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Community College Student Success Act

Bill: 116-hr-3578
Sponsor: Rep. Meng, Grace [D-NY-6]
Introduced: 2019-06-27 in the House
Policy area: Education
Subjects: Academic performance and assessments
Congressional oversight
Education programs funding
Government information and archives
Higher education
Performance measurement
School administration
Student records

Summary:
action_date: 2019-06-27
text: 

Community College Student Success Act

 
This bill requires the Department of Education to carry out a community college student success grant program that awards grants to public, two-year institutions of higher educations (IHEs) for planning and implementing programs designed to increase the rate at which their students graduate or transfer to a four-year IHE. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2019-06-27
text: Referred to the House Committee on Education and Labor.
action_date: 2019-06-27
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E862)
action_date: 2019-06-27
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2019-06-27
text: Introduced in House
Keep Mail Safe Act

Bill: 116-hr-3579
Sponsor: Rep. Meng, Grace [D-NY-6]
Introduced: 2019-06-27 in the House
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Subjects: Congressional oversight
Fraud offenses and financial crimes
Government studies and investigations
Postal service
U.S. Postal Service

Summary:
action_date: 2019-06-27
text: 

Keep Mail Safe Act

 
This bill directs the U.S. Postal Service to report to Congress on retrofitting mail collection boxes to prevent mail theft. The report shall include (1) a strategic plan to retrofit all mail collection boxes with narrow mail slots; (2) a statement of the resources necessary to carry out such plan; and (3) with respect to any mail collection boxes that have been retrofitted on the date of enactment of this bill, information on their locations, the security enhancements made, and the reasons for their retrofitting. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2019-06-27
text: Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Reform.
action_date: 2019-06-27
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E861)
action_date: 2019-06-27
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2019-06-27
text: Introduced in House
Ensuring Accurate and Complete Abortion Data Reporting Act of 2019

Bill: 116-hr-3580
Sponsor: Rep. Norman, Ralph [R-SC-5]
Introduced: 2019-06-27 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Abortion
Child health
Family planning and birth control
Government information and archives
Health information and medical records
Health programs administration and funding
Medicaid
Sex and reproductive health
State and local government operations
Women's health

Summary:
action_date: 2019-06-27
text: 

Ensuring Accurate and Complete Abortion Data Reporting Act of 2019

 
This bill requires states, as a condition of federal payment under Medicaid for family planning services, to report certain abortion data to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). (Currently, reporting is voluntary.) The CDC must develop standardized questions for states with respect to specified variables (e.g., maternal demographics and methods of abortion).


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2019-06-28
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2019-06-27
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2019-06-27
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2019-06-27
text: Introduced in House
District of Columbia Board of Zoning Adjustment Home Rule Act

Bill: 116-hr-3581
Sponsor: Del. Norton, Eleanor Holmes [D-DC-At Large]
Introduced: 2019-06-27 in the House
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Subjects: District of Columbia
Intergovernmental relations
Land use and conservation
State and local government operations

Summary:
action_date: 2019-06-27
text: 

District of Columbia Board of Zoning Adjustment Home Rule Act 

 
This bill revises membership requirements of the District of Columbia Board of Zoning Adjustment to provide authority for the District government to appoint all members of the board, except when the board is performing functions regarding an application by a foreign mission with respect to the location, expansion, or replacement of an embassy or consulate.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2019-06-27
text: Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Reform.
action_date: 2019-06-27
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E859)
action_date: 2019-06-27
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2019-06-27
text: Introduced in House
To amend title 38, United States Code, to expand the scope of the Advisory Committee on Minority Veterans, and for other purposes.

Bill: 116-hr-3582
Sponsor: Rep. Pappas, Chris [D-NH-1]
Introduced: 2019-06-27 in the House
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Advisory bodies
Sex, gender, sexual orientation discrimination
Veterans' organizations and recognition

Summary:
action_date: 2019-06-27
text: 
This bill expands the scope of the Advisory Committee on Minority Veterans by including lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender individuals as minority group members. The committee reports on the issues of minority group members in relation to Department of Veterans Affairs programs. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2020-07-23
text: Committee Hearings Held.
action_date: 2019-06-27
text: Referred to the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
action_date: 2019-06-27
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2019-06-27
text: Introduced in House
Federal Prohibition of Female Genital Mutilation Act of 2019

Bill: 116-hr-3583
Sponsor: Rep. Perry, Scott [R-PA-10]
Introduced: 2019-06-27 in the House
Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement
Subjects: Crimes against children
Crimes against women
Sex offenses
Women's health

Summary:
action_date: 2019-06-27
text: 

Federal Prohibition of Female Genital Mutilation Act of 2019

 
This bill modifies the general prohibition on female genital mutilation.
 
Specifically, the bill prohibits this conduct when it occurs in or affects interstate or foreign commerce. (A 2018 court ruling held the criminal offense of female genital mutilation to be unconstitutional because the statute did not include any jurisdictional elements, such as a requirement that the charged offense have a connection to or effect on interstate commerce.)


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2019-07-30
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security.
action_date: 2019-06-27
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2019-06-27
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2019-06-27
text: Introduced in House
LAB Act

Bill: 116-hr-3584
Sponsor: Rep. Peters, Scott H. [D-CA-52]
Introduced: 2019-06-27 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Congressional oversight
Drug safety, medical device, and laboratory regulation
Government information and archives
Government studies and investigations
Health care costs and insurance
Health information and medical records
Inflation and prices
Medical tests and diagnostic methods
Medicare

Summary:
action_date: 2019-06-27
text: 

Laboratory Access for Beneficiaries Act or the LAB Act

 
This bill revises the periods during which laboratories must report clinical diagnostic test information to the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) for purposes of determining Medicare payment rates. The CMS must also contract with the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine to evaluate the methodology used to determine a specified laboratory fee schedule.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2019-06-28
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2019-06-27
text: Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on Ways and Means, 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: 2019-06-27
text: Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on Ways and Means, 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: 2019-06-27
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2019-06-27
text: Introduced in House
BEACHES in Florida Act

Bill: 116-hr-3585
Sponsor: Rep. Rutherford, John H. [R-FL-4]
Introduced: 2019-06-27 in the House
Policy area: Energy
Subjects: Atlantic Ocean
Florida
Gulf of Mexico
Licensing and registrations
Marine and coastal resources, fisheries
Oil and gas

Summary:
action_date: 2019-06-27
text: 

Bolstering Economies, Anglers, Coastal Habitats, Ecosystems and Security in Florida Act or the BEACHES in Florida Act

 
This bill prohibits oil and gas exploration and leasing on the Outer Continental Shelf off the coast of Florida.
 
Specifically, the bill establishes a moratorium through June 30, 2029, on oil and gas exploration and leasing in the (1) Straits of Florida Planning Area, and (2) South Atlantic Planning Area that is south of the northernmost lateral seaward administrative boundary of Florida. The bill also extends to June 30, 2029, the moratorium on oil and gas exploration and leasing in certain areas of the Gulf of Mexico off the coast of Florida.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2019-07-16
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Energy and Mineral Resources.
action_date: 2019-06-27
text: Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.
action_date: 2019-06-27
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2019-06-27
text: Introduced in House
Energy Savings and Building Efficiency Act of 2019

Bill: 116-hr-3586
Sponsor: Rep. Schrader, Kurt [D-OR-5]
Introduced: 2019-06-27 in the House
Policy area: Energy
Subjects: Building construction
Congressional oversight
Education programs funding
Employment and training programs
Energy efficiency and conservation
Environmental technology
Federal-Indian relations
Government studies and investigations
Higher education
Housing industry and standards
Industrial facilities
Lighting, heating, cooling
State and local government operations

Summary:
action_date: 2019-06-27
text: 

Energy Savings and Building Efficiency Act of 2019

 
This bill revises provisions related to building energy codes, including by directing the Department of Energy to provide technical assistance to states, Indian tribes, and local governments to implement technically feasible and cost-effective building energy codes.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2019-06-28
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Energy.
action_date: 2019-06-27
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2019-06-27
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2019-06-27
text: Introduced in House
To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to modify the effective date for the modification to net operating loss deductions in Public Law 115-97.

Bill: 116-hr-3587
Sponsor: Rep. Schweikert, David [R-AZ-6]
Introduced: 2019-06-27 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Business expenses
Income tax deductions
Tax administration and collection, taxpayers

Summary:
action_date: 2019-06-27
text: 
This bill amends the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act of 2017 (P.L. 115-97) to provide that the net operating carryforward and carryback modifications in that Act are effective for net operating losses arising in taxable years beginning after December 31, 2017 (instead of tax years ending after December 31, 2017).
 
The bill also allows an extension of the deadline for filing an application for a tentative carryback adjustment for net operating losses arising before January 1, 2018, and ending after December 31, 2017.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2019-06-27
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2019-06-27
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2019-06-27
text: Introduced in House
END Network Abuse Act of 2019

Bill: 116-hr-3588
Sponsor: Rep. Spanberger, Abigail Davis [D-VA-7]
Introduced: 2019-06-27 in the House
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Child health
Crime prevention
Crime victims
Crimes against children
Criminal investigation, prosecution, interrogation
Domestic violence and child abuse
Evidence and witnesses
Indian social and development programs
Intergovernmental relations
Law enforcement administration and funding
Law enforcement officers
Mental health
Military facilities and property
Military law
Sex offenses
State and local government operations

Summary:
action_date: 2019-06-27
text: 

End National Defense Network Abuse Act of 2019 or the END Network Abuse Act of 2019

 
This bill directs the Department of Defense to establish (1) an initiative to improve the capacity of military criminal-investigative organizations to prevent child sexual exploitation, and (2) partnerships with various governmental and outside entities to improve practices and outcomes related to the prevention of child sexual exploitation.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2019-06-28
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Military Personnel.
action_date: 2019-06-27
text: Referred to the House Committee on Armed Services.
action_date: 2019-06-27
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2019-06-27
text: Introduced in House
Building Our Opportunities to Survive and Thrive Act of 2019

Bill: 116-hr-3590
Sponsor: Rep. Tlaib, Rashida [D-MI-13]
Introduced: 2019-06-27 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Government information and archives
Income tax credits
Inflation and prices
Poverty and welfare assistance
Social work, volunteer service, charitable organizations
Tax administration and collection, taxpayers

Summary:
action_date: 2019-06-27
text: 

Building Our Opportunities to Survive and Thrive Act of 2019

 
This bill creates a new refundable tax credit of $3,000 for individual taxpayers subject to an income-based phaseout and an inflation adjustment to the credit amount after 2019. It also provides for advance payments of credit amounts to taxpayers on a monthly basis and allows a disregard of credit amounts for purposes of determining eligibility for federal or state assistance programs. 
 
The bill directs the Internal Revenue Service to establish a Community Volunteer Income Tax Assistance Matching Grant Program to provide tax return preparation assistance to low-income taxpayers. 
 
The bill expresses the sense of the House of Representatives that the cost of this bill should be fully offset by (1) the repeal of the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act (except for provisions of that Act that provide relief to taxpayers with annual incomes of less than $100,000), and (2) a fee on financial institutions with consolidated assets of more than $50 billion.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2019-06-27
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2019-06-27
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2019-06-27
text: Introduced in House
Campus Prevention and Recovery Services for Students Act of 2019

Bill: 116-hr-3591
Sponsor: Rep. Trone, David J. [D-MD-6]
Introduced: 2019-06-27 in the House
Policy area: Education
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Department of Education
Drug, alcohol, tobacco use
Education programs funding
Government information and archives
Health programs administration and funding
Health promotion and preventive care
Higher education
Medical tests and diagnostic methods
Mental health

Summary:
action_date: 2019-06-27
text: 

Campus Prevention and Recovery Services for Students Act of 2019

 
This bill reauthorizes through FY2025 and revises the illicit drug and alcohol abuse prevention program, including to expand the program to include efforts to prevent substance misuse on campuses.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2019-06-27
text: Referred to the House Committee on Education and Labor.
action_date: 2019-06-27
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2019-06-27
text: Introduced in House
PATH Fairness Act of 2019

Bill: 116-hr-3592
Sponsor: Rep. Welch, Peter [D-VT-At Large]
Introduced: 2019-06-27 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Drug, alcohol, tobacco use
Health programs administration and funding
Homelessness and emergency shelter
Mental health

Summary:
action_date: 2019-06-27
text: 

PATH Fairness Act of 

2019

 
This bill reauthorizes through FY2024 and revises the Projects for Assistance in Transition from Homelessness. The program provides services to individuals who (1) are suffering from serious mental illness, or are suffering from serious mental illness and from substance abuse; and (2) are homeless or at imminent risk of becoming homeless. The minimum allotment of program funding for each state and territory is increased on the condition that appropriations are sufficient to provide the minimum allotment to all states and territories.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2019-06-28
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2019-06-27
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2019-06-27
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2019-06-27
text: Introduced in House
Hot Cars Act of 2019

Bill: 116-hr-3593
Sponsor: Rep. Ryan, Tim [D-OH-13]
Introduced: 2019-06-28 in the House
Policy area: Transportation and Public Works
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Child safety and welfare
Congressional oversight
Department of Transportation
Government information and archives
Government studies and investigations
Motor vehicles
Roads and highways
State and local government operations
Transportation programs funding
Transportation safety and security

Summary:
action_date: 2019-06-28
text: 

Hot Cars Act of 2019

 
This bill requires the Department of Transportation (DOT) to issue a final rule requiring all new passenger motor vehicles weighing 10,000 pounds or less to be equipped with an alert system to detect the presence of an occupant (e.g., a child or domestic animal) in a rear designated seating position after the vehicle engine is turned off. DOT must also consider requiring systems that can detect the presence of any occupant unable to independently exit the vehicle and the presence of a child who has entered an unoccupied vehicle independently.
 
The alert must (1) include a distinct auditory and visual alert to notify individuals inside and outside of the vehicle of the presence of an occupant which must be combined with an interior haptic warning (i.e., vibrations), and (2) be activated when the vehicle engine is turned off and the presence of an occupant is detected.
 
DOT must enter into an agreement with an independent third party for a study on retrofitting existing passenger motor vehicles with technology to address the problem of occupants left unattended in motor vehicles.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2019-07-01
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Consumer Protection and Commerce.
action_date: 2019-07-01
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Highways and Transit.
action_date: 2019-06-28
text: Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on 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: 2019-06-28
text: Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on 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: 2019-06-28
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2019-06-28
text: Introduced in House
Healthcare Freedom Act of 2019

Bill: 116-hr-3594
Sponsor: Rep. Roy, Chip [R-TX-21]
Introduced: 2019-06-28 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Employee benefits and pensions
Health care costs and insurance
Health care coverage and access
Income tax deductions
Income tax exclusion
Religion

Summary:
action_date: 2019-06-28
text: 

Healthcare Freedom Act of 2019

 
This bill expands the availability of health savings accounts. It renames such accounts as &quot;health freedom accounts&quot; and allows all individuals to receive increased tax deductions for contributions to such accounts. The term &quot;qualified medical expenses&quot; is expanded to include costs associated with direct primary care, health care sharing ministries, and medical cost sharing organizations. 
 
The bill also excludes employer contributions to health freedom accounts from employee gross income for income tax purposes. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2019-06-28
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2019-06-28
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2019-06-28
text: Introduced in House
Charitable Donations Freedom Act

Bill: 116-hr-3595
Sponsor: Rep. Roy, Chip [R-TX-21]
Introduced: 2019-06-28 in the House
Policy area: Economics and Public Finance
Subjects: Administrative remedies
Charitable contributions

Summary:
action_date: 2019-06-28
text: 

Charitable Donations Freedom Act

 
This bill allows employees or officers of the federal government or the District of Columbia to accept donations of goods. (Under current law, the Antideficiency Act generally prohibits federal agencies or the District from accepting voluntary services or employing personal services not authorized by law, except in cases of emergencies involving the safety of human life or the protection of property. The bill specifies that the term &quot;voluntary services&quot; does not include the donation of goods.) 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2019-06-28
text: Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Reform.
action_date: 2019-06-28
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2019-06-28
text: Introduced in House
Solar Energy Research and Development Act of 2019

Bill: 116-hr-3597
Sponsor: Rep. McAdams, Ben [D-UT-4]
Introduced: 2019-06-28 in the House
Policy area: Energy
Subjects: Advanced technology and technological innovations
Alternative and renewable resources
Congressional oversight
Electric power generation and transmission
Energy research
Government information and archives
Manufacturing
Performance measurement
Wildlife conservation and habitat protection

Summary:
action_date: 2019-06-28
text: 

Solar Energy Research and Development Act of 2019

 
This bill requires the Department of Energy to carry out a grant program to research, develop, and evaluate solar energy technologies and systems.

action_date: 2020-09-11
text: 

Solar Energy Research and Development Act of 2019

 
This bill requires the Department of Energy to carry out a program to award grants or enter into contracts and cooperative agreements to research, develop, and evaluate solar energy technologies and systems. The program replaces several existing programs concerning solar research and development.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2020-09-11
text: Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 400.
action_date: 2020-09-11
text: Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Science, Space, and Technology. H. Rept. 116-499.
action_date: 2020-09-11
text: Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Science, Space, and Technology. H. Rept. 116-499.
action_date: 2019-07-24
text: Ordered to be Reported (Amended) by the Yeas and Nays: 21 - 13.
action_date: 2019-07-24
text: Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
action_date: 2019-07-10
text: Forwarded by Subcommittee to Full Committee (Amended) by the Yeas and Nays: 7 - 5 .
action_date: 2019-07-10
text: Subcommittee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
action_date: 2019-07-03
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Energy.
action_date: 2019-06-28
text: Referred to the House Committee on Science, Space, and Technology.
action_date: 2019-06-28
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2019-06-28
text: Introduced in House