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Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2019 [HB-648]
Provides FY2019 appropriations for several federal departments and agencies. It includes 6 of the 12 regular FY2019 appropriations bills: the Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2019; the Commerce, Justice, Science, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2019; the Financial Services and General Government Appropriations Act, 2019; the Department of the Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2019; the Department of State, Foreign Operations, and Related
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To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 24930 Washington Avenue in Murrieta, California, as the "Riverside County Iraq and Afghanistan Veterans Memorial Post Office". [HB-646]
Designates the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 24930 Washington Avenue in Murrieta, California, as the "Riverside County Iraq and Afghanistan Veterans Memorial Post Office."
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Equal Protection of Unaccompanied Minors Act [HB-574]
Amends rules for the treatment of unaccompanied alien children and asylum-seeking families, and for detaining and removal of various types of aliens. The bill requires the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) to return an inadmissible unaccompanied child to the child's country of nationality or last habitual residence, where currently DHS has discretion to do so. Interviews with unaccompanied alien children shall be conducted by those with specialized training for interviewing child trafficking victims. Before placing an alien child with an individual,
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To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 770 Ayrault Road in Fairport, New York, as the "Louise and Bob Slaughter Post Office". [HB-540]
Designates the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 770 Ayrault Road in Fairport, New York, as the "Louise and Bob Slaughter Post Office."
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To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 115 South Swenson Street in Stamford, Texas, as the "Charles W. Stenholm Post Office Building". [HB-512]
Designates the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 115 South Swenson Street in Stamford, Texas, as the "Charles W. Stenholm Post Office Building."
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To authorize the Secretary of Agriculture to maintain or replace certain facilities and structures for commercial recreation services at Smith Gulch in Idaho, and for other purposes. [HB-482]
States that the authorization of the Department of Agriculture (USDA) under the Wild and Scenic Rivers Act, with respect to the Salmon River in Idaho, to maintain or replace facilities or structures for commercial recreation services at Smith Gulch may include improvements or replacements that are consistent with the management of a specified river segment of the main Salmon River pursuant to the Central Idaho Wilderness Act of 1980, and would reduce the impact of commercial recreation facilities or services on wilderness or wild and scenic river
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Contra Costa Canal Transfer Act [HB-432]
Provides for the conveyance of the Contra Costa Canal and the Rock Slough fish screen facility from the Department of the Interior to the Contra Costa Water District in California.
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Secure Government Buildings from Espionage Act of 2019 [HB-392]
Instructs the General Services Administration, the Architect of the Capitol, or any other federal agency (other than the Department of Defense), before entering into a lease agreement with a public or private entity to accommodate a federal agency in a building or other improvement that will be used for high-security leased space, to require such entity to identify each beneficial owner of such entity; to disclose to such agency any beneficial owner that is a foreign person; and if such agency is assigning the building or other improvement to a
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California Desert Protection and Recreation Act of 2019 [HB-376]
Provides for conservation, additional recreational opportunities, and renewable energy development in the California Desert Conservation Area. Specifically, the bill, among other things establishes or designates wilderness areas, a special management area, off-highway vehicle recreation areas, and a national scenic area; releases specified wilderness study areas; adjusts national park and preserve boundaries; and specifies land withdrawals, transfers, and conveyances. Specified federal land shall be taken into trust for the Lone Pine Paiute-Shoshone
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Responsible Disposal Reauthorization Act of 2019 [HB-347]
Extends through FY2031 authorization for the Department of Energy to operate the Cheney disposal cell in Mesa County, Colorado. (The disposal cell serves as a repository for mill tailings, which is sandy waste that results from the process of turning natural uranium into fuel.)
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Arbuckle Project Maintenance Complex and District Office Conveyance Act of 2019 [HB-288]
Directs the Department of the Interior to convey to the Arbuckle Master Conservancy District in Murray County, Oklahoma, all right, title, and interest of the United States in and to the Maintenance Complex and District Office of the Arbuckle Project. After such conveyance (1) the complex and office shall not be considered to be a part of a federal reclamation project; and (2) such district shall not be eligible to receive any benefits with respect to any facility comprising such complex and office, except benefits that would be available to a similarly
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To make technical amendments to chapter 3084 of title 54, United States Code, to correct references to the African American Civil Rights Network, and for other purposes. [HB-254]
Removes statutory references to the U.S. Civil Rights Network and replaces them with references to the African American Civil Rights Network.
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To amend section 1908 of title 41, United States Code, to exempt certain contracts from the periodic inflation adjustments to an acquisition-related dollar threshold. [HB-224]
Exempts certain public-buildings and public-works contracts from periodic inflation adjustments to a dollar threshold that influences the applicability of a policy, procedure, requirement, or restriction to such a contract.
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Improving Embassy Design and Security Act [HB-193]
Amends procedures related to Department of State overseas construction to reduce costs. For any new embassy or consulate compound construction projects, the State Department may use a non-standard design only after consulting Congress. The State Department shall justify the choice to use such a design and provide documentation of the full lifecycle costs and the project's completion date, compared to the project if it used a standard design. The State Department shall report to Congress quarterly on overseas capital construction projects; currently
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To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 810 South Pendleton Street in Easley, South Carolina, as the "Captain Kimberly Nicole Hampton Post Office Building". [HB-152]
Designates the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 810 South Pendleton Street in Easley, South Carolina, as the "Captain Kimberly Nicole Hampton Post Office Building."
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United States-Mexico Economic Partnership Act [HB-133]
Directs the Department of State to develop a strategy to enhance economic cooperation and expand professional and educational exchange programs between the United States and Mexico. The State Department shall develop strategies to encourage more academic exchanges between the countries, as well as exchanges to encourage strengthening business skills and entrepreneurship. The State Department shall also promote energy infrastructure coordination and educational development. It shall also assess ways to develop partnerships between the countries'
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FUEL Reform Act Farewell to Unnecessary Energy Lifelines Reform Act of 2019 [HB-82]
Repeals title IX (Energy) of the Farm Security and Rural Investment Act of 2002. The title authorizes various energy programs that are administered by the Department of Agriculture and primarily provide support and incentives for renewable energy projects.
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Washington, D.C. Admission Act [HB-51]
Admits certain portions of Washington, DC as the 51st state. The bill defines state as the State of Washington, Douglass Commonwealth. TITLE I--STATE OF WASHINGTON, D.C. Subtitle A--Procedures for Admission (Sec. 101) This subtitle provides for admission into the United States of the State of Washington, Douglass Commonwealth, on an equal footing with the other states. The state's constitution shall always be republican in form and shall not be repugnant to the U.S. Constitution or the principles of the Declaration of Independence. (Sec. 102) The
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Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2019 [HB-21]
Provides FY2019 appropriations for several federal departments and agencies. It includes 6 of the 12 regular FY2019 appropriations bills: the Department of the Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2019; the Financial Services and General Government Appropriations Act, 2019; the Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2019; the Transportation, Housing and Urban Development, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2019; the Commerce, Justice, Science, and Related
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No Taxpayer Funding for Abortion and Abortion Insurance Full Disclosure Act of 2019 [HB-20]
Modifies provisions relating to federal funding for, and health insurance coverage of, abortions. Specifically, the bill prohibits the use of federal funds for abortions or for health coverage that includes abortions. Such restrictions extend to the use of funds in the budget of the District of Columbia. Additionally, abortions may not be provided in a federal health care facility or by a federal employee. Historically, language has been included in annual appropriations bills for the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) that prohibits
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