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Water Technology Acceleration Act

Bill: 115-hr-6727
Sponsor: Rep. Moore, Gwen [D-WI-4]
Introduced: 2018-09-06 in the House
Policy area: Environmental Protection
Subjects: Advanced technology and technological innovations
Air quality
Congressional oversight
Environmental assessment, monitoring, research
Environmental health
Environmental technology
Government lending and loan guarantees
Solid waste and recycling
State and local finance
Technology assessment
Water quality
Water use and supply

Summary:
action_date: 2018-09-06
text: 

Water Technology Acceleration Act

 
This bill provides support for developing and deploying emerging or innovative water technology, including by requiring the Environmental Protection Agency to carry out a grant program for accelerating the development of emerging or innovative water technologies that address pressing water challenges.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2018-09-13
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Water, Power and Oceans.
action_date: 2018-09-07
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Water Resources and Environment.
action_date: 2018-09-06
text: Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committees on Transportation and Infrastructure, and 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: 2018-09-06
text: Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committees on Transportation and Infrastructure, and 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: 2018-09-06
text: Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committees on Transportation and Infrastructure, and 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: 2018-09-06
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2018-09-06
text: Introduced in House
Native Youth and Tribal Officer Protection Act

Bill: 115-hr-6728
Sponsor: Rep. O'Halleran, Tom [D-AZ-1]
Introduced: 2018-09-06 in the House
Policy area: Native Americans
Subjects: Child safety and welfare
Crime victims
Crimes against children
Crimes against women
Domestic violence and child abuse
Federal-Indian relations
Government information and archives
Indian social and development programs
Intergovernmental relations
Law enforcement officers
Violent crime

Summary:
action_date: 2018-09-06
text: 

Native Youth and Tribal Officer Protection Act

 
This bill extends tribal jurisdiction over certain crimes. Specifically, the bill extends tribal jurisdiction over: 
 
 
 violence committed against a child by a caregiver;
 
 violence against law enforcement officers involved in preventing, investigating, arresting, or prosecuting a person for domestic violence, dating violence, or child violence; 
 
attempted dating violence or domestic violence; or 
 
threatened dating violence or domestic violence. 
 
 
In addition, the bill reauthorizes through FY2022 grants to tribal governments to support exercising jurisdiction and conducting proceedings related to crimes of domestic violence, including the crimes added to tribal jurisdiction by this bill.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2018-09-14
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Indian, Insular and Alaska Native Affairs.
action_date: 2018-09-06
text: Referred to the Committee on Natural Resources, and in addition to the Committees on Education and the Workforce, and Energy and Commerce, 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: 2018-09-06
text: Referred to the Committee on Natural Resources, and in addition to the Committees on Education and the Workforce, and Energy and Commerce, 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: 2018-09-06
text: Referred to the Committee on Natural Resources, and in addition to the Committees on Education and the Workforce, and Energy and Commerce, 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: 2018-09-06
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2018-09-06
text: Introduced in House
Injunctive Authority Clarification Act of 2018

Bill: 115-hr-6730
Sponsor: Rep. Goodlatte, Bob [R-VA-6]
Introduced: 2018-09-07 in the House
Policy area: Law
Subjects: Civil actions and liability
Federal district courts
Judicial procedure and administration
Jurisdiction and venue

Summary:
action_date: 2018-09-07
text: 

Injunctive Authority Clarification Act of 2018

 
This bill prohibits federal courts from issuing injunctive orders that bar enforcement of a federal law or policy against a nonparty, unless the nonparty is represented by a party in a class action lawsuit.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2018-09-13
text: Ordered to be Reported (Amended) by the Yeas and Nays: 14 - 6.
action_date: 2018-09-13
text: Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
action_date: 2018-09-07
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2018-09-07
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2018-09-07
text: Introduced in House
Restoring Our Commitment to Renewable Fuels Act of 2018

Bill: 115-hr-6731
Sponsor: Rep. Young, David [R-IA-3]
Introduced: 2018-09-07 in the House
Policy area: Energy
Subjects: Air quality
Alternative and renewable resources
Government information and archives
Motor fuels
Small business

Summary:
action_date: 2018-09-07
text: 

Restoring Our Commitment to Renewable Fuels Act of 2018

 
This bill revises the Renewable Fuel Program. If the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) gives exemptions to small refineries from their renewable fuel obligations during a year, then the EPA must reallocate each gallon of renewable fuel covered by such exemptions to refineries, blenders, distributors, and importers subject to a renewable fuel obligations for that year.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2018-09-07
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2018-09-07
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2018-09-07
text: Introduced in House
Ethics in Public Service Act

Bill: 115-hr-6732
Sponsor: Rep. Schneider, Bradley Scott [D-IL-10]
Introduced: 2018-09-07 in the House
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Subjects: Civil actions and liability
Executive Office of the President
Federal officials
Government employee pay, benefits, personnel management
Government ethics and transparency, public corruption
Government studies and investigations
Public participation and lobbying

Summary:
action_date: 2018-09-07
text: 

Ethics in Public Service Act

 
This bill codifies certain provisions of an executive order requiring political appointees in the executive branch to sign an ethics pledge.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2018-09-12
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR H8113)
action_date: 2018-09-07
text: Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform.
action_date: 2018-09-07
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2018-09-07
text: Introduced in House
Know the Cost Act of 2018

Bill: 115-hr-6733
Sponsor: Rep. Carter, Earl L. "Buddy" [R-GA-1]
Introduced: 2018-09-07 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Government information and archives
Health care costs and insurance
Inflation and prices
Medicare
Prescription drugs

Summary:
action_date: 2018-09-07
text: 

Know the Cost Act of 2018

 
This bill prohibits a health insurance plan or pharmacy benefits manager from restricting a pharmacy from informing an enrollee of any difference between the cost of a drug under the plan and the cost of the drug without health insurance coverage. (Such restrictions are commonly referred to as gag clauses.)


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2018-09-13
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2018-09-13
text: Ordered to be Reported by Voice Vote.
action_date: 2018-09-13
text: Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
action_date: 2018-09-07
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: 2018-09-07
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: 2018-09-07
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2018-09-07
text: Introduced in House
Full Military Honors Act of 2018

Bill: 115-hr-6734
Sponsor: Rep. Bishop, Mike [R-MI-8]
Introduced: 2018-09-07 in the House
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Cemeteries and funerals
Military personnel and dependents
Veterans' organizations and recognition
Virginia

Summary:
action_date: 2018-09-07
text: 

Full Military Honors Act of 2018

 
This bill provides full military honors for the funeral of an eligible veteran who: 
 
 
is first interred or inurned in Arlington National Cemetery on or after enactment of this bill, 
 
was awarded the medal of honor or the prisoner-of-war medal, and 
 
is not entitled to full military honors because of such veteran's grade.
 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2018-09-10
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Military Personnel.
action_date: 2018-09-07
text: Referred to the House Committee on Armed Services.
action_date: 2018-09-07
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2018-09-07
text: Introduced in House
Public-Private Cybersecurity Cooperation Act

Bill: 115-hr-6735
Sponsor: Rep. McCarthy, Kevin [R-CA-23]
Introduced: 2018-09-07 in the House
Policy area: Emergency Management
Subjects: Computer security and identity theft
Computers and information technology
Congressional oversight
Homeland security
Public-private cooperation

Summary:
action_date: 2018-09-07
text: 
This bill directs the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) to: (1) establish a policy applicable to individuals and entities that reports security vulnerabilities on DHS public websites, (2) develop a process for mitigation or remediation of security vulnerabilities that are reported, (3) consult with specified federal departments and nongovernmental security researchers in developing the policy, and (4) submit the policy and the remediation process to Congress. DHS must make such policy publicly available.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2018-09-26
text: Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.
action_date: 2018-09-25
text: Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
action_date: 2018-09-25
text: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by voice vote. (text: CR H8746-8747)
action_date: 2018-09-25
text: Passed/agreed to in House: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by voice vote.(text: CR H8746-8747)
action_date: 2018-09-25
text: Considered as unfinished business. (consideration: CR H8822)
action_date: 2018-09-25
text: At the conclusion of debate, the chair put the question on the motion to suspend the rules. Mr. McCaul objected to the vote on the grounds that a quorum was not present. Further proceedings on the motion were postponed. The point of no quorum was considered as withdrawn.
action_date: 2018-09-25
text: DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on H.R. 6735.
action_date: 2018-09-25
text: Considered under suspension of the rules. (consideration: CR H8746-8748)
action_date: 2018-09-25
text: Mr. McCaul moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended.
action_date: 2018-09-25
text: Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 749.
action_date: 2018-09-25
text: Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Homeland Security. H. Rept. 115-961.
action_date: 2018-09-25
text: Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Homeland Security. H. Rept. 115-961.
action_date: 2018-09-13
text: Ordered to be Reported (Amended) by Unanimous Consent.
action_date: 2018-09-13
text: Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
action_date: 2018-09-07
text: Referred to the House Committee on Homeland Security.
action_date: 2018-09-07
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2018-09-07
text: Introduced in House
Small Business Tax Fairness and Compliance Simplification Act

Bill: 115-hr-6736
Sponsor: Rep. LaHood, Darin [R-IL-18]
Introduced: 2018-09-07 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Business records
Employment and training programs
Income tax credits
Tax administration and collection, taxpayers
Wages and earnings

Summary:
action_date: 2018-09-07
text: 
 
Small Business Tax Fairness and Compliance Simplification Act 

 
This bill expands the tax credit for a portion of the employer-paid Social Security taxes for employee cash tips to include beauty service establishments. (Under current law, the credit is limited to tips received for providing, serving, or delivering food or beverages.)
 
The credit applies to tips received in connection with providing beauty services to a customer or client if tipping employees who provide the service is customary. &quot;Beauty services&quot; include barbering and hair care, nail care, esthetics, and body and spa treatments.
 
The bill also (1) establishes an employer tip reporting safe harbor, and (2) specifies reporting requirements for income received from renting space to individuals who provide beauty services. 
 
The employer tip reporting safe harbor provides an exemption from certain Internal Revenue Service tip examinations for employers who meet certain requirements for educational programs, reporting procedures, compliance with tax law, and recordkeeping. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2018-09-07
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2018-09-07
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2018-09-07
text: Introduced in House
Protect Affordable Mortgages for Veterans Act of 2018

Bill: 115-hr-6737
Sponsor: Rep. Zeldin, Lee M. [R-NY-1]
Introduced: 2018-09-07 in the House
Policy area: Housing and Community Development
Subjects: Housing finance and home ownership
Interest, dividends, interest rates
Veterans' loans, housing, homeless programs

Summary:
action_date: 2018-09-07
text: 

Protect Affordable Mortgages for Veterans Act of 2018 

 
This bill amends the National Housing Act to repeal waiting period requirements for guarantees provided by the Government National Mortgage Association (Ginnie Mae). Specifically, Ginnie Mae may guarantee a security backed by a refinanced Department of Veterans Affairs housing loan without a waiting period. 

action_date: 2018-09-26
text: 

Protect Affordable Mortgages for Veterans Act of 2018 

 
(Sec. 2) This bill amends the National Housing Act to repeal waiting period requirements for guarantees provided by the Government National Mortgage Association (Ginnie Mae). Specifically, Ginnie Mae may guarantee a security backed by a refinanced Department of Veterans Affairs housing loan without a waiting period. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2018-10-02
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs.
action_date: 2018-09-27
text: Received in the Senate.
action_date: 2018-09-26
text: Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
action_date: 2018-09-26
text: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by voice vote. (text: CR H9064)
action_date: 2018-09-26
text: Passed/agreed to in House: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by voice vote.(text: CR H9064)
action_date: 2018-09-26
text: DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on H.R. 6737.
action_date: 2018-09-26
text: Considered under suspension of the rules. (consideration: CR H9064-9065)
action_date: 2018-09-26
text: Mr. Tipton moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended.
action_date: 2018-09-26
text: Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 768.
action_date: 2018-09-26
text: Reported by the Committee on Financial Services. H. Rept. 115-983.
action_date: 2018-09-26
text: Reported by the Committee on Financial Services. H. Rept. 115-983.
action_date: 2018-09-13
text: Ordered to be Reported by the Yeas and Nays: 49 - 0.
action_date: 2018-09-13
text: Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
action_date: 2018-09-07
text: Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services.
action_date: 2018-09-07
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2018-09-07
text: Introduced in House
Black Mountain Range and Bullhead City Land Exchange Act of 2018

Bill: 115-hr-6738
Sponsor: Rep. Gosar, Paul A. [R-AZ-4]
Introduced: 2018-09-07 in the House
Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources
Subjects: Arizona
Geography and mapping
Land transfers

Summary:
action_date: 2018-09-07
text: 

Black Mountain Range and Bullhead City Land Exchange Act of 2018

 
This bill directs the Department of the Interior, upon request by Bullhead City, Arizona, to convey to to the city 345.2 acres of specified federal land in exchange for 1,100 acres of city-owned land in the Black Mountain Range. 
 
The lands acquired by Interior shall be, upon acquisition, automatically and permanently withdrawn from appropriation and disposal under the public land laws and specified laws regarding geothermal resources. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2018-09-14
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Federal Lands.
action_date: 2018-09-07
text: Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.
action_date: 2018-09-07
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2018-09-07
text: Introduced in House
Embry-Riddle Tri-City Land Exchange Completion Act

Bill: 115-hr-6739
Sponsor: Rep. Gosar, Paul A. [R-AZ-4]
Introduced: 2018-09-07 in the House
Policy area: Education
Subjects: Arizona
Educational facilities and institutions
Higher education
Land transfers

Summary:
action_date: 2018-09-07
text: 

Embry-Riddle Tri-City Land Exchange Completion Act

 
This bill requires the Department of Interior to relinquish its reversionary interest in a 16-acre parcel of land that is located in Yavapai County, Arizona, and owned by the Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University.



Legislative actions:
action_date: 2018-09-14
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Federal Lands.
action_date: 2018-09-07
text: Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.
action_date: 2018-09-07
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2018-09-07
text: Introduced in House
Federal Reserve Reform Act of 2018

Bill: 115-hr-6741
Sponsor: Rep. Barr, Andy [R-KY-6]
Introduced: 2018-09-07 in the House
Policy area: Economics and Public Finance
Subjects: Appropriations
Credit and credit markets
Federal Reserve System
Government employee pay, benefits, personnel management
Government lending and loan guarantees
Interest, dividends, interest rates
Monetary policy
Securities

Summary:
action_date: 2018-09-07
text: 

Federal Reserve Reform Act of 2018 

 
This bill revises provisions related to the authority of the Federal Reserve Board to set monetary policy. Among other things, the bill 
 
 
generally limits the board's emergency-lending authority;
 
subjects the nonmonetary policy-related administrative costs of the board to the congressional appropriations process;
 
limits the types of securities that the board may acquire in the open market to gold stock, currency, and direct obligations of the United States, foreign banks, or the International Monetary Fund; 
 
requires the board to exchange certain assets with the Department of the Treasury for direct U.S. obligations of equivalent value;
 
requires the Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC) to set the interest rates on balances maintained at Federal Reserve banks by depository institutions; 
 
revises the membership of the FOMC; and
 
requires the FOMC to annually publish its monetary policy strategy; 



Legislative actions:
action_date: 2019-01-02
text: Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 883.
action_date: 2019-01-02
text: Committee on Rules discharged.
action_date: 2019-01-02
text: Committee on Rules discharged.
action_date: 2019-01-02
text: Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Financial Services. H. Rept. 115-1116, Part I.
action_date: 2019-01-02
text: Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Financial Services. H. Rept. 115-1116, Part I.
action_date: 2018-09-13
text: Ordered to be Reported (Amended) by the Yeas and Nays: 30 - 21.
action_date: 2018-09-13
text: Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
action_date: 2018-09-07
text: Referred to the Committee on Financial Services, and in addition to the Committee on Rules, 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: 2018-09-07
text: Referred to the Committee on Financial Services, and in addition to the Committee on Rules, 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: 2018-09-07
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2018-09-07
text: Introduced in House
Consumer Information Notification Requirement Act

Bill: 115-hr-6743
Sponsor: Rep. Luetkemeyer, Blaine [R-MO-3]
Introduced: 2018-09-07 in the House
Policy area: Finance and Financial Sector
Subjects: Banking and financial institutions regulation
Computer security and identity theft
Fraud offenses and financial crimes
Insurance industry and regulation

Summary:
action_date: 2018-09-07
text: 

Consumer Information Notification Requirement Act

 
This bill amends the Gramm-Leach-Bliley Act to require federal financial regulators to set forth rules regarding data breaches. Specifically, these rules must require financial institutions, banks, and specified others to notify customers of breaches likely to result in identity theft, fraud, or economic loss. The bill also requires state insurance authorities to establish and enforce similar standards for insurers. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2018-12-21
text: Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 849.
action_date: 2018-12-21
text: Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Financial Services. H. Rept. 115-1097.
action_date: 2018-12-21
text: Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Financial Services. H. Rept. 115-1097.
action_date: 2018-09-13
text: Ordered to be Reported (Amended) by the Yeas and Nays: 32 - 20.
action_date: 2018-09-13
text: Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
action_date: 2018-09-07
text: Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services.
action_date: 2018-09-07
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2018-09-07
text: Introduced in House