Intergovernmental Relations
US Congress 116th Congress
Safeguarding Election Infrastructure Act of 2019 [HB-378]
[Cybersecurity ]
[Elections ]
[Technology and Innovation ]
[Voting Rights ]
[National Security ]
[Public Safety ]
[Funding ]
[Grants ]
Addresses the security of federal elections, including by requiring paper ballots, requiring audits of election results, and providing support for voting system security improvements. Voting systems must use individual, durable, voter-verified, paper ballots beginning one year after enactment of this bill. The ballots must be marked and made available for inspection and verification by the voter before the vote is cast and counted. The bill prohibits states or other jurisdictions from acquiring electronic voting systems for use in a federal election
(continued...)
Sponsored by: Rep. Debbie Dingell
Referred To The Subcommittee On Research And Technology. on 02/12/2019
Spread the world
Gettr US Congress 116th Congress
Pipeline and LNG Facility Cybersecurity Preparedness Act [HB-370]
[Cybersecurity ]
[Energy ]
[National Security ]
[Technology and Innovation ]
[Public Safety ]
Requires the Department of Energy to implement a program to ensure the security, resiliency, and survivability of natural gas pipelines, hazardous liquid pipelines, and liquefied natural gas facilities.
Sponsored by: Rep. David Loebsack
Reported By The Committee On 116-303, Part I. on 11/20/2019
Spread the world
US Congress 116th Congress
REBUILD Act Reducing Environmental Barriers to Unified Infrastructure and Land Development Act of 2019 [HB-363]
[Environmental ]
[Infrastructure ]
[Public Lands and National Parks ]
[Energy ]
[Transportation and Motor Vehicles ]
[Construction ]
[Climate Change ]
[Economic Development ]
[Funding ]
[Grants ]
Authorizes (1) the assignment to states of federal environmental review responsibilities under relevant federal environmental laws for projects funded by, carried out by, or subject to approval by federal agencies; and (2) states to assume all or part of those responsibilities. Each responsible federal official who is authorized to assign such responsibility must promulgate regulations that establish requirements relating to information required to be contained in state applications to assume those responsibilities. An official may approve an application
(continued...)
Sponsored by: Rep. Ken Calvert
Introduced In House on 01/09/2019
Spread the world
US Congress 116th Congress
Energy Emergency Leadership Act [HB-362]
[Energy ]
[Cybersecurity ]
[Infrastructure ]
[National Security ]
Requires the Secretary of Energy to assign energy emergency and energy security functions to an Assistant Secretary, including responsibilities with respect to infrastructure and cybersecurity. The Department of Energy must ensure that such functions are performed in coordination with relevant federal agencies.
Sponsored by: Rep. Bobby Rush
Received In The Senate And Read Twice And Referred To The Committee On Energy And Natural Resources. on 09/30/2020
Spread the world
US Congress 116th Congress
FIRM IT Act of 2019 Flood Insurance Rate Map Interagency Technology Act of 2019 [HB-342]
[Insurance ]
[Disaster Relief ]
[Technology and Innovation ]
[Science ]
[Water ]
Directs the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) to consult with the Department of Defense, the U.S. Geological Survey, and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration to obtain information relevant to National Flood Insurance Program rate maps.
Sponsored by: Rep. Eric Crawford
Introduced In House on 01/08/2019
Spread the world
US Congress 116th Congress
Hack Your State Department Act [HB-328]
[Cybersecurity ]
[Technology and Innovation ]
[National Security ]
[Science ]
[Funding ]
[Grants ]
[Law Enforcement ]
[Crime ]
Requires the Department of State to design, establish, and make publicly known a Vulnerability Disclosure Process to improve cybersecurity. In establishing the process, the State Department must identify which information technology should be included, determine whether the process should differentiate among and specify the types of security vulnerabilities that may be targeted, and provide a readily available form and means of reporting, amongst other requirements. The bill requires the State Department to establish a bug bounty pilot program,
(continued...)
Sponsored by: Rep. Ted Lieu
Received In The Senate And Read Twice And Referred To The Committee On Foreign Relations. on 01/23/2019
Spread the world
US Congress 116th Congress
Community Reclamation Partnerships Act [HB-315]
[Environmental ]
[Water ]
[Community Development ]
[Energy ]
[Mining ]
[Public Lands and National Parks ]
Revises the Abandoned Mine Land Reclamation Program which restores land and water adversely impacted by surface coal mines that were abandoned before August 3, 1977. A state with an approved reclamation program may enter into a memorandum of understanding with relevant federal or state agencies for remediating mine drainage on abandoned mine land and water impacted by abandoned mines. In addition, the bill authorizes a partnership between a state and a community reclaimer for remediating abandoned mine land if the partnership's proposed project
(continued...)
Sponsored by: Rep. Darin LaHood
Reported By The Committee On Natural Resources. H. Rept. 116-404. on 02/25/2020
Spread the world
US Congress 116th Congress
Unfunded Mandates Information and Transparency Act of 2019 [HB-300]
[Budget and Spending ]
[Taxes ]
[Small Business ]
[Consumer Protection ]
[Economic Development ]
[Funding ]
[Law Enforcement ]
Requires federal agencies to consider the effects of federal regulations on state and local governments. The bill requires the Congressional Budget Office (CBO), at the request of the chairman or ranking member of a congressional committee, to conduct an assessment comparing the authorized level of funding in legislation to the costs of carrying out any changes to a condition of federal assistance being imposed on state, local, or tribal governments participating in the federal assistance program; requires the CBO, in accounting for the costs of
(continued...)
Sponsored by: Rep. Thomas Suozzi
Introduced In House on 01/08/2019
Spread the world
US Congress 116th Congress
Protect Interstate Commerce Act of 2019 [HB-272]
[Agriculture ]
[Trade ]
[Consumer Protection ]
[Food ]
Prohibits a state or local government from imposing a standard or condition on the production or manufacture of agricultural products sold or offered for sale in interstate commerce if (1) the production or manufacture occurs in another state, and (2) the standard or condition adds to standards or conditions applicable under federal law and the laws of the state or locality in which the production or manufacture occurs. The bill also allows private rights of action to challenge state or local regulations relating to agricultural goods sold in interstate
(continued...)
Sponsored by: Rep. Steve King
Referred To The Subcommittee On Livestock And Foreign Agriculture. on 02/07/2019
Spread the world
US Congress 116th Congress
Pandemic and All-Hazards Preparedness and Advancing Innovation Act of 2019 [HB-269]
[Healthcare ]
[Public Health ]
[Pharmaceuticals ]
[Disaster Relief ]
[Funding ]
[Grants ]
[Children and Youth ]
(1) reauthorizes, revises, and establishes several programs and entities relating to public-health emergency preparedness and response; and (2) addresses the approval process for over-the counter (OTC) drugs. Among other programs, the bill reauthorizes through FY2023 and revises the Public Health Emergency Preparedness cooperative-agreement program administered by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), the Hospital Preparedness Program, the CDC situational-awareness and biosurveillance program, the Emergency System for Advance Registration
(continued...)
Sponsored by: Rep. Susan Brooks
Read The Second Time. Placed On Senate Legislative Calendar Under General Orders. Calendar No. 10. on 01/10/2019
Spread the world
US Congress 116th Congress
Federal CIO Authorization Act of 2019 [HB-247]
[Technology and Innovation ]
[Cybersecurity ]
[Budget and Spending ]
[Data Privacy ]
[Funding ]
Reorganizes Office of Management and Budget (OMB) information technology (IT) activities and establishes new IT reporting requirements. The bill renames (1) the Office of E-Government & Information Technology (E-Gov) as the Office of the Federal Chief Information Officer (Federal CIO), and (2) the E-Government Fund as the Federal IT Fund. The office shall be headed by a Federal Chief Information Officer who shall report directly to the Director of OMB (currently, the head of E-Gov reports to the Deputy Director). There is established in the office
(continued...)
Sponsored by: Rep. Gerald Connolly
Received In The Senate And Read Twice And Referred To The Committee On Homeland Security And Governmental Affairs. on 01/16/2019
Spread the world
US Congress 116th Congress
Advancing Conservation and Education Act [HB-244]
[Public Lands and National Parks ]
[Environmental ]
[Water ]
[Energy ]
[Mining ]
[Native American Affairs ]
Allows the states of Alaska, Arizona, California, Colorado, Idaho, Montana, New Mexico, North Dakota, Oregon, South Dakota, Utah, Washington, or Wyoming (western states) to relinquish state land grant parcels wholly or primarily within eligible areas and select, in exchange, public land within the state. The bill defines "eligible areas" as lands within the outer boundaries of units or components of the National Park, National Wilderness Preservation, National Wildlife Refuge, or National Landscape Conservation Systems, areas identified by the Bureau
(continued...)
Sponsored by: Rep. Chris Stewart
Reported By The Committee On Natural Resources. H. Rept. 116-639. on 12/14/2020
Spread the world
US Congress 116th Congress
LUMMA Legitimate Use of Medicinal Marihuana Act [HB-171]
[Cannabis ]
[Healthcare ]
[Pharmaceuticals ]
[Public Health ]
[Law Enforcement ]
[Criminal Justice ]
Transfers marijuana from schedule I to schedule II of the Controlled Substances Act. It also specifies that no provision of the Controlled Substances Act prohibits or restricts activities related to medical marijuana that comply with a state's medical marijuana law. The bill does not affect any federal, state, or local law that regulates or prohibits smoking in public. Under current law, schedule I controlled substances are those that, among other factors, have no currently accepted medical use in treatment in the United States; such substances
(continued...)
Sponsored by: Rep. H. Morgan Griffith
Referred To The Subcommittee On Health. on 01/31/2019
Spread the world
US Congress 116th Congress
Mobilizing Against Sanctuary Cities Act [HB-153]
[Immigration ]
[Funding ]
[Law Enforcement ]
[National Security ]
[Public Safety ]
Makes a state or local government ineligible for federal financial assistance for a minimum of one year if it restricts or prohibits an agency or official from (1) communicating with the responsible federal immigration agency information regarding an individual's citizenship or immigration status, or (2) maintaining or exchanging information about an individual's status. Such governmental entities are known as sanctuary cities or jurisdictions. The bill restores assistance eligibility upon a Department of Justice (DOJ) determination that the jurisdiction
(continued...)
Sponsored by: Rep. Andy Biggs
Referred To The Subcommittee On Immigration And Citizenship. on 03/04/2019
Spread the world
US Congress 116th Congress
Fresh Start Act of 2019 [HB-121]
[Crime ]
[Criminal Justice ]
[Public Safety ]
Establishes a process to expunge records related to certain nonviolent criminal offenses. It defines the nonviolent offenses eligible for expungement; it establishes qualifications for an eligible offender; and it sets forth procedures for filing an expungement petition. The bill increases by 5% the allocation of funds under the Edward Byrne Memorial Justice Assistance Grant (JAG) Program for a state that implements expungement procedures substantially similar to this bill. It decreases by 5% the JAG allocation for a state that fails to enact substantially
(continued...)
Sponsored by: Rep. Henry Johnson
Introduced In House on 01/03/2019
Spread the world
US Congress 116th Congress
To amend the Public Health Service Act to provide for cooperative governing of individual health insurance coverage. [HB-71]
[Healthcare ]
[Insurance ]
[Public Health ]
Establishes which state law governs health insurers offering coverage in multiple states. Specifically, the bill provides that the laws of a state designated by a health insurer (primary state) apply to individual health insurance coverage offered by that insurer in any state (secondary state) if the coverage, states, and insurer comply with the conditions of this bill. Insurers are exempted from any secondary state's laws that would prohibit or regulate the operation of the insurer in that state. The primary state is given sole jurisdiction to
(continued...)
Sponsored by: Rep. Andy Biggs
Referred To The Subcommittee On Health. on 01/31/2019
Spread the world
US Congress 116th Congress
Concealed Carry Reciprocity Act of 2019 [HB-38]
[Firearms/Gun Control ]
[Law Enforcement ]
[Public Safety ]
[Criminal Justice ]
[Crime ]
Allows a qualified individual to carry a concealed handgun into or possess a concealed handgun in another state that allows individuals to carry concealed firearms. A qualified individual must (1) be eligible to possess, transport, or receive a firearm under federal law; (2) carry a valid photo identification document; and (3) carry a valid concealed carry permit issued by any state or be eligible to carry a concealed firearm in his or her state of residence. Additionally, the bill specifies that a qualified individual who lawfully carries or possesses
(continued...)
Sponsored by: Rep. Alexander Mooney
Introduced In House on 01/03/2019
Spread the world
US Congress 116th Congress
FairTax Act of 2019 [HB-25]
[Taxes ]
[Budget and Spending ]
[Medicare and Medicaid ]
[Social Security ]
[Healthcare ]
[Poverty ]
[Senior Citizens ]
[Children and Youth ]
Imposes a national sales tax on the use or consumption in the United States of taxable property or services in lieu of the current income taxes, payroll taxes, and estate and gift taxes. The rate of the sales tax will be 23% in 2021, with adjustments to the rate in subsequent years. There are exemptions from the tax for used and intangible property; for property or services purchased for business, export, or investment purposes; and for state government functions. Under the bill, family members who are lawful U.S. residents receive a monthly sales
(continued...)
Sponsored by: Rep. Robert Wittman
Introduced In House on 01/03/2019
Spread the world
US Congress 116th Congress
Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2019 [HB-21]
[Agriculture ]
[Environmental ]
[Finance ]
[Infrastructure ]
[Transportation and Motor Vehicles ]
[Budget and Spending ]
[Healthcare ]
[Housing ]
[International ]
[Science ]
[Food ]
[Medicare and Medicaid ]
[Funding ]
[Grants ]
[Insurance ]
[Disaster Relief ]
[Aerospace ]
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
(continued...)
Sponsored by: Rep. Nita Lowey
Read The Second Time. Placed On Senate Legislative Calendar Under General Orders. Calendar No. 5. on 01/08/2019
Spread the world
US Congress 115th Congress
Water Infrastructure Improvement Act [HB-7279]
[Water ]
[Environmental ]
[Infrastructure ]
[Construction ]
[Funding ]
[Grants ]
[Public Health ]
[Waste Management / Recycling ]
Water Infrastructure Improvement Act (Sec. 3) This bill amends the Federal Water Pollution Control Act (commonly known as the Clean Water Act) to allow municipalities to develop a plan that integrates wastewater and stormwater management. A permit for a municipal discharge under the national pollutant discharge elimination system that incorporates an integrated plan may integrate all requirements under the Act addressed in the plan, such as requirements relating to combined sewer overflows, sanitary sewer collection systems, and total maximum daily
(continued...)
Sponsored by: Rep. Marcia Fudge
Presented To President. on 01/02/2019