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Women Veterans and Families Health Services Act of 2019

Bill: 116-hr-955
Sponsor: Rep. Larsen, Rick [D-WA-2]
Introduced: 2019-02-04 in the House
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Adoption and foster care
Child care and development
Congressional oversight
Department of Veterans Affairs
Medical research
Mental health
Military medicine
Military personnel and dependents
Sex and reproductive health
Veterans' medical care
Women's health

Summary:
action_date: 2019-02-04
text: 

Women Veterans and Families Health Services Act of 2019

 
This bill addresses fertility treatments, counseling, and other health-related programs for veterans and members of the Armed Forces.
 
Specifically, the bill requires the Department of Defense (DOD) and the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) to provide fertility treatments and counseling to covered veterans and active duty servicemembers or a spouse, partner, or gestational surrogate of such veteran or servicemember. A covered veteran or service member is a severely wounded, ill, or injured former or current member of the Armed Forces who has an infertility condition incurred or aggravated while serving on active duty.
 
DOD must establish procedures related to gamete retrieval and storage.
 
 Fertility counseling and treatment are included within authorized VA medical services. 
 
The VA may pay the adoption expenses (for up to three adoptions) for a covered member who is enrolled in the VA health care system.
 
 The VA must facilitate specified reproduction and infertility research conducted collaboratively by DOD and the Department of Health and Human Services. 
 
 The VA shall enhance the capabilities of the VA women veterans contact center to respond to assistance requests and refer such veterans to federal or community resources. 
 
 The bill permanently extends and expands a VA pilot program related to group reintegration and readjustment services for certain women veterans.
 
 The bill provides child care assistance to qualified veterans receiving (1) mental health care services or intensive health care services, and (2) readjustment counseling and related mental health services.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2019-02-22
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2019-02-05
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Military Personnel.
action_date: 2019-02-04
text: Referred to the Committee on Veterans' 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: 2019-02-04
text: Referred to the Committee on Veterans' 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: 2019-02-04
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2019-02-04
text: Introduced in House
Saving Children Act

Bill: 116-hr-956
Sponsor: Rep. Lesko, Debbie [R-AZ-8]
Introduced: 2019-02-04 in the House
Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement
Subjects: Abortion
Civil actions and liability
Criminal investigation, prosecution, interrogation

Summary:
action_date: 2019-02-04
text: 

Saving Children Act

 
This bill establishes a new criminal offense that prohibits a physician from knowingly performing a dismemberment abortion. It provides a definition of the term &quot;dismemberment abortion.&quot;
 
A physician who performs a dismemberment abortion is subject to a criminal fine, up to two years in prison, or both, unless the dismemberment abortion was necessary to save the mother's life.
 
A woman or a parent of a minor who undergoes a dismemberment abortion may file a civil action for damages against an individual who violates this bill.
 
The legislation bars the criminal prosecution of a woman who undergoes a dismemberment abortion for conspiracy to violate the provisions of this bill, for being a principal or an accessory after the fact, or for concealing a dismemberment abortion.



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
Tax Cuts and Jobs Middle Class Enhancement Act

Bill: 116-hr-957
Sponsor: Rep. Mitchell, Paul [R-MI-10]
Introduced: 2019-02-04 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Africa
Bank accounts, deposits, capital
Commuting
Corporate finance and management
Disability and paralysis
Egypt
Gambling
Health care costs and insurance
Housing finance and home ownership
Income tax credits
Income tax deductions
Income tax exclusion
Income tax rates
Interest, dividends, interest rates
Military personnel and dependents
Pedestrians and bicycling
State and local taxation
Student aid and college costs
Tax treatment of families
Transfer and inheritance taxes
Transportation costs

Summary:
action_date: 2019-02-04
text: 

Tax Cuts and Jobs Middle Class Enhancement Act 

 
The bill makes permanent the tax reductions and other provisions for individuals that were enacted in P.L 115-97 (commonly known as the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act) and are scheduled to expire at the end of 2025.
 
The bill also
 
 
increases the standard deduction, 
 
 makes permanent the reduction in the adjusted gross income threshold that must be exceeded before a taxpayer is allowed to claim an itemized deduction for medical expenses, and
 
 increases the refundable portion of the child tax credit. 
 


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
Native Youth and Tribal Officer Protection Act

Bill: 116-hr-958
Sponsor: Rep. O'Halleran, Tom [D-AZ-1]
Introduced: 2019-02-04 in the House
Policy area: Native Americans
Subjects: Child safety and welfare
Crime victims
Crimes against children
Crimes against women
Domestic violence and child abuse
Federal-Indian relations
Government information and archives
Indian social and development programs
Intergovernmental relations
Law enforcement officers
Violent crime

Summary:
action_date: 2019-02-04
text: 

Native Youth and Tribal Officer Protection Act

 
This bill extends tribal jurisdiction over the following crimes: 
 
 
violence committed against a child by a caregiver; 
violence against law enforcement officers involved in preventing, investigating, arresting, or prosecuting a person for domestic violence, dating violence, or child violence; 
attempted dating violence or domestic violence; or 
threatened dating violence or domestic violence. 
 
 
In addition, the bill reauthorizes grants to tribal governments for exercising tribal criminal jurisdiction for those crimes through FY2022.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2020-07-22
text: Subcommittee Hearings Held.
action_date: 2019-02-22
text: Referred to the Subcommittee for Indigenous Peoples of the United States.
action_date: 2019-02-04
text: Referred to the Committee on Natural Resources, and in addition to the Committees on Education and Labor, and 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: 2019-02-04
text: Referred to the Committee on Natural Resources, and in addition to the Committees on Education and Labor, and 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: 2019-02-04
text: Referred to the Committee on Natural Resources, and in addition to the Committees on Education and Labor, and 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: 2019-02-04
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2019-02-04
text: Introduced in House
Protect our Girls Act of 2019

Bill: 116-hr-959
Sponsor: Rep. Perry, Scott [R-PA-10]
Introduced: 2019-02-04 in the House
Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement
Subjects: Child health
Crimes against women
Sex and reproductive health
Women's health

Summary:
action_date: 2019-02-04
text: 

Protect our Girls Act of 2019

 
This bill criminalizes additional conduct with respect to female genital mutilation. Specifically, it prohibits interstate travel to commit or facilitate female genital mutilation.


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
Empower our Girls Act

Bill: 116-hr-960
Sponsor: Rep. Perry, Scott [R-PA-10]
Introduced: 2019-02-04 in the House
Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement
Subjects: Child safety and welfare
Crime prevention
Crime victims
Crimes against children
Crimes against women
Criminal investigation, prosecution, interrogation
Government trust funds
Homelessness and emergency shelter
Violent crime

Summary:
action_date: 2019-02-04
text: 

Empower our Girls Act

 
This bill allows certain grants, which are authorized under the Violence Against Women Act to assist victims of violence and assault, to be used to assist victims of female genital mutilation. It also requires the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) to classify the offense of female genital mutilation as a Part II crime in the Uniform Crime Reports. (The FBI compiles crime statistics through the Uniform Crime Reporting Program and periodically releases these reports to the public.)


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 Committee on the Judiciary, 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 the Judiciary, 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
Safeguard American Food Exports Act of 2019

Bill: 116-hr-961
Sponsor: Rep. Schakowsky, Janice D. [D-IL-9]
Introduced: 2019-02-04 in the House
Policy area: Agriculture and Food
Subjects: Food supply, safety, and labeling
Mammals
Meat
Trade restrictions

Summary:
action_date: 2019-02-04
text: 

Safeguard American Food Exports Act of 2019

 
This bill prohibits the knowing sale or transport of equines (i.e., horses or other members of the horse family) or equine parts for human consumption.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2019-03-01
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Livestock and Foreign Agriculture.
action_date: 2019-02-04
text: Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on Agriculture, 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 Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on Agriculture, 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
Born-Alive Abortion Survivors Protection Act

Bill: 116-hr-962
Sponsor: Rep. Wagner, Ann [R-MO-2]
Introduced: 2019-02-05 in the House
Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement
Subjects: Abortion
Civil actions and liability
Criminal investigation, prosecution, interrogation
Health personnel
Legal fees and court costs
Medical ethics
Violent crime

Summary:
action_date: 2019-02-05
text: 

Born-Alive Abortion Survivors Protection Act

This bill establishes requirements for the degree of care a health care practitioner must exercise in the event a child is born alive following an abortion or attempted abortion.
 
 A health care practitioner who is present must (1) exercise the same degree of care as reasonably provided to another child born alive at the same gestational age, and (2) immediately admit the child to a hospital. The bill also requires a health care practitioner or other employee to immediately report any failure to comply with this requirement to law enforcement.
 
A person who violates the requirements is subject to criminal penalties&#8212;a fine, up to five years in prison, or both.
 
Additionally, an individual who intentionally kills or attempts to kill a child born alive is subject to prosecution for murder.
 
The bill bars the criminal prosecution of a mother of a child born alive for conspiracy to violate these provisions, for being an accessory after the fact, or for concealment of felony.
 
A woman who undergoes an abortion or attempted abortion may file a civil action for damages against an individual who violates this bill. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2019-03-22
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security.
action_date: 2019-02-06
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR H1367)
action_date: 2019-02-05
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2019-02-05
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2019-02-05
text: Introduced in House
Home Loan Quality Transparency Act of 2019

Bill: 116-hr-963
Sponsor: Rep. Velazquez, Nydia M. [D-NY-7]
Introduced: 2019-02-05 in the House
Policy area: Finance and Financial Sector
Subjects: Banking and financial institutions regulation
Business records
Government information and archives
Housing finance and home ownership

Summary:
action_date: 2019-02-05
text: 

Home Loan Quality Transparency Act of 2019 

 
This bill expands requirements for public disclosures by depository institutions and credit unions regarding mortgages and home equity lines of credit. Specifically, institutions originating fewer than 500 mortgage loans or open-end lines of credit annually are no longer exempt from certain financial reporting. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2019-02-05
text: Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services.
action_date: 2019-02-05
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2019-02-05
text: Introduced in House
Walter B. Jones Restoring Power to Congress Act

Bill: 116-hr-966
Sponsor: Rep. Garamendi, John [D-CA-3]
Introduced: 2019-02-05 in the House
Policy area: International Affairs
Subjects: Congressional oversight
Military operations and strategy
Presidents and presidential powers, Vice Presidents
Terrorism
War and emergency powers

Summary:
action_date: 2019-02-05
text: 

Walter B. Jones Restoring Power to Congress Act

 
This bill repeals the Authorization for Use of Military Force signed into law September 18, 2001. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2019-02-05
text: Referred to the House Committee on Foreign Affairs.
action_date: 2019-02-05
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2019-02-05
text: Introduced in House
Clean Water for Rural Communities Act

Bill: 116-hr-967
Sponsor: Rep. Gianforte, Greg [R-MT-At Large]
Introduced: 2019-02-05 in the House
Policy area: Water Resources Development
Subjects: Electric power generation and transmission
Montana
North Dakota
Rural conditions and development
Water resources funding
Water storage
Water use and supply

Summary:
action_date: 2019-02-05
text: 

Clean Water for Rural Communities Act

 
This bill authorizes rural water supply projects in Montana and North Dakota.
 
Specifically, the bill authorizes the Department of the Interior to (1) plan and construct the Musselshell-Judith Rural Water System for certain communities in Montana, and (2) study the feasibility of constructing the Dry-Redwater Regional Water System for certain communities in Montana and North Dakota.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2019-06-13
text: Subcommittee Hearings Held.
action_date: 2019-02-22
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Water, Oceans, and Wildlife.
action_date: 2019-02-05
text: Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.
action_date: 2019-02-05
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2019-02-05
text: Introduced in House
No Taxpayer Funding for the Wall Act

Bill: 116-hr-968
Sponsor: Rep. Moore, Gwen [D-WI-4]
Introduced: 2019-02-05 in the House
Policy area: Immigration
Subjects: Accounting and auditing
Border security and unlawful immigration
Budget process
Congressional oversight
Executive agency funding and structure
Government information and archives
Government studies and investigations
International law and treaties
Latin America
Mexico
Office of Management and Budget (OMB)
Public contracts and procurement
User charges and fees

Summary:
action_date: 2019-02-05
text: 

No Taxpayer Funding for the Wall Act

 
This bill prohibits the use of federal funds to construct physical barriers or related infrastructure along the southern U.S. border by federal departments or states that receive federal funding. The President is authorized to enter into a treaty where a foreign country agrees to pay for constructing such a physical barrier. 
 
The Government Accountability Office (GAO) shall conduct yearly audits of federal departments and states that receive federal funding to ensure compliance with this prohibition. The bill authorizes penalties against departments or states when the GAO is unable to confirm compliance. 
 
The bill directs the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) to report the budgetary impact of any executive order or presidential memorandum related to border security issued from FY2019 to FY2023. OMB shall also establish a public website tracking non-federal funds, including those received from foreign governments, for building physical barriers along the southern U.S. border.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2019-02-22
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Border Security, Facilitation, and Operations.
action_date: 2019-02-05
text: Referred to the Committee on Homeland Security, and in addition to the Committee on Foreign Affairs, 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: 2019-02-05
text: Referred to the Committee on Homeland Security, and in addition to the Committee on Foreign Affairs, 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: 2019-02-05
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2019-02-05
text: Introduced in House
TABS Act of 2019

Bill: 116-hr-969
Sponsor: Rep. Barr, Andy [R-KY-6]
Introduced: 2019-02-05 in the House
Policy area: Finance and Financial Sector
Subjects: Appropriations
Consumer Financial Protection Bureau
Consumer credit
Executive agency funding and structure
Federal Reserve System
Financial services and investments

Summary:
action_date: 2019-02-05
text: 

Taking Account of Bureaucrats' Spending Act of 2019 or the TABS Act of 201

9

 
This bill eliminates provisions in the Consumer Financial Protection Act of 2010 that fund the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) using transfers from the earnings of the Federal Reserve System. The transfers under current law permit the CFPB to be funded outside of the annual appropriations process, and this bill brings the CFPB into the regular process. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2019-02-05
text: Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services.
action_date: 2019-02-05
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2019-02-05
text: Introduced in House
Robert E. Lee Statue Removal Act

Bill: 116-hr-970
Sponsor: Rep. Brown, Anthony G. [D-MD-4]
Introduced: 2019-02-05 in the House
Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources
Subjects: Conflicts and wars
Congressional oversight
Maryland
Military history
Monuments and memorials
Parks, recreation areas, trails
Racial and ethnic relations
U.S. history

Summary:
action_date: 2019-02-05
text: 

Robert E. Lee Statue Removal Act

 
This bill directs the Department of the Interior to develop a plan to remove the monument to Robert E. Lee at Antietam National Battlefield in Maryland. 
 
Interior must submit to Congress a time line for the removal of such monument in accordance with the plan. 

action_date: 2020-12-02
text: 

Robert E. Lee Statue Removal Act

 
This bill directs the National Park Service to remove and appropriately dispose of the monument to General Robert E. Lee at the Antietam National Battlefield in Maryland. 

action_date: 2020-12-10
text: 

Robert E. Lee Statue Removal Act

 
This bill directs the National Park Service to remove and appropriately dispose of the monument to General Robert E. Lee at the Antietam National Battlefield in Maryland. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2020-12-11
text: Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
action_date: 2020-12-10
text: Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
action_date: 2020-12-10
text: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by voice vote. (text: CR H7118)
action_date: 2020-12-10
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 H7118)
action_date: 2020-12-10
text: DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on H.R. 970.
action_date: 2020-12-10
text: Considered under suspension of the rules. (consideration: CR H7118-7119)
action_date: 2020-12-10
text: Mr. Huffman moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended.
action_date: 2020-12-02
text: Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 500.
action_date: 2020-12-02
text: Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Natural Resources. H. Rept. 116-608.
action_date: 2020-12-02
text: Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Natural Resources. H. Rept. 116-608.
action_date: 2020-09-30
text: Ordered to be Reported (Amended) by Voice Vote.
action_date: 2020-09-30
text: Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
action_date: 2020-09-30
text: Subcommittee on National Parks, Forests, and Public Lands Discharged.
action_date: 2020-07-21
text: Subcommittee Hearings Held.
action_date: 2019-02-22
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on National Parks, Forests, and Public Lands.
action_date: 2019-02-05
text: Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.
action_date: 2019-02-05
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2019-02-05
text: Introduced in House