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Freedom for Small Businesses Act of 2019

Bill: 116-hr-2971
Sponsor: Rep. Biggs, Andy [R-AZ-5]
Introduced: 2019-05-23 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Income tax deductions
Small business
Tax administration and collection, taxpayers

Summary:
action_date: 2019-05-23
text: 

Freedom for Small Businesses Act of 2019

 
This bill revises the tax deduction for qualified business income to (1) make such deduction permanent, (2) limit to 21% the top tax rate on qualified business income, (3) repeal the limitation on the deduction based on amount of wages paid, and (4) revise the definition of 
qualified trade or business
 to mean any trade or business other than the trade of business of performing services as an employee.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2019-05-23
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2019-05-23
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2019-05-23
text: Introduced in House
To direct the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to improve the communications of the Department of Veterans Affairs relating to services available for women veterans, and for other purposes.

Bill: 116-hr-2972
Sponsor: Rep. Brindisi, Anthony [D-NY-22]
Introduced: 2019-05-23 in the House
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Government information and archives
Telephone and wireless communication
Veterans' education, employment, rehabilitation
Veterans' loans, housing, homeless programs
Veterans' medical care
Veterans' organizations and recognition
Women's employment
Women's health

Summary:
action_date: 2019-05-23
text: 
This bill requires the Department of Veterans Affairs to (1) expand the capabilities of the Women Veterans Call Center by including a text messaging capability, and (2) publish a website providing information for women veterans about the benefits and services available to them.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2019-09-11
text: Subcommittee Hearings Held.
action_date: 2019-06-13
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2019-05-23
text: Referred to the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
action_date: 2019-05-23
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2019-05-23
text: Introduced in House
Arrest Statistics Reporting Act of 2019

Bill: 116-hr-2973
Sponsor: Rep. Brooks, Mo [R-AL-5]
Introduced: 2019-05-23 in the House
Policy area: Immigration
Subjects: Criminal investigation, prosecution, interrogation
Criminal justice information and records
Government information and archives
Immigration status and procedures

Summary:
action_date: 2019-05-23
text: 

Arrest Statistics Reporting Act of 2019

 
This bill directs U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) to annually issue a public report regarding the immigration status of certain arrested persons. 
 
Specifically, the report shall include each arrested person (1) who has been the subject of an information request from a law enforcement agency to the Law Enforcement Support Center within ICE, or (2) whose information has been forwarded under the information sharing program between the Department of Justice and the Department of Homeland Security. For each person, the report shall include (1) the person's immigration status, (2) the person's nationality, and (3) the crime for which the person was arrested.
 
The Federal Bureau of Investigation shall (1) revise the Uniform Crime Reports to include such information in each arrest report, and (2) publish tables summarizing such information.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2019-06-28
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration and Citizenship.
action_date: 2019-05-23
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2019-05-23
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2019-05-23
text: Introduced in House
Youth Financial Learning Act

Bill: 116-hr-2974
Sponsor: Rep. Cartwright, Matt [D-PA-8]
Introduced: 2019-05-23 in the House
Policy area: Education
Subjects: Education programs funding
Elementary and secondary education
Financial literacy
Teaching, teachers, curricula

Summary:
action_date: 2019-05-23
text: 

Youth Financial Learning Act

 
This bill directs the Department of Education to award grants, on a competitive basis, to state educational agencies to integrate financial literacy education into public elementary or secondary schools.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2019-05-23
text: Referred to the House Committee on Education and Labor.
action_date: 2019-05-23
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2019-05-23
text: Introduced in House
Women’s Health Protection Act of 2019

Bill: 116-hr-2975
Sponsor: Rep. Chu, Judy [D-CA-27]
Introduced: 2019-05-23 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Abortion
Civil actions and liability
Federal preemption
Health care coverage and access
Health facilities and institutions
Health personnel
Medical tests and diagnostic methods
Women's health

Summary:
action_date: 2019-05-23
text: 

Women's Health Protection Act of 2019

 
 This bill prohibits state or local governments from imposing certain restrictions on access to abortion services. Specifically, state or local government may not require
 
 
unnecessary tests or procedures in connection with the provision of abortion services,
 
the same health care provider who provides abortion services to perform such tests or procedures,
 
providers to offer medically inaccurate information to patients before or during abortion services,
 
providers to refrain from prescribing certain drugs,
 
certain hospital facility transfer agreements,
 
one or more medically unnecessary in-person visits, or
 
patients to disclose the reason for seeking abortion services.
 
 
The bill also prohibits limitations or requirements that both single out and impede access to abortion services based on a number of factors (e.g., restrictions that are reasonably likely to decrease the availability of abortion services in a state). A state or local government also may not prohibit abortions prior to fetal viability nor prohibit abortions after fetal viability in cases where the health care provider determines that continuing the pregnancy poses a risk to the patient's life or health.
 
 Additionally, the Department of Justice, individuals, or health care providers may bring a lawsuit to prospectively enjoin a limitation or restriction that is prohibited by this bill. The bill further requires the government defending such a limitation or restriction to show that (1) it significantly advances the safety of abortion services or patient health, and (2) such advancement cannot be met by a less-restrictive measure.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2019-05-24
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2019-05-23
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2019-05-23
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2019-05-23
text: Introduced in House
Filing Relief for Natural Disasters Act

Bill: 116-hr-2976
Sponsor: Rep. Chu, Judy [D-CA-27]
Introduced: 2019-05-23 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Disaster relief and insurance
Natural disasters
State and local government operations
Tax administration and collection, taxpayers

Summary:
action_date: 2019-05-23
text: 

Filing Relief for Natural Disasters Act

 
This bill authorizes the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) to postpone federal tax deadlines due to an emergency or disaster that has been declared under state law. The IRS may postpone the deadlines upon the request of the governor of the state (or the mayor, in the case of the District of Columbia) in which the emergency or disaster has been declared. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2019-05-23
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2019-05-23
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2019-05-23
text: Introduced in House
DISCLOSE Act of 2019

Bill: 116-hr-2977
Sponsor: Rep. Cicilline, David N. [D-RI-1]
Introduced: 2019-05-23 in the House
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Subjects: Accounting and auditing
Broadcasting, cable, digital technologies
Congressional oversight
Corporate finance and management
Criminal justice information and records
Elections, voting, political campaign regulation
Fraud offenses and financial crimes
Government studies and investigations
Labor-management relations
Political advertising
Tax-exempt organizations
Telephone and wireless communication

Summary:
action_date: 2019-05-23
text: 

Democracy Is Strengthened by Casting Light On Spending in Elections Act of 2019 or the DISCLOSE Act of 2019 

 
This bill expands prohibitions and requires additional disclosures related to political spending. Specifically, foreign nationals are further restricted regarding their involvement in election related activity, including by prohibiting their participation in the decision-making process regarding an election expenditure. Existing foreign money prohibitions are expanded to prohibit disbursements for paid internet or digital communications.
 
The Federal Election Commission must perform an audit after each election cycle to determine the incidence of illicit foreign money.
 
In general, organizations making political expenditures must disclose donors who have contributed $10,000 or more during an election cycle. Certain of these organizations, including corporations, must also disclose their beneficial owners.
 
The bill requires organizations to provide additional disclosures on certain political ads, including the donors who contributed the most money to that organization in the last year. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2019-05-23
text: Referred to the Committee on House Administration, 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: 2019-05-23
text: Referred to the Committee on House Administration, 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: 2019-05-23
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2019-05-23
text: Introduced in House
National Historical Publications and Records Commission Reauthorization Act of 2019

Bill: 116-hr-2978
Sponsor: Rep. Connolly, Gerald E. [D-VA-11]
Introduced: 2019-05-23 in the House
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Subjects: Advisory bodies
Government information and archives
Humanities programs funding
U.S. history

Summary:
action_date: 2019-05-23
text: 

National Historical Publications and Records Commission Reauthorization Act of 2019

 
This bill reauthorizes the National Historical Publications and Records Commission for FY2020-FY2025 and adds the Council of State Archivists as a member of the commission.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2019-06-12
text: Ordered to be Reported in the Nature of a Substitute (Amended) by the Yeas and Nays: 24 - 14.
action_date: 2019-06-12
text: Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
action_date: 2019-05-23
text: Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Reform.
action_date: 2019-05-23
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2019-05-23
text: Introduced in House
Eagle Corps Act of 2019

Bill: 116-hr-2980
Sponsor: Rep. Crawford, Eric A. "Rick" [R-AR-1]
Introduced: 2019-05-23 in the House
Policy area: Immigration
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Department of Education
Department of Justice
Executive agency funding and structure
Government employee pay, benefits, personnel management
Government lending and loan guarantees
Immigration status and procedures
Judicial review and appeals
Lawyers and legal services
National and community service
Student aid and college costs

Summary:
action_date: 2019-05-23
text: 

Eagle Corps Act of 2019

 
This bill establishes the Entry Adjudication through General Legal Expertise Corps (EAGLE Corps) within the Department of Justice (DOJ) for the purpose of addressing inefficiencies in the administration of immigration laws. The EAGLE Corps shall provide legal services for the United States before the immigration courts and also provide administrative and support services.
 
Each EAGLE Corps member may serve for up to 24 months.
 
The bill directs the Department of Education to establish a loan repayment program for repaying certain education loans. DOJ may recruit for potential EAGLE Corps members in law schools, including but not limited to those who may serve pursuant to the loan repayment program. 
 
DOJ may establish fellowship programs for attorneys who have an interest and commitment to serving in the EAGLE Corps. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2019-06-28
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration and Citizenship.
action_date: 2019-05-23
text: Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committee on Education and Labor, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
action_date: 2019-05-23
text: Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committee on Education and Labor, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
action_date: 2019-05-23
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2019-05-23
text: Introduced in House
Parren Mitchell Minority Business Education and Empowerment Act of 2019

Bill: 116-hr-2981
Sponsor: Rep. Cummings, Elijah E. [D-MD-7]
Introduced: 2019-05-23 in the House
Policy area: Education
Subjects: Business education
Congressional oversight
Education programs funding
Higher education
Minority education
Small business

Summary:
action_date: 2019-05-23
text: 

Parren Mitchell Minority Business Education and Empowerment Act of 2019

 
This bill requires the Small Business Administration to award grants through FY2022 to historically black colleges and universities to (1) establish entrepreneurship curricula for undergraduate or graduate studies, and (2) place small business development centers on the physical campuses of such institutions.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2020-10-02
text: ASSUMING FIRST SPONSORSHIP - Mr. Mfume asked unanimous consent that he may hereafter be considered as the first sponsor of H.R. 2981, a bill originally introduced by Representative Cummings, for the purpose of adding cosponsors and requesting reprintings pursuant to clause 7 of rule XII. Agreed to without objection.
action_date: 2019-05-23
text: Referred to the Committee on Education and Labor, and in addition to the Committee on Small Business, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
action_date: 2019-05-23
text: Referred to the Committee on Education and Labor, and in addition to the Committee on Small Business, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
action_date: 2019-05-23
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2019-05-23
text: Introduced in House
Women Veterans Health Care Accountability Act

Bill: 116-hr-2982
Sponsor: Rep. Cunningham, Joe [D-SC-1]
Introduced: 2019-05-23 in the House
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Child care and development
Comprehensive health care
Congressional oversight
Disability and health-based discrimination
Government studies and investigations
Health care coverage and access
Health care quality
Health facilities and institutions
Health personnel
Mental health
Public contracts and procurement
Sex, gender, sexual orientation discrimination
Veterans' medical care
Women's health

Summary:
action_date: 2019-05-23
text: 

Women Veterans Health Care Accountability Act

 
This bill requires the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) to conduct a study and report on the barriers for women veterans to VA health care.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2019-09-11
text: Subcommittee Hearings Held.
action_date: 2019-06-13
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2019-05-23
text: Referred to the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
action_date: 2019-05-23
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2019-05-23
text: Introduced in House
United States Employee Ownership Bank Act

Bill: 116-hr-2983
Sponsor: Rep. DeFazio, Peter A. [D-OR-4]
Introduced: 2019-05-23 in the House
Policy area: Finance and Financial Sector
Subjects: Bank accounts, deposits, capital
Banking and financial institutions regulation
Corporate finance and management
Department of the Treasury
Employee benefits and pensions
Employment discrimination and employee rights
Executive agency funding and structure
Government lending and loan guarantees
Labor-management relations
Unemployment

Summary:
action_date: 2019-05-23
text: 

United States Employee Ownership Bank Act

 
This bill requires the Department of the Treasury to establish the U.S. Employee Ownership Bank, which must provide, in accordance with specified terms, conditions, and other requirements, financial assistance to increase employee ownership of a company.
 
The bill specifies that, in general, if an employer orders the closing of a plant or facility, the employer must offer its employees an opportunity to purchase the plant or facility through an employee stock-ownership plan or an eligible worker-owned cooperative.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2019-05-23
text: Referred to the Committee on Financial Services, and in addition to the Committee on Education and Labor, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
action_date: 2019-05-23
text: Referred to the Committee on Financial Services, and in addition to the Committee on Education and Labor, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
action_date: 2019-05-23
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2019-05-23
text: Introduced in House
Offshore Oil and Gas Worker Whistleblower Protection Act of 2019

Bill: 116-hr-2984
Sponsor: Rep. DeSaulnier, Mark [D-CA-11]
Introduced: 2019-05-23 in the House
Policy area: Labor and Employment
Subjects: Administrative remedies
Civil actions and liability
Department of Labor
Employment discrimination and employee rights
Government information and archives
Government studies and investigations
Legal fees and court costs
Marine and coastal resources, fisheries
Marine pollution
Oil and gas
Personnel records
Pollution liability
Worker safety and health

Summary:
action_date: 2019-05-23
text: 

Offshore Oil and Gas Worker Whistleblower Protection Act of 2019

 
This bill prohibits an employer from discharging or discriminating against employees working in waters above the Outer Continental Shelf who report or testify about violations of the Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act, including about unsafe conditions or the adequacy of any oil spill response plan required by law.
 
The bill sets forth procedures for the filing, investigation, and adjudication of a whistle-blower complaint.
 
Employers are required to
 
 
post a notice approved by the Department of Labor explaining employee rights and remedies in a conspicuous workplace location; 
provide training to employees about their rights within 30 days of employment, and at least once every 12 months thereafter; and 
provide employees with a card containing a toll-free telephone number for obtaining information or for filing a complaint. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2019-05-23
text: Referred to the House Committee on Education and Labor.
action_date: 2019-05-23
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2019-05-23
text: Introduced in House
To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to clarify that payment of taxes on deferred foreign income in installments shall not prevent credit or refund of overpayments or increase estimated taxes.

Bill: 116-hr-2985
Sponsor: Rep. Estes, Ron [R-KS-4]
Introduced: 2019-05-23 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Income tax credits
Interest, dividends, interest rates
Tax administration and collection, taxpayers
Taxation of foreign income

Summary:
action_date: 2019-05-23
text: 
This bill amends the Internal Revenue Code to provide that installment payment of taxes on deferred foreign income shall not prevent a credit or refund of overpayments of tax or an increase in estimated taxes. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2019-05-23
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2019-05-23
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2019-05-23
text: Introduced in House
BEST Act

Bill: 116-hr-2986
Sponsor: Rep. Foster, Bill [D-IL-11]
Introduced: 2019-05-23 in the House
Policy area: Energy
Subjects: Congressional oversight
Electric power generation and transmission
Energy efficiency and conservation
Energy research
Energy storage, supplies, demand
Public-private cooperation
Research administration and funding
Research and development
Technology transfer and commercialization

Summary:
action_date: 2019-05-23
text: 

Better Energy Storage Technology Act or the
 
BEST Act

 
This bill addresses grid-scale energy storage systems.
 
The bill requires the Department of Energy (DOE) to establish within its Office of Electricity a research, development, and demonstration program for grid-scale energy storage systems.
 
DOE must enter into agreements to carry out not more than five demonstration projects and develop a 10-year strategic plan and cost targets for grid-scale energy storage systems.

action_date: 2020-08-07
text: 

Better Energy Storage Technology Act or the
 
BEST Act

 
This bill addresses grid-scale energy storage systems.
 
Specifically, the bill requires the Department of Energy (DOE) to
 
 
establish a research and development program for energy storage systems, components, and materials across multiple program offices of DOE, including analyzing the need for various types of energy storage to improve electric grid resilience and reliability;
 
develop a five-year strategic plan that identifies research, development, demonstration, and commercial application goals for the program;
 
support the standardized testing and validation of energy storage systems under the program through collaboration with one or more National Laboratories;
 
provide technical assistance for commercial application of energy storage technologies to eligible entities;
 
create a competitive grant program for the demonstration of energy storage systems that use either a single system or aggregations of multiple systems; and
 
establish a research, development, and demonstration program of recycling of energy storage systems containing critical minerals. 
 
 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2020-08-07
text: Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 379.
action_date: 2020-08-07
text: Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Science, Space, and Technology. H. Rept. 116-472.
action_date: 2020-08-07
text: Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Science, Space, and Technology. H. Rept. 116-472.
action_date: 2020-02-12
text: Ordered to be Reported (Amended) by Voice Vote.
action_date: 2020-02-12
text: Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
action_date: 2019-12-19
text: Forwarded by Subcommittee to Full Committee (Amended) by Voice Vote .
action_date: 2019-12-19
text: Subcommittee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
action_date: 2019-05-23
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Energy.
action_date: 2019-05-23
text: Referred to the House Committee on Science, Space, and Technology.
action_date: 2019-05-23
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2019-05-23
text: Introduced in House