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Haitian Educational Empowerment Act of 2019

Bill: 116-hr-666
Sponsor: Rep. Hastings, Alcee L. [D-FL-20]
Introduced: 2019-01-17 in the House
Policy area: International Affairs
Subjects: Caribbean area
Education programs funding
Foreign aid and international relief
Haiti
Higher education
Latin America
Natural disasters
Student aid and college costs

Summary:
action_date: 2019-01-17
text: 

Haitian Educational Empowerment Act of 2019

 
This bill directs the Department of State to establish a scholarship program for eligible Haitian students who were enrolled as full-time or part-time students in a Haitian or U.S. university or institution of higher education and whose studies were interrupted as a result of the January 12, 2010, earthquake or the October 4, 2016, Hurricane Matthew. A Haitian student who receives such a scholarship shall return to Haiti for at least two years upon completion of an undergraduate or graduate degree.
 
The State Department may make grants to institutions of higher education that have enrolled a significant number of Haitian students who were enrolled in a Haitian university at the time of such earthquake or hurricane. Such grants shall be used to provide social and educational support services.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2019-01-17
text: Referred to the House Committee on Foreign Affairs.
action_date: 2019-01-17
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E63)
action_date: 2019-01-17
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2019-01-17
text: Introduced in House
Regulatory Certainty for Navigable Waters Act

Bill: 116-hr-667
Sponsor: Rep. Herrera Beutler, Jaime [R-WA-3]
Introduced: 2019-01-17 in the House
Policy area: Environmental Protection
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Administrative remedies
Agricultural conservation and pollution
Army Corps of Engineers
Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)
Environmental regulatory procedures
Farmland
Judicial review and appeals
Licensing and registrations
Navigation, waterways, harbors
Water quality
Wetlands

Summary:
action_date: 2019-01-17
text: 

Regulatory Certainty for Navigable Waters Act

 
This bill describes which bodies of water fall under federal jurisdiction and the scope of the Clean Water Act. Specifically, the bill (1) repeals the Environmental Protection Agency's 2015 Clean Water Rule, commonly known as the Waters of the United States or WOTUS rule; (2) redefines navigable waters; and (3) establishes a process for the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers to determine, upon request, whether certain wetlands are navigable waters.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2019-02-07
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Water Resources and Environment.
action_date: 2019-01-17
text: Referred to the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.
action_date: 2019-01-17
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2019-01-17
text: Introduced in House
American Dream Employment Act of 2019

Bill: 116-hr-668
Sponsor: Rep. Kirkpatrick, Ann [D-AZ-2]
Introduced: 2019-01-17 in the House
Policy area: Congress
Subjects: Border security and unlawful immigration
Congressional officers and employees
Foreign labor
Immigration status and procedures

Summary:
action_date: 2019-01-17
text: 

American Dream Employment Act of 201

9

 
This bill permits the compensation of congressional employees who have been issued employment authorization documents under the Department of Homeland Security Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals Program. 
 
The program enables many unlawfully present aliens who came to the United States as children to be granted deferred action (a type of relief from removal which does not confer immigration status) and work authorization.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2019-01-17
text: Referred to the House Committee on House Administration.
action_date: 2019-01-17
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2019-01-17
text: Introduced in House
Restricting First Use of Nuclear Weapons Act of 2019

Bill: 116-hr-669
Sponsor: Rep. Lieu, Ted [D-CA-33]
Introduced: 2019-01-17 in the House
Policy area: International Affairs
Subjects: Military command and structure
Military operations and strategy
Nuclear weapons
Presidents and presidential powers, Vice Presidents

Summary:
action_date: 2019-01-17
text: 

Restricting First Use of Nuclear Weapons Act of 2019

 
This bill prohibits the President from conducting a nuclear strike against an enemy that did not first launch a nuclear strike against the United States or a U.S. ally, unless Congress expressly authorizes such a strike.
 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2019-01-17
text: Referred to the House Committee on Foreign Affairs.
action_date: 2019-01-17
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2019-01-17
text: Introduced in House
Udall Park Land Exchange Completion Act

Bill: 116-hr-670
Sponsor: Rep. Kirkpatrick, Ann [D-AZ-2]
Introduced: 2019-01-17 in the House
Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources
Subjects: Arizona
Economic development
Land transfers

Summary:
action_date: 2019-01-17
text: 

Udall Park Land Exchange Completion Act

This bill directs the Department of the Interior to convey without consideration, to the city of Tucson, Arizona, the reversionary interest of the United States in and to an approximately 172.8-acre parcel of land owned by the city for the purpose of unencumbering the title to such land to enable its economic development.

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2019-02-11
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on National Parks, Forests, and Public Lands.
action_date: 2019-01-17
text: Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.
action_date: 2019-01-17
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2019-01-17
text: Introduced in House
Protecting the Dignity of Unborn Children Act of 2019

Bill: 116-hr-671
Sponsor: Rep. Latta, Robert E. [R-OH-5]
Introduced: 2019-01-17 in the House
Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement
Subjects: Abortion
Solid waste and recycling

Summary:
action_date: 2019-01-17
text: 

Protecting the Dignity of Unborn Children Act of 2019

 
This bill establishes a new criminal offense for recklessly disposing of or abandoning fetal remains in a landfill or in any navigable waters of the United States.
 
The term "fetal remains" means any part (except a cremated part) of a deceased human fetus following an abortion.
 
A violator is subject to a fine, up to three years in prison, or both.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2019-03-04
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security.
action_date: 2019-01-17
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2019-01-17
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2019-01-17
text: Introduced in House
To require the Secretary of Education to provide a deferment for certain student loans of Federal employees subject to a lapse in discretionary appropriations, and for other purposes.

Bill: 116-hr-672
Sponsor: Rep. Loebsack, David [D-IA-2]
Introduced: 2019-01-17 in the House
Policy area: Education
Subjects: Appropriations
Government employee pay, benefits, personnel management
Government lending and loan guarantees
Higher education
Interest, dividends, interest rates
Student aid and college costs

Summary:
action_date: 2019-01-17
text: 
This bill makes federally owned student loans of federal employees eligible for deferment during governmental shutdowns. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2019-01-17
text: Referred to the House Committee on Education and Labor.
action_date: 2019-01-17
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2019-01-17
text: Introduced in House
Shutdown Relief Act

Bill: 116-hr-673
Sponsor: Rep. Luria, Elaine G. [D-VA-2]
Introduced: 2019-01-17 in the House
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Employee benefits and pensions
Government employee pay, benefits, personnel management

Summary:
action_date: 2019-01-17
text: 

Shutdown Relief Act

 
This bill requires that a lapse in appropriations (i.e., government shutdown) shall be deemed a financial hardship for the purpose of allowing Thrift Savings Plan (TSP) participants to make withdrawals from their TSP accounts.
 
Federal employees participating in the TSP may withdraw funds from their accounts up to the amount of the annual salary they would have received but for such lapse. Such withdrawals shall be without penalty if the funds are returned to the TSP account within 180 days. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2019-01-17
text: Referred to the Committee on Oversight and Reform, and in addition to the Committee on Ways and Means, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
action_date: 2019-01-17
text: Referred to the Committee on Oversight and Reform, and in addition to the Committee on Ways and Means, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
action_date: 2019-01-17
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2019-01-17
text: Introduced in House
Gun Violence Prevention Research Act of 2019

Bill: 116-hr-674
Sponsor: Rep. Maloney, Carolyn B. [D-NY-12]
Introduced: 2019-01-17 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Accidents
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)
Crime prevention
Department of Health and Human Services
Executive agency funding and structure
Firearms and explosives
Health programs administration and funding
Medical research
Research administration and funding
Violent crime

Summary:
action_date: 2019-01-17
text: 

Gun Violence Prevention Research Act of 2019

 
This bill authorizes the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention to conduct or support research on firearms safety or gun violence prevention. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2019-01-25
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2019-01-17
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2019-01-17
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2019-01-17
text: Introduced in House
Safe Helicopters Now Act

Bill: 116-hr-675
Sponsor: Rep. Neguse, Joe [D-CO-2]
Introduced: 2019-01-17 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Aviation and airports
Emergency medical services and trauma care
Income tax credits
Motor fuels
Transportation safety and security

Summary:
action_date: 2019-01-17
text: 

Safe Helicopters Now Act 

 
This bill allows a tax credit equal to 10% of the costs of making changes to a fuel system in an emergency medical rotorcraft to comply with certain requirements for fuel system crash resistance. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2019-01-17
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2019-01-17
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2019-01-17
text: Introduced in House
NATO Support Act

Bill: 116-hr-676
Sponsor: Rep. Panetta, Jimmy [D-CA-20]
Introduced: 2019-01-17 in the House
Policy area: International Affairs
Subjects: Alliances
Collective security
Conflicts and wars
Congressional-executive branch relations
Defense spending
Europe
International law and treaties
Military operations and strategy
Military procurement, research, weapons development
Military readiness
Presidents and presidential powers, Vice Presidents

Summary:
action_date: 2019-01-17
text: 

NATO Support Act 

 
This bill prohibits the appropriation or use of funds to withdraw the United States from the North Atlantic Treaty Organization.

action_date: 2019-01-22
text: 

NATO Support Act 

 
This bill prohibits the appropriation or use of funds to withdraw the United States from the North Atlantic Treaty Organization.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2019-01-23
text: Received in the Senate.
action_date: 2019-01-22
text: Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
action_date: 2019-01-22
text: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill Agreed to by the Yeas and Nays: (2/3 required): 357 - 22 (Roll no. 44). (text: CR H976)
action_date: 2019-01-22
text: Passed/agreed to in House: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill Agreed to by the Yeas and Nays: (2/3 required): 357 - 22 (Roll no. 44).(text: CR H976)
action_date: 2019-01-22
text: Considered as unfinished business. (consideration: CR H981-982)
action_date: 2019-01-22
text: At the conclusion of debate, the Yeas and Nays were demanded and ordered. Pursuant to the provisions of clause 8, rule XX, the Chair announced that further proceedings on the motion would be postponed.
action_date: 2019-01-22
text: DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on H.R. 676.
action_date: 2019-01-22
text: Considered under suspension of the rules. (consideration: CR H976-979)
action_date: 2019-01-22
text: Mr. Engel moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill.
action_date: 2019-01-17
text: Referred to the House Committee on Foreign Affairs.
action_date: 2019-01-17
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2019-01-17
text: Introduced in House
Fair Compensation for Low-Wage Contractor Employees Act of 2019

Bill: 116-hr-678
Sponsor: Rep. Pressley, Ayanna [D-MA-7]
Introduced: 2019-01-17 in the House
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Subjects: Appropriations
Contracts and agency
Executive agency funding and structure
Public contracts and procurement
Wages and earnings

Summary:
action_date: 2019-01-17
text: 

Fair Compensation for Low-Wage Contractor Employees Act of 2019

 
This bill appropriates funding to provide compensation to certain employees of contractors who lost pay or leave due to the lapse in appropriations that began on December 22, 2018. 
 
Each agency subject to such lapse shall adjust the price of any contract for which the contractor was ordered to suspend, delay, or stop work as a result of the lapse. The agency shall compensate the contractor for reasonable costs incurred to (1) provide compensation, at an employee's standard rate of compensation, to any employee who was furloughed or laid off, or who was not working, who experienced a reduction of hours, or who experienced a reduction in compensation, as a result of the lapse, for the period of the lapse; or (2) restore paid leave taken by any employee during the lapse, if the contractor required employees to use paid leave as a result of the lapse.
 
The maximum amount of weekly compensation of an employee for which an adjustment may be made may not exceed the lesser of the employee's actual weekly compensation or $965.
 
 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2019-01-17
text: Referred to the Committee on Appropriations, 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: 2019-01-17
text: Referred to the Committee on Appropriations, 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: 2019-01-17
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2019-01-17
text: Introduced in House
Political Accountability and Transparency Act

Bill: 116-hr-679
Sponsor: Rep. Rice, Kathleen M. [D-NY-4]
Introduced: 2019-01-17 in the House
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Subjects: Congressional elections
Digital media
Elections, voting, political campaign regulation
Internet and video services
Internet, web applications, social media
Political advertising
Political parties and affiliation

Summary:
action_date: 2019-01-17
text: 

Political Accountability and Transparency Act

 
This bill restricts the use of certain political funds and revises requirements for political communications. Specifically, the bill
 
 
prohibits the personal use of political committee funds; 
treats coordinated expenditures, as defined by the bill, as campaign contributions, thereby subjecting them to limits and disclosure requirements;
applies disclosure requirements for electioneering communications to Internet or digital communications; and 
requires persons paying for political communications to make their best efforts to determine the true source of the funds used.
 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2019-01-17
text: Referred to the House Committee on House Administration.
action_date: 2019-01-17
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2019-01-17
text: Introduced in House
Securing Energy Infrastructure Act

Bill: 116-hr-680
Sponsor: Rep. Ruppersberger, C. A. Dutch [D-MD-2]
Introduced: 2019-01-17 in the House
Policy area: Energy
Subjects: Advisory bodies
Computer security and identity theft
Congressional oversight
Department of Energy
Electric power generation and transmission
Energy research
Energy storage, supplies, demand
Government buildings, facilities, and property
Industrial facilities
Research administration and funding
Technology assessment

Summary:
action_date: 2019-01-17
text: 

Securing Energy Infrastructure Act

 
This bill establishes a two-year pilot program within the Department of Energy's (DOE)national laboratories to (1) identify thesecurity vulnerabilities of certain entities in the energy sector, and (2)evaluate technology that can be used to isolate the most critical systems of such entities from cyberattacks.
 
In addition,DOE must establish a working group to evaluate the technology solutions proposed by the national laboratories and to develop a national strategy to isolate the energy grid from attacks.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2019-02-12
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Energy.
action_date: 2019-01-17
text: Referred to the House Committee on Science, Space, and Technology.
action_date: 2019-01-17
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2019-01-17
text: Introduced in House
RIGGED Act

Bill: 116-hr-681
Sponsor: Rep. Sánchez, Linda T. [D-CA-38]
Introduced: 2019-01-17 in the House
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Subjects: Executive Office of the President
Family relationships
Federal officials
Government employee pay, benefits, personnel management
Government ethics and transparency, public corruption
Presidents and presidential powers, Vice Presidents

Summary:
action_date: 2019-01-17
text: 

Relatives in Government Getting Employment Dishonorably Act or the RIGGED Act

 
This bill revises the restrictions on the employment of relatives to (1) make such restrictions applicable to the White House Office and the Executive Office of the President; and (2) include as a civilian position whose appointment, employment, promotion, or advancement is prohibited one acting in a professional or official capacity as a consultant or advisor, regardless of whether the position is voluntary, gratuitous, or authorized by law to be compensated.
 
An individual appointed, employed, promoted, or advanced in violation of such restrictions shall be removed immediately.
 
The bill makes provisions concerning prohibited personnel practices applicable to the White House Office. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2019-01-17
text: Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Reform.
action_date: 2019-01-17
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2019-01-17
text: Introduced in House
FAIR Act

Bill: 116-hr-682
Sponsor: Rep. Sánchez, Linda T. [D-CA-38]
Introduced: 2019-01-17 in the House
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Subjects: Congressional elections
Elections, voting, political campaign regulation
Federal officials
Government ethics and transparency, public corruption
Government information and archives
Members of Congress
Presidents and presidential powers, Vice Presidents

Summary:
action_date: 2019-01-17
text: 

Financial Accountability in Reporting Act or the FAIR Ac
t 
 
This bill requires an individual who filed a financial disclosure report as a candidate for the office of President, Vice President, or Member of Congress to file a financial disclosure report by May 15 of the year in which the individual assumed the position or within 30 days of assuming the position, whichever is later. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2019-01-17
text: Referred to the Committee on Oversight and Reform, and in addition to the Committee on House Administration, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
action_date: 2019-01-17
text: Referred to the Committee on Oversight and Reform, and in addition to the Committee on House Administration, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
action_date: 2019-01-17
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2019-01-17
text: Introduced in House
PRRADA

Bill: 116-hr-683
Sponsor: Rep. Velazquez, Nydia M. [D-NY-7]
Introduced: 2019-01-17 in the House
Policy area: Law
Subjects: Bankruptcy
Caribbean area
Debt collection
Government ethics and transparency, public corruption
Lawyers and legal services
Legal fees and court costs
Puerto Rico
U.S. territories and protectorates

Summary:
action_date: 2019-01-17
text: 

Puerto Rico Recovery Accuracy in Disclosures Act of 2019 or (PRRADA
)
 
This bill requires professionals employed in debt adjustment cases involving Puerto Rico to file verified statements disclosing their connections with the debtor, creditors, and other interested parties before seeking compensation for their services. 

action_date: 2020-12-08
text: 

Puerto Rico Recovery Accuracy in Disclosures Act of 2020 or PRRADA

 
This bill requires professionals employed in debt adjustment cases involving Puerto Rico to file verified statements disclosing their connections with the debtor, creditors, and other interested parties before seeking compensation for their services. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2020-12-09
text: Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
action_date: 2020-12-08
text: Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
action_date: 2020-12-08
text: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by voice vote. (text: CR H7009)
action_date: 2020-12-08
text: Passed/agreed to in House: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by voice vote.
action_date: 2020-12-08
text: DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on H.R. 683.
action_date: 2020-12-08
text: Considered under suspension of the rules. (consideration: CR H7009-7011)
action_date: 2020-12-08
text: Mr. Cicilline moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended.
action_date: 2020-09-09
text: Ordered to be Reported (Amended).
action_date: 2020-09-09
text: Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
action_date: 2020-09-08
text: Subcommittee on Antitrust, Commercial, and Administrative Law Discharged.
action_date: 2019-03-04
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Antitrust, Commercial, and Administrative Law.
action_date: 2019-01-17
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2019-01-17
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2019-01-17
text: Introduced in House
Indiana Dunes National Park Act

Bill: 116-hr-684
Sponsor: Rep. Visclosky, Peter J. [D-IN-1]
Introduced: 2019-01-17 in the House
Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources
Subjects: Great Lakes
Indiana
Lakes and rivers
Parks, recreation areas, trails
Seashores and lakeshores

Summary:
action_date: 2019-01-17
text: 

Indiana Dunes National Park Act

 
This bill renames the Indiana Dunes National Lakeshore as the Indiana Dunes National Park. 
 
The bill redesignates the 1.6-mile Miller-Woods Trail within the park as the Paul H. Douglas Trail. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2019-02-07
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on National Parks, Forests, and Public Lands.
action_date: 2019-01-17
text: Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.
action_date: 2019-01-17
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2019-01-17
text: Introduced in House