| HB4417 | Intro
Sine Die | Excludes certain wages or self-employment earnings of a dependent of a taxpayer for purposes of determining the taxpayer's eligibility for premium tax credits used to purchase insurance on Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act exchanges. To qual...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2019-09-19
To House Ways And Means Committee |
| SB2523 | Intro
Sine Die | Allows part-time teachers to participate in the student loan forgiveness program for public service employees, if they (1) teach at least one course at an institution of higher education, a postsecondary vocational institution, or a tribal college or...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2019-09-19
To Senate Health, Education, Labor, And Pensions Committee |
| SB2521 | Intro
Sine Die | Directs the Department of Labor to award grants to recruit, retain, or provide advancement opportunities to direct care workers. The term "direct care worker" includes home health aides, psychiatric aides, nursing assistants, and personal care aides ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2019-09-19
To Senate Health, Education, Labor, And Pensions Committee |
| HB4414 | Intro
Sine Die | Authorizes the Department of Education to award grants to up to 10 institutions of higher education for pilot programs that reduce the cost of attendance for undergraduate students by expanding student access to digital course materials. A preference...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2019-09-19
To House Education and Labor Committee |
| SB2526 | Intro
Sine Die | Directs the Department of Energy (DOE) to identify a portion of federal land within the Durango disposal site that is suitable for conveyance to Colorado to be used as a storage site for residual radioactive materials as part of remediation activitie...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2019-09-19
To Senate Energy And Natural Resources Committee |
| HB4420 | Intro
Sine Die | To amend subpart 1 of part B of title IV of the Social Security Act to ensure that mental health screenings and assessments are provided to children and youth upon entry into foster care.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2019-09-19
To House Subcommittee on Worker and Family Support |
| SR319 | Intro
Sine Die | This resolution designates the week beginning on September 16, 2019, as National Hispanic-Serving Institutions Week.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2019-09-19
Submitted in the Senate, considered, and agreed to without amendment and with a preamble by Unanimous Consent. (consideration: CR S5609; text: CR S5607-5608) |
| HB4412 | Intro
Sine Die | Prohibits the Bureau of the Census from including information regarding U.S. citizenship in its legislative redistricting data.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2019-09-19
To House Oversight and Reform Committee |
| SB2515 | Intro
Sine Die | A bill to require the Food and Drug Administration to conduct a study on the effects of radiofrequency radiation in the 5G networks on human health.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2019-09-19
To Senate Health, Education, Labor, And Pensions Committee |
| SB2509 | Intro
Sine Die | A bill to rename the Office of Technology Assessment as the Congressional Office of Technology, to revise the functions and duties of the Office, and for other purposes.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2019-09-19
To Senate Rules And Administration Committee |
| SB2514 | Intro
Sine Die | Imposes a tax on certain publicly traded companies that have at least $250 million in U.S. earnings for the year, buy back securities during the year, and fail to pay employees a worker dividend. An employer covered by the bill must pay to U.S. emplo...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2019-09-19
To Senate Finance Committee |
| HB2485 | Intro
Sine Die | Directs the Department of the Interior to develop and maintain a current and accurate multipurpose cadastre (inventory) of federal real property and any nonfederal real property in a state to support federal land management activities on federal real...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2019-09-19
Subcommittee Hearings Held. |
| HB4308 | Intro
Sine Die | Establishes a grant program whereby the Department of Education shall make grants to eligible higher education institutions to provide emergency finanical aid to students.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2019-09-19
Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR H7782) |
| HB4379 | Intro
Sine Die | To amend the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act to require qualified health plans to have in place a process to remove from publicly accessible provider directories of such plans providers that are no longer within the network of such plans, ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2019-09-19
To House Subcommittee on Health |
| SR205 | Intro
Sine Die | This resolution expresses gratitude for those who operate or support diaper banks and diaper distribution programs in their local communities and support efforts by such banks and programs in response to natural disasters.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2019-09-19
Resolution agreed to in Senate without amendment and with a preamble by Unanimous Consent. (text: CR 5/14/2019 S2833-2834) |
| HB4388 | Intro
Sine Die | Requires the Office on Trafficking in Persons (OTIP) within the Administration for Children and Families to award grants to nonprofits, state agencies, elementary and secondary schools for demonstration projects to train students, teachers, and schoo...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2019-09-19
To House Subcommittee on Health |
| HB4385 | Intro
Sine Die | To amend section 211(o) of the Clean Air Act to adjust the renewable fuel obligation to account for the full volume of gasoline and diesel produced by small refineries that are exempt under paragraph (9), and for other purposes.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2019-09-19
To House Environment and Climate Change Committee |
| HB4393 | Intro
Sine Die | Allows state Medicaid programs to cover DNA sequencing clinical services for certain individuals. Specifically, states may cover such services for individuals under the age of 21 (or a lower age, if the state chooses) and for former foster youth unde...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2019-09-19
To House Subcommittee on Health |
| SB253 | Intro
Sine Die | Requires the Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy to act as the lead federal agency for coordinating and disseminating information on existing federal programs that support energy efficiency, renewable energy, and energy retrofitting proj...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2019-09-19
Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 207. |
| HB4375 | Intro
Sine Die | Requires the Department of Transportation to enter into an agreement with the National Academy of Engineering to (1) evaluate the current federal requirements for pipeline design and siting relating to seismicity, land subsidence, and landslides; and...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2019-09-19
To House Subcommittee on Energy |
| HB4374 | Intro
Sine Die | Requires air carriers that provide scheduled passenger or cargo air transportation to publicly disclose their aircraft maintenance practices, including the location and date that an aircraft underwent heavy maintenance.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2019-09-19
To House Subcommittee on Aviation |
| HB4376 | Intro
Sine Die | Requires any federal agency that sustained specified damage as a result of a presidentially-declared major disaster to submit to Congress and the Office of Management and Budget a report that describes the damage incurred, an estimate of the cost of ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2019-09-19
To House Subcommittee on Economic Development, Public Buildings, and Emergency Management |
| HCR63 | Intro
Sine Die | This concurrent resolution expresses the sense of Congress that the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services should issue regulations that require Medicare coverage of home infusion therapy services regardless of whether or not a skilled professional...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2019-09-19
To House Subcommittee on Health |
| HB4386 | Intro
Sine Die | Eliminates the 5-month waiting period that applies to the payment of certain Social Security Disability Insurance (SSDI) benefits for workers and surviving spouses and the 24-month waiting period that applies to Medicare coverage for workers who are ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2019-09-19
To House Subcommittee on Railroads, Pipelines, and Hazardous Materials |
| HB4026 | Intro
Sine Die | Revises provisions related to geothermal energy projects on federal land.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2019-09-19
Subcommittee Hearings Held. |
| HB3846 | Intro
Sine Die | Prohibits the exportation of Native American cultural items, archaeological resources, and objects of antiquity that were illegally obtained; provides for the return of such items, including voluntary returns; and establishes and revises related crim...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2019-09-19
Subcommittee Hearings Held. |
| HB762 | Engross
Sine Die | Directs the Department of Energy's Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy to act as the lead agency for coordinating and disseminating information on existing programs and assistance that may be used to help initiate, develop, and finance e...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2019-09-19
Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 208. |
| SR320 | Intro
Sine Die | This resolution expresses support for the goals and ideals of National Forensic Science Week.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2019-09-19
Submitted in the Senate, considered, and agreed to without amendment and with a preamble by Unanimous Consent. (consideration: CR S5609; text: CR S5608) |
| SB2518 | Intro
Sine Die | Revises existing rural infrastructure functions within the Department of Transportation (DOT) by creating an Assistant Secretary for Rural Economic Investment and an Office of Rural Economic Investment. Specifically, the bill sets forth the duties of...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2019-09-19
To Senate Commerce, Science, And Transportation Committee |
| SB2510 | Intro
Sine Die | Allows a refundable tax credit for elementary or secondary school teachers or early childhood educators in schools with a certain poverty rate, increases the tax deduction for the expenses of elementary and secondary school teachers, and provides fun...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2019-09-19
To Senate Finance Committee |
| HB4415 | Intro
Sine Die | Amends the Internal Revenue Code to allow an increase in the limitation on the charitable contribution tax deduction for cash contributions made after August 23, 2019, and before January 1, 2020, for relief efforts related to Hurricane Dorian.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2019-09-19
To House Ways And Means Committee |
| SR321 | Intro
Sine Die | A resolution designating September 2019 as "National Prostate Cancer Awareness Month".
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2019-09-19
Submitted in the Senate, considered, and agreed to without amendment and with a preamble by Unanimous Consent. (consideration: CR S5609; text: CR S5608) |
| HB4395 | Intro
Sine Die | Requires the Department of Education (ED) to have a record of default removed from a borrower's credit history in certain circumstances. Specifically, when a borrower obtains a Federal Direct Consolidation Loan discharging the borrower's liability on...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2019-09-19
To House Education and Labor Committee |
| HB4426 | Intro
Sine Die | To rename the Office of Technology Assessment as the Congressional Office of Technology, to revise the functions and duties of the Office, and for other purposes.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2019-09-19
To House Administration Committee |
| SB2517 | Intro
Sine Die | A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide tax rate parity among all tobacco products, and for other purposes.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2019-09-19
To Senate Finance Committee |
| HB4424 | Intro
Sine Die | Requires the Department of Education to establish an advisory committee to carry out a study examining policies related to preparing and certifying educators. The study must (1) assess the state of policies and practices related to teacher and school...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2019-09-19
To House Education and Labor Committee |
| HR564 | Intro
Sine Die | Sets forth the rule for consideration of the bill (H.B. 4378) making continuing appropriations for fiscal year 2020.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2019-09-19
Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection. |
| HB4423 | Intro
Sine Die | Revises a program that awards grants to eligible partnerships to establish preparation or residency programs that prepare teachers, school leaders, and other educators for their profession. Eligible partnerships must be comprised of (1) a high-need l...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2019-09-19
To House Education and Labor Committee |
| SB2527 | Intro
Sine Die | Requires the President to ban the exportation of crude oil and natural gas from the United States. The President may provide an exemption to the ban in specified circumstances.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2019-09-19
To Senate Banking, Housing, And Urban Affairs Committee |
| HB4411 | Intro
Sine Die | Prohibits certain foreign assistance to the Palestinian Authority or the Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO) unless the Department of State certifies to Congress that the receiving entity (and its officials and agencies) has ceased paying compens...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2019-09-19
To House Foreign Affairs Committee |
| SB2512 | Intro
Sine Die | Prohibits courts from awarding damages to plaintiffs in civil actions using a calculation for projected future earning potential that takes into account a plaintiff's race, ethnicity, gender, religion, or actual or perceived sexual orientation. The b...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2019-09-19
To Senate Judiciary Committee |
| SB2516 | Intro
Sine Die | Applies certain consumer protections regarding debt collection to debt owed to a federal agency and to debt buyers. A federal agency that is a creditor may not sell or transfer a debt to a debt collector until 90 days after the obligation arises. Spe...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2019-09-19
To Senate Banking, Housing, And Urban Affairs Committee |
| HB4419 | Intro
Sine Die | Imposes a tax on certain publicly traded companies that have at least $250 million in U.S. earnings for the year, buy back securities during the year, and fail to pay employees a worker dividend. An employer covered by the bill must pay to U.S. emplo...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2019-09-19
To House Ways And Means Committee |
| SB2522 | Intro
Sine Die | Provides FY2020 appropriations for the Department of Agriculture (USDA), the Food and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies. The bill provides appropriations to USDA for Agricultural Programs, including the Office of the Secretary, Executive Oper...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2019-09-19
Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 210. |
| HR568 | Intro
Sine Die | This resolution supports the designation of the National Adult Education and Family Literacy Week.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2019-09-19
To House Education and Labor Committee |
| SB2524 | Intro
Sine Die | Provides FY2020 appropriations for several federal departments and agencies, including the Department of the Treasury, the Executive Office of the President, the judiciary, the District of Columbia, and several independent agencies. The independent a...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2019-09-19
Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 211. |
| HB4409 | Intro
Sine Die | Requires the government of Guam to obtain voter approval through a referendum for an issuance of municipal bonds in an amount greater than $25 million, an increase in a tax, or the imposition of a new tax.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2019-09-19
To House Natural Resources Committee |
| SB2528 | Intro
Sine Die | Directs the Office of the Director of National Intelligence to report to Congress on China's expanded influence in international organizations, including the purpose of such influence and the tactics used to gain this expanded influence.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2019-09-19
To Senate Select Intelligence Committee |
| HB4422 | Intro
Sine Die | Requires the Department of Education to award grants to institutions of higher education that will fund fellowships for graduate students pursuing doctoral degrees in teacher education. To be eligible for such fellowships, graduate students must be p...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2019-09-19
To House Education and Labor Committee |
| HB4396 | Intro
Sine Die | Requires the Department of Education (ED) to have a record of default removed from a borrower's credit history in certain circumstances. Specifically, when a borrower repays in full the amount due on a defaulted student loan, ED must request a consum...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2019-09-19
To House Education and Labor Committee |
