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TOOLS to Rehabilitate Communities Act of 2018

To authorize community development block grants for providing tools, equipment, and other resources. 1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Tools On Our Local Streets to Rehabilitate Communities Act of 2018 TOOLS to Rehabilitate Communities Act of 2018 2. Strengthening community development partnerships with nonprofit organizations Section 105(a) of the Housing and Community Development Act of 1974 ( 42 U.S.C. 5305(a) (1) in paragraph (25)(D), by striking and (2) in paragraph (26), by striking the period at the end and inserting ; and (3) by adding at the end the following: (27) creating or strengthening partnerships with nonprofit organizations that provide tools, equipment, or other resources to other nonprofit or volunteer organizations assisting in the completion of a community development, revitalization, or rehabilitation project authorized under this subsection. . 3. Increasing awareness For each fiscal year beginning after the date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development shall provide notice to grant applicants and awardees under section 103 of the Housing and Community Development Act of 1974 ( 42 U.S.C. 5303 42 U.S.C. 5301 4. Identifying opportunities to increase access to community development partnerships with non-profit organization Not later than the end of the first fiscal year beginning after the date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development shall issue a report discussing— (1) opportunities in existence as of the date of the report for Federal, State, and local governments to partner with nonprofit organizations to complete community development, revitalization, and rehabilitation projects under title I of the Housing and Community Development Act of 1974 ( 42 U.S.C. 5301 (2) existing barriers and challenges with respect to those projects.

Summary: Tools On Our Local Streets to Rehabilitate Communities Act of 2018 or the TOOLS to Rehabilitate Communities Act of 2018 This bill expands eligible activities under the Community Development Block Grant program to include creating or strengthening partnerships with nonprofit organizations that provide resources to assist with authorized development or revitalization projects.
To require the Securities and Exchange Commission to adjust certain resubmission thresholds for shareholder proposals.

To require the Securities and Exchange Commission to adjust certain resubmission thresholds for shareholder proposals. 1. Resubmission thresholds for shareholder proposals The Securities and Exchange Commission shall revise section 240.14a–8(i)(12) of title 17, Code of Federal Regulations to— (1) in paragraph (i), adjust the 3 percent threshold to 6 percent; (2) in paragraph (ii), adjust the 6 percent threshold to 15 percent; and (3) in paragraph (iii), adjust the 10 percent threshold to 30 percent. August 24, 2018 Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union and ordered to be printed

Summary: This bill directs the Securities and Exchange Commission to raise the vote percentage amounts below which a company may exclude, from its proxy materials, resubmission of a shareholder proposal that previously failed passage. (Shareholder proposals previously included in the issuer's proxy materials may be excluded by the company from subsequent proxy materials if the proposal received less than a specified percentage of the vote the last time it was included. The percentage varies depending upon the number of times the proposal has been submitted previously.)
To direct the United States Postal Service to designate a single, unique ZIP Code for Fairlawn, Virginia, and for other purposes.

To direct the United States Postal Service to designate a single, unique ZIP Code for Fairlawn, Virginia, and for other purposes. 1. ZIP code for Fairlawn, Virginia (a) Sense of Congress It is the sense of Congress that— (1) the Commonwealth of Virginia is the only State in the United States where all cities are independent from their surrounding counties; (2) these independent cities are not politically a part of the surrounding counties, even if they are located within their borders; (3) in Virginia these independent cities are subject to separate revenue collection and distribution practices related to roads, resources, and sales tax than neighboring counties; (4) the sales tax collected from electronic commerce from the unincorporated community of Fairlawn, Virginia, located in Pulaski County, is often misallocated to the independent city of Radford, Virginia, because they share the same ZIP codes; and (5) Fairlawn, Virginia should be eligible to obtain a separate and unique ZIP code from the neighboring independent city of Radford, Virginia, for tax purposes. (b) ZIP code designation Not later than 180 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the United States Postal Service shall designate a single, unique ZIP Code applicable to Fairlawn, Virginia.

Summary: This bill requires the U.S. Postal Service to designate a single, unique ZIP Code applicable to Fairlawn, Virginia.
RECOVER Act

To amend the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2017 to extend the availability of identity protection coverage to individuals whose personally identifiable information was compromised during recent data breaches at Federal agencies, and for other purposes. 1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Reducing the Effects of the Cyberattack on OPM Victims Emergency Response Act of 2018 RECOVER Act 2. Identity protection coverage for individuals affected by Federal agency data breaches Section 633(a) of title VI of division E of the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2017 ( Public Law 115–31 Public Law 115–141 (1) by striking (a) For fiscal years 2016 through 2026, (a) In general (2) by striking and (3) by striking paragraph (2) and inserting the following: (2) is effective for the remainder of the life of the affected individual; and (3) includes not less than $5,000,000 in identity theft insurance. .

Summary: Reducing the Effects of the Cyberattack on OPM Victims Emergency Response Act of 2018 or the RECOVER Act This bill amends the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2017 to extend the availability of free identity protection coverage for individuals whose personally identifiable information was compromised by data breaches at federal agencies. The bill requires the Office of Personnel Management to continue providing the coverage for the lifetime of the affected individuals.
To designate a peak in the State of Nevada as Maude Frazier Mountain.

To designate a peak in the State of Nevada as Maude Frazier Mountain. 1. Designation of Maude Frazier Mountain in the State of Nevada (a) In general The peak of Frenchman Mountain located at latitude 36°10′45″ N, by longitude 114°59′52″ W in the State of Nevada shall be known and designated as Maude Frazier Mountain (b) References Any reference in a law, map, regulation, document, record, or other paper of the United States to the peak referred to in subsection (a) shall be deemed to be a reference to Maude Frazier Mountain July 18, 2018 Referred to the House Calendar and ordered to be printed

Summary: This bill designates the peak of Frenchman Mountain in Nevada as the "Maude Frazier Mountain."
Easy MAT for Opioid Addiction Act

To direct the Attorney General to amend certain regulations so that practitioners may administer not more than 3 days’ medication to a person at one time when administering narcotic drugs for the purpose of relieving acute withdrawal symptoms. 1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Easy Medication Access and Treatment for Opioid Addiction Act Easy MAT for Opioid Addiction Act 2. Administration of narcotic drugs for the purpose of relieving acute withdrawal symptoms Not later than 180 days after the date of enactment of this Act, the Attorney General shall revise section 1306.07(b) of title 21, Code of Federal Regulations, so that practitioners are allowed to administer not more than a three-day supply of medication to one person or for one person's use at one time.

Summary: Easy Medication Access and Treatment for Opioid Addiction Act or the Easy MAT for Opioid Addiction Act This bill requires the Drug Enforcement Administration to revise regulations to allow the administration of up to a three-day supply of narcotic drugs to an individual at one time for purposes of relieving acute withdrawal symptoms while the individual awaits arrangements for narcotic treatment. Current regulations authorize up to a one-day supply of narcotic drugs for an individual at one time and for a total of up to three days.
Charitable Giving Tax Deduction Act

To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to allow the deduction for charitable contributions as an above-the-line deduction. 1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Charitable Giving Tax Deduction Act 2. Deduction for charitable contributions allowed in determining adjusted gross income (a) In general Section 62(a) (8) Charitable contributions The deduction allowed under section 170. . (b) Conforming amendment Section 170(b)(1)(H) of such Code is amended by striking (computed without regard to any net operating loss carryback to the taxable year under section 172). determined without regard to— (i) section 62(a)(8), and (ii) any net operating loss carryback to the taxable year under section 172. . (c) Effective date The amendment made by this section shall apply to taxable years beginning after December 31, 2017.

Summary: Charitable Giving Tax Deduction Act This bill amends the Internal Revenue Code to allow a deduction from gross income (above-the-line deduction) for charitable contributions that are allowed as an itemized deduction under current law.
COG Act of 2018

To direct the Secretary of Health and Human Services to make available on the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services website opioid prescribing guidance applicable to individuals entitled to benefits under part A or enrolled under part B of the Medicare program and update such guidance periodically. 1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Centralized Opioid Guidance Act of 2018 COG Act of 2018 2. Requiring the posting and annual updating of opioid prescribing guidance for Medicare beneficiaries (a) In general Not later than 180 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Health and Human Services (in this section referred to as the Secretary 42 U.S.C. 1395c 42 U.S.C. 1395j (b) Update of guidance (1) Periodic update The Secretary shall, in consultation with the entities specified in paragraph (2), periodically (as determined appropriate by the Secretary) update guidance described in subsection (a) and revise the posting of such guidance on the website described in such subsection. (2) Consultation The entities specified in this paragraph are the following: (A) Medical professional organizations. (B) Providers and suppliers of services (as such terms are defined in section 1861 of the Social Security Act ( 42 U.S.C. 1395x (C) Health care consumers or groups representing such consumers. (D) Other entities determined appropriate by the Secretary.

Summary: Centralized Opioid Guidance Act of 2018 or the COG Act of 2018 This bill requires the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services to publish and periodically update all guidance issued since January 1, 2016, related to the prescription of opioids for Medicare beneficiaries.
Military Residency Choice Act

To amend the Servicemembers Civil Relief Act to authorize spouses of servicemembers to elect to use the same residences as the servicemembers. 1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Military Residency Choice Act 2. Residence of spouses of servicemembers for tax purposes (a) Residence for tax purposes Section 511(a)(2) of the Servicemembers Civil Relief Act ( 50 U.S.C. 4001(a)(2) The spouse of a servicemember may elect to use the same residence for purposes of taxation as the servicemember regardless of the date on which the marriage of the spouse and the servicemember occurred. (b) Applicability The amendment made by subsection (a) shall apply with respect to any return of State or local income tax filed for any taxable year beginning with the taxable year that includes the date of the enactment of this Act. 3. Residence of spouses of servicemembers for voting (a) In general Section 705(b) of such Act is amended— (1) by striking State or local office State or local office— (2) by adding at the end the following new paragraphs: (1) a person who is absent from a State because the person is accompanying the person’s spouse who is absent from that same State in compliance with military or naval orders shall not, solely by reason of that absence— (A) be deemed to have lost a residence or domicile in that State, without regard to whether or not the person intends to return to that State; (B) be deemed to have acquired a residence or domicile in any other State; or (C) be deemed to have become a resident in or a resident of any other State; and (2) the spouse of a servicemember may elect to use the same residence as the servicemember regardless of the date on which the marriage of the spouse and the servicemember occurred. . (b) Effective date The amendments made by subsection (a) shall take effect on the date that is 90 days after the enactment of this Act.

Summary: Military Residency Choice Act This bill amends the Servicemembers Civil Relief Act to permit the spouse of a servicemember to elect to use the same residence as the servicemember for purposes of taxation and voting, regardless of the date on which the marriage of the spouse and the servicemember occurred.
KITTEN Act of 2018

To direct the Secretary of Agriculture to end the use of cats in experiments that cause pain or stress. 1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Kittens In Traumatic Testing Ends Now Act of 2018 KITTEN Act of 2018 2. Limitation on experimentation on cats Section 14 of the Animal Welfare Act is amended— (1) by striking Any department, agency, and (h) (2) by inserting the following: (a) In general Except as provided in subsection (b), any department, agency, or instrumentality of the United States having laboratory animal facilities shall comply with the standards and other requirements promulgated by the Secretary for a research facility under subsections (a), (f), (g), and (h) of section 13. ; and (3) by adding at the end the following new subsection: (b) Beginning not later than 90 days after the date of enactment of this subsection, in carrying out research, the Secretary may not purchase, breed, transport, house, feed, maintain, dispose of, or conduct experiments on cats as part of the conduct of any study that would subject cats to potentially painful or stressful procedures, including pain or stress that may be mitigated by anesthetics, analgesics, or tranquilizer drugs, except when such pain or stress is a result of a physical exam or training program. .

Summary: Kittens In Traumatic Testing Ends Now Act of 2018 or the KITTEN Act of 2018 This bill amends the Animal Welfare Act to prohibit the Department of Agriculture from using cats in experiments that may cause pain or stress, unless the pain or stress is a result of a physical exam or training program.
Students LIVE Act of 2018

To amend the Servicemembers Civil Relief Act to ensure that certain educational benefits administered by the Secretary of Veterans Affairs are treated as income by landlords evaluating the ability of a servicemember, veteran, or a spouse or child of a servicemember or veteran, to pay rent. 1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Students Living Irrespective of Veterans Educational Assistance Act of 2018 Students LIVE Act of 2018 2. Treatment of certain Department of Veterans Affairs benefits in determining income for purposes of entering into residential leases (a) In general Title III of the Servicemembers Civil Relief Act ( 50 U.S.C. 3951 309. Treatment of certain Department of Veterans Affairs benefits in determining income for purposes of entering into residential leases (a) Protection In determining whether a covered individual has an income sufficient to enter into a lease of premises for a residential purpose, the landlord (or other person with paramount title) of the premises shall treat any benefits received by the covered individual under any of chapters 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, or 36 of title 38, United States Code, or chapters 1606 or 1607 of title 10, United States Code, as income. (b) Misdemeanor A person who knowingly takes an action contrary to this section, or attempts to do so, shall be fined as provided in title 18, United States Code, or imprisoned for not more than one year, or both. (c) Covered individual defined In this section, the term covered individual . (b) Clerical amendment The table of contents at the beginning of such Act is amended by inserting after the item relating to section 308 the following new item: Sec. 309. Treatment of certain Department of Veterans Affairs benefits in determining income for purposes of entering into residential leases. .

Summary: Students Living Irrespective of Veterans Educational Assistance Act of 2018 or the Students LIVE Act of 2018 This bill requires a landlord to treat veteran's educational assistance and benefits as income when determining whether the service member, veteran, or a spouse or child of a service member or veteran has sufficient income to enter into a lease. The bill makes violations of this bill punishable by a fine, imprisonment for up to one year, or both.
Cooperate with Law Enforcement Agencies and Watch Act of 2018

To provide a safe harbor for financial institutions that maintain a customer account at the request of a Federal or State law enforcement agency. 1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Cooperate with Law Enforcement Agencies and Watch Act of 2018 2. Safe harbor with respect to keep open letters (a) In general Subchapter II of chapter 53 5333. Safe harbor with respect to keep open letters (a) In general With respect to a customer account of a financial institution, if a Federal, State, Tribal, or local law enforcement agency requests, in writing, the financial institution to keep such account open— (1) the financial institution shall not be liable under this subchapter for maintaining such account consistent with the parameters of the request; and (2) no Federal or State department or agency may take any adverse supervisory action under this subchapter with respect to the financial institution for maintaining such account consistent with the parameters of the request. (b) Rule of construction Nothing in this section may be construed— (1) from preventing a Federal or State department or agency from verifying the validity of a written request described under subsection (a) with the Federal, State, Tribal, or local law enforcement agency making the written request; or (2) to relieve a financial institution from complying with any reporting requirements, including the reporting of suspicious transactions under section 5318(g). (c) Letter termination date For purposes of this section, any written request described under subsection (a) shall include a termination date after which such request shall no longer apply. . (b) Clerical amendment The table of contents for chapter 53 section 5332 5333. Safe harbor with respect to keep open letters. . June 25, 2018 Reported with an amendment, committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union, and ordered to be printed

Summary: Cooperate with Law Enforcement Agencies and Watch Act of 2018 (Sec. 2) This bill limits a financial institution's liability for maintaining a customer account in compliance with a written request by a federal, state, tribal, or local law enforcement agency. A federal or state agency may not take an adverse supervisory action against a financial institution with respect to maintaining an account consistent with such a request.
To amend title XI of the Social Security Act to provide for clinical psychologist services models to be tested by the Center for Medicare and Medicaid Innovation, and for other purposes.

To amend title XI of the Social Security Act to provide for clinical psychologist services models to be tested by the Center for Medicare and Medicaid Innovation, and for other purposes. 1. Clinical psychologist services models under the Center for Medicare and Medicaid Innovation; GAO study and report (a) CMI models Section 1115A(b)(2)(B) of the Social Security Act ( 42 U.S.C. 1315a(b)(2)(B) (xxv) Supporting ways to familiarize individuals with the availability of coverage under part B of title XVIII for qualified psychologist services (as defined in section 1861(ii)). (xxvi) Exploring ways to avoid unnecessary hospitalizations or emergency department visits for mental and behavioral health services (such as for treating depression) through use of a 24-hour, 7-day a week help line that may inform individuals about the availability of treatment options, including the availability of qualified psychologist services (as defined in section 1861(ii)). . (b) GAO study and report Not later than 18 months after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Comptroller General of the United States shall conduct a study, and submit to Congress a report, on mental and behavioral health services under the Medicare program under title XVIII of the Social Security Act, including an examination of the following: (1) Information about services furnished by psychiatrists, clinical psychologists, and other professionals. (2) Information about ways that Medicare beneficiaries familiarize themselves about the availability of Medicare payment for qualified psychologist services (as defined in section 1861(ii) of the Social Security Act ( 42 U.S.C. 1395x(ii)

Summary: This bill specifies that the Center for Medicare and Medicaid Innovation may test models to: (1) help individuals learn about the availability of psychologist services under Medicare, and (2) explore the use of a behavioral health help-line that is available 24-7 to prevent unnecessary hospitalizations and emergency department visits through treatment education. The Government Accountability Office must report on the availability of behavioral health services under Medicare.