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It's About Time Act

To change the calendar period of the Federal fiscal year. 1. Short title This Act may be cited as the It’s About Time Act 2. Change of fiscal year (a) In general (1) Change of calendar period Section 1102 of title 31, United States Code, is amended— (A) by striking October 1 January 1 (B) by striking September 30 of the following year December 31 of that year (2) Effective date The amendments made by paragraph (1) shall be effective on January 1, 2020. (b) Transition to new fiscal year (1) Transition period budget As soon as practicable, the President shall prepare and submit to Congress— (A) after consultation with the Committees on the Budget and the Committees on Appropriations of the House of Representatives and the Senate, budget estimates for the Federal Government for the period commencing October 1, 2019, and ending on December 31, 2019, in such form and detail as the President may determine; and (B) proposed legislation the President considers appropriate with respect to changes in law necessary to provide authorizations of appropriations for that period. (2) Agency transition The Director of the Office of Management and Budget shall provide by regulation, order, or otherwise for the orderly transition by all departments, agencies, and instrumentalities of the Federal Government and the Government of the District of Columbia from the use of the fiscal year in effect on the date of the enactment of this Act to the use of the new fiscal year prescribed in subsection (a). The Director shall prepare and submit to Congress such additional proposed legislation as the Director considers necessary to accomplish this objective. (c) Conversion of authorizations of appropriations Any law providing for an authorization of appropriations commencing on October 1 of a year shall, if that year is any year after 2018, be considered as meaning January 1 of the following year. Any law providing for an authorization of appropriations ending on September 30 of a year shall, if that year is any year after 2019, be considered as meaning December 31 of that year. Any law providing for an authorization of appropriations for the fiscal year 2020 or any fiscal year thereafter shall be construed as referring to that fiscal year ending on December 31 of the calendar year having the same calendar year number as the fiscal year number. (d) Title of appropriation Acts (1) In general Section 105 of title 1, United States Code, is amended by striking September 30 December 31 (2) Effective date The amendment made by paragraph (1) shall be effective for any fiscal year commencing on or after January 1, 2020.

Summary: It's About Time Act This bill changes the calendar period for the federal fiscal year (currently October 1 through September 30) to January 1 through December 31 beginning in 2020.
Expanding Rural Access to Broadband Act

To prohibit the Rural Utilities Service from providing assistance for the provision of broadband service with a download speed of less than 25 megabits per second or an upload speed of less than 3 megabits per second, and clarify the broadband loan and loan guarantee authority provided in section 601 of the Rural Electrification Act of 1936, and for other purposes. 1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Expanding Rural Access to Broadband Act 2. Required minimum speed of broadband Internet access service for Rural Utilities Service broadband Internet access service deployment assistance programs (a) Prohibition The Rural Utilities Service may not, under section 601 of the Rural Electrification Act of 1936, the Community Connect Broadband Grant Program, the Telecommunications Infrastructure Loan and Loan Guarantee Program, or the Distance Learning and Telemedicine Program, provide assistance for the provision of broadband service (as defined in section 601(b)(1) of the Rural Electrification Act of 1936) with a download speed of less than 25 megabits per second or an upload speed of less than 3 megabits per second. (b) Conforming amendments Section 601(e)(1) of the Rural Electrification Act of 1936 ( 7 U.S.C. 950bb(e)(1) (1) in subparagraph (A), by striking 4 25 (2) in subparagraph (B), by striking 1 3 3. Clarification of broadband loan and loan guarantee authority Section 601(c)(1) of the Rural Electrification Act of 1936 ( 7 U.S.C. 950bb(c)(1) make or guarantee loans shall make loans and shall guarantee loans 4. Report Within 12 months after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Administrator of the Rural Utilities Service (in this section referred to as the RUS (1) identify administrative and legislative options for incentivizing private investment by utilizing RUS loan guarantee programs for the purpose of expanding broadband to rural areas; (2) evaluate the existing borrower and lending guidelines for RUS loan and loan guarantee applicants to incentivize participation in both programs; and (3) evaluate the loan and loan guarantee application processes for lenders and borrowers by eliminating burdensome and unnecessary steps in the application process and providing a more streamlined process to decrease the complexity of the application and the timeline from application to approval or denial.

Summary: Expanding Rural Access to Broadband Act This bill prohibits the Rural Utilities Service from providing assistance under specified federal programs for the provision of broadband service with a download speed of less than 25 megabits per second or an upload speed of less than 3 megabits per second.
Veterans Affairs Purchase Card Misuse Mitigation Act

To amend title 38, United States Code, to direct the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to prohibit employees found to have knowingly misused Department of Veterans Affairs purchase cards from serving as purchase card holders or approving officials. 1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Veterans Affairs Purchase Card Misuse Mitigation Act 2. Misuse of Department of Veterans Affairs purchase cards by Department employees (a) In general Chapter 7 727. Misuse of Department purchase cards (a) In general The Secretary shall prohibit any employee of the Department who the Secretary or the Inspector General of the Department determines has knowingly misused a purchase card from serving as a purchase card holder or approving official. Such a prohibition shall be in addition to any other applicable penalty. (b) Misuse For purposes of this section, the term misuse (1) splitting purchases; (2) exceeding applicable purchase card limits or purchase thresholds; (3) purchasing any unauthorized item; (4) using a purchase card without being an authorized purchase card holder; or (5) violating ethics standards. . (b) Clerical amendment The table of sections at the beginning of such chapter is amended by inserting after the item relating to section 725 the following new item: 727. Misuse of Department purchase cards. . May 21, 2018 Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union and ordered to be printed

Summary: Veterans Affairs Purchase Card Misuse Mitigation Act (Sec. 2) This bill directs the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) to prohibit employees who have knowingly misused VA purchase cards from serving as purchase card holders or approving officials. Such prohibition shall be in addition to any other applicable penalty.
Opioid Prescription Verification Act of 2018

To require sellers of opioids at retail to verify the identity of the prospective purchaser and enter certain information about the purchase into the respective State’s prescription drug monitoring system, and for other purposes. 1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Opioid Prescription Verification Act of 2018 2. Requirements for retail sale of opioids (a) In general In any State that maintains a prescription drug monitoring system, each regulated seller (as defined in section 102 of the Controlled Substances Act ( 21 U.S.C. 802 (1) The seller verifies the identity of the prospective purchaser by requiring the prospective purchaser to present— (A) an identification card that provides a photograph and is issued by a State or the Federal Government; or (B) a document that, with respect to identification, is considered acceptable for purposes of sections 274a.2(b)(1)(v)(A) and 274a.2(b)(1)(v)(B) of title 8, Code of Federal Regulations (as in effect on or after March 9, 2006). (2) The seller enters into the State’s prescription drug monitoring system, at a minimum, the following information: (A) The name of the opioid. (B) The quantity sold. (C) The name and address of the purchaser. (D) The name and address of the patient for whom the opioid is prescribed. (E) The date and approximate time of the sale. (b) Delayed applicability Subsection (a) applies to the sale of opioids at retail beginning on the date that is 6 months after the date of enactment of this Act.

Summary: Opioid Prescription Verification Act of 2018 This bill requires retail distributors of opioids in states with prescription drug monitoring programs, for each opioid sale, to (1) verify the identity of the purchaser; and (2) enter into the program's system the name and address of the purchaser, the name and address of the patient for whom the opioid is prescribed, the name of the opioid, the quantity sold, and the date and time of the sale.
Don't Tax Higher Education Act

To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to repeal the excise tax on investment income of private colleges and universities. 1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Don’t Tax Higher Education Act 2. Repeal of excise tax on investment income of private colleges and universities (a) In general Chapter 42 (b) Effective date The amendments made by this section shall apply to taxable years beginning after December 31, 2017.

Summary: Don't Tax Higher Education Act This bill amends the Internal Revenue Code to repeal the 1.4% excise tax on the net investment income of certain private colleges and universities.
To prohibit the use of funds to develop, test, deploy, implement, or administer the Disability Case Processing System, and for other purposes.

To prohibit the use of funds to develop, test, deploy, implement, or administer the Disability Case Processing System, and for other purposes. 1. Elimination of Social Security Administration disability case processing system (a) Findings Congress finds the following: (1) In 2014, whistleblowers informed the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform that the Social Security Administration (in this Act referred to as the SSA DCPS (2) On July 25, 2014, the Chairman of the Subcommittee on Social Security of the Committee on Ways and Means of the House of Representatives requested that the SSA Inspector General (in this Act referred to as the SSA IG investigation into the SSA’s management and failed implementation of the DCPS costing the taxpayers close to $300 million to date. (3) The SSA IG, in its November 2014 initial report, stated that it had concerns with the SSA’s approach and recommended that the SSA not spend more funds until it determined whether the commercial-off-the-shelf (COTS) software could be used. (4) In May 2016, the SSA IG reported that the SSA had spent over $300,000,000 on the DCPS project, for which it would receive little benefit (5) The SSA IG reported in September 2016 that, since its inception 8 years earlier, the SSA’s reported costs for the DCPS project were $356,000,000. SSA estimated it would still need an additional $122,000,000 through 2019 for the project. (6) In its September 2017 report, the SSA IG reported that the SSA’s goals were to deliver full functionality of DCPS by April 2018 and full deployment systemwide by September 2019, bringing the total expenditure for the DCPS project to over $500,000,000. However, even after 3 years of reporting on DCPS, the SSA IG concluded that given the uncertainty of the future growth of the backlog and SSA’s ongoing development velocity, we were unable to conclude whether the Agency’s release goals were reasonable. (b) Prohibition on funding for DCPS None of the funds available to the Social Security Administration for any fiscal year may be used to develop, test, deploy, implement, or administer the Disability Case Processing System or any substantially similar program unless specifically authorized by Congress.

Summary: This bill prohibits the Social Security Administration from using funds to develop, test, deploy, implement, or administer the Disability Case Processing System or any similar program unless authorized to do so by Congress.
Protecting Education Privacy Act

To clarify the requirements of authorized representatives under the Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act of 1974, and for other purposes. 1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Protecting Education Privacy Act 2. Amendments to FERPA Section 444(b) of the General Education Provisions Act ( 20 U.S.C. 1232g(b) Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act of 1974 (1) in paragraph (1)(C)(i)(III), by inserting or local State (2) in paragraph (3)— (A) by striking (A) (i) (B) by striking (B) (ii) (C) by striking (C) (iii) (D) by striking (3) Nothing (3)(A) Nothing (E) by inserting or local State (F) by striking programs: programs. (G) by striking Provided (B) Except ; (H) by striking such officials the officials described in items (i) through (iii) of subparagraph (A) (I) by adding at the end the following: (C) (i) For purposes of this section, the term authorized representative (I) is designated as an authorized representative by an official described in item (i), (ii), or (iii) of subparagraph (A); and (II) is under the direct control, as a contractor or employee, of such official. (ii) An authorized representative shall not release any educational records or personally identifiable information collected while serving as an authorized representative to any individual, agency, or organization, other than the official under whom the authorized representative is under the direct control. ; and (3) by adding at the end the following new paragraph: (8) Nothing in this section may be construed to authorize the educational records or the personally identifiable information of students to be shared, without the written consent of their parents, for the development of commercial products or services. . 3. FERPA regulations (a) Repeals The definitions of the terms authorized representative early childhood education program education program (b) Certain regulations prohibited The Secretary of Education shall not promulgate or enforce any regulation or rule that defines early childhood education program education program 20 U.S.C. 1232g Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act of 1974

Summary: Protecting Education Privacy Act This bill amends the Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act of 1974, and repeals specified provisions of regulations promulgated under that Act, to further limit the release of a student's educational record or personally identifiable information.
Strengthening the National Instant Criminal Background Check System Act of 2018

To reinstate the final rule issued by the Social Security Administration entitled Implementation of the NICS Improvement Amendments Act of 2007 1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Strengthening the National Instant Criminal Background Check System Act of 2018 2. Reinstatement of rule Notwithstanding Public Law 115–8 chapter 8 Implementation of the NICS Improvement Amendments Act of 2007

Summary: Strengthening the National Instant Criminal Background Check System Act of 2018 This bill reinstates the “Implementation of the NICS Improvement Amendments Act of 2007” rule finalized by the Social Security Administration on December 19, 2016. The rule implements a plan to provide to the National Instant Criminal History Background Check System the name of an individual who meets certain criteria, including that benefit payments are made through a representative payee because the individual is determined to be mentally incapable of managing them. (Current law prohibits firearm sale or transfer to and purchase or possession by a person who has been adjudicated as a mental defective.)
Tuition Fairness for Citizens Act

To amend section 505 of the Illegal Immigration Reform and Immigrant Responsibility Act of 1996 to clarify the prohibition on postsecondary education benefits for certain aliens, to grant a private right of action to persons injured by a violation of such prohibition, and for other purposes. 1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Tuition Fairness for Citizens Act 2. Limitation on eligibility for higher education benefits of aliens not lawfully present Section 505 of the Illegal Immigration Reform and Immigrant Responsibility Act of 1996 ( 8 U.S.C. 1623 505. Limitation on eligibility for higher education benefits of aliens not lawfully present (a) In general Notwithstanding any other provision of law, an alien who is not lawfully present in the United States shall not be eligible for any postsecondary education benefit unless all citizens and nationals of the United States are likewise eligible for such benefit. (b) Private right of action Any person who is aggrieved by a violation of subsection (a) may bring a civil action in any court of appropriate jurisdiction for— (1) declaratory, injunctive, or other equitable relief; (2) damages; and (3) such other relief as the court may deem appropriate. (c) Effective date This section, as amended by the Tuition Fairness for Citizens Act, shall apply to benefits provided on or after the date of the enactment of such Act. .

Summary: Tuition Fairness for Citizens Act This bill amends the Illegal Immigration Reform and Immigrant Responsibility Act of 1996 to make aliens who are not lawfully present in the United States ineligible for postsecondary education benefits (e.g., in-state tuition) unless all U.S. citizens and nationals are eligible for the same benefit. Under current law, states are not permitted to give postsecondary education benefits to such aliens on the basis of residency, but are allowed to give such benefits based on other criteria. This bill eliminates the option to give such benefits based on any criteria if they are not available to all U.S. citizens and nationals. In addition, the bill grants a private right of action to a person who is aggrieved by a violation of this requirement.
Coach-Only Airfare for Capitol Hill Act of 2018

To prohibit the use of funds provided for the official travel expenses of Members of Congress and other officers and employees of the legislative branch for airline accommodations which are not coach-class accommodations, and for other purposes. 1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Coach-Only Airfare for Capitol Hill Act of 2018 2. Prohibiting use of funds for official travel expenses of Members of Congress and legislative branch employees for airline accommodations other than coach-class (a) Prohibition Except as provided in subsection (b), no funds appropriated or otherwise made available for the official travel expenses of a Member of Congress or other officer or employee of any office in the legislative branch may be used for airline accommodations which are not coach-class accommodations. (b) Exceptions Funds described in subsection (a) may be used for airline accommodations which are not coach-class accommodations for an individual described in subsection (a) if the use of the funds for such accommodations would be permitted under sections 301–10.121 through 301–10.125 of title 41 of the Code of Federal Regulations if the individual were an employee of an agency which is subject to chapter 301 of such title. (c) Rule of Construction Nothing in this Act may be construed to affect any officer or employee of an office of the legislative branch which, as of the date of the enactment of this Act, is subject to chapter 301 (d) Definitions (1) Coach-class accommodations In this Act, the term coach-class accommodations (2) Member of Congress In this Act, the term Member of Congress 3. Effective date This Act shall apply with respect to fiscal year 2019 and each succeeding fiscal year.

Summary: Coach-Only Airfare for Capitol Hill Act of 2018 This bill prohibits the use of funds appropriated or otherwise made available for the official travel of a Member of Congress or other officer or employee of the legislative branch for airline accommodations which are not coach-class accommodations. Such prohibition is inapplicable for an individual if the use would be permitted for an employee of an agency subject to specified federal regulations for temporary duty travel allowances.
To amend the Farm Security and Rural Investment Act of 2002 to expand opportunities for algae-based research, and for other purposes.

To amend the Farm Security and Rural Investment Act of 2002 to expand opportunities for algae-based research, and for other purposes. 1. Expanding opportunities for algae-based research Section 9011(a)(6)(C) of the Farm Security and Rural Investment Act of 2002 ( 7 U.S.C. 8111(a)(6)(C) (1) by striking clause (iv); and (2) by redesignating clauses (v) through (vii) as clauses (iv) through (vi), respectively.

Summary: This bill amends the Farm Security and Rural Investment Act of 2002 to allow algae to be considered an eligible material under the Department of Agriculture (USDA) Biomass Crop Assistance Program (BCAP). (Under BCAP, USDA provides matching payments to assist agricultural and forest land owners and operators with the collection, harvest, storage, and transportation of eligible material for use in a biomass conversion facility. Under current law, algae is excluded from the definition of "eligible material.")
To amend the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act of 1978 to ensure that politically derived information is not used in an application to the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court for an order under title I or III of such Act.

To amend the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act of 1978 to ensure that politically derived information is not used in an application to the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court for an order under title I or III of such Act. 1. Prohibition on use of politically derived information in applications for certain orders by the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court (a) Title I orders Section 104(a)(6) of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act of 1978 ( 50 U.S.C. 1804 (1) in subparagraph (D), by striking ; and (2) in subparagraph (E)(ii), by striking the semicolon and inserting ; and (3) by adding after subparagraph (E) the following new subparagraph: (F) that none of the facts or circumstances included in the statement described in paragraph (3) were solely produced by, derived from, or collected using funds of, a political organization (as defined in section 527 . (b) Title III orders Section 303(a)(6) of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act of 1978 ( 50 U.S.C. 1823 (1) in subparagraph (D), by striking ; and (2) in subparagraph (E), by striking the semicolon and inserting ; and (3) by adding after subparagraph (E) the following new subparagraph: (F) that none of the facts or circumstances included in the statement described in paragraph (3) were solely produced by, derived from, or collected using funds of, a political organization (as defined in section 527 .

Summary: This bill amends the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act of 1978 (FISA) to require an application under FISA for electronic surveillance or a physical search to include a certification by a designated executive branch official that none of the facts or circumstances included in the application's statement of facts were solely produced by, derived from, or collected using funds of, a political organization for the purpose of gaining an advantage against an opposing political candidate.