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American Housing and Economic Mobility Act of 2018

Bill: 115-s-3503
Sponsor: Sen. Warren, Elizabeth [D-MA]
Introduced: 2018-09-26 in the Senate
Policy area: Housing and Community Development
Subjects: Agricultural prices, subsidies, credit
Appropriations
Banking and financial institutions regulation
Building construction
Consumer credit
Educational facilities and institutions
Elementary and secondary education
Energy efficiency and conservation
Financial crises and stabilization
Government information and archives
Government lending and loan guarantees
Higher education
Housing and community development funding
Housing discrimination
Housing finance and home ownership
Housing supply and affordability
Indian social and development programs
Labor standards
Land use and conservation
Low- and moderate-income housing
Public contracts and procurement
Public housing
Regional and metropolitan planning
Residential rehabilitation and home repair
Rural conditions and development
Sex, gender, sexual orientation discrimination
Small business
Transfer and inheritance taxes
Wages and earnings

Summary:
action_date: 2018-09-26
text: 

American Housing and Economic Mobility Act of 2018

 
This bill addresses housing affordability and access by
 
 
establishing a Local Housing Innovation grant program to support efforts to remove barriers to affordable housing;
 
reauthorizing and increasing funding for various specified housing programs;
 
establishing a Middle Class Housing Emergency Fund to support the construction of affordable rental-housing units;
 
establishing a down-payment assistance program;
 
establishing a formula grant program to assist borrowers who have negative equity in their homes;
 
expanding the applicability, and increasing the penalties for violations, of certain requirements for financial institutions to help meet the credit needs of lower-income communities;
 
expanding certain protections under the Fair Housing Act; and
 
otherwise revising provisions related to housing assistance.

 
The bill also lowers estate-tax thresholds, establishes new tax rates above those thresholds, and otherwise modifies provisions related to transfer taxes.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2018-09-26
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
action_date: 2018-09-26
text: Introduced in Senate
Human Trafficking Survivor Tax Relief Act

Bill: 115-s-3504
Sponsor: Sen. Cornyn, John [R-TX]
Introduced: 2018-09-26 in the Senate
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Civil actions and liability
Crime victims
Human trafficking
Income tax exclusion

Summary:
action_date: 2018-09-26
text: 

Human Trafficking Survivor Tax Relief Act 

 
This bill amends the Internal Revenue Code to exclude from gross income civil damages, restitution, or other monetary awards (including compensatory or statutory damages and restitution imposed in a criminal matter) awarded to victims of peonage, slavery, or human trafficking. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2018-09-26
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. (text of measure as introduced: CR S6343-6346)
action_date: 2018-09-26
text: Introduced in Senate
Preserving America's Battlefields Act

Bill: 115-s-3505
Sponsor: Sen. Isakson, Johnny [R-GA]
Introduced: 2018-09-26 in the Senate
Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources
Subjects: Conflicts and wars
Historic sites and heritage areas
Military history
U.S. history

Summary:
action_date: 2018-09-26
text: 

Preserving America's Battlefields Act

 
This bill reauthorizes though FY2028 the Battlefield Acquisition Grant Program and expands the purposes of the Civil War Battlefield Preservation Act of 2002. Specifically, the Act's purposes shall include: 
 
 
the preservation and protection of nationally significant battlefields of not only the Civil War but also the American Revolution and the War of 1812, and 
 
the enhancement of visitors' experiences at those battlefields. 



Legislative actions:
action_date: 2018-12-12
text: Committee on Energy and Natural Resources Subcommittee on National Parks. Hearings held.
action_date: 2018-09-26
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
action_date: 2018-09-26
text: Introduced in Senate
School Security Enhancement Act

Bill: 115-s-3506
Sponsor: Sen. Cruz, Ted [R-TX]
Introduced: 2018-09-26 in the Senate
Policy area: Education
Subjects: Building construction
Child safety and welfare
Crimes against children
Education programs funding
Educational facilities and institutions
Elementary and secondary education
Firearms and explosives
Violent crime

Summary:
action_date: 2018-09-26
text: 

School Security Enhancement Act

 
This bill amends the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 to allow local educational agencies to use specified portions of Student Support and Academic Enrichment grants for planning and designing school buildings and facilities, installing infrastructure, and implementing other measures to strengthen security on school premises. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2018-09-26
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
action_date: 2018-09-26
text: Introduced in Senate
A bill to amend title 38, United States Code, to extend the authority of the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to prescribe regulations providing that a presumption of service connection is warranted for a disease with a positive association with exposure to a herbicide agent, and for other purposes.

Bill: 115-s-3507
Sponsor: Sen. Brown, Sherrod [D-OH]
Introduced: 2018-09-26 in the Senate
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Asia
Conflicts and wars
Hazardous wastes and toxic substances
Military personnel and dependents
Veterans' medical care
Vietnam

Summary:
action_date: 2018-09-26
text: 
This bill reinstates and extends the authority of the Department of Veterans Affairs to determine and regulate diseases that warrant a presumption of service connection after exposure to a herbicide agent. Under a presumption of service connection, specific diseases diagnosed in certain veterans are presumed to have been caused by the circumstances of their military service. Health care benefits may then be awarded.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2018-09-26
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
action_date: 2018-09-26
text: Introduced in Senate
Congressional Award Program Reauthorization Act of 2018

Bill: 115-s-3509
Sponsor: Sen. Enzi, Michael B. [R-WY]
Introduced: 2018-09-26 in the Senate
Policy area: Congress
Subjects: Congressional tributes
Social work, volunteer service, charitable organizations

Summary:
action_date: 2018-09-26
text: 

Congressional Award Program Reauthorization Act of 2018

 
This bill amends the Congressional Award Act to reauthorize through FY2023 the Congressional Award Board.

action_date: 2018-10-11
text: 

Congressional Award Program Reauthorization Act of 2018

 
(Sec. 2) This bill amends the Congressional Award Act to reauthorize through FY2023 the Congressional Award Board.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2018-10-11
text: Became Public Law No: 115-268.
action_date: 2018-10-11
text: Became Public Law No: 115-268.
action_date: 2018-10-11
text: Signed by President.
action_date: 2018-10-11
text: Signed by President.
action_date: 2018-10-02
text: Presented to President.
action_date: 2018-10-02
text: Presented to President.
action_date: 2018-09-28
text: Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
action_date: 2018-09-28
text: On passage Passed without objection. (text: CR H9359)
action_date: 2018-09-28
text: Passed/agreed to in House: On passage Passed without objection.(text: CR H9359)
action_date: 2018-09-28
text: Considered by unanimous consent. (consideration: CR H9359)
action_date: 2018-09-28
text: Mr. Thompson (PA) asked unanimous consent to take from the Speaker's table and consider.
action_date: 2018-09-27
text: Message on Senate action sent to the House.
action_date: 2018-09-27
text: Held at the desk.
action_date: 2018-09-27
text: Received in the House.
action_date: 2018-09-26
text: Introduced in the Senate, read twice, considered, read the third time, and passed without amendment by Unanimous Consent. (consideration: CR S6348; text: CR S6348; text of measure as introduced: CR S6346)
action_date: 2018-09-26
text: Passed/agreed to in Senate: Introduced in the Senate, read twice, considered, read the third time, and passed without amendment by Unanimous Consent.(consideration: CR S6348; text: CR S6348; text of measure as introduced: CR S6346)
action_date: 2018-09-26
text: Introduced in Senate

Enacted as: number: 115-268
Agricultural Trade Improvement Act of 2018

Bill: 115-s-3510
Sponsor: Sen. Nelson, Bill [D-FL]
Introduced: 2018-09-26 in the Senate
Policy area: Foreign Trade and International Finance
Subjects: Agricultural trade
Competitiveness, trade promotion, trade deficits
Government studies and investigations
Tariffs

Summary:
action_date: 2018-09-26
text: 

Agricultural Trade Improvement Act of 2018

 
This bill establishes a process by which a core seasonal industry may petition for countervailing and antidumping duties.



Legislative actions:
action_date: 2018-09-26
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
action_date: 2018-09-26
text: Introduced in Senate
Drone Safety Enhancement Act

Bill: 115-s-3511
Sponsor: Sen. Cortez Masto, Catherine [D-NV]
Introduced: 2018-09-26 in the Senate
Policy area: Transportation and Public Works

Summary:
action_date: 2018-09-26
text: 

Drone Safety Enhancement Act

 
This bill authorizes funding for FY2019-FY2024 to the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) for the Know Before You Fly educational campaign or similar public informational efforts to broaden unmanned aircraft systems (drone) safety awareness.
 
The FAA shall initiate a review of the process for interagency coordination of C-UAS activity and the standards for operation of a C-UAS system. A &quot;C-UAS system&quot; is the counter-unmanned aircraft system for detecting, tracking, and defending against drones. 
 
The bill amends the FAA Extension, Safety, and Security Act of 2016 to include railroad facilities as fixed site facilities for purposes of prohibiting or restricting the operation of a drone near such facilities.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2018-09-26
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
action_date: 2018-09-26
text: Introduced in Senate
Increased Aviation Safety through Contract Towers Act

Bill: 115-s-3512
Sponsor: Sen. Cortez Masto, Catherine [D-NV]
Introduced: 2018-09-26 in the Senate
Policy area: Transportation and Public Works

Summary:
action_date: 2018-09-26
text: 

Increased Aviation Safety through Contract Towers Act

 
This bill authorizes the Department of Transportation to provide grants to an airport sponsor for the construction or improvement of a nonapproach control tower and for the acquisition and installation of air traffic control, communications, and related equipment to be used in that tower. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2018-09-26
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
action_date: 2018-09-26
text: Introduced in Senate
UAS Critical Infrastructure Protection Act

Bill: 115-s-3513
Sponsor: Sen. Cortez Masto, Catherine [D-NV]
Introduced: 2018-09-26 in the Senate
Policy area: Transportation and Public Works

Summary:
action_date: 2018-09-26
text: 

UAS Critical Infrastructure Protection Act

 
This bill amends the FAA Extension, Safety, and Security Act of 2016 to include railroad facilities among the critical infrastructure to be considered fixed site facilities for purposes of prohibiting or restricting the operation of an unmanned aircraft (i.e., a drone) in close proximity to such facilities. Other fixed site facilities may include military installations, oil refineries and chemical facilities, or amusement parks.
 
The Federal Aviation Administration must publish a notice of proposed rulemaking by March 31, 2019, for carrying out the the process for prohibiting or restricting the operation of drones near fixed site facilities, and then issue a final rule within 12 months after publishing the notice of proposed rulemaking.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2018-09-26
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
action_date: 2018-09-26
text: Introduced in Senate
GREEN Vehicles at Airports Act

Bill: 115-s-3514
Sponsor: Sen. Cortez Masto, Catherine [D-NV]
Introduced: 2018-09-26 in the Senate
Policy area: Transportation and Public Works
Subjects: Air quality
Aviation and airports
Energy storage, supplies, demand
Hybrid, electric, and advanced technology vehicles
Transportation programs funding

Summary:
action_date: 2018-09-26
text: 

Generating Revenue for Electric and Emission-Negligible Vehicles at Airports Act or the GREEN Vehicles at Airports Act

 
This bill abolishes the inherently low emission airport vehicle pilot program and revises the pilot program the Department of Transportation (DOT) is authorized to establish under which sponsors of public-use airports may use funds to carry out activities associated with the acquisition and operation of eligible zero-emission vehicles and equipment.
 
DOT may establish a zero-emission technology program.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2018-09-26
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
action_date: 2018-09-26
text: Introduced in Senate
Wildfire-Resilient Communities Act

Bill: 115-s-3515
Sponsor: Sen. Merkley, Jeff [D-OR]
Introduced: 2018-09-26 in the Senate
Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources
Subjects: Department of Agriculture
Executive agency funding and structure
Fires
Forests, forestry, trees
Land use and conservation
Watersheds

Summary:
action_date: 2018-09-26
text: 

Wildfire-Resilient Communities Act

 
This bill permanently funds the Collaborative Forest Landscape Restoration Fund, provides for financial and technical assistance to at-risk communities, modifies the limits on the number of proposals that may be funded for ecological restoration treatments for priority forest landscapes under the Collaborative Forest Landscape Restoration Program, and establishes the County Stewardship Fund for making payments to counties that have a contract for a stewardship contracting project on federal land within their boundaries.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2018-09-26
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
action_date: 2018-09-26
text: Introduced in Senate
Iranian Revolutionary Guard Corps Economic Exclusion Act

Bill: 115-s-3516
Sponsor: Sen. Hatch, Orrin G. [R-UT]
Introduced: 2018-09-26 in the Senate
Policy area: International Affairs
Subjects: Aviation and airports
Bank accounts, deposits, capital
Conflicts and wars
Congressional oversight
Diplomacy, foreign officials, Americans abroad
Foreign aid and international relief
Foreign and international banking
Foreign and international corporations
Foreign property
Free trade and trade barriers
Government information and archives
Government studies and investigations
International organizations and cooperation
Iran
Licensing and registrations
Middle East
Military assistance, sales, and agreements
Presidents and presidential powers, Vice Presidents
Sanctions
Syria
Terrorism
War and emergency powers

Summary:
action_date: 2018-09-26
text: 

Iranian Revolutionary Guard Corps Economic Exclusion Act

 
This bill expands sanctions against Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC).
 
The President shall report to Congress regarding: 
 
 
foreign and domestic supply chains that significantly aid the IRGC; 
 
Iranian state-owned entities that provide support to terrorist entities, including Mahan Air; and 
 
foreign persons owned or controlled by the IRGC, including companies listed on the Tehran Stock Exchange or companies with a value in excess of $100 million.
 
 
 The bill states that it is U.S. policy to prevent Iran's membership in the World Trade Organization and similar international bodies as long as Iran remains a state sponsor of terrorism.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2018-09-26
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations.
action_date: 2018-09-26
text: Introduced in Senate
Prevention of Unconstitutional War with Iran Act of 2018

Bill: 115-s-3517
Sponsor: Sen. Udall, Tom [D-NM]
Introduced: 2018-09-26 in the Senate
Policy area: International Affairs
Subjects: Conflicts and wars
Congressional oversight
Defense spending
Iran
Legislative rules and procedure
Middle East
Military operations and strategy

Summary:
action_date: 2018-09-26
text: 

Prevention of Unconstitutional War with Iran Act of 2018

 
This bill prohibits funds from being used for military operations against Iran unless Congress authorizes such an action, with various exceptions such as in response to an imminent threat.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2018-09-26
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations.
action_date: 2018-09-26
text: Introduced in Senate
Small Business Mergers, Acquisitions, Sales, and Brokerage Simplification Act of 2018

Bill: 115-s-3518
Sponsor: Sen. Peters, Gary C. [D-MI]
Introduced: 2018-09-27 in the Senate
Policy area: Finance and Financial Sector

Summary:
action_date: 2018-09-27
text: 

Small Business Mergers, Acquisitions, Sales, and Brokerage Simplification Act of 2018

 
This bill amends the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 to exempt from that Act's registration requirements merger-and-acquisition brokers that facilitate transfer of ownership in privately held companies with earnings or revenues under a specified threshold. This exemption shall not apply, however, to brokers that: 
 
 
 receive, hold, transmit, or have custody of funds or securities to be exchanged by parties to an ownership transfer; 
 
engage on behalf of an issuer in a public offering of registered securities; 
 
engage on behalf of any party in a transaction involving specified shell companies;
 
provide financing related to the transfer of ownership;
 
assist any party to obtain financing from a third party in specified circumstances;
 
represent both buyer and seller without disclosure and consent from both parties;
 
facilitate a transaction with a group of buyers formed with the assistance of the broker;
 
engage in transferring ownership to a passive buyer;
 
bind a party to a transfer of ownership; or 
 
are subject to suspension or revocation of registration or to other specified disqualifications. 
 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2018-09-27
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs.
action_date: 2018-09-27
text: Introduced in Senate
MODERN Labeling Act

Bill: 115-s-3519
Sponsor: Sen. Hatch, Orrin G. [R-UT]
Introduced: 2018-09-27 in the Senate
Policy area: Health

Summary:
action_date: 2018-09-27
text: 

Making Objective Drug Evidence Revisions for New Labeling Act or the MODERN Labeling Act

 
This bill amends the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act to provide the Food and Drug Administration with authority to require updates to drug labeling to reflect new information relevant to the drug and its use.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2018-09-27
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
action_date: 2018-09-27
text: Introduced in Senate
Child Care Supply Improvement Act of 2018

Bill: 115-s-3520
Sponsor: Sen. Smith, Tina [D-MN]
Introduced: 2018-09-27 in the Senate
Policy area: Native Americans
Subjects: Child care and development
Disability and paralysis
Educational technology and distance education
Employment and training programs
Licensing and registrations
Preschool education
Residential rehabilitation and home repair
Small business

Summary:
action_date: 2018-09-27
text: 

Child Care Supply Improvement Act of 2018

 
This bill provides financial support for child care programs, including by providing grants to states, Indian tribes, and tribal organizations for supporting child care facilities or child care providers.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2018-09-27
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
action_date: 2018-09-27
text: Introduced in Senate
Scarlett's Sunshine on Sudden Unexpected Death Act

Bill: 115-s-3521
Sponsor: Sen. Casey, Robert P., Jr. [D-PA]
Introduced: 2018-09-27 in the Senate
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Child health
Congressional oversight
Criminal investigation, prosecution, interrogation
Emergency medical services and trauma care
Genetics
Government studies and investigations
Health information and medical records
Health programs administration and funding
Health promotion and preventive care
Law enforcement administration and funding
Medical education
Medical research
Medical tests and diagnostic methods
Product safety and quality

Summary:
action_date: 2018-09-27
text: 

Scarlett's Sunshine on Sudden Unexpected Death Act

 
This bill establishes several programs and requirements relating to sudden unexpected infant death (SUID) and sudden unexplained death in childhood (SUDC). 
 
Among other things, the bill establishes grant programs to:
 
 
promote comprehensive death scene investigations and autopsies relating to SUID and SUDC;
 
improve infant and child death review programs; and
 
 promote education and outreach relating to SUID and SUDC.
 
 
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention must also study the use of genetic analysis and publish specified data regarding SUID and SUDC.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2018-09-27
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
action_date: 2018-09-27
text: Introduced in Senate
Senior Scams Prevention Act

Bill: 115-s-3522
Sponsor: Sen. Casey, Robert P., Jr. [D-PA]
Introduced: 2018-09-27 in the Senate
Policy area: Commerce
Subjects: Advisory bodies
Aging
Congressional oversight
Consumer affairs
Crime prevention
Financial services and investments
Fraud offenses and financial crimes
Government information and archives
Retail and wholesale trades

Summary:
action_date: 2018-09-27
text: 

Senior Scams Prevention Act

 
This bill establishes a Senior Scams Prevention Advisory Council, which shall create model educational materials to educate employees of retailers, financial-services companies, and wire-transfer companies on how to identify and prevent scams that affect seniors. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2018-09-27
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
action_date: 2018-09-27
text: Introduced in Senate
Full Military Honors Act of 2018

Bill: 115-s-3523
Sponsor: Sen. Cotton, Tom [R-AR]
Introduced: 2018-09-27 in the Senate
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Cemeteries and funerals
Military personnel and dependents
Veterans' organizations and recognition
Virginia

Summary:
action_date: 2018-09-27
text: 

Full Military Honors Act of 2018

 
This bill provides full military honors for the funeral of an eligible veteran who: 
 
 
is first interred or inurned in Arlington National Cemetery on or after enactment of this bill, 
 
was awarded the medal of honor or the prisoner-of-war medal, and 
 
is not entitled to full military honors because of such veteran's grade.
 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2018-12-20
text: Held at the desk.
action_date: 2018-12-20
text: Received in the House.
action_date: 2018-12-20
text: Message on Senate action sent to the House.
action_date: 2018-12-19
text: Passed Senate without amendment by Unanimous Consent. (text: CR S7897)
action_date: 2018-12-19
text: Passed/agreed to in Senate: Passed Senate without amendment by Unanimous Consent.(text: CR S7897)
action_date: 2018-12-19
text: Senate Committee on Veterans' Affairs discharged by Unanimous Consent. (consideration: CR S7897)
action_date: 2018-12-19
text: Senate Committee on Veterans' Affairs discharged by Unanimous Consent.(consideration: CR S7897)
action_date: 2018-09-27
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
action_date: 2018-09-27
text: Introduced in Senate