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Judicial Travel Accountability Act [S.2632]
[Ethics ]
[Law Enforcement ]
[Public Safety ]
[Transportation and Motor Vehicles ]
Requires a judicial officer to annually disclose (1) the source, description, and value of certain gifts; (2) a detailed description of meetings and events attended, including the names of other known attendees; and (3) total expenses for transportation, lodging, and meals.
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21st Century Transportation Fuels Act [HB-4690]
[Energy ]
[Transportation and Motor Vehicles ]
[Air Quality ]
To amend title II of the Clean Air Act and title II of the Petroleum Marketing Practices Act with respect to high-octane fuels, and for other purposes.
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To make permanent the authority of the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to make grants for the transportation of highly rural veterans to medical care. [HB-4589]
[Transportation and Motor Vehicles ]
[Veterans ]
[Healthcare ]
[Public Health ]
[Funding ]
[Grants ]
Permanently extends the authority of the Department of Veterans Affairs to make grants for the transportation of highly rural veterans to health care facilities.
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To establish a grant program to provide certain eligible entities engaged in food recovery with grants to support certain costs. [HB-4541]
[Agriculture ]
[Food ]
[Funding ]
[Grants ]
[Waste Management / Recycling ]
[Public Health ]
Directs the Department of Agriculture to award grants to public food service providers, tribal organizations, or private nonprofit entities for activities related to food recovery.
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To establish a grant program to provide certain eligible entities engaged in food recovery with grants to support certain costs. [HB-4541]
[Agriculture ]
[Food ]
[Funding ]
[Grants ]
[Waste Management / Recycling ]
[Public Health ]
Directs the Department of Agriculture to award grants to public food service providers, tribal organizations, or private nonprofit entities for activities related to food recovery.
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Rural Veterans Travel Enhancement Act of 2019 [HB-4524]
[Transportation and Motor Vehicles ]
[Veterans ]
[Healthcare ]
To amend title 38, United States Code, to make permanent the authority of the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to transport individuals to and from facilities of the Department of Veterans Affairs in connection with rehabilitation, counseling, examination, treatment, and care, and for other purposes.
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Defense Access Road Enhancement Act [HB-3648]
[Defense ]
[Infrastructure ]
[Transportation and Motor Vehicles ]
[Disaster Relief ]
[Military ]
Revises the authority of the Department of Transportation to improve the construction and reconstruction of defense access roads, including repairing damage to roads caused by weather-related events, increases in mean high tide levels, recurrent flooding, or natural disasters.
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Fallen Heroes Family Travel Act of 2019 [S.2494]
[Defense ]
[Transportation and Motor Vehicles ]
[Veterans ]
[Military ]
Addresses the transportation of the remains of members of the Armed Forces who die outside of the United States. It requires the Department of Defense (DOD) to provide, in the case of such a member whose remains are returned through the mortuary facility at Dover Air Force Base, Delaware, transportation of such remains to the applicable escorted remains destination. (Under current law, this service is limited to the remains of those who die in a combat theater of operations.) The bill also requires DOD to extend travel privileges to family members
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HOTEL Act Heightened Oversight of Travel, Eating, and Lodging Act of 2019 [S.2485]
[Ethics ]
[Funding ]
[Public Safety ]
Prohibits federal agencies from using U.S. government funds to pay for expenses at lodging establishments that are owned by or employ certain public officials or their relatives, including by providing travel reimbursement or a per diem allowance for the cost of lodging, with exceptions.
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Rural Road Safety Act [HB-4338]
[Transportation and Motor Vehicles ]
[Infrastructure ]
[Public Safety ]
Requires states to dedicate at least 7.5% of apportioned funds each fiscal year under the highway safety improvement program for construction and operational improvements on high risk rural roads. The Department of Transportation must update its guidance on improving safety on rural roads to include new best practices for reducing fatalities on such roads.
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Public School Emergency Relief Act [HB-4316]
[Education ]
[Immigration ]
[Funding ]
[Children and Youth ]
Authorizes a Department of Education program to provide temporary emergency impact aid payments to states for assisting local educational agencies and Indian schools in responding to increases in the enrollment of immigrant children.
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Department of Veterans Affairs Expiring Authorities Act of 2019 [HB-4285]
[Veterans ]
To amend title 38, United States Code, to extend and modify certain authorities and requirements relating to the Department of Veterans Affairs, and for other purposes.
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AMICUS Act Assessing Monetary Influence in the Courts of the United States Act [HB-3993]
[Ethics ]
[Law Enforcement ]
Requires certain disclosures from a person that files three or more amicus briefs in a calendar year in the Supreme Court or a U.S. court of appeals. Specifically, such a person must disclose the name of anyone who (1) contributed to the preparation or submission of the amicus brief, or (2) made certain monetary contributions to the person. Persons that are subject to these requirements must register with the Administrative Office of the U.S. Courts, which must make the registration information publicly available. Such persons are also prohibited
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Burma Political Prisoners Assistance Act [S.2069]
[Human Rights ]
[International ]
[Law Enforcement ]
[National Security ]
Directs the Department of State to assist civil society organizations in Burma (Myanmar) working to release political prisoners and prisoners of conscience. Such assistance shall include support for (1) documenting human rights violations against such prisoners, (2) raising awareness of prisoner issues, and (3) helping former prisoners resume a normal life.
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Motor Carriers Accountability Act [HB-3628]
[Transportation and Motor Vehicles ]
[Consumer Protection ]
[Public Safety ]
Requires motor carriers that operate passenger services on standard coach buses with 50 or more seats to adopt contingency plans for excessive passenger delays.
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Domestic Workers Bill of Rights Act [HB-3760]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
[Healthcare ]
[Human Rights ]
[Human Services ]
[Funding ]
[Grants ]
[Public Health ]
[Medicare and Medicaid ]
Provides rights and protections for domestic workers, including pay and leave rights, and health and safety protections. The bill, among other things repeals the exemption under the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 for domestic live-in employees from certain minimum wage and maximum hour requirements; requires written notices of termination and allow other communications for live-in domestic employees; requires written agreements for domestic workers covering wages, sick leave, benefits, and other matters; allows domestic workers to request and
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Domestic Workers Bill of Rights Act [S.2112]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
[Healthcare ]
[Human Rights ]
[Human Services ]
[Funding ]
[Grants ]
[Public Health ]
[Medicare and Medicaid ]
Provides rights and protections for domestic workers, including pay and leave rights, and health and safety protections. The bill, among other things repeals the exemption under the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 for domestic live-in employees from certain minimum wage and maximum hour requirements; requires written notices of termination and allow other communications for live-in domestic employees; requires written agreements for domestic workers covering wages, sick leave, benefits, and other matters; allows domestic workers to request and
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TIME for Holocaust Survivors Act Trauma-Informed Modernization of Eldercare for Holocaust Survivors Act [S.2179]
[Human Services ]
[Senior Citizens ]
[Healthcare ]
A bill to amend the Older Americans Act of 1965 to provide social service agencies with the resources to provide services to meet the urgent needs of Holocaust survivors to age in place with dignity, comfort, security, and quality of life.
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CHARGE Act Charging Helps Agencies Realize General Efficiencies Act [S.2193]
[Transportation and Motor Vehicles ]
[Energy ]
[Budget and Spending ]
[Technology and Innovation ]
[Environmental ]
Requires the General Services Administration to issue (1) guidance to clarify that federal agencies may use a charge card to pay to charge federal electric motor vehicles at commercial charging stations, and (2) a charge card for such payments to each agency for each of the agency's electric motor vehicles.
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TIME for Holocaust Survivors Act Trauma-Informed Modernization of Eldercare for Holocaust Survivors Act [HB-4077]
[Human Services ]
[Senior Citizens ]
[Healthcare ]
To amend the Older Americans Act of 1965 to provide social service agencies with the resources to provide services to meet the urgent needs of Holocaust survivors to age in place with dignity, comfort, security, and quality of life.