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Student Borrower Protections Act of 2019

Bill: 116-hr-5294
Sponsor: Rep. Adams, Alma S. [D-NC-12]
Introduced: 2019-12-04 in the House
Policy area: Education
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Advisory bodies
Banking and financial institutions regulation
Congressional oversight
Consumer Financial Protection Bureau
Consumer affairs
Consumer credit
Credit and credit markets
Government information and archives
Government lending and loan guarantees
Higher education
Interest, dividends, interest rates
Licensing and registrations
Student aid and college costs
Veterans' education, employment, rehabilitation

Summary:
action_date: 2019-12-04
text: 

Student Borrower Protections Act of 2019

 
This bill places requirements on lenders, servicers, or assignees of postsecondary education loans, establishes standards for reporting student loan information to consumer reporting agencies, and requires certification of certain educational lenders.
 
Specifically, the bill establishes rules for lenders, servicers, or assignees of postsecondary education loans, including requirements related to (1) the sale, transfer, or assignment of such loans; (2) interest rate and term changes for such loans; (3) payment information required to be included with each billing cycle; and (4) application and allocation of payments.
 
The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) must develop and issue model forms to allow borrowers to compare alternative repayment options, forbearance, and deferment options. The CFPB must also establish a student loan servicing interagency working group, which shall make recommendations for the regulations required under the bill.
 
Further, the CFPB must issue rules to establish standards for the furnishing of information related to student loans to a consumer reporting agency, and any furnisher of such information must comply with such rules.
 
A private educational lender must, in general, obtain a private loan certification from an institution of higher education before consummating any loan with a student attending such institution. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2019-12-11
text: Ordered to be Reported (Amended) by the Yeas and Nays: 32 - 26.
action_date: 2019-12-11
text: Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
action_date: 2019-12-10
text: Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
action_date: 2019-12-04
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: 2019-12-04
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: 2019-12-04
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2019-12-04
text: Introduced in House
National Institute for Research on Safety and Quality Act

Bill: 116-hr-5295
Sponsor: Rep. Meadows, Mark [R-NC-11]
Introduced: 2019-12-04 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Aging
Child health
Department of Health and Human Services
Disability and paralysis
Executive agency funding and structure
Health care coverage and access
Health care quality
Health information and medical records
Health promotion and preventive care
Health technology, devices, supplies
Long-term, rehabilitative, and terminal care
Medical research
Minority health
National Institutes of Health (NIH)
Rural conditions and development
Urban and suburban affairs and development
Women's health

Summary:
action_date: 2019-12-04
text: 

National Institute for Research on Safety and Quality Act

 
This bill establishes the National Institute for Research on Safety and Quality within the National Institutes of Health and transfers the authorities, duties, obligations, and related legal and administrative functions of the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality to that institute. 

In addition, the new institute must promote health care quality improvement and conduct research and demonstration projects focused on (1) the delivery of health care in inner cities and rural and frontier areas, and (2) health care for priority populations such as low-income groups and the elderly. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2019-12-05
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2019-12-04
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2019-12-04
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2019-12-04
text: Introduced in House
Advancing Support for Working Families Act

Bill: 116-hr-5296
Sponsor: Rep. Allred, Colin Z. [D-TX-32]
Introduced: 2019-12-04 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Adoption and foster care
Congressional oversight
Department of the Treasury
Family relationships
Fraud offenses and financial crimes
Government studies and investigations
Income tax credits
Income tax deferral
Poverty and welfare assistance
Tax administration and collection, taxpayers
Tax treatment of families

Summary:
action_date: 2019-12-04
text: 

Advancing Support for Working Families Act

 
This bill allows individual taxpayers an election to advance up to $5,000 of the child tax credit in the year of birth or adoption of an applicable qualifying child (a child, other than an eligible foster child, who has a specified relationship to the taxpayer and meets certain age, residency, and support requirements). 
 
The bill sets forth a special rule for parents who do not qualify for the full refundable portion of the child tax credit. The advance amount for such parents is the lesser of $5,000, or 25% of their earned income amount for the taxable year. 
 
The bill requires the Government Accountability Office to report to Congress on matters relating to taxpayers who make an election to advance the child tax credit. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2019-12-04
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2019-12-04
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2019-12-04
text: Introduced in House
CONTRACT Act of 2019

Bill: 116-hr-5297
Sponsor: Rep. Brownley, Julia [D-CA-26]
Introduced: 2019-12-04 in the House
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Subjects: Aviation and airports
Department of Transportation
Government employee pay, benefits, personnel management
Transportation employees

Summary:
action_date: 2019-12-04
text: 

Continuity for Operators with Necessary Training Required for ATC Contract Towers Act of 2019 or the CONTRACT Act of 2019

 
This bill exempts certain air traffic controllers from a required reduction in their retirement annuity payment on account of earnings from certain work performed while entitled to such annuity.
 
Under current law, retired Federal Aviation Administration air traffic controllers receive an annuity payment during the period between the mandatory retirement age of 56 and the social security minimum age of 62. Such annuity payment is required to be reduced by a certain percentage of any excess earnings during this period.
 
The bill exempts from such reduction in annuity payments an air traffic controller who participates in the Air Traffic Control Contract Program (a public-private partnership for air traffic control services) following mandatory retirement. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2019-12-04
text: Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Reform.
action_date: 2019-12-04
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2019-12-04
text: Introduced in House
Eviction Prevention Act of 2019

Bill: 116-hr-5298
Sponsor: Rep. DeLauro, Rosa L. [D-CT-3]
Introduced: 2019-12-04 in the House
Policy area: Housing and Community Development
Subjects: Civil actions and liability
Congressional oversight
Government information and archives
Government studies and investigations
Judicial procedure and administration
Landlord and tenant
Lawyers and legal services
Poverty and welfare assistance
State and local government operations

Summary:
action_date: 2019-12-04
text: 

Eviction Prevention Act of 2019

 
This bill authorizes grant programs to provide legal counsel to individuals in eviction proceedings and to collect data regarding evictions. The bill also requires a study of evictions generally.
 
Specifically, the Department of Justice (DOJ) may award grants to states and local governments to provide legal counsel in eviction proceedings to an individual whose income is less than 125% of the federal poverty level. DOJ may also award grants to states and local governments to collect data on evictions, including with respect to race and property type.
 
Additionally, the Government Accountability Office must study evictions generally and with regard to the legal representation of tenants in eviction proceedings.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2020-01-30
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on the Constitution, Civil Rights, and Civil Liberties.
action_date: 2019-12-04
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2019-12-04
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2019-12-04
text: Introduced in House
Stamp Out Lyme Disease Act

Bill: 116-hr-5299
Sponsor: Rep. Delgado, Antonio [D-NY-19]
Introduced: 2019-12-04 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Infectious and parasitic diseases
Medical research
Postal service
Research administration and funding

Summary:
action_date: 2019-12-04
text: 

Stamp Out Lyme Disease Act

 
This bill directs the U.S. Postal Service to issue a Lyme Disease Research Semipostal Stamp, with all proceeds being transferred to the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2019-12-05
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2019-12-05
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR H9264)
action_date: 2019-12-04
text: Referred to the Committee on Oversight and Reform, and in addition to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
action_date: 2019-12-04
text: Referred to the Committee on Oversight and Reform, and in addition to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
action_date: 2019-12-04
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2019-12-04
text: Introduced in House
Enhancing Financial Stability Research and Oversight Act

Bill: 116-hr-5300
Sponsor: Rep. Foster, Bill [D-IL-11]
Introduced: 2019-12-04 in the House
Policy area: Finance and Financial Sector
Subjects: Banking and financial institutions regulation
Department of the Treasury
Executive agency funding and structure
Financial crises and stabilization
Government employee pay, benefits, personnel management

Summary:
action_date: 2019-12-04
text: 

Enhancing Financial Stability Research and Oversight Act

 
This bill gives the Director of the Office of Financial Research (OFR) within the Department of the Treasury sole discretion over the OFR's annual budget. It also establishes minimum funding and staffing levels for the OFR and for the Financial Stability Oversight Council.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2019-12-04
text: Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services.
action_date: 2019-12-04
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2019-12-04
text: Introduced in House
To amend title 18, United States Code, to permit certain individuals complying with State law to possess firearms.

Bill: 116-hr-5301
Sponsor: Rep. Hern, Kevin [R-OK-1]
Introduced: 2019-12-04 in the House
Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement
Subjects: Child safety and welfare
Educational facilities and institutions
Elementary and secondary education
Firearms and explosives
Licensing and registrations
State and local government operations

Summary:
action_date: 2019-12-04
text: 
This bill modifies the criminal prohibition on possession of a firearm in a school zone.
 
Specifically, it revises an exception to permit an individual to possess a firearm in a school zone if that individual is in compliance with the laws of the state and political subdivision in which the school zone is located.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2020-01-30
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security.
action_date: 2019-12-04
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2019-12-04
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2019-12-04
text: Introduced in House
Western Water Recycling and Drought Relief Act

Bill: 116-hr-5302
Sponsor: Rep. McNerney, Jerry [D-CA-9]
Introduced: 2019-12-04 in the House
Policy area: Water Resources Development
Subjects: California
Hawaii
Solid waste and recycling
Water resources funding
Water use and supply

Summary:
action_date: 2019-12-04
text: 

Western Water Recycling and Drought Relief Act

 
This bill authorizes the Department of the Interior to participate in the design, planning, and construction of specified recycled water system facilities in California and Hawaii.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2019-12-13
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Water, Oceans, and Wildlife.
action_date: 2019-12-04
text: Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.
action_date: 2019-12-04
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2019-12-04
text: Introduced in House
California Central Coast Conservation Act

Bill: 116-hr-5303
Sponsor: Rep. Panetta, Jimmy [D-CA-20]
Introduced: 2019-12-04 in the House
Policy area: Energy
Subjects: Air quality
California
Climate change and greenhouse gases
Endangered and threatened species
Environmental assessment, monitoring, research
Land use and conservation
Oil and gas
Water quality
Wildlife conservation and habitat protection

Summary:
action_date: 2019-12-04
text: 

California Central Coast Conservation Act

 
This bill prohibits the Bureau of Land Management from administering an oil and gas leasing and development program on the Central Coast of California (e.g., Fresno, Monterey, and San Benito Counties) until it completes and publishes a supplemental environmental impact statement assessing the environmental effects of such leasing and development, including the effects on air quality, seismicity, and greenhouse gas emissions.
 
The Environmental Protection Agency must review and publish comments regarding the environmental impact statement, including (1) identification of any significant environmental impacts of oil and gas leasing and development on the Central Coast of California that should be avoided to adequately protect the region's natural resources, or (2) a determination that such statement does not contain sufficient information to assess the impacts.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2019-12-17
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Energy and Mineral Resources.
action_date: 2019-12-04
text: Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.
action_date: 2019-12-04
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2019-12-04
text: Introduced in House
PBM Transparency in Prescription Drug Costs Act

Bill: 116-hr-5304
Sponsor: Rep. Schrader, Kurt [D-OR-5]
Introduced: 2019-12-04 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Business records
Employee benefits and pensions
Health care costs and insurance
Health information and medical records
Prescription drugs
Right of privacy

Summary:
action_date: 2019-12-04
text: 

PBM Transparency in Prescription Drug Costs Act

 
This bill requires group health plans or the pharmacy benefits manager (PBM) for the plans to periodically report certain prescription drug pricing and utilization data; it also requires PBMs to pass on to health plans all rebates and discounts received from drug manufacturers.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2019-12-05
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2019-12-04
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2019-12-04
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2019-12-04
text: Introduced in House
Kentucky Wildlands National Heritage Area Study Act

Bill: 116-hr-5305
Sponsor: Rep. Rogers, Harold [R-KY-5]
Introduced: 2019-12-05 in the House
Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources
Subjects: Congressional oversight
Government studies and investigations
Historic sites and heritage areas
Kentucky
Land use and conservation

Summary:
action_date: 2019-12-05
text: 

Kentucky Wildlands National Heritage Area Study Act

 
This bill directs the Department of the Interior to conduct a study to assess the suitability and feasibility of designating a specified study area, composed of certain counties in Kentucky and other areas of Kentucky that have similar aspects to those areas and are adjacent to or in their vicinity, as the Kentucky Wildlands National Heritage Area.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2019-12-16
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on National Parks, Forests, and Public Lands.
action_date: 2019-12-05
text: Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.
action_date: 2019-12-05
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2019-12-05
text: Introduced in House
Know Your Social Security Act of 2019

Bill: 116-hr-5306
Sponsor: Rep. Larson, John B. [D-CT-1]
Introduced: 2019-12-05 in the House
Policy area: Social Welfare
Subjects: Government information and archives
Postal service
Social security and elderly assistance

Summary:
action_date: 2019-12-05
text: 

Know Your Social Security Act

 
This bill requires the Social Security Administration to provide Social Security account statements by mail to each individual who is 25 or older and who is eligible for, but not currently receiving, Social Security retirement benefits. Individuals may choose to receive their account statements electronically.

action_date: 2020-12-02
text: 

Know Your Social Security Act of 2019

 
This bill requires the Social Security Administration to provide Social Security account statements by mail to each individual who is 25 or older and who is eligible for, but not currently receiving, Social Security retirement benefits. Individuals may choose to receive their account statements electronically.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2020-12-02
text: Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 506.
action_date: 2020-12-02
text: Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Ways and Means. H. Rept. 116-616.
action_date: 2020-12-02
text: Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Ways and Means. H. Rept. 116-616.
action_date: 2019-12-11
text: Ordered to be Reported (Amended) by Voice Vote.
action_date: 2019-12-11
text: Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
action_date: 2019-12-05
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2019-12-05
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2019-12-05
text: Introduced in House
Expanding Access to School Meals Act of 2019

Bill: 116-hr-5308
Sponsor: Rep. Ryan, Tim [D-OH-13]
Introduced: 2019-12-05 in the House
Policy area: Agriculture and Food
Subjects: Child health
Elementary and secondary education
Food assistance and relief
Medicaid
Nutrition and diet
Poverty and welfare assistance

Summary:
action_date: 2019-12-05
text: 

Expanding Access to School Meals Act of 2019

 
This bill revises program requirements under the National School Lunch Program and School Breakfast Program of the Department of Agriculture (USDA).
 
Specifically, the bill
 
 
eliminates the reduced price school breakfast and lunch programs to include prohibiting USDA from providing reimbursements for such programs,
 
expands the income guidelines for purposes of determining eligibility for free school lunches and breakfasts to make families living at 200% of the poverty-level eligible (currently, families living at 130% or below are eligible),
 
allows states to use Medicaid and Children's Health Insurance Program (CHIP) participation data to directly certify students for free school lunches and breakfasts, and
 
increases the multiplier from 1.6% to 1.8% for purposes of determining reimbursement under the Community Eligibility Provision that permits schools in high poverty areas to serve all meals free of charge. 
 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2019-12-05
text: Referred to the House Committee on Education and Labor.
action_date: 2019-12-05
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2019-12-05
text: Introduced in House
FRAME Act

Bill: 116-hr-5310
Sponsor: Rep. Waltz, Michael [R-FL-6]
Introduced: 2019-12-05 in the House
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Department of Defense
Disaster relief and insurance
First responders and emergency personnel

Summary:
action_date: 2019-12-05
text: 

First Responder Access to Mobile Exchanges Act or the FRAME Act

 
This bill requires the Department of Defense to allow an emergency response provider (e.g., law enforcement or emergency medical personnel) to use a mobile commissary or exchange store deployed to an area covered by a declaration of a major disaster or emergency. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2019-12-05
text: Referred to the House Committee on Armed Services.
action_date: 2019-12-05
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2019-12-05
text: Introduced in House
Forestry Renewal Act

Bill: 116-hr-5311
Sponsor: Rep. Huffman, Jared [D-CA-2]
Introduced: 2019-12-05 in the House
Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources
Subjects: Advisory bodies
Department of Agriculture
Executive agency funding and structure
Forests, forestry, trees
Government trust funds
Land use and conservation

Summary:
action_date: 2019-12-05
text: 

Forestry Renewal Act

 
This bill makes permanent the National Urban and Community Forestry Advisory Council. The council shall meet at least twice a year.
 
The bill removes the ceiling on the amount that may by transferred by the Department of Agriculture to the Reforestation Trust Fund. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2019-12-05
text: Referred to the House Committee on Agriculture.
action_date: 2019-12-05
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2019-12-05
text: Introduced in House
AIM HIGH Act

Bill: 116-hr-5312
Sponsor: Rep. Roe, David P. [R-TN-1]
Introduced: 2019-12-05 in the House
Policy area: Education
Subjects: Advisory bodies
Computers and information technology
Congressional oversight
Department of Education
Disability and paralysis
Education of the disadvantaged
Educational technology and distance education
Government studies and investigations
Higher education
Teaching, teachers, curricula

Summary:
action_date: 2019-12-05
text: 

Accessible Instructional Materials in Higher Education Act or the AIM HIGH Act

 
This bill creates a commission to develop voluntary guidelines for postsecondary electronic instruction materials and related technologies.
 
Specifically, the Speaker of the House of Representatives, the President pro tempore of the Senate, and the Secretary of Education must establish an independent commission to (1) develop and issue voluntary accessibility guidelines for postsecondary electronic instructional materials and related technologies, (2) develop a model framework for pilot testing such materials and technologies, and (3) produce an annotated list of information technology standards.
 
The Department of Education must review and, as appropriate, update the voluntary guidelines, pilot testing framework, and information technology standards every five years. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2019-12-05
text: Referred to the House Committee on Education and Labor.
action_date: 2019-12-05
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2019-12-05
text: Introduced in House