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Restore the Partnership Act

Bill: 116-hr-3883
Sponsor: Rep. Connolly, Gerald E. [D-VA-11]
Introduced: 2019-07-23 in the House
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Subjects: Advisory bodies
Congressional oversight
Government studies and investigations
Intergovernmental relations
Judicial review and appeals
State and local government operations
Supreme Court
Tax administration and collection, taxpayers

Summary:
action_date: 2019-07-23
text: 

Restore the Partnership Act

 
This bill establishes the Commission on Intergovernmental Relations of the United States.
 
The commission shall, among other things (1) provide a forum for discussing ways to improve the administration and coordination of federal grant-in-aid, regulatory, tax, and other programs requiring intergovernmental cooperation; and (2) identify the intergovernmental impacts of rulings by the U.S. Supreme Court on federal, state, tribal, and local governments.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2019-12-19
text: Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
action_date: 2019-07-23
text: Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Reform.
action_date: 2019-07-23
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2019-07-23
text: Introduced in House
Wall Street Banker Accountability for Misconduct Act of 2019

Bill: 116-hr-3885
Sponsor: Rep. Gabbard, Tulsi [D-HI-2]
Introduced: 2019-07-23 in the House
Policy area: Finance and Financial Sector
Subjects: Banking and financial institutions regulation
Civil actions and liability
Corporate finance and management
Employee benefits and pensions
Fraud offenses and financial crimes
Wages and earnings

Summary:
action_date: 2019-07-23
text: 

Wall Street Banker Accountability for Misconduct Act of 2019 

 
This bill requires large bank holding companies and their subsidiaries to establish funds to pay their criminal and civil fines. Specified senior employees must annually contribute a portion of their salaries to these funds. If sufficient funds remain 10 years after the contribution, the contributing employees must be repaid. The bill provides for separate treatment of funds contributed by former employees. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2019-07-23
text: Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services.
action_date: 2019-07-23
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2019-07-23
text: Introduced in House
Fostering Innovation Act of 2019

Bill: 116-hr-3886
Sponsor: Rep. McAdams, Ben [D-UT-4]
Introduced: 2019-07-23 in the House
Policy area: Finance and Financial Sector
Subjects: Accounting and auditing
Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Business investment and capital
Corporate finance and management
Securities
Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC)

Summary:
action_date: 2019-07-23
text: 

Fostering Innovation Act of 2019

 
This bill establishes a temporary exemption from the requirement that each registered public accounting firm that prepares or issues an audit report for an issuer of securities (other than an emerging growth company) shall attest to, and report on, the internal control assessment made by the management of the issuer. Specifically, this requirement shall not apply with respect to an audit report prepared for an issuer that
 
 
ceased to be an emerging growth company on the last day of its fiscal year following the five-year period beginning on the date of its first sale of common equity securities, 
 
had average annual gross revenues of less than $50 million as of its most recently completed fiscal year, and 
 
is not a large accelerated filer. 

 
An issuer shall cease to be eligible for the exemption at the earliest of (1) the last day of the fiscal year following the 10-year period beginning on the date of its first sale of common equity securities, (2) the last day of the fiscal year in which its average annual gross revenues exceed $50 million, or (3) when the issuer becomes a large accelerated filer. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2019-07-23
text: Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services.
action_date: 2019-07-23
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2019-07-23
text: Introduced in House
Impaired Driving Study Act of 2019

Bill: 116-hr-3888
Sponsor: Rep. McMorris Rodgers, Cathy [R-WA-5]
Introduced: 2019-07-23 in the House
Policy area: Transportation and Public Works
Subjects: Congressional oversight
Drug, alcohol, tobacco use
Government studies and investigations
Motor vehicles
Roads and highways
Transportation safety and security

Summary:
action_date: 2019-07-23
text: 

Impaired Driving Study Act of 2019

 
This bill directs the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration to conduct a study to improve motor vehicle safety and address impaired driving, including alcohol, marijuana, and opioid-impaired driving.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2019-07-24
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Consumer Protection and Commerce.
action_date: 2019-07-23
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2019-07-23
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2019-07-23
text: Introduced in House
Combatting Impaired Driving Act of 2019

Bill: 116-hr-3890
Sponsor: Rep. Bucshon, Larry [R-IN-8]
Introduced: 2019-07-23 in the House
Policy area: Transportation and Public Works
Subjects: Drug, alcohol, tobacco use
Motor vehicles
Roads and highways
Transportation programs funding
Transportation safety and security

Summary:
action_date: 2019-07-23
text: 

Combatting Impaired Driving Act of 2019

 
This bill directs the Department of Transportation to provide funding for grants, pilot programs, demonstration projects, and innovative solutions to improve motor vehicle safety and address impaired driving, including alcohol, marijuana, and opioid-impaired driving.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2019-07-24
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Consumer Protection and Commerce.
action_date: 2019-07-23
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2019-07-23
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2019-07-23
text: Introduced in House
Making Education Affordable and Accessible Act

Bill: 116-hr-3891
Sponsor: Rep. Harder, Josh [D-CA-10]
Introduced: 2019-07-23 in the House
Policy area: Education
Subjects: Education of the disadvantaged
Education programs funding
Elementary and secondary education
Higher education
Rural conditions and development
Student aid and college costs
Teaching, teachers, curricula

Summary:
action_date: 2019-07-23
text: 

Making Education Affordable and Accessible Act

 
This bill reauthorizes through FY2020 and revises the Fund for the Improvement of Postsecondary Education (FIPSE) program. 
 
The bill also authorizes new grants under the FIPSE program. Specifically, the Department of Education may award grants to institutions of higher education for dual or concurrent enrollment programs or early-college high-school programs that allow high-school students to earn postsecondary credits.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2019-07-23
text: Referred to the House Committee on Education and Labor.
action_date: 2019-07-23
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2019-07-23
text: Introduced in House
START Career Pathways Act

Bill: 116-hr-3892
Sponsor: Rep. Harder, Josh [D-CA-10]
Introduced: 2019-07-23 in the House
Policy area: Labor and Employment
Subjects: Adult education and literacy
Education programs funding
Elementary and secondary education
Employee hiring
Employment and training programs
Higher education
Performance measurement
Veterans' education, employment, rehabilitation
Vocational and technical education
Wages and earnings

Summary:
action_date: 2019-07-23
text: 

Short-Term Accelerated Reskilling Tracks Career Pathways Act or the START Career Pathways Act

 
This bill directs the Department of Labor, in coordination with the Department of Education, to award competitive grants to eligible institutions of higher education and vocational institutions to develop, offer, improve and provide educational or career pathway programs for workers. Grants funds must be used for specified purposes, including for career pathway programs that provide relevant job training to meet the needs of employers in high-skill, high-wage, or in demand sectors or occupations and that may include registered apprenticeship programs. . 
 
Beginning on October 1, 2019, Labor shall carry out a program to award START federal Pell Grants to students in short-term programs that prepare participants for employment opportunities in high-skill, high-wage, or in-demand sectors or occupations in a geographic area in which the programs are offered.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2019-07-23
text: Referred to the House Committee on Education and Labor.
action_date: 2019-07-23
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2019-07-23
text: Introduced in House
School to Career Pathways Act of 2019

Bill: 116-hr-3893
Sponsor: Rep. Harder, Josh [D-CA-10]
Introduced: 2019-07-23 in the House
Policy area: Education
Subjects: Congressional oversight
Education programs funding
Elementary and secondary education
Employment and training programs
Government information and archives
Performance measurement
State and local government operations
Vocational and technical education

Summary:
action_date: 2019-07-23
text: 

School to Career Pathways Act of 2019

 
This bill directs the Department of Education to (1) award grants to states to establish statewide career pathways coalitions, (2) establish a career pathways innovation grant program to support career pathways in high school and career exploration in the middle grades, and (3) provide technical assistance.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2019-07-23
text: Referred to the House Committee on Education and Labor.
action_date: 2019-07-23
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2019-07-23
text: Introduced in House
Great Lakes Water Protection Act

Bill: 116-hr-3894
Sponsor: Rep. Lipinski, Daniel [D-IL-3]
Introduced: 2019-07-23 in the House
Policy area: Environmental Protection
Subjects: Economic development
Environmental regulatory procedures
Great Lakes
Illinois
Indiana
Infrastructure development
Intergovernmental relations
Lakes and rivers
Michigan
Minnesota
New York State
Ohio
Pennsylvania
Poverty and welfare assistance
Small business
Social work, volunteer service, charitable organizations
Solid waste and recycling
State and local government operations
Water quality
Water use and supply
Wisconsin

Summary:
action_date: 2019-07-23
text: 

Great Lakes Water Protection Act

 
This bill restricts the diversion of waste streams into the Great Lakes from publicly owned wastewater treatment facilities. The bill also establishes the Great Lakes Green Infrastructure Grant Program to make grants to Great Lakes states to develop green infrastructure projects.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2019-07-24
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Water Resources and Environment.
action_date: 2019-07-23
text: Referred to the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.
action_date: 2019-07-23
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2019-07-23
text: Introduced in House
North American Development Bank’s Pollution Solution Act

Bill: 116-hr-3895
Sponsor: Rep. Vargas, Juan [D-CA-51]
Introduced: 2019-07-23 in the House
Policy area: International Affairs
Subjects: Congressional oversight
Environmental health
Foreign loans and debt
Government trust funds
Infrastructure development
Latin America
Mexico
Multilateral development programs
North America
Performance measurement
Solid waste and recycling
Water quality
Water use and supply

Summary:
action_date: 2019-07-23
text: 

North American Development Bank's Pollution Solution Act

 
This bill authorizes the Department of the Treasury to purchase additional stock in the North American Development Bank and directs Treasury to advocate for the bank to support environmentally beneficial projects. 
 
Treasury shall advocate for the bank to (1) prioritize using the additional capital raised by the stock purchase to support environmentally beneficial infrastructure projects, and (2) streamline and accelerate such projects. 
 
Treasury shall vote to establish within the bank the U.S.-Mexico Border Public Health Trust Fund. The fund shall support environmental infrastructure projects along the U.S.-Mexico border relating to water pollution, water conservation, municipal solid waste, and other related matters. The bill appropriates $400 million for payment into the trust fund.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2019-07-23
text: Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services.
action_date: 2019-07-23
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2019-07-23
text: Introduced in House
Protection of American Jobs in Cross-Border Rail Operations With Mexico Act

Bill: 116-hr-3896
Sponsor: Rep. Lipinski, Daniel [D-IL-3]
Introduced: 2019-07-23 in the House
Policy area: Transportation and Public Works
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Department of Transportation
Foreign labor
Labor standards
Latin America
Mexico
Railroads
Transportation employees

Summary:
action_date: 2019-07-23
text: 

Protection of American Jobs in Cross-Border Rail Operations With Mexico Act 

 
This bill requires the Department of Transportation to issue regulations that restrict the operation of trains originating in Mexico within the United States to crews comprised entirely of U.S. citizens and nationals.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2019-07-24
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Railroads, Pipelines, and Hazardous Materials.
action_date: 2019-07-23
text: Referred to the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.
action_date: 2019-07-23
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2019-07-23
text: Introduced in House
To amend title 38, United States Code, to increase the monthly housing stipend under the Post-9/11 Educational Assistance Program for individuals who pursue programs of education solely through distance learning on more than a half-time basis.

Bill: 116-hr-3897
Sponsor: Rep. Bilirakis, Gus M. [R-FL-12]
Introduced: 2019-07-23 in the House
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Educational technology and distance education
Higher education
Veterans' education, employment, rehabilitation
Veterans' loans, housing, homeless programs

Summary:
action_date: 2019-07-23
text: 
This bill increases the amount payable for a monthly housing stipend under the Post-9/11 GI Bill for an individual pursuing a program of education solely through distance learning on a more than half-time basis.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2019-08-14
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Economic Opportunity.
action_date: 2019-07-23
text: Referred to the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
action_date: 2019-07-23
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2019-07-23
text: Introduced in House
Levee Rehabilitation Improvements Act

Bill: 116-hr-3898
Sponsor: Rep. Bost, Mike [R-IL-12]
Introduced: 2019-07-23 in the House
Policy area: Water Resources Development
Subjects: Disaster relief and insurance
Emergency planning and evacuation
Floods and storm protection
Government studies and investigations
Natural disasters
Navigation, waterways, harbors

Summary:
action_date: 2019-07-23
text: 

Levee Rehabilitation Improvements Act

 
This bill requires the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers to consider the benefits of an emergency project to navigation when preparing a cost and benefit feasibility assessment for the project. Such projects include those involving (1) emergency response to a natural disaster, (2) flood fighting and rescue operations, or (3) the repair or restoration of any flood control work threatened or destroyed by flood. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2019-07-24
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Water Resources and Environment.
action_date: 2019-07-23
text: Referred to the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.
action_date: 2019-07-23
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2019-07-23
text: Introduced in House
TPS Reform Act of 2019

Bill: 116-hr-3899
Sponsor: Rep. Brooks, Mo [R-AL-5]
Introduced: 2019-07-23 in the House
Policy area: Immigration
Subjects: Foreign labor
Immigration status and procedures
Natural disasters

Summary:
action_date: 2019-07-23
text: 

TPS Reform Act of 2019

 
This bill changes the procedures for designating a country with temporary protected status (TPS). (Qualified nationals of a TPS-designated country shall have work authorization and may not be removed from the United States while the status is in effect.) 
 
Specifically, the bill requires an act of Congress to designate a country with TPS status, where currently the Department of Justice has such authority. In an initial act designating a TPS country, Congress shall include a time period for the designation of up to 18 months. Congress may also pass an act to terminate or extend a designation.
 
The bill also establishes that an alien who lacks a lawful immigration status shall not receive the benefits of temporary protected status.
 



Legislative actions:
action_date: 2019-08-15
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration and Citizenship.
action_date: 2019-07-23
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2019-07-23
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2019-07-23
text: Introduced in House
To amend the Children's Online Privacy Protection Act of 1998 to strengthen protections relating to the online collection, use, and disclosure of personal information of children and minors, and for other purposes.

Bill: 116-hr-3900
Sponsor: Rep. Rush, Bobby L. [D-IL-1]
Introduced: 2019-07-23 in the House
Policy area: Commerce
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Child safety and welfare
Civil actions and liability
Computer security and identity theft
Computers and information technology
Consumer affairs
Federal Trade Commission (FTC)
Internet and video services
Internet, web applications, social media
Marketing and advertising
Right of privacy
State and local government operations
Telephone and wireless communication

Summary:
action_date: 2019-07-23
text: 
This bill extends to minors (ages 12&#8211;16) privacy protections previously applicable only to children (ages 0&#8211;12) and otherwise establishes greater online privacy protections for children and minors.
 
Specifically, the bill prohibits an operator of a website, online service, online application, or mobile application directed to a child or minor with constructive knowledge the user is a child or minor from collecting the user's personal information without
 
 
providing notice and obtaining consent,
 
providing a parent or minor with certain information upon request,
 
conditioning participation by a user on the provision of personal information,
 
establishing and maintaining reasonable procedures to protect the personal information collected from users. 
 
 
The bill also prohibits targeted marketing directed to a child or directed to a minor without the minor's consent. 
 
The bill further outlines a set of principles governing how operators should collect and use personal information, as well as provide information to a parent or minor. A parent or minor must be able to challenge the accuracy of personal information, and an operator must provide for the erasure or correction of inaccurate personal information. Operators must also implement mechanisms for the erasure or elimination of personal information at the request of users and make users aware of such mechanisms.
 
Moreover, the bill prohibits the sale of internet-connected devices targeted to children and minors unless they meet certain cybersecurity and data security standards, and it requires manufacturers of such devices to display a privacy dashboard detailing how personal information is collected and used.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2019-07-24
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Consumer Protection and Commerce.
action_date: 2019-07-23
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2019-07-23
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2019-07-23
text: Introduced in House
Student Data Counts Act of 2019

Bill: 116-hr-3901
Sponsor: Rep. Chu, Judy [D-CA-27]
Introduced: 2019-07-23 in the House
Policy area: Education
Subjects: Census and government statistics
Government information and archives
Higher education
Racial and ethnic relations
Student records

Summary:
action_date: 2019-07-23
text: 

Student Data Counts Act of 2019

 
This bill requires the National Center for Education Statistics to collect, analyze, cross-tabulate, and report on information from the Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS) or a successor system that is disaggregated by race. Such IPEDS data must include those racial groups specified in the American Community Survey of the Bureau of the Census. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2019-07-23
text: Referred to the House Committee on Education and Labor.
action_date: 2019-07-23
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2019-07-23
text: Introduced in House
Housing Accountability Act of 2019

Bill: 116-hr-3902
Sponsor: Rep. Cohen, Steve [D-TN-9]
Introduced: 2019-07-23 in the House
Policy area: Housing and Community Development
Subjects: Building construction
Civil actions and liability
Congressional oversight
Housing and community development funding
Housing industry and standards
Low- and moderate-income housing
Public contracts and procurement
Public housing

Summary:
action_date: 2019-07-23
text: 

Housing Accountability Act of 2019

 
This bill provides statutory authority for the requirement for an entity receiving low-income housing assistance payments for existing public housing units to maintain decent, safe, and sanitary conditions for any structure covered under a payment contract.
 
The Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) shall develop a process by which a Performance-Based Contract Administrator shall, on a semiannual basis, conduct a survey of the tenants of each such structure to identify consistent or persistent problems with the structure's physical condition or its manager's performance. 
 
A structure shall be referred to HUD for remediation if the administrator identifies such a problem based on the survey or any other observation made by the administrator during the normal course of business.
 
HUD may impose a penalty on the structure's owner if the structure does not satisfactorily meet this bill's requirements or is repeatedly referred to HUD for remediation by an administrator through the process. Collected amounts shall be used solely for supporting safe and sanitary conditions at applicable structures or for HUD designated tenant relocation, with priority given to tenants of the penalized structure.
 
This bill shall not apply to voucher program property.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2019-07-23
text: Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services.
action_date: 2019-07-23
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2019-07-23
text: Introduced in House
Child Care Flex Spending Act of 2019

Bill: 116-hr-3903
Sponsor: Rep. DeLauro, Rosa L. [D-CT-3]
Introduced: 2019-07-23 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Adult day care
Child care and development
Employee benefits and pensions
Income tax exclusion
Inflation and prices
Tax treatment of families

Summary:
action_date: 2019-07-23
text: 

Child Care Flex Spending Act of 2019

 
This bill increases the amount that employees may exclude from their gross income for employer-provided dependent care assistance. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2019-07-23
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2019-07-23
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2019-07-23
text: Introduced in House