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Secure Elections Act

Bill: 115-s-2593
Sponsor: Sen. Lankford, James [R-OK]
Introduced: 2018-03-22 in the Senate
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Subjects: Accounting and auditing
Advisory bodies
Computer security and identity theft
Congressional oversight
Department of Homeland Security
Elections, voting, political campaign regulation
Freedom of information
Government ethics and transparency, public corruption
Government information and archives
Government studies and investigations
Intelligence activities, surveillance, classified information
Intergovernmental relations
Public participation and lobbying
Right of privacy
Sanctions
State and local government operations
Subversive activities
Technology assessment

Summary:
action_date: 2018-03-22
text: 

Secure Elections Act

 
This bill gives the Department of Homeland Security primary responsibility within the federal government for sharing information about election cybersecurity incidents, threats, and vulnerabilities with federal entities and election agencies. 
 
The Election Assistance Commission (EAC) shall establish an advisory panel of independent experts to develop guidelines on election cybersecurity, including standards for procuring, maintaining, testing, auditing, operating, and updating election systems.
 
The EAC shall award election system cybersecurity and modernization grants to states and election agencies to implement the advisory panel's guidelines. Grants shall be awarded to: (1) remediate vulnerabilities identified by a cybersecurity evaluation, (2) replace electronic voting systems that are not optical scanners that read paper ballots, and (3) reimburse states for statistical audits of ballots in close federal elections.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2018-03-22
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Rules and Administration.
action_date: 2018-03-22
text: Introduced in Senate
CLEAN UP Act

Bill: 115-s-2594
Sponsor: Sen. Murphy, Christopher [D-CT]
Introduced: 2018-03-22 in the Senate
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Business investment and capital
Hazardous wastes and toxic substances
Income tax deductions
Income tax exclusion
Tax-exempt organizations

Summary:
action_date: 2018-03-22
text: 

Creating Livable Environments And New Usable Property Act or the CLEAN UP Act

 
This bill amends the Internal Revenue Code to extend through 2019: (1) the exclusion of gain or loss on the sale or exchange of brownfield sites (land used for commercial or industrial purposes that has been contaminated with hazardous waste or pollution and has been cleaned up and made suitable for commercial or industrial uses) from unrelated business taxable income, and (2) the election to expense environmental remediation expenditures.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2018-03-22
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
action_date: 2018-03-22
text: Introduced in Senate
Zimbabwe Democracy and Economic Recovery Amendment Act of 2018

Bill: 115-s-2595
Sponsor: Sen. Flake, Jeff [R-AZ]
Introduced: 2018-03-22 in the Senate
Policy area: International Affairs
Subjects: Accounting and auditing
Africa
Australia
Crime victims
Criminal investigation, prosecution, interrogation
Elections, voting, political campaign regulation
Farmland
Foreign aid and international relief
Foreign loans and debt
Government ethics and transparency, public corruption
Human rights
International organizations and cooperation
Land transfers
Mining
Multilateral development programs
Oceania
Property rights
Protest and dissent
Rule of law and government transparency
Sovereignty, recognition, national governance and status
U.S. and foreign investments
Urban and suburban affairs and development
Zimbabwe

Summary:
action_date: 2018-03-22
text: 

Zimbabwe Democracy and Economic Recovery Amendment Act of 2018

 
This bill establishes pre- and post- election conditions that Zimbabwe must satisfy in order to remove Department of the Treasury opposition to: (1) international financial institution loan, credit, or guarantee extensions to Zimbabwe; or (2) cancellation or reduction of debt owed by Zimbabwe to the United States or any international financial institution. The bill also expresses the sense of Congress on past atrocities and human rights abuses in Zimbabwe and steps that the government of Zimbabwe might take to improve ties with the United States.


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

Bill: 115-s-2596
Sponsor: Sen. Cardin, Benjamin L. [D-MD]
Introduced: 2018-03-22 in the Senate
Policy area: Education
Subjects: Government lending and loan guarantees
Higher education
Student aid and college costs

Summary:
action_date: 2018-03-22
text: 

FAFSA Fairness Act of 2018

 
This bill amends the Higher Education Act of 1965 to revise the free application for federal student aid (FAFSA) process for certain students. Specifically, the Department of Education must allow students to complete FAFSA as independent students under special circumstances.
 
Financial aid administrators must provide those students with an initial determination regarding their assistance in the same manner as, and by no later than the date that, they provide other independent students with that determination.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2018-03-22
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. (Sponsor introductory remarks on measure: CR S1950; text of measure as introduced: CR S1950)
action_date: 2018-03-22
text: Introduced in Senate
Children's Hospital GME Support Reauthorization Act of 2018

Bill: 115-s-2597
Sponsor: Sen. Casey, Robert P., Jr. [D-PA]
Introduced: 2018-03-22 in the Senate
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Child health
Education programs funding
Health facilities and institutions
Health programs administration and funding
Medical education

Summary:
action_date: 2018-03-22
text: 

Children's Hospital GME Support Reauthorization Act of 2018

 
This bill amends the Public Health Service Act to reauthorize through FY2023 the program that provides payments to children's hospitals that operate graduate medical education programs.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2018-12-10
text: Held at the desk.
action_date: 2018-12-10
text: Received in the House.
action_date: 2018-12-10
text: Message on Senate action sent to the House.
action_date: 2018-12-06
text: Passed Senate without amendment by Unanimous Consent. (consideration: CR S7365; text: CR S7365)
action_date: 2018-12-06
text: Passed/agreed to in Senate: Passed Senate without amendment by Unanimous Consent.(consideration: CR S7365; text: CR S7365)
action_date: 2018-04-25
text: Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 387.
action_date: 2018-04-25
text: Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. Reported by Senator Alexander without amendment. Without written report.
action_date: 2018-04-25
text: Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. Reported by Senator Alexander without amendment. Without written report.
action_date: 2018-04-24
text: Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. Ordered to be reported with an amendment in the nature of a substitute favorably.
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
Debt-Free College Act of 2018

Bill: 115-s-2598
Sponsor: Sen. Schatz, Brian [D-HI]
Introduced: 2018-03-22 in the Senate
Policy area: Education
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Appropriations
Congressional oversight
Criminal justice information and records
Department of Education
Drug trafficking and controlled substances
Education of the disadvantaged
Education programs funding
Educational facilities and institutions
Educational guidance
Elementary and secondary education
Government information and archives
Government lending and loan guarantees
Higher education
Immigration status and procedures
Minority education
Student aid and college costs

Summary:
action_date: 2018-03-22
text: 

Debt-Free College Act
 
of 2018

 
This bill requires the Department of Education to: (1) award grants for state-federal partnerships that provide debt-free college for students at certain institutions of higher education, and (2) allow federal financial aid for higher education to be given to dreamer students (students who entered the country when they were under the age of 16 and who meet certain educational criteria) or students convicted for the possession or sale of illegal drugs.


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
Leech Lake Band of Ojibwe Reservation Restoration Act

Bill: 115-s-2599
Sponsor: Sen. Smith, Tina [D-MN]
Introduced: 2018-03-22 in the Senate
Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources
Subjects: Congressional oversight
Federal-Indian relations
Forests, forestry, trees
Indian claims
Indian lands and resources rights
Land transfers
Minnesota

Summary:
action_date: 2018-03-22
text: 

Leech Lake Band of Ojibwe Reservation Restoration Act

 
This bill directs the Department of Agriculture to transfer to the administrative jurisdiction of the Department of the Interior all right, title, and interest of the United States in and to approximately 11,760 acres of identified federal land in the Chippewa National Forest in Cass County, Minnesota. Immediately upon transfer, the federal land shall be held in trust for the benefit of the Leech Lake Band of Ojibwe and considered as a part of its reservation. 
 
The federal land shall not become eligible or be used for gaming activities under the Indian Gaming Regulatory Act. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2018-12-19
text: Held at the desk.
action_date: 2018-12-19
text: Received in the House.
action_date: 2018-12-17
text: Message on Senate action sent to the House.
action_date: 2018-12-13
text: Passed Senate with amendments by Voice Vote. (consideration: CR S7576-7577; text: CR S7577)
action_date: 2018-12-13
text: Passed/agreed to in Senate: Passed Senate with amendments by Voice Vote.(consideration: CR S7576-7577; text: CR S7577)
action_date: 2018-11-28
text: Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 685.
action_date: 2018-11-28
text: Committee on Indian Affairs. Reported by Senator Hoeven with amendments. With written report No. 115-396.
action_date: 2018-11-28
text: Committee on Indian Affairs. Reported by Senator Hoeven with amendments. With written report No. 115-396.
action_date: 2018-09-26
text: Committee on Indian Affairs. Ordered to be reported with an amendment favorably.
action_date: 2018-07-11
text: Committee on Indian Affairs. Hearings held. Hearings printed: S.Hrg. 115-327.
action_date: 2018-03-22
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs.
action_date: 2018-03-22
text: Introduced in Senate
Tanning Tax Repeal Act of 2018

Bill: 115-s-2600
Sponsor: Sen. Paul, Rand [R-KY]
Introduced: 2018-03-22 in the Senate
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Sales and excise taxes

Summary:
action_date: 2018-03-22
text: 

Tanning Tax Repeal Act of 201

8

 
 This bill amends the Internal Revenue Code to repeal the 10% excise tax on indoor tanning services. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2018-03-22
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
action_date: 2018-03-22
text: Introduced in Senate
BIG Data for IP Act

Bill: 115-s-2601
Sponsor: Sen. Coons, Christopher A. [D-DE]
Introduced: 2018-03-22 in the Senate
Policy area: Commerce
Subjects: Administrative remedies
Computers and information technology
Congressional oversight
Department of Commerce
Intellectual property
User charges and fees

Summary:
action_date: 2018-03-22
text: 

Building Innovation Growth through Data for Intellectual Property Act or the BIG Data for IP Act

 
This bill amends the Leahy-Smith America Invents Act to extend for 10 years the authority of the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office to set and adjust patent fees.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2018-04-18
text: Committee on the Judiciary. Hearings held.
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
Complete America's Great Trails Act

Bill: 115-s-2603
Sponsor: Sen. Blumenthal, Richard [D-CT]
Introduced: 2018-03-22 in the Senate
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Charitable contributions
Government studies and investigations
Income tax credits
Parks, recreation areas, trails

Summary:
action_date: 2018-03-22
text: 

Complete America's Great Trails Act

 
This bill amends the Internal Revenue Code to allow a tax credit for the fair market value of any National Scenic Trail conservation contribution. The Department of the Interior must study and report on the efficacy of such tax credit in completing, extending, and increasing the number of National Scenic Trails and the feasibility and cost of making such credit refundable and transferable. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2018-03-22
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
action_date: 2018-03-22
text: Introduced in Senate
Oil Region National Heritage Area Reauthorization Act

Bill: 115-s-2604
Sponsor: Sen. Casey, Robert P., Jr. [D-PA]
Introduced: 2018-03-22 in the Senate
Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources
Subjects: Historic sites and heritage areas
Oil and gas
Parks, recreation areas, trails
Pennsylvania
Public-private cooperation

Summary:
action_date: 2018-03-22
text: 

Oil Region National Heritage Area Reauthorization Act

 
This bill reauthorizes through the end of FY2026 the Oil Region National Heritage Area Act. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2018-08-15
text: Committee on Energy and Natural Resources Subcommittee on National Parks. Hearings held. With printed Hearing: S.Hrg. 115-526.
action_date: 2018-03-22
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
action_date: 2018-03-22
text: Introduced in Senate
Reward Work Act

Bill: 115-s-2605
Sponsor: Sen. Baldwin, Tammy [D-WI]
Introduced: 2018-03-22 in the Senate
Policy area: Finance and Financial Sector
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Corporate finance and management
Labor-management relations
Licensing and registrations
Securities
Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC)

Summary:
action_date: 2018-03-22
text: 

Reward Work Act 

 
This bill prohibits issuers from purchasing their own securities on a national exchange. The bill also requires one-third of an issuer's board of directors to be elected by employees in order for the issuer to be allowed to register securities. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2018-03-22
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs.
action_date: 2018-03-22
text: Introduced in Senate
Opioid ECHO Act

Bill: 115-s-2606
Sponsor: Sen. Schatz, Brian [D-HI]
Introduced: 2018-03-22 in the Senate
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Drug therapy
Drug trafficking and controlled substances
Drug, alcohol, tobacco use
Education programs funding
Educational technology and distance education
Health programs administration and funding
Medical education

Summary:
action_date: 2018-03-22
text: 

Opioid ECHO Act

 
This bill requires the Department of Health and Human Services to award grants to train health professionals to treat opioid addiction and other substance abuse disorders, including by providing medication-assisted treatment, through the use of technology-enabled models. (Technology-enabled models are distance health education models that connect specialists with other health professionals through interactive videoconferencing to facilitate case-based learning, disseminate best practices, and evaluate outcomes.)


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
Extreme Risk Protection Order and Violence Prevention Act of 2018

Bill: 115-s-2607
Sponsor: Sen. Rubio, Marco [R-FL]
Introduced: 2018-03-22 in the Senate
Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement
Subjects: Assault and harassment offenses
Civil actions and liability
Crime prevention
Drug, alcohol, tobacco use
Family relationships
Firearms and explosives
Law enforcement administration and funding
Medical tests and diagnostic methods
Mental health
State and local government operations
Violent crime

Summary:
action_date: 2018-03-22
text: 

Extreme Risk Protection Order and Violence Prevention Act of 2018

 
This bill amends the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 to establish a new grant program to help states and Indian tribes carry out laws that authorize and establish procedures for a family or household member, or law enforcement officer, to petition a court for an extreme risk protection order with respect to an individual who poses a significant danger to themselves or others. An extreme risk protection order is a state or tribal court order that prohibits an individual from purchasing, possessing, receiving, or having control or custody of a firearm.
 
Additionally, the bill amends the federal criminal code to expand the categories of prohibited persons (i.e., persons barred from receiving or possessing a firearm or ammunition) to include persons who are subject to a court order that restrains them from possessing and purchasing a firearm.


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
Reducing Opioid Risk Act

Bill: 115-s-2608
Sponsor: Sen. Warren, Elizabeth [D-MA]
Introduced: 2018-03-22 in the Senate
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Drug safety, medical device, and laboratory regulation
Drug trafficking and controlled substances
Health personnel
Prescription drugs

Summary:
action_date: 2018-03-22
text: 

Reducing Opioid Risk Act

 
This bill amends the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act to expand the authority of the Food and Drug Administration to require a drug manufacturer to inform health care providers about state and federal regulations for controlled substances, including the partial fill option.


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
Recovery COACH Act

Bill: 115-s-2609
Sponsor: Sen. Murphy, Christopher [D-CT]
Introduced: 2018-03-22 in the Senate
Policy area: Health

Summary:
action_date: 2018-03-22
text: 

Recovery Coaches Offer Addiction Counseling and Healing Act or the Recovery COACH Act

 
This bill amends the Public Health Service Act to require the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration to award three-year grants to state alcohol and drug agencies for: (1) developing, expanding, and enhancing the use of recovery coaches in hospital emergency departments through a recovery community organization; and (2) supporting recovery community organizations that recruit, train, and supervise recovery coaches for hospital emergency departments. A recovery coach refers to a person who has knowledge of or experience with recovery from a substance use disorder and has completed training from a recovery community organization.


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
Preventing Overdoses While in Emergency Departments Act of 2018

Bill: 115-s-2610
Sponsor: Sen. Capito, Shelley Moore [R-WV]
Introduced: 2018-03-22 in the Senate
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Congressional oversight
Drug therapy
Drug trafficking and controlled substances
Drug, alcohol, tobacco use
Emergency medical services and trauma care
Government information and archives
Health care coverage and access
Health facilities and institutions
Health information and medical records
Health personnel
Health programs administration and funding
Health promotion and preventive care

Summary:
action_date: 2018-03-22
text: 

Preventing Overdoses While in Emergency Departments Act of 2018

 
This bill requires the Department of Health and Human Services to establish a grant program to: (1) develop protocols for discharging patients who are treated for a drug overdose, and (2) enhance the integration and coordination of postdischarge care and treatment options for individuals with a substance use disorder.


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
A bill to amend the Food Security Act of 1985 to repeal the environmental quality incentives program.

Bill: 115-s-2611
Sponsor: Sen. Lee, Mike [R-UT]
Introduced: 2018-03-22 in the Senate
Policy area: Agriculture and Food
Subjects: Agricultural conservation and pollution
Agricultural prices, subsidies, credit
Farmland
Land transfers
Water quality

Summary:
action_date: 2018-03-22
text: 
This bill amends the Food Security Act of 1985 to repeal the Department of Agriculture Environmental Quality Incentives Program (EQIP). (EQIP provides financial and technical assistance for agricultural producers and land owners to implement certain conservation practices.)


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2018-03-22
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry.
action_date: 2018-03-22
text: Introduced in Senate
Consortia-Led Energy and Advanced Manufacturing Networks Act

Bill: 115-s-2612
Sponsor: Sen. Markey, Edward J. [D-MA]
Introduced: 2018-03-22 in the Senate
Policy area: Energy
Subjects: Accounting and auditing
Advanced technology and technological innovations
Advisory bodies
Alternative and renewable resources
Business investment and capital
Computers and information technology
Electric power generation and transmission
Energy efficiency and conservation
Energy storage, supplies, demand
Environmental technology
Higher education
Hybrid, electric, and advanced technology vehicles
Industrial policy and productivity
Manufacturing
Public-private cooperation
Research administration and funding
Research and development
Small business
Technology transfer and commercialization
Water use and supply

Summary:
action_date: 2018-03-22
text: 

Consortia-Led Energy and Advanced Manufacturing Networks Act

 
This bill requires the Department of Commerce to carry out a grant program for establishing consortia to enhance U.S. economic, environmental, and energy security by promoting domestic research and commercial application of clean technologies and advanced manufacturing processes. Clean technology means technologies, production processes, or methodologies that: 

 
produce energy from renewable energy sources; 
 
 transmit, distribute, or store energy more efficiently;
 
enhance energy efficiency for buildings and industry; 
 
enable the development of a Smart Grid (an evolving electric power network that utilizes new information technology systems, including those that enable customers to reduce or shift their power use during peak demand periods);
 
 produce an advanced or sustainable material with energy or energy efficiency applications; 
 
 improve energy efficiency for transportation; or
 
 enhance water security through improved water management, conservation, distribution, or end use applications. 
 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2018-03-22
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
action_date: 2018-03-22
text: Introduced in Senate