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Capital Gains Inflation Relief Act of 2018

Bill: 115-s-2688
Sponsor: Sen. Cruz, Ted [R-TX]
Introduced: 2018-04-17 in the Senate
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Bank accounts, deposits, capital
Capital gains tax
Economic performance and conditions
Financial services and investments
Inflation and prices
Property tax
Real estate business
Tax administration and collection, taxpayers
Taxation of foreign income

Summary:
action_date: 2018-04-17
text: 

Capital Gains Inflation Relief Act of 2018

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


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2018-04-17
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
action_date: 2018-04-17
text: Introduced in Senate
Small Business Taxpayer Bill of Rights Act of 2018

Bill: 115-s-2689
Sponsor: Sen. Cornyn, John [R-TX]
Introduced: 2018-04-17 in the Senate
Policy area: Taxation

Summary:
action_date: 2018-04-17
text: 

Small Business Taxpayer Bill of Rights Act of 2018 

 
This bill modifies various tax enforcement procedures and requirements that affect small businesses and other taxpayers. 
 
The bill modifies requirements regarding: 
 
 
 awarding costs and fees to small businesses for administrative and court proceedings, 
 
 the amounts of damages and penalties that are allowed for violating various tax laws, 
 
 dispute resolution and appeal procedures, 
 
 enforcing liens against principal residences, 
 
 terminating Internal Revenue Service (IRS) employees for misconduct, 
 
 reviews by the Department of the Treasury Inspector General for Tax Administration, and 
 
 the release of an IRS levy due to economic hardship for business taxpayers. 
 
 
The bill also: 
 
 
 allows a tax deduction for a portion of a taxpayer's expenses for certain audits,
 
 prohibits ex parte communications between officers in the IRS Office of Appeals and other IRS employees with respect to matters pending before the officers,
 
 establishes a 10-year term for the National Taxpayer Advocate, and 
 
 repeals the requirement to submit a partial payment with an offer-in-compromise to settle a tax liability. 
 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2018-04-17
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. (Sponsor introductory remarks on measure: CR S2219-2222; text of measure as introduced: CR S2219-2222)
action_date: 2018-04-17
text: Introduced in Senate
A bill to amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to permit review of certain Medicare payment determinations for disproportionate share hospitals, and for other purposes.

Bill: 115-s-2690
Sponsor: Sen. Rubio, Marco [R-FL]
Introduced: 2018-04-17 in the Senate
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Administrative remedies
Health facilities and institutions
Hospital care
Judicial review and appeals
Medicare

Summary:
action_date: 2018-04-17
text: 
 This bill allow s administrative or judicial review of additional Medicare disproportionate share hospital (DSH) payment determinations for acute care hospitals known as subsection (d) hospitals. Under current law, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services must make DSH payments to qualifying hospitals that treat a disproportionate share of low-income patients.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2018-04-17
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
action_date: 2018-04-17
text: Introduced in Senate
Opioid Crisis Accountability Act of 2018

Bill: 115-s-2691
Sponsor: Sen. Sanders, Bernard [I-VT]
Introduced: 2018-04-17 in the Senate
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Business ethics
Business expenses
Business records
Child health
Civil actions and liability
Corporate finance and management
Department of Health and Human Services
Department of Justice
Department of Labor
Drug safety, medical device, and laboratory regulation
Drug trafficking and controlled substances
Drug, alcohol, tobacco use
Education programs funding
Elementary and secondary education
Employment taxes
Executive agency funding and structure
Government information and archives
Government studies and investigations
Government trust funds
Health programs administration and funding
Health promotion and preventive care
Income tax credits
Marketing and advertising
Medical research
Preschool education
Prescription drugs
Research and development
Securities
Small business
Wages and earnings

Summary:
action_date: 2018-04-17
text: 

Opioid Crisis Accountability Act of 2018

 
This bill amends the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act to prohibit a drug manufacturer from engaging in illegal marketing and distribution practices, including falsely advertising, promoting, or marketing that an opioid has no addiction-forming or addiction-sustaining qualities or risks.
 
The bill penalizes drug manufacturers or distributors who illegally advertise, market or distribute an opioid product, including by (1) imposing a civil fine or salary confiscation, (2)revoking any remaining period of market exclusivity for such product, (3)requiring reimbursement of federal funding received for such product, and (4)prohibiting certain tax credits.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2018-04-17
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
action_date: 2018-04-17
text: Introduced in Senate
A bill to designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 4558 Broadway in New York, New York, as the "Stanley Michels Post Office Building".

Bill: 115-s-2692
Sponsor: Sen. Gillibrand, Kirsten E. [D-NY]
Introduced: 2018-04-18 in the Senate
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Subjects: Congressional tributes
Government buildings, facilities, and property
New York City
Postal service

Summary:
action_date: 2018-04-18
text: Designates the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 4558 Broadway in New York, New York, as the "Stanley Michels Post Office Building."
action_date: 2018-07-30
text: 
(Sec. 1) Designates the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 4558 Broadway in New York, New York, as the "Stanley Michels Post Office Building."


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2018-07-30
text: Became Public Law No: 115-223.
action_date: 2018-07-30
text: Became Public Law No: 115-223.
action_date: 2018-07-30
text: Signed by President.
action_date: 2018-07-30
text: Signed by President.
action_date: 2018-07-19
text: Presented to President.
action_date: 2018-07-19
text: Presented to President.
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 Agreed to by voice vote. (text: CR H6205)
action_date: 2018-07-16
text: Passed/agreed to in House: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill Agreed to by voice vote.(text: CR H6205)
action_date: 2018-07-16
text: DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on S. 2692.
action_date: 2018-07-16
text: Considered under suspension of the rules. (consideration: CR H6205)
action_date: 2018-07-16
text: Mr. Walker moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill.
action_date: 2018-07-03
text: Held at the desk.
action_date: 2018-07-03
text: Received in the House.
action_date: 2018-06-29
text: Message on Senate action sent to the House.
action_date: 2018-06-28
text: Passed Senate without amendment by Unanimous Consent. (consideration: CR S4807-4808; text: CR S4807-4808)
action_date: 2018-06-28
text: Passed/agreed to in Senate: Passed Senate without amendment by Unanimous Consent.(consideration: CR S4807-4808; text: CR S4807-4808)
action_date: 2018-06-14
text: Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 454.
action_date: 2018-06-14
text: Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs. Reported by Senator Johnson without amendment. Without written report.
action_date: 2018-06-14
text: Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs. Reported by Senator Johnson without amendment. Without written report.
action_date: 2018-06-13
text: Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs. Ordered to be reported without amendment favorably.
action_date: 2018-04-18
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.
action_date: 2018-04-18
text: Introduced in Senate

Enacted as: number: 115-223
Immigration Court Improvement Act of 2018

Bill: 115-s-2693
Sponsor: Sen. Hirono, Mazie K. [D-HI]
Introduced: 2018-04-18 in the Senate
Policy area: Immigration
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Department of Justice
Government ethics and transparency, public corruption
Immigration status and procedures
Judges
Judicial procedure and administration
Judicial review and appeals
Lawyers and legal services
Performance measurement

Summary:
action_date: 2018-04-18
text: 

Immigration Court Improvement Act of 2018

 
This bill expands the definition of &quot;immigration judge&quot; and the requirements applicable to such judges. Specifically, the bill requires that immigration judges have independent decision-making authority and prohibits discipline of such judges for good faith legal decisions. The bill also requires the Department of Justice to promulgate regulations to grant immigration judges contempt power. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2018-04-18
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2018-04-18
text: Introduced in Senate
Robocall Enforcement Enhancement Act of 2018

Bill: 115-s-2694
Sponsor: Sen. Schatz, Brian [D-HI]
Introduced: 2018-04-18 in the Senate
Policy area: Science, Technology, Communications
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Civil actions and liability
Federal Communications Commission (FCC)
Fraud offenses and financial crimes
Telephone and wireless communication

Summary:
action_date: 2018-04-18
text: 

Robocall Enforcement Enhancement Act of 2018

 
This bill amends the Communications Act of 1934: 
 
 
to lengthen the statute of limitations from two years to three years for pursuing caller identification information violations (known as "spoofing"), 
 
to lengthen the statute of limitations from one year to three years for pursing automated telephone equipment violations (known as "robocalls"), and 
 
to authorize the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) to impose forfeiture penalties without first sending a citation regarding the charged violation against persons not licensed by the FCC who violate prohibitions on the use of automated telephone equipment.



Legislative actions:
action_date: 2018-04-18
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
action_date: 2018-04-18
text: Introduced in Senate
Inaugural Committee Transparency Act of 2018

Bill: 115-s-2695
Sponsor: Sen. Cortez Masto, Catherine [D-NV]
Introduced: 2018-04-18 in the Senate
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Subjects: Elections, voting, political campaign regulation
Government ethics and transparency, public corruption
Presidents and presidential powers, Vice Presidents

Summary:
action_date: 2018-04-18
text: 

Inaugural Committee Transparency Act of 2018

 
This bill requires the presidential inaugural committee to disclose to the Federal Election Commission, by 90 days after the presidential inaugural ceremony, any disbursement made in an amount equal to or greater than $200 and the purpose of each disbursement. The committee must also disclose the name and address of the person to whom the disbursement was made, the date of the disbursement, and the total amount and purpose of the disbursement.
 
The committee must disburse any remaining donated funds not later than 90 days after the inaugural ceremony, but may request an extension of such 90-day period.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2018-04-18
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2018-04-18
text: Introduced in Senate
Supporting Infant Plans of Safe Care Implementation Act

Bill: 115-s-2696
Sponsor: Sen. Casey, Robert P., Jr. [D-PA]
Introduced: 2018-04-18 in the Senate
Policy area: Social Welfare

Summary:
action_date: 2018-04-18
text: 

Supporting Infant Plans of Safe Care Implementation Act

 
This bill establishes a grant program to assist states in developing, updating, and implementing state plans of safe care for infants affected by substance abuse.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2018-04-18
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
action_date: 2018-04-18
text: Introduced in Senate
Unused Medications Awareness Act

Bill: 115-s-2697
Sponsor: Sen. Warren, Elizabeth [D-MA]
Introduced: 2018-04-18 in the Senate
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Drug trafficking and controlled substances
Government information and archives
Health promotion and preventive care
Prescription drugs

Summary:
action_date: 2018-04-18
text: 

Unused Medications Awareness Act

 
This bill amends the Comprehensive Addiction and Recovery Act of 2016 to add information about dispensing options to the Department of Health and Human Services education and awareness campaign regarding the risk of abuse of prescription opioids if the drugs are not taken as prescribed.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2018-04-18
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
action_date: 2018-04-18
text: Introduced in Senate
FHA Foreclosure Prevention Act of 2018

Bill: 115-s-2698
Sponsor: Sen. Cortez Masto, Catherine [D-NV]
Introduced: 2018-04-18 in the Senate
Policy area: Housing and Community Development
Subjects: Administrative remedies
Congressional oversight
Department of Housing and Urban Development
Government information and archives
Housing finance and home ownership

Summary:
action_date: 2018-04-18
text: 

FHA Foreclosure Prevention Act of 2018 

 
This bill amends the National Housing Act to expand foreclosure-prevention measures for homes insured by the Federal Housing Administration. Specifically, the bill revises requirements concerning insurance benefits, mortgage-servicer oversight, complaint procedures, and notice to borrowers. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2018-04-18
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs.
action_date: 2018-04-18
text: Introduced in Senate
Help Students Vote Act

Bill: 115-s-2699
Sponsor: Sen. Booker, Cory A. [D-NJ]
Introduced: 2018-04-18 in the Senate
Policy area: Education
Subjects: Civil actions and liability
Education programs funding
Elections, voting, political campaign regulation
Higher education
Voting rights

Summary:
action_date: 2018-04-18
text: 

Help Students Vote Act

 
This bill addresses voter registration of students who attend institutions of higher education (IHEs) that participate in federal student aid programs, including by (1) requiring IHEs to make a good faith effort to distribute voter registration forms to each of their students at least twice a year, (2) authorizing grants to IHEs that greatly exceed the requirements governing the distribution of voter registration forms, and (3) allowing civil actions against IHEs that violate the requirements.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2018-04-18
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
action_date: 2018-04-18
text: Introduced in Senate
Comprehensive Addiction Resources Emergency Act of 2018

Bill: 115-s-2700
Sponsor: Sen. Warren, Elizabeth [D-MA]
Introduced: 2018-04-18 in the Senate
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Alternative treatments
Civil actions and liability
Congressional oversight
Correctional facilities and imprisonment
Department of Health and Human Services
Digestive and metabolic diseases
Drug therapy
Drug trafficking and controlled substances
Drug, alcohol, tobacco use
Education programs funding
Emergency medical services and trauma care
Family planning and birth control
Fraud offenses and financial crimes
Government studies and investigations
HIV/AIDS
Health care costs and insurance
Health care coverage and access
Health care quality
Health facilities and institutions
Health information and medical records
Health programs administration and funding
Health promotion and preventive care
Home and outpatient care
Homelessness and emergency shelter
Indian social and development programs
Infectious and parasitic diseases
Intergovernmental relations
Long-term, rehabilitative, and terminal care
Medicaid
Medical education
Medical research
Mental health
National Institutes of Health (NIH)
Prescription drugs
Research administration and funding
Rural conditions and development
State and local government operations

Summary:
action_date: 2018-04-18
text: 

Comprehensive Addiction Resources Emergency Act of 2018

 
This bill establishes a series of grant programs to assist localities with addressing the opioid epidemic, such as through prevention and treatment services, training centers, and research activities. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2018-04-18
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
action_date: 2018-04-18
text: Introduced in Senate
Flood Mapping Modernization and Homeowner Empowerment Pilot Program Act of 2018

Bill: 115-s-2701
Sponsor: Sen. Durbin, Richard J. [D-IL]
Introduced: 2018-04-18 in the Senate
Policy area: Emergency Management
Subjects: Building construction
Congressional oversight
Floods and storm protection
Geography and mapping
Government information and archives
Military facilities and property
Residential rehabilitation and home repair
Urban and suburban affairs and development

Summary:
action_date: 2018-04-18
text: 

Flood Mapping Modernization and Homeowner Empowerment Pilot Program Act of 2018

 
This bill directs the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) to carry out a pilot program to make grants to local governments to: (1) enhance the production of maps relating to urban flooding and associated property damage; and (2) increase the availability of such maps to homeowners, businesses, and localities to enable them to minimize urban flooding risk. The grants may only be made to local governments in urbanized areas with populations greater than 50,000 or to stormwater management authorities in those localities.
 
FEMA shall give priority to grant applicants in areas that: (1) are highly vulnerable to a sea level rise, (2) include a military installation or other national security facility, or (3) have a population highly vulnerable to urban flooding and have an uneven capacity for flood mitigation and response efforts due to socioeconomic factors.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2018-04-18
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs. (text of measure as introduced: CR S2263-2264)
action_date: 2018-04-18
text: Introduced in Senate
Business of Insurance Regulatory Reform Act of 2018

Bill: 115-s-2702
Sponsor: Sen. Scott, Tim [R-SC]
Introduced: 2018-04-18 in the Senate
Policy area: Finance and Financial Sector
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Banking and financial institutions regulation
Consumer Financial Protection Bureau
Consumer credit
Insurance industry and regulation

Summary:
action_date: 2018-04-18
text: 

Business of Insurance Regulatory Reform Act of 2018

 
This bill amends the Consumer Financial Protection Act of 2010 to revise the authority of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) over activities regulated by a state insurance regulator. The CFPB may not enforce the Act against any person regulated by a state insurance regulator and offering a consumer financial product or service, to the extent that person is engaged in the business of insurance. If a person engaged in the business of insurance is regulated by a state insurance regulator but otherwise subject to the Act, the CFPB must construe its authority narrowly.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2018-04-18
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs.
action_date: 2018-04-18
text: Introduced in Senate
Project Safe Neighborhoods Grant Program Authorization Act of 2018

Bill: 115-s-2703
Sponsor: Sen. Cornyn, John [R-TX]
Introduced: 2018-04-18 in the Senate
Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement
Subjects: Crime prevention
Drug trafficking and controlled substances
Firearms and explosives
Human trafficking
Juvenile crime and gang violence
Law enforcement administration and funding
Organized crime
Violent crime

Summary:
action_date: 2018-04-18
text: 

Project Safe Neighborhoods Grant Program Authorization Act of 

2018

 
This bill authorizes the Project Safe Neighborhoods Block Grant Program within the Department of Justice.
 
The purpose of the grant program is to foster and improve partnerships to create safer neighborhoods through sustained reductions in crimes by (1) developing and executing comprehensive strategic plans, (2) developing evidence-based intervention and prevention initiatives, and (3) collecting data on outcomes.
 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2018-04-18
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. (text of measure as introduced: CR S2264-2265)
action_date: 2018-04-18
text: Introduced in Senate
Medicare Beneficiary Opioid Addiction Treatment Act

Bill: 115-s-2704
Sponsor: Sen. Casey, Robert P., Jr. [D-PA]
Introduced: 2018-04-18 in the Senate
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Appropriations
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)
Child health
Criminal investigation, prosecution, interrogation
Department of Health and Human Services
Domestic violence and child abuse
Drug safety, medical device, and laboratory regulation
Drug therapy
Drug trafficking and controlled substances
Drug, alcohol, tobacco use
Family services
Food and Drug Administration (FDA)
Health information and medical records
Health personnel
Health programs administration and funding
Health promotion and preventive care
Infectious and parasitic diseases
Licensing and registrations
Medical research
Medicare
National Institutes of Health (NIH)
Postal service
Prescription drugs
Research administration and funding

Summary:
action_date: 2018-04-18
text: 

Medicare Beneficiary Opioid Addiction Treatment Act

 
This bill provides for Medicare coverage and payment of methadone (a medication used to treat opioid-use disorder).


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2018-04-18
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
action_date: 2018-04-18
text: Introduced in Senate