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Harnessing Opportunity to Maximize Expansion, Capture, and Organization of Minority Innovation in the Next Generation of Research Act of 2019

Bill: 116-hr-3175
Sponsor: Rep. Brown, Anthony G. [D-MD-4]
Introduced: 2019-06-10 in the House
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Advisory bodies
Congressional oversight
Department of Defense
Government studies and investigations
Higher education
Military procurement, research, weapons development
Minority education
Performance measurement
Public contracts and procurement
Research administration and funding
Science and engineering education

Summary:
action_date: 2019-06-10
text: 

Harnessing Opportunity to Maximize Expansion, Capture, and Organization of Minority Innovation in the Next Generation of Research Act of 2019

 
This bill establishes a commission to review the state of defense research at certain minority institutions of higher education. Such institutions are historically black colleges and universities and other higher education institutions at which at least 50% of the total student enrollment consists of students from ethnic groups that are underrepresented in the fields of science and engineering. The commission shall consider how to advance research capacity at these institutions to address U.S. national security and defense needs.
 
The bill also directs the Department of Defense to require that the system that monitors or records contractor past performance for a grant or contract awarded to an institution includes incentives for the award of a subgrant or subcontract to such minority institutions.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2019-06-11
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Intelligence and Emerging Threats and Capabilities.
action_date: 2019-06-10
text: Referred to the House Committee on Armed Services.
action_date: 2019-06-10
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2019-06-10
text: Introduced in House
To direct the Secretary of Defense to modify the Certificate of Release or Discharge from Active Duty (DD Form 214) to be machine readable and electronically transferable.

Bill: 116-hr-3176
Sponsor: Rep. Brown, Anthony G. [D-MD-4]
Introduced: 2019-06-10 in the House
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Computers and information technology
Government employee pay, benefits, personnel management
Government information and archives
Military personnel and dependents
Personnel records

Summary:
action_date: 2019-06-10
text: 
This bill provides that the Department of Defense shall make the Certificate of Release or Discharge from Active Duty (also known as DD Form 214 or Report of Separation) machine readable and electronically transferable.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2019-06-11
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Military Personnel.
action_date: 2019-06-10
text: Referred to the House Committee on Armed Services.
action_date: 2019-06-10
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2019-06-10
text: Introduced in House
National Defense Accelerator Network Act of 2019

Bill: 116-hr-3177
Sponsor: Rep. Brown, Anthony G. [D-MD-4]
Introduced: 2019-06-10 in the House
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Military procurement, research, weapons development
Public-private cooperation
Technology transfer and commercialization

Summary:
action_date: 2019-06-10
text: 

National Defense Accelerator Network Act of 2019

 
This bill extends through FY2024 and otherwise revises the Department of Defense's Proof of Concept Commercialization Pilot Program (which accelerates commercialization of basic research innovations). The program must focus on priority defense technology areas that attract public funding and private-sector investment. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2019-06-11
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Intelligence and Emerging Threats and Capabilities.
action_date: 2019-06-10
text: Referred to the House Committee on Armed Services.
action_date: 2019-06-10
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2019-06-10
text: Introduced in House
To amend titles 10 and 38, United States Code, to make certain improvements to benefits for survivors of deceased graduates of the Reserve Officers' Training Corps.

Bill: 116-hr-3178
Sponsor: Rep. Brown, Anthony G. [D-MD-4]
Introduced: 2019-06-10 in the House
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Cemeteries and funerals
Life, casualty, property insurance
Military education and training
Military personnel and dependents

Summary:
action_date: 2019-06-10
text: 
This bill requires the Department of Defense to provide a death gratuity, casualty assistance, and life insurance to the survivors of a graduate of the Reserve Officers' Training Corps who dies before receiving a first duty assignment.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2019-06-25
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Disability Assistance and Memorial Affairs.
action_date: 2019-06-11
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Military Personnel.
action_date: 2019-06-10
text: Referred to the Committee on Armed Services, and in addition to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs, 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: 2019-06-10
text: Referred to the Committee on Armed Services, and in addition to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs, 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: 2019-06-10
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2019-06-10
text: Introduced in House
POST Act of 2019

Bill: 116-hr-3179
Sponsor: Rep. Cohen, Steve [D-TN-9]
Introduced: 2019-06-10 in the House
Policy area: Education
Subjects: Congressional oversight
Education programs funding
Higher education
Student aid and college costs
Veterans' education, employment, rehabilitation
Veterans' loans, housing, homeless programs

Summary:
action_date: 2019-06-10
text: 

Protecting Our Students and Taxpayers Act of 2019 or the POST Act of 2019
 
 
This bill modifies requirements for a proprietary (i.e., for-profit) institution of higher education (IHE) to participate in federal student aid programs. 
 
Current law requires a proprietary IHE to derive at least 10% of its revenue from sources other than federal student aid. This bill requires a proprietary IHE to derive at least 15% of its revenue from sources other than federal funds (i.e., it replaces the so-called 90/10 rule with an 85/15 rule).
 
Additionally, the bill limits what a proprietary institution may treat as revenue to the school in calculating whether it derives at least 15% of its revenue from sources other than federal funds. 
 
Finally, the bill makes compliance with the 85/15 rule a condition of institutional eligibility to participate in federal student aid programs (i.e., failure to comply results in immediate loss of institutional eligibility). Currently, a proprietary IHE must violate the rule for two consecutive years before losing eligibility.



Legislative actions:
action_date: 2019-06-10
text: Referred to the House Committee on Education and Labor.
action_date: 2019-06-10
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2019-06-10
text: Introduced in House
Military Readiness and Cost Savings Act

Bill: 116-hr-3181
Sponsor: Rep. Finkenauer, Abby [D-IA-1]
Introduced: 2019-06-10 in the House
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Coast guard
Employment and training programs
Materials
Military education and training
Military facilities and property
Military procurement, research, weapons development
Public contracts and procurement

Summary:
action_date: 2019-06-10
text: 

Military Readiness and Cost Savings Act

 
This bill directs the Department of Defense to seek to enter into a contract with an institution&#8212;to be designated as the National Center for Military Painting and Applied Research&#8212;to serve as a resource for testing paint coatings for military assets and developing training tools and programs concerning military painting and coating. The bill includes authority to enter into an agreement to provide these services to the Coast Guard.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2019-06-11
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Readiness.
action_date: 2019-06-10
text: Referred to the House Committee on Armed Services.
action_date: 2019-06-10
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2019-06-10
text: Introduced in House
CECL Consumer Impact and Study Bill of 2019

Bill: 116-hr-3182
Sponsor: Rep. Gonzalez, Vicente [D-TX-15]
Introduced: 2019-06-10 in the House
Policy area: Finance and Financial Sector
Subjects: Accounting and auditing
Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Bank accounts, deposits, capital
Banking and financial institutions regulation
Business investment and capital
Competition and antitrust
Competitiveness, trade promotion, trade deficits
Congressional oversight
Consumer credit
Economic performance and conditions
Financial services and investments
Government studies and investigations
Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC)
Small business

Summary:
action_date: 2019-06-10
text: 

CECL Consumer Impact and Study Bill of 2019 

 
This bill directs the Securities and Exchange Commission and federal financial regulators to report on the implementation of the Current Expected Credit Losses (CECL) accounting standard and its impact on credit availability, capital requirements, financial institutions, and nonfinancial institutions. Required compliance with the CECL standard is delayed until one year after submission of this report. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2019-06-28
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Commodity Exchanges, Energy, and Credit.
action_date: 2019-06-10
text: Referred to the Committee on Financial Services, and in addition to the Committee on Agriculture, 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: 2019-06-10
text: Referred to the Committee on Financial Services, and in addition to the Committee on Agriculture, 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: 2019-06-10
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2019-06-10
text: Introduced in House
FEEDD Act

Bill: 116-hr-3183
Sponsor: Rep. Johnson, Dusty [R-SD-At Large]
Introduced: 2019-06-10 in the House
Policy area: Agriculture and Food
Subjects: Agricultural insurance
Disaster relief and insurance
Livestock

Summary:
action_date: 2019-06-10
text: 

Feed Emergency Enhancement During Disasters Act or the
 
FEEDD Act

 
This bill modifies the federal crop insurance program to authorize agricultural producers who harvest second crops as a result of a prevented planting to be eligible for specific crop insurance if certain conditions are met.
 
Specifically, a producer may collect an indemnity that is equal to 100% of the prevented planting guarantee for the acreage of the first crop if (1) the acres planted are in an area with low hay or forage supplies due to widespread excessive moisture, flood, or drought; (2) the second crop will be planted with an intended use of animal feed that is hayed, gazed, or chopped; and (3) the second crop will be donated or used by the producer.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2019-06-28
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on General Farm Commodities and Risk Management.
action_date: 2019-06-19
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR H4775-4776)
action_date: 2019-06-10
text: Referred to the House Committee on Agriculture.
action_date: 2019-06-10
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2019-06-10
text: Introduced in House
To amend title 49, United States Code, to increase the vehicle length limitation for truck tractor-lowboy trailer combinations, and for other purposes.

Bill: 116-hr-3184
Sponsor: Rep. Moolenaar, John R. [R-MI-4]
Introduced: 2019-06-10 in the House
Policy area: Transportation and Public Works
Subjects: Motor carriers
Motor vehicles
Transportation safety and security

Summary:
action_date: 2019-06-10
text: 
This bill imposes a vehicle length limitation of less than 80 feet on a truck tractor-lowboy trailer combination with a front overhang of less than 4 feet and a rear overhang of less than 6 feet. (A lowboy trailer is a semitrailer with a depressed section between the hitch and the first rear axle.)


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2019-06-11
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Highways and Transit.
action_date: 2019-06-10
text: Referred to the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.
action_date: 2019-06-10
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2019-06-10
text: Introduced in House
DLI Act

Bill: 116-hr-3185
Sponsor: Rep. Panetta, Jimmy [D-CA-20]
Introduced: 2019-06-10 in the House
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Foreign language and bilingual programs
Higher education
Military education and training

Summary:
action_date: 2019-06-10
text: 
 
Defense Language Improvement Act or the DLI Act

 
This bill adds authority for the Defense Language Institute to confer a Bachelor of Arts degree in a foreign language&#8212;in addition to the currently authorized Associate degree&#8212;upon a graduate of the Institute's Foreign Language Center.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2019-06-11
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Military Personnel.
action_date: 2019-06-10
text: Referred to the House Committee on Armed Services.
action_date: 2019-06-10
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2019-06-10
text: Introduced in House
U.S.-Israel Indirect Fire Protection Act of 2019

Bill: 116-hr-3186
Sponsor: Rep. Sherrill, Mikie [D-NJ-11]
Introduced: 2019-06-10 in the House
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Defense spending
Israel
Middle East
Military procurement, research, weapons development

Summary:
action_date: 2019-06-10
text: 

U.S.-Israel Indirect Fire Protection Act of 2019

 
This bill authorizes the Department of the Army to procure two Iron Dome batteries by September 30, 2020, to deploy an interim missile defense capability and authorizes funds to carry out the procurement. Iron Dome is an Israeli short-range anti-rocket system.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2019-06-11
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Strategic Forces.
action_date: 2019-06-10
text: Referred to the House Committee on Armed Services.
action_date: 2019-06-10
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2019-06-10
text: Introduced in House
LEARN Act

Bill: 116-hr-3187
Sponsor: Rep. Suozzi, Thomas R. [D-NY-3]
Introduced: 2019-06-10 in the House
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Subjects: Public contracts and procurement
State and local government operations

Summary:
action_date: 2019-06-10
text: 

Letting Educators Access Resources Needed Act or the LEARN Act

 
This bill allows the General Services Administration (GSA) to provide for the use by state and local governments of all federal supply schedules managed by the GSA. (Under current law, the governments may only use GSA schedules for supply of certain products and services.)


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2019-06-10
text: Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Reform.
action_date: 2019-06-10
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2019-06-10
text: Introduced in House
To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to extend the limitation on the carryover of excess corporate charitable contributions by regulated public utilities.

Bill: 116-hr-3188
Sponsor: Rep. Thompson, Mike [D-CA-5]
Introduced: 2019-06-10 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Charitable contributions
Corporate finance and management
Income tax deductions
Public utilities and utility rates

Summary:
action_date: 2019-06-10
text: 
This bill amends the Internal Revenue Code, with respect to the tax deduction for charitable contributions, to extend from 5 years to 20 years the time period during which a corporation that is a regulated public utility or an affiliated group may carry over excess charitable contributions.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2019-06-10
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2019-06-10
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2019-06-10
text: Introduced in House
Improving Legal Services for Female Veterans Act

Bill: 116-hr-3189
Sponsor: Rep. Wild, Susan [D-PA-7]
Introduced: 2019-06-10 in the House
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Lawyers and legal services
Public-private cooperation
Veterans' education, employment, rehabilitation
Veterans' loans, housing, homeless programs
Veterans' medical care
Women's employment

Summary:
action_date: 2019-06-10
text: 

Improving Legal Services for Female Veterans Act

 
This bill requires the Department of Veterans Affairs to establish a partnership with at least one nongovernmental organization to provide legal services to women veterans. The partnership must focus on the 10 highest unmet needs of women veterans as identified by the Community Homelessness Assessment, Local Education and Networking Groups (CHALENG) survey.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2019-06-25
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Economic Opportunity.
action_date: 2019-06-10
text: Referred to the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
action_date: 2019-06-10
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2019-06-10
text: Introduced in House
SERVICE Act of 2019

Bill: 116-hr-3191
Sponsor: Rep. Kim, Andy [D-NJ-3]
Introduced: 2019-06-11 in the House
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Congressional oversight
Employment and training programs
Licensing and registrations
Military personnel and dependents

Summary:
action_date: 2019-06-11
text: 

Spouse Employment Reciprocity and Vocational Instruction for Career Enhancement Act of 2019 or the SERVICE Act of 2019

 
This bill allows a military spouse who is participating in the My Career Advancement Account program to remain eligible despite a promotion in grade of the Armed Forces member to whom the person is married.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2019-06-12
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Military Personnel.
action_date: 2019-06-11
text: Referred to the House Committee on Armed Services.
action_date: 2019-06-11
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2019-06-11
text: Introduced in House
Improving Mental Health Access for Students Act

Bill: 116-hr-3192
Sponsor: Rep. Correa, J. Luis [D-CA-46]
Introduced: 2019-06-11 in the House
Policy area: Education
Subjects: Health promotion and preventive care
Higher education
Mental health

Summary:
action_date: 2019-06-11
text: 

Improving Mental Health Access for Students Act

 
This bill requires institutions of higher education (IHEs) that participate in federal student aid programs to share contact information for suicide prevention resources with students. 
 
If IHEs distribute student identification cards, then they must include on the cards phone numbers for the National Suicide Prevention Lifeline, the Crisis Text Line, and a campus mental-health center or program.
 
If IHEs do not create such cards, then they must publish the numbers on the IHEs' websites.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2019-06-11
text: Referred to the House Committee on Education and Labor.
action_date: 2019-06-11
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E744)
action_date: 2019-06-11
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2019-06-11
text: Introduced in House
Transportation Emergency Relief Funds Availability Act

Bill: 116-hr-3193
Sponsor: Rep. Garamendi, John [D-CA-3]
Introduced: 2019-06-11 in the House
Policy area: Transportation and Public Works
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Disaster relief and insurance
Public transit
Roads and highways
Transportation programs funding

Summary:
action_date: 2019-06-11
text: 

Transportation Emergency Relief Funds Availability Act

 
This bill revises the treatment of deadlines for federal-aid highways and public transportation projects emergency relief funds awarded by the Department of Transportation (DOT).
 
The bill repeals the current two-year deadline for emergency relief projects to advance to the construction obligation stage. DOT must allow up to six years for projects funded through an emergency relief program to advance to construction.
 
The new six-year deadline starts following the date on which a disaster was declared by a state's governor or the President.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2019-06-12
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Highways and Transit.
action_date: 2019-06-11
text: Referred to the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.
action_date: 2019-06-11
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E743)
action_date: 2019-06-11
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2019-06-11
text: Introduced in House
NATO Defense Financing Act

Bill: 116-hr-3194
Sponsor: Rep. Engel, Eliot L. [D-NY-16]
Introduced: 2019-06-11 in the House
Policy area: International Affairs
Subjects: Alliances
Collective security
Congressional oversight
Defense spending
Economic performance and conditions
Europe
Foreign aid and international relief
Government lending and loan guarantees
Human rights
Military assistance, sales, and agreements
News media and reporting
Racial and ethnic relations
Religion
Rule of law and government transparency
Russia
Sovereignty, recognition, national governance and status
User charges and fees

Summary:
action_date: 2019-06-11
text: 

NATO Defense Financing Act

 
This bill authorizes the President to make direct loans to countries that joined the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) after March 1, 1999, for the purchase of U.S. defense articles. The President may (1) make such loans with lower interest rates than required by statute, and (2) charge fees associated with such loans. Before making such a loan, the Department of State shall certify to Congress that the receiving country (1) is making demonstrable progress toward meeting its NATO defense-spending obligations, (2) is respecting the country's constitution and upholding democratic values, and (3) has demonstrated a commitment to a free market economy and the capacity to meet the loan's terms.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2019-06-11
text: Referred to the House Committee on Foreign Affairs.
action_date: 2019-06-11
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2019-06-11
text: Introduced in House