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Small Business 7(a) Lending Oversight Reform Act of 2018

Bill: 115-s-2283
Sponsor: Sen. Risch, James E. [R-ID]
Introduced: 2018-01-09 in the Senate
Policy area: Commerce
Subjects: Agricultural prices, subsidies, credit
Business investment and capital
Congressional oversight
Credit and credit markets
Executive agency funding and structure
Government lending and loan guarantees
Government studies and investigations
Small Business Administration
Small business

Summary:
action_date: 2018-01-09
text: 

Small Business 7(a) Lending Oversight Reform Act of 2018

 
This bill amends the Small Business Act to provide statutory authority for the Small Business Administration (SBA) Office of Credit Risk Management and the SBA Lender Oversight Committee.
 
For FY2018 and each ensuing fiscal year, the SBA may, with congressional approval, increase the cap for general business loans if the cap will be reached within that fiscal year. An increase may only be implemented once each fiscal year.

action_date: 2018-03-19
text: 

Small Business 7(a) Lending Oversight Reform Act of 2018

 
This bill amends the Small Business Act to provide statutory authority for the Small Business Administration (SBA) Office of Credit Risk Management and the SBA Lender Oversight Committee.
 
For FY2018 and each ensuing fiscal year, the SBA may, with congressional approval, increase the cap for general business loans if the cap will be reached within that fiscal year. An increase may only be implemented once each fiscal year.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2018-06-05
text: By Senator Risch from Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship filed written report. Report No. 115-265.
action_date: 2018-06-05
text: By Senator Risch from Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship filed written report. Report No. 115-265.
action_date: 2018-05-15
text: Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship. Hearings held. Hearings printed: S.Hrg. 115-322.
action_date: 2018-03-19
text: Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 351.
action_date: 2018-03-19
text: Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship. Reported by Senator Risch with an amendment in the nature of a substitute. Without written report.
action_date: 2018-03-19
text: Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship. Reported by Senator Risch with an amendment in the nature of a substitute. Without written report.
action_date: 2018-03-14
text: Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship. Ordered to be reported with an amendment in the nature of a substitute favorably.
action_date: 2018-01-09
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship.
action_date: 2018-01-09
text: Introduced in Senate
BuyAmerican.gov Act of 2018

Bill: 115-s-2284
Sponsor: Sen. Portman, Rob [R-OH]
Introduced: 2018-01-09 in the Senate
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Subjects: Accounting and auditing
Buy American requirements
Congressional oversight
Free trade and trade barriers
Government ethics and transparency, public corruption
Government information and archives
Government studies and investigations
Manufacturing
Public contracts and procurement
Trade restrictions

Summary:
action_date: 2018-01-09
text: 

BuyAmerican.gov Act of 2018

 
This bill requires the General Services Administration to establish a publicly available website that contains details regarding waivers of and exceptions to Buy American laws. The website must contain information on all waivers and exceptions that have been requested, are under consideration, or have been granted by federal agencies. 
 
The bill also: (1) specifies requirements for granting public interest waivers of Buy American laws; and (2) requires the Department of Commerce to report to Congress and the President on the implementation of, and compliance with, Buy American laws.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2018-01-09
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.
action_date: 2018-01-09
text: Introduced in Senate
A bill to require mailing addresses to correspond with the physical address at which the mail will be delivered.

Bill: 115-s-2285
Sponsor: Sen. McCaskill, Claire [D-MO]
Introduced: 2018-01-10 in the Senate
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Subjects: Postal service

Summary:
action_date: 2018-01-10
text: 
This bill requires the state and municipality used by the U.S. Postal Service for the delivery address of mail to correspond with the state and municipality of the physical address of the location for such delivery.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2018-01-10
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.
action_date: 2018-01-10
text: Introduced in Senate
Nick Castle Peace Corps Reform Act of 2018

Bill: 115-s-2286
Sponsor: Sen. Corker, Bob [R-TN]
Introduced: 2018-01-10 in the Senate
Policy area: International Affairs
Subjects: Advisory bodies
Assault and harassment offenses
Congressional oversight
Crime victims
Diplomacy, foreign officials, Americans abroad
Drug therapy
Employee performance
Executive agency funding and structure
Government employee pay, benefits, personnel management
Government information and archives
Government studies and investigations
Health information and medical records
Health personnel
Infectious and parasitic diseases
National and community service
Peace Corps
Performance measurement
Personnel records
Sex offenses
Social work, volunteer service, charitable organizations
Worker safety and health

Summary:
action_date: 2018-01-10
text: 

Nick Castle Peace Corps Reform Act of 2018

 

 
This bill provides for certain support services and crime risk protections for Peace Corps volunteers. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2018-03-14
text: Referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs, 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 Foreign Affairs, 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: Message on Senate action sent to the House.
action_date: 2018-03-14
text: Received in the House.
action_date: 2018-03-13
text: Passed Senate with amendments by Voice Vote. (text as passed: CR S1691-1693)
action_date: 2018-03-13
text: Passed/agreed to in Senate: Passed Senate with amendments by Voice Vote.(text as passed: CR S1691-1693)
action_date: 2018-03-13
text: Measure laid before Senate by unanimous consent. (consideration: CR S1688-1693)
action_date: 2018-02-12
text: Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 308.
action_date: 2018-02-12
text: Committee on Foreign Relations. Reported by Senator Corker with amendments. Without written report.
action_date: 2018-02-12
text: Committee on Foreign Relations. Reported by Senator Corker with amendments. Without written report.
action_date: 2018-02-07
text: Committee on Foreign Relations. Ordered to be reported with amendments favorably.
action_date: 2018-01-10
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations.
action_date: 2018-01-10
text: Introduced in Senate
No Taxation on Device Innovation Act

Bill: 115-s-2287
Sponsor: Sen. Markey, Edward J. [D-MA]
Introduced: 2018-01-10 in the Senate
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Accounting and auditing
Energy prices
Energy revenues and royalties
Gulf of Mexico
Health technology, devices, supplies
Marine and coastal resources, fisheries
Oil and gas
Sales and excise taxes
Tax administration and collection, taxpayers

Summary:
action_date: 2018-01-10
text: 

No Taxation on Device Innovation Act

 
This bill amends the Internal Revenue Code to repeal the excise tax on medical devices. The bill also prohibits: (1) major integrated oil companies from using the last-in, first-out (LIFO) accounting method; and (2) the issuance of new oil or natural gas production leases in the Gulf of Mexico under the Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act to any person who does not renegotiate certain existing leases to require royalty payments if the price of oil and natural gas is greater than or equal to specified price thresholds. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2018-01-10
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
action_date: 2018-01-10
text: Introduced in Senate
VET Protection Act of 2017

Bill: 115-s-2288
Sponsor: Sen. Cruz, Ted [R-TX]
Introduced: 2018-01-10 in the Senate
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security

Summary:
action_date: 2018-01-10
text: 

Veterans, Employees, and Taxpayers Protection Act of 2017 or the VET Protection Act of 2017

 
This bill directs the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) to track the use of official time by VA employees without using estimates or time ranges. 
 
Official time is time granted to an employee under federal labor-management relations provisions to perform representational or consultative functions during which the employee would otherwise be in a duty status.
 
The bill prohibits: (1) a VA employee from using official time to carry out political or lobbying activities; (2) specified health care employees, probationary employees, or employees above a certain salary level from using official time for any purpose; and (3) any VA employee from spending more than 25% of the time such employee would otherwise be in a duty status on official time.
 
An exclusive bargaining agreement shall allow a VA employee to terminate a voluntary dues allotment at any time.
 
A covered VA employee shall serve a two-year probationary period, after which the employee's supervisor shall determine within 90 days whether or not the appointment is permanent. A covered employee is any individual appointed to a permanent position within the competitive service or the Senior Executive Service and does not include specified health care practitioners.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2018-01-10
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
action_date: 2018-01-10
text: Introduced in Senate
Data Breach Prevention and Compensation Act of 2018

Bill: 115-s-2289
Sponsor: Sen. Warren, Elizabeth [D-MA]
Introduced: 2018-01-10 in the Senate
Policy area: Finance and Financial Sector
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Civil actions and liability
Computer security and identity theft
Consumer Financial Protection Bureau
Consumer credit
Department of Commerce
Department of Homeland Security
Executive agency funding and structure
Federal Trade Commission (FTC)
Government employee pay, benefits, personnel management
Government studies and investigations

Summary:
action_date: 2018-01-10
text: 

Data Breach Prevention and Compensation Act of 2018 

 
This bill creates the Office of Cybersecurity within the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) that, in part, must: 
 
 
supervise, evaluate, and regulate specified agencies' management of data security; 
 
examine agencies annually for compliance with regulations; 
 
investigate an agency in the event of a breach covered by the bill or suspected noncompliance with regulations, and report on any findings of such investigation; and 
 
coordinate with the National Institute of Standards and Technology and the National Cybersecurity and Communications Integration Center of the Department of Homeland Security. 
 
 
The office is authorized to: (1) investigate an agency's compliance with regulations regarding any data breach, and (2) enjoin an agency from violating specified regulations. 
 
Specified consumer reporting agencies, in part, must: 
 
 
provide the office with information relating to security measures, 
 
demonstrate reasonable data protection measures, and 
 
notify the FTC of a covered breach. 
 
 
The bill establishes civil penalties for violations and directs the FTC to enforce compliance. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2018-07-12
text: Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs. Hearings held.
action_date: 2018-01-10
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs.
action_date: 2018-01-10
text: Introduced in Senate
A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to make permanent the individual tax rates in effect for taxable years 2018 through 2025.

Bill: 115-s-2291
Sponsor: Sen. Cruz, Ted [R-TX]
Introduced: 2018-01-10 in the Senate
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Capital gains tax
Income tax rates
Inflation and prices

Summary:
action_date: 2018-01-10
text: 
This bill amends the Internal Revenue Code to make permanent provisions included in P.L. 115-97 (commonly known as the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act) that: (1) reduced the individual tax rates, and (2) modified the taxation of the unearned income of children. The existing individual tax rates (10%, 12%, 22%, 24%, 32%, 35%, and 37%) are currently scheduled to expire and revert to higher rates at the end of 2025. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2018-01-10
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
action_date: 2018-01-10
text: Introduced in Senate
Florida Coastal Protection Act

Bill: 115-s-2292
Sponsor: Sen. Nelson, Bill [D-FL]
Introduced: 2018-01-10 in the Senate
Policy area: Energy
Subjects: Florida
Gulf of Mexico
Marine and coastal resources, fisheries
Oil and gas

Summary:
action_date: 2018-01-10
text: 

Florida Coastal Protection Act

 
This bill amends the Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act to prohibit the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management from offering any tract for oil and gas leasing or preleasing in the following areas: 
 
 
 the Eastern Gulf of Mexico Planning Area that is within 125 miles of the coastline of Florida,
 
 the South Atlantic Planning Area that is south of 30 degrees 43 minutes North Latitude, or 
 
 the Straits of Florida Planning Area.
 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2018-01-10
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. (Sponsor introductory remarks on measure: CR S139-141)
action_date: 2018-01-10
text: Introduced in Senate
Visa Transparency Anti-Trafficking Act of 2018

Bill: 115-s-2293
Sponsor: Sen. Blumenthal, Richard [D-CT]
Introduced: 2018-01-11 in the Senate
Policy area: Immigration
Subjects: Congressional oversight
Foreign labor
Government information and archives
Immigration status and procedures
Marshall Islands
Micronesia
Palau
Right of privacy
Visas and passports

Summary:
action_date: 2018-01-11
text: 

Visa Transparency Anti-Trafficking Act of 2018 

 
This bill amends the Immigration and Nationality Act to: (1) expand nonimmigrant employer annual data reporting requirements to include all nonimmigrant worker categories and compensated cultural exchange, training, and business classifications; and (2) require that such information be made public. (Employment means employment in the United States and includes cultural exchanges, training, or business activities for which the nonimmigrant receives any form of compensation.) 
 
Expanded reporting requirements shall include information regarding: (1) age and gender of admitted nonimmigrants, (2) categories and numbers of visas issued and numbers of persons admitted under each visa, (4) blanket petitions, (5) nonimmigrant worker employers, and (6) citizens of nations with Compacts of Free Association with the United States who are authorized to reside permanently in the United States as nonimmigrants. 
 
The Department of Homeland Security (DHS), the Department of State, and the Department of Labor may revise forms or databases used to regulate nonimmigrant visas or grant nonimmigrant status.
 
The State Department and Labor shall share report-related information with DHS.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2018-01-11
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2018-01-11
text: Introduced in Senate
SERVE Act of 2017

Bill: 115-s-2294
Sponsor: Sen. Blumenthal, Richard [D-CT]
Introduced: 2018-01-11 in the Senate
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Government information and archives
Student aid and college costs
Veterans' education, employment, rehabilitation
Veterans' loans, housing, homeless programs

Summary:
action_date: 2018-01-11
text: 

Securing Electronic Records for Veterans' Ease Act of 2017 or the SERVE Act of 2017

 
This bill directs the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) to: (1) furnish individuals receiving Post-9/11 educational assistance with documentation verifying the amount of the recipient's monthly housing stipend, and (2) make such documentation available using an Internet website in the same manner that the VA provides individuals with documentation verifying other compensation and benefits.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2018-01-11
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
action_date: 2018-01-11
text: Introduced in Senate
FAIR Act

Bill: 115-s-2295
Sponsor: Sen. Schatz, Brian [D-HI]
Introduced: 2018-01-11 in the Senate
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Subjects: Government employee pay, benefits, personnel management
Inflation and prices

Summary:
action_date: 2018-01-11
text: 

Federal Adjustment of Income Rates Act of 2018 or the FAIR Act

 
This bill increases by 3% in FY2019 the rates of basic pay for federal employees under the statutory pay systems (i.e., the General Schedule, the Foreign Service Schedule, and various schedules related to the Veterans Health Administration) and for prevailing rate employees. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2018-01-11
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.
action_date: 2018-01-11
text: Introduced in Senate
GOOD Act

Bill: 115-s-2296
Sponsor: Sen. Johnson, Ron [R-WI]
Introduced: 2018-01-11 in the Senate
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Government information and archives

Summary:
action_date: 2018-01-11
text: 

Guidance Out Of Darkness Act or the GOOD Act

 
This bill requires an agency to publish a guidance document on the agency's website on the day the guidance document is issued. All guidance documents issued by an agency during the last 10 years must be published in a single location on the agency's website. On the day a guidance document is rescinded, an agency must indicate that the guidance document is rescinded and the date on which it was rescinded.

action_date: 2018-06-07
text: 

Guidance Out Of Darkness Act or the GOOD Act

 
This bill requires an agency to: (1) publish guidance documents online on the dates they are issued, (2) publish all of its guidance documents that are in effect in a single location on regulations.gov, and (3) display a hyperlink on its website that provides access to the guidance documents on regulations.gov.
 
The documents must be categorized as guidance documents and further divided into subcategories. 
 
 On the date a guidance document is rescinded, an agency must add an indication on regulations.gov that the guidance document is rescinded and the date on which it was rescinded. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2018-06-07
text: Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 448.
action_date: 2018-06-07
text: Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs. Reported by Senator Johnson with an amendment in the nature of a substitute. With written report No. 115-271.
action_date: 2018-06-07
text: Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs. Reported by Senator Johnson with an amendment in the nature of a substitute. With written report No. 115-271.
action_date: 2018-02-14
text: Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs. Ordered to be reported with an amendment in the nature of a substitute favorably.
action_date: 2018-01-11
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.
action_date: 2018-01-11
text: Introduced in Senate
Custer County Airport Conveyance Act

Bill: 115-s-2297
Sponsor: Sen. Thune, John [R-SD]
Introduced: 2018-01-11 in the Senate
Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources
Subjects: Aviation and airports
Forests, forestry, trees
Land transfers
South Dakota

Summary:
action_date: 2018-01-11
text: 

Custer County Airport Conveyance Act

 
This bill directs the Forest Service, if Custer County in South Dakota offers to acquire approximately 65.7 acres of National Forest System land in the county for market value, to convey such land to the county. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2018-11-15
text: Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 654.
action_date: 2018-11-15
text: Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. Reported by Senator Murkowski with amendments. With written report No. 115-367.
action_date: 2018-11-15
text: Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. Reported by Senator Murkowski with amendments. With written report No. 115-367.
action_date: 2018-10-02
text: Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. Ordered to be reported with an amendment favorably.
action_date: 2018-08-22
text: Committee on Energy and Natural Resources Subcommittee on Public Lands, Forests, and Mining. Hearings held. With printed Hearing: S.Hrg. 115-528.
action_date: 2018-01-11
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
action_date: 2018-01-11
text: Introduced in Senate
New England Coastal Protection Act

Bill: 115-s-2298
Sponsor: Sen. Whitehouse, Sheldon [D-RI]
Introduced: 2018-01-11 in the Senate
Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources
Subjects: Atlantic Ocean
Connecticut
Maine
Marine and coastal resources, fisheries
Massachusetts
New Hampshire
Oil and gas
Rhode Island

Summary:
action_date: 2018-01-11
text: 

New England Coastal Protection Act

 
This bill amends the Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act to prohibit the Department of the Interior from issuing a lease for the exploration, development, or production of oil or natural gas off the coast of: (1)Maine, (2) New Hampshire, (3)Massachusetts, (4)Rhode Island, or (5)Connecticut.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2018-01-11
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
action_date: 2018-01-11
text: Introduced in Senate
Wildfire Regulatory Relief Act of 2018

Bill: 115-s-2299
Sponsor: Sen. Inhofe, James M. [R-OK]
Introduced: 2018-01-11 in the Senate
Policy area: Emergency Management

Summary:
action_date: 2018-01-11
text: 

Wildfire Regulatory Relief Act of 2018

 
This bill amends the Food Security Act of 1985 to direct the Department of Agriculture to allow harvesting, grazing, or other commercial use of the forage on conservation reserve program lands when a governor declares a state of emergency.
 
The bill amends the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act (Stafford Act) to require the President, in evaluating a major disaster declaration request, to consider any impacts of the disaster that: (1) will impede the recovery efforts of affected individuals or the community; and (2) may not be addressed under disaster programs administered by the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) but are addressed by other disaster programs.
 
The bill amends the Post-Katrina Emergency Management Reform Act of 2006 to require FEMA to include within the emergency management performance grants program grants supporting joint interagency cooperation between state agencies responsible for responding to wildfires.
 
Not later than 15 days after the President declares a major disaster under the Stafford Act, or after a state of emergency is declared by a governor, the appropriate federal banking agencies and the Bureau of Consumer Financial Protection shall issue guidance to depository institutions located in the disaster area for reducing regulatory burdens for borrowers and communities to facilitate recovery from the disaster.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2018-01-11
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.
action_date: 2018-01-11
text: Introduced in Senate