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Federal Employee Recruitment and Retention Plan Act of 2019

Bill: 116-hr-5099
Sponsor: Del. Norton, Eleanor Holmes [D-DC-At Large]
Introduced: 2019-11-14 in the House
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Subjects: Congressional oversight
Employee hiring
Executive agency funding and structure
Government employee pay, benefits, personnel management

Summary:
action_date: 2019-11-14
text: 

Federal Employee Recruitment and Retention Plan Act of 2019

 
This bill requires the Office of Personnel Management to submit a plan to ensure the executive branch has a full workforce of qualified employees.
 
Such plan shall include actionable strategies to (1) hire new employees for vacant, or soon-to-be vacant, positions; (2) attract at least one qualified applicant for each job opening no later than two weeks after the opening is made available; and (3) prevent the loss of institutional knowledge when an employee leaves the executive branch. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2019-11-14
text: Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Reform.
action_date: 2019-11-14
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E1442-1443)
action_date: 2019-11-14
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2019-11-14
text: Introduced in House
DRIP Act of 2019

Bill: 116-hr-5100
Sponsor: Rep. O'Halleran, Tom [D-AZ-1]
Introduced: 2019-11-14 in the House
Policy area: Agriculture and Food
Subjects: Ecology
Emergency planning and evacuation
Environmental assessment, monitoring, research
Fires
Fishes
Floods and storm protection
Horticulture and plants
Lakes and rivers
Natural disasters
Water storage
Water use and supply
Wildlife conservation and habitat protection

Summary:
action_date: 2019-11-14
text: 

Drought Relief through Innovative Projects Act of 2019 or the DRIP Act of 2019

 
This bill directs the Department of Agriculture to establish a competitive grant program to (1) remove nonnative plant species in riparian areas that contribute to drought conditions, (2) replace those nonnative plant species with native plant species, and (3) maintain and monitor riparian areas in which nonnative plant species have been removed and replaced.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2019-12-04
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Biotechnology, Horticulture, and Research.
action_date: 2019-11-14
text: Referred to the House Committee on Agriculture.
action_date: 2019-11-14
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2019-11-14
text: Introduced in House
Superfund Polluter Pays Act

Bill: 116-hr-5101
Sponsor: Rep. Pallone, Frank, Jr. [D-NJ-6]
Introduced: 2019-11-14 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Corporate finance and management
Government trust funds
Hazardous wastes and toxic substances
Income tax rates
Inflation and prices
Oil and gas
Pollution liability
Sales and excise taxes

Summary:
action_date: 2019-11-14
text: 

Superfund Polluter Pays Act

 
This bill reinstates and extends the Hazardous Substance Superfund Financing rate through 2023 and increases the rate to 16.3 cents a barrel, adjusted for inflation beginning after 2019. 
 
The bill imposes on corporations a 0.12% tax of the excess of the modified environmental tax taxable income of the corporation over $3.13 million. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2019-11-14
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2019-11-14
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2019-11-14
text: Introduced in House
Coastal Resilience Research and Education Act

Bill: 116-hr-5102
Sponsor: Rep. Panetta, Jimmy [D-CA-20]
Introduced: 2019-11-14 in the House
Policy area: Science, Technology, Communications
Subjects: Air quality
Climate change and greenhouse gases
Environmental assessment, monitoring, research
Higher education
Marine and coastal resources, fisheries

Summary:
action_date: 2019-11-14
text: 

Coastal Resilience Research and Education Act

 
This bill directs the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) to designate public institutions of higher education as National Centers of Excellence in Coastal Resilience Research and Education. 
 
NOAA shall designate as a center only a public institution of higher education that, among other things (1) has demonstrated proven expertise in the physical, engineering, and environmental sciences, particularly research and education on the impacts of sea-level rise, coastal flooding, or shoreline erosion; (2) has demonstrated a commitment to understanding the socioeconomic impacts of climate change; and (3) is in a state that frequently experiences coastal flooding or shoreline erosion in connection with sea-level rise, severe coastal storms, or seawater intrusion into groundwater supplies. 
 
NOAA must review reports from the centers to ensure that their recommendations and guidance regarding sea-level rise, coastal flooding, shoreline erosion, and related issues are communicated to relevant federal agencies. 
 
In carrying out this bill, NOAA may use (1) the National Oceanographic Partnership Program, (2) the Coastlines and People initiative, and (3) the National Sea Grant College Program.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2019-12-03
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Water, Oceans, and Wildlife.
action_date: 2019-11-14
text: Referred to the Committee on Science, Space, and Technology, and in addition to the Committees on Natural Resources, and Armed 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: 2019-11-14
text: Referred to the Committee on Science, Space, and Technology, and in addition to the Committees on Natural Resources, and Armed 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: 2019-11-14
text: Referred to the Committee on Science, Space, and Technology, and in addition to the Committees on Natural Resources, and Armed 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: 2019-11-14
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Environment.
action_date: 2019-11-14
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2019-11-14
text: Introduced in House
Rural Hospital Frontier Workforce Fairness Act

Bill: 116-hr-5103
Sponsor: Rep. Peterson, Collin C. [D-MN-7]
Introduced: 2019-11-14 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Health facilities and institutions
Health personnel
Medicare
Wages and earnings

Summary:
action_date: 2019-11-14
text: 

Rural Hospital Frontier Workforce Fairness Act

 
This bill alters the Medicare prospective payment system for inpatient hospital services furnished at sole community hospitals (i.e., rural hospitals or hospitals that are the sole source of inpatient care in a certain geographic area). Specifically, the bill applies a minimum area wage adjustment to payments to sole community hospitals that are located up to 75 miles from the closest frontier (i.e., predominantly rural) state. Currently, the minimum area wage adjustment applies only to hospitals in frontier states.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2019-11-14
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2019-11-14
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2019-11-14
text: Introduced in House
Respect Graduate Student Workers Act

Bill: 116-hr-5104
Sponsor: Rep. Pocan, Mark [D-WI-2]
Introduced: 2019-11-14 in the House
Policy area: Labor and Employment
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Employment discrimination and employee rights
Higher education
Labor-management relations
National Labor Relations Board (NLRB)
Temporary and part-time employment

Summary:
action_date: 2019-11-14
text: 

Respect Graduate Student Workers Act

 
This bill prohibits the National Labor Relations Board from finalizing a specified rule or making a similar rule that excludes student workers at private universities from the definition of 
employee
 under federal labor laws. (Under current law, students paid for services provided at universities in connection with such students' studies are considered employees.)


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2019-11-14
text: Referred to the House Committee on Education and Labor.
action_date: 2019-11-14
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2019-11-14
text: Introduced in House
RESPECT Act

Bill: 116-hr-5105
Sponsor: Rep. Speier, Jackie [D-CA-14]
Introduced: 2019-11-14 in the House
Policy area: Transportation and Public Works
Subjects: Congressional oversight
Department of Transportation
Government information and archives
Intergovernmental relations
Members of Congress

Summary:
action_date: 2019-11-14
text: 

Responsive Employees Support Productive Educated Congressional Talk Act or the
 
RESPECT Act

 
This bill requires the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) to respond in writing within 90 days to requests for data and information from Congress.
 
Specifically, the FAA must respond if 
 
 
the data is within the control of the FAA; and 
 
the data would be otherwise appropriate to provide if requested (1) by an airline, an airport, a flight procedure proponent, an Aviation Roundtable, or anyone not employed by the FAA; or (2) via a Freedom of Information request from any individual or any entity. 

 
The FAA must also provide staff at a private or public meeting with a Member of Congress if certain conditions are met.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2019-11-15
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Aviation.
action_date: 2019-11-14
text: Referred to the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.
action_date: 2019-11-14
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2019-11-14
text: Introduced in House
REST Act of 2019

Bill: 116-hr-5106
Sponsor: Rep. Speier, Jackie [D-CA-14]
Introduced: 2019-11-14 in the House
Policy area: Transportation and Public Works
Subjects: Aviation and airports
Noise pollution
State and local government operations

Summary:
action_date: 2019-11-14
text: 

Restore Everyone's Sleep Tonight Act of 2019 or the
 
REST Act of 2019

 
This bill authorizes an airport to impose an access restriction between the hours of 10 p.m. and 7 a.m. for aircrafts.
 
An airport may impose a noise deterrence penalty on an air carrier or aircraft operator for a violation of the access restriction.
 
The restriction does not apply to the operation of military, law enforcement, and Coast Guard flights.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2019-11-15
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Aviation.
action_date: 2019-11-14
text: Referred to the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.
action_date: 2019-11-14
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2019-11-14
text: Introduced in House
SNORE Act of 2019

Bill: 116-hr-5107
Sponsor: Rep. Speier, Jackie [D-CA-14]
Introduced: 2019-11-14 in the House
Policy area: Transportation and Public Works
Subjects: Aviation and airports
California
Noise pollution
Residential rehabilitation and home repair
Transportation programs funding

Summary:
action_date: 2019-11-14
text: 

Serious Noise Reduction Efforts Act of 2019 or the
 
SNORE Act of 2019

 
This bill addresses noise mitigation through soundproofing and other strategies in the communities surrounding San Francisco International Airport (SFO).
 
Specifically, the bill
 
 
permits SFO to conduct a noise compatibility program by installing residential noise dampening windows, residential noise insulation, and other residential improvements to reduce or to mitigate the noise impacts of the operations of the airport; 
 
authorizes the Department of Transportation to provide grants for a program of residential noise mitigation and soundproofing for residential buildings near SFO; 
 
sets forth requirements for the noise compatibility program near SFO; and 
 
authorizes SFO to use both federal and airport funds to conduct the program. 



Legislative actions:
action_date: 2019-11-15
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Aviation.
action_date: 2019-11-14
text: Referred to the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.
action_date: 2019-11-14
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2019-11-14
text: Introduced in House
SHHH Act

Bill: 116-hr-5108
Sponsor: Rep. Speier, Jackie [D-CA-14]
Introduced: 2019-11-14 in the House
Policy area: Transportation and Public Works
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Aviation and airports
California
Congressional oversight
Department of Transportation
Noise pollution
Transportation employees
Transportation safety and security

Summary:
action_date: 2019-11-14
text: 

Southbound HUSSH and NIITE Help Households Act or the
 
SHHH Act

 
This bill requires the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) to continue processing the proposed San Francisco International Airport NIITE Departure Southbound Transition and the Oakland International Airport HUSSH Departure Southbound Transition and render a determination as to adoption of the proposal.
 
The FAA may not prevent the San Francisco International Airport/Community Roundtable from entering the proposed NIITE Departure or HUSSH Departure Southbound Transition procedures into the Instrumental Flight Procedures Gateway unless it is necessary for safety reasons that cannot be remedied.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2019-11-15
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Aviation.
action_date: 2019-11-14
text: Referred to the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.
action_date: 2019-11-14
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2019-11-14
text: Introduced in House
F-AIR Act

Bill: 116-hr-5109
Sponsor: Rep. Speier, Jackie [D-CA-14]
Introduced: 2019-11-14 in the House
Policy area: Transportation and Public Works
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Aviation and airports
Environmental health
Transportation safety and security

Summary:
action_date: 2019-11-14
text: 

Fairness in Airspace Includes Residents Act or the
 
F-AIR Act

 
This bill revises the priorities of the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) in developing plans and policy for the use of navigable airspace.
 
Specifically, the FAA must ensure (1) the safety of aircraft as a primary priority in developing such plans and policy; and (2) the minimization of the impact of aviation noise, and other health impacts, on residents and communities, and other impacts of the use of airspace on the environment as a secondary priority on an equal basis with the efficient use of airspace.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2019-11-15
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Aviation.
action_date: 2019-11-14
text: Referred to the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.
action_date: 2019-11-14
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2019-11-14
text: Introduced in House
APPRISE Act

Bill: 116-hr-5110
Sponsor: Rep. Speier, Jackie [D-CA-14]
Introduced: 2019-11-14 in the House
Policy area: Transportation and Public Works
Subjects: Aviation and airports
Congressional oversight
State and local government operations

Summary:
action_date: 2019-11-14
text: 

All Participating in Process Reaching Informed Solutions for Everyone Act or the
 
APPRISE Act

 
This bill requires the Federal Aviation Administration to ensure that an aviation roundtable technical representative or consultant is allowed to participate in the Next Generation Air Transportation System (NextGen) performance-based navigation implementation process for new or modified flight procedures affecting their communities. (NextGen performance-based navigation is an advanced, satellite-enabled form of air navigation that creates 3-D flight paths.)


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2019-11-15
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Aviation.
action_date: 2019-11-14
text: Referred to the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.
action_date: 2019-11-14
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2019-11-14
text: Introduced in House
NOTIFIED Act

Bill: 116-hr-5111
Sponsor: Rep. Speier, Jackie [D-CA-14]
Introduced: 2019-11-14 in the House
Policy area: Transportation and Public Works
Subjects: Aviation and airports
Congressional oversight
Government information and archives
State and local government operations

Summary:
action_date: 2019-11-14
text: 

Notify Officials To Inform Fully and Impel Educated Decisions Act or the NOTIFIED Act

 
This bill requires the Federal Aviation Administration to notify the public of any proposed new Performance Based Navigation flight procedure or flight procedure change affecting airspace at altitudes below 18,000 feet.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2019-11-15
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Aviation.
action_date: 2019-11-14
text: Referred to the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.
action_date: 2019-11-14
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2019-11-14
text: Introduced in House
LEAVE Act

Bill: 116-hr-5112
Sponsor: Rep. Speier, Jackie [D-CA-14]
Introduced: 2019-11-14 in the House
Policy area: Transportation and Public Works
Subjects: Aviation and airports
Civil actions and liability
Environmental health
Federal preemption
Government information and archives
Government studies and investigations
Intergovernmental relations
Noise pollution
Real estate business
State and local courts
State and local government operations

Summary:
action_date: 2019-11-14
text: 

Low-frequency Energetic Acoustics and Vibrations Exasperate Act or the
 
LEAVE Act

 
This bill establishes standards and remedies related to ground-based noise (GBN).
 
Specifically, the bill 
 
 
permits one or more states to conduct studies of GBN from aircraft operations at an airport within a state,
 
requires any study conducted to identify a baseline value of GBN above which an airport in the study is presumed to be permitting an excess of noise to a community within five miles of such airport,
 
allows a state cause of action for GBN if a state has undertaken a study of GBN at an airport, and
 
establishes that no federal statute is intended to preempt a cause of action against an airport in any state small claims or superior court when an action is brought for GBN in violation of state standards.
 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2019-11-15
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Aviation.
action_date: 2019-11-14
text: Referred to the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.
action_date: 2019-11-14
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2019-11-14
text: Introduced in House
GREENER Fuels Act

Bill: 116-hr-5113
Sponsor: Rep. Welch, Peter [D-VT-At Large]
Introduced: 2019-11-14 in the House
Policy area: Energy
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Agricultural conservation and pollution
Air quality
Alternative and renewable resources
Business records
Climate change and greenhouse gases
Ecology
Energy storage, supplies, demand
Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)
Environmental assessment, monitoring, research
Environmental regulatory procedures
Farmland
Forests, forestry, trees
Government information and archives
Government studies and investigations
Government trust funds
Horticulture and plants
Land transfers
Land use and conservation
Motor fuels
Oil and gas
Research and development
User charges and fees
Wetlands
Wildlife conservation and habitat protection

Summary:
action_date: 2019-11-14
text: 

Growing Renewable Energy through Existing and New Environmentally Responsible Fuels Act or the GREENER Fuels Act

 
This bill revises the renewable fuel program, including to eliminate the volume standards applicable to corn-starch ethanol and extend the volume standards applicable to cellulosic biofuel.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2019-11-26
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on National Parks, Forests, and Public Lands.
action_date: 2019-11-15
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Environment and Climate Change.
action_date: 2019-11-14
text: Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committees on Natural Resources, and Science, Space, and Technology, 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: 2019-11-14
text: Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committees on Natural Resources, and Science, Space, and Technology, 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: 2019-11-14
text: Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committees on Natural Resources, and Science, Space, and Technology, 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: 2019-11-14
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2019-11-14
text: Introduced in House
Stop EITC and CTC Seizures Act

Bill: 116-hr-5114
Sponsor: Rep. Garcia, Sylvia R. [D-TX-29]
Introduced: 2019-11-15 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Government lending and loan guarantees
Income tax credits
Poverty and welfare assistance
Student aid and college costs
Tax administration and collection, taxpayers
Tax treatment of families
Wages and earnings

Summary:
action_date: 2019-11-15
text: 

Stop EITC and CTC Seizures Act

 
This bill prohibits the Department of the Treasury from reducing a taxpayer's tax refund for student loan debt to the extent that such reduction would cause the refund to be less than the sum of the earned income tax credit and the child tax credit. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2019-11-15
text: Referred to the Committee on Oversight and Reform, 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: 2019-11-15
text: Referred to the Committee on Oversight and Reform, 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: 2019-11-15
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2019-11-15
text: Introduced in House
RECOVER Act

Bill: 116-hr-5115
Sponsor: Rep. Cárdenas, Tony [D-CA-29]
Introduced: 2019-11-15 in the House
Policy area: Environmental Protection
Subjects: Congressional oversight
Environmental education
Environmental technology
Solid waste and recycling
State and local government operations

Summary:
action_date: 2019-11-15
text: 

Realizing the Economic Opportunities and Value of Expanding Recycling Act or the RECOVER Act

 
This bill authorizes the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to establish a Recycling Infrastructure Program. Under the program, the EPA may award financial assistance to states, local governments, and tribal governments to support and expand their recycling infrastructure and programs.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2019-11-18
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Environment and Climate Change.
action_date: 2019-11-15
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2019-11-15
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2019-11-15
text: Introduced in House