Energizing American Shipbuilding Act of 2019 [HB-3829]
Directs (1) the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) to require specified percentages of liquefied natural gas exports to be transported on vessels built or retrofitted in the United States and documented under its laws, and (2) the President to require specified percentages of crude oil exports to be transported on vessels built or retrofitted in the United States and documented under its laws. FERC and the President may waive these requirements under specified circumstances. The Energy Information Administration must collect and publish
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HB-3829: Energizing American Shipbuilding Act of 2019
Sponsored by: Rep. Sean Maloney
Sponsor Introductory Remarks On Measure. (cr H7227-7229) on 07/23/2019
HR-797: Encouraging the Environmental Protection Agency to maintain and strengthen requirements under the Clean Water Act and reverse ongoing administrative actions to weaken this landmark law and protections for United States waters.
Sponsored by: Rep. Raul Grijalva
Referred To The Subcommittee On Water Resources And Environment. on 01/15/2020
You have voted HR-797: Encouraging the Environmental Protection Agency to maintain and strengthen requirements under the Clean Water Act and reverse ongoing administrative actions to weaken this landmark law and protections for United States waters..
Humane Retirement Act [HB-2850]
Requires animal care committees at entities that receive federal funds for biomedical or behavioral research to make reasonable efforts to find parties to adopt dogs and cats that have been retired from research. Prior to euthanizing, the animal care committee must assess the temperament of the dog or cat to determine whether it is suitable for adoption and, if so, make reasonable efforts to offer the dog or cat to an adopting party.
HB-2850: Humane Retirement Act
Sponsored by: Rep. Sean Maloney
Referred To The Subcommittee On Health. on 05/21/2019
Diabetes Prevention Semipostal Stamp Act [HB-4914]
Directs the U.S. Postal Service to issue a Diabetes Prevention Semipostal Stamp, with all proceeds being transferred to the National Diabetes Prevention Program.
HB-4914: Diabetes Prevention Semipostal Stamp Act
Sponsored by: Rep. Raul Grijalva
Referred To The Subcommittee On Health. on 11/01/2019
Protecting Community Television Act [HB-5659]
Revises the definition of a franchise fee that is paid by a cable operator or cable subscriber to encompass only a tax, fee, or other monetary assessment that is imposed by a franchising authority or other governmental entity.
HB-5659: Protecting Community Television Act
Sponsored by: Rep. James McGovern
Introduced In House on 01/21/2020
Asylum Seeker Protection Act [HB-2662]
Prohibits the use of funds to implement or enforce the Migrant Protection Protocols announced on December 20, 2018. (The protocol generally requires that aliens who are not clearly admissible arriving by land along the U.S.-Mexico border be returned to Mexico while their immigration proceedings are pending, rather than remain in the United States. The protocol applies to aliens seeking asylum but who have been assessed not to be more likely than not to face persecution or torture in Mexico.)
HB-2662: Asylum Seeker Protection Act
Sponsored by: Rep. Raul Grijalva
Referred To The Subcommittee On Immigration And Citizenship. on 06/26/2019
AFTER Act of 2019 Animal Freedom from Testing, Experiments, and Research Act of 2019 [HB-2897]
Requires federal research facilities to facilitate the adoption or nonlaboratory placement of certain warm-blooded animals (e.g., dogs, cats, monkeys, guinea pigs, hamsters, and rabbits) with animal rescue organizations, animal sanctuaries, animal shelters, or individuals. In order to be adopted or placed, the animals must (1) no longer be needed for research; (2) be suitable for release; (3) not be birds, rats, or mice.
HB-2897: AFTER Act of 2019 Animal Freedom from Testing, Experiments, and Research Act of 2019
Sponsored by: Rep. Sean Maloney
Referred To The Subcommittee On Livestock And Foreign Agriculture. on 06/21/2019
SHARE Information Act Safety Hazard and Recall Efficiency Information Act [HB-5565]
Eliminates a manufacturer's ability to file a claim to prevent the public disclosure by the Consumer Product Safety Commission of certain product information (e.g., product safety warnings). The bill also increases the maximum civil penalty for consumer-product safety violations.
HB-5565: SHARE Information Act Safety Hazard and Recall Efficiency Information Act
Sponsored by: Rep. Eleanor Norton
Introduced In House on 01/09/2020
Online Privacy Act of 2019 [HB-4978]
To provide for individual rights relating to privacy of personal information, to establish privacy and security requirements for covered entities relating to personal information, and to establish an agency to be known as the United States Digital Privacy Agency to enforce such rights and requirements, and for other purposes.
HB-4978: Online Privacy Act of 2019
Sponsored by: Rep. Mark DeSaulnier
Referred To The Subcommittee On Antitrust, Commercial, And Administrative Law. on 12/18/2019