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Decentralized Wastewater Grant Act of 2020

Bill: 116-hr-5856
Sponsor: Rep. Sewell, Terri A. [D-AL-7]
Introduced: 2020-02-11 in the House
Policy area: Environmental Protection
Subjects: Congressional oversight
Government lending and loan guarantees
Low- and moderate-income housing
Residential rehabilitation and home repair
Solid waste and recycling
State and local finance
Water quality
Water use and supply

Summary:
action_date: 2020-02-11
text: 

Decentralized Wastewater Grant Act of 2020

 
This bill requires the Environmental Protection Agency to establish a grant program for decentralized wastewater treatment systems in households with certain incomes.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2020-02-12
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Water Resources and Environment.
action_date: 2020-02-11
text: Referred to the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.
action_date: 2020-02-11
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2020-02-11
text: Introduced in House
Fracking Ban Act

Bill: 116-hr-5857
Sponsor: Rep. Ocasio-Cortez, Alexandria [D-NY-14]
Introduced: 2020-02-12 in the House
Policy area: Environmental Protection
Subjects: Aging
Air quality
Climate change and greenhouse gases
Congressional oversight
Department of Labor
Disability and paralysis
Electric power generation and transmission
Energy storage, supplies, demand
Environmental health
Executive agency funding and structure
Government studies and investigations
Housing supply and affordability
Licensing and registrations
Oil and gas
Pipelines
Poverty and welfare assistance
Racial and ethnic relations
Rural conditions and development
Water quality

Summary:
action_date: 2020-02-12
text: 

Fracking Ban Act

 
This bill phases out hydraulic fracturing for oil and natural gas. Hydraulic fracturing or fracking is a process to extract underground resources such as oil or gas from a geologic formation by injecting water, a propping agent (e.g., sand), and chemical additives into a well under enough pressure to fracture the geological formation.
 
The bill prohibits federal agencies from issuing permits for the expansion of fracking or fracked oil and natural gas infrastructure, including infrastructure intended to extract, transport, or burn natural gas or oil.
 
In addition, the bill requires the Environmental Protection Agency to complete a survey of all oil and natural gas wells to identify the wells where fracking is, or has been, used. The survey must include a variety of data, including data on the proximity of fracking operations to inhabited structures (e.g., homes or schools).
 
Beginning on February 1, 2021, the bill revokes permits for wells where fracking is, or has been, used within 2,500 feet of inhabited structures. The bill bans all fracking on onshore and offshore land by 2025.
 
Finally, the bill requires the Department of Labor to establish a Just Transition Committee to make recommendations on ensuring the health and safety of individuals residing in, and the prosperity of, natural gas- and oil-producing regions during the phaseout of fracking.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2020-02-21
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Energy and Mineral Resources.
action_date: 2020-02-12
text: Referred to the Committee on Natural Resources, 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: 2020-02-12
text: Referred to the Committee on Natural Resources, 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: 2020-02-12
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2020-02-12
text: Introduced in House
Military Pilots Cancer Incidence Study Act

Bill: 116-hr-5858
Sponsor: Rep. Luria, Elaine G. [D-VA-2]
Introduced: 2020-02-12 in the House
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Cancer
Congressional oversight
Government studies and investigations
Medical research
Medical tests and diagnostic methods
Military medicine
Military personnel and dependents

Summary:
action_date: 2020-02-12
text: 

Military Pilots Cancer Incidence Study Act

 
This bill requires the Department of Defense (DOD) to enter into an agreement with the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine to study cancer incidence and mortality among uniformed services pilots and make recommendations on cancer screenings.
 
DOD must report the study findings.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2020-02-12
text: Referred to the House Committee on Armed Services.
action_date: 2020-02-12
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR H1056-1057)
action_date: 2020-02-12
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2020-02-12
text: Introduced in House
Trillion Trees Act

Bill: 116-hr-5859
Sponsor: Rep. Westerman, Bruce [R-AR-4]
Introduced: 2020-02-12 in the House
Policy area: Environmental Protection
Subjects: Advisory bodies
Air quality
Building construction
Civil actions and liability
Climate change and greenhouse gases
Congressional oversight
Ecology
Education programs funding
Elementary and secondary education
Energy efficiency and conservation
Environmental assessment, monitoring, research
Environmental education
Environmental regulatory procedures
Foreign aid and international relief
Forests, forestry, trees
Government studies and investigations
Housing finance and home ownership
Income tax credits
International organizations and cooperation
Judicial review and appeals
Land use and conservation
Product development and innovation
Research and development
Social work, volunteer service, charitable organizations
Watersheds

Summary:
action_date: 2020-02-12
text: 

Trillion Trees Act

 
This bills establishes requirements and incentives to plant trees and conduct other land management practices for the purposes of capturing and storing carbon.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2020-02-26
text: Committee Hearings Held.
action_date: 2020-02-25
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Conservation and Forestry.
action_date: 2020-02-12
text: Referred to the Committee on Agriculture, and in addition to the Committees on Foreign Affairs, Natural Resources, and 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: 2020-02-12
text: Referred to the Committee on Agriculture, and in addition to the Committees on Foreign Affairs, Natural Resources, and 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: 2020-02-12
text: Referred to the Committee on Agriculture, and in addition to the Committees on Foreign Affairs, Natural Resources, and 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: 2020-02-12
text: Referred to the Committee on Agriculture, and in addition to the Committees on Foreign Affairs, Natural Resources, and 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: 2020-02-12
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2020-02-12
text: Introduced in House
Advanced Technology Vehicles Manufacturing Program Reform Act

Bill: 116-hr-5860
Sponsor: Rep. Brownley, Julia [D-CA-26]
Introduced: 2020-02-12 in the House
Policy area: Energy
Subjects: Air quality
Climate change and greenhouse gases
Congressional oversight
Government lending and loan guarantees
Government studies and investigations
Hybrid, electric, and advanced technology vehicles
Manufacturing

Summary:
action_date: 2020-02-12
text: 

Advanced Technology Vehicles Manufacturing Program Reform Act

 
This bill expands the Advanced Technology Vehicles Manufacturing Incentive Program of the Department of Energy. The Government Accountability Office must conduct a study on the barriers to the application for, and issuance of, direct loans under the program, including potential changes to reduce such barriers in order to increase the number of loans.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2020-02-12
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2020-02-12
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2020-02-12
text: Introduced in House
Stop Greenlighting Driver Licenses for Illegal Immigrants Act

Bill: 116-hr-5862
Sponsor: Rep. Buck, Ken [R-CO-4]
Introduced: 2020-02-12 in the House
Policy area: Immigration
Subjects: Citizenship and naturalization
Government information and archives
Immigration status and procedures
Law enforcement administration and funding
Licensing and registrations
Motor vehicles
State and local government operations

Summary:
action_date: 2020-02-12
text: 

Stop Greenlighting Driver Licenses for Illegal Immigrants Act

 
This bill prohibits a state from receiving certain federal law enforcement grants if it takes certain immigration-related actions. Specifically, a state is barred from receiving such grants if it (1) issues a driver license to an individual who does not have proof of U.S. citizenship or lawful presence in the United States, or (2) prohibits a local or state government entity or official from sharing immigration enforcement information with the Department of Homeland Security.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2020-03-10
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration and Citizenship.
action_date: 2020-02-12
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2020-02-12
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2020-02-12
text: Introduced in House
To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to allow married couples to apply the student loan interest deduction limitation separately to each spouse, and for other purposes.

Bill: 116-hr-5863
Sponsor: Rep. Hartzler, Vicky [R-MO-4]
Introduced: 2020-02-12 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Higher education
Income tax deductions
Interest, dividends, interest rates
Student aid and college costs
Tax treatment of families

Summary:
action_date: 2020-02-12
text: 
This bill revises the tax deduction for interest on education loans to provide that the $2,500 limitation on such deduction shall apply separately to each taxpayer claiming the deduction.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2020-02-12
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2020-02-12
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2020-02-12
text: Introduced in House
New Energy Frontiers Through Carbon Innovation Act of 2020

Bill: 116-hr-5864
Sponsor: Rep. Crenshaw, Dan [R-TX-2]
Introduced: 2020-02-12 in the House
Policy area: Energy
Subjects: Air quality
Climate change and greenhouse gases
Congressional oversight
Electric power generation and transmission
Energy research
Environmental assessment, monitoring, research
Environmental technology
Oil and gas
Research administration and funding
Research and development
Technology transfer and commercialization

Summary:
action_date: 2020-02-12
text: 

New Energy Frontiers Through Carbon Innovation Act of 2020

 
This bill directs the Department of Energy (DOE) to establish and support the research, development, and demonstration of carbon capture, storage, and utilization technologies and techniques.
 
Specifically, DOE must
 
 
establish and operate a national Carbon Utilization Energy Innovation Hub which must focus on early stage research and development activities, including post-combustion and pre-combustion capture of carbon dioxide;
 
carry out a program to award competitive grants to certain entities for the capture of carbon dioxide produced during the generation of natural gas-generated power;
 
accelerate the development of commercially viable carbon capture technologies to reduce carbon dioxide emissions, including to improve the thermodynamics, kinetics, scalability, durability, and flexibility of carbon capture technologies used during the generation of electricity from natural gas power systems;
 
enter into cooperative agreements with certain entities to construct and operate no more than five facilities to capture carbon dioxide from natural gas generating power facilities; and
 
identify any barriers to the commercial development of carbon capture technologies.
 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2020-02-12
text: Referred to the House Committee on Science, Space, and Technology.
action_date: 2020-02-12
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2020-02-12
text: Introduced in House
Gun Trafficker Detection Act

Bill: 116-hr-5866
Sponsor: Rep. Casten, Sean [D-IL-6]
Introduced: 2020-02-12 in the House
Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement
Subjects: Civil actions and liability
Crimes against property
Criminal justice information and records
Criminal procedure and sentencing
Firearms and explosives

Summary:
action_date: 2020-02-12
text: 

Gun Trafficker Detection Act

 
This bill requires gun owners to report the theft or loss of a firearm to law enforcement. It imposes criminal penalties on a violator.
 
The bill also establishes a private right of action for a person injured by a firearm that is the subject of a violation.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2020-03-10
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security.
action_date: 2020-02-12
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2020-02-12
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR H1127-1128)
action_date: 2020-02-12
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2020-02-12
text: Introduced in House
STOP Veteran Suicide and Substance Abuse Act

Bill: 116-hr-5867
Sponsor: Rep. Cisneros, Gilbert Ray, Jr. [D-CA-39]
Introduced: 2020-02-12 in the House
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Alternative treatments
Drug, alcohol, tobacco use
Health care coverage and access
Health care quality
Health information and medical records
Health programs administration and funding
Intergovernmental relations
Mental health
Military medicine
Neurological disorders
Prescription drugs
Service animals
Sex offenses
Veterans' medical care

Summary:
action_date: 2020-02-12
text: 

Setting Treatment Options and Practices for Veteran Suicide and Substance Abuse Act or the STOP Veteran Suicide and Substance Abuse Act

 
This bill requires the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) to complete the development of clinical practice guidelines for the treatment of post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), military sexual trauma, and traumatic brain injury that is occurring simultaneously with substance use disorder or chronic pain.
 
The VA, the Department of Defense (DOD), and the Department of Health and Human Services must create a Trauma and Comorbid Substance Use Disorder or Chronic Pain Work Group to develop such clinical practice guidelines in consultation with other work groups, including the Substance Use Work Group.
 
The bill also requires the VA and DOD (through the Assessment and Management of Patients at Risk for Suicide Work Group) to issue an update to the VA/DOD Clinical Practice Guideline for Assessment and Management of Patients at Risk for Suicide that considers gender- and age-specific factors.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2020-03-02
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2020-02-12
text: Referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs, and in addition to the Committees on Armed Services, and 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: 2020-02-12
text: Referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs, and in addition to the Committees on Armed Services, and 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: 2020-02-12
text: Referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs, and in addition to the Committees on Armed Services, and 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: 2020-02-12
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2020-02-12
text: Introduced in House
RELIEF Act

Bill: 116-hr-5868
Sponsor: Rep. Fortenberry, Jeff [R-NE-1]
Introduced: 2020-02-12 in the House
Policy area: Transportation and Public Works
Subjects: Disaster relief and insurance
Floods and storm protection
Natural disasters
Water resources funding

Summary:
action_date: 2020-02-12
text: 

Restoring the Efforts of Local Involvement in Emergencies and Floods Act or the RELIEF Act

 
This bill authorizes the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers to reimburse nonfederal sponsors for work related to the emergency response to a natural disaster.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2020-02-13
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Water Resources and Environment.
action_date: 2020-02-12
text: Referred to the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.
action_date: 2020-02-12
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2020-02-12
text: Introduced in House
SKILL UP Act of 2020

Bill: 116-hr-5869
Sponsor: Rep. Horsford, Steven [D-NV-4]
Introduced: 2020-02-12 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Employment and training programs
Higher education
Income tax credits
Tax-exempt organizations
Vocational and technical education
Wages and earnings

Summary:
action_date: 2020-02-12
text: 

Skill and Knowledge Investments Leverage Leaders' Untapped Potential Tax Credit Act of 2020 or the SKILL UP Act of 2020

 
This bill expands the work opportunity tax credit to include a qualified work-based learning participant. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2020-02-12
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2020-02-12
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2020-02-12
text: Introduced in House
Guard and Reserve GI Bill Parity Act of 2020

Bill: 116-hr-5870
Sponsor: Rep. Levin, Mike [D-CA-49]
Introduced: 2020-02-12 in the House
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Higher education
Military education and training
National Guard and reserves
Student aid and college costs
Veterans' education, employment, rehabilitation

Summary:
action_date: 2020-02-12
text: 

Guard and Reserve GI Bill Parity Act of 2020

 
This bill expands eligibility for Post-9/11 GI Bill educational assistance. Specifically, the bill adjusts the type of service that entitles a member of the Armed Forces, reserves, or National Guard to such assistance. Under the bill, service by a reservist or National Guard member that is entitled to pay counts toward benefit eligibility. Such service includes training, active military service, inactive training, and general duty for which basic pay is warranted.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2020-03-02
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Economic Opportunity.
action_date: 2020-02-12
text: Referred to the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
action_date: 2020-02-12
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2020-02-12
text: Introduced in House
Natural Infrastructure and Resilience Act

Bill: 116-hr-5871
Sponsor: Rep. Malinowski, Tom [D-NJ-7]
Introduced: 2020-02-12 in the House
Policy area: Transportation and Public Works
Subjects: Atmospheric science and weather
Emergency planning and evacuation
Floods and storm protection
Infrastructure development
Roads and highways
Transportation programs funding

Summary:
action_date: 2020-02-12
text: 

Natural Infrastructure and Resilience Act

 
This bill makes projects that use natural infrastructure alone or in combination with certain projects to enhance resilience of a transportation facility eligible for surface transportation block grant funding.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2020-02-13
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Highways and Transit.
action_date: 2020-02-12
text: Referred to the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.
action_date: 2020-02-12
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2020-02-12
text: Introduced in House
Oath of Exit Act

Bill: 116-hr-5872
Sponsor: Rep. Mast, Brian J. [R-FL-18]
Introduced: 2020-02-12 in the House
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Mental health
Military personnel and dependents
Veterans' medical care

Summary:
action_date: 2020-02-12
text: 

Oath of Exit Act

 
This bill establishes a separation oath for members of the Armed Forces who are voluntarily separating from military service.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2020-02-12
text: Referred to the House Committee on Armed Services.
action_date: 2020-02-12
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2020-02-12
text: Introduced in House
Harriet Tubman Bicentennial Commemorative Coin Act

Bill: 116-hr-5873
Sponsor: Rep. Meeks, Gregory W. [D-NY-5]
Introduced: 2020-02-12 in the House
Policy area: Finance and Financial Sector
Subjects: Commemorative events and holidays
Currency
Racial and ethnic relations
U.S. history
Women's rights

Summary:
action_date: 2020-02-12
text: 

Harriet Tubman Bicentennial Commemorative Coin Act

 
This bill directs the Department of the Treasury to mint and issue 50,000 $5 gold coins, 400,000 $1 silver coins, and 750,000 half-dollar clad coins emblematic of the legacy of Harriet Tubman as an abolitionist. 
 
The Secretary may issue coins under this bill only during the period of January 1, 2022, through December 31, 2022. 
 
All surcharges received by Treasury from the sale of such coins must be paid to Project Legacy in Brooklyn, New York, for the purpose of accomplishing and advancing its mission. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2020-02-12
text: Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services.
action_date: 2020-02-12
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2020-02-12
text: Introduced in House
Decrease Noise Levels Act

Bill: 116-hr-5874
Sponsor: Rep. Meng, Grace [D-NY-6]
Introduced: 2020-02-12 in the House
Policy area: Transportation and Public Works
Subjects: Aviation and airports
Government information and archives
Government studies and investigations
Noise pollution

Summary:
action_date: 2020-02-12
text: 

Decrease Noise Levels Act

 
This bill directs the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) to revise its regulations to decrease the threshold for the day-night average sound level that constitutes significant noise from 65 decibels to 60 decibels, and adjust relative ranges of day-night average sound level accordingly.
 
Additionally, the FAA must
 
 
ensure that its community outreach related to aviation day-night average sound levels contains the results of its evaluation of alternative metrics to the current average day-night level standard, and
 
create a publicly available report that outlines a strategy to reduce the maximum day-night average sound level in all residential areas to 55 decibels within 10 years. 
 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2020-02-13
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Aviation.
action_date: 2020-02-12
text: Referred to the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.
action_date: 2020-02-12
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E175)
action_date: 2020-02-12
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2020-02-12
text: Introduced in House