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National Lyme and Tick-Borne Diseases Control and Accountability Act of 2019

Bill: 116-hr-220
Sponsor: Rep. Smith, Christopher H. [R-NJ-4]
Introduced: 2019-01-03 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Congressional oversight
Department of Health and Human Services
Executive agency funding and structure
Health information and medical records
Health programs administration and funding
Health promotion and preventive care
Infectious and parasitic diseases
Medical education
Medical research
Medical tests and diagnostic methods
Research administration and funding
Scientific communication

Summary:
action_date: 2019-01-03
text: 

National Lyme and Tick-Borne Diseases Control and Accountability Act of 

2019

 
This bill establishes the Office of Oversight and Coordination for Tick-Borne Diseases within the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS). The office must oversee the creation of a national strategy to address Lyme disease and other tick-borne diseases and disorders. The national strategy must include program assessments, benchmarks for progress, and recommendations from the previously established Tick-Borne Disease Working Group. 
 
The bill also requires HHS to undertake specific actions that promote research, prevention, and treatment of Lyme disease and other tick-borne diseases and disorders. Among other things, HHS must:
 
 
support expansive research into the pathology, diagnosis, and treatment of such diseases and disorders;
 
establish a surveillance system to track the prevalence of such diseases and disorders in humans;
 
establish a surveillance system to track the prevalence of disease-carrying ticks;
 
conduct educational campaigns; and 
 
hold a series of research symposiums.
 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2019-01-25
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2019-01-03
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2019-01-03
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2019-01-03
text: Introduced in House
Death Tax Repeal Act of 2019

Bill: 116-hr-222
Sponsor: Rep. Thornberry, Mac [R-TX-13]
Introduced: 2019-01-03 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Transfer and inheritance taxes

Summary:
action_date: 2019-01-03
text: 

Death Tax Repeal Act of 201

9

 
This bill repeals the federal estate, gift, and generation-skipping transfer taxes.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2019-01-03
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2019-01-03
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2019-01-03
text: Introduced in House
Hate Crime Victim Assistance Act of 2019

Bill: 116-hr-223
Sponsor: Rep. Velazquez, Nydia M. [D-NY-7]
Introduced: 2019-01-03 in the House
Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement
Subjects: Census and government statistics
Community life and organization
Crime prevention
Crime victims
Criminal justice information and records
Government information and archives
Hate crimes
Health promotion and preventive care
Law enforcement administration and funding
Lawyers and legal services
Mental health
Telephone and wireless communication

Summary:
action_date: 2019-01-03
text: 

Hate Crime Victim Assistance Act of 2019

 
This bill establishes new grant programs to support state and local efforts to combat hate crimes and assist hate crime victims.
 
Specifically, the Department of Justice (DOJ) must award grants for the following: (1) hate crime information and assistance websites and hate crime hotlines; and (2) education and training programs to solve and prevent hate crimes.
 
Additionally, DOJ must establish, in the Office of Victims of Crime, a grant program to support programs and activities for victims of hate crimes.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2019-03-04
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security.
action_date: 2019-01-03
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2019-01-03
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2019-01-03
text: Introduced in House
To amend section 1908 of title 41, United States Code, to exempt certain contracts from the periodic inflation adjustments to an acquisition-related dollar threshold.

Bill: 116-hr-224
Sponsor: Rep. Velazquez, Nydia M. [D-NY-7]
Introduced: 2019-01-03 in the House
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Subjects: Building construction
Government buildings, facilities, and property
Inflation and prices
Public contracts and procurement

Summary:
action_date: 2019-01-03
text: 
This bill exempts certain public-buildings and public-works contracts from periodic inflation adjustments to a dollar threshold that influences the applicability of a policy, procedure, requirement, or restriction to such a contract. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2019-01-03
text: Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Reform.
action_date: 2019-01-03
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2019-01-03
text: Introduced in House
Puerto Rico Small Business Assistance Act of 2019

Bill: 116-hr-225
Sponsor: Rep. Velazquez, Nydia M. [D-NY-7]
Introduced: 2019-01-03 in the House
Policy area: Commerce
Subjects: Border security and unlawful immigration
Business education
Caribbean area
Congressional oversight
Criminal justice information and records
Foreign labor
Government lending and loan guarantees
Government studies and investigations
Immigration status and procedures
Interest, dividends, interest rates
Public contracts and procurement
Puerto Rico
Small Business Administration
Small business
User charges and fees
Veterans' education, employment, rehabilitation

Summary:
action_date: 2019-01-03
text: 

Puerto Rico Small Business Assistance Act of 2019

This bill expands funding and support for small businesses that have their principal office in Puerto Rico.
 
Specifically, the bill
 
 
 increases the total amount of loans outstanding and committed to any microloan intermediary if at least 20% of the intermediary's loans are made to such businesses;
 
waives the Small Business Administration (SBA) Microloan Program's limit on an intermediary's spending on technical assistance for prospective borrowers if 25% of the intermediary's loans are made to these businesses
 
 requires the Government Accountability Office to report on intermediary participation;
 
 reduces or eliminates SBA fees on certain loans to such businesses; and
 
gives federal contract preference to such businesses.
 
 
The SBA shall establish (1) a Veteran Business Outreach Center in Puerto Rico, and (2) a temporary Federal and State Technology (FAST) grant program to provide assistance to Puerto Rico businesses.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2019-01-03
text: Referred to the House Committee on Small Business.
action_date: 2019-01-03
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2019-01-03
text: Introduced in House
Incentivizing Fairness in Subcontracting Act

Bill: 116-hr-227
Sponsor: Rep. Velazquez, Nydia M. [D-NY-7]
Introduced: 2019-01-03 in the House
Policy area: Commerce
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Government information and archives
Public contracts and procurement
Small business

Summary:
action_date: 2019-01-03
text: 
 
Incentivizing Fairness in Subcontracting Act

 
This bill modifies provisions regarding the credit given to small business prime contractors for the use of certain lower-tier subcontractors in order to attain the percentage goals specified in their subcontracting plans. Such credit may be given if the goals pertain only to single contracts with federal (currently, executive) agencies or to two or more contracts with one or more of such agencies.
 
In addition, the bill (1) requires each contracting agency to collect and review data on subcontracting plans, and (2) establishes a dispute process for non-payment to subcontractors.

action_date: 2019-01-08
text: 

Incentivizing Fairness in Subcontracting Act

 
This bill modifies provisions regarding the credit given to small business prime contractors for the use of certain lower-tier subcontractors in order to attain the percentage goals specified in their subcontracting plans. Such credit may be given if the goals pertain only to single contracts with federal (currently, executive) agencies or to two or more contracts with one or more of such agencies.
 
In addition, the bill (1) requires each contracting agency to collect and review data on subcontracting plans, and (2) establishes a dispute process for non-payment to subcontractors.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2019-01-09
text: Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship.
action_date: 2019-01-08
text: Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
action_date: 2019-01-08
text: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill Agreed to by voice vote. (text: CR H271-272)
action_date: 2019-01-08
text: Passed/agreed to in House: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill Agreed to by voice vote.(text: CR H271-272)
action_date: 2019-01-08
text: DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on H.R. 227.
action_date: 2019-01-08
text: Considered under suspension of the rules. (consideration: CR H271-273)
action_date: 2019-01-08
text: Ms. Velazquez moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill.
action_date: 2019-01-03
text: Referred to the House Committee on Small Business.
action_date: 2019-01-03
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2019-01-03
text: Introduced in House
Increase Transportation Alternatives Investment Act of 2019

Bill: 116-hr-228
Sponsor: Rep. Velazquez, Nydia M. [D-NY-7]
Introduced: 2019-01-03 in the House
Policy area: Transportation and Public Works
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Commuting
Department of Transportation
Pedestrians and bicycling
Public transit
Railroads
Regional and metropolitan planning
Roads and highways
Rural conditions and development
Transportation programs funding

Summary:
action_date: 2019-01-03
text: 

Increase Transportation Alternatives Investment Act of 2019

 
This bill directs the Department of Transportation (DOT) to ensure that states give preference under the Surface Transportation Block Grant Program to eligible projects that (1) are located in areas that are undergoing extensive repair or reconstruction of transportation infrastructure, including federal-aid highways, federally owned roads open for public travel, passenger rail facilities, and public transportation facilities; and (2) will provide transportation alternatives related to the closure of transportation infrastructure in such areas.
 
DOT shall (1) carry out a competitive grant program to support community efforts to invest in transportation alternatives; and (2) give preference in awarding grants to projects located in such areas. Entities eligible for grants include state and local governments, metropolitan planning organizations, and rural planning organizations.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2019-02-07
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Highways and Transit.
action_date: 2019-01-03
text: Referred to the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.
action_date: 2019-01-03
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2019-01-03
text: Introduced in House
National Commission on the Federal Response to Natural Disasters in Puerto Rico Act of 2019

Bill: 116-hr-229
Sponsor: Rep. Velazquez, Nydia M. [D-NY-7]
Introduced: 2019-01-03 in the House
Policy area: Emergency Management
Subjects: Advisory bodies
Caribbean area
Congressional oversight
Disability and paralysis
Disaster relief and insurance
Ecology
Electric power generation and transmission
Emergency medical services and trauma care
Emergency planning and evacuation
Floods and storm protection
Foreign language and bilingual programs
Government studies and investigations
Health information and medical records
Health programs administration and funding
Natural disasters
Public contracts and procurement
Puerto Rico
Telephone and wireless communication
U.S. territories and protectorates

Summary:
action_date: 2019-01-03
text: 

National Commission on the Federal Response to Natural Disasters in Puerto Rico Act of 2019

 
This bill establishes a National Commission on the Federal Response to Natural Disasters in Puerto Rico to examine the federal preparedness, response, and recovery activities with respect to the 2017 natural disasters in Puerto Rico.
 
The commission shall take into consideration the federal preparedness, response, and recovery efforts in Puerto Rico as compared to other jurisdictions impacted by the 2017 hurricane season, and consider other issues, including the impact and destruction of Hurricanes Irma and Maria, the vulnerability of Puerto Rico's economic situation on preparedness, the implications of Puerto Rico's reliance on imported oil for power generation, and the adequacy of the telecommunications network in Puerto Rico.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2019-02-07
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Economic Development, Public Buildings, and Emergency Management.
action_date: 2019-01-03
text: Referred to the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.
action_date: 2019-01-03
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2019-01-03
text: Introduced in House
Ban Toxic Pesticides Act of 2019

Bill: 116-hr-230
Sponsor: Rep. Velazquez, Nydia M. [D-NY-7]
Introduced: 2019-01-03 in the House
Policy area: Environmental Protection
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)
Environmental regulatory procedures
Food supply, safety, and labeling
Hazardous wastes and toxic substances
Licensing and registrations
Pest management

Summary:
action_date: 2019-01-03
text: 

Ban Toxic Pesticides Act of 2019

 
This bill requires the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to cancel the registration of the pesticide chlorpyrifos under the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act.
 
The bill prohibits the sale and use of existing stock of chlorpyrifos.
 
The bill requires the EPA to ban chlorpyrifos residue on food under the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2019-02-07
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Biotechnology, Horticulture, and Research.
action_date: 2019-01-25
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Environment and Climate Change.
action_date: 2019-01-03
text: Referred to the Committee on Agriculture, 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: 2019-01-03
text: Referred to the Committee on Agriculture, 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: 2019-01-03
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2019-01-03
text: Introduced in House
Supporting America’s Young Entrepreneurs Act of 2019

Bill: 116-hr-231
Sponsor: Rep. Velazquez, Nydia M. [D-NY-7]
Introduced: 2019-01-03 in the House
Policy area: Education
Subjects: Minority and disadvantaged businesses
Small business
Student aid and college costs

Summary:
action_date: 2019-01-03
text: 

Supporting America's Young Entrepreneurs Act of 

2019

 
This bill makes eligible for deferment and cancelation of student loan debt a recent graduate of a four-year institution of higher education (IHE) who works at certain small business start-ups in distressed areas.
 
Specifically, it makes a student loan borrower who is an employee and founder of a start-up eligible for deferment and cancellation of student loans. In addition, the bill makes a full-time employee of a start-up eligible for cancelation of student loan debt.
 
It also excludes from an individual's gross income, for income tax purposes, the amount of such canceled student loan debt. 
 
Finally, it establishes a young entrepreneurs business center within the Small Business Administration to certify small business start-ups, identify distressed areas, and approve loan cancellations. To be certified by the center, a start-up must (1) have a founder who is a recent graduate of a four-year IHE, and (2) employ a certain number of recent graduates.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2019-01-03
text: Referred to the Committee on Education and Labor, and in addition to the Committees on Ways and Means, and Small Business, 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: 2019-01-03
text: Referred to the Committee on Education and Labor, and in addition to the Committees on Ways and Means, and Small Business, 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: 2019-01-03
text: Referred to the Committee on Education and Labor, and in addition to the Committees on Ways and Means, and Small Business, 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: 2019-01-03
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2019-01-03
text: Introduced in House
Medicaid Patient Abuse Prevention Act

Bill: 116-hr-233
Sponsor: Rep. Walberg, Tim [R-MI-7]
Introduced: 2019-01-03 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Criminal investigation, prosecution, interrogation
Fraud offenses and financial crimes
Health care quality
Medicaid
State and local government operations

Summary:
action_date: 2019-01-03
text: 

Medicaid Patient Abuse Prevention Act

 
This bill allows state Medicaid fraud control units to investigate complaints of patient abuse or neglect in additional settings. Specifically, the bill allows a unit to review complaints regarding Medicaid patients who are in noninstitutional or other settings. Currently, such units may review complaints regarding patients who are in Medicaid-funded health care facilities or certain board-and-care facilities.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2019-01-25
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2019-01-03
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2019-01-03
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2019-01-03
text: Introduced in House
Liberty City Rising Act

Bill: 116-hr-234
Sponsor: Rep. Wilson, Frederica S. [D-FL-24]
Introduced: 2019-01-03 in the House
Policy area: Housing and Community Development
Subjects: Crime prevention
Housing and community development funding
Housing industry and standards
Low- and moderate-income housing
Public housing
Violent crime

Summary:
action_date: 2019-01-03
text: 

Liberty City Rising Act

 
This bill requires the Department of Housing and Urban Development to establish standards to ensure the safety and security of federally assisted housing in high-crime areas. Public housing agencies serving high-crime areas must establish anonymous hotlines for tenants to report suspicious activity and crimes in the community.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2019-01-03
text: Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services.
action_date: 2019-01-03
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2019-01-03
text: Introduced in House
To provide for a comfortable and safe temperature level in dwelling units receiving certain Federal housing assistance, and for other purposes.

Bill: 116-hr-235
Sponsor: Rep. Wilson, Frederica S. [D-FL-24]
Introduced: 2019-01-03 in the House
Policy area: Housing and Community Development
Subjects: Housing and community development funding
Housing for the elderly and disabled
Housing industry and standards
Lighting, heating, cooling
Low- and moderate-income housing
Public housing

Summary:
action_date: 2019-01-03
text: 
This bill allows the Department of Housing and Urban Development to require units in public housing and supportive housing for the elderly, as well as dwellings receiving low-income housing choice voucher assistance, to maintain a temperature level ranging from 71 to 81 degrees Fahrenheit.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2019-01-03
text: Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services.
action_date: 2019-01-03
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2019-01-03
text: Introduced in House
No Budget, No Pay Act

Bill: 116-hr-236
Sponsor: Rep. Wittman, Robert J. [R-VA-1]
Introduced: 2019-01-03 in the House
Policy area: Economics and Public Finance
Subjects: Budget deficits and national debt
Budget process
Congressional oversight
Government employee pay, benefits, personnel management
Members of Congress

Summary:
action_date: 2019-01-03
text: 

No Budget, No Pay Act 

 
This bill withholds the salaries of Members of a chamber of Congress that has not agreed to a budget resolution for FY2020 by April 15, 2019, as required by the Congressional Budget Act of 1974. 
 
Salaries are withheld from April 16, 2019, until the chamber of Congress agrees to a budget resolution or the last day of the 116th Congress, whichever is earlier. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2019-01-03
text: Referred to the House Committee on House Administration.
action_date: 2019-01-03
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2019-01-03
text: Introduced in House
To direct the Secretary of State to develop a strategy to regain observer status for Taiwan in the World Health Organization, and for other purposes.

Bill: 116-hr-237
Sponsor: Rep. Yoho, Ted S. [R-FL-3]
Introduced: 2019-01-03 in the House
Policy area: International Affairs
Subjects: Asia
Congressional oversight
International organizations and cooperation
Taiwan
World health

Summary:
action_date: 2019-01-03
text: 
This bill directs the Department of State to include additional information in its annual reports concerning Taiwan's participation at the World Health Organization's World Health Assembly (WHA) as an observer. The report shall describe changes and improvements to the State Department's plan to support Taiwan's observer status at the WHA, following any meetings at which Taiwan did not participate under such status. (China has opposed Taiwan's participation, based on its position that Taiwan is part of China and not a separate country.) 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2019-03-14
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Asia, the Pacific and Nonproliferation.
action_date: 2019-01-03
text: Referred to the House Committee on Foreign Affairs.
action_date: 2019-01-03
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2019-01-03
text: Introduced in House
To authorize the President to award the Medal of Honor to James Megellas, formerly of Fond du Lac, Wisconsin, and currently of Colleyville, Texas, for acts of valor on January 28, 1945, during the Battle of the Bulge in World War II.

Bill: 116-hr-238
Sponsor: Rep. Grothman, Glenn [R-WI-6]
Introduced: 2019-01-03 in the House
Subjects: Private Legislation

Summary:
action_date: 2019-01-03
text: 
 

 
 
This bill authorizes the President to award the Medal of Honor to James Megellas for acts of valor on January 28, 1945, during the Battle of the Bulge in World War II. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2019-01-24
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Military Personnel.
action_date: 2019-01-03
text: Referred to the House Committee on Armed Services.
action_date: 2019-01-03
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2019-01-03
text: Introduced in House
For the relief of certain aliens who were aboard the Golden Venture.

Bill: 116-hr-239
Sponsor: Rep. Smith, Christopher H. [R-NJ-4]
Introduced: 2019-01-03 in the House
Subjects: Private Legislation

Summary:
action_date: 2019-01-03
text: Provides for the relief of certain aliens who were aboard the Golden Venture.

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2019-02-25
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security.
action_date: 2019-01-03
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration and Citizenship.
action_date: 2019-01-03
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2019-01-03
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2019-01-03
text: Introduced in House