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Accountability for Quality VA Healthcare Act

Bill: 116-hr-1125
Sponsor: Rep. Kilmer, Derek [D-WA-6]
Introduced: 2019-02-08 in the House
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Building construction
Congressional oversight
Department of Veterans Affairs
Employee hiring
Executive agency funding and structure
Government employee pay, benefits, personnel management
Government information and archives
Government studies and investigations
Health care coverage and access
Health care quality
Health facilities and institutions
Health personnel
Nursing
Telephone and wireless communication
Veterans' medical care
Women's health

Summary:
action_date: 2019-02-08
text: 

Accountability for Quality VA Healthcare Act

 
This bill requires the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) to address functionality and accountability in regard to its facilities and provision of care.
 
Specifically, the bill requires the VA to carry out a two-year pilot program to enhance the physical security of five selected VA medical facilities.
 
The VA must submit a report that includes its plan and time frame to address specified findings and recommendations of the Government Accountability Office report titled 
VA Real Property: VA Should Improve Its Efforts to Align Facilities with Veterans' Needs
.
 
The bill requires the VA to update its 
Planning and Activating Community Based Outpatient Clinics
 handbook at least once every five years to reflect current policies and clarify the responsibilities of VA leasing project personnel. 
 
The VA must strengthen its medical facility inspection process and monitor women veterans' access to gender-specific care services under community care contracts, including appointment scheduling and completion times.
 
Finally, the bill requires the VA to (1) clarify measures for medical appointment wait times in a manner that reduces the likelihood of misinterpretation, (2) ensure that 
patient indicated date
 (the earliest date the patient needs to be seen) is clearly defined for purposes of Veterans Health Administration scheduling and related training documents, (3) improve recruitment and retention of scheduling staff and require facilities to routinely assess scheduling and resource needs, and (4) improve telephone access at its medical facilities.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2019-03-01
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2019-02-08
text: Referred to the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
action_date: 2019-02-08
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2019-02-08
text: Introduced in House
Honoring Veterans’ Families Act

Bill: 116-hr-1126
Sponsor: Rep. LaMalfa, Doug [R-CA-1]
Introduced: 2019-02-08 in the House
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Cemeteries and funerals
Family relationships
Marriage and family status
Military personnel and dependents
Veterans' organizations and recognition

Summary:
action_date: 2019-02-08
text: 

Honoring Veterans' Families Act

 
This bill authorizes the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) to provide inscriptions for deceased spouses and children on certain headstones furnished by the VA.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2019-05-01
text: Subcommittee Hearings Held.
action_date: 2019-03-01
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Disability Assistance and Memorial Affairs.
action_date: 2019-02-13
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR H1532-1533)
action_date: 2019-02-08
text: Referred to the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
action_date: 2019-02-08
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2019-02-08
text: Introduced in House
To posthumously award a Congressional gold medal to Mahatma Gandhi in recognition of his contributions to the Nation by the promotion of nonviolence.

Bill: 116-hr-1127
Sponsor: Rep. Maloney, Carolyn B. [D-NY-12]
Introduced: 2019-02-08 in the House
Policy area: Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues
Subjects: Congressional tributes
Human rights
India
Museums, exhibitions, cultural centers
Political movements and philosophies
Protest and dissent
Smithsonian Institution
Sovereignty, recognition, national governance and status

Summary:
action_date: 2019-02-08
text: 
This bill directs Congress to present a Congressional Gold Medal to Mahatma Gandhi in recognition of his promotion of nonviolence. The Department of the Treasury must design and produce the medal and is authorized to sell bronze duplicates. The Smithsonian Institution shall display the medal and make it available for research.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2019-02-08
text: Referred to the Committee on Financial Services, 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: 2019-02-08
text: Referred to the Committee on Financial Services, 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: 2019-02-08
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2019-02-08
text: Introduced in House
Indian Programs Advanced Appropriations Act

Bill: 116-hr-1128
Sponsor: Rep. McCollum, Betty [D-MN-4]
Introduced: 2019-02-08 in the House
Policy area: Native Americans
Subjects: Appropriations
Budget process
Congressional oversight
Department of Health and Human Services
Department of the Interior
Executive agency funding and structure
Health programs administration and funding
Indian social and development programs
Minority health

Summary:
action_date: 2019-02-08
text: 

Indian Programs Advanced Appropriations Act 

 
This bill authorizes advance appropriations for several covered appropriations accounts of (1) the Bureau of Indian Affairs and Bureau of Indian Education within the Department of the Interior, and (2) the Indian Health Service within the Department of Health and Human Services. The advance appropriations provide new budget authority that first becomes available for the first fiscal year after the budget year. 
 
The covered accounts within the Bureau of Indian Affairs and Bureau of Indian Education include (1) Operation of Indian Programs, (2) Contract Support Costs, and (3) the Indian Guaranteed Loan Program Account. 
 
The covered accounts within the Indian Health Service include (1) Indian Health Services, and (2) Contract Support Costs. 
 
The bill also requires the President's budget and the supporting documents submitted to Congress to include detailed estimates related to the advance appropriations. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2019-09-25
text: Subcommittee Hearings Held.
action_date: 2019-02-28
text: Referred to the Subcommittee for Indigenous Peoples of the United States.
action_date: 2019-02-08
text: Referred to the Committee on the Budget, and in addition to the Committees on Natural Resources, and 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: 2019-02-08
text: Referred to the Committee on the Budget, and in addition to the Committees on Natural Resources, and 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: 2019-02-08
text: Referred to the Committee on the Budget, and in addition to the Committees on Natural Resources, and 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: 2019-02-08
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2019-02-08
text: Introduced in House
Union Transparency and Accountability Act

Bill: 116-hr-1129
Sponsor: Rep. Rooney, Francis [R-FL-19]
Introduced: 2019-02-08 in the House
Policy area: Labor and Employment
Subjects: Civil actions and liability
Employment discrimination and employee rights
Government information and archives
Judicial review and appeals
Labor-management relations

Summary:
action_date: 2019-02-08
text: 

Union Transparency and Accountability Act

 
This bill amends the Labor-Management Reporting and Disclosure Act of 1959 to (1) require labor organizations to file certain disclosure forms detailing expenditures of union dues, (2) impose civil fines on labor organizations that fail to file required disclosures, and (3) make it unlawful for any labor organization to discharge or discriminate against any employee who has filed a whistle-blower complaint or who is testifying in a disclosure proceeding.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2019-02-08
text: Referred to the House Committee on Education and Labor.
action_date: 2019-02-08
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2019-02-08
text: Introduced in House
Fort Pillow National Battlefield Park Study Act

Bill: 116-hr-1130
Sponsor: Rep. Rush, Bobby L. [D-IL-1]
Introduced: 2019-02-08 in the House
Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources
Subjects: Conflicts and wars
Government studies and investigations
Historic sites and heritage areas
Military history
Parks, recreation areas, trails
Tennessee
U.S. history

Summary:
action_date: 2019-02-08
text: 

Fort Pillow National Battlefield Park Study Act

 
This bill directs the Department of the Interior to determine the suitability and feasibility of designating the Fort Pillow Historic State Park in Henning, Tennessee, which was the site of the Battle of Fort Pillow during the Civil War, as a unit of the National Park System.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2019-05-22
text: Subcommittee Hearings Held.
action_date: 2019-02-27
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on National Parks, Forests, and Public Lands.
action_date: 2019-02-08
text: Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.
action_date: 2019-02-08
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2019-02-08
text: Introduced in House
Collaborative Academic Research Efforts for Tourette Syndrome Act of 2019

Bill: 116-hr-1131
Sponsor: Rep. Sires, Albio [D-NJ-8]
Introduced: 2019-02-08 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Government information and archives
Health information and medical records
Health programs administration and funding
Medical research
Neurological disorders
Research administration and funding

Summary:
action_date: 2019-02-08
text: 

Collaborative Academic Research Efforts for Tourette Syndrome Act of 

2019

 
This bill requires the National Institutes of Health (NIH) to expand, intensify, and coordinate NIH research on Tourette syndrome.
 
The NIH must (1) develop a system to collect data on Tourette syndrome, including epidemiological information and data on the availability of medical and social services for individuals with Tourette syndrome and their families; (2) support Collaborative Research Centers for Tourette Syndrome to conduct basic and clinical research; (3) award grants for research on Tourette syndrome symptoms and treatment options for particular patient subpopulations; and (4) designate funding to carry out Tourette syndrome programs and activities.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2019-02-08
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2019-02-08
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2019-02-08
text: Introduced in House
VA Employee Fairness Act of 2019

Bill: 116-hr-1133
Sponsor: Rep. Takano, Mark [D-CA-41]
Introduced: 2019-02-08 in the House
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Department of Veterans Affairs
Government employee pay, benefits, personnel management
Health personnel
Labor-management relations
Veterans' medical care

Summary:
action_date: 2019-02-08
text: 

VA Employee Fairness Act of 2019

 
This bill repeals provisions excluding any matter or question concerning professional conduct or competence; peer review; or the establishment, determination, or adjustment of employee compensation from the applicability of collective bargaining rights for Veterans Health Administration employees.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2020-03-10
text: Subcommittee Hearings Held.
action_date: 2019-03-01
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations.
action_date: 2019-02-08
text: Referred to the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
action_date: 2019-02-08
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2019-02-08
text: Introduced in House
Prevent Crime and Terrorism Act of 2019

Bill: 116-hr-1134
Sponsor: Rep. Torres, Norma J. [D-CA-35]
Introduced: 2019-02-08 in the House
Policy area: International Affairs
Subjects: Foreign aid and international relief
Licensing and registrations
Military assistance, sales, and agreements
Trade restrictions

Summary:
action_date: 2019-02-08
text: 

Prevent Crime and Terrorism Act of 2019

 
This bill prohibits the President from removing various items from the U.S. Munitions List, which lists weapons and related equipment that are subject to export controls. Items that the President may not remove from the list include combat shotguns, silencers, flame throwers, electric armor, and various types of ammunition and weapons components.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2019-02-08
text: Referred to the House Committee on Foreign Affairs.
action_date: 2019-02-08
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2019-02-08
text: Introduced in House
Indian Health Service Advance Appropriations Act of 2019

Bill: 116-hr-1135
Sponsor: Rep. Young, Don [R-AK-At Large]
Introduced: 2019-02-08 in the House
Policy area: Native Americans
Subjects: Appropriations
Department of Health and Human Services
Executive agency funding and structure
Health facilities and institutions
Health programs administration and funding
Indian social and development programs
Minority health

Summary:
action_date: 2019-02-08
text: 

Indian Health Service Advance Appropriations Act of 201

9

 
This bill authorizes advance appropriations for the Indian Health Services and Indian Health Facilities accounts of the Indian Health Service. The advance appropriations provide new budget authority that first becomes available in the first fiscal year after the budget year. The bill requires the President's budget request to include information on estimates for the advance appropriations. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2019-09-25
text: Subcommittee Hearings Held.
action_date: 2019-03-13
text: Referred to the Subcommittee for Indigenous Peoples of the United States.
action_date: 2019-02-08
text: Referred to the Committee on the Budget, and in addition to the Committees on Natural Resources, and 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: 2019-02-08
text: Referred to the Committee on the Budget, and in addition to the Committees on Natural Resources, and 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: 2019-02-08
text: Referred to the Committee on the Budget, and in addition to the Committees on Natural Resources, and 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: 2019-02-08
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2019-02-08
text: Introduced in House
For the relief of Roberto Luis Dunoyer Mejia, Consuelo Cardona Molina, Camilo Dunoyer Cardona, and Pablo Dunoyer Cardona.

Bill: 116-hr-1136
Sponsor: Rep. Hunter, Duncan D. [R-CA-50]
Introduced: 2019-02-08 in the House
Subjects: Private Legislation

Summary:
action_date: 2019-02-08
text: Provides for the relief of Roberto Luis Dunoyer Mejia, Consuelo Cardona Molina, Camilo Dunoyer Cardona, and Pablo Dunoyer Cardona.

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2019-03-22
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration and Citizenship.
action_date: 2019-02-08
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2019-02-08
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2019-02-08
text: Introduced in House
To amend the Water Resources Development Act of 1986 to repeal the authority relating to reprogramming during national emergencies.

Bill: 116-hr-1137
Sponsor: Rep. Garamendi, John [D-CA-3]
Introduced: 2019-02-11 in the House
Policy area: Water Resources Development
Subjects: Appropriations
Military civil functions
Military facilities and property
Presidents and presidential powers, Vice Presidents
War and emergency powers
Water resources funding

Summary:
action_date: 2019-02-11
text: 
This bill repeals the authority of the President to divert certain resources of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers during national emergencies. Specifically, the bill repeals the President's authority to (1) terminate or defer civil works projects of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers that are not essential to the national defense; and (2) apply the resources of the Corps' civil works program to civil works, military construction, and civil defense projects that are essential to the national defense.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2019-02-12
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Water Resources and Environment.
action_date: 2019-02-11
text: Referred to the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.
action_date: 2019-02-11
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E157)
action_date: 2019-02-11
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2019-02-11
text: Introduced in House
Transit Worker and Pedestrian Protection Act

Bill: 116-hr-1139
Sponsor: Rep. Napolitano, Grace F. [D-CA-32]
Introduced: 2019-02-11 in the House
Policy area: Transportation and Public Works
Subjects: Accidents
Assault and harassment offenses
Criminal justice information and records
Public transit
Railroads
Transportation employees
Transportation safety and security
Worker safety and health

Summary:
action_date: 2019-02-11
text: 

Transit Worker and Pedestrian Protection Act

 
This bill requires grant recipients under the public transportation safety program who operate a fixed route bus service to (1) develop a risk reduction program for bus operations to improve safety by reducing the number and rates of accidents, injuries, assaults on bus operators, and fatalities; (2) submit the program to the Department of Transportation (DOT) for review and approval; and (3) implement the approved program. 
 
 DOT shall require grant recipients who operate a rail fixed guideway public transportation system that is not subject to regulation by the Federal Railroad Administration to (1) develop a risk reduction program for assaults on rail workers to improve safety by reducing the number and severity of assaults on such workers; (2) submit the program to DOT for review and approval; and (3) implement the approved program.
 
A grant recipient shall report to DOT any information on each assault on a transit worker for inclusion in the National Transit Database.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2019-02-12
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Highways and Transit.
action_date: 2019-02-11
text: Referred to the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.
action_date: 2019-02-11
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2019-02-11
text: Introduced in House
To make technical corrections to the Guam World War II Claims Fund.

Bill: 116-hr-1141
Sponsor: Del. San Nicolas, Michael F. Q. [D-GU-At Large]
Introduced: 2019-02-11 in the House
Policy area: Law
Subjects: Administrative remedies
Conflicts and wars
Crime victims
Crimes against women
Government trust funds
Guam
War crimes, genocide, crimes against humanity

Summary:
action_date: 2019-02-11
text: 
This bill provides appropriations for the Guam World War II Claims Fund. The fund is used to pay claims of the victims and survivors of the attack and occupation of Guam by Imperial Japanese military forces during World War II and the liberation of Guam by U.S. military forces. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2019-02-11
text: Referred to the House Committee on Appropriations.
action_date: 2019-02-11
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2019-02-11
text: Introduced in House
Stop the Attack on Local Taxpayers Act of 2019

Bill: 116-hr-1142
Sponsor: Rep. Pascrell, Bill, Jr. [D-NJ-9]
Introduced: 2019-02-11 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Income tax deductions
Income tax rates
Inflation and prices
Property tax
Sales and excise taxes
State and local taxation

Summary:
action_date: 2019-02-11
text: 

Stop the Attack on Local Taxpayers Act of 2019 or the SALT Act

 
This bill amends the Internal Revenue Code to (1) repeal the $10,000 limitation on individual income tax deductions for certain state and local taxes, and (2) increase the top individual income tax rate to 39.6% (currently 37%). 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2019-02-11
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2019-02-11
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2019-02-11
text: Introduced in House
Educating Consumers on the Risks of Short-Term Plans Act of 2019

Bill: 116-hr-1143
Sponsor: Rep. Eshoo, Anna G. [D-CA-18]
Introduced: 2019-02-11 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Consumer affairs
Health care costs and insurance
Health care coverage and access
Health information and medical records
Insurance industry and regulation

Summary:
action_date: 2019-02-11
text: 

Educating Consumers on the Risks of Short-Term Plans Act of 2019

This bill requires health insurers offering short-term, limited-duration insurance coverage to prominently disclose all medical conditions for which an individual may be denied coverage, limited in coverage, or subject to a premium increase. (Short-term, limited-duration insurance coverage is designed to fill a temporary gap in insurance coverage.)

Insurers must further disclose that this type of coverage is temporary, provides limited benefits, and is subject to termination. Insurers may not enroll an individual in a short-term, limited-duration insurance plan during any time in which that individual is eligible for open enrollment in coverage through the health insurance exchange. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2019-02-12
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2019-02-11
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2019-02-11
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2019-02-11
text: Introduced in House
No CODELs During Shutdowns Act

Bill: 116-hr-1144
Sponsor: Rep. Gallagher, Mike [R-WI-8]
Introduced: 2019-02-11 in the House
Policy area: Congress
Subjects: Appropriations
Executive agency funding and structure
Members of Congress
Travel and tourism

Summary:
action_date: 2019-02-11
text: 

No CODELs During Shutdowns Act

 
This bill prohibits executive agencies from using funds to support official travel undertaken by more than one Member of Congress during a lapse in appropriations for the federal government. The bill allows the President to waive the restriction. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2019-02-11
text: Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Reform.
action_date: 2019-02-11
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2019-02-11
text: Introduced in House