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School Bus Safety Act of 2019

Bill: 116-hr-3959
Sponsor: Rep. Cohen, Steve [D-TN-9]
Introduced: 2019-07-25 in the House
Policy area: Transportation and Public Works
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Child safety and welfare
Department of Transportation
Education programs funding
Elementary and secondary education
Employment and training programs
Fires
Government studies and investigations
Manufacturing
Motor carriers
Motor vehicles
Roads and highways
Transportation employees
Transportation safety and security
Worker safety and health

Summary:
action_date: 2019-07-25
text: 

School Bus Safety Act of 2019

 
This bill addresses safety features for school buses.
 
Specifically, the bill directs the Department of Transportation (DOT) to implement rules requiring school buses to include
 
 
a three-point safety belt at each designated seating position,
 
a fire suppression system which addresses engine fires,
 
a firewall that prohibits hazardous quantities of gas or flame to pass through the firewall from the engine compartment to the passenger compartment,
 
an automatic emergency braking system,
 
an event data recorder, and
 
an electronic stability control system.
 
 
DOT must also establish a grant program to assist local educational agencies to purchase school buses equipped with three-point safety belts or any of the other safety features under this bill and assist them in modifying existing school buses to be equipped with such features.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2019-07-26
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Highways and Transit.
action_date: 2019-07-25
text: Referred to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, 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: 2019-07-25
text: Referred to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, 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: 2019-07-25
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2019-07-25
text: Introduced in House
Freedom for Americans to Travel to Cuba Act of 2019

Bill: 116-hr-3960
Sponsor: Rep. McGovern, James P. [D-MA-2]
Introduced: 2019-07-25 in the House
Policy area: International Affairs
Subjects: Caribbean area
Congressional oversight
Cuba
Latin America
Presidents and presidential powers, Vice Presidents
Travel and tourism

Summary:
action_date: 2019-07-25
text: 

Freedom for Americans to Travel to Cuba Act of 2019

 
This bill establishes that any law, regulation, or policy that prohibits or restricts travel to or from Cuba, or transactions incident to such travel, shall have no effect. The President may not restrict or prohibit such travel or transactions unless doing so is necessary to protect (1) U.S. national security, or (2) the health and safety of U.S. citizens or legal residents. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2019-07-31
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Western Hemisphere, Civilian Security and Trade.
action_date: 2019-07-25
text: Referred to the House Committee on Foreign Affairs.
action_date: 2019-07-25
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E997-998)
action_date: 2019-07-25
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2019-07-25
text: Introduced in House
Renewable Energy Extension Act of 2019

Bill: 116-hr-3961
Sponsor: Rep. Thompson, Mike [D-CA-5]
Introduced: 2019-07-25 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Alternative and renewable resources
Energy efficiency and conservation
Income tax credits
Lighting, heating, cooling
Residential rehabilitation and home repair

Summary:
action_date: 2019-07-25
text: 

Renewable Energy Extension Act of 2019

 
This bill extends the energy tax credit for certain renewable resources and the credit for residential energy efficient property for five years.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2019-07-25
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2019-07-25
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2019-07-25
text: Introduced in House
To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to allow exclusion of gain or loss on like-kind exchanges of virtual currency.

Bill: 116-hr-3963
Sponsor: Rep. Budd, Ted [R-NC-13]
Introduced: 2019-07-25 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Capital gains tax
Currency
Income tax exclusion

Summary:
action_date: 2019-07-25
text: 

Virtual Value Tax Fix Act of 2019

 
This bill allows an exclusion of gain or loss, for income tax purposes, on like-kind exchanges of virtual currency completed prior to 2025. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2019-07-25
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2019-07-25
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2019-07-25
text: Introduced in House
Hospital Price Transparency and Disclosure Act

Bill: 116-hr-3965
Sponsor: Rep. Lipinski, Daniel [D-IL-3]
Introduced: 2019-07-25 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Government information and archives
Health care costs and insurance
Health facilities and institutions
Health information and medical records
Hospital care

Summary:
action_date: 2019-07-25
text: 

Hospital Price Transparency and Disclosure Act

 
 This bill specifies the format that hospitals must disclose the standard charges for items and services by requiring them to submit such charges to the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) and requiring the CMS to post the charges on its website.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2019-07-26
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2019-07-25
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2019-07-25
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2019-07-25
text: Introduced in House
Municipal Bond Market Support Act of 2019

Bill: 116-hr-3967
Sponsor: Rep. Sewell, Terri A. [D-AL-7]
Introduced: 2019-07-25 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Income tax deductions
Income tax exclusion
Inflation and prices
Interest, dividends, interest rates
Securities
State and local finance
Tax-exempt organizations

Summary:
action_date: 2019-07-25
text: 

Municipal Bond Market Support Act of 2019 

 
This bill amends the Internal Revenue Code, with respect to the limitations on deductions for interest expenses of financial institutions that hold tax-exempt bonds, to: 
 
 
permanently increase from $10 million to $30 million the annual limit on the amount of tax-exempt obligations that may be issued to qualify for the small issuer exception to the tax-exempt interest expense allocation rules; 
 
require the limit for the small issuer exception to be adjusted for inflation after 2019; 
 
make permanent the rule that allows qualified 501(c)(3) bonds to be treated is if they were issued by the tax-exempt organization for whose benefit the bond was issued; and 
 
make permanent the special rule for the tax treatment of qualified financings used to make or finance loans to certain states, political subdivisions, or tax-exempt organizations. 



Legislative actions:
action_date: 2019-07-25
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2019-07-25
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2019-07-25
text: Introduced in House
EXIT Act of 2019

Bill: 116-hr-3968
Sponsor: Rep. Hartzler, Vicky [R-MO-4]
Introduced: 2019-07-25 in the House
Policy area: Immigration
Subjects: Border security and unlawful immigration
Environmental assessment, monitoring, research
Licensing and registrations
Public contracts and procurement

Summary:
action_date: 2019-07-25
text: 

Eradicate Crossing of Illegal Tunnels Act of 2019 or the EXIT Act of 2019

 
This bill authorizes the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) to take various actions to facilitate the search for and remediation of unlawful border crossing tunnels on private land. 
 
Specifically, DHS may waive federal, state, or local environmental permits and reviews as necessary to search for or remediate such tunnels. U.S. Customs and Border Protection and U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement may enter into indefinite delivery, indefinite quantity contracts with two or more sources to facilitate such border tunnel activities. (Indefinite delivery, indefinite quantity contracts provide for an indefinite quantity of services for a fixed time.)


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2019-08-21
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Border Security, Facilitation, and Operations.
action_date: 2019-08-15
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration and Citizenship.
action_date: 2019-07-25
text: Referred to the Committee on Homeland Security, and in addition to the Committee on the Judiciary, 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: 2019-07-25
text: Referred to the Committee on Homeland Security, and in addition to the Committee on the Judiciary, 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: 2019-07-25
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2019-07-25
text: Introduced in House
Stop Subsidizing Multimillion Dollar Corporate Bonuses Act

Bill: 116-hr-3970
Sponsor: Rep. Doggett, Lloyd [D-TX-35]
Introduced: 2019-07-25 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Business expenses
Corporate finance and management
Department of the Treasury
Income tax deductions
Wages and earnings

Summary:
action_date: 2019-07-25
text: 

Stop Subsidizing Multimillion Dollar Corporate Bonuses Act

 
This bill extends the $1 million limit on the deductibility of executive compensation to all employees of publicly traded corporations. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2019-07-25
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2019-07-25
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2019-07-25
text: Introduced in House
Senior Citizens Tax Elimination Act

Bill: 116-hr-3971
Sponsor: Rep. Massie, Thomas [R-KY-4]
Introduced: 2019-07-25 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Appropriations
Employee benefits and pensions
Government trust funds
Income tax exclusion
Income tax rates
Railroads
Social security and elderly assistance
Transportation employees

Summary:
action_date: 2019-07-25
text: 

Senior Citizens Tax Elimination Act 

 
This bill amends the Internal Revenue Code to repeal the inclusion of any Social Security or tier I railroad retirement benefits in gross income for income tax purposes. The bill also: (1) appropriates funds to cover reductions in transfers to the Social Security and Railroad Retirement Trust Funds resulting from the enactment of this bill, and (2) expresses the sense of Congress against using tax increases to provide revenue necessary to carry out this bill. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2019-07-25
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2019-07-25
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2019-07-25
text: Introduced in House
Regulations from the Executive in Need of Scrutiny Act of 2019

Bill: 116-hr-3972
Sponsor: Rep. Sensenbrenner, F. James, Jr. [R-WI-5]
Introduced: 2019-07-25 in the House
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Advanced technology and technological innovations
Business investment and capital
Competition and antitrust
Competitiveness, trade promotion, trade deficits
Congressional oversight
Economic performance and conditions
Industrial policy and productivity
Inflation and prices
Judicial review and appeals
Legislative rules and procedure
Unemployment

Summary:
action_date: 2019-07-25
text: 

Regulations From the Executive in Need of Scrutiny Act of 2019

 
This bill revises provisions relating to congressional review of agency rulemaking. 
 
Specifically, the bill establishes a congressional approval process for a major rule. A major rule may only take effect if Congress approves of the rule. A major rule is a rule that results in (1) an annual effect on the economy of $100 million or more; (2) a major increase in costs or prices for consumers, individual industries, government agencies, or geographic regions; or (3) significant adverse effects on competition, employment, investment, productivity, innovation, or the ability of U.S.-based enterprises to compete with foreign-based enterprises. 
 
 In addition, the bill establishes a congressional disapproval process for a nonmajor rule. A nonmajor rule may only take effect if Congress does not disapprove of the rule. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2019-08-15
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Antitrust, Commercial, and Administrative Law.
action_date: 2019-07-25
text: Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committees on Rules, and the Budget, 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: 2019-07-25
text: Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committees on Rules, and the Budget, 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: 2019-07-25
text: Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committees on Rules, and the Budget, 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: 2019-07-25
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2019-07-25
text: Introduced in House
Clean School Bus Act of 2019

Bill: 116-hr-3973
Sponsor: Rep. Hayes, Jahana [D-CT-5]
Introduced: 2019-07-25 in the House
Policy area: Transportation and Public Works
Subjects: Air quality
Atmospheric science and weather
Buy American requirements
Climate change and greenhouse gases
Congressional oversight
Department of Energy
Education of the disadvantaged
Elementary and secondary education
Employment and training programs
Executive agency funding and structure
Government information and archives
Hybrid, electric, and advanced technology vehicles
Infrastructure development
Motor carriers
Personnel records
Public contracts and procurement
State and local government operations
Transportation programs funding

Summary:
action_date: 2019-07-25
text: 

Clean School Bus Act of 2019

 
This bill directs the Department of Energy (DOE) to establish the Clean School Bus Grant Program in the Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy. Under the program, DOE must award grants for the replacement of existing school buses with electric buses.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2019-07-26
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Energy.
action_date: 2019-07-25
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2019-07-25
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2019-07-25
text: Introduced in House
Prescription Drug Monitoring Act of 2019

Bill: 116-hr-3974
Sponsor: Rep. Ryan, Tim [D-OH-13]
Introduced: 2019-07-25 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Criminal justice information and records
Drug trafficking and controlled substances
Health information and medical records
Health personnel
Intergovernmental relations
Licensing and registrations
Medical ethics
Prescription drugs
State and local government operations

Summary:
action_date: 2019-07-25
text: 

Prescription Drug Monitoring Act of 2019

 
 This bill expands the notification and reporting requirements with respect to potentially addictive prescription drugs for states receiving funds for a Prescription Drug Monitoring Program (PDMP). Dispensers of these drugs, which includes substances listed in schedule II, III, or IV of the Controlled Substances Act, must consult with the PDMP before starting treatment involving such drugs and report each prescription of such drugs to the PDMP within 24 hours.
 
 The state agency administering a PDMP must analyze reported data for patterns of controlled substance misuse or abuse and provide certain information to law enforcement, the public, and other states.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2019-07-26
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2019-07-25
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2019-07-25
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2019-07-25
text: Introduced in House
Contact Lens Prescription Verification Modernization Act

Bill: 116-hr-3975
Sponsor: Rep. Rush, Bobby L. [D-IL-1]
Introduced: 2019-07-25 in the House
Policy area: Commerce
Subjects: Consumer affairs
Health information and medical records
Hearing, speech, and vision care
Retail and wholesale trades
Right of privacy
Telephone and wireless communication

Summary:
action_date: 2019-07-25
text: 

Contact Lens Prescription Verification Modernization Act

 
 This bill revises the requirements for the verification of prescriptions related to the purchase of contact lenses. Specifically, online sellers of prescription contact lenses must provide consumers with a method to transmit a digital copy of their prescriptions to such sellers. Online sellers also must encrypt protected health information they send by email.
 
 Additionally, the bill prohibits any seller of prescription contact lenses from using telephone calls with an artificial or prerecorded voice (i.e., robocalls) to verify a consumer's prescription.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2019-07-26
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Environment and Climate Change.
action_date: 2019-07-25
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2019-07-25
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2019-07-25
text: Introduced in House
To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 12711 East Jefferson Avenue in Detroit, Michigan, as the Aretha Franklin Post Office Building.

Bill: 116-hr-3976
Sponsor: Rep. Lawrence, Brenda L. [D-MI-14]
Introduced: 2019-07-25 in the House
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Subjects: Congressional tributes
Government buildings, facilities, and property
Michigan
Music
Performing arts
Postal service

Summary:
action_date: 2019-07-25
text: Designates the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 12711 East Jefferson Avenue in Detroit, Michigan, as the "Aretha Franklin Post Office Building."
action_date: 2021-01-05
text: 
Designates the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 12711 East Jefferson Avenue in Detroit, Michigan, as the "Aretha Franklin Post Office Building."


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-01-05
text: Became Public Law No: 116-293.
action_date: 2021-01-05
text: Became Public Law No: 116-293.
action_date: 2021-01-05
text: Signed by President.
action_date: 2021-01-05
text: Signed by President.
action_date: 2020-12-24
text: Presented to President.
action_date: 2020-12-24
text: Presented to President.
action_date: 2020-12-18
text: Message on Senate action sent to the House.
action_date: 2020-12-17
text: Passed Senate without amendment by Unanimous Consent.
action_date: 2020-12-17
text: Passed/agreed to in Senate: Passed Senate without amendment by Unanimous Consent.
action_date: 2020-12-17
text: Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs discharged by Unanimous Consent. (consideration: CR S7643-7644)
action_date: 2020-12-17
text: Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs discharged by Unanimous Consent.
action_date: 2020-02-10
text: Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.
action_date: 2020-02-05
text: Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
action_date: 2020-02-05
text: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill Agreed to by voice vote. (text: CR H827)
action_date: 2020-02-05
text: Passed/agreed to in House: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill Agreed to by voice vote.
action_date: 2020-02-05
text: DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on H.R. 3976.
action_date: 2020-02-05
text: Considered under suspension of the rules. (consideration: CR H827-828)
action_date: 2020-02-05
text: Mrs. Maloney, Carolyn B. moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill.
action_date: 2019-12-19
text: Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
action_date: 2019-07-25
text: Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Reform.
action_date: 2019-07-25
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2019-07-25
text: Introduced in House

Enacted as: number: 116-293
Justice for Native Survivors of Sexual Violence Act

Bill: 116-hr-3977
Sponsor: Rep. Haaland, Debra A. [D-NM-1]
Introduced: 2019-07-25 in the House
Policy area: Native Americans
Subjects: Assault and harassment offenses
Crime victims
Criminal investigation, prosecution, interrogation
Domestic violence and child abuse
Human trafficking
Indian social and development programs
Jurisdiction and venue
Sex offenses

Summary:
action_date: 2019-07-25
text: 

Justice for Native Survivors of Sexual Violence Act

 
This bill expands Native American tribal criminal jurisdiction over crimes of domestic violence to include sex trafficking, sexual violence, stalking, and related conduct. The bill also authorizes a tribe to exercise jurisdiction over a non-Native American defendant regardless of whether the defendant resides on the tribe's lands, is employed on the tribe's lands, or is a spouse, dating partner, or intimate partner of a Native American who resides on the tribe's lands.

action_date: 2020-12-15
text: 

Justice for Native Survivors of Sexual Violence Act

 
This bill expands Native American tribal criminal jurisdiction over crimes of domestic violence to include sex trafficking, sexual violence, stalking, and related conduct. The bill also authorizes a tribe to exercise jurisdiction over a non-Native American defendant regardless of whether the defendant resides on the tribe's lands, is employed on the tribe's lands, or is a spouse, dating partner, or intimate partner of a Native American who resides on the tribe's lands.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2020-12-15
text: Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 532.
action_date: 2020-12-15
text: Reported by the Committee on Natural Resources. H. Rept. 116-648.
action_date: 2020-12-15
text: Reported by the Committee on Natural Resources. H. Rept. 116-648.
action_date: 2019-12-05
text: Ordered to be Reported by the Yeas and Nays: 22 - 7.
action_date: 2019-12-05
text: Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
action_date: 2019-12-05
text: Subcommittee for Indigenous Peoples of the United States Discharged.
action_date: 2019-08-14
text: Referred to the Subcommittee for Indigenous Peoples of the United States.
action_date: 2019-07-25
text: Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.
action_date: 2019-07-25
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2019-07-25
text: Introduced in House