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STOP Campus Hunger Act

Bill: 116-hr-3743
Sponsor: Rep. Fudge, Marcia L. [D-OH-11]
Introduced: 2019-07-12 in the House
Policy area: Education
Subjects: Food assistance and relief
Government information and archives
Higher education
Student aid and college costs

Summary:
action_date: 2019-07-12
text: 

Supporting Transparency to Overcome Poverty and Campus Hunger Act or the STOP Campus Hunger Act

 
This bill requires institutions of higher education (IHEs) that participate in federal student-aid programs to provide students with certain information related to nutrition assistance.
 
Specifically, such IHEs must annually provide students with
 
 
information on the most recent student eligibility guidance for the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) and the Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and Children (WIC);
 
contact information for the state agencies that administer SNAP and WIC; and
 
information on food pantries, food assistance facilities, and other services that are available to enrolled students.
 
 
The bill also requires the Department of Education to annually update its College Navigator website with the most recent student eligibility guidance for SNAP and WIC.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2019-07-12
text: Referred to the House Committee on Education and Labor.
action_date: 2019-07-12
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2019-07-12
text: Introduced in House
Agriculture Environmental Stewardship Act of 2019

Bill: 116-hr-3744
Sponsor: Rep. Kind, Ron [D-WI-3]
Introduced: 2019-07-12 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Agricultural equipment and machinery
Alternative and renewable resources
Business investment and capital
Congressional oversight
Energy efficiency and conservation
Energy research
Energy storage, supplies, demand
Government lending and loan guarantees
Government studies and investigations
Income tax credits
Interest, dividends, interest rates
Livestock
Oil and gas
Pipelines
Public utilities and utility rates
Research administration and funding
Securities
Solid waste and recycling

Summary:
action_date: 2019-07-12
text: 

Agriculture Environmental Stewardship Act of 2019

 
This bill allows energy tax credits through 2021 for investments in (1) qualified biogas property, or (2) qualified manure resource recovery property. The bill also permits new clean renewable energy bonds to be used for such properties.
 
"Qualified biogas property" comprises a system that (1) uses anaerobic digesters or other specified processes to convert biomass into a gas which is at least 52% methane, and (2) captures the gas for use as a fuel. The term includes property that cleans and conditions the gas for use as a fuel. 
 
"Qualified manure resource recovery property" comprises a system that uses specified processes to recover the nutrients nitrogen and phosphorus from a non-treated digestate or animal manure by reducing or separating at least 50% of the nutrients, excluding any reductions during the incineration, storage, composting, or field application of the non-treated digestate or animal manure. The term also includes certain processing equipment. 
 
The Department of the Treasury must enter into an agreement with the National Renewable Energy Laboratory for a study of biogas and report to Congress on the study. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2019-07-12
text: Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committee on 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: 2019-07-12
text: Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committee on 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: 2019-07-12
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2019-07-12
text: Introduced in House
HUD Inspection Oversight Act of 2019

Bill: 116-hr-3745
Sponsor: Rep. Lawson, Al, Jr. [D-FL-5]
Introduced: 2019-07-12 in the House
Policy area: Housing and Community Development
Subjects: Administrative remedies
Civil actions and liability
Employee performance
Government information and archives
Housing industry and standards
Landlord and tenant
Low- and moderate-income housing
Public contracts and procurement

Summary:
action_date: 2019-07-12
text: 

HUD Inspection Oversight Act of 2019

 
This bill modifies inspection and oversight protocols under the Housing Choice Voucher Program, including by directing the Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) to take certain enforcement actions when a property's inspection score falls below a specified threshold. In recent years, language directing HUD to take specific actions in such circumstances has been included in annual appropriations bills.



Legislative actions:
action_date: 2019-07-12
text: Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services.
action_date: 2019-07-12
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2019-07-12
text: Introduced in House
United States Cadet Nurse Corps Equity Act

Bill: 116-hr-3746
Sponsor: Rep. Lowey, Nita M. [D-NY-17]
Introduced: 2019-07-12 in the House
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Health personnel
Military medicine
Nursing
Veterans' education, employment, rehabilitation
Veterans' loans, housing, homeless programs
Veterans' medical care
Veterans' pensions and compensation

Summary:
action_date: 2019-07-12
text: 

United States Cadet Nurse Corps Equity Act
 
This bill provides that service as a member of the U.S. Cadet Nurse Corps between July 1, 1943, and December 31, 1948, constitutes active military service for Department of Veterans Affairs purposes. 
 
 The Department of Defense shall issue an honorable discharge within one year to each person whose service warrants such discharge. 
 
Retroactive benefits shall not be paid to persons as a result of enactment of this bill.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2019-07-15
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Military Personnel.
action_date: 2019-07-12
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: 2019-07-12
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: 2019-07-12
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2019-07-12
text: Introduced in House
On or Under Act

Bill: 116-hr-3747
Sponsor: Rep. Neguse, Joe [D-CO-2]
Introduced: 2019-07-12 in the House
Policy area: Environmental Protection
Subjects: Hazardous wastes and toxic substances
Land transfers
Mining
Oil and gas
Pollution liability

Summary:
action_date: 2019-07-12
text: 

On or Under Act

 
This bill requires the federal government to acquire all current existing mineral rights, including lease interests, that exist in the subsurface of federally owned sites on the National Priorities List (the list of sites of national priority among the known releases or threatened releases of hazardous substances, pollutants, or contaminants).
 
The bill also requires the Environmental Protection Agency to prohibit any drilling, excavation, or other disturbance of the federally owned subsurface beneath a site listed on the National Priorities List other than for the purposes of site cleanup.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2019-07-30
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Energy and Mineral Resources.
action_date: 2019-07-15
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Environment and Climate Change.
action_date: 2019-07-15
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Water Resources and Environment.
action_date: 2019-07-12
text: Referred to the Committee on Natural Resources, and in addition to the Committees on Energy and Commerce, and Transportation and Infrastructure, 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: 2019-07-12
text: Referred to the Committee on Natural Resources, and in addition to the Committees on Energy and Commerce, and Transportation and Infrastructure, 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: 2019-07-12
text: Referred to the Committee on Natural Resources, and in addition to the Committees on Energy and Commerce, and Transportation and Infrastructure, 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: 2019-07-12
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2019-07-12
text: Introduced in House
Providing Justice for Asylum Seekers Act of 2019

Bill: 116-hr-3748
Sponsor: Rep. Panetta, Jimmy [D-CA-20]
Introduced: 2019-07-12 in the House
Policy area: Immigration
Subjects: Administrative remedies
Border security and unlawful immigration
Department of Justice
Immigration status and procedures
Judicial procedure and administration
Refugees, asylum, displaced persons

Summary:
action_date: 2019-07-12
text: 

Providing Justice for Asylum Seekers Act of 2019

 
This bill limits when an alien may be removed from the United States in absentia.
 
To remove an alien in a proceeding without the alien present, the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) must establish that the alien (1) had sufficient written notice of the proceeding; (2) is removable; and (3) has a pattern of failing to report to DHS, if the alien was required to periodically report. Currently, DHS is not required to prove a pattern of failure to report. 
 
The bill also gives an immigration judge discretion as to whether to remove an alien in absentia after DHS has established its case. Currently, the judge must remove an alien after DHS has established its case.
 
If an alien is ordered removed in absentia, a motion to reopen the case due to exceptional circumstances leading to the alien's failure to appear at the proceeding may be filed at any time, where currently such a motion must be filed within 180 days of the removal order. The bill also allows a motion to reopen to be filed at any time if the alien is a minor child.
 
If there is a change in the time or place of any removal proceeding, and it is not practicable to provide written notice to the alien in person, DHS must notify the alien and the alien's counsel through the mail. Currently, DHS is only statutorily required to notify the alien or the alien's counsel through the mail.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2019-08-06
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration and Citizenship.
action_date: 2019-07-12
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2019-07-12
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2019-07-12
text: Introduced in House
Legal Services for Homeless Veterans Act

Bill: 116-hr-3749
Sponsor: Rep. Panetta, Jimmy [D-CA-20]
Introduced: 2019-07-12 in the House
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Congressional oversight
Homelessness and emergency shelter
Lawyers and legal services
Veterans' loans, housing, homeless programs

Summary:
action_date: 2019-07-12
text: 

Legal Services for Homeless Veterans Act

 
This bill requires the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) to enter cooperative agreements or make grants to eligible entities that provide legal services to homeless veterans and veterans at risk for homelessness. To be eligible, an entity must (1) be a public or nonprofit private entity with the capacity to effectively administer a grant or cooperative agreement, (2) demonstrate that adequate financial support will be available to provide legal services to homeless veterans and veterans at risk for homelessness, and (3) agree to meet the VA's established requirements and demonstrate a capacity to meet such requirements.

action_date: 2020-02-25
text: 

Legal Services for Homeless Veterans Act

 
This bill requires the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) to make grants to eligible entities that provide legal services to homeless veterans and veterans at risk for homelessness. To be eligible, an entity must (1) be a public or nonprofit private entity with the capacity to effectively administer a grant, (2) demonstrate that adequate financial support will be available to provide legal services to homeless veterans and veterans at risk for homelessness, and (3) agree to meet the VA's established requirements and demonstrate a capacity to meet such requirements.
 
The bill requires the VA to (1) use a specified portion of the grants to provide legal services to women veterans, and (2) report on areas where VA programs are failing to meet the needs of women veterans who are homeless.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2020-02-27
text: Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
action_date: 2020-02-25
text: Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
action_date: 2020-02-25
text: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by voice vote. (text: CR H1177)
action_date: 2020-02-25
text: Passed/agreed to in House: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by voice vote.
action_date: 2020-02-25
text: DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on H.R. 3749.
action_date: 2020-02-25
text: Considered under suspension of the rules. (consideration: CR H1176-1179)
action_date: 2020-02-25
text: Mr. Takano moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended.
action_date: 2019-10-16
text: Ordered to be Reported (Amended) by Voice Vote.
action_date: 2019-10-16
text: Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
action_date: 2019-08-14
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Economic Opportunity.
action_date: 2019-07-12
text: Referred to the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
action_date: 2019-07-12
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2019-07-12
text: Introduced in House
For the relief of Rene Alexander Garcia Maldonado.

Bill: 116-hr-3750
Sponsor: Rep. Clay, Wm. Lacy [D-MO-1]
Introduced: 2019-07-12 in the House
Subjects: Private Legislation

Summary:
action_date: 2019-07-12
text: Provides for the relief of Rene Alexander Garcia Maldonado.

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2019-07-30
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration and Citizenship.
action_date: 2019-07-12
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2019-07-12
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2019-07-12
text: Introduced in House
No Student Loan Interest Act

Bill: 116-hr-3751
Sponsor: Rep. Swalwell, Eric [D-CA-15]
Introduced: 2019-07-15 in the House
Policy area: Education
Subjects: Government lending and loan guarantees
Interest, dividends, interest rates
Student aid and college costs

Summary:
action_date: 2019-07-15
text: 

No Student Loan Interest Act

 
This bill provides for the cancellation of interest on certain federal student loans.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2019-07-15
text: Referred to the House Committee on Education and Labor.
action_date: 2019-07-15
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2019-07-15
text: Introduced in House
Stop Discrimination Against Veteran Home Buyers Act

Bill: 116-hr-3752
Sponsor: Rep. Harder, Josh [D-CA-10]
Introduced: 2019-07-15 in the House
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Congressional oversight
Department of Veterans Affairs
Housing and community development funding
Housing discrimination
Housing finance and home ownership
Veterans' education, employment, rehabilitation
Veterans' loans, housing, homeless programs
Veterans' organizations and recognition

Summary:
action_date: 2019-07-15
text: 

Stop Discrimination Against Veteran Home Buyers Act

 
This bill requires the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) to carry out a two-year grant program to train veterans to become VA home loan appraisers. Grants may be awarded to (1) a congressionally chartered veterans service organization; (2) a state, local, or tribal veterans service agency; (3) a nonprofit organization serving veterans housing needs; (4) a nonprofit entity with a history of community engagement; and (5) other entities the VA deems appropriate.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2019-08-14
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Economic Opportunity.
action_date: 2019-07-15
text: Referred to the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
action_date: 2019-07-15
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2019-07-15
text: Introduced in House
Supporting Graduate Medical Education at Community Hospitals Act of 2019

Bill: 116-hr-3753
Sponsor: Rep. Gottheimer, Josh [D-NJ-5]
Introduced: 2019-07-15 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Education programs funding
Health facilities and institutions
Health programs administration and funding
Hospital care
Medical education
Medicare

Summary:
action_date: 2019-07-15
text: 

Supporting Graduate Medical Education at Community Hospitals Act of 

2019

 
This bill revises payment rules under Medicare for graduate medical education (GME) costs with respect to a hospital that establishes a new medical residency training program. 
 
If a hospital has not entered into a GME affiliation agreement, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) must establish the hospital's full-time equivalent (FTE) resident amount only after determining that the hospital's medical residency training program trains more than 1.0 FTE resident in a cost reporting period. If a hospital has an approved FTE resident amount that is based on other specified thresholds, the CMS must give the hospital the opportunity to have the amount reestablished when the hospital begins training FTE residents in excess of the applicable threshold. 
 
The bill also establishes similar thresholds for new determinations of certain adjustments to hospital payment limitations regarding FTE residents in allopathic and osteopathic medicine; a hospital that has an adjustment has the opportunity to have it redetermined once the applicable threshold is exceeded. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2019-07-16
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2019-07-15
text: Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, 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: 2019-07-15
text: Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, 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: 2019-07-15
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2019-07-15
text: Introduced in House
To amend the Controlled Substances Act to provide for a new rule regarding the application of the Act to marihuana, and for other purposes.

Bill: 116-hr-3754
Sponsor: Rep. Amash, Justin [I-MI-3]
Introduced: 2019-07-15 in the House
Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement
Subjects: Alternative treatments
Criminal procedure and sentencing
Drug trafficking and controlled substances
Drug, alcohol, tobacco use
Roads and highways
State and local government operations
Transportation safety and security

Summary:
action_date: 2019-07-15
text: 
 
 
This bill eliminates regulatory controls and administrative, civil, and criminal penalties under the Controlled Substances Act for certain marijuana-related activities that comply with state or tribal law.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2019-08-06
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security.
action_date: 2019-07-16
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2019-07-15
text: Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, 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: 2019-07-15
text: Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, 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: 2019-07-15
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2019-07-15
text: Introduced in House
White Horse Hill National Game Preserve Designation Act

Bill: 116-hr-3755
Sponsor: Rep. Armstrong, Kelly [R-ND-At Large]
Introduced: 2019-07-15 in the House
Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources
Subjects: North Dakota
Wilderness and natural areas, wildlife refuges, wild rivers, habitats
Wildlife conservation and habitat protection

Summary:
action_date: 2019-07-15
text: 

White Horse Hill National Game Preserve Designation Act

 
This bill redesignates the Sullys Hill National Game Preserve in North Dakota as the &quot;White Horse Hill National Game Preserve.&quot;


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2019-07-30
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on National Parks, Forests, and Public Lands.
action_date: 2019-07-15
text: Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.
action_date: 2019-07-15
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2019-07-15
text: Introduced in House
Pre-apprenticeship Promotion Act

Bill: 116-hr-3756
Sponsor: Rep. Beyer, Donald S., Jr. [D-VA-8]
Introduced: 2019-07-15 in the House
Policy area: Labor and Employment
Subjects: Education of the disadvantaged
Education programs funding
Employment and training programs
Higher education
Medical education

Summary:
action_date: 2019-07-15
text: 

Pre-apprenticeship Promotion Act

 
This bill requires an application for a grant for demonstration projects to address health professions workforce needs to include a certification by the applicant that the development of the project included consideration of certain apprenticeship and pre-apprenticeship models.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2019-07-15
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2019-07-15
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2019-07-15
text: Introduced in House