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CBP Workload Staffing Model Act

Bill: 116-hr-1639
Sponsor: Rep. Higgins, Clay [R-LA-3]
Introduced: 2019-03-08 in the House
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Subjects: Border security and unlawful immigration
Congressional oversight
Executive agency funding and structure
Government employee pay, benefits, personnel management
Government information and archives

Summary:
action_date: 2019-03-08
text: 

CBP Workload Staffing Model Act

 
This bill requires the U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) to develop and implement a workload staffing model for each of the U.S. Border Patrol and Air and Marine Operations.
 
Such model shall include (1) consideration for essential frontline operator activities and functions, (2) variations in operating environments, and (3) present and planned infrastructure and technology. The CBP must also develop standard operating procedures for a workforce tracking system, train the workforce on the use of such system, and implement internal controls to ensure timely and accurate scheduling and reporting.

action_date: 2019-03-28
text: 

CBP Workload Staffing Model Act

 
This bill requires the U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) to develop and implement a workload staffing model for each of the U.S. Border Patrol and Air and Marine Operations.
 
Such model shall include (1) consideration for essential frontline operator activities and functions, (2) variations in operating environments, and (3) present and planned infrastructure and technology. The CBP must also develop standard operating procedures for a workforce tracking system, train the workforce on the use of such system, and implement internal controls to ensure timely and accurate scheduling and reporting.
 
The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) must review the model and provide feedback regarding the degree to which it is responsive to certain DHS recommendations.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2019-03-28
text: Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 9.
action_date: 2019-03-28
text: Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Homeland Security. H. Rept. 116-23.
action_date: 2019-03-28
text: Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Homeland Security. H. Rept. 116-23.
action_date: 2019-03-13
text: Ordered to be Reported (Amended) by Unanimous Consent.
action_date: 2019-03-13
text: Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
action_date: 2019-03-08
text: Referred to the House Committee on Homeland Security.
action_date: 2019-03-08
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2019-03-08
text: Introduced in House
Uniting Families Act of 2019

Bill: 116-hr-1640
Sponsor: Rep. Kind, Ron [D-WI-3]
Introduced: 2019-03-08 in the House
Policy area: Immigration
Subjects: Citizenship and naturalization
Immigration status and procedures
Military personnel and dependents
Visas and passports

Summary:
action_date: 2019-03-08
text: 

Uniting Families Act of 2019 

 
This bill establishes a non-immigrant visa category for an alien who (1) is 18 or older and is the genetic son or daughter of a U.S. citizen who served in the Armed Forces on active duty abroad; or (2) is the spouse or child of such alien and is accompanying, or following to join, such alien.
 
To obtain a visa, the alien's citizen parent must petition and receive approval from the Department of Homeland Security. The petition shall include (1) DNA evidence establishing the parent-child relationship, (2) a written statement that the parent will provide financial support until the alien receives lawful permanent resident status, and (3) proof of the parent's U.S. citizenship and active duty with the Armed Forces abroad.
 
The period of authorized admission for aliens with the visa is five years, and 5,000 principal visa aliens may be admitted per fiscal year. Holders of such a visa may adjust to lawful permanent resident status after meeting various requirements, such as being admissible as an immigrant.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2019-04-12
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration and Citizenship.
action_date: 2019-03-08
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2019-03-08
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2019-03-08
text: Introduced in House
Let Everyone Get Involved in Opportunities for National Service Act

Bill: 116-hr-1641
Sponsor: Rep. Correa, J. Luis [D-CA-46]
Introduced: 2019-03-08 in the House
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Conflicts and wars
Military personnel and dependents
Veterans' organizations and recognition

Summary:
action_date: 2019-03-08
text: 

Let Everyone Get Involved in Opportunities for National Service Act

 
This bill authorizes The American Legion to expand membership eligibility to include veterans and service members who served during times that were not designated periods of war. Currently, only veterans and service members who served during periods of time specified by Congress are eligible to join The American Legion.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2019-04-08
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration and Citizenship.
action_date: 2019-03-08
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2019-03-08
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E276)
action_date: 2019-03-08
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2019-03-08
text: Introduced in House
Combating the Illicit Trade in Tobacco Products Act

Bill: 116-hr-1642
Sponsor: Rep. Jackson Lee, Sheila [D-TX-18]
Introduced: 2019-03-08 in the House
Policy area: International Affairs
Subjects: Agricultural trade
Congressional oversight
Drug, alcohol, tobacco use
Foreign aid and international relief
Government ethics and transparency, public corruption
Government information and archives
Military assistance, sales, and agreements
Presidents and presidential powers, Vice Presidents
Sanctions
Smuggling and trafficking

Summary:
action_date: 2019-03-08
text: 

Combating the Illicit Trade in Tobacco Products Act

 
This bill directs the Department of State to take various actions to combat the illicit tobacco trade. 
 
The State Department shall determine whether each foreign country is a major source, point of transit, or consumer of illicit tobacco products or their precursors. If a country meets this criteria and its government is actively engaging in or knowingly profiting from the illicit tobacco trade, it shall be designated as a country of concern. If a country meets this criteria but its government is not implicated in the illicit tobacco trade, it shall be designated as a focus country.
 
The State Department may provide focus countries with law-enforcement training and assistance to build customs and border-security capacity. The State Department may not provide development assistance or security assistance to countries of concern, with an exception for U.S. national security interests.
 
The President may impose visa- and property-blocking sanctions on foreign persons who are responsible for or have materially assisted in the illicit tobacco trade. The President shall annually report to Congress as to sanctions imposed under this bill. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2019-04-12
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration and Citizenship.
action_date: 2019-03-08
text: Referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs, and in addition to the Committee on the Judiciary, 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: 2019-03-08
text: Referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs, and in addition to the Committee on the Judiciary, 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: 2019-03-08
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2019-03-08
text: Introduced in House
PrEP Assistance Program Act

Bill: 116-hr-1643
Sponsor: Rep. Watson Coleman, Bonnie [D-NJ-12]
Introduced: 2019-03-08 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Congressional oversight
HIV/AIDS
Health care coverage and access
Health programs administration and funding
Health promotion and preventive care
Indian lands and resources rights
Medical tests and diagnostic methods
Sexually transmitted diseases

Summary:
action_date: 2019-03-08
text: 

PrEP Assistance Program Act

 
This bill requires the Department of Health and Human Services to establish a grant program that supports pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) programs in states, U.S. territories, and Indian tribes.
 
PrEP is a method of HIV prevention in which high-risk individuals take daily medications to reduce the chance of infection.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2019-03-11
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2019-03-08
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2019-03-08
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2019-03-08
text: Introduced in House
VOICES Act of 2019

Bill: 116-hr-1645
Sponsor: Rep. Ratcliffe, John [R-TX-4]
Introduced: 2019-03-08 in the House
Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Border security and unlawful immigration
Correctional facilities and imprisonment
Criminal procedure and sentencing
Detention of persons

Summary:
action_date: 2019-03-08
text: 

Peter, Ellie, and Grayson Victims of Illegal Criminal Entry Act of 2019 or the VOICES Act of 2019

 
This bill establishes new criminal offenses and penalties related to illegal reentry into the United States after deportation or removal.
 
Specifically, the bill establishes new offenses for unlawfully reentering and subsequently committing an act that results in injury to or death of another person. A violator is subject to a 10- or 20-year mandatory minimum prison term. 
 
Additionally, with respect to a defendant convicted of any illegal reentry offense, the bill prohibits
 
 
the concurrent service of the federal sentence with a state sentence, and
 
the reduction of the federal sentence by the amount of time spent in state prison.
 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2019-04-12
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration and Citizenship.
action_date: 2019-04-12
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security.
action_date: 2019-03-08
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2019-03-08
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2019-03-08
text: Introduced in House
Veterans Equal Access Act

Bill: 116-hr-1647
Sponsor: Rep. Blumenauer, Earl [D-OR-3]
Introduced: 2019-03-08 in the House
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Alternative treatments
Department of Veterans Affairs
Drug trafficking and controlled substances
Drug, alcohol, tobacco use
Government employee pay, benefits, personnel management
Health information and medical records
Health personnel
Veterans' medical care

Summary:
action_date: 2019-03-08
text: 

Veterans Equal Access Act

 
This bill directs the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) to authorize VA health care providers to (1) provide veterans with recommendations and opinions regarding participation in their state's marijuana programs, and (2) complete forms reflecting such recommendations and opinions.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2020-03-12
text: Ordered to be Reported by the Yeas and Nays: 15 - 11.
action_date: 2020-03-12
text: Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
action_date: 2019-06-20
text: Committee Hearings Held.
action_date: 2019-04-30
text: Subcommittee Hearings Held.
action_date: 2019-04-30
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2019-03-08
text: Referred to the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
action_date: 2019-03-08
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2019-03-08
text: Introduced in House
Small Business Advanced Cybersecurity Enhancements Act of 2019

Bill: 116-hr-1648
Sponsor: Rep. Chabot, Steve [R-OH-1]
Introduced: 2019-03-08 in the House
Policy area: Science, Technology, Communications
Subjects: Administrative remedies
Advisory bodies
Computer security and identity theft
Department of Commerce
Government information and archives
Small Business Administration
Small business

Summary:
action_date: 2019-03-08
text: 

Small Business Advanced Cybersecurity Enhancements Act of 2019

 
This bill requires the Small Business Administration (SBA) to establish a central small-business cybersecurity-assistance unit within the SBA and a regional cybersecurity-assistance unit within each small-business development center.
 
These cybersecurity assistance units shall serve as the primary means for a small business to communicate cyber threats and defensive measures with the federal government. A small business shall be protected from liability for activities taken pursuant to the bill's requirements. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2019-03-08
text: Referred to the House Committee on Small Business.
action_date: 2019-03-08
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2019-03-08
text: Introduced in House
Small Business Development Center Cyber Training Act of 2019

Bill: 116-hr-1649
Sponsor: Rep. Chabot, Steve [R-OH-1]
Introduced: 2019-03-08 in the House
Policy area: Commerce
Subjects: Business education
Computer security and identity theft
Licensing and registrations
Small business

Summary:
action_date: 2019-03-08
text: 

Small Business Development Center Cyber Training Act of 2019

 
This bill requires the Small Business Administration to establish a program for certifying at least 5 or 10% of the total number of employees of a small business development center to provide cybersecurity planning assistance to small businesses.

action_date: 2019-06-13
text: 

Small Business Development Center Cyber Training Act of 2019

 
This bill requires the Small Business Administration to establish a program for certifying at least 5 or 10% of the total number of employees of a small busienss development center to provide cybersecurity planning assistance to small businesses. 

action_date: 2019-07-15
text: 

Small Business Development Center Cyber Training Act of 2019

 
This bill requires the Small Business Administration to establish a program for certifying at least 5 or 10% of the total number of employees of a small business development center to provide cybersecurity planning assistance to small businesses.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2019-07-16
text: Received in the Senate. Read twice. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 150.
action_date: 2019-07-15
text: Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
action_date: 2019-07-15
text: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill Agreed to by voice vote. (text: CR H5809)
action_date: 2019-07-15
text: Passed/agreed to in House: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill Agreed to by voice vote.(text: CR H5809)
action_date: 2019-07-15
text: DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on H.R. 1649.
action_date: 2019-07-15
text: Considered under suspension of the rules. (consideration: CR H5809-5810)
action_date: 2019-07-15
text: Mr. Delgado moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill.
action_date: 2019-06-13
text: Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 81.
action_date: 2019-06-13
text: Reported by the Committee on Small Business. H. Rept. 116-112.
action_date: 2019-06-13
text: Reported by the Committee on Small Business. H. Rept. 116-112.
action_date: 2019-03-08
text: Referred to the House Committee on Small Business.
action_date: 2019-03-08
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2019-03-08
text: Introduced in House
Ending Duplicative Permitting Act

Bill: 116-hr-1650
Sponsor: Rep. Cheney, Liz [R-WY-At Large]
Introduced: 2019-03-08 in the House
Policy area: Energy
Subjects: Environmental assessment, monitoring, research
Land use and conservation
Licensing and registrations
Oil and gas

Summary:
action_date: 2019-03-08
text: 

Ending Duplicative Permitting Act

 
This bill prohibits the Department of the Interior from requiring a federal drilling permit for oil and gas exploration and production activities on the nonfederal surface estate if the subsurface mineral estate is less than 50% federally-owned and the operator submits a state permit for such activities.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2019-03-29
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Energy and Mineral Resources.
action_date: 2019-03-08
text: Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.
action_date: 2019-03-08
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2019-03-08
text: Introduced in House
RE–VAC Act

Bill: 116-hr-1651
Sponsor: Rep. Fortenberry, Jeff [R-NE-1]
Introduced: 2019-03-08 in the House
Policy area: Agriculture and Food
Subjects: Housing and community development funding
Rural conditions and development
Veterinary medicine and animal diseases

Summary:
action_date: 2019-03-08
text: 

Returning Essential Rural Veterinary Animal Care Act or the RE-VAC Act

 
This bill authorizes the Department of Agriculture to provide certain loans and grants for the establishment or expansion of animal care facilities or veterinary practices in rural areas. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2019-04-03
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Commodity Exchanges, Energy, and Credit.
action_date: 2019-03-08
text: Referred to the House Committee on Agriculture.
action_date: 2019-03-08
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2019-03-08
text: Introduced in House
Veteran Education Empowerment Act

Bill: 116-hr-1652
Sponsor: Rep. Frankel, Lois [D-FL-21]
Introduced: 2019-03-08 in the House
Policy area: Education
Subjects: Disability and paralysis
Education programs funding
Government information and archives
Higher education
Military personnel and dependents
School administration
Veterans' education, employment, rehabilitation

Summary:
action_date: 2019-03-08
text: 

Veteran Education Empowerment Act

 
This bill requires the Department of Veterans Affairs to make grants to institutions of higher education (IHEs) or consortia of IHEs for the establishment, maintenance, improvement, and operation of veteran student centers. A veteran student center is a dedicated space on a campus that provides students who are veterans or members of the Armed Forces with (1) a lounge or meeting space for themselves, their spouses or partners, their children, and veterans in the community; (2) a centralized office for veteran student services that serves as a single point of contact to coordinate veterans support services; and (3) comprehensive academic and tutoring services to veterans.

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2019-03-08
text: Referred to the House Committee on Education and Labor.
action_date: 2019-03-08
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2019-03-08
text: Introduced in House
Women and Countering Violent Extremism Act of 2019

Bill: 116-hr-1653
Sponsor: Rep. Frankel, Lois [D-FL-21]
Introduced: 2019-03-08 in the House
Policy area: International Affairs
Subjects: Congressional oversight
Employment and training programs
Government employee pay, benefits, personnel management
Government studies and investigations
International organizations and cooperation
Terrorism
Violent crime
Women's rights

Summary:
action_date: 2019-03-08
text: 

Women and Countering Violent Extremism Act of 2019

 
This bill (1) authorizes assistance to women's groups in foreign countries that work on terrorism-related issues, and (2) amends various reporting and training provisions to incorporate issues related to gender and terrorism.
 
The President may provide assistance to non-U.S.-based, women-led organizations countering violent extremism and terrorism in foreign countries. 
 
The President's periodic Women, Peace, and Security Strategy shall include a section on (1) women's contributions to countering violent extremism, (2) preventing women's involvement in violent extremism, and (3) the gender dimensions of disarming and reintegrating former extremists. 
 
Training for certain personnel of the Department of State and the Department of Defense (DOD) shall include training on preventing violent extremism. The State Department shall seek to double the number of women receiving training under its Anti-Terrorism Assistance programs within three years of this bill's enactment.
 
The State Department, DOD, and the U.S. Agency for International Development shall conduct research on gender and countering violent extremism, including best practices to support women preventing violent extremism, and utilize the results of such research in their programs. The State Department's annual country reports on terrorism to Congress shall include, for at least five countries, a gender analysis of the conflict drivers, power dynamics, and impacts that are relevant to violent extremism. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2019-03-08
text: Referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs, and in addition to the Committee on Armed Services, 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: 2019-03-08
text: Referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs, and in addition to the Committee on Armed Services, 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: 2019-03-08
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2019-03-08
text: Introduced in House
HELP Act of 2019

Bill: 116-hr-1655
Sponsor: Rep. Reed, Tom [R-NY-23]
Introduced: 2019-03-08 in the House
Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement
Subjects: Criminal procedure and sentencing
Drug trafficking and controlled substances

Summary:
action_date: 2019-03-08
text: 

Help Ensure Lives are Protected Act of 2019 or the HELP Act of 2019

 
This bill establishes enhanced criminal penalties&#8212;life imprisonment or death&#8212;for certain drug offenses involving fentanyl that result in death or serious bodily injury. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2019-04-12
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security.
action_date: 2019-03-09
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2019-03-08
text: Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, 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: 2019-03-08
text: Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, 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: 2019-03-08
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2019-03-08
text: Introduced in House
Strengthening our Pediatric Workforce Act of 2019

Bill: 116-hr-1656
Sponsor: Rep. Smucker, Lloyd [R-PA-11]
Introduced: 2019-03-08 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Child health
Health facilities and institutions
Health personnel
Health programs administration and funding
Medical education

Summary:
action_date: 2019-03-08
text: 

Strengthening our Pediatric Workforce Act of 2019

 
 This bill authorizes the Health Resources and Services Administration to provide grants to children's hospitals with graduate residency programs that are located in health-professional shortage areas. Such grants are used to develop initiatives addressing pediatric health disparities, including access to care, poverty, opioid overuse, food insecurity, and child abuse.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2019-03-09
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2019-03-08
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2019-03-08
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2019-03-08
text: Introduced in House