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Debbie Smith Reauthorization Act of 2018

Bill: 115-hr-5341
Sponsor: Rep. Poe, Ted [R-TX-2]
Introduced: 2018-03-20 in the House
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: 2018-04-30
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, Homeland Security, and Investigations.
action_date: 2018-03-20
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2018-03-20
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2018-03-20
text: Introduced in House
Improving Assistance for Taxpayers Act

Bill: 115-hr-5342
Sponsor: Rep. LaHood, Darin [R-IL-18]
Introduced: 2018-03-20 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Congressional oversight
Tax administration and collection, taxpayers

Summary:
action_date: 2018-03-20
text: 

Improving Assistance for Taxpayers Act 

 
This bill amends the Internal Revenue Code to require the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) to respond to Taxpayer Advocate Directives within specified time frames. 
 
In the case of a Taxpayer Advocate Directive issued by the National Taxpayer Advocate (NTA) pursuant to a delegation of authority from the IRS, the IRS Commissioner or a Deputy Commissioner must modify, rescind, or ensure compliance with the directive within 30 days. 
 
If a directive is modified or rescinded by a Deputy Commissioner, the NTA may appeal to the Commissioner. Within 30 days of the appeal, the Commissioner must either ensure compliance with the directive or provide a description of the reasons for any modification or rescission made or upheld pursuant to the appeal. 
 
The bill also requires the NTA annual report to identify any directive that was not honored by the IRS in a timely manner, as required by this bill.

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2018-03-20
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2018-03-20
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2018-03-20
text: Introduced in House
Prescription Transparency Act of 2018

Bill: 115-hr-5343
Sponsor: Rep. Carter, Earl L. "Buddy" [R-GA-1]
Introduced: 2018-03-20 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Business ethics
Consumer affairs
Contracts and agency
Drug therapy
Health care costs and insurance
Health personnel
Medical ethics
Prescription drugs

Summary:
action_date: 2018-03-20
text: 

Prescription Transparency Act of 2018

 
This bill prohibits contract provisions between a health insurer and a pharmacy that prohibit or penalize a pharmacist's disclosure to an individual purchasing a prescription drug of information regarding (1) the cost of the drug, (2) the availability of any therapeutically equivalent alternative drug, or (3) less expensive methods of purchasing the drug.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2018-03-23
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2018-03-20
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2018-03-20
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2018-03-20
text: Introduced in House
To make technical amendments to update statutory references to certain provisions which were formerly classified to chapters 14 and 19 of title 25, United States Code.

Bill: 115-hr-5344
Sponsor: Rep. Issa, Darrell E. [R-CA-49]
Introduced: 2018-03-20 in the House
Policy area: Native Americans
Subjects: General Native American affairs matters

Summary:
action_date: 2018-03-20
text: 
This bill updates references in the U.S. Code to certain provisions in title 25 (Indians). In 2016, Congress transferred certain provisions in chapter 14 (Miscellaneous) and chapter 19 (Indian Land Claims Settlements) of title 25 to new chapters at the end of the title as part of an effort to reclassify the code. To reflect the reclassification of the code, this bill updates references to title 25.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2018-04-11
text: Ordered to be Reported by Voice Vote.
action_date: 2018-04-11
text: Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
action_date: 2018-03-20
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2018-03-20
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2018-03-20
text: Introduced in House
ALSTAR Act

Bill: 115-hr-5345
Sponsor: Rep. Brooks, Mo [R-AL-5]
Introduced: 2018-03-20 in the House
Policy area: Science, Technology, Communications
Subjects: Advanced technology and technological innovations
Public-private cooperation
Space flight and exploration
Spacecraft and satellites

Summary:
action_date: 2018-03-20
text: 

American Leadership in Space Technology and Advanced Rocketry Act or the ALSTAR Act

 
This bill directs the Marshall Space Flight Center of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) in Huntsville, Alabama, to provide national leadership in rocket propulsion by carrying out specified activities, including: 
 
 
contributing to interagency coordination to preserve critical national rocket propulsion capabilities;
 
collaborating with industry, academia, and professional organizations to most effectively use national capabilities and resources; 
 
monitoring public- and private-sector rocket propulsion activities to develop and promote a strong, healthy rocket propulsion industrial base; and 
 
evaluating and recommending new rocket propulsion technologies for further development.
 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2018-06-28
text: Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
action_date: 2018-06-27
text: Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
action_date: 2018-06-27
text: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by voice vote. (text; CR H5769)
action_date: 2018-06-27
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 H5769)
action_date: 2018-06-27
text: DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on H.R. 5345.
action_date: 2018-06-27
text: Considered under suspension of the rules. (consideration: CR H5769-5770)
action_date: 2018-06-27
text: Mr. Brooks (AL) moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended.
action_date: 2018-03-22
text: Ordered to be Reported by Voice Vote.
action_date: 2018-03-22
text: Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
action_date: 2018-03-20
text: Referred to the House Committee on Science, Space, and Technology.
action_date: 2018-03-20
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2018-03-20
text: Introduced in House
Commercial Space Support Vehicle Act

Bill: 115-hr-5346
Sponsor: Rep. Posey, Bill [R-FL-8]
Introduced: 2018-03-20 in the House
Policy area: Science, Technology, Communications
Subjects: Licensing and registrations
Research and development
Space flight and exploration
Spacecraft and satellites

Summary:
action_date: 2018-03-20
text: 

Commercial Space Support Vehicle Act

 
This bill authorizes the Department of Transportation to issue licenses or permits for flights of a space support vehicle that are not a launch or reentry. Such a vehicle may be a launch vehicle, reentry vehicle, or a component of a launch or reentry vehicle.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2018-06-28
text: Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
action_date: 2018-06-27
text: Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
action_date: 2018-06-27
text: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill Agreed to by voice vote. (CR H5770)
action_date: 2018-06-27
text: Passed/agreed to in House: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill Agreed to by voice vote.(CR H5770)
action_date: 2018-06-27
text: DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on H.R. 5346.
action_date: 2018-06-27
text: Considered under suspension of the rules. (consideration: CR H5770-5771)
action_date: 2018-06-27
text: Mr. Posey moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill.
action_date: 2018-06-27
text: Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 611.
action_date: 2018-06-27
text: Reported by the Committee on Science, Space, and Technology. H. Rept. 115-789.
action_date: 2018-06-27
text: Reported by the Committee on Science, Space, and Technology. H. Rept. 115-789.
action_date: 2018-03-22
text: Ordered to be Reported by Voice Vote.
action_date: 2018-03-22
text: Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
action_date: 2018-03-20
text: Referred to the House Committee on Science, Space, and Technology.
action_date: 2018-03-20
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2018-03-20
text: Introduced in House
Lyon County Economic Development and Environmental Remediation Act

Bill: 115-hr-5347
Sponsor: Rep. Amodei, Mark E. [R-NV-2]
Introduced: 2018-03-20 in the House
Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources
Subjects: Government liability
Hazardous wastes and toxic substances
Indian lands and resources rights
Land transfers
Nevada

Summary:
action_date: 2018-03-20
text: 

Lyon County Economic Development and Environmental Remediation Act

 
This bill directs the Department of the Interior to convey to Atlantic Richfield Company all right, title, and interest (including miner rights) of the United States in and to approximately 2,062 acres of five parcels of land managed by the Bureau of Land Management and located in Lyon County, Nevada. This conveyance is for the purpose of remediation and reclamation of abandoned copper mines on the land and economic development in the county.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2018-11-02
text: Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 783.
action_date: 2018-11-02
text: Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Natural Resources. H. Rept. 115-1002.
action_date: 2018-11-02
text: Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Natural Resources. H. Rept. 115-1002.
action_date: 2018-07-18
text: Ordered to be Reported (Amended) by the Yeas and Nays: 16 - 15.
action_date: 2018-07-18
text: Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
action_date: 2018-07-18
text: Subcommittee on Federal Lands Discharged.
action_date: 2018-07-17
text: Subcommittee Hearings Held.
action_date: 2018-04-04
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Federal Lands.
action_date: 2018-03-20
text: Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.
action_date: 2018-03-20
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2018-03-20
text: Introduced in House
Military Career Intermission Program Act of 2018

Bill: 115-hr-5348
Sponsor: Rep. Banks, Jim [R-IN-3]
Introduced: 2018-03-20 in the House
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Employment and training programs
Military personnel and dependents
Wages and earnings

Summary:
action_date: 2018-03-20
text: 

Military Career Intermission Program Act of 2018

 
This bill codifies and makes permanent the Military Career Intermission Program.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2018-03-21
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Military Personnel.
action_date: 2018-03-20
text: Referred to the House Committee on Armed Services.
action_date: 2018-03-20
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2018-03-20
text: Introduced in House
Appalachia Opportunity Grants Act of 2018

Bill: 115-hr-5350
Sponsor: Rep. Griffith, H. Morgan [R-VA-9]
Introduced: 2018-03-20 in the House
Policy area: Agriculture and Food
Subjects: Alabama
Business investment and capital
Economic development
Employment and training programs
Georgia
Government information and archives
Government studies and investigations
Health care quality
Health promotion and preventive care
Higher education
Housing and community development funding
Infrastructure development
Kentucky
Maryland
Mississippi
New York State
North Carolina
Ohio
Pennsylvania
Performance measurement
Public-private cooperation
Rural conditions and development
South Carolina
State and local government operations
Tennessee
Travel and tourism
Virginia
West Virginia

Summary:
action_date: 2018-03-20
text: 

Appalachia Opportunity Grants Act of 2018 

 
This bill amends the Consolidated Farm and Rural Development Act to authorize the Department of Agriculture to award grants for units of local government in the Appalachian region of the eastern United States to convene groups of public and private entities to collaborate in carrying out regional projects to accomplish positive economic and community impacts in the region. 
 
A regional project carried out by a collaborative group must: (1) involve at least two municipalities that share a border; and (2) complete a specific activity that has a goal of job creation, expansion of the capacity of post-secondary education, growth of tourism, improving public health, or upgrading regional infrastructure. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2018-04-30
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Commodity Exchanges, Energy, and Credit.
action_date: 2018-03-20
text: Referred to the Committee on Agriculture, and in addition to the Committee on Education and the Workforce, 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: 2018-03-20
text: Referred to the Committee on Agriculture, and in addition to the Committee on Education and the Workforce, 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: 2018-03-20
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2018-03-20
text: Introduced in House
NDA Act

Bill: 115-hr-5351
Sponsor: Rep. Krishnamoorthi, Raja [D-IL-8]
Introduced: 2018-03-20 in the House
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Subjects: Employment discrimination and employee rights
Executive Office of the President
Federal officials
Government ethics and transparency, public corruption
Government information and archives

Summary:
action_date: 2018-03-20
text: 

No Disrupting Accountability Act or the NDA Act

 
This bill states that a nondisclosure agreement based on an individual's employment in the Executive Office of the President or the White House may not be enforced against the individual for disclosing information, in violation of the nondisclosure agreement, about wrongdoing.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2018-03-20
text: Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform.
action_date: 2018-03-20
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2018-03-20
text: Introduced in House
Rural Housing Preservation Act of 2018

Bill: 115-hr-5352
Sponsor: Rep. Kuster, Ann M. [D-NH-2]
Introduced: 2018-03-20 in the House
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: Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services.
action_date: 2018-03-20
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2018-03-20
text: Introduced in House
Eliminating Opioid Related Infectious Diseases Act of 2018

Bill: 115-hr-5353
Sponsor: Rep. Lance, Leonard [R-NJ-7]
Introduced: 2018-03-20 in the House
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
Indian social and development programs
Infectious and parasitic diseases
Medical education
Minority health

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: 2018-06-13
text: Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
action_date: 2018-06-12
text: Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
action_date: 2018-06-12
text: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by voice vote. (text: CR H5059)
action_date: 2018-06-12
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 H5059)
action_date: 2018-06-12
text: DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on H.R. 5353.
action_date: 2018-06-12
text: Considered under suspension of the rules. (consideration: CR H5059-5060)
action_date: 2018-06-12
text: Mr. Walden moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended.
action_date: 2018-05-09
text: Ordered to be Reported (Amended) by Voice Vote.
action_date: 2018-05-09
text: Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
action_date: 2018-04-25
text: Forwarded by Subcommittee to Full Committee (Amended) by Voice Vote .
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: 2018-03-20
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2018-03-20
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2018-03-20
text: Introduced in House
Countering Foreign Propaganda Act of 2018

Bill: 115-hr-5354
Sponsor: Rep. Moulton, Seth [D-MA-6]
Introduced: 2018-03-20 in the House
Policy area: Science, Technology, Communications
Subjects: Broadcasting, cable, digital technologies
Congressional oversight
Foreign and international corporations
Government studies and investigations
International exchange and broadcasting
Internet and video services
Internet, web applications, social media
U.S. and foreign investments

Summary:
action_date: 2018-03-20
text: 

Countering Foreign Propaganda Act of 2018

 
This bill amends the Communications Act of 1934 to require a U.S.-based foreign media outlet to submit to the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) a report every six months that contains: (1) the name of the outlet, and (2) a description of the outlet's relationship with its foreign principal, including the legal relationship and funding the outlet receives from the principal. The FCC must transmit a summary of such reports to Congress and make them publicly available.
 
The bill requires a U.S.-based foreign media outlet that produces or distributes any video programming for a foreign principal that is or intended to be transmitted by a multichannel video programming distributor (such as cable operators and direct satellite services) to U.S. consumers to include a conspicuous statement that the programming is produced or distributed by the outlet on behalf of its foreign principal. The FCC may define by rule what constitutes a "conspicuous statement."


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2018-03-23
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Communications and Technology.
action_date: 2018-03-20
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2018-03-20
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2018-03-20
text: Introduced in House
To amend chapter 77 of title 5, United States Code, to clarify certain due process rights of Federal employees serving in sensitive positions, and for other purposes.

Bill: 115-hr-5355
Sponsor: Del. Norton, Eleanor Holmes [D-DC-At Large]
Introduced: 2018-03-20 in the House
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Subjects: Administrative remedies
Due process and equal protection
Government employee pay, benefits, personnel management
Merit Systems Protection Board

Summary:
action_date: 2018-03-20
text: 
This bill permits the Merit Systems Protection Board to review an agency's determination that an employee (or applicant) is ineligible to hold a sensitive position that does not require a security clearance or access to classified information.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2018-03-20
text: Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform.
action_date: 2018-03-20
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E346)
action_date: 2018-03-20
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2018-03-20
text: Introduced in House
Nuclear Cooperation Reform Act of 2018

Bill: 115-hr-5357
Sponsor: Rep. Ros-Lehtinen, Ileana [R-FL-27]
Introduced: 2018-03-21 in the House
Policy area: International Affairs
Subjects: Arms control and nonproliferation
Chemical and biological weapons
Civil actions and liability
Congressional oversight
Food assistance and relief
Foreign aid and international relief
International law and treaties
International organizations and cooperation
Military assistance, sales, and agreements
Nuclear power
Nuclear weapons
Sanctions
Technology transfer and commercialization
Terrorism
Trade restrictions
United Nations

Summary:
action_date: 2018-03-21
text: 

Nuclear Cooperation Reform Act of 2018

 
This bill imposes additional requirements for Congressional approval of nuclear cooperation agreements with foreign countries, such as a requirement for the foreign country to have acceded to various international agreements relating to weapons development and proliferation.



Legislative actions:
action_date: 2018-03-21
text: Referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs, 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: 2018-03-21
text: Referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs, 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: 2018-03-21
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2018-03-21
text: Introduced in House
DRIVE-Safe Act

Bill: 115-hr-5358
Sponsor: Rep. Hunter, Duncan D. [R-CA-50]
Introduced: 2018-03-21 in the House
Policy area: Transportation and Public Works
Subjects: Accidents
Employment and training programs
Motor carriers
Motor vehicles
Transportation employees
Transportation safety and security

Summary:
action_date: 2018-03-21
text: 

Developing Responsible Individuals for a Vibrant Economy Act or the DRIVE-Safe Act

 
This bill directs the Department of Transportation to issue regulations relating to an apprenticeship program for licensed commercial motor vehicle drivers under the age of 21. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2018-03-22
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Highways and Transit.
action_date: 2018-03-21
text: Referred to the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.
action_date: 2018-03-21
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2018-03-21
text: Introduced in House