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Radiation Exposure Compensation Act Amendments of 2019 [HB-3783]
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Increases the amount of compensation provided to individuals exposed to radiation and expands eligibility requirements for compensation to include additional individuals. Specifically, the bill extends the Radiation Exposure Compensation Trust Fund until 45 years after this bill's enactment. The trust fund compensates individuals who contract cancer or other diseases as a result of their exposure to radiation during nuclear testing undertaken by the United States during the Cold War. The bill revises the requirements governing the compensation of
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Sponsored by: Rep. Raul M. Grijalva
Referred To The Subcommittee On The Constitution, Civil Rights, And Civil Liberties. on 08/06/2019
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Civil Rights Commission Territorial Equality Act of 2019 [HB-4068]
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Requires the Commission on Civil Rights to establish at least one advisory committee in each of the following territories, composed of persons domiciled in such territories: Puerto Rico, the U.S. Virgin Islands, Guam, the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, and American Samoa.
Sponsored by: Rep. Gregorio Sablan
Referred To The Subcommittee On The Constitution, Civil Rights, And Civil Liberties. on 08/28/2019
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Resilience Revolving Loan Fund Act of 2019 [HB-3779]
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Authorizes the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) to enter into agreements with any state or Indian tribal government to make capitalization grants for the establishment of hazard mitigation revolving loan funds. Such funds shall provide funding assistance to local governments to carry out projects to reduce disaster risk in order to decrease the loss of life and property, the cost of insurance claims, and federal disaster payments.
Sponsored by: Rep. Dina Titus
Reported (amended) By The Committee On Transportation And Infrastructure. H. Rept. 116-486. on 09/04/2020
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National Flood Insurance Program Reauthorization and Reform Act of 2019 [HB-3872]
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Generally revises the National Flood Insurance Program (NFIP) and reauthorizes the program through FY2024. The bill addresses NFIP coverage, cost, and availability, including by generally prohibiting the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) from raising certain premiums, surcharges, and fees more than 9% a year for five years; revising flood insurance coverage limits; establishing the Affordability Assistance Fund to provide financial assistance to low income households through vouchers, grants, or premium credits; and revising standards and
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Sponsored by: Rep. Alcee L. Hastings
Referred To The Subcommittee On Economic Development, Public Buildings, And Emergency Management. on 07/23/2019
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Territories Health Care Improvement Act [HB-3631]
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Makes a series of changes relating to Medicaid funding for U.S. territories, including by (1) establishing a specific funding cap through FY2023 for Puerto Rico and through FY2025 for the other U.S. territories, (2) establishing program integrity measures and reporting requirements relating to the use of funds, and (3) increasing the applicable Federal Medical Assistance Percentage (i.e., the federal matching rate).
Sponsored by: Rep. Raul M. Grijalva
Subcommittee Consideration And Mark-up Session Held. on 07/11/2019
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VOW to Hire Heroes Extension Act of 2019 [HB-3550]
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Amends the Internal Revenue Code to (1) make permanent the work opportunity tax credit, including with respect to qualified veterans; (2) revise tax credit eligibility requirements for documenting the status of veterans and their receipt of unemployment compensation; and (3) extend the payroll tax offset for such credit to certain for-profit employers. The Internal Revenue Service must make annual reports to Congress on the effectiveness and cost-effectiveness of this bill in increasing the employment of veterans. The bill directs the Department
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Sponsored by: Rep. Don S. Beyer
Introduced In House on 06/27/2019
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VOW to Hire Heroes Extension Act of 2019 [HB-3550]
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Amends the Internal Revenue Code to (1) make permanent the work opportunity tax credit, including with respect to qualified veterans; (2) revise tax credit eligibility requirements for documenting the status of veterans and their receipt of unemployment compensation; and (3) extend the payroll tax offset for such credit to certain for-profit employers. The Internal Revenue Service must make annual reports to Congress on the effectiveness and cost-effectiveness of this bill in increasing the employment of veterans. The bill directs the Department
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Sponsored by: Rep. Don S. Beyer
Introduced In House on 06/27/2019
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Contracting Credit Equality Act of 2019 [HB-3428]
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Authorizes federal agencies to double the value of contracts awarded to small businesses in the U.S. Virgin Islands, American Samoa, Guam, or the Northern Mariana Islands for the purpose of obtaining credit towards the small business contracting goal.
Sponsored by: Rep. Gregorio Sablan
Introduced In House on 06/21/2019
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United States Export Finance Agency Act of 2019 [HB-3407]
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Reauthorizes the U.S. Export-Import Bank through FY2026 and otherwise modifies its operations. Specifically, the bill redesignates the U.S. Export-Import Bank as the United States Export Finance Agency and increases the agency's lending cap over the period of its reauthorization. The bill also requires that at least an additional 5% of its total annual transactions are in support of small businesses. Additionally, the bill requires the agency to neutralize Chinese export subsidies by establishing a program to provide competitive financing. The bill
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Sponsored by: Rep. Patrick T. McHenry
Motion To Discharge Committee Filed By Mr. Davis, Rodney. Petition No: 116-4. on 11/14/2019
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Taxpayer Certainty and Disaster Tax Relief Act of 2019 [HB-3301]
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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.
Sponsored by: Rep. Mike Thompson
Reported (amended) By The Committee On Ways And Means. H. Rept. 116-379. on 01/21/2020
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Economic Mobility Act of 2019 [HB-3300]
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Modifies provisions relating to the earned income tax credit, the child tax credit, and the child and dependent care tax credit. Among other things, it increases the earned income tax credit in 2019 and 2020 for individuals with no qualifying children, makes the child and dependent care tax credits fully refundable during the same period, increases the child tax credit for children under the age of 4, increases the exclusion from employee gross income for employer-provided dependent care assistance, and provides for payments to U.S. possessions
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Sponsored by: Rep. Donald Norcross
Reported (amended) By The Committee On Ways And Means. H. Rept. 116-384. on 02/04/2020
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To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide for payments to possessions of the United States related to the application of the earned income tax credit in such possessions. [HB-3307]
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Directs the Department of the Treasury to make payments to specified U.S. possessions (i.e., Puerto Rico, the U.S. Virgin Islands, Guam, the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, and American Samoa), beginning in 2020 and each calendar year thereafter, for expenditures made by such possessions relating to the earned income tax credit.
Sponsored by: Rep. Barbara Lee
Introduced In House on 06/18/2019
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TREAD Act Tax Relief and Expedited Assistance for Disasters Act of 2019 [HB-3287]
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Provides tax relief for qualified disaster areas (i.e., an area, excluding a California wildfire disaster area, for which a major disaster was declared on or after January 1, 2018). Specifically, the bill provides for distributions and loans from retirement plans for disaster assistance, a tax credit for wages paid by employers in a qualified disaster area, a temporary suspension of limitations on the deductibility of charitable contributions, and an automatic extension of filing deadlines for taxpayers affected by disasters.
Sponsored by: Rep. Alexander Mooney
Introduced In House on 06/13/2019
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Office of Territorial Exporting Act [HB-3242]
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To amend the charter of the Export-Import Bank of the United States to create a new office within the Bank.
Sponsored by: Rep. Gregorio Sablan
Introduced In House on 06/12/2019
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Judicial Reorganization Act of 2019 [S.1797]
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Creates a new U.S. court of appeals by dividing the current U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit. The newly created U.S. court of appeals shall have jurisdiction over Alaska, Arizona, Idaho, Montana, Nevada, Oregon, and Washington.
Sponsored by: Sen. Martha McSally
Read Twice And Referred To The Committee On The Judiciary. on 06/12/2019
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Territories Health Equity Act of 2019 [S.1773]
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Alters provisions under Medicaid, Medicare, and Medicare Advantage relating to U.S. territories, and generally modifies and establishes programs to expand health insurance coverage for residents. Among other things, the bill eliminates Medicaid funding limitations for U.S. territories beginning in FY2020, repeals provisions that exclude residents of Puerto Rico from a certain automatic enrollment process for Medicare medical services, establishes minimum criteria for certain elements used in Medicare Advantage payment calculations for areas within
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Sponsored by: Sen. Cory A. Booker
Read Twice And Referred To The Committee On Finance. on 06/11/2019
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Extinction Prevention Act of 2019 [HB-2918]
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Requires the Department of the Interior to provide financial assistance for the conservation of butterflies and moths in North America; plant species in Hawaii, Guam, American Samoa, and the Northern Mariana Islands; freshwater mussels in the United States; and bony fish found in desert ecosystems in Arizona, California, Colorado, Nevada, New Mexico, and Utah. Among other things, the bill establishes the North America Butterfly Conservation Fund, the Pacific Islands Plant Conservation Fund, the Freshwater Mussels Conservation Fund, and the Southwest
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Sponsored by: Rep. Raul M. Grijalva
Subcommittee Hearings Held. on 09/25/2019
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Promoting Readiness in Education to Prevent Additional Remediation and Expense Act [S.1516]
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A bill to amend the Higher Education Act of 1965 to strengthen the future workforce and reduce the cost of postsecondary education by reducing rates of postsecondary remediation.
Sponsored by: Sen. Amy Klobuchar
Read Twice And Referred To The Committee On Health, Education, Labor, And Pensions. on 05/16/2019
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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]
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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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National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2020 [HB-2500]
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Authorizes FY2020 appropriations and sets forth policies for Department of Defense (DOD) programs and activities, including military personnel strengths. It does not provide budget authority, which is provided in subsequent appropriations legislation. The bill authorizes appropriations to DOD for Procurement, including aircraft, weapons and tracked combat vehicles, shipbuilding and conversion, missiles, and space procurement; Research, Development, Test, and Evaluation; Operation and Maintenance; Working Capital Funds; Chemical Agents and Munitions
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Sponsored by: Rep. Adam Smith
Read Twice. Placed On Senate Legislative Calendar Under General Orders. Calendar No. 512. on 08/11/2020