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To direct the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to seek to enter into an agreement with the city of Vallejo, California, for the transfer of Mare Island Naval Cemetery in Vallejo, California, and for other purposes.

Bill: 115-hr-5588
Sponsor: Rep. Thompson, Mike [D-CA-5]
Introduced: 2018-04-23 in the House
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: California
Cemeteries and funerals
Historic sites and heritage areas
Land transfers
Military history
Veterans' organizations and recognition

Summary:
action_date: 2018-04-23
text: 
This bill directs the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) to enter into an agreement with the city of Vallejo, California, for the transfer to the VA of Mare Island Naval Cemetery in Vallejo, California, to be maintained as a national shrine. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2018-04-23
text: Referred to the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
action_date: 2018-04-23
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Disability Assistance and Memorial Affairs.
action_date: 2018-04-23
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2018-04-23
text: Introduced in House
Examine Overseas Diplomatic Footprint Act of 2018

Bill: 115-hr-5589
Sponsor: Rep. McCaul, Michael T. [R-TX-10]
Introduced: 2018-04-24 in the House
Policy area: International Affairs
Subjects: Congressional oversight
Diplomacy, foreign officials, Americans abroad
Government buildings, facilities, and property
Government studies and investigations

Summary:
action_date: 2018-04-24
text: 

Examine Overseas Diplomatic Footprint Act of 2018

 
This bill directs the Department of State, before initiating site selection for a diplomatic or consular post that is expected to employ 10 or fewer direct hire U.S. government employees for at least three years, to analyze options, including consolidation with other nearby posts.
 
The State Department shall complete a cost-benefit analysis for maintaining each such post for the prior three years.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2018-04-24
text: Referred to the House Committee on Foreign Affairs.
action_date: 2018-04-24
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2018-04-24
text: Introduced in House
SHIELDS Act

Bill: 115-hr-5591
Sponsor: Rep. Turner, Michael R. [R-OH-10]
Introduced: 2018-04-24 in the House
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Drug safety, medical device, and laboratory regulation
Drug, alcohol, tobacco use
Health information and medical records
Health programs administration and funding
Military personnel and dependents
Prescription drugs
Right of privacy

Summary:
action_date: 2018-04-24
text: 

Sharing Health Information to Ensure Lifesaving Drug Safety Act or the SHIELDS Act

 
This bill directs the Department of Defense to establish and operate the Military Health System Prescription Drug Monitoring Program, which shall cover controlled substances provided as prescription drugs under the pharmacy benefits program. The monitoring program shall be comparable to state-operated prescription drug monitoring programs, including those approved by the Department of Health and Human Services. 
 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2018-04-25
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Military Personnel.
action_date: 2018-04-24
text: Referred to the House Committee on Armed Services.
action_date: 2018-04-24
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2018-04-24
text: Introduced in House
Protect Patriot Spouses Act

Bill: 115-hr-5593
Sponsor: Rep. Soto, Darren [D-FL-9]
Introduced: 2018-04-24 in the House
Policy area: Immigration
Subjects: Immigration status and procedures
Military personnel and dependents
National Guard and reserves
Visas and passports

Summary:
action_date: 2018-04-24
text: 

Protect Patriot Spouses Act

 
This bill amends the Immigration and Nationality Act to consider certain nonimmigrant aliens who are or were the spouses of U.S. citizen service members or honorably discharged veterans as having been inspected and admitted to the United States without regard to illegal entry, illegal presence, or document grounds of inadmissibility for purposes of adjustment to permanent resident status. (Currently, aliens under such grounds of inadmissibility are not considered to have been inspected and admitted and may not pursue citizenship without first departing the United States.)


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2018-05-22
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration and Border Security.
action_date: 2018-04-24
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2018-04-24
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2018-04-24
text: Introduced in House
Improving Access to Remote Behavioral Health Treatment Act of 2018

Bill: 115-hr-5594
Sponsor: Rep. Harper, Gregg [R-MS-3]
Introduced: 2018-04-24 in the House
Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement
Subjects: Congressional oversight
Drug trafficking and controlled substances
Health facilities and institutions
Health technology, devices, supplies
Licensing and registrations
Mental health

Summary:
action_date: 2018-04-24
text: 

Improving Access to Remote Behavioral Health Treatment Act of 2018

 
This bill amends the Controlled Substances Act to direct the Drug Enforcement Administration to register certain community mental health centers to administer controlled substances via telemedicine.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2018-05-22
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, Homeland Security, and Investigations.
action_date: 2018-04-24
text: Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, 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: 2018-04-24
text: Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, 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: 2018-04-24
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2018-04-24
text: Introduced in House
National FFA Organization's Federal Charter Amendments Act

Bill: 115-hr-5595
Sponsor: Rep. Thompson, Glenn [R-PA-5]
Introduced: 2018-04-24 in the House
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Subjects: Agricultural education
Congress
Elementary and secondary education
Federally chartered organizations
Social work, volunteer service, charitable organizations

Summary:
action_date: 2018-04-24
text: 

National FFA Organization's Federal Charter Amendments Act

 
This bill revises the charter of the National FFA Organization (Future Farmers of America). Such revisions include (1) making it a purpose of the organization to be an integral component of agricultural, food, and natural resources education, and (2) removing the Secretary of Education as the chair of the National FFA Board of Directors.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2018-04-25
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration and Border Security.
action_date: 2018-04-25
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR H3563)
action_date: 2018-04-24
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2018-04-24
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2018-04-24
text: Introduced in House
Water Infrastructure Resiliency and Sustainability Act of 2018

Bill: 115-hr-5596
Sponsor: Rep. Carbajal, Salud O. [D-CA-24]
Introduced: 2018-04-24 in the House
Policy area: Environmental Protection
Subjects: Alternative and renewable resources
Energy efficiency and conservation
Floods and storm protection
Hydrology and hydrography
Infrastructure development
Land use and conservation
Public-private cooperation
Water quality
Water resources funding
Water storage
Water use and supply
Watersheds

Summary:
action_date: 2018-04-24
text: 

Water Infrastructure Resiliency and Sustainability Act of 2018

 
This bill requires the Environmental Protection Agency to establish a grant program for increasing the resiliency or adaptability of water systems (e.g., groundwater storage systems or wastewater treatment systems) to changes to the quality, quantity, or reliability of water resources.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2018-05-01
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Water, Power and Oceans.
action_date: 2018-04-25
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Water Resources and Environment.
action_date: 2018-04-24
text: Referred to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, and in addition to the Committees on Energy and Commerce, and Natural Resources, 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: 2018-04-24
text: Referred to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, and in addition to the Committees on Energy and Commerce, and Natural Resources, 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: 2018-04-24
text: Referred to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, and in addition to the Committees on Energy and Commerce, and Natural Resources, 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: 2018-04-24
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2018-04-24
text: Introduced in House
Desert Tortoise Habitat Conservation Plan Expansion Act, Washington County, Utah

Bill: 115-hr-5597
Sponsor: Rep. Stewart, Chris [R-UT-2]
Introduced: 2018-04-24 in the House
Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources
Subjects: Geography and mapping
Government buildings, facilities, and property
Land transfers
Land use and conservation
Roads and highways
Utah
Water use and supply
Wilderness and natural areas, wildlife refuges, wild rivers, habitats
Wildlife conservation and habitat protection

Summary:
action_date: 2018-04-24
text: 

Desert Tortoise Habitat Conservation Plan Expansion Act, Washington County, Utah

 
This bill expands the Desert Tortoise Habitat Conservation Plan to include additional habitat for the desert tortoise in Utah and recognizes a transportation and utility corridor in the Beaver Dam Wash National Conservation Area.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2018-08-10
text: Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 693.
action_date: 2018-08-10
text: Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Natural Resources. H. Rept. 115-896.
action_date: 2018-08-10
text: Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Natural Resources. H. Rept. 115-896.
action_date: 2018-06-06
text: Ordered to be Reported (Amended) by the Yeas and Nays: 21 - 14.
action_date: 2018-06-06
text: Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
action_date: 2018-06-06
text: Subcommittee on Federal Lands Discharged.
action_date: 2018-05-22
text: Subcommittee Hearings Held.
action_date: 2018-05-01
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Federal Lands.
action_date: 2018-04-24
text: Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.
action_date: 2018-04-24
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2018-04-24
text: Introduced in House
340B Optimization Act

Bill: 115-hr-5598
Sponsor: Rep. Carter, Earl L. "Buddy" [R-GA-1]
Introduced: 2018-04-24 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Congressional oversight
Government studies and investigations
Health facilities and institutions
Health information and medical records
Health programs administration and funding
Home and outpatient care
Prescription drugs

Summary:
action_date: 2018-04-24
text: 

340B Optimization Act

 
This bill requires federally-qualified health centers, children's hospitals, and other covered entities participating in the 340B drug discount program to report annually on information regarding low-income outpatient utilization rates. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2018-04-24
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2018-04-24
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2018-04-24
text: Introduced in House
Animal Health and Innovation Act of 2018

Bill: 115-hr-5599
Sponsor: Rep. Hudson, Richard [R-NC-8]
Introduced: 2018-04-24 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Animal and plant health
Animal protection and human-animal relationships
Drug safety, medical device, and laboratory regulation

Summary:
action_date: 2018-04-24
text: 

Animal Health and Innovation Act of 2018 

 
This bill amends the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act to expand the authority of the Food and Drug Administration to conditionally approve a new animal drug that (1)is intended to treat a serious or life-threatening disease or condition or address an unmet animal or human health need, and (2)a demonstration of effectiveness would require a complex or particularly difficult study or studies.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2018-04-24
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2018-04-24
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2018-04-24
text: Introduced in House
Cerros del Norte Conservation Act

Bill: 115-hr-5600
Sponsor: Rep. Lujan, Ben Ray [D-NM-3]
Introduced: 2018-04-24 in the House
Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources
Subjects: New Mexico
Wilderness and natural areas, wildlife refuges, wild rivers, habitats

Summary:
action_date: 2018-04-24
text: 

Cerros del Norte Conservation Act
 
 
 This bill designates the Cerro del Yuta Wilderness (comprising approximately 13,420 acres) and Rio San Antonio Wilderness (comprising approximately 8,120 acres) within the Rio Grande del Norte National Monument in New Mexico as wilderness and as components of the National Wilderness Preservation System. 
 
 The bill releases specified public land within the San Antonio Wilderness Study Area not designated as wilderness by this bill from further study for such a designation.
 
 The bill requires the wilderness areas to be administered as components of the National Landscape Conservation System.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2018-05-01
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Federal Lands.
action_date: 2018-04-24
text: Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.
action_date: 2018-04-24
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2018-04-24
text: Introduced in House
Survey Our Military Impacted Schools Act

Bill: 115-hr-5601
Sponsor: Rep. MacArthur, Thomas [R-NJ-3]
Introduced: 2018-04-24 in the House
Policy area: Education
Subjects: Congressional oversight
Educational facilities and institutions
Elementary and secondary education
Government studies and investigations
Military personnel and dependents

Summary:
action_date: 2018-04-24
text: 

Survey Our Military Impacted Schools Act

 
This bill requires the Department of Defense to study and report on the unmet capital-improvement needs of each elementary and secondary school that (1) has a total enrollment of not less than 150 students, (2) is not located within the boundaries of a federal military installation, and (3) is served by a local education agency that serves a student population consisting of a specified proportion of students who are dependents of active-duty military personnel.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2018-05-25
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Military Personnel.
action_date: 2018-04-24
text: Referred to the Committee on Education and the Workforce, and in addition to the Committee on Armed Services, 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: 2018-04-24
text: Referred to the Committee on Education and the Workforce, and in addition to the Committee on Armed Services, 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: 2018-04-24
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2018-04-24
text: Introduced in House
Affordable Housing Protection Act

Bill: 115-hr-5602
Sponsor: Rep. Maloney, Sean Patrick [D-NY-18]
Introduced: 2018-04-24 in the House
Policy area: Housing and Community Development
Subjects: Housing industry and standards
Low- and moderate-income housing
Residential rehabilitation and home repair

Summary:
action_date: 2018-04-24
text: 

Affordable Housing Protection Act

 
This bill requires an owner receiving low-income housing assistance for a dwelling unit that becomes uninhabitable to temporarily lease, for the unit's resident, a habitable dwelling unit in another building while the uninhabitable unit is repaired.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2018-04-24
text: Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services.
action_date: 2018-04-24
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2018-04-24
text: Introduced in House
Access to Telehealth Services for Substance Use Disorders Act

Bill: 115-hr-5603
Sponsor: Rep. Matsui, Doris O. [D-CA-6]
Introduced: 2018-04-24 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Drug therapy
Drug trafficking and controlled substances
Drug, alcohol, tobacco use
Emergency medical services and trauma care
Health information and medical records
Health technology, devices, supplies
Medicare
Mental health

Summary:
action_date: 2018-04-24
text: 

Access to Telehealth Services for Opioid Use Disorders Act

 
This bill authorizes the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services to waive certain requirements with respect to payment for telehealth services provided to a Medicare beneficiary who is receiving treatment for an opioid-use disorder or a co-occurring mental-health disorder.

action_date: 2018-06-12
text: 

Access to Telehealth Services for Substance Use Disorders Act

 
This bill authorizes the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services to waive certain requirements with respect to payment for telehealth services provided to a Medicare beneficiary who is receiving treatment for a substance-use disorder or a co-occurring mental-health disorder.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2018-06-12
text: Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 579.
action_date: 2018-06-12
text: Committee on Ways and Means discharged.
action_date: 2018-06-12
text: Committee on Ways and Means discharged.
action_date: 2018-06-12
text: Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Energy and Commerce. H. Rept. 115-745, Part I.
action_date: 2018-06-12
text: Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Energy and Commerce. H. Rept. 115-745, Part I.
action_date: 2018-05-17
text: Ordered to be Reported (Amended) by Voice Vote.
action_date: 2018-05-17
text: Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
action_date: 2018-05-01
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2018-04-24
text: Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on Ways and Means, 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: 2018-04-24
text: Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on Ways and Means, 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: 2018-04-24
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2018-04-24
text: Introduced in House
Healthy Environment for Children Act

Bill: 115-hr-5604
Sponsor: Rep. McEachin, A. Donald [D-VA-4]
Introduced: 2018-04-24 in the House
Policy area: Environmental Protection
Subjects: Air quality
Chemistry
Child health
Climate change and greenhouse gases
Consumer affairs
Ecology
Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)
Environmental assessment, monitoring, research
Environmental health
Executive agency funding and structure
Hazardous wastes and toxic substances
Health programs administration and funding
Health promotion and preventive care
Product safety and quality
Research administration and funding
Small business
Water quality
Women's health

Summary:
action_date: 2018-04-24
text: 

Healthy Environment for Children Act

 
This bill prohibits the Environmental Protection Agency from reducing, consolidating, or terminating the offices and activities (e.g., intramural grants, extramural grants, and research) of the National Center for Environmental Research.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2018-05-22
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Environment.
action_date: 2018-05-15
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR H3958)
action_date: 2018-04-24
text: Referred to the House Committee on Science, Space, and Technology.
action_date: 2018-04-24
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2018-04-24
text: Introduced in House
Climate Change Education Act

Bill: 115-hr-5606
Sponsor: Rep. Shea-Porter, Carol [D-NH-1]
Introduced: 2018-04-24 in the House
Policy area: Environmental Protection
Subjects: Air quality
Atmospheric science and weather
Building construction
Climate change and greenhouse gases
Congressional oversight
Department of Commerce
Education programs funding
Elementary and secondary education
Employment and training programs
Environmental assessment, monitoring, research
Environmental technology
Higher education
Science and engineering education
Teaching, teachers, curricula

Summary:
action_date: 2018-04-24
text: 

Climate Change Education Act 

 
 This bill declares that the evidence for human-induced climate change is overwhelming and undeniable.
 
The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) must establish a Climate Change Education Program to:
 
 
 increase the climate literacy of the United States by broadening the understanding of human-induced climate change, including possible consequences and potential solutions;
 
 apply the latest scientific and technological discoveries to provide learning opportunities to people of all ages; and
 
help people understand and promote implementation of new technologies, programs, and incentives related to climate change, climate adaptation and mitigation, and climate resilience.
 
 
NOAA must also establish a grant program for climate change education. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2018-04-24
text: Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on Education and the Workforce, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
action_date: 2018-04-24
text: Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on Education and the Workforce, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
action_date: 2018-04-24
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2018-04-24
text: Introduced in House
Handgun Licensing and Registration Act of 2018

Bill: 115-hr-5607
Sponsor: Rep. Watson Coleman, Bonnie [D-NJ-12]
Introduced: 2018-04-24 in the House
Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement
Subjects: Accounting and auditing
Congressional oversight
Criminal justice information and records
Firearms and explosives
Government studies and investigations
Law enforcement administration and funding
Licensing and registrations
Photography and imaging
State and local government operations

Summary:
action_date: 2018-04-24
text: 

Handgun Licensing and Registration Act of 2018

 
This bill establishes a statutory framework for the licensing and registration of all handguns owned, possessed, or controlled in the United States. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2018-05-22
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, Homeland Security, and Investigations.
action_date: 2018-04-24
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2018-04-24
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2018-04-24
text: Introduced in House