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To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 35 West Main Street in Frisco, Colorado, as the "Patrick E. Mahany, Jr., Post Office Building".

Bill: 115-hr-6831
Sponsor: Rep. Polis, Jared [D-CO-2]
Introduced: 2018-09-17 in the House
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Subjects: Colorado
Congressional tributes
Government buildings, facilities, and property
Postal service

Summary:
action_date: 2018-09-17
text: Designates the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 35 West Main Street in Frisco, Colorado, as the "Patrick E. Mahany, Jr., Post Office Building."
action_date: 2018-12-21
text: 
Designates the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 35 West Main Street in Frisco, Colorado, as the "Patrick E. Mahany, Jr., Post Office Building."


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2018-12-21
text: Became Public Law No: 115-382.
action_date: 2018-12-21
text: Became Public Law No: 115-382.
action_date: 2018-12-21
text: Signed by President.
action_date: 2018-12-21
text: Signed by President.
action_date: 2018-12-21
text: Presented to President.
action_date: 2018-12-21
text: Presented to President.
action_date: 2018-12-13
text: Message on Senate action sent to the House.
action_date: 2018-12-12
text: Passed Senate without amendment by Unanimous Consent. (consideration: CR S7528)
action_date: 2018-12-12
text: Passed/agreed to in Senate: Passed Senate without amendment by Unanimous Consent.(consideration: CR S7528)
action_date: 2018-12-03
text: Received in the Senate, read twice.
action_date: 2018-11-29
text: Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
action_date: 2018-11-29
text: On passage Passed without objection. (text: CR H9728)
action_date: 2018-11-29
text: Passed/agreed to in House: On passage Passed without objection.(text: CR H9728)
action_date: 2018-11-29
text: Considered by unanimous consent. (consideration: CR H9728)
action_date: 2018-11-29
text: Committee on Oversight and Government discharged.
action_date: 2018-11-29
text: Committee on Oversight and Government discharged.
action_date: 2018-11-29
text: Mr. Comer asked unanimous consent to discharge from committee and consider.
action_date: 2018-09-17
text: Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform.
action_date: 2018-09-17
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2018-09-17
text: Introduced in House

Enacted as: number: 115-382
Safe Helicopters Now Act

Bill: 115-hr-6832
Sponsor: Rep. Polis, Jared [D-CO-2]
Introduced: 2018-09-17 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Aviation and airports
Emergency medical services and trauma care
Income tax credits
Motor fuels
Transportation safety and security

Summary:
action_date: 2018-09-17
text: 

Safe Helicopters Now Act 

 
This bill amends the Internal Revenue Code to allow a tax credit equal to 10% of the costs of making changes to a fuel system in an emergency medical rotorcraft to comply with certain requirements for fuel system crash resistance. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2018-09-17
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2018-09-17
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2018-09-17
text: Introduced in House
GREEN Act

Bill: 115-hr-6833
Sponsor: Rep. McNerney, Jerry [D-CA-9]
Introduced: 2018-09-17 in the House
Policy area: Education
Subjects: Air quality
Alternative and renewable resources
Climate change and greenhouse gases
Education of the disadvantaged
Education programs funding
Educational facilities and institutions
Educational technology and distance education
Elementary and secondary education
Energy efficiency and conservation
Environmental technology
Higher education
Teaching, teachers, curricula
Vocational and technical education

Summary:
action_date: 2018-09-17
text: 

Grants for Renewable Energy Education for the Nation Act or the GREEN Act 

 
 This bill authorizes the Department of Energy to award grants to partnerships of local educational agencies, postsecondary institutions, and clean and renewable energy industry representatives to: (1) develop programs of study focused on emerging careers and jobs in the fields of clean and renewable energy, energy efficiency, climate change mitigation, and climate change adaptation; and (2) promote development of career and technical education facilities that are energy efficient and promote the use of renewable energy practices.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2018-09-17
text: Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce.
action_date: 2018-09-17
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2018-09-17
text: Introduced in House
Human Trafficking and IUU Fishing Act

Bill: 115-hr-6834
Sponsor: Del. Bordallo, Madeleine Z. [D-GU-At Large]
Introduced: 2018-09-17 in the House
Policy area: International Affairs
Subjects: Department of Commerce
Executive agency funding and structure
Federal officials
Human trafficking

Summary:
action_date: 2018-09-17
text: 

Human Trafficking and IUU Fishing Act

This bill amends the Trafficking Victims Protection Act of 2000 to add the Secretary of Commerce as a member of the President's Interagency Task Force to Monitor and Combat Trafficking.

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2018-09-17
text: Referred to the House Committee on Foreign Affairs.
action_date: 2018-09-17
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E1261)
action_date: 2018-09-17
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2018-09-17
text: Introduced in House
PFAS Federal Facility Accountability Act of 2018

Bill: 115-hr-6835
Sponsor: Rep. Upton, Fred [R-MI-6]
Introduced: 2018-09-17 in the House
Policy area: Environmental Protection
Subjects: Congressional oversight
Environmental assessment, monitoring, research
Environmental health
Environmental regulatory procedures
Government buildings, facilities, and property
Hazardous wastes and toxic substances
Intergovernmental relations
Pollution liability
Soil pollution
State and local government operations
Water quality
Water use and supply

Summary:
action_date: 2018-09-17
text: 

PFAS Federal Facility Accountability Act of 2018

 
This bill requires the federal government, on the request of a state, to cooperate with the state to address drinking water, surface water, ground water, sediment, or soil contaminated from a perfluorinated compound released from a federal facility or a former federal facility. A perfluorinated compound means a perfluoroalkyl substance, or a polyfluoroalkyl substance, that is man made and contains at least one fully fluorinated carbon atom.
 
Within a year, the Environmental Protection Agency must determine whether to designate perfluorinated compounds as hazardous substances.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2018-09-17
text: Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
action_date: 2018-09-17
text: Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
action_date: 2018-09-17
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2018-09-17
text: Introduced in House
CLINICAL TREATMENT Act

Bill: 115-hr-6836
Sponsor: Rep. Bilirakis, Gus M. [R-FL-12]
Introduced: 2018-09-17 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Cancer
Drug therapy
Government studies and investigations
Health care costs and insurance
Medicaid
Medical research
Research administration and funding

Summary:
action_date: 2018-09-17
text: 

Covering Life-saving Investigations Needed in Cancer and Other Life-threatening Conditions through Timely use of Resources for Easy and Affordable Treatment from Medicaid for Enrollees in Need Today Act or the CLINICAL TREATMENT Act

 
This bill requires state Medicaid programs to cover routine patient costs for items and services that are provided in connection with a qualifying clinical trial regarding cancer or other life-threatening conditions.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2018-09-17
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2018-09-17
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2018-09-17
text: Introduced in House
Commission on Sustaining Medicare and Social Security Act of 2018

Bill: 115-hr-6837
Sponsor: Rep. Bilirakis, Gus M. [R-FL-12]
Introduced: 2018-09-17 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Advisory bodies
Census and government statistics
Disability assistance
Fraud offenses and financial crimes
Government employee pay, benefits, personnel management
Inflation and prices
Medicare
Social security and elderly assistance

Summary:
action_date: 2018-09-17
text: 

Commission on Sustaining Medicare and Social Security Act of 2018

 
This bill establishes the Commission on Sustaining Medicare and Social Security; the commission must report on specified information relating to Medicare and the Old Age, Survivors, and Disability Insurance program, including potential program reforms to prevent fraud.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2018-09-17
text: Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
action_date: 2018-09-17
text: Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
action_date: 2018-09-17
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2018-09-17
text: Introduced in House
To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 128 East Carlisle Street in Marion, Kentucky, as the "Ollie M. James Post Office Building".

Bill: 115-hr-6838
Sponsor: Rep. Comer, James [R-KY-1]
Introduced: 2018-09-17 in the House
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Subjects: Congressional tributes
Government buildings, facilities, and property
Kentucky
Members of Congress
Postal service

Summary:
action_date: 2018-09-17
text: Designates the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 128 East Carlisle Street in Marion, Kentucky, as the "Ollie M. James Post Office Building."

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2018-12-03
text: Received in the Senate.
action_date: 2018-11-29
text: Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
action_date: 2018-11-29
text: On passage Passed without objection. (text: CR H9728)
action_date: 2018-11-29
text: Passed/agreed to in House: On passage Passed without objection.(text: CR H9728)
action_date: 2018-11-29
text: Considered by unanimous consent. (consideration: CR H9728)
action_date: 2018-11-29
text: Mr. Comer asked unanimous consent to discharge from committee and consider.
action_date: 2018-11-29
text: Committee on Oversight and Government discharged.
action_date: 2018-11-29
text: Committee on Oversight and Government discharged.
action_date: 2018-09-17
text: Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform.
action_date: 2018-09-17
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2018-09-17
text: Introduced in House
To designate the community-based outpatient clinic of the Department of Veterans Affairs in Lake Charles, Louisiana, as the "Douglas Fournet Department of Veterans Affairs Clinic".

Bill: 115-hr-6839
Sponsor: Rep. Higgins, Clay [R-LA-3]
Introduced: 2018-09-17 in the House
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Congressional tributes
Department of Veterans Affairs
Health facilities and institutions
Home and outpatient care
Louisiana
Veterans' medical care

Summary:
action_date: 2018-09-17
text: 
This bill designates the Department of Veterans Affairs community-based outpatient clinic in Lake Charles, Louisiana, as the "Douglas Fournet Department of Veterans Affairs Clinic."


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2018-09-17
text: Referred to the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
action_date: 2018-09-17
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2018-09-17
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2018-09-17
text: Introduced in House
Hold the LYNE Act

Bill: 115-hr-6840
Sponsor: Rep. Lieu, Ted [D-CA-33]
Introduced: 2018-09-17 in the House
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Appropriations
Defense spending
Department of Defense
Department of Energy
Executive agency funding and structure
Military procurement, research, weapons development
Nuclear weapons

Summary:
action_date: 2018-09-17
text: 

Hold the Low-Yield Nuclear Explosive Act or the Hold the LYNE Act

 
This bill prohibits the use of funds authorized for the Department of Defense or the Department of Energy (DOE) for the development, production, or deployment of the Trident D5 low-yield nuclear warhead. It also repeals authorization for DOE to modify or develop a low-yield nuclear warhead for submarine-launched ballistic missiles.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2018-09-18
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Strategic Forces.
action_date: 2018-09-17
text: Referred to the House Committee on Armed Services.
action_date: 2018-09-17
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2018-09-17
text: Introduced in House
Disaster Savings and Resilient Construction Act of 2018

Bill: 115-hr-6841
Sponsor: Rep. Reed, Tom [R-NY-23]
Introduced: 2018-09-17 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Building construction
Housing industry and standards
Income tax credits
Income tax deductions
Industrial facilities
Natural disasters
Residential rehabilitation and home repair

Summary:
action_date: 2018-09-17
text: 

Disaster Savings and Resilient Construction Act of 201

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 This bill amends the Internal Revenue Code to allow a business-related tax credit for a specified portion of the cost of commercial and residential buildings that comply with resilient construction requirements in a federally-declared major disaster area. 
 
The bill defines "resilient construction requirements" as requirements that such buildings are designed and constructed to: (1) resist hazards brought on by a major disaster; (2) continue to provide their primary functions after a major disaster; (3) reduce the magnitude or duration of a disruptive event; and (4) have the absorptive capacity, adaptive capacity, and recoverability to withstand a potentially disruptive event. 
 
The credit does not apply to property for which a certificate of occupancy is issued after December 31, 2022.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2018-09-17
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2018-09-17
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2018-09-17
text: Introduced in House
Disaster Certainty Act

Bill: 115-hr-6842
Sponsor: Rep. Rice, Tom [R-SC-7]
Introduced: 2018-09-17 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Disaster relief and insurance
Tax administration and collection, taxpayers

Summary:
action_date: 2018-09-17
text: 

Disaster Certainty Act

 
 This bill amends the Internal Revenue Code to delay several tax-related deadlines by 60 days for residents of areas in which the governor has requested a federal disaster declaration under the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2018-09-17
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2018-09-17
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2018-09-17
text: Introduced in House
Northern Utah Lands Management Act

Bill: 115-hr-6843
Sponsor: Rep. Bishop, Rob [R-UT-1]
Introduced: 2018-09-20 in the House
Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Advisory bodies
Congressional oversight
Dams and canals
Department of Agriculture
Fires
Forests, forestry, trees
Geography and mapping
Government studies and investigations
Historic sites and heritage areas
Hunting and fishing
Idaho
Insects
Lakes and rivers
Land transfers
Land use and conservation
Livestock
Marine and coastal resources, fisheries
Parks, recreation areas, trails
Railroads
Utah
Water use and supply
Wilderness and natural areas, wildlife refuges, wild rivers, habitats
Wildlife conservation and habitat protection

Summary:
action_date: 2018-09-20
text: 

Northern Utah Lands Management Act

 
This bill designates specified areas in Utah for conservation and recreation and provides for specified land conveyances. 
 
Specifically, the bill establishes: 
 
 
the McCoy Flats Trail System, 
 
the Ashley Karst National Recreation and Geologic Area, 
 
the John Wesley Powell National Conservation Area, and 
 
the National Bear River Heritage Area. 

 
In addition, the bill provides for the following land conveyances:
 
 
the property identified as Ashley Spring, and 
 
the Jones Hole National Fish Hatchery, 
 
to the Central Utah Water Conservancy District certain acquired lands and certain federal lands related to the Big Sand Wash facilities, and certain existing Big Sand Wash facilities that are part of the Uinta Basin Replacement Project; and 
 
to the city of Hyde Park a specified 80-acre parcel of Bureau of Land Management land, including improvements, for use for public purposes. 

 
The National Park Service (NPS) shall establish the Transcontinental Railroad Network and shall carry out a study and other duties related to the history, construction, and legacy of the Transcontinental Railroad. 
 
The bill redesignates the Golden Spike National Historic Site as the "Golden Spike National Historical Park."


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2018-09-26
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Federal Lands.
action_date: 2018-09-20
text: Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.
action_date: 2018-09-20
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2018-09-20
text: Introduced in House
No Early Release for Fentanyl Traffickers Act

Bill: 115-hr-6844
Sponsor: Rep. Blackburn, Marsha [R-TN-7]
Introduced: 2018-09-20 in the House
Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement
Subjects: Correctional facilities and imprisonment
Criminal procedure and sentencing
Drug trafficking and controlled substances

Summary:
action_date: 2018-09-20
text: 

No Early Release for Fentanyl Traffickers Act

 
The bill prohibits good time credit for a federal prisoner who is serving a prison term for manufacturing, distributing, or possessing with intent to distribute fentanyl.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2018-09-20
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2018-09-20
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2018-09-20
text: Introduced in House
Amy, Vicky, and Andy Child Pornography Victim Assistance Act of 2018

Bill: 115-hr-6845
Sponsor: Rep. Gowdy, Trey [R-SC-4]
Introduced: 2018-09-20 in the House
Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement
Subjects: Congressional oversight
Crime victims
Crimes against children
Criminal procedure and sentencing
Evidence and witnesses
Government trust funds
Pornography
Sex offenses
Smuggling and trafficking

Summary:
action_date: 2018-09-20
text: 

Amy, Vicky, and Andy Child Pornography Victim Assistance Act of 2018

 
This bill amends the federal criminal code to modify procedures for determining the amount of mandatory restitution in child pornography cases.
 
Additionally, the bill amends the Victims of Crime Act of 1984:
 
 
to direct courts to impose additional assessments on persons convicted of child pornography offenses; and 
to establish a Child Pornography Victims Reserve, within the Crime Victims Fund, where the additional assessments must be deposited.



Legislative actions:
action_date: 2018-09-20
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2018-09-20
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2018-09-20
text: Introduced in House
To require the United States Postal Service to establish new ZIP codes, and for other purposes.

Bill: 115-hr-6846
Sponsor: Rep. Diaz-Balart, Mario [R-FL-25]
Introduced: 2018-09-20 in the House
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Subjects: Florida
Nevada
New York State
Postal service

Summary:
action_date: 2018-09-20
text: 
This bill directs the U.S. Postal Service, by 270 days after this bill's enactment, to designate a single, unique ZIP code for each of:
 
 
Miami Lakes, Florida;
 
 Storey County, Nevada;
 
 Flanders, Northampton, and Riverside in the Town of Southampton, New York;
 
 Ocoee, Florida; and
 
 Glendale, New York. 



Legislative actions:
action_date: 2018-09-27
text: Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.
action_date: 2018-09-26
text: Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
action_date: 2018-09-26
text: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill Agreed to by voice vote. (text: CR H9080)
action_date: 2018-09-26
text: Passed/agreed to in House: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill Agreed to by voice vote.(text: CR H9080)
action_date: 2018-09-26
text: DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on H.R. 6846.
action_date: 2018-09-26
text: Considered under suspension of the rules. (consideration: CR H9080-9081)
action_date: 2018-09-26
text: Mr. Russell moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill.
action_date: 2018-09-20
text: Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform.
action_date: 2018-09-20
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2018-09-20
text: Introduced in House
VA Safe Opioid Return Act

Bill: 115-hr-6848
Sponsor: Rep. Bishop, Mike [R-MI-8]
Introduced: 2018-09-20 in the House
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Drug trafficking and controlled substances
Health facilities and institutions
Prescription drugs
Veterans' medical care

Summary:
action_date: 2018-09-20
text: 

VA Safe Opioid Return Act

 
This bill directs the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) to ensure that each VA medical center with an on-site pharmacy or a law enforcement officer has a physical location where patients may dispose of controlled substances medications. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2018-09-20
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2018-09-20
text: Referred to the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
action_date: 2018-09-20
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2018-09-20
text: Introduced in House
Bank Secrecy Innovation Act

Bill: 115-hr-6849
Sponsor: Rep. Budd, Ted [R-NC-13]
Introduced: 2018-09-20 in the House
Policy area: Finance and Financial Sector
Subjects: Advanced technology and technological innovations
Banking and financial institutions regulation
Fraud offenses and financial crimes

Summary:
action_date: 2018-09-20
text: 

Bank Secrecy Innovation Act 

 
This bill specifies that the Department of the Treasury must encourage, but not require, financial institutions to use technological innovations to improve certain anti-money-laundering programs. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2018-09-20
text: Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services.
action_date: 2018-09-20
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2018-09-20
text: Introduced in House
Financial Reporting Threshold Modernization Act

Bill: 115-hr-6850
Sponsor: Rep. Loudermilk, Barry [R-GA-11]
Introduced: 2018-09-20 in the House
Policy area: Finance and Financial Sector
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Banking and financial institutions regulation
Business records
Currency
Department of the Treasury
Fraud offenses and financial crimes

Summary:
action_date: 2018-09-20
text: 

Financial Reporting Threshold Modernization Act

 
This bill increases the threshold dollar amounts above which financial institutions are required to file currency-transaction and suspicious-activity reports with the Financial Crimes Enforcement Network.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2018-09-20
text: Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services.
action_date: 2018-09-20
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2018-09-20
text: Introduced in House