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ACCESS Act

Bill: 116-hr-4099
Sponsor: Rep. Calvert, Ken [R-CA-42]
Introduced: 2019-07-30 in the House
Policy area: Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues
Subjects: Alternative dispute resolution, mediation, arbitration
Building construction
Civil actions and liability
Disability and health-based discrimination
Government studies and investigations
Internet and video services
Internet, web applications, social media
State and local government operations
Telephone and wireless communication

Summary:
action_date: 2019-07-30
text: 

ADA Compliance for Customer Entry to Stores and Services Act or the ACCESS Act

 
This bill addresses access to public accommodations for persons with a disability.
 
The bill requires the Department of Justice (DOJ) to develop a program to educate state and local governments and property owners on strategies for promoting access to public accommodations for persons with a disability.
 
The bill authorizes an aggrieved person, after taking specified actions, to commence a civil action based on the failure to remove an architectural barrier to access an existing public accommodation. Specifically, the aggrieved person must have provided the owners or operators a written notice specific enough to identify the barrier and specify the circumstances under which public accommodation access was denied. The owners or operators must have (1) failed to provide the person a written description outlining improvements that will be made to improve the barrier, or (2) failed to remove the barrier or make substantial progress after providing such a description.
 
The Judicial Conference of the United States must develop a model program to promote alternative dispute resolution mechanisms to resolve claims involving architectural barriers to access for public accommodations.
 
Finally, the bill requires DOJ to complete a study of whether certain web content standards or information services for individuals with disabilities provided telephonically provide the same accommodations as would be available on a website.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2019-08-28
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on the Constitution, Civil Rights, and Civil Liberties.
action_date: 2019-07-30
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2019-07-30
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2019-07-30
text: Introduced in House
DISARM Act of 2019

Bill: 116-hr-4100
Sponsor: Rep. Davis, Danny K. [D-IL-7]
Introduced: 2019-07-30 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Congressional oversight
Drug safety, medical device, and laboratory regulation
Government information and archives
Government studies and investigations
Infectious and parasitic diseases
Medicare

Summary:
action_date: 2019-07-30
text: 

Developing an Innovative Strategy for Antimicrobial Resistant Microorganisms Act of 2019 or the DISARM Act of 

2019

 
This bill requires additional payment under Medicare's inpatient prospective payment system for services that involve certain antimicrobial drugs, in accordance with specified limitations. Additionally, the Government Accountability Office must report on the barriers to developing such antimicrobial drugs and must recommend ways to address such barriers.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2019-07-31
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2019-07-30
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2019-07-30
text: Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, 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: 2019-07-30
text: Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, 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: 2019-07-30
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2019-07-30
text: Introduced in House
SAFE Mail Act

Bill: 116-hr-4102
Sponsor: Rep. Clark, Katherine M. [D-MA-5]
Introduced: 2019-07-30 in the House
Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Congressional oversight
Crime prevention
Criminal investigation, prosecution, interrogation
Department of Homeland Security
Drug trafficking and controlled substances
Government information and archives
Postal service

Summary:
action_date: 2019-07-30
text: 

Screening All Fentanyl-Enhanced Mail Act of 2019 or the SAFE Mail Act

 
This bill requires the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) to develop and deploy technology to detect illicit fentanyl and other synthetic opioids in 100% of international mail and cargo inbound into the United States from high-risk countries identified by DHS. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2019-08-21
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Border Security, Facilitation, and Operations.
action_date: 2019-07-30
text: Referred to the House Committee on Homeland Security.
action_date: 2019-07-30
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2019-07-30
text: Introduced in House
VR TECHS in Government Act of 2019

Bill: 116-hr-4103
Sponsor: Rep. Clarke, Yvette D. [D-NY-9]
Introduced: 2019-07-30 in the House
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Subjects: Advanced technology and technological innovations
Advisory bodies
Congressional oversight
Employment and training programs
Government employee pay, benefits, personnel management
Government information and archives
Intergovernmental relations

Summary:
action_date: 2019-07-30
text: 

Virtual Reality Technologies Enabling Coaching and Honing Skills in Government Act of 2019 or the VR TECHS in Government Act of 2019

 
This bill directs the General Services Administration, in coordination with the National Institute of Standards and Technology, to create the Federal Advisory Committee on the Usability of Reality Technologies Within the Federal Government. 
 
Among other things, the advisory committee must promote the importance of reality technology as a form of professional development for federal workers and establish best practices with respect to the use of reality technology.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2019-07-30
text: Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Reform.
action_date: 2019-07-30
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2019-07-30
text: Introduced in House
Transatlantic Legislators’ Dialogue Enhancement Act

Bill: 116-hr-4105
Sponsor: Rep. Costa, Jim [D-CA-16]
Introduced: 2019-07-30 in the House
Policy area: International Affairs
Subjects: Congressional oversight
Diplomacy, foreign officials, Americans abroad
European Union
International organizations and cooperation
Members of Congress

Summary:
action_date: 2019-07-30
text: 

Transatlantic Legislators' Dialogue Enhancement Act

 
This bill establishes a delegation of up to 24 Members of Congress to periodically meet with European Parliament representatives to discuss issues of interest to the United States and the European Union. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2019-07-30
text: Referred to the House Committee on Foreign Affairs.
action_date: 2019-07-30
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2019-07-30
text: Introduced in House
Responsibility in Drug Advertising Act of 2019

Bill: 116-hr-4106
Sponsor: Rep. DeLauro, Rosa L. [D-CT-3]
Introduced: 2019-07-30 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Drug safety, medical device, and laboratory regulation
Marketing and advertising
Prescription drugs

Summary:
action_date: 2019-07-30
text: 

Responsibility in Drug Advertising Act of 2019

 This bill prohibits direct-to-consumer advertising of a drug in the first three years after the drug's approval. The Food and Drug Administration may (1) waive the third year of this prohibition for a drug if direct-to-consumer advertising of the drug would have an affirmative value to public health, or (2) extend the prohibition if the drug has significant adverse health effects.

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2019-07-31
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2019-07-30
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2019-07-30
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2019-07-30
text: Introduced in House
Funding Early Childhood is the Right IDEA Act

Bill: 116-hr-4107
Sponsor: Rep. DeSaulnier, Mark [D-CA-11]
Introduced: 2019-07-30 in the House
Policy area: Education
Subjects: Child care and development
Disability and paralysis
Education of the disadvantaged
Education programs funding
Preschool education
Special education

Summary:
action_date: 2019-07-30
text: 

Funding Early Childhood is the Right IDEA Act

 
This bill reauthorizes funding for specified provisions of the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act for early childhood education.
 
Specifically, the bill reauthorizes through FY2024 section 619 (grants to states for preschool programs serving children with disabilities ages three to five) and part C (grants to aid states in implementing early intervention services for infants and toddlers with disabilities and their families).


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2019-07-30
text: Referred to the House Committee on Education and Labor.
action_date: 2019-07-30
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2019-07-30
text: Introduced in House
Jumpstart on College Act

Bill: 116-hr-4108
Sponsor: Rep. Espaillat, Adriano [D-NY-13]
Introduced: 2019-07-30 in the House
Policy area: Education
Subjects: Academic performance and assessments
Congressional oversight
Education of the disadvantaged
Education programs funding
Elementary and secondary education
Higher education
Performance measurement
School administration
Student aid and college costs
Teaching, teachers, curricula

Summary:
action_date: 2019-07-30
text: 

Jumpstart on College Act

 
This bill directs the Department of Education (ED) to award grants to support early-college high schools and dual- or concurrent-enrollment programs. Specifically, ED must award grants to (1) institutions of higher education in partnership with one or more local educational agencies to assist them in establishing or supporting early-college high schools or dual- or concurrent-enrollment programs, and (2) states to assist them in supporting or establishing such schools or programs. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2019-07-30
text: Referred to the House Committee on Education and Labor.
action_date: 2019-07-30
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2019-07-30
text: Introduced in House
To codify the Small Business Administration's Growth Accelerator Fund Competition, and for other purposes.

Bill: 116-hr-4109
Sponsor: Rep. Espaillat, Adriano [D-NY-13]
Introduced: 2019-07-30 in the House
Policy area: Commerce
Subjects: Business education
Economic performance and conditions
Minority and disadvantaged businesses
Performance measurement
Small business
Veterans' education, employment, rehabilitation
Women in business

Summary:
action_date: 2019-07-30
text: 
This bill establishes the Growth Accelerator Fund Competition program within the Small Business Administration (SBA).
 
Specifically, the bill requires the SBA, prioritizing small business concerns in underserved communities, to award prizes on a competitive basis to U.S. private entities that (1) assist small business concerns in accessing capital, mentors, and networking opportunities; and (2) advise small business concerns on topics such as market analysis, company strategy, revenue growth, and securing funding.
 The SBA must also develop metrics to evaluate the the program's effectiveness and benefits to the people of the United States that (1) are science-based and statistically driven, (2) reflect the SBA's mission, and (3) include factors relating to the program's economic impact.

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2019-07-30
text: Referred to the House Committee on Small Business.
action_date: 2019-07-30
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2019-07-30
text: Introduced in House
Helping Communities Invest in Infrastructure Act

Bill: 116-hr-4110
Sponsor: Rep. Finkenauer, Abby [D-IA-1]
Introduced: 2019-07-30 in the House
Policy area: Transportation and Public Works
Subjects: Congressional oversight
Government information and archives
Government lending and loan guarantees
Infrastructure development
Roads and highways
Rural conditions and development
Transportation programs funding
User charges and fees

Summary:
action_date: 2019-07-30
text: 

Helping Communities Invest in Infrastructure Act

 
This bill revises the Rural Project Initiative under the transportation infrastructure finance and innovation (TIFIA) program.
 
Specifically, the bill
 
 
increases funding for the initiative from $2 million to $3 million;
 
revises the duties of the National Surface Transportation and Innovative Finance Bureau to provide assistance and communicate best practices and financing and funding opportunities to entities under the program, including by conducting proactive outreach to communities located outside of metropolitan or micropolitan statistical area, and coordinating with other agencies that provide technical assistance for rural communities; and
 
modifies reporting duties for the bureau.
 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2019-07-31
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Highways and Transit.
action_date: 2019-07-30
text: Referred to the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.
action_date: 2019-07-30
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2019-07-30
text: Introduced in House
Combating Meth and Cocaine Act

Bill: 116-hr-4111
Sponsor: Rep. Gibbs, Bob [R-OH-7]
Introduced: 2019-07-30 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Drug trafficking and controlled substances
Drug, alcohol, tobacco use
Health programs administration and funding
Health promotion and preventive care
Medical tests and diagnostic methods
Mental health
Prescription drugs

Summary:
action_date: 2019-07-30
text: 

Combating Meth and Cocaine Act

This bill authorizes the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration to award grants to states for the treatment and prevention of opioid-use disorders. Funds may be used for activities including education, treatment, and medical screenings related to opioid-use disorders, as well as for referrals to behavioral health services and recovery support. Grants also may be used to prevent or treat cocaine- or methamphetamine-use disorders. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2019-07-31
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2019-07-30
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2019-07-30
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2019-07-30
text: Introduced in House
To designate Haiti under section 244 of the Immigration and Nationality Act to permit nationals of Haiti to be eligible for temporary protected status under such section during and after the pendency of certain litigation, and for other purposes.

Bill: 116-hr-4112
Sponsor: Rep. Hastings, Alcee L. [D-FL-20]
Introduced: 2019-07-30 in the House
Policy area: Immigration
Subjects: Caribbean area
Federal district courts
Haiti
Immigration status and procedures
Latin America
Natural disasters

Summary:
action_date: 2019-07-30
text: 
This bill designates Haiti as a temporary protected status (TPS) country from this bill's enactment date to at least 18 months after the conclusion of two lawsuits challenging the President's decision to terminate Haiti's TPS designation. (Nationals of a TPS-designated country shall have work authorization and may not be removed from the United States while the designation is in effect.)


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2019-08-28
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration and Citizenship.
action_date: 2019-07-30
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2019-07-30
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2019-07-30
text: Introduced in House
Public Service Pays Off Act

Bill: 116-hr-4113
Sponsor: Rep. Horn, Kendra S. [D-OK-5]
Introduced: 2019-07-30 in the House
Policy area: Education
Subjects: Government employee pay, benefits, personnel management
Government lending and loan guarantees
Higher education
Interest, dividends, interest rates
Student aid and college costs

Summary:
action_date: 2019-07-30
text: 

Public Service Pays Off Act

 
This bill requires the Department of Education to incrementally cancel a percentage of the obligation to repay the balance on eligible Federal Direct Loans for a borrower who, while employed in public service, makes qualifying payments for 2, 4, 6, 8, and 10 years.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2019-07-30
text: Referred to the House Committee on Education and Labor.
action_date: 2019-07-30
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2019-07-30
text: Introduced in House
Stop Supporting Foreign Interference in Our Democracy Act

Bill: 116-hr-4114
Sponsor: Rep. Houlahan, Chrissy [D-PA-6]
Introduced: 2019-07-30 in the House
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Subjects: Congressional elections
Elections, voting, political campaign regulation
Foreign and international banking
Government ethics and transparency, public corruption
Public participation and lobbying

Summary:
action_date: 2019-07-30
text: 

Stop Supporting Foreign Interference in Our Democracy Act

 
This bill provides statutory authority for the prohibition against a person knowingly providing substantial assistance regarding illegal political spending by a foreign national. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2019-07-30
text: Referred to the House Committee on House Administration.
action_date: 2019-07-30
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2019-07-30
text: Introduced in House
To amend the Congressional Budget and Impoundment Control Act of 1974 to establish a point of order against long-term direct spending, and for other purposes.

Bill: 116-hr-4115
Sponsor: Rep. Johnson, Bill [R-OH-6]
Introduced: 2019-07-30 in the House
Policy area: Economics and Public Finance
Subjects: Accounting and auditing
Budget process
Congressional Budget Office (CBO)
Government studies and investigations
House of Representatives
Legislative rules and procedure
Senate

Summary:
action_date: 2019-07-30
text: 
This bill establishes a point of order against legislation that increases long-term direct spending. The point of order may be raised in the House or the Senate against legislation that would cause a net increase in direct spending of more than $5 billion in any of the four consecutive 10-fiscal year periods beginning with the first fiscal year that is 10 fiscal years after the current fiscal year. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2019-07-30
text: Referred to the Committee on Rules, and in addition to the Committee on the Budget, 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: 2019-07-30
text: Referred to the Committee on Rules, and in addition to the Committee on the Budget, 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: 2019-07-30
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2019-07-30
text: Introduced in House
Prevent Gun Trafficking Act

Bill: 116-hr-4116
Sponsor: Rep. Kelly, Robin L. [D-IL-2]
Introduced: 2019-07-30 in the House
Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement
Subjects: Criminal procedure and sentencing
Firearms and explosives
Retail and wholesale trades
Smuggling and trafficking

Summary:
action_date: 2019-07-30
text: 

Prevent Gun Trafficking Act

 
This bill makes gun trafficking a federal crime.
 
Specifically, the bill prohibits (1) knowingly purchasing, acquiring, or attempting to purchase or acquire a firearm from or through a federal firearms licensee for the possession of a third party; or (2) soliciting, hiring, demanding, or ordering another person to purchase, or attempt to purchase, a firearm for the person or transferring the firearm to a third party. Firearms obtained in violation of this prohibition are subject to the forfeiture provisions of the federal criminal code. 
 
The prohibition does not apply to a firearm lawfully acquired as a bona fide gift between family members or transferred to an agent of a lawful business for the lawful use in such business.
 
A person who commits a gun trafficking offense is subject to a fine, a prison term of up to 10 years, or both. 
 
In addition, the bill prohibits the sale or disposition of a firearm or ammunition to persons who intend to unlawfully sell or dispose of the firearm or ammunition.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2019-08-28
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security.
action_date: 2019-07-30
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2019-07-30
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2019-07-30
text: Introduced in House
IRA Preservation Act of 2019

Bill: 116-hr-4117
Sponsor: Rep. Kind, Ron [D-WI-3]
Introduced: 2019-07-30 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Department of the Treasury
Employee benefits and pensions
Government information and archives
Income tax deductions
Income tax deferral
Income tax exclusion
Interest, dividends, interest rates
Sales and excise taxes
Tax administration and collection, taxpayers

Summary:
action_date: 2019-07-30
text: 

IRA Preservation Act of 2019

 
This bill modifies requirements for individual retirement accounts (IRAs). It requires the Department of the Treasury to make available to the public an overview of the laws and regulations related to IRAs and examples of common IRA errors and how to avoid them. 
 
The bill amends the Internal Revenue Code to (1) reduce penalties for taxpayers who voluntarily correct certain IRA errors, including excess contributions and failures to take required minimum distributions; (2) eliminate the 10% additional tax on early distributions that are attributable to withdrawal of interest or other income earned on excess contributions to an IRA; (3) repeal the tax disqualification penalty (loss of tax-exempt status) for accounts where employees engage in certain prohibited transactions; and (4) revise the statute of limitations for collecting certain taxes in connection with an IRA. 
 
Treasury must expand the Employee Plans Compliance Resolution System to allow trustees, custodians, and issuers of IRAs to address inadvertent failures for which an IRA owner was not at fault. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2019-07-30
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2019-07-30
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2019-07-30
text: Introduced in House
Hate Crimes Commission Act of 2019

Bill: 116-hr-4118
Sponsor: Rep. Krishnamoorthi, Raja [D-IL-8]
Introduced: 2019-07-30 in the House
Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement
Subjects: Advisory bodies
Congressional oversight
Crime prevention
Criminal justice information and records
Government studies and investigations
Hate crimes
Law enforcement administration and funding

Summary:
action_date: 2019-07-30
text: 

Hate Crimes Commission Act of 2019

 
This bill establishes the United States Commission on Hate Crimes. The commission must investigate and report on the following: 
 
 
whether hate crimes have increased; 
 
factors that contributed to an increase in hate crimes, if one is determined to exist; 
 
policies or actions by law enforcement agencies to reduce the commission of hate crimes; and 
 
the impact of underreporting on hate crimes statistics and prevention.
 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2019-08-28
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security.
action_date: 2019-07-30
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2019-07-30
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2019-07-30
text: Introduced in House