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To prohibit the use of Federal funds by the National Endowment for the Arts to award a grant for South Dakota State University's "Historic Hobo Day".

Bill: 115-hr-6338
Sponsor: Rep. Norman, Ralph [R-SC-5]
Introduced: 2018-07-11 in the House
Policy area: Arts, Culture, Religion
Subjects: Higher education
Historical and cultural resources
Humanities programs funding
South Dakota
U.S. history

Summary:
action_date: 2018-07-11
text: 
This bill prohibits the National Endowment for the Arts from using any federal funds for awarding grants for the Historic Hobo Day preservation project of South Dakota State University. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2018-07-11
text: Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce.
action_date: 2018-07-11
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2018-07-11
text: Introduced in House
To prohibit the use of Federal funds by the Department of Health and Human Services to award a grant for any virtual reality platform designed to teach children in China how to cross the street.

Bill: 115-hr-6339
Sponsor: Rep. Norman, Ralph [R-SC-5]
Introduced: 2018-07-11 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Asia
Child health
China
Department of Health and Human Services
Health programs administration and funding
Pedestrians and bicycling

Summary:
action_date: 2018-07-11
text: 
This bill prohibits the Department of Health and Human Services from awarding grants to develop virtual reality platforms that teach children in China how to cross the street. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2018-07-13
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2018-07-12
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Indian, Insular and Alaska Native Affairs.
action_date: 2018-07-11
text: Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committees on Ways and Means, Education and the Workforce, and Natural Resources, 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: 2018-07-11
text: Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committees on Ways and Means, Education and the Workforce, and Natural Resources, 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: 2018-07-11
text: Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committees on Ways and Means, Education and the Workforce, and Natural Resources, 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: 2018-07-11
text: Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committees on Ways and Means, Education and the Workforce, and Natural Resources, 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: 2018-07-11
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2018-07-11
text: Introduced in House
Capping Prescription Costs Act of 2018

Bill: 115-hr-6340
Sponsor: Rep. Rosen, Jacky [D-NV-3]
Introduced: 2018-07-11 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Health care costs and insurance
Prescription drugs

Summary:
action_date: 2018-07-11
text: 

Capping Prescription Costs Act of 2018

 
This bill caps the monthly prescription-drug cost-sharing permitted under qualified health plans and group health plans.
 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2018-07-11
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2018-07-11
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2018-07-11
text: Introduced in House
Protect Medicare for Seniors Act of 2018

Bill: 115-hr-6341
Sponsor: Rep. Walz, Timothy J. [D-MN-1]
Introduced: 2018-07-11 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Health care costs and insurance
Health care coverage and access
Medicare

Summary:
action_date: 2018-07-11
text: 

Protect Medicare for Seniors Act of 2018

 
This bill allows certain Medicare reasonable-cost-reimbursement contracts to be extended or renewed until 2020 (rather than 2018, as under current law).


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2018-07-13
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2018-07-11
text: Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, 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: 2018-07-11
text: Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, 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: 2018-07-11
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2018-07-11
text: Introduced in House
To make revisions in title 51, United States Code, as necessary to keep the title current, and to make technical amendments to improve the United States Code.

Bill: 115-hr-6342
Sponsor: Rep. Smith, Lamar [R-TX-21]
Introduced: 2018-07-12 in the House
Policy area: Science, Technology, Communications
Subjects: Astronomy
Atmospheric science and weather
Aviation and airports
Earth sciences
Geography and mapping
Research and development
Science and engineering education
Space flight and exploration
Spacecraft and satellites

Summary:
action_date: 2018-07-12
text: 
This bill restates current law concerning specified U.S. space programs and related activities. Those provisions are consolidated into title 51 of the United States Code (National and Commercial Space Programs).


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2018-09-13
text: Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
action_date: 2018-07-12
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2018-07-12
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2018-07-12
text: Introduced in House
INPATIENT Act of 2018

Bill: 115-hr-6343
Sponsor: Rep. Huizenga, Bill [R-MI-2]
Introduced: 2018-07-12 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Congressional oversight
Government studies and investigations
Health care coverage and access
Health care quality
Health facilities and institutions
Health information and medical records
Hospital care
Medicaid
Medical education
Medicare
Mental health
Military medicine
Veterans' medical care

Summary:
action_date: 2018-07-12
text: 

Increasing National Patient Access To Improved Effective Necessary Mental Health Treatment Act of 2018 or the INPATIENT Act of 2018

 
This bill requires the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services to establish (1) a demonstration program to test the impact of waiving the current exclusion from Medicaid payment for services provided in institutions for mental diseases, and (2) a pilot program to test the impact of eliminating the Medicare 190-day lifetime limit for inpatient psychiatric hospital services.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2018-07-16
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2018-07-12
text: Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on Ways and Means, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
action_date: 2018-07-12
text: Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on Ways and Means, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
action_date: 2018-07-12
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2018-07-12
text: Introduced in House
LOCAL Act of 2018

Bill: 115-hr-6344
Sponsor: Rep. Tipton, Scott  R. [R-CO-3]
Introduced: 2018-07-12 in the House
Policy area: Environmental Protection
Subjects: Congressional oversight
Endangered and threatened species
Government lending and loan guarantees
Land use and conservation
Public contracts and procurement
Public-private cooperation
Wildlife conservation and habitat protection

Summary:
action_date: 2018-07-12
text: 

Land Ownership Collaboration Accelerates Life Act of 2018 or the LOCAL Act of 2018

 
This bill amends the Endangered Species Act of 1973 to provide statutory authority for programs that provide incentives for property owners of natural resources to agree to contribute towards the recovery or conservation of endangered or threatened species. Specifically, the bill authorizes the Department of the Interior or the Department of Commerce, as appropriate, to enter into: (1) species recovery agreements with property owners who agree to contribute towards the recovery of an endangered or threatened species; and (2) species conservation contract agreements with property owners who agree to contribute towards the conservation of an endangered species, a threatened species, a candidate species, or a species with a comparable designation under state law. 
 
The departments must establish a program under which the departments may enter into habitat reserve agreements with property owners to protect or manage habitat for endangered or threatened species.
 
The departments: (1) may provide conservation grants to promote the voluntary conservation of endangered species and threatened species by property owners, (2) must provide financial aid to alleviate the costs of complying with the Act, and (3) may provide technical assistance when requested to enhance the conservation effects of the grants or aid.
 
The bill establishes a Habitat Conservation Planning Loan Program under which the departments may make no-interest loans to assist states and local governments in the development of habitat conservation plans.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2018-09-26
text: Committee Hearings Held.
action_date: 2018-07-12
text: Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.
action_date: 2018-07-12
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2018-07-12
text: Introduced in House
Weigh Habitats Offsetting Locational Effects Act of 2018

Bill: 115-hr-6346
Sponsor: Rep. Johnson, Mike [R-LA-4]
Introduced: 2018-07-12 in the House
Policy area: Environmental Protection
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Administrative remedies
Endangered and threatened species
Licensing and registrations
Wildlife conservation and habitat protection

Summary:
action_date: 2018-07-12
text: 

Weigh Habitats Offsetting Locational Effects Act of 2018 or the WHOLE Act of 2018

 
This bill amends the Endangered Species Act of 1973 to revise the process by which the Department of the Interior or the Department of Commerce, as appropriate, reviews an agency action to determine whether the action is likely to jeopardize the continued existence of an endangered or threatened species or result in the destruction or adverse modification of the critical habitat of the species. Specifically, the bill requires the appropriate department, when making such a determination, to consider the offsetting effects of protection or conservation measures that are already in place or proposed to be implemented as part of the action.

action_date: 2018-11-27
text: 

Weigh Habitats Offsetting Locational Effects Act of 2018 or the WHOLE Act of 2018

 
This bill amends the Endangered Species Act of 1973 to revise the process by which the Department of the Interior or the Department of Commerce, as appropriate, reviews an agency action to determine whether the action is likely to jeopardize the continued existence of an endangered or threatened species or result in the destruction or adverse modification of the critical habitat of the species. Specifically, the bill requires the appropriate department, when making such a determination, to consider the offsetting effects of protection or conservation measures that are already in place or proposed to be implemented as part of the action.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2018-11-27
text: Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 817.
action_date: 2018-11-27
text: Reported by the Committee on Natural Resources. H. Rept. 115-1050.
action_date: 2018-11-27
text: Reported by the Committee on Natural Resources. H. Rept. 115-1050.
action_date: 2018-09-27
text: Ordered to be Reported by the Yeas and Nays: 20 - 11.
action_date: 2018-09-27
text: Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
action_date: 2018-09-26
text: Committee Hearings Held.
action_date: 2018-07-12
text: Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.
action_date: 2018-07-12
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2018-07-12
text: Introduced in House
Improving Middle Class Access to Higher Education Act

Bill: 115-hr-6349
Sponsor: Rep. Kinzinger, Adam [R-IL-16]
Introduced: 2018-07-12 in the House
Policy area: Education
Subjects: Government lending and loan guarantees
Higher education
Student aid and college costs
Wages and earnings

Summary:
action_date: 2018-07-12
text: 

Improving Middle Class Access to Higher Education Act

 
This bill increases the income limit to qualify for the Free Application for Federal Student Aid Simplified Needs Test from $50,000 to $100,000. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2018-07-12
text: Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce.
action_date: 2018-07-12
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2018-07-12
text: Introduced in House
AMBER Alert Nationwide Act of 2018

Bill: 115-hr-6350
Sponsor: Del. Bordallo, Madeleine Z. [D-GU-At Large]
Introduced: 2018-07-12 in the House
Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement
Subjects: Child safety and welfare
Congressional oversight
Crimes against children
Department of Health and Human Services
Emergency communications systems
Government information and archives
Government studies and investigations
Right of privacy
Transportation safety and security
U.S. territories and protectorates

Summary:
action_date: 2018-07-12
text: 

AMBER Alert Nationwide Act of 2018

 
This bill makes several modifications to the AMBER Alert grant program, including to make all U.S. territories eligible for grants.
 
Additionally, the bill reauthorizes through FY2022 AMBER Alert grants for notification and communication systems along highways.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2018-07-13
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Highways and Transit.
action_date: 2018-07-12
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, Homeland Security, and Investigations.
action_date: 2018-07-12
text: Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committees on Transportation and Infrastructure, and 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: 2018-07-12
text: Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committees on Transportation and Infrastructure, and 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: 2018-07-12
text: Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committees on Transportation and Infrastructure, and 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: 2018-07-12
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR H6121)
action_date: 2018-07-12
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2018-07-12
text: Introduced in House
Advancing U.S. Civil Nuclear Competitiveness and Jobs Act

Bill: 115-hr-6351
Sponsor: Rep. Johnson, Bill [R-OH-6]
Introduced: 2018-07-12 in the House
Policy area: Energy
Subjects: Arms control and nonproliferation
Civil actions and liability
Competitiveness, trade promotion, trade deficits
Life, casualty, property insurance
Nuclear power
Technology transfer and commercialization
Trade restrictions

Summary:
action_date: 2018-07-12
text: 

Advancing U.S. Civil Nuclear Competitiveness and Jobs Act

 
This bill directs the Department of Energy (DOE) to report to Congress on U.S. civil nuclear commerce, including an assessment of how regulations, policies, and legal requirements affect the ability of civilian nuclear facilities to compete internationally.
 
The bill revises DOE authority to delegate functions concerning transfers of nuclear technology to a covered foreign country.
 
 DOE shall expedite technology transfers that are not inimical to U.S. interests and that involve low-proliferation-risk reactor activity to a foreign country that is not a nuclear-weapon state, other than the United Kingdom or France. 
 
The Government Accountability Office shall report to Congress regarding DOE actions with respect to the retrospective risk pooling program, in which nuclear suppliers cover the cost of an incident outside the United States that is not covered by funds available for a public liability.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2018-07-18
text: Ordered to be Reported (Amended) by the Yeas and Nays: 33 - 16.
action_date: 2018-07-18
text: Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
action_date: 2018-07-12
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: 2018-07-12
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: 2018-07-12
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2018-07-12
text: Introduced in House
Know Before You Owe Private Education Loan Act of 2018

Bill: 115-hr-6352
Sponsor: Rep. Polis, Jared [D-CO-2]
Introduced: 2018-07-12 in the House
Policy area: Education
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Banking and financial institutions regulation
Congressional oversight
Consumer Financial Protection Bureau
Consumer affairs
Credit and credit markets
Government information and archives
Government lending and loan guarantees
Higher education
Student aid and college costs

Summary:
action_date: 2018-07-12
text: 

Know Before You Owe Private Student Loan Act of 2018

 
This bill amends the Truth in Lending Act to revise requirements for disclosures in private education loan applications. Before issuing a private education loan for a student attending an institution of higher education (IHE), lenders must obtain the IHE's certification of the student's enrollment status, the student's cost of attendance, and the difference between that cost and the student's estimated financial assistance. 
 
Lenders must: (1) send loan statements to borrowers at least once every three months a student is enrolled at an IHE, (2) notify the relevant IHE of the loan amount and the student to whom it applies no later than the date funds are issued, and (3) submit an annual report to the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) containing information the CFPB requires concerning private student loans.
 
This bill amends the Higher Education Act of 1965 to require IHEs, before providing lenders with certifications, to determine whether students have exhausted their options for federal financial aid assistance and notify borrowers of: (1) the availability of assistance, (2) their ability to choose their own private educational lender, (3) the impact of the proposed private education loan on their eligibility for other financial assistance, and (4) their right to accept or reject a private education loan within 30 days of the lender's approval of their application and to cancel the loan within 3 business days of its consummation. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2018-07-12
text: Referred to the Committee on Education and the Workforce, and in addition to the Committee on Financial Services, 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: 2018-07-12
text: Referred to the Committee on Education and the Workforce, and in addition to the Committee on Financial Services, 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: 2018-07-12
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2018-07-12
text: Introduced in House
To amend the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act of 1978 to prohibit the United States Government from accessing and using information of United States persons collected under section 702 of such Act without a warrant.

Bill: 115-hr-6353
Sponsor: Rep. Roe, David P. [R-TN-1]
Introduced: 2018-07-12 in the House
Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement
Subjects: Criminal investigation, prosecution, interrogation
Criminal procedure and sentencing
Evidence and witnesses
Intelligence activities, surveillance, classified information
Right of privacy

Summary:
action_date: 2018-07-12
text: 
This bill amends the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act of 1978 to prohibit the U.S. government from accessing information concerning a U.S. person acquired under that Act unless pursuant to a warrant. This prohibition applies regardless of whether such information is incidentally collected.
 
The bill bars the use in evidence of any such information against a U.S. person in a criminal proceeding unless pursuant to such a warrant. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2018-08-06
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, Homeland Security, and Investigations.
action_date: 2018-07-12
text: Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committee on Intelligence (Permanent Select), 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: 2018-07-12
text: Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committee on Intelligence (Permanent Select), 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: 2018-07-12
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2018-07-12
text: Introduced in House
STORAGE Act of 2018

Bill: 115-hr-6354
Sponsor: Rep. Gosar, Paul A. [R-AZ-4]
Introduced: 2018-07-12 in the House
Policy area: Environmental Protection
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Dams and canals
Department of the Interior
Endangered and threatened species
Water storage
Water use and supply
Wildlife conservation and habitat protection

Summary:
action_date: 2018-07-12
text: 

Stop Takings On Reserves Antithetical to Germane Encapsulation Act of 2018 or the STORAGE Act of 2018

 
This bill amends the Endangered Species Act of 1973 to prohibit the Department of the Interior and the Department of Commerce from designating as critical habitat an area in a water storage, diversion, or delivery facility where habitat is periodically created and destroyed as a result of changes in water levels caused by the operation of the facility.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2018-09-26
text: Committee Hearings Held.
action_date: 2018-07-12
text: Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.
action_date: 2018-07-12
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2018-07-12
text: Introduced in House