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Opioid Crisis Accountability Act of 2019

Bill: 116-hr-2917
Sponsor: Rep. Gabbard, Tulsi [D-HI-2]
Introduced: 2019-05-22 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Child health
Civil actions and liability
Consumer affairs
Corporate finance and management
Criminal procedure and sentencing
Drug safety, medical device, and laboratory regulation
Drug trafficking and controlled substances
Drug, alcohol, tobacco use
Government studies and investigations
Government trust funds
Health care coverage and access
Health programs administration and funding
Marketing and advertising
Prescription drugs
Securities
Wages and earnings

Summary:
action_date: 2019-05-22
text: 

Opioid Crisis Accountability Act of 2019

 
This bill establishes a series of restrictions and requirements relating to opioid marketing and distribution practices. 
 
Specifically, the bill prohibits (1) knowingly making false advertising or marketing claims regarding the addictive nature of opioids; (2) knowingly supplying communities with quantities of opioids that are not medically reasonable; or (3) failing to report distribution orders, or patterns of orders, while knowing that the orders are not being dispensed in a medically reasonable manner. Employees of opioid manufacturers and distributors are subject to civil penalties and imprisonment for violations; corporations and executives are subject to civil penalties. Manufacturers shall also lose their period of market exclusivity.
 
Additionally, the Department of Health and Human Services must assess a fee against each corporation that, between January 1, 1993, and the date of enactment of this bill, manufactured or distributed opioids, if such opioids were covered under a federal health program at least once during this period. Manufacturers that fail to pay the fee shall lose associated drug approval until the fee is paid in full.
 
The bill authorizes collected civil penalties and fees to be used for activities that address opioid misuse and abuse, including family and educational programs. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2019-05-23
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2019-05-22
text: Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on Education and Labor, 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: 2019-05-22
text: Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on Education and Labor, 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: 2019-05-22
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2019-05-22
text: Introduced in House
Extinction Prevention Act of 2019

Bill: 116-hr-2918
Sponsor: Rep. Grijalva, Raúl M. [D-AZ-3]
Introduced: 2019-05-22 in the House
Policy area: Environmental Protection
Subjects: American Samoa
Antigua and Barbuda
Aquatic ecology
Arizona
Bahamas
Barbados
Belize
California
Canada
Caribbean area
Colorado
Congressional oversight
Costa Rica
Cuba
Dominica
Dominican Republic
Ecology
El Salvador
Endangered and threatened species
Environmental assessment, monitoring, research
Fishes
Government trust funds
Grenada
Guam
Guatemala
Haiti
Hawaii
Honduras
Horticulture and plants
Insects
Jamaica
Lakes and rivers
Latin America
Mexico
Nevada
New Mexico
Nicaragua
Northern Mariana Islands
Panama
Saint Kitts and Nevis
Saint Lucia
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
Trinidad and Tobago
U.S. territories and protectorates
Utah
Wildlife conservation and habitat protection

Summary:
action_date: 2019-05-22
text: 

Extinction Prevention Act of 2019

 
This bill requires the Department of the Interior to provide financial assistance for the conservation of 
 
 
 butterflies and moths in North America;
 
plant species in Hawaii, Guam, American Samoa, and the Northern Mariana Islands;
 
freshwater mussels in the United States; and 
 
bony fish found in desert ecosystems in Arizona, California, Colorado, Nevada, New Mexico, and Utah.
 
 
Among other things, the bill establishes the North America Butterfly Conservation Fund, the Pacific Islands Plant Conservation Fund, the Freshwater Mussels Conservation Fund, and the Southwest Desert Fish Conservation Fund. In selecting projects for assistance, Interior must prioritize projects that conserve threatened and endangered species.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2019-09-24
text: Subcommittee Hearings Held.
action_date: 2019-06-10
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Water, Oceans, and Wildlife.
action_date: 2019-05-22
text: Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.
action_date: 2019-05-22
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2019-05-22
text: Introduced in House
Improving Investment Research for Small and Emerging Issuers Act

Bill: 116-hr-2919
Sponsor: Rep. Huizenga, Bill [R-MI-2]
Introduced: 2019-05-22 in the House
Policy area: Finance and Financial Sector
Subjects: Congressional oversight
Financial services and investments
Government studies and investigations
Minority and disadvantaged businesses
Research administration and funding
Securities
Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC)
Small business
Women in business

Summary:
action_date: 2019-05-22
text: 

Improving Investment Research for Small and Emerging Issuers Act 

 
This bill requires the Securities and Exchange Commission to report on investment research regarding small issuers, including emerging growth companies and companies considering initial public offerings. The report must (1) include topics such as the availability of such research and potential conflicts of interest relating to its production and distribution, and (2) make recommendations for increasing small-issuer investment research. 

action_date: 2019-07-09
text: 

Improving Investment Research for Small and Emerging Issuers Act 

 
This bill requires the Securities and Exchange Commission to report on investment research regarding small issuers, including emerging growth companies and companies considering initial public offerings. The report must (1) include topics such as the availability of such research and potential conflicts of interest relating to its production and distribution, and (2) make recommendations for increasing small-issuer investment research. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2019-07-10
text: Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs.
action_date: 2019-07-09
text: Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
action_date: 2019-07-09
text: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill Agreed to by voice vote. (text: CR H5283)
action_date: 2019-07-09
text: Passed/agreed to in House: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill Agreed to by voice vote.(text: CR H5283)
action_date: 2019-07-09
text: DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on H.R. 2919.
action_date: 2019-07-09
text: Considered under suspension of the rules. (consideration: CR H5283)
action_date: 2019-07-09
text: Ms. Waters moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill.
action_date: 2019-05-22
text: Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services.
action_date: 2019-05-22
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2019-05-22
text: Introduced in House
Community College to Career Fund in Higher Education Act

Bill: 116-hr-2920
Sponsor: Rep. Kelly, Robin L. [D-IL-2]
Introduced: 2019-05-22 in the House
Policy area: Education
Subjects: Adult education and literacy
Education programs funding
Employment and training programs
Government information and archives
Higher education
Performance measurement
Veterans' education, employment, rehabilitation

Summary:
action_date: 2019-05-22
text: 

Community College to Career Fund in Higher Education Act

 
This bill requires the Department of Education and the Department of Labor to award grants to institutions of higher education for education and workforce training programs or related activities. Such programs or activities must lead to or expand opportunities for students to obtain recognized postsecondary credentials (e.g., associate degrees or industry-recognized certifications).


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2019-05-22
text: Referred to the House Committee on Education and Labor.
action_date: 2019-05-22
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2019-05-22
text: Introduced in House
Broadband for All Act of 2019

Bill: 116-hr-2921
Sponsor: Rep. Kilmer, Derek [D-WA-6]
Introduced: 2019-05-22 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Income tax credits
Infrastructure development
Internet and video services
Internet, web applications, social media

Summary:
action_date: 2019-05-22
text: 

Broadband for All Act of 2019

 
This bill allows a refundable tax credit of up to $10,000 per year for 75% of a taxpayer's payments for broadband infrastructure in certain areas (limited broadband districts) that are not served by a provider of qualified broadband service (other than providers using satellite technology). &quot;Qualified broadband service&quot; is Internet access service at download speeds of at least 25 megabits per second and upload speeds of at least 3 megabits per second. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2019-05-22
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2019-05-22
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2019-05-22
text: Introduced in House
Inclusive Prosperity Act of 2019

Bill: 116-hr-2923
Sponsor: Rep. Lee, Barbara [D-CA-13]
Introduced: 2019-05-22 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Financial services and investments
Government information and archives
Income tax credits
Sales and excise taxes
Securities
Tax administration and collection, taxpayers

Summary:
action_date: 2019-05-22
text: 

Inclusive Prosperity Act of 2019

 
 This bill imposes an excise tax on the transfer of ownership in certain securities (covered transaction), including any share of stock in a corporation; any partnership or beneficial interest in a partnership or trust; any note, bond, debenture, or other evidence of indebtedness (excluding tax-exempt municipal bonds); and derivative financial instruments.
 
The bill includes exceptions for initial issues, certain traded short-term indebtedness, and securities lending arrangements. 
 
The bill also (1) imposes a penalty on taxpayers who fail to include a covered transaction on their tax return or information statement, and (2) allows an individual taxpayer whose modified adjusted gross income does not exceed $50,000 ($75,000 for married taxpayers filing joint returns) a tax credit for the amount of tax paid on covered transactions. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2019-05-22
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2019-05-22
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2019-05-22
text: Introduced in House
Housing for Women Veterans Act

Bill: 116-hr-2924
Sponsor: Rep. Levin, Mike [D-CA-49]
Introduced: 2019-05-22 in the House
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Appropriations
Congressional oversight
Department of Veterans Affairs
Executive agency funding and structure
Government studies and investigations
Homelessness and emergency shelter
Military personnel and dependents
Social work, volunteer service, charitable organizations
Veterans' loans, housing, homeless programs

Summary:
action_date: 2019-05-22
text: 

Housing for Women Veterans Act

 
This bill reauthorizes through FY2022 the Supportive Services for Veterans Families program, which provides financial assistance for supportive services for very low-income veteran families in permanent housing or transitioning from homelessness. Under the bill, a specified amount of such funding shall have a focus on providing assistance to women veterans and their families.
 
The bill also requires the Department of Veterans Affairs to complete an analysis of programs that provide assistance to women veterans who are homeless or precariously housed to identify areas for improvement in such programs.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2019-06-12
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Economic Opportunity.
action_date: 2019-05-22
text: Referred to the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
action_date: 2019-05-22
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2019-05-22
text: Introduced in House
Protecting Data at the Border Act

Bill: 116-hr-2925
Sponsor: Rep. Lieu, Ted [D-CA-33]
Introduced: 2019-05-22 in the House
Policy area: Immigration
Subjects: Border security and unlawful immigration
Computers and information technology
Congressional oversight
Criminal investigation, prosecution, interrogation
Department of Homeland Security
Digital media
Evidence and witnesses
Government information and archives
Immigration status and procedures
Racial and ethnic relations
Right of privacy
Telephone and wireless communication

Summary:
action_date: 2019-05-22
text: 

Protecting Data at the Border Act

 
This bill limits government access to digital information at the border.
 
A governmental entity may not (1) access the digital contents of electronic equipment of a U.S. person at the border without a warrant, (2) deny such a person's entry into or exit from the United States because the person refused to provide access to digital content on electronic equipment or online account information, (3) delay such a person's entry or exit for more than four hours to determine whether the person will consent to providing access to online information, or (4) seize electronic equipment from a U.S. person without probable cause to believe that such equipment contains information relevant to a felony. 
 
A governmental entity may access the contents of electronic equipment of a U.S. person without a warrant in an emergency. The entity must subsequently apply for a warrant within seven days, and if a warrant is not granted, the seized information must be destroyed and may not be disclosed. 
 
A governmental entity may not make or retain a copy of information accessed under this bill without probable cause to believe that such information relates to a crime.
 
Information seized in violation of this bill (1) must be destroyed, (2) may not be disclosed, and (3) may not be received in evidence in any trial or government proceeding.
 
A governmental entity shall keep a record of each instance in which it obtains access to an individual's digital information at the border.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2019-06-26
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration and Citizenship.
action_date: 2019-06-26
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security.
action_date: 2019-06-11
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Border Security, Facilitation, and Operations.
action_date: 2019-05-22
text: Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committee on Homeland Security, 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: 2019-05-22
text: Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committee on Homeland Security, 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: 2019-05-22
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2019-05-22
text: Introduced in House
Navigation Safety Act of 2019

Bill: 116-hr-2926
Sponsor: Rep. Maloney, Sean Patrick [D-NY-18]
Introduced: 2019-05-22 in the House
Policy area: Transportation and Public Works
Subjects: Atlantic Coast (U.S.)
Computers and information technology
Congressional oversight
Geography and mapping
Government studies and investigations
Marine and coastal resources, fisheries
Marine and inland water transportation
Navigation, waterways, harbors
Space flight and exploration
Transportation safety and security

Summary:
action_date: 2019-05-22
text: 

Navigation Safety Act of 2019

 
This bill revises certain standards for shipping safety with respect to vessel operations.
 
Specifically, the bill
 
 
requires certain vessels to be equipped with electronic navigational charts that meet standards acceptable to the U.S. Coast Guard;
 
mandates buffers between traffic lanes and traffic separation schemes, and offshore structures affixed to the submerged lands of the Outer Continental Shelf;
 
requires the Coast Guard to implement the recommendations of the Atlantic Coast Port Access Route Study workgroup;
 
directs the Coast Guard to conduct a review of navigation on the U.S. east coast and submit recommendations for new fairways;
 
authorizes the Coast Guard to establish a safety zone to address special activities in the U.S. exclusive economic zone; and
 
allows towing vessels to transit beyond the boundary line in certain limited situations to fulfill the vessel's duties without being subject to additional requirements. 
 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2019-05-23
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Coast Guard and Maritime Transportation.
action_date: 2019-05-22
text: Referred to the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.
action_date: 2019-05-22
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2019-05-22
text: Introduced in House
Preventing Tragedies Between Police and Communities Act of 2019

Bill: 116-hr-2927
Sponsor: Rep. Moore, Gwen [D-WI-4]
Introduced: 2019-05-22 in the House
Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement
Subjects: Criminal justice information and records
Law enforcement administration and funding
Law enforcement officers
State and local government operations

Summary:
action_date: 2019-05-22
text: 

Preventing Tragedies Between Police and Communities Act of 2019

 
This bill requires a state or local government that receives funding under the Edward Byrne Memorial Justice Assistance Grant (JAG) program to train law enforcement officers on de-escalation techniques and require law enforcement to use such techniques.
 
The Department of Justice (DOJ) may reduce the JAG allocation of a state or local government that fails to comply with the training requirement. DOJ must reduce by 15% the JAG allocation of a state or local government that fails to require law enforcement officers to use de-escalation techniques.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2019-06-26
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security.
action_date: 2019-05-22
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2019-05-22
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2019-05-22
text: Introduced in House
DELIVER Act of 2019

Bill: 116-hr-2928
Sponsor: Rep. Morelle, Joseph D. [D-NY-25]
Introduced: 2019-05-22 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Aging
Charitable contributions
Disability assistance
Food assistance and relief
Income tax deductions
Motor vehicles
Transportation costs

Summary:
action_date: 2019-05-22
text: 

Delivering Elderly Lunches and Increasing Volunteer Engagement and Reimbursements Act of 2019 or the DELIVER Act of 201

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This bill increases the standard mileage rate for the tax deduction for the charitable use of a passenger automobile to deliver meals to homebound individuals who are elderly, disabled, frail, or at risk. The bill increases the rate from the standard charitable rate of 14 cents per mile to the standard business mileage rate, which is 58 cents per mile for 2019. 
 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2019-05-22
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2019-05-22
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2019-05-22
text: Introduced in House
Rural Broadband Network Advancement Act of 2019

Bill: 116-hr-2929
Sponsor: Rep. Mullin, Markwayne [R-OK-2]
Introduced: 2019-05-22 in the House
Policy area: Science, Technology, Communications
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Infrastructure development
Internet and video services
Internet, web applications, social media
Rural conditions and development
User charges and fees

Summary:
action_date: 2019-05-22
text: 

Rural Broadband Network Advancement Act of 2019

 
This bill establishes a program to collect fees for broadband network usage in rural areas and distribute them to rural broadband providers.
 
Specifically, edge providers (online content or service providers such as search engines and streaming video platforms, so called because they are located at the edge of a network) that have their data transported through rural broadband providers in high-cost rural areas must pay network user fees. Such fees shall be distributed to eligible rural broadband providers for (1) deploying rural broadband networks, (2) operating and maintaining rural broadband networks, or (3) delivering broadband internet to users in high-cost rural areas.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2019-05-23
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Communications and Technology.
action_date: 2019-05-22
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2019-05-22
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2019-05-22
text: Introduced in House
Loan Shark Prevention Act

Bill: 116-hr-2930
Sponsor: Rep. Ocasio-Cortez, Alexandria [D-NY-14]
Introduced: 2019-05-22 in the House
Policy area: Finance and Financial Sector
Subjects: Civil actions and liability
Congressional oversight
Consumer credit
Federal Reserve System
Interest, dividends, interest rates

Summary:
action_date: 2019-05-22
text: 

Loan Shark Prevention Act 

 
This bill limits the annual percentage rate for an extension of consumer credit to 15%. The Federal Reserve Board may raise this rate if (1) money market interest rates rise over six months, and (2) it is necessary to ensure the safety and soundness of lenders. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2019-05-22
text: Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services.
action_date: 2019-05-22
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2019-05-22
text: Introduced in House
SERVE Act of 2019

Bill: 116-hr-2931
Sponsor: Rep. Pappas, Chris [D-NH-1]
Introduced: 2019-05-22 in the House
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Health care coverage and access
Health facilities and institutions
Long-term, rehabilitative, and terminal care
Sex, gender, sexual orientation discrimination
Veterans' medical care

Summary:
action_date: 2019-05-22
text: 

Securing the Rights our Veterans have Earned Act of 2019 or the SERVE Act of 2019

 
The bill expands eligibility for Department of Veterans Affairs hospital care, medical services, and nursing home care to former members of the Armed Forces who were discharged from service under conditions other than honorable or with an entry-level separation by reason of sexual orientation or gender identity (including by reason of a gender dysphoria diagnosis).


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2019-06-12
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2019-05-23
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR H4150)
action_date: 2019-05-22
text: Referred to the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
action_date: 2019-05-22
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2019-05-22
text: Introduced in House