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Developing and Empowering our Aspiring Leaders Act of 2018

Bill: 115-hr-6177
Sponsor: Rep. Hollingsworth, Trey [R-IN-9]
Introduced: 2018-06-21 in the House
Policy area: Finance and Financial Sector
Subjects: Banking and financial institutions regulation
Business investment and capital
Financial services and investments
Licensing and registrations
Securities
Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC)

Summary:
action_date: 2018-06-21
text: 

Developing and Empowering our Aspiring Leaders Act

 
This bill directs the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) to exempt certain investments by venture capital funds in emerging growth companies (in general, newly public companies with revenues below a specified threshold) from SEC registration requirements. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2018-08-03
text: Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 687.
action_date: 2018-08-03
text: Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Financial Services. H. Rept. 115-889.
action_date: 2018-08-03
text: Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Financial Services. H. Rept. 115-889.
action_date: 2018-07-11
text: Ordered to be Reported (Amended) by Voice Vote.
action_date: 2018-07-11
text: Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
action_date: 2018-06-21
text: Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services.
action_date: 2018-06-21
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2018-06-21
text: Introduced in House
Honest Operators Undertake Road Safety Act

Bill: 115-hr-6178
Sponsor: Rep. Crawford, Eric A. "Rick" [R-AR-1]
Introduced: 2018-06-21 in the House
Policy area: Transportation and Public Works
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Department of Transportation
General agriculture matters
Motor carriers
Motor vehicles
Public participation and lobbying
Transportation employees

Summary:
action_date: 2018-06-21
text: 

Honest Operators Undertake Road Safety Act or the HOURS Act

 
This bill amends the Motor Carrier Safety Improvement Act of 1999 with respect to commercial motor vehicle safety regulations involving the transportation of agricultural commodities and farm supplies.
 
The Department of Transportation (DOT) shall issue or revise regulations to ensure that a driver is exempt from requirements with respect to a driver's record of duty status and supporting documents, if (1) the driver meets certain requirements, including that he or she operates within a 150 air-mile radius of the normal work reporting location and, if driving a property-carrying commercial motor vehicle, returns to the work reporting location and is released from work within 14 consecutive hours; and (2) the motor carrier that employs the driver maintains and retains for a period of six months accurate and true records showing certain information, including the time the driver reports for duty each day and the total number of hours the driver is on duty each day.
 
DOT shall issue or revise regulations to ensure that a driver or motor carrier subject to the use of an electronic logging device, hall only be required, for purposes of federal hours of service requirements, to obtain and retain supporting documentation regarding the start and end times of each applicable daily on-duty period.
 
The public participation requirements shall not apply to a rulemaking regarding hours of service requirements as they relate to sleeper berths for property-carrying commercial motor vehicle drivers.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2018-06-22
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Highways and Transit.
action_date: 2018-06-21
text: Referred to the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.
action_date: 2018-06-21
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2018-06-21
text: Introduced in House
Middle Class Savings Act

Bill: 115-hr-6179
Sponsor: Rep. Barr, Andy [R-KY-6]
Introduced: 2018-06-21 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Capital gains tax
Income tax rates
Tax administration and collection, taxpayers

Summary:
action_date: 2018-06-21
text: 

Middle Class Savings Act

 
 This bill amends the Internal Revenue Code to modify the tax brackets that apply to taxes on capital gains. The bill aligns the thresholds with the brackets for the regular income tax rates enacted in P.L. 115-97 (commonly known as the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act). 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2018-06-21
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2018-06-21
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2018-06-21
text: Introduced in House
Mental Health Care for Children Inhumanely Separated from Parents by the Federal Government Act of 2018

Bill: 115-hr-6180
Sponsor: Rep. Barragan, Nanette Diaz [D-CA-44]
Introduced: 2018-06-21 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Border security and unlawful immigration
Child health
Detention of persons
Family relationships
Health care costs and insurance
Immigration status and procedures
Medical tests and diagnostic methods
Mental health

Summary:
action_date: 2018-06-21
text: 

Mental Health Care for Children Inhumanely Separated from Parents by the Federal Government Act of 2018

 
This bill requires the federal government to ensure that children who are separated from their parents at the border by the Department of Homeland Security receive mental health services for free, including a mental health assessment within 24 hours of such separation and annually thereafter. Children who have already been separated (since April 6, 2018) must receive a mental health assessment within 24 hours after enactment of this bill. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2018-08-06
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration and Border Security.
action_date: 2018-06-21
text: Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on the Judiciary, 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: 2018-06-21
text: Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on the Judiciary, 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: 2018-06-21
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2018-06-21
text: Introduced in House
Keep Families Together and Enforce the Law Act

Bill: 115-hr-6181
Sponsor: Rep. Crawford, Eric A. "Rick" [R-AR-1]
Introduced: 2018-06-21 in the House
Policy area: Immigration
Subjects: Border security and unlawful immigration
Child safety and welfare
Civil actions and liability
Congressional oversight
Criminal investigation, prosecution, interrogation
Department of Justice
Detention of persons
Family relationships
Government buildings, facilities, and property
Immigration status and procedures
Intergovernmental relations
Judges
Specialized courts
State and local government operations

Summary:
action_date: 2018-06-21
text: 

Keep Families Together and Enforce the Law Act

 
This bill amends the Immigration and Nationality Act to authorize the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) to extend protective custody over alien children under age 18 who are accompanied by a parent and were apprehended at the border or are seeking admission to the United States at a port of entry. DHS must temporarily house an alien child in a DHS family residential center during the pendency of civil or criminal proceedings. 
 
DHS must (1) increase the number of available beds in family residential centers; and (2) secure the written permission of the governor of a state and the congressional delegation representing the state and the district in which any new immigration detention site, including any proposed new family residential center site, is proposed to be located prior to the construction or operation of such site. 
 
The Department of Justice must increase the number of immigration judge teams to conduct prioritized proceedings for accompanied alien children and families apprehended at the southwest border or who are seeking admission to the United States at a port of entry. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2018-08-02
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration and Border Security.
action_date: 2018-06-21
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2018-06-21
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2018-06-21
text: Introduced in House
Codifying President Trump's Affording Congress an Opportunity to Address Family Separation Executive Order Act

Bill: 115-hr-6182
Sponsor: Rep. Duncan, Jeff [R-SC-3]
Introduced: 2018-06-21 in the House
Policy area: Immigration
Subjects: Border security and unlawful immigration
Child safety and welfare
Civil actions and liability
Criminal investigation, prosecution, interrogation
Department of Homeland Security
Detention of persons
Family relationships
Government liability
Immigration status and procedures
Military facilities and property

Summary:
action_date: 2018-06-21
text: 

Codifying President Trump's Affording Congress an Opportunity to Address Family Separation Executive Order Act

 
This bill amends the Immigration and Nationality Act to codify policies relating to the separation of alien family members who enter the United States illegally. 
 
The bill requires the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) to maintain custody of alien families during the pendency of any criminal improper entry or other immigration proceedings. DHS may not detain an alien family together when detention of an alien child with the child's parent would pose a risk to the child's welfare. 
 
The Department of Defense shall provide new and existing facilities for the housing and care of alien families. Executive departments and agencies shall also provide appropriate facilities for the housing and care of alien families pending court proceedings for improper entry. 
 
The Department of Justice shall (1) file a request to modify an existing settlement agreement to permit the detention of alien families together during improper entry criminal or removal proceedings, and (2) prioritize the adjudication of cases involving detained family.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2018-08-02
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration and Border Security.
action_date: 2018-06-22
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Readiness.
action_date: 2018-06-21
text: Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committee on Armed Services, 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: 2018-06-21
text: Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committee on Armed Services, 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: 2018-06-21
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2018-06-21
text: Introduced in House
Family Reunification Act

Bill: 115-hr-6183
Sponsor: Rep. Huizenga, Bill [R-MI-2]
Introduced: 2018-06-21 in the House
Policy area: Immigration
Subjects: Border security and unlawful immigration
Child safety and welfare
Crime victims
Detention of persons
Domestic violence and child abuse
Human trafficking
Immigration status and procedures
State and local courts

Summary:
action_date: 2018-06-21
text: 

Family Reunification Act

 
This bill directs the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) to ensure that each unaccompanied alien child removed by a federal official or employee from the custody of a parent or legal guardian at or near a port of entry or within 100 miles of the border be reunited with the parent or legal guardian at the earliest possible date unless: 
 
 
a state court terminates the rights of a parent or legal guardian, determines that it is in the child's best interests to be removed from the parent or legal guardian, or makes any similar determination that is authorized under state law; 
 
a state or county child welfare official determines that it is in the child's best interests to be removed from his or her parent or legal guardian because the child is in danger of abuse or neglect from the parent or legal guardian; or 
 
DHS requires continued separation because the child is a trafficking victim or is at significant risk of becoming a trafficking victim, there is a strong likelihood that the adult is not the child's parent or legal guardian, or the child is in danger of abuse or neglect from the parent or legal guardian. 
 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2018-08-02
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration and Border Security.
action_date: 2018-06-21
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2018-06-21
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2018-06-21
text: Introduced in House
Johnson-O'Malley Supplemental Indian Education Program Modernization Act

Bill: 115-hr-6185
Sponsor: Rep. McCollum, Betty [D-MN-4]
Introduced: 2018-06-21 in the House
Policy area: Native Americans
Subjects: Congressional oversight
Education programs funding
Elementary and secondary education
Government information and archives
Government studies and investigations
Indian social and development programs
Minority education
Public contracts and procurement
Student records

Summary:
action_date: 2018-06-21
text: 

Johnson-O'Malley Supplemental Indian Education Program Modernization Act

 
This bill requires the Department of the Interior to annually update the number of Indian students eligible for the Johnson-O'Malley Program (JOM Program). The JOM Program awards contracts to tribal organizations, schools, states, and others to educate Indian students. Under the program, the contract amounts are based on the number of students served.
 
Under the bill, contracting parties must annually report to Interior on the number of students they serve and how contract funds were used. If they fail to submit the report, Interior must deny them program funds for the fiscal year following the academic year for which the report should have been submitted.
 
This bill allows Interior to make recommendations for legislation to increase funds per eligible student and to identify additional sources of funding that do not reallocate existing funds utilized by Indian students.
 
 Interior must confer with Indian tribes, state and local education agencies, and Alaska Native organizations that have not participated in the program to determine their interest in the JOM Program.
 
This bill requires the Government Accountability Office to review the implementation of this bill.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2018-06-21
text: Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce.
action_date: 2018-06-21
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2018-06-21
text: Introduced in House
Minority Bank Advisory Committee Act of 2018

Bill: 115-hr-6186
Sponsor: Rep. Meeks, Gregory W. [D-NY-5]
Introduced: 2018-06-21 in the House
Policy area: Finance and Financial Sector
Subjects: Advisory bodies
Bank accounts, deposits, capital
Minority and disadvantaged businesses

Summary:
action_date: 2018-06-21
text: 

Minority Bank Advisory Committee Act of 2018 

 
This bill establishes Minority Depository Institutions Advisory Committees at the Federal Reserve Board, the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency, and the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2018-06-21
text: Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services.
action_date: 2018-06-21
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2018-06-21
text: Introduced in House
District of Columbia Courts Home Rule Act

Bill: 115-hr-6187
Sponsor: Del. Norton, Eleanor Holmes [D-DC-At Large]
Introduced: 2018-06-21 in the House
Policy area: Law
Subjects: District of Columbia
Government Operations and Politics
Intergovernmental relations
Judicial procedure and administration
Jurisdiction and venue
State and local courts

Summary:
action_date: 2018-06-21
text: 

District of Columbia Courts Home Rule Act 

 
This bill provides authority for the Council of the District of Columbia to enact any law, resolution, or rule relating to the organization and jurisdiction of the District courts.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2018-06-21
text: Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform.
action_date: 2018-06-21
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E892)
action_date: 2018-06-21
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2018-06-21
text: Introduced in House
Prevent Election Hacking Act of 2018

Bill: 115-hr-6188
Sponsor: Rep. Quigley, Mike [D-IL-5]
Introduced: 2018-06-21 in the House
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Subjects: Computer security and identity theft
Elections, voting, political campaign regulation
Intergovernmental relations
State and local government operations
Technology assessment

Summary:
action_date: 2018-06-21
text: 

Prevent Election Hacking Act of 2018

 
This bill directs the Department of Homeland Security to establish the Hack the Election Program to improve the cybersecurity of the systems used to administer federal elections by facilitating and encouraging assessments by independent technical experts, in cooperation with state and local election officials and election service providers, to identify and report election cybersecurity vulnerabilities.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2018-06-21
text: Referred to the House Committee on House Administration.
action_date: 2018-06-21
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2018-06-21
text: Introduced in House
Payroll Fraud Prevention Act of 2018

Bill: 115-hr-6189
Sponsor: Rep. Takano, Mark [D-CA-41]
Introduced: 2018-06-21 in the House
Policy area: Labor and Employment
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Department of Labor
Employment discrimination and employee rights
Government information and archives
Government studies and investigations
Labor standards
Performance measurement
Personnel records
Self-employed
Tax administration and collection, taxpayers
Unemployment
Wages and earnings

Summary:
action_date: 2018-06-21
text: 

Payroll Fraud Prevention Act of 2018

 
 This bill amends the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 to require employers to accurately classify their employees or non-employees as employees or independent contractors and to notify such employees or non-employees of their classification.
 
The bill makes it unlawful for any person to: (1) discharge or otherwise discriminate against an employee or non-employee who has filed a complaint with respect to their employment classification, and (2) wrongly classify an employee as a non-employee. The bill doubles the amount of liquidated damages for unpaid wages and misclassifications of employees. 
 
The bill amends the Social Security Act to: (1) require, as a condition for the federal grant program for unemployment compensation administration, auditing and investigative procedures to identify employers who are not registered under state law or who are paying unreported wages; and (2) impose administrative penalties for misclassification of employees or payment of unreported wages without proper recordkeeping.
 
The bill requires the Department of Labor to report any misclassification of an employee to its Wage and Hour Division. The Wage and Hour Division is then authorized to report a misclassification to the Internal Revenue Service.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2018-06-21
text: Referred to the Committee on Education and the Workforce, and in addition to the Committee on Ways and Means, 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: 2018-06-21
text: Referred to the Committee on Education and the Workforce, and in addition to the Committee on Ways and Means, 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: 2018-06-21
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2018-06-21
text: Introduced in House
Keep Families Together and Enforce the Law Act

Bill: 115-hr-6190
Sponsor: Rep. Webster, Daniel [R-FL-11]
Introduced: 2018-06-21 in the House
Policy area: Immigration
Subjects: Border security and unlawful immigration
Child safety and welfare
Civil actions and liability
Criminal investigation, prosecution, interrogation
Department of Justice
Detention of persons
Family relationships
Government buildings, facilities, and property
Immigration status and procedures
Judges
Specialized courts

Summary:
action_date: 2018-06-21
text: 

Keep Families Together and Enforce the Law Act 

 
This bill amends the Immigration and Nationality Act to authorize the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) to extend protective custody over alien children under age 18 who are accompanied by a parent and apprehended at the border or are seeking admission to the United States at a port of entry. DHS must temporarily house an alien child under age 18 in a family residential center during the pendency of civil or criminal proceedings. 
 
DHS must increase the number of available beds in family residential centers. The Department of Justice must increase the number of immigration judge teams to conduct prioritized proceedings for accompanied alien children and families apprehended at the southwest border or who are seeking admission to the United States at a port of entry 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2018-08-02
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration and Border Security.
action_date: 2018-06-21
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2018-06-21
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2018-06-21
text: Introduced in House
For the relief of Alejandra Juarez.

Bill: 115-hr-6191
Sponsor: Rep. Soto, Darren [D-FL-9]
Introduced: 2018-06-21 in the House
Subjects: Private Legislation

Summary:
action_date: 2018-06-21
text: Provides for the relief of Alejandra Juarez.

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2018-07-30
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration and Border Security.
action_date: 2018-06-21
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2018-06-21
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2018-06-21
text: Introduced in House
Credit Services Protection Act of 2018

Bill: 115-hr-6192
Sponsor: Rep. Royce, Edward R. [R-CA-39]
Introduced: 2018-06-22 in the House
Policy area: Finance and Financial Sector
Subjects: Administrative remedies
Computer security and identity theft
Consumer credit
Federal Trade Commission (FTC)
Federal preemption
Judicial review and appeals
Licensing and registrations
State and local government operations

Summary:
action_date: 2018-06-22
text: 

Credit Services Protection Act of 2018

 
This bill modifies requirements for consumer credit services, including to exempt certain credit and identity protection services from compliance with the Credit Repair Organizations Act. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2018-06-22
text: Referred to the Committee on Financial Services, 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: 2018-06-22
text: Referred to the Committee on Financial Services, 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: 2018-06-22
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2018-06-22
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2017-09-07
text: Hearings Held by the Subcommittee on Financial Institutions and Consumer Credit Prior to Introduction and Referral.