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Stop Civil Asset Forfeiture Funding for Marijuana Suppression Act of 2018

To amend title 28, United States Code, to prohibit the use of amounts from the Asset Forfeiture Fund for the Domestic Cannabis Suppression/Eradication Program of the Drug Enforcement Administration, and for other purposes. 1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Stop Civil Asset Forfeiture Funding for Marijuana Suppression Act of 2018 2. Restriction on use of the Asset Forfeiture Fund for the Domestic Cannabis Suppression/Eradication Program Section 524 of title 28, United States Code, is amended by adding at the end the following: (e) Notwithstanding subsection (c) of this section, beginning in fiscal year 2019, and for each fiscal year thereafter, no amounts in the Fund may be used for the Domestic Cannabis Suppression/Eradication Program of the Drug Enforcement Administration, or any substantially similar program. . 3. No authority to transfer property for purposes of the Domestic Cannabis Suppression/Eradication Program Notwithstanding section 981(e) of title 18, United States Code, no property may be transferred to a Federal agency or a State and local agency, if that property is used for any purpose pertaining to the Domestic Cannabis Suppression/Eradication Program of the Drug Enforcement Administration, or any substantially similar program. 4. Sense of Congress It is the sense of Congress that the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) expends a large amount of resources on enforcing prohibitions on marijuana. The comments of former DEA Administrator Chuck Rosenberg about the relative harm of marijuana support Congress’s belief that the DEA’s marijuana prohibition policy is an inappropriate use of resources.

Summary: Stop Civil Asset Forfeiture Funding for Marijuana Suppression Act of 2018 This bill prohibits the use of amounts in the Department of Justice Assets Forfeiture Fund for the Drug Enforcement Administration's (DEA's) Domestic Cannabis Suppression/Eradication Program. Additionally, the bill prohibits the transfer of property to a federal or state and local agency for a purpose pertaining to such a program. Finally, the bill expresses the sense of Congress that the DEA's marijuana prohibition policy is an inappropriate use of resources.
Pulled Pork Act

To prohibit the use of Federal funds made available in the form of an earmark, and for other purposes. 1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Pulled Pork Act 2. Prohibition on earmarks (a) In general No funds made available after the date of enactment of this Act to any Executive agency through an earmark may be obligated or expended by that agency, and any such funds are rescinded effective on the date the funds are so made available. (b) Executive agency identification of earmarks and report (1) Agency identification The head of each Executive agency shall submit to the Director of the Office of Management and Budget an annual report that identifies each earmark for a project of the agency that is ineligible for funding under subsection (a). (2) Annual report The Director of the Office of Management and Budget shall submit to Congress, and publish on the Office’s public website, an annual report on earmarks that includes— (A) a listing and accounting for earmarks identified under paragraph (1); and (B) the annual savings resulting from this section for the previous fiscal year. (c) Definitions In this section: (1) Agency The term Executive agency (2) Earmark The term earmark

Summary: Pulled Pork Act This bill prohibits federal agencies from using funds made available through an earmark after the enactment of this bill. It also rescinds the earmarked funds effective on the date the funds are made available. An "earmark" is a provision or report language included primarily at the request of a Member of Congress providing, authorizing, or recommending a specific amount of discretionary budget authority, credit authority, or other spending authority for a contract, loan, loan guarantee, grant, loan authority, or other expenditure with or to an entity, or targeted to a specific state, locality or congressional district, other than through a statutory or administrative formula-driven or competitive award process. Each agency must submit to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) an annual report identifying each earmark that is ineligible for funding under this bill. OMB must then submit to Congress and publish on its website an annual report detailing the identified earmarks and the annual savings resulting from this bill.
Connecting the Rest to the West

To amend the Intermodal Surface Transportation Efficiency Act of 1991 to include certain areas in the Central Texas Corridor. 1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Connecting the Rest to the West 2. Central Texas Corridor Section 1105(c)(84) of the Intermodal Surface Transportation Efficiency Act of 1991 (105 Stat. 2032; 112 Stat. 190; 119 Stat. 1213) is amended by adding at the end the following: The Corridor also shall— (A) not include the section of US 190 from I–10 in Pecos County to Brady in McCullough County; (B) include the following routes in the Central Texas Corridor and the I–14 system in Texas— (i) beginning in the vicinity of State Highway 338 in Odessa, Texas, running eastward concurrent with Interstate 20, connecting to State Highway 158 in the vicinity of Midland, Texas, then following State Highway 158 eastward to US 87 and then following US 87 southeastward, passing in the vicinity of San Angelo; and (ii) connecting to US 190 in the vicinity of Brady, Texas; and (C) include US 83 southward from the vicinity of Eden, Texas, to a logical connection to Interstate 10 at Junction, Texas. .

Summary: Connecting the Rest to the West This bill amends the Intermodal Surface Transportation Efficiency Act of 1991 to include the following named areas as part of the high priority Central Texas Corridor of the National Highway System in Texas: certain routes in the corridor and the I-14 system in Texas, beginning in the vicinity of State Highway 338 in Odessa, Texas, running eastward concurrent with Interstate 20, connecting to State Highway 158 in the vicinity of Midland, Texas, then following State Highway 158 eastward to US 87 and then following US 87 southeastward, passing in the vicinity of San Angelo, and connecting to US 190 in the vicinity of Brady, Texas; US 83 southward from the vicinity of Eden, Texas, to a logical connection to Interstate 10 at Junction, Texas. The corridor shall not include the section of US 190 from I-10 in Pecos County to Brady in McCullough County, Texas.
Federal Employee Retroactive Pay Fairness Act

To provide for the compensation of Federal employees furloughed during a Government shutdown. 1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Federal Employee Retroactive Pay Fairness Act 2. Compensation for Federal employees furloughed during a Government shutdown Federal employees furloughed as a result of any lapse in appropriations that begins on or about January 19, 2018, shall be compensated at their standard rate of compensation, for the period of such lapse in appropriations, as soon as practicable after such lapse in appropriations ends.

Summary: Federal Employee Retroactive Pay Fairness Act This bill requires federal employees furloughed due to a lapse in appropriations that begins on or about January 19, 2018, to be compensated at their standard rate of compensation for the period of such lapse as soon as practicable after such lapse ends.
RESTORED Act of 2018

To amend the Communications Act of 1934 to clarify that an eligible telecommunications carrier may use high cost universal service support to aid in the restoration of telecommunications capabilities in an area in which the President has declared a major disaster or emergency and may elect to receive an advance payment of such support. 1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Restoring Economic Strength and Telecommunications Operations by Releasing Expected Dollars Act of 2018 RESTORED Act of 2018 2. Use of high cost universal service support following presidentially declared major disasters or emergencies Section 254 of the Communications Act of 1934 ( 47 U.S.C. 254 (m) Use of high cost universal service support following presidentially declared major disasters or emergencies (1) Use of support A covered telecommunications carrier may use high cost support received with respect to a covered area to aid in the restoration of telecommunications capabilities in such area if such carrier— (A) repairs its network as rapidly and widely as possible to restore service; and (B) uses such support for such restoration only in a covered area that is substantially unserved by facilities-based providers of residential fixed voice and broadband service that do not receive high cost support. (2) Advance payments (A) In general If a covered telecommunications carrier makes an election described in subparagraph (B) with respect to a covered area, the Commission shall provide to such carrier in the form of a single advance payment the high cost support that, in the absence of such election, such carrier would have received with respect to such area over the number of months specified in such election. (B) Election The election described in this subparagraph is an election— (i) by a covered telecommunications carrier to receive high cost support with respect to a covered area for a number of months specified in the election (not to exceed 7 months) in the form of a single advance payment; and (ii) that is made not later than 30 days after the President has declared a major disaster or emergency under the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act ( 42 U.S.C. 5121 (3) Definitions (A) Covered area The term covered area 42 U.S.C. 5121 (B) Covered telecommunications carrier The term covered telecommunications carrier (C) High cost support The term high cost support .

Summary: Restoring Economic Strength and Telecommunications Operations by Releasing Expected Dollars Act of 2018 or the RESTORED Act of 2018 This bill amends the Communications Act of 1934 to allow a telecommunications carrier to use funds provided from the Universal Service High Cost program to aid in the restoration of telecommunications capabilities after a presidentially declared major disaster or emergency if the carrier repairs its network as quickly and widely as possible to restore service, and uses such funds only in an area that is substantially unserved by facilities-based providers of residential fixed voice and broadband service that do not receive high cost support funds.
Job TOOLS for Veterans Act

To extend the pilot program on off-base transition training for veterans and spouses. 1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Job Training through Off-Base Opportunities and Local Support for Veterans Act Job TOOLS for Veterans Act 2. Pilot program for off-base transition training for veterans and spouses (a) Extension of pilot program Subsection (a) of section 301 of the Dignified Burial and Other Veterans’ Benefits Improvement Act of 2012 ( Public Law 112–260 10 U.S.C. 1144 (1) by striking During the two-year period beginning on the date of the enactment of this Act, the During the five-year period beginning on the date of the enactment of the Job TOOLS for Veterans Act, the (2) by striking to assess the feasibility and advisability of providing such program to eligible individuals at locations other than military installations (b) Locations Subsection (c) of such section is amended— (1) in paragraph (1), by striking not less than three and not more than five States not less than 50 locations in States (as defined in section 101(20) of title 38, United States Code) (2) in paragraph (2), by striking at least two at least 20 (c) Conforming repeal Subsection (f) of such section is repealed.

Summary: Job Training through Off-Base Opportunities and Local Support for Veterans Act or the Job TOOLS for Veterans Act This bill amends the Dignified Burial and Other Veterans' Benefits Improvement Act of 2012 to extend and expand the pilot program to provide transition training to veterans and their spouses off base.
To provide an exemption to noncontiguous States for certain essential air service requirements.

To provide an exemption to noncontiguous States for certain essential air service requirements. 1. Sense of Congress It is the sense of Congress that— (1) as noncontiguous States, Alaska and Hawaii are burdened with unique transportation challenges without viable alternatives; (2) communities in Alaska and Hawaii are reliant on air transportation, making it an essential lifeline for conducting business, receiving healthcare, and obtaining an education; (3) the people of Alaska and Hawaii historically have been exempt from essential air service eligibility requirements under subchapter II of chapter 417 (4) proposed changes to the essential air service program must consider this historical exemption for Alaska and Hawaii and recognize their reliance on air transportation. 2. EAS exemption for noncontiguous States The matter under the heading Department of Transportation—Office of the Secretary—Payments to Air Carriers Public Law 115–31 , excluding a community located in a noncontiguous State,” after “small hub airport

Summary: This bill exempts noncontiguous states (i.e., Hawaii and Alaska) from certain cost-sharing requirements under the essential air service program.
Standardizing Electronic Prior Authorization for Safe Prescribing Act of 2018

To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to provide for electronic prior authorization under Medicare part D for covered part D drugs, and for other purposes. 1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Standardizing Electronic Prior Authorization for Safe Prescribing Act of 2018 2. Electronic prior authorization for covered part D drugs (a) Inclusion in electronic prescription program Section 1860D–4(e)(2) of the Social Security Act ( 42 U.S.C. 1395w–104(e)(2) (E) Electronic prior authorization (i) In general Not later than January 1, 2021, the program shall provide for the secure electronic transmittal of— (I) a prior authorization request from the prescribing health care professional for coverage of a covered part D drug for a part D eligible individual enrolled in a part D plan (as defined in section 1860D–23(a)(5)) to the PDP sponsor or Medicare Advantage organization offering such plan; and (II) a response, in accordance with this subparagraph, from such PDP sponsor or Medicare Advantage organization, respectively, to such professional. (ii) Electronic transmission (I) Exclusions For purposes of this subparagraph, a facsimile, proprietary payer portal that meets such standards as specified by the Secretary, or electronic form shall not be treated as an electronic transmission described in clause (i). (II) Standards In order to be treated, for purposes of this subparagraph, as an electronic transmission described in clause (i), such transmission shall comply with technical standards adopted by the Secretary in consultation with the National Council for Prescription Drug Programs, other standard setting organizations determined appropriate by the Secretary, and stakeholders including PDP sponsors, Medicare Advantage organizations, health care professionals, and health information technology software vendors. . (b) Sense of Congress regarding electronic prior authorization It is the sense of the Congress that— (1) there should be increased use of electronic prior authorizations for coverage of covered part D drugs for part D eligible individuals enrolled in prescription drug plans under part D of title XVIII of the Social Security Act and MA–PD plans under part C of such title to reduce access delays by resolving coverage issues before prescriptions for such drugs are transmitted; and (2) greater priority should be placed on increasing the adoption of use of such electronic prior authorizations among prescribers of such drugs, pharmacies, PDP sponsors, and Medicare Advantage organizations. June 12, 2018 Reported from the Committee on Energy and Commerce June 12, 2018 The Committee on Ways and Means

Summary: Standardizing Electronic Prior Authorization for Safe Prescribing Act of 2018 This bill requires Medicare's electronic-prescription program to provide for the secure electronic transmittal of a prior authorization request from a Medicare enrollee's prescribing health-care professional with respect to a drug covered under the Medicare prescription drug benefit.
Zero-Baseline Budget Act of 2018

To amend the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985 to eliminate automatic increases for inflation from CBO baseline projections for discretionary appropriations, and for other purposes. 1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Zero-Baseline Budget Act of 2018 2. Changes in the baseline Section 257(c) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985 is amended— (1) in the second sentence of paragraph (1), by striking everything that follows current year, excluding resources designated as an emergency requirement and any resources provided in supplemental appropriation laws. (2) by striking paragraphs (2), (3), (4), and (5); (3) by redesignating paragraph (6) as paragraph (2); and (4) by inserting after paragraph (2) the following new paragraph: (3) No adjustment for inflation No adjustment shall be made for inflation or for any other factor. .

Summary: Zero-Baseline Budget Act of 2018 This bill amends the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985 to change the assumptions that the Congressional Budget Office uses to calculate the baseline for discretionary spending. (A baseline is a projection of federal spending and receipts during a fiscal year under current law.) The bill changes the assumptions used for the discretionary spending baseline to eliminate adjustments required under current law for inflation, expiring housing contracts, social insurance administrative expenses, pay adjustments, and changes to other personnel benefits. The bill also prohibits adjustments for inflation or any other factor.
Taxpayer Conscience Protection Act of 2018

To require States to report information on Medicaid payments to abortion providers. 1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Taxpayer Conscience Protection Act of 2018 2. Required reporting of medicaid payments to abortion providers (a) In general Not later than 60 days after the end of fiscal year 2018 and each fiscal year thereafter, each State that makes a Medicaid payment from Federal funds during the fiscal year for any items or services furnished by an abortion provider shall— (1) submit to the Secretary a report on all such payments; and (2) publish the report on a public Internet website of the State. (b) Report described The report under subsection (a) shall, with respect to each payment, include the following: (1) A specification of the amount of the payment. (2) A specification of the purposes for which the payment was made. (3) A comparison of the amount of the payment with the amount of any such payment to the provider involved in any prior fiscal year. (4) A specification of the number of abortions performed during the fiscal year by the provider involved. (c) Report to congress Not later than 90 days after the end of each fiscal year, the Secretary shall submit to the Committee on Energy and Commerce of the House of Representatives and to the Committee on Finance of the Senate, and publish on a public Internet website of the Department of Health and Human Services, a report that— (1) contains the reports submitted pursuant to subsection (a) for the fiscal year; and (2) includes a summary of the reports. (d) Definitions In this section: (1) Abortion provider The term abortion provider (A) performs (or refers an individual for) an abortion; or (B) controls, is controlled by, or is under common control with, an entity described in subparagraph (A). (2) Medicaid payment from Federal funds The term Medicaid payment from Federal funds (3) Secretary The term Secretary (4) State The term State (e) Conforming amendments to Social Security Act Section 1902(a) of the Social Security Act ( 42 U.S.C. 1396a(a) (1) by striking and (2) by striking the period at the end of paragraph (83) and inserting ; and (3) by inserting after paragraph (83) the following: (84) provide for the submission of reports in accordance with section 2 of the Taxpayer Conscience Protection Act of 2018. .

Summary: Taxpayer Conscience Protection Act of 2018 This bill requires a state that makes a Medicaid payment using federal funds in a given fiscal year for any items or services furnished by an abortion provider to: (1) submit a report to the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) on all such payments, and (2) publish the report on the state's website. HHS must submit to specified congressional committees, and publish on its website, a report that contains all submitted reports and a summary of those reports.
Asylum Protection Act of 2018

To amend the Immigration and Nationality Act to alter the deadlines by which an application for asylum must be made, and for other purposes. 1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Asylum Protection Act of 2018 2. Dates of applications for asylum Section 208(a)(2) of the Immigration and Nationality Act ( 8 U.S.C. 1158(a)(2) (1) by striking 1 year 30 days (2) by adding before the period at the end the following: , except that, in the case of an alien who arrives at a designated port of arrival, that alien shall be required to commence an application at the time of arrival

Summary: Asylum Protection Act of 2018 This bill amends the Immigration and Nationality Act to: (1) replace the current deadline for an asylum application from 1 year to 30 days from the date an asylum seeker enters the United States, and (2) require an applicant who arrives at a designated port of entry to begin the asylum application at the time of arrival.