The House agreed to H.R. 3 –Elijah E. Cummings Lower Drug Costs Now Act of 2019.  On passage Passed by the Yeas and Nays: 230 - 192 (Roll no. 682).

 H.R. 5038 – Farm Workforce Modernization Act of 2019 (Rep. Lofgren – Judiciary) (Subject to a Rule)  This bill contains provisions related to alien farmworkers, including provisions establishing a certified agricultural worker (CAW) status and changing the H-2A temporary worker program. On passage Passed by recorded vote: 260 - 165, 1 Present (Roll no. 674).

H.R. 5035 – Television Viewer Protection Act of 2019 (Rep. Doyle – Energy and Commerce) to extend expiring provisions relating to the retransmission of signals of television broadcast stations Agreed to by voice vote.

 H.R. 4372 – MSI STEM Achievement Act (Rep. Bernice Johnson – Science, Space, and Technology)  This bill supports efforts to increase science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) education at minority-serving institutions of higher education   Agreed to by voice vote.

H.R. 4373 – Engineering Biology Research and Development Act of 2019, as amended (Rep. Bernice Johnson – Science, Space, and Technology)  To provide for a coordinated Federal research initiative to ensure continued United States leadership in engineering biology. Agreed to by voice vote. 

H.R. 2051 – Sustainable Chemistry Research and Development Act of 2019, as amended (Rep. Lipinski – Science, Space, and Technology)  To provide for Federal coordination of activities supporting sustainable chemistry  Agreed to by voice vote

H.R. 5213 – NASA Enhanced Use Leasing Extension Act of 2019, as amended (Rep. Horn – Science, Space, and Technology)  extends the authority of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration to enter into leases of non-excess property of the Administration. Agreed to by voice vote

S. 737 – Building Blocks of STEM Act (Sen. Rosen – Science, Space, and Technology) directs the National Science Foundation to support STEM education research focused on early childhood. Passed Senate with an amendment by Voice Vote. Passed/agreed to in House: Agreed to by voice vote.

H.R. 4355 – IOGAN Act (Rep. Gonzalez (OH) – Science, Space, and Technology)  To direct the Director of the National Science Foundation to support research on the outputs that may be generated by generative adversarial networks, otherwise known as deepfakes, Agreed to by voice vote.

H.R. 4566 – Virginia Beach Strong Act (Rep. Luria – Ways and Means) To accelerate the income tax benefits for charitable cash contributions for the relief of the families of victims of the mass shooting in Virginia Beach, Virginia, on May 31, 2019. Agreed to by voice vote.

H.R. 3669 – Weatherizing Infrastructure in the North and Terrorism Emergency Readiness Act of 2019 (Rep. Slotkin – Homeland Security)  To require the Secretary of Homeland Security to conduct a collective response to a terrorism exercise that includes the management of cascading effects on critical infrastructure during times of extreme cold weather  Agreed to by voice vote.

H.R. 4761 – DHS Opioid Detection Resilience Act of 2019 (Rep. Higgins (LA) – Homeland Security)  To ensure U.S. Customs and Border Protection officers, agents, and other personnel have adequate synthetic opioid detection equipment, that the Department of Homeland Security has a process to update synthetic opioid detection capability  Agreed to by the Yeas and Nays: (2/3 required): 393 – 1 (Roll no. 655).

H.R. 4739 – Synthetic Opioid Exposure Prevention and Training Act (Rep. Clarke – Homeland Security)  to protect U.S. Customs and Border Protection officers, agents, other personnel, and canines against potential synthetic opioid exposure,

Agreed to by the Yeas and Nays: (2/3 required): 393 – 0 (Roll no. 656).

H.R. 4727 – Department of Homeland Security Mentor-Protégé Program Act of 2019 (Rep. McEachin – Homeland Security)  To amend the Homeland Security Act of 2002 to establish a mentor-protégé program, Agreed to by voice vote.

H.R. 3318 – Emerging Transportation Security Threats Act of 2019 (Rep. Joyce (PA) – Homeland Security)  o establish a task force to conduct an analysis of emerging and potential future threats to transportation security  including threats posed by the release of chemical or biological agents in aviation or surface transportation systems. Agreed to by voice vote.

H.R. 4713 – Department of Homeland Security Office of Civil Rights and Civil Liberties Authorization Act (Rep. Green (TX) – Homeland Security)  to make certain improvements in the Office for Civil Rights and Civil Liberties of the Department of Homeland Security Agreed to by voice vote.

H.R. 4402 – Inland Waters Security Review Act (Rep. Lesko – Homeland Security) to require the Secretary of Homeland Security to conduct an inland waters threat analysis, Agreed to by voice vote.

H.R. 3469 – Covert Testing and Risk Mitigation Improvement Act of 2019 (Rep. Cummings – Homeland Security)  This bill establishes standards for the covert testing process that the Transportation Security Administration (TSA) uses to evaluate its aviation security operations. Agreed to by voice vote.

S. 256 – Esther Martinez Native Languages Programs Reauthorization Act (Sen. Udall – Education and Labor)  This bill revises a grant program administered by the Administration for Native Americans at the Department of Health and Human Services to preserve Native American languages.  Passed Senate without amendment by Voice Vote.// Passed/agreed to in House:  Agreed to by voice vote.

H.R. 729 – Coastal and Great Lakes Communities Enhancement Act (Rep. Kilmer – Natural Resources) (Subject to a Rule)  To amend the Coastal Zone Management Act of 1972 to authorize grants to Indian Tribes to further achievement of Tribal coastal zone objectives On passage Passed by the Yeas and Nays: 262 – 151 (Roll no. 667).

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