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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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Territory Health Revitalization Act [HB-3335]
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Requires the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) to reserve a portion of funding under the health profession opportunity grant program for U.S. territories and makes the Northern Mariana Islands eligible for program grants (which provide low-income individuals with education and training in health care occupations). HHS must award at least two grants in U.S. territories.
Sponsored by: Rep. Gregorio Sablan
Introduced In House on 06/19/2019
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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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[Retirement ]
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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Territories Health Equity Act of 2019 [S.1773]
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[Insurance ]
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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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Protecting American Votes and Elections Act of 2019 [HB-2754]
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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]
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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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Protecting American Votes and Elections Act of 2019 [S.1472]
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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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Northern Mariana Islands Small Business Act [HB-2603]
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Expands eligibility for certain Small Business Administration programs to the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands.
Sponsored by: Rep. Judy Chu
Introduced In House on 05/08/2019
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Northern Mariana Islands and American Samoa College Access Act [HB-2465]
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[Student Loans ]
To amend the Higher Education Act of 1965 to establish a program that enables college-bound residents of the Northern Mariana Islands and American Samoa to have greater choices among institutions of higher education, and for other purposes.
Sponsored by: Rep. Gregorio Sablan
Introduced In House on 05/01/2019
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IDEA Parity for Outlying Areas Act [HB-2437]
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Modifies funding for special education in Guam, the U.S. Virgin Islands, American Samoa, the Northern Mariana Islands, the Marshall Islands, and the Federated States of Micronesia, including by eliminating certain limits on such funding and establishing minimum funding levels.
Sponsored by: Rep. Michael F. Q. San Nicolas
Introduced In House on 05/01/2019
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Territory Health Insurance Tax Relief Act of 2019 [HB-2243]
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Lowers the annual fee on health insurers that collect premiums from residents in U.S. territories. The annual fee for a health insurer is currently calculated based on the insurer's share of total premiums from the preceding calendar year. The bill excludes premiums paid by residents of U.S. territories from a health insurer's net premiums but still includes the premiums of such residents in the determination of total premiums from the preceding year, thereby lowering the fee for these insurers. Under current law, the fee is suspended for 2019 (i.e.,
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Sponsored by: Rep. Amata Coleman Radewagen
Referred To The Subcommittee On Health. on 04/11/2019
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Territory Health Insurance Tax Relief Act of 2019 [HB-2243]
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[Insurance ]
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[Medicare and Medicaid ]
Lowers the annual fee on health insurers that collect premiums from residents in U.S. territories. The annual fee for a health insurer is currently calculated based on the insurer's share of total premiums from the preceding calendar year. The bill excludes premiums paid by residents of U.S. territories from a health insurer's net premiums but still includes the premiums of such residents in the determination of total premiums from the preceding year, thereby lowering the fee for these insurers. Under current law, the fee is suspended for 2019 (i.e.,
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Sponsored by: Rep. Amata Coleman Radewagen
Referred To The Subcommittee On Health. on 04/11/2019
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Supplemental Appropriations Act, 2019 [HB-2157]
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Provides $17.2 billion in FY2019 supplemental appropriations to several federal departments and agencies for expenses related to the consequences of recent wildfires, hurricanes, volcanos, earthquakes, typhoons, and other natural disasters. The funding provided by this bill is designated as emergency spending, which is exempt from discretionary spending limits and other budget enforcement rules. The bill includes appropriations for the Department of Agriculture, the Department of Commerce, the Department of Justice, the Department of Defense, the
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Sponsored by: Rep. Nita M. Lowey
Became Public Law No: 116-20. (txt | Pdf) on 06/06/2019
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Disaster Tax Relief Act of 2019 [HB-2145]
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Allows various tax credits, tax deductions, and modifications to existing rules for individuals and businesses affected by certain federally declared disasters that began after January 1, 2018, and before the enactment of this bill. With respect to individuals and businesses in the affected areas, the bill waives the 10% additional tax on certain early distributions from retirement plans, permits individuals to recontribute funds to retirement plans if the funds were distributed for a home purchase that was cancelled on account of a disaster, increases
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Sponsored by: Rep. David Rouzer
Introduced In House on 04/09/2019