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History and Tradition Protection Act of 2018

Bill: 115-hr-6213
Sponsor: Rep. Johnson, Mike [R-LA-4]
Introduced: 2018-06-25 in the House
Policy area: Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues
Subjects: Civil actions and liability
First Amendment rights
Government liability
Legal fees and court costs
Religion
State and local government operations

Summary:
action_date: 2018-06-25
text: 

History and Tradition Protection Act of 2018

 
This bill provides that, regarding a civil action for deprivation of rights under color of law, the remedies with respect to a claim shall be limited to injunctive and declaratory relief where the deprivation consists of a violation of a prohibition in the Constitution against the establishment of religion. No fees shall be awarded in proceedings in vindication of civil rights with respect to such a claim concerning the actions of states and localities.
 
With regard to a claim brought against the United States or a federal official acting in his or her official capacity, the bill prohibits the award of reasonable fees and expenses of attorneys to the prevailing party.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2018-08-02
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on the Constitution and Civil Justice.
action_date: 2018-06-25
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2018-06-25
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2018-06-25
text: Introduced in House
Paul Laurence Dunbar Commemorative Coin Act

Bill: 115-hr-6214
Sponsor: Del. Norton, Eleanor Holmes [D-DC-At Large]
Introduced: 2018-06-25 in the House
Policy area: Finance and Financial Sector
Subjects: Art, artists, authorship
Currency
District of Columbia
Literature
Music
Performing arts

Summary:
action_date: 2018-06-25
text: 

Paul Laurence Dunbar Commemorative Coin Act

 
This bill directs the Department of the Treasury to mint and issue $5 gold coins, $1 silver coins, and half-dollar clad coins in recognition and celebration of Paul Laurence Dunbar, one of the first influential African-American poets in American literature and the composer of the lyrics to 
In Dahomey
, the first all African-American musical produced on Broadway. 
 
All surcharges received from sales of such coins shall be paid to the Dunbar Alumni Federation. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2018-06-25
text: Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services.
action_date: 2018-06-25
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E905-906)
action_date: 2018-06-25
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2018-06-25
text: Introduced in House
District of Columbia Zoning Commission Home Rule Act

Bill: 115-hr-6215
Sponsor: Del. Norton, Eleanor Holmes [D-DC-At Large]
Introduced: 2018-06-25 in the House
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Subjects: Architect of the Capitol
Congressional agencies
Department of the Interior
District of Columbia
Federal officials
Intergovernmental relations
Land use and conservation
State and local government operations

Summary:
action_date: 2018-06-25
text: 

District of Columbia Zoning Commission Home Rule Act

 
This bill removes the Architect of the Capitol and the Director of the National Park Service from the Zoning Commission for the District of Columbia. Currently, the commission consists of two federal officials and three mayoral appointees.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2018-06-28
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E945)
action_date: 2018-06-25
text: Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform.
action_date: 2018-06-25
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E909-910)
action_date: 2018-06-25
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2018-06-25
text: Introduced in House
To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 3025 Woodgate Road in Montrose, Colorado, as the "Sergeant David Kinterknecht Post Office".

Bill: 115-hr-6216
Sponsor: Rep. Tipton, Scott  R. [R-CO-3]
Introduced: 2018-06-25 in the House
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Subjects: Colorado
Congressional tributes
Government buildings, facilities, and property
Military personnel and dependents
Postal service

Summary:
action_date: 2018-06-25
text: Designates the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 3025 Woodgate Road in Montrose, Colorado, as the "Sergeant David Kinterknecht Post Office."
action_date: 2018-12-21
text: 
Designates the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 3025 Woodgate Road in Montrose, Colorado, as the "Sergeant David Kinterknecht Post Office."


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2018-12-21
text: Became Public Law No: 115-366.
action_date: 2018-12-21
text: Became Public Law No: 115-366.
action_date: 2018-12-21
text: Signed by President.
action_date: 2018-12-21
text: Signed by President.
action_date: 2018-12-21
text: Presented to President.
action_date: 2018-12-21
text: Presented to President.
action_date: 2018-12-13
text: Message on Senate action sent to the House.
action_date: 2018-12-12
text: Passed Senate without amendment by Unanimous Consent. (consideration: CR S7528)
action_date: 2018-12-12
text: Passed/agreed to in Senate: Passed Senate without amendment by Unanimous Consent.(consideration: CR S7528)
action_date: 2018-12-03
text: Received in the Senate, read twice.
action_date: 2018-11-29
text: Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
action_date: 2018-11-29
text: On passage Passed without objection. (text: CR H9727)
action_date: 2018-11-29
text: Passed/agreed to in House: On passage Passed without objection.(text: CR H9727)
action_date: 2018-11-29
text: Considered by unanimous consent. (consideration: CR H9727)
action_date: 2018-11-29
text: Committee on Oversight and Government discharged.
action_date: 2018-11-29
text: Committee on Oversight and Government discharged.
action_date: 2018-11-29
text: Mr. Comer asked unanimous consent to discharge from committee and consider.
action_date: 2018-09-27
text: Ordered to be Reported by Unanimous Consent.
action_date: 2018-09-27
text: Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
action_date: 2018-06-25
text: Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform.
action_date: 2018-06-25
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2018-06-25
text: Introduced in House

Enacted as: number: 115-366
To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 241 N 4th Street in Grand Junction, Colorado, as the "Deputy Sheriff Derek Geer Post Office Building".

Bill: 115-hr-6217
Sponsor: Rep. Tipton, Scott  R. [R-CO-3]
Introduced: 2018-06-25 in the House
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Subjects: Colorado
Congressional tributes
Government buildings, facilities, and property
Military personnel and dependents
Postal service

Summary:
action_date: 2018-06-25
text: Designates the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 241 N 4th Street in Grand Junction, Colorado, as the "Deputy Sheriff Derek Geer Post Office Building."
action_date: 2018-12-21
text: 
Designates the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 241 N 4th Street in Grand Junction, Colorado, as the "Deputy Sheriff Derek Geer Post Office Building."


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2018-12-21
text: Became Public Law No: 115-367.
action_date: 2018-12-21
text: Became Public Law No: 115-367.
action_date: 2018-12-21
text: Signed by President.
action_date: 2018-12-21
text: Signed by President.
action_date: 2018-12-21
text: Presented to President.
action_date: 2018-12-21
text: Presented to President.
action_date: 2018-12-13
text: Message on Senate action sent to the House.
action_date: 2018-12-12
text: Passed Senate without amendment by Unanimous Consent. (consideration: CR S7528)
action_date: 2018-12-12
text: Passed/agreed to in Senate: Passed Senate without amendment by Unanimous Consent.(consideration: CR S7528)
action_date: 2018-12-03
text: Received in the Senate, read twice.
action_date: 2018-11-29
text: Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
action_date: 2018-11-29
text: On passage Passed without objection. (text: CR H9727)
action_date: 2018-11-29
text: Passed/agreed to in House: On passage Passed without objection.(text: CR H9727)
action_date: 2018-11-29
text: Considered by unanimous consent. (consideration: CR H9727)
action_date: 2018-11-29
text: Committee on Oversight and Government discharged.
action_date: 2018-11-29
text: Committee on Oversight and Government discharged.
action_date: 2018-11-29
text: Mr. Comer asked unanimous consent to discharge from committee and consider.
action_date: 2018-09-27
text: Ordered to be Reported by Unanimous Consent.
action_date: 2018-09-27
text: Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
action_date: 2018-06-25
text: Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform.
action_date: 2018-06-25
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2018-06-25
text: Introduced in House

Enacted as: number: 115-367
Give Judge Venckiene Her Day in Court Act

Bill: 115-hr-6218
Sponsor: Rep. Smith, Christopher H. [R-NJ-4]
Introduced: 2018-06-25 in the House
Subjects: Private Legislation

Summary:
action_date: 2018-06-25
text: Provides for the relief of Judge Neringa Venckiene, who the Government of Lithuania seeks on charges related to her pursuit of justice against Lithuanian public officials accused of sexually molesting her young niece.

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2018-07-30
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration and Border Security.
action_date: 2018-06-25
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2018-06-25
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2018-06-25
text: Introduced in House
Restoring Fair Housing Protections Eliminated by HUD Act of 2018

Bill: 115-hr-6220
Sponsor: Rep. Waters, Maxine [D-CA-43]
Introduced: 2018-06-26 in the House
Policy area: Housing and Community Development
Subjects: Congressional oversight
Government information and archives
Government studies and investigations
Homelessness and emergency shelter
Housing and community development funding
Housing discrimination
Housing finance and home ownership
Housing for the elderly and disabled
Low- and moderate-income housing
Public housing
Sex, gender, sexual orientation discrimination
Veterans' loans, housing, homeless programs

Summary:
action_date: 2018-06-26
text: 

Restoring Fair Housing Protections Eliminated by HUD Act of 2018

 
This bill requires the Department of Housing and Urban Development to take certain measures to address fair housing, including by (1) developing a public database of complaints of discriminatory housing practices, and (2) implementing or reissuing specified rules related to fair housing. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2018-08-02
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on the Constitution and Civil Justice.
action_date: 2018-06-26
text: Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, 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: 2018-06-26
text: Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, 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: 2018-06-26
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2018-06-26
text: Introduced in House
Carson City Mint 150th Anniversary Commemorative Coin Act of 2018

Bill: 115-hr-6221
Sponsor: Rep. Amodei, Mark E. [R-NV-2]
Introduced: 2018-06-26 in the House
Policy area: Finance and Financial Sector
Subjects: Commemorative events and holidays
Currency
Nevada

Summary:
action_date: 2018-06-26
text: 

Carson City Mint 150th Anniversary Commemorative Coin Act of 2018

 
This bill directs the Department of the Treasury to mint and issue $5 gold coins and $1 silver coins in commemoration of the 150th anniversary of the Carson City Mint in Carson City, Nevada. 
 
All surcharges from sales of such coins shall be paid to the Nevada State Museum Dedicated Trust Fund. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2018-06-26
text: Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services.
action_date: 2018-06-26
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2018-06-26
text: Introduced in House
Better Care for Kids Act

Bill: 115-hr-6222
Sponsor: Rep. Meng, Grace [D-NY-6]
Introduced: 2018-06-26 in the House
Policy area: Immigration
Subjects: Border security and unlawful immigration
Child care and development
Child safety and welfare
Crime victims
Crimes against children
Department of Health and Human Services
Department of Homeland Security
Department of Justice
Detention of persons
Government employee pay, benefits, personnel management
Human trafficking
Immigration status and procedures

Summary:
action_date: 2018-06-26
text: 

Better Care for Kids Act

 
This bill amends the William Wilberforce Trafficking Victims Protection Reauthorization Act of 2008 to provide that specialized training for federal, state, and local personnel who have substantive contact with unaccompanied alien children shall include best practices for infant and toddler care.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2018-08-02
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration and Border Security.
action_date: 2018-06-26
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2018-06-26
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2018-06-26
text: Introduced in House
Child Advocate Program Reauthorization Act

Bill: 115-hr-6223
Sponsor: Rep. Meng, Grace [D-NY-6]
Introduced: 2018-06-26 in the House
Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement
Subjects: Border security and unlawful immigration
Child safety and welfare
Crime victims
Detention of persons
Human trafficking
Immigration status and procedures
Social work, volunteer service, charitable organizations

Summary:
action_date: 2018-06-26
text: 

Child Advocate Program Reauthorization Act

 
This bill amends the William Wilberforce Trafficking Victims Protection Reauthorization Act of 2008 to extend through FY2022 the authority of the Department of Health and Human Services to appoint independent child advocates for trafficking victims and other vulnerable unaccompanied alien children. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2018-08-02
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration and Border Security.
action_date: 2018-06-26
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2018-06-26
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2018-06-26
text: Introduced in House
Protect European Energy Security Act

Bill: 115-hr-6224
Sponsor: Rep. Heck, Denny [D-WA-10]
Introduced: 2018-06-26 in the House
Policy area: International Affairs
Subjects: Asia
Congressional oversight
Diplomacy, foreign officials, Americans abroad
Energy storage, supplies, demand
Europe
European Union
Germany
Intelligence activities, surveillance, classified information
Military operations and strategy
Oil and gas
Pipelines
Russia
Turkey
Ukraine

Summary:
action_date: 2018-06-26
text: 

Protect European Energy Security Act

 
This bill requires reports to Congress from: 
 
 
the Department of State on its efforts to work with European Union member states and institutions to promote energy security and decrease their dependence on Russian energy sources, and to oppose the Nord Stream 2 pipeline from Russia to Germany and the Turk Stream pipeline from Russia through the Black Sea to Turkey; 
 
the Department of the Treasury on each U.S. entity and subsidiary involved in construction of such pipelines; and 
 
the Director of National Intelligence on the Nord Stream 2 pipeline's impact on U.S. security, European energy security and defense, Russian influence in Europe, and Ukraine.



Legislative actions:
action_date: 2018-06-26
text: Referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs, 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: 2018-06-26
text: Referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs, 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: 2018-06-26
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2018-06-26
text: Introduced in House
Medicare Home Health Flexibility Act

Bill: 115-hr-6225
Sponsor: Rep. Smith, Jason [R-MO-8]
Introduced: 2018-06-26 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Allied health services
Hearing, speech, and vision care
Home and outpatient care
Medicare

Summary:
action_date: 2018-06-26
text: 

Medicare Home Health Flexibility Act 

 
This bill establishes circumstances under which an occupational therapist may conduct an initial or comprehensive assessment for an individual who is eligible for home health services under Medicare. Specifically, an occupational therapist may conduct the assessment if the physician's referral order does not include skilled nursing care but does include: (1) occupational therapy, and (2) physical therapy or speech language pathology.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2018-07-09
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2018-06-26
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: 2018-06-26
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: 2018-06-26
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2018-06-26
text: Introduced in House
To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to make permanent the increase in the estate and gift tax exemption made by Public Law 115-97.

Bill: 115-hr-6228
Sponsor: Rep. Marchant, Kenny [R-TX-24]
Introduced: 2018-06-26 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Transfer and inheritance taxes

Summary:
action_date: 2018-06-26
text: 
This bill amends the Internal Revenue Code to make permanent the $10 million exemption amount for the estate and gift tax. (Under current law, the exemption amount has been temporarily increased from $5 million to $10 million for decedents dying or gifts made after December 31, 2017, and before January 1, 2026. The amount is indexed for inflation after 2011.)


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2018-06-26
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2018-06-26
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2018-06-26
text: Introduced in House
Fairness for Farm Workers Act

Bill: 115-hr-6230
Sponsor: Rep. Grijalva, Raúl M. [D-AZ-3]
Introduced: 2018-06-26 in the House
Policy area: Labor and Employment
Subjects: Labor standards
Migrant, seasonal, agricultural labor
Wages and earnings

Summary:
action_date: 2018-06-26
text: 

Fairness for Farm Workers Act
 
 
This bill amends the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 with respect to agricultural workers.
 
 The bill requires employers, beginning in 2019, to compensate agricultural workers for hours worked in excess of their regular hours (i.e., 55 hours in 2019, 50 hours in 2020, 45 hours in 2021, and 40 hours in 2022) at not less than one and one-half times the employee's regular rate. For employers with 25 or fewer employees, the overtime pay requirements begin in 2022. These overtime pay requirements do not apply, as in current law, to employees who are the parent, spouse, child, or other member of the employer's immediate family.
 
The bill also repeals the exemption from overtime pay requirements for employers in various agriculture-related industries, including certain small farms, irrigation projects, sugar processing, and cotton ginning and compressing.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2018-06-26
text: Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce.
action_date: 2018-06-26
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2018-06-26
text: Introduced in House
Care Packages for Our Heroes Act of 2018

Bill: 115-hr-6231
Sponsor: Rep. MacArthur, Thomas [R-NJ-3]
Introduced: 2018-06-26 in the House
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Diplomacy, foreign officials, Americans abroad
Military facilities and property
Military personnel and dependents
Postal Regulatory Commission
Postal service

Summary:
action_date: 2018-06-26
text: 

Care Packages for Our Heroes Act of 2018

 
This bill directs the Postal Regulatory Commission to promulgate regulations to establish rates of postage for packages shipped by priority mail from the United States to a foreign Army Post Office, Fleet Post Office, or Diplomatic Post Office address whereby a person may not be charged for such packages traveling through a zone other than a first or second zone.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2018-06-26
text: Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform.
action_date: 2018-06-26
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2018-06-26
text: Introduced in House
Preventing Family Separation for Immigrants with Disabilities Act

Bill: 115-hr-6232
Sponsor: Rep. Maloney, Sean Patrick [D-NY-18]
Introduced: 2018-06-26 in the House
Policy area: Immigration
Subjects: Border security and unlawful immigration
Child health
Child safety and welfare
Crime victims
Detention of persons
Disability and paralysis
Domestic violence and child abuse
Family relationships
Human trafficking
Immigration status and procedures
State and local courts

Summary:
action_date: 2018-06-26
text: 

Preventing Family Separation for Immigrants with Disabilities Act

 
This bill prohibits an agent or officer of the Departments of Homeland Security, Justice, or Health and Human Services from removing a protected individual (i.e., an individual with a developmental disability and no permanent immigration status) from a family member at or near the port of entry or within 100 miles of the U.S. border unless a state court or state or county welfare agency determines that removal is in the best interest of such individual. The Chief Patrol Agent or the Area Port Director may also authorize removal upon a finding that the protected individual is a victim of trafficking or is at significant risk of being a victim of trafficking, there is a strong likelihood that the adult is not a family member of the protected individual, or the protected individual is in danger of abuse or neglect. 
 
A protected individual may not be removed from a family member solely for the policy goal of deterring individuals from migrating to the United States or for promoting compliance with civil immigration laws. 
 
DHS must provide the family member of a protected individual who was separated with information about the activities of such individual and certain other information on a monthly basis. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2018-08-02
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration and Border Security.
action_date: 2018-07-10
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Border and Maritime Security.
action_date: 2018-06-26
text: Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committee on Homeland Security, 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: 2018-06-26
text: Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committee on Homeland Security, 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: 2018-06-26
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2018-06-26
text: Introduced in House