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United States Reciprocal Trade Act

Bill: 116-hr-764
Sponsor: Rep. Duffy, Sean P. [R-WI-7]
Introduced: 2019-01-24 in the House
Policy area: Foreign Trade and International Finance
Subjects: Advisory bodies
Competitiveness, trade promotion, trade deficits
Congressional oversight
Free trade and trade barriers
International organizations and cooperation
Legislative rules and procedure
Office of the U.S. Trade Representative
Presidents and presidential powers, Vice Presidents
Tariffs
Trade agreements and negotiations
Trade restrictions

Summary:
action_date: 2019-01-24
text: 

United States Reciprocal Trade Act 

 
This bill allows the President, in certain circumstances, to (1) negotiate with a foreign country for tariff reductions on exported U.S. goods, or (2) impose additional duties on imported goods. Specifically, the President may take these actions if it is determined that the country (1) when importing a good from the United States, applies a higher rate of duty on that good than the rate imposed by the United States when imported from that country; or (2) similarly imposes other, nontariff trade restrictions on that good. 
 
The President must terminate a rate of duty increase under this bill if the country no longer applies such higher rates or nontariff trade restrictions, or if the higher rate is no longer in the interest of the United States. 
 
Congress may nullify a rate of duty increase implemented under this bill through a joint resolution. 
 
This bill is effective for three years, subject to one three-year renewal. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2019-03-01
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Trade.
action_date: 2019-01-24
text: Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committee on Rules, 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: 2019-01-24
text: Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committee on Rules, 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: 2019-01-24
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2019-01-24
text: Introduced in House
Serve the People, Not the Swamp Act

Bill: 116-hr-765
Sponsor: Rep. Gallagher, Mike [R-WI-8]
Introduced: 2019-01-24 in the House
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Subjects: Congressional oversight
District of Columbia
Intergovernmental relations
State and local government operations

Summary:
action_date: 2019-01-24
text: 

Serve the People, Not the Swamp Act

 
This bill prohibits certain congressional recesses until Congress has approved the annual appropriations bills and a budget resolution that projects a balanced budget. It also (1) imposes a five-year ban on lobbying by Members of Congress and certain executive branch officials, and (2) excludes future Members of Congress from the Federal Employees Retirement System. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2019-03-05
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on the Constitution, Civil Rights, and Civil Liberties.
action_date: 2019-01-24
text: Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committees on the Budget, Rules, Oversight and Reform, and 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: 2019-01-24
text: Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committees on the Budget, Rules, Oversight and Reform, and 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: 2019-01-24
text: Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committees on the Budget, Rules, Oversight and Reform, and 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: 2019-01-24
text: Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committees on the Budget, Rules, Oversight and Reform, and 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: 2019-01-24
text: Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committees on the Budget, Rules, Oversight and Reform, and 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: 2019-01-24
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2019-01-24
text: Introduced in House
To allow penalty-free distributions from retirement accounts in the case of Federal employees and certain Federal contractors impacted by the Federal Government shutdown.

Bill: 116-hr-766
Sponsor: Rep. Graves, Garret [R-LA-6]
Introduced: 2019-01-24 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Appropriations
Employee benefits and pensions
Executive agency funding and structure
Government employee pay, benefits, personnel management
Income tax deferral
Income tax exclusion
Income tax rates
Public contracts and procurement
State and local government operations

Summary:
action_date: 2019-01-24
text: 
This bill allows certain employees who are not paid during a lapse in federal appropriations to make penalty-free withdrawals from retirement accounts. The bill applies to employees of the federal government, federal contractors, federal grantees, and the District of Columbia. 
 
The withdrawals may not exceed the amount of compensation the individual would have received during the lapse in appropriations if the lapse had not occurred. Any amount of the distribution that is required to be included in gross income for the year may be included ratably over a three-year period. 
 
An individual who makes such a withdrawal may repay the account by making additional contributions within 180 days of the end of the lapse in appropriations. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2019-03-01
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Social Security.
action_date: 2019-01-24
text: Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, 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: 2019-01-24
text: Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, 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: 2019-01-24
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2019-01-24
text: Introduced in House
To designate the Federal building and United States courthouse located at 180 West Main Street in Abingdon, Virginia, as the "H. Emory Widener, Jr., Federal Building and United States Courthouse".

Bill: 116-hr-767
Sponsor: Rep. Griffith, H. Morgan [R-VA-9]
Introduced: 2019-01-24 in the House
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Subjects: Congressional tributes
Government buildings, facilities, and property
Judges
Supreme Court
Virginia

Summary:
action_date: 2019-01-24
text: 
This bill designates the federal building and U.S. courthouse at 180 West Main Street in Abingdon, Virginia, as the &quot;H. Emory Widener, Jr., Federal Building and United States Courthouse.&quot;


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2019-02-07
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Economic Development, Public Buildings, and Emergency Management.
action_date: 2019-01-24
text: Referred to the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.
action_date: 2019-01-24
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2019-01-24
text: Introduced in House
No Funding for Sanctuary Campuses Act

Bill: 116-hr-768
Sponsor: Rep. Hunter, Duncan D. [R-CA-50]
Introduced: 2019-01-24 in the House
Policy area: Education
Subjects: Border security and unlawful immigration
Citizenship and naturalization
Criminal justice information and records
Department of Homeland Security
Education programs funding
Employee hiring
Government employee pay, benefits, personnel management
Higher education
Immigration status and procedures
Student records

Summary:
action_date: 2019-01-24
text: 
 
No Funding for Sanctuary Campuses Act

 
This bill makes an institution of higher education (IHE) that is a sanctuary campus ineligible for federal student aid funds. In general, a sanctuary campus is an IHE that has a policy of restricting its personnel from cooperating with federal officials in enforcing the immigration laws and that harbors and provides educational benefits to aliens who lack a lawful immigration status. 
 
The Department of Homeland Security must transmit to the Department of Education and publish in the Federal Register notice of a determination that an IHE is a sanctuary campus.
 
The bill expresses the sense of Congress that providing in-state tuition to an alien who lacks lawful immigration status in the United States creates an incentive for illegal immigration and encourages and induces aliens to come to, enter, or reside in the United States. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2019-01-24
text: Referred to the House Committee on Education and Labor.
action_date: 2019-01-24
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2019-01-24
text: Introduced in House
Discharge Student Loans in Bankruptcy Act of 2019

Bill: 116-hr-770
Sponsor: Rep. Katko, John [R-NY-24]
Introduced: 2019-01-24 in the House
Policy area: Finance and Financial Sector
Subjects: Bankruptcy
Higher education
Student aid and college costs

Summary:
action_date: 2019-01-24
text: 

Discharge Student Loans in Bankruptcy Act of 

2019

 
This bill permits a borrower to discharge in bankruptcy a nonprofit, government, or private student loan, or an obligation to repay an educational benefit, scholarship, or stipend.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2019-03-05
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Antitrust, Commercial, and Administrative Law.
action_date: 2019-01-24
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2019-01-24
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2019-01-24
text: Introduced in House
To distribute Federal funds for elementary and secondary education in the form of vouchers for eligible students and to repeal a certain rule relating to nutrition standards in schools.

Bill: 116-hr-771
Sponsor: Rep. King, Steve [R-IA-4]
Introduced: 2019-01-24 in the House
Policy area: Education
Subjects: Child health
Education programs funding
Elementary and secondary education
Food assistance and relief
Fruit and vegetables
Nutrition and diet
Poverty and welfare assistance
School administration

Summary:
action_date: 2019-01-24
text: 

Choices in Education Act of 2019

 
This bill repeals the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 and replaces it with a program of block grants to states to carry out an education voucher program. It also limits the authority of the Department of Education to evaluating state applications for block grants and making grant payments to states. 
 

No Hungry Kids Act

 
This bill repeals a rule of the Food and Nutrition Service of the Department of Agriculture setting nutrition standards for the national school lunch and breakfast programs.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2019-01-24
text: Referred to the House Committee on Education and Labor.
action_date: 2019-01-24
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2019-01-24
text: Introduced in House
Religious Worker Visa Reciprocity Act of 2019

Bill: 116-hr-772
Sponsor: Rep. King, Steve [R-IA-4]
Introduced: 2019-01-24 in the House
Policy area: Immigration
Subjects: Diplomacy, foreign officials, Americans abroad
Foreign labor
Human rights
Immigration status and procedures
Religion
Visas and passports

Summary:
action_date: 2019-01-24
text: 

Religious Worker Visa Reciprocity Act of 2019

 
This bill places restrictions on the issuance of special immigrant visas for religious workers. No petition for such a visa may be approved if the alien's country of nationality (1) is identified in the 2018 International Religious Freedom Report as a Country of Particular Concern or a country where religious freedom is of significant interest or particular concern, or (2) does not provide similar immigration treatment to U.S. nationals.
 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2019-03-05
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration and Citizenship.
action_date: 2019-01-24
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2019-01-24
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2019-01-24
text: Introduced in House
To terminate the EB-5 program.

Bill: 116-hr-773
Sponsor: Rep. King, Steve [R-IA-4]
Introduced: 2019-01-24 in the House
Policy area: Immigration
Subjects: Employee hiring
Financial services and investments
Foreign labor
Visas and passports

Summary:
action_date: 2019-01-24
text: 
This bill eliminates EB-5 visas and the EB-5 regional center pilot program.
 
The EB-5 visa provides lawful permanent residence to foreign nationals who invest (directly or through a regional center) a specified amount of capital in a new commercial enterprise in the United States and create at least 10 jobs.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2019-03-05
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration and Citizenship.
action_date: 2019-01-24
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2019-01-24
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2019-01-24
text: Introduced in House
Expatriate Terrorist Act

Bill: 116-hr-774
Sponsor: Rep. King, Steve [R-IA-4]
Introduced: 2019-01-24 in the House
Policy area: Immigration
Subjects: Administrative remedies
Citizenship and naturalization
Due process and equal protection
Terrorism
Visas and passports

Summary:
action_date: 2019-01-24
text: 

Expatriate Terrorist Act

 
This bill establishes that certain acts deemed to support terrorism shall be grounds to lose U.S. nationality. Such acts include voluntarily (1) making a formal declaration of allegiance to a foreign terrorist organization, (2) serving in such an organization's armed forces, or (3) providing training or material assistance to such an organization. 
 
The Department of State shall not issue a passport to any individual who is a member or attempting to become a member of a foreign terrorist organization, and shall revoke any passport belonging to such an individual.
 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2019-03-05
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration and Citizenship.
action_date: 2019-01-24
text: Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committee on Foreign Affairs, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
action_date: 2019-01-24
text: Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committee on Foreign Affairs, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
action_date: 2019-01-24
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2019-01-24
text: Introduced in House
SHUSH Act

Bill: 116-hr-775
Sponsor: Rep. King, Steve [R-IA-4]
Introduced: 2019-01-24 in the House
Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement
Subjects: Federal preemption
Firearms and explosives
Law enforcement officers
Licensing and registrations
Sales and excise taxes
State and local taxation

Summary:
action_date: 2019-01-24
text: 

Silencers Help Us Save Hearing Act or the SHUSH Act

 
This bill modifies the treatment of silencers under federal statutes governing the sale, transfer, and possession of firearms.
 
Specifically, it removes silencers from the list of firearms subject to regulation (i.e., registration and licensing requirements) under the National Firearms Act (NFA). Additionally, it excludes a muffler or silencer from the list of firearms subject to regulation (e.g., background check requirements) under the Gun Control Act of 1968 (GCA).
 
Finally, the bill does the following: 
 
 
preempts state or local laws that tax or regulate firearm silencers, 
 
specifies that a person who lawfully acquires or possesses a silencer under provisions of the GCA meets the registration and licensing requirements of the NFA,
 
eliminates mandatory minimum prison terms for a crime of violence or drug trafficking offense in which a defendant uses or carries a firearm equipped with a silencer or muffler, and 
 
permits active and retired law enforcement officers to carry a concealed silencer. 
 
 

 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2019-03-05
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security.
action_date: 2019-01-24
text: Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committee on the Judiciary, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
action_date: 2019-01-24
text: Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committee on the Judiciary, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
action_date: 2019-01-24
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2019-01-24
text: Introduced in House
Educational Freedom Accounts Act

Bill: 116-hr-778
Sponsor: Rep. Meadows, Mark [R-NC-11]
Introduced: 2019-01-24 in the House
Policy area: Education
Subjects: Bank accounts, deposits, capital
District of Columbia
Education of the disadvantaged
Education programs funding
Educational technology and distance education
Elementary and secondary education
Higher education
Preschool education
Public contracts and procurement
Religion
Special education
Student aid and college costs
Student records
Teaching, teachers, curricula
Transportation costs
Vocational and technical education

Summary:
action_date: 2019-01-24
text: 

Educational Freedom Accounts Act

 
This bill (1) establishes an educational savings account program for District of Columbia children who are eligible to receive a free public education in the District, but whose parents choose not to enroll them in a public school or home schooling; and (2) specifies the use of such funds, including for private schools.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2019-01-24
text: Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Reform.
action_date: 2019-01-24
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2019-01-24
text: Introduced in House
Tribal Labor Sovereignty Act of 2019

Bill: 116-hr-779
Sponsor: Rep. Moolenaar, John R. [R-MI-4]
Introduced: 2019-01-24 in the House
Policy area: Native Americans
Subjects: Federal-Indian relations
Indian lands and resources rights
Labor-management relations
Minority employment

Summary:
action_date: 2019-01-24
text: 

Tribal Labor Sovereignty Act of 2019

 
This bill amends the National Labor Relations Act (NLRA) to exclude Native American tribes and tribal enterprises and institutions on tribal land from requirements for employers under the NLRA. (Currently under the NLRA, employers may not engage in unfair labor practices and must allow employees to form unions, engage in collective bargaining, and take collective action.) 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2019-01-24
text: Referred to the House Committee on Education and Labor.
action_date: 2019-01-24
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2019-01-24
text: Introduced in House
Federal Worker Childcare Protection Act of 2019

Bill: 116-hr-780
Sponsor: Rep. Omar, Ilhan [D-MN-5]
Introduced: 2019-01-24 in the House
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Subjects: Appropriations
Child care and development
Government employee pay, benefits, personnel management

Summary:
action_date: 2019-01-24
text: 

Federal Worker Childcare Protection Act of 2019 

 
This bill provides for the reimbursement of childcare expenses of federal employees who are furloughed or working without pay during the lapse in appropriations that began on or about December 22, 2018. The reimbursements are provided (1) subject to appropriations, and (2) if the employee can provide documentation to the General Services Administration in the form of a receipt from a childcare provider. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2019-01-24
text: Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Reform.
action_date: 2019-01-24
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2019-01-24
text: Introduced in House
Student Loan Relief for Feds Act

Bill: 116-hr-781
Sponsor: Rep. Perlmutter, Ed [D-CO-7]
Introduced: 2019-01-24 in the House
Policy area: Education
Subjects: Appropriations
District of Columbia
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: 2019-01-24
text: 

Student Loan Relief for Feds Act

 
This bill makes federal student loans eligible for deferment during federal government shutdowns. Specifically, the bill allows affected federal, state, and District of Columbia employees and contractors to apply for deferment on their student loan payments during a shutdown and for three months after the shutdown has ended.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2019-01-24
text: Referred to the House Committee on Education and Labor.
action_date: 2019-01-24
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2019-01-24
text: Introduced in House
Federal Employees Compensation Act

Bill: 116-hr-782
Sponsor: Rep. Richmond, Cedric L. [D-LA-2]
Introduced: 2019-01-24 in the House
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Subjects: Appropriations
Government employee pay, benefits, personnel management
Wages and earnings

Summary:
action_date: 2019-01-24
text: 

Federal Employees Compensation Act

 
This bill increases by 1.9% the rates of pay in 2019 under the statutory pay systems and for prevailing rate employees, adjusts locality pay, and awards a one-time $500 hardship bonus for federal employees affected by the lapse in appropriations (i.e., government shutdown) beginning on or about December 22, 2018.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2019-01-24
text: Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Reform.
action_date: 2019-01-24
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2019-01-24
text: Introduced in House
Lobbyist Loophole Closure Act

Bill: 116-hr-783
Sponsor: Rep. Rose, Max [D-NY-11]
Introduced: 2019-01-24 in the House
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Subjects: Government ethics and transparency, public corruption
Public participation and lobbying

Summary:
action_date: 2019-01-24
text: 

Lobbyist Loophole Closure Act

 
This bill broadens the scope of lobbying activities that trigger lobbyist registration and disclosure requirements. 
 
Specifically, it expands lobbying activities to include legislative, political, and strategic counseling services.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2019-03-05
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on the Constitution, Civil Rights, and Civil Liberties.
action_date: 2019-01-24
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2019-01-24
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2019-01-24
text: Introduced in House