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Family Poverty is Not Child Neglect Act

Bill: 115-hr-6233
Sponsor: Rep. Moore, Gwen [D-WI-4]
Introduced: 2018-06-26 in the House
Policy area: Families
Subjects: Child safety and welfare
Domestic violence and child abuse
Family relationships
Poverty and welfare assistance

Summary:
action_date: 2018-06-26
text: 

Family Poverty is Not Child Neglect Act

 
This bill requires the Department of Health and Human Services to ensure that grants given to states for child protective services systems are not used to separate a child from the child's parent for reasons of poverty.


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
Veterans Legal Support Act of 2018

Bill: 115-hr-6234
Sponsor: Del. Norton, Eleanor Holmes [D-DC-At Large]
Introduced: 2018-06-26 in the House
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Civil actions and liability
Department of Veterans Affairs
Education programs funding
Executive agency funding and structure
Lawyers and legal services
Veterans' medical care
Veterans' pensions and compensation

Summary:
action_date: 2018-06-26
text: 

Veterans Legal Support Act of 2018

 
This bill authorizes the Department of Veterans Affairs to provide support, including financial support, to one or more university law school programs to provide veterans with legal assistance.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2018-06-26
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Disability Assistance and Memorial Affairs.
action_date: 2018-06-26
text: Referred to the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
action_date: 2018-06-26
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E918)
action_date: 2018-06-26
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2018-06-26
text: Introduced in House
Securing Airspace For Emergency Responders Act

Bill: 115-hr-6235
Sponsor: Rep. Tipton, Scott  R. [R-CO-3]
Introduced: 2018-06-26 in the House
Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement
Subjects: Aviation and airports
Fires

Summary:
action_date: 2018-06-26
text: 

Securing Airspace For Emergency Responders Act

 
This bill amends the federal criminal code to prohibit the unauthorized operation of an unmanned aircraft over a wildfire.
 
A violator is subject to criminal penalties&#8212;a fine, a prison term of at least one year, or both.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2018-08-02
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, Homeland Security, and Investigations.
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
Family Unity Rights and Protection Act

Bill: 115-hr-6236
Sponsor: Rep. Bass, Karen [D-CA-37]
Introduced: 2018-06-27 in the House
Policy area: Immigration
Subjects: Border security and unlawful immigration
Child safety and welfare
Congressional oversight
Criminal investigation, prosecution, interrogation
Detention of persons
Family relationships
Government information and archives
Immigration status and procedures
Refugees, asylum, displaced persons
Right of privacy
State and local government operations

Summary:
action_date: 2018-06-27
text: 

Family Unity Rights and Protection Act

 
This bill requires the Departments of Health and Human Services, Homeland Security, State, and Defense to ensure that alien children (i.e., children under the age of 18 removed from their parents or legal guardians at or near a port of entry or within 100 miles of the U.S. border pursuant to a zero tolerance policy for criminal illegal reentry) are reunited at the earliest possible date with their parents and guardians from whom they were separated. It also requires notification of parents and guardians of procedures for reuniting with such children and for the location of such children. 
 
The bill requires the creation of an electronic registry for information used to locate such alien children and their parents and guardians. The information in such registry may only be used for locating such children and may not be used in any criminal prosecution or other immigration proceeding.
 
The bill also sets forth conditions on the termination of parental rights in immigration proceedings and requires the consolidation of asylum and immigration proceedings involving alien children.


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 Human Resources.
action_date: 2018-06-27
text: Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committees on Ways and Means, and Armed 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: 2018-06-27
text: Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committees on Ways and Means, and Armed 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: 2018-06-27
text: Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committees on Ways and Means, and Armed 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: 2018-06-27
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2018-06-27
text: Introduced in House
Public Service Freedom to Negotiate Act of 2018

Bill: 115-hr-6238
Sponsor: Rep. Cartwright, Matt [D-PA-17]
Introduced: 2018-06-27 in the House
Policy area: Labor and Employment
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Administrative remedies
Employment discrimination and employee rights
Federal Labor Relations Authority
Government employee pay, benefits, personnel management
Judicial review and appeals
Labor-management relations
State and local government operations

Summary:
action_date: 2018-06-27
text: 

Public Service Freedom to Negotiate Act of 2018

 
This bill requires the Federal Labor Relations Authority (FLRA) to make a determination as to whether a state substantially provides for certain rights and responsibilities applicable to public employees, such as granting such employees the right to form or join a labor organization and to bargain collectively, and if the state does not substantially provide for such rights and responsibilities, then such state shall be subject to nationwide standards prescribed by the FLRA to protect public employee rights.
 
No employer, emergency services employee, or law enforcement officer may engage in a lockout, strike, or any other organized job action of which a reasonably probable result is a measurable disruption of the delivery of emergency or public safety services. No labor organization may violate or attempt to violate this prohibition.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2018-06-27
text: Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce.
action_date: 2018-06-27
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2018-06-27
text: Introduced in House
DISCLOSE Act of 2018

Bill: 115-hr-6239
Sponsor: Rep. Cicilline, David N. [D-RI-1]
Introduced: 2018-06-27 in the House
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Subjects: Broadcasting, cable, digital technologies
Business ethics
Business records
Congressional elections
Corporate finance and management
Elections, voting, political campaign regulation
Financial services and investments
Foreign and international corporations
Government ethics and transparency, public corruption
Government information and archives
Internet and video services
Internet, web applications, social media
Labor-management relations
Political advertising
Political parties and affiliation
Public participation and lobbying
Tax-exempt organizations
Telephone and wireless communication
U.S. and foreign investments

Summary:
action_date: 2018-06-27
text: 

Democracy Is Strengthened by Casting Light On Spending in Elections Act of 2018 or the DISCLOSE Act of 2018

 
This bill expands the ban on election contributions by foreign nationals to include corporations subject to specified levels of ownership or control by foreign nationals. The bill also expands (1) reporting requirements related to campaign contributions, and (2) disclosure requirements related to the funding sources of political advertisements.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2018-06-27
text: Referred to the Committee on House Administration, and in addition to the Committees on Ways and Means, Financial Services, and Oversight and Government Reform, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
action_date: 2018-06-27
text: Referred to the Committee on House Administration, and in addition to the Committees on Ways and Means, Financial Services, and Oversight and Government Reform, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
action_date: 2018-06-27
text: Referred to the Committee on House Administration, and in addition to the Committees on Ways and Means, Financial Services, and Oversight and Government Reform, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
action_date: 2018-06-27
text: Referred to the Committee on House Administration, and in addition to the Committees on Ways and Means, Financial Services, and Oversight and Government Reform, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
action_date: 2018-06-27
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2018-06-27
text: Introduced in House
Drug Discount Accountability Act

Bill: 115-hr-6240
Sponsor: Rep. Collins, Chris [R-NY-27]
Introduced: 2018-06-27 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Congressional oversight
Department of Health and Human Services
Employee hiring
Government employee pay, benefits, personnel management
Government information and archives
Government studies and investigations
Health care costs and insurance
Health information and medical records
Inflation and prices
Manufacturing
Prescription drugs
User charges and fees

Summary:
action_date: 2018-06-27
text: 

Drug Discount Accountability Act

 
This bill requires the Health Resources and Services Administration to collect a user fee from certain entities participating in the 340B drug pricing program, including critical access hospitals, for activities relating to program oversight and improvement.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2018-06-27
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2018-06-27
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2018-06-27
text: Introduced in House
Denying Chinese Investors Access to U.S. Small Business Aid Act

Bill: 115-hr-6241
Sponsor: Rep. Collins, Chris [R-NY-27]
Introduced: 2018-06-27 in the House
Policy area: Commerce
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Asia
China
Corporate finance and management
Foreign and international corporations
Securities
Small Business Administration
Small business
U.S. and foreign investments

Summary:
action_date: 2018-06-27
text: 

Denying Chinese Investors Access to U.S. Small Business Aid Act

 
This bill prohibits companies that are headquartered in China, are connected to China's government, or have more than 25% of voting stock owned by China's citizens from qualifying as small business concerns that may receive assistance from the Small Business Administration. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2018-06-27
text: Referred to the House Committee on Small Business.
action_date: 2018-06-27
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2018-06-27
text: Introduced in House
Tribal TANF Fairness Act of 2018

Bill: 115-hr-6242
Sponsor: Rep. Cook, Paul [R-CA-8]
Introduced: 2018-06-27 in the House
Policy area: Social Welfare
Subjects: Family services
Indian lands and resources rights
Indian social and development programs
Poverty and welfare assistance

Summary:
action_date: 2018-06-27
text: 
 
Tribal TANF Fairness Act of 201
 
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This bill provides for a tribal government to lease land held in trust or in fee for the administration of a tribal Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) program.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2018-07-10
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Human Resources.
action_date: 2018-06-27
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2018-06-27
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2018-06-27
text: Introduced in House
Leave No Americans Behind Act of 2018

Bill: 115-hr-6243
Sponsor: Rep. Dingell, Debbie [D-MI-12]
Introduced: 2018-06-27 in the House
Policy area: International Affairs
Subjects: Conflicts and wars
Department of State
Diplomacy, foreign officials, Americans abroad
Emergency planning and evacuation
Executive agency funding and structure
Government lending and loan guarantees
Natural disasters

Summary:
action_date: 2018-06-27
text: 

Leave No Americans Behind Act of 2018

 
This bill amends the State Department Basic Authorities Act of 1956 to eliminate the requirement that Department of State evacuation loans to private U.S. citizens or third-country nationals facing war, civil unrest, or natural disasters be reimbursable.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2018-06-27
text: Referred to the House Committee on Foreign Affairs.
action_date: 2018-06-27
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2018-06-27
text: Introduced in House
To designate the United States courthouse located at 300 South Fourth Street in Minneapolis, Minnesota, as the "Diana E. Murphy United States Courthouse".

Bill: 115-hr-6244
Sponsor: Rep. Emmer, Tom [R-MN-6]
Introduced: 2018-06-27 in the House
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Subjects: Congressional tributes
Government buildings, facilities, and property
Minnesota

Summary:
action_date: 2018-06-27
text: 
This bill designates the U.S. courthouse at 300 South Fourth Street in Minneapolis, Minnesota, as the &quot;Diana E. Murphy United States Courthouse.&quot;


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2018-06-28
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Economic Development, Public Buildings and Emergency Management.
action_date: 2018-06-27
text: Referred to the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.
action_date: 2018-06-27
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2018-06-27
text: Introduced in House
Congressional Oversight Act

Bill: 115-hr-6245
Sponsor: Rep. Gonzalez, Vicente [D-TX-15]
Introduced: 2018-06-27 in the House
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Subjects: Congressional oversight
Congressional-executive branch relations
Government buildings, facilities, and property

Summary:
action_date: 2018-06-27
text: 

Congressional Oversight Act

 
This bill requires federal agencies to grant access to federal facilities for which Members of Congress have provided proper notice using specified procedures. 
 
 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2018-06-27
text: Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform.
action_date: 2018-06-27
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2018-06-27
text: Introduced in House
Puerto Rico Admission Act of 2018

Bill: 115-hr-6246
Sponsor: Resident Commissioner González-Colón, Jenniffer [R-PR-At Large]
Introduced: 2018-06-27 in the House
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Subjects: Advisory bodies
Elections, voting, political campaign regulation
Government studies and investigations
Puerto Rico
Sovereignty, recognition, national governance and status
State and local government operations
U.S. territories and protectorates

Summary:
action_date: 2018-06-27
text: 

Puerto Rico Admission Act of 2018

 
This bill establishes a process to enable the U.S. territory of Puerto Rico to be admitted into the Union as a state. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2018-07-11
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR H6046)
action_date: 2018-07-09
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Indian, Insular and Alaska Native Affairs.
action_date: 2018-06-27
text: Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.
action_date: 2018-06-27
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2018-06-27
text: Introduced in House
XXXXXXX Act of 2018

Bill: 115-hr-6247
Sponsor: Rep. Hultgren, Randy [R-IL-14]
Introduced: 2018-06-27 in the House
Policy area: Social Welfare
Subjects: Aging
Disability assistance
Marriage and family status
Social security and elderly assistance

Summary:
action_date: 2018-06-27
text: 
This bill lowers, from 60 to 50, the minimum age at which a widowed individual may remarry and remain eligible to receive widow's or widower's benefits under the Old Age, Survivors, and Disability Insurance program. 



Legislative actions:
action_date: 2018-07-10
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Social Security.
action_date: 2018-06-27
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2018-06-27
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2018-06-27
text: Introduced in House
Fairness in Political Advertising Act of 2018

Bill: 115-hr-6248
Sponsor: Rep. Kaptur, Marcy [D-OH-9]
Introduced: 2018-06-27 in the House
Policy area: Science, Technology, Communications
Subjects: Broadcasting, cable, digital technologies
Elections, voting, political campaign regulation
Licensing and registrations
Political advertising

Summary:
action_date: 2018-06-27
text: 

Fairness in Political Advertising Act of 2018

 
This bill amends the Communications Act of 1934 to require television broadcasting station licensees and cable operators to make available annually free broadcast or cable time for political advertising. For political candidates in a statewide or national election whose parties received more than 2% of total votes in the most recent statewide or national election, the bill requires such television broadcast station licensees and cable operators to allot an equal amount (at least two hours) of free broadcast time each even-numbered year to each candidate. The bill also sets forth standards for allotting free broadcast time during the hours of 7:00 p.m. to 10:00 p.m., during specific periods before an election, and at comparable times of day and days of the week to candidates for the same office.
 
Nothing in this bill, and no use of allotted free broadcast time, shall be construed to restrict a candidate's right to purchase other broadcast time. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2018-06-27
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2018-06-27
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E935)
action_date: 2018-06-27
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2018-06-27
text: Introduced in House
Repelling Encroachment by Foreigners into U.S. Elections Act

Bill: 115-hr-6249
Sponsor: Rep. Kaptur, Marcy [D-OH-9]
Introduced: 2018-06-27 in the House
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Subjects: Civil actions and liability
Congressional oversight
Criminal investigation, prosecution, interrogation
Elections, voting, political campaign regulation
Evidence and witnesses
Government information and archives
Government studies and investigations
Judicial procedure and administration
Licensing and registrations
Political advertising
Public participation and lobbying
User charges and fees

Summary:
action_date: 2018-06-27
text: 

Repelling Encroachment by Foreigners into U.S. Elections Act or the REFUSE Act

 
This bill (1) expands the ban on contributions by foreign nationals to elections to include corporations subject to specified levels of ownership or control by foreign nationals or governments; (2) prohibits certain types of tax-exempt, foreign-affiliated organizations from taking certain campaign-related actions, such as contributing to a super political action committee (super PAC); and (3) prohibits foreign nationals from participating in the decision-making process with regard to any person's election-related activities.
 
The bill also makes various changes to the Foreign Agents Registration Act of 1938 (FARA), such as by (1) repealing an exemption from FARA requirements for individuals registered as lobbyists, and (2) expanding filing and labeling requirements related to the transmission of informational materials in the interests of a foreign principal.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2018-06-27
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on the Constitution and Civil Justice.
action_date: 2018-06-27
text: Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committee on House Administration, 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: 2018-06-27
text: Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committee on House Administration, 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: 2018-06-27
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E936-937)
action_date: 2018-06-27
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2018-06-27
text: Introduced in House
Skills Investment Act of 2018

Bill: 115-hr-6250
Sponsor: Rep. Kilmer, Derek [D-WA-6]
Introduced: 2018-06-27 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Bank accounts, deposits, capital
Employment and training programs
Higher education
Income tax credits
Income tax deductions
Income tax deferral
Student aid and college costs
Vocational and technical education
Youth employment and child labor

Summary:
action_date: 2018-06-27
text: 

Skills Investment Act of 2018 

 
This bill expands tax-favored Coverdell education savings accounts to allow the accounts to be used for educational or skill development expenses such as training services, career and technical education activities, career services, youth workforce investment activities, and adult education and literacy activities. 
 
The bill also: 
 
 
renames the accounts &quot;Coverdell lifelong learning accounts,&quot; 
 
 increases contribution limits, 
 
 modifies the age-based contribution restrictions, 
 
 allows a tax credit for a portion of an employer's contributions to an employee's account, and
 
allows beneficiaries to deduct contributions made by or on behalf of the beneficiary. 
 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2018-06-27
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2018-06-27
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2018-06-27
text: Introduced in House