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First-Time Homebuyer Credit Act of 2018

Bill: 115-s-3364
Sponsor: Sen. Wyden, Ron [D-OR]
Introduced: 2018-08-22 in the Senate
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Housing finance and home ownership
Income tax credits
Tax administration and collection, taxpayers

Summary:
action_date: 2018-08-22
text: 

First-Time Homebuyer Credit Act of 2018

 
This bill amends the Internal Revenue Code to extend and modify the first-time homebuyer tax credit, which expired in 2010. 
 
The bill allows a refundable tax credit for first-time homebuyers of a principal residence in the United States who are at least 18 years of age and not claimed as a dependent by another taxpayer. The credit is equal to 2.5% of the purchase price of the residence, subject to a $10,000 limitation and limits based on the purchase price of the home and the adjusted gross income of the taxpayer. 
 
A taxpayer that purchases and disposes of a residence in the same taxable year is not eligible for the credit. Taxpayers that dispose of the residence within five years of claiming the credit are liable for additional taxes based on a specified recapture percentage of the amount of the credit that was allowed. The bill includes several exceptions for a disposal that occurs after circumstances such as a death, divorce, involuntary conversion of the residence, relocation of a military duty station, or changes in employment or health status. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2018-08-22
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
action_date: 2018-08-22
text: Introduced in Senate
Middle-Income Housing Tax Credit Act of 2018

Bill: 115-s-3365
Sponsor: Sen. Wyden, Ron [D-OR]
Introduced: 2018-08-22 in the Senate
Policy area: Taxation

Summary:
action_date: 2018-08-22
text: 

Middle-Income Housing Tax Credit Act of 201

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This bill amends the Internal Revenue Code to allow a tax credit for the development of housing for middle-income households. 
 
The credit is based on the existing low-income housing tax credit and applies to the development or rehabilitation of residential rental properties if: (1) 60% or more of the residential units in the project are both rent-restricted and occupied by individuals whose income is 100% or less of the area median gross income, and (2) the project is not federally subsidized or financed with a federally funded grant. 
 
The credits are allocated to each state based on population, and state housing agencies then distribute the credits to developers using a competitive process. The credits are paid over a 15-year credit period, and the amounts of the credits are based on a percentage of a project's qualified basis, which is the portion of the project dedicated to affordable middle-income housing. 
 
The credit dollar amount allocated to a project may not exceed the amount that is necessary for the financial feasibility of the project and its viability as a qualified middle-income housing project throughout the credit period. 
 
To qualify for the credit, the developer must make a long-term commitment to middle-income housing, under which the affordability restrictions for a property remain in place for at least an additional 15 years after the close of the credit period. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2018-08-22
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
action_date: 2018-08-22
text: Introduced in Senate
Expanding Access to DSMT Act of 2018

Bill: 115-s-3366
Sponsor: Sen. Shaheen, Jeanne [D-NH]
Introduced: 2018-08-22 in the Senate
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Computers and information technology
Congressional oversight
Digestive and metabolic diseases
Health care costs and insurance
Health care coverage and access
Health care quality
Health personnel
Health programs administration and funding
Home and outpatient care

Summary:
action_date: 2018-08-22
text: 

Expanding Access to Diabetes Self-Management Training Act of 2018 or the Expanding Access to DSMT Act of 2018

 
This bill expands Medicare coverage of diabetes outpatient self-management training, and establishes a demonstration program to test an online platform that provides such training.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2018-08-22
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
action_date: 2018-08-22
text: Introduced in Senate
Global Fragility and Violence Reduction Act of 2018

Bill: 115-s-3368
Sponsor: Sen. Coons, Christopher A. [D-DE]
Introduced: 2018-08-22 in the Senate
Policy area: International Affairs
Subjects: Appropriations
Conflicts and wars
Congressional oversight
Crimes against children
Crimes against women
Diplomacy, foreign officials, Americans abroad
Economic development
Foreign aid and international relief
Government studies and investigations
Human rights
International organizations and cooperation
Multilateral development programs
Organized crime
Performance measurement
Political movements and philosophies
Public-private cooperation
Reconstruction and stabilization
Refugees, asylum, displaced persons
Research and development
Rule of law and government transparency
Sex, gender, sexual orientation discrimination
Sovereignty, recognition, national governance and status
Terrorism

Summary:
action_date: 2018-08-22
text: 

Global Fragility and Violence Reduction Act of 2018

 
This bill directs the Department of State and the U.S. Agency for International Development to submit to Congress: (1) a 10-year Global Initiative to Reduce Fragility and Violence aimed at reducing and addressing the causes of violence, instability, and fragility in at least six priority countries; and (2) a related implementing strategy.
 
Funds made available in any Act making appropriations for the Department of State, foreign operations, and related programs for priority countries may be used to support this initiative and individual priority country plans.
 
The Government Accountability Office shall review U.S. assistance activities in each priority country.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2018-08-22
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations.
action_date: 2018-08-22
text: Introduced in Senate
Ensuring Lasting Smiles Act

Bill: 115-s-3369
Sponsor: Sen. Baldwin, Tammy [D-WI]
Introduced: 2018-08-23 in the Senate
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Dental care
Health care costs and insurance
Health care coverage and access
Hereditary and development disorders
Insurance industry and regulation
Surgery and anesthesia

Summary:
action_date: 2018-08-23
text: 

Ensuring Lasting Smiles Act

 
This bill amends the Public Health Service Act, the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, and the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to require private health insurance plans to cover diagnosis and treatment services for congenital anomalies and birth defects, including reconstructive services and prosthetics. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2018-08-23
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
action_date: 2018-08-23
text: Introduced in Senate
Hidden Figures Way Designation Act

Bill: 115-s-3370
Sponsor: Sen. Cruz, Ted [R-TX]
Introduced: 2018-08-23 in the Senate
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics

Summary:
action_date: 2018-08-23
text: 

Hidden Figures Way Designation Act

 
This bill designates the area between the intersections of 3rd Street, SW and E Street, SW and 4th Street, SW and E Street, SW in Washington, District of Columbia, as "Hidden Figures Way."
 
The bill redesignates the address of 300 E Street, SW in the District as "300 Hidden Figures Way."


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2018-08-23
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.
action_date: 2018-08-23
text: Introduced in Senate
Protecting Students from Worthless Degrees Act

Bill: 115-s-3371
Sponsor: Sen. Merkley, Jeff [D-OR]
Introduced: 2018-08-23 in the Senate
Policy area: Education
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Consumer affairs
Department of Education
Education programs funding
Government lending and loan guarantees
Higher education
Licensing and registrations
Vocational and technical education

Summary:
action_date: 2018-08-23
text: 

Protecting Students from Worthless Degrees Act

 
 This bill makes a postsecondary program designed to prepare students for a recognized occupation or profession requiring licensing or other entry pre-conditions ineligible to participate in a federal financial assistance program, unless it meets specified student consumer protection requirements within one year. 
 
Each program must: (1) fully prepare students to satisfy those entry pre-conditions in the metropolitan statistical areas and states in which the students reside and in any state the program claims a successful program graduate will be prepared to work in the particular occupation or profession involved; and (2) provide timely placement of students in required pre-licensure positions, such as clinical placements, internships, or apprenticeships.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2018-08-23
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
action_date: 2018-08-23
text: Introduced in Senate
Asylum Abuse Reduction Act

Bill: 115-s-3372
Sponsor: Sen. Inhofe, James M. [R-OK]
Introduced: 2018-08-23 in the Senate
Policy area: Immigration
Subjects: Administrative remedies
Border security and unlawful immigration
Canada
Congressional oversight
Criminal investigation, prosecution, interrogation
Detention of persons
Diplomacy, foreign officials, Americans abroad
Immigration status and procedures
Judges
Latin America
Mexico
Performance measurement
Public contracts and procurement
Refugees, asylum, displaced persons
Visas and passports

Summary:
action_date: 2018-08-23
text: 

Asylum Abuse Reduction Act 

 
This bill provides that if an alien seeking asylum attempts to enter the United States from Canada or Mexico at a land port of entry without a valid visa or appropriate entry documents the inspecting immigration officer: 
 
 
may not admit the alien, and 
 
shall advise the alien to schedule an asylum hearing at a U.S. embassy or consulate in Canada or Mexico. 
 
 
Such alien may not be admitted into the United States unless the asylum officer has conducted an in-person interview and concluded that the alien: 
 
 
has been persecuted in his or her country of origin because of race, religion, nationality, social group membership, or political opinion; or 
 
would be subject to torture upon return. 
 
 
The bill requires each federal judicial district to appoint at least one magistrate or district court judge who, upon a showing of probable cause, shall issue an arrest warrant for an alien under a final removal order who has failed to leave the United States.
 
The Department of Homeland Security shall establish an alternative to detention pilot program in which aliens may be released to the supervision of a qualified organization that has contracted with the federal government to facilitate such aliens' compliance with all stages of the immigration proceedings. An alien who fails to comply with program requirements may be subjected to arrest, detention, and expedited removal.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2018-08-23
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2018-08-23
text: Introduced in Senate
Palomares Veterans Act of 2018

Bill: 115-s-3373
Sponsor: Sen. Blumenthal, Richard [D-CT]
Introduced: 2018-08-23 in the Senate
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Accidents
Aviation and airports
Cancer
Cardiovascular and respiratory health
Digestive and metabolic diseases
Disability assistance
Europe
Hazardous wastes and toxic substances
Neurological disorders
Radiation
Spain
Veterans' medical care
Veterans' pensions and compensation

Summary:
action_date: 2018-08-23
text: 

Palomares Veterans Act of 2018

 
This bill includes veterans who participated in the cleanup of radioactive materials at Palomares, Spain, from January 17, 1966 through March 31, 1967, as radiation exposed veterans for purposes of the Department of Veterans Affairs presumption of service-connection for specified cancers and other radiogenic disorders. 
 
Under a presumption of service-connection, specific disabilities diagnosed in certain veterans are presumed to have been caused by the circumstances of their military service. Health care benefits and disability compensation may then be awarded. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2018-08-23
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
action_date: 2018-08-23
text: Introduced in Senate
South Florida Clean Coastal Waters Act of 2018

Bill: 115-s-3374
Sponsor: Sen. Rubio, Marco [R-FL]
Introduced: 2018-08-23 in the Senate
Policy area: Environmental Protection
Subjects: Aquatic ecology
Congressional oversight
Environmental assessment, monitoring, research
Everglades
Florida
Lakes and rivers
Marine and coastal resources, fisheries
Water quality

Summary:
action_date: 2018-08-23
text: 

South Florida Clean Coastal Waters Act of 2018

 
This bill addresses harmful algal blooms and hypoxia in the South Florida ecosystem. An algal bloom is a rapid growth of algae that may create toxic or hypoxic (severely low-oxygen) conditions that are harmful to humans, animals, aquatic ecosystems, and the economy.
 
The Inter-Agency Task Force on Harmful Algal Blooms and Hypoxia must assess potential approaches to reduce harmful algal blooms and hypoxia in the ecosystem. The task force must also submit a plan, based on the assessment, for reducing, mitigating, and controlling harmful algal blooms and hypoxia in the region.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2018-08-23
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
action_date: 2018-08-23
text: Introduced in Senate
Eastern Legacy Extension Act

Bill: 115-s-3375
Sponsor: Sen. Young, Todd [R-IN]
Introduced: 2018-08-23 in the Senate
Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources
Subjects: Indiana
Ohio
Parks, recreation areas, trails
Pennsylvania

Summary:
action_date: 2018-08-23
text: 

Eastern Legacy Extension Act

 
This bill extends the Lewis and Clark National Historic Trail by 1,200 miles from Wood River, Illinois, to the Ohio River in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2018-08-23
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
action_date: 2018-08-23
text: Introduced in Senate
Advancing Grid Storage Act of 2018

Bill: 115-s-3376
Sponsor: Sen. Smith, Tina [D-MN]
Introduced: 2018-08-23 in the Senate
Policy area: Energy
Subjects: Electric power generation and transmission
Energy efficiency and conservation
Energy research
Energy storage, supplies, demand
Government information and archives
Public utilities and utility rates
Research administration and funding
Rural conditions and development

Summary:
action_date: 2018-08-23
text: 

Advancing Grid Storage Act of 2018

 
This bill requires the Department of Energy to establish certain energy programs, including an energy storage research program and a technical assistance and grant program.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2018-11-29
text: Committee on Energy and Natural Resources Subcommittee on Energy. Hearings held. With printed Hearing: S.Hrg. 115-534.
action_date: 2018-08-23
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
action_date: 2018-08-23
text: Introduced in Senate
Homeland Procurement Reform Act

Bill: 115-s-3377
Sponsor: Sen. Shaheen, Jeanne [D-NH]
Introduced: 2018-08-23 in the Senate
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics

Summary:
action_date: 2018-08-23
text: 

Homeland Procurement Reform Act or the HOPR Act

 
This bill directs the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) to: (1) procure certain critical equipment of the quality and innovation necessary to carry out effectively its security, enforcement, and investigative missions; and (2) ensure that funds appropriated or otherwise available to its front line operational components are used for the procurement of covered items only if they meet specified criteria (e.g., that the contractor agree to store items not assembled in the United States in a locked area, report theft of insignia prior to delivery, destroy defective items with any unit or agency insignia, and maintain records of such destruction).
 
"Front line operational component" includes: (1) U.S. Customs and Border Protection, (2) U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, (3) the Transportation Safety Administration, (4) the Coast Guard, (5) the U.S. Secret Service, (6) the National Protection and Programs Directorate, (7) the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), and (8) the Federal Law Enforcement Training Centers.
 
"Covered items" include: (1) body armor components intended to provide ballistic protection for an individual, (2) helmets that provide head protection, (3) respiratory protection masks, and (4) other critical safety items as determined appropriate by DHS.
 
This bill: (1) does not apply to any procurements by vessels in foreign waters, nor in response to a major disaster declared by the President, and (2) applies to contracts entered into by DHS or any of its component agencies on or after October 1, 2018.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2018-08-23
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.
action_date: 2018-08-23
text: Introduced in Senate
Cyber Deterrence and Response Act of 2018

Bill: 115-s-3378
Sponsor: Sen. Gardner, Cory [R-CO]
Introduced: 2018-08-23 in the Senate
Policy area: International Affairs
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Computer security and identity theft
Credit and credit markets
Diplomacy, foreign officials, Americans abroad
Elections, voting, political campaign regulation
Foreign aid and international relief
Foreign and international banking
Foreign loans and debt
Fraud offenses and financial crimes
Government information and archives
Licensing and registrations
Military assistance, sales, and agreements
Multilateral development programs
Presidents and presidential powers, Vice Presidents
Public contracts and procurement
Sanctions
Securities
Subversive activities
Technology transfer and commercialization
Trade restrictions
Trade secrets and economic espionage
U.S. and foreign investments
Visas and passports
War and emergency powers

Summary:
action_date: 2018-08-23
text: 

Cyber Deterrence and Response Act of 2018

 
 This bill establishes a process to identify and impose sanctions against foreign persons, entities, and countries responsible for state-sponsored cyberattacks against the United States and instructs the President to periodically brief Congress on state-sponsored cyber activities against the United States. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2018-08-23
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations.
action_date: 2018-08-23
text: Introduced in Senate
Play by the Rules Act of 2018

Bill: 115-s-3379
Sponsor: Sen. Baldwin, Tammy [D-WI]
Introduced: 2018-08-23 in the Senate
Policy area: Foreign Trade and International Finance
Subjects: Competitiveness, trade promotion, trade deficits
Tariffs

Summary:
action_date: 2018-08-23
text: 

Play by the Rules Act of 2018 

 
This bill amends the Tariff Act of 1930 to subject to antidumping and countervailing duties certain merchandise from nonmarket economies that would otherwise be exempt.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2018-08-23
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
action_date: 2018-08-23
text: Introduced in Senate
A bill to direct the Office of National Drug Control Policy to track and review federally funded drug demand reduction activities.

Bill: 115-s-3380
Sponsor: Sen. Donnelly, Joe [D-IN]
Introduced: 2018-08-23 in the Senate
Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement
Subjects: Crime prevention
Criminal justice information and records
Drug, alcohol, tobacco use
Intergovernmental relations
Law enforcement administration and funding
Performance measurement

Summary:
action_date: 2018-08-23
text: 
This bill directs the Office of National Drug Control Policy (ONDCP) to track and review federally funded activities (other than enforcement activities) to reduce the use of drugs. The ONDCP must publish a list of federal programs and grants related to such activities. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2018-08-23
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2018-08-23
text: Introduced in Senate
PFAS Accountability Act of 2018

Bill: 115-s-3381
Sponsor: Sen. Stabenow, Debbie [D-MI]
Introduced: 2018-08-23 in the Senate
Policy area: Environmental Protection
Subjects: Congressional oversight
Environmental assessment, monitoring, research
Environmental health
Environmental regulatory procedures
Government buildings, facilities, and property
Hazardous wastes and toxic substances
Intergovernmental relations
Military facilities and property
National Guard and reserves
Pollution liability
Soil pollution
State and local government operations
Water quality
Water use and supply

Summary:
action_date: 2018-08-23
text: 

PFAS Accountability Act of 2018

 
This bill requires the federal government, on the request of a state, to cooperate with the state to address drinking water, surface water, groundwater, land surface, or subsurface strata contaminated from a perfluorinated compound originating from a federal facility or a former facility, such as a decommissioned military installation. A &quot;perfluorinated compound&quot; means a perfluoroalkyl substance or a polyfluoroalkyl substance that is man made with at least one fully fluorinated carbon atom.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2018-08-23
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works.
action_date: 2018-08-23
text: Introduced in Senate
PFAS Detection Act of 2018

Bill: 115-s-3382
Sponsor: Sen. Stabenow, Debbie [D-MI]
Introduced: 2018-08-23 in the Senate
Policy area: Environmental Protection
Subjects: Congressional oversight
Environmental assessment, monitoring, research
Government information and archives
Hazardous wastes and toxic substances
Lakes and rivers
Soil pollution
Water quality
Water use and supply
Wetlands

Summary:
action_date: 2018-08-23
text: 

PFAS Detection Act of 2018

 
This bill requires the
 
U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) to establish a performance standard for the detection of perfluorinated compounds. Using such standard, the USGS must carry out a nationwide sampling to determine the concentration of perfluorinated compounds in estuaries, lakes, streams, springs, wells, wetlands, rivers, aquifers, and soil. A perfluorinated compound is a perfluoroalkyl substance or a polyfluoroalkyl substance that is man made with at least one fully fluorinated carbon atom.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2018-08-23
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works.
action_date: 2018-08-23
text: Introduced in Senate
Rural DOCS Act

Bill: 115-s-3383
Sponsor: Sen. Cardin, Benjamin L. [D-MD]
Introduced: 2018-08-23 in the Senate
Policy area: Health

Summary:
action_date: 2018-08-23
text: 

Rural Development of Opioid Capacity Services Act or the Rural DOCS Act

 
This bill requires the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services to establish a Medicaid demonstration project to increase provider treatment capacity for substance-use disorders. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2018-08-23
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
action_date: 2018-08-23
text: Introduced in Senate
Medicaid Health HOME Act

Bill: 115-s-3384
Sponsor: Sen. Cardin, Benjamin L. [D-MD]
Introduced: 2018-08-23 in the Senate
Policy area: Health

Summary:
action_date: 2018-08-23
text: 

Medicaid Health Homes for Opioid-Use-Disorder Medicaid Enrollees Encouraged Act or the Medicaid Health HOME Act

 
This bill extends the enhanced federal matching rate for expenditures regarding substance-use disorder health-home services under Medicaid. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2018-08-23
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
action_date: 2018-08-23
text: Introduced in Senate