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Darren Drake Act

Bill: 115-hr-6366
Sponsor: Rep. Gottheimer, Josh [D-NJ-5]
Introduced: 2018-07-13 in the House
Policy area: Emergency Management
Subjects: Congressional oversight
Crime prevention
Criminal justice information and records
Government studies and investigations
Motor vehicles
Terrorism
Transportation safety and security

Summary:
action_date: 2018-07-13
text: 

Darren Drake Combatting 21st Century Weapons of Terror Act or the Darren Drake Act

 
This bill directs the Transportation Security Administration to: (1) conduct a study on the various types of information collected by rental companies and dealers that rent a truck, tractor, trailer, bus, semitrailer, or van with more than 15 passengers (covered rental vehicle) in the United States and Europe, and (2) develop and disseminate best practices for rental companies and dealers to report suspicious behavior to law enforcement agencies at the point of sale for such a vehicle.
 
The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) shall establish a pilot program, for a period not to exceed one year, to:
 
 
 develop a uniform standard for the type of information collected by rental agencies and the type of information used in submitting suspicious activity reports; 
 
 provide operators with a threat assessment prepared by DHS regarding the terrorism threat of large vehicles;
 
 distribute guidance for improving the suspicious activity reporting process, including training for designated employees to better identify suspicious activity; 
 
 provide technical assistance to operators to better access suspicious activity reports; and 
 
 establish a procedure for checking information against a designated watch list that does not contain any classified information, and for dealers and rental companies to provide notice of a sale or rental to the Federal Bureau of Investigation, if determined necessary by DHS.
 
 
A dealer or rental company shall not be liable for any action taken in accordance with this pilot program.
 
 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2018-07-17
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Emergency Preparedness, Response and Communications.
action_date: 2018-07-13
text: Referred to the House Committee on Homeland Security.
action_date: 2018-07-13
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2018-07-13
text: Introduced in House
Incentivizing Fairness in Subcontracting Act

Bill: 115-hr-6367
Sponsor: Rep. Lawson, Al, Jr. [D-FL-5]
Introduced: 2018-07-13 in the House
Policy area: Commerce
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Government information and archives
Public contracts and procurement
Small business

Summary:
action_date: 2018-07-13
text: 

Incentivizing Fairness in Subcontracting Act

 
This bill amends the Small Business Act to modify provisions regarding what credit is given to small business prime contractors for the use of certain lower-tier subcontractors in order to attain the percentage goals specified in their subcontracting plans. Such credit may (currently, shall) be given if the goals pertain only to single contracts with federal (currently, executive) agencies. The bill eliminates provisions that allow credit to be given if the goals pertain to more than one contract with one or more federal agencies or to one contract with more than one federal agency. Credit is prohibited for subcontracts at any tier required to be reported under a commercial plan or a Department of Defense comprehensive subcontracting plan.
 
In addition, the bill (1) requires each contracting agency to collect and review data on subcontracting plans, and (2) establishes a dispute process for non-payment to subcontractors.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2018-09-26
text: Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship.
action_date: 2018-09-25
text: Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
action_date: 2018-09-25
text: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by voice vote. (text: CR H8806-8807)
action_date: 2018-09-25
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 H8806-8807)
action_date: 2018-09-25
text: DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on H.R. 6367.
action_date: 2018-09-25
text: Considered under suspension of the rules. (consideration: CR H8806-8808)
action_date: 2018-09-25
text: Mr. Chabot moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended.
action_date: 2018-09-12
text: Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 733.
action_date: 2018-09-12
text: Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Small Business. H. Rept. 115-942.
action_date: 2018-09-12
text: Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Small Business. H. Rept. 115-942.
action_date: 2018-07-18
text: Ordered to be Reported (Amended).
action_date: 2018-07-18
text: Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
action_date: 2018-07-13
text: Referred to the House Committee on Small Business.
action_date: 2018-07-13
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2018-07-13
text: Introduced in House
Targeting Rogue and Opaque Letters Act of 2018

Bill: 115-hr-6370
Sponsor: Rep. Burgess, Michael C. [R-TX-26]
Introduced: 2018-07-13 in the House
Policy area: Commerce
Subjects: Civil actions and liability
Federal preemption
Fraud offenses and financial crimes
Intellectual property
State and local government operations

Summary:
action_date: 2018-07-13
text: 

Targeting Rogue and Opaque Letters Act of 2018

 
This bill makes sending bad faith patent demand letters an unfair or deceptive act in violation of the Federal Trade Commission Act.
 
A patent demand letter is a written communication claiming that the recipient may be liable for patent infringement. &quot;Bad faith&quot; means making knowingly false or misleading statements, making claims with reckless disregard for the truth, or omitting information with the intent to deceive. 
 
Bad faith representations under the bill include false or misleading claims about the sender's right to assert the patent, whether lawsuits have been filed against the recipient or others, and whether others have purchased a license to exercise the patent. 
 
It is also bad faith to make written demands for compensation for invalid patents, or to demand compensation without identifying the ultimate parent entity of the letter sender.
 
The sender has an affirmative defense that it acted in good faith, by proving its misstatements or omissions were unintentional and it made an error in spite of procedures to avoid such errors. 
 
The bill preempts state laws relating to patent assertion communications. The Federal Trade Commission and state attorneys general can bring actions to enforce these provisions.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2018-07-13
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2018-07-13
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2018-07-13
text: Introduced in House
Community Integration Act of 2018

Bill: 115-hr-6371
Sponsor: Rep. Cartwright, Matt [D-PA-17]
Introduced: 2018-07-13 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Disability and paralysis
Home and outpatient care
Housing for the elderly and disabled
Housing supply and affordability
Long-term, rehabilitative, and terminal care
Medicaid

Summary:
action_date: 2018-07-13
text: 

Community Integration Act of 

2018

 
This bill requires a state Medicaid program to, with respect to an individual who requires a level of care provided in a nursing facility, intermediate care facility for the developmentally disabled, institution for mental disease, or other similar setting: (1) provide the individual with the choice and equal opportunity to receive such care in a home- and community-based setting; and (2) meet specified requirements relating to the provision and availability of care in such a setting, including a requirement to develop a statewide plan to increase affordable and accessible housing for individuals with disabilities.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2018-07-13
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2018-07-13
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2018-07-13
text: Introduced in House
To require the Secretary of Health and Human Services issue regulations to ensure due process rights for physicians furnishing emergency medical services.

Bill: 115-hr-6372
Sponsor: Rep. Collins, Chris [R-NY-27]
Introduced: 2018-07-13 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Department of Health and Human Services
Due process and equal protection
Emergency medical services and trauma care
Employee performance
Employment discrimination and employee rights
Health facilities and institutions
Health personnel

Summary:
action_date: 2018-07-13
text: 
This bill requires the Department of Health and Human Services to issue regulations that require a certain administrative process before hospitals may terminate or restrict the privileges of physicians who provide emergency medical services.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2018-07-13
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2018-07-13
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2018-07-13
text: Introduced in House
Promoting National Service and Reducing Unemployment Act

Bill: 115-hr-6373
Sponsor: Del. Norton, Eleanor Holmes [D-DC-At Large]
Introduced: 2018-07-13 in the House
Policy area: Social Welfare
Subjects: Appropriations
Corporation for National and Community Service
Executive agency funding and structure
Government corporations and government-sponsored enterprises
National and community service

Summary:
action_date: 2018-07-13
text: 

Promoting National Service and Reducing Unemployment Act 

 
This bill provides FY2019 supplemental appropriations to the Corporation for National and Community Service (CNCS) for: 
 
 
Operating Expenses, 
 
 Salaries and Expenses, and 
 
 the Office of Inspector General. 
 
 
The CNCS must use the funds in a manner that: (1) increases to 500,000 the number of national service positions approved under specified provisions of the National and Community Service Act of 1990, and (2) gives preference to programs which propose to use full-time national service positions. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2018-07-13
text: Referred to the House Committee on Appropriations.
action_date: 2018-07-13
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E1009)
action_date: 2018-07-13
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2018-07-13
text: Introduced in House
FIT Act

Bill: 115-hr-6374
Sponsor: Rep. Perry, Scott [R-PA-4]
Introduced: 2018-07-13 in the House
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Subjects: Congressional oversight
Criminal justice information and records
Government studies and investigations
Homeland security
Personnel records
Public contracts and procurement

Summary:
action_date: 2018-07-13
text: 

Fitness Information Transparency Act of 2018 or the FIT Act

 
This bill directs the Department of Homeland Security to adopt contractor fitness standards that reflect public trust concerns at each position risk level.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2018-09-05
text: Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.
action_date: 2018-09-04
text: Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
action_date: 2018-09-04
text: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by voice vote. (text: CR H7799-7800)
action_date: 2018-09-04
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 H7799-7800)
action_date: 2018-09-04
text: DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on H.R. 6374.
action_date: 2018-09-04
text: Considered under suspension of the rules. (consideration: CR S7799-7801)
action_date: 2018-09-04
text: Mr. Katko moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended.
action_date: 2018-09-04
text: Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 709.
action_date: 2018-09-04
text: Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Homeland Security. H. Rept. 115-913.
action_date: 2018-09-04
text: Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Homeland Security. H. Rept. 115-913.
action_date: 2018-07-24
text: Ordered to be Reported (Amended) by Unanimous Consent.
action_date: 2018-07-24
text: Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
action_date: 2018-07-24
text: Subcommittee on Oversight and Management Efficiency Discharged.
action_date: 2018-07-17
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Oversight and Management Efficiency.
action_date: 2018-07-13
text: Referred to the House Committee on Homeland Security.
action_date: 2018-07-13
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2018-07-13
text: Introduced in House
GROW American Jobs Act of 2018

Bill: 115-hr-6375
Sponsor: Rep. Ruiz, Raul [D-CA-36]
Introduced: 2018-07-13 in the House
Policy area: Commerce
Subjects: Business investment and capital
Competitiveness, trade promotion, trade deficits
Congressional oversight
Economic development
Government studies and investigations
Rural conditions and development
U.S. and foreign investments

Summary:
action_date: 2018-07-13
text: 

Get Reinvesting in Opportunities for Workers American Jobs Act of 2018 or the GROW American Jobs Act of 2018

 
This bill provides statutory authority for the SelectUSA program within the Department of Commerce. The program shall aim to facilitate business investments in the United States, help coordinate federal activities to increase the impact of federal resources supporting such investments, and maximize the impact of its assistance on job creation and economic growth.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2018-07-13
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2018-07-13
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2018-07-13
text: Introduced in House
Senior Executive Service Accountability Act

Bill: 115-hr-6376
Sponsor: Rep. Walberg, Tim [R-MI-7]
Introduced: 2018-07-13 in the House
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Subjects: Employee performance
Employment discrimination and employee rights
Federal officials
Government employee pay, benefits, personnel management
Labor-management relations
Wages and earnings

Summary:
action_date: 2018-07-13
text: 

Senior Executive Service Accountability Act

 
This bill revises various personnel procedures applicable to career employees in the Senior Executive Service.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2018-07-13
text: Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform.
action_date: 2018-07-13
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2018-07-13
text: Introduced in House
Save Community Newspaper Act of 2018

Bill: 115-hr-6377
Sponsor: Rep. Paulsen, Erik [R-MN-3]
Introduced: 2018-07-16 in the House
Policy area: Labor and Employment
Subjects: Employee benefits and pensions
Interest, dividends, interest rates
News media and reporting

Summary:
action_date: 2018-07-16
text: 

Save Community Newspaper Act of 2018 

 
This bill allows community newspapers to elect to apply certain alternative minimum funding standards for single-employer defined benefit pension plans that meet specified requirements. &quot;A community newspaper&quot; is a newspaper that primarily serves a metropolitan statistical area with a population of at least 100,000. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2018-11-06
text: Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Ways and Means. H. Rept. 115-1011, Part I.
action_date: 2018-11-06
text: Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Ways and Means. H. Rept. 115-1011, Part I.
action_date: 2018-07-18
text: Ordered to be Reported in the Nature of a Substitute by Voice Vote.
action_date: 2018-07-18
text: Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
action_date: 2018-07-16
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: 2018-07-16
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: 2018-07-16
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2018-07-16
text: Introduced in House
National Flood Insurance Program Extension Act of 2018

Bill: 115-hr-6379
Sponsor: Rep. MacArthur, Thomas [R-NJ-3]
Introduced: 2018-07-16 in the House
Policy area: Finance and Financial Sector
Subjects: Disaster relief and insurance
Floods and storm protection

Summary:
action_date: 2018-07-16
text: 

National Flood Insurance Program Extension Act of 2018

 
This bill amends the National Flood Insurance Act of 1968 to reauthorize the National Flood Insurance Program through November 30, 2018. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2018-07-16
text: Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services.
action_date: 2018-07-16
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2018-07-16
text: Introduced in House
Crowdfunding Amendments Act

Bill: 115-hr-6380
Sponsor: Rep. McHenry, Patrick T. [R-NC-10]
Introduced: 2018-07-16 in the House
Policy area: Finance and Financial Sector
Subjects: Bank accounts, deposits, capital
Banking and financial institutions regulation
Financial services and investments
Licensing and registrations
Securities

Summary:
action_date: 2018-07-16
text: 

Crowdfunding Amendments Act

 
This bill amends the Securities Act of 1933 to allow a crowdfunding issuer to sell shares through a crowdfunding vehicle. (Crowdfunding is a method of capital formation in which groups of people pool money to invest in a company or to support an effort to accomplish a specific goal.)
 
A "crowdfunding vehicle" is defined as a company that:
 
 
has purposes limited to acquiring, holding, and disposing only one class of crowdfunding securities issued by a single company; 
 
receives no compensation for doing so; and 
 
meets other specified requirements, including those related to reporting obligations and the use of investment advisers. 

 
The bill amends the Investment Advisers Act of 1940 to provide for the registration of crowdfunding vehicle advisers. 
 
The bill amends the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 to revise the conditions upon which the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) shall exempt securities issued in crowdfunding transactions from registration requirements. Under current law, holders of crowdfunded shares do not count toward the shareholder threshold beyond which an issuer is required to register its securities with the SEC, provided that the issuer: (1) is current in its annual reporting obligations, (2) retains the services of a registered transfer agent, and (3) has less than $25 million in assets. The bill maintains this exemption but alters the conditions upon which it applies. Specifically, holders of crowdfunded shares shall not count toward the shareholder threshold if the issuer has: (1) a public float of less than $75 million, or (2) a public float of $0 and annual revenues of less than $50 million. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2018-07-16
text: Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services.
action_date: 2018-07-16
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2018-07-16
text: Introduced in House
Occupation of Guam Remembrance Act

Bill: 115-hr-6381
Sponsor: Del. Bordallo, Madeleine Z. [D-GU-At Large]
Introduced: 2018-07-16 in the House
Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources
Subjects: Guam
Land transfers
Military history
Monuments and memorials
Parks, recreation areas, trails
U.S. history
U.S. territories and protectorates
Veterans' organizations and recognition
Water use and supply

Summary:
action_date: 2018-07-16
text: 

Occupation of Guam Remembrance Act

 
This bill directs the National Park Service (NPS) of the Department of the Interior to maintain the memorial wall of the War in the Pacific National Historical Park in Guam. 
 
The bill requires the NPS to: 
 
 
notify Guam's Delegate to the U.S. House of Representatives and the Governor of Guam of any proposed revisions or additions to the wall at least one month in advance, 
 
add specified names to the wall, 
 
respond to specified claims submitted to the Foreign Claims Settlement Commission under the Guam World War II Loyalty Recognition Act, and 
 
publish the names listed on the memorial wall on a public website. 

 
The NPS shall convey to Guam approximately one acre of identified federal land for public use. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2018-07-18
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Federal Lands.
action_date: 2018-07-18
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Indian, Insular and Alaska Native Affairs.
action_date: 2018-07-16
text: Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.
action_date: 2018-07-16
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2018-07-16
text: Introduced in House
Clarity on Small Business Participation in Category Management Act of 2018

Bill: 115-hr-6382
Sponsor: Rep. Adams, Alma S. [D-NC-12]
Introduced: 2018-07-16 in the House
Policy area: Commerce
Subjects: Government information and archives
Minority and disadvantaged businesses
Public contracts and procurement
Small business
Women in business

Summary:
action_date: 2018-07-16
text: 

Clarity on Small Business Participation in Category Management Act of 2018

 
This bill amends the Small Business Act to revise the Small Business Administration's reporting requirements to the President and to Congress on procurement contracts to include spending data in each best in class designation (highest current industry performance level) and total contract amounts awarded to (1) Historically Underutilized Business Zone (HUBZone) small businesses, (2) small businesses owned and controlled by women, (3) small businesses owned and controlled by service-disabled veterans, and (4) socially and economically disadvantaged small businesses.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2018-09-26
text: Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship.
action_date: 2018-09-25
text: Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
action_date: 2018-09-25
text: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by voice vote. (text: CR H8812)
action_date: 2018-09-25
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 H8812)
action_date: 2018-09-25
text: DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on H.R. 6382.
action_date: 2018-09-25
text: Considered under suspension of the rules. (consideration: CR H8812-8813)
action_date: 2018-09-25
text: Mr. Chabot moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended.
action_date: 2018-09-12
text: Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 735.
action_date: 2018-09-12
text: Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Small Business. H. Rept. 115-944.
action_date: 2018-09-12
text: Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Small Business. H. Rept. 115-944.
action_date: 2018-07-18
text: Ordered to be Reported (Amended).
action_date: 2018-07-18
text: Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
action_date: 2018-07-16
text: Referred to the House Committee on Small Business.
action_date: 2018-07-16
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2018-07-16
text: Introduced in House