| HB44 | Intro
Sine Die | Prohibits any state whose congressional districts have been redistricted after a decennial census from carrying out another redistricting until after the next apportionment of Representatives following a decennial census, unless a court requires such...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2019-01-03
To House Subcommittee on the Constitution, Civil Rights, and Civil Liberties |
| HB118 | Intro
Sine Die | Allows for early voting in elections for federal office and for reduced waiting times for voters at polling places used in such elections. States must allow early voting in a federal election each day during the 15-day period ending on the second day...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2019-01-03
To House Administration Committee |
| HB84 | Intro
Sine Die | Directs the Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD), on an annual basis, to monitor the extent of noncompliance of public-housing tenants with certain community service and economic self-sufficiency requirements, determine the aggregate amo...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2019-01-03
To House Financial Services Committee |
| HB161 | Intro
Sine Die | Prohibits an immediate family member of a head of an executive department or the Environmental Protection Agency from soliciting or otherwise raising funds from certain foreign entities or individuals, including foreign governments, senior foreign po...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2019-01-03
To House Oversight and Reform Committee |
| HB224 | Intro
Sine Die | Exempts certain public-buildings and public-works contracts from periodic inflation adjustments to a dollar threshold that influences the applicability of a policy, procedure, requirement, or restriction to such a contract.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2019-01-03
To House Oversight and Reform Committee |
| HJR7 | Intro
Sine Die | This joint resolution proposes a constitutional amendment requiring the President and Vice President to be elected directly by the people of the states and the District of Columbia.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2019-01-03
To House Subcommittee on the Constitution, Civil Rights, and Civil Liberties |
| SB6 | Intro
Sine Die | Amends the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 to require employers of Puerto Rican employees who receive a qualified wage subsidy payment to pay such employees a minimum wage of $5 without regard to such subsidy payment. The bill amends the Internal Re...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2019-01-03
To Senate Finance Committee |
| HB130 | Intro
Sine Die | Establishes requirements regarding congressional redistricting, including that redistricting plans must be developed by an independent redistricting commission. A state that has been redistricted after an apportionment of Representatives may not be r...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2019-01-03
To House Subcommittee on the Constitution, Civil Rights, and Civil Liberties |
| HR1 | Intro
Sine Die | This resolution elects the following officers of the House of Representatives: (1) Karen L. Haas as Clerk, (2) Paul D. Irving as Sergeant at Arms, (3) Philip George Kiko as Chief Administrative Officer, and (4) Father Patrick J. Conroy as Chaplain.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2019-01-03
Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection. |
| HB168 | Intro
Sine Die | Directs the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) to admit certain aliens for lawful permanent residence, if the alien is the spouse, parent, or guardian of a U.S. citizen. Qualifying aliens shall be those who were removed from the United States befo...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2019-01-03
To House Subcommittee on Immigration and Citizenship |
| SR5 | Intro
Sine Die | This resolution notifies the House of Representatives of the election of the Honorable Chuck Grassley as President pro tempore of the Senate.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2019-01-03
Submitted in the Senate, considered, and agreed to without amendment by Unanimous Consent. (consideration: CR S6; text: CR S6) |
| HR18 | Intro
Sine Die | This resolution expresses the sense of the House of Representatives that the President should redirect foreign assistance to El Salvador, Guatemala, and Honduras away from the central governments of those countries and towards local governmental, pri...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2019-01-03
To House Foreign Affairs Committee |
| SB19 | Intro
Sine Die | Lowers the annual fee on health insurers, specifically for those insurers that collect premiums from residents in U.S. territories. The annual fee for a health insurer is currently calculated based on the insurer's share of total premiums from the pr...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2019-01-03
To Senate Finance Committee |
| SB7 | Intro
Sine Die | Establishes a new grant program to help states and Indian tribes implement extreme risk protection order laws. Extreme risk protection order laws, or red flag laws, generally allow certain individuals (e.g., law enforcement officers or family members...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2019-01-03
To Senate Judiciary Committee |
| HB188 | Intro
Sine Die | Repeals the limitation on individual tax deductions for certain state and local taxes. (For tax years 2018-2025, the deduction for certain state and local taxes is currently limited to $10,000 per year for individuals or $5,000 for married individual...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2019-01-03
To House Ways And Means Committee |
| HB146 | Intro
Sine Die | Establishes that aliens identified in the terrorist screening database, except for permanent residents, shall be deportable and inadmissible into the United States. The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) may temporarily waive the inadmissibility o...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2019-01-03
To House Subcommittee on Immigration and Citizenship |
| HB163 | Intro
Sine Die | Establishes requirements for nonpartisan redistricting and open primary elections. States must (1) conduct congressional redistricting using a plan developed by a nonpartisan independent redistricting commission, beginning with the 2020 census; and (...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2019-01-03
To House Subcommittee on the Constitution, Civil Rights, and Civil Liberties |
| HB199 | Intro
Sine Die | Terminates certain benefits for Members of Congress or former Members. The bill prohibits payments of death gratuities to survivors of Members of Congress. The bill terminates coverage under (1) the Federal Employees Retirement System for Members who...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2019-01-03
To House Administration Committee |
| HB122 | Intro
Sine Die | Increases the federal minimum wage to the minimum hourly wage sufficient for a person working for 40 hours per week, 52 weeks per year, to earn an annual income 25.5% higher than the federal poverty threshold for a four-person household, with two chi...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2019-01-03
To House Education and Labor Committee |
| HB92 | Intro
Sine Die | Requires states to allow voting in federal elections to be by mail without additional conditions or requirements, except a deadline for returning the ballot. States must mail ballots to individuals registered to vote in a federal election not later t...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2019-01-03
To House Administration Committee |
| HJR19 | Intro
Sine Die | This joint resolution proposes a constitutional amendment authorizing Congress, by law, to limit the number of terms that Representatives and Senators may serve.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2019-01-03
To House Subcommittee on the Constitution, Civil Rights, and Civil Liberties |
| SB14 | Intro
Sine Die | Creates 10 additional district court judgeships in Florida—6 in the Middle District, 1 in the Northern District, and 3 in the Southern District. Additionally, the bill converts one temporary district court judgeship to a permanent judgeship in the ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2019-01-03
To Senate Judiciary Committee |
| HB22 | Intro
Sine Die | Makes permanent several tax provisions that were enacted in 2017 and are scheduled to expire at the end of 2025. The provisions that are made permanent increase the standard deduction, increase and modify the child tax credit, and eliminate the deduc...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2019-01-03
To House Ways And Means Committee |
| HJR10 | Intro
Sine Die | This joint resolution proposes a constitutional amendment prohibiting Members of Congress from receiving compensation during a fiscal year unless both chambers have agreed to an identical concurrent resolution on the budget for that fiscal year befor...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2019-01-03
To House Subcommittee on the Constitution, Civil Rights, and Civil Liberties |
| HJR8 | Intro
Sine Die | This joint resolution proposes a constitutional amendment prohibiting the President from granting a pardon or reprieve to himself or herself, to certain members of the President's family, to members of the President's administration, or to paid emplo...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2019-01-03
To House Subcommittee on the Constitution, Civil Rights, and Civil Liberties |
| HB165 | Intro
Sine Die | Requires public housing agencies to consider the housing needs of veterans when creating their annual plans and housing strategies, the latter in consultation with agencies that serve veterans. Similarly, the Department of Housing and Urban Developme...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2019-01-03
To House Financial Services Committee |
| HB157 | Intro
Sine Die | Repeals provisions of the Protection of Lawful Commerce in Arms Act that prohibit civil actions or administrative proceedings against firearm or ammunition manufacturers, sellers, importers, dealers, or trade associations for harms resulting from the...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2019-01-03
To House Subcommittee on the Constitution, Civil Rights, and Civil Liberties |
| SR9 | Intro
Sine Die | This resolution sets the daily meeting of the Senate at 12:01 p.m. unless otherwise ordered.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2019-01-03
Submitted in the Senate. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under Over, Under the Rule. |
| HB58 | Intro
Sine Die | Allows the child tax credit to be used for stillbirths. A "stillbirth" is delivery after the involuntary death of an unborn child who was carried in the womb for 20 weeks or more.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2019-01-03
To House Ways And Means Committee |
| SR4 | Intro
Sine Die | This resolution notifies the President of the United States of the election of the Honorable Chuck Grassley as President pro tempore of the Senate.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2019-01-03
Submitted in the Senate, considered, and agreed to without amendment by Unanimous Consent. (consideration: CR S6; text: CR S6) |
| HB121 | Intro
Sine Die | Establishes a process to expunge records related to certain nonviolent criminal offenses. It defines the nonviolent offenses eligible for expungement; it establishes qualifications for an eligible offender; and it sets forth procedures for filing an ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2019-01-03
To House Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security |
| HB154 | Intro
Sine Die | Distributes a payment of $25,000 to U.S. merchant marines who engaged in qualified service during World War II. To be eligible, an individual must apply for the benefit and must not have received benefits under the Servicemen's Readjustment Act of 19...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2019-01-03
To House Veterans' Affairs Committee |
| HB134 | Intro
Sine Die | Prohibits employers from discriminating against unpaid interns on the basis of (1) race, color, religion, sex, national origin, or age; or (2) disability, if such intern can perform the essential functions of the position with or without reasonable a...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2019-01-03
To House Education and Labor Committee |
| HB81 | Intro
Sine Die | Allows an individual taxpayer a deduction from gross income for insurance premiums paid for the health care coverage of the taxpayer and the taxpayer's spouse and dependents. The bill makes the deduction available whether or not the taxpayer itemizes...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2019-01-03
To House Ways And Means Committee |
| HB86 | Intro
Sine Die | Withholds the salaries of Members of Congress and cancels the salaries of certain employees of the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) when budget process requirements are not met. The bill withholds the salaries of Members of a chamber of Congress...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2019-01-03
To House Administration Committee |
| SB13 | Intro
Sine Die | Expands the Gulf of Mexico outer Continental Shelf revenue sharing program to include Florida. (Currently, only Alabama, Louisiana, Mississippi, and Texas are included in the program that shares the revenues from oil and gas leasing on the Gulf of Me...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2019-01-03
To Senate Energy And Natural Resources Committee |
| HB76 | Intro
Sine Die | Amends Rule 23 of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure to expand the preliminary requirements for class certification in a class action lawsuit to include a new requirement that the claim does not allege misclassification of employees as independent ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2019-01-03
To House Subcommittee on the Constitution, Civil Rights, and Civil Liberties |
| HB39 | Intro
Sine Die | Abolishes a federal agency one year after it is reviewed by the Federal Agency Sunset Commission, established by the bill, unless the agency is reauthorized by Congress. Each agency, including each advisory committee, must be reviewed by the commissi...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2019-01-03
To House Oversight and Reform Committee |
| HJR20 | Intro
Sine Die | This joint resolution proposes a constitutional amendment limiting Members of the House of Representatives to three terms and Members of the Senate to two terms. Terms beginning before the ratification of this article do not count towards term limits...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2019-01-03
To House Subcommittee on the Constitution, Civil Rights, and Civil Liberties |
| HB152 | Intro
Sine Die | Designates the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 810 South Pendleton Street in Easley, South Carolina, as the "Captain Kimberly Nicole Hampton Post Office Building."
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2019-01-03
To House Oversight and Reform Committee |
| HB137 | Intro
Sine Die | Makes it unlawful for a chief state election administration official to take active part in political management or in a political campaign with respect to any election for federal office over which the official has supervisory authority.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2019-01-03
To House Administration Committee |
| SR6 | Intro
Sine Die | This resolution sets the daily meeting of the Senate at noon unless otherwise ordered.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2019-01-03
Submitted in the Senate, considered, and agreed to without amendment by Unanimous Consent. (consideration: CR S6; text: CR S6) |
| HB109 | Intro
Sine Die | Prohibits the Department of Homeland Security from granting work authorization to an alien who has been determined in a valid immigration proceeding to have been at any time unlawfully present in the United States.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2019-01-03
To House Subcommittee on Immigration and Citizenship |
| HB94 | Intro
Sine Die | Amends the Internal Revenue Code (IRC), the Social Security Act (SSAct), and other federal laws to replace (1) references to "wife" or "husband" with references to "spouse"; and (2) references to "husband and wife" or "husband or wife" with reference...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2019-01-03
To House Subcommittee on the Constitution, Civil Rights, and Civil Liberties |
| HB234 | Intro
Sine Die | Requires the Department of Housing and Urban Development to establish standards to ensure the safety and security of federally assisted housing in high-crime areas. Public housing agencies serving high-crime areas must establish anonymous hotlines fo...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2019-01-03
To House Financial Services Committee |
| HB72 | Intro
Sine Die | Nullifies the "Home Mortgage Disclosure (Regulation C)" rule finalized by the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau on October 28, 2015. (The rule expanded the scope of information that must be disclosed with regards to home mortgages.)
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2019-01-03
To House Financial Services Committee |
| HR12 | Intro
Sine Die | This resolution recognizes and affirms the historical connection of the Jewish people to Jerusalem, and commends Israel for protecting the freedom of all faiths to access holy sites in the city. It also condemns efforts at the United Nations Educatio...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2019-01-03
To House Foreign Affairs Committee |
| HB211 | Intro
Sine Die | Provides for withholding or eliminating the pay of Members of Congress during a government shutdown. Through the day of the general election in November 2020, the bill requires the salaries of Members to be held in escrow during a government shutdown...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2019-01-03
To House Administration Committee |
| HB60 | Intro
Sine Die | Revises the H-2A visa program for temporary nonimmigrant agricultural workers. It moves administration of the program from the Department of Labor to the Department of Agriculture, and eliminates the requirement that employers hire any qualified U.S....
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2019-01-03
To House Subcommittee on Immigration and Citizenship |
| HB164 | Intro
Sine Die | To amend title 5, United States Code, to terminate pensions for Members of Congress, and for other purposes.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2019-01-03
To House Administration Committee |
