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Promoting Flood Risk Mitigation Act

Bill: 115-s-2862
Sponsor: Sen. Schatz, Brian [D-HI]
Introduced: 2018-05-16 in the Senate
Policy area: Emergency Management
Subjects: Congressional oversight
Emergency planning and evacuation
Floods and storm protection
Government studies and investigations
Property rights
State and local government operations

Summary:
action_date: 2018-05-16
text: 

Promoting Flood Risk Mitigation Act

 
This bill directs the Government Accountability Office (GAO) to conduct a study to assess: (1) the efficacy of practices or programs under which the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) provides assistance to state and local governments to acquire flood-damaged properties (buyout practices), and (2) ways to streamline the buyout practices. The study must consider and analyze certain factors, such as current and future trends regarding repetitive loss structures that are insured under the National Flood Insurance Program and constraints on buyout practices.
 
The GAO shall submit to Congress and FEMA a report on the buyout practices study and the feasibility of FEMA establishing an alternative buyout program.

 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2018-05-16
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs.
action_date: 2018-05-16
text: Introduced in Senate
National Law Enforcement Museum Commemorative Coin Act

Bill: 115-s-2863
Sponsor: Sen. Blunt, Roy [R-MO]
Introduced: 2018-05-16 in the Senate
Policy area: Finance and Financial Sector
Subjects: Currency
Law enforcement officers
Museums, exhibitions, cultural centers

Summary:
action_date: 2018-05-16
text: 

National Law Enforcement Museum Commemorative Coin Act

 
This bill directs the Department of the Treasury to mint and issue up to 50,000 $5 gold coins, 400,000 $1 silver coins, and 750,000 half-dollar clad coins that are emblematic of the National Law Enforcement Museum in Washington, DC, and the service and sacrifice of law enforcement officers throughout the history of the United States. 
 
All sales of such coins shall include specified surcharges, which shall be distributed to the National Law Enforcement Officers Memorial Fund, Inc., for educational and outreach programs and exhibits. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2018-12-19
text: Held at the desk.
action_date: 2018-12-19
text: Received in the House.
action_date: 2018-12-17
text: Message on Senate action sent to the House.
action_date: 2018-12-13
text: Passed Senate without amendment by Voice Vote. (text: CR S7623-7624)
action_date: 2018-12-13
text: Passed/agreed to in Senate: Passed Senate without amendment by Voice Vote.(text: CR S7623-7624)
action_date: 2018-12-13
text: Senate Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs discharged by Unanimous Consent. (consideration: CR S7623-7624)
action_date: 2018-12-13
text: Senate Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs discharged by Unanimous Consent.(consideration: CR S7623-7624)
action_date: 2018-05-16
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs.
action_date: 2018-05-16
text: Introduced in Senate
Joint Task Force to Combat Opioid Trafficking Act of 2018

Bill: 115-s-2864
Sponsor: Sen. McCaskill, Claire [D-MO]
Introduced: 2018-05-16 in the Senate
Policy area: Immigration
Subjects: Border security and unlawful immigration
Congressional oversight
Department of Homeland Security
Drug trafficking and controlled substances
Executive agency funding and structure
Government ethics and transparency, public corruption
Intergovernmental relations
Public-private cooperation

Summary:
action_date: 2018-05-16
text: 

Joint Task Force to Combat Opioid Trafficking Act of 2018

 
This bill amends the Homeland Security Act of 2002 to authorize the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) to establish a joint task force to enhance DHS border security operations to detect, interdict, and prevent narcotics, such as fentanyl and other synthetic opioids, from entering the United States. The task force may coordinate with the private sector and with other federal, state, local, tribal, territorial, or international task forces and entities. 
 
DHS shall determine whether to establish the task force and notify Congress of its determination within 90 days. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2018-05-16
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.
action_date: 2018-05-16
text: Introduced in Senate
Made in America Act of 2018

Bill: 115-s-2865
Sponsor: Sen. Baldwin, Tammy [D-WI]
Introduced: 2018-05-16 in the Senate
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Subjects: Building construction
Buy American requirements
Economic development
Educational technology and distance education
Employment and training programs
Energy efficiency and conservation
Health facilities and institutions
Health programs administration and funding
Health technology, devices, supplies
Housing and community development funding
Indian social and development programs
Infrastructure development
Internet and video services
Internet, web applications, social media
Land use and conservation
Manufacturing
Metals
Public contracts and procurement
Public housing
Research administration and funding
Rural conditions and development
Solid waste and recycling
Transportation safety and security
Water quality
Water resources funding
Water use and supply

Summary:
action_date: 2018-05-16
text: 

Made in America Act of 2018

 
This bill expands Buy America requirements to require certain materials used in projects funded by various federal infrastructure grant and loan programs to be produced in the United States. 
 
 
 
 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2018-05-16
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.
action_date: 2018-05-16
text: Introduced in Senate
Coastal Texas Protection Act

Bill: 115-s-2866
Sponsor: Sen. Cornyn, John [R-TX]
Introduced: 2018-05-16 in the Senate
Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources
Subjects: Floods and storm protection
Government studies and investigations
Marine and coastal resources, fisheries
Natural disasters
Seashores and lakeshores
Texas

Summary:
action_date: 2018-05-16
text: 

Coastal Texas Protection Act

 
This bill requires the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers to expedite the completion of the feasibility studies for flood damage reduction, hurricane and storm damage reduction, and ecosystem restoration in the coastal areas of Texas.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2018-05-16
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works. (text of measure as introduced: CR S2726-2727)
action_date: 2018-05-16
text: Introduced in Senate
JROTC Act

Bill: 115-s-2867
Sponsor: Sen. Wicker, Roger F. [R-MS]
Introduced: 2018-05-16 in the Senate
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security

Summary:
action_date: 2018-05-16
text: 

JROTC Opportunities for Transformational Change Act or the JROTC Act

 
 This bill provides that if a military department is notified by a local educational agency of the intent of the agency to close its Junior Reserve Officers' Training Corps (JROTC) unit, the military department shall offer the agency the option of converting the program to a National Defense Cadet Corps program unit in lieu of closing the unit.
 
The military departments shall: (1) undertake initiatives designed to promote flexibility in the hiring and compensation of instructors for the JROTC program under the jurisdiction of such departments; and (2) take appropriate actions to provide so-called regional directors of such programs located at remote rural schools enhanced discretion in the allocation and use of funds for travel in connection with program activities.
 
The Department of Defense shall take appropriate actions to standardize the data collected and maintained on such programs in order to facilitate and enhance the collection and analysis of such data.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2018-05-16
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Armed Services.
action_date: 2018-05-16
text: Introduced in Senate
Law Enforcement Protection Act

Bill: 115-s-2868
Sponsor: Sen. Gardner, Cory [R-CO]
Introduced: 2018-05-16 in the Senate
Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement

Summary:
action_date: 2018-05-16
text: 

Law Enforcement Protection Act

 
This bill modifies and reauthorizes through FY2023 the Bulletproof Vest Partnership program.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2018-05-16
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2018-05-16
text: Introduced in Senate
EPA Special Hiring Authority Transparency Act

Bill: 115-s-2869
Sponsor: Sen. Duckworth, Tammy [D-IL]
Introduced: 2018-05-16 in the Senate
Policy area: Environmental Protection
Subjects: Congressional oversight
Employee hiring
Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)
Government employee pay, benefits, personnel management
Water quality
Water use and supply

Summary:
action_date: 2018-05-16
text: 

EPA Special Hiring Authority Transparency Act

 
This bill amends the Safe Drinking Water Amendments of 1977 to revise the special hiring authority given to the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency to appoint up to 30 personnel for positions without regard to the civil service laws. This bill requires the Administrator to notify Congress within 30 days of appointment of personnel under the special hiring authority. The notification must include the appointee's name, title, salary, and a detailed justification explaining why the Administrator determined the appointment was necessary.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2018-05-16
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works.
action_date: 2018-05-16
text: Introduced in Senate
Amache Study Act

Bill: 115-s-2870
Sponsor: Sen. Gardner, Cory [R-CO]
Introduced: 2018-05-16 in the Senate
Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources
Subjects: Colorado
Conflicts and wars
Congressional oversight
Detention of persons
Government studies and investigations
Historic sites and heritage areas
Japan
Racial and ethnic relations
U.S. history

Summary:
action_date: 2018-05-16
text: 

Amache Study Act

 
This bill directs the Department of the Interior to conduct a special resource study of the site known as Amache, Camp Amache, and Granada Relocation Center, in Granada, Colorado, which was 1 of the 10 relocation centers where Japanese Americans were incarcerated during World War II. 
 
In conducting such study, Interior shall evaluate the national significance of such relocation center and determine the suitability and feasibility of designating it as a unit of the National Park System. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2018-11-26
text: Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 661.
action_date: 2018-11-26
text: Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. Reported by Senator Murkowski without amendment. With written report No. 115-375.
action_date: 2018-11-26
text: Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. Reported by Senator Murkowski without amendment. With written report No. 115-375.
action_date: 2018-10-02
text: Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. Ordered to be reported without amendment favorably.
action_date: 2018-08-15
text: Committee on Energy and Natural Resources Subcommittee on National Parks. Hearings held. With printed Hearing: S.Hrg. 115-526.
action_date: 2018-05-16
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
action_date: 2018-05-16
text: Introduced in Senate
Fire Police Fairness Act

Bill: 115-s-2871
Sponsor: Sen. Blumenthal, Richard [D-CT]
Introduced: 2018-05-16 in the Senate
Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement
Subjects: Fires
Government employee pay, benefits, personnel management
Law enforcement officers

Summary:
action_date: 2018-05-16
text: 

Fire Police Fairness Act

 
This bill amends the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 to include a fire police officer within the definition of &quot;public safety officer&quot; for purposes of death benefits under the Public Safety Officers' Benefits program.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2018-05-16
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2018-05-16
text: Introduced in Senate
Congressional Accountability and Harassment Reform Act

Bill: 115-s-2872
Sponsor: Sen. Gillibrand, Kirsten E. [D-NY]
Introduced: 2018-05-17 in the Senate
Policy area: Congress
Subjects: Alternative dispute resolution, mediation, arbitration
Asia
Assault and harassment offenses
China
Civil actions and liability
Computer security and identity theft
Congressional agencies
Congressional officers and employees
Congressional operations and organization
Congressional oversight
Disability and health-based discrimination
Employment discrimination and employee rights
Europe
Genetics
Government employee pay, benefits, personnel management
Government ethics and transparency, public corruption
Government information and archives
Government studies and investigations
House Committee on Ethics
Human rights
Lawyers and legal services
Legal fees and court costs
Library of Congress
Members of Congress
Policy sciences
Senate Select Committee on Ethics
Sex offenses
Sex, gender, sexual orientation discrimination
Worker safety and health

Summary:
action_date: 2018-05-17
text: 

Congressional Accountability and Harassment Reform Act

 
This bill amends the Congressional Accountability Act of 1995 (CAA) to revise procedures for initiating, investigating, and resolving claims by employees alleging that employing offices have violated their CAA rights and protections, including protections against discrimination and sexual harassment.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2018-05-21
text: Read the second time. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 421.
action_date: 2018-05-17
text: Introduced in the Senate. Read the first time. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under Read the First Time.
action_date: 2018-05-17
text: Introduced in Senate
Puerto Rico Economic Empowerment Act of 2018

Bill: 115-s-2873
Sponsor: Sen. Hatch, Orrin G. [R-UT]
Introduced: 2018-05-17 in the Senate
Policy area: Commerce
Subjects: Appropriations
Business investment and capital
Caribbean area
Census and government statistics
Congressional oversight
Department of Commerce
Disaster relief and insurance
Economic development
Employment taxes
Government buildings, facilities, and property
Government lending and loan guarantees
Government studies and investigations
Government trust funds
Health programs administration and funding
Health promotion and preventive care
Income tax credits
Public contracts and procurement
Puerto Rico
Small Business Administration
Small business
Social security and elderly assistance
Tax treatment of families
U.S. territories and protectorates

Summary:
action_date: 2018-05-17
text: 

Puerto Rico Economic Empowerment Act of 2018

 
This bill provides for various support for Puerto Rico, including by (1) establishing tax benefits for Puerto Rico, such as a tax credit for employment payroll taxes and an expansion of the child tax credit; (2) relaxing certain requirements related to Small Business Administration loan programs for certain Puerto Rico businesses; (3) prioritizing the transfer of surplus U.S. government property to qualified Puerto Rico businesses; and (4) establishing the Federal and State Technology Partnership Program in Puerto Rico.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2018-05-17
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
action_date: 2018-05-17
text: Introduced in Senate
SOIL Stewardship Act

Bill: 115-s-2874
Sponsor: Sen. Smith, Tina [D-MN]
Introduced: 2018-05-17 in the Senate
Policy area: Agriculture and Food
Subjects: Agricultural conservation and pollution
Agricultural practices and innovations
Agricultural prices, subsidies, credit
Air quality
Climate change and greenhouse gases
Endangered and threatened species
Farmland
Fishes
Minority and disadvantaged businesses
Soil pollution
Wetlands
Wildlife conservation and habitat protection

Summary:
action_date: 2018-05-17
text: 

Strengthening Our Investment in Land Stewardship Act or the SOIL Stewardship Act 

 
This bill amends the Food Security Act of 1985 to reauthorize and modify Department of Agriculture conservation programs, including the Environmental Quality Incentives Program and the Conservation Stewardship Program. 
 
The bill addresses requirements for the programs relating to: 
 
 
 enrollment and funding levels, 
 
 the length and renewal process for contracts, 
 
 payment rates, 
 
 payment limitations,
 
 coordinating the application and enrollment processes for the two programs, 
 
 set-asides and the enrollment process for beginning and socially disadvantaged farmers, 
 
 soil health and carbon storage, and 
 
 organic production. 
 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2018-05-17
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry.
action_date: 2018-05-17
text: Introduced in Senate
COMBAT Act of 2018

Bill: 115-s-2875
Sponsor: Sen. Cassidy, Bill [R-LA]
Introduced: 2018-05-17 in the Senate
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Drug therapy
Drug trafficking and controlled substances
Drug, alcohol, tobacco use
Medical tests and diagnostic methods
Medicare
Mental health

Summary:
action_date: 2018-05-17
text: 

Comprehensive Opioid Management and Bundled Addiction Treatment Act of 2018 or the COMBAT Act of 2018

 
This bill requires certified opioid treatment program services, including counseling, toxicology testing, and medication-assisted treatment, to be covered under Medicare. Opioid treatment programs must receive payment for such services in accordance with a specified methodology.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2018-05-17
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
action_date: 2018-05-17
text: Introduced in Senate
Pike National Historic Trail Study Act

Bill: 115-s-2876
Sponsor: Sen. Bennet, Michael F. [D-CO]
Introduced: 2018-05-17 in the Senate
Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources
Subjects: Colorado
Historic sites and heritage areas
Kansas
Louisiana
Military history
Missouri
Nebraska
New Mexico
Parks, recreation areas, trails

Summary:
action_date: 2018-05-17
text: 

Pike National Historic Trail Study Act

 
This bill requires the National Park Service to study the Pike National Historic Trail for designation as a national scenic trail. The trail consists of a series of routes extending approximately 3,664 miles that follows the route taken by Lt. Zebulon Montgomery Pike during the 1806-1807 Pike expedition that began in Fort Bellefontaine, Missouri, and continued through parts of Kansas, Nebraska, Colorado, New Mexico, and Texas, before ending in Natchitoches, Louisiana. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2018-11-15
text: Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 658.
action_date: 2018-11-15
text: Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. Reported by Senator Murkowski without amendment. With written report No. 115-371.
action_date: 2018-11-15
text: Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. Reported by Senator Murkowski without amendment. With written report No. 115-371.
action_date: 2018-10-02
text: Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. Ordered to be reported without amendment favorably.
action_date: 2018-08-15
text: Committee on Energy and Natural Resources Subcommittee on National Parks. Hearings held. With printed Hearing: S.Hrg. 115-526.
action_date: 2018-05-17
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
action_date: 2018-05-17
text: Introduced in Senate
Human-Powered Travel in Wilderness Areas Act

Bill: 115-s-2877
Sponsor: Sen. Lee, Mike [R-UT]
Introduced: 2018-05-17 in the Senate
Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources
Subjects: Forests, forestry, trees
Land use and conservation
Parks, recreation areas, trails
Wilderness and natural areas, wildlife refuges, wild rivers, habitats

Summary:
action_date: 2018-05-17
text: 

Human-Powered Travel in Wilderness Areas Act

 
This bill requires the Department of Agriculture and the Department of the Interior to authorize their respective local officials to determine all permissible forms of nonmotorized travel over any permitted routes within their jurisdictions.
 
The bill defines "local officials" as officers or employees who are the heads of units or jurisdictions of the Bureau of Land Management, the National Park Service, the Forest Service, or the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service. 
 
If a local official fails to make such a determination about a permitted route more than two years after this bill's enactment, then any form of nonmotorized travel shall be allowable on that route.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2018-05-17
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
action_date: 2018-05-17
text: Introduced in Senate
HEROES Act of 2018

Bill: 115-s-2878
Sponsor: Sen. Graham, Lindsey [R-SC]
Introduced: 2018-05-17 in the Senate
Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement

Summary:
action_date: 2018-05-17
text: 

Helping Extend Responding Officers Expansive Support Act of 2018 or the HEROES Act of 2018

 
This bill requires the Federal Bureau of Investigation to include, in the Uniform Crime Reports, data on public safety officers who are killed or disabled in the line of duty. Additionally, the bill makes changes to eligibility for education benefits under the Public Safety Officers' Benefits program for public safety officers and survivors of public safety officers who are killed or permanently disabled in the line of duty.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2018-05-17
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2018-05-17
text: Introduced in Senate
Behavioral Health Crisis Response Improvements Act

Bill: 115-s-2879
Sponsor: Sen. McCaskill, Claire [D-MO]
Introduced: 2018-05-17 in the Senate
Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement
Subjects: Employment and training programs
Law enforcement administration and funding
Law enforcement officers
Mental health

Summary:
action_date: 2018-05-17
text: 

Behavioral Health Crisis Response Improvements Act

 
This bill authorizes the Office of Community Oriented Policing Services within the Department of Justice to make grants to law enforcement agencies for behavioral health crisis response training.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2018-05-17
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2018-05-17
text: Introduced in Senate
Disaster Housing Assistance Act

Bill: 115-s-2880
Sponsor: Sen. Nelson, Bill [D-FL]
Introduced: 2018-05-17 in the Senate
Policy area: Emergency Management
Subjects: Disaster relief and insurance
Homelessness and emergency shelter
Natural disasters

Summary:
action_date: 2018-05-17
text: 

Disaster Housing Assistance Act

 
This bill directs the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) to enter into an agreement or agreements with the Department of Housing and Urban Development to establish a temporary program that provides long-term rental housing assistance to eligible families affected by a major disaster during 2017, including with respect to Hurricane Maria.
 
The Government Accountability Office shall report to Congress by January 20, 2020, on the results of the program.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2018-05-17
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.
action_date: 2018-05-17
text: Introduced in Senate