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A bill to amend the Omnibus Public Land Management Act of 2009 to reauthorize the Collaborative Forest Landscape Restoration Fund, and for other purposes.

Bill: 115-s-2811
Sponsor: Sen. Merkley, Jeff [D-OR]
Introduced: 2018-05-09 in the Senate
Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources

Summary:
action_date: 2018-05-09
text: 
This bill amends the Omnibus Public Land Management Act of 2009 to reauthorize the Collaborative Forest Landscape Restoration Fund through FY2029. The fund is used for providing payments for up to 50% of the costs of carrying out and monitoring ecological restoration treatments for priority forest landscapes on National Forest System lands under the Collaborative Forest Landscape Restoration Program. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2018-05-09
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry.
action_date: 2018-05-09
text: Introduced in Senate
Air Ambulance Consumer Protection Act

Bill: 115-s-2812
Sponsor: Sen. McCaskill, Claire [D-MO]
Introduced: 2018-05-10 in the Senate
Policy area: Transportation and Public Works

Summary:
action_date: 2018-05-10
text: 

Air Ambulance Consumer Protection Act

 
This bill requires the Department of Transportation (DOT) to establish an advisory committee to make recommendations for a rulemaking to: (1) require air ambulance operators to clearly disclose charges for air transportation services separately from charges for non-air transportation services within any invoice or bill, and (2) provide other consumer protections for customers of air ambulance operators.
 
The bill makes provisions relating to air transportation consumer complaints applicable to air ambulance transportation. It also allows an air ambulance customer to file a complaint requiring DOT to investigate whether air carriers or ticket agents have engaged in unfair or deceptive practices or unfair methods of competition. 
 
An air ambulance operator shall include the hotline telephone number established for consumer complaints on any invoice, bill, or other communication provided to a passenger or customer of the operator.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2018-05-10
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
action_date: 2018-05-10
text: Introduced in Senate
Local Cheese Promotion and Dairy Support Act of 2018

Bill: 115-s-2813
Sponsor: Sen. Murphy, Christopher [D-CT]
Introduced: 2018-05-10 in the Senate
Policy area: Agriculture and Food
Subjects: Agricultural education
Agricultural marketing and promotion
Agricultural prices, subsidies, credit
Business education
Education programs funding
Financial literacy
Food supply, safety, and labeling
Higher education

Summary:
action_date: 2018-05-10
text: 

Local Cheese Promotion and Dairy Support Act of 2018

 
This bill amends the Agricultural Adjustment Act to establish a Department of Agriculture (USDA) program to provide competitive grants to small cheese producers and cooperative groups of small cheese producers. 
 
In awarding grants, USDA must define the term &quot;small cheese producer&quot; and give preference to producers that use locally or regionally sourced product to produce cheese.
 
Grant recipients may use the funds to: 
 
 
 purchase equipment or renovate and make repairs to production facilities,
 
develop a business plan or perform a feasibility study to grow the business, 
 
 promote and market cheese,
 
 participate in accounting and financial literacy education and training,
 
 carry out food safety upgrades and training, and
 
participate in job training. 
 
 
Using no more than 10% of the funds provided for this bill, USDA must establish a cheese production, education, and promotion pilot project at eligible institutions, including:
 
 
land-grant colleges or universities, 
 
local offices of the National Institute of Food and Agriculture or other regional USDA offices, 
 
groups of regional experts that advise beginning farmers or ranchers, or
 
nonprofit organizations. 
 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2018-05-10
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry.
action_date: 2018-05-10
text: Introduced in Senate
New Markets for State-Inspected Meat and Poultry Act of 2018

Bill: 115-s-2814
Sponsor: Sen. Rounds, Mike [R-SD]
Introduced: 2018-05-10 in the Senate
Policy area: Agriculture and Food
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Food industry and services
Food supply, safety, and labeling
Intergovernmental relations
Meat
State and local government operations

Summary:
action_date: 2018-05-10
text: 

New Markets for State-Inspected Meat and Poultry Act of 2018 

 
This bill allows meat and poultry products inspected by State Meat and Poultry Inspection programs to be sold in interstate commerce. (Under the inspection programs, the Department of Agriculture Food Safety and Inspection Service allows states that meet certain requirements to inspect meat and poultry. The state-inspected products are currently limited to intrastate commerce, unless a state opts into a separate Cooperative Interstate Shipment Program.) 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2018-05-10
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry.
action_date: 2018-05-10
text: Introduced in Senate
Litigation Funding Transparency Act of 2018

Bill: 115-s-2815
Sponsor: Sen. Grassley, Chuck [R-IA]
Introduced: 2018-05-10 in the Senate
Policy area: Law
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Lawyers and legal services
Legal fees and court costs

Summary:
action_date: 2018-05-10
text: 

Litigation Funding Transparency Act of 2018

 
This bill requires disclosure of a commercial entity with a contingency right to receive compensation in class action lawsuits and multidistrict litigation in federal court.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2018-05-10
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. (text of measure as introduced: CR S2625)
action_date: 2018-05-10
text: Introduced in Senate
A bill to clarify that funding for the Securities Investor Protection Corporation is not subject to the sequester.

Bill: 115-s-2816
Sponsor: Sen. Enzi, Michael B. [R-WY]
Introduced: 2018-05-10 in the Senate
Policy area: Finance and Financial Sector
Subjects: Appropriations
Budget deficits and national debt
Financial crises and stabilization
Financial services and investments
Securities

Summary:
action_date: 2018-05-10
text: 
This bill provides that any sequestration ordered by the President under the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985 is inapplicable to funding of the Securities Investor Protection Corporation. (Sequestration is a process of automatic, usually across-the-board spending reductions under which budgetary resources are permanently cancelled to enforce specific budget policy goals.)


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2018-05-10
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Budget.
action_date: 2018-05-10
text: Introduced in Senate
A bill to clarify that funding for the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board is not subject to the sequester.

Bill: 115-s-2817
Sponsor: Sen. Enzi, Michael B. [R-WY]
Introduced: 2018-05-10 in the Senate
Policy area: Finance and Financial Sector
Subjects: Accounting and auditing
Appropriations
Budget deficits and national debt
Corporate finance and management
Financial services and investments

Summary:
action_date: 2018-05-10
text: 
This bill provides that any sequestration ordered by the President under the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985 is inapplicable to funding of the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board. (Sequestration is a process of automatic, usually across-the-board spending reductions under which budgetary resources are permanently cancelled to enforce specific budget policy goals.)


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2018-05-10
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Budget.
action_date: 2018-05-10
text: Introduced in Senate
A bill to clarify that funding for the standard setting body designated pursuant to section 19(b) of the Securities Act of 1933 is not subject to the sequester.

Bill: 115-s-2818
Sponsor: Sen. Enzi, Michael B. [R-WY]
Introduced: 2018-05-10 in the Senate
Policy area: Finance and Financial Sector
Subjects: Accounting and auditing
Appropriations
Budget deficits and national debt
Financial services and investments
Securities

Summary:
action_date: 2018-05-10
text: 
This bill provides that any sequestration ordered by the President under the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985 is inapplicable to funding of the body that sets standards for generally accepted accounting principles for purposes of securities laws. (Sequestration is a process of automatic, usually across-the-board spending reductions under which budgetary resources are permanently cancelled to enforce specific budget policy goals.)


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2018-05-10
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Budget.
action_date: 2018-05-10
text: Introduced in Senate
A bill to require the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to report on opioid prescribing rates of physicians of the Veterans Health Administration and to conduct pain management training for those physicians with the highest rates of opioid prescribing.

Bill: 115-s-2819
Sponsor: Sen. Inhofe, James M. [R-OK]
Introduced: 2018-05-10 in the Senate
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Department of Veterans Affairs
Drug trafficking and controlled substances
Employee performance
Government information and archives
Health information and medical records
Health personnel
Medical education
Prescription drugs
Veterans' medical care

Summary:
action_date: 2018-05-10
text: 
This bill directs the Department of Veterans Affairs to: (1) report at least annually to each Veterans Health Administration physician on his or her opioid prescribing rates, and (2) provide physicians who were among the highest opioid prescribers each fiscal year with pain management training. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2018-05-10
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
action_date: 2018-05-10
text: Introduced in Senate
Repeal the Trump Tax Hike on Victims of Sexual Harassment Act of 2018

Bill: 115-s-2820
Sponsor: Sen. Menendez, Robert [D-NJ]
Introduced: 2018-05-10 in the Senate
Policy area: Taxation

Summary:
action_date: 2018-05-10
text: 

Repeal the Trump Tax Hike on Victims of Sexual Harassment Act of 2018 

 
This bill amends the Internal Revenue Code to modify a provision that prohibits a tax deduction for: (1) a settlement or payment related to sexual harassment or sexual abuse if such settlement or payment is subject to a nondisclosure agreement, or (2) attorney's fees related to such a settlement or payment. 
 
The bill specifies that the limitation on the deductibility of attorney's fees applies only to the taxpayer who is prohibited from deducting the cost of the payment or settlement and not the taxpayer who is receiving the payment or settlement. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2018-05-10
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
action_date: 2018-05-10
text: Introduced in Senate
Mark Takai Atomic Veterans Healthcare Parity Act

Bill: 115-s-2821
Sponsor: Sen. Smith, Tina [D-MN]
Introduced: 2018-05-10 in the Senate
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security

Summary:
action_date: 2018-05-10
text: 

Mark Takai Atomic Veterans Healthcare Parity Act

 
This bill includes veterans who participated in the cleanup of Enewetak Atoll in the Marshall Islands anytime from 1977 through 1980 as radiation exposed veterans for purposes of the Department of Veterans Affairs presumption of service-connection for specified cancers. These veterans thereby become eligible for the same health care and other benefits given to service members who were involved in active nuclear tests.
 
Under a presumption of service-connection, specific disabilities diagnosed in certain veterans are presumed to have been caused by the circumstances of their military service. Health care benefits and disability compensation may then be awarded.
 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2018-05-10
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
action_date: 2018-05-10
text: Introduced in Senate
Farmer Veteran Opportunity Act of 2018

Bill: 115-s-2822
Sponsor: Sen. Stabenow, Debbie [D-MI]
Introduced: 2018-05-10 in the Senate
Policy area: Agriculture and Food
Subjects: Agricultural education
Agricultural insurance
Agricultural prices, subsidies, credit
Disaster relief and insurance
Farmland
Interest, dividends, interest rates
Land transfers
Minority and disadvantaged businesses
Veterans' education, employment, rehabilitation

Summary:
action_date: 2018-05-10
text: 

Farmer Veteran Opportunity Act of 2018

 
 This bill expands the assistance that is available to veteran farmers or ranchers from various Department of Agriculture (USDA) programs. The bill also specifies or modifies the definition of &quot;veteran farmer or rancher&quot; for several USDA programs. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2018-05-10
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry.
action_date: 2018-05-10
text: Introduced in Senate
Music Modernization Act

Bill: 115-s-2823
Sponsor: Sen. Hatch, Orrin G. [R-UT]
Introduced: 2018-05-10 in the Senate
Policy area: Commerce
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Appropriations
Congressional agencies
Criminal investigation, prosecution, interrogation
Department of Justice
Digital media
Executive agency funding and structure
Federal preemption
Government information and archives
Intellectual property
Library of Congress
Licensing and registrations
Music
Sound recording
State and local government operations
User charges and fees

Summary:
action_date: 2018-05-10
text: 

Music Modernization Act

 
This bill makes various changes to copyright law related to sound recordings, including providing protection for sound recordings fixed before February 15, 1972, creating a system for paying royalties to producers and sound engineers, and establishing a statutory blanket license for digital music services. The blanket license allows music services to distribute sound recordings covered by the license without negotiating for the rights for each individual recording, as long as the music service complies with the license's requirements, such as paying the required royalties.
 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2018-09-17
text: By Senator Grassley from Committee on the Judiciary filed written report. Report No. 115-339.
action_date: 2018-09-17
text: By Senator Grassley from Committee on the Judiciary filed written report. Report No. 115-339.
action_date: 2018-09-12
text: Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 569.
action_date: 2018-09-12
text: Committee on the Judiciary. Reported by Senator Grassley with an amendment in the nature of a substitute. Without written report.
action_date: 2018-09-12
text: Committee on the Judiciary. Reported by Senator Grassley with an amendment in the nature of a substitute. Without written report.
action_date: 2018-06-28
text: Committee on the Judiciary. Ordered to be reported with an amendment in the nature of a substitute favorably.
action_date: 2018-05-10
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2018-05-10
text: Introduced in Senate
Farm to Food Bank Act of 2018

Bill: 115-s-2824
Sponsor: Sen. Casey, Robert P., Jr. [D-PA]
Introduced: 2018-05-10 in the Senate
Policy area: Agriculture and Food
Subjects: Agricultural insurance
Agricultural prices, subsidies, credit
Food assistance and relief
Food supply, safety, and labeling
Fruit and vegetables
Government studies and investigations
Grain
Meat
Public-private cooperation
Seafood

Summary:
action_date: 2018-05-10
text: 

Farm to Food Bank Act of 2018 

 
This bill amends the Food, Conservation, and Energy Act of 2008 to require the Department of Agriculture (USDA) to establish a program to allocate funding to states to support the establishment and administration of farm to food bank programs. A "farm to food bank program" is a program under which agricultural producers donate food products to a food bank, an association of food banks, or a food assistance network for free distribution to individuals in need. 
 
The bill also amends the Federal Crop Insurance Act to require the Federal Crop Insurance Corporation to establish a procedure under which an insured crop that is donated by a producer does not qualify as a produced crop under a crop insurance claim. 
 
USDA must coordinate with the Environmental Protection Agency to conduct a study to evaluate and determine methods of measuring food waste, standards for the volume of food waste, and causal factors for food waste. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2018-05-10
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry.
action_date: 2018-05-10
text: Introduced in Senate
ADAAPT Act

Bill: 115-s-2825
Sponsor: Sen. Flake, Jeff [R-AZ]
Introduced: 2018-05-10 in the Senate
Policy area: Environmental Protection
Subjects: Air quality
Environmental technology
Latin America
Mexico
Rural conditions and development
State and local government operations

Summary:
action_date: 2018-05-10
text: 

Air Designation Actions in Areas of Pollutant Transport Act or the ADAAPT Act 

 
This bill amends the Clean Air Act to revise requirements for certain nonattainment areas, including provisions related to international border areas, marginal areas, and rural transport areas.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2018-05-10
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works.
action_date: 2018-05-10
text: Introduced in Senate
Fair Trade with China Enforcement Act

Bill: 115-s-2826
Sponsor: Sen. Rubio, Marco [R-FL]
Introduced: 2018-05-10 in the Senate
Policy area: Foreign Trade and International Finance
Subjects: Agricultural equipment and machinery
Alliances
Asia
Aviation and airports
China
Competitiveness, trade promotion, trade deficits
Computers and information technology
Electric power generation and transmission
Energy storage, supplies, demand
Foreign and international banking
Foreign and international corporations
Free trade and trade barriers
Genetics
Health technology, devices, supplies
Hong Kong
Human rights
Hybrid, electric, and advanced technology vehicles
Income tax exclusion
Income tax rates
Industrial policy and productivity
Intellectual property
Internet and video services
Internet, web applications, social media
Manufacturing
Marine and inland water transportation
Materials
Military procurement, research, weapons development
Motor vehicles
Protest and dissent
Railroads
Securities
Sovereignty, recognition, national governance and status
Tariffs
Taxation of foreign income
Technology transfer and commercialization
Telephone and wireless communication
Trade restrictions
U.S. and foreign investments
Wages and earnings

Summary:
action_date: 2018-05-10
text: 

Fair Trade with China Enforcement Act

 
This bill revises trade, finance, and tax provisions with respect to China. 
 
The bill directs the Department of Commerce to prohibit the export of certain U.S. technology and intellectual property to China.
 
The bill amends the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 to place a shareholder cap on Chinese investments in certain U.S. corporations. 
 
Federal agencies are prohibited from using or procuring telecommunications equipment or services from Huawei Technologies Company, ZTE Corporation, or any other entity reasonably believed to be owned or controlled by China. 
 
The bill amends the Trade Act of 1974 to require the U.S. Trade Representative to list certain Chinese products that receive support pursuant to China's Made in China 2025 policy. The bill amends the Tariff Act of 1930 to expedite the countervailing duty process (i.e., the imposition of duties to offset a subsidy by a foreign government) for products on such a list. 
 
The bill amends the Internal Revenue Code to: 
 
 
repeal certain reduced withholding rates for residents of China, 
 
tax income received by China from certain U.S. investments, and 
 
tax income derived from certain Chinese investments. 



Legislative actions:
action_date: 2018-05-10
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. (Sponsor introductory remarks on measure: CR S2625-2627)
action_date: 2018-05-10
text: Introduced in Senate
A bill to amend the Morris K. Udall and Stewart L. Udall Foundation Act.

Bill: 115-s-2827
Sponsor: Sen. Heinrich, Martin [D-NM]
Introduced: 2018-05-10 in the Senate
Policy area: Environmental Protection
Subjects: Alternative dispute resolution, mediation, arbitration
Arizona
Environmental assessment, monitoring, research
Executive agency funding and structure
Federal-Indian relations
Higher education
Indian lands and resources rights
Land use and conservation
Parks, recreation areas, trails
Policy sciences
Wilderness and natural areas, wildlife refuges, wild rivers, habitats

Summary:
action_date: 2018-05-10
text: 
This bill amends the Morris K. Udall and Stewart L. Udall Foundation Act to reauthorize through FY2024 the Environmental Dispute Resolution Fund to provide funding for the U.S. Institute for Environmental Conflict Resolution. 
 
In addition, the bill revises requirements governing the foundation. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2018-12-19
text: Held at the desk.
action_date: 2018-12-19
text: Received in the House.
action_date: 2018-12-17
text: Message on Senate action sent to the House.
action_date: 2018-12-13
text: Passed Senate with an amendment by Unanimous Consent.
action_date: 2018-12-13
text: Passed/agreed to in Senate: Passed Senate with an amendment by Unanimous Consent.
action_date: 2018-12-13
text: The committee substitute withdrawn by Unanimous Consent.
action_date: 2018-12-13
text: Measure laid before Senate by unanimous consent. (consideration: CR S7621)
action_date: 2018-11-13
text: By Senator Barrasso from Committee on Environment and Public Works filed written report. Report No. 115-349.
action_date: 2018-11-13
text: By Senator Barrasso from Committee on Environment and Public Works filed written report. Report No. 115-349.
action_date: 2018-09-18
text: Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 578.
action_date: 2018-09-18
text: Committee on Environment and Public Works. Reported by Senator Barrasso with an amendment in the nature of a substitute. Without written report.
action_date: 2018-09-18
text: Committee on Environment and Public Works. Reported by Senator Barrasso with an amendment in the nature of a substitute. Without written report.
action_date: 2018-09-18
text: Committee on Environment and Public Works. Ordered to be reported with an amendment in the nature of a substitute favorably.
action_date: 2018-05-10
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works.
action_date: 2018-05-10
text: Introduced in Senate
Sober Home Fraud Detection Act

Bill: 115-s-2828
Sponsor: Sen. Rubio, Marco [R-FL]
Introduced: 2018-05-10 in the Senate
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Drug, alcohol, tobacco use
Fraud offenses and financial crimes
Health facilities and institutions
Long-term, rehabilitative, and terminal care
Medical ethics
Medical tests and diagnostic methods

Summary:
action_date: 2018-05-10
text: 

Sober Home Fraud Detection Act

 
This bill requires the Department of Health and Human Services to publish common indicators of potentially fraudulent or disreputable recovery housing (alcohol- and drug-free shared living environments that promote recovery from substance use disorders), such as with respect to unusual billing practices, longer than average occupancies, and excessive levels of drug testing.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2018-05-10
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
action_date: 2018-05-10
text: Introduced in Senate