| 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] | 2019-12-05
Rule H. Res. 741 passed House. |
| 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 | HB1844 | Enroll | To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 66 Grove Court in Elgin, Illinois, as the "Corporal Alex Martinez Memorial Post Office Building". Designates the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 66 Grove...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2019-12-04
Presented to President. |
| US | HB4 | Intro | 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] | 2019-12-04
Rules Committee Resolution H. Res. 741 Reported to House. The resolution provides for consideration of H.R. 4 under a closed rule with one hour of general debate. Also, the resolution provides for consideration of H. Res. 326 under a closed rule with one hour of general debate. The rule provides that the amendments to H. Res. 326 and preamble, modified by the amendments in Part B of the report are considered as adopted. |
| 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 | HB5286 | Intro | To amend the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 to establish a grant program that will support efforts at the State level to establish anti-bullying task forces to study, address, and reduce bullying in elementary and secondary schools, a...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2019-12-03
To House Education and Labor Committee |
| US | HB5267 | Intro | To prevent international violence against women, and for other purposes.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2019-11-26
To House Foreign Affairs 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. |
| US | HB2423 | Pass | Women's Suffrage Centennial Commemorative Coin Act (Sec. 3) This bill directs the Department of the Treasury to mint and issue up to 400,000 $1 silver coins that are emblematic of the women who played a vital role in rallying support for the 19th Ame...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2019-11-25
Became Public Law No: 116-71. |
| 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 | HB925 | Engross | North American Wetlands Conservation Extension Act This bill reauthorizes the North American Wetlands Conservation Act through FY2024.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2019-11-21
Received in the Senate. |
| 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 | HB5241 | Intro | To provide consumer protections for students.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2019-11-21
To House Education and Labor 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 | HB3794 | Intro | Public Land Renewable Energy Development Act of 2019
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2019-11-20
Ordered to be Reported (Amended) by Voice Vote. |
| US | HB3469 | Intro | Covert Testing and Risk Mitigation Improvement Act of 2019
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2019-11-19
Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 240. |
| 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 | HB2339 | Intro | Reversing the Youth Tobacco Epidemic Act of 2019
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2019-11-19
Ordered to be Reported (Amended) by the Yeas and Nays: 28 - 24. |
| US | HB5127 | Intro | Refuge From Cruel Trapping Act of 2019
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2019-11-15
To House Natural Resources Committee |
| US | HB5123 | Intro | To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 476 East Main Street in Galesburg, Illinois, as the "Senior Airman Daniel Miller Post Office Building". Designates the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 47...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2019-11-15
To House Oversight and Reform 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 | HB4248 | Intro | Surface Mining Control and Reclamation Act Amendments of 2019 This bill reauthorizes the Abandoned Mine Reclamation Fund fees and expands the payments from the fund for abandoned coal mine cleanups. Specifically, the bill authorizes the Department of...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2019-11-14
Subcommittee Hearings Held. |
| 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 | HB4031 | Intro | GLRI Act of 2019 Great Lakes Restoration Initiative Act of 2019 This bill reauthorizes through FY2026 the Great Lakes Restoration Initiative.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2019-11-13
Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 231. |
| US | HJR79 | Intro | Removing the deadline for the ratification of the equal rights amendment.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2019-11-13
Ordered to be Reported (Amended). |
| US | HB5052 | Intro | WAVES Act Wage Adjustment for Veterans Enrolled in School Act
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2019-11-12
To House Veterans' Affairs Committee |
| 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 | HB5012 | Intro | Investing in American Workers Act This bill allows a business-related tax credit for employers who increase worker training expenditures. The credit is equal to 20% of the excess of (1) the qualified training expenditures for the taxable year, over (...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2019-11-08
To House Ways And Means Committee |
| US | HB35 | Intro | Emmett Till Antilynching Act
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2019-10-31
Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 212. |
| 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 | 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 | 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 | 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 | HR296 | Intro | Affirming the United States record on the Armenian Genocide. This resolution states that it is U.S. policy to (1) commemorate the Armenian Genocide, the killing of 1.5 million Armenians by the Ottoman Empire from 1915 to 1923; (2) reject efforts to a...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2019-10-29
Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection. |
| US | HB4617 | Engross | SHIELD Act Stopping Harmful Interference in Elections for a Lasting Democracy Act This bill establishes a duty to report election interference from foreign entities, applies existing campaign advertising requirements to online advertisements, and gen...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2019-10-28
To Senate Rules And Administration Committee |
| US | HB2426 | Engross | CASE Act of 2019 Copyright Alternative in Small-Claims Enforcement Act of 2019 This bill creates the Copyright Claims Board, a body within the U.S. Copyright Office, to decide copyright disputes. Damages awarded by the board are capped at $30,000. Pa...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2019-10-23
Received in the Senate. Read twice. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 266. |
| US | HB935 | Intro | Miners Pension Protection Act This bill transfers certain funds to provide pension benefits for retired coal miners who have been affected by issues such as coal company bankruptcies. The Department of the Treasury must transfer additional funds to t...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2019-10-23
Ordered to be Reported (Amended) by Voice Vote. |
| US | HB1225 | Intro | Restore Our Parks and Public Lands Act
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2019-10-22
Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 199. |
| US | HB1709 | Intro | Scientific Integrity Act
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2019-10-17
Ordered to be Reported (Amended) by the Yeas and Nays: 25 - 6. |
| 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] | 2019-10-17
Subcommittee Hearings Held. |
| 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 | HR636 | Intro | Expressing support for the designation of October 17, 2019, as "National Vitiligo Awareness Day".
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2019-10-17
To House Energy And Commerce Committee |
| 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 |
| US | HB3106 | Engross | Domestic and International Terrorism DATA Act Domestic and International Terrorism Documentation and Analysis of Threats in America Act
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2019-10-15
To Senate Homeland Security And Governmental Affairs Committee |
| US | HB4680 | Intro | Equitable Student Aid Access Act
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2019-10-15
To House Education and Labor Committee |
| US | HR595 | Intro | Commemorating the 150th anniversary of the birth of Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2019-10-08
To House Asia, the Pacific and Nonproliferation Committee |
| US | HB4624 | Intro | END ENDS Act of 2019 Ending Nicotine Dependence from Electronic Nicotine Delivery Systems Act of 2019
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2019-10-08
To House Energy And Commerce Committee |
