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Women Veterans Access to Quality Care Act of 2018

Bill: 115-hr-5966
Sponsor: Rep. Keating, William R. [D-MA-9]
Introduced: 2018-05-24 in the House
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Congressional oversight
Department of Veterans Affairs
Employee performance
Federal officials
Government information and archives
Government studies and investigations
Health care quality
Health facilities and institutions
Health personnel
Medical education
Personnel records
Right of privacy
Sex and reproductive health
State and local government operations
Veterans' medical care
Women's health

Summary:
action_date: 2018-05-24
text: 

Women Veterans Access to Quality Care Act of 2017

 
This bill directs the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) to: (1) establish standards to ensure that all VA medical facilities have the structural characteristics necessary to adequately meet the gender-specific health care needs of veterans at such facilities, including privacy, safety, and dignity; (2) integrate such standards into its prioritization methodology with respect to requests for funding major medical facility projects and major medical facility leases; and (3) report on such standards, including regarding the facilities that fail to meet such standards and the costs of projects and leases required to meet them.
 
The VA shall: (1) establish policies for environment of care inspections at VA medical centers, which shall include an alignment of inspection requirements with the women's health handbook of the Veterans Health Administration; and (2) certify that such policies have been finalized and disseminated to such centers.
 
The VA shall: (1) use health outcomes for women veterans furnished health care by the the VA in evaluating the performance of VA medical center directors, (2) publish on its website information on such performance and on health outcomes for women veterans for each VA medical facility, (3) ensure that every VA medical center has a full-time obstetrician-gynecologist, and (4) carry out a pilot program to increase the number of residency program positions and graduate medical education positions for obstetrician-gynecologists at VA medical facilities in at least three Veterans Integrated Service Networks.
 
The VA must develop procedures to share information that includes military service and separation data, personal email addresses and telephone numbers, and mailing addresses of veterans with state veterans agencies in electronic format as a means of facilitating the furnishing of assistance and benefits to such veterans. A veteran may elect to prevent his or her information from being shared.
 
The bill requires the VA to carry out an examination of whether VA medical centers are able to meet the health care needs of women veterans.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2018-05-24
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2018-05-24
text: Referred to the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
action_date: 2018-05-24
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2018-05-24
text: Introduced in House
Export Promotion Act

Bill: 115-hr-5967
Sponsor: Rep. Kuster, Ann M. [D-NH-2]
Introduced: 2018-05-24 in the House
Policy area: Foreign Trade and International Finance
Subjects: Agricultural trade
Competitiveness, trade promotion, trade deficits
Congressional oversight
Department of Agriculture
Department of Commerce
Department of State
Executive agency funding and structure
Federal officials
Performance measurement
Small Business Administration
Small business
Trade and Development Agency

Summary:
action_date: 2018-05-24
text: 

Export Promotion Act

 
This bill establishes the Export Promotion Agency in the Department of Commerce. The bill designates the functions, responsibilities, organizational structure, and reporting requirements of the agency. The bill terminates the following entities and programs and transfers their functions to the agency: the International Trade Administration, the Office of International Trade of the Small Business Administration, the Trade and Development Agency, the Export Credit Guarantee Program and the Facilities Guarantee Program of the Department of Agriculture, and the Bureau of Economic and Business Affairs of the Department of State. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2018-05-24
text: Referred to the House Committee on Foreign Affairs.
action_date: 2018-05-24
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2018-05-24
text: Introduced in House
Online Job Training Act of 2018

Bill: 115-hr-5968
Sponsor: Rep. Larsen, Rick [D-WA-2]
Introduced: 2018-05-24 in the House
Policy area: Labor and Employment
Subjects: Education programs funding
Educational technology and distance education
Employment and training programs
Higher education
Internet and video services
Internet, web applications, social media
Vocational and technical education

Summary:
action_date: 2018-05-24
text: 

Online Job Training Act of 2018

 
 This bill requires the Department of Labor to award National Online Workforce Training Grants for workforce training programs using distance-learning technologies, such as the Internet. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2018-10-19
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Higher Education and Workforce Development.
action_date: 2018-05-24
text: Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce.
action_date: 2018-05-24
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2018-05-24
text: Introduced in House
Speed Up Broadband Access Act of 2018

Bill: 115-hr-5969
Sponsor: Rep. Pocan, Mark [D-WI-2]
Introduced: 2018-05-24 in the House
Policy area: Science, Technology, Communications
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Appropriations
Internet and video services
Internet, web applications, social media
Political parties and affiliation
State and local finance
Telephone and wireless communication

Summary:
action_date: 2018-05-24
text: 

Speed Up Broadband Access Act of 2018

 
This bill specifies that federal funds may not be used for the provision of broadband service in any state that has in effect a law or other requirement that prohibits, limits, or places conditions on, or regulates the provision of broadband service by a political subdivision of the state to residents of the subdivision or by any nonprofit organization to residents of the state.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2018-05-24
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2018-05-24
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2018-05-24
text: Introduced in House
Modernizing Disclosures for Investors Act

Bill: 115-hr-5970
Sponsor: Rep. Wagner, Ann [R-MO-2]
Introduced: 2018-05-24 in the House
Policy area: Finance and Financial Sector
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Banking and financial institutions regulation
Congressional oversight
Financial services and investments
Government studies and investigations

Summary:
action_date: 2018-05-24
text: 

Simplifying Disclosures for Investors Act

 
This bill requires the Securities and Exchange Commission to allow issuers of securities traded on a national securities exchange to meet quarterly financial disclosure requirements via an alternative method, such as through a press release or a shortened form. (Currently, such issuers must disclose information quarterly through Form 10-Q.) 

action_date: 2018-07-10
text: 

Modernizing Disclosures for Investors Act 

 
(Sec. 2) This bill directs the Securities and Exchange Commission to: (1) report on the costs and benefits of requiring reporting companies to use Form 10-Q to satisfy quarterly financial disclosure requirements; and (2) make recommendations for decreasing costs, increasing transparency, and increasing efficiency of quarterly financial reporting by emerging growth companies. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2018-07-11
text: Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs.
action_date: 2018-07-10
text: The title of the measure was amended. Agreed to without objection.
action_date: 2018-07-10
text: Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection. (text: CR H6013)
action_date: 2018-07-10
text: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by voice vote.
action_date: 2018-07-10
text: Passed/agreed to in House: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by voice vote.
action_date: 2018-07-10
text: DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on H.R. 5970.
action_date: 2018-07-10
text: Considered under suspension of the rules. (consideration: CR H6013-6015)
action_date: 2018-07-10
text: Mr. Huizenga moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended.
action_date: 2018-07-10
text: Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 630.
action_date: 2018-07-10
text: Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Financial Services. H. Rept. 115-811.
action_date: 2018-07-10
text: Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Financial Services. H. Rept. 115-811.
action_date: 2018-06-21
text: Ordered to be Reported (Amended) by the Yeas and Nays: 56 - 0.
action_date: 2018-06-21
text: Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
action_date: 2018-05-24
text: Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services.
action_date: 2018-05-24
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2018-05-24
text: Introduced in House
Emergency Medical Service Providers Protection Act

Bill: 115-hr-5971
Sponsor: Rep. Zeldin, Lee M. [R-NY-1]
Introduced: 2018-05-24 in the House
Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement
Subjects: Emergency medical services and trauma care
Employee benefits and pensions
First responders and emergency personnel

Summary:
action_date: 2018-05-24
text: 

Emergency Medical Service Providers Protection Act

 
This bill amends the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 to modify the requirements for a member of a rescue squad or ambulance crew to qualify as a public safety officer for purposes of death benefits under the Public Safety Officers' Benefits program.
 
Specifically, it removes the requirement that an individual member of a rescue squad or ambulance crew be part of a public agency or nonprofit entity that actually engages in rescue activity or provides emergency medical services to qualify as public safety officers. Instead, the bill requires an individual member of a rescue squad or ambulance crew be part of a public agency or nonprofit entity that is officially designated as a pre-hospital emergency medical response agency.
 
The bill permanently rescinds specified unobligated amounts in the Department of Justice Assets Forfeiture Fund.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2018-07-24
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, Homeland Security, and Investigations.
action_date: 2018-05-24
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2018-05-24
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2018-05-24
text: Introduced in House
LEARN Act

Bill: 115-hr-5972
Sponsor: Rep. Zeldin, Lee M. [R-NY-1]
Introduced: 2018-05-24 in the House
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Subjects: Public contracts and procurement
State and local government operations

Summary:
action_date: 2018-05-24
text: 

Letting Educators Access Resources Needed Act or the LEARN Act

 
This bill allows the General Services Administration (GSA) to provide for the use by state and local governments of all federal supply schedules managed by the GSA. (Under current law, the governments may only use GSA schedules for supply of certain products and services.)


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2018-05-24
text: Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform.
action_date: 2018-05-24
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2018-05-24
text: Introduced in House
Disaster Assistance Risk Transfer Act of 2018

Bill: 115-hr-5973
Sponsor: Rep. Ross, Dennis A. [R-FL-15]
Introduced: 2018-05-25 in the House
Policy area: Emergency Management
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Business investment and capital
Congressional oversight
Disaster relief and insurance
Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA)
Government studies and investigations
Public contracts and procurement

Summary:
action_date: 2018-05-25
text: 

Disaster Assistance Risk Transfer Act of 2018

 
This bill amends the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act to direct the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) to solicit proposals and authorize it to secure contracts from private entities providing insurance, reinsurance, or capital market investments to transfer a portion of the risk of disaster assistance.
 
FEMA shall deposit any funds collected as the result of transfer of risk arrangements into the Disaster Relief Fund and such funds shall be available for any purpose for which such fund may be used. 
 
FEMA may annually transfer a portion of the risk of the payments that may be made to private insurance, reinsurance, or the capital markets if it determines that transferring such a portion is in the public interest.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2018-05-29
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Economic Development, Public Buildings and Emergency Management.
action_date: 2018-05-25
text: Referred to the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.
action_date: 2018-05-25
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2018-05-25
text: Introduced in House
VA COST SAVINGS Enhancements Act

Bill: 115-hr-5974
Sponsor: Rep. Denham, Jeff [R-CA-10]
Introduced: 2018-05-25 in the House
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Hazardous wastes and toxic substances
Health facilities and institutions
Health technology, devices, supplies
Solid waste and recycling
Veterans' medical care

Summary:
action_date: 2018-05-25
text: 

Department of Veterans Affairs Creation of On-Site Treatment Systems Affording Veterans Improvements and Numerous General Safety Enhancements Act or the VA COST SAVINGS Enhancements Act

 
This bill directs the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) to install and operate an on-site regulated medical waste treatment system at each VA facility that would benefit from such a system's cost savings.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2018-07-25
text: Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
action_date: 2018-07-24
text: Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
action_date: 2018-07-24
text: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by voice vote. (text: CR H7144)
action_date: 2018-07-24
text: Passed/agreed to in House: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by voice vote.(text: CR H7144)
action_date: 2018-07-24
text: DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on H.R. 5974.
action_date: 2018-07-24
text: Considered under suspension of the rules. (consideration: CR H7144-7145)
action_date: 2018-07-24
text: Mr. Roe (TN) moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended.
action_date: 2018-07-24
text: Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 672.
action_date: 2018-07-24
text: Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Veterans' Affairs. H. Rept. 115-869.
action_date: 2018-07-24
text: Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Veterans' Affairs. H. Rept. 115-869.
action_date: 2018-07-12
text: Ordered to be Reported by Voice Vote.
action_date: 2018-07-12
text: Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
action_date: 2018-06-27
text: Forwarded by Subcommittee to Full Committee (Amended) by Voice Vote .
action_date: 2018-06-27
text: Subcommittee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
action_date: 2018-06-13
text: Subcommittee Hearings Held.
action_date: 2018-06-13
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2018-05-25
text: Referred to the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
action_date: 2018-05-25
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2018-05-25
text: Introduced in House
IDEA High Cost Pool Funding Act

Bill: 115-hr-5976
Sponsor: Rep. Huffman, Jared [D-CA-2]
Introduced: 2018-05-25 in the House
Policy area: Education
Subjects: Congressional oversight
Education programs funding
Special education

Summary:
action_date: 2018-05-25
text: 

IDEA High Cost Pool Funding Act

 
This bill amends the Individuals with Disabilities Act to establish additional grants for the purpose of assisting states in addressing the needs of high-need children with disabilities. The bill establishes limitations on grant amounts and how grant funds may be used.
 
To be eligible to receive such a grant, a state shall: (1) provide matching funds equal to at least 25% of the grant amount; and (2) provide any information that the Department of Education may require, as specified by the bill.
 
A state may request a waiver of certain grant requirements that are incompatible with aspects of the state's governmental structure.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2018-10-19
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Early Childhood, Elementary, and Secondary Education.
action_date: 2018-05-25
text: Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce.
action_date: 2018-05-25
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2018-05-25
text: Introduced in House
MOMMA's Act

Bill: 115-hr-5977
Sponsor: Rep. Kelly, Robin L. [D-IL-2]
Introduced: 2018-05-25 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Census and government statistics
Child health
Health care costs and insurance
Health care coverage and access
Health information and medical records
Health programs administration and funding
Health promotion and preventive care
Medicaid
Mental health
Sex and reproductive health
Women's health

Summary:
action_date: 2018-05-25
text: 

Mothers and Offspring Mortality and Morbidity Awareness Act or the MOMMA's Act

 
This bill establishes a series of programs and requirements to address maternal mortality in the United States, including expanded coverage under Medicaid and the Children's Health Insurance Program (CHIP) for pregnant and postpartum women.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2018-05-25
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2018-05-25
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2018-05-25
text: Introduced in House
Farm Support Integrity for Family Farms Act

Bill: 115-hr-5978
Sponsor: Rep. Meadows, Mark [R-NC-11]
Introduced: 2018-05-25 in the House
Policy area: Agriculture and Food
Subjects: Agricultural prices, subsidies, credit

Summary:
action_date: 2018-05-25
text: 

Farm Support Integrity for Family Farms Act 

 
The bill modifies Department of Agriculture commodity programs with respect to: (1) payment limitations, and (2) the requirement to be actively engaged in farming in order to receive payments. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2018-06-22
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on General Farm Commodities and Risk Management.
action_date: 2018-05-25
text: Referred to the House Committee on Agriculture.
action_date: 2018-05-25
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2018-05-25
text: Introduced in House
CODE RED Act

Bill: 115-hr-5980
Sponsor: Rep. Rothfus, Keith J. [R-PA-12]
Introduced: 2018-05-25 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Alternative dispute resolution, mediation, arbitration
Alternative treatments
Correctional facilities and imprisonment
Crime prevention
Criminal justice information and records
Drug therapy
Drug trafficking and controlled substances
Drug, alcohol, tobacco use
Government studies and investigations
Health care coverage and access
Health facilities and institutions
Health programs administration and funding
Health promotion and preventive care
International organizations and cooperation
Performance measurement
Prescription drugs
Research administration and funding
Smuggling and trafficking

Summary:
action_date: 2018-05-25
text: 

Coordinated Overdose and Drug Epidemic Response to the Emergency Declaration Act or the CODE RED Act

 
This bill establishes a series of requirements for the Office of National Drug Control Policy relating to the administration of drug control grants, including the creation of a tracking system, performance metrics, application standardization, and a centralized electronic portal for such grants.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2018-05-25
text: Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform.
action_date: 2018-05-25
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2018-05-25
text: Introduced in House
To amend title 44, United States Code, to prohibit the Archivist from charging certain fees to veterans for destroyed records regarding such veterans, and for other purposes.

Bill: 115-hr-5981
Sponsor: Rep. Smith, Christopher H. [R-NJ-4]
Introduced: 2018-05-25 in the House
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Government information and archives
National Archives and Records Administration
User charges and fees
Veterans' organizations and recognition
Veterans' pensions and compensation

Summary:
action_date: 2018-05-25
text: 
This bill prohibits the National Archives and Records Administration from charging fees to veterans who request certain destroyed records regarding veterans. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2018-05-25
text: Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform.
action_date: 2018-05-25
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2018-05-25
text: Introduced in House
To amend title 5, United States Code, to increase the gratuity owed upon death of an employee in connection with the employee's service with an Armed Force, to limit the amount of any death gratuity paid upon the death of a Member of Congress, and for other purposes.

Bill: 115-hr-5982
Sponsor: Rep. Walorski, Jackie [R-IN-2]
Introduced: 2018-05-25 in the House
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Subjects: Family relationships
Government employee pay, benefits, personnel management
Marriage and family status
Members of Congress
Veterans' pensions and compensation

Summary:
action_date: 2018-05-25
text: 
This bill increases the death gratuity payment for survivors of a federal employee who dies in connection with service with an Armed Force or in a contingency operation (e.g., a humanitarian or peacekeeping operation).
 
Additionally, it limits the death gratuity payment for the surviving spouse or next of kin of a Member of Congress who dies in office.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2018-10-19
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Workforce Protections.
action_date: 2018-05-25
text: Referred to the Committee on Education and the Workforce, and in addition to the Committee on House Administration, 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: 2018-05-25
text: Referred to the Committee on Education and the Workforce, and in addition to the Committee on House Administration, 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: 2018-05-25
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2018-05-25
text: Introduced in House