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Commitment to Veteran Support and Outreach Act

Bill: 116-hr-5516
Sponsor: Rep. Levin, Mike [D-CA-49]
Introduced: 2019-12-19 in the House
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Administrative remedies
Appropriations
Department of Veterans Affairs
Employee hiring
Executive agency funding and structure
Government employee pay, benefits, personnel management
Health programs administration and funding
Health promotion and preventive care
Mental health
Public contracts and procurement
State and local government operations
Veterans' medical care
Veterans' pensions and compensation

Summary:
action_date: 2019-12-19
text: 

Commitment to Veteran Support and Outreach Act

 
This bill authorizes the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) to enter into a contract with a state in order to carry out, coordinate, improve, or otherwise enhance health and wellness programs, comprehensive veteran suicide prevention programs, and outreach by the VA and the state.
 
The VA is authorized to award a grant to a state to (1) carry out, coordinate, improve or otherwise enhance health and wellness programs, comprehensive veteran suicide prevention programs, outreach activities, or activities to assist with benefits claims for veterans; or (2) hire additional county veterans service officers. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2020-01-14
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2020-01-14
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Disability Assistance and Memorial Affairs.
action_date: 2020-01-14
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Economic Opportunity.
action_date: 2019-12-19
text: Referred to the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
action_date: 2019-12-19
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2019-12-19
text: Introduced in House
To require the Secretary of Energy to carry out a Clean Cities Coalition Program, and for other purposes.

Bill: 116-hr-5518
Sponsor: Rep. McEachin, A. Donald [D-VA-4]
Introduced: 2019-12-19 in the House
Policy area: Energy
Subjects: Air quality
Alternative and renewable resources
Economic development
Emergency planning and evacuation
Environmental education
Environmental technology
First responders and emergency personnel
Government information and archives
Hybrid, electric, and advanced technology vehicles
Infrastructure development
Motor fuels
Public-private cooperation
Regional and metropolitan planning
State and local government operations

Summary:
action_date: 2019-12-19
text: 
This bill requires the Department of Energy (DOE) to carry out a Clean Cities Coalition Program. Under the program, DOE must make awards to clean city coalitions for projects and activities that reduce petroleum consumption, improve air quality, promote energy and economic security, and encourage deployment of a diverse, domestic supply of alternative fuels in the transportation sector. In addition, DOE must provide technical assistance and training to the coalitions, provide opportunities for communication and sharing of best practices among the coalitions, and maintain and publish a centralized database of information about the activities and accomplishments of the coalitions.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2020-01-09
text: Forwarded by Subcommittee to Full Committee by Voice Vote .
action_date: 2020-01-09
text: Subcommittee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
action_date: 2019-12-20
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Energy.
action_date: 2019-12-19
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2019-12-19
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2019-12-19
text: Introduced in House
Atmospheric Climate Intervention Research Act

Bill: 116-hr-5519
Sponsor: Rep. McNerney, Jerry [D-CA-9]
Introduced: 2019-12-19 in the House
Policy area: Environmental Protection
Subjects: Air quality
Atmospheric science and weather
Climate change and greenhouse gases
Environmental assessment, monitoring, research

Summary:
action_date: 2019-12-19
text: 

Atmospheric Climate Intervention Research Act 

 
This bill expands the directive of the Office of Oceanic and Atmospheric Research within the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration to include climate intervention research, including research regarding the effects of proposed interventions in the stratosphere and in cloud aerosol processes. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2020-03-04
text: Forwarded by Subcommittee to Full Committee by Voice Vote .
action_date: 2020-03-04
text: Subcommittee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
action_date: 2019-12-19
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Environment.
action_date: 2019-12-19
text: Referred to the House Committee on Science, Space, and Technology.
action_date: 2019-12-19
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2019-12-19
text: Introduced in House
Research and Development Tax Credit Expansion Act of 2019

Bill: 116-hr-5520
Sponsor: Rep. Neguse, Joe [D-CO-2]
Introduced: 2019-12-19 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Business investment and capital
Employment taxes
Income tax credits
Income tax rates
Inflation and prices
Research administration and funding
Research and development
Small business

Summary:
action_date: 2019-12-19
text: 

Research and Development Tax Credit Expansion Act of 2019

 
This bill modifies the refundable research tax credit for new and small businesses to (1) increase the limit on refundability to $500,000, with an adjustment for inflation; (2) allow refundable amounts to cover all payroll taxes paid by such businesses; and (3) extend eligibility for the credit to small businesses with less than $10 million in gross receipts (currently, less than $5 million).
 
The bill also increases the rate of the alternative simplified tax credit for such businesses.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2019-12-19
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2019-12-19
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2019-12-19
text: Introduced in House
To amend title 40, United States Code, to permit commercial filmmaking and photography on the United States Capitol grounds, and for other purposes.

Bill: 116-hr-5521
Sponsor: Del. Norton, Eleanor Holmes [D-DC-At Large]
Introduced: 2019-12-19 in the House
Policy area: Congress
Subjects: Licensing and registrations
Photography and imaging
Television and film
U.S. Capitol
User charges and fees

Summary:
action_date: 2019-12-19
text: 
This bill authorizes the U.S. Capitol Police to issue permits allowing certain commercial filmmaking and photography activities on the grounds of the U.S. Capitol.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2019-12-20
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Economic Development, Public Buildings, and Emergency Management.
action_date: 2019-12-19
text: Referred to the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.
action_date: 2019-12-19
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E1619)
action_date: 2019-12-19
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2019-12-19
text: Introduced in House
Post-9/11 GI Bill Transferability Entitlement Act

Bill: 116-hr-5522
Sponsor: Rep. Panetta, Jimmy [D-CA-20]
Introduced: 2019-12-19 in the House
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Military personnel and dependents
Veterans' education, employment, rehabilitation

Summary:
action_date: 2019-12-19
text: 

Post-9/11 GI Bill Transferability Entitlement Act

 
This bill modifies eligibility requirements for a veteran or service member to transfer unused educational assistance under the Post-9/11 GI Bill to a dependent.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2020-01-14
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Economic Opportunity.
action_date: 2019-12-19
text: Referred to the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
action_date: 2019-12-19
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2019-12-19
text: Introduced in House
Energy Sector Innovation Credit Act of 2019

Bill: 116-hr-5523
Sponsor: Rep. Reed, Tom [R-NY-23]
Introduced: 2019-12-19 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Advanced technology and technological innovations
Air quality
Alternative and renewable resources
Building construction
Electric power generation and transmission
Energy efficiency and conservation
Energy storage, supplies, demand
Income tax credits
Performance measurement
Transfer and inheritance taxes
Water use and supply

Summary:
action_date: 2019-12-19
text: 

Energy Sector Innovation Credit Act of 2019

 
This bill allows new tax credits for investment in emerging energy technology and for the production of electricity from such technology. 
 
The bill also allows an energy tax credit for energy storage technologies, including equipment which receives, stores, and delivers energy using batteries, compressed air, pumped hydropower, hydrogen storage (including hydrolysis), thermal energy storage, regenerative fuel cells, flywheels, capacitors, superconducting magnets, or other technologies.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2019-12-19
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2019-12-19
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2019-12-19
text: Introduced in House
SOS Act

Bill: 116-hr-5524
Sponsor: Rep. Rice, Tom [R-SC-7]
Introduced: 2019-12-19 in the House
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Government information and archives
Government studies and investigations
Health care coverage and access
Health care quality
Health facilities and institutions
Public contracts and procurement
Veterans' medical care

Summary:
action_date: 2019-12-19
text: 

Survey Our Servicemembers Act or the SOS Act

 
This bill directs the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) to contract with an experienced nongovernment entity to conduct an annual survey to determine the experiences of veterans in obtaining hospital care and medical services at each VA medical facility. Such surveys must be conducted over a five-year period and must include questions related to the experiences of veterans in seeking care at both VA and non-VA facilities. 
 
The VA shall make the survey results publicly available on its website.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2020-01-14
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations.
action_date: 2020-01-14
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2019-12-19
text: Referred to the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
action_date: 2019-12-19
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2019-12-19
text: Introduced in House
PAVE Act of 2019

Bill: 116-hr-5525
Sponsor: Rep. Rice, Tom [R-SC-7]
Introduced: 2019-12-19 in the House
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Department of Veterans Affairs
Federal officials
Government employee pay, benefits, personnel management
Health care costs and insurance
Health care coverage and access
Hospital care
Veterans' medical care

Summary:
action_date: 2019-12-19
text: 

Providing Accountability for Veterans Affairs Executives Act of 2019 or the PAVE Act of 2019

 
This bill requires the Secretary of Veterans Affairs and other specified officials of the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA), as a condition of office and employment, and for the duration of their terms, to receive hospital care and nonemergency medical services solely from the VA.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2020-01-14
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2019-12-19
text: Referred to the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
action_date: 2019-12-19
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2019-12-19
text: Introduced in House
Territorial Representation in the Senate Act

Bill: 116-hr-5526
Sponsor: Del. San Nicolas, Michael F. Q. [D-GU-At Large]
Introduced: 2019-12-19 in the House
Policy area: Congress
Subjects: Congressional districts and representation
Congressional elections
Elections, voting, political campaign regulation
Members of Congress
Senate
U.S. territories and protectorates

Summary:
action_date: 2019-12-19
text: 

Territorial Representation in the Senate Act

 
This bill requires that each U.S. territory (American Samoa, the Northern Mariana Islands, Guam, Puerto Rico, and the Virgin Islands) be represented in Congress by a nonvoting delegate to the Senate who shall be elected by the people qualified to vote for officials of the territory.
 
Further, the bill establishes qualifications for the office of delegate, authorizes the government of the territory to determine the election procedure, and provides that each delegate shall receive the same compensation, privileges, and immunities as any other member of the Senate. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2019-12-19
text: Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.
action_date: 2019-12-19
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2019-12-19
text: Introduced in House
21st Century Power Grid Act

Bill: 116-hr-5527
Sponsor: Rep. Sarbanes, John P. [D-MD-3]
Introduced: 2019-12-19 in the House
Policy area: Energy
Subjects: Computer security and identity theft
Computers and information technology
Electric power generation and transmission
Energy efficiency and conservation
Right of privacy

Summary:
action_date: 2019-12-19
text: 

21st Century Power Grid Act

 
This bill requires the Department of Energy (DOE) to establish a program to provide financial assistance for projects designed to improve the resiliency, performance, or efficiency of the electric grid, while ensuring the provision of safe, secure, reliable, and affordable power. 
 
The projects must demonstrate (1) secure integration and management of energy resources, or (2) secure integration and interoperability of communications and information technologies related to the electric grid.
 
Each project must include the development of a cybersecurity plan and a privacy effects analysis that evaluates the project in accordance with DOE's Voluntary Code of Conduct, commonly known as the DataGuard Energy Data Privacy Program.
 
The projects may be designed to deploy a new product or technology that could be used by customers of an electric utility.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2020-01-09
text: Forwarded by Subcommittee to Full Committee by Voice Vote .
action_date: 2020-01-09
text: Subcommittee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
action_date: 2019-12-20
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Energy.
action_date: 2019-12-19
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2019-12-19
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2019-12-19
text: Introduced in House
CACIA Act of 2019

Bill: 116-hr-5528
Sponsor: Rep. Shalala, Donna E. [D-FL-27]
Introduced: 2019-12-19 in the House
Policy area: Education
Subjects: Academic performance and assessments
Advisory bodies
Assault and harassment offenses
Athletes
Congressional oversight
Disability and paralysis
Due process and equal protection
Education programs funding
Educational facilities and institutions
Evidence and witnesses
Fraud offenses and financial crimes
Higher education
Licensing and registrations
Marketing and advertising
Members of Congress
News media and reporting
Professional sports
School administration
School athletics
Sex offenses
Student aid and college costs
Student records
Teaching, teachers, curricula
Violent crime
Wages and earnings
Worker safety and health

Summary:
action_date: 2019-12-19
text: 

Congressional Advisory Commission on Intercollegiate Athletics Act of 2019 or the CACIA Act of 2019

 
This bill establishes the Congressional Advisory Commission on Intercollegiate Athletics to investigate, review, and report on the relationship between institutions of higher education (IHEs) and intercollegiate athletic programs.
 
Matters within the purview of the commission shall include (1) the policies of athletic governance associations and IHEs with respect to ensuring student athletes succeed in both academics and athletics, (2) how IHEs finance intercollegiate athletic programs, and (3) whether athletic governance associations require or encourage IHEs to be transparent in academic and financial matters with respect to intercollegiate athletic programs.
 
The commission may hold hearings, take testimony, and receive evidence as it considers appropriate to carry out its duties, and it may issue subpoenas relating to any matter under investigation. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2019-12-19
text: Referred to the House Committee on Education and Labor.
action_date: 2019-12-19
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2019-12-19
text: Introduced in House
Social Security Equity Act of 2019

Bill: 116-hr-5529
Sponsor: Rep. Smith, Adam [D-WA-9]
Introduced: 2019-12-19 in the House
Policy area: Social Welfare
Subjects: Social security and elderly assistance
Wages and earnings

Summary:
action_date: 2019-12-19
text: 

Social Security Equity Act of 201

9

 
This bill expands the exception to the windfall elimination provision (WEP) of the Old Age, Survivors, and Disability Insurance (OASDI) program. (The WEP reduces OASDI benefits for those who receive pensions for certain non-covered employment.)
 
Specifically, the bill (1) lowers the required number of years of coverage required to be exempt from the WEP from 30 to 25 years, (2) changes how partial exemptions are calculated for individuals who have more than 20 but less than 25 years of coverage, and (3) reduces the dollar amount an individual must earn to qualify for a year of coverage.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2019-12-19
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2019-12-19
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2019-12-19
text: Introduced in House
Electric Vehicle Infrastructure Rebate Act of 2019

Bill: 116-hr-5530
Sponsor: Rep. Tonko, Paul [D-NY-20]
Introduced: 2019-12-19 in the House
Policy area: Energy
Subjects: Electric power generation and transmission
Energy storage, supplies, demand
Government information and archives
Hybrid, electric, and advanced technology vehicles

Summary:
action_date: 2019-12-19
text: 

Electric Vehicle Infrastructure Rebate Act of 2019

 
This bill requires the Department of Energy to establish a rebate program to encourage investment in electric vehicle charging infrastructure. Specifically, the bill requires the program to promote the purchase and installation of certain electric vehicle supply equipment that will be installed at a multi-family housing unit, a workplace, or a publicly accessible parking lot.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2019-12-20
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Energy.
action_date: 2019-12-19
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2019-12-19
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2019-12-19
text: Introduced in House
Fair Housing for Domestic Violence and Sexual Assault Survivors Act of 2019

Bill: 116-hr-5531
Sponsor: Rep. Wasserman Schultz, Debbie [D-FL-23]
Introduced: 2019-12-19 in the House
Policy area: Housing and Community Development
Subjects: Assault and harassment offenses
Crime victims
Crimes against women
Domestic violence and child abuse
Housing discrimination
Housing finance and home ownership
Real estate business
Sex offenses

Summary:
action_date: 2019-12-19
text: 

Fair Housing for Domestic Violence and Sexual Assault Survivors Act of 2019

 
 This bill prohibits discrimination against survivors of domestic violence or sexual assault in the sale or rental of housing and other related real estate activities.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2020-01-28
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security.
action_date: 2019-12-19
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2019-12-19
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2019-12-19
text: Introduced in House
Deep Fake Detection Prize Competition Act

Bill: 116-hr-5532
Sponsor: Rep. Wexton, Jennifer [D-VA-10]
Introduced: 2019-12-19 in the House
Policy area: Science, Technology, Communications
Subjects: Advanced technology and technological innovations
Digital media
Research and development

Summary:
action_date: 2019-12-19
text: 

Deep Fake Detection Prize Competition Act

 
This bill directs the National Science Foundation to carry out prize competitions to incentivize research into technology that advances detection of deepfake audio, images, and video.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2019-12-19
text: Referred to the House Committee on Science, Space, and Technology.
action_date: 2019-12-19
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2019-12-19
text: Introduced in House
For the relief of Yazmin Fabiola Juarez Coyoy.

Bill: 116-hr-5533
Sponsor: Rep. Watson Coleman, Bonnie [D-NJ-12]
Introduced: 2019-12-19 in the House
Subjects: Private Legislation

Summary:
action_date: 2019-12-19
text: Provides for the relief of Yazmin Fabiola Juarez Coyoy.

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2020-01-30
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration and Citizenship.
action_date: 2019-12-19
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2019-12-19
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2019-12-19
text: Introduced in House
Comprehensive Immunosuppressive Drug Coverage for Kidney Transplant Patients Act of 2020

Bill: 116-hr-5534
Sponsor: Rep. Kind, Ron [D-WI-3]
Introduced: 2019-12-23 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Digestive and metabolic diseases
Drug therapy
Health care costs and insurance
Health care coverage and access
Health programs administration and funding
Hospital care
Immunology and vaccination
Medicare
Organ and tissue donation and transplantation

Summary:
action_date: 2019-12-23
text: 

Comprehensive Immunosuppressive Drug Coverage for Kidney Transplant Patients Act of 

2019

 
This bill indefinitely extends Medicare coverage of immunosuppressive drugs for kidney transplant recipients for individuals who do not have other coverage. Under current law, Medicare coverage is limited to 36 months following a transplant.

action_date: 2020-12-24
text: 

Comprehensive Immunosuppressive Drug Coverage for Kidney Transplant Patients Act of 

2020

 
This bill indefinitely extends Medicare coverage of immunosuppressive drugs for kidney transplant recipients for individuals who do not have other coverage. Under current law, Medicare coverage is limited to 36 months following a transplant.
 
The Government Accountability Office must report on the bill's implementation. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2020-12-24
text: Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 570.
action_date: 2020-12-24
text: Committee on Ways and Means discharged.
action_date: 2020-12-24
text: Committee on Ways and Means discharged.
action_date: 2020-12-24
text: Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Energy and Commerce. H. Rept. 116-687, Part I.
action_date: 2020-12-24
text: Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Energy and Commerce. H. Rept. 116-687, Part I.
action_date: 2020-07-15
text: Ordered to be Reported (Amended) by Voice Vote.
action_date: 2020-07-15
text: Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
action_date: 2020-03-11
text: Forwarded by Subcommittee to Full Committee (Amended) by Voice Vote .
action_date: 2020-03-11
text: Subcommittee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
action_date: 2020-01-08
text: Subcommittee Hearings Held.
action_date: 2019-12-24
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2019-12-23
text: Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, 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: 2019-12-23
text: Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, 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: 2019-12-23
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2019-12-23
text: Introduced in House