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Bipartisan Budget and Appropriations Reform Act of 2018

Bill: 115-hr-7191
Sponsor: Rep. Womack, Steve [R-AR-3]
Introduced: 2018-11-29 in the House
Policy area: Economics and Public Finance
Subjects: Appropriations
Budget process
Congressional committees
Congressional oversight
Defense spending
Economic performance and conditions
House Committee on the Budget
House of Representatives
Legislative rules and procedure
Members of Congress
Senate Committee on the Budget
Unemployment

Summary:
action_date: 2018-11-29
text: 

Bipartisan Budget and Appropriations Reform Act of 2018 

 
This bill amends the Congressional Budget Act of 1974 to require biennial congressional budget resolutions, instead of the annual budget resolutions required under current law. The bill retains the existing annual process for budget reconciliation and appropriations bills. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2018-11-29
text: Referred to the Committee on the Budget, 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: 2018-11-29
text: Referred to the Committee on the Budget, 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: 2018-11-29
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2018-11-29
text: Introduced in House
Early Warning Reporting System Improvement Act of 2018

Bill: 115-hr-7192
Sponsor: Rep. Cartwright, Matt [D-PA-17]
Introduced: 2018-11-29 in the House
Policy area: Transportation and Public Works
Subjects: Accidents
Business records
Civil actions and liability
Computers and information technology
Consumer affairs
Government information and archives
Government studies and investigations
Motor vehicles
Product safety and quality
Transportation safety and security

Summary:
action_date: 2018-11-29
text: 

Early Warning Reporting System Improvement Act of 2018

 
This bill expands early warning reporting requirements for manufacturers of motor vehicles and motor vehicle equipment. It requires such manufacturers to provide additional information on accidents that involve a serious injury or fatality and on settlements in civil actions that restrict disclosure of information. 
 
The bill requires the Department of Transportation (DOT) to make certain improvements to the publicly accessible vehicle safety databases of the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration. It also requires DOT to provide public notice of each inspection or investigation related to motor vehicle accidents and make notices relating to enforcement actions available online.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2018-11-29
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2018-11-29
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2018-11-29
text: Introduced in House
To amend the VA MISSION Act of 2018 to expand the veterans healing veterans medical access and scholarship program to include more students and schools.

Bill: 115-hr-7193
Sponsor: Resident Commissioner González-Colón, Jenniffer [R-PR-At Large]
Introduced: 2018-11-29 in the House
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Health personnel
Medical education
Puerto Rico
Student aid and college costs
Texas
Veterans' education, employment, rehabilitation

Summary:
action_date: 2018-11-29
text: 
This bill expands the Department of Veterans Affairs medical education pilot program, which currently provides funding for the medical education of two eligible veterans at each of the nine covered medical schools. The bill adds five schools to the list of covered medical schools, increasing the number of veterans covered from 18 to 28.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2018-11-29
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2018-11-29
text: Referred to the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
action_date: 2018-11-29
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2018-11-29
text: Introduced in House
Regulatory Certainty for Navigable Waters Act

Bill: 115-hr-7194
Sponsor: Rep. Herrera Beutler, Jaime [R-WA-3]
Introduced: 2018-11-29 in the House
Policy area: Environmental Protection
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Administrative remedies
Agricultural conservation and pollution
Army Corps of Engineers
Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)
Environmental regulatory procedures
Farmland
Judicial review and appeals
Licensing and registrations
Navigation, waterways, harbors
Water quality
Wetlands

Summary:
action_date: 2018-11-29
text: 

Regulatory Certainty for Navigable Waters Act

 
This bill describes which bodies of water fall under federal jurisdiction and the scope of the Clean Water Act. Specifically, the bill: (1) repeals the Environmental Protection Agency's 2015 Clean Water Rule (commonly known as the Waters of the United States or WOTUS rule), (2) defines navigable waters, and (3) establishes a process for reviewing determinations that water bodies are navigable waters.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2018-11-30
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Water Resources and Environment.
action_date: 2018-11-29
text: Referred to the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.
action_date: 2018-11-29
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2018-11-29
text: Introduced in House
Social Security Enhancement and Protection Act of 2017

Bill: 115-hr-7195
Sponsor: Rep. Moore, Gwen [D-WI-4]
Introduced: 2018-11-29 in the House
Policy area: Social Welfare
Subjects: Employment taxes
Family relationships
Higher education
Social security and elderly assistance
Wages and earnings

Summary:
action_date: 2018-11-29
text: 

Social Security Enhancement and Protection Act of 2017

 
This bill increases and otherwise modifies benefits under the Old Age, Survivors, and Disability Insurance program, including by increasing the minimum benefit for low earners and by increasing benefits for beneficiaries on account of long-term eligibility.



Legislative actions:
action_date: 2018-12-04
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Social Security.
action_date: 2018-11-29
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2018-11-29
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2018-11-29
text: Introduced in House
Energy Sector Innovation Credit Act of 2018

Bill: 115-hr-7196
Sponsor: Rep. Reed, Tom [R-NY-23]
Introduced: 2018-11-29 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Advanced technology and technological innovations
Air quality
Alternative and renewable resources
Electric power generation and transmission
Energy efficiency and conservation
Income tax credits
Transfer and inheritance taxes
Water use and supply

Summary:
action_date: 2018-11-29
text: 

Energy Sector Innovation Credit Act of 2018 

 
This bill allows investment and production tax credits for electricity-generating facilities that use new or improved technologies that meet specified requirements. The bill also allows a credit for investments in certain retrofits that improve efficiency; decrease water consumption; or reduce, sequester, or control air pollution at existing electricity-generating facilities. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2018-11-29
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2018-11-29
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2018-11-29
text: Introduced in House
Renewable HEAT for Schools Act

Bill: 115-hr-7197
Sponsor: Rep. Rice, Kathleen M. [D-NY-4]
Introduced: 2018-11-29 in the House
Policy area: Energy
Subjects: Alternative and renewable resources
Building construction
Educational facilities and institutions
Elementary and secondary education
Energy efficiency and conservation
Lighting and heating
Lighting, heating, cooling

Summary:
action_date: 2018-11-29
text: 

Renewable HVAC Energy And Technology for Schools Act or the Renewable HEAT for Schools Act

 
This bill requires the Department of Energy to make grants to local educational agencies for encouraging schools to use heating and cooling systems that use renewable energy.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2018-11-29
text: Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce.
action_date: 2018-11-29
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2018-11-29
text: Introduced in House
Long Island Aviation History Act

Bill: 115-hr-7198
Sponsor: Rep. Rice, Kathleen M. [D-NY-4]
Introduced: 2018-11-29 in the House
Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources
Subjects: Aviation and airports
Government studies and investigations
Historic sites and heritage areas
New York State
Parks, recreation areas, trails

Summary:
action_date: 2018-11-29
text: 

Long Island Aviation History Act

 
This bill directs the Department of the Interior to conduct a special resource study of Long Island, New York, with a particular focus on the Hempstead Plains, the areas surrounding Suffolk County Air Force Base, the hamlet of Bethpage, the hamlet of Port Washington, and the village of Farmingdale. Interior shall evaluate the national significance of the area based on an assessment of aviation history of Long Island and determine the suitability and feasibility of designating the area as a unit of the National Park System in commemoration of Long Island's aviation history. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2018-12-07
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Federal Lands.
action_date: 2018-11-29
text: Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.
action_date: 2018-11-29
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2018-11-29
text: Introduced in House
National Guard and Reserve Entrepreneurship Support Act

Bill: 115-hr-7199
Sponsor: Rep. Schneider, Bradley Scott [D-IL-10]
Introduced: 2018-11-29 in the House
Policy area: Commerce
Subjects: Business education
Conflicts and wars
Congressional oversight
Disaster relief and insurance
Government lending and loan guarantees
Military personnel and dependents
National Guard and reserves
Small business

Summary:
action_date: 2018-11-29
text: 

National Guard and Reserve Entrepreneurship Support Act

 
This bill makes various Small Business Administration (SBA) programs currently available to active duty members of the U.S. Armed Forces also available to those on full-time National Guard duty. The bill also (1) makes SBA outreach programs available to the spouses of Armed Forces reserve component members and veterans, and (2) establishes the National Guard and Reserve Deployment Support and Business Training Program to provide business-related assistance to Armed Forces reserve component members and veterans and their spouses.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2018-11-29
text: Referred to the House Committee on Small Business.
action_date: 2018-11-29
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2018-11-29
text: Introduced in House
Wildfires and Hurricanes Indemnity Program Extension Act of 2018

Bill: 115-hr-7200
Sponsor: Rep. Scott, Austin [R-GA-8]
Introduced: 2018-11-29 in the House
Policy area: Agriculture and Food
Subjects: Agricultural insurance
Disaster relief and insurance
Fires
Natural disasters

Summary:
action_date: 2018-11-29
text: 

Wildfires and Hurricanes Indemnity Program Extension Act of 2018 

 
This bill amends the Bipartisan Budget Act of 2018 to extend the Department of Agriculture 2017 Wildfires and Hurricanes Indemnity Program. (Under current law, the program provides disaster payments to agricultural producers who suffered crop, tree, bush, and vine losses resulting from hurricanes and wildfires that occurred in the 2017 calendar year.) 
 
The bill extends the availability of the funding for the program through December 31, 2020, and expands the program to include losses resulting from hurricanes and wildfires occurring in calendar year 2018. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2018-11-29
text: Referred to the House Committee on Agriculture.
action_date: 2018-11-29
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2018-11-29
text: Introduced in House
To amend title 35, United States Code, to include the exclusive economic zone as part of the United States for patent infringement, and for other purposes.

Bill: 115-hr-7201
Sponsor: Rep. Smith, Lamar [R-TX-21]
Introduced: 2018-11-29 in the House
Policy area: Commerce
Subjects: Intellectual property
Marine and coastal resources, fisheries
Property rights

Summary:
action_date: 2018-11-29
text: 
This bill establishes that certain activities on or below the waters within the U.S. exclusive economic zone that infringe a U.S. patent shall be considered an infringing act that occurs within the United States. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2018-11-29
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2018-11-29
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2018-11-29
text: Introduced in House
RTP Full Funding Act of 2018

Bill: 115-hr-7202
Sponsor: Rep. Welch, Peter [D-VT-At Large]
Introduced: 2018-11-29 in the House
Policy area: Transportation and Public Works
Subjects: Congressional oversight
Government information and archives
Government studies and investigations
Government trust funds
Motor fuels
Outdoor recreation
Parks, recreation areas, trails
Roads and highways
Sales and excise taxes
Transportation programs funding

Summary:
action_date: 2018-11-29
text: 

RTP Full Funding Act of 2018

 
This bill requires the Department of Transportation to carry out an assessment of the best available estimate of the total amount of nonhighway recreational fuel taxes received by the Department of the Treasury and transferred to the Highway Trust Fund for the period covered by the assessment.
 
The Federal Highway Administration shall establish financial management information system codes for certain motorized and nonmotorized use projects.
 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2018-11-30
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Highways and Transit.
action_date: 2018-11-29
text: Referred to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, 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: 2018-11-29
text: Referred to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, 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: 2018-11-29
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2018-11-29
text: Introduced in House
Long-Term Care Account Act

Bill: 115-hr-7203
Sponsor: Rep. Marchant, Kenny [R-TX-24]
Introduced: 2018-11-30 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Health care costs and insurance
Income tax exclusion
Life, casualty, property insurance
Long-term, rehabilitative, and terminal care

Summary:
action_date: 2018-11-30
text: 

Long-Term Care Account Act 

 
This bill allows tax-exempt long-term care accounts that are funded using a taxpayer's gains from the sale or assignment of a life insurance contract. The bill excludes from gross income (1) the gains that are contributed to the accounts, and (2) distributions from the accounts that are used exclusively for the long-term care expenses of the account beneficiary or the account beneficiary's spouse. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2018-11-30
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2018-11-30
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2018-11-30
text: Introduced in House
DIPLOMA Act

Bill: 115-hr-7204
Sponsor: Rep. Chu, Judy [D-CA-27]
Introduced: 2018-11-30 in the House
Policy area: Education
Subjects: Child care and development
Child health
Child safety and welfare
Community life and organization
Education of the disadvantaged
Education programs funding
Elementary and secondary education
Family relationships
Public-private cooperation

Summary:
action_date: 2018-11-30
text: 

Developing Innovative Partnerships and Learning Opportunities that Motivate Achievement Act or the DIPLOMA Act

 
This bill authorizes the Department of Education to award grants to states and, through them, subgrants to consortia of local educational agencies and community partners to address school readiness and achievement. Subgrants may be used for activities including early learning, academic support services, parent-education programs, and teacher training.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2018-11-30
text: Referred to the Committee on Education and the Workforce, 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: 2018-11-30
text: Referred to the Committee on Education and the Workforce, 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: 2018-11-30
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2018-11-30
text: Introduced in House
No Budget No Recess Act

Bill: 115-hr-7205
Sponsor: Rep. Arrington, Jodey C. [R-TX-19]
Introduced: 2018-11-30 in the House
Policy area: Congress
Subjects: Appropriations
Congressional operations and organization
Executive agency funding and structure
House of Representatives
Legislative rules and procedure

Summary:
action_date: 2018-11-30
text: 

No Budget No Recess Act

 
 This bill amends the Congressional Budget Act of 1974 to prohibit the House of Representatives from considering a resolution to adjourn for more than three days in August until the House has approved all of the annual appropriations bills for the fiscal year that begins on October 1 of the year. (Under current law, this restriction applies only to a recess during July.) 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2018-11-30
text: Referred to the Committee on Rules, and in addition to the Committee on the Budget, 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: 2018-11-30
text: Referred to the Committee on Rules, and in addition to the Committee on the Budget, 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: 2018-11-30
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2018-11-30
text: Introduced in House
ESOP Business Act of 2018

Bill: 115-hr-7206
Sponsor: Rep. Bucshon, Larry [R-IN-8]
Introduced: 2018-11-30 in the House
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Subjects: Corporate finance and management
Employee benefits and pensions
Public contracts and procurement

Summary:
action_date: 2018-11-30
text: 

ESOP Business Act of 2018

 
This bill gives businesses wholly owned though an employee stock ownership plan various advantages when bidding for executive agency procurement contracts.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2018-11-30
text: Referred to the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, 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: 2018-11-30
text: Referred to the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, 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: 2018-11-30
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2018-11-30
text: Introduced in House
To allow the Secretary of the Treasury to accept public donations to fund the construction of a barrier on the border between the United States and Mexico and for other purposes.

Bill: 115-hr-7207
Sponsor: Rep. Davidson, Warren [R-OH-8]
Introduced: 2018-11-30 in the House
Policy area: Immigration
Subjects: Border security and unlawful immigration
Executive agency funding and structure
Government trust funds
Latin America
Law enforcement administration and funding
Mexico

Summary:
action_date: 2018-11-30
text: 
This bill authorizes the Department of the Treasury to accept gifts of money for constructing or maintaining a wall on the U.S. and Mexico border. Treasury shall establish a trust fund and website for that purpose.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2018-11-30
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2018-11-30
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2018-11-30
text: Introduced in House
To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to allow the child tax credit with respect to stillbirths.

Bill: 115-hr-7208
Sponsor: Rep. Griffith, H. Morgan [R-VA-9]
Introduced: 2018-11-30 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Income tax credits
Tax administration and collection, taxpayers
Tax treatment of families

Summary:
action_date: 2018-11-30
text: 
This bill amends the Internal Revenue Code to allow the child tax credit to be used for stillbirths. A &quot;stillbirth&quot; is delivery after the involuntary death of an unborn child who was carried in the womb for 20 weeks or more.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2018-11-30
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2018-11-30
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2018-11-30
text: Introduced in House
School Resource Officer Act of 2018

Bill: 115-hr-7209
Sponsor: Rep. Mitchell, Paul [R-MI-10]
Introduced: 2018-11-30 in the House
Policy area: Education
Subjects: Child safety and welfare
Educational facilities and institutions
Elementary and secondary education
Law enforcement administration and funding
Law enforcement officers
School administration

Summary:
action_date: 2018-11-30
text: 

School Resource Officer Act of 2018

 
This bill amends the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 to reauthorize through FY2022 the Community Oriented Policing Services (COPS) program and modify it:
 
 
to restore authority to make COPS grants for hiring and rehiring additional career law enforcement officers, and 
 
to specify that at least 30 percent of the amount made available for such grants must be used for school resource officers. 
 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2018-11-30
text: Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, 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: 2018-11-30
text: Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, 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: 2018-11-30
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2018-11-30
text: Introduced in House