National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2020 [S.1790]
[Defense ]
[National Security ]
[Cybersecurity ]
[Military ]
[Human Rights ]
[International ]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
[Funding ]
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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S.1790: National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2020
Sponsored by: Sen. James Inhofe
Signed By President. on 12/20/2019
RISE from Trauma Act Resilience Investment, Support, and Expansion from Trauma Act [S.1770]
[Healthcare ]
[Mental Health ]
[Public Health ]
[Children and Youth ]
[Human Services ]
[Law Enforcement ]
[Overdose Prevention ]
[Education ]
[Grants ]
[Funding ]
[Arts and Culture ]
[Criminal Justice ]
[Family-Related Legislation ]
Establishes and extends various programs to coordinate and support services for infants, children, youth, and families who have experienced, or may experience, trauma. These programs include grants to establish coordinating bodies to create strategic plans to address trauma based on community needs; extending through FY2024 the performance partnership pilot program for children who have experienced trauma; recruiting individuals from communities that have high levels of trauma into the AmeriCorps and the National Health Service Corps programs; grants
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S.1770: RISE from Trauma Act Resilience Investment, Support, and Expansion from Trauma Act
Sponsored by: Sen. Shelley Capito
Read Twice And Referred To The Committee On Health, Education, Labor, And Pensions. on 06/10/2019
Harnessing Opportunity to Maximize Expansion, Capture, and Organization of Minority Innovation in the Next Generation of Research Act of 2019 [HB-3175]
[Defense ]
[Education ]
[National Security ]
[Science ]
[Race and Civil Rights ]
[Military ]
[Grants ]
[Funding ]
Establishes a commission to review the state of defense research at certain minority institutions of higher education. Such institutions are historically black colleges and universities and other higher education institutions at which at least 50% of the total student enrollment consists of students from ethnic groups that are underrepresented in the fields of science and engineering. The commission shall consider how to advance research capacity at these institutions to address U.S. national security and defense needs. The bill also directs the
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HB-3175: Harnessing Opportunity to Maximize Expansion, Capture, and Organization of Minority Innovation in the Next Generation of Research Act of 2019
Sponsored by: Rep. Eleanor Norton
Referred To The Subcommittee On Intelligence And Emerging Threats And Capabilities. on 06/11/2019
You have voted HB-3175: Harnessing Opportunity to Maximize Expansion, Capture, and Organization of Minority Innovation in the Next Generation of Research Act of 2019.
RISE from Trauma Act Resilience Investment, Support, and Expansion from Trauma Act [HB-3180]
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[Mental Health ]
[Public Health ]
[Children and Youth ]
[Human Services ]
[Law Enforcement ]
[Overdose Prevention ]
[Education ]
[Grants ]
[Funding ]
[Arts and Culture ]
[Criminal Justice ]
[Family-Related Legislation ]
[Crime ]
Establishes and extends various programs to coordinate and support services for infants, children, youth, and families who have experienced, or may experience, trauma. These programs include grants to establish coordinating bodies to create strategic plans to address trauma based on community needs; extending through FY2024 the performance partnership pilot program for children who have experienced trauma; recruiting individuals from communities that have high levels of trauma into the AmeriCorps and the National Health Service Corps programs; grants
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HB-3180: RISE from Trauma Act Resilience Investment, Support, and Expansion from Trauma Act
Sponsored by: Rep. Alcee Hastings
Referred To The Subcommittee On Crime, Terrorism, And Homeland Security. on 06/28/2019
START Act Smart Technologies Advancing Reliable Transportation Act [HB-3156]
[Technology and Innovation ]
[Transportation and Motor Vehicles ]
[Energy ]
[Housing ]
[Science ]
[Community Development ]
[Funding ]
[Grants ]
[Infrastructure ]
[Economic Development ]
Directs the Department of Transportation (DOT), in coordination with the Department of Energy, the Department of Housing and Urban Development, and the National Science Foundation, to create, publish, and maintain a resource guide to assist states, communities, and cities in developing and implementing smart city or community programs. DOT shall develop and implement an additional round to the Smart Cities Challenge, under which it shall provide competitive grants to small- and medium-sized communities to implement smart transportation proposals.
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Taxpayer First Act [HB-3151]
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[Technology and Innovation ]
[Cybersecurity ]
[Budget and Spending ]
[Data Privacy ]
[Funding ]
[Law Enforcement ]
[Crime ]
Revises provisions relating to the Internal Revenue Service (IRS), its customer service, enforcement procedures, cybersecurity and identity protection, management of information technology, and use of electronic systems. TITLE I--PUTTING TAXPAYERS FIRST Subtitle A--Independent Appeals Process (Sec, 1001) This subtitle establishes the Internal Revenue Service Independent Office of Appeals headed by a Chief of Appeals. The purpose of this office is to resolve federal tax controversies without litigation on a basis that is fair and impartial, promote
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HB-3151: Taxpayer First Act
Sponsored by: Rep. Eleanor Norton
Became Public Law No: 116-25. on 07/02/2019
Living Shorelines Act of 2019 [HB-3115]
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[Climate Change ]
[Disaster Relief ]
[Funding ]
[Grants ]
[Water ]
[Community Development ]
[Public Safety ]
Directs the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) to award grants to state or local governments, Indian tribes, or nonprofit organizations to (1) implement climate-resilient living shoreline projects; and (2) encourage innovation in the use of natural materials to protect coastal communities, habitats, and natural system functions. In awarding grants, NOAA must prioritize projects in areas (1) where a federal disaster has been declared in the past 10 years, or (2) that have a history of coastal erosion or frequent coastal inundation
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HB-3115: Living Shorelines Act of 2019
Sponsored by: Rep. Sean Maloney
Reported (amended) By The Committee On Natural Resources. H. Rept. 116-316. on 11/26/2019
Living Shorelines Act of 2019 Living Shorelines Act of 2020 [S.1730]
[Environmental ]
[Climate Change ]
[Water ]
[Community Development ]
[Grants ]
[Funding ]
[Disaster Relief ]
[Public Safety ]
Directs the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration to award grants to state or local governments, Indian tribes, or nonprofit organizations to (1) implement climate-resilient living shoreline projects; and (2) encourage innovation in the use of natural materials to protect coastal communities, habitats, and natural system functions.
S.1730: Living Shorelines Act of 2019 Living Shorelines Act of 2020
Sponsored by: Sen. Dianne Feinstein
Committee On Commerce, Science, And Transportation. Reported By Senator Wicker With An Amendment In The Nature Of A Substitute. With Written Report No. 116-327. on 12/15/2020
Energy Savings Through Public-Private Partnerships Act of 2019 [HB-3079]
[Energy ]
[Budget and Spending ]
[Construction ]
Revises requirements for energy savings performance contracts and utility energy service contracts in federal facilities. These contracts allow federal agencies to work with private contractors on energy efficiency upgrades to federal facilities, unless the facilities are dams, reservoirs, or hydropower facilities owned or operated by federal agencies.
HB-3079: Energy Savings Through Public-Private Partnerships Act of 2019
Sponsored by: Rep. Ann Kuster
Committee Consideration And Mark-up Session Held. on 07/15/2020
Success in the Middle Act of 2019 [S.1704]
[Education ]
[Funding ]
[Grants ]
[Children and Youth ]
Creates a grant program to support middle schools' efforts to identify and implement best practices for improving student outcomes and increasing high school graduation rates. Specifically, the bill directs the Department of Education (ED) to (1) allot grants to states, based on their proportion of poor children aged 5 to 17, to implement state middle grades needs analyses and, on the basis of such analyses, improvement plans that describe what students must master to complete successfully the middle grades and succeed in academically rigorous secondary
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S.1704: Success in the Middle Act of 2019
Sponsored by: Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse
Read Twice And Referred To The Committee On Health, Education, Labor, And Pensions. on 06/04/2019
Energy Savings Through Public-Private Partnerships Act of 2019 [S.1706]
[Energy ]
[Budget and Spending ]
[Infrastructure ]
Revises requirements for energy savings performance contracts and utility energy service contracts in federal facilities. These contracts allow federal agencies to work with private contractors on energy efficiency upgrades to federal facilities, unless the facilities are dams, reservoirs, or hydropower facilities owned or operated by federal agencies.
S.1706: Energy Savings Through Public-Private Partnerships Act of 2019
Sponsored by: Sen. Christopher Coons
Committee On Energy And Natural Resources. Reported By Senator Murkowski Without Amendment. With Written Report No. 116-116. on 09/24/2019
Success in the Middle Act of 2019 [HB-3089]
[Education ]
[Funding ]
[Grants ]
[Children and Youth ]
Creates a grant program to support middle schools' efforts to identify and implement best practices for improving student outcomes and increasing high school graduation rates. Specifically, the bill directs the Department of Education (ED) to (1) allot grants to states, based on their proportion of poor children aged 5 to 17, to implement state middle grades needs analyses and, on the basis of such analyses, improvement plans that describe what students must master to complete successfully the middle grades and succeed in academically rigorous secondary
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HB-3089: Success in the Middle Act of 2019
Sponsored by: Rep. Raul Grijalva
Introduced In House on 06/04/2019
To make improvements to the Mentor-Protégé Program of the Department of Defense, and for other purposes. [HB-3087]
[Defense ]
[Small Business ]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
[Military ]
Revises the Department of Defense Mentor-Protege Program, under which disadvantaged small business concerns are assisted in participation as federal contractors. The bill permanently authorizes the program and removes its pilot designation, requires the establishment of performance goals, and modifies the definition of a business for purposes of the program, allowing it to be up to the size standard according to its primary North American Industry Classification System code.
HB-3087: To make improvements to the Mentor-Protégé Program of the Department of Defense, and for other purposes.
Sponsored by: Rep. Anthony Brown
Introduced In House on 06/04/2019
CAPABILITY Act of 2019 Customized Approaches to Providing And Building Independent Lives of Inclusion for Transition-aged Youth Act of 2019 [HB-3070]
[Education ]
[Disabilities ]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
[Mental Health ]
[Children and Youth ]
[Grants ]
[Funding ]
[Human Services ]
Requires the Department of Education (ED) to carry out a program under which ED makes grants to states to assist them in carrying out activities designed to help a transition-aged youth (i.e., a person considered to be a transition-aged youth under the laws of the state concerned) with covered disabilities obtain customized, competitive integrated employment. These disabilities include intellectual, developmental, mental health, physical, or other significant disability that presents barriers to an individual transitioning to employment or postsecondary
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HB-3070: CAPABILITY Act of 2019 Customized Approaches to Providing And Building Independent Lives of Inclusion for Transition-aged Youth Act of 2019
Sponsored by: Rep. Cathy McMorris Rodgers
Introduced In House on 06/03/2019
You have voted HB-3070: CAPABILITY Act of 2019 Customized Approaches to Providing And Building Independent Lives of Inclusion for Transition-aged Youth Act of 2019.
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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HB-3060: FEMA Modernization Act of 2019
Sponsored by: Rep. Henry Johnson
Referred To The Subcommittee On Immigration And Citizenship. on 06/28/2019
HB-3031: To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to extend funding for quality measure endorsement, input, and selection under the Medicare program.
Sponsored by: Rep. Judy Chu
Subcommittee Hearings Held. on 06/04/2019
You have voted HB-3031: To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to extend funding for quality measure endorsement, input, and selection under the Medicare program..
Increasing Access to Mental Health in Schools Act [S.1642]
[Education ]
[Mental Health ]
[Student Loans ]
[Healthcare ]
[Public Health ]
[Children and Youth ]
[Funding ]
[Grants ]
[Poverty ]
Directs the Department of Education (ED) to award grants to partnerships between educational agencies and graduate institutions to increase the number of school-based mental-health services providers employed by low-income local educational agencies (LEAs). Grant funds may be used for specified purposes, including to provide student-loan forgiveness and tuition credits and to support recruitment, hiring, and training. In addition, ED shall establish a program to provide student-loan forgiveness for individuals who (1) are not, and have never been,
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S.1642: Increasing Access to Mental Health in Schools Act
Sponsored by: Sen. Ron Wyden
Read Twice And Referred To The Committee On Health, Education, Labor, And Pensions. on 05/23/2019
Metro Safety, Accountability, and Investment Act of 2019 [S.1663]
[Transportation and Motor Vehicles ]
[Infrastructure ]
[Budget and Spending ]
[Public Safety ]
Reauthorizes funding to the Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority (WMATA) contingent on certain changes to its governance and operations. The bill reauthorizes capital and preventive maintence grants to WMATA for FY2020-2029 as well as additional funding for capital and preventive maintence projects and the WMATA Inspector General (IG). The Department of Transportation (DOT) may not provide any amounts to WMATA until certain conditions are met, including that DOT (1) certifies that the WMATA Board of Directors has passed a resolution that
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S.1663: Metro Safety, Accountability, and Investment Act of 2019
Sponsored by: Sen. Mark Warner
Read Twice And Referred To The Committee On Banking, Housing, And Urban Affairs. on 05/23/2019