This bill revises provisions related to family- and employment-based visas.
 
The bill (1) increases the per-country cap on family-based immigrant visas from 7% of the total number of such visas available that year to 15%, (2) eliminates the 7% cap for employment-based immigrant visas, and (3) removes an offset that reduced the number of visas for individuals from China. The annual cap for visas for the unmarried children of citizens is increased, and the formula for calculating the cap for the unmarried children of residents is revised.
 
The bill also establishes transition rules for employment-based visas from FY2020-FY2022, by reserving a percentage of EB-2 (workers with advanced degrees or exceptional ability), EB-3 (skilled and other workers), and EB-5 (investors) visas for individuals not from the two countries with the largest number of recipients of such visas. Of the unreserved visas, not more than 85% shall be allotted to immigrants from any single country. 
 
The Department of State shall increase allocations of family- and employment-based visas by the number of beneficiaries of such applications filed before this bill's enactment, to be allocated FY2020-FY2024 to beneficiaries of applications filed before this bill's enactment who have not yet received a visa. 
 
The minor children and spouses of permanent residents and those accompanying a qualified alien shall be treated as an immediate relative for immigration purposes. Whether an alien qualifies as a minor shall be determined according to the alien's age at the time a relevant petition is filed. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2020-01-30
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration and Citizenship.
action_date: 2019-12-05
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2019-12-05
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2019-12-05
text: Introduced in House