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To amend the Public Health Service Act to provide for prevention and treatment of substance abuse grants to recovery community organizations, and for other purposes.

Bill: 115-hr-5408
Sponsor: Rep. Brat, Dave [R-VA-7]
Introduced: 2018-03-23 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Community life and organization
Drug, alcohol, tobacco use
Health programs administration and funding
Health promotion and preventive care

Summary:
action_date: 2018-03-23
text: 
This bill amends the Public Health Service Act to require the Department of Health and Human Services to use 20% of the appropriations for the Substance Abuse Prevention and Treatment Block Grant program to award grants to recovery community organizations to provide recovery-focused addiction treatment for individuals with a substance use disorder.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2018-03-30
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2018-03-23
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2018-03-23
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2018-03-23
text: Introduced in House
Honest Elections and Campaign, No Gain Act

Bill: 115-hr-5409
Sponsor: Rep. Castor, Kathy [D-FL-14]
Introduced: 2018-03-23 in the House
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Subjects: Congressional elections
Elections, voting, political campaign regulation
Public participation and lobbying

Summary:
action_date: 2018-03-23
text: 

Honest Elections and Campaign, No Gain Act

 
This bill requires each authorized candidate committee or leadership political action committee (PAC) to disburse all unused funds within a specified time period beginning after an election, unless the candidate files to run for office again before the disbursement period begins. A committee or PAC disbursing unspent funds shall first pay any obligations incurred and, if funds are left over, it may disburse the funds in specified ways, such as by transferring the funds to a national or state committee of a political party. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2018-04-30
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on the Constitution and Civil Justice.
action_date: 2018-03-23
text: Referred to the Committee on House Administration, 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: 2018-03-23
text: Referred to the Committee on House Administration, 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: 2018-03-23
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2018-03-23
text: Introduced in House
SAFER Now Act

Bill: 115-hr-5410
Sponsor: Rep. Beatty, Joyce [D-OH-3]
Introduced: 2018-03-26 in the House
Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Assault and harassment offenses
Business records
Congressional oversight
Criminal investigation, prosecution, interrogation
Criminal justice information and records
Criminal procedure and sentencing
Department of Justice
Domestic violence and child abuse
Firearms and explosives
Fraud offenses and financial crimes
Law enforcement administration and funding
Law enforcement officers
Licensing and registrations
Retail and wholesale trades
Smuggling and trafficking
Trade restrictions
U.S. Sentencing Commission

Summary:
action_date: 2018-03-26
text: 

Safer America for Everyone Right Now Act or the SAFER Now Act

 
This bill amends the federal criminal code, the NICS Improvement Amendments Act of 2007, and the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968:
 
 
 to prohibit a licensed gun dealer from transferring a firearm to an unlicensed person prior to the completion of a background check; 
 
to make it a crime to knowingly import, sell, manufacture, transfer, or possess a semiautomatic assault weapon (SAW) or large capacity ammunition feeding device (LCAFD), subject to specified exceptions and limitations; 
 
to require a gun dealer to conduct a background check prior to the sale or transfer of a grandfathered SAW between unlicensed persons; 
 
 to require law enforcement agencies to be notified when a prohibited person attempts to purchase a grandfathered SAW; 
 
to allow a state or local government to use Edward Byrne Memorial Justice Assistance Grant Program funds to compensate individuals who surrender a SAW or LCAFD under a buy-back program; 
 
to require a person who operates a gun show to meet certain requirements (e.g., minimum age and registration); 
 
to prohibit a firearm transfer between unlicensed persons at a gun show unless certain conditions are met; 
 
to make trafficking in firearms a stand-alone criminal offense; and 
 
to prohibit firearm sale or disposition to or receipt or possession by a person who has been convicted of a misdemeanor crime of stalking. 
 
 

 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2018-04-30
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, Homeland Security, and Investigations.
action_date: 2018-03-26
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2018-03-26
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2018-03-26
text: Introduced in House
AIPM Act of 2018

Bill: 115-hr-5411
Sponsor: Rep. Gabbard, Tulsi [D-HI-2]
Introduced: 2018-03-26 in the House
Policy area: Agriculture and Food
Subjects: Advisory bodies
Agricultural conservation and pollution
Agricultural education
Agricultural research
Ecology
Education programs funding
Environmental assessment, monitoring, research
Higher education
Pest management
Research administration and funding
Wildlife conservation and habitat protection

Summary:
action_date: 2018-03-26
text: 

Areawide Integrated Pest Management Act of 2018 or the AIPM Act of 2018

 
This bill amends the Agricultural Research, Extension, and Education Reform Act of 1998 to expand the Department of Agriculture (USDA) Integrated Research, Education, and Extension Competitive Grants Program to include grants to colleges, universities, and other entities for qualified areawide integrated pest management projects to prevent the spread of pests and invasive species. 
 
The bill establishes an areawide integrated pest management committee to consider stakeholder feedback and determine priorities for the projects. 
 
The projects must be implemented on a landscape scale or larger and include collaboration with specified federal, regional, state, and nongovernmental entities. The projects may prevent the spread of pests and invasive species through: prevention, avoidance, monitoring, and suppression; educational programs; and physical, mechanical, cultural biologically-based, or chemical controls. 
 
A qualified project must: 
 
 
provide for significant benefits for the prevention, eradication, or management of pests and invasive species; 
 
provide for economic and environmental benefits to agriculture, individuals, wildlife, and the environment; 
 
address the annual priorities established by the integrated pest management committee; 
 
last no more than five years; 
 
establish a regional advisory committee to oversee the project; and
 
involve the cooperative extension services in translating the results of research into practical information and tools to be shared. 
 
 
USDA must transfer to the National Institute of Food and Agriculture the authority for the Integrated Research, Education, and Extension Competitive Grants Program. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2018-04-30
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Biotechnology, Horticulture, and Research.
action_date: 2018-03-26
text: Referred to the House Committee on Agriculture.
action_date: 2018-03-26
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2018-03-26
text: Introduced in House
To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 25 2nd Avenue in Brentwood, New York, as the "Army Specialist Jose L. Ruiz Post Office Building".

Bill: 115-hr-5412
Sponsor: Rep. King, Peter T. [R-NY-2]
Introduced: 2018-03-26 in the House
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Subjects: Congressional tributes
Government buildings, facilities, and property
Military personnel and dependents
New York State
Postal service

Summary:
action_date: 2018-03-26
text: Designates the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 25 2nd Avenue in Brentwood, New York, as the "Army Specialist Jose L. Ruiz Post Office Building."
action_date: 2018-12-21
text: 
Designates the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 25 2nd Avenue in Brentwood, New York, as the "Army Specialist Jose L. Ruiz Post Office Building."


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2018-12-21
text: Became Public Law No: 115-356.
action_date: 2018-12-21
text: Became Public Law No: 115-356.
action_date: 2018-12-21
text: Signed by President.
action_date: 2018-12-21
text: Signed by President.
action_date: 2018-12-21
text: Presented to President.
action_date: 2018-12-21
text: Presented to President.
action_date: 2018-12-13
text: Message on Senate action sent to the House.
action_date: 2018-12-12
text: Passed Senate without amendment by Unanimous Consent. (consideration: CR S7528)
action_date: 2018-12-12
text: Passed/agreed to in Senate: Passed Senate without amendment by Unanimous Consent.(consideration: CR S7528)
action_date: 2018-12-03
text: Received in the Senate, read twice.
action_date: 2018-11-29
text: Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
action_date: 2018-11-29
text: On passage Passed without objection. (text: CR H9727)
action_date: 2018-11-29
text: Passed/agreed to in House: On passage Passed without objection.(text: CR H9727)
action_date: 2018-11-29
text: Considered by unanimous consent. (consideration: CR H9727)
action_date: 2018-11-29
text: Committee on Oversight and Government discharged.
action_date: 2018-11-29
text: Committee on Oversight and Government discharged.
action_date: 2018-11-29
text: Mr. Comer asked unanimous consent to discharge from committee and consider.
action_date: 2018-05-23
text: Ordered to be Reported by Unanimous Consent.
action_date: 2018-05-23
text: Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
action_date: 2018-03-26
text: Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform.
action_date: 2018-03-26
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2018-03-26
text: Introduced in House

Enacted as: number: 115-356
Improving Veterans Access to Congressional Services Act of 2018

Bill: 115-hr-5413
Sponsor: Rep. Mast, Brian J. [R-FL-18]
Introduced: 2018-03-26 in the House
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Department of Veterans Affairs
Government buildings, facilities, and property
Members of Congress

Summary:
action_date: 2018-03-26
text: 
I
mproving Veterans Access to Congressional Services Act of 2018

 
This bill directs the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) to permit a Member of Congress to use a VA facility to meet with constituents during normal business hours.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2018-09-13
text: Subcommittee Hearings Held.
action_date: 2018-03-26
text: Referred to the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
action_date: 2018-03-26
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2018-03-26
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2018-03-26
text: Introduced in House
Help Separated Families Act of 2018

Bill: 115-hr-5414
Sponsor: Rep. Roybal-Allard, Lucille [D-CA-40]
Introduced: 2018-03-26 in the House
Policy area: Families
Subjects: Adoption and foster care
Border security and unlawful immigration
Child safety and welfare
Criminal justice information and records
Detention of persons
Family relationships
Family services
Foreign language and bilingual programs
Government information and archives
Immigrant health and welfare
Immigration status and procedures
Right of privacy
Separation, divorce, custody, support
State and local government operations
Visas and passports

Summary:
action_date: 2018-03-26
text: 

Help Separated Families Act of 2018

 
This bill helps reunify children of detained or deported parents with their parents, legal guardians, or relatives and expands requirements governing state plans for foster care and adoption assistance to include provisions that assist children separated from detained or deported parents.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2018-04-02
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Human Resources.
action_date: 2018-03-26
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2018-03-26
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2018-03-26
text: Introduced in House
GAO-IG Act

Bill: 115-hr-5415
Sponsor: Rep. Walker, Mark [R-NC-6]
Introduced: 2018-03-26 in the House
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Subjects: Congressional oversight
Executive agency funding and structure
Government Accountability Office (GAO)
Government studies and investigations

Summary:
action_date: 2018-03-26
text: 

Good Accounting Obligation in Government Act or the GAO-IG Act

 
This bill requires each federal agency, in its annual budget justification, to include a report on: (1) each public recommendation of the Government Accountability Office (GAO) that is classified as &quot;open&quot; or &quot;closed, unimplemented&quot;; (2) each public recommendation for corrective action from the agency's office of the inspector general (OIG) for which no final action has been taken; and (3) the implementation status of each such recommendation. 
 
Each agency shall also provide a copy of this information to its OIG and to the GAO.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2018-07-17
text: Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.
action_date: 2018-07-16
text: Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
action_date: 2018-07-16
text: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by voice vote. (text: CR H6200-6201)
action_date: 2018-07-16
text: Passed/agreed to in House: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by voice vote.(text: CR H6200-6201)
action_date: 2018-07-16
text: DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on H.R. 5415.
action_date: 2018-07-16
text: Considered under suspension of the rules. (consideration: CR H6200-6201)
action_date: 2018-07-16
text: Mr. Walker moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended.
action_date: 2018-07-16
text: Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 637.
action_date: 2018-07-16
text: Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform. H. Rept. 115-823.
action_date: 2018-07-16
text: Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform. H. Rept. 115-823.
action_date: 2018-05-23
text: Ordered to be Reported (Amended) by Voice Vote.
action_date: 2018-05-23
text: Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
action_date: 2018-03-26
text: Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform.
action_date: 2018-03-26
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2018-03-26
text: Introduced in House
Women Small Business Growth Act

Bill: 115-hr-5416
Sponsor: Rep. Adams, Alma S. [D-NC-12]
Introduced: 2018-03-29 in the House
Policy area: Education
Subjects: Business records
Government lending and loan guarantees
Higher education
Income tax exclusion
Inflation and prices
Small business
Women in business

Summary:
action_date: 2018-03-29
text: 

Women Small Business Growth Act

 
This bill amends the Higher Education Act of 1965 to establish a loan forgiveness program for a women borrower who owns a small business that has been owned and controlled by women for at least three consecutive years. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2018-03-29
text: Referred to the Committee on Education and the Workforce, 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: 2018-03-29
text: Referred to the Committee on Education and the Workforce, 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: 2018-03-29
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2018-03-29
text: Introduced in House
REST Act

Bill: 115-hr-5417
Sponsor: Rep. Babin, Brian [R-TX-36]
Introduced: 2018-03-29 in the House
Policy area: Transportation and Public Works
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Department of Transportation
Motor carriers
Transportation employees
Transportation safety and security

Summary:
action_date: 2018-03-29
text: 

Responsible and Effective Standards for Truckers Act or the REST Act

 
 This bill directs the Department of Transportation to issue or revise regulations for commercial truck drivers subject to maximum driving time requirements for property-carrying vehicles.The regulations must allow such drivers to suspend an on-duty period (the 14-hour period during which a driver is permitted to drive after coming on duty following 10 consecutive hours off duty) for up to 3 hours if such suspension does not extend the total drive time limits in current regulations. No other requirements relating to rest breaks during an on-duty period shall apply to such drivers.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2018-03-30
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Highways and Transit.
action_date: 2018-03-29
text: Referred to the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.
action_date: 2018-03-29
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2018-03-29
text: Introduced in House
To allow the Chief of the Army Corps of Engineers to convey certain property to the City of Nashville, Tennessee.

Bill: 115-hr-5419
Sponsor: Rep. Cooper, Jim [D-TN-5]
Introduced: 2018-03-29 in the House
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Land transfers
Parks, recreation areas, trails
Tennessee

Summary:
action_date: 2018-03-29
text: 
 This bill authorizes the Department of the Army to convey, without consideration, to the City of Nashville, Tennessee, all right, title, and interest of the United States in and to the real property covered by Lease No. DACW62-1-84-149, including any improvements, at the Riverfront Park Recreational Development. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2018-03-30
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Water Resources and Environment.
action_date: 2018-03-29
text: Referred to the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.
action_date: 2018-03-29
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2018-03-29
text: Introduced in House
FDR Historic Preservation Act

Bill: 115-hr-5420
Sponsor: Rep. Faso, John J. [R-NY-19]
Introduced: 2018-03-29 in the House
Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources
Subjects: Historic sites and heritage areas
Land transfers
New York State
Presidents and presidential powers, Vice Presidents

Summary:
action_date: 2018-03-29
text: 

FDR Historic Preservation Act

 
This bill authorizes the Department of the Interior to acquire, by donation, purchase from a willing seller, or exchange, approximately 89 acres of land to be added to the Home of Franklin D. Roosevelt National Historic Site. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2018-12-12
text: Committee on Energy and Natural Resources Subcommittee on National Parks. Hearings held.
action_date: 2018-09-27
text: Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
action_date: 2018-09-26
text: Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
action_date: 2018-09-26
text: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by recorded vote (2/3 required): 394 - 15 (Roll no. 404).
action_date: 2018-09-26
text: Passed/agreed to in House: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by recorded vote (2/3 required): 394 - 15 (Roll no. 404).
action_date: 2018-09-26
text: Considered as unfinished business. (consideration: CR H8904-8905)
action_date: 2018-09-25
text: At the conclusion of debate, the chair put the question on the motion to suspend the rules. Mr. McClintock objected to the vote on the grounds that a quorum was not present. Further proceedings on the motion were postponed. The point of no quorum was considered as withdrawn.
action_date: 2018-09-25
text: DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on H.R. 5420.
action_date: 2018-09-25
text: Considered under suspension of the rules. (consideration: CR H8858-8859; text: CR H8858)
action_date: 2018-09-25
text: Mr. McClintock moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended.
action_date: 2018-09-25
text: Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 758.
action_date: 2018-09-25
text: Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Natural Resources. H. Rept. 115-970.
action_date: 2018-09-25
text: Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Natural Resources. H. Rept. 115-970.
action_date: 2018-09-05
text: Ordered to be Reported (Amended) by Unanimous Consent.
action_date: 2018-09-05
text: Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
action_date: 2018-09-05
text: Subcommittee on Federal Lands Discharged.
action_date: 2018-04-05
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Federal Lands.
action_date: 2018-03-29
text: Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.
action_date: 2018-03-29
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2018-03-29
text: Introduced in House
No Lead in the Air Act of 2018

Bill: 115-hr-5421
Sponsor: Del. Norton, Eleanor Holmes [D-DC-At Large]
Introduced: 2018-03-29 in the House
Policy area: Transportation and Public Works
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Air quality
Aviation and airports
Department of Transportation
Environmental regulatory procedures
Hazardous wastes and toxic substances
Motor fuels

Summary:
action_date: 2018-03-29
text: 

No Lead in the Air Act of 2018 

 
This bill directs the Federal Aviation Administration to issue regulations necessary to prohibit the use of leaded fuel by aircraft operating within U.S. airspace beginning on January 1, 2023. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2018-03-30
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Aviation.
action_date: 2018-03-29
text: Referred to the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.
action_date: 2018-03-29
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (E384)
action_date: 2018-03-29
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2018-03-29
text: Introduced in House
Death Tax Repeal Act

Bill: 115-hr-5422
Sponsor: Rep. Smith, Jason [R-MO-8]
Introduced: 2018-03-29 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Inflation and prices
Transfer and inheritance taxes

Summary:
action_date: 2018-03-29
text: 

Death Tax Repeal Act

 
This bill amends the Internal Revenue Code to: (1) repeal the estate and generation-skipping transfer taxes, and (2) make conforming amendments related to the gift tax. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2018-03-29
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2018-03-29
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2018-03-29
text: Introduced in House