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SECURE Firearm Storage Act

Bill: 116-hr-939
Sponsor: Rep. Schneider, Bradley Scott [D-IL-10]
Introduced: 2019-01-31 in the House
Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement
Subjects: Administrative remedies
Business records
Civil actions and liability
Department of Justice
Firearms and explosives
Manufacturing
Retail and wholesale trades

Summary:
action_date: 2019-01-31
text: 

Safety Enhancements for Communities Using Reasonable and Effective Firearm Storage Act or the SECURE Firearm Storage Act

 
This bill establishes security requirements for the business premises of a licensed firearms importer, manufacturer, or dealer.
 
Specifically, when the premises are closed for business, an importer, manufacturer, or dealer must secure the firearms inventory and securely store paper business records.
 
A violator is subject to penalties&#8212;a civil fine, suspension or revocation of a license, or both a civil fine and suspension or revocation of a license.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2019-03-22
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security.
action_date: 2019-01-31
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2019-01-31
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2019-01-31
text: Introduced in House
Bicameral Congressional Trade Authority Act of 2019

Bill: 116-hr-940
Sponsor: Rep. Gallagher, Mike [R-WI-8]
Introduced: 2019-01-31 in the House
Policy area: Foreign Trade and International Finance
Subjects: Congressional oversight
Energy storage, supplies, demand
Government studies and investigations
Infrastructure development
Legislative rules and procedure
Military procurement, research, weapons development
Presidents and presidential powers, Vice Presidents
Tariffs
Trade restrictions

Summary:
action_date: 2019-01-31
text: 

Bicameral Congressional Trade Authority Act of 2019

 
This bill requires congressional approval for a presidential import adjustment due to a national security threat from an import related to military equipment, energy resources, or critical infrastructure essential to national security. Specifically, the bill requires the President to submit a proposal to Congress, which Congress may approve by a joint resolution. Under current law, the President determines whether any adjustment of an import is necessary and must submit to Congress the reasons for any action taken or not taken. 
 
The Department of Defense (currently, the Department of Commerce) must investigate the effect of these imports on national security.
 
The bill retroactively applies to any proposed action made four years before enactment of this bill. In general, any rate of duty modification occurring in the time period beginning four years before and ending the day before enactment of this bill must revert to the previous rate unless it receives congressional approval. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2019-01-31
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Trade.
action_date: 2019-01-31
text: Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committee on Rules, 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: 2019-01-31
text: Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committee on Rules, 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: 2019-01-31
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2019-01-31
text: Introduced in House
Increasing Veteran Access to Colorectal Cancer Screening Act of 2019

Bill: 116-hr-941
Sponsor: Rep. Bergman, Jack [R-MI-1]
Introduced: 2019-01-31 in the House
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Cancer
Health promotion and preventive care
Medical tests and diagnostic methods
Veterans' medical care

Summary:
action_date: 2019-01-31
text: 

Increasing Veteran Access to Colorectal Cancer Screening Act of 2019

 
This bill directs the Department of Veterans Affairs to ensure that the colorectal cancer screening guidelines used in medical facilities at which veterans receive hospital care or medical services include the strategies for screenings included in both the latest recommendations of the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force and the Healthcare Effectiveness Data and Information Set issued by the National Committee for Quality Assurance.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2019-03-01
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2019-01-31
text: Referred to the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
action_date: 2019-01-31
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2019-01-31
text: Introduced in House
SAFETY Act

Bill: 116-hr-942
Sponsor: Rep. Himes, James A. [D-CT-4]
Introduced: 2019-01-31 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Advanced technology and technological innovations
Firearms and explosives
Income tax credits
Income tax deductions
Licensing and registrations
Research and development
Sales and excise taxes
Small business

Summary:
action_date: 2019-01-31
text: 

Start Advancing Firearms Enhancements and Technology Act of 2018 or the SAFETY Act 

 
This bill increases the rate of the research tax credit from 20% to 30% for research expenses to develop smart gun technologies. The bill also modifies the excise tax on the sale of firearms to exempt the portion of the sale price that is attributable to smart gun technology. 
 
&quot;Smart gun technology&quot; is technology (other than a simple mechanical lock) that is designed to (1) prevent a firearm from being fired by any individual other than an authorized user; and (2) convert the firearm from the inoperable condition to the operable condition in less than two seconds after the authorized user makes contact with the firearm, the firearm's arming device, or an external safe or locking device. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2019-01-31
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2019-01-31
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2019-01-31
text: Introduced in House
Smart Choices Act

Bill: 116-hr-944
Sponsor: Rep. Murphy, Stephanie N. [D-FL-7]
Introduced: 2019-01-31 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Government information and archives
Health care coverage and access
Health programs administration and funding
Medicaid
State and local government operations

Summary:
action_date: 2019-01-31
text: 

Smart Choices Act

 
This bill requires the Medicaid and Children's Health Insurance Program (CHIP) Payment and Access Commission to publish annually a report regarding the effects of Medicaid expansion under the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act. The report must include funding and coverage information for states participating in Medicaid expansion, as well as information on the potential effects of expansion for states that have not elected to do so.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2019-01-31
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2019-01-31
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2019-01-31
text: Introduced in House
Mental Health Access Improvement Act of 2019

Bill: 116-hr-945
Sponsor: Rep. Thompson, Mike [D-CA-5]
Introduced: 2019-01-31 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Health care coverage and access
Health facilities and institutions
Long-term, rehabilitative, and terminal care
Medicare
Mental health
Rural conditions and development

Summary:
action_date: 2019-01-31
text: 

Mental Health Access Improvement Act of 

2019

 
This bill provides for coverage of marriage and family therapist services and mental health counselor services under Medicare. It also excludes such services from the skilled nursing facility prospective payment system, and authorizes marriage and family therapists and mental health counselors to develop discharge plans for post-hospital services. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2020-09-09
text: Ordered to be Reported (Amended) by Voice Vote.
action_date: 2020-09-09
text: Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
action_date: 2020-06-30
text: Subcommittee Hearings Held.
action_date: 2019-02-01
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2019-01-31
text: Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on Ways and Means, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
action_date: 2019-01-31
text: Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on Ways and Means, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
action_date: 2019-01-31
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2019-01-31
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2019-01-31
text: Introduced in House
Stopping Bad Robocalls Act

Bill: 116-hr-946
Sponsor: Rep. Pallone, Frank, Jr. [D-NJ-6]
Introduced: 2019-02-04 in the House
Policy area: Science, Technology, Communications
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Civil actions and liability
Congressional oversight
Consumer affairs
Federal Communications Commission (FCC)
Fraud offenses and financial crimes
Government information and archives
Telephone and wireless communication

Summary:
action_date: 2019-02-04
text: 

Stopping Bad Robocalls Act

 
This bill expands measures to protect consumers from unlawful robocalls.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2019-04-30
text: Subcommittee Hearings Held.
action_date: 2019-02-05
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Communications and Technology.
action_date: 2019-02-04
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2019-02-04
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2019-02-04
text: Introduced in House
Supplemental Security Income Equality Act

Bill: 116-hr-947
Sponsor: Resident Commissioner González-Colón, Jenniffer [R-PR-At Large]
Introduced: 2019-02-04 in the House
Policy area: Social Welfare
Subjects: Administrative remedies
American Samoa
Caribbean area
Guam
Poverty and welfare assistance
Puerto Rico
Social Security Administration
U.S. territories and protectorates
Virgin Islands

Summary:
action_date: 2019-02-04
text: 

Supplemental Security Income Equality Act 
 
This bill extends the Supplemental Security Income (SSI) program to Puerto Rico, the Virgin Islands, and Guam. (When Congress created the SSI program in 1972, it excluded these territories.) 
 
This bill also eliminates a limit on payments from various Department of Health and Human Services programs to the territories.
 
The Social Security Administration may waive or modify statutory requirements relating to the provision of benefits as necessary to adapt the program to each territory. 
 



Legislative actions:
action_date: 2019-02-04
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Worker and Family Support.
action_date: 2019-02-04
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2019-02-04
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2019-02-04
text: Introduced in House
NOPEC

Bill: 116-hr-948
Sponsor: Rep. Chabot, Steve [R-OH-1]
Introduced: 2019-02-04 in the House
Policy area: Foreign Trade and International Finance
Subjects: Competition and antitrust
Energy prices
Energy storage, supplies, demand
Government liability
Jurisdiction and venue
Oil and gas
Sovereignty, recognition, national governance and status

Summary:
action_date: 2019-02-04
text: 

No Oil Producing and Exporting Cartels Act of 2019 or NOPEC 

 
This bill prohibits a foreign state from engaging in collective action impacting the market, supply, price, or distribution of oil, natural gas, or other petroleum product in the U.S. Specifically, a foreign state is prohibited from
 
 
collective action that limits the production or distribution of such product, 
 
collective action to set or maintain the price of such product, or 
 
any other action that restrains trade of such product. 
 
 
Specified defenses such as sovereign immunity (i.e., a foreign state's immunity from the jurisdiction of U.S. courts) and the act of state doctrine (i.e., the prohibition of a court invalidating an official act of a foreign sovereign performed within its own territory) shall not apply to a foreign state's violation of this bill. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2019-02-07
text: Ordered to be Reported by Voice Vote.
action_date: 2019-02-07
text: Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
action_date: 2019-02-04
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2019-02-04
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2019-02-04
text: Introduced in House
Free Speech Fairness Act

Bill: 116-hr-949
Sponsor: Rep. Scalise, Steve [R-LA-1]
Introduced: 2019-02-04 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Elections, voting, political campaign regulation
Public participation and lobbying
Social work, volunteer service, charitable organizations
Tax-exempt organizations

Summary:
action_date: 2019-02-04
text: 

Free Speech Fairness Act 

 
This bill permits a tax-exempt organization to make certain statements related to a political campaign without losing its tax-exempt status. An organization may not lose its tax-exempt status under section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code or be deemed to have participated in, or intervened in any political campaign on behalf of (or in opposition to) any candidate for public office, solely because of the content of any statement that (1) is made in the ordinary course of the organization's regular and customary activities in carrying out its exempt purpose, and (2) results in the organization incurring not more than de minimis incremental expenses.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2019-02-04
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2019-02-04
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2019-02-04
text: Introduced in House
Presidential Tax Disclosure Act of 2019

Bill: 116-hr-950
Sponsor: Rep. Cicilline, David N. [D-RI-1]
Introduced: 2019-02-04 in the House
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Subjects: Civil actions and liability
Congressional oversight
Fraud offenses and financial crimes
Government ethics and transparency, public corruption
Government information and archives
Presidents and presidential powers, Vice Presidents
Tax administration and collection, taxpayers

Summary:
action_date: 2019-02-04
text: 

Presidential Tax Disclosure Act of 201

9

 
This bill requires any individual holding the office of President to submit federal tax returns to the Office of Government Ethics (OGE). The individual must submit (1) each return filed with the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) for any year ending while the individual is President, and (2) each return filed with the IRS for the three years before the individual assumed office. 
 
After receiving the returns, the OGE must (1) make the returns publicly available on the Internet, and (2) submit the returns to specified congressional committees. 
 
No information may be redacted from the disclosed returns except for (1) Social Security, tax identification, and account identification numbers; and (2) the name of any dependent of the taxpayer. 
 
The bill establishes civil and criminal penalties to enforce the disclosure requirements. It also permits the IRS to disclose to the OGE any federal tax return that is required to be disclosed by this bill, but has not been submitted to the OGE within a specified deadline. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2019-02-04
text: Referred to the Committee on Oversight and Reform, and in addition to the Committee on Ways and Means, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
action_date: 2019-02-04
text: Referred to the Committee on Oversight and Reform, and in addition to the Committee on Ways and Means, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
action_date: 2019-02-04
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2019-02-04
text: Introduced in House
United States-Mexico Tourism Improvement Act of 2019

Bill: 116-hr-951
Sponsor: Rep. Cuellar, Henry [D-TX-28]
Introduced: 2019-02-04 in the House
Policy area: International Affairs
Subjects: Latin America
Mexico
Public-private cooperation
Travel and tourism

Summary:
action_date: 2019-02-04
text: 

United States-Mexico Tourism Improvement Act of 2019

 
This bill directs the Department of State to develop and report to Congress a strategy to improve bilateral tourism between the United States and Mexico and third-party tourism to the two countries. The strategy shall involve dialogue and cooperation between the two governments. It shall prioritize sectors including hospitality, retail, medical and dental care, and cultural education. 
 

action_date: 2019-06-10
text: 

United States-Mexico Tourism Improvement Act of 2019

 
This bill directs the Department of State to develop and report to Congress a strategy to improve bilateral tourism between the United States and Mexico and third-party tourism to the two countries. The strategy shall involve dialogue and cooperation between the two governments. It shall prioritize sectors including hospitality, retail, and cultural education. 
 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2019-06-11
text: Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations.
action_date: 2019-06-10
text: Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
action_date: 2019-06-10
text: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by voice vote. (text: CR H4381-4382)
action_date: 2019-06-10
text: Passed/agreed to in House: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by voice vote.(text: CR H4381-4382)
action_date: 2019-06-10
text: DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on H.R. 951.
action_date: 2019-06-10
text: Considered under suspension of the rules. (consideration: CR H4381-4383)
action_date: 2019-06-10
text: Mr. Engel moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended.
action_date: 2019-04-09
text: Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
action_date: 2019-04-09
text: Committee Agreed to Seek Consideration Under Suspension of the Rules.
action_date: 2019-04-09
text: Ordered to be Reported (Amended) by Voice Vote.
action_date: 2019-03-14
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Western Hemisphere, Civilian Security and Trade.
action_date: 2019-02-04
text: Referred to the House Committee on Foreign Affairs.
action_date: 2019-02-04
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2019-02-04
text: Introduced in House
Armor-Piercing Bullets Act of 2019

Bill: 116-hr-952
Sponsor: Rep. Engel, Eliot L. [D-NY-16]
Introduced: 2019-02-04 in the House
Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement
Subjects: Firearms and explosives

Summary:
action_date: 2019-02-04
text: 

Armor-Piercing Bullets Act of 2019

 
This bill establishes a framework for determining whether certain armor piercing ammunition is primarily intended for sporting purposes. Current law prohibits the import, manufacture, and distribution of armor piercing ammunition. However, armor piercing ammunition that is primarily intended for sporting purposes is exempt from the prohibition and may be lawfully imported, manufactured, and distributed.

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2019-03-22
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security.
action_date: 2019-02-04
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2019-02-04
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2019-02-04
text: Introduced in House
To prohibit consumer reporting agencies from including adverse information in certain consumer reports, and from making adverse determinations relating to security clearances, with respect to certain individuals affected by the Government shutdown, and for other purposes.

Bill: 116-hr-953
Sponsor: Rep. Evans, Dwight [D-PA-3]
Introduced: 2019-02-04 in the House
Policy area: Finance and Financial Sector
Subjects: Appropriations
Business records
Consumer credit
Executive agency funding and structure
Government employee pay, benefits, personnel management
Intelligence activities, surveillance, classified information
Small business

Summary:
action_date: 2019-02-04
text: 
This bill prohibits consumer reporting agencies from including certain adverse credit information in a consumer report. Specifically, adverse credit information relating to certain employees affected by a federal government shutdown may not be included in a consumer report. The bill also prohibits the head of an agency from making adverse security clearance or access determinations for an individual solely due to their failure to make debt payments as a result of a federal government shutdown. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2019-02-04
text: Referred to the Committee on Oversight and Reform, and in addition to the Committee on Financial 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: 2019-02-04
text: Referred to the Committee on Oversight and Reform, and in addition to the Committee on Financial 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: 2019-02-04
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2019-02-04
text: Introduced in House
GEAR UP for Success Act of 2019

Bill: 116-hr-954
Sponsor: Rep. Hurd, Will [R-TX-23]
Introduced: 2019-02-04 in the House
Policy area: Education
Subjects: Education of the disadvantaged
Education programs funding
Elementary and secondary education
Government lending and loan guarantees
Government studies and investigations
Higher education
Student aid and college costs

Summary:
action_date: 2019-02-04
text: 

GEAR UP for Success Act of 

2019

 
This bill reauthorizes through FY2025 and revises the Gaining Early Awareness and Readiness for Undergraduate Programs (GEAR UP).
 
The bill adds metrics for program evaluations and makes other revisions to GEAR UP, including with respect to authorized uses of funds.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2019-02-04
text: Referred to the House Committee on Education and Labor.
action_date: 2019-02-04
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2019-02-04
text: Introduced in House