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Get the Lead Out of Schools Act

Bill: 115-hr-6951
Sponsor: Rep. Lawrence, Brenda L. [D-MI-14]
Introduced: 2018-09-27 in the House
Policy area: Environmental Protection
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Child care and development
Child health
Education programs funding
Educational facilities and institutions
Elementary and secondary education
Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)
Environmental assessment, monitoring, research
Environmental regulatory procedures
Government information and archives
Hazardous wastes and toxic substances
Water quality
Water use and supply

Summary:
action_date: 2018-09-27
text: 

Get the Lead Out of Schools Act 

 
This bill amends the Safe Drinking Water Act to require the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to promulgate a national primary drinking water regulation for schools and day care facilities that: (1) establishes a lead action level (a level of lead in drinking water that triggers additional actions to control lead contamination) of at least 15 parts per billion; (2) directs each public water system to sample for lead in the drinking water at schools and day care facilities if the EPA determines there is a risk that the lead in the drinking water will meet or exceed the action level; and (3) directs public water systems that serve schools or day cares that meet or exceed the action level to notify the local educational agency, the relevant local health agencies, the municipality, and the state as soon as practicable, but no later than five business days after the system receives the sampling results. 
 
The EPA must also establish a grant program for: (1) testing drinking water in schools and day care facilities for lead contamination, and (2) remediating lead contamination in such drinking water by replacing lead pipes and certain plumbing materials with lead-free material.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2018-09-27
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2018-09-27
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2018-09-27
text: Introduced in House
Social Security Caregiver Credit Act of 2018

Bill: 115-hr-6952
Sponsor: Rep. Lowey, Nita M. [D-NY-17]
Introduced: 2018-09-27 in the House
Policy area: Social Welfare
Subjects: Adult day care
Aging
Child care and development
Child health
Education of the disadvantaged
Education programs funding
Government information and archives
Indian social and development programs
Minority education
Performance measurement
Preschool education
Teaching, teachers, curricula

Summary:
action_date: 2018-09-27
text: 

Social Security Caregiver Credit Act of 201

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This bill credits an individual with deemed wages, for purposes of calculating Old Age, Survivors, and Disability Insurance benefits, for up to five years of service as a caregiver of a dependent relative. Specifically, an individual shall be deemed to have been paid a wage (according to a specified formula) during each month in which the individual was engaged for at least 80 hours in providing care to a dependent relative without monetary compensation. However, this requirement shall not apply if a larger benefit or payment would otherwise be payable. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2018-10-10
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Social Security.
action_date: 2018-09-27
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2018-09-27
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2018-09-27
text: Introduced in House
GIRLS Act

Bill: 115-hr-6953
Sponsor: Rep. Meng, Grace [D-NY-6]
Introduced: 2018-09-27 in the House
Policy area: Education
Subjects: Child health
Elementary and secondary education
Health programs administration and funding
State and local finance
Women's health

Summary:
action_date: 2018-09-27
text: 

Giving Increased Resources to Learning Students Act or the GIRLS Act

 
This bill amends the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 to allow states to use Student Support and Academic Enrichment grants to supply menstrual hygiene products to students.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2018-09-27
text: Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce.
action_date: 2018-09-27
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2018-09-27
text: Introduced in House
To provide for the carriage of certain television broadcast stations, and for other purposes.

Bill: 115-hr-6954
Sponsor: Rep. Neal, Richard E. [D-MA-1]
Introduced: 2018-09-27 in the House
Policy area: Science, Technology, Communications
Subjects: Broadcasting, cable, digital technologies
Federal Communications Commission (FCC)
Massachusetts

Summary:
action_date: 2018-09-27
text: 
This bill permits a cable operator to transmit to subscribers in Albany, New York, a television broadcast that: (1) was retransmitted to subscribers located in Albany on December 1, 2016, and (2) is not retransmitted to all subscribers in Albany as of this bill's enactment.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2018-09-27
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2018-09-27
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2018-09-27
text: Introduced in House
Special Counsel Security Assurance Act of 2018

Bill: 115-hr-6955
Sponsor: Rep. Panetta, Jimmy [D-CA-20]
Introduced: 2018-09-27 in the House
Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Criminal investigation, prosecution, interrogation
Department of Justice
Federal officials
Government ethics and transparency, public corruption
Intelligence activities, surveillance, classified information
Judicial review and appeals
Supreme Court

Summary:
action_date: 2018-09-27
text: 

Special Counsel Security Assurance Act of 2018

 
This bill sets forth a procedure for revoking the security clearance of a special counsel appointed by the Attorney General, or of another official appointed by the Attorney General who exercises a similar degree of independence from the Department of Justice chain of command.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2018-11-15
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, Homeland Security, and Investigations.
action_date: 2018-09-27
text: Referred to the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, and in addition to the Committee on the Judiciary, 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: 2018-09-27
text: Referred to the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, and in addition to the Committee on the Judiciary, 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: 2018-09-27
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2018-09-27
text: Introduced in House
Intern Opportunity Act

Bill: 115-hr-6956
Sponsor: Rep. Peters, Scott H. [D-CA-52]
Introduced: 2018-09-27 in the House
Policy area: Congress
Subjects: Congressional officers and employees
Congressional operations and organization
Employment and training programs
Government employee pay, benefits, personnel management
House of Representatives
Temporary and part-time employment
Wages and earnings

Summary:
action_date: 2018-09-27
text: 

Intern Opportunity Act

 
This bill permits each Member of the House of Representatives to use the Members' Representational Allowance to employ up to four paid interns without affecting the number of other employees whom the Member may employ under such allowance.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2018-09-27
text: Referred to the House Committee on House Administration.
action_date: 2018-09-27
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2018-09-27
text: Introduced in House
SARA Act of 2018

Bill: 115-hr-6957
Sponsor: Rep. Rokita, Todd [R-IN-4]
Introduced: 2018-09-27 in the House
Policy area: Transportation and Public Works
Subjects: Aquatic ecology
Aviation and airports
Civil actions and liability
Health information and medical records
Licensing and registrations
Transportation employees
Transportation safety and security

Summary:
action_date: 2018-09-27
text: 

Securing and Revitalizing Aviation Act of 2018 or the SARA Act of 2018

 
This bill authorizes the National Transportation Safety Board, in the case of an application for the issuance of an airman certificate, to review a denial that may not be considered a final denial by the Federal Aviation Administration (FFA) when the FAA has twice reconsidered the application and sustained a previous denial of that application.
 
An airman may voluntarily surrender an airman medical certificate for cancellation at any time, unless the certificate is subject to a FAA order at the time of the voluntary surrender.
 
The FAA shall review the process of reserving aircraft registration numbers and enact appropriate changes to ensure the fair participation by the general public, including the implementation of readily available software to prevent any computer auto-fill systems from reserving aircraft registration numbers in bulk. 
 
Any person who holds a seaplane rating from the FAA and successfully completes a free online education course on aquatic invasive species mitigation that is acceptable to the Department of the Interior may hold themselves out to the public as qualified to inspect aircraft for aquatic invasive species and to take action to mitigate the spread of aquatic invasive species.
 
The bill amends the FAA Extension, Safety, and Security Act of 2016 to modify FAA tower marking requirements.
 
The bill limits civil liability for certain individuals designated as representatives of the FAA, except for intentional or fraudulent misconduct.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2018-10-10
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Water, Power and Oceans.
action_date: 2018-09-27
text: Referred to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, and in addition to the Committee on 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: 2018-09-27
text: Referred to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, and in addition to the Committee on 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: 2018-09-27
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2018-09-27
text: Introduced in House
Drug Price Transparency Act

Bill: 115-hr-6958
Sponsor: Rep. Rooney, Francis [R-FL-19]
Introduced: 2018-09-27 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Congressional oversight
Government studies and investigations
Health care costs and insurance
Inflation and prices
International organizations and cooperation
Medicare
Prescription drugs

Summary:
action_date: 2018-09-27
text: 

Drug Price Transparency Act

 
This bill requires the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services to report on the feasibility of basing payment rates for prescription drugs under Medicare and Medicare Advantage on the average price of such drugs in countries that are members of the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (an intergovernmental organization focused on global economic development). 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2018-10-10
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2018-09-27
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: 2018-09-27
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: 2018-09-27
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2018-09-27
text: Introduced in House
Burn Pit Registry Enhancement Act

Bill: 115-hr-6959
Sponsor: Rep. Ruiz, Raul [D-CA-36]
Introduced: 2018-09-27 in the House
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Fires
Government information and archives
Hazardous wastes and toxic substances
Health information and medical records
Military personnel and dependents

Summary:
action_date: 2018-09-27
text: 

Burn Pit Registry Enhancement Act

 
This bill authorizes specified individuals to update the burn pit registry with the cause of death of a registered individual. The Department of Veterans Affairs established the burn pit registry to allow certain veterans and service members to document their exposures and report health concerns. The registry is for individuals who may have been exposed to toxic airborne chemicals and fumes caused by open burn pits (areas used for burning solid waste in open air without equipment) while deployed in Afghanistan or Iraq.
 
Specifically, the bill authorizes a designee of a registered individual or an immediate family member to update the registry with the cause of death of the individual. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2018-09-27
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2018-09-27
text: Referred to the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
action_date: 2018-09-27
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2018-09-27
text: Introduced in House
See the Board Act

Bill: 115-hr-6960
Sponsor: Rep. Schiff, Adam B. [D-CA-28]
Introduced: 2018-09-27 in the House
Policy area: Education
Subjects: Child health
Elementary and secondary education
Health programs administration and funding
Health promotion and preventive care
Health technology, devices, supplies

Summary:
action_date: 2018-09-27
text: 

See the Board Act

 
This bill directs the Department of Health and Human Services to award grants to support nonprofit organizations in furnishing eye-care services free of charge to students in public elementary or secondary schools.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2018-09-27
text: Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on Education and the Workforce, 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: 2018-09-27
text: Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on Education and the Workforce, 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: 2018-09-27
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2018-09-27
text: Introduced in House
DRIP Act

Bill: 115-hr-6961
Sponsor: Rep. Sinema, Kyrsten [D-AZ-9]
Introduced: 2018-09-27 in the House
Policy area: Agriculture and Food
Subjects: Fires
Floods and storm protection
Horticulture and plants
Natural disasters
Water storage
Wildlife conservation and habitat protection

Summary:
action_date: 2018-09-27
text: 

Drought Relief through Innovative Projects Act or the DRIP Act 

 
This bill requires the Department of Agriculture to establish a program to award grants to qualified partnerships to: (1) remove non-native plant species that contribute to drought conditions, and (2) replace the non-native plant species with native plant species. 
 
A "non-native plant species" is a plant species that: (1) is non-native (or alien) to an ecosystem; and (2) when introduced to the ecosystem causes, or is likely to cause, economic harm, environmental harm, or harm to human health. 
 
A "qualified partnership" is a partnership between: (1) at least one flood control district; and (2) at least one city, county, township, town, borough, parish, village, or other general purpose political subdivision of a state. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2018-10-22
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Conservation and Forestry.
action_date: 2018-09-27
text: Referred to the House Committee on Agriculture.
action_date: 2018-09-27
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2018-09-27
text: Introduced in House
Social Security Equity Act of 2018

Bill: 115-hr-6962
Sponsor: Rep. Smith, Adam [D-WA-9]
Introduced: 2018-09-27 in the House
Policy area: Social Welfare
Subjects: Social security and elderly assistance
Wages and earnings

Summary:
action_date: 2018-09-27
text: 

Social Security Equity Act of 201

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This bill expands the exception to the windfall elimination provision of the Old Age, Survivors, and Disability Insurance (OASDI) program by lowering the required number of years of coverage. (The windfall elimination provision reduces OASDI benefits for those who receive pensions for certain non-covered employment.)


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2018-10-10
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Social Security.
action_date: 2018-09-27
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2018-09-27
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2018-09-27
text: Introduced in House
Dental Care for Low-Income Veterans Act

Bill: 115-hr-6963
Sponsor: Rep. Tipton, Scott  R. [R-CO-3]
Introduced: 2018-09-27 in the House
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Dental care
Health care coverage and access
Poverty and welfare assistance
Veterans' medical care

Summary:
action_date: 2018-09-27
text: 

Dental Care for Low-Income Veterans Act

 
This bill expands eligibility for Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) outpatient dental services and treatment to low-income veterans. Currently, only certain veterans, including those suffering from service-connected issues, are eligible for dental services through the VA.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2018-09-27
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2018-09-27
text: Referred to the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
action_date: 2018-09-27
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2018-09-27
text: Introduced in House
Mancos Water Conservancy District Conveyance Act

Bill: 115-hr-6965
Sponsor: Rep. Tipton, Scott  R. [R-CO-3]
Introduced: 2018-09-28 in the House
Policy area: Water Resources Development
Subjects: Colorado
Congressional oversight
Dams and canals
Environmental regulatory procedures
Government buildings, facilities, and property
Government studies and investigations
Land transfers
Land use and conservation
State and local government operations
Water use and supply

Summary:
action_date: 2018-09-28
text: 

Mancos Water Conservancy District Conveyance Act

 
This bill provides for the conveyance of the Mancos Project features (e.g., canals, facilities, and water rights) from the Bureau of Reclamation to the Mancos Water Conservancy District in Colorado.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2018-10-10
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Water, Power and Oceans.
action_date: 2018-09-28
text: Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.
action_date: 2018-09-28
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2018-09-28
text: Introduced in House
AQUAA Act

Bill: 115-hr-6966
Sponsor: Rep. Palazzo, Steven M. [R-MS-4]
Introduced: 2018-09-28 in the House
Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Aquaculture
Arctic Ocean
Atlantic Ocean
Department of Commerce
Environmental assessment, monitoring, research
Executive agency funding and structure
Fishes
Hunting and fishing
Licensing and registrations
Marine and coastal resources, fisheries
Pacific Ocean
Seafood
Seashores and lakeshores
User charges and fees

Summary:
action_date: 2018-09-28
text: 

Advancing the Quality and Understanding of American Aquaculture Act or the
 
AQUAA Act

 
This bill directs the Department of Commerce to establish an Office of Marine Aquaculture within the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration to coordinate regulatory, scientific, outreach, and international issues related to aquaculture.
 
Commerce must establish a research and development program to award competitive, peer-reviewed grants to fund research and extension services, including to develop and evaluate methodologies to prevent, minimize, and mitigate potential adverse ecosystem and socioeconomic impacts of marine aquaculture.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2018-10-22
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Livestock and Foreign Agriculture.
action_date: 2018-10-11
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Water, Power and Oceans.
action_date: 2018-09-28
text: Referred to the Committee on Natural Resources, and in addition to the Committee on Agriculture, 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: 2018-09-28
text: Referred to the Committee on Natural Resources, and in addition to the Committee on Agriculture, 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: 2018-09-28
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2018-09-28
text: Introduced in House
Great Lakes Water Protection Act

Bill: 115-hr-6967
Sponsor: Rep. Lipinski, Daniel [D-IL-3]
Introduced: 2018-09-28 in the House
Policy area: Environmental Protection
Subjects: Government trust funds
Great Lakes
Solid waste and recycling
Water quality

Summary:
action_date: 2018-09-28
text: 

Great Lakes Water Protection Act

 
This bill addresses sewage in the Great Lakes System by: (1) restricting publicly owned treatment works from discharging sewage into the system, (2) requiring the public to be notified as soon as possible after sewage is discharged, and (3) establishing the Great Lakes Cleanup Fund. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2018-09-28
text: Referred to the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.
action_date: 2018-09-28
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2018-09-28
text: Introduced in House
Jarvie Ranch Conveyance Act

Bill: 115-hr-6968
Sponsor: Rep. Bishop, Rob [R-UT-1]
Introduced: 2018-09-28 in the House
Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources
Subjects: Land transfers
Utah

Summary:
action_date: 2018-09-28
text: 

Jarvie Ranch Conveyance Act

 
This bill directs the Department of the Interior to convey, without consideration, to the State of Utah a specified 530-acre parcel of Bureau of Land Management land, including improvements, for public purposes. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2018-10-10
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Federal Lands.
action_date: 2018-09-28
text: Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.
action_date: 2018-09-28
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2018-09-28
text: Introduced in House
Travel Trailer and Camper Technical Correction Act

Bill: 115-hr-6969
Sponsor: Rep. Emmer, Tom [R-MN-6]
Introduced: 2018-09-28 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Business investment and capital
Income tax deductions
Interest, dividends, interest rates
Motor vehicles
Outdoor recreation

Summary:
action_date: 2018-09-28
text: 

Travel Trailer and Camper Technical Correction Act 

 
This bill amends the Internal Revenue Code, with respect to the limit on the deduction for business interest, to modify the definition of "floor plan financing indebtedness" to include the financing of certain trailers and campers. 
 
Under current law, "floor plan financing indebtedness" is: (1) used to finance the acquisition of motor vehicles held for sale or lease, and (2) secured by the acquired inventory. 
 
The bill specifies that, for the purpose of this definition, a motor vehicle includes any trailer or camper which is designed to: (1) provide temporary living quarters for recreational, camping, or seasonal use; and (2) be towed by, or affixed to, a motor vehicle. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2018-09-28
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2018-09-28
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2018-09-28
text: Introduced in House