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Occupational Licensing Board Antitrust Damages Relief and Reform Act of 2018

Bill: 115-hr-6515
Sponsor: Rep. Conaway, K. Michael [R-TX-11]
Introduced: 2018-07-25 in the House
Policy area: Commerce
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Advisory bodies
Civil actions and liability
Competition and antitrust
Congressional oversight
Government studies and investigations
Labor standards
Licensing and registrations

Summary:
action_date: 2018-07-25
text: 

Occupational Licensing Board Antitrust Damages Relief and Reform Act of 2018

 
This bill prohibits any person not affiliated with a state from recovering damages under antitrust law from certain occupational licensing boards or members of such boards. For a board to qualify for this immunity, various conditions must be met, such as the existence of a state law authorizing the board's regulation of a particular profession and the presence of a mechanism for reviewing the board's decisions. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2018-10-01
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Regulatory Reform, Commercial And Antitrust Law.
action_date: 2018-07-25
text: Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committee on Education and the Workforce, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
action_date: 2018-07-25
text: Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committee on Education and the Workforce, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
action_date: 2018-07-25
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2018-07-25
text: Introduced in House
Stop Child Summer Hunger Act of 2018

Bill: 115-hr-6516
Sponsor: Rep. Davis, Susan A. [D-CA-53]
Introduced: 2018-07-25 in the House
Policy area: Agriculture and Food
Subjects: Child health
Elementary and secondary education
Food assistance and relief
Nutrition and diet
Poverty and welfare assistance

Summary:
action_date: 2018-07-25
text: 

Stop Child Summer Hunger Act of 201

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This bill amends the Richard B. Russell National School Lunch Act to require the Department of Agriculture to establish a program providing eligible households with summer Electronic Benefits Transfer (EBT) cards in order to give children access to food during the summer months to: (1) reduce or eliminate children's food insecurity and hunger, and (2) improve their nutritional status.
 
An &quot;eligible household&quot; is a household that includes one or more children who are eligible to receive free or reduced price meals under the school lunch or breakfast programs.
 
The amount on each summer EBT card is set at $150 per child in 2019, with adjustments thereafter reflecting changes in reimbursement rates for school meals under the school lunch program.
 
If children are enrolled to receive free or reduced price meals under the school lunch or breakfast programs, they must be enrolled in this program without further application.
 
Summer EBT cards may be used only to purchase food from retail food stores that have been approved for participation in the supplemental nutrition assistance program (SNAP, formerly known as the food stamp program). 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2018-07-25
text: Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce.
action_date: 2018-07-25
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2018-07-25
text: Introduced in House
Fairness in Liver Allocation Act of 2018

Bill: 115-hr-6517
Sponsor: Rep. Engel, Eliot L. [D-NY-16]
Introduced: 2018-07-25 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Health programs administration and funding
Organ and tissue donation and transplantation

Summary:
action_date: 2018-07-25
text: 

Fairness in Liver Allocation Act of 2018

 
This bill requires the Organ Procurement and Transplantation Network to reform the criteria for liver allocation so that allocation is not based on the donor candidate's place of residence or listing, unless it is necessary to avoid wasting organs.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2018-07-27
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2018-07-25
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2018-07-25
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2018-07-25
text: Introduced in House
Miranda's Law

Bill: 115-hr-6518
Sponsor: Rep. Gottheimer, Josh [D-NJ-5]
Introduced: 2018-07-25 in the House
Policy area: Transportation and Public Works
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Criminal justice information and records
Department of Transportation
Elementary and secondary education
Government information and archives
Licensing and registrations
Personnel records
State and local government operations
Transportation employees
Transportation safety and security
User charges and fees

Summary:
action_date: 2018-07-25
text: 

Miranda Vargas School Bus Driver Red Flag Act

 or Miranda's Law

 
This bill directs the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration to issue a final regulation requiring the implementation of a national employer notification service that states may access. The term &quot;employer notification service&quot; means a service that automatically provides a report to an employer (with notice to the employee involved) on the change in the status of the driving record or license of an employee who has a commercial driver's license due to a conviction, license suspension or revocation, or any other action taken against the driving privilege. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2018-07-26
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Highways and Transit.
action_date: 2018-07-25
text: Referred to the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.
action_date: 2018-07-25
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2018-07-25
text: Introduced in House
Southern Arizona Public Lands Protection Act of 2018

Bill: 115-hr-6519
Sponsor: Rep. Grijalva, Raúl M. [D-AZ-3]
Introduced: 2018-07-25 in the House
Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources
Subjects: Arizona
Land use and conservation
Mining

Summary:
action_date: 2018-07-25
text: 

Southern Arizona Public Lands Protection Act of 2018

 
This bill withdraws federal lands and interests located in Pima and Santa Cruz Counties, Arizona, as well as all federally owned subsurface interests under the administrative jurisdiction of the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) in lands in Pima County, from: (1) all forms of entry, appropriation, and disposal under the public land laws; (2) location, entry, and patent under the mining laws; and (3) operation of the mineral leasing and geothermal leasing laws, and the mineral materials laws.
 
The bill also withdraws all federally owned interests in BLM lands in Pima County from entry, location, or patent under the general mining laws.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2018-08-08
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Energy and Mineral Resources.
action_date: 2018-07-25
text: Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.
action_date: 2018-07-25
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2018-07-25
text: Introduced in House
Arizona Sonoran Desert Heritage Act of 2018

Bill: 115-hr-6520
Sponsor: Rep. Grijalva, Raúl M. [D-AZ-3]
Introduced: 2018-07-25 in the House
Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources
Subjects: Arizona
Land transfers
Land use and conservation
Livestock
Motor vehicles
Roads and highways
Water use and supply
Wilderness and natural areas, wildlife refuges, wild rivers, habitats

Summary:
action_date: 2018-07-25
text: 

Arizona Sonoran Desert Heritage Act of 2018

 
 This bill establishes the Belmont-Harquahala National Conservation Area and the Gila Bend National Conservation Area in Arizona. 
 
The bill designates specified wilderness and wilderness additions in Maricopa County, Arizona, as wilderness areas and as components of the National Wilderness Preservation System. 
 
The bill establishes the Sentinel Plain Special Management Area and the Rainbow Valley Special Management Area in Arizona. 
 
 The Department of the Interior shall provide for the protection of the Agua Caliente Road.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2018-08-07
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Federal Lands.
action_date: 2018-08-07
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Water, Power and Oceans.
action_date: 2018-07-25
text: Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.
action_date: 2018-07-25
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2018-07-25
text: Introduced in House
Great Bend of the Gila National Monument Establishment Act

Bill: 115-hr-6521
Sponsor: Rep. Grijalva, Raúl M. [D-AZ-3]
Introduced: 2018-07-25 in the House
Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources
Subjects: Advisory bodies
Archaeology and anthropology
Arizona
Ecology
Historical and cultural resources
Horticulture and plants
Land transfers
Monuments and memorials
Outdoor recreation
Parks, recreation areas, trails

Summary:
action_date: 2018-07-25
text: 

Great Bend of the Gila National Monument Establishment Act

 
This bill establishes the Great Bend of the Gila National Monument in Arizona. 
 
The Department of the Interior shall: (1) conduct an inventory of invasive plant species in the Monument, (2).develop a management plan for the Monument in government-to-government consultation with Indian tribes having a cultural or historic tie to the Great Bend of the Gila, and (3) allow scientific research within the Monument, including research for the preservation of its historic and cultural resources. 
 
Interior may: (1) carry out vegetation management treatments within the Monument, including efforts to control salt cedar and other invasive plant species; and (2) conduct, or authorize other persons to conduct, research regarding the effects of climate change on the Monument's resources. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2018-08-08
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Federal Lands.
action_date: 2018-07-25
text: Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.
action_date: 2018-07-25
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2018-07-25
text: Introduced in House
Santa Cruz Valley National Heritage Area Act

Bill: 115-hr-6522
Sponsor: Rep. Grijalva, Raúl M. [D-AZ-3]
Introduced: 2018-07-25 in the House
Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources
Subjects: Arizona
Historic sites and heritage areas
Historical and cultural resources
Outdoor recreation

Summary:
action_date: 2018-07-25
text: 

Santa Cruz Valley National Heritage Area Act

 
 This bill establishes the Santa Cruz Valley National Heritage Area in Arizona.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2018-08-08
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Federal Lands.
action_date: 2018-07-25
text: Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.
action_date: 2018-07-25
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2018-07-25
text: Introduced in House
Defending Quality Postal Delivery for the Future Act

Bill: 115-hr-6523
Sponsor: Rep. Grijalva, Raúl M. [D-AZ-3]
Introduced: 2018-07-25 in the House
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Subjects: Census and government statistics
Government buildings, facilities, and property
Postal service
U.S. Postal Service

Summary:
action_date: 2018-07-25
text: 

Defending Quality Postal Delivery for the Future Act
 
 
This bill prohibits the U.S. Postal Service (USPS) from closing or consolidating any post office or other postal facility that is located in a ZIP code that has a high rate of population growth.
 
The USPS must determine annually whether a ZIP code has a high rate of population growth using population data available from the Bureau of the Census.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2018-07-25
text: Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform.
action_date: 2018-07-25
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2018-07-25
text: Introduced in House
Accelerating Kids' Access to Care Act

Bill: 115-hr-6524
Sponsor: Rep. Kennedy, Joseph P., III [D-MA-4]
Introduced: 2018-07-25 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Child health
Department of Health and Human Services
Health care coverage and access
Health personnel
Intergovernmental relations
Medicaid
Medicare
State and local government operations

Summary:
action_date: 2018-07-25
text: 

Accelerating Kids' Access to Care Act

 
This bill requires: (1) state Medicaid programs to adopt a streamlined screening and enrollment process for eligible out-of-state providers and suppliers, and (2) the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services to establish a process for providers and suppliers to enroll simultaneously in the Medicare and Medicaid programs.



Legislative actions:
action_date: 2018-07-27
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2018-07-25
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2018-07-25
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2018-07-25
text: Introduced in House
Higher Education Dream Act of 2018

Bill: 115-hr-6525
Sponsor: Rep. Lewis, John [D-GA-5]
Introduced: 2018-07-25 in the House
Policy area: Education
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Border security and unlawful immigration
Citizenship and naturalization
Department of Education
Education programs funding
Higher education
Immigration status and procedures
Right of privacy
School administration
Student aid and college costs
Student records

Summary:
action_date: 2018-07-25
text: 

Higher Education Dream Act of 2018

 
This bill prohibits institutions of higher education that receive federal student aid from discriminating or taking adverse action against students based on their immigration status, including charging out-of-state tuition to students who would qualify as a resident of the state. 



Legislative actions:
action_date: 2018-10-01
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration and Border Security.
action_date: 2018-07-25
text: Referred to the Committee on Education and the Workforce, and in addition to the Committee on the Judiciary, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
action_date: 2018-07-25
text: Referred to the Committee on Education and the Workforce, and in addition to the Committee on the Judiciary, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
action_date: 2018-07-25
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2018-07-25
text: Introduced in House
RURAL Act

Bill: 115-hr-6526
Sponsor: Rep. Loebsack, David [D-IA-2]
Introduced: 2018-07-25 in the House
Policy area: Education
Subjects: Academic performance and assessments
Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Computers and information technology
Department of Education
Education of the disadvantaged
Education programs funding
Educational technology and distance education
Elementary and secondary education
Executive agency funding and structure
Government information and archives
Income tax credits
Indian social and development programs
Minority education
Performance measurement
Rural conditions and development
Teaching, teachers, curricula

Summary:
action_date: 2018-07-25
text: 

Restructuring Underutilized Resources for Advancing Learning Act or the RURAL Act

 
This bill amends the Internal Revenue Code to allow a refundable tax credit of: (1) $1,000 for teachers in schools in rural or high-poverty areas; (2) $2,000 for such teachers who are certified by the National Board for Professional Teaching Standards; or (3) $2,000 for eligible school administrators in rural schools.
 
This bill also amends the Department of Education Organization Act to establish the Office of Rural Education Policy to, among other activities: (1) advise the Department of Education (ED) on matters related to the characteristics and needs of rural schools; (2) establish and maintain a clearinghouse for information related to rural schools; and (3) provide technical assistance to support activities related to improving education in rural areas.
 
ED must prepare, and make publicly available, impact analyses of rules and regulations significantly affecting rural schools.
 
In addition, the bill amends the Consolidated Farm and Rural Development Act to establish and authorize through FY2023 a competitive grant program for eligible entities to establish, expand, or improve expanded learning time and after-school programs in rural areas.
 
The bill amends the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 to require ED to provide outreach and technical assistance for grant programs under that Act.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2018-07-25
text: Referred to the Committee on Education and the Workforce, and in addition to the Committee on Ways and Means, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
action_date: 2018-07-25
text: Referred to the Committee on Education and the Workforce, and in addition to the Committee on Ways and Means, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
action_date: 2018-07-25
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2018-07-25
text: Introduced in House
Funding Attorneys for Indigent Removal (FAIR) Proceedings Act

Bill: 115-hr-6527
Sponsor: Rep. McEachin, A. Donald [D-VA-4]
Introduced: 2018-07-25 in the House
Policy area: Immigration
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Border security and unlawful immigration
Child safety and welfare
Congressional oversight
Crime victims
Department of Homeland Security
Detention of persons
Disability and paralysis
Government information and archives
Government trust funds
Immigration status and procedures
Judicial procedure and administration
Lawyers and legal services
User charges and fees

Summary:
action_date: 2018-07-25
text: 

Funding Attorneys for Indigent Removal (FAIR) Proceedings Act

 
This bill amends the Immigration and Nationality Act to authorize the appointment of counsel, at government expense, for aliens in immigration proceedings and to automatically provide to such aliens a complete copy of the their immigration file in the possession of the Department of Homeland Security (DHS). DHS must also facilitate access to counsel and legal orientation programs for all aliens in DHS detention facilities.
 
The bill also establishes the Immigration Counsel Account to collect fees for providing access to counsel when required or authorized by this bill.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2018-10-01
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration and Border Security.
action_date: 2018-07-25
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2018-07-25
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2018-07-25
text: Introduced in House
To amend the Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management Act to provide fisheries disaster relief for commercial fishery failures that are due to certain tariffs imposed by other countries, and for other purposes.

Bill: 115-hr-6528
Sponsor: Rep. Moulton, Seth [D-MA-6]
Introduced: 2018-07-25 in the House
Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources
Subjects: Disaster relief and insurance
Economic performance and conditions
Marine and coastal resources, fisheries
Seafood
Tariffs

Summary:
action_date: 2018-07-25
text: 
This bill amends the Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management Act to authorize the Department of Commerce to provide disaster relief for commercial fishery failures that are due to tariffs imposed by other countries on any U.S. seafood or marine exports.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2018-08-09
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Water, Power and Oceans.
action_date: 2018-07-25
text: Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.
action_date: 2018-07-25
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2018-07-25
text: Introduced in House
To prohibit the use of Federal funds by the Department of Health and Human Services to award a grant to study cigar flavors.

Bill: 115-hr-6529
Sponsor: Rep. Norman, Ralph [R-SC-5]
Introduced: 2018-07-25 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Appropriations
Drug, alcohol, tobacco use
Government studies and investigations
Health programs administration and funding

Summary:
action_date: 2018-07-25
text: 
This bill prohibits the Department of Health and Human Services from awarding grants to study cigar flavors.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2018-08-09
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2018-08-09
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Indian, Insular and Alaska Native Affairs.
action_date: 2018-07-27
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2018-07-25
text: Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committees on Ways and Means, Education and the Workforce, and Natural Resources, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
action_date: 2018-07-25
text: Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committees on Ways and Means, Education and the Workforce, and Natural Resources, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
action_date: 2018-07-25
text: Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committees on Ways and Means, Education and the Workforce, and Natural Resources, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
action_date: 2018-07-25
text: Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committees on Ways and Means, Education and the Workforce, and Natural Resources, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
action_date: 2018-07-25
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2018-07-25
text: Introduced in House
No NATO Withdrawal Act

Bill: 115-hr-6530
Sponsor: Rep. Panetta, Jimmy [D-CA-20]
Introduced: 2018-07-25 in the House
Policy area: International Affairs
Subjects: Alliances
Collective security
Conflicts and wars
Congressional oversight
Congressional-executive branch relations
Defense spending
Europe
International law and treaties
Military operations and strategy
Military procurement, research, weapons development
Military readiness
Presidents and presidential powers, Vice Presidents

Summary:
action_date: 2018-07-25
text: 

No NATO Withdrawal Act

 
This bill prohibits the use of funds to withdraw the United States from the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO).
 
The Department of Defense shall report to Congress regarding: 
 
 
NATO forces committed to operations in which the United States participates and the number of NATO forces killed in the previous year during such operations, 
 
 U.S. readiness to fill vacated NATO positions resulting from a U.S. withdrawal from NATO, and 
 
a description of NATO members' defense spending levels. 
 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2018-07-25
text: Referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs, and in addition to the Committee on Armed Services, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
action_date: 2018-07-25
text: Referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs, and in addition to the Committee on Armed Services, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
action_date: 2018-07-25
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2018-07-25
text: Introduced in House