Incentivizing Medicaid Expansion Act of 2019 [HB-584]
[Healthcare ]
[Medicare and Medicaid ]
[Budget and Spending ]
Provides the enhanced federal medical assistance percentage (FMAP) to every state that expands Medicaid coverage for individuals who are newly eligible under the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, regardless of when such expansion takes place. Under current law, the enhanced FMAP is equivalent to 100% in 2014 through 2016, 95% in 2017, 94% in 2018, 93% in 2019, and 90% thereafter. The bill retains this enhanced FMAP, but bases it on a term of years rather than on specific dates. The bill applies retroactively.
HB-584: Incentivizing Medicaid Expansion Act of 2019
Sponsored by: Rep. Barbara Lee
Referred To The Subcommittee On Health. on 01/31/2019
Protect Veterans from Financial Fraud Act of 2019 [HB-592]
[Veterans ]
[Finance ]
[Consumer Protection ]
[Senior Citizens ]
[Law Enforcement ]
[Mental Health ]
[Public Safety ]
[Crime ]
Requires the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) to pay a beneficiary (or beneficiary's successor fiduciary) the amount of the misused benefit when any fiduciary has misused all or part of an individual's benefit. Specifically, the bill requires this payment in any case not involving negligent failure by the VA to investigate or monitor a fiduciary but where a fiduciary misuses all or part of an individual's benefit. The bill removes the stipulation that the fiduciary (1) not be an individual, or (2) serve at least 10 beneficiaries for the VA to
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HB-592: Protect Veterans from Financial Fraud Act of 2019
Sponsored by: Rep. Raul Grijalva
Subcommittee Hearings Held. on 10/22/2019
Expanding Access to the Workforce Through Dual Enrollment Act of 2019 [HB-653]
[Education ]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
[Technology and Innovation ]
[Funding ]
[Grants ]
[Economic Development ]
Directs the Department of Education to provide grants to eligible entities (i.e., a state, or one or more local educational agencies, public institutions of higher education, or private sector entities) to establish, expand, or support dual or concurrent enrollment programs offering career and technical education.
HB-653: Expanding Access to the Workforce Through Dual Enrollment Act of 2019
Sponsored by: Rep. Alcee Hastings
Introduced In House on 01/17/2019
Investing in Tomorrow’s Workforce Act of 2019 [HB-654]
[Taxes ]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
[Small Business ]
[Economic Development ]
[Manufacturing ]
Allows a business-related tax credit for employers who increase spending on worker training programs compared to their average training expenses for the three previous years. The tax credit is equal to the sum of (1) 40% of the increase for high-demand occupation training expenses, and (2) 20% of the increase for low-demand occupation training expenses. The expenses must be for full-time employees whose compensation does not exceed $82,000 for the year. A "high-demand occupation training expense" is designed to lead to employment in an occupation
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HB-654: Investing in Tomorrow’s Workforce Act of 2019
Sponsored by: Rep. Anthony Brown
Introduced In House on 01/17/2019
DREAMers, Immigrants, and Refugees (DIRe) Legal Aid Act [HB-656]
[Immigration ]
[Law Enforcement ]
[Human Rights ]
[Funding ]
[Grants ]
Directs the Department of Justice to make grants to nonprofit legal services providers to provide immigration law-related services to certain aliens facing removal or at risk of being denied entry into the United States. The services shall be available to an alien who (1) is lawfully admitted for permanent residence, (2) has received Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) status, or (3) qualifies for admission as a refugee or whose spouse or parent so qualifies. The Department of Homeland Security shall report to Congress about the immigration
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HB-656: DREAMers, Immigrants, and Refugees (DIRe) Legal Aid Act
Sponsored by: Rep. Sean Maloney
Referred To The Subcommittee On Immigration And Citizenship. on 03/05/2019
Immediate Financial Relief for Federal Employees Act [HB-657]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
[Budget and Spending ]
[Funding ]
[Human Services ]
Directs the Department of the Treasury to provide interest-free loans to federal and District of Columbia government employees affected by a government shutdown and to notify the individual's employer.
HB-657: Immediate Financial Relief for Federal Employees Act
Sponsored by: Rep. Barbara Lee
Introduced In House on 01/17/2019
Burn Pits Accountability Act [HB-663]
[Defense ]
[Veterans ]
[Public Health ]
[Military ]
Burn Pits Accountability Act requires the Department of Defense (DOD) and the military departments to evaluate whether each member of the Armed Forces has been (1) based or stationed where an open air burn pit was used to dispose of waste, or (2) exposed to toxic airborne chemicals. Members located where an open burn pit was used or exposed to toxic airborne chemicals must be enrolled in the Airborne Hazards and Open Burn Pit Registry, unless the member elects not to enroll. The evaluations must be included in periodic health assessments, physical
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HB-663: Burn Pits Accountability Act
Sponsored by: Rep. Sean Maloney
Referred To The Subcommittee On Health. on 02/08/2019
PAST Act U.S. Senator Joseph D. Tydings Memorial Prevent All Soring Tactics Act of 2019 [HB-693]
[Animals ]
[Agriculture ]
[Law Enforcement ]
[Public Safety ]
Addresses the practice of soring horses. The soring of horses includes various actions taken on horses' limbs to produce higher gaits that may cause pain, distress, inflammation, or lameness. Specifically, the bill expands soring regulation and enforcement at horse shows, exhibitions, sales, and auctions, including by establishing a new system for inspecting horses for soring. The Department of Agriculture (USDA) must license, train, assign, and oversee persons for hire by the management of horse shows, exhibitions, sales, or auctions to detect
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HB-693: PAST Act U.S. Senator Joseph D. Tydings Memorial Prevent All Soring Tactics Act of 2019
Sponsored by: Rep. Sean Maloney
Received In The Senate And Read Twice And Referred To The Committee On Commerce, Science, And Transportation. on 07/29/2019
PACT Act Preventing Animal Cruelty and Torture Act [HB-724]
[Animals ]
[Crime ]
[Criminal Justice ]
[Public Safety ]
Revises and expands criminal provisions with respect to animal crushing. It retains existing criminal offenses that prohibit knowingly creating or distributing an animal crush video using interstate commerce. The bill also adds a new provision to criminalize an intentional act of animal crushing. A violator is subject to criminal penalties—a fine, a prison term of up to seven years, or both. It provides additional exceptions for conduct, or a video of conduct, including conduct that is (1) medical or scientific research, (2) necessary to protect
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HB-724: PACT Act Preventing Animal Cruelty and Torture Act
Sponsored by: Rep. Sean Maloney
Became Public Law No: 116-72. (txt | Pdf) on 11/25/2019
2020 Census IDEA Act 2020 Census Improving Data and Enhanced Accuracy Act [HB-732]
[Science ]
[Technology and Innovation ]
[Data Privacy ]
[Elections ]
Prohibits the Department of Commerce, in the 2020 decennial census and each decennial census thereafter, from (1) implementing any major operational design feature that has not been researched, studied, and tested for at least three years before the date on which the applicable census occurs; or (2) including on the questionnaire for the census any subject, type of information, or question that was not submitted to Congress. The Government Accountability Office must certify to Congress that the subjects, types of information, and questions to be
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HB-732: 2020 Census IDEA Act 2020 Census Improving Data and Enhanced Accuracy Act
Sponsored by: Rep. Sean Maloney
Introduced In House on 01/23/2019