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A bill to provide for the carriage of certain television broadcast stations, and for other purposes.

Bill: 115-s-3524
Sponsor: Sen. Markey, Edward J. [D-MA]
Introduced: 2018-09-27 in the Senate
Policy area: Science, Technology, Communications
Subjects: Broadcasting, cable, digital technologies
Federal Communications Commission (FCC)
Massachusetts

Summary:
action_date: 2018-09-27
text: 
This bill permits a cable operator to transmit to subscribers in Albany, New York, a television broadcast that: (1) was retransmitted to subscribers located in Albany on December 1, 2016, and (2) is not retransmitted to all subscribers in Albany as of this bill's enactment.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2018-09-27
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
action_date: 2018-09-27
text: Introduced in Senate
A bill to designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 7521 Paula Drive in Tampa, Florida, as the "Major Andreas O'Keeffe Post Office Building".

Bill: 115-s-3525
Sponsor: Sen. Nelson, Bill [D-FL]
Introduced: 2018-09-28 in the Senate
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Subjects: Congressional tributes
Florida
Government buildings, facilities, and property
Military personnel and dependents
Postal service

Summary:
action_date: 2018-09-28
text: Designates the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 7521 Paula Drive in Tampa, Florida, as the "Major Andreas O'Keeffe Post Office Building."

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2018-09-28
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.
action_date: 2018-09-28
text: Introduced in Senate
Equal Treatment of Public Servants Act of 2018

Bill: 115-s-3526
Sponsor: Sen. Cruz, Ted [R-TX]
Introduced: 2018-09-28 in the Senate
Policy area: Social Welfare
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Congressional oversight
Employee benefits and pensions
Government employee pay, benefits, personnel management
Government information and archives
Government studies and investigations
Intergovernmental relations
Social Security Administration
Social security and elderly assistance
State and local government operations
Wages and earnings

Summary:
action_date: 2018-09-28
text: 

Equal Treatment of Public Servants Act of 201

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This bill establishes a new formula for adjusting benefits under the Old Age, Survivors, and Disability Insurance (OASDI) program for individuals who receive pensions based on certain non-covered employment. This formula replaces the existing formula (known as the "windfall elimination provision") for making such adjustments to OASDI benefits. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2018-09-28
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
action_date: 2018-09-28
text: Introduced in Senate
Cape Cod National Seashore Advisory Commission Reauthorization Act

Bill: 115-s-3527
Sponsor: Sen. Markey, Edward J. [D-MA]
Introduced: 2018-09-28 in the Senate
Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources
Subjects: Advisory bodies
Massachusetts
Seashores and lakeshores

Summary:
action_date: 2018-09-28
text: 

Cape Cod National Seashore Advisory Commission Reauthorization Act

 
This bill extends the Cape Cod National Seashore Advisory Commission through September 25, 2028. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2018-12-12
text: Committee on Energy and Natural Resources Subcommittee on National Parks. Hearings held.
action_date: 2018-09-28
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
action_date: 2018-09-28
text: Introduced in Senate
Care for Veterans Act of 2018

Bill: 115-s-3528
Sponsor: Sen. Stabenow, Debbie [D-MI]
Introduced: 2018-09-28 in the Senate
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Congressional oversight
Disability and paralysis
Hazardous wastes and toxic substances
Hospital care
Michigan
Military facilities and property
Military personnel and dependents
National Guard and reserves
Veterans' medical care
Veterans' pensions and compensation

Summary:
action_date: 2018-09-28
text: 

Care for Veterans Act of 2018

 
This bill requires hospital care and medical services to be furnished to veterans that were exposed to volatile organic compounds, including trichloroethylene and benzene, while serving at Wurtsmith Air Force Base in Oscoda, Michigan. Family members of veterans who resided at Wurtsmith Air Force Base are also eligible for hospital care and medical services under this bill.
 
The bill also provides a presumption of service connection for veterans who were exposed to volatile organic compounds while serving at Wurtsmith Air Force Base. Under a presumption of service connection, specific conditions diagnosed in certain veterans are presumed to have been caused by the circumstances of their military service. Health care benefits and disability compensation may then be awarded.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2018-09-28
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
action_date: 2018-09-28
text: Introduced in Senate
VET PFAS Act

Bill: 115-s-3529
Sponsor: Sen. Stabenow, Debbie [D-MI]
Introduced: 2018-09-28 in the Senate
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Cancer
Cardiovascular and respiratory health
Congressional oversight
Digestive and metabolic diseases
Disability and paralysis
Hazardous wastes and toxic substances
Hospital care
Military facilities and property
Military personnel and dependents
National Guard and reserves
Veterans' medical care
Veterans' pensions and compensation

Summary:
action_date: 2018-09-28
text: 

Veterans Exposed to Toxic PFAS Act or the VET PFAS Act

 
This bill requires hospital care and medical services to be furnished to veterans, who were exposed to perfluorooctanoic acid, and other per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances while serving on military installations. Family members of veterans who resided at these military installations are also eligible for hospital care and medical services under this bill.
 
The bill also provides a presumption of service connection for veterans who were exposed to such substances. Under a presumption of service connection, specific conditions diagnosed in veterans are presumed to have been caused by the circumstances of their military service. Health care benefits and disability compensation may then be awarded.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2018-09-28
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
action_date: 2018-09-28
text: Introduced in Senate
Emergency Care Improvement Act

Bill: 115-s-3531
Sponsor: Sen. Cassidy, Bill [R-LA]
Introduced: 2018-09-28 in the Senate
Policy area: Health

Summary:
action_date: 2018-09-28
text: 

Emergency Care Improvement Act

 
This bill provides for Medicare and Medicaid coverage of services that are furnished at freestanding emergency centers (i.e., facilities that are open 24-7, are not owned by hospitals, and meet other specified criteria).


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2018-09-28
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
action_date: 2018-09-28
text: Introduced in Senate
A bill to authorize the United States Postal Service to provide certain nonpostal property, products, and services on behalf of State, local, and tribal governments.

Bill: 115-s-3532
Sponsor: Sen. Hatch, Orrin G. [R-UT]
Introduced: 2018-09-28 in the Senate
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics

Summary:
action_date: 2018-09-28
text: 
This bill authorizes the U.S. Postal Service to establish a program to increase revenue by providing certain nonpostal property, products, or services on behalf of state, local, and tribal governments. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2018-10-04
text: Read the second time. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 622.
action_date: 2018-09-28
text: Introduced in the Senate. Read the first time. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under Read the First Time.
action_date: 2018-09-28
text: Introduced in Senate
Wood-Pawcatuck Watershed Wild and Scenic River Act

Bill: 115-s-3533
Sponsor: Sen. Reed, Jack [D-RI]
Introduced: 2018-10-01 in the Senate
Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources
Subjects: Connecticut
Land use and conservation
Public-private cooperation
Rhode Island
Watersheds
Wilderness and natural areas, wildlife refuges, wild rivers, habitats

Summary:
action_date: 2018-10-01
text: 

Wood-Pawcatuck Watershed Wild and Scenic River Act

 
This bill designates specified river segments in the Wood-Pawcatuck watershed in Rhode Island and Connecticut as scenic, recreational, or wild rivers and as components of the National Wild and Scenic Rivers System. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2018-12-12
text: Committee on Energy and Natural Resources Subcommittee on National Parks. Hearings held.
action_date: 2018-10-01
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. (Sponsor introductory remarks on measure: CR S6414)
action_date: 2018-10-01
text: Introduced in Senate
New River Gorge National Park Designation Act

Bill: 115-s-3534
Sponsor: Sen. Capito, Shelley Moore [R-WV]
Introduced: 2018-10-01 in the Senate
Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources
Subjects: Lakes and rivers
Parks, recreation areas, trails
West Virginia

Summary:
action_date: 2018-10-01
text: 

New River Gorge National Park Designation Act

 
This bill redesignates the New River Gorge National River in West Virginia as the &quot;New River Gorge National Park.&quot; 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2018-12-12
text: Committee on Energy and Natural Resources Subcommittee on National Parks. Hearings held.
action_date: 2018-10-01
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
action_date: 2018-10-01
text: Introduced in Senate
Common Sense Opportunities Act

Bill: 115-s-3535
Sponsor: Sen. Tester, Jon [D-MT]
Introduced: 2018-10-01 in the Senate
Policy area: Education
Subjects: Administrative remedies
Congressional oversight
Department of Education
Government studies and investigations
Student aid and college costs

Summary:
action_date: 2018-10-01
text: 

Common Sense Opportunities Act

 
This bill amends the Higher Education Act of 1965 to modify provisions concerning the federal TRIO programs (programs designed to identify and provide services for students from disadvantaged backgrounds), including to prohibit the Department of Education (ED) from rejecting an application for student assistance solely because it contains a technical error, unless ED notifies the applicant of the error and the applicant does not correct it by the resubmission deadline. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2018-10-01
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
action_date: 2018-10-01
text: Introduced in Senate
Protect Affordable Mortgages for Veterans Act of 2018

Bill: 115-s-3536
Sponsor: Sen. Klobuchar, Amy [D-MN]
Introduced: 2018-10-02 in the Senate
Policy area: Housing and Community Development
Subjects: Housing finance and home ownership
Interest, dividends, interest rates
Veterans' loans, housing, homeless programs

Summary:
action_date: 2018-10-02
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. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2018-10-02
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs.
action_date: 2018-10-02
text: Introduced in Senate
An Act Targeting Resources to Communities in Need

Bill: 115-s-3537
Sponsor: Sen. Booker, Cory A. [D-NJ]
Introduced: 2018-10-02 in the Senate
Policy area: Social Welfare
Subjects: Alaska
Appalachian Regional Commission
Appropriations
Banking and financial institutions regulation
Congressional oversight
Denali Commission
Department of Agriculture
Department of Commerce
Department of Health and Human Services
Department of Justice
Department of Labor
Department of Transportation
Economic development
Employment and training programs
Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)
Executive agency funding and structure
Infrastructure development
Law enforcement administration and funding
Poverty and welfare assistance
Public transit
Regional and metropolitan planning
Roads and highways
Transportation programs funding
Water Resources Development

Summary:
action_date: 2018-10-02
text: 

An Act Targeting Resources to Communities in Need

 
 This bill requires specified agencies administering development programs to target 10% of funding to persistent poverty counties.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2018-10-02
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works.
action_date: 2018-10-02
text: Introduced in Senate
DHS Body-Worn Camera Act of 2018

Bill: 115-s-3538
Sponsor: Sen. Harris, Kamala D. [D-CA]
Introduced: 2018-10-02 in the Senate
Policy area: Immigration
Subjects: Border security and unlawful immigration
Congressional oversight
Criminal justice information and records
Customs enforcement
Department of Homeland Security
Evidence and witnesses
Government information and archives
Immigration status and procedures
Law enforcement administration and funding
Law enforcement officers
Photography and imaging
Public participation and lobbying
Right of privacy

Summary:
action_date: 2018-10-02
text: 

DHS Body-Worn Camera Act of 2018

 
This bill requires the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) to establish pilot programs to test and evaluate the use of body-worn cameras by officers and agents of U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) and U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE). DHS must develop draft policies for the use of such camera by CBP and ICE officers and agents and submit to Congress a plan to implement, on a permanent basis, the use of such cameras. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2018-10-02
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.
action_date: 2018-10-02
text: Introduced in Senate
No Red and Blue Banks Act

Bill: 115-s-3539
Sponsor: Sen. Kennedy, John [R-LA]
Introduced: 2018-10-02 in the Senate
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Subjects: Bank accounts, deposits, capital
Public contracts and procurement

Summary:
action_date: 2018-10-02
text: 

No Red and Blue Banks Act

 
This bill prohibits the General Services Administration from awarding a contract to an insured depository institution or affiliate if the institution or affiliate avoids doing business with certain companies that it believes are engaged in lawful commerce based solely on social policy considerations.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2018-10-02
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.
action_date: 2018-10-02
text: Introduced in Senate
Central America Reform and Enforcement Act

Bill: 115-s-3540
Sponsor: Sen. Schumer, Charles E. [D-NY]
Introduced: 2018-10-02 in the Senate
Policy area: Immigration
Subjects: Administrative remedies
Air quality
Assault and harassment offenses
Aviation and airports
Border security and unlawful immigration
Child health
Child safety and welfare
Climate change and greenhouse gases
Competitiveness, trade promotion, trade deficits
Congressional oversight
Correctional facilities and imprisonment
Crime prevention
Crime victims
Crimes against women
Criminal investigation, prosecution, interrogation
Criminal justice information and records
Diplomacy, foreign officials, Americans abroad
Domestic violence and child abuse
Drug trafficking and controlled substances
Due process and equal protection
Economic development
Education programs funding
El Salvador
Elections, voting, political campaign regulation
Elementary and secondary education
Employment discrimination and employee rights
Environmental technology
Evidence and witnesses
Family relationships
Federal officials
Food assistance and relief
Foreign aid and international relief
Fraud offenses and financial crimes
Freedom of information
Government ethics and transparency, public corruption
Government studies and investigations
Guatemala
Health care coverage and access
Health care quality
Honduras
Human rights
Human trafficking
Immigration status and procedures
Intelligence activities, surveillance, classified information
International organizations and cooperation
Judges
Judicial procedure and administration
Juvenile crime and gang violence
Labor standards
Latin America
Law enforcement administration and funding
Law enforcement officers
Lawyers and legal services
Mental health
Mexico
Navigation, waterways, harbors
News media and reporting
Nutrition and diet
Organized crime
Political parties and affiliation
Refugees, asylum, displaced persons
Rule of law and government transparency
Sanctions
Separation, divorce, custody, support
Sex offenses
Sex, gender, sexual orientation discrimination
Small business
Sovereignty, recognition, national governance and status
Specialized courts
United Nations
User charges and fees
Violent crime
Vocational and technical education

Summary:
action_date: 2018-10-02
text: 

Central America Reform and Enforcement Act

 
This bill requires the Deaprtment of State to submit to Congress the United States Strategy for Engagement in Central America, a seven-year strategy to advance reforms in Central American countries that address the factors driving migration to the United States. The bill sets forth elements of such strategy, including strengthening the rule of law, combatting corruption, and confronting and countering violence and crime perpetrated by armed criminal gangs.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2018-10-02
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. (text of measure as introduced: CR S6439-6450)
action_date: 2018-10-02
text: Introduced in Senate
Reducing Costs for Out-of-Network Services Act of 2018

Bill: 115-s-3541
Sponsor: Sen. Shaheen, Jeanne [D-NH]
Introduced: 2018-10-03 in the Senate
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Employee benefits and pensions
Government studies and investigations
Health care costs and insurance
Health care coverage and access
Health programs administration and funding
Insurance industry and regulation
Medicare
Rural conditions and development
State and local government operations

Summary:
action_date: 2018-10-03
text: 

Reducing Costs for Out-of-Network Services Act of 2018

 
This bill prohibits health insurers and providers from charging individuals who have health insurance above a certain rate for out-of-network services; providers may also not charge uninsured individuals above a certain rate. States must select the applicable rates from specified options.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2018-10-03
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
action_date: 2018-10-03
text: Introduced in Senate
A bill to break up large financial entities.

Bill: 115-s-3542
Sponsor: Sen. Sanders, Bernard [I-VT]
Introduced: 2018-10-03 in the Senate
Policy area: Finance and Financial Sector
Subjects: Bank accounts, deposits, capital
Banking and financial institutions regulation
Congressional oversight
Corporate finance and management
Credit and credit markets
Economic performance and conditions
Federal Reserve System
Financial services and investments
Government information and archives
Securities

Summary:
action_date: 2018-10-03
text: 
This bill (1) directs the Federal Reserve Board to break up any financial institution with a total exposure equal to or greater than 3% of the annual gross domestic product of the United States, and (2) otherwise limits the activities of such financial institutions.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2018-10-03
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs.
action_date: 2018-10-03
text: Introduced in Senate
Native American Voting Rights Act of 2018

Bill: 115-s-3543
Sponsor: Sen. Udall, Tom [D-NM]
Introduced: 2018-10-03 in the Senate
Policy area: Native Americans
Subjects: Alaska Natives and Hawaiians
Civil actions and liability
Due process and equal protection
Elections, voting, political campaign regulation
Federal-Indian relations
Foreign language and bilingual programs
Government information and archives
Government studies and investigations
Indian lands and resources rights
Intergovernmental relations
Law enforcement administration and funding
Legal fees and court costs
Postal service
Racial and ethnic relations
State and local government operations
Voting rights

Summary:
action_date: 2018-10-03
text: 

Native American Voting Rights Act of 2018

 
This bill updates the voting rights of Native American and Alaska Native voters. These updates include, but are not limited to: 
 
 
expanding the types of facilities that can be used as voter registration agencies,
 
increasing polling site accessibility, 
 
providing enforcement power to citizens and attorneys general,
 
requiring approval for actions like moving a polling place, 
 
validating certain tribal identification for voting or registering, and
 
expanding requirements for bilingual voting accessibility. 
 
 
The bill establishes a Native American voting task force grant program for the purpose of increasing voter outreach, education, registration, turnout, and accessibility for Native American communities.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2018-10-03
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2018-10-03
text: Introduced in Senate
Prohibiting Incentives for Corporations that Kickout Employees Tax (PICKET) Act

Bill: 115-s-3544
Sponsor: Sen. Tester, Jon [D-MT]
Introduced: 2018-10-03 in the Senate
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Corporate finance and management
Income tax credits
Income tax deductions
Income tax rates
Labor-management relations
Research and development
Temporary and part-time employment
Wages and earnings

Summary:
action_date: 2018-10-03
text: 

Prohibiting Incentives for Corporations that Kickout Employees Tax (PICKET) Act 

 
This bill amends the Internal Revenue Code to increase the corporate tax rate from 21% to 35% for corporations participating in a labor lockout during the taxable year. A "labor lockout" is a dispute involving a work stoppage, wherein an employer withholds work from its employees in order to gain a concession from them. 
 
The bill also denies certain tax deductions and credits for remuneration (including wages or other benefits) paid by the taxpayer to a temporary replacement worker during a labor lockout. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2018-10-03
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
action_date: 2018-10-03
text: Introduced in Senate
Home Health Payment Innovation Act of 2018

Bill: 115-s-3545
Sponsor: Sen. Collins, Susan M. [R-ME]
Introduced: 2018-10-03 in the Senate
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Department of Health and Human Services
Government information and archives
Health care costs and insurance
Home and outpatient care
Medicare

Summary:
action_date: 2018-10-03
text: 

Home Health Payment Innovation Act of 2018

 
This bill allows the home confinement requirement for home health services to be waived under Medicare and Medicare Advantage. The bill also alters the payment methodology under the Medicare prospective payment system for home health services, including by eliminating the requirement that such methodology include certain behavioral assumptions regarding the implementation of specified changes to units of payment and case-mix adjustment factors.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2018-10-03
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. (Sponsor introductory remarks on measure: CR S6496-6497)
action_date: 2018-10-03
text: Introduced in Senate