| US | HR762 | Intro | Recognizing the 4th anniversary of the adoption of the international Paris Agreement on climate change.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2019-12-12
To House Foreign Affairs Committee |
| US | HB4566 | Engross | Virginia Beach Strong Act This bill confirms that cash contributions made for the exclusive benefit of the families of the dead or wounded victims of the mass shooting in Virginia Beach, Virginia, on May 31, 2019, shall be treated as tax deductible c...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2019-12-11
Message on Senate action sent to the House. |
| US | HB3469 | Engross | Covert Testing and Risk Mitigation Improvement Act of 2019 This bill establishes standards for the covert testing process that the Transportation Security Administration (TSA) uses to evaluate its aviation security operations. Specifically, the TSA m...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2019-12-10
To Senate Commerce, Science, And Transportation Committee |
| US | HB4 | Engross | Voting Rights Advancement Act of 2019 This bill establishes new criteria for determining which states and political subdivisions must obtain preclearance before changes to voting practices in these areas may take effect. (Preclearance is the process ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2019-12-09
To Senate Judiciary Committee |
| US | HB5354 | Intro | To amend title 23, United States Code, to require transportation planners to consider projects and strategies to reduce greenhouse gas emissions, and for other purposes.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2019-12-09
To House Subcommittee on Highways and Transit |
| US | HR326 | Intro | Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives regarding United States efforts to resolve the Israeli-Palestinian conflict through a negotiated two-state solution. This resolution expresses the sense of the House of Representatives that only a ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2019-12-06
Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection. |
| US | HB5267 | Intro | International Violence Against Women Act of 2019
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2019-12-06
To House Africa, Global Health, Global Human Rights, and International Organizations Committee |
| US | HB5349 | Intro | To prevent the changing of regulations governing the provision of waivers under the supplemental nutrition assistance program, and for other purposes.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2019-12-06
To House Agriculture Committee |
| US | HR743 | Intro | Expressing strong disapproval of the President's formal notification to the United Nations of his intent to withdraw the United States from the Paris Agreement.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2019-12-05
To House Foreign Affairs Committee |
| US | HB2382 | Intro | USPS Fairness Act This bill repeals the requirement that the U.S. Postal Service annually prepay future retirement health benefits.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2019-12-04
Motion to place bill on Consensus Calendar filed by Mr. DeFazio. |
| US | HR517 | Intro | Supporting the Global Fund to fight AIDS, tuberculosis (TB), malaria, and its Sixth Replenishment.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2019-12-03
Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection. |
| US | HR585 | Intro | Reaffirming support for the Good Friday Agreement and other agreements to ensure a lasting peace in Northern Ireland.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2019-12-03
Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection. |
| US | HR546 | Intro | Disapproving the Russian Federation's inclusion in future Group of Seven summits until it respects the territorial integrity of its neighbors and adheres to the standards of democratic societies. This resolution calls on all leaders of the Group of S...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2019-12-03
Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection. |
| US | HB724 | Pass | PACT Act Preventing Animal Cruelty and Torture Act This bill revises and expands criminal provisions with respect to animal crushing. It retains existing criminal offenses that prohibit knowingly creating or distributing an animal crush video using i...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2019-11-25
Became Public Law No: 116-72. (TXT | PDF) |
| US | HB1446 | Engross | Multinational Species Conservation Funds Semipostal Stamp Reauthorization Act of 2019 This bill directs the U.S. Postal Service to sell each copy of the Multinational Species Conservation Fund Semipostal Stamp and notify Congress when all copies have...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2019-11-21
To Senate Homeland Security And Governmental Affairs Committee |
| US | HB737 | Engross | Shark Fin Sales Elimination Act of 2019 This bill makes it illegal to possess, buy, or sell shark fins or any product containing shark fins, except for certain dogfish fins. A person may possess a shark fin that was lawfully taken consistent with a l...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2019-11-21
To Senate Commerce, Science, And Transportation Committee |
| US | HB1309 | Engross | Workplace Violence Prevention for Health Care and Social Service Workers Act This bill requires the Department of Labor to address workplace violence in the health care and social service sectors. Specifically, Labor must promulgate an occupational s...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2019-11-21
To Senate Health, Education, Labor, And Pensions Committee |
| US | HB5221 | Intro | 100% Clean Economy Act of 2019 This bill establishes requirements to reduce greenhouse gas pollution. Specifically, the bill sets a national goal of achieving a 100% clean economy (i.e., economy-wide, net-zero greenhouse gas emissions) by no later th...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2019-11-21
To House Energy And Commerce Committee |
| US | HB307 | Intro | Preserving America's Battlefields Act This bill reauthorizes though FY2028 the Battlefield Acquisition Grant Program and expands the purposes of the American Battlefield Preservation Program to include the preservation and protection of nationally si...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2019-11-20
Ordered to be Reported by Voice Vote. |
| US | HB5127 | Intro | Refuge From Cruel Trapping Act of 2019
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2019-11-15
To House Natural Resources Committee |
| US | HB5132 | Intro | Gun Violence Prevention Through Financial Intelligence Act
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2019-11-15
To House Financial Services Committee |
| US | HB1773 | Engross | Rosie the Riveter Congressional Gold Medal Act of 2019 This bill directs the President pro tempore of the Senate and the Speaker of the House of Representatives to make appropriate arrangements for the award of a single Congressional Gold Medal to Ro...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2019-11-14
To Senate Banking, Housing, And Urban Affairs Committee |
| US | HB1980 | Intro | Smithsonian Women's History Museum Act This bill establishes in the Smithsonian Institution a comprehensive women's history museum. Such museum shall be named by the Board of Regents of the Smithsonian Institution. The bill establishes a council, tha...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2019-11-13
Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 230. |
| US | HB3153 | Engross | EFFORT Act Expanding Findings for Federal Opioid Research and Treatment Act This bill directs the National Science Foundation to support merit-reviewed and competitively awarded research on the science of opioid addiction.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2019-11-13
Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. Ordered to be reported with an amendment in the nature of a substitute favorably. |
| US | HJR79 | Intro | Removing the deadline for the ratification of the equal rights amendment. This joint resolution eliminates the deadline for the ratification of the Equal Rights Amendment, which prohibits discrimination based on sex. The amendment was proposed to the...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2019-11-13
Ordered to be Reported (Amended). |
| US | HCR71 | Intro | Urging all nations to outlaw the dog and cat meat trade and to enforce existing laws against such trade. This concurrent resolution calls for an end to the consumption and trade of dog and cat meat and urges nations to adopt and enforce laws banning ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2019-11-13
To House Subcommittee on Livestock and Foreign Agriculture |
| US | HR688 | Intro | Recognizing 25 years since the 1994 International Conference on Population and Development (ICPD) in Cairo, Egypt and reaffirming the goals and ideals of the ICPD Programme of Action, including comprehensive sexual and reproductive health and rights.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2019-11-12
To House Foreign Affairs Committee |
| US | HB2427 | Intro | Chesapeake Bay Gateways and Watertrails Network Reauthorization Act of 2019 This bill reauthorizes for FY2020-FY2025 the Chesapeake Bay Gateways and Watertrails Network and the Chesapeake Bay Gateways Grants Assistance Program.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2019-11-08
Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 221. |
| US | HB1396 | Pass | Hidden Figures Congressional Gold Medal Act (Sec. 3) This bill requires the Speaker of the House of Representatives and President pro tempore of the Senate to arrange for the presentation of one Congressional Gold Medal to Katherine Johnson, in recog...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2019-11-08
Became Public Law No: 116-68. (TXT | PDF) |
| US | HB3195 | Intro | Land and Water Conservation Fund Permanent Funding Act This bill makes funding for the Land and Water Conservation Fund (LWCF) permanent. The President shall annually submit to Congress specified details regarding the allocation of funds to the LWCF....
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2019-11-08
Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 222. |
| US | HR684 | Intro | Congratulating the Washington Nationals on winning the 2019 Major League Baseball World Series.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2019-11-08
To House Oversight and Reform Committee |
| US | HB4986 | Intro | Green Climate Fund Authorization Act of 2019
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2019-11-05
To House Foreign Affairs Committee |
| US | HB4967 | Intro | Chesapeake Watershed Investments for Landscape Defense Act of 2019
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2019-11-01
To House Subcommittee on Water Resources and Environment |
| US | HB4975 | Intro | To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 1201 Sycamore Square Drive in Midlothian, Virginia, as the "Dorothy Braden Bruce Post Office Building". Designates the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 12...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2019-11-01
To House Oversight and Reform Committee |
| US | HB1373 | Engross | Grand Canyon Centennial Protection Act This bill withdraws 1,006,545 acres of federal lands in Arizona, including any land or interest in land acquired by the United States after enactment of this bill, from entry, appropriation, and disposal under t...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2019-10-31
To Senate Energy And Natural Resources Committee |
| US | HB4708 | Intro | SAFE Limos Act Safety, Accountability, and Federal Enforcement of Limos Act of 2019
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2019-10-31
Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR H8682) |
| US | HB4709 | Intro | Take Unsafe Limos Off the Road Act
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2019-10-31
Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR H8682) |
| US | HB4971 | Intro | To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 15 East Market Street in Leesburg, Virginia, as the "Norman Duncan Post Office Building". Designates the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 15 East Market S...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2019-10-31
To House Oversight and Reform Committee |
| US | HR410 | Intro | Encouraging reunions of divided Korean-American families.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2019-10-30
Ordered to be Reported (Amended) by Unanimous Consent. |
| US | HB4695 | Engross | PACT Act Protect Against Conflict by Turkey Act This bill addresses Turkey's military invasion of northern Syria. The President shall impose visa- and asset-blocking sanctions on specific Turkish officials connected to the invasion. The Department of...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2019-10-30
Received in the Senate. |
| US | HB4754 | Intro | Taiwan Allies International Protection and Enhancement Initiative (TAIPEI) Act of 2019
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2019-10-30
Ordered to be Reported (Amended) by Unanimous Consent. |
| US | HR230 | Intro | Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that the United States condemns all forms of violence against children globally and recognizes the harmful impacts of violence against children.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2019-10-30
Ordered to be Reported by Unanimous Consent. |
| US | HR189 | Intro | Recognizing the importance of sustained United States leadership to accelerating global progress against maternal and child malnutrition and supporting United States Agency for International Development's commitment to global nutrition through its mu...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2019-10-30
Ordered to be Reported by Unanimous Consent. |
| US | HB1771 | Intro | Divided Families Reunification Act This bill directs the Department of State to consult with South Korea on potential opportunities to reunite Korean Americans with family in North Korea. The State Department's Special Envoy on North Korean Human Rig...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2019-10-30
Ordered to be Reported (Amended) by Unanimous Consent. |
| US | HB2153 | Intro | Keeping Girls in School Act
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2019-10-30
Ordered to be Reported (Amended) by Unanimous Consent. |
| US | HB1781 | Engross | Payment Commission Data Act of 2019 This bill allows certain payment information relating to covered drugs under the Medicare prescription drug benefit and Medicaid to be disclosed to additional entities. Specifically, certain subsidy and rebate info...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2019-10-29
To Senate Finance Committee |
| US | HB647 | Engross | Palliative Care and Hospice Education and Training Act
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2019-10-29
To Senate Health, Education, Labor, And Pensions Committee |
| US | HB886 | Engross | Veteran Treatment Court Coordination Act of 2019 This bill directs the Department of Justice to establish a Veterans Treatment Court Program to provide grants and technical assistance for state, local, and tribal governments to develop and maintain v...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2019-10-29
To Senate Judiciary Committee |
| US | HB3250 | Intro | Julius Rosenwald and the Rosenwald Schools Act of 2019 This bill directs the Department of the Interior to study the sites associated with the life and legacy of Julius Rosenwald, a part-owner and President of the Sears, Roebuck, & Company and a note...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2019-10-29
Subcommittee Hearings Held. |
| US | HB598 | Engross | Georgia Support Act This bill directs the Department of State to report to Congress on various topics related to Georgia. The reports shall cover (1) U.S. security assistance to Georgia and an assessment of threats to the country's independence and i...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2019-10-23
To Senate Foreign Relations Committee |
