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National Drinking Water Standards Reauthorization Act of 2018

Bill: 115-hr-7155
Sponsor: Rep. Meng, Grace [D-NY-6]
Introduced: 2018-11-16 in the House
Policy area: Environmental Protection
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)
Environmental health
Environmental regulatory procedures
Hazardous wastes and toxic substances
Water quality
Water use and supply

Summary:
action_date: 2018-11-16
text: 
 
National Drinking Water Standards Reauthorization Act of 2018

 
This bill reauthorizes through FY2023 funding for creating and analyzing national drinking water standards.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2018-11-16
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2018-11-16
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2018-11-16
text: Introduced in House
Federal Police Camera and Accountability Act of 2018

Bill: 115-hr-7156
Sponsor: Del. Norton, Eleanor Holmes [D-DC-At Large]
Introduced: 2018-11-16 in the House
Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement
Subjects: Crime victims
Criminal investigation, prosecution, interrogation
Criminal justice information and records
Government studies and investigations
Law enforcement officers
Photography and imaging
Right of privacy

Summary:
action_date: 2018-11-16
text: 

Federal Police Camera and Accountability Act of 2018

 
This bill establishes requirements for federal law enforcement officers in uniform to wear body cameras and for federal law enforcement agencies to install video cameras in patrol cars.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2018-11-16
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2018-11-16
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E1536)
action_date: 2018-11-16
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2018-11-16
text: Introduced in House
Chiropractic Patients' Freedom of Choice Act of 2018

Bill: 115-hr-7157
Sponsor: Rep. Paulsen, Erik [R-MN-3]
Introduced: 2018-11-16 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Alternative treatments
Health care coverage and access
Health personnel
Licensing and registrations
Medicare
Musculoskeletal and skin diseases
State and local government operations

Summary:
action_date: 2018-11-16
text: 

Chiropractic Patients' Freedom of Choice Act of 2018

 
This bill expands Medicare coverage of chiropractic services to include all services provided by chiropractors, rather than only subluxation corrections through manual manipulation of the spine.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2018-11-28
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2018-11-16
text: Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, 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: 2018-11-16
text: Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, 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: 2018-11-16
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2018-11-16
text: Introduced in House
Honoring All Veterans Act

Bill: 115-hr-7158
Sponsor: Rep. Rice, Kathleen M. [D-NY-4]
Introduced: 2018-11-16 in the House
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Congressional oversight
Department of Veterans Affairs
Government information and archives
Military personnel and dependents
Presidents and presidential powers, Vice Presidents
U.S. history

Summary:
action_date: 2018-11-16
text: 

Honoring All Veterans Act

 
This bill adds the following as a mission statement for the Department of Veterans Affairs: &quot;To fulfill President Lincoln's promise to care for those 'who shall have borne the battle' and for their families, caregivers, and survivors.&quot;


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2018-11-16
text: Referred to the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
action_date: 2018-11-16
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2018-11-16
text: Introduced in House
Freedom For Religious Communities Act

Bill: 115-hr-7159
Sponsor: Rep. Rooney, Francis [R-FL-19]
Introduced: 2018-11-16 in the House
Policy area: Labor and Employment
Subjects: Employment discrimination and employee rights
Labor standards
Labor-management relations
Religion

Summary:
action_date: 2018-11-16
text: 

Freedom For Religious Communities Act

 
This bill amends the National Labor Relations Act to exempt not-for-profit religious employers from such Act.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2018-11-16
text: Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce.
action_date: 2018-11-16
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2018-11-16
text: Introduced in House
Stopping Grinch Bots Act of 2018

Bill: 115-hr-7160
Sponsor: Rep. Tonko, Paul [D-NY-20]
Introduced: 2018-11-16 in the House
Policy area: Science, Technology, Communications
Subjects: Civil actions and liability
Computer security and identity theft
Computers and information technology
Consumer affairs
Criminal investigation, prosecution, interrogation
Evidence and witnesses
Fraud offenses and financial crimes
Intergovernmental relations
Internet and video services
Internet, web applications, social media
Jurisdiction and venue
State and local government operations

Summary:
action_date: 2018-11-16
text: 

Stopping Grinch Bots Act of 2018

 
This bill prohibits the circumvention (e.g., via bot technology) of a website's security measure or technological control for enforcing posted purchasing limits or for managing inventory. A person may not sell a product if the person knows that the product was acquired using such circumvention.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2018-11-16
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2018-11-16
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2018-11-16
text: Introduced in House
Local School Foods Expansion Act of 2018

Bill: 115-hr-7161
Sponsor: Rep. Welch, Peter [D-VT-At Large]
Introduced: 2018-11-16 in the House
Policy area: Agriculture and Food
Subjects: Child health
Congressional oversight
Elementary and secondary education
Food assistance and relief
Fruit and vegetables
Nutrition and diet
Performance measurement
State and local government operations

Summary:
action_date: 2018-11-16
text: 

Local School Foods Expansion Act of 2018

 
This bill directs the Department of Agriculture to make permanent, and expand to at least 15 states, the program to provide more flexibility for schools participating in the National School Lunch Program to purchase domestically grown unprocessed fruits and vegetables. The bill also provides additional mandatory funding for the program. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2018-11-16
text: Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce.
action_date: 2018-11-16
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2018-11-16
text: Introduced in House
For the relief of David Beasley.

Bill: 115-hr-7162
Sponsor: Rep. Nolan, Richard M. [D-MN-8]
Introduced: 2018-11-16 in the House
Subjects: Private Legislation

Summary:
action_date: 2018-11-16
text: Provides for the relief of David Beasley.

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2018-11-16
text: Referred to the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
action_date: 2018-11-16
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2018-11-16
text: Introduced in House
To designate the outstation of the Department of Veterans Affairs in North Ogden, Utah, as the Major Brent Taylor Vet Center Outstation.

Bill: 115-hr-7163
Sponsor: Rep. Bishop, Rob [R-UT-1]
Introduced: 2018-11-20 in the House
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Congressional tributes
Department of Veterans Affairs
Health facilities and institutions
Military personnel and dependents
Utah
Veterans' medical care

Summary:
action_date: 2018-11-20
text: 
This bill designates the outstation of the Department of Veterans Affairs in North Ogden, Utah, as the &quot;Major Brent Taylor Vet Center Outstation.&quot;


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2018-11-28
text: Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
action_date: 2018-11-27
text: Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
action_date: 2018-11-27
text: On passage Passed without objection. (text: CR H9656-9657)
action_date: 2018-11-27
text: Passed/agreed to in House: On passage Passed without objection.(text: CR H9656-9657)
action_date: 2018-11-27
text: Considered by unanimous consent. (consideration: CR H9656-9657)
action_date: 2018-11-27
text: Committee on Veterans' Affairs discharged.
action_date: 2018-11-27
text: Committee on Veterans' Affairs discharged.
action_date: 2018-11-27
text: Mr. Roe (TN) asked unanimous consent to discharge from committee and consider.
action_date: 2018-11-20
text: Referred to the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
action_date: 2018-11-20
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2018-11-20
text: Introduced in House
To add Ireland to the E-3 nonimmigrant visa program.

Bill: 115-hr-7164
Sponsor: Rep. Sensenbrenner, F. James, Jr. [R-WI-5]
Introduced: 2018-11-20 in the House
Policy area: Immigration
Subjects: Europe
Foreign labor
Ireland
Visas and passports

Summary:
action_date: 2018-11-20
text: 
This bill expands the E-3 visa program to cover Irish nationals. Currently, the E-3 visa is only available to Australian nationals. 
 
The employer of an Irish national under the program shall file an attestation with the Department of Labor. The employer shall participate in the E-Verify program during the duration of the applicant's authorized employment period. 
 
For each fiscal year, the Department of State may approve 10,500 Irish E-3 initial applications minus the number of Australian E-3 initial applications approved the previous fiscal year. The total number of approved E-3 initial applications shall not exceed 21,000 in any two fiscal years. Currently, the State Department may approve up to 10,500 initial applications each fiscal year under the program.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2018-11-29
text: Received in the Senate.
action_date: 2018-11-28
text: Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
action_date: 2018-11-28
text: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by voice vote. (text: CR H9676)
action_date: 2018-11-28
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 H9676)
action_date: 2018-11-28
text: DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on H.R. 7164.
action_date: 2018-11-28
text: Considered under suspension of the rules. (consideration: CR H9676-9678)
action_date: 2018-11-28
text: Mr. Chabot moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended.
action_date: 2018-11-20
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2018-11-20
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2018-11-20
text: Introduced in House
Equal COLA Act

Bill: 115-hr-7165
Sponsor: Rep. Connolly, Gerald E. [D-VA-11]
Introduced: 2018-11-20 in the House
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Subjects: Government employee pay, benefits, personnel management
Inflation and prices

Summary:
action_date: 2018-11-20
text: 

Equal COLA Act

 
This bill revises the formula used to calculate the cost-of-living adjustment for annuities paid under the Federal Employees Retirement System.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2018-11-20
text: Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform.
action_date: 2018-11-20
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2018-11-20
text: Introduced in House
Hurricane Michael Tax Relief Act

Bill: 115-hr-7166
Sponsor: Rep. Dunn, Neal P. [R-FL-2]
Introduced: 2018-11-20 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Charitable contributions
Disaster relief and insurance
Employee benefits and pensions
Florida
Income tax credits
Income tax deductions
Income tax exclusion
Natural disasters
Poverty and welfare assistance
Tax administration and collection, taxpayers
Tax treatment of families
Wages and earnings

Summary:
action_date: 2018-11-20
text: 

Hurricane Michael Tax Relief Act

 
This bill amends the Internal Revenue Code to allow various tax credits, deductions, and modifications to existing rules for individuals and businesses affected by Hurricane Michael. 
 
With respect to individuals and businesses in the affected areas, the bill: 
 
 
 waives the 10% additional tax on early distributions from retirement plans for up to $100,000 in distributions made on or after October 9, 2018, and before January 1, 2020; 
 
 permits individuals to recontribute funds to retirement plans if the funds were distributed for a home purchase in a Hurricane Michael disaster area that was cancelled on account of the hurricane; 
 
 increases the limit and extends the repayment deadline for loans from retirement plans; 
 
 allows an employee retention tax credit for a portion of the wages paid to an employee whose principal place of employment on specified dates was in a Hurricane Michael disaster zone; 
 
 temporarily suspends the limitation on charitable contributions for relief efforts in the Hurricane Michael disaster area; 
 
 modifies the rules for the deduction for personal casualty losses; and 
 
 allows taxpayers to use earned income from the immediately preceding year for the purpose of determining earned income for the earned income tax credit and the child tax credit. 
 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2018-11-20
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2018-11-20
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2018-11-20
text: Introduced in House
Restoring the Public Trust Act

Bill: 115-hr-7167
Sponsor: Rep. Lieu, Ted [D-CA-33]
Introduced: 2018-11-20 in the House
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Appropriations
Aviation and airports
Congressional oversight
Corporate finance and management
Diplomacy, foreign officials, Americans abroad
Elections, voting, political campaign regulation
Executive Office of the President
Executive agency funding and structure
Family relationships
Federal officials
Fraud offenses and financial crimes
Government employee pay, benefits, personnel management
Government ethics and transparency, public corruption
Government information and archives
Government studies and investigations
Intelligence activities, surveillance, classified information
Judicial review and appeals
Presidents and presidential powers, Vice Presidents
Protection of officials
Public contracts and procurement
Russia
Subversive activities
Tax administration and collection, taxpayers
Transportation costs
Travel and tourism

Summary:
action_date: 2018-11-20
text: 

Restoring the Public Trust Act

 
This bill sets forth provisions to (1) prohibit the personal enrichment of federal employees, (2) reduce conflicts of interest in the federal government, (2) require Presidents and certain presidential candidates to disclose their tax returns, (3) require the disclosure of certain White House visitor and employee records, and (4) modify the procedures for nominating or changing the status of an inspector general. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2018-11-20
text: Referred to the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, and in addition to the Committees on the Judiciary, and 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: 2018-11-20
text: Referred to the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, and in addition to the Committees on the Judiciary, and 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: 2018-11-20
text: Referred to the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, and in addition to the Committees on the Judiciary, and 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: 2018-11-20
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2018-11-20
text: Introduced in House
Clean Up EtO Act of 2018

Bill: 115-hr-7168
Sponsor: Rep. Lipinski, Daniel [D-IL-3]
Introduced: 2018-11-20 in the House
Policy area: Environmental Protection
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Air quality
Cancer
Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)
Environmental assessment, monitoring, research
Environmental health
Environmental regulatory procedures
Hazardous wastes and toxic substances
Industrial facilities
Manufacturing

Summary:
action_date: 2018-11-20
text: 

Clean Up EtO Act of 2018

 
This bill requires the Environmental Protection Agency to review and revise the emissions standards for sources of ethylene oxides, including chamber exhaust vents, within nine months. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2018-11-20
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2018-11-20
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2018-11-20
text: Introduced in House
VA-SBA Act

Bill: 115-hr-7169
Sponsor: Rep. Kelly, Trent [R-MS-1]
Introduced: 2018-11-27 in the House
Policy area: Commerce
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Congressional oversight
Department of Veterans Affairs
Fraud offenses and financial crimes
Government information and archives
Intergovernmental relations
Public contracts and procurement
Small Business Administration
Small business
Veterans' education, employment, rehabilitation

Summary:
action_date: 2018-11-27
text: 

Verification Alignment and Service-disabled Business Adjustment Act or the VA-SBA Act

 
This bill transfers the responsibility for verifying that a small business concern is owned and controlled by a veteran or service-disabled veteran, for the purposes of eligibility for certain procurement programs, from the Department of Veterans Affairs to the Small Business Administration. It also modifies various aspects of such programs, including penalties for misrepresenting ownership status.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2018-11-27
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Economic Opportunity.
action_date: 2018-11-27
text: Referred to the Committee on Small Business, and in addition to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
action_date: 2018-11-27
text: Referred to the Committee on Small Business, and in addition to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
action_date: 2018-11-27
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2018-11-27
text: Introduced in House
To amend the Federal Power Act to require the consideration of invasive species when prescribing fishways, and for other purposes.

Bill: 115-hr-7170
Sponsor: Rep. Grothman, Glenn [R-WI-6]
Introduced: 2018-11-27 in the House
Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources
Subjects: Fishes
Lakes and rivers
Land use and conservation
Wilderness and natural areas, wildlife refuges, wild rivers, habitats
Wildlife conservation and habitat protection

Summary:
action_date: 2018-11-27
text: 
This bill requires the Department of Commerce or the Department of the Interior to consider the threat of invasive species before mandating that a new fishway be built. (Fishways are structures placed on or around constructed barriers to give fish the opportunity to migrate.)


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2018-11-27
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2018-11-27
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2018-11-27
text: Introduced in House
Engineering Biology Research and Development Act of 2019

Bill: 115-hr-7171
Sponsor: Rep. Johnson, Eddie Bernice [D-TX-30]
Introduced: 2018-11-27 in the House
Policy area: Science, Technology, Communications
Subjects: Advanced technology and technological innovations
Advisory bodies
Alternative and renewable resources
Aviation and airports
Biological and life sciences
Competitiveness, trade promotion, trade deficits
Energy research
Environmental assessment, monitoring, research
Executive agency funding and structure
Higher education
Manufacturing
Minority education
Public-private cooperation
Research administration and funding
Research and development
Science and engineering education
Small business
Space flight and exploration
Technology transfer and commercialization

Summary:
action_date: 2018-11-27
text: 

Engineering Biology Research and Development Act of 2019
 

This bill directs: 
 
 
 the Office of Science and Technology Policy to implement a National Engineering Biology Research and Development Program; 
 
the National Science Foundation (NSF) to convene a workshop related to engineering biology research and development; and 
 
the NSF and certain other federal agencies, including the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), to carry out specified research activities as part of the program.
 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2018-11-27
text: Referred to the House Committee on Science, Space, and Technology.
action_date: 2018-11-27
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2018-11-27
text: Introduced in House
To make technical amendments to chapter 3084 of title 54, United States Code, to correct references to the African American Civil Rights Network, and for other purposes.

Bill: 115-hr-7172
Sponsor: Rep. Clay, Wm. Lacy [D-MO-1]
Introduced: 2018-11-27 in the House
Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources
Subjects: Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues
Government buildings, facilities, and property
Government studies and investigations
Historic sites and heritage areas
Parks, recreation areas, trails
Protest and dissent
Racial and ethnic relations
U.S. history

Summary:
action_date: 2018-11-27
text: 
This bill removes all statutory references to the U.S. Civil Rights Network and replaces them with references to the African American Civil Rights Network. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2018-11-29
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Federal Lands.
action_date: 2018-11-27
text: Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.
action_date: 2018-11-27
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2018-11-27
text: Introduced in House
To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to allow certain veterans organizations to take into account the membership of spouses, widows, and widowers of members of the Armed Forces for purposes of determining tax exempt status.

Bill: 115-hr-7174
Sponsor: Rep. Eshoo, Anna G. [D-CA-18]
Introduced: 2018-11-27 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Military personnel and dependents
Tax-exempt organizations
Veterans' organizations and recognition

Summary:
action_date: 2018-11-27
text: 
This bill amends the Internal Revenue Code to allow certain veterans organizations, for which there is no auxiliary unit or society, to take into account members who are spouses, widows, or widowers of past or present members of the Armed Forces to determine whether the organization meets the membership requirements for tax-exempt status. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2018-11-27
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2018-11-27
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2018-11-27
text: Introduced in House