| US | HB1140 | Intro | Rights for Transportation Security Officers Act of 2019 Rights for Transportation Security Officers Act of 2019 This bill expresses the sense of Congress that the personnel system used by the Transportation Security Administration (TSA) provides insu...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2020-02-21
Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 320. |
| US | HB2328 | Intro | Community Health Investment, Modernization, and Excellence Act of 2019 This bill reauthorizes through FY2024 the Community Health Center Fund, which provides enhanced funding for community health centers and the National Health Service Corps.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2020-02-19
House Committee on Transportation Granted an extension for further consideration ending not later than April 23, 2020. |
| US | HJR79 | Engross | 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] | 2020-02-13
To Senate Judiciary Committee |
| US | HB1980 | Engross | 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] | 2020-02-12
To Senate Rules And Administration Committee |
| US | HB5882 | Intro | To amend title XIX of the Social Security Act to provide States with the option under the Medicaid program to pay for covered outpatient drugs through risk-sharing value-based agreements, and for other purposes.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2020-02-12
To House Energy And Commerce Committee |
| US | HB2382 | Engross | USPS Fairness Act This bill repeals the requirement that the U.S. Postal Service annually prepay future retirement health benefits.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2020-02-10
Received in the Senate. |
| US | HB4305 | Engross | PAWS for Veterans Therapy Act Puppies Assisting Wounded Servicemembers for Veterans Therapy Act This bill requires the Department of Veterans Affairs to implement a pilot program to assess the effectiveness of addressing post-deployment mental health...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2020-02-10
To Senate Veterans' Affairs Committee |
| US | HB4888 | Intro | To amend the Grand Ronde Reservation Act, and for other purposes.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2020-02-05
Subcommittee Hearings Held. |
| US | HR803 | Intro | Recognizing the longstanding partnership between the United States and Australia to share critical firefighting resources during times of crisis.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2020-02-04
To House Asia, the Pacific and Nonproliferation Committee |
| US | HB5741 | Intro | Strengthening Innovation in Medicare and Medicaid Act
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2020-02-03
To House Energy And Commerce Committee |
| US | HB5515 | Intro | Stop Taxing Our Potential Act of 2019 This bill prohibits a state from imposing on a person obligations related to collecting or paying a sales tax, use tax, or similar tax unless the person had a physical presence in the state during the calendar qu...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2020-01-28
To House Subcommittee on Antitrust, Commercial, and Administrative Law |
| US | HR815 | Intro | Supporting Minor League Baseball, and for other purposes.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2020-01-28
To House Oversight and Reform Committee |
| US | HB4357 | Intro | Special Forest Products Program Reauthorization Act of 2019
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2020-01-23
To House Conservation and Forestry Committee |
| US | HJR76 | Engross | Providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of the rule submitted by the Department of Education relating to "Borrower Defense Institutional Accountability". This joint resolution nullifies a rule issued by...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2020-01-21
Received in the Senate. |
| US | HR794 | Intro | Supporting the designation of January 2020 as "National One Health Awareness Month" to promote awareness of organizations focused on public health, animal health, and environmental health collaboration throughout the United States and to recognize th...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2020-01-14
To House Oversight and Reform Committee |
| US | HB3851 | Intro | Brand USA Extension Act This bill (1) extends funding for Brand USA, the Corporation for Travel Promotion, through FY2027; (2) raises the fee for using the electronic system for travel authorization; and (3) otherwise modifies the duties and powers o...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2020-01-13
Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 299. |
| US | HCR83 | Engross | Directing the President pursuant to section 5(c) of the War Powers Resolution to terminate the use of United States Armed Forces to engage in hostilities in or against Iran. This concurrent resolution directs the President to terminate the use of U.S...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2020-01-13
To Senate Foreign Relations Committee |
| US | HB51 | Intro | Washington, D.C. Admission Act This bill provides for admission into the United States of the state of Washington, Douglass Commonwealth, composed of most of the territory of the District of Columbia. The commonwealth shall be admitted to the Union o...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2019-12-19
Committee Hearings Held. |
| US | HB397 | Engross | Rehabilitation for Multiemployer Pensions Act of 2019 This bill establishes the Pension Rehabilitation Administration within the Department of the Treasury and a related trust fund to make loans to certain multiemployer defined benefit pension plans....
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2019-12-19
Read the second time. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 390. |
| US | HB5434 | Intro | RPM Act of 2019 Recognizing the Protection of Motorsports Act of 2019
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2019-12-16
To House Energy And Commerce Committee |
| US | HB5038 | Engross | Farm Workforce Modernization Act of 2019 This bill contains provisions related to alien farmworkers, including provisions establishing a certified agricultural worker (CAW) status and changing the H-2A temporary worker program. The Department of Home...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2019-12-12
To Senate Judiciary 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 | 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 | HB2405 | Intro | National Sea Grant College Program Amendments Act of 2019
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2019-12-05
Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 262. |
| US | HB3742 | Intro | Recovering America's Wildlife Act of 2019 This bill provides funding for (1) the conservation or restoration of wildlife and plant species of greatest conservation need; (2) the wildlife conservation strategies of states, Indian tribes, or territorie...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2019-12-05
Ordered to be Reported (Amended) by the Yeas and Nays: 26 - 6. |
| US | HB3495 | Intro | Improve Well-Being for Veterans Act This bill requires the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) to award grants for a period of three years to eligible entities for the provision of suicide prevention services to veterans and their families. Under the...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2019-12-05
Ordered to be Reported (Amended) by the Yeas and Nays: 16 - 10. |
| 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 | HB5304 | Intro | PBM Transparency in Prescription Drug Costs Act
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2019-12-04
To House Energy And Commerce Committee |
| 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 | 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 | HR730 | Intro | Expressing support for the recognition and celebration of the vital role of small businesses, along with the efforts of the Small Business Administration to help Americans start, build, and grow businesses. This resolution recognizes and celebrates s...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2019-11-21
To House Small Business Committee |
| US | HB2699 | Intro | Nuclear Waste Policy Amendments Act of 2019
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2019-11-20
Ordered to be Reported (Amended) by Voice Vote. |
| US | HB1603 | Intro | Alan Reinstein Ban Asbestos Now Act of 2019
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2019-11-19
Ordered to be Reported (Amended) by the Yeas and Nays: 47 - 1. |
| US | HB4916 | Intro | Farm Workforce Modernization Act of 2019 This bill contains provisions related to alien farmworkers, including provisions establishing a certified agricultural worker (CAW) status and changing the H-2A temporary worker program. The Department of Home...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2019-11-15
To House Subcommittee on Immigration and Citizenship |
| US | HB5054 | Intro | US Navy SEAL SCPO Tyrone Snowden Woods Ceremony Invitee Act of 2019
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2019-11-12
To House Foreign Affairs Committee |
| 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 | HB4955 | Intro | Protecting Access to Safe and Effective Medicines Act of 2019
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2019-10-31
To House Energy And Commerce Committee |
| US | HB4965 | Intro | LEARNS Act Leveraging Effective Apprenticeships to Rebuild National Skills Act
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2019-10-31
To House Education and Labor Committee |
| US | HB4674 | Intro | College Affordability Act
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2019-10-30
Ordered to be Reported (Amended) by the Yeas and Nays: 28 - 22. |
| US | HB2440 | Engross | Full Utilization of the Harbor Maintenance Trust Fund Act This bill provides a discretionary spending limit adjustment for full utilization of the Harbor Maintenance Trust Fund to ensure that funds are used to support navigation and maintain federall...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2019-10-29
To Senate Budget Committee |
| US | HB647 | Engross | Palliative Care and Hospice Education and Training Act This bill requires the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) to take a series of actions relating to palliative-care training. Specifically, HHS must provide support for Palliative Care a...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2019-10-29
To Senate Health, Education, Labor, And Pensions Committee |
| US | HB4821 | Intro | Covering our FAS Allies Act
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2019-10-26
To House Subcommittee on Health |
| US | HCR69 | Intro | Congratulating the Portland Trail Blazers on the 50th anniversary of their inaugural season. This resolution congratulates the Portland Trail Blazers for embarking upon their 50th season.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2019-10-23
To House Oversight and Reform Committee |
| US | HB1225 | Intro | Restore Our Parks and Public Lands Act This bill establishes the National Park Service and Public Lands Legacy Restoration Fund into which, through FY2020-FY2024, there shall be deposited an amount equal to 50% of all energy development revenues due ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2019-10-22
Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 199. |
| US | HB4764 | Intro | TRANSPLANT Act of 2019 Timely ReAuthorization of Necessary Stem-cell Programs Lends Access to Needed Therapies Act of 2019
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2019-10-21
To House Subcommittee on Health |
| US | HR642 | Intro | Recognizing the contributions of American Viticultural Areas and wine-growing regions. This resolution recognizes (1) the contributions of American wines and distinctive American wine-growing regions; and (2) the value of promoting wines from the reg...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2019-10-18
To House Subcommittee on Trade |
| US | HB2420 | Intro | National Museum of the American Latino Act This bill establishes the National Museum of the American Latino in the Smithsonian Institution. The purposes of the museum are to (1) illuminate Latino contributions to the story of the United States; (2) p...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2019-10-17
Subcommittee Hearings Held. |
| US | HB95 | Engross | Homeless Veteran Families Act This bill updates the Department of Veterans Affairs per diem payment calculation for entities furnishing services to homeless veterans to include funding for a minor dependent. The rate for per diem payments is the dail...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2019-10-16
To Senate Veterans' Affairs Committee |
