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Offshore Wind Jobs and Opportunity Act

Bill: 115-hr-5291
Sponsor: Rep. Tsongas, Niki [D-MA-3]
Introduced: 2018-03-14 in the House
Policy area: Labor and Employment
Subjects: Alternative and renewable resources
Correctional facilities and imprisonment
Economic development
Education programs funding
Employment and training programs
Higher education
National Guard and reserves
Unemployment
Veterans' education, employment, rehabilitation
Vocational and technical education
Youth employment and child labor

Summary:
action_date: 2018-03-14
text: 

Offshore Wind Jobs and Opportunity Act

 
This bill authorizes the Department of the Interior to award offshore wind career training grants to eligible entities (i.e., institutions of higher education or labor organizations) to develop, offer, or improve educational or career training programs that provide skills that are useful for employment in the offshore wind industry.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2018-06-26
text: Subcommittee Hearings Held.
action_date: 2018-03-28
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Energy and Mineral Resources.
action_date: 2018-03-14
text: Referred to the Committee on Natural Resources, 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: 2018-03-14
text: Referred to the Committee on Natural Resources, 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: 2018-03-14
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2018-03-14
text: Introduced in House
2020 Census Accountability Act

Bill: 115-hr-5292
Sponsor: Rep. Soto, Darren [D-FL-9]
Introduced: 2018-03-15 in the House
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Subjects: Advisory bodies
Census and government statistics
Citizenship and naturalization
Congressional districts and representation
Congressional oversight
Department of Commerce
Executive agency funding and structure
Immigration status and procedures
Racial and ethnic relations

Summary:
action_date: 2018-03-15
text: 

2020 Census Accountability Act

 
This bill requires the Bureau of the Census to establish the Task Force on the 2020 Census, which shall report to Congress on:
 
 
 existing and potential policies and measures that promote full participation in the decennial census by all residents of the United States;
 
 potential negative impacts on minority populations resulting from the addition of a citizenship question to the census, including potential impacts on congressional reapportionment, legislative redistricting, and distribution of federal funds; 
 
 civil rights issues that could be affected with the addition of a citizenship question to the census; and 
 
 a potential decrease in participation related to the addition of citizenship questions. 
 
 
The task force shall terminate following the 2020 decennial census.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2018-03-15
text: Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform.
action_date: 2018-03-15
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2018-03-15
text: Introduced in House
To make technical amendments to update statutory references to certain provisions that were formerly classified to title 50, Appendix, United States Code.

Bill: 115-hr-5293
Sponsor: Rep. Lieu, Ted [D-CA-33]
Introduced: 2018-03-15 in the House
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security

Summary:
action_date: 2018-03-15
text: 
This bill makes technical amendments to the U.S. Code to revise references to statutory provisions formerly classified to title 50, Appendix-War and National Defense


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2018-04-11
text: Ordered to be Reported by Voice Vote.
action_date: 2018-04-11
text: Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
action_date: 2018-03-15
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2018-03-15
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2018-03-15
text: Introduced in House
Treating Barriers to Prosperity Act of 2018

Bill: 115-hr-5294
Sponsor: Rep. Barletta, Lou [R-PA-11]
Introduced: 2018-03-15 in the House
Policy area: Economics and Public Finance
Subjects: Appalachian Regional Commission
Drug trafficking and controlled substances
Drug, alcohol, tobacco use
Economic development
Health care coverage and access
Health programs administration and funding
Health promotion and preventive care
Health technology, devices, supplies
Infrastructure development
Internet and video services
Internet, web applications, social media
Rural conditions and development
Worker safety and health

Summary:
action_date: 2018-03-15
text: 

Treating Barriers to Prosperity Act of 2018

 
This bill allows the Appalachian Regional Commission to support projects and activities addressing drug abuse, including opioid abuse.
 
Such projects and activities may include those that: 
 
 
facilitate the sharing of best practices among states, counties, and other experts in the region with respect to reducing drug abuse; 
 
initiate or expand programs designed to eliminate or reduce the harm to the workforce and economic growth of the region that results from drug abuse; 
 
attract and retain relevant health care services, businesses, and workers; and 
 
develop relevant infrastructure, including broadband infrastructure that supports the use of telemedicine. 



Legislative actions:
action_date: 2018-06-14
text: Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works.
action_date: 2018-06-13
text: Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
action_date: 2018-06-13
text: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill Agreed to by voice vote. (text: CR H5115-5116)
action_date: 2018-06-13
text: Passed/agreed to in House: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill Agreed to by voice vote.(text: CR H5115-5116)
action_date: 2018-06-13
text: DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on H.R. 5294.
action_date: 2018-06-13
text: Considered under suspension of the rules. (consideration: CR H5115-5117)
action_date: 2018-06-13
text: Mr. Barletta moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill.
action_date: 2018-06-12
text: Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 583.
action_date: 2018-06-12
text: Reported by the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure. H. Rept. 115-749.
action_date: 2018-06-12
text: Reported by the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure. H. Rept. 115-749.
action_date: 2018-04-12
text: Ordered to be Reported by Voice Vote.
action_date: 2018-04-12
text: Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
action_date: 2018-04-12
text: Subcommittee on Economic Development, Public Buildings and Emergency Management Discharged.
action_date: 2018-03-16
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Economic Development, Public Buildings and Emergency Management.
action_date: 2018-03-15
text: Referred to the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.
action_date: 2018-03-15
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2018-03-15
text: Introduced in House
To make technical amendments to update statutory references to provisions classified to chapters 44, 45, 46, and 47 of title 50, United States Code.

Bill: 115-hr-5295
Sponsor: Rep. Nadler, Jerrold [D-NY-10]
Introduced: 2018-03-15 in the House
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security

Summary:
action_date: 2018-03-15
text: 
This bill makes technical amendments to statutory references in specified chapters of title 50 (War and National Defense) of the U.S. Code.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2018-03-15
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2018-03-15
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2018-03-15
text: Introduced in House
To make technical amendments to update statutory references to certain provisions classified to title 2, United States Code.

Bill: 115-hr-5296
Sponsor: Rep. Nadler, Jerrold [D-NY-10]
Introduced: 2018-03-15 in the House
Policy area: Congress
Subjects: Congressional operations and organization

Summary:
action_date: 2018-03-15
text: 
This bill makes technical amendments to the U.S. Code to revise references to statutory provisions classified to Title 2 (The Congress).


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2018-03-15
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2018-03-15
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2018-03-15
text: Introduced in House
To make technical amendments to update statutory references to certain provisions classified to title 52, United States Code.

Bill: 115-hr-5297
Sponsor: Rep. Nadler, Jerrold [D-NY-10]
Introduced: 2018-03-15 in the House
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics

Summary:
action_date: 2018-03-15
text: 
This bill makes technical amendments to title 52 (Voting and Elections) of the U.S. Code.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2018-03-15
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2018-03-15
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2018-03-15
text: Introduced in House
Modernizing Drug Enforcement Act of 2018

Bill: 115-hr-5298
Sponsor: Rep. Roe, David P. [R-TN-1]
Introduced: 2018-03-15 in the House
Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement
Subjects: Drug safety, medical device, and laboratory regulation
Drug trafficking and controlled substances

Summary:
action_date: 2018-03-15
text: 

Modernizing Drug Enforcement Act of 2018

 
This bill deems a drug or substance that acts as an opioid mu receptor agonist (e.g., morphine) to be in schedule I of the Controlled Substances Act, subject to certain exceptions. A schedule I controlled substance is a drug, substance, or chemical that: has a high potential for abuse; has no currently accepted medical value; and is subject to regulatory controls and administrative, civil, and criminal penalties under the Controlled Substances Act.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2018-04-30
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, Homeland Security, and Investigations.
action_date: 2018-03-16
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2018-03-15
text: Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, 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: 2018-03-15
text: Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, 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: 2018-03-15
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2018-03-15
text: Introduced in House
Okhissa Lake Rural Economic Development Land Conveyance Act

Bill: 115-hr-5299
Sponsor: Rep. Harper, Gregg [R-MS-3]
Introduced: 2018-03-15 in the House
Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources
Subjects: Forests, forestry, trees
Land transfers
Mississippi

Summary:
action_date: 2018-03-15
text: 

Okhissa Lake Rural Economic Development Land Conveyance Act

 
This bill directs the Department of Agriculture, upon request by the Scenic Rivers Development Alliance, to convey to the alliance approximately 150 acres of specified National Forest System lands in Franklin County, Mississippi. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2018-04-30
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Conservation and Forestry.
action_date: 2018-03-15
text: Referred to the House Committee on Agriculture.
action_date: 2018-03-15
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2018-03-15
text: Introduced in House
Federal Information Systems Safeguards Act of 2018

Bill: 115-hr-5300
Sponsor: Rep. Palmer, Gary J. [R-AL-6]
Introduced: 2018-03-15 in the House
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Subjects: Computer security and identity theft
Computers and information technology
Digital media
Labor-management relations

Summary:
action_date: 2018-03-15
text: 

Federal Information Systems Safeguards Act of 2018

 
This bill provides that the authority of a federal agency to take action to restrict or prohibit access to a website, or to test, deploy, or update a cybersecurity measure, if the agency determines such action is necessary to carry out its responsibilities, shall not be: (1) limited by a collective bargaining agreement or other agreement entered into before, on, or after this bill's enactment pursuant to federal labor-management relations provisions; or (2) negotiated under such provisions.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2018-07-17
text: Ordered to be Reported by Voice Vote.
action_date: 2018-07-17
text: Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
action_date: 2018-03-15
text: Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform.
action_date: 2018-03-15
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2018-03-15
text: Introduced in House
To amend title 38, United States Code, to prohibit the Secretary of Veterans Affairs from requiring a surviving spouse of a veteran to return certain payments for a month in which the veteran dies.

Bill: 115-hr-5301
Sponsor: Rep. DeFazio, Peter A. [D-OR-4]
Introduced: 2018-03-15 in the House
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Family relationships
Veterans' pensions and compensation

Summary:
action_date: 2018-03-15
text: 
This bill prohibits the Department of Veterans Affairs from requiring a veteran's surviving spouse to return payments of dependent's compensation or of a pension as a married veteran for the month in which the veteran dies.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2018-03-15
text: Referred to the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
action_date: 2018-03-15
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2018-03-15
text: Introduced in House
BASIC Act

Bill: 115-hr-5302
Sponsor: Rep. DeFazio, Peter A. [D-OR-4]
Introduced: 2018-03-15 in the House
Policy area: Social Welfare
Subjects: Disability assistance
Family relationships
Marriage and family status
Social security and elderly assistance

Summary:
action_date: 2018-03-15
text: 

Benefit Adjustment of Social Security Income Compensation Act or the BASIC Act

 
This bill requires the Social Security Administration (SSA) to continue monthly insurance benefit payments to a beneficiary, on a prorated basis, through the month of the beneficiary's death. The bill also revises the SSA's methodology for calculating certain lump-sum payments to survivors.



Legislative actions:
action_date: 2018-03-29
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Social Security.
action_date: 2018-03-15
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2018-03-15
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2018-03-15
text: Introduced in House
Full Count Act of 2018

Bill: 115-hr-5303
Sponsor: Rep. Bishop, Rob [R-UT-1]
Introduced: 2018-03-15 in the House
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Subjects: Census and government statistics
Diplomacy, foreign officials, Americans abroad
Government information and archives

Summary:
action_date: 2018-03-15
text: 

Full Count Act of 2018

 
This bill requires the Department of Commerce, beginning with the 2030 decennial census, to take appropriate measures to ensure that all Americans residing abroad on the census date are fully and accurately counted, and are properly attributed to their respective states and appropriate units of local government.
 
Such measures shall include:
 
 
use of the administrative records of a nongovernmental organization to enumerate members of such organization who are residing overseas as of the census date,
 
completion of an international &quot;Be Counted&quot; form at a U.S. embassy by Americans residing overseas as of that date, and
 
coordination and consultation with federal agencies to ensure that all appropriate databases involving Americans living overseas are referenced when compiling data for the census.
 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2018-03-15
text: Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform.
action_date: 2018-03-15
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2018-03-15
text: Introduced in House
Heightened Oversight of Travel, Eating, and Lodging Act of 2018

Bill: 115-hr-5304
Sponsor: Rep. Raskin, Jamie [D-MD-8]
Introduced: 2018-03-15 in the House
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Subjects: Federal officials
Government ethics and transparency, public corruption
Presidents and presidential powers, Vice Presidents
Travel and tourism

Summary:
action_date: 2018-03-15
text: 

Heightened Oversight of Travel, Eating, and Lodging Act of 2018

 
This bill prohibits a federal agency from reimbursing an employee's lodging costs at an establishment that is owned by, or that employs, certain public officials or their relatives. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2018-03-15
text: Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform.
action_date: 2018-03-15
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2018-03-15
text: Introduced in House
FDLP Modernization Act of 2018

Bill: 115-hr-5305
Sponsor: Rep. Harper, Gregg [R-MS-3]
Introduced: 2018-03-15 in the House
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Books and print media
Computers and information technology
Congressional agencies
Congressional oversight
Digital media
Freedom of information
Government Publishing Office (GPO)
Government employee pay, benefits, personnel management
Government information and archives
Government studies and investigations
Historical and cultural resources
Libraries and archives
Public contracts and procurement
Right of privacy
User charges and fees

Summary:
action_date: 2018-03-15
text: 

FDLP Modernization Act of 2018

 
This bill revises provisions regarding the distribution and sale of public documents to provide for no-fee public access to government information and to specify that digital information belongs in the program.
 
 The Government Publishing Office (GPO) shall appoint an individual to serve as the Superintendent of Documents, who shall administer the programs of GPO which provide no-fee public access to federal information dissemination products (IDPs). The Superintendent shall establish a comprehensive, national collection of IDPs determined to be appropriate for inclusion in the collection and shall include all IDPs which have been incorporated by reference into the Code of Federal Regulations.
 
The Superintendent shall provide permanent public access to all of the IDPs which are included in the national collection through:
 
 
the online repository established and operated by the GPO;
 
the Federal Depository Library Program;
 
methods established for access to products in incompatible formats; and
 
cataloging, indexing, identification, location, availability, and format designation services. 
 
 
The Government Accountability Office shall study the implementation of changes to rules governing public access to government publications.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2018-04-12
text: Ordered to be Reported (Amended) by Voice Vote.
action_date: 2018-04-12
text: Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
action_date: 2018-03-15
text: Referred to the Committee on House Administration, and in addition to the Committee on 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: 2018-03-15
text: Referred to the Committee on House Administration, and in addition to the Committee on 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: 2018-03-15
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2018-03-15
text: Introduced in House
EMPOWER Care Act

Bill: 115-hr-5306
Sponsor: Rep. Guthrie, Brett [R-KY-2]
Introduced: 2018-03-15 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Congressional oversight
Department of Health and Human Services
Health care quality
Health programs administration and funding
Home and outpatient care
Long-term, rehabilitative, and terminal care
Medicaid
State and local finance
State and local government operations

Summary:
action_date: 2018-03-15
text: 

Ensuring Medicaid Provides Opportunities for Widespread Equity, Resources, and Care Act or the EMPOWER Care Act

 
This bill amends the Deficit Reduction Act of 2005 to extend funding through FY2022 for the Money Follows the Person Rebalancing Demonstration Program and to otherwise revise the program. (Under this program, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services must award grants to state Medicaid programs to assist in rebalancing states' long-term care systems.)
 



Legislative actions:
action_date: 2018-09-13
text: Ordered to be Reported (Amended) by Voice Vote.
action_date: 2018-09-13
text: Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
action_date: 2018-09-07
text: Forwarded by Subcommittee to Full Committee (Amended) by Voice Vote .
action_date: 2018-09-07
text: Subcommittee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
action_date: 2018-03-16
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2018-03-15
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2018-03-15
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2018-03-15
text: Introduced in House
STEP Act of 2018

Bill: 115-hr-5307
Sponsor: Rep. Knight, Stephen [R-CA-25]
Introduced: 2018-03-15 in the House
Policy area: Education
Subjects: Child safety and welfare
Congressional oversight
Crime prevention
Educational facilities and institutions
Elementary and secondary education
Emergency communications systems
Government studies and investigations
Intelligence activities, surveillance, classified information
Law enforcement administration and funding
Law enforcement officers
School administration
State and local government operations
Violent crime

Summary:
action_date: 2018-03-15
text: 

School Training, Equipment, and Protection Act of 2018 or the STEP Act of 2018

 
This bill requires specified funds from student support and academic enrichment grants to be provided to elementary and secondary schools for security purposes, including barricade and surveillance technology, individualized active shooter alarms, security and active shooter training, coordination activities with law enforcement agencies, and vulnerability assessments. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2018-03-15
text: Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce.
action_date: 2018-03-15
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2018-03-15
text: Introduced in House
Women's History and Nineteenth Amendment Centennial Quarter Dollar Coin Program Act

Bill: 115-hr-5308
Sponsor: Rep. Lee, Barbara [D-CA-13]
Introduced: 2018-03-15 in the House
Policy area: Finance and Financial Sector
Subjects: Currency
Government studies and investigations
U.S. history
Women's rights

Summary:
action_date: 2018-03-15
text: 

Women's History and Nineteenth Amendment Centennial Quarter Dollar Coin Program Act
 
 
This bill requires the Department of the Treasury to mint and issue quarter-dollar coins in commemoration of the ratification of the Nineteenth Amendment granting women the right to vote. The design on the reverse of each coin shall be emblematic of the accomplishments and contributions of a prominent woman who was a resident of a state, the District of Columbia, or a U.S. territory. 
 
Such coins shall be issued in alphabetical order of the area represented, starting with the state of Alabama. 
 
Treasury shall: 
 
 
initiate a program to promote collection of the coins and recognition of their subjects, and 
 
strike and make available for sale silver bullion coins that are the exact duplicates of the coins. 



Legislative actions:
action_date: 2018-03-15
text: Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services.
action_date: 2018-03-15
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2018-03-15
text: Introduced in House