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Affordable Housing Credit Improvement Act of 2019 [HB-3077]
[Housing ]
[Real Estate ]
[Taxes ]
[Construction ]
[Community Development ]
[Energy ]
[Native American Affairs ]
Revises provisions of the low-income housing tax credit and renames it as the affordable housing credit. The bill increases the per capita dollar amount of the credit and its minimum ceiling amount beginning in 2019 and extends the inflation adjustment for such amounts. The bill modifies tenant income eligibility requirements and the average income formula for determining such income. It also revises rules for student occupancy of rental units and tenant voucher payments and prohibits any refusal to rent to victims of domestic abuse. The bill further
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Sponsored by: Rep. Alexander Mooney
Introduced In House on 06/04/2019
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Affordable Housing Credit Improvement Act of 2019 [S.1703]
[Housing ]
[Real Estate ]
[Taxes ]
[Construction ]
[Community Development ]
[Native American Affairs ]
[Energy ]
Revises provisions of the low-income housing tax credit and renames it as the affordable housing credit. The bill increases the per capita dollar amount of the credit and its minimum ceiling amount beginning in 2019 and extends the inflation adjustment for such amounts. The bill modifies tenant income eligibility requirements and the average income formula for determining such income. It also revises rules for student occupancy of rental units and tenant voucher payments and prohibits any refusal to rent to victims of domestic abuse. The bill further
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Sponsored by: Sen. Robert P. Casey
Read Twice And Referred To The Committee On Finance. on 06/04/2019
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Success in the Middle Act of 2019 [S.1704]
[Education ]
[Funding ]
[Grants ]
[Children and Youth ]
Creates a grant program to support middle schools' efforts to identify and implement best practices for improving student outcomes and increasing high school graduation rates. Specifically, the bill directs the Department of Education (ED) to (1) allot grants to states, based on their proportion of poor children aged 5 to 17, to implement state middle grades needs analyses and, on the basis of such analyses, improvement plans that describe what students must master to complete successfully the middle grades and succeed in academically rigorous secondary
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Sponsored by: Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse
Read Twice And Referred To The Committee On Health, Education, Labor, And Pensions. on 06/04/2019
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Success in the Middle Act of 2019 [HB-3089]
[Education ]
[Funding ]
[Grants ]
[Children and Youth ]
Creates a grant program to support middle schools' efforts to identify and implement best practices for improving student outcomes and increasing high school graduation rates. Specifically, the bill directs the Department of Education (ED) to (1) allot grants to states, based on their proportion of poor children aged 5 to 17, to implement state middle grades needs analyses and, on the basis of such analyses, improvement plans that describe what students must master to complete successfully the middle grades and succeed in academically rigorous secondary
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Sponsored by: Rep. Raul M. Grijalva
Introduced In House on 06/04/2019
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HEALTH Act Helping Expand and Launch Transitional Health for Women Veterans Act [HB-2942]
[Healthcare ]
[Veterans ]
[Public Health ]
[Military ]
Requires the Department of Veterans Affairs to continue through at least FY2020 and report on the Women's Health Transition Training pilot program. Among other elements, the report should include the number of female participants by military department, the number of courses held under the program, and the locations where the courses were held.
Sponsored by: Rep. Julia Brownley
Received In The Senate. on 07/24/2019
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COFA Veterans Review Act of 2019 Compact of Free Association Veterans Review Act of 2019 [HB-2916]
[Veterans ]
[Healthcare ]
[International ]
[Military ]
Requires the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) to carry out a three-year pilot program to provide hospital care, medical services, and other related services to veterans residing in the Republic of Palau, the Republic of the Marshall Islands, and the Federated States of Micronesia. The bill requires the VA to conduct a study and report on the feasibility and advisability of establishing one or more VA offices in the remote Pacific islands to provide hospital care and medical services to veterans residing in the area.
Sponsored by: Rep. Thomas R. Suozzi
Introduced In House on 05/22/2019
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Protecting America’s First Responders Act [HB-2812]
[Law Enforcement ]
[Public Safety ]
[Veterans ]
[Disabilities ]
[Healthcare ]
[Workers' Compensation ]
To amend the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 with respect to payments to certain public safety officers who have become permanently and totally disabled as a result of personal injuries sustained in the line of duty, and for other purposes.
Sponsored by: Rep. Sean Patrick Maloney
Referred To The Subcommittee On Crime, Terrorism, And Homeland Security. on 06/26/2019
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Protecting American Votes and Elections Act of 2019 [HB-2754]
[Voting Rights ]
[Cybersecurity ]
[Elections ]
[Data Privacy ]
[Disabilities ]
[Funding ]
[Grants ]
[Public Safety ]
[Technology and Innovation ]
[Science ]
[National Security ]
Addresses the security of federal elections, including by requiring paper ballots, requiring audits of election results, and establishing requirements for election cybersecurity. The bill provides requirements for ballots. Voting systems must use a paper ballot that is verifiable by a voter before being cast and these ballots must be retained for recounts or audits. During a recount, ballots must be counted by hand. States and jurisdictions must perform an audit of an election that must include a manual adjudication of voter intent from some or
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Sponsored by: Rep. Henry C. Johnson
Introduced In House on 05/15/2019
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To amend title 13, United States Code, to direct the Secretary of Commerce to conduct a mid-decade census of population for the Northern Mariana Islands, Guam, American Samoa, and the U.S. Virgin Islands, and for other purposes. [HB-2773]
[Community Development ]
[Human Services ]
Directs the Department of Commerce, in 2025 and every 10 years thereafter, to take a mid-decade census of population of the Northern Mariana Islands, Guam, American Samoa, and the U.S. Virgin Islands.
Sponsored by: Rep. Gregorio Sablan
Introduced In House on 05/15/2019
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Protecting American Votes and Elections Act of 2019 [S.1472]
[Voting Rights ]
[Cybersecurity ]
[Elections ]
[Data Privacy ]
[Disabilities ]
[Funding ]
[Grants ]
[Public Safety ]
[Technology and Innovation ]
[Science ]
[Law Enforcement ]
[National Security ]
Addresses the security of federal elections, including by requiring paper ballots, requiring audits of election results, and establishing requirements for election cybersecurity. The bill provides requirements for ballots. Voting systems must use a paper ballot that is verifiable by a voter before being cast and these ballots must be retained for recounts or audits. During a recount, ballots must be counted by hand. States and jurisdictions must perform an audit of an election that must include a manual adjudication of voter intent from some or
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Sponsored by: Sen. Cory A. Booker
Read Twice And Referred To The Committee On Rules And Administration. on 05/15/2019
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FAIR RATES Act of 2019 Fair Auto Insurance Ratemaking Reporting to Allow a Transparent Evaluation of Statistics Act of 2019 [HB-2684]
[Insurance ]
[Race and Civil Rights ]
[Consumer Protection ]
[Data Privacy ]
Directs the Federal Insurance Office (FIO) of the Department of the Treasury to collect private passenger automobile insurance data from certain automobile insurers, federal and state agencies, or other intermediaries. FIO must report on any racial disparities in premium costs and claims payment amounts.
Sponsored by: Rep. Jamie Raskin
Introduced In House on 05/10/2019
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Strengthening Social Security Act of 2019 [HB-2654]
[Social Security ]
[Taxes ]
[Senior Citizens ]
[Medicare and Medicaid ]
[Budget and Spending ]
[Retirement ]
Expands benefits, and increases specified taxes, related to the Old-Age, Survivors, and Disability Insurance program. Changes to benefits include (1) increasing the primary insurance amount for certain beneficiaries, (2) calculating cost-of-living adjustments by using a price index that tracks the spending patterns of older consumers, and (3) establishing an alternative benefit for widows or widowers in two-income households. Changes to taxes include phasing out the cap on earnings subject to the Social Security payroll tax. Under current law, the
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Sponsored by: Rep. Barbara Lee
Introduced In House on 05/09/2019
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PREP Act Promoting Reentry Through Education in Prisons Act of 2019 [HB-2635]
[Education ]
[Crime ]
[Criminal Justice ]
[Law Enforcement ]
Establishes, within the Bureau of Prisons, an Office of Correctional Education. The office must provide educational services to incarcerated individuals in federal prisons and correctional institutions.
Sponsored by: Rep. Barbara Lee
Referred To The Subcommittee On Crime, Terrorism, And Homeland Security. on 06/26/2019
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Citizens Count Census Act of 2019 [S.1358]
[Immigration ]
[Elections ]
Requires any questionnaire used in the decennial census to include a checkbox or other similar option for respondents to indicate whether the respondent is a U.S. citizen or U.S. national.
Sponsored by: Sen. Steve Daines
Read Twice And Referred To The Committee On Homeland Security And Governmental Affairs. on 05/08/2019
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PREP Act Promoting Reentry through Education in Prisons Act of 2019 [S.1337]
[Education ]
[Crime ]
[Criminal Justice ]
[Law Enforcement ]
Establishes, within the Bureau of Prisons, an Office of Correctional Education. The office must provide educational services to incarcerated individuals in federal prisons and correctional institutions.
Sponsored by: Sen. Cory A. Booker
Read Twice And Referred To The Committee On The Judiciary. on 05/07/2019
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Simplifying Financial Aid for Students Act of 2019 [S.1346]
[Education ]
[Student Loans ]
A bill to amend the Higher Education Act of 1965 to require the Secretary to provide for the use of data from the second preceding tax year to carry out the simplification of applications for the estimation and determination of financial aid eligibility, to increase the income threshold to qualify for a student aid index equal to or less than zero, and for other purposes.
Sponsored by: Sen. Cory A. Booker
Read Twice And Referred To The Committee On Health, Education, Labor, And Pensions. on 05/07/2019
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STEM Opportunities Act of 2019 [HB-2528]
[Science ]
[Education ]
[Grants ]
[Technology and Innovation ]
[Race and Civil Rights ]
[Funding ]
[Artificial Intelligence ]
Provides for guidance, data collection, and grants for groups historically underrepresented in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) education at institutions of higher education (IHEs) and at federal science agencies. Specifically, the bill requires the Office of Science and Technology Policy (OSTP) to provide specified guidance related to such groups to federal science agencies and IHEs. Each federal science agency must collect comprehensive demographic data on recipients of merit-reviewed research and development grants given
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Sponsored by: Rep. Raul M. Grijalva
Received In The Senate And Read Twice And Referred To The Committee On Health, Education, Labor, And Pensions. on 10/15/2019
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Stronger Child Abuse Prevention and Treatment Act [HB-2480]
[Healthcare ]
[Public Health ]
[Children and Youth ]
[Human Services ]
[Law Enforcement ]
[Data Privacy ]
[Funding ]
[Grants ]
[Family-Related Legislation ]
[Criminal Justice ]
Reauthorizes through FY2025 and revises the Child Abuse Prevention and Treatment Act and the Child Abuse Prevention and Treatment and Adoption Reform Act of 1978 to expand services for preventing and treating child abuse. Specifically, the bill establishes requirements concerning collecting and exchanging data about child abuse and neglect. For instance, the bill requires the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) to (1) establish uniform national standards for tracking and reporting child fatalities and near-fatalities resulting from maltreatment,
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Sponsored by: Rep. Sean Patrick Maloney
Received In The Senate And Read Twice And Referred To The Committee On Health, Education, Labor, And Pensions. on 05/21/2019
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Flood Mapping Modernization and Homeowner Empowerment Pilot Program Act of 2019 [HB-2462]
[Disaster Relief ]
[Funding ]
[Grants ]
[Housing ]
[Infrastructure ]
[Military ]
[National Security ]
[Public Safety ]
[Real Estate ]
[Science ]
[Water ]
[Community Development ]
Directs the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) to carry out a pilot program to make grants to local governments to enhance the mapping of urban flooding and associated property damage and the availability of such mapping data to homeowners, businesses, and localities to enable them to minimize flooding risk. The grants may only be made to local governments in urbanized areas with populations greater than 50,000 or to stormwater management authorities in those localities. FEMA shall give priority to grant applicants in areas that (1) are
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Sponsored by: Rep. Mike Quigley
Referred To The Subcommittee On Economic Development, Public Buildings, And Emergency Management. on 05/02/2019
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COFA Veterans Review Act of 2019 Compact of Free Association Veterans Review Act of 2019 [S.1222]
[Veterans ]
[Healthcare ]
[International ]
[Public Health ]
Requires the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) to carry out a three-year pilot program to provide hospital care, medical services, and other related services to veterans residing in the Republic of Palau, the Republic of the Marshall Islands, and the Federated States of Micronesia. The bill requires the VA to conduct a study and report on the feasibility and advisability of establishing one or more VA offices in the remote Pacific islands to provide hospital care and medical services to veterans residing in the area.
Sponsored by: Sen. Ron Wyden
Read Twice And Referred To The Committee On Veterans' Affairs. on 04/29/2019