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Safe Schools Improvement Act of 2018

Bill: 115-s-2572
Sponsor: Sen. Casey, Robert P., Jr. [D-PA]
Introduced: 2018-03-20 in the Senate
Policy area: Education
Subjects: Administrative remedies
Assault and harassment offenses
Child safety and welfare
Congressional oversight
Crime prevention
Crime victims
Crimes against children
Disability and health-based discrimination
Elementary and secondary education
Government information and archives
Performance measurement
Racial and ethnic relations
Religion
School administration
Sex, gender, sexual orientation discrimination

Summary:
action_date: 2018-03-20
text: 

Safe Schools Improvement Act of 2018

 
This bill amends the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 to require states to direct their local educational agencies (LEAs) to establish policies that prevent and prohibit conduct, including bullying and harassment, that is sufficiently severe, persistent, or pervasive to: (1) limit students' ability to participate in, or benefit from, school programs; or (2) create a hostile or abusive educational environment that adversely affects students' education.
 
LEAs shall also provide: (1) students, parents, and educational professionals with annual notice of the conduct prohibited in their disciplinary policies; (2) students and parents with grievance procedures that target such conduct; and (3) the public with annual data on the incidence and frequency of that conduct at the school and LEA level.
 
The Department of Education must conduct, and report on, an independent biennial evaluation of programs and policies to combat bullying and harassment in elementary and secondary schools. The National Center for Education Statistics shall collect state data to determine the incidence and frequency of the conduct prohibited by LEA disciplinary policies. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2018-03-20
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
action_date: 2018-03-20
text: Introduced in Senate
Veteran and Beginning Farmers Technical Assistance Act

Bill: 115-s-2573
Sponsor: Sen. Boozman, John [R-AR]
Introduced: 2018-03-20 in the Senate
Policy area: Agriculture and Food
Subjects: Agricultural conservation and pollution
Agricultural education
Agricultural marketing and promotion
Agricultural practices and innovations
Community life and organization
Rural conditions and development
Technology transfer and commercialization

Summary:
action_date: 2018-03-20
text: 

Veteran and Beginning Farmers Technical Assistance Act 

 
This bill amends the Consolidated Farm and Rural Development Act to extend the Appropriate Technology Transfer for Rural Areas program through FY2023. 
 
(The program provides technical information and educational resources about sustainable agriculture to farmers, information providers, agriculture-related businesses, and community food organizations across the United States. It is operated by a nonprofit organization and is primarily funded through a cooperative agreement with the Department of Agriculture.) 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2018-03-20
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry.
action_date: 2018-03-20
text: Introduced in Senate
Rural Housing Preservation Act of 2018

Bill: 115-s-2574
Sponsor: Sen. Shaheen, Jeanne [D-NH]
Introduced: 2018-03-20 in the Senate
Policy area: Housing and Community Development
Subjects: Government lending and loan guarantees
Housing and community development funding
Housing finance and home ownership
Housing for the elderly and disabled
Housing supply and affordability
Low- and moderate-income housing
Migrant, seasonal, agricultural labor
Rural conditions and development

Summary:
action_date: 2018-03-20
text: 

Rural Housing Preservation Act of 2018

 
This bill authorizes rental assistance to low-income tenants of certain multifamily public housing in rural areas and otherwise revises provisions related to low-income housing.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2018-03-20
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs.
action_date: 2018-03-20
text: Introduced in Senate
Audiology Patient Choice Act of 2018

Bill: 115-s-2575
Sponsor: Sen. Warren, Elizabeth [D-MA]
Introduced: 2018-03-20 in the Senate
Policy area: Health

Summary:
action_date: 2018-03-20
text: 

Audiology Patient Choice Act of 2018

 
This bill amends expands the definition of "physician," for purposes of the Medicare program, to include an audiologist with respect to the furnishing of audiology services.
 
Additionally, the bill expands the scope of audiology services covered under Medicare and allows payment for such services regardless of whether an enrollee is under the care of (or referred by) a physician or other health care provider or whether the services are provided under the supervision of a physician or other health care provider.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2018-03-20
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
action_date: 2018-03-20
text: Introduced in Senate
RAPID Act

Bill: 115-s-2576
Sponsor: Sen. Moran, Jerry [R-KS]
Introduced: 2018-03-20 in the Senate
Policy area: Environmental Protection
Subjects: Broadcasting, cable, digital technologies
Environmental assessment, monitoring, research
Federal Communications Commission (FCC)
Licensing and registrations

Summary:
action_date: 2018-03-20
text: 

Reducing Antiquated Permitting for Infrastructure Deployments Act or the RAPID Act

 
This bill requires the Federal Communications Commission to determine when the activities of radio station licensees are not subject to review under the National Historic Preservation Act and the National Environmental Policy Act.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2018-03-20
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
action_date: 2018-03-20
text: Introduced in Senate
Debbie Smith Reauthorization Act of 2018

Bill: 115-s-2577
Sponsor: Sen. Cornyn, John [R-TX]
Introduced: 2018-03-20 in the Senate
Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement
Subjects: Assault and harassment offenses
Crimes against women
Criminal investigation, prosecution, interrogation
Criminal justice information and records
Evidence and witnesses
Genetics
Law enforcement administration and funding
Law enforcement officers
Medical tests and diagnostic methods
Sex offenses
Violent crime

Summary:
action_date: 2018-03-20
text: 

Debbie Smith Reauthorization Act of 2018

 
This bill amends the DNA Analysis Backlog Elimination Act of 2000 and the DNA Sexual Assault Justice Act of 2004 to reauthorize through FY2024:
 
 
grants under the Debbie Smith DNA Backlog Grant Program; 
 
grants to provide DNA training and education for law enforcement personnel, corrections personnel, and court officers; and 
 
grants under the Sexual Assault Forensic Exam Program. 
 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2018-07-18
text: Committee on the Judiciary. Hearings held.
action_date: 2018-03-20
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. (text of measure as introduced: CR S1846)
action_date: 2018-03-20
text: Introduced in Senate
2020 Census IDEA Act

Bill: 115-s-2578
Sponsor: Sen. Schatz, Brian [D-HI]
Introduced: 2018-03-20 in the Senate
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Subjects: Census and government statistics
Congressional oversight
Government information and archives
Government studies and investigations
Research and development

Summary:
action_date: 2018-03-20
text: 

2020 Census Improving Data and Enhanced Accuracy Act or the 2020 Census IDEA Act

 
This bill prohibits the Department of Commerce, in the 2020 decennial census of population and each decennial census thereafter, from: (1) implementing any major operational design that has not been researched, studied, and tested for a period of not less than three years before the date on which the applicable census occurs; or (2) including on the questionnaire for the census any subject, type of information, or question that was not submitted to Congress.
 
The Government Accountability Office must determine that the subjects, types of information, and questions to be included in a decennial census have been adequately researched, studied, and tested to the same degree as in previous decennial censuses. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2018-03-20
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.
action_date: 2018-03-20
text: Introduced in Senate
Eliminating Opioid Related Infectious Diseases Act of 2018

Bill: 115-s-2579
Sponsor: Sen. Young, Todd [R-IN]
Introduced: 2018-03-20 in the Senate
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Digestive and metabolic diseases
Drug trafficking and controlled substances
Drug, alcohol, tobacco use
HIV/AIDS
Health information and medical records
Health programs administration and funding
Health promotion and preventive care
Infectious and parasitic diseases
Medical education

Summary:
action_date: 2018-03-20
text: 

Eliminating Opioid Related Infectious Diseases Act of 2018

 
This bill amends the Public Health Service Act to require the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention to expand its grant program for combating hepatitis C infections to include other infections associated with injection drug use.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2018-03-20
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
action_date: 2018-03-20
text: Introduced in Senate
Every Person Counts Act

Bill: 115-s-2580
Sponsor: Sen. Menendez, Robert [D-NJ]
Introduced: 2018-03-20 in the Senate
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Subjects: Census and government statistics
Citizenship and naturalization
Immigration status and procedures

Summary:
action_date: 2018-03-20
text: 

Every Person Counts Act

 
This bill modifies provisions regarding population and other census information to: (1) require that there be a tabulation of the total number of persons in each state, and (2) prohibit the Bureau of the Census from including any question or otherwise eliciting any information regarding U.S citizenship or immigration status.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2018-03-20
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.
action_date: 2018-03-20
text: Introduced in Senate
Political Appointee Burrowing Prevention Act

Bill: 115-s-2581
Sponsor: Sen. Ernst, Joni [R-IA]
Introduced: 2018-03-21 in the Senate
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Congressional oversight
Federal officials
Government employee pay, benefits, personnel management
Government ethics and transparency, public corruption
Office of Personnel Management (OPM)
Presidents and presidential powers, Vice Presidents

Summary:
action_date: 2018-03-21
text: 

Political Appointee Burrowing Prevention Act

 
This bill generally imposes a two-year ban on employment in a career position in the federal civil service for a former political appointee.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2018-03-21
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.
action_date: 2018-03-21
text: Introduced in Senate
Consumer Health Insurance Protection Act of 2018

Bill: 115-s-2582
Sponsor: Sen. Warren, Elizabeth [D-MA]
Introduced: 2018-03-21 in the Senate
Policy area: Health

Summary:
action_date: 2018-03-21
text: 

Consumer Health Insurance Protection Act of 2018

 
This bill alters several health insurance programs and requirements, including provisions relating to premium review processes, the premium tax credit, prescription drug cost-sharing, enrollment in health insurance exchanges, and the scope of coverage for various types of health insurance plans.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2018-03-21
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
action_date: 2018-03-21
text: Introduced in Senate
Foreign Influence Transparency Act

Bill: 115-s-2583
Sponsor: Sen. Rubio, Marco [R-FL]
Introduced: 2018-03-21 in the Senate
Policy area: International Affairs
Subjects: Art, artists, authorship
Cultural exchanges and relations
Education
General science and technology matters
Government studies and investigations
Higher education
International exchange and broadcasting
Performing arts
Public participation and lobbying
Religion
Teaching, teachers, curricula

Summary:
action_date: 2018-03-21
text: 

Foreign Influence Transparency Act

 
This bill amends the Foreign Agents Registration Act of 1938 to limit the exemption from foreign agent registration with the Department of Justice for a person engaging in activities in furtherance of religious, scholastic, academic, or scientific pursuits or of the fine arts to only those activities that do not promote a foreign government's political agenda.
 
 The Higher Education Act of 1965 is amended to require institutions to report to the Department of Education a gift or contract from a foreign source whose annual value is $50,000 or more. The fair market value of in-kind-gifts is included in such limit. (Currently, a report is due if the annual value is $250,000 or more, considered alone or in combination with all other gifts from or contracts with a foreign source.)
 
A report shall: (1) include the contents of any such contracts, and (2) make such contents available for public disclosure.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2018-03-21
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations.
action_date: 2018-03-21
text: Introduced in Senate
Student Non-Discrimination Act of 2018

Bill: 115-s-2584
Sponsor: Sen. Baldwin, Tammy [D-WI]
Introduced: 2018-03-21 in the Senate
Policy area: Education
Subjects: Assault and harassment offenses
Civil actions and liability
Education programs funding
Elementary and secondary education
Government liability
Legal fees and court costs
Sex, gender, sexual orientation discrimination

Summary:
action_date: 2018-03-21
text: 

Student Non-Discrimination Act of 2018

 
This bill prohibits discrimination, under a federally assisted program, against public school students on the basis of their actual or perceived sexual orientation or gender identity or that of their associates. 
 
The bill authorizes federal departments and agencies to terminate the educational assistance of recipients found to be violating this prohibition. 
 
An aggrieved individual may assert a violation of this bill in a judicial proceeding and recover reasonable attorney's fees. The Department of Justice is authorized to institute a civil action for a violation of this bill.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2018-03-21
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
action_date: 2018-03-21
text: Introduced in Senate
A bill to amend the Water Resources Development Act of 2000 to permanently extend the authority of the Secretary of the Army to accept and expend funds from certain entities to process permits.

Bill: 115-s-2585
Sponsor: Sen. Donnelly, Joe [D-IN]
Introduced: 2018-03-21 in the Senate
Policy area: Water Resources Development
Subjects: Department of Defense
Water resources funding

Summary:
action_date: 2018-03-21
text: 
This bill amends the Water Resources Development Act of 2000 to permanently extend the authority of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers to accept and expend funds from a nonfederal public entity, public-utility company, natural gas company, or railroad carrier to expedite the evaluation of a permit related to a project or activity for a public purpose under the jurisdiction of the Corps.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2018-03-21
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works.
action_date: 2018-03-21
text: Introduced in Senate
A bill to amend the Federal Water Pollution Control Act to increase the ability of a State to administer a permit program under that Act, and for other purposes.

Bill: 115-s-2586
Sponsor: Sen. Cornyn, John [R-TX]
Introduced: 2018-03-21 in the Senate
Policy area: Environmental Protection
Subjects: Environmental assessment, monitoring, research
Licensing and registrations
Solid waste and recycling
State and local government operations
Water quality

Summary:
action_date: 2018-03-21
text: 
This bill amends the Federal Water Pollution Control Act (commonly known as the Clean Water Act) to allow a state that has assumed the environmental review responsibilities of the Department of Transportation under the surface transportation project delivery program to apply to the Environmental Protection Agency to administer an individual and general permit program for discharging dredge and fill material into navigable waters.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2018-03-21
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works. (text of measure as introduced: CR S1876)
action_date: 2018-03-21
text: Introduced in Senate
A bill to amend the Endangered Species Act of 1973 to establish a program to allow States to assume certain Federal responsibilities under that Act with respect to agency actions applicable to highway projects within the States, and for other purposes.

Bill: 115-s-2587
Sponsor: Sen. Cornyn, John [R-TX]
Introduced: 2018-03-21 in the Senate
Policy area: Environmental Protection
Subjects: Administrative remedies
Endangered and threatened species
Environmental assessment, monitoring, research
Intergovernmental relations
Jurisdiction and venue
Legal fees and court costs
Licensing and registrations
Public transit
Roads and highways
State and local government operations
Transportation programs funding
Wildlife conservation and habitat protection

Summary:
action_date: 2018-03-21
text: 
This bill amends the Endangered Species Act of 1973 to direct the Department of Transportation (DOT) to carry out an assignment program to allow participating states to assume certain responsibilities of DOT with respect to agency actions applicable to highway projects within the state.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2018-03-21
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works. (text of measure as introduced: CR S1876-1878)
action_date: 2018-03-21
text: Introduced in Senate
A bill to amend title 54, United States Code, to establish a program to allow States to assume certain Federal responsibilities under that title with respect to agency actions applicable to highway projects within the States, and for other purposes.

Bill: 115-s-2588
Sponsor: Sen. Cornyn, John [R-TX]
Introduced: 2018-03-21 in the Senate
Policy area: Transportation and Public Works

Summary:
action_date: 2018-03-21
text: 
This bill directs federal agencies to carry out an assignment program to allow participating states to assume certain responsibilities of the agency regarding the effect of undertaking a highway project on any historic property within the state.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2018-03-21
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works. (text of measure as introduced: CR S1878-1879)
action_date: 2018-03-21
text: Introduced in Senate
Comprehensive Opioid Recovery Centers Act of 2018

Bill: 115-s-2589
Sponsor: Sen. Hassan, Margaret Wood [D-NH]
Introduced: 2018-03-22 in the Senate
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Child care and development
Congressional oversight
Drug therapy
Drug trafficking and controlled substances
Drug, alcohol, tobacco use
Employment and training programs
Health facilities and institutions
Health information and medical records
Health programs administration and funding
Health promotion and preventive care
Home and outpatient care
Indian social and development programs
Medical tests and diagnostic methods
Mental health
Minority health

Summary:
action_date: 2018-03-22
text: 

Comprehensive Opioid Recovery Centers Act of 2018

 
This bill amends the Public Health Service Act to require the Department of Health and Human Services to award grants to establish or operate comprehensive opioid recovery centers. Priority for grants must be given to entities located in states or Indian country with a high per capita drug overdose mortality rate. Each center must carry out specified outreach activities and specified treatment and recovery services.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2018-03-22
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
action_date: 2018-03-22
text: Introduced in Senate
INVEST to Prevent Crime Act

Bill: 115-s-2590
Sponsor: Sen. Donnelly, Joe [D-IN]
Introduced: 2018-03-22 in the Senate
Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement

Summary:
action_date: 2018-03-22
text: 

Investing in Neighborhood-focused, Vital, Evidence-based Strategies and Trust to Prevent Crime Act of 2018 or the INVEST to Prevent Crime Act

 
This bill amends the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 to authorize a grant program to prepare a comprehensive plan and to enhance community capacity to address crime through collaborative cross-sector approaches. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2018-03-22
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2018-03-22
text: Introduced in Senate
Arbitration Fairness Act of 2018

Bill: 115-s-2591
Sponsor: Sen. Blumenthal, Richard [D-CT]
Introduced: 2018-03-22 in the Senate
Policy area: Law
Subjects: Alternative dispute resolution, mediation, arbitration
Competition and antitrust
Consumer affairs
Contracts and agency
Labor-management relations

Summary:
action_date: 2018-03-22
text: 

Arbitration Fairness Act of 2018

 
This bill prohibits a predispute arbitration agreement from being valid or enforceable if it requires arbitration of an employment dispute, consumer dispute, antitrust dispute, or civil rights dispute.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2018-03-22
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2018-03-22
text: Introduced in Senate
SWAMP Act

Bill: 115-s-2592
Sponsor: Sen. Ernst, Joni [R-IA]
Introduced: 2018-03-22 in the Senate
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Subjects: Building construction
District of Columbia
Executive agency funding and structure
Government buildings, facilities, and property
Maryland
Virginia

Summary:
action_date: 2018-03-22
text: 

Strategic Withdrawal of Agencies for Meaningful Placement Act of 2018 or the SWAMP Act

 
This bill: (1) repeals the requirement that all offices attached to the seat of government be exercised in the District of Columbia, and not elsewhere; and (2) prohibits new construction or major renovation of certain executive agency headquarters in the Washington Metropolitan area.
 
The General Services Administration (GSA) must: (1) establish a process to allow an executive agency to request GSA to issue a solicitation for the relocation of its headquarters; (2) allow any state to bid for the relocation of the agency's headquarters; and (3) in consultation with the executive agency, select a state for the relocation of the agency's headquarters using a competitive bidding procedure based on certain considerations. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2018-03-22
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.
action_date: 2018-03-22
text: Introduced in Senate