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National POW/MIA Flag Act

Bill: 115-s-3698
Sponsor: Sen. Warren, Elizabeth [D-MA]
Introduced: 2018-12-03 in the Senate
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Subjects: Commemorative events and holidays
Conflicts and wars
Military personnel and dependents
National symbols

Summary:
action_date: 2018-12-03
text: 

National POW/MIA Flag Act

 
The bill changes the days on which the POW/MIA flag is required to be displayed at specified locations to all days on which the U.S. flag is displayed. (Current law requires the POW/MIA flag to be displayed only on Armed Forces Day, Memorial Day, Flag Day, Independence Day, National POW/MIA Recognition Day, and Veterans Day.)


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2018-12-03
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2018-12-03
text: Introduced in Senate
Keep Our PACT Act

Bill: 115-s-3699
Sponsor: Sen. Van Hollen, Chris [D-MD]
Introduced: 2018-12-04 in the Senate
Policy area: Education
Subjects: Appropriations
Education programs funding
Elementary and secondary education
Special education

Summary:
action_date: 2018-12-04
text: 

Keep Our Promise to America's Children and Teachers Act or the Keep Our PACT Act

 
This bill mandates funding at specified levels for FY2020-FY2029 to support (1) public elementary and secondary schools with high percentages of children from low-income families, and (2) special education and related services for children with disabilities.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2018-12-04
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
action_date: 2018-12-04
text: Introduced in Senate
Promoting Employment and Economic Mobility Act

Bill: 115-s-3700
Sponsor: Sen. Hatch, Orrin G. [R-UT]
Introduced: 2018-12-04 in the Senate
Policy area: Social Welfare

Summary:
action_date: 2018-12-04
text: 

Promoting Employment and Economic Mobility Act

 
This bill modifies requirements for those receiving benefits under the Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) program, including requirements related to employment and job training. The bill also reauthorizes various TANF grant programs through FY2021.



Legislative actions:
action_date: 2018-12-04
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
action_date: 2018-12-04
text: Introduced in Senate
Smoke-Free Schools Act of 2018

Bill: 115-s-3701
Sponsor: Sen. Hatch, Orrin G. [R-UT]
Introduced: 2018-12-04 in the Senate
Policy area: Health

Summary:
action_date: 2018-12-04
text: 

Smoke-Free Schools Act of 2018 

 
This bill prohibits the use of any tobacco product (e.g., electronic cigarette) within an indoor facility used for routine or regular provision of children's services, including health, day care, early development, education, or library services. Current law prohibits smoking within such facilities.
 
The Food and Drug Administration must conduct studies of best practices to discourage the use of electronic cigarettes in schools.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2018-12-04
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
action_date: 2018-12-04
text: Introduced in Senate
Right Rebate Act of 2018

Bill: 115-s-3702
Sponsor: Sen. Wyden, Ron [D-OR]
Introduced: 2018-12-04 in the Senate
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Business records
Civil actions and liability
Home and outpatient care
Inflation and prices
Medicaid
Prescription drugs
State and local government operations

Summary:
action_date: 2018-12-04
text: 

Right Rebate Act of 2018

 
This bill requires drug manufacturers with Medicaid rebate agreements for covered outpatient drugs to disclose drug product information. Manufacturers are subject to civil penalties for knowingly misclassifying drugs. Manufacturers are also required to compensate for rebates that were initially underpaid as a result of misclassification (whether or not such misclassification was committed knowingly).


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2018-12-04
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
action_date: 2018-12-04
text: Introduced in Senate
NFIP Extension Act of 2018

Bill: 115-s-3703
Sponsor: Sen. Rubio, Marco [R-FL]
Introduced: 2018-12-04 in the Senate
Policy area: Finance and Financial Sector

Summary:
action_date: 2018-12-04
text: 

NFIP Extension Act of 2018

 
This bill amends the National Flood Insurance Act of 1968 to reauthorize the National Flood Insurance Program through September 30, 2019. 
 
The bill shall take effect as if it had been enacted on December 7, 2018.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2018-12-04
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs.
action_date: 2018-12-04
text: Introduced in Senate
San Gabriel Mountains Foothills and Rivers Protection Act

Bill: 115-s-3704
Sponsor: Sen. Harris, Kamala D. [D-CA]
Introduced: 2018-12-05 in the Senate
Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources
Subjects: Advisory bodies
California
Forests, forestry, trees
Land transfers
Land use and conservation
Military facilities and property
Monuments and memorials
Parks, recreation areas, trails
Wilderness and natural areas, wildlife refuges, wild rivers, habitats

Summary:
action_date: 2018-12-05
text: 

San Gabriel Mountains Foothills and Rivers Protection Act

 
This bill establishes the San Gabriel National Recreation Area in California, establishes the San Gabriel National Recreation Area Public Advisory Council and the San Gabriel National Recreation Area Partnership, modifies the boundaries of the San Gabriel Mountains National Monument in California, designates specified National Forest System lands in Angeles National Forest in California as components of the National Wilderness Preservation System, and designates specified river segments in California as components of the National Wild and Scenic Rivers System. 
 
 
 
 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2018-12-05
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
action_date: 2018-12-05
text: Introduced in Senate
Northwest California Wilderness, Recreation, and Working Forests Act

Bill: 115-s-3705
Sponsor: Sen. Harris, Kamala D. [D-CA]
Introduced: 2018-12-05 in the Senate
Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources
Subjects: Air quality
California
Climate change and greenhouse gases
Congressional oversight
Crimes against animals and natural resources
Ecology
Economic development
Emergency planning and evacuation
Endangered and threatened species
Environmental assessment, monitoring, research
Fires
Fishes
Floods and storm protection
Forests, forestry, trees
Government studies and investigations
Historical and cultural resources
Hunting and fishing
Indian lands and resources rights
Insects
Lakes and rivers
Land transfers
Land use and conservation
Livestock
Marine and coastal resources, fisheries
Motor vehicles
Outdoor recreation
Parks, recreation areas, trails
Pedestrians and bicycling
Public-private cooperation
Research and development
Roads and highways
Water quality
Wilderness and natural areas, wildlife refuges, wild rivers, habitats
Wildlife conservation and habitat protection

Summary:
action_date: 2018-12-05
text: 

Northwest California Wilderness, Recreation, and Working Forests Act

 
This bill sets forth provisions concerning the restoration, economic development, and conservation of, and recreational access to, certain public lands in Northern California. 
 
The bill establishes the following programs, areas, and trails: 
 
 
the South Fork Trinity-Mad River Restoration Area, 
 
the Northwest California Public Lands Remediation Partnership, 
 
the Trinity Lake and Del Norte County visitor centers, 
 
the Horse Mountain Special Management Area, 
 
the Elk Camp Ridge National Recreation Trail, and 
 
the Sanhedrin Conservation Management Area. 
 
 
The bill designates: 
 
 
 specified federal lands as components of the National Wilderness Preservation System, 
 
 the North Fork Wilderness as the North Fork Eel River Wilderness, 
 
specified federal lands as potential wilderness areas, and 
 
specified segments of certain rivers and creeks and a specified segment of a river estuary as components of the National Wild and Scenic Rivers System. 
 
 
In addition, the bill: 
 
 
authorizes initiatives to restore degraded redwood forest ecosystems in the Redwood National Forest and state parks; 
 
requires studies concerning certain visitor accommodations and recreational trails in the Six Rivers, Shasta-Trinity, and Mendocino National Forests, as applicable; and 
 
authorizes partnerships for trail and campground maintenance, public education, visitor contacts, and visitor center staffing on federal lands in Mendocino, Humboldt, Trinity, and Del Norte Counties. 
 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2018-12-05
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
action_date: 2018-12-05
text: Introduced in Senate
United States Ports of Entry Threat and Operational Review Act

Bill: 115-s-3706
Sponsor: Sen. Cornyn, John [R-TX]
Introduced: 2018-12-05 in the Senate
Policy area: Emergency Management
Subjects: Border security and unlawful immigration
Congressional oversight
Crime prevention
Criminal investigation, prosecution, interrogation
Drug trafficking and controlled substances
Government employee pay, benefits, personnel management
Government studies and investigations
Immigration status and procedures
Infrastructure development
Intelligence activities, surveillance, classified information
Law enforcement administration and funding

Summary:
action_date: 2018-12-05
text: 

United States Ports of Entry Threat and Operational Review Act

 
This bill directs U.S. Customs and Border Protection to submit to the congressional homeland security and tax committees a threat and operational analysis of U.S. air, land, and sea ports of entry.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2018-12-05
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs. (text of measure as introduced: CR S7320)
action_date: 2018-12-05
text: Introduced in Senate
Public-Private Cybersecurity Cooperation Act

Bill: 115-s-3707
Sponsor: Sen. Portman, Rob [R-OH]
Introduced: 2018-12-05 in the Senate
Policy area: Emergency Management
Subjects: Computer security and identity theft
Computers and information technology
Congressional oversight
Homeland security
Public-private cooperation

Summary:
action_date: 2018-12-05
text: 

Public-Private Cybersecurity Cooperation Act

 
This bill directs the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) to: (1) establish a policy applicable to individuals and entities that reports security vulnerabilities on DHS public websites, (2) develop a process for mitigation or remediation of security vulnerabilities that are reported, (3) consult with specified federal departments and nongovernmental security researchers in developing the policy, and (4) submit the policy and the remediation process to Congress. DHS must make such policy publicly available.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2018-12-05
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.
action_date: 2018-12-05
text: Introduced in Senate
One Subject at a Time Act

Bill: 115-s-3708
Sponsor: Sen. Paul, Rand [R-KY]
Introduced: 2018-12-05 in the Senate
Policy area: Congress

Summary:
action_date: 2018-12-05
text: 

One Subject at a Time Act

 
 This bill requires: (1) each bill or joint resolution to embrace no more than one subject, and (2) the subject to be clearly and descriptively expressed in the measure's title.
 
An appropriations bill may not contain any general legislation or change of existing law requirement if its subject is not germane to the subject of such bill.
 
The bill voids: (1) an entire bill or joint resolution if its title addresses two or more unrelated subjects, (2) provisions in legislation not clearly and descriptively expressed in the measure's title, (3) appropriation provisions that are outside the relevant subcommittee's jurisdiction, and (4) provisions of appropriation bills not germane to their subject matter.
 
The bill grants aggrieved persons and Members of Congress the right to bring an action against the United States to seek appropriate relief, including an injunction against the enforcement of any law the passage of which did not conform to this bill.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2018-12-05
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Rules and Administration.
action_date: 2018-12-05
text: Introduced in Senate
Read the Bills Act

Bill: 115-s-3709
Sponsor: Sen. Paul, Rand [R-KY]
Introduced: 2018-12-05 in the Senate
Policy area: Congress
Subjects: Civil actions and liability
Constitution and constitutional amendments
Government liability
Legislative rules and procedure
Members of Congress

Summary:
action_date: 2018-12-05
text: 

Read the Bills Act

 
This bill requires any bill or resolution introduced in either chamber of Congress to contain a provision citing the specific powers granted to Congress in the Constitution to enact the proposed measure, including all of its provisions. The text must also set forth the current law that measure is amending and the proposed modifications to the law. 
 
A vote on final passage of a measure (except private bills) may not occur in either chamber unless
 
 
the full text of the measure is published at least seven days before the vote on an official website of each chamber,
 
public notice of the specific calendar week during which the vote is scheduled to take place is posted on the respective website within six days before the Monday of such week, and
 
there is a reading of its full text verbatim by the Clerk of the House of Representatives or the Secretary of the Senate to the respective chamber.
 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2018-12-05
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Rules and Administration.
action_date: 2018-12-05
text: Introduced in Senate
Write the Laws Act

Bill: 115-s-3710
Sponsor: Sen. Paul, Rand [R-KY]
Introduced: 2018-12-05 in the Senate
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Subjects: Congressional oversight
Congressional-executive branch relations
Government information and archives
Legislative rules and procedure
Presidents and presidential powers, Vice Presidents

Summary:
action_date: 2018-12-05
text: 

Write the Laws Act

 
This bill prohibits an Act of Congress from containing any delegation of legislative powers, whether to any component within the legislative branch, the President or any other member of the executive branch, the judicial branch, any agency or quasi-public agency, any state or state instrumentality, or any other organization or individual.
 
The Government Accountability Office must identify to Congress all statutes enacted within 90 days after this bill's enactment that contain any delegation of legislative power prohibited by it.
 
Any Act of Congress, presidential directive, adjudicative decision, rule, or regulation that is noncompliant with this bill shall have no force or effect.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2018-12-05
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.
action_date: 2018-12-05
text: Introduced in Senate
Opioid Treatment Surge Act

Bill: 115-s-3711
Sponsor: Sen. Merkley, Jeff [D-OR]
Introduced: 2018-12-05 in the Senate
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Drug, alcohol, tobacco use
Health care coverage and access
Prescription drugs
User charges and fees

Summary:
action_date: 2018-12-05
text: 

Opioid Treatment Surge Act

 
This bill establishes a retroactive annual fee for opioid manufacturers, based on the manufacturer's share of the opioid drug market.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2018-12-05
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
action_date: 2018-12-05
text: Introduced in Senate
LIFT (Livable Incomes for Families Today) the Middle Class Act

Bill: 115-s-3712
Sponsor: Sen. Harris, Kamala D. [D-CA]
Introduced: 2018-12-05 in the Senate
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Government information and archives
Income tax credits
Inflation and prices
Poverty and welfare assistance
Social work, volunteer service, charitable organizations
Tax administration and collection, taxpayers

Summary:
action_date: 2018-12-05
text: 

LIFT (Livable Incomes for Families Today) the Middle Class Act 

 
This bill establishes a refundable middle class tax credit of up to $3,000 for individuals and up to $6,000 for married individuals filing joint returns. Taxpayers must be at least 18 years of age to receive the credit and may elect to receive payments of the credit in advance on a monthly basis.
 
The bill limits the amount of the credit and eligibility for the credit based on annual income and filing status. Both the income limitations and the amount of the credit must be adjusted for inflation after 2019.
 
The bill also requires the Internal Revenue Service to establish a Community Volunteer Income Tax Assistance Matching Grant Program to provide matching funds for the development, expansion, or continuation of tax preparation programs to assist low-income taxpayers and members of underserved populations. The program must be substantially similar to the Community Volunteer Income Tax Assistance matching grants demonstration program established under the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2008. 
 
The bill expresses the sense of the Senate that the costs of the bill should be offset through (1) repealing P.L. 115-97 (commonly known as the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act), with the exception of provisions that provide relief to taxpayers with under $100,000 in annual income; and (2) assessing a fee on financial institutions with total consolidated assets of more than $50 billion. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2018-12-05
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
action_date: 2018-12-05
text: Introduced in Senate
WALL Act of 2018

Bill: 115-s-3713
Sponsor: Sen. Inhofe, James M. [R-OK]
Introduced: 2018-12-05 in the Senate
Policy area: Immigration
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Appropriations
Border security and unlawful immigration
Department of Agriculture
Department of Health and Human Services
Department of Housing and Urban Development
Department of Labor
Foreign labor
Higher education
Immigration status and procedures
Income tax credits
Low- and moderate-income housing
Poverty and welfare assistance
Public housing
Student aid and college costs
Tax administration and collection, taxpayers
Tax treatment of families
User charges and fees
Wages and earnings

Summary:
action_date: 2018-12-05
text: 

WALL Act of 2018

 
This bill appropriates $25 billion for the construction of a wall on the U.S.-Mexico border. The amount shall remain available until expended.
 
As offsets to the spending, this bill amends the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to restrict the child tax credit, earned income credits, and lifetime learning credits to those with social security numbers and not prohibited from employment in the United States. Also, individuals who file taxes using an individual taxpayer identification number instead of a social security number shall pay a $300 fee.
 
This bill also sets fines for aliens who improperly enter the United States or overstay their visas.
 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2018-12-05
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
action_date: 2018-12-05
text: Introduced in Senate
Ashanti Alert Act of 2018

Bill: 115-s-3714
Sponsor: Sen. Warner, Mark R. [D-VA]
Introduced: 2018-12-06 in the Senate
Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement

Summary:
action_date: 2018-12-06
text: 

Ashanti Alert Act of 2018

 
This bill directs the Department of Justice (DOJ) to establish a national communications network&#8212;the Ashanti Alert communications network&#8212;to support regional and local search efforts for missing adults.
 
The Ashanti Alert communications network must be integrated with the Blue Alert communications network (i.e., the communications network that supports efforts to search for and apprehend violent offenders who injure, kill, or pose an imminent danger to law enforcement).
 
The bill authorizes appropriations for FY2019-FY2022 to carry out the Ashanti Alert communications network.
 
It amends the Justice Assistance Act of 1984 to eliminate existing authority for DOJ to award grants under the Emergency Federal Law Enforcement Assistance Program through FY2022.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2018-12-06
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2018-12-06
text: Introduced in Senate
Wildlife Corridors Conservation Act of 2018

Bill: 115-s-3715
Sponsor: Sen. Udall, Tom [D-NM]
Introduced: 2018-12-06 in the Senate
Policy area: Environmental Protection
Subjects: Advisory bodies
Charitable contributions
Climate change and greenhouse gases
Department of the Interior
Ecology
Executive agency funding and structure
Federal-Indian relations
Government information and archives
Government trust funds
Intergovernmental relations
Land use and conservation
Marine and coastal resources, fisheries
Military facilities and property
Regional and metropolitan planning
State and local government operations
U.S. territories and protectorates
Water quality
Wildlife conservation and habitat protection

Summary:
action_date: 2018-12-06
text: 

Wildlife Corridors Conservation Act of 2018

 
This bill provides for the conservation and restoration of habitats that facilitate the movement of native species that may be at risk due to habitat loss or fragmentation, including through measures that: (1) establish a National Wildlife Corridors Program, a National Wildlife Corridors Database, and a Wildlife Corridors Stewardship and Protection Fund; and (2) provide for the designation and management of National Wildlife Corridors.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2018-12-06
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works.
action_date: 2018-12-06
text: Introduced in Senate
REDUCE Government Waste Act

Bill: 115-s-3716
Sponsor: Sen. Flake, Jeff [R-AZ]
Introduced: 2018-12-06 in the Senate
Policy area: Agriculture and Food
Subjects: Advanced technology and technological innovations
Agricultural marketing and promotion
Agricultural practices and innovations
Agricultural prices, subsidies, credit
Agricultural research
Alcoholic beverages
Debt collection
Insects
Research administration and funding

Summary:
action_date: 2018-12-06
text: 

Removing Excessive Dollars to Uproot and Cut Expensive Government Waste Act or the REDUCE Government Waste Act 

 
This bill amends the Agricultural Act of 2014 to repeal the rules for peanuts under the nonrecourse marketing assistance loan program administered by the Department of Agriculture (USDA). (Under a nonrecourse marketing assistance loan, a farmer pledges a commodity as collateral and may deliver the pledged collateral to USDA to repay the loan.) 
 
The bill also prohibits federal funds from being used for the development of: (1) a beerbot or other robot bartender; or (2) insect-based foods for human consumption, including cricket farming and taste-testing of insect-based foods. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2018-12-06
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry.
action_date: 2018-12-06
text: Introduced in Senate
Small Business Lending Fairness Act

Bill: 115-s-3717
Sponsor: Sen. Brown, Sherrod [D-OH]
Introduced: 2018-12-06 in the Senate
Policy area: Finance and Financial Sector
Subjects: Civil actions and liability
Consumer credit
Due process and equal protection
Law

Summary:
action_date: 2018-12-06
text: 

Small Business Lending Fairness Act 

 
This bill prohibits a creditor from accepting a borrower's waiver of the right to notice and opportunity to be heard in a legal proceeding regarding the debt. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2018-12-06
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs.
action_date: 2018-12-06
text: Introduced in Senate