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Pay Our Military Act of 2018

Bill: 115-hr-4871
Sponsor: Rep. McCollum, Betty [D-MN-4]
Introduced: 2018-01-20 in the House
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Appropriations
Coast guard
Defense spending
Department of Defense
Department of Homeland Security
Executive agency funding and structure
Government employee pay, benefits, personnel management
Military personnel and dependents
Military procurement, research, weapons development
National Guard and reserves
Public contracts and procurement

Summary:
action_date: 2018-01-20
text: 

Pay Our Military
 
 Act of 2018

 
This bill provides FY2018 appropriations for military pay and death benefits during any period in which interim or full-year appropriations for FY2018 are not in effect. 
 
In the event of a government shutdown, the bill provides continuing appropriations for:
 
 
pay and allowances to members of the Armed Forces, including reserve components, who perform active service (including drill) during the period; 
 
payments of death benefits for individuals who die during the period; and 
 
pay and allowances to civilian personnel or contractors of the Department of Defense (and the Department of Homeland Security in the case of the Coast Guard) who are providing support to members of the Armed Forces and payments in connection with death benefits. 
 
 
The appropriations provided by this bill are available until the earlier of: (1) the enactment into law of specified appropriations legislation, or (2) September 30, 2018. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2018-01-20
text: Referred to the House Committee on Appropriations.
action_date: 2018-01-20
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR H596-597)
action_date: 2018-01-20
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2018-01-20
text: Introduced in House
End The Shutdown Act of 2018

Bill: 115-hr-4872
Sponsor: Rep. Hoyer, Steny H. [D-MD-5]
Introduced: 2018-01-20 in the House
Policy area: Economics and Public Finance
Subjects: Appropriations
Child health
Defense spending
Department of Agriculture
Department of Defense
Department of Energy
Department of Housing and Urban Development
Disaster relief and insurance
Executive agency funding and structure
Food assistance and relief
Government lending and loan guarantees
Government studies and investigations
Housing and community development funding
Military procurement, research, weapons development
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Nuclear weapons
Nutrition and diet
Public housing
Small Business Administration
Small business
Space flight and exploration
User charges and fees

Summary:
action_date: 2018-01-20
text: 

End The Shutdown Act of 2018 

 
This bill amends the Continuing Appropriations Act, 2018 to extend the expiration date of the FY2018 Continuing Resolution (CR) from January 19, 2018, to January 23, 2018. 
 
The bill provides continuing appropriations for federal agencies through the earlier of January 23, 2018, or the enactment of the applicable appropriations legislation. It ends the government shutdown that began when the existing CR expired because none of the 12 FY2018 regular appropriations bills that fund the federal government have been enacted. 
 
The bill also provides funding flexibility or additional funding for specified accounts within the Department of Defense, the Department of Agriculture, the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), the Department of Energy, the Small Business Administration, and the Department of Housing and Urban Development. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2018-01-20
text: Referred to the Committee on Appropriations, and in addition to the Committee on the Budget, 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: 2018-01-20
text: Referred to the Committee on Appropriations, and in addition to the Committee on the Budget, 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: 2018-01-20
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2018-01-20
text: Introduced in House
DACA Compromise Act of 2018

Bill: 115-hr-4873
Sponsor: Rep. Issa, Darrell E. [R-CA-49]
Introduced: 2018-01-20 in the House
Policy area: Immigration
Subjects: Administrative remedies
Criminal justice information and records
Foreign labor
Government information and archives
Immigration status and procedures
Medical tests and diagnostic methods
Military personnel and dependents
User charges and fees
Visas and passports

Summary:
action_date: 2018-01-20
text: 

DACA Compromise Act of 2018

 
This bill directs the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) to cancel the removal of, and adjust to permanent resident status the status of, an alien: (1) who has been continuously present in the United States since June 15, 2012; (2) who was granted deferred removal as an undocumented alien pursuant to the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program, unless the individual engaged in subsequent conduct that would have rendered the alien ineligible for program renewal; (3) who applies for adjustment not earlier than two years after he or she was granted such deferred removal; (4) who otherwise satisfies the requirements of this bill, and (5) to whom an immigrant visa is available. 
 
The bill reallocates specified family, employment, and diversity visas for such approved individuals.
 
DHS shall allow eligible individuals, including minors, to apply for relief without requiring: (1) placement in removal proceedings, or (2) immediate immigrant visa availability.
 
DHS shall provide a reasonable opportunity to apply for relief under this bill to any alien who: (1) requests such an opportunity, or (2) appears prima facie eligible for relief if the alien is in removal proceedings or is the subject of a final removal or voluntary departure order. 
 
An applicant for permanent resident status shall: (1) submit biometric and biographic data, (2) undergo law enforcement and security background checks and a medical examination, and (3) meet applicable selective service registration requirements.
 
The Department of Justice may not remove certain individuals who: (1) have a pending application and appear prima facie eligible for relief, (2) have an approved application and are awaiting the availability of an immigrant visa, or (3) are ineligible to apply for relief solely due to the date limitation for applying for adjustment under this bill. DHS shall provide provisional protected status to such individuals whose DACA grant has ended.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2018-01-24
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration and Border Security.
action_date: 2018-01-20
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2018-01-20
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2018-01-20
text: Introduced in House
End The Shutdown Act of 2018

Bill: 115-hr-4874
Sponsor: Rep. Hoyer, Steny H. [D-MD-5]
Introduced: 2018-01-22 in the House
Policy area: Economics and Public Finance
Subjects: Appropriations
Child health
Defense spending
Department of Agriculture
Department of Defense
Department of Energy
Department of Housing and Urban Development
Disaster relief and insurance
Executive agency funding and structure
Food assistance and relief
Government lending and loan guarantees
Government studies and investigations
Housing and community development funding
Military procurement, research, weapons development
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Nuclear weapons
Nutrition and diet
Public housing
Small Business Administration
Small business
Space flight and exploration
User charges and fees

Summary:
action_date: 2018-01-22
text: 

End The Shutdown Act of 2018 

 
This bill amends the Continuing Appropriations Act, 2018 to extend the expiration date of the FY2018 Continuing Resolution (CR) from January 19, 2018, to January 26, 2018. 
 
The bill provides continuing appropriations for federal agencies through the earlier of January 26, 2018, or the enactment of the applicable appropriations legislation. It ends the government shutdown that began when the existing CR expired because none of the 12 FY2018 regular appropriations bills that fund the federal government have been enacted. 
 
The bill also provides funding flexibility or additional funding for specified accounts within the Department of Defense, the Department of Agriculture, the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), the Department of Energy, the Small Business Administration, and the Department of Housing and Urban Development. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2018-01-22
text: Referred to the Committee on Appropriations, and in addition to the Committee on the Budget, 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: 2018-01-22
text: Referred to the Committee on Appropriations, and in addition to the Committee on the Budget, 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: 2018-01-22
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2018-01-22
text: Introduced in House
Low-Wage Federal Contractor Employee Back Pay Act of 2018

Bill: 115-hr-4875
Sponsor: Del. Norton, Eleanor Holmes [D-DC-At Large]
Introduced: 2018-01-22 in the House
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Subjects: Appropriations
Budget process
Public contracts and procurement
Wages and earnings

Summary:
action_date: 2018-01-22
text: 

Low-Wage Federal Contractor Employee Back Pay Act of 2018

 
This bill amends the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2017 to require the federal government to compensate employees of federal contractors that provide retail, food, custodial, or security services who are placed on unpaid leave as a result of a lapse in appropriations beginning in FY2018.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2018-01-22
text: Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform.
action_date: 2018-01-22
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E88)
action_date: 2018-01-22
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2018-01-22
text: Introduced in House
Connecting Broadband Deserts Act of 2018

Bill: 115-hr-4876
Sponsor: Rep. Rush, Bobby L. [D-IL-1]
Introduced: 2018-01-22 in the House
Policy area: Science, Technology, Communications
Subjects: Administrative remedies
Government studies and investigations
Internet and video services
Internet, web applications, social media
Telephone and wireless communication
Urban and suburban affairs and development

Summary:
action_date: 2018-01-22
text: 

Connecting Broadband Deserts Act of 2018

 
This bill amends the Communications Act of 1934 to require the Federal Communications Commission to conduct an annual inquiry on the availability of advanced telecommunications capability in broadband deserts, including whether such capability is being deployed in a reasonable and timely fashion and, if not, take immediate action to accelerate deployment of such capability by removing barriers to infrastructure investment and promoting competition. The term "broadband desert" means a census block in an urban area in which fewer than 33% of end-user premises do not have access to advanced telecommunications capability.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2018-01-26
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Communications and Technology.
action_date: 2018-01-22
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2018-01-22
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2018-01-22
text: Introduced in House
Federal Labor-Management Partnership Act of 2018

Bill: 115-hr-4878
Sponsor: Rep. Cummings, Elijah E. [D-MD-7]
Introduced: 2018-01-25 in the House
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Subjects: Advisory bodies
Executive agency funding and structure
Government employee pay, benefits, personnel management
Labor-management relations
Office of Personnel Management (OPM)

Summary:
action_date: 2018-01-25
text: 

Federal Labor-Management Partnership Act of 2018

 
This bill establishes the Federal Labor-Management Partnership Council to: (1) advise the President on matters involving labor-management relations in the executive branch; (2) collect and disseminate information about and provide guidance on partnership efforts in the executive branch, including the results of those efforts; and (3) use the expertise of individuals, both inside and outside the federal government, to foster partnership arrangements in the executive branch.
 
 The head of each agency that is subject to authority permitting employees of the agency to select an exclusive representative shall take the following actions: (1) create labor-management partnerships by forming labor-management committees or councils at appropriate levels, or adapting existing committees or councils if such groups exist; (2) involve employees and employee representatives as full partners with management representatives to improve the civil service to better serve the public and carry out the mission of the agency; (3) provide systemic training of appropriate agency employees (including line managers, first-line supervisors, and labor organization representatives) in consensual methods of dispute resolution; (4) allow employees and employee representatives to have pre-decisional involvement in all workplace matters to the fullest extent practicable, without regard to whether those matters are negotiable subjects of bargaining; and (5) evaluate progress and improvements in organizational performance resulting from labor-management partnerships.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2018-01-25
text: Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform.
action_date: 2018-01-25
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2018-01-25
text: Introduced in House
Protect Interstate Commerce Act of 2018

Bill: 115-hr-4879
Sponsor: Rep. King, Steve [R-IA-4]
Introduced: 2018-01-25 in the House
Policy area: Agriculture and Food
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Civil actions and liability
Food industry and services
Food supply, safety, and labeling
Intergovernmental relations
State and local government operations

Summary:
action_date: 2018-01-25
text: 

Protect Interstate Commerce Act 

of 2018

 
This bill prohibits a state or local government from imposing a standard or condition on the production or manufacture of agricultural products sold or offered for sale in interstate commerce if: (1) the production or manufacture occurs in another state, and (2) the standard or condition adds to standards or conditions applicable under federal law and the laws of the state or locality in which the production or manufacture occurs. 
 
The bill also allows private rights of action to challenge state or local regulations relating to agricultural goods sold in interstate commerce.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2018-02-08
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Livestock and Foreign Agriculture.
action_date: 2018-02-07
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on the Constitution and Civil Justice.
action_date: 2018-01-25
text: Referred to the Committee on Agriculture, 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: 2018-01-25
text: Referred to the Committee on Agriculture, 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: 2018-01-25
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2018-01-25
text: Introduced in House
To revise the boundaries of certain John H. Chafee Coastal Barrier Resources System units in Delaware.

Bill: 115-hr-4880
Sponsor: Rep. Blunt Rochester, Lisa [D-DE-At Large]
Introduced: 2018-01-25 in the House
Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources
Subjects: Delaware
Marine and coastal resources, fisheries
Seashores and lakeshores

Summary:
action_date: 2018-01-25
text: 
This bill modifies certain boundaries of the John H. Chafee Coastal Barrier Resources System Units located in Sussex County, Delaware.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2018-02-27
text: Subcommittee Hearings Held.
action_date: 2018-01-29
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Water, Power and Oceans.
action_date: 2018-01-25
text: Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.
action_date: 2018-01-25
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2018-01-25
text: Introduced in House
Family Cord Blood Banking Act

Bill: 115-hr-4882
Sponsor: Rep. Paulsen, Erik [R-MN-3]
Introduced: 2018-01-25 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Blood and blood diseases
Cell biology and embryology
Health care costs and insurance
Income tax deductions
Organ and tissue donation and transplantation

Summary:
action_date: 2018-01-25
text: 

Family Cord Blood Banking Act

 
This bill amends the Internal Revenue Code to treat the cost of private umbilical cord blood or tissue, or placental blood or tissue, banking services as a medical care expense for purposes of the tax deduction for medical expenses. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2018-01-25
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2018-01-25
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2018-01-25
text: Introduced in House
Continental Divide Recreation, Wilderness and Camp Hale Legacy Act

Bill: 115-hr-4883
Sponsor: Rep. Polis, Jared [D-CO-2]
Introduced: 2018-01-25 in the House
Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources
Subjects: Colorado
Emergency planning and evacuation
Firearms and explosives
Floods and storm protection
Forests, forestry, trees
Historic sites and heritage areas
Hunting and fishing
Insects
Land use and conservation
Livestock
Military education and training
Mining
Outdoor recreation
Parks, recreation areas, trails
Watersheds
Wilderness and natural areas, wildlife refuges, wild rivers, habitats
Wildlife conservation and habitat protection

Summary:
action_date: 2018-01-25
text: 

Continental Divide Recreation, Wilderness and Camp Hale Legacy Act

This bill amends the Colorado Wilderness Act of 1993 to designate the following federal lands in the White River National Forest in Colorado as components of the National Wilderness Preservation System: 
 
the Proposed Ptarmigan Wilderness Additions,
 
the Holy Cross Wilderness Addition,
 
the Hoosier Ridge Wilderness,
 
the Tenmile Wilderness, and 
 
the Eagles Nest Wilderness Additions. 

 
The bill also designates the Proposed Williams Fork Wilderness in such forest as a potential wilderness area. 
 
The bill finally designates certain federal lands in such forest as:
 
 
the Tenmile Recreation Management Area. 
 
the Porcupine Gulch Conservation Area, 
 
the Williams Fork Wildlife Conservation Area, and 
 
the Camp Hale National Historic Landscape. 

 
The bill modifies the Rocky Mountain National Park Wilderness in Colorado to adjust the park's boundaries to exclude 1.5 acres of land identified as potential wilderness to non-wilderness.
 
The bill directs the Department of Agriculture (USDA) to permit nonmotorized access and use of the Bolts Ditch headgate and the Bolts Ditch within the Holy Cross Wilderness in Colorado for the diversion of water and use, maintenance, and repair of the ditch and headgate by the town of Minturn, Colorado.
 
The bill adjusts the boundary of the Arapaho National Forest in Colorado to incorporate 92.95 acres of land. USDA shall include all federal land within the boundary in the Bowen Gulch Protection Area. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2018-01-29
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Federal Lands.
action_date: 2018-01-25
text: Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.
action_date: 2018-01-25
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2018-01-25
text: Introduced in House
FAIR RATES Act of 2018

Bill: 115-hr-4885
Sponsor: Rep. Takano, Mark [D-CA-41]
Introduced: 2018-01-25 in the House
Policy area: Finance and Financial Sector
Subjects: Business records
Census and government statistics
Congressional oversight
Government information and archives
Government studies and investigations
Inflation and prices
Insurance industry and regulation
Life, casualty, property insurance
Motor vehicles
Racial and ethnic relations
Transportation costs

Summary:
action_date: 2018-01-25
text: 

Fair Auto Insurance Ratemaking Reporting to Allow a Transparent Evaluation of Statistics Act of 2018 or the FAIR RATES Act of 2018

 
This bill directs the Federal Insurance Office (FIO) of the Department of the Treasury to collect private passenger automobile insurance data from certain automobile insurers, federal and state agencies, or other intermediaries. FIO must report on any racial disparities in premium costs and claims payment amounts.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2018-01-25
text: Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services.
action_date: 2018-01-25
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2018-01-25
text: Introduced in House
Permanent Tax Cuts for Americans Act

Bill: 115-hr-4886
Sponsor: Rep. Davis, Rodney [R-IL-13]
Introduced: 2018-01-29 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Capital gains tax
Charitable contributions
Disaster relief and insurance
Egypt
Elementary and secondary education
Employment taxes
Higher education
Income tax deductions
Income tax exclusion
Income tax rates
Military personnel and dependents
State and local taxation
Student aid and college costs
Tax administration and collection, taxpayers
Tax reform and tax simplification
Tax treatment of families
Wages and earnings

Summary:
action_date: 2018-01-29
text: 

Permanent Tax Cuts for Americans Act

 
This bill makes permanent the provisions of subtitle A (Individual Tax Reform) and subtitle B (Alternative Minimum Tax) of P.L. 115-97 (commonly known as the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act) that are currently scheduled to terminate on December 31, 2025. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2018-01-29
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2018-01-29
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2018-01-29
text: Introduced in House