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Colorectal Cancer Detection Act of 2018

Bill: 115-s-2928
Sponsor: Sen. Capito, Shelley Moore [R-WV]
Introduced: 2018-05-23 in the Senate
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Cancer
Digestive and metabolic diseases
Health promotion and preventive care
Medical tests and diagnostic methods
Medicare

Summary:
action_date: 2018-05-23
text: 

Colorectal Cancer Detection Act of 2018

 
This bill provides for Medicare coverage and payment, subject to specified frequency limits, of certain colorectal cancer screening blood-based tests. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2018-05-23
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
action_date: 2018-05-23
text: Introduced in Senate
OPEC Accountability Act of 2018

Bill: 115-s-2929
Sponsor: Sen. Markey, Edward J. [D-MA]
Introduced: 2018-05-23 in the Senate
Policy area: Foreign Trade and International Finance
Subjects: Africa
Algeria
Angola
Asia
Azerbaijan
Bahrain
Brunei
Competition and antitrust
Competitiveness, trade promotion, trade deficits
Ecuador
Energy prices
Energy storage, supplies, demand
Equatorial Guinea
Gabon
Iran
Iraq
Kazakhstan
Kuwait
Latin America
Libya
Malaysia
Mexico
Middle East
Nigeria
Oil and gas
Oman
Qatar
Russia
Saudi Arabia
South Sudan
Sudan
Tariffs
Trade agreements and negotiations
United Arab Emirates
Venezuela

Summary:
action_date: 2018-05-23
text: 

OPEC Accountability Act of 2018 

 
This bill requires the President to negotiate with specified countries regarding anticompetitive practices impacting the trade of oil, natural gas, or other petroleum products. If the negotiation is unsuccessful with respect to any country, the Office of the U.S. Trade Representative must initiate dispute settlement proceedings with the World Trade Organization. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2018-05-23
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
action_date: 2018-05-23
text: Introduced in Senate
No Budget, No Vacation Act

Bill: 115-s-2930
Sponsor: Sen. Ernst, Joni [R-IA]
Introduced: 2018-05-23 in the Senate
Policy area: Congress
Subjects: Appropriations
Budget process
Congressional operations and organization
Executive agency funding and structure
House of Representatives
Legislative rules and procedure
Members of Congress
Senate

Summary:
action_date: 2018-05-23
text: 

No Budget, No Vacation Act

 
This bill prohibits Congress from recessing, adjourning, considering other matters, or spending funds on official travel beginning on August 1 of each year until both chambers have passed a congressional budget resolution and all of the regular appropriations bills for the next fiscal year. The bill also sets forth requirements for regular quorum calls in the Senate until the budget and appropriations process has been completed. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2018-05-23
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.
action_date: 2018-05-23
text: Introduced in Senate
National Milestones to Measure Progress in Ending the Opioid Epidemic Act of 2018

Bill: 115-s-2931
Sponsor: Sen. Markey, Edward J. [D-MA]
Introduced: 2018-05-23 in the Senate
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Congressional oversight
Drug trafficking and controlled substances
Drug, alcohol, tobacco use
Emergency medical services and trauma care
Health information and medical records
Health programs administration and funding
Health promotion and preventive care
Performance measurement

Summary:
action_date: 2018-05-23
text: 

National Milestones to Measure Progress in Ending the Opioid Epidemic Act of 2018

 
This bill requires the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) to develop national milestones to measure progress in reducing the opioid epidemic over a five-year period based on certain metrics, such as opioid-related overdoses, emergency room visits, and treatment admissions. HHS must submit annual reports and status updates, including evaluations of federal programs that are intended to address the opioid epidemic. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2018-05-23
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
action_date: 2018-05-23
text: Introduced in Senate
Do Not Track Kids Act of 2018

Bill: 115-s-2932
Sponsor: Sen. Markey, Edward J. [D-MA]
Introduced: 2018-05-23 in the Senate
Policy area: Commerce
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Child safety and welfare
Civil actions and liability
Computer security and identity theft
Computers and information technology
Consumer affairs
Federal Trade Commission (FTC)
Internet and video services
Internet, web applications, social media
Marketing and advertising
Right of privacy
State and local government operations
Telephone and wireless communication

Summary:
action_date: 2018-05-23
text: 

Do Not Track Kids Act of 2018

 
This bill addresses the collection and publication of children's personal and geolocation information by operators of websites, online services or applications, or mobile applications directed to children or minors.
 
It also prohibits use of any such information to target marketing to children.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2018-05-23
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
action_date: 2018-05-23
text: Introduced in Senate
ACCESS to Recordings Act

Bill: 115-s-2933
Sponsor: Sen. Wyden, Ron [D-OR]
Introduced: 2018-05-23 in the Senate
Policy area: Commerce
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Civil actions and liability
Congressional agencies
Intellectual property
Library of Congress
Licensing and registrations
Sound recording

Summary:
action_date: 2018-05-23
text: 

Accessibility for Curators, Creators, Educators, Scholars, and Society to Recordings Act or ACCESS to Recordings Act

 
This bill provides for federal copyright protection to sound recordings fixed before February 15, 1972, which are currently only covered by state law. 
 
The bill also establishes the length of the protection term for various categories of pre-1972 recordings.
 
To be eligible for statutory damages or attorneys' fees for infringement of a pre-1972 recording, the work must be registered no later than one year after this bill's effective date. 
 
For the first three years after the bill's effective date, the copyright owner of pre-1972 recordings is eligible for statutory damages or attorneys' fees only if it notifies the alleged infringer of the recording's copyright registration and the allegedly infringing acts. The copyright owner may file its lawsuit after 180 days, if the alleged infringement has not ceased.
 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2018-05-23
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. (Sponsor introductory remarks on measure: CR S2879-2880)
action_date: 2018-05-23
text: Introduced in Senate
Increasing Access to Mental Health in Schools Act

Bill: 115-s-2934
Sponsor: Sen. Nelson, Bill [D-FL]
Introduced: 2018-05-23 in the Senate
Policy area: Education
Subjects: Adoption and foster care
Child health
Congressional oversight
Disability and paralysis
Domestic violence and child abuse
Drug, alcohol, tobacco use
Education of the disadvantaged
Education programs funding
Educational guidance
Elementary and secondary education
Government lending and loan guarantees
Government studies and investigations
Health care coverage and access
Higher education
Homelessness and emergency shelter
Juvenile crime and gang violence
Mental health
Military personnel and dependents
Performance measurement
Social work, volunteer service, charitable organizations
Student aid and college costs
Teaching, teachers, curricula

Summary:
action_date: 2018-05-23
text: 

Increasing Access to Mental Health in Schools Act

 
This bill directs the Department of Education (ED) to award grants to partnerships between educational agencies and graduate institutions to increase the number of school-based mental-health services providers employed by low-income local educational agencies (LEAs).
 
Grant funds may be used for specified purposes, including to provide student-loan forgiveness and tuition credits and to support recruitment, hiring, and training.
 
In addition, ED shall establish a program to provide student-loan forgiveness for individuals who: (1) are not, and have never been, participants in the grant program established by the bill; and (2) have been employed by low-income LEAs for five or more consecutive school years as mental-health services providers. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2018-05-23
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
action_date: 2018-05-23
text: Introduced in Senate
Transportation Workforce Recovery and Retention Act

Bill: 115-s-2935
Sponsor: Sen. Shaheen, Jeanne [D-NH]
Introduced: 2018-05-23 in the Senate
Policy area: Transportation and Public Works

Summary:
action_date: 2018-05-23
text: 

Transportation Workforce Recovery and Retention Act

 
 This bill directs the Federal Aviation Administration to continue to prioritize and support the Human Intervention Motivation Study (HIMS) program for flight crewmembers and the Flight Attendant Drug and Alcohol Program (FADAP) for flight attendants.
 
The Transportation Research Board shall conduct a study on the HIMS program and the FADAP and make recommendations to the Federal Aviation Administration and the Department of Transportation on how to implement similar programs to help other types of transportation workers get treatment for drug and alcohol abuse and return to work.
 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2018-05-23
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
action_date: 2018-05-23
text: Introduced in Senate
Improved Soil Moisture and Precipitation Monitoring Act of 2018

Bill: 115-s-2936
Sponsor: Sen. Thune, John [R-SD]
Introduced: 2018-05-23 in the Senate
Policy area: Science, Technology, Communications
Subjects: Environmental assessment, monitoring, research
Environmental technology
Government information and archives
Intergovernmental relations
Natural disasters

Summary:
action_date: 2018-05-23
text: 

Improved Soil Moisture and Precipitation Monitoring Act of 2018

 
This bill directs the Department of Agriculture (USDA) to implement a strategy for improving the accuracy of the U.S. Drought Monitor by increasing the geographic resolution of rural in-situ soil moisture profile observation or other soil moisture profile measuring devices. 
 
USDA must prioritize adding in-situ soil moisture profile monitoring stations in states that have experienced D3 (extreme drought) or D4 (exceptional drought) within any six month period from 2016 to the present. 
 
USDA shall develop standards for: 
 
 
the integration of data that is derived from citizen science (open collaborations through which individuals or organizations participate voluntarily in the scientific process) into the Drought Monitor models, including data from the Cooperative Observer Program of the National Weather Service; and 
 
the collection of soil moisture data that is based on readily available equipment. 

 
USDA shall direct the Farm Service Agency and the Risk Management Agency of USDA to use the Drought Monitor in the profile monitoring stations added by this bill, data from the Cooperative Observer Program, and any other applicable data in establishing loss assistance and grazing rates. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2018-05-23
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
action_date: 2018-05-23
text: Introduced in Senate
HELP Separated Children Act

Bill: 115-s-2937
Sponsor: Sen. Smith, Tina [D-MN]
Introduced: 2018-05-23 in the Senate
Policy area: Immigration
Subjects: Border security and unlawful immigration
Child care and development
Child safety and welfare
Department of Homeland Security
Detention of persons
Family relationships
Government buildings, facilities, and property
Government employee pay, benefits, personnel management
Immigration status and procedures
Judicial procedure and administration
Separation, divorce, custody, support
Visas and passports

Summary:
action_date: 2018-05-23
text: 

Humane Enforcement and Legal Protections for Separated Children Act or the HELP Separated Children Act

 
This bill sets forth Department of Homeland Security apprehension procedures with respect to children involved in immigration enforcement actions, including detention center access to courts, welfare agencies, and consular officials. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2018-05-23
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2018-05-23
text: Introduced in Senate
Transporting Livestock Across America Safely Act

Bill: 115-s-2938
Sponsor: Sen. Sasse, Ben [R-NE]
Introduced: 2018-05-23 in the Senate
Policy area: Transportation and Public Works
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Department of Transportation
Insects
Labor standards
Livestock
Motor carriers
Transportation employees
Transportation safety and security
Worker safety and health

Summary:
action_date: 2018-05-23
text: 

Transporting Livestock Across America Safely Act

 
This bill requires the Department of Transportation to amend regulations on hours of service for commercial drivers who transport livestock or insects within a 300 air-mile radius from where the on-duty time of the driver begins.The regulations must: (1) exclude from the driver's on-duty time certain activities, such as loading or unloading a commercial motor vehicle; (2) change the driving time requirement to a maximum of not less than 15, and not more than 18, hours within a 24-hour period; (3) permit the driver to take one or more rest periods during the trip, which shall not be included in the calculation of the driving time; (4) require the driver, after completion of the trip, to take a rest break for a period that is five hours less than the maximum driving time; (5) exclude from the calculation of the driving time any additional driving to the point of delivery if the driver is within 150 air-miles of the point of delivery; and (6) make inapplicable the requirement that the driver take a 10-hour rest period before driving.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2018-05-23
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
action_date: 2018-05-23
text: Introduced in Senate
Shell Company Abuse Act

Bill: 115-s-2939
Sponsor: Sen. Whitehouse, Sheldon [D-RI]
Introduced: 2018-05-23 in the Senate
Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement

Summary:
action_date: 2018-05-23
text: 

Shell Company Abuse Act

 
This bill amends the federal criminal code to make it unlawful to establish or use a corporation, company, or other entity with the intent to conceal an election contribution or donation by a foreign national.
 
A violator is subject to a criminal penalty&#8212;a fine, a prison term of up to five years, or both.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2018-06-26
text: Committee on the Judiciary Subcommittee on Crime and Terrorism. Hearings held.
action_date: 2018-05-23
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Rules and Administration.
action_date: 2018-05-23
text: Introduced in Senate
Anti-Semitism Awareness Act of 2018

Bill: 115-s-2940
Sponsor: Sen. Scott, Tim [R-SC]
Introduced: 2018-05-23 in the Senate
Policy area: Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues
Subjects: Education programs funding
Elementary and secondary education
Government studies and investigations
Higher education
Human rights
Racial and ethnic relations
Religion

Summary:
action_date: 2018-05-23
text: 

Anti-Semitism Awareness Act of 2018

 
This bill concerns the review by the Department of Education (ED) of certain alleged violations of title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, which prohibits discrimination on the basis of race, color, or national origin in programs and activities receiving federal financial assistance. For alleged violations based on an individual's actual or perceived shared Jewish ancestry or Jewish ethnic characteristics, ED must consider the definition of anti-Semitism as part of its assessment of whether a practice was motivated by anti-Semitic intent.
 
For purposes of this bill, the definition of "anti-Semitism" includes the definition set forth by the Special Envoy to Monitor and Combat Anti-Semitism of the Department of State in the Fact Sheet issued on June 8, 2010.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2018-05-23
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
action_date: 2018-05-23
text: Introduced in Senate
Strengthening the Cooperative Observer Program Act of 2018

Bill: 115-s-2941
Sponsor: Sen. Thune, John [R-SD]
Introduced: 2018-05-23 in the Senate
Policy area: Science, Technology, Communications
Subjects: Atmospheric science and weather
Department of Commerce
Government information and archives
Intergovernmental relations

Summary:
action_date: 2018-05-23
text: 

Strengthening the Cooperative Observer Program Act of 2018

 
This bill directs the National Weather Service (NWS) to make improvements to the Cooperative Observer Program, including by:
 
 
furnishing support to state-coordinated programs relating to the program and states and regions where observations provided through the program are scarce;
 
working with state weather service headquarters to increase participation in the program and to add stations in such states and regions; 
 
prioritizing the recruitment of new program volunteers; and 
 
ensuring that integrated reporting is available for qualitative observations that cannot be automated, such as snow observations and hazardous weather events so that they can be reported and uploaded quickly and easily. 
 
 
The NWS must coordinate with state and regional offices regarding the status of program stations at least every 180 days. 
 
The NWS shall also coordinate with other federal agencies, including the Forest Service, the Department of Agriculture, and the U.S. Geological Survey, in leveraging opportunities to expand the program and to more effectively use its existing infrastructure, weather stations, and staff.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2018-11-14
text: Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 644.
action_date: 2018-11-14
text: Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. Reported by Senator Thune with an amendment in the nature of a substitute. With written report No. 115-357.
action_date: 2018-11-14
text: Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. Reported by Senator Thune with an amendment in the nature of a substitute. With written report No. 115-357.
action_date: 2018-06-27
text: Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. Ordered to be reported with an amendment in the nature of a substitute favorably.
action_date: 2018-05-23
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
action_date: 2018-05-23
text: Introduced in Senate
Migratory Bird Framework and Hunting Opportunities for Veterans Act

Bill: 115-s-2942
Sponsor: Sen. Hyde-Smith, Cindy [R-MS]
Introduced: 2018-05-23 in the Senate
Policy area: Animals
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Birds
Department of the Interior
Hunting and fishing
Military personnel and dependents
National Guard and reserves
Veterans' organizations and recognition
Wildlife conservation and habitat protection

Summary:
action_date: 2018-05-23
text: 

Migratory Bird Framework and Hunting Opportunities for Veterans Act

 
This bill amends the Migratory Bird Treaty Act to revise requirements for hunting ducks, mergansers, and coots. Specifically, the bill establishes January 31 of each year as the closing date of the hunting season for ducks, mergansers, and coots. In addition, the bill extends the hunting season for those birds by an extra weekend for youths, veterans, and members of the Armed Forces on active duty.
 
The Department of the Interior may not decrease the length of the hunting season or bag limit, as compared to the 2017-2018 hunting season, in the Atlantic, Mississippi, Central, or Pacific flyway.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2018-05-23
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works.
action_date: 2018-05-23
text: Introduced in Senate
Tribal Employment and Jobs Protection Act

Bill: 115-s-2943
Sponsor: Sen. Daines, Steve [R-MT]
Introduced: 2018-05-23 in the Senate
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Employee benefits and pensions
Health care costs and insurance
Health care coverage and access
Indian social and development programs
Minority employment
Sales and excise taxes

Summary:
action_date: 2018-05-23
text: 

Tribal Employment and Jobs Protection Act 

 
This bill amends the Internal Revenue Code to exclude from the definition of "applicable large employer" for purposes of the employer health care mandate under the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA): (1) any Indian tribal government or subdivision, (2) any tribal organization, or (3) any corporation or partnership if more than 50% of the equity interest of such an entity is owned by an Indian tribal government or tribal organization. An applicable large employer is defined by PPACA as an employer who employs 50 or more full-time employees who provide services on average at least 30 hours per week. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2018-05-23
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. (text of measure as introduced: CR S2880)
action_date: 2018-05-23
text: Introduced in Senate
PAPER Act of 2018

Bill: 115-s-2944
Sponsor: Sen. Cassidy, Bill [R-LA]
Introduced: 2018-05-23 in the Senate
Policy area: Congress
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Books and print media
Congressional agencies
Congressional operations and organization
Government Publishing Office (GPO)
Government information and archives
Libraries and archives

Summary:
action_date: 2018-05-23
text: 

Preventing Additional Printing of Electronic Records Act of 2018 or the PAPER Act of 2018

 
This bill limits the printing of the Congressional Record, the Senate Calendar of Business, and the Senate Executive Calendar by requiring the offices that receive printed copies to request the copies. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2018-05-23
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Rules and Administration.
action_date: 2018-05-23
text: Introduced in Senate
Housing Choice Voucher Mobility Demonstration Act of 2018

Bill: 115-s-2945
Sponsor: Sen. Young, Todd [R-IN]
Introduced: 2018-05-24 in the Senate
Policy area: Housing and Community Development
Subjects: Congressional oversight
Government information and archives
Housing and community development funding
Housing supply and affordability
Low- and moderate-income housing
Public housing
User charges and fees

Summary:
action_date: 2018-05-24
text: 

Housing Choice Voucher Mobility Demonstration Act of 2018

 
This bill authorizes the Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) to implement a mobility demonstration program to enable public housing agencies to administer housing-choice rental-assistance vouchers in a manner designed to (1) encourage low-income families receiving such assistance to move to lower-poverty areas, and (2) expand access to opportunity areas.
 
HUD shall require public housing agencies applying to participate in the program to submit a specified Regional Housing Mobility Plan.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2018-05-24
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs.
action_date: 2018-05-24
text: Introduced in Senate