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Reinforcing American-Made Products Act of 2017

Bill: 115-hr-4923
Sponsor: Rep. Issa, Darrell E. [R-CA-49]
Introduced: 2018-02-05 in the House
Policy area: Commerce
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Buy American requirements
Consumer affairs
Federal Trade Commission (FTC)
Federal preemption
Marketing and advertising
State and local government operations

Summary:
action_date: 2018-02-05
text: 

Reinforcing American-Made Products Act of
 
2017

 
This bill specifies that the Federal Trade Commission's regulation of the labeling of products as "Made in the U.S.A." or "Made in America" supersedes any conflicting state laws.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2018-02-09
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Digital Commerce and Consumer Protection.
action_date: 2018-02-05
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2018-02-05
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2018-02-05
text: Introduced in House
To amend title 28, United States Code, to limit the authority of district courts to provide injunctive relief, and for other purposes.

Bill: 115-hr-4927
Sponsor: Rep. Brat, Dave [R-VA-7]
Introduced: 2018-02-05 in the House
Policy area: Law
Subjects: Federal district courts
Judicial procedure and administration
Jurisdiction and venue

Summary:
action_date: 2018-02-05
text: 
This bill limits the authority of federal district courts to issue injunctions. Specifically, it prohibits a district court from issuing an injunction unless the injunction applies only: (1) to the parties to the case before that district court, or (2) in the federal district in which the injunction is issued. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2018-02-05
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2018-02-05
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2018-02-05
text: Introduced in House
To amend title 28, United States Code, to provide that the United States district court for the District of Columbia shall have exclusive jurisdiction over actions arising under the immigration laws, and for other purposes.

Bill: 115-hr-4928
Sponsor: Rep. Brat, Dave [R-VA-7]
Introduced: 2018-02-05 in the House
Policy area: Law
Subjects: District of Columbia
Federal district courts
Immigration status and procedures
Jurisdiction and venue

Summary:
action_date: 2018-02-05
text: 
This bill amends the federal judicial code to grant exclusive jurisdiction to the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia over: (1) cases arising under the immigration laws, or (2) claims by foreign nationals challenging an order of removal or another action authorized under the Immigration and Nationality Act. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2018-02-05
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2018-02-05
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2018-02-05
text: Introduced in House
Stopping Improper Payments to Deceased People Act

Bill: 115-hr-4929
Sponsor: Rep. Bustos, Cheri [D-IL-17]
Introduced: 2018-02-05 in the House
Policy area: Social Welfare
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Congressional oversight
Debt collection
Government information and archives
Health information and medical records
Intergovernmental relations
Office of Management and Budget (OMB)
Social security and elderly assistance
State and local government operations
Tax administration and collection, taxpayers

Summary:
action_date: 2018-02-05
text: 

Stopping Improper Payments to Deceased People Act 

 
This bill requires the Social Security Administration (SSA) to pay to states their reasonable costs for compiling and sharing records of deaths with the SSA. Under current law, the SSA is not required to pay the states but may choose to do so.
 
The SSA may share the death data with federal and state agencies for various purposes. Such purposes include ensuring proper payments of benefits and tax administration duties.
 
The Office of Management and Budget shall develop a plan to help federal and state agencies and Indian tribes use the death data. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2018-02-05
text: Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, 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: 2018-02-05
text: Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, 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: 2018-02-05
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2018-02-05
text: Introduced in House
Disaster Assistance Rental Fairness Act

Bill: 115-hr-4930
Sponsor: Rep. Culberson, John Abney [R-TX-7]
Introduced: 2018-02-05 in the House
Policy area: Emergency Management
Subjects: Disaster relief and insurance
Government information and archives
Homelessness and emergency shelter
Natural disasters

Summary:
action_date: 2018-02-05
text: 

Disaster Assistance Rental Fairness Act

 
This bill amends the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act to prohibit the President from considering the income of an individual or household in determining whether to provide, or continue to provide, rental assistance under provisions pertaining to federal assistance to individuals and households in states affected by a major disaster.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2018-02-06
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Economic Development, Public Buildings and Emergency Management.
action_date: 2018-02-05
text: Referred to the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.
action_date: 2018-02-05
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2018-02-05
text: Introduced in House
Transition to Independence Act of 2018

Bill: 115-hr-4931
Sponsor: Rep. Langevin, James R. [D-RI-2]
Introduced: 2018-02-05 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Adult day care
Disability and paralysis
Employment and training programs
Home and outpatient care
Medicaid
Performance measurement
Social Welfare
Wages and earnings

Summary:
action_date: 2018-02-05
text: 

Transition to Independence Act
 
of 2018

 
This bill directs the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services to establish a demonstration program under which a state that has a Medicaid Buy-In program and meets other specified requirements may receive bonus payments for expanding employment opportunities for working-age individuals with disabilities who receive Medicaid-funded home- or community-based services. 
 
 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2018-02-09
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2018-02-05
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2018-02-05
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2018-02-05
text: Introduced in House
Women and Climate Change Act of 2018

Bill: 115-hr-4932
Sponsor: Rep. Lee, Barbara [D-CA-13]
Introduced: 2018-02-05 in the House
Policy area: Environmental Protection
Subjects: Air quality
Climate change and greenhouse gases
Congressional oversight
Crimes against women
Department of State
Diplomacy, foreign officials, Americans abroad
Ecology
Economic development
Executive agency funding and structure
Food assistance and relief
Human rights
Infrastructure development
International organizations and cooperation
Marine and coastal resources, fisheries
Racial and ethnic relations
Sex, gender, sexual orientation discrimination
United Nations
Urban and suburban affairs and development
Women's education
Women's employment
Women's health
Women's rights

Summary:
action_date: 2018-02-05
text: 

Women and Climate Change Act of 2018

 
This bill establishes a Federal Interagency Working Group on Women and Climate Change within the Department of State. The duties of the working group include: (1) coordinating the development of policies and activities of the federal government relating to addressing the effects of climate change on women, and (2) identifying and disseminating best practices for improved data collection relevant to the disparate impact of climate change on women.
 
The working group and the State Department's Office of Global Women's Issues must develop a strategy to prevent and respond to the effects of climate change on women. 
 
The office must designate a Senior Coordinator for Women and Climate Change.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2018-02-09
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2018-02-05
text: Referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs, and in addition to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, 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: 2018-02-05
text: Referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs, and in addition to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, 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: 2018-02-05
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2018-02-05
text: Introduced in House
Fair TPS Act

Bill: 115-hr-4933
Sponsor: Rep. Rush, Bobby L. [D-IL-1]
Introduced: 2018-02-05 in the House
Policy area: Immigration
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Caribbean area
Department of Homeland Security
El Salvador
Foreign labor
Haiti
Immigration status and procedures
Latin America
Nicaragua

Summary:
action_date: 2018-02-05
text: 

Fair TPS Act

 
This bill prohibits funds or resources from being used to implement any of the policy changes set forth in specified notices terminating temporary protected status for individuals from Nicaragua (effective January 5, 2019), Haiti (effective July 22, 2019), and El Salvador (effective September 9, 2019).


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2018-02-05
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2018-02-05
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2018-02-05
text: Introduced in House
To prohibit assistance to the Government of Pakistan, and to require the Department of State and the United States Agency for International Development to transfer amounts to the Highway Trust Fund equivalent to historic levels of assistance to Pakistan.

Bill: 115-hr-4934
Sponsor: Rep. Sanford, Mark [R-SC-1]
Introduced: 2018-02-05 in the House
Policy area: International Affairs
Subjects: Appropriations
Asia
Department of State
Executive agency funding and structure
Foreign aid and international relief
Government trust funds
Pakistan
Roads and highways
Transportation programs funding
U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID)

Summary:
action_date: 2018-02-05
text: 
This bill prohibits Department of State or the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) funds from being made available as assistance to the government of Pakistan. 
 
The State Department and USAID shall transfer specified FY2018 funds, upon receipt, to the Highway Trust Fund. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2018-02-05
text: Referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs, and in addition to the Committee on Appropriations, 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: 2018-02-05
text: Referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs, and in addition to the Committee on Appropriations, 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: 2018-02-05
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2018-02-05
text: Introduced in House
Journalist Protection Act

Bill: 115-hr-4935
Sponsor: Rep. Swalwell, Eric [D-CA-15]
Introduced: 2018-02-05 in the House
Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement
Subjects: Assault and harassment offenses
News media and reporting
Violent crime

Summary:
action_date: 2018-02-05
text: 

Journalist Protection Act

 
This bill amends the federal criminal code to establish new criminal offenses for intentional acts (or attempts to commit acts) that cause bodily injury to a journalist.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2018-02-05
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2018-02-05
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2018-02-05
text: Introduced in House
For the relief of Joel Perez Hernandez.

Bill: 115-hr-4936
Sponsor: Rep. Clarke, Yvette D. [D-NY-9]
Introduced: 2018-02-05 in the House
Subjects: Private Legislation

Summary:
action_date: 2018-02-05
text: 
Provides for the relief of Joel Perez Hernandez.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2018-02-05
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2018-02-05
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2018-02-05
text: Introduced in House
For the relief of Ravidath Lawrence Ragbir.

Bill: 115-hr-4937
Sponsor: Rep. Velazquez, Nydia M. [D-NY-7]
Introduced: 2018-02-05 in the House
Subjects: Private Legislation

Summary:
action_date: 2018-02-05
text: Provides for the relief of Ravidath Lawrence Ragbir.

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2018-02-07
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration and Border Security.
action_date: 2018-02-05
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2018-02-05
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2018-02-05
text: Introduced in House
To amend title 10, United States Code, to provide for the membership of the Commandant of the Coast Guard on the Joint Chiefs of Staff.

Bill: 115-hr-4939
Sponsor: Rep. Tipton, Scott  R. [R-CO-3]
Introduced: 2018-02-06 in the House
Policy area: Transportation and Public Works
Subjects: Coast guard
Military command and structure

Summary:
action_date: 2018-02-06
text: 
This bill revises the composition of the Joint Chiefs of Staff to include the Commandant of the Coast Guard.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2018-02-06
text: Referred to the House Committee on Armed Services.
action_date: 2018-02-06
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2018-02-06
text: Introduced in House
Keep Our Pets Safe Act of 2018

Bill: 115-hr-4941
Sponsor: Rep. Marino, Tom [R-PA-10]
Introduced: 2018-02-06 in the House
Policy area: Animals
Subjects: Animal protection and human-animal relationships
Criminal investigation, prosecution, interrogation

Summary:
action_date: 2018-02-06
text: 

Keep Our Pets Safe Act of 2018

 
This bill amends the Animal Welfare Act to prohibit a person from knowingly confining a common household pet in an enclosed space if the confinement could harm or kill the pet through exposure to excessive heat or cold, lack of ventilation, or lack of water. A common household pet is a domesticated animal (e.g., dog, cat, bird, rodent, rabbit, fish, or turtle) that is traditionally kept in the home for pleasure rather than for commercial purposes.
 
The bill specifies the applicable criminal penalty&#8212;a prison term of up to one year, a fine, or both&#8212;for a person who violates this prohibition.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2018-03-08
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Livestock and Foreign Agriculture.
action_date: 2018-02-06
text: Referred to the House Committee on Agriculture.
action_date: 2018-02-06
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2018-02-06
text: Introduced in House
BUILDS Act

Bill: 115-hr-4942
Sponsor: Rep. Mitchell, Paul [R-MI-10]
Introduced: 2018-02-06 in the House
Policy area: Labor and Employment
Subjects: Education programs funding
Educational guidance
Employee hiring
Employment and training programs
Food assistance and relief
Higher education
Infrastructure development
Poverty and welfare assistance
Public-private cooperation
Teaching, teachers, curricula
Vocational and technical education

Summary:
action_date: 2018-02-06
text: 

Building U.S. Infrastructure by Leveraging Demands for Skills or the BUILDS Act

 
This bill requires the Department of Labor to award implementation or renewal grants, for up to three years and on a competitive basis, to eligible industry or sector partnerships to achieve certain strategic objectives with respect to targeted infrastructure industries (e.g., transportation, construction, energy, information technology, or utilities industries).
 
Such strategic objectives must include:
 
 
recruiting key stakeholders in the targeted infrastructure industries;
 
identifying the training needs of multiple businesses in such industries;
 
facilitating actions that lead to economies of scale by aggregating multiple businesses' training and education needs;
 
helping grant recipients who provide career and technical education and training in aligning curricula, entrance requirements, and programs to the targeted infrastructure's needs and required credentials;
 
providing information on grant activities to state agencies to enable them to inform unemployment compensation recipients of employment and training opportunities; and
 
helping partner businesses to attract potential workers from a diverse jobseeker base.



Legislative actions:
action_date: 2018-04-05
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Higher Education and Workforce Development.
action_date: 2018-02-06
text: Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce.
action_date: 2018-02-06
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2018-02-06
text: Introduced in House
CLOUD Act

Bill: 115-hr-4943
Sponsor: Rep. Collins, Doug [R-GA-9]
Introduced: 2018-02-06 in the House
Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement
Subjects: Computer security and identity theft
Computers and information technology
Congressional oversight
Criminal investigation, prosecution, interrogation
Diplomacy, foreign officials, Americans abroad
Government information and archives
Human rights
Internet and video services
Internet, web applications, social media
Legislative rules and procedure
Right of privacy

Summary:
action_date: 2018-02-06
text: 

Clarifying Lawful Overseas Use of Data Act or the CLOUD Act

 
This bill amends the federal criminal code to specify that an electronic communication service (ECS) or remote computing service (RCS) provider must comply with existing requirements to preserve, backup, or disclose the contents of an electronic communication or noncontent records or information pertaining to a customer or subscriber, regardless of whether the communication or record is located within or outside the United States.
 
An ECS or RCS provider may challenge a domestic warrant that compels disclosure of the contents of an electronic communication if:
 
 
the customer or subscriber is not a U.S. citizen or national, lawful permanent resident, corporation, or other unincorporated entity;
 
the customer or subscriber does not reside in the United States; and
 
the required disclosure creates a material risk that the provider violates the laws of a foreign government with which the United States has in effect an executive agreement on data access.
 
 
In response to an order from a foreign government with which the United States has an executive agreement on data access, an ECS or RCS provider may:
 
 
intercept or disclose the contents of an electronic communication, and
 
disclose the contents of a stored electronic communication or noncontent records or information pertaining to a subscriber or customer.
 
 
It establishes a framework to allow the United States to enter into executive agreements with foreign governments to govern data access. To be valid, an executive agreement must meet certain requirements, including that the foreign government affords robust procedural privacy protections and adopts minimization procedures.
 
This bill does not preclude a foreign authority from obtaining assistance in a criminal investigation or prosecution.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2018-02-06
text: Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committee on Rules, 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: 2018-02-06
text: Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committee on Rules, 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: 2018-02-06
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2018-02-06
text: Introduced in House
Reuniting Families Act

Bill: 115-hr-4944
Sponsor: Rep. Chu, Judy [D-CA-27]
Introduced: 2018-02-06 in the House
Policy area: Immigration
Subjects: Administrative remedies
Asia
Business investment and capital
Caribbean area
Citizenship and naturalization
Criminal justice information and records
Cuba
Department of Homeland Security
Domestic violence and child abuse
Family relationships
Foreign labor
Fraud offenses and financial crimes
Human trafficking
Immigration status and procedures
Latin America
Marriage and family status
Military personnel and dependents
Philippines
Refugees, asylum, displaced persons
U.S. and foreign investments
Visas and passports

Summary:
action_date: 2018-02-06
text: 

Reuniting Families Act

 
 This bill amends the Immigration and Nationality Act (INA) to 
 
 
 recapture unused employment-based and family-sponsored visas from FY1992-FY2016;
 
reclassify spouses, permanent partners, minor children, and stepchildren of permanent residents as immediate relatives; 
 
 repeal the per-country immigration limits;
 
repeal specified bars to reentry and allow waivers of inadmissibility to promote family unity;
 
exempt children of naturalized Filipino veterans from immigration limitations; and
 
allow relatives of a deceased alien to maintain visa eligibility.
 
 
The bill defines &quot;permanent partner&quot; to purposes of applying the INA to LGBT families and individuals.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2018-02-06
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2018-02-06
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2018-02-06
text: Introduced in House
Rural Health Liaison Act of 2018

Bill: 115-hr-4945
Sponsor: Rep. Bustos, Cheri [D-IL-17]
Introduced: 2018-02-06 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Health care coverage and access
Rural conditions and development

Summary:
action_date: 2018-02-06
text: 

Rural Health Liaison Act of 2018 

 
This bill amends the Department of Agriculture Reorganization Act of 1994 to establish a Rural Health Liaison within the Department of Agriculture to coordinate the role of the department with respect to rural health; provide expertise, guidance, and technical assistance; and perform other specified advocacy, communications, and consulting duties. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2018-03-08
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Commodity Exchanges, Energy, and Credit.
action_date: 2018-02-06
text: Referred to the House Committee on Agriculture.
action_date: 2018-02-06
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2018-02-06
text: Introduced in House