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Unexploded Ordnance Removal Act

To require the Secretary of Defense, in concurrence with the Secretary of State, to develop and implement a strategy for removing unexploded ordnance in Syria and Iraq, and for other purposes. 1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Unexploded Ordnance Removal Act 2. Strategy for removing unexploded ordnance in Syria and Iraq (a) In general The Secretary of Defense, in concurrence with the Secretary of State, shall develop and implement a strategy for removing unexploded ordnance in Syria and Iraq that includes the following: (1) An assessment of the hazards posed by unexploded ordnance in Syria and Iraq, including with respect to U.S. strategic and military interests, the areas of concentration of unexploded ordnance, and schools, hospitals, or civil-service buildings that are proximate to unexploded ordnance. (2) A detailed description and timeline for actions to eliminate the hazards posed by unexploded ordnance in Syria and Iraq. (b) Multilateral coordination In developing and implementing the strategy required under subsection (a), the Secretary of Defense is authorized to coordinate as appropriate with appropriate officials of foreign countries and multilateral institutions. (c) Report Not later than 270 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, and annually thereafter until December 31, 2021, the Secretary of Defense, in consultation with the Secretary of State, shall submit to the congressional defense committees, the Committee on Foreign Relations of the Senate, and the Committee on Foreign Affairs of the House of Representatives a report that includes— (1) in the first such report, the strategy described in subsection (a), including— (A) the results of the assessment described in subsection (a)(1); (B) the description and timeline required by subsection (a)(2); and (C) a description of contributions of foreign partners in developing the strategy in accordance with subsection (b); (2) in subsequent reports, any updates from the previous report to such strategy, results, descriptions, or timeline; and (3) the actions taken pursuant to the authorization under subsection (b) to implement such strategy, as so updated, through multilateral efforts.

Summary: Unexploded Ordnance Removal Act This bill directs the Department of Defense (DOD) to develop a strategy for removing unexploded ordnance in Syria and Iraq that includes an assessment of areas of ordnance concentration, proximate schools, hospitals, or civil-service buildings and a time line for the strategy's implementation. DOD may coordinate with foreign countries and multilateral institutions in developing and implementing the strategy.
Mayor Libby Schaaf Act of 2018

To amend title 18, United States Code, to punish unlawful obstruction of the enforcement of the laws of the United States by State officials, and for other purposes. 1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Mayor Libby Schaaf Act of 2018 2. Obstruction of the enforcement of the laws of the United States (a) Obstruction of the enforcement of the laws of the United States Chapter 73 section 1510 1510A. Obstruction of the enforcement of the laws of the United States (a) It shall be unlawful for any officer, employee, or agent of a State or political subdivision thereof to obstruct, hinder, delay, or otherwise impede the enforcement of the laws of the United States, or to attempt to do so. Whoever violates this section shall be fined under this title or imprisoned for not more than 5 years, or both. (b) As used in this section— (1) the term obstruct, hinder, delay, or otherwise impede the enforcement of the laws of the United States (2) the term State . (b) Clerical amendment The table of sections for such chapter is amended by inserting after the item relating to section 1510 the following: 1510A. Obstruction of the enforcement of the laws of the United States. .

Summary: Mayor Libby Schaaf Act of 2018 This bill amends the federal criminal code to make it a crime for an officer, employee, or agent of a state or local government to obstruct, hinder, delay, or otherwise impede the enforcement of federal laws, or attempt to do so. A violator is subject to criminal penalties—a fine, a prison term of up to five years, or both.
Illicit Art and Antiquities Trafficking Prevention Act

To apply the Bank Secrecy Act to dealers in art or antiquities. 1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Illicit Art and Antiquities Trafficking Prevention Act 2. Application of Bank Secrecy Act to dealers in art or antiquities (a) In general Section 5312(a)(2) of title 31, United States Code, is amended— (1) in subparagraph (Y), by striking or (2) in subparagraph (Z), by striking the period and inserting ; or (3) by adding at the end the following: (AA) dealers in art or antiquities. . (b) Rulemaking Not later than the end of the 180-day period beginning on the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of the Treasury shall issue regulations to carry out the amendments made by subsection (a). (c) Effective date Section 5312(a)(2)(AA) of title 31, United States Code, as added by subsection (a), shall take effect after the end of the 270-day period beginning on the date of the enactment of this Act.

Summary: Illicit Art and Antiquities Trafficking Prevention Act This bill amends the Bank Secrecy Act to require art and antiquities dealers to comply with reporting, recordkeeping, and other requirements under that Act.
UNRWA Accountability Act of 2018

To require the Secretary of State to develop a strategy on administration policy regarding UNRWA, and for other purposes. 1. Short title This Act may be cited as the UNRWA Accountability Act of 2018 2. Sense of Congress It is the sense of Congress that the United States should— (1) continue to oppose anti-Israel bias at the United Nations and in United Nations agencies; (2) define and convey to the United Nations and appropriate United Nations agencies reform priorities that should be met in order to facilitate future United States funding for the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees (UNRWA); and (3) support greater transparency in ongoing reform efforts at UNRWA. 3. Requirement for strategy on administration policy regarding UNRWA (a) Report Not later than 90 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of State, in consultation with the Administrator of the United States Agency for International Development (USAID), shall submit to the Committee on Foreign Affairs and Committee on Appropriations of the House of Representatives and the Committee on Foreign Relations and Committee on Appropriations of the Senate a report on the long-term strategy for funding and policy towards UNRWA. (b) Contents The strategy required under subsection (a) shall include the following: (1) A detailed strategy regarding future United States contributions to UNRWA, including the anticipated United States contributions to UNRWA for the five fiscal years after the date of the enactment of this Act. (2) An identification of the bureaus, entities, and leadership positions and offices within the Department of State or any other Executive branch agencies that review United States contributions to UNRWA, and an identification of the lead position in each such agency who is overseeing each such corresponding review. (3) The metrics, data, and other information being used by the Department of State or any other Executive branch agency to review United States contributions to UNRWA. (4) A description of any desired reforms the Administration has submitted to or requested from the United Nations or United Nations agencies that UNRWA undertake as a condition for future funding. (5) The national security impact of changes to United States funding to UNRWA. (c) Form The strategy required under subsection (a) shall be submitted in unclassified form, but may include a classified annex.

Summary: UNRWA Accountability Act of 2018 This bill directs the Department of State to report to Congress on the long-term strategy for funding and policy towards the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees. The report shall include the national security impact of any such funding changes.
School-Based Health Centers Reauthorization Act of 2018

To amend the Public Health Service Act to reauthorize school-based health centers, and for other purposes. 1. Short title This Act may be cited as the School-Based Health Centers Reauthorization Act of 2018 2. Reauthorization of school-based health centers Section 399Z–1(l) of the Public Health Service Act ( 42 U.S.C. 280h–5(l) 2010 through 2014 2018 through 2023

Summary: School-Based Health Centers Reauthorization Act of 2018 This bill amends the Public Health Service Act to reauthorize for FY2018-FY2023 school-based health centers (health clinics that provide physical and mental health services for children and adolescents during school hours).
To amend title 10, United States Code, to permit the Secretary of the Army to produce, treat, manage, and use natural gas located under Fort Knox, Kentucky, and for other purposes.

To amend title 10, United States Code, to permit the Secretary of the Army to produce, treat, manage, and use natural gas located under Fort Knox, Kentucky, and for other purposes. 1. Production and use of natural gas at Fort Knox (a) In general Chapter 449 4781. Natural gas: production, treatment, management, and use at Fort Knox, Kentucky (a) Authority (1) The Secretary of the Army may provide for the production, treatment, management, and use of natural gas located under Fort Knox, Kentucky, without regard to section 3 of the Mineral Leasing Act for Acquired Lands ( 30 U.S.C. 352 (2) The Secretary is authorized to enter into a contract with an appropriate entity to carry out paragraph (1). (b) Limitation on uses Any natural gas produced under subsection (a) may be used only to support activities and operations at Fort Knox and may not be sold for use elsewhere. (c) Ownership of facilities The Secretary of the Army may take ownership of any gas production and treatment equipment and facilities and associated infrastructure from an entity with which the Secretary has entered into a contract under subsection (a) in accordance with the terms of the contract. (d) Applicability The authority of the Secretary of the Army under this section is effective as of August 2, 2007. . (b) Clerical amendment The table of sections at the beginning of such chapter is amended by adding at the end the following new item: 4781. Natural gas: production, treatment, management, and use at Fort Knox, Kentucky. .

Summary: This bill authorizes the Department of the Army to produce, treat, manage, and use natural gas located under Fort Knox, Kentucky. Natural gas produced may only be used to support activities and operations at Fort Knox, and may not be sold for use elsewhere. The Army may also take ownership of any production and treatment equipment or facilities utilized by a contractor in accordance with the terms of an agreement for the production or use of natural gas.
NOPEC

To amend the Sherman Act to make oil-producing and exporting cartels illegal. 1. Short title This Act may be cited as the No Oil Producing and Exporting Cartels Act of 2018 NOPEC 2. Sherman act The Sherman Act ( 15 U.S.C. 1 7A. Oil producing cartels (a) In general It shall be illegal and a violation of this Act for any foreign state, or any instrumentality or agent of any foreign state, to act collectively or in combination with any other foreign state, any instrumentality or agent of any other foreign state, or any other person, whether by cartel or any other association or form of cooperation or joint action— (1) to limit the production or distribution of oil, natural gas, or any other petroleum product; (2) to set or maintain the price of oil, natural gas, or any petroleum product; or (3) to otherwise take any action in restraint of trade for oil, natural gas, or any petroleum product; when such action, combination, or collective action has a direct, substantial, and reasonably foreseeable effect on the market, supply, price, or distribution of oil, natural gas, or other petroleum product in the United States. (b) Sovereign immunity A foreign state engaged in conduct in violation of subsection (a) shall not be immune under the doctrine of sovereign immunity from the jurisdiction or judgments of the courts of the United States in any action brought to enforce this section. (c) Inapplicability of act of state doctrine No court of the United States shall decline, based on the act of state doctrine, to make a determination on the merits in an action brought under this section. (d) Enforcement The Attorney General of the United States may bring an action to enforce this section in any district court of the United States as provided under the antitrust laws. . 3. Sovereign immunity Section 1605(a) of title 28 of the United States Code is amended— (1) in paragraph (5) by striking or (2) in paragraph (6) by striking the period and inserting ; or (3) by adding at the end the following: (7) in an action brought under section 7A of the Sherman Act. .

Summary: No Oil Producing and Exporting Cartels Act of 2018 or NOPEC This bill amends the Sherman Act to prohibit a foreign state from engaging in collective action impacting the market, supply, price or distribution of oil, natural gas, or other petroleum product in the U.S. Specifically, a foreign state is prohibited from: collective action that limits the production or distribution of such product, collective action to set or maintain the price of such product, or any other action that restrains trade of such product. Sovereign immunity (i.e., a foreign state's immunity from the jurisdiction of U.S. courts) and the act of state doctrine (i.e., the prohibition of a court invalidating an official act of a foreign sovereign performed within its own territory) shall not apply to a foreign state's violation of this bill.
USCIS Act

To amend the Immigration and Nationality Act to require deposits into the Immigration Examinations Fee Account to be subject to appropriations, and for other purposes. 1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Use Spending for Congressional Immigration Supervision Act USCIS Act 2. Disposition of fees deposited in Immigration Examinations Fee Account (a) Immigration and Nationality Act Section 286(n) of the Immigration and Nationality Act ( 8 U.S.C. 1356(n) Attorney General Secretary of Homeland Security, to the extent and in such amounts as are provided in advance in appropriation Acts, (b) Illegal Immigration Reform and Immigrant Responsibility Act of 1996 Section 641(e)(4)(B) of the Illegal Immigration Reform and Immigrant Responsibility Act of 1996 ( 8 U.S.C. 1372(e)(4)(B) for the Attorney General , to the extent and in such amounts as are provided in advance in appropriation Acts, for the Secretary of Homeland Security

Summary: Use Spending for Congressional Immigration Supervision Act or the USCIS Act This bill amends the Immigration and Nationality Act to declare that all deposits into the Immigration Examinations Fee Account shall remain available to the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) (currently, the Department of Justice [DOJ]) for reimbursement of administrative expenses to the extent and in such amounts as are provided in advance in appropriation Acts. The Illegal Immigration Reform and Immigrant Responsibility Act of 1996 is amended to declare that certain foreign student and exchange program fees that are deposited into the account shall remain available to DHS (currently, DOJ) for reimbursement of administrative expenses (including expenses related to gathering foreign student information) to the extent and in such amounts as are provided in advance in appropriation Acts.
To amend title XIX of the Social Security Act to delay the reduction in Federal medical assistance percentage for Medicaid personal care services and home health services furnished without an electronic visit verification system, and for other purposes.

To amend title XIX of the Social Security Act to delay the reduction in Federal medical assistance percentage for Medicaid personal care services and home health services furnished without an electronic visit verification system, and for other purposes. 1. Delay in reduction of FMAP for Medicaid personal care services and home health services furnished without an electronic visit verification system (a) In general Section 1903(l) of the Social Security Act ( 42 U.S.C. 1396b(l) (1) in paragraph (1)— (A) by striking January 1, 2019 January 1, 2020 (B) in subparagraph (A)(i), by striking 2019 and (2) in paragraph (4)(A)(i), by striking calendar quarters in 2019 calendar quarters in 2020 (b) Revised regulations Not later than 1 year after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Health and Human Services shall issue, using formal rulemaking procedures including notice and an opportunity for an agency hearing on the record in accordance with section 556 of title 5, United States Code, revised regulations relating to the requirement under section 1903(l) of the Social Security Act ( 42 U.S.C. 1396b(l)

Summary: This bill delays by one year (to January 1, 2020) the Medicaid federal matching rate reduction that is scheduled to take effect for states that fail to require an electronic visit verification system for personal care services (services that help certain individuals with basic needs of daily life).
Family Tax Deduction Improvement Act

To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to increase the limitation on the State and local tax deduction for married individuals, and for other purposes. 1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Family Tax Deduction Improvement Act 2. Increase in limitation on state and local tax deduction for married individuals (a) In general Section 164(b)(6)(B) ($5,000 in the case of a married individual filing a separate return). (twice such amount in the case of a joint return) (b) Inflation adjustment Section 164(c) (7) Inflation adjustment In the case of any taxable year beginning after 2019, the $10,000 amount in paragraph (6)(B) shall be increased by an amount equal to— (A) such dollar amount, multiplied by (B) the cost-of-living adjustment determined under section (1)(f)(3) for the calendar year in which the taxable year begins, determined by substituting calendar year 2018 calendar year 2016 If any increase under this subparagraph is not a multiple of $100, such increase shall be rounded to the next lowest multiple of $100. . (c) Effective date The amendments made by this section shall apply with respect to taxable years beginning after December 31, 2018.

Summary: Family Tax Deduction Improvement Act This bill amends the Internal Revenue Code to modify the limit on individual deductions for certain state and local taxes, which is currently $10,000 per year ($5,000 for a married taxpayer filing a separate return). The bill doubles the limit for married individuals and requires the limit to be adjusted for inflation after 2019.
To require a study and report on policy and regulatory changes that may have contributed to the opioid epidemic.

To require a study and report on policy and regulatory changes that may have contributed to the opioid epidemic. 1. GAO study and report on policy changes that may have contributed to the opioid epidemic Not later than 2 years after the date of enactment of this Act, the Comptroller General of the United States shall complete a study and submit a report to Congress on health care policy changes that may have contributed to the increase in opioid overdoses and deaths during the 10 years preceding the date of enactment of this Act. Such study shall include— (1) a review of health care-related legislative, administrative, and judicial decisions by officers and employees of the Federal Government that have affected access to pain management strategies with an emphasis on pharmaceuticals; (2) an analysis of what is known about the costs and benefits, whether financial or nonfinancial, of reversing or revising such decisions individually or in combination, including whether the reversals or revisions would be expected to achieve a reduction in abuse of, addiction to, overdose on, and death from opioids; (3) an analysis of the differences among State-based prescription drug monitoring programs, including an analysis of what is known about the effects of such differences on monitoring for abuse of, addiction to, overdose on, and death from opioids; (4) an analysis of what is known about positive and negative impacts that prescribing limitations, both State and Federal, have on patient medical outcomes, including for chronic pain patients; and (5) an analysis of what is known about the costs and benefits to payers of using abuse-deterrent formulations of opioid pain medications, compared to opioid pain medications without abuse-deterrent features.

Summary: This bill requires the Government Accountability Office to report on health care policy changes that may have contributed to the rise in opioid overdoses and deaths over the last 10 years. The report must include an examination of: federal decisions relating to pain management strategies, state prescription drug monitoring programs, prescribing limitations, and pain medications with and without abuse-deterrent formulations.
Foster Youth Success in College Act

To amend the TRIO programs to require priority to be given to homeless children and youth, and students in foster care. 1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Foster Youth Success in College Act 2. Priority for homeless child and youth and students in foster care (a) Talent search Section 402B(d)(1) of the Higher Education Act of 1965 ( 20 U.S.C. 1070a–12(d)(1) , and that priority will be given to homeless children and youth (as such term is defined in section 725 of the McKinney Vento Homeless Assistance Act ( 42 U.S.C. 11434a (b) Upward bound Section 402C(e)(1) of the Higher Education Act of 1965 is amended by inserting before the semicolon at the end the following: , and that priority will be given to homeless children and youth (as such term is defined in section 725 of the McKinney Vento Homeless Assistance Act ( 42 U.S.C. 11434a

Summary: Foster Youth Success in College Act This bill amends the Higher Education Act of 1965 to require the Talent Search and Upward Bound TRIO programs to give priority to homeless youth and youth in foster care.