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Taxpayer Certainty and Disaster Tax Relief Act of 2019 [HB-3301]
[Taxes ]
[Energy ]
[Disaster Relief ]
[Budget and Spending ]
[Small Business ]
Extends certain individual and business-related tax provisions, provides tax incentives for energy production and green economy jobs, eliminates the increase in the estate and gift tax unified credit after 2022, and provides disaster tax relief.
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To direct the Secretary of Homeland Security to conduct a study on how to improve training and support for local emergency response providers in areas with high concentrations of covered chemical facilities in how to respond to a terrorist attack on a chemical facility. [HB-3310]
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[National Security ]
[Law Enforcement ]
Requires the Department of Homeland Security to study how to improve training and support for local emergency response providers in how to respond to a terrorist attack on a chemical facility. The training shall focus on areas with high concentrations of chemical facilities.
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Protecting and Securing Chemical Facilities from Terrorist Attacks Act of 2019 [HB-3256]
[Cybersecurity ]
[Technology and Innovation ]
[National Security ]
[Public Safety ]
[Drones ]
[Infrastructure ]
Reauthorizes the Department of Homeland Security's (DHS) Chemical Facility Anti-Terrorism Standards (CFATS) program until May 1, 2025. The CFATS program requires chemical facilities to assess and address their threat vulnerabilities. The bill requires DHS to (1) verify information submitted by a covered chemical facility prior to assigning such facility a lower risk tier or determining that such facility no longer presents a high level of security risk, and (2) develop a voluntary program for chemical facilities to address potential security risks.
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A resolution honoring the memory of the victims of the heinous attack at the Pulse nightclub on June 12, 2016. [SR-246]
[Human Rights ]
[Public Safety ]
[Community Development ]
This resolution commemorates the 49 victims killed in the attack at the Pulse nightclub in Orlando, Florida, on June 12, 2016. It also offers heartfelt condolences to the families, loved ones, and friends of the victims.
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A resolution honoring the victims of the mass shooting in Virginia Beach, Virginia. [SR-248]
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[Crime ]
This resolution mourns the deaths and celebrates the lives of the 12 victims who were killed in the shooting at the Virginia Beach Municipal Center on May 31, 2019.
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Honoring the victims of the mass shooting in Virginia Beach, Virginia. [HR-428]
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[Law Enforcement ]
This resolution mourns the deaths and celebrates the lives of the 12 victims who were killed in the shooting at the Virginia Beach Municipal Center on May 31, 2019.
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HIGHER ED Act Helping Individuals Get a Higher Education while Reducing Education Debt Act [HB-3102]
[Education ]
[Student Loans ]
To amend the Higher Education Act of 1965 to improve loans, and for other purposes.
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HIGHER ED Act Helping Individuals Get a Higher Education while Reducing Education Debt Act [HB-3102]
[Education ]
[Student Loans ]
To amend the Higher Education Act of 1965 to improve loans, and for other purposes.
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FEMA Modernization Act of 2019 [HB-3060]
[Disaster Relief ]
[Small Business ]
[Public Health ]
[Funding ]
[Grants ]
[Economic Development ]
[Public Safety ]
Revamps, modifies, and revises the organization, activities, and processes of the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA). Among other things, it requires FEMA to divide its Office of Response and Recovery into an Office of Disaster Response and an Office of Disaster Recovery, and to report on its ability to support a state managed and locally executed casework management system to coordinate and deliver direct assistance to disaster survivors. Disaster Recovery Small Business Grant Act The bill establishes within the Small Business Administration
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To extend the Secure Rural Schools and Community Self-Determination Act of 2000. [HB-3048]
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Extends the Secure Rural Schools and Community Self-Determination Act of 2000 through FY2020, including provisions concerning secure payments to eligible states, territories, and counties containing federal land.
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Wildland Firefighter Fairness Act [S.1683]
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[Workers' Compensation ]
[Disaster Relief ]
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[Grants ]
[Agriculture ]
[Energy ]
[Public Lands and National Parks ]
[Veterans ]
Requires the Departments of the Interior and Agriculture to work with states and the Workforce Development Committee of the National Wildfire Coordinating Group to merge the Incident Qualification System and the Incident Qualification and Certification System into a single system by September 30, 2027. The Office of Personnel Management shall establish a pilot program to expand, when necessary, a service year limitation for seasonal or temporary federal employees whose duties primarily involve being a firefighter. The bill allows wildland firefighters
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Wildland Firefighter Recognition Act [S.1682]
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[Energy ]
[Environmental ]
[Agriculture ]
Requires the Office of Personnel Management to develop a distinct wildland firefighter occupational series. The series must apply to the following positions forestry technician; range technician; other positions related to significant prevention, preparedness, control, suppression, or management activities for wildland firefighters; and other positions conducting activities necessary to meet any other emergency incident. The Department of the Interior and the Department of Agriculture must use the series in the advertising and hiring of a wildland
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Condemning the senseless attacks on hospitals and medical personnel in Syria, and for other purposes. [HR-395]
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[Human Rights ]
[Public Health ]
[Law Enforcement ]
[National Security ]
This resolution condemns the attacks on hospitals, medical personnel, and emergency responders by Syria and Russia and calls on all parties to (1) end the attacks on medical facilities; (2) cease targeting medical workers; and (3) allow unhindered medical assistance, humanitarian assistance, and medical evacuation of urgent cases to besieged areas. Additionally, the resolution calls on the Department of State to work with the international community to conduct full, prompt, impartial, and effective investigations of violations of international humanitarian
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Respond NOW Act Respond to the Needs in the Opioid War Act [HB-2922]
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[Public Health ]
[Mental Health ]
[Overdose Prevention ]
[Pharmaceuticals ]
[Medicare and Medicaid ]
[Children and Youth ]
[Funding ]
[Grants ]
Establishes the Opioid Epidemic Response Fund through FY2024 to fund programs and activities addressing the opioid and substance use epidemic, including Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration demonstration grants; Centers for Disease Control and Prevention surveillance, prevention, and treatment programs; Food and Drug Administration support of innovation in non-opioid and nonaddictive medical products for pain treatment; National Institutes of Health research on creating longer-lasting or faster-acting antidotes for opioid overdoses;
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Emergency Medical Service Providers Protection Act [HB-2887]
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[Public Safety ]
[Veterans ]
[Human Services ]
[Law Enforcement ]
To include nonprofit and volunteer ground and air ambulance crew members and first responders for certain benefits.
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Emergency Medical Service Providers Protection Act [HB-2887]
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[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
[Public Safety ]
[Veterans ]
[Human Services ]
[Law Enforcement ]
To include nonprofit and volunteer ground and air ambulance crew members and first responders for certain benefits.
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To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to treat certain first responder survivors benefits as earned income for purposes of the kiddie tax. [HB-2840]
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[Children and Youth ]
[Law Enforcement ]
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Treats certain first responder survivors benefits received by children as earned income of the child for the purposes of the kiddie tax (the tax on the unearned income of children). This has the effect of exempting the benefits from such tax. The bill applies to taxable years beginning after December 31, 2017.
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ESCAPE Act Enhancing the Strength and Capacity of America's Primary Evacuation routes Act [S.1546]
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[Infrastructure ]
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Directs the Department of Transportation to (1) establish criteria for eligible entities to identify mass evacuation routes, (2) establish a competitive grant program to provide grants for resilience projects that strengthen and protect evacuation routes that are essential for providing and supporting mass evacuations caused by emergency events, and (3) provide grants to resilience projects that ensure the ability of the evacuation route to provide safe passage during a mass evacuation and reduce the risk of damage to evacuation routes as a result
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ESCAPE Act Enhancing the Strength and Capacity of America's Primary Evacuation routes Act [HB-2838]
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[Infrastructure ]
[Public Safety ]
[Funding ]
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Directs the Department of Transportation to (1) establish criteria for eligible entities to identify mass evacuation routes, (2) establish a competitive grant program to provide grants for resilience projects that strengthen and protect evacuation routes that are essential for providing and supporting mass evacuations caused by emergency events, and (3) provide grants to resilience projects that ensure the ability of the evacuation route to provide safe passage during a mass evacuation and reduce the risk of damage to evacuation routes as a result
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Thin Blue Line Act [S.1508]
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Expands the list of statutory aggravating factors in death penalty determinations to also include killing or targeting a law enforcement officer, firefighter, or other first responder.