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America's Transportation Infrastructure Act of 2019 [S.2302]
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[Transportation and Motor Vehicles ]
[Energy ]
[Environmental ]
[Climate Change ]
[Public Safety ]
[Funding ]
[Grants ]
[Animals ]
[Native American Affairs ]
Addresses several provisions related to highway transportation infrastructure, including provisions to improve road safety, accelerate project completions, improve resiliency to disasters, and reduce highway emissions. Among other things, the bill reauthorizes several transportation programs from FY2021-FY2025, including the federal-aid highway program and the transportation infrastructure finance and innovation program; increases funding for tribal and federal lands transportation programs; provides for a bridge investment program to award competitive
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National Climate Bank Act [S.2057]
[Climate Change ]
[Energy ]
[Finance ]
[Environmental ]
[Funding ]
A bill to establish a National Climate Bank.
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No Surprises Act [HB-3630]
[Healthcare ]
[Insurance ]
[Consumer Protection ]
[Public Health ]
[Funding ]
[Grants ]
Expands restrictions on charging health care plan holders out-of-network rates for certain services. First, the bill requires insurers offering plans that cover emergency services to bill plan holders no more than the median in-network rate for a particular emergency service, even if the service provider is out of network. The bill further prohibits insurers from billing plan holders more than the median in-network rate for nonemergency services provided by out-of-network providers at in-network facilities.Out-of-network providers may not bill plan
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BASIC Act Basic Assistance for Students In College Act [S.2225]
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[Healthcare ]
[Housing ]
[Food ]
[Transportation and Motor Vehicles ]
[Student Loans ]
[Human Services ]
[Funding ]
[Grants ]
[Medicare and Medicaid ]
[Poverty ]
Directs the Department of Education (ED) to award planning and implementation grants to institutions of higher education in order to identify and meet the basic needs of students, including food, housing, transportation, and health care. ED must also implement an agreement to (1) share data with other federal agencies in order to identify students who may be eligible for certain federal benefits; and (2) coordinate efforts to enroll those students in federal benefits programs, including Medicaid and the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program.
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Protecting Patients Transportation to Care Act [HB-3935]
[Healthcare ]
[Medicare and Medicaid ]
[Transportation and Motor Vehicles ]
[Public Health ]
[Funding ]
Provides statutory authority for the requirement that state Medicaid programs cover nonemergency transportation to medically necessary services. The bill also requires states, as a condition of federal payment for such transportation services, to comply with certain utilization management requirements. States must also establish mechanisms that ensure transportation providers and drivers meet specified quality and safety standards. The Government Accountability Office must report on the extent of, and identify measures that prevent, Medicaid fraud
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Grid Modernization Act of 2019 [S.2332]
[Energy ]
[Technology and Innovation ]
[Infrastructure ]
[Budget and Spending ]
[Grants ]
[Science ]
Requires the Department of Energy (DOE) to conduct a program to modernize the electric grid, including by (1) developing standards to compare the storage capacity, cycle length, capabilities, and reliability of different types of electricity storage; (2) promoting the development of micro-grid systems; (3) facilitating a collaborative process to develop model grid architecture; and (4) ensuring a reliable, resilient, affordable, safe, and secure electric grid. (A micro-grid system means a stand-alone electrical system that uses grid-scale energy
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Leave no Veteran Behind Act [HB-4154]
[Healthcare ]
[Veterans ]
[Mental Health ]
[Public Health ]
[Transportation and Motor Vehicles ]
[Human Services ]
Requires the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) to seek to contact covered veterans to encourage them to receive comprehensive physical, mental health, eye, and audiological examinations. A covered veteran is a veteran who is enrolled in the VA health care system and has not received health care furnished or paid for by the VA in the past two years. Under the bill, if a covered veteran elects to receive more than one of the comprehensive examinations at a VA health care facility, the VA shall seek to furnish all such examinations on the same day.
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Aviation Humanitarian Crisis Act of 2019 [HB-3480]
[Transportation and Motor Vehicles ]
[Disaster Relief ]
[Consumer Protection ]
Authorizes the Department of Transportation (DOT) to declare an aviation humanitarian crisis at airports serving areas in which a federally-declared major disaster or emergency exists. For each such humanitarian crisis, DOT must identify the airports subject to the disaster declaration and the time period during which the declaration applies. The bill limits the ability of air carriers to impose an excess charge for any seat on a flight or a passenger facility charge during the period of such crisis.
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HUMBLE Act Halt Unchecked Member Benefits with Lobbying Elimination Act [HB-3419]
[Ethics ]
[Law Enforcement ]
To amend title 18, United States Code, to prohibit former Members and elected officers of Congress from lobbying Congress at any time after leaving office, and for other purposes.
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Moving FIRST Act Moving and Fostering Innovation to Revolutionize Smarter Transportation Act [HB-3388]
[Technology and Innovation ]
[Transportation and Motor Vehicles ]
[Energy ]
[Infrastructure ]
[Economic Development ]
Authorizes through FY2024 the Department of Transportation to award Strengthening Mobility and Revolutionizing Transportation grants to communities of varying sizes to promote technological innovation (e.g., autonomous vehicles, electric vehicles, and roadway electrification) in transportation systems.
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Moving FIRST Act Moving and Fostering Innovation to Revolutionize Smarter Transportation Act [S.1939]
[Technology and Innovation ]
[Transportation and Motor Vehicles ]
[Energy ]
[Infrastructure ]
[Economic Development ]
[Funding ]
[Grants ]
Authorizes through FY2024 the Department of Transportation to award Strengthening Mobility and Revolutionizing Transportation grants to communities of varying sizes to promote technological innovation (e.g., autonomous vehicles, electric vehicles, and roadway electrification) in transportation systems.
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Rural Health Training Opportunities Act [HB-3347]
[Healthcare ]
[Public Health ]
[Transportation and Motor Vehicles ]
[Human Services ]
[Funding ]
[Grants ]
[Poverty ]
[Education ]
[Children and Youth ]
[Economic Development ]
Expands the health profession opportunity grant program that provides education and training to low-income individuals for high-demand occupations in the health care field. The Administration for Children and Families must prioritize grant applications for demonstration projects in rural areas and such projects must include assistance for the transportation costs of program participants.
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VA Emergency Transportation Act [HB-3350]
[Transportation and Motor Vehicles ]
[Veterans ]
[Healthcare ]
[Public Health ]
To amend title 38, United States Code, to reimburse veterans for the cost of emergency medical transportation to a Federal facility, and for other purposes.
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Economic Mobility Act of 2019 [HB-3300]
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[Budget and Spending ]
[Children and Youth ]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
[Small Business ]
[Family-Related Legislation ]
[Poverty ]
[Economic Development ]
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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Nonprofit Relief Act of 2019 [HB-3323]
[Taxes ]
[Nonprofit ]
[Small Business ]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
[Family-Related Legislation ]
Amends Internal Revenue Code provisions relating to tax-exempt or organizations to repeal the requirement that the unrelated business taxable income of tax-exempt organizations be computed separately for each trade or business activity, exclude from the gross income of charitable volunteers reimbursement of expenses for the use of a passenger vehicle for the benefit of a charitable organization, and allow the tax credit for employer-paid family and medical leave for nonprofit employers. The bill also increases the corporate income tax rate from
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Government Shutdown Accountability Act Prevent Government Shutdowns Act of 2019 [S.1877]
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[Funding ]
A bill to establish procedures and consequences in the event of a failure to complete regular appropriations.
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Charities Helping Americans Regularly Throughout the Year Act of 2019 [HB-3259]
[Taxes ]
[Nonprofit ]
[Budget and Spending ]
Modifies several tax provisions in the Internal Revenue Code affecting charitable contributions and tax-exempt organizations. The Internal Revenue Service may determine the standard mileage rate for deducting the cost of using a passenger automobile for charitable purposes (currently set by statute at 14 cents per mile), and that rate may not be less than the rate for medical purposes (20 cents per mile in 2019). The bill requires tax-exempt organizations to file their returns in electronic form. The bill excludes from the gross income of an individual
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Fix Funding First Act [S.1807]
[Budget and Spending ]
[Funding ]
A bill to improve the funding process.
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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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Clean Up Congress Act [HB-3118]
[Ethics ]
[Budget and Spending ]
To amend title 18, United States Code, to prohibit former Members of Congress from lobbying Congress, to prohibit the use of official funds for airline accommodations for Members of Congress which are not coach-class accommodations, and to prohibit a cost-of-living adjustment in the pay rates for Members of Congress during any year following a Federal budget deficit.