| 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 | 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 | 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 | HB5299 | Intro | To provide for the issuance of a Lyme Disease Research Semipostal Stamp.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2019-12-05
Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR H9264) |
| 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 | HB3465 | Intro | Fallen Journalists Memorial Act of 2019 This bill authorizes the Fallen Journalists Memorial Foundation to establish a commemorative work on federal land in commemoration of the sacrifices made by journalists for a free and independent press.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2019-12-04
Subcommittee Hearings Held. |
| 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 | 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 | 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 | HB5236 | Intro | Youth Workforce Readiness Act of 2019
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2019-11-21
To House Education and Labor Committee |
| US | HB5238 | Intro | BRST Act Better and Robust Screening Today Act
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2019-11-21
To House Armed Services 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 | HB535 | Intro | PFAS Action Act of 2019 This bill requires the Environmental Protection Agency to designate all perfluoroalkyl and polyfluoroalkyl substances as hazardous substances within one year of enactment of this bill.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2019-11-20
Ordered to be Reported (Amended) by the Yeas and Nays: 31 - 19. |
| US | HB2881 | Intro | Secure 5G and Beyond Act of 2019
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2019-11-20
Ordered to be Reported (Amended) by Voice Vote. |
| US | HB1865 | Engross | National Law Enforcement Museum Commemorative Coin Act (Sec. 3) This bill directs the Department of the Treasury to mint and issue up to 50,000 $5 gold coins, 400,000 $1 silver coins, and 750,000 half-dollar clad coins that are emblematic of the Nati...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2019-11-19
ORDER OF BUSINESS - Mr. McGovern asked unanimous consent that it be in order at any time to take from the Speaker's table the bill H.R. 1865, with the Senate amendment thereto, and to consider in the House, without intervention of any point of order, a motion offered by the chair of the Committee on Appropriations or her designee that the House concur in the Senate amendment submitted for printing by Representative Lowey of New York in the portion of the Congressional Record designated for that purpose in clause 8 of rule XVIII; that the Senate amendment and the motion be considered as read; that the motion be debatable for one hour equally divided and controlled by the chair and ranking minority member of the Committee on Appropriations; that the previous question be considered as ordered on the motion to adoption without intervening motion or demand for division of the question; and that House Resolution 708 be laid on the table. Objection was heard. |
| 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 | HB5046 | Intro | Global War on Terrorism Memorial Location Act
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2019-11-14
Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR H8834) |
| US | HR705 | Intro | Recognizing the Global Coalition to Defeat ISIS.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2019-11-14
To House Foreign Affairs Committee |
| US | HR703 | Intro | Supporting the designation of the week beginning November 11, 2019, as "National Apprenticeship Week".
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2019-11-14
To House Education and Labor 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 | 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 | HR692 | Intro | Expressing support for the designation of the week beginning on November 11, 2019, as "National School Psychology Week".
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2019-11-12
To House Education and Labor Committee |
| US | HB5036 | Intro | Put Patients First Act
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2019-11-12
To House Energy And Commerce 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 | HB4817 | Intro | VA Directly Returning Opioid Prescriptions Act
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2019-11-08
To House Subcommittee on Health |
| US | HB5015 | Intro | Honest Campaigns Act of 2019
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2019-11-08
To House Energy And Commerce 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 | HR349 | Intro | Reaffirming the vital role of the United States-Japan alliance in promoting peace, stability, and prosperity in the Indo-Pacific region and beyond.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2019-10-30
Ordered to be Reported by Unanimous Consent. |
| US | HB4917 | Intro | Survey Our Military Impacted Schools Act
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2019-10-30
To House Education and Labor Committee |
| US | HB4929 | Intro | TL; DR Act of 2019 Too Long; Didn't Read Act of 2019
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2019-10-30
To House Oversight and Reform Committee |
| US | HB3763 | Intro | Promoting United States International Leadership in 5G Act of 2019
[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 | HB728 | Engross | Title VIII Nursing Workforce Reauthorization Act of 2019
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2019-10-29
To Senate Health, Education, Labor, And Pensions 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 | HR107 | Intro | SFC Sean Cooley and SPC Christopher Horton Congressional Gold Star Family Fellowship Program Act This resolution establishes in the House of Representatives the Congressional Gold Star Fellowship Program under which an eligible individual may serve a...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2019-10-29
The title of the measure was amended. Agreed to without objection. |
| 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 | HB4594 | Intro | Bumpstocks and Acceleration Devices Act
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2019-10-28
To House Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security |
| 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 | HB4873 | Intro | Syrian Partner Protection Act
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2019-10-28
To House Judiciary Committee |
| US | HR653 | Intro | Calling on Congress, schools, and State and local educational agencies to recognize the significant educational implications of dyslexia that must be addressed, and supporting the designation of October 2019 as "National Dyslexia Awareness Month".
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2019-10-23
To House Education and Labor Committee |
| US | HB4822 | Intro | Alice Cogswell and Anne Sullivan Macy Act
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2019-10-23
To House Education and Labor 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 | HB1911 | Intro | SFC Brian Woods Gold Star and Military Survivors Act This bill expands benefits for survivors of members of the Armed Forces. Specifically, it provides commissary and exchange privileges to a remarried former spouse; provides continued eligibility fo...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2019-10-22
Subcommittee Hearings Held. |
| US | HB1568 | Intro | SAVE Right Whales Act Scientific Assistance for Very Endangered North Atlantic Right Whales Act of 2019 This bill provides support for the conservation of North Atlantic right whales (Eubalaena glacialis). Specifically, it requires the Department of ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2019-10-18
Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 194. |
