| HB779 | Intro
Sine Die | Amends the National Labor Relations Act (NLRA) to exclude Native American tribes and tribal enterprises and institutions on tribal land from requirements for employers under the NLRA. (Currently under the NLRA, employers may not engage in unfair labo...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2019-01-24
To House Education and Labor Committee |
| SB217 | Intro
Sine Die | Requires the Administrative Conference of the United States to create and maintain a database of specified information about fees awarded in certain court cases and adversarial administrative proceedings in which the United States is a party.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2019-01-24
To Senate Judiciary Committee |
| SB208 | Intro
Sine Die | A bill to amend title 10, United States Code, to permit certain retired members of the uniformed services who have a service-connected disability to receive both disability compensation from the Department of Veterans Affairs for their disability and...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2019-01-24
To Senate Armed Services Committee |
| HB768 | Intro
Sine Die | Makes an institution of higher education (IHE) that is a sanctuary campus ineligible for federal student aid funds. In general, a sanctuary campus is an IHE that has a policy of restricting its personnel from cooperating with federal officials in enf...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2019-01-24
To House Education and Labor Committee |
| SB200 | Intro
Sine Die | Prohibits the President from conducting a nuclear strike against an enemy that did not first launch a nuclear strike against the United States or a U.S. ally, unless Congress expressly authorizes such a strike.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2019-01-24
To Senate Foreign Relations Committee |
| HB778 | Intro
Sine Die | (1) establishes an educational savings account program for District of Columbia children who are eligible to receive a free public education in the District, but whose parents choose not to enroll them in a public school or home schooling; and (2) sp...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2019-01-24
To House Oversight and Reform Committee |
| SB204 | Intro
Sine Die | Allows federal employees who are affected by a government shutdown to make certain penalty-free withdrawals from their Thrift Savings Plan (TSP) accounts. The bill waives various penalties and requirements that would otherwise apply to TSP distributi...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2019-01-24
To Senate Finance Committee |
| SB215 | Intro
Sine Die | Repeals the estate and generation-skipping transfer taxes. It also makes conforming amendments related to the gift tax.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2019-01-24
To Senate Finance Committee |
| HB747 | Intro
Sine Die | Requires the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) to conduct and support research on the efficacy and safety of certain forms of cannabis and cannabis delivery for veterans enrolled in the VA health care system and diagnosed with conditions such as ch...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2019-01-24
To House Veterans' Affairs Committee |
| HB787 | Intro
Sine Die | Reauthorizes through FY2024 and amends the Scholarships for Opportunity and Results (SOAR) Program, which provides education funding for the District of Columbia, including for private school vouchers, public schools, and public charter schools. The ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2019-01-24
To House Oversight and Reform Committee |
| SJR5 | Intro
Sine Die | This joint resolution proposes a constitutional amendment prohibiting total outlays for a fiscal year from exceeding total receipts for that fiscal year or 18% of the U.S. gross domestic product unless Congress authorizes the excess by a two-thirds v...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2019-01-24
To Senate Judiciary Committee |
| HB613 | Intro
Sine Die | Expands TRICARE Reserve Select eligibility to include members of the Selected Reserve who are enrolled or eligible to enroll in the Federal Employees Health Benefits Program.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2019-01-24
To House Subcommittee on Military Personnel |
| HB750 | Intro
Sine Die | Requires that excepted federal and District of Columbia public employees required to perform work during certain lapses in appropriations (i.e., government shutdowns) be paid, at their standard rate of pay, on scheduled pay dates. Under current law, ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2019-01-24
To House Oversight and Reform Committee |
| SB213 | Intro
Sine Die | Reauthorizes through FY2024 and amends the Scholarships for Opportunity and Results (SOAR) Program, which provides education funding for the District of Columbia, including for private school vouchers, public schools, and public charter schools. The ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2019-01-24
To Senate Homeland Security And Governmental Affairs Committee |
| HB749 | Intro
Sine Die | Directs the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) to deliver notice of the denial of claims for VA benefits by certified mail.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2019-01-24
To House Veterans' Affairs Committee |
| HB741 | Intro
Sine Die | Requires federal financial regulatory agencies to (1) tailor any regulatory actions so as to limit burdens on the institutions involved, with consideration of the risk profiles and business models of those institutions; and (2) report to Congress on ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2019-01-24
To House Financial Services Committee |
| HB433 | Intro
Sine Die | Requires the Department of Veterans Affairs to provide the same amount and type of educational assistance to pre-apprenticeship programs as apprenticeship programs in certain circumstances. A pre-apprenticeship program is designed to prepare individu...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2019-01-24
Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR H1175-1176) |
| HB782 | Intro
Sine Die | Increases by 1.9% the rates of pay in 2019 under the statutory pay systems and for prevailing rate employees, adjusts locality pay, and awards a one-time $500 hardship bonus for federal employees affected by the lapse in appropriations (i.e., governm...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2019-01-24
To House Oversight and Reform Committee |
| HB563 | Intro
Sine Die | Directs the Department of Defense to modify the Certificate of Release or Discharge from Active Duty (DD Form 214) to include a block in which a member of the Armed Forces may provide an email address by which the member may be contacted after discha...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2019-01-24
To House Subcommittee on Military Personnel |
| SB214 | Intro
Sine Die | Compensates federal and District of Columbia employees who are affected by the lapse in appropriations that began on or about December 22, 2018. The bill provides FY2019 appropriations for the affected agencies to compensate the employees at their st...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2019-01-24
To Senate Appropriations Committee |
| HB618 | Intro
Sine Die | Establishes in the Executive Office of the President an Office of Critical Technology and Security, which, among other things, shall serve as a centralized focal point within the Executive Office of the President for coordinating policy and actions o...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2019-01-24
To House Subcommittee on Intelligence and Emerging Threats and Capabilities |
| HB760 | Intro
Sine Die | Authorizes federal employees who are furloughed or excepted from furlough and working without pay during a lapse in appropriations (i.e., government shutdown) to seek and obtain outside employment during such lapse without prior approval from the emp...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2019-01-24
To House Oversight and Reform Committee |
| SB218 | Intro
Sine Die | A bill to empower States to manage the development and production of oil and gas on available Federal land, and for other purposes.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2019-01-24
To Senate Energy And Natural Resources Committee |
| HR29 | Intro
Sine Die | This resolution honors Fort Sill in Lawton, Oklahoma, on its 150th anniversary.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2019-01-24
To House Subcommittee on Readiness |
| HJR33 | Intro
Sine Die | This joint resolution proposes a Constitutional amendment denying as protected speech any financial expenditures, or in kind equivalents, with respect to a candidate for federal office, regardless of whether a communication expressly advocates the el...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2019-01-24
To House Subcommittee on the Constitution, Civil Rights, and Civil Liberties |
| HB238 | Intro
Sine Die | Authorizes the President to award the Medal of Honor to James Megellas for acts of valor on January 28, 1945, during the Battle of the Bulge in World War II.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2019-01-24
To House Subcommittee on Military Personnel |
| HR74 | Intro
Sine Die | This resolution elects specified Members to the following House Committees: (1) the Budget, (2) Natural Resources, and (3) Small Business.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2019-01-24
Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection. |
| HR73 | Intro
Sine Die | This resolution elects specified Members to the following House Committees: (1) the Budget; (2) Education and Labor; (3) Natural Resources; (4) Science, Space, and Technology; and (5) Small Business.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2019-01-24
Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection. |
| HB430 | Pass | Extends appropriations through June 30, 2019, for Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) program grants to states and related assistance grants to U.S. territories such as Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2019-01-24
Became Public Law No: 116-4. (TXT | PDF) |
| SB205 | Intro
Sine Die | Requires drug manufacturers with Medicaid rebate agreements for covered outpatient drugs to disclose drug product information. Manufacturers are subject to civil penalties for knowingly misclassifying drugs. Manufacturers are also required to compens...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2019-01-24
To Senate Finance Committee |
| HB491 | Intro
Sine Die | Provides funding to continue the pay and allowances of members of the Armed Forces, including reserve personnel, during any period of lapsed appropriations.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2019-01-24
To House Subcommittee on Military Personnel |
| HR39 | Intro
Sine Die | This resolution supports the designation of Gold Star Families Remembrance Day.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2019-01-24
To House Subcommittee on Military Personnel |
| SB202 | Intro
Sine Die | Modifies the treatment of silencers under federal statutes governing the sale, transfer, and possession of firearms. Specifically, it removes silencers from the list of firearms subject to regulation (i.e., registration and licensing requirements) un...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2019-01-24
To Senate Finance Committee |
| HB442 | Intro
Sine Die | Extends the supervisory authority of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau to credit protections applicable to certain active duty members of the armed forces and their dependents.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2019-01-24
To House Subcommittee on Military Personnel |
| HB361 | Intro
Sine Die | Directs the President to impose sanctions on As-Saib Ahl al-Haq and Harakat Hizballah al-Nujaba, two Iraqi paramilitary groups affiliated with Iran. The sanctions relate to blocking property and transactions and also apply to foreign individuals serv...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2019-01-23
Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR H1010) |
| HB353 | Engross
Sine Die | Directs the Department of State to include additional information in its annual reports concerning Taiwan's participation at the World Health Organization's World Health Assembly (WHA) as an observer. The report shall describe changes and improvement...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2019-01-23
To Senate Foreign Relations Committee |
| HB725 | Intro
Sine Die | Creates statutory authority for certain federal employees to be eligible for unemployment compensation during a lapse in appropriations. With respect to any lapse in appropriations beginning on or around December 22, 2018, a federal employee who is e...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2019-01-23
To House Ways And Means Committee |
| HB713 | Intro
Sine Die | Provides eligibility for beneficiary travel through the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) to a veteran whose travel to a specialized outpatient or residential program at a VA facility is in connection with treatment or care for military sexual trau...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2019-01-23
To House Veterans' Affairs Committee |
| HR71 | Intro
Sine Die | This resolution observes the 90th birthday of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., and pledges to advance his legacy.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2019-01-23
To House Subcommittee on the Constitution, Civil Rights, and Civil Liberties |
| HCR6 | Intro
Sine Die | This concurrent resolution provides for a joint session of Congress on January 29, 2019, to receive a message from the President.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2019-01-23
To House Administration Committee |
| HR67 | Intro
Sine Die | This resolution elects specified Members to the following House Committees: (1) Homeland Security; (2) Oversight and Reform; and (3) Science, Space, and Technology.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2019-01-23
Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection. |
| HB734 | Intro
Sine Die | Prohibits a state from refusing to accept an individual's application to register to vote in federal elections on the grounds that the individual is under 18 years of age, so long as the individual is at least 16 years of age.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2019-01-23
To House Administration Committee |
| HR68 | Intro
Sine Die | This resolution elects specified Members to the House Committees on (1) Agriculture; (2) Appropriations; (3) Armed Services; (4) Education and Labor; (5) Energy and Commerce; (6) Financial Services; (7) Foreign Affairs; (8) Homeland Security; (9) the...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2019-01-23
Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection. |
| HB727 | Intro
Sine Die | Prohibits the Department of Education (ED) from providing funding to any state or local educational agency (LEA) that allows its school personnel to inflict corporal punishment upon a student. ED may award three-year grants to states or LEAs to assis...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2019-01-23
To House Education and Labor Committee |
| HB715 | Intro
Sine Die | Directs the Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) to provide incentives to geographic areas under the Continuum of Care program for using funds for activities proven to be effective at reducing homelessness for former servicemembers of th...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2019-01-23
To House Financial Services Committee |
| HB732 | Intro
Sine Die | Prohibits the Department of Commerce, in the 2020 decennial census and each decennial census thereafter, from (1) implementing any major operational design feature that has not been researched, studied, and tested for at least three years before the ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2019-01-23
To House Oversight and Reform Committee |
| HB676 | Engross
Sine Die | Prohibits the appropriation or use of funds to withdraw the United States from the North Atlantic Treaty Organization.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2019-01-23
Received in the Senate. |
| HR72 | Intro
Sine Die | This resolution rejects anti-Israel and anti-Semitic hatred in the United States and around the world.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2019-01-23
To House Subcommittee on the Constitution, Civil Rights, and Civil Liberties |
| HR61 | Intro
Sine Die | This resolution sets forth the rule for consideration of H.B. 648 (Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2019) and H.J.Res. 31 (FY2019 Department of Homeland Security appropriations). The resolution makes it in order at any time through the legislative da...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2019-01-23
Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection. |
| HB730 | Intro
Sine Die | Expands educational assistance under the Post-9/11 Educational Assistance program to include application fees for institutions of higher learning. The amount of such assistance payable to an individual shall be the lesser of the total application fee...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2019-01-23
To House Veterans' Affairs Committee |
