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Environmental Compliance Cost Transparency Act of 2018

Bill: 115-hr-5556
Sponsor: Rep. Gosar, Paul A. [R-AZ-4]
Introduced: 2018-04-18 in the House
Policy area: Energy
Subjects: Congressional oversight
Consumer affairs
Electric power generation and transmission
Environmental regulatory procedures
Public utilities and utility rates
Wildlife conservation and habitat protection

Summary:
action_date: 2018-04-18
text: 

Environmental Compliance Cost Transparency Act of 2018

 
This bill requires the Bonneville Power Administration, the Western Area Power Administration, the Southwestern Power Administration, and the Southeastern Power Administration to include in monthly billing statements sent to each customer estimates of the customer's share of such administration's direct and indirect costs for compliance with any relevant federal environmental laws impacting the conservation of fish and wildlife. 
 
Each administration must report each year on: (1) estimates of its total direct and indirect compliance costs, and (2) sources of replacement power.

action_date: 2018-09-20
text: 

Environmental Compliance Cost Transparency Act of 2018

 
This bill requires the Bonneville Power Administration, the Western Area Power Administration, the Southwestern Power Administration, and the Southeastern Power Administration to include in monthly billing statements sent to each customer estimates of the customer's share of such administration's direct and indirect costs for compliance with any relevant federal environmental laws impacting the conservation of fish and wildlife. 
 
Each administration must report each year on: (1) estimated costs and factors affecting total power costs, including total direct and indirect compliance costs; and (2) sources of replacement power.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2018-09-20
text: Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 742.
action_date: 2018-09-20
text: Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Natural Resources. H. Rept. 115-954.
action_date: 2018-09-20
text: Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Natural Resources. H. Rept. 115-954.
action_date: 2018-07-18
text: Ordered to be Reported (Amended) by Unanimous Consent.
action_date: 2018-07-18
text: Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
action_date: 2018-07-18
text: Subcommittee on Water, Power and Oceans Discharged.
action_date: 2018-07-11
text: Subcommittee Hearings Held.
action_date: 2018-04-26
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Water, Power and Oceans.
action_date: 2018-04-18
text: Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.
action_date: 2018-04-18
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2018-04-18
text: Introduced in House
Safe Disposal of Opioids Act of 2018

Bill: 115-hr-5557
Sponsor: Rep. Bonamici, Suzanne [D-OR-1]
Introduced: 2018-04-18 in the House
Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement
Subjects: Cancer
Drug therapy
Drug trafficking and controlled substances
Health care costs and insurance
Law enforcement administration and funding
Long-term, rehabilitative, and terminal care
Prescription drugs
Solid waste and recycling
User charges and fees

Summary:
action_date: 2018-04-18
text: 

Safe Disposal of Opioids Act of 2018

 
This bill amends the Comprehensive Addiction and Recovery Act of 2016 to direct the Department of Justice to award grants to establish or maintain disposal sites for unwanted prescription medications.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2018-04-18
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2018-04-18
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2018-04-18
text: Introduced in House
Alternatives to Opioids Prescribing Act

Bill: 115-hr-5558
Sponsor: Rep. Buchanan, Vern [R-FL-16]
Introduced: 2018-04-18 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Alternative treatments
Congressional oversight
Drug trafficking and controlled substances
Emergency medical services and trauma care
Hospital care
Medicare

Summary:
action_date: 2018-04-18
text: 

Alternatives to Opioids Prescribing Act

 
This bill requires the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) to carry out a demonstration project to evaluate alternatives to the use of opioids to treat Medicare enrollees in hospital emergency departments. Under the project, the CMS must provide incentive payments to participating hospitals for decreasing the use of opioids and increasing the use of opioid alternatives. 



Legislative actions:
action_date: 2018-04-25
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2018-04-18
text: Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on Ways and Means, 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: 2018-04-18
text: Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on Ways and Means, 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: 2018-04-18
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2018-04-18
text: Introduced in House
Scientific Flood Mapping Act

Bill: 115-hr-5559
Sponsor: Rep. Crawford, Eric A. "Rick" [R-AR-1]
Introduced: 2018-04-18 in the House
Policy area: Emergency Management
Subjects: Advisory bodies
Congressional oversight
Department of the Interior
Emergency planning and evacuation
Executive agency funding and structure
Floods and storm protection
Geography and mapping
Government trust funds
User charges and fees

Summary:
action_date: 2018-04-18
text: 

Scientific Flood Mapping Act

 
This bill directs the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) and the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) to jointly prepare a report describing the process by which FEMA shall transfer to the USGS all functions related to the preparation of flood maps as required under the National Flood Insurance Act of 1968 that FEMA was previously responsible for performing. FEMA must transfer such functions by 18 months after enactment of this bill.
 
The bill changes the membership composition of the Technical Mapping Advisory Council.
 
The bill amends the National Flood Insurance Act to direct the USGS to charge policy holders a fee for the purpose of recovering the cost of mapping activities. FEMA shall deposit the fees collected into a Flood Insurance Risk Mapping Fund which shall be available to the USGS for mapping activities.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2018-04-30
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Energy and Mineral Resources.
action_date: 2018-04-18
text: Referred to the Committee on Financial Services, and in addition to the Committee on Natural Resources, 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: 2018-04-18
text: Referred to the Committee on Financial Services, and in addition to the Committee on Natural Resources, 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: 2018-04-18
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2018-04-18
text: Introduced in House
Defective Firearms Protection Act

Bill: 115-hr-5560
Sponsor: Rep. Dingell, Debbie [D-MI-12]
Introduced: 2018-04-18 in the House
Policy area: Commerce
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Consumer Product Safety Commission
Firearms and explosives
Product safety and quality

Summary:
action_date: 2018-04-18
text: 

Defective Firearms Protection Act

 
This bill amends the Consumer Product Safety Act to allow the Consumer Product Safety Commission to issue safety standards for firearms and firearm components. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2018-04-18
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2018-04-18
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2018-04-18
text: Introduced in House
Barbara Johns Congressional Gold Medal Act

Bill: 115-hr-5561
Sponsor: Rep. Garrett, Thomas A., Jr. [R-VA-5]
Introduced: 2018-04-18 in the House
Policy area: Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues
Subjects: Congressional tributes
Elementary and secondary education
Museums, exhibitions, cultural centers
Racial and ethnic relations
U.S. history

Summary:
action_date: 2018-04-18
text: 
This bill directs the Speaker of the House of Representatives and the President pro tempore of the Senate to arrange for the posthumous award of a Congressional Gold Medal to Barbara Rose Johns in recognition of her achievements and contributions to the nation and civil rights.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2018-04-18
text: Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services.
action_date: 2018-04-18
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2018-04-18
text: Introduced in House
Protecting NAS Babies Act

Bill: 115-hr-5562
Sponsor: Rep. Jenkins, Evan H. [R-WV-3]
Introduced: 2018-04-18 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Child health
Congressional oversight
Drug, alcohol, tobacco use
Health information and medical records
Health promotion and preventive care
Medical research
Sex and reproductive health
State and local government operations
Women's health

Summary:
action_date: 2018-04-18
text: 

Protecting Neonatal Abstinence Syndrome Babies Act or the Protecting NAS Babies Act

 
This bill requires the Department of Health and Human Services to develop a strategy for implementing recommendations from a departmental report on prenatal opioid exposure and neonatal abstinence syndrome (a syndrome in which newborns exhibit withdrawal symptoms because of substance use during pregnancy). The strategy must include timelines for implementation, resources for state health agencies, and recommendations for any needed statutory changes.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2018-04-25
text: Subcommittee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
action_date: 2018-04-25
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2018-04-18
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2018-04-18
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2018-04-18
text: Introduced in House
Gus Schumacher Food Insecurity Nutrition Incentive Reauthorization Act of 2018

Bill: 115-hr-5563
Sponsor: Rep. Kildee, Daniel T. [D-MI-5]
Introduced: 2018-04-18 in the House
Policy area: Agriculture and Food
Subjects: Employment and training programs
Food assistance and relief
Fruit and vegetables
Intergovernmental relations
Performance measurement

Summary:
action_date: 2018-04-18
text: 

Gus Schumacher Food Insecurity Nutrition Incentive Reauthorization Act of 2018 

 
This bill reauthorizes and modifies the Department of Agriculture (USDA) Food Insecurity Nutrition Incentive grant program. The program supports projects to increase the purchase of fruits and vegetables among low-income consumers participating in the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP, formerly known as the food stamp program) by providing incentives at the point of purchase. 
 
The bill renames the program the Gus Schumacher Food Insecurity Nutrition Incentive program and modifies requirements regarding the nonfederal share, application criteria, and the priorities for awarding grants. 
 
The bill also requires USDA to establish a Food Insecurity Nutrition Incentive Program Training, Evaluation, and Information Center to assist grant recipients.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2018-05-22
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Nutrition.
action_date: 2018-04-18
text: Referred to the House Committee on Agriculture.
action_date: 2018-04-18
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2018-04-18
text: Introduced in House
Help Students Vote Act

Bill: 115-hr-5564
Sponsor: Rep. Krishnamoorthi, Raja [D-IL-8]
Introduced: 2018-04-18 in the House
Policy area: Education
Subjects: Civil actions and liability
Education programs funding
Elections, voting, political campaign regulation
Higher education
Voting rights

Summary:
action_date: 2018-04-18
text: 

Help Students Vote Act

 
This bill addresses voter registration of students who attend institutions of higher education (IHEs) that participate in federal student aid programs, including by (1) requiring IHEs to make a good faith effort to distribute voter registration forms to each of their students at least twice a year, (2) authorizing grants to IHEs that greatly exceed the requirements governing the distribution of voter registration forms, and (3) allowing civil actions against IHEs that violate the requirements.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2018-04-24
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR H3493-3494)
action_date: 2018-04-18
text: Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce.
action_date: 2018-04-18
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2018-04-18
text: Introduced in House
WE Work Act

Bill: 115-hr-5565
Sponsor: Rep. Lawrence, Brenda L. [D-MI-14]
Introduced: 2018-04-18 in the House
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Subjects: Congressional oversight
Employee benefits and pensions
Employee leave
Employment discrimination and employee rights
Government employee pay, benefits, personnel management
Government studies and investigations
Labor standards
Wages and earnings
Women's employment

Summary:
action_date: 2018-04-18
text: 

Women's Equality Workforce Oversight Act or the WE Work Act

 
This bill directs the Government Accountability Office to conduct a study to determine which federal agencies have the greatest impact on women's participation in the workforce and evaluate the impact of those agencies.
 
Such agencies shall include, at a minimum:
 
 
 the Department of Labor, specifically the Women's Bureau; 
 
 the Department of Transportation; 
 
 the Small Business Administration, including the Office of Women's Business Ownership; and
 
 any apprenticeship program that receives funding from a federal agency. 
 
 
The study shall examine, among other things, each agency's policies and procedures for improving the participation of women in the workforce and shall also include an analysis of specific barriers to such participation.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2018-04-18
text: Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform.
action_date: 2018-04-18
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2018-04-18
text: Introduced in House
To establish a technology-based job training and education program.

Bill: 115-hr-5566
Sponsor: Rep. Lujan, Ben Ray [D-NM-3]
Introduced: 2018-04-18 in the House
Policy area: Labor and Employment
Subjects: Computers and information technology
Congressional oversight
Educational technology and distance education
Employment and training programs
Financial services and investments
Health technology, devices, supplies
Higher education
Licensing and registrations
Manufacturing
Teaching, teachers, curricula
Unemployment
Veterans' education, employment, rehabilitation
Vocational and technical education
Youth employment and child labor

Summary:
action_date: 2018-04-18
text: 
This bill directs the Department of Labor to establish a TechSMART Workforce Development Program, under which Labor shall provide to eligible entities (i.e., a workforce intermediary, a public organization, or certain tax-exempt charitable organizations that include an advisory board) grants for technology sector job training and education programs that provide industry-recognized credentials during the five-year grant period.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2018-04-18
text: Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce.
action_date: 2018-04-18
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2018-04-18
text: Introduced in House
DOE National Labs Jobs ACCESS Act

Bill: 115-hr-5567
Sponsor: Rep. Lujan, Ben Ray [D-NM-3]
Introduced: 2018-04-18 in the House
Policy area: Labor and Employment
Subjects: Department of Energy
Education programs funding
Employment and training programs
Energy research
Government buildings, facilities, and property
Higher education
Licensing and registrations
Nuclear weapons
Public-private cooperation
Science and engineering education
Veterans' education, employment, rehabilitation
Vocational and technical education

Summary:
action_date: 2018-04-18
text: 

DOE National Labs Jobs ACCESS Act

 
This bill directs the Department of Energy (DOE) to establish the DOE National Lab Jobs ACCESS Program to provide grants for technical skills-based preapprenticeship and apprenticeship programs that provide employer-driven or recognized postsecondary credentials during the five-year grant period.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2018-04-18
text: Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce.
action_date: 2018-04-18
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2018-04-18
text: Introduced in House
National Centers of Excellence in Continuous Pharmaceutical Manufacturing Act of 2018

Bill: 115-hr-5568
Sponsor: Rep. Pallone, Frank, Jr. [D-NJ-6]
Introduced: 2018-04-18 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Advanced technology and technological innovations
Congressional oversight
Drug safety, medical device, and laboratory regulation
Educational facilities and institutions
Government information and archives
Health programs administration and funding
Health technology, devices, supplies
Higher education
Manufacturing
Prescription drugs
Product development and innovation
Research administration and funding
Research and development

Summary:
action_date: 2018-04-18
text: 

National Centers of Excellence in Continuous Pharmaceutical Manufacturing Act of 2018

 
This bill authorizes the Food and Drug Administration to partner with institutions of higher education to designate them as National Centers of Excellence in Continuous Pharmaceutical Manufacturing for the purpose of studying and recommending improvements to the process of continuous manufacturing of medications. (Currently, most medications are manufactured in batches.)


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2018-04-18
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2018-04-18
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2018-04-18
text: Introduced in House
Flood Mapping Modernization and Homeowner Empowerment Pilot Program Act of 2018

Bill: 115-hr-5569
Sponsor: Rep. Quigley, Mike [D-IL-5]
Introduced: 2018-04-18 in the House
Policy area: Emergency Management
Subjects: Building construction
Census and government statistics
Congressional oversight
Emergency planning and evacuation
Floods and storm protection
Geography and mapping
Government information and archives
Housing finance and home ownership
Military facilities and property
Natural disasters
Seashores and lakeshores
State and local government operations
Urban and suburban affairs and development

Summary:
action_date: 2018-04-18
text: 

Flood Mapping Modernization and Homeowner Empowerment Pilot Program Act of 2018

 
This bill directs the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) to carry out a pilot program to make grants to local governments to enhance the mapping of urban flooding and associated property damage and the availability of such mapping data to homeowners, businesses, and localities to enable them to minimize flooding risk. The grants may only be made to local governments in urbanized areas with populations greater than 50,000 or to stormwater management authorities in those localities.
 
FEMA shall give priority to grant applicants in areas that (1) are highly vulnerable to a sea level rise, (2) include a military installation or other national security facility, or (3) have a population highly vulnerable to urban flooding and have an uneven capacity for flood mitigation and response efforts due to socioeconomic factors.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2018-04-19
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Economic Development, Public Buildings and Emergency Management.
action_date: 2018-04-18
text: Referred to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, and in addition to the Committee on Financial Services, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
action_date: 2018-04-18
text: Referred to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, and in addition to the Committee on Financial Services, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
action_date: 2018-04-18
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2018-04-18
text: Introduced in House
To amend the Public Health Service Act to authorize certain grantees to contract with or make subawards to local or regional organizations that are private and nonprofit, and that may be faith-based, and for other purposes.

Bill: 115-hr-5570
Sponsor: Rep. Rogers, Harold [R-KY-5]
Introduced: 2018-04-18 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Drug, alcohol, tobacco use
Employment and training programs
First responders and emergency personnel
Health personnel
Health programs administration and funding
Health promotion and preventive care
Mental health
Prescription drugs
Public contracts and procurement
Sex and reproductive health
Social work, volunteer service, charitable organizations
Women's health

Summary:
action_date: 2018-04-18
text: 
This bill specifies that certain Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) programs may award grants, and grantees may make subgrants, to local or regional nonprofit organizations, including faith-based organizations.
 
The bill also specifies that SAMHSA may renew grants to residential treatment programs for pregnant and postpartum women for up to five years.
 



Legislative actions:
action_date: 2018-04-18
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2018-04-18
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2018-04-18
text: Introduced in House
Protecting American Solar Jobs Act

Bill: 115-hr-5571
Sponsor: Rep. Rosen, Jacky [D-NV-3]
Introduced: 2018-04-18 in the House
Policy area: Foreign Trade and International Finance
Subjects: Alternative and renewable resources
Tariffs

Summary:
action_date: 2018-04-18
text: 

Protecting American Solar Jobs Act 

 
This bill amends the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States to eliminate tariffs placed on specified imported solar power technology (i.e., crystalline silicon photovoltaic cells). The bill applies retroactively to February 7, 2018. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2018-04-27
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Trade.
action_date: 2018-04-18
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2018-04-18
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2018-04-18
text: Introduced in House