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A bill to amend title 49, United States Code, to require air carrier passengers with service animals to adhere to a standard of service animal behavior training.

To amend title 49, United States Code, to require air carrier passengers with service animals to adhere to a standard of service animal behavior training. 1. Standard of service animal behavior training for air carrier passengers Section 41705 of title 49, United States Code, is amended by adding at the end the following: (d) Service animals (1) Definitions For purposes of this subsection and any regulations or guidance carrying out this subsection— (A) the term disability 42 U.S.C. 12102 Public Law 110–325 (B) the term service animal (2) False statements An individual who knowingly and willfully makes a false statement for the purpose of seeking accommodation involving an animal from an air carrier, including (subject to section 40105(b)) any foreign air carrier, providing air transportation that the animal is a service animal trained to do work or perform tasks for the benefit of an individual with a disability or that the animal's training meets the standard of service animal behavior training established under paragraph (3), may be punished in accordance with section 1001 of title 18, United States Code. (3) Standard of service animal behavior training The Secretary of Transportation, in consultation with the Attorney General, the Secretary of Veterans Affairs, and representatives of air carriers, including foreign air carriers, and private industry, shall establish a standard of service animal behavior training that an individual with a disability shall adhere to in seeking accommodation involving a service animal from an air carrier, including (subject to section 40105(b)) any foreign air carrier, providing air transportation. .

Summary: This bill requires the Department of Transportation to establish a standard of service animal behavior training that an individual with a disability shall adhere to in seeking accommodation involving a service animal from an air carrier, including any foreign air carrier, providing air transportation. Any individual who knowingly and willfully makes a false statement to obtain an accommodation involving a service animal from an air carrier is subject to specified criminal penalties.
A bill to nullify the effect of the recent executive order that temporarily restricted individuals from certain countries from entering the United States.

To nullify the effect of the recent executive order that temporarily restricted individuals from certain countries from entering the United States. 1. Rescission The provisions of Executive Order 13769 (82 Fed. Reg. 8977; January 27, 2017), entitled Protecting the Nation from Foreign Terrorist Entry into the United States 2. Effective date This Act shall take effect as if enacted on January 27, 2017. February 2, 2017 Read the second time and placed on the calendar

Summary: This bill rescinds the provisions of Executive Order 13769, entitled "Protecting the Nation from Foreign Terrorist Entry into the United States," effective as of January 27, 2017. Among the order's major provisions are restrictions on the entry of immigrants and nonimmigrants from seven countries (Iran, Iraq, Libya, Somalia, Sudan, Syria, and Yemen) and additional limitations on refugee admissions to the United States.
SNIFF Act

To authorize the United States Postal Service to inspect the contents of certain suspicious packages for illicit materials without a warrant. 1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Search Now, Inspect for Fentanyl Act of 2018 SNIFF Act 2. Authority of United States Postal Service to inspect certain suspicious packages Section 404 of title 39, United States Code, is amended by adding at the end the following: (f) Authority To inspect certain suspicious packages (1) Definitions In this subsection— (A) the term covered package (i) originated outside the United States; and (ii) is addressed to a location within the United States; (B) the term qualified employee (C) the term United States (2) Authority (A) In general Except as provided in subparagraph (B), and notwithstanding subsection (c), if a qualified employee acting in his or her official capacity at an international service center that processes inbound international mail has probable cause to believe that a covered package contains illicit materials, including matter that is nonmailable under section 3001, the employee shall, without obtaining a search warrant, inspect the contents of the covered package. (B) Safety exception The requirement under subparagraph (A) shall not apply with respect to a covered package if a qualified employee believes that inspecting the contents of the covered package would pose a risk of personal injury to the employee or other individuals. (3) Rules of construction Nothing in paragraph (2) shall be construed to authorize— (A) any employee of the Postal Service to inspect a covered package, after the package has entered the domestic distribution network, without obtaining a search warrant; or (B) any person to read correspondence contained in a covered package without obtaining a search warrant. .

Summary: Search Now, Inspect for Fentanyl Act of 2018 or the SNIFF Act This bill requires a U.S. Postal Service employee at an international service center who has been properly trained to inspect the contents of a package that originated outside the United States and is addressed to a U.S. location to inspect the contents of such package, without obtaining a search warrant, if there is probable cause to believe that such package contains illicit materials, including matter that is nonmailable. Such requirement shall not apply if the employee believes that inspecting the contents of such a package would pose a risk of personal injury to the employee or other individuals.
Federal Network Protection Act

To clarify that the Secretary of Homeland Security is not required to provide notice to private entities before issuing binding operational directives on agency information security policies and practices. 1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Federal Network Protection Act 2. Notice not required for private entities Section 3553 of title 44, United States Code, is amended— (1) by redesignating subsection (j) as subsection (k); and (2) by inserting after subsection (i) the following: (j) Rule of construction Nothing in this section shall be construed to require the Secretary to provide notice to any private entity before the Secretary issues a binding operational directive under subsection (b)(2). .

Summary: Federal Network Protection Act This bill specifies that the Department of Homeland Security is not required to provide notice to private entities before issuing binding operational directives on agency information security policies and practices.
Crumbling Foundations Small Business and Homeowners Assistance Act of 2018

To establish a grant program to provide assistance to prevent and repair damage to structures due to pyrrhotite. 1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Crumbling Foundations Small Business and Homeowners Assistance Act of 2018 2. Grant program (a) Definition In this section, the term Administrator (b) Authorization The Administrator shall award grants to States to provide assistance to owners of small businesses, condominium associations, and homeowners located within the State to prevent, mitigate, and repair damage to structures that have sustained or may sustain damage due to concrete foundations that contain pyrrhotite. (c) Application A covered State desiring a grant under this section shall submit an application to the Administrator at such time, in such manner, and accompanied by such information as the Administrator may require. (d) Use of funds A State receiving a grant under this section shall use grant funds to provide full or partial reimbursement to affected owners of small businesses, condominium associations, and homeowners for the costs of prevention, mitigation and repair of damage described in subsection (b). (e) Grant amount and duration (1) Amount Each grant awarded to a State under this section in a fiscal year shall be in an amount of not more than $20,000,000. (2) Duration A grant awarded under this section— (A) shall be for a period of 5 years; and (B) may be renewed for not more than 3 additional periods. (f) Authorization of appropriations There are authorized to be appropriated to carry out this section $20,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2019 through 2023.

Summary: Crumbling Foundations Small Business and Homeowners Assistance Act of 2018 This bill requires the Federal Emergency Management Agency to award grants for states to assist homeowners, small-business owners, and condominium associations in preventing, mitigating, and repairing structural damage to concrete foundations that contain pyrrhotite (an iron sulfide mineral linked to crumbling foundations).
National Evaluation of Techniques for Making Energy Technologies More Efficient and Resilient Act of 2018

To provide for the study and evaluation of net metering, and for other purposes. 1. Short title This Act may be cited as the National Evaluation of Techniques for Making Energy Technologies More Efficient and Resilient Act of 2018 2. Net metering study and evaluation Title XVIII of the Energy Policy Act of 2005 ( Public Law 109–58 1841. Net metering study and evaluation (a) In general Not later than 180 days after the date of enactment of this section, the Secretary shall seek to enter into an agreement with the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine (referred to in this section as the National Academies (1) study the opportunities and challenges associated with net metering; and (2) evaluate the expected medium- and long-term impacts of net metering. (b) Elements The study and evaluation conducted pursuant to the agreement entered into under subsection (a) shall address— (1) developments in net metering, including the emergence of new technologies; (2) alternatives to existing metering systems that— (A) provide for transactions that— (i) measure electric energy consumption by an electric consumer at the home or facility of that electric consumer; and (ii) are capable of sending electric energy usage information through a communications network to an electric utility; (B) promote equitable distribution of resources and costs; and (C) provide incentives for the use of distributed renewable generation; (3) net metering planning and operating techniques; (4) effective architecture for net metering; (5) successful net metering business models; (6) consumer and industry incentives for net metering; (7) the role of renewable resources in the electric grid; (8) the role of net metering in developing future models for renewable infrastructure; and (9) the use of battery storage with net metering. (c) Report (1) In general The agreement entered into under subsection (a) shall require the National Academies to submit to the Secretary, not later than 2 years after entering into the agreement, a report that describes the results of the study and evaluation conducted pursuant to the agreement. (2) Public availability The report submitted under paragraph (1) shall be made available to the public through electronic means, including the internet. .

Summary: National Evaluation of Techniques for Making Energy Technologies More Efficient and Resilient Act of 2018 This bill directs the Department of Energy to seek to enter into an agreement with the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine under which the national academies must study and evaluate net metering. Net metering allows consumers who generate some or all of their own electricity to use that electricity anytime, instead of when it is generated.
BATTLE for Servicemembers Act

To amend title 10, United States Code, to require members of the Armed Forces to receive additional training under the Transition Assistance Program, and for other purposes. 1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Better Access to Technical Training, Learning, and Entrepreneurship for Ser­vice­mem­bers Act BATTLE for Ser­vice­mem­bers Act 2. Required training; waivers Section 1144(f) of title 10, United States Code, is amended— (1) in the heading, by striking Opportunities (2) in paragraph (1)— (A) by inserting and subject to paragraph (2) section (B) by striking the Secretary of Defense shall permit (C) by striking to elect to shall (3) by striking paragraph (2) and inserting the following new paragraph: (2) The Secretary of Defense and the Secretary of Homeland Security shall, under regulations such Secretaries shall prescribe, waive the additional training under paragraph (1) for: (A) Such groups or classifications of members as the Secretaries determine, after consultation with the Secretary of Labor and the Secretary of Veterans Affairs, for whom participation is not and would not be of assistance to such members based on the articulable justification of the Secretaries that there is extraordinarily high reason to believe the exempted members are unlikely to face major readjustment, health care, employment, or other challenges associated with transition to civilian life. (B) A member possessing specialized skills who, due to unavoidable circumstances, is needed to support the imminent deployment of a unit. (C) A member who elects in writing not to receive such additional training. .

Summary: Better Access to Technical Training, Learning, and Entrepreneurship for Servicemembers Act or the BATTLE for Servicemembers Act This bill directs the Department of Defense and the Department of Homeland Security to waive additional training under the Transition Assistance Program (TAP) under certain circumstances. The TAP provides information and training to service members and their spouses to assist them in the transition to civilian life by pursuing additional education, finding a job in the public or private sector, or starting their own business. Under the bill, service members must participate in TAP training programs unless they choose to opt out of such programs.
Agricultural Export Expansion Act of 2017

To allow the financing by United States persons of sales of agricultural commodities to Cuba. 1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Agricultural Export Expansion Act of 2017 2. Financing of sales of agricultural commodities to Cuba (a) In general Notwithstanding any other provision of law (other than section 908 of the Trade Sanctions Reform and Export Enhancement Act of 2000 ( 22 U.S.C. 7207 (b) Definitions In this section: (1) Agricultural commodity The term agricultural commodity 7 U.S.C. 5602 (2) Financing The term financing (c) Conforming amendment Section 908 of the Trade Sanctions Reform and Export Enhancement Act of 2000 ( 22 U.S.C. 7207 (1) in the section heading, by striking and financing (2) by striking subsection (b); (3) in subsection (a)— (A) by striking Prohibition (1) In general.— In general.— (B) by redesignating paragraphs (2) and (3) as subsections (b) and (c), respectively, and by moving those subsections, as so redesignated, 2 ems to the left; and (4) by striking paragraph (1) subsection (a)

Summary: Agricultural Export Expansion Act of 2017 This bill amends the Trade Sanctions Reform and Export Enhancement Act of 2000 to permit a person subject to the jurisdiction of the United States to provide payment or financing for sales of agricultural commodities to Cuba or to an individual or entity in Cuba.
Preserving Our Commitment to Homeless Veterans Act

To require the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to ensure that the supported housing program of the Department of Veterans Affairs has not fewer than one program manager for every 35 rental assistance cases under such program, and for other purposes. 1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Preserving Our Commitment to Homeless Veterans Act 2. Staffing of program managers for supported housing program of Department of Veterans Affairs (a) Staffing Section 2003(b) of title 38, United States Code, is amended— (1) by inserting (1) The Secretary (2) by adding at the end the following new paragraph: (2) The Secretary shall provide case management support whenever requested by a local housing authority under the supported housing program administered under such section. (3) (A) Except as provided in subparagraph (B), the Secretary shall ensure that in each fiscal year no case manager is concurrently assigned to more than 35 veterans under this subsection. (B) The Secretary may waive the requirement of subparagraph (A) for a particular case manager in a particular fiscal year as the Secretary considers appropriate. (C) Not less frequently than once each fiscal year, the Secretary shall submit to Congress a report on the waivers made by the Secretary under subparagraph (B) in the previous fiscal year. Each report shall include a description of the circumstances under which each waiver was made. (4) The Secretary shall ensure that each veteran to whom a case manager is assigned under this subsection is located within such distance of the case manager as the Secretary considers reasonable. (5) (A) In any case in which a position within the Veterans Health Administration for a case manager described in paragraph (1) is vacant for a period of 180 days or more, the Secretary shall seek to enter into a contract with a local service provider with knowledge and expertise applicable to a case manager in such position to furnish the case management services that would otherwise be provided by a case manager in such position. (B) The requirement in subparagraph (A) to seek to enter into a contract shall cease to apply if the Secretary fills the vacancy referred to in such subparagraph. . (b) Limitation on conversion of funds The Secretary of Veterans Affairs may not convert any of the amounts appropriated or otherwise made available in a fiscal year to carry out section 8(o)(19) of the United States Housing Act of 1937 ( 42 U.S.C. 1437f(o)(19)

Summary: Preserving Our Commitment to Homeless Veterans Act This bill requires the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) to provide case management support to local housing authorities under the VA-supported housing program. The program assists veterans who are homeless and their families in finding and sustaining permanent housing.
A bill to designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 6 Doyers Street in New York, New York, as the "Mabel Lee Memorial Post Office".

To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 6 Doyers Street in New York, New York, as the Mabel Lee Memorial Post Office 1. Mabel Lee Memorial Post Office (a) Designation The facility of the United States Postal Service located at 6 Doyers Street in New York, New York, shall be known and designated as the Mabel Lee Memorial Post Office (b) References Any reference in a law, map, regulation, document, paper, or other record of the United States to the facility referred to in subsection (a) shall be deemed to be a reference to the Mabel Lee Memorial Post Office

Summary: Designates the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 6 Doyers Street in New York, New York, as the "Mabel Lee Memorial Post Office."
A bill to amend the Clean Air Act to exclude energy efficiency projects, pollution control projects, and reliability projects from the definition of a modification.

To amend the Clean Air Act to exclude energy efficiency projects, pollution control projects, and reliability projects from the definition of a modification. 1. Exclusion of energy efficiency proj­ects, pollution control projects, and reliability projects from the definition of a modification Section 111(a)(4) of the Clean Air Act ( 42 U.S.C. 7411(a)(4) (1) by striking (4) The term modification (4) Modification (A) In general The term modification ; and (2) by adding at the end the following: (B) Exclusion The term modification (C) Associated definitions For purposes of subparagraph (B): (i) Energy efficiency project The term energy efficiency project (I) as a result of which the maximum hourly carbon dioxide emissions rate of the stationary source is lower than that rate was immediately before the project or activity, or the group of projects, activities, or changes, was undertaken; and (II) after which the maximum hourly emission rate for any other regulated pollutant is not more than either the facility-wide or unit-specific permitted emission rate. (ii) Pollution control project The term pollution control project (iii) Reliability project The term reliability project (I) to supply the aggregate electric power and energy requirements of electricity consumers at all times, taking into account scheduled and reasonably expected unscheduled outages of system components; and (II) to withstand sudden disturbances, such as electric short circuits, the unanticipated loss of system components, or disturbances caused by manmade physical or cyber attacks. .

Summary: This bill amends the Clean Air Act to exclude energy efficiency projects, pollution control projects, and reliability projects from the new source review process (requiring stationary sources of air pollution to get approval before construction or modification).
A bill to amend the Clean Air Act to clarify when a physical change in, or change in the method of operation of, a stationary source constitutes a modification, and for other purposes.

To amend the Clean Air Act to clarify when a physical change in, or change in the method of operation of, a stationary source constitutes a modification, and for other purposes. 1. Clarification of definition of modification Section 111(a)(4) of the Clean Air Act ( 42 U.S.C. 7411(a)(4) (1) by striking (4) The term modification (4) Modification (A) In general The term modification ; and (2) by adding at the end the following: (B) Associated definition For purposes of subparagraph (A), a physical change in, or change in the method of operation of, a stationary source shall be considered to increase the amount of any air pollutant emitted by the stationary source only if the maximum achievable hourly emissions rate of the stationary source after the change will be higher than— (i) the maximum achievable hourly emissions rate of the stationary source as the stationary source was originally designed; and (ii) the maximum hourly emissions rate of the stationary source that was actually achieved during the 10-year period preceding the change. .

Summary: This bill amends the Clean Air Act to provide that a modification of a stationary source results in an increase in air pollution only when the maximum achievable hourly emissions rate from the source is higher than: (1) the rate of the source as it was originally designed, and (2) the rate that was actually achieved during the 10 years before the change.