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SAFE Kids Act

Bill: 116-hr-1498
Sponsor: Rep. DeGette, Diana [D-CO-1]
Introduced: 2019-03-05 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Child health
Drug safety, medical device, and laboratory regulation
Drug, alcohol, tobacco use

Summary:
action_date: 2019-03-05
text: 

Stopping Appealing Flavors in E-Cigarettes for Kids Act or the
 
SAFE Kids Act

 
This bill generally prohibits the inclusion of flavored products in non-cigarette tobacco products, including electronic nicotine delivery system (e.g., e-cigarettes and vape pens).


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2019-03-06
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2019-03-05
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2019-03-05
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2019-03-05
text: Introduced in House
Police Officers Protecting Children Act

Bill: 116-hr-1501
Sponsor: Rep. Hartzler, Vicky [R-MO-4]
Introduced: 2019-03-05 in the House
Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement
Subjects: Child safety and welfare
Elementary and secondary education
Firearms and explosives
Law enforcement officers
School administration

Summary:
action_date: 2019-03-05
text: 

Police Officers Protecting Children Act

 
This bill specifies that certain retired and off-duty law enforcement officers who are authorized to carry concealed firearms are not subject to the federal prohibition on possessing (or discharging) a firearm in a school zone.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2019-04-08
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security.
action_date: 2019-03-05
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2019-03-05
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2019-03-05
text: Introduced in House
PURPA Modernization Act of 2019

Bill: 116-hr-1502
Sponsor: Rep. Walberg, Tim [R-MI-7]
Introduced: 2019-03-05 in the House
Policy area: Energy
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Alternative and renewable resources
Electric power generation and transmission
Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC)
Public utilities and utility rates
State and local government operations

Summary:
action_date: 2019-03-05
text: 

PURPA Modernization Act of 2019 

 
This bill addresses the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission's (FERC) one-mile rule and the mandatory purchase obligation for electric utility companies to purchase energy from certain facilities.
 
The bill directs FERC to publish a final rule that allows any person or entity to provide a rebuttable presumption to the one-mile rule. Under the one-mile rule, facilities are considered to be located at the same site as the facility for which qualification is sought if they are located within one mile of such facility. Specified factors must be taken into consideration by FERC when it determines whether two facilities are located at the same site.
 
The bill authorizes an electric utility company to waive the mandatory purchase obligation if additional power is not required to meet customers' electricity needs.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2019-03-06
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Energy.
action_date: 2019-03-05
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2019-03-05
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2019-03-05
text: Introduced in House
Know Your Polling Place Act

Bill: 116-hr-1504
Sponsor: Rep. Allred, Colin Z. [D-TX-32]
Introduced: 2019-03-05 in the House
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Subjects: Congressional elections
Elections, voting, political campaign regulation
State and local government operations
Voting rights

Summary:
action_date: 2019-03-05
text: 

Know Your Polling Place Act

 
This bill requires a state that changes an individual's polling place to notify the individual at least seven days before the election, or, if the change is made fewer than seven days before the election and the individual appears at the previously assigned polling place, to make every reasonable effort to enable the individual to vote.
 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2019-03-05
text: Referred to the House Committee on House Administration.
action_date: 2019-03-05
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2019-03-05
text: Introduced in House
Protecting Family Resources and Training Options Act

Bill: 116-hr-1505
Sponsor: Rep. Arrington, Jodey C. [R-TX-19]
Introduced: 2019-03-05 in the House
Policy area: Social Welfare
Subjects: Accounting and auditing
Government information and archives
Government studies and investigations
Poverty and welfare assistance
State and local government operations

Summary:
action_date: 2019-03-05
text: 

Protecting Family Resources and Training Options Act

 
This bill applies specified federal laws regarding improper payment to state Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) programs. The Department of Health and Human Services must establish review and reporting requirements through regulations. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2019-03-05
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2019-03-05
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Worker and Family Support.
action_date: 2019-03-05
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2019-03-05
text: Introduced in House
FAIR Generics Act

Bill: 116-hr-1506
Sponsor: Rep. Barragan, Nanette Diaz [D-CA-44]
Introduced: 2019-03-05 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Drug safety, medical device, and laboratory regulation
Government information and archives
Intellectual property
Marketing and advertising
Prescription drugs

Summary:
action_date: 2019-03-05
text: 

Fair And Immediate Release of Generic Drugs Act or the FAIR Generics Act

 
This bill disqualifies from being a 
first applicant
 an applicant submitting a generic drug application to the Food and Drug Administration if the applicant has entered into a specified disqualifying agreement. Currently, any generic drug applicant submitting an application on the first day an application is submitted for that drug is a first applicant and is granted a 180-day marketing exclusivity period.
 
A disqualifying agreement is an agreement between the applicant and the holder of the application or a patent for the brand-name drug whereby the applicant agrees not to seek approval or begin marketing the generic drug until the expiration of the exclusivity period awarded to another applicant. 
 
The bill expands the definition of 
first applicant
 to include applicants that did not submit an application on the first day an application was submitted. To be included, these first applicants must not have a patent infringement action pending against them and must not have been found to have infringed a patent. If an applicant that submitted an application on the first day an application was submitted has begun marketing the drug, a first applicant that submitted after the first day may not begin marketing until 30 days after the first-day applicant began marketing.
 
A first applicant that has entered into an agreement to not seek approval of an application or begin marketing at the earliest possible date may not seek approval or begin marketing until the earlier of (1) the latest date set forth in the agreement, or (2) 180 days after a first day applicant begins marketing.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2019-04-08
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Courts, Intellectual Property, and the Internet.
action_date: 2019-03-06
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2019-03-05
text: Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, 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: 2019-03-05
text: Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, 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: 2019-03-05
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2019-03-05
text: Introduced in House
Bicycle Commuter Act of 2019

Bill: 116-hr-1507
Sponsor: Rep. Blumenauer, Earl [D-OR-3]
Introduced: 2019-03-05 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Commuting
Employee benefits and pensions
Hybrid, electric, and advanced technology vehicles
Income tax exclusion
Lease and rental services
Motor vehicles
Pedestrians and bicycling

Summary:
action_date: 2019-03-05
text: 

Bicycle Commuter Act of 2019

 
This bill modifies provisions relating to the tax exclusion for employer-provided fringe benefits for bicycle commuting. Specifically, the bill (1) repeals the suspension (for the period between 2018 and the end of 2025) of the exclusion, (2) includes 
bikeshare 
(a bicycle rental operation providing for pick up and drop off) and 
low-speed electric bicycle
 within the definition of 
bicycle 
for purposes of the exclusion, and (3) modifies the limitation on the exclusion to provide for a specified monthly limitation amount (i.e., 20% of the parking fringe benefit amount). 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2019-03-05
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2019-03-05
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E246)
action_date: 2019-03-05
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2019-03-05
text: Introduced in House
Move America Act of 2019

Bill: 116-hr-1508
Sponsor: Rep. Blumenauer, Earl [D-OR-3]
Introduced: 2019-03-05 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Aviation and airports
Floods and storm protection
Government information and archives
Government lending and loan guarantees
Income tax credits
Income tax exclusion
Infrastructure development
Internet and video services
Internet, web applications, social media
Marine and inland water transportation
Navigation, waterways, harbors
Public transit
Railroads
Roads and highways
Securities
Solid waste and recycling
State and local finance
Transportation programs funding
Water quality
Water resources funding
Water use and supply

Summary:
action_date: 2019-03-05
text: 

Move America Act of 201

9

 
This bill allows tax-exempt Move America bonds and Move America tax credits to be used for certain infrastructure projects. 
 
A Move America bond is treated as a tax-exempt private facility bond with certain exceptions. At least 95% of the net proceeds from the issuance of the bond must be used for infrastructure projects, including
 
 
 airports; 
 
 docks and wharves; 
 
mass commuting facilities; 
 
 facilities for the furnishing of water; 
 
 sewage facilities; 
 
 railroads; 
 
certain surface transportation projects eligible for federal assistance, projects for an international bridge or tunnel, or facilities for transferring freight from truck to rail or rail to truck;
 
 flood diversions; 
 
 inland waterways; or 
 
 rural broadband service infrastructure. 
 
 
The bill specifies exceptions and modifications to existing rules for bonds regarding land acquisition, government ownership, rehabilitation expenditures, and the alternative minimum tax.
 
The bonds are subject to a volume cap equal to 50% of a state's current private activity bond volume cap. States may exchange all or a portion of the volume cap for Move America tax credits to be allocated to taxpayers. The credits include (1) an equity credit for a portion of the basis of each qualified facility; and (2) an infrastructure fund credit for investments in qualified infrastructure funds, including a state infrastructure bank, a water pollution control revolving fund, or a drinking water treatment revolving loan fund. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2019-03-05
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2019-03-05
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E244)
action_date: 2019-03-05
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2019-03-05
text: Introduced in House
SAFE Lending Act of 2019

Bill: 116-hr-1509
Sponsor: Rep. Bonamici, Suzanne [D-OR-1]
Introduced: 2019-03-05 in the House
Policy area: Finance and Financial Sector
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Bank accounts, deposits, capital
Banking and financial institutions regulation
Congressional oversight
Consumer Financial Protection Bureau
Consumer credit
Government studies and investigations
Indian social and development programs
Interest, dividends, interest rates
Internet and video services
Internet, web applications, social media
Licensing and registrations
Right of privacy

Summary:
action_date: 2019-03-05
text: 

Stopping Abuse and Fraud in Electronic Lending Act of 2019 or the SAFE Lending Act of 2019

 
This bill revises requirements related to consumer financial protection and small-dollar lending, including matters concerning remotely created checks, electronic fund transfers, registration of small-dollar lenders, overdraft fees, and the collection of personal information. 
 
 Under the bill, remotely created checks may only be issued by a person specifically designated in writing by a consumer and provided to the consumer's depository institution. (A remotely created check is a check not issued by the bank and not signed by the account owner.) 
 
A voluntary agreement to repay a small-dollar consumer credit transaction by an electronic fund transfer is subject to certain protections, including the right of the consumer to stop payment. 
 
Small-dollar consumer credit providers must register with the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau. Any small-dollar consumer credit transaction is subject to the laws of the state in which the consumer resides. 
 
The bill also prohibits overdraft fees on prepaid accounts. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2019-03-05
text: Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services.
action_date: 2019-03-05
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2019-03-05
text: Introduced in House
Premium Relief Act of 2019

Bill: 116-hr-1510
Sponsor: Rep. Burgess, Michael C. [R-TX-26]
Introduced: 2019-03-05 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Child health
Dental care
Department of Health and Human Services
Drug, alcohol, tobacco use
Executive agency funding and structure
Health care costs and insurance
Health care coverage and access
Health care quality
Health facilities and institutions
Health programs administration and funding
Health promotion and preventive care
Hearing, speech, and vision care
Mental health
State and local finance
State and local government operations
Women's health

Summary:
action_date: 2019-03-05
text: 

Premium Relief Act of 201

9

 
This bill establishes and provides funding through FY2022 for the Patient and State Stability Fund, which shall be used to support specified state efforts to increase access to health-insurance coverage and help stabilize the individual market. Specifically, states may use the funds to (1) lower the cost for individuals to purchase coverage, (2) lower out-of-pocket costs for individuals with insurance, (3) pay health care providers, (4) cover or provide additional specified services, and (5) otherwise increase coverage options and stabilize premiums in the state's insurance market.
 
If a state does not apply for funds under the program, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, in consultation with the state, must use the funds to stabilize premiums by partially reimbursing insurers for claims in a specified cost range. 
The bill also revises the grace period that health insurers must provide to recipients of premium subsidies before discontinuing health coverage for nonpayment of premiums. The grace period is shortened from 3 months to 30 days unless state law includes an applicable grace period.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2019-03-06
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2019-03-05
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: 2019-03-05
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: 2019-03-05
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2019-03-05
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2019-03-05
text: Introduced in House
Stop Underrides Act

Bill: 116-hr-1511
Sponsor: Rep. Cohen, Steve [D-TN-9]
Introduced: 2019-03-05 in the House
Policy area: Transportation and Public Works
Subjects: Accidents
Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Congressional oversight
Department of Transportation
Executive agency funding and structure
Government information and archives
Motor carriers
Motor vehicles
Transportation safety and security

Summary:
action_date: 2019-03-05
text: 

Stop Underrides Act

 
This bill requires the Department of Transportation (DOT) to issue a final rule to require the installation of rear, side, and front underride guards that meet performance standards on (1) any trailer or semi-trailer with a gross vehicle weight rating of 10,000 pounds or more that is manufactured on or after the effective date of the rule; and (2) any single unit truck the bottom of the carriage of which is greater than 22 inches above the ground, with a gross vehicle weight rating of 10,000 pounds or more, and that is manufactured on or after the effective date of the rule.
 
DOT shall require drivers to (1) conduct a pre-trip inspection of the underride protection system on their vehicles; (2) identify any rusted metal, cracked welds, or missing or loose fasteners; and (3) complete any necessary repairs. 
 
DOT shall establish a Committee on Underride Protection to oversee the ongoing underride rulemaking process and update and publish online data on victims of truck underride crashes.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2019-03-06
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Highways and Transit.
action_date: 2019-03-05
text: Referred to the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.
action_date: 2019-03-05
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E247)
action_date: 2019-03-05
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2019-03-05
text: Introduced in House
FAST Voting Act of 2019

Bill: 116-hr-1512
Sponsor: Rep. Connolly, Gerald E. [D-VA-11]
Introduced: 2019-03-05 in the House
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Subjects: Computer security and identity theft
Disability and paralysis
Disability assistance
Elections, voting, political campaign regulation
Foreign language and bilingual programs
Government information and archives
Military personnel and dependents
Natural disasters
Performance measurement
Right of privacy
State and local government operations
Voting rights

Summary:
action_date: 2019-03-05
text: 

Fair, Accurate, Secure, and Timely Voting Act of 2019 or the FAST Voting Act of 2019

 
This bill requires the Election Assistance Commission to award grants to states to (1) improve voter participation, such as by providing flexible registration opportunities, early voting, or absentee voting; (2) improve voting system security, such as by providing voting machines that are less than 10 years old, updating voting equipment to provide a verifiable paper trail at polling places, or implementing strong chain of custody procedures for voting equipment and paper records; or (3) implement automatic voter registration.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2019-03-05
text: Referred to the House Committee on House Administration.
action_date: 2019-03-05
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2019-03-05
text: Introduced in House
Count the Vote Act

Bill: 116-hr-1513
Sponsor: Rep. Davids, Sharice [D-KS-3]
Introduced: 2019-03-05 in the House
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Subjects: Administrative remedies
Elections, voting, political campaign regulation
Government information and archives
State and local government operations
Voting rights

Summary:
action_date: 2019-03-05
text: 

Count the Vote Act

 
This bill authorizes an individual to file a complaint with the Department of Justice (DOJ) for certain violations made by a state with respect to federal elections, such as for violations of required voting system standards or failure to provide provisional ballots. Currently, individuals may file such a complaint through a state-based administrative procedure.
 
Further, DOJ must immediately provide (1) a copy of the complaint to the entity responsible for administering the state-based administrative complaint procedure for the state involved in such complaint, and (2) a copy of the response to such entity.
 
The bill also permits such an individual, including an individual who seeks to enforce their right to a voter-verified ballot, to file a civil action for deprivation of rights.
 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2019-03-05
text: Referred to the House Committee on House Administration.
action_date: 2019-03-05
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2019-03-05
text: Introduced in House
To sever United States Government relations with the Creek Nation of Oklahoma until such time as the Creek Nation of Oklahoma restores full Tribal citizenship to the Creek Freedmen disenfranchised in the October 6, 1979, Creek Nation vote and fulfills all its treaty obligations with the Government of the United States, and for other purposes.

Bill: 116-hr-1514
Sponsor: Rep. Davis, Danny K. [D-IL-7]
Introduced: 2019-03-05 in the House
Policy area: Native Americans
Subjects: Civil actions and liability
Congressional oversight
Federal-Indian relations
Gambling
Government studies and investigations
Indian claims
Indian social and development programs
Oklahoma

Summary:
action_date: 2019-03-05
text: 
This bill directs the United States to sever all relations with the Muscogee (Creek) Nation of Oklahoma (i.e., Creek Nation) until the tribe complies with treaty and federal obligations.
 
Specifically, Creek Nation must restore full tribal citizenship to those individuals who can trace their ancestry to individuals listed on the 1906 Dawes Commission Rolls for the Creek Freedmen (i.e., Creek Freedmen, Freedmen, and Black Creeks).
 
The bill also suspends the tribe's authority to conduct gaming or administer any funds from gaming until the tribe is in compliance with all treaty and federal obligations.
 
The bill requires the Department of the Interior to (1) coordinate with federal agencies and receive reports from such agencies; (2) submit monthly compliance reports; and (3) issue a report on the status of Freedmen in the Creek, Choctaw, Chickasaw, and Seminole Nations of Oklahoma, including their access to tribal benefits.
 
The Department of Justice must issue a finding on whether the civil rights of the Freedmen have been violated by the Creek Nation, Interior, or both. The bill establishes a private right of action for Freedmen.
 
The bill directs the Government Accountability Office to issue an annual report on the tribe's expenditure of federal funds and whether the tribe is in full compliance with all federal laws related to the management and disbursement of such funds.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2019-05-03
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on the Constitution, Civil Rights, and Civil Liberties.
action_date: 2019-04-04
text: Referred to the Subcommittee for Indigenous Peoples of the United States.
action_date: 2019-03-05
text: Referred to the Committee on Natural Resources, 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: 2019-03-05
text: Referred to the Committee on Natural Resources, 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: 2019-03-05
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2019-03-05
text: Introduced in House