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ROBO Calls and Texts Act of 2019

Bill: 116-hr-2355
Sponsor: Rep. Eshoo, Anna G. [D-CA-18]
Introduced: 2019-04-25 in the House
Policy area: Science, Technology, Communications
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Consumer affairs
Executive agency funding and structure
Federal Communications Commission (FCC)
Government information and archives
Government studies and investigations
Technology assessment
Telephone and wireless communication

Summary:
action_date: 2019-04-25
text: 

Regulatory Oversight Barring Obnoxious Calls and Texts Act of 2019 or the ROBO Calls and Texts Act of 2019

 
This bill requires the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) to establish a Robocall Division within the Enforcement Bureau.
 
The Robocall Division shall be tasked with (1) ensuring consumer protection and compliance with federal laws relating to robocalls; (2) serving as a line of communication between the federal government and the communications industry, as well as between the FCC and related federal agencies, to coordinate efforts to eliminate robocalls; and (3) managing and addressing consumer complaints regarding robocalls.
 
Additionally, the bill requires the FCC to compel telecommunications providers to adopt technological standards for preventing robocalls. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2019-04-30
text: Subcommittee Hearings Held.
action_date: 2019-04-26
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Communications and Technology.
action_date: 2019-04-25
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2019-04-25
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2019-04-25
text: Introduced in House
Sunshine Forever Act

Bill: 116-hr-2356
Sponsor: Rep. Crist, Charlie [D-FL-13]
Introduced: 2019-04-25 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Alternative and renewable resources
Electric power generation and transmission
Energy efficiency and conservation
Income tax credits
Lighting, heating, cooling
Residential rehabilitation and home repair

Summary:
action_date: 2019-04-25
text: 

Sunshine Forever Act

 
This bill extends for ten years the 30% energy tax credit and its phaseout for solar energy property. It also extends for a ten year period the tax credit for residential energy efficient property with respect to qualified solar electric property and water heating property.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2019-04-25
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2019-04-25
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2019-04-25
text: Introduced in House
Puerto Rico Air Cargo Industry Empowerment Act

Bill: 116-hr-2357
Sponsor: Resident Commissioner González-Colón, Jenniffer [R-PR-At Large]
Introduced: 2019-04-25 in the House
Policy area: Transportation and Public Works
Subjects: Aviation and airports
Caribbean area
Puerto Rico
U.S. territories and protectorates

Summary:
action_date: 2019-04-25
text: 

Puerto Rico Air Cargo Industry Empowerment Act

 
This bill modifies foreign civil aircraft regulation with respect to air cargo in Puerto Rico. Current law prohibits foreign civil aircraft from exchanging cargo in the United States unless the aircraft is specifically authorized to do so or the exchange occurs in Alaska. This bill applies air cargo regulation to Puerto Rico in the same way that it applies to Alaska. Thus, the bill allows foreign civil aircraft to stop in Puerto Rico and exchange cargo with other air carriers.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2019-04-26
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Aviation.
action_date: 2019-04-25
text: Referred to the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.
action_date: 2019-04-25
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2019-04-25
text: Introduced in House
21st Century Civilian Conservation Corps Act

Bill: 116-hr-2358
Sponsor: Rep. Kaptur, Marcy [D-OH-9]
Introduced: 2019-04-25 in the House
Policy area: Labor and Employment
Subjects: Animal and plant health
Employment and training programs
Fires
Floods and storm protection
Forests, forestry, trees
Land use and conservation
Parks, recreation areas, trails
Unemployment
Veterans' education, employment, rehabilitation

Summary:
action_date: 2019-04-25
text: 

21st Century Civilian Conservation Corps Act

 
 This bill authorizes the President, until the end of FY2022, to establish and operate a Civilian Conservation Corps to employ unemployed or underemployed U.S. citizens in the construction, maintenance, and carrying on of public works, such as forestation of U.S. and state lands, prevention of forest fires, floods, and soil erosion, and construction and repair of National Park System paths and trails.
 
If there are insufficient funds to employ all U.S. citizens in the corps, the President must give preference in the hiring process to (1) unemployed veterans, (2) workers who have exhausted their unemployment compensation, and (3) other unemployed workers eligible for unemployment compensation. The President may provide housing and transportation services for corps employees. 
 
The bill prohibits discrimination in the employment of corps employees, but individuals convicted of a crime may not be employed in the corps.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2019-04-25
text: Referred to the House Committee on Education and Labor.
action_date: 2019-04-25
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E490)
action_date: 2019-04-25
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2019-04-25
text: Introduced in House
Renewable Energy for Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands Act

Bill: 116-hr-2360
Sponsor: Rep. Lieu, Ted [D-CA-33]
Introduced: 2019-04-25 in the House
Policy area: Energy
Subjects: Alternative and renewable resources
Caribbean area
Congressional oversight
Electric power generation and transmission
Energy efficiency and conservation
Energy research
Energy storage, supplies, demand
Government studies and investigations
Puerto Rico
Research administration and funding
U.S. territories and protectorates
Virgin Islands

Summary:
action_date: 2019-04-25
text: 

Renewable Energy for Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands Act

 
This bill addresses renewable energy, energy efficiency, and energy storage in Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands.
 
Specifically, the Department of Agriculture (USDA) must establish a grant program under which USDA may award grants for renewable energy systems, energy efficiency activities, energy storage, smart grids, or microgrids. In addition, USDA may award grants to train residents of Puerto Rico or the Virgin Islands to develop, construct, maintain, or operate renewable energy systems.
 
The Department of Energy must ensure that its national laboratories offer to provide technical assistance to grant recipients.
 
The Government Accountability Office must study and report on renewable energy and energy efficiency in Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2019-05-07
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Commodity Exchanges, Energy, and Credit.
action_date: 2019-04-26
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Energy.
action_date: 2019-04-25
text: Referred to the Committee on Agriculture, and in addition to the Committees on Energy and Commerce, and Science, Space, and Technology, 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: 2019-04-25
text: Referred to the Committee on Agriculture, and in addition to the Committees on Energy and Commerce, and Science, Space, and Technology, 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: 2019-04-25
text: Referred to the Committee on Agriculture, and in addition to the Committees on Energy and Commerce, and Science, Space, and Technology, 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: 2019-04-25
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Energy.
action_date: 2019-04-25
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2019-04-25
text: Introduced in House
HEP A Act of 2019

Bill: 116-hr-2361
Sponsor: Rep. Mast, Brian J. [R-FL-18]
Introduced: 2019-04-25 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Digestive and metabolic diseases
Health promotion and preventive care
Immunology and vaccination
Infectious and parasitic diseases

Summary:
action_date: 2019-04-25
text: 

Hepatitis Exposure Prevention Act of 2019 or the HEP A Act of 2019

 
This bill authorizes the Department of Health and Human Services to administer free vaccinations for hepatitis A in areas that have been declared by a state governor as being at risk of an outbreak. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2019-04-26
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2019-04-25
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2019-04-25
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2019-04-25
text: Introduced in House
American Agriculture First Act

Bill: 116-hr-2362
Sponsor: Rep. Meadows, Mark [R-NC-11]
Introduced: 2019-04-25 in the House
Policy area: Agriculture and Food
Subjects: Agricultural marketing and promotion
Agricultural prices, subsidies, credit
Agricultural trade
Congressional oversight
Trade restrictions

Summary:
action_date: 2019-04-25
text: 

American Agriculture First Act 

 
This bill requires the Agricultural Marketing Service (AMS) to purchase at least 75% of the agricultural commodities of the Food Purchase and Distribution Program from domestically owned enterprises if it is necessary to respond to trade damage from retaliation by foreign nations with respect to agricultural commodities.
 
The requirement does not apply if the Department of Agriculture reports to Congress that meeting the requirement 
 
 
 is not possible because the agricultural commodities available from domestically owned enterprises cannot meet the supply needs of the AMS; or 
 
would result in a greater than 150% increase between (1) the amount necessary to purchase the agricultural commodities, and (2) the average cost of the agricultural commodities purchased by the AMS in the prior 3 years. 
 
 
The authority provided by this bill expires on September 30, 2023. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2019-05-07
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Biotechnology, Horticulture, and Research.
action_date: 2019-04-25
text: Referred to the House Committee on Agriculture.
action_date: 2019-04-25
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2019-04-25
text: Introduced in House
Federal Transit Modernization Act of 2019

Bill: 116-hr-2363
Sponsor: Rep. Meadows, Mark [R-NC-11]
Introduced: 2019-04-25 in the House
Policy area: Transportation and Public Works
Subjects: Labor standards
Labor-management relations
Public contracts and procurement
Public transit
Transportation employees
Wages and earnings

Summary:
action_date: 2019-04-25
text: 

Federal Transit Modernization Act of 2019

 
This bill repeals requirements that condition certain financial assistance for public transportation upon employee protective arrangements approved by the Department of Labor.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2019-04-26
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Highways and Transit.
action_date: 2019-04-25
text: Referred to the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.
action_date: 2019-04-25
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2019-04-25
text: Introduced in House
Investor Choice Against Gun Proliferation Act

Bill: 116-hr-2364
Sponsor: Rep. Meeks, Gregory W. [D-NY-5]
Introduced: 2019-04-25 in the House
Policy area: Finance and Financial Sector
Subjects: Business records
Firearms and explosives
Government information and archives
Manufacturing
Retail and wholesale trades
Securities

Summary:
action_date: 2019-04-25
text: 

Investor Choice Against Gun Proliferation Act 

 
This bill requires specified issuers of securities to annually disclose any substantial financial relationship with a manufacturer or dealer of firearms or ammunition. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2019-04-25
text: Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services.
action_date: 2019-04-25
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2019-04-25
text: Introduced in House
Federal Bureau of Prisons Medical Care Act of 2019

Bill: 116-hr-2365
Sponsor: Del. Norton, Eleanor Holmes [D-DC-At Large]
Introduced: 2019-04-25 in the House
Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement
Subjects: Administrative remedies
Correctional facilities and imprisonment
Health care costs and insurance

Summary:
action_date: 2019-04-25
text: 

Federal Bureau of Prisons Medical Care Act of 2019

 
This bill limits the circumstances under which the Bureau of Prisons may assess a fee for health care services provided to a prisoner.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2019-05-20
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security.
action_date: 2019-04-25
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2019-04-25
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E489-490)
action_date: 2019-04-25
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2019-04-25
text: Introduced in House
Ensuring Successful Reentry Act of 2019

Bill: 116-hr-2366
Sponsor: Del. Norton, Eleanor Holmes [D-DC-At Large]
Introduced: 2019-04-25 in the House
Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement
Subjects: Correctional facilities and imprisonment
Criminal procedure and sentencing
Wages and earnings

Summary:
action_date: 2019-04-25
text: 

Ensuring Successful Reentry Act of 2019

 
This bill modifies the conditions under which an inmate may be temporarily released from custody to work at paid employment in the community.
 
Specifically, it eliminates the requirement for an inmate to pay certain costs incident to his or her detention as a condition of work release.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2019-05-20
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security.
action_date: 2019-04-25
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2019-04-25
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E486-487)
action_date: 2019-04-25
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2019-04-25
text: Introduced in House
Lifetime Income Disclosure Act

Bill: 116-hr-2367
Sponsor: Rep. Pocan, Mark [D-WI-2]
Introduced: 2019-04-25 in the House
Policy area: Labor and Employment
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Department of Labor
Employee benefits and pensions
Government information and archives

Summary:
action_date: 2019-04-25
text: 

Lifetime Income Disclosure Act 

 
This bill requires pension benefit statements to include a lifetime income disclosure at least once during any 12-month period. 
 
The disclosure must set forth the lifetime income stream equivalent of the total benefits accrued with respect to the participant or beneficiary. The "lifetime income stream equivalent of the total benefits accrued" is the amount of monthly payments the participant or beneficiary would receive if the total accrued benefits were used to provide lifetime income streams based on certain assumptions, including that the participant or beneficiary has a spouse of equal age and a single life annuity. 
 
The Department of Labor must issue a model lifetime income disclosure, assumptions that plan administrators may use in converting total accrued benefits into lifetime income stream equivalents, and related rules. 
 
No plan fiduciary, sponsor, or other person may be liable under the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (ERISA) solely due to the provision of lifetime income stream equivalents derived in accordance with the assumptions and related rules issued by Labor, including explanations contained in the model lifetime income disclosure. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2019-04-25
text: Referred to the House Committee on Education and Labor.
action_date: 2019-04-25
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2019-04-25
text: Introduced in House
Supporting and Treating Officers In Crisis Act of 2019

Bill: 116-hr-2368
Sponsor: Rep. Reschenthaler, Guy [R-PA-14]
Introduced: 2019-04-25 in the House
Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement
Subjects: Disability and paralysis
Family services
Health promotion and preventive care
Infectious and parasitic diseases
Law enforcement administration and funding
Law enforcement officers
Medical research
Mental health
Social work, volunteer service, charitable organizations
Worker safety and health

Summary:
action_date: 2019-04-25
text: 

Supporting and Treating Officers In Crisis Act of 2019

 
This bill reauthorizes for FY2020-FY2024 and revises Department of Justice grants to provide family support services to law enforcement personnel.
 
Among other changes, the bill allows grants to support additional services such as suicide prevention and mental health programs. 

action_date: 2019-07-09
text: 

Supporting and Treating Officers In Crisis Act of 2019

 
This bill reauthorizes for FY2020-FY2024 and revises Department of Justice grants to provide family support services to law enforcement personnel.
 
Among other changes, the bill allows grants to support additional services such as suicide prevention and mental health programs. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2019-07-09
text: Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 103.
action_date: 2019-07-09
text: Reported by the Committee on Judiciary. H. Rept. 116-140.
action_date: 2019-07-09
text: Reported by the Committee on Judiciary. H. Rept. 116-140.
action_date: 2019-06-12
text: Ordered to be Reported by Voice Vote.
action_date: 2019-06-12
text: Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
action_date: 2019-05-20
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security.
action_date: 2019-05-17
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR H3955)
action_date: 2019-04-25
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2019-04-25
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2019-04-25
text: Introduced in House
Long Island Aviation History Act

Bill: 116-hr-2369
Sponsor: Rep. Rice, Kathleen M. [D-NY-4]
Introduced: 2019-04-25 in the House
Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources
Subjects: Aviation and airports
Government studies and investigations
Historic sites and heritage areas
New York State
Parks, recreation areas, trails

Summary:
action_date: 2019-04-25
text: 

Long Island Aviation History Act

 
This bill directs the Department of the Interior to conduct a special resource study of Long Island, New York, with a particular focus on the Hempstead Plains, the areas surrounding Suffolk County Air Force Base, the hamlet of Bethpage, the hamlet of Port Washington, and the village of Farmingdale. Interior shall evaluate the national significance of the area based on an assessment of the aviation history of Long Island and determine the suitability and feasibility of designating the area as a unit of the National Park System in commemoration of Long Island's aviation history. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2019-05-22
text: Subcommittee Hearings Held.
action_date: 2019-04-29
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on National Parks, Forests, and Public Lands.
action_date: 2019-04-25
text: Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.
action_date: 2019-04-25
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2019-04-25
text: Introduced in House
House Intern Pay Act of 2019

Bill: 116-hr-2370
Sponsor: Rep. Smith, Adam [D-WA-9]
Introduced: 2019-04-25 in the House
Policy area: Congress
Subjects: Congressional operations and organization
Government employee pay, benefits, personnel management
House of Representatives
Temporary and part-time employment
Wages and earnings

Summary:
action_date: 2019-04-25
text: 

House Intern Pay Act of 2019

 
This bill addresses the compensation of interns for Members of the House of Representatives.
 
The bill modifies a capped allowance for compensating interns who serve in the offices of Members of the House during a calendar year. The Committee on House Administration must establish an equivalent allowance for each Member's office for that purpose. An unused portion of the allowance may be reallocated to another Member's office, depending on specified circumstances. 
 
 Furthermore, the bill requires that the hourly rate for interns be at least $15 per hour for the first year and provides for inflationary adjustments in subsequent years.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2019-04-25
text: Referred to the House Committee on House Administration.
action_date: 2019-04-25
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2019-04-25
text: Introduced in House
HEARTS Act of 2019

Bill: 116-hr-2371
Sponsor: Rep. Thompson, Mike [D-CA-5]
Introduced: 2019-04-25 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Cancer
Congressional oversight
Health care costs and insurance
Health information and medical records
Medical tests and diagnostic methods
Medicare
Military medicine
Veterans' medical care

Summary:
action_date: 2019-04-25
text: 

Health Equity and Access for Returning Troops and Servicemembers Act of 2019 or the HEARTS Act of 

2019

 
This bill makes a series of changes relating to Medicare coverage and requirements, particularly with respect to military retirees.
 
 Specifically, the bill (1) exempts certain military retirees who are under 65 years of age, and who no longer receive Social Security Disability Insurance benefits, from the requirement to enroll in Medicare medical services in order to be eligible for TRICARE; (2) increases funding for the Medicare Improvement Fund; and (3) temporarily provides for Medicare coverage of certain prostate cancer DNA Specimen Provenance Assay tests.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2019-04-26
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Military Personnel.
action_date: 2019-04-26
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2019-04-25
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2019-04-25
text: Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committees on Ways and Means, and 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: 2019-04-25
text: Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committees on Ways and Means, and 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: 2019-04-25
text: Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committees on Ways and Means, and 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: 2019-04-25
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2019-04-25
text: Introduced in House
PRENDA Act of 2019

Bill: 116-hr-2373
Sponsor: Rep. Wagner, Ann [R-MO-2]
Introduced: 2019-04-25 in the House
Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement
Subjects: Abortion
Civil actions and liability
Criminal investigation, prosecution, interrogation
Health information and medical records
Health personnel
Right of privacy
Sex, gender, sexual orientation discrimination

Summary:
action_date: 2019-04-25
text: 

Prenatal Nondiscrimination Act of 2019 or the PRENDA Act of 2019
 
 
This bill creates new federal crimes related to the performance of sex-selection abortions (i.e., abortions based on the sex or gender of an unborn child).
 
It subjects a violator to criminal penalties&#8212;a fine, a prison term of up to five years, or both.
 
It also authorizes civil remedies, including damages and injunctive relief.
 
A woman who undergoes a sex-selection abortion may not be prosecuted or held civilly liable.

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2019-05-20
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on the Constitution, Civil Rights, and Civil Liberties.
action_date: 2019-04-25
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2019-04-25
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2019-04-25
text: Introduced in House