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Bank Secrecy Reporting Review Act

Bill: 115-hr-6851
Sponsor: Rep. Emmer, Tom [R-MN-6]
Introduced: 2018-09-20 in the House
Policy area: Finance and Financial Sector
Subjects: Banking and financial institutions regulation
Census and government statistics
Criminal investigation, prosecution, interrogation
Criminal procedure and sentencing
Fraud offenses and financial crimes
Terrorism

Summary:
action_date: 2018-09-20
text: 

Bank Secrecy Reporting Review Act 

 
This bill directs the Department of Justice to annually report to the Department of the Treasury data regarding the usefulness of certain anti-money-laundering reporting requirements. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2018-09-20
text: Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services.
action_date: 2018-09-20
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2018-09-20
text: Introduced in House
Grants for Reliable, Efficient, and Accountable Transit Act

Bill: 115-hr-6852
Sponsor: Rep. Comstock, Barbara [R-VA-10]
Introduced: 2018-09-20 in the House
Policy area: Transportation and Public Works
Subjects: Alternative dispute resolution, mediation, arbitration
Civil actions and liability
Commuting
District of Columbia
Employee benefits and pensions
Employment discrimination and employee rights
Government studies and investigations
Inflation and prices
Intergovernmental relations
Judicial review and appeals
Labor-management relations
Maryland
Public transit
Right of privacy
State and local government operations
Transportation costs
Transportation programs funding
Transportation safety and security
Virginia
Wages and earnings
Worker safety and health

Summary:
action_date: 2018-09-20
text: 

Grants for Reliable, Efficient, and Accountable Transit Act

 
This bill amends the Passenger Rail Investment and Improvement Act of 2008 to reauthorize capital and preventive maintenance projects for the Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority (WMATA).
 
The bill revises provisions relating to standards for WMATA arbitrators and enforcement of awards in labor disputes. 
 
The state of Maryland, the Commonwealth of Virginia, and the District of Columbia (Signatories) shall amend the WMATA Compact to limit the annual growth in the rate of spending by each signatory by not more than 3% to subsidize operational needs of WMATA.
 
The bill sets forth whistle-blower protections for WMATA employees and criteria for pension benefits for current and prospective WMATA employees.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2018-09-21
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Highways and Transit.
action_date: 2018-09-20
text: Referred to the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.
action_date: 2018-09-20
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2018-09-20
text: Introduced in House
To amend title 31, United States Code, with respect to sharing of suspicious activity reports within a financial group, and for other purposes.

Bill: 115-hr-6853
Sponsor: Rep. Hill, J. French [R-AR-2]
Introduced: 2018-09-20 in the House
Policy area: Finance and Financial Sector
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Banking and financial institutions regulation
Corporate finance and management
Department of the Treasury
Fraud offenses and financial crimes
U.S. and foreign investments
White-collar crime

Summary:
action_date: 2018-09-20
text: 
This bill allows financial institutions to share suspicious-activity reports with foreign branches and affiliates unless the foreign branch or affiliate is located in a jurisdiction that (1) is subject to countermeasures imposed by the federal government, or (2) has been deemed unable to protect the privacy and confidentiality of such information.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2018-09-20
text: Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services.
action_date: 2018-09-20
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2018-09-20
text: Introduced in House
Hurricane Florence Tax Relief Act

Bill: 115-hr-6854
Sponsor: Rep. Holding, George [R-NC-2]
Introduced: 2018-09-20 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Charitable contributions
Disaster relief and insurance
Employee benefits and pensions
Income tax credits
Income tax deductions
Income tax exclusion
Natural disasters
North Carolina
Poverty and welfare assistance
South Carolina
Tax administration and collection, taxpayers
Tax treatment of families
Virginia
Wages and earnings

Summary:
action_date: 2018-09-20
text: 

Hurricane Florence Tax Relief Act

 
This bill amends the Internal Revenue Code to allow various tax credits, deductions, and modifications to existing rules for individuals and businesses affected by Hurricane Florence. 
 
With respect to individuals and businesses in the affected areas, the bill: 
 
 
 waives the 10% additional tax on early distributions from retirement plans for up to $100,000 in distributions made on or after September 13, 2018, and before January 1, 2020; 
 
 permits individuals to recontribute funds to retirement plans if the funds were distributed for a home purchase in a Hurricane Florence disaster area that was cancelled on account of the hurricane; 
 
 increases the limit and extends the repayment deadline for loans from retirement plans; 
 
 allows an employee retention tax credit for a portion of the wages paid to an employee whose principal place of employment on specified dates was in a Hurricane Florence disaster zone; 
 
 temporarily suspends the limitation on charitable contributions for relief efforts in the Hurricane Florence disaster area; 
 
 modifies the rules for the deduction for personal casualty losses; and 
 
 allows taxpayers to use earned income from the immediately preceding year for the purpose of determining earned income for the earned income tax credit and the child tax credit. 
 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2018-09-20
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2018-09-20
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2018-09-20
text: Introduced in House
To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to codify and permanently extend the Medicare hospital wage index imputed rural floor.

Bill: 115-hr-6855
Sponsor: Rep. MacArthur, Thomas [R-NJ-3]
Introduced: 2018-09-20 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Health care costs and insurance
Home and outpatient care
Hospital care
Inflation and prices
Medicare
Wages and earnings

Summary:
action_date: 2018-09-20
text: 
This bill provides statutory authority for, and extends, a specified methodology used to calculate the minimum Medicare hospital wage index for all-urban states.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2018-09-27
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2018-09-20
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2018-09-20
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2018-09-20
text: Introduced in House
PEPFAR and Protections for Orphans and Vulnerable Children Act of 2018

Bill: 115-hr-6856
Sponsor: Rep. McCollum, Betty [D-MN-4]
Introduced: 2018-09-20 in the House
Policy area: International Affairs
Subjects: Africa
Appropriations
Cardiovascular and respiratory health
Child health
Drug therapy
Foreign aid and international relief
Government studies and investigations
HIV/AIDS
Health programs administration and funding
Health promotion and preventive care
Infectious and parasitic diseases
International organizations and cooperation
World health

Summary:
action_date: 2018-09-20
text: 

PEPFAR and Protections for Orphans and Vulnerable Children Act of 2018

 
This bill amends the United States Leadership Against HIV/AIDS, Tuberculosis, and Malaria Act of 2003 to extend certain provisions related to the U.S. President's Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR), a U.S. governmental initiative addressing the global HIV/AIDS epidemic. Specifically, the bill extends through FY2023 provisions that: 
 
 
require the Inspectors General of the Department of State and the U.S. Agency for Global Media, jointly with the Department of Health and Human Services and the U.S. Agency for International Development, to coordinate and conduct oversight of PEPFAR programs; 
 
limit U.S. contributions to the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria to 33% of funds contributed from all sources; 
 
require that certain fund contributions be withheld under specified circumstances, such as if funds were used to assist a country that has repeatedly supported acts of international terrorism; and 
 
require that more than half of the PEPFAR budget be allocated for specified HIV/AIDS treatment and care. 

 
The bill also extends through FY2024 annual reporting requirements relating to HIV/AIDS treatment providers and costs.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2018-09-20
text: Referred to the House Committee on Foreign Affairs.
action_date: 2018-09-20
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2018-09-20
text: Introduced in House
National Vaccine Injury Compensation Program Improvement Act of 2018

Bill: 115-hr-6857
Sponsor: Del. Norton, Eleanor Holmes [D-DC-At Large]
Introduced: 2018-09-20 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Government employee pay, benefits, personnel management
Government liability
Immunology and vaccination
Judicial procedure and administration
Product safety and quality
Specialized courts

Summary:
action_date: 2018-09-20
text: 

National Vaccine Injury Compensation Program Improvement Act of 2018

 
This bill doubles the number of authorized special masters in the Office of Special Masters within the U.S. Court of Federal Claims, which decides claims under the National Vaccine Injury Compensation Program.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2018-09-20
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2018-09-20
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E1277)
action_date: 2018-09-20
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2018-09-20
text: Introduced in House
To require the Treasury to take a more prominent role in coordinating AML/CFT policy and examinations across the Government, and for other purposes.

Bill: 115-hr-6858
Sponsor: Rep. Pearce, Stevan [R-NM-2]
Introduced: 2018-09-20 in the House
Policy area: Finance and Financial Sector
Subjects: Bank accounts, deposits, capital
Banking and financial institutions regulation
Business records
Congressional oversight
Department of the Treasury
Executive agency funding and structure
Fraud offenses and financial crimes
Government information and archives
Government studies and investigations
Intelligence activities, surveillance, classified information
Terrorism

Summary:
action_date: 2018-09-20
text: 
This bill requires the Department of the Treasury's Office of Terrorism and Financial Intelligence and the Financial Crimes Enforcement Network to establish anti-money-laundering and counterterrorist-financing policy priorities. Financial institutions must incorporate these priorities into existing anti-money-laundering and counterterrorist-financing programs.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2018-09-20
text: Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services.
action_date: 2018-09-20
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2018-09-20
text: Introduced in House
Continuing Our Mission in Puerto Rico to Optimize and Modernize Infrastructure and Sustain Obligations Act

Bill: 115-hr-6859
Sponsor: Rep. Serrano, Jose E. [D-NY-15]
Introduced: 2018-09-20 in the House
Policy area: Emergency Management
Subjects: Caribbean area
Disaster relief and insurance
Natural disasters
Poverty and welfare assistance
Puerto Rico

Summary:
action_date: 2018-09-20
text: 

Continuing Our Mission in Puerto Rico to Optimize and Modernize Infrastructure and Sustain Obligations Act or the COMPROMISO Act

 
This bill directs that the federal share of assistance, including direct federal assistance, provided for Puerto Rico in connection with Hurricanes Irma and Maria under the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act with respect to a major disaster (specifically, regarding essential assistance, hazard mitigation, repair, restoration, and replacement of damaged facilities, debris removal, federal assistance to individuals and households, and public assistance program alternative procedures) shall be 100%.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2018-09-21
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Economic Development, Public Buildings and Emergency Management.
action_date: 2018-09-20
text: Referred to the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.
action_date: 2018-09-20
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2018-09-20
text: Introduced in House
GI Bill Transfer Extension Act

Bill: 115-hr-6860
Sponsor: Rep. Taylor, Scott [R-VA-2]
Introduced: 2018-09-20 in the House
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Higher education
Marriage and family status
Military personnel and dependents
Student aid and college costs
Veterans' education, employment, rehabilitation

Summary:
action_date: 2018-09-20
text: 

GI Bill Transfer Extension Act

 
This bill provides that a veteran who meets the length of U.S. Armed Forces service necessary to transfer Post-9/11 GI Bill educational assistance benefits to a dependent spouse, child, or both may transfer unused benefits to such persons for up to 15 years after discharge or release from the Armed Forces. (Currently, a qualified individual may only transfer such benefits during military service.)
 
The Department of Defense may not limit eligibility for such benefits based on a maximum number of active service years.
 
The bill makes these provisions retroactive to August 1, 2009.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2018-09-20
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Economic Opportunity.
action_date: 2018-09-20
text: Referred to the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
action_date: 2018-09-20
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2018-09-20
text: Introduced in House
To amend title 31, United States Code, with respect to FinCEN no-action letters, and for other purposes.

Bill: 115-hr-6861
Sponsor: Rep. Zeldin, Lee M. [R-NY-1]
Introduced: 2018-09-20 in the House
Policy area: Finance and Financial Sector
Subjects: Banking and financial institutions regulation
Civil actions and liability
Criminal investigation, prosecution, interrogation
Fraud offenses and financial crimes
Terrorism
User charges and fees

Summary:
action_date: 2018-09-20
text: 
This bill directs the Financial Crimes Enforcement Network to issue regulations regarding the issuance of no-action letters in response to inquiries concerning the application of certain anti-money-laundering and counter-terrorist-financing laws or regulations.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2018-09-20
text: Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services.
action_date: 2018-09-20
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2018-09-20
text: Introduced in House
Congressional Award Program Reauthorization Act of 2018

Bill: 115-hr-6862
Sponsor: Rep. Brat, Dave [R-VA-7]
Introduced: 2018-09-24 in the House
Policy area: Congress
Subjects: Congressional tributes
Social work, volunteer service, charitable organizations

Summary:
action_date: 2018-09-24
text: 

Congressional Award Program Reauthorization Act of 2018

 
This bill amends the Congressional Award Act to reauthorize through FY2023 the Congressional Award Board.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2018-09-24
text: Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce.
action_date: 2018-09-24
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2018-09-24
text: Introduced in House
Las Cruces Bataan Memorial Clinic Act

Bill: 115-hr-6863
Sponsor: Rep. Pearce, Stevan [R-NM-2]
Introduced: 2018-09-24 in the House
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Congressional tributes
Department of Veterans Affairs
Health facilities and institutions
Home and outpatient care
New Mexico
Veterans' medical care

Summary:
action_date: 2018-09-24
text: 

Las Cruces Bataan Memorial Clinic Act

 
This bill designates the community-based outpatient clinic of the Department of Veterans Affairs in Las Cruces, New Mexico, as the &quot;Las Cruces Bataan Memorial Clinic.&quot;


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2018-09-24
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2018-09-24
text: Referred to the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
action_date: 2018-09-24
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2018-09-24
text: Introduced in House
Information Transparency & Personal Data Control Act

Bill: 115-hr-6864
Sponsor: Rep. DelBene, Suzan K. [D-WA-1]
Introduced: 2018-09-24 in the House
Policy area: Commerce
Subjects: Accounting and auditing
Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Civil actions and liability
Computer security and identity theft
Computers and information technology
Consumer affairs
Government employee pay, benefits, personnel management
Right of privacy

Summary:
action_date: 2018-09-24
text: 

Information Transparency & Personal Data Control Act

 
This bill requires the Federal Trade Commission to establish requirements related to privacy, security, and consent for entities providing services to the public that collect, store, process, use, or otherwise control sensitive personal information.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2018-09-24
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2018-09-24
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2018-09-24
text: Introduced in House
Modernizing Illicit Financial Accountability and Reporting Act

Bill: 115-hr-6865
Sponsor: Rep. Kustoff, David [R-TN-8]
Introduced: 2018-09-24 in the House
Policy area: Finance and Financial Sector
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Bank accounts, deposits, capital
Banking and financial institutions regulation
Business records
Congressional oversight
Consumer affairs
Criminal investigation, prosecution, interrogation
Department of the Treasury
Fraud offenses and financial crimes
Government studies and investigations

Summary:
action_date: 2018-09-24
text: 

Modernizing Illicit Financial Accountability and Reporting Act

 
This bill directs the Government Accountability Office to report on the effectiveness of certain anti-money-laundering laws and regulations. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2018-09-24
text: Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services.
action_date: 2018-09-24
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2018-09-24
text: Introduced in House
To clarify exclusions from the definition of a deposit broker.

Bill: 115-hr-6866
Sponsor: Rep. LaHood, Darin [R-IL-18]
Introduced: 2018-09-24 in the House
Policy area: Finance and Financial Sector
Subjects: Bank accounts, deposits, capital
Banking and financial institutions regulation
Insurance industry and regulation

Summary:
action_date: 2018-09-24
text: 
This bill excludes from the definition of "deposit broker" an entity that is an exclusive agent of an insurance company and an affiliated depository institution. Deposit brokers place, or facilitate the placement of, deposits in a depository institution. Generally, under current law, an insured depository institution that is not well capitalized may not accept funds obtained by or through any deposit broker for deposit. This bill excludes certain deposits from those restrictions. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2018-09-24
text: Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services.
action_date: 2018-09-24
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2018-09-24
text: Introduced in House
To improve the leasing projects of the Department of Veterans Affairs, and for other purposes.

Bill: 115-hr-6867
Sponsor: Rep. Kilmer, Derek [D-WA-6]
Introduced: 2018-09-25 in the House
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Department of Veterans Affairs
Employment and training programs
Government buildings, facilities, and property
Government information and archives
Health facilities and institutions
Home and outpatient care
Veterans' medical care

Summary:
action_date: 2018-09-25
text: 
This bill requires the Department of Veterans Affairs to update its &quot;Planning and Activating Community Based Outpatient Clinics&quot; handbook at least once every five years to reflect current policies and practices.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2018-09-25
text: Referred to the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
action_date: 2018-09-25
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2018-09-25
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2018-09-25
text: Introduced in House
American Royalties Too Act of 2018

Bill: 115-hr-6868
Sponsor: Rep. Nadler, Jerrold [D-NY-10]
Introduced: 2018-09-25 in the House
Policy area: Commerce
Subjects: Art, artists, authorship
Congressional oversight
Government studies and investigations
Inflation and prices
Intellectual property

Summary:
action_date: 2018-09-25
text: 

American Royalties Too Act of 2018

 
This bill creates a right under copyright entitling artists to a royalty for the sale of their works of visual art, if the work was sold in an auction by someone other than the artist.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2018-09-25
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2018-09-25
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2018-09-25
text: Introduced in House
Violence Against Women Veterans Act

Bill: 115-hr-6869
Sponsor: Rep. Velazquez, Nydia M. [D-NY-7]
Introduced: 2018-09-25 in the House
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Assault and harassment offenses
Crime victims
Crimes against women
Domestic violence and child abuse
Emergency medical services and trauma care
Government studies and investigations
Health care coverage and access
Sex offenses
Veterans' loans, housing, homeless programs
Veterans' medical care

Summary:
action_date: 2018-09-25
text: 

Violence Against Women Veterans Act

 
This bill requires the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) to carry out a program to assist veterans who have experienced domestic violence or sexual assault access VA benefits.
 
The VA shall establish a national task force to address domestic violence and sexual assault among veterans and conduct a study to determine the scope of the problem.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2018-09-25
text: Referred to the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
action_date: 2018-09-25
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2018-09-25
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2018-09-25
text: Introduced in House
Rural Broadband Connectivity Act of 2018

Bill: 115-hr-6871
Sponsor: Rep. Marino, Tom [R-PA-10]
Introduced: 2018-09-25 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Income tax credits
Internet and video services
Internet, web applications, social media
Rural conditions and development
Telephone and wireless communication

Summary:
action_date: 2018-09-25
text: 

Rural Broadband Connectivity Act of 2018 

 
This bill amends the Internal Revenue Code to allow a tax credit for a portion of the cost of a broadband project designed to expand the number of individuals with broadband service in a qualified rural census tract. A &quot;qualified rural census tract&quot; must be designated by the Department of the Treasury as: (1) being rural, and (2) having less than 50% of residents with access to broadband service. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2018-09-25
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2018-09-25
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2018-09-25
text: Introduced in House