Blue Water Navy Vietnam Veterans Act of 2019 [HB-299]
Addresses certain health benefit and home loan programs for veterans. Specifically, the bill extends the presumption of service-connection for certain diseases associated with herbicide (e.g., Agent Orange) exposure to veterans who served (1) offshore of Vietnam between January 9, 1962, and May 7, 1975, or (2) in or near the Korean Demilitarized Zone between September 1, 1967, and August 31, 1971. Under a presumption of service-connection, specific disabilities or diseases diagnosed in certain veterans are presumed to have been caused by the circumstances
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HB-299: Blue Water Navy Vietnam Veterans Act of 2019
Sponsored by: Rep. Alexander Mooney
Became Public Law No: 116-23. on 06/27/2019
Education Freedom Scholarships and Opportunity Act [HB-1434]
Allows individual and corporate taxpayers a tax credit for cash contributions to tax-exempt scholarship-granting organizations for elementary and secondary education expenses. It imposes a cap of $5 billion on the amount of contributions that qualify for a tax credit. The bill directs the Department of Education, in coordination with the Department of the Treasury, to establish, host, and maintain a web portal that (1) lists all eligible scholarship-granting organizations; (2) enables contributions to such organizations; (3) provides information
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HB-1434: Education Freedom Scholarships and Opportunity Act
Sponsored by: Rep. Alexander Mooney
Introduced In House on 02/28/2019
Sites Reservoir Project Act [HB-1435]
Directs the Bureau of Reclamation of the Department of the Interior to take certain actions related to federal support for the construction of water infrastructure in California. Specifically, with respect to the Sites Project (a water storage project in Glenn and Colusa Counties, California), Reclamation shall (1) be the lead federal agency for the purposes of all federal reviews, approvals, or decisions required under federal law to allow either Reclamation or the Sites Project Authority to construct the project; and (2) ensure that all such reviews,
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HB-1435: Sites Reservoir Project Act
Sponsored by: Rep. Doug LaMalfa
Referred To The Subcommittee On Water, Oceans, And Wildlife. on 03/15/2019
HR-141: Calling upon the leadership of the Government of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea to dismantle its labor camp system, and for other purposes.
Sponsored by: Rep. Gerald Connolly
Introduced In House on 02/22/2019
You have voted HR-141: Calling upon the leadership of the Government of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea to dismantle its labor camp system, and for other purposes..
High-Speed Refund Act [HB-1515]
(1) requires the Department of Transportation to refund to the Treasury any discretionary grant funds it provided to California for high-speed rail corridor development, and (2) amends the Fixing America's Surface Transportation (FAST) Act to authorize additional funding in FY2020 for nationally significant freight and highway projects.
HB-1515: High-Speed Refund Act
Sponsored by: Rep. Doug LaMalfa
Referred To The Subcommittee On Railroads, Pipelines, And Hazardous Materials. on 03/06/2019
Repurposing Assets to Increase Long-term Water Availability and Yield Act [HB-1600]
Redirects Department of Transportation funds previously intended for high-speed rail development in California to the Department of the Interior. Such funds shall be available for various existing water-storage and wastewater-disposal programs and new water-related grant programs.
HB-1600: Repurposing Assets to Increase Long-term Water Availability and Yield Act
Sponsored by: Rep. Doug LaMalfa
Referred To The Subcommittee On Commodity Exchanges, Energy, And Credit. on 04/26/2019
Education Savings Accounts for Military Families Act of 2019 [HB-1605]
Directs the Department of Education (ED) to establish a program to provide children with parents on active duty in the uniformed services with funds to pay educational expenses. Specifically, ED shall establish a tax-exempt Military Education Savings Account for dependent children of parents in the uniformed services for the payment of the children's educational expenses. Funds in the savings account may be used for, among other things, the cost of attendance at a private elementary or secondary school or institution of higher education, private
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HB-1605: Education Savings Accounts for Military Families Act of 2019
Sponsored by: Rep. Alexander Mooney
Introduced In House on 03/07/2019
Water Supply Permitting Coordination Act [HB-1621]
Makes the Bureau of Reclamation the lead agency for the purpose of coordinating all permitting and related activities required to construct certain new surface-water storage projects. Additionally, the bureau is authorized to accept and expend funds contributed by a nonfederal public entity to expedite the evaluation of a permit for such a project.
HB-1621: Water Supply Permitting Coordination Act
Sponsored by: Rep. Andy Biggs
Referred To The Subcommittee On Water, Oceans, And Wildlife. on 03/28/2019
Fairness for High-Skilled Immigrants Act of 2019 [HB-1044]
Increases the per-country cap on family-based immigrant visas from 7% of the total number of such visas available that year to 15%, and eliminates the 7% cap for employment-based immigrant visas. It also removes an offset that reduced the number of visas for individuals from China. The bill also establishes transition rules for employment-based visas from FY2020-FY2022, by reserving a percentage of EB-2 (workers with advanced degrees or exceptional ability), EB-3 (skilled and other workers), and EB-5 (investors) visas for individuals not from the
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HB-1044: Fairness for High-Skilled Immigrants Act of 2019
Sponsored by: Rep. Sean Maloney
Message On Senate Action Sent To The House. on 12/03/2020