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To amend title 37, United States Code, to authorize the basic allowance for housing for members of the uniformed services in the Virgin Islands. [HB-2814]
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Revises the housing allowance for uniformed service members in the U.S. Virgin Islands. Specifically, the Department of Defense must provide to a service member serving in the U.S. Virgin Islands the basic housing allowance, rather than the overseas housing allowance. Currently, a service member on duty in the U.S. Virgin Islands receives the overseas housing allowance, which is limited to cost reimbursement. By contrast, service members in the 50 states and the District of Columbia receive the basic housing allowance, which offers a fixed amount
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Sponsored by: Rep. Stacey E. Plaskett
Referred To The Subcommittee On Military Personnel. on 05/17/2019
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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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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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Renewable Energy for Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands Act [HB-2360]
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Addresses renewable energy, energy efficiency, and energy storage in Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands. Specifically, the Department of Agriculture (USDA) must establish a grant program under which USDA may award grants for renewable energy systems, energy efficiency activities, energy storage, smart grids, or microgrids. In addition, USDA may award grants to train residents of Puerto Rico or the Virgin Islands to develop, construct, maintain, or operate renewable energy systems. The Department of Energy must ensure that its national laboratories
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Sponsored by: Rep. Raul M. Grijalva
Referred To The Subcommittee On Commodity Exchanges, Energy, And Credit. on 05/07/2019
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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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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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We the People Commission on Full Representation Act of 2019 [S.960]
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Establishes the We the People Commission on Full Representation. The commission must develop proposals and report to Congress regarding voting representation for Puerto Rico, the District of Columbia, Guam, the U.S. Virgin Islands, American Samoa, and the Northern Mariana Islands.
Sponsored by: Sen. Jeff Merkley
Read Twice And Referred To The Committee On The Judiciary. on 03/28/2019
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To amend the Pittman-Robertson Wildlife Restoration Act and the Dingell-Johnson Sport Fish Restoration Act, to provide parity for United States territories and the District of Columbia, to make technical corrections to such Acts and related laws, and for other purposes. [HB-1809]
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Requires the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service to apportion certain wildlife-restoration funds to the U.S. territories and the District of Columbia in the same manner as such funds are apportioned under current law to the states.
Sponsored by: Rep. Eleanor Holmes Norton
Reported By The Committee On Natural Resources. H. Rept. 116-144. on 07/10/2019
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To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to repeal the limitation on the cover over of distilled spirits taxes to Puerto Rico and Virgin Islands and to transfer a portion of such cover over to the Puerto Rico Conservation Trust Fund. [HB-1786]
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Repeals the limitation on the amount of distilled spirits excise taxes covered over (paid) to the treasuries of the Virgin Islands and Puerto Rico. The bill also requires the Department of the Treasury to transfer a portion of the amount required to be covered over to Puerto Rico to the Puerto Rico Conservation Trust Fund.
Sponsored by: Rep. Raul M. Grijalva
Introduced In House on 03/14/2019
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Community Services Block Grant Reauthorization Act of 2019 [HB-1695]
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To amend the Community Services Block Grant Act to reauthorize and modernize the Act.
Sponsored by: Rep. Sean Patrick Maloney
Introduced In House on 03/12/2019
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To amend the Virgin Islands of the United States Centennial Commission Act to extend the expiration date of the Commission, and for other purposes. [HB-1699]
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Extends the expiration date of the Virgin Islands of the United States Centennial Commission. The commission shall submit its final report to the President and Congress by January 31, 2020, and shall terminate 30 days after submitting that report.
Sponsored by: Rep. Stacey E. Plaskett
Introduced In House on 03/12/2019
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Puerto Rico Data Collection Equality Act [HB-1405]
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Makes changes to the collection and publication of statistics relating to U.S. territories and regarding reports on their economies. The Interagency Council on Statistical Policy shall collect and publish statistics regarding Puerto Rico in the same manner as statistics are collected and reported by federal agencies for the states. The Bureau of the Census shall collect and report statistics regarding Puerto Rico as part of specified statistical programs and surveys. Bureau calculations of U.S. total population must include U.S. territories. The
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Sponsored by: Rep. Jose E. Serrano
Referred To The Subcommittee On Crime, Terrorism, And Homeland Security. on 03/25/2019
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Closing the Meal Gap Act of 2019 [HB-1368]
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To amend the Food and Nutrition Act of 2008 to require that supplemental nutrition assistance program benefits be calculated with reference to the cost of the low-cost food plan as determined by the Secretary of Agriculture, and for other purposes.
Sponsored by: Rep. Sean Patrick Maloney
Referred To The Subcommittee On Nutrition, Oversight, And Department Operations. on 03/15/2019
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Voter Empowerment Act of 2019 [S.549]
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Addresses access to voting, including by requiring states to allow online voter registration, establish automatic voter registration, permit same day voter registration, and accept voter registration applications from individuals under age 18; prohibiting interference with voter registration or voting; requiring paper ballots and manual counting for recounts and audits; requiring states to allow early voting and voting by mail without additional conditions; making grants to states for poll worker recruitment and training; prohibiting certain political
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Sponsored by: Sen. Edward J. Markey
Read Twice And Referred To The Committee On Rules And Administration. on 02/25/2019
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LWCF Parity for Territories and DC Act [HB-1353]
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Requires that the same apportionment formula be applied to specified U.S. territories (i.e., Puerto Rico, Guam, American Samoa, the U.S. Virgin Islands, and the Northern Mariana Islands) and the District of Columbia as is applied to states with respect to amounts made available for state purposes from the Land and Water Conservation Fund.
Sponsored by: Rep. Eleanor Holmes Norton
Introduced In House on 02/25/2019
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Territories Health Equity Act of 2019 [HB-1354]
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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: Rep. Barbara Lee
Referred To The Subcommittee On Health. on 02/26/2019
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Federal School Meals Parity Act [HB-1352]
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Increases the reimbursement rates for the U.S. Virgin Islands and Guam under the Department of Agriculture (USDA) school meal and child nutrition programs, including the National School Lunch Program and the School Breakfast Program. The bill also requires USDA to report on the reimbursement rates and costs for providing meals and supplements under the programs in U.S. territories and in the states.
Sponsored by: Rep. Stacey E. Plaskett
Introduced In House on 02/25/2019
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Offshore Wind for Territories Act [S.499]
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Addresses offshore wind development and coral reef conservation. The Department of the Interior may conduct wind and mineral development lease sales on the Outer Continental Shelf in the U.S. Exclusive Economic Zone adjacent to U.S. territories. The bill establishes the Coral Reef Conservation Fund for the Department of Commerce to carry out the Coral Reef Conservation Act of 2000, including to preserve, sustain, and restore the condition of coral reef ecosystems. The bill also specifies requirements for distributing revenues from the leases authorized
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Sponsored by: Sen. Brian Schatz
Committee On Energy And Natural Resources Subcommittee On Public Lands, Forests, And Mining. Hearings Held. on 05/14/2019
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National Landslide Preparedness Act [S.529]
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Directs the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) to establish a National Landslide Hazards Reduction Program to identify and understand landslide hazards and risks, reduce losses from landslides, protect communities at risk of landslide hazards, and help improve communication and emergency preparedness. The USGS shall, among other things develop and publish a national strategy for landslide hazards, risk reduction, and response in the United States (including territories); develop and maintain a publicly accessible national landslide hazard and risk inventory
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Sponsored by: Sen. Dianne Feinstein
Received In The House. on 08/07/2020
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National Landslide Preparedness Act [HB-1261]
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Directs the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) to establish a National Landslide Hazards Reduction Program to identify and understand landslide hazards and risks, reduce losses from landslides, protect communities at risk of landslide hazards, and help improve communication and emergency preparedness. The USGS shall, among other things develop and publish a national strategy for landslide hazards, risk reduction, and response in the United States (including territories); develop and maintain a publicly accessible national landslide hazard and risk inventory
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Sponsored by: Rep. Suzanne Bonamici
Received In The Senate. on 06/04/2019