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Broadband for All Act of 2018

Bill: 115-hr-6442
Sponsor: Rep. Kilmer, Derek [D-WA-6]
Introduced: 2018-07-19 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Income tax credits
Infrastructure development
Internet and video services
Internet, web applications, social media

Summary:
action_date: 2018-07-19
text: 

Broadband for All Act of 2018 

 
This bill amends the Internal Revenue Code to allow a refundable tax credit of up to $10,000 per year for 75% of a taxpayer's payments for broadband infrastructure in certain areas (limited broadband districts) that are not served by a provider of qualified broadband service (other than providers using satellite technology). &quot;Qualified broadband service&quot; is Internet access service at download speeds of at least 25 megabits per second and upload speeds of at least 3 megabits per second. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2018-07-19
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2018-07-19
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2018-07-19
text: Introduced in House
Capital Gains Inflation Relief Act

Bill: 115-hr-6444
Sponsor: Rep. Nunes, Devin [R-CA-22]
Introduced: 2018-07-19 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Bank accounts, deposits, capital
Capital gains tax
Economic performance and conditions
Financial services and investments
Inflation and prices
Property tax
Real estate business
Tax administration and collection, taxpayers
Taxation of foreign income

Summary:
action_date: 2018-07-19
text: 

Capital Gains Inflation Relief Act 

 
This bill amends the Internal Revenue Code to allow the adjusted basis of certain assets (including common stock in a C corporation and tangible property used in a trade or business) to be indexed for inflation for the purpose of determining the gain or loss of a taxpayer (other than a corporation) who has held the asset for more than three years.
 
The bill sets forth rules for applying the inflation adjustment to:
 
 
short sales; 
 
regulated investment companies; 
 
real estate investment trusts;
 
other pass-through entities, including partnerships, S corporations, and common trust funds;
 
dispositions between related persons; and 
 
improvements to property or contributions of capital.
 
 
The Internal Revenue Service may disallow an adjustment if any person transfers cash, debt, or any other property to another person for the principal purpose of securing or increasing the adjustment allowed by this bill. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2018-07-19
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2018-07-19
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2018-07-19
text: Introduced in House
Public Employee Freedom to Negotiate Act of 2018

Bill: 115-hr-6445
Sponsor: Rep. Fitzpatrick, Brian K. [R-PA-8]
Introduced: 2018-07-19 in the House
Policy area: Labor and Employment
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Administrative remedies
Employment discrimination and employee rights
Federal Labor Relations Authority
Government employee pay, benefits, personnel management
Judicial review and appeals
Labor-management relations
State and local government operations

Summary:
action_date: 2018-07-19
text: 

Public Service Freedom to Negotiate Act of 2018

 
This bill requires the Federal Labor Relations Authority (FLRA) to make a determination as to whether a state substantially provides for certain rights and responsibilities applicable to public employees, such as granting such employees the right to form or join a labor organization and to bargain collectively, and if the state does not substantially provide for such rights and responsibilities, then such state shall be subject to nationwide standards prescribed by the FLRA to protect public employee rights.
 
No employer, emergency services employee, or law enforcement officer may engage in a lockout, strike, or any other organized job action of which a reasonably probable result is a measurable disruption of the delivery of emergency or public safety services. No labor organization may violate or attempt to violate this prohibition.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2018-07-19
text: Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce.
action_date: 2018-07-19
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2018-07-19
text: Introduced in House
White House Conference on Small Business Act of 2018

Bill: 115-hr-6446
Sponsor: Rep. Blum, Rod [R-IA-1]
Introduced: 2018-07-19 in the House
Policy area: Commerce
Subjects: Advisory bodies
Public participation and lobbying
Small business

Summary:
action_date: 2018-07-19
text: 

White House Conference on Small Business Act of 2018

 
This bill reestablishes the National White House Conference on Small Business. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2018-07-19
text: Referred to the House Committee on Small Business.
action_date: 2018-07-19
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2018-07-19
text: Introduced in House
Organ Donation Clarification Act of 2018

Bill: 115-hr-6448
Sponsor: Rep. Cartwright, Matt [D-PA-17]
Introduced: 2018-07-19 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Medical ethics
Organ and tissue donation and transplantation

Summary:
action_date: 2018-07-19
text: 

Organ Donation Clarification Act of 2018

 
This bill specifies that certain payments and pilot programs relating to organ donation do not violate the National Organ Transplant Act, which prohibits the exchange of valuable consideration for human organs. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2018-07-19
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2018-07-19
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2018-07-19
text: Introduced in House
Protect Election Systems from Foreign Control Act

Bill: 115-hr-6449
Sponsor: Rep. Delaney, John K. [D-MD-6]
Introduced: 2018-07-19 in the House
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Subjects: Buy American requirements
Computer security and identity theft
Corporate finance and management
Elections, voting, political campaign regulation
Foreign and international corporations
Government information and archives
Public contracts and procurement
State and local government operations

Summary:
action_date: 2018-07-19
text: 

Protect Election Systems from Foreign Control Act

 
This bill amends the Help America Vote Act of 2002 to require state and local governments to ensure that vendors who provide, support, or maintain any component of a voting system used in a federal election are solely owned and controlled by citizens, unless the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) grants the vendor a waiver. Vendors must disclose any sourcing of parts from outside the United States or material changes in ownership or control. 
 
The Federal Election Commission and DHS shall publish cybersecurity best practices for vendors. Voting systems and vendor information technology infrastructure must be developed and maintained in a manner consistent with the best practices. Vendors must report suspected security incidents.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2018-07-19
text: Referred to the House Committee on House Administration.
action_date: 2018-07-19
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2018-07-19
text: Introduced in House
Old Glory Only Act

Bill: 115-hr-6450
Sponsor: Rep. Duncan, Jeff [R-SC-3]
Introduced: 2018-07-19 in the House
Policy area: International Affairs
Subjects: Diplomacy, foreign officials, Americans abroad
National symbols

Summary:
action_date: 2018-07-19
text: 

Old Glory Only Act

 
This bill prohibits the flying of any flag other than the U.S. flag over U.S. diplomatic and consular posts.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2018-07-19
text: Referred to the House Committee on Foreign Affairs.
action_date: 2018-07-19
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2018-07-19
text: Introduced in House
UNRWA Reform and Refugee Support Act of 2018

Bill: 115-hr-6451
Sponsor: Rep. Lamborn, Doug [R-CO-5]
Introduced: 2018-07-19 in the House
Policy area: International Affairs
Subjects: Arab-Israeli relations
Citizenship and naturalization
Conflicts and wars
Family relationships
Foreign aid and international relief
Gaza Strip
Immigration status and procedures
Jordan
Lebanon
Middle East
Military education and training
Palestinians
Refugees, asylum, displaced persons
Syria
Terrorism
United Nations
West Bank

Summary:
action_date: 2018-07-19
text: 

UNRWA Reform and Refugee Support Act of 2018

 
This bill states that it shall be U.S. policy to recognize the refugee status of a Palestinian receiving assistance through the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA) if such person, or the person's spouse or minor child: 
 
 
resided, between June 1946 and May 1948, in the region controlled by Britain known as Mandatory Palestine; 
 
was personally displaced as a result of the 1948 Arab-Israeli conflict; and 
 
has not accepted an offer of legal residency status, citizenship, or other permanent adjustment in status in another country. 
 
 
In applying such criteria to refugees under UNRWA it shall be U.S. policy, consistent with the definition of a refugee under the Immigration and Nationality Act, that: 
 
 
derivative refugee status may only be extended to the spouse or minor child of such a refugee, and 
 
an alien who was firmly resettled in any country is not eligible to retain refugee status. 
 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2018-07-19
text: Referred to the House Committee on Foreign Affairs.
action_date: 2018-07-19
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2018-07-19
text: Introduced in House
Federal Employees Sustainable Investment Act

Bill: 115-hr-6452
Sponsor: Rep. Langevin, James R. [D-RI-2]
Introduced: 2018-07-19 in the House
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Subjects: Air quality
Business ethics
Climate change and greenhouse gases
Corporate finance and management
Employee benefits and pensions
Employment discrimination and employee rights
Financial services and investments
Government employee pay, benefits, personnel management
Human rights
Product safety and quality
Securities

Summary:
action_date: 2018-07-19
text: 

Federal Employees Sustainable Investment Act 

 
 This bill establishes a new fund&#8212;the Corporate Responsibility Stock Index Fund&#8212;as an investment option under the Thrift Savings Plan.
 
The Corporate Responsibility Stock Index Fund must be invested in a stock portfolio designed to replicate the performance of a commonly recognized, passively managed index comprised of stocks that meet certain minimum criteria related to corporate responsibility.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2018-07-19
text: Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform.
action_date: 2018-07-19
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2018-07-19
text: Introduced in House
To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 445 Main Street in Laceyville, Pennsylvania, as the "Melinda 'Mindy' Gene Picotti Post Office".

Bill: 115-hr-6453
Sponsor: Rep. Marino, Tom [R-PA-10]
Introduced: 2018-07-19 in the House
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Subjects: Congressional tributes
Government buildings, facilities, and property
Pennsylvania
Postal service

Summary:
action_date: 2018-07-19
text: Designates the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 445 Main Street in Laceyville, Pennsylvania, as the "Melinda 'Mindy' Gene Picotti Post Office."

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2018-07-19
text: Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform.
action_date: 2018-07-19
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2018-07-19
text: Introduced in House
Airplane Noise Research and Mitigation Act of 2018

Bill: 115-hr-6454
Sponsor: Rep. Meng, Grace [D-NY-6]
Introduced: 2018-07-19 in the House
Policy area: Transportation and Public Works
Subjects: Aviation and airports
Environmental assessment, monitoring, research
Noise pollution

Summary:
action_date: 2018-07-19
text: 

Airplane Noise Research and Mitigation Act of 2018

 
This bill requires regional centers of air transportation excellence to research the impacts of aircraft noise on humans and effective methods for mitigating such impacts.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2018-07-19
text: Referred to the House Committee on Science, Space, and Technology.
action_date: 2018-07-19
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2018-07-19
text: Introduced in House
National Urban Search and Rescue Response System Reauthorization Act

Bill: 115-hr-6455
Sponsor: Rep. Meng, Grace [D-NY-6]
Introduced: 2018-07-19 in the House
Policy area: Emergency Management
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Appropriations
Disaster relief and insurance
Emergency medical services and trauma care
Emergency planning and evacuation
Executive agency funding and structure
Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA)
First responders and emergency personnel
Health personnel

Summary:
action_date: 2018-07-19
text: 

National Urban Search and Rescue Response System Reauthorization Act

 
This bill amends the Post-Katrina Emergency Management Reform Act of 2006 to reauthorize for FY2018-FY2022 the Urban Search and Rescue Response System.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2018-07-20
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Economic Development, Public Buildings and Emergency Management.
action_date: 2018-07-19
text: Referred to the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.
action_date: 2018-07-19
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2018-07-19
text: Introduced in House
Small Public Housing Regulatory Relief Expansion Act of 2018

Bill: 115-hr-6456
Sponsor: Rep. Palazzo, Steven M. [R-MS-4]
Introduced: 2018-07-19 in the House
Policy area: Housing and Community Development
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Department of Housing and Urban Development
Housing industry and standards
Low- and moderate-income housing
Public housing

Summary:
action_date: 2018-07-19
text: 

Small Public Housing Regulatory Relief Expansion Act of 2018

 
This bill allows public housing agencies to be considered to be small public housing agencies (and therefore be subject to less-frequent assessments by the Department of Housing and Urban Development) even if they are not located in rural areas.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2018-07-19
text: Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services.
action_date: 2018-07-19
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2018-07-19
text: Introduced in House
Carbon Utilization Act of 2018

Bill: 115-hr-6457
Sponsor: Rep. Peters, Scott H. [D-CA-52]
Introduced: 2018-07-19 in the House
Policy area: Agriculture and Food
Subjects: Agricultural conservation and pollution
Air quality
Alternative and renewable resources
Climate change and greenhouse gases
Congressional oversight
Electric power generation and transmission
Energy efficiency and conservation
Energy research
Environmental assessment, monitoring, research
Government information and archives
Government lending and loan guarantees
Government studies and investigations
Lighting and heating
Lighting, heating, cooling
Manufacturing
Pipelines
Public contracts and procurement
Research administration and funding
Research and development
Rural conditions and development
Solid waste and recycling
Telephone and wireless communication

Summary:
action_date: 2018-07-19
text: 

Carbon Utilization Act of 2018 

 
This bill modifies several Department of Agriculture (USDA) programs to authorize additional grants, loans, and loan guarantees for carbon utilization technologies, such as carbon capture, utilization, and sequestration; and biogas systems. The bill also requires USDA to establish: (1) a carbon utilization education program, and (2) an interagency biogas opportunities task force. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2018-07-19
text: Referred to the Committee on Agriculture, and in addition to the Committees on Energy and Commerce, 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: 2018-07-19
text: Referred to the Committee on Agriculture, and in addition to the Committees on Energy and Commerce, 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: 2018-07-19
text: Referred to the Committee on Agriculture, and in addition to the Committees on Energy and Commerce, 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: 2018-07-19
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2018-07-19
text: Introduced in House
National Organ Transplant Act Amendments of 2018

Bill: 115-hr-6458
Sponsor: Rep. Rice, Tom [R-SC-7]
Introduced: 2018-07-19 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Census and government statistics
Child health
Health care costs and insurance
Health care coverage and access
Health information and medical records
Medical research
Minority health
Organ and tissue donation and transplantation
Rural conditions and development

Summary:
action_date: 2018-07-19
text: 

National Organ Transplant Act Amendments of 2018

 
This bill makes several changes to the organization and goals of the Organ Procurement and Transplantation Network, including expanding the scope to specifically address certain populations (e.g., minorities, children, and individuals who live in rural areas).


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2018-07-19
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2018-07-19
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2018-07-19
text: Introduced in House
LIFT for Charities Act

Bill: 115-hr-6460
Sponsor: Rep. Walker, Mark [R-NC-6]
Introduced: 2018-07-19 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Business expenses
Income tax rates
Sports and recreation facilities
Tax-exempt organizations
Transportation costs

Summary:
action_date: 2018-07-19
text: 

Lessen Impediments from Taxes for Charities Act or the LIFT for Charities Act 

 
This bill amends the Internal Revenue Code to modify the requirements for determining the unrelated business taxable income of tax-exempt organizations. The bill repeals a provision that requires unrelated business taxable income to be increased by the amount of expenses paid or incurred by a tax-exempt organization for certain fringe benefits for which a tax deduction is not allowed, including benefits relating to transportation, parking, or an on-premises athletic facility. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2018-07-19
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2018-07-19
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2018-07-19
text: Introduced in House
Border Zone Reasonableness Restoration Act of 2018

Bill: 115-hr-6462
Sponsor: Rep. Welch, Peter [D-VT-At Large]
Introduced: 2018-07-19 in the House
Policy area: Immigration
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Border security and unlawful immigration
Congressional oversight
Criminal investigation, prosecution, interrogation
Department of Homeland Security
Law enforcement officers
Motor vehicles
Property rights

Summary:
action_date: 2018-07-19
text: 

Border Zone Reasonableness Restoration Act of 2018

 
This bill revises the border zone area in which Department of Homeland Security (DHS) officers may take certain immigration-related actions without a warrant.
 
The Immigration and Nationality Act is amended to permit DHS officers to take the following actions without a warrant in order to patrol the border and prevent the illegal entry of persons: 
 
 
board and search any vessel within U.S. territorial waters and any railway car, aircraft, conveyance, or vehicle within 25 air miles from an external U.S. boundary (a vehicle may not be stopped at a fixed checkpoint beyond 10 air miles from such boundary without reasonable suspicion that an occupant is illegally in the United States); and 
 
access private lands, but not dwellings, within 10 air miles from such boundary. 
 
 
DHS may establish, and shall certify to Congress, that: (1) a distance of up to 100 air miles is required in a sector for conveyance searches, and (2) a distance of up to 25 air miles is required in a sector for private land access. In making such certifications DHS shall consider reasons such as land topography, transportation, or consultations with state, local, and tribal governments. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2018-09-19
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration and Border Security.
action_date: 2018-08-01
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Border and Maritime Security.
action_date: 2018-07-19
text: Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committee on Homeland Security, 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: 2018-07-19
text: Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committee on Homeland Security, 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: 2018-07-19
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2018-07-19
text: Introduced in House
HALT Campus Sexual Violence Act

Bill: 115-hr-6464
Sponsor: Rep. Speier, Jackie [D-CA-14]
Introduced: 2018-07-23 in the House
Policy area: Education
Subjects: Advisory bodies
Assault and harassment offenses
Civil actions and liability
Congressional oversight
Consumer affairs
Crime prevention
Crime victims
Criminal investigation, prosecution, interrogation
Criminal justice information and records
Disability and health-based discrimination
Domestic violence and child abuse
Education programs funding
Executive agency funding and structure
Government employee pay, benefits, personnel management
Government information and archives
Higher education
Racial and ethnic relations
School administration
Sex offenses
Sex, gender, sexual orientation discrimination

Summary:
action_date: 2018-07-23
text: 

Hold Accountable and Lend Transparency on Campus Sexual Violence Act or the HALT Campus Sexual Violence Act

 
This bill addresses dating violence, domestic violence, sexual assault, or stalking incidents on college campuses, including by expanding requirements governing the disclosure of such incidents and efforts to prevent them.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2018-07-23
text: Referred to the Committee on Education and the Workforce, 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: 2018-07-23
text: Referred to the Committee on Education and the Workforce, 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: 2018-07-23
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2018-07-23
text: Introduced in House