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BUILDS Act

Bill: 116-hr-2831
Sponsor: Rep. Mitchell, Paul [R-MI-10]
Introduced: 2019-05-17 in the House
Policy area: Labor and Employment
Subjects: Education programs funding
Educational guidance
Employee hiring
Employment and training programs
Food assistance and relief
Higher education
Infrastructure development
Poverty and welfare assistance
Public-private cooperation
Teaching, teachers, curricula
Unemployment
Vocational and technical education

Summary:
action_date: 2019-05-17
text: 

Building U.S. Infrastructure by Leveraging Demands for Skills or the BUILDS Act

 
This bill requires the Department of Labor to award implementation or renewal grants to eligible industry or sector partnerships to achieve certain strategic objectives with respect to targeted infrastructure industries (e.g., transportation, construction, energy, information technology, or utilities industries).
 
Such strategic objectives must include
 
 
recruiting key stakeholders in the targeted infrastructure industries;
 
identifying the training needs of multiple businesses in such industries;
 
facilitating actions that lead to economies of scale by aggregating multiple businesses' training and education needs;
 
helping grant recipients who provide career and technical education and training in aligning curricula, entrance requirements, and programs to the targeted infrastructure's needs and required credentials;
 
providing information on grant activities to state agencies to enable them to inform unemployment compensation recipients of employment and training opportunities; and
 
helping partner businesses to attract potential workers from a diverse job seeker base.



Legislative actions:
action_date: 2019-05-17
text: Referred to the House Committee on Education and Labor.
action_date: 2019-05-17
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2019-05-17
text: Introduced in House
Frank Adelmann Manufactured Housing Community Sustainability Act

Bill: 116-hr-2832
Sponsor: Rep. Omar, Ilhan [D-MN-5]
Introduced: 2019-05-17 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Cooperative and condominium housing
Income tax credits

Summary:
action_date: 2019-05-17
text: 

Frank Adelmann Manufactured Housing Community Sustainability Act 

 
This bill allows a business-related tax credit equal to 75% of the gain from the sale or exchange of real property to a qualified manufactured home community cooperative or corporation if (1) the property is acquired for use as a manufactured home community, (2) the seller (or any related person) owned the property for at least two years before the sale or exchange, and (3) the property is transferred subject to a binding covenant that the property will be used as a manufactured home community for at least 50 years or the maximum term permitted under state law. 
 
A "qualified manufactured home community cooperative or corporation" is a cooperative or a nonprofit corporation established pursuant to the laws of the state in which the property is located. The bill specifies membership and governance requirements for the communities owned by the cooperative or nonprofit corporation.
 
The bill also imposes a tax on buyers who violate the covenant to use the property for manufactured housing for at least 50 years or the maximum term permitted under state law. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2019-05-17
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2019-05-17
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2019-05-17
text: Introduced in House
CFPB Student Loan Integrity and Transparency Act of 2019

Bill: 116-hr-2833
Sponsor: Rep. Porter, Katie [D-CA-45]
Introduced: 2019-05-17 in the House
Policy area: Education
Subjects: Congressional oversight
Consumer Financial Protection Bureau
Consumer credit
Executive agency funding and structure
Government employee pay, benefits, personnel management
Government information and archives
Higher education
Public contracts and procurement
Student aid and college costs

Summary:
action_date: 2019-05-17
text: 

CFPB Student Loan Integrity and Transparency Act of 2019

 
This bill requires the Department of Education (ED) to provide information related to student loans to the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB).
 
The bill prohibits ED from entering into an agreement with a contractor or vendor that services student loans unless the contractor or vendor agrees to provide requested information to the CFPB.
 
It also requires the CFPB to maintain adequate staffing levels to carry out its duties.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2019-05-17
text: Referred to the Committee on Education and Labor, and in addition to the Committee on Financial Services, 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: 2019-05-17
text: Referred to the Committee on Education and Labor, and in addition to the Committee on Financial Services, 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: 2019-05-17
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2019-05-17
text: Introduced in House
To revise the boundaries of a unit of the John H. Chafee Coastal Barrier Resources System in Topsail, North Carolina, and for other purposes.

Bill: 116-hr-2834
Sponsor: Rep. Rouzer, David [R-NC-7]
Introduced: 2019-05-17 in the House
Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources
Subjects: Marine and coastal resources, fisheries
North Carolina
Seashores and lakeshores

Summary:
action_date: 2019-05-17
text: 
This bill modifies certain boundaries of the John H. Chafee Coastal Barrier Resources System Unit located in North Topsail Beach, North Carolina.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2019-06-06
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Water, Oceans, and Wildlife.
action_date: 2019-05-17
text: Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.
action_date: 2019-05-17
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2019-05-17
text: Introduced in House
Deterring Undue Enforcement by Protecting Rights Of Citizens from Excessive Searches and Seizures Act of 2019

Bill: 116-hr-2835
Sponsor: Rep. Sensenbrenner, F. James, Jr. [R-WI-5]
Introduced: 2019-05-17 in the House
Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement
Subjects: Accounting and auditing
Animal protection and human-animal relationships
Civil actions and liability
Crimes against animals and natural resources
Criminal justice information and records
Criminal procedure and sentencing
Drug trafficking and controlled substances
Due process and equal protection
Evidence and witnesses
Fraud offenses and financial crimes
Gambling
Government information and archives
Government studies and investigations
Government trust funds
Law enforcement administration and funding
Lawyers and legal services
Legal fees and court costs
Museums, exhibitions, cultural centers
Veterinary medicine and animal diseases

Summary:
action_date: 2019-05-17
text: 

DUE PROCESS Act of 2019 or the Deterring Undue Enforcement by Protecting Rights Of Citizens from Excessive Searches and Seizures Act of 2019

 
This bill makes various changes to procedures governing federal civil forfeiture cases, including by raising the evidentiary standard that applies to them. It also requires the Department of Justice to create a database of and annually audit federal civil forfeiture cases.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2019-06-26
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security.
action_date: 2019-05-20
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Consumer Protection and Commerce.
action_date: 2019-05-17
text: Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committees on Financial 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: 2019-05-17
text: Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committees on Financial 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: 2019-05-17
text: Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committees on Financial 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: 2019-05-17
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2019-05-17
text: Introduced in House
Central American Women and Children Protection Act of 2019

Bill: 116-hr-2836
Sponsor: Rep. Torres, Norma J. [D-CA-35]
Introduced: 2019-05-17 in the House
Policy area: International Affairs
Subjects: Assault and harassment offenses
Child safety and welfare
Congressional oversight
Crime prevention
Crime victims
Crimes against children
Crimes against women
Criminal investigation, prosecution, interrogation
Criminal justice information and records
Domestic violence and child abuse
Drug trafficking and controlled substances
El Salvador
Elementary and secondary education
Foreign aid and international relief
Guatemala
Honduras
Judicial procedure and administration
Juvenile crime and gang violence
Latin America
Law enforcement administration and funding
Lawyers and legal services
Refugees, asylum, displaced persons
Sex offenses
Violent crime
Women's rights

Summary:
action_date: 2019-05-17
text: 

Central American Women and Children Protection Act of 2019

 
This bill authorizes the Department of State to enter into bilateral agreements with the governments of El Salvador, Guatemala, and Honduras to assist such countries in addressing violence against women and children. 
 
Such agreements shall establish a plan to achieve certain objectives, such as (1) identifying areas of the highest incidence of violence against women and children, (2) evaluating victims' access to justice and the ability of the justice system to hold perpetrators accountable, and (3) identifying measurable goals to deter crimes against women and children.
 
The State Department may assist the governments of El Salvador, Guatemala, or Honduras if such a government enters into an agreement with the United States, but no funds provided under this bill may be given directly to such a government. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2019-05-17
text: Referred to the House Committee on Foreign Affairs.
action_date: 2019-05-17
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2019-05-17
text: Introduced in House
Restoring the Armed Career Criminal Act

Bill: 116-hr-2837
Sponsor: Rep. Kustoff, David [R-TN-8]
Introduced: 2019-05-20 in the House
Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement
Subjects: Criminal procedure and sentencing
Firearms and explosives
Violent crime

Summary:
action_date: 2019-05-20
text: 

Restoring the Armed Career Criminal Act

 
This bill modifies the prior convictions that trigger a 15-year enhanced mandatory minimum prison term for a defendant who commits a firearms offense after three or more such prior convictions.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2019-06-26
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security.
action_date: 2019-05-20
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2019-05-20
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2019-05-20
text: Introduced in House
ESCAPE Act

Bill: 116-hr-2838
Sponsor: Rep. Garamendi, John [D-CA-3]
Introduced: 2019-05-20 in the House
Policy area: Transportation and Public Works
Subjects: Aviation and airports
Emergency planning and evacuation
First responders and emergency personnel
Floods and storm protection
Infrastructure development
Natural disasters
Navigation, waterways, harbors
Public transit
Railroads
Roads and highways
Transportation programs funding
Transportation safety and security

Summary:
action_date: 2019-05-20
text: 

Enhancing the Strength and Capacity of America's Primary Evacuation routes Act or the ESCAPE Act

 
This bill directs the Department of Transportation to (1) establish criteria for eligible entities to identify mass evacuation routes, (2) establish a competitive grant program to provide grants for resilience projects that strengthen and protect evacuation routes that are essential for providing and supporting mass evacuations caused by emergency events, and (3) provide grants to resilience projects that ensure the ability of the evacuation route to provide safe passage during a mass evacuation and reduce the risk of damage to evacuation routes as a result of future emergency events. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2019-05-21
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Economic Development, Public Buildings, and Emergency Management.
action_date: 2019-05-20
text: Referred to the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.
action_date: 2019-05-20
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E627)
action_date: 2019-05-20
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2019-05-20
text: Introduced in House
To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to treat certain first responder survivors benefits as earned income for purposes of the kiddie tax.

Bill: 116-hr-2840
Sponsor: Rep. Beyer, Donald S., Jr. [D-VA-8]
Introduced: 2019-05-20 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Disability and paralysis
First responders and emergency personnel
Income tax rates
Tax treatment of families

Summary:
action_date: 2019-05-20
text: 
This bill treats certain first responder survivors benefits received by children as earned income of the child for the purposes of the kiddie tax (the tax on the unearned income of children). This has the effect of exempting the benefits from such tax. The bill applies to taxable years beginning after December 31, 2017.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2019-05-20
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2019-05-20
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2019-05-20
text: Introduced in House
ZTE Theft Act

Bill: 116-hr-2841
Sponsor: Rep. Chabot, Steve [R-OH-1]
Introduced: 2019-05-20 in the House
Policy area: Foreign Trade and International Finance
Subjects: Asia
China
Civil actions and liability
Computers and information technology
Customs enforcement
Economic performance and conditions
Foreign and international corporations
Intellectual property
Licensing and registrations
Telephone and wireless communication
Trade restrictions
Trade secrets and economic espionage

Summary:
action_date: 2019-05-20
text: 

Zero Tolerance for Electronics Theft Act or the ZTE Theft Act

 
This bill imposes certain requirements on Chinese telecommunications, software, and electronics companies that were denied export privileges on or after a certain date.
 
Such a company shall be eligible for export privileges only if it certifies to the Department of Justice that it will (1) abide by all U.S. laws, (2) not engage in cyber espionage, and (3) not infringe intellectual property. To obtain export privilege eligibility, the company shall also establish with the Department of the Treasury a $2.5 billion account to pay any patent infringement judgments against it.
 
An entity seeking a preliminary injunction against such a company in an infringement lawsuit shall not be required to establish that irreparable harm would result if the injunction is not granted. 
 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2019-06-26
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Courts, Intellectual Property, and the Internet.
action_date: 2019-05-20
text: Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committee on Foreign 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: 2019-05-20
text: Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committee on Foreign 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: 2019-05-20
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2019-05-20
text: Introduced in House
POD Act of 2019

Bill: 116-hr-2842
Sponsor: Rep. Crow, Jason [D-CO-6]
Introduced: 2019-05-20 in the House
Policy area: Immigration
Subjects: Border security and unlawful immigration
Congressional oversight
Congressional-executive branch relations
Detention of persons
Government buildings, facilities, and property
Members of Congress
Public-private cooperation

Summary:
action_date: 2019-05-20
text: 

Public Oversight of Detention Centers Act of 2019 or the POD Act of 2019

 
This bill prohibits certain limitations on the ability of a Member of Congress to access any facility for detaining aliens operated by the Department of Homeland Security, the Department of Health and Human Services, or affiliated private contractors. Specifically, the Member must be allowed to enter such a facility within 48 hours of a request to do so, and the facility may not be temporarily modified in a way that alters what the Member would otherwise observe.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2019-06-26
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration and Citizenship.
action_date: 2019-06-13
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Border Security, Facilitation, and Operations.
action_date: 2019-05-20
text: Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committee on Homeland Security, 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: 2019-05-20
text: Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committee on Homeland Security, 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: 2019-05-20
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2019-05-20
text: Introduced in House
Creating Pathways for Youth Employment Act

Bill: 116-hr-2844
Sponsor: Rep. Kelly, Robin L. [D-IL-2]
Introduced: 2019-05-20 in the House
Policy area: Labor and Employment
Subjects: Adoption and foster care
Community life and organization
Education of the disadvantaged
Employment and training programs
Homelessness and emergency shelter
Indian social and development programs
Juvenile crime and gang violence
Minority employment
Temporary and part-time employment
Unemployment
Wages and earnings
Youth employment and child labor

Summary:
action_date: 2019-05-20
text: 

Creating Pathways for Youth Employment Act

 
This bill authorizes the Department of Labor to make available the following amounts for youth employment programs:
 
 
 up to $1.5 billion to provide youth ages 14-24 with subsidized summer employment opportunities, and
 
up to $2 billion to provide them with subsidized year-round employment opportunities.
 
 
Labor must award
 
 
 one-year planning and three-year implementation grants out of the subsidized summer employment opportunities funding, and
 
similar grants out of the subsidized year-round employment opportunities funding.
 
 
To be eligible to receive these grants, an entity must be a state, local government, Indian tribe or tribal organization, or community-based organization that meets certain partnership requirements of this bill.
 
Labor shall establish performance measures to carry out annual reviews of each grant recipient.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2019-05-20
text: Referred to the House Committee on Education and Labor.
action_date: 2019-05-20
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2019-05-20
text: Introduced in House
Helping to Encourage Real Opportunities (HERO) for At-Risk Youth Act

Bill: 116-hr-2845
Sponsor: Rep. Kelly, Robin L. [D-IL-2]
Introduced: 2019-05-20 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Adoption and foster care
Economic development
Education of the disadvantaged
Income tax credits
Temporary and part-time employment
Unemployment
Wages and earnings
Youth employment and child labor

Summary:
action_date: 2019-05-20
text: 

Helping to Encourage Real Opportunities (HERO) for At-Risk Youth Act 

 
This bill modifies the work opportunity tax credit to 
 
 
 change the credit for summer youth employees to a credit for youth employees who will be employed for not more than 20 hours per week during any period between September 16 and April 30 in which the individual is regularly attending any secondary school, 
 
 increase the amount of the credit for youth employees, and 
 
 expand the credit to include at-risk youth.
 
 
An &quot;at-risk youth&quot; is any individual who is certified by the designated local agency as
 
 
 having attained age 16 but not age 25 on the hiring date, 
 
 having not regularly attended specified schools or been employed during the six-month period preceding the hiring date, and 
 
not readily employable by reason of lacking a sufficient number of basic skills. 
 
 
The term also includes individuals who have been certified as having attained the age of 16 but not age 21 on the hiring date and as an eligible foster child who was in foster care during the 12-month period ending on the hiring date. 
 
The bill also extends until December 31, 2020, the designation period for certain tax-favored empowerment zones. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2019-05-20
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2019-05-20
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2019-05-20
text: Introduced in House
Improving Veterans Access to Congressional Services Act of 2019

Bill: 116-hr-2846
Sponsor: Rep. Mast, Brian J. [R-FL-18]
Introduced: 2019-05-20 in the House
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Department of Veterans Affairs
Government buildings, facilities, and property
Members of Congress

Summary:
action_date: 2019-05-20
text: 
I
mproving Veterans Access to Congressional Services Act of 2019

 
This bill requires the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) to permit a Member of Congress to use a VA facility to meet with constituents during normal business hours.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2019-05-20
text: Referred to the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
action_date: 2019-05-20
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2019-05-20
text: Introduced in House
No Passport Fees for Heroes’ Families Act

Bill: 116-hr-2847
Sponsor: Rep. Mitchell, Paul [R-MI-10]
Introduced: 2019-05-20 in the House
Policy area: Immigration
Subjects: Military personnel and dependents
User charges and fees
Visas and passports

Summary:
action_date: 2019-05-20
text: 

No Passport Fees for Heroes' Families Act

 
This bill waives the passport fees for certain family members of a member of the Armed Forces if the family members are traveling abroad to visit the Armed Forces member in the hospital. This waiver applies to the husband, wife, domestic partner, children, parents, grandparents, and siblings of an Armed Forces member.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2020-03-04
text: Ordered to be Reported by Voice Vote.
action_date: 2020-03-04
text: Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
action_date: 2019-05-20
text: Referred to the House Committee on Foreign Affairs.
action_date: 2019-05-20
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2019-05-20
text: Introduced in House