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United States Export Finance Agency Act of 2019 [HB-4863]
[Finance ]
[Trade ]
[Small Business ]
[Economic Development ]
To promote the competitiveness of the United States, to reform and reauthorize the United States Export Finance Agency, and for other purposes.
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Covering our FAS Allies Act [HB-4821]
[Healthcare ]
[Medicare and Medicaid ]
[Human Services ]
[Public Health ]
[Immigration ]
Permits Medicaid coverage for citizens of the Freely Associated States (the Federated States of Micronesia, the Republic of the Marshall Islands, and the Republic of Palau) lawfully residing in the United States under the Compacts of Free Association.
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FAFSA Simplification Act of 2019 [S.2667]
[Student Loans ]
[Education ]
[Funding ]
[Grants ]
Revises certain provisions related to federal financial student aid. Specifically, the bill replaces the expected family contribution metric with a student aid index used to assess a family's financial need and approximate their financial resources to contribute to a student's higher education expenses. The bill also revises the process for filing a Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA), and it removes certain eligibility requirements having to do with drug-related offenses and registration with the Selective Service System. In addition,
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Home Visiting to Reduce Maternal Mortality and Morbidity Act [HB-4768]
[Healthcare ]
[Medicare and Medicaid ]
[Public Health ]
[Human Services ]
[Social Security ]
[Children and Youth ]
To amend section 511 of the Social Security Act to reduce maternal mortality by continuing to invest in evidence-based home visiting models that are addressing the social determinants of maternal health and morbidity.
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To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to provide certain low-income territorial residents with automatic eligibility for premium and cost-sharing subsidies under the Medicare program, and for other purposes. [HB-4666]
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[Healthcare ]
[Social Security ]
[Poverty ]
Automatically qualifies Medicaid enrollees of U.S. territories for low-income subsidies under the Medicare prescription drug benefit.
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To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to cover into the treasury of the Virgin Islands revenue from tax on gasoline refined in the Virgin Islands and entered into the United States. [HB-4198]
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[Energy ]
[Trade ]
Amends the Internal Revenue Code to require all taxes on gasoline refined in the U.S. Virgin Islands and entered into the United States from the Virgin Islands after December 31, 2019, be covered into the treasury of the Virgin Islands.
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Supporting Kinship Connections Act [HB-4352]
[Children and Youth ]
[Family-Related Legislation ]
[Grants ]
[Human Services ]
[Funding ]
Requires the Department of Health and Human Services to provide grants for developing, enhancing, or evaluating kinship navigator programs. Such programs help grandparents and other relative caregivers find and use services to meet the needs of the caregivers and the children they are raising. Program requirements include a referral system for kinship support groups and service providers and the promotion of partnerships between public and private agencies to improve such services.
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American Energy First Act [HB-4294]
[Energy ]
[Public Lands and National Parks ]
[Environmental ]
[Budget and Spending ]
[Climate Change ]
[Mining ]
Addresses offshore and onshore oil and gas resources, and the use of renewable energy resources on the Outer Continental Shelf (OCS) and other federal lands. Among other things, the bill allows states with an established permitting and regulatory program to manage certain federal permitting and regulatory responsibilities for oil and gas development on federal lands within their borders; limits the President's authority to prohibit oil and gas leasing on the OCS; establishes a revenue sharing framework to distribute revenues collected from oil and
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Civil Rights Commission Territorial Equality Act of 2019 [HB-4068]
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[Human Rights ]
Requires the Commission on Civil Rights to establish at least one advisory committee in each of the following territories, composed of persons domiciled in such territories: Puerto Rico, the U.S. Virgin Islands, Guam, the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, and American Samoa.
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Resilience Revolving Loan Fund Act of 2019 [HB-3779]
[Disaster Relief ]
[Funding ]
[Grants ]
[Infrastructure ]
[Public Safety ]
[Climate Change ]
[Environmental ]
[Water ]
[Community Development ]
[Economic Development ]
Authorizes the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) to enter into agreements with any state or Indian tribal government to make capitalization grants for the establishment of hazard mitigation revolving loan funds. Such funds shall provide funding assistance to local governments to carry out projects to reduce disaster risk in order to decrease the loss of life and property, the cost of insurance claims, and federal disaster payments.
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National Flood Insurance Program Reauthorization and Reform Act of 2019 [HB-3872]
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[Disaster Relief ]
[Housing ]
[Real Estate ]
[Budget and Spending ]
[Funding ]
[Grants ]
Generally revises the National Flood Insurance Program (NFIP) and reauthorizes the program through FY2024. The bill addresses NFIP coverage, cost, and availability, including by generally prohibiting the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) from raising certain premiums, surcharges, and fees more than 9% a year for five years; revising flood insurance coverage limits; establishing the Affordability Assistance Fund to provide financial assistance to low income households through vouchers, grants, or premium credits; and revising standards and
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Territories Health Care Improvement Act [HB-3631]
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[Medicare and Medicaid ]
[Funding ]
[Public Health ]
Makes a series of changes relating to Medicaid funding for U.S. territories, including by (1) establishing a specific funding cap through FY2023 for Puerto Rico and through FY2025 for the other U.S. territories, (2) establishing program integrity measures and reporting requirements relating to the use of funds, and (3) increasing the applicable Federal Medical Assistance Percentage (i.e., the federal matching rate).
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VOW to Hire Heroes Extension Act of 2019 [HB-3550]
[Veterans ]
[Taxes ]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
[Small Business ]
[Budget and Spending ]
[Unemployment ]
Amends the Internal Revenue Code to (1) make permanent the work opportunity tax credit, including with respect to qualified veterans; (2) revise tax credit eligibility requirements for documenting the status of veterans and their receipt of unemployment compensation; and (3) extend the payroll tax offset for such credit to certain for-profit employers. The Internal Revenue Service must make annual reports to Congress on the effectiveness and cost-effectiveness of this bill in increasing the employment of veterans. The bill directs the Department
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Contracting Credit Equality Act of 2019 [HB-3428]
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[Economic Development ]
[Funding ]
Authorizes federal agencies to double the value of contracts awarded to small businesses in the U.S. Virgin Islands, American Samoa, Guam, or the Northern Mariana Islands for the purpose of obtaining credit towards the small business contracting goal.
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United States Export Finance Agency Act of 2019 [HB-3407]
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[Small Business ]
[Energy ]
[Trade ]
[Budget and Spending ]
[Economic Development ]
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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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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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.
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Office of Territorial Exporting Act [HB-3242]
[Trade ]
[Small Business ]
[Economic Development ]
To amend the charter of the Export-Import Bank of the United States to create a new office within the Bank.
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Territories Health Equity Act of 2019 [S.1773]
[Healthcare ]
[Medicare and Medicaid ]
[Insurance ]
[Public Health ]
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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Promoting Readiness in Education to Prevent Additional Remediation and Expense Act [S.1516]
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[Student Loans ]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
[Economic Development ]
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.