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Stop Tobacco Sales to Youth Act of 2018

Bill: 115-hr-7337
Sponsor: Rep. DeLauro, Rosa L. [D-CT-3]
Introduced: 2018-12-19 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Drug, alcohol, tobacco use
State and local taxation
Tax administration and collection, taxpayers

Summary:
action_date: 2018-12-19
text: 

Stop Tobacco Sales to Youth Act of 201

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This bill amends the Jenkins Act to require that the sale and delivery of electronic cigarettes, cigars, and pipe tobacco be regulated in the same manner as traditional tobacco products, including to assess federal, state, and local excise taxes on the sale and delivery of these products.
 
 
 
 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2018-12-19
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2018-12-19
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2018-12-19
text: Introduced in House
Medicare Advantage Bill of Rights Act of 2018

Bill: 115-hr-7340
Sponsor: Rep. DeLauro, Rosa L. [D-CT-3]
Introduced: 2018-12-19 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Administrative remedies
Business ethics
Business records
Consumer affairs
Department of Health and Human Services
Health care costs and insurance
Health care coverage and access
Health facilities and institutions
Health personnel
Medicare

Summary:
action_date: 2018-12-19
text: 

Medicare Advantage Bill of Rights Act of 

2018

 
This bill establishes limits on the removal of Medicare Advantage (MA) providers by MA organizations. Within 60 days before the first day of the annual coordinated election period for an MA plan, an MA organization may remove a provider from the plan only if the provider is: (1) medically negligent, (2) in violation of a legal or contractual requirement, or (3) otherwise unfit to furnish items and services as required.
 
An MA organization may remove a provider from an MA plan only after the completion of a fair notice and appeal process. Additionally, the MA organization must: (1) provide written notification of the removal to each enrollee receiving items or services from the provider, and (2) ensure that the removal satisfies certain continuity of care requirements.
 
The bill also establishes network adequacy requirements. Specifically, when establishing a plan network, an MA organization shall consider specified factors related to provider availability and the timely provision of care. Furthermore, an MA organization must annually certify to the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services that providers in each of its plan networks are able to provide services and meet enrollees' needs as required.
 
Sanctions for noncompliance with the bill's requirements apply.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2019-01-02
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2018-12-19
text: Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, 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: 2018-12-19
text: Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, 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: 2018-12-19
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2018-12-19
text: Introduced in House
SWEET Act

Bill: 115-hr-7341
Sponsor: Rep. DeLauro, Rosa L. [D-CT-3]
Introduced: 2018-12-19 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Digestive and metabolic diseases
Food industry and services
Government trust funds
Health programs administration and funding
Health promotion and preventive care
Inflation and prices
Nutrition and diet
Research administration and funding
Sales and excise taxes

Summary:
action_date: 2018-12-19
text: 

Sugar-Sweetened Beverages Tax Act of 2018 or the SWEET Act
 
 
This bill amends the Internal Revenue Code to impose an excise tax on the sale or transfer of any specified sugar-sweetened beverage product by the manufacturer, producer, or importer thereof. The tax rate is 1 cent per 4.2 grams of caloric sweetener contained in such product.
 
This bill transfers revenues from the tax to the Prevention and Public Health Fund for the sole purpose of funding programs and research to reduce the human and economic costs of diabetes, obesity, dental caries, and other diet-related health conditions in priority populations. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2018-12-19
text: Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, 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: 2018-12-19
text: Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, 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: 2018-12-19
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2018-12-19
text: Introduced in House
Stop Subsidizing Childhood Obesity Act

Bill: 115-hr-7342
Sponsor: Rep. DeLauro, Rosa L. [D-CT-3]
Introduced: 2018-12-19 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Business expenses
Child health
Elementary and secondary education
Food assistance and relief
Food industry and services
Fruit and vegetables
Government studies and investigations
Income tax deductions
Marketing and advertising
Nutrition and diet

Summary:
action_date: 2018-12-19
text: 

Stop Subsidizing Childhood Obesity Act

 
This bill amends the Internal Revenue Code to deny a tax deduction for advertising or marketing directed at children (age 14 or under) for food of poor nutritional quality or a brand primarily associated with food of poor nutritional quality. The bill also denies a deduction for related expenses, including: 
 
 
 travel; 
 
goods or services constituting entertainment, amusement, or recreation; 
 
gifts; or 
 
other promotion expenses.
 
 
The Department of the Treasury must enter into a contract with the National Academy of Medicine to develop procedures to evaluate and identify food of poor nutritional quality and brands that are primarily associated with such food.
 
The bill authorizes additional funding to carry out the Fresh Fruit and Vegetable Program under the Richard B. Russell National School Lunch Act. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2018-12-19
text: Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, 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: 2018-12-19
text: Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, 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: 2018-12-19
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2018-12-19
text: Introduced in House
To require the Federal Communications Commission and the Federal Trade Commission to jointly establish a robocaller bounty pilot program, and for other purposes.

Bill: 115-hr-7343
Sponsor: Rep. Graves, Garret [R-LA-6]
Introduced: 2018-12-19 in the House
Policy area: Science, Technology, Communications
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Congressional oversight
Federal Communications Commission (FCC)
Federal Trade Commission (FTC)
Fraud offenses and financial crimes
Public contracts and procurement
Telephone and wireless communication

Summary:
action_date: 2018-12-19
text: 
This bill requires the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) and the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) to jointly establish a robocaller bounty pilot program to reduce covered calls. A covered call is generally one that (1) is made by an automatic dialing system, (2) uses an artificial or prerecorded voice and is not initiated for emergency purposes, or (3) violates the do-not-call-registry. 
 
The FCC and the FTC must provide monetary compensation for the identification and prevention of covered calls and enable participants to share funds recovered from violations.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2018-12-19
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2018-12-19
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2018-12-19
text: Introduced in House
To reauthorize tuition assistance programs under the District of Columbia College Access Act of 1999.

Bill: 115-hr-7344
Sponsor: Rep. Meadows, Mark [R-NC-11]
Introduced: 2018-12-19 in the House
Policy area: Education
Subjects: District of Columbia
Education programs funding
Higher education
Student aid and college costs

Summary:
action_date: 2018-12-19
text: 
This bill reauthorizes through FY2023 the tuition assistance program that provides high school graduates from the District of Columbia the benefits of in-state tuition at institutions of higher education outside the District.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2018-12-19
text: Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform.
action_date: 2018-12-19
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2018-12-19
text: Introduced in House
National Commission to Combat Workplace Sexual Harassment Act

Bill: 115-hr-7345
Sponsor: Del. Norton, Eleanor Holmes [D-DC-At Large]
Introduced: 2018-12-19 in the House
Policy area: Labor and Employment
Subjects: Advisory bodies
Assault and harassment offenses
Congressional oversight
Employment discrimination and employee rights
Executive agency funding and structure
Government studies and investigations
Sex offenses
Sex, gender, sexual orientation discrimination
Worker safety and health

Summary:
action_date: 2018-12-19
text: 

National Commission to Combat Workplace Sexual Harassment Act

 
This bill establishes the National Commission to Combat Workplace Sexual Harassment to carry out a comprehensive investigation and study of workplace harassment.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2018-12-20
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E1697)
action_date: 2018-12-19
text: Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce.
action_date: 2018-12-19
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2018-12-19
text: Introduced in House
Low-Wage Federal Contractor Employee Back Pay Act of 2018

Bill: 115-hr-7346
Sponsor: Del. Norton, Eleanor Holmes [D-DC-At Large]
Introduced: 2018-12-19 in the House
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Subjects: Appropriations
Budget process
Public contracts and procurement
Wages and earnings

Summary:
action_date: 2018-12-19
text: 

Low-Wage Federal Contractor Employee Back Pay Act of 2018

 
This bill amends the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2018 to require the federal government to compensate employees of federal contractors that provide retail, food, custodial, or security services who are placed on unpaid leave as a result of a lapse in appropriations beginning in FY2019.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2018-12-19
text: Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform.
action_date: 2018-12-19
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E1686)
action_date: 2018-12-19
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2018-12-19
text: Introduced in House
Affordable Drug Manufacturing Act of 2018

Bill: 115-hr-7348
Sponsor: Rep. Schakowsky, Janice D. [D-IL-9]
Introduced: 2018-12-19 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Competition and antitrust
Congressional oversight
Department of Health and Human Services
Drug safety, medical device, and laboratory regulation
Executive agency funding and structure
Federal officials
Government employee pay, benefits, personnel management
Health care costs and insurance
Health care coverage and access
Health care quality
Health programs administration and funding
Inflation and prices
Licensing and registrations
Manufacturing
Prescription drugs
Public contracts and procurement
Public participation and lobbying

Summary:
action_date: 2018-12-19
text: 

Affordable Drug Manufacturing Act of 2018

 
This bill establishes an Office of Drug Manufacturing within the Department of Health and Human Services for the purposes of lowering prices, increasing access, and addressing shortages of prescription drugs, including insulin.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2018-12-19
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2018-12-19
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2018-12-19
text: Introduced in House
Savings Account for Every American Act of 2018

Bill: 115-hr-7349
Sponsor: Rep. Sessions, Pete [R-TX-32]
Introduced: 2018-12-19 in the House
Policy area: Labor and Employment
Subjects: Employee benefits and pensions
Government employee pay, benefits, personnel management
Government information and archives
Government studies and investigations
Health care costs and insurance
Income tax deductions
Income tax exclusion
Life, casualty, property insurance
Long-term, rehabilitative, and terminal care
Self-employed
Social security and elderly assistance
Veterans' pensions and compensation

Summary:
action_date: 2018-12-19
text: 

Savings Account for Every American Act of 2018 

 
This bill provides for the establishment of tax-exempt savings accounts, which individuals may elect to participate in instead of Social Security. The bill requires (1) employers to maintain payroll deduction programs for the accounts, and (2) employees and employers to make specified contributions to the accounts. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2018-12-19
text: Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, 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: 2018-12-19
text: Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, 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: 2018-12-19
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2018-12-19
text: Introduced in House
No Nuclear Weapons for Saudi Arabia Act of 2018

Bill: 115-hr-7350
Sponsor: Rep. Sherman, Brad [D-CA-30]
Introduced: 2018-12-19 in the House
Policy area: International Affairs
Subjects: Arms control and nonproliferation
Congressional oversight
Crime victims
Detention of persons
Human rights
International law and treaties
International organizations and cooperation
Middle East
News media and reporting
Nuclear power
Nuclear weapons
Saudi Arabia
Technology transfer and commercialization
Trade agreements and negotiations
Trade restrictions
Violent crime

Summary:
action_date: 2018-12-19
text: 

No Nuclear Weapons for Saudi Arabia Act of 2018

 
This bill requires a joint resolution from Congress before the United States may enter into any civilian nuclear cooperation agreement with Saudi Arabia. Before such an agreement, the President shall report on various topics including Saudi Arabia's investigation into the death of journalist Jamal Khashoggi, the extent to which the country has renounced uranium enrichment and reprocessing, and the country's progress in improving human rights protections.
 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2018-12-19
text: Referred to the House Committee on Foreign Affairs.
action_date: 2018-12-19
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2018-12-19
text: Introduced in House
Nuclear Cooperation Agreements Reform Act of 2018

Bill: 115-hr-7351
Sponsor: Rep. Sherman, Brad [D-CA-30]
Introduced: 2018-12-19 in the House
Policy area: International Affairs
Subjects: Arms control and nonproliferation
Chemical and biological weapons
Civil actions and liability
Congressional oversight
Food assistance and relief
Foreign aid and international relief
International law and treaties
International organizations and cooperation
Military assistance, sales, and agreements
Nuclear power
Nuclear weapons
Sanctions
Technology transfer and commercialization
Terrorism
Trade restrictions
United Nations

Summary:
action_date: 2018-12-19
text: 

Nuclear Cooperation Agreements Reform Act of 2018

 
This bill imposes additional requirements for Congressional approval of nuclear cooperation agreements with foreign countries, such as a requirement for the foreign country to have acceded to various international agreements relating to weapons development and proliferation.



Legislative actions:
action_date: 2018-12-19
text: Referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs, and in addition to the Committee on Rules, 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: 2018-12-19
text: Referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs, and in addition to the Committee on Rules, 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: 2018-12-19
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2018-12-19
text: Introduced in House
Performance-Based Building Act of 2018

Bill: 115-hr-7352
Sponsor: Rep. Shuster, Bill [R-PA-9]
Introduced: 2018-12-19 in the House
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Subjects: Building construction
Congressional oversight
Department of Veterans Affairs
Government buildings, facilities, and property
Government studies and investigations
Health facilities and institutions
Performance measurement
Public contracts and procurement
Public-private cooperation
Veterans' medical care

Summary:
action_date: 2018-12-19
text: 

Performance-Based Building Act of 2018

 
This bill requires the General Services Administration (GSA) and the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) to develop a pilot program under which the GSA may enter into agreements with non-government entities to ground-lease, finance, and execute improvements to identified VA facilities. Under the program, the GSA will leaseback the facility from the non-government entity for use by the VA, and the facility shall be operated and maintained by the non-government entity.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2018-12-20
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Economic Development, Public Buildings and Emergency Management.
action_date: 2018-12-19
text: Referred to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, and in addition to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs, 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: 2018-12-19
text: Referred to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, and in addition to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs, 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: 2018-12-19
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2018-12-19
text: Introduced in House
Training Highly Skilled Americans Act of 2018

Bill: 115-hr-7353
Sponsor: Rep. Titus, Dina [D-NV-1]
Introduced: 2018-12-19 in the House
Policy area: Immigration
Subjects: Academic performance and assessments
Bank accounts, deposits, capital
Education of the disadvantaged
Education programs funding
Elementary and secondary education
Financial literacy
Foreign labor
Government trust funds
Higher education
Income tax deferral
Minority education
Performance measurement
Public-private cooperation
Science and engineering education
Student aid and college costs
Teaching, teachers, curricula
Temporary and part-time employment
User charges and fees
Visas and passports
Women's education

Summary:
action_date: 2018-12-19
text: 

Training Highly Skilled Americans Act of 2018

 
This bill imposes an additional fee on employers applying for or extending an H-1B visa, which are for temporary foreign workers in positions that require highly specialized knowledge. The collected funds shall go into the STEM Education and Training Account, to be used to strengthen U.S. education in science, technology, engineering, and math.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2018-12-19
text: Referred to the Committee on Education and the Workforce, and in addition to the Committees on the Judiciary, and Science, Space, and Technology, 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: 2018-12-19
text: Referred to the Committee on Education and the Workforce, and in addition to the Committees on the Judiciary, and Science, Space, and Technology, 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: 2018-12-19
text: Referred to the Committee on Education and the Workforce, and in addition to the Committees on the Judiciary, and Science, Space, and Technology, 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: 2018-12-19
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2018-12-19
text: Introduced in House
Small Business Lending Fairness Act

Bill: 115-hr-7354
Sponsor: Rep. Velazquez, Nydia M. [D-NY-7]
Introduced: 2018-12-19 in the House
Policy area: Finance and Financial Sector
Subjects: Civil actions and liability
Consumer credit
Due process and equal protection
Law

Summary:
action_date: 2018-12-19
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: 2018-12-19
text: Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services.
action_date: 2018-12-19
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2018-12-19
text: Introduced in House
PRRADA

Bill: 115-hr-7355
Sponsor: Rep. Velazquez, Nydia M. [D-NY-7]
Introduced: 2018-12-19 in the House
Policy area: Law
Subjects: Bankruptcy
Caribbean area
Debt collection
Government ethics and transparency, public corruption
Lawyers and legal services
Legal fees and court costs
Puerto Rico
U.S. territories and protectorates

Summary:
action_date: 2018-12-19
text: 

Puerto Rico Recovery Accuracy in Disclosures Act of 2018 or PRRADA

 
This bill requires professionals employed in debt adjustment cases involving Puerto Rico to file verified statements disclosing their connections with the debtor, creditors, and other interested parties before seeking compensation for their services. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2018-12-19
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2018-12-19
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2018-12-19
text: Introduced in House