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Choose Medicare Act

Bill: 115-hr-6117
Sponsor: Rep. Richmond, Cedric L. [D-LA-2]
Introduced: 2018-06-14 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Abortion
Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Administrative remedies
Civil actions and liability
Comprehensive health care
Consumer affairs
Employee benefits and pensions
Government studies and investigations
Health care costs and insurance
Health care coverage and access
Income tax credits
Inflation and prices
Insurance industry and regulation
Medicare
Prescription drugs
Sex and reproductive health

Summary:
action_date: 2018-06-14
text: 

Choose Medicare Act

 
This bill requires the Department of Health and Human Services to establish public health plans that are available on health insurance markets, subject to specified requirements; the bill also makes a series of changes related to health insurance costs, including alterations to cost-sharing provisions and the authority to negotiate prices under the Medicare prescription drug benefit. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2018-10-19
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Workforce Protections.
action_date: 2018-06-26
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2018-06-14
text: Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committees on Ways and Means, and 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: 2018-06-14
text: Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committees on Ways and Means, and 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: 2018-06-14
text: Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committees on Ways and Means, and 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: 2018-06-14
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2018-06-14
text: Introduced in House
To authorize the Secretary of the Interior to annually designate at least one city in the United States as an "American World War II Heritage City", and for other purposes.

Bill: 115-hr-6118
Sponsor: Rep. Rouzer, David [R-NC-7]
Introduced: 2018-06-14 in the House
Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources
Subjects: Conflicts and wars
Congressional tributes
Military history
North Carolina
Urban and suburban affairs and development
Veterans' organizations and recognition

Summary:
action_date: 2018-06-14
text: 
This bill allows the Department of the Interior to designate annually at least one city in a state or U.S. territory as an American World War II Heritage City in order to recognize, and ensure the continued preservation and importance of, the history of the involvement of the United States in World War II. 
 
The bill designates Wilmington, North Carolina, as the first American World War II Heritage City. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2018-12-11
text: Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
action_date: 2018-12-10
text: The title of the measure was amended. Agreed to without objection.
action_date: 2018-12-10
text: Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
action_date: 2018-12-10
text: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by voice vote. (text: CR H9777-9778)
action_date: 2018-12-10
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 H9777-9778)
action_date: 2018-12-10
text: DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on H.R. 6118.
action_date: 2018-12-10
text: Considered under suspension of the rules. (consideration: CR H9777-9778)
action_date: 2018-12-10
text: Mr. Bishop (UT) moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended.
action_date: 2018-10-30
text: Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 780.
action_date: 2018-10-30
text: Reported by the Committee on Natural Resources. H. Rept. 115-998.
action_date: 2018-10-30
text: Reported by the Committee on Natural Resources. H. Rept. 115-998.
action_date: 2018-09-26
text: Ordered to be Reported by Unanimous Consent.
action_date: 2018-09-26
text: Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
action_date: 2018-09-26
text: Subcommittee on Federal Lands Discharged.
action_date: 2018-09-06
text: Subcommittee Hearings Held.
action_date: 2018-06-26
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Federal Lands.
action_date: 2018-06-14
text: Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.
action_date: 2018-06-14
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2018-06-14
text: Introduced in House
To remove the red wolf from the list of endangered and threatened wildlife for North Carolina, and for other purposes.

Bill: 115-hr-6119
Sponsor: Rep. Rouzer, David [R-NC-7]
Introduced: 2018-06-14 in the House
Policy area: Animals
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Department of the Interior
Endangered and threatened species
Mammals
North Carolina

Summary:
action_date: 2018-06-14
text: 
This bill requires the Department of the Interior to issue a rule to remove the red wolf, 
Canis rufus
, in North Carolina from the list of endangered and threatened wildlife. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2018-06-14
text: Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.
action_date: 2018-06-14
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2018-06-14
text: Introduced in House
SELF Act

Bill: 115-hr-6120
Sponsor: Rep. Ryan, Tim [D-OH-13]
Introduced: 2018-06-14 in the House
Policy area: Education
Subjects: Congressional oversight
Education of the disadvantaged
Education programs funding
Educational guidance
Elementary and secondary education
Government studies and investigations
Higher education
Public-private cooperation
State and local finance
Teaching, teachers, curricula

Summary:
action_date: 2018-06-14
text: 

Social and Emotional Learning for Families Act or the SELF Act

 
This bill directs the Department of Education to award competitive grants to state or local educational agencies, institutions of higher education, or partnerships of such entities for the development, implementation, and evaluation of parent-education programs. Such programs shall be designed to: (1) instruct parents on social skills, emotional skills, and effective strategies for teaching and reinforcing such skills to their children; and (2) train teachers or school staff to support parents' efforts to teach and reinforce social and emotional skills at home.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2018-10-19
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Higher Education and Workforce Development.
action_date: 2018-10-19
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Early Childhood, Elementary, and Secondary Education.
action_date: 2018-06-14
text: Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce.
action_date: 2018-06-14
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2018-06-14
text: Introduced in House
Commodity Futures Trading Commission Research and Development Modernization Act

Bill: 115-hr-6121
Sponsor: Rep. Scott, Austin [R-GA-8]
Introduced: 2018-06-14 in the House
Policy area: Finance and Financial Sector
Subjects: Advanced technology and technological innovations
Commodities markets
Commodity Futures Trading Commission
Computer security and identity theft
Computers and information technology
Congressional oversight
Government studies and investigations
Public contracts and procurement
Research administration and funding
Research and development
Securities
Technology assessment

Summary:
action_date: 2018-06-14
text: 

Commodity Futures Trading Commission Research and Development Modernization Act 

 
This bill modifies the requirement for the Commodity Futures Trading Commission to establish programs and perform research related to financial technologies, including to allow the commission to accept gifts and donations for such purposes. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2018-07-19
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Commodity Exchanges, Energy, and Credit.
action_date: 2018-06-14
text: Referred to the House Committee on Agriculture.
action_date: 2018-06-14
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2018-06-14
text: Introduced in House
Stop Automatically Voiding Eligible Voters Off Their Enlisted Rolls in States Act

Bill: 115-hr-6122
Sponsor: Rep. Brady, Robert A. [D-PA-1]
Introduced: 2018-06-15 in the House
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Subjects: Elections, voting, political campaign regulation
Government information and archives
Intergovernmental relations
State and local government operations
Voting rights

Summary:
action_date: 2018-06-15
text: 

Stop Automatically Voiding Eligible Voters Off Their Enlisted Rolls in States Act or the Save Voters Act

 
This bill amends the National Voter Registration Act of 1993 to prohibit states from removing individuals from voting rolls on the basis of a change of address unless the state has obtained objective and reliable evidence of an individual's change of residence. States may not use the failure of a registered individual to vote or respond to a notice as the basis for initiating the removal of the individual from the voting rolls due to a change of address.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2018-06-15
text: Referred to the House Committee on House Administration.
action_date: 2018-06-15
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2018-06-15
text: Introduced in House
Physician Visa Reform Act of 2018

Bill: 115-hr-6123
Sponsor: Rep. Sensenbrenner, F. James, Jr. [R-WI-5]
Introduced: 2018-06-15 in the House
Policy area: Immigration
Subjects: Family relationships
Foreign labor
Health personnel
Immigration status and procedures
Licensing and registrations
Marriage and family status

Summary:
action_date: 2018-06-15
text: 

Physician Visa Reform Act of 2018

 
This bill amends the Immigration and Nationality Act to allow alien physicians who are approved by a state licensing authority to practice medicine in an area having a shortage of health care professionals to engage in medical practice without having to pass the otherwise required medical board examination. The bill also grants such physicians and family members conditional permanent resident status. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2018-07-30
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration and Border Security.
action_date: 2018-06-15
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2018-06-15
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2018-06-15
text: Introduced in House
To rename a waterway in the State of New York as the "Joseph Sanford Jr. Channel".

Bill: 115-hr-6125
Sponsor: Rep. Meeks, Gregory W. [D-NY-5]
Introduced: 2018-06-15 in the House
Policy area: Transportation and Public Works
Subjects: Navigation, waterways, harbors
New York City

Summary:
action_date: 2018-06-15
text: 
This bill redesignates the waterway in New York State known as the Negro Bar Channel as the &quot;Joseph Sanford Jr. Channel.&quot;


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2018-06-18
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Water Resources and Environment.
action_date: 2018-06-15
text: Referred to the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.
action_date: 2018-06-15
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2018-06-15
text: Introduced in House
PREVENT Act of 2018

Bill: 115-hr-6126
Sponsor: Rep. Aguilar, Pete [D-CA-31]
Introduced: 2018-06-15 in the House
Policy area: Emergency Management
Subjects: Community life and organization
Crime prevention
Employment and training programs
Health personnel
Homeland security
Intergovernmental relations
Law enforcement officers
Racial and ethnic relations
Religion
Social work, volunteer service, charitable organizations
State and local government operations
Terrorism

Summary:
action_date: 2018-06-15
text: 

Preventing Radical Extremist's Violent Endeavors Now and Tomorrow Act of 2018 or the PREVENT Act of 2018

 
This bill expands the duties of the Office for State and Local Government Coordination in the Department of Homeland Security to include, for purposes of countering violent extremist threats: (1) providing training from specially trained clinical social workers, psychologists, religious, community leaders, and law enforcement personnel to assist local efforts at securing the homeland; and (2) in coordination with the Federal Bureau of Investigation, providing to state and local governments specialists, analysts, and agents trained to counter terrorism to assist local efforts at responding to such threats.
 
 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2018-06-27
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Counterterrorism and Intelligence.
action_date: 2018-06-15
text: Referred to the House Committee on Homeland Security.
action_date: 2018-06-15
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2018-06-15
text: Introduced in House
Unlocking Capital for Small Businesses Act of 2018

Bill: 115-hr-6127
Sponsor: Rep. Budd, Ted [R-NC-13]
Introduced: 2018-06-15 in the House
Policy area: Finance and Financial Sector
Subjects: Business investment and capital
Financial services and investments
Licensing and registrations
Securities

Summary:
action_date: 2018-06-15
text: 

Unlocking Capital for Small Businesses Act of 2018 

 
This bill (1) requires the Securities and Exchange Commission to establish registration requirements for private-placement brokers and finders that are no more stringent than those imposed on crowdfunding portals, and (2) otherwise modifies provisions related to private-placement brokers and finders.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2018-06-15
text: Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services.
action_date: 2018-06-15
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2018-06-15
text: Introduced in House
HSA Employer Flexibility Act

Bill: 115-hr-6128
Sponsor: Rep. Kelly, Mike [R-PA-3]
Introduced: 2018-06-15 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Health care costs and insurance
Health care coverage and access
Hospital care
Income tax deductions

Summary:
action_date: 2018-06-15
text: 

HSA Employer Flexibility Act 

 
This bill amends the Internal Revenue Code to modify various requirements for health savings accounts (HSAs). 
 
The bill expands the definition of insurance that is permitted under an HSA to include insurance consisting of coverage for excepted benefits (Excepted benefits are not subject to certain requirements under the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act.) 
 
The bill also allows: (1) individuals participating in an HSA to receive or be eligible to receive specified items and services at onsite employee clinics and retail health clinics, and (2) high deductible health plans that are required for an HSA to cover telehealth services without a deductible. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2018-06-15
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2018-06-15
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2018-06-15
text: Introduced in House
District of Columbia Police Home Rule Act

Bill: 115-hr-6129
Sponsor: Del. Norton, Eleanor Holmes [D-DC-At Large]
Introduced: 2018-06-15 in the House
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Subjects: District of Columbia
Intergovernmental relations
Law enforcement administration and funding
Presidents and presidential powers, Vice Presidents
State and local government operations
War and emergency powers

Summary:
action_date: 2018-06-15
text: 

District of Columbia Police Home Rule Act

 
This bill restricts the authority of the President to assume control of the District of Columbia Metropolitan Police Department during an emergency. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2018-06-15
text: Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform.
action_date: 2018-06-15
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E855)
action_date: 2018-06-15
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2018-06-15
text: Introduced in House
Helping Startups Continue to Grow Act

Bill: 115-hr-6130
Sponsor: Rep. Rothfus, Keith J. [R-PA-12]
Introduced: 2018-06-15 in the House
Policy area: Finance and Financial Sector
Subjects: Accounting and auditing
Corporate finance and management
Financial services and investments
Securities
Wages and earnings

Summary:
action_date: 2018-06-15
text: 

Helping Startups Continue to Grow Act 

 
This bill allows certain issuers of securities regulated as emerging growth companies to continue operating under such regulations, including those related to reduced disclosures and other exemptions, for an additional five years.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2018-12-12
text: Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 835.
action_date: 2018-12-12
text: Reported by the Committee on Financial Services. H. Rept. 115-1076.
action_date: 2018-12-12
text: Reported by the Committee on Financial Services. H. Rept. 115-1076.
action_date: 2018-06-21
text: Ordered to be Reported by the Yeas and Nays: 32 - 23.
action_date: 2018-06-21
text: Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
action_date: 2018-06-15
text: Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services.
action_date: 2018-06-15
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2018-06-15
text: Introduced in House
PET AID Act

Bill: 115-hr-6131
Sponsor: Rep. Titus, Dina [D-NV-1]
Introduced: 2018-06-15 in the House
Policy area: Emergency Management
Subjects: Animal protection and human-animal relationships
Disaster relief and insurance
Emergency planning and evacuation
Government information and archives

Summary:
action_date: 2018-06-15
text: 

Pet Emergency Transparency and Accountability in Disasters Act or the PET AID Act

 
This bill amends the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act to require a governmental entity that receives assistance under such Act to maintain for a specified period, and make available to the public, records on activities relating to the intake, care, and disposition of animals funded with such assistance.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2018-06-18
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Economic Development, Public Buildings and Emergency Management.
action_date: 2018-06-15
text: Referred to the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.
action_date: 2018-06-15
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2018-06-15
text: Introduced in House
Federal School Meals Parity Act

Bill: 115-hr-6132
Sponsor: Del. Bordallo, Madeleine Z. [D-GU-At Large]
Introduced: 2018-06-19 in the House
Policy area: Agriculture and Food
Subjects: Alaska
Child safety and welfare
Elementary and secondary education
Food assistance and relief
Government studies and investigations
Guam
Hawaii
Poverty and welfare assistance
Virgin Islands

Summary:
action_date: 2018-06-19
text: 

Federal School Meals Parity Act 

 
This bill increases the reimbursement rates for the U.S. Virgin Islands and Guam under the Department of Agriculture (USDA) school meal and child nutrition programs, including the National School Lunch Program and the School Breakfast Program. The bill also requires USDA to report on the reimbursement rates and costs for providing meals and supplements under the programs in U.S. territories and in the states. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2018-10-19
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Early Childhood, Elementary, and Secondary Education.
action_date: 2018-06-19
text: Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce.
action_date: 2018-06-19
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR H5227)
action_date: 2018-06-19
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2018-06-19
text: Introduced in House
Informing Opioid Prescribing Through Evidence-Based Guidelines Act of 2018

Bill: 115-hr-6133
Sponsor: Rep. Meadows, Mark [R-NC-11]
Introduced: 2018-06-19 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Congressional oversight
Department of Health and Human Services
Drug safety, medical device, and laboratory regulation
Drug therapy
Drug trafficking and controlled substances
Food and Drug Administration (FDA)
Government studies and investigations
Health care costs and insurance
Health care coverage and access
Health promotion and preventive care
Prescription drugs
Public participation and lobbying
Retail and wholesale trades

Summary:
action_date: 2018-06-19
text: 

Informing Opioid Prescribing Through Evidence-Based Guidelines Act of 2018

 
This bill requires the Food and Drug Administration to develop evidence-based opioid prescribing guidelines for certain acute pain treatment.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2018-06-19
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2018-06-19
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2018-06-19
text: Introduced in House
Equal Protection of Unaccompanied Minors Act

Bill: 115-hr-6134
Sponsor: Rep. Meadows, Mark [R-NC-11]
Introduced: 2018-06-19 in the House
Policy area: Immigration
Subjects: Administrative remedies
Assault and harassment offenses
Chemical and biological weapons
Child safety and welfare
Civil actions and liability
Crime victims
Crimes against children
Crimes against property
Criminal investigation, prosecution, interrogation
Criminal procedure and sentencing
Department of Homeland Security
Detention of persons
Domestic violence and child abuse
Drug, alcohol, tobacco use
Family relationships
Firearms and explosives
Fires
Fraud offenses and financial crimes
Government information and archives
Government liability
Human trafficking
Immigration status and procedures
International law and treaties
Judicial review and appeals
Jurisdiction and venue
Juvenile crime and gang violence
Law enforcement administration and funding
Law enforcement officers
Motor vehicles
Nuclear weapons
Refugees, asylum, displaced persons
Sex offenses
State and local government operations
Terrorism
Transportation safety and security
Violent crime
Visas and passports

Summary:
action_date: 2018-06-19
text: 

Equal Protection of Unaccompanied Minors Act

 
This bill establishes rules for the care of unaccompanied alien children (under age 18) in detention. It also revises rules for the detention of aliens who commit violent crimes and expands the grounds of inadmissibility and deportability for alien gang members.
 
The bill revises asylum provisions and imposes criminal penalties for asylum fraud.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2018-07-30
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration and Border Security.
action_date: 2018-06-19
text: Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committee on Foreign Affairs, 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: 2018-06-19
text: Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committee on Foreign Affairs, 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: 2018-06-19
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2018-06-19
text: Introduced in House