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Early Warning Reporting System Improvement Act of 2018

Bill: 115-s-3344
Sponsor: Sen. Markey, Edward J. [D-MA]
Introduced: 2018-08-01 in the Senate
Policy area: Transportation and Public Works
Subjects: Accidents
Business records
Civil actions and liability
Computers and information technology
Consumer affairs
Government information and archives
Government studies and investigations
Motor vehicles
Product safety and quality
Transportation safety and security

Summary:
action_date: 2018-08-01
text: 

Early Warning Reporting System Improvement Act of 2018

 
This bill expands early warning reporting requirements for manufacturers of motor vehicles and motor vehicle equipment. It requires such manufacturers to provide additional information on accidents that involve a serious injury or fatality and on settlements in civil actions that restrict disclosure of information. 
 
The bill requires the Department of Transportation (DOT) to make certain improvements to the publicly accessible vehicle safety databases of the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration. It also requires DOT to provide public notice of each inspection or investigation related to motor vehicle accidents and make notices relating to enforcement actions available online.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2018-08-01
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
action_date: 2018-08-01
text: Introduced in Senate
Economic Security for New Parents Act

Bill: 115-s-3345
Sponsor: Sen. Rubio, Marco [R-FL]
Introduced: 2018-08-01 in the Senate
Policy area: Families

Summary:
action_date: 2018-08-01
text: 

Economic Security for New Parents Act

 
This bill allows parents to use a portion of their Social Security benefits for paid parental leave after the birth or adoption of a child.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2018-08-01
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
action_date: 2018-08-01
text: Introduced in Senate
ACCESS BROADBAND Act

Bill: 115-s-3346
Sponsor: Sen. Cortez Masto, Catherine [D-NV]
Introduced: 2018-08-01 in the Senate
Policy area: Science, Technology, Communications
Subjects: Congressional oversight
Department of Commerce
Digital media
Economic development
Economic performance and conditions
Educational technology and distance education
Employment and training programs
Executive agency funding and structure
Government information and archives
Government lending and loan guarantees
Health technology, devices, supplies
Housing and community development funding
Housing finance and home ownership
Indian social and development programs
Internet and video services
Internet, web applications, social media
Libraries and archives
Public housing
Rural conditions and development
Small business

Summary:
action_date: 2018-08-01
text: 

Advancing Critical Connectivity Expands Service, Small Business Resources, Opportunities, Access, and Data Based on Assessed Need and Demand Act or the ACCESS BROADBAND Act

 
This bill requires the Department of Commerce to establish the Office of Internet Connectivity and Growth within the National Telecommunications and Information Administration.
 
The office shall:
 
 
connect with communities that need access to high-speed internet and improved digital inclusion efforts; 
 
hold regional workshops to share best practices and effective strategies for promoting broadband access and adoption; 
 
develop targeted broadband training and presentations for various demographic communities through media;
 
develop and distribute publications providing guidance to communities for expanding broadband access and adoption; and 
 
track construction and use of, and access to, any broadband infrastructure built using federal support.

 

 

 



Legislative actions:
action_date: 2018-08-01
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
action_date: 2018-08-01
text: Introduced in Senate
Don't Break Up the T-Band Act of 2018

Bill: 115-s-3347
Sponsor: Sen. Markey, Edward J. [D-MA]
Introduced: 2018-08-01 in the Senate
Policy area: Science, Technology, Communications
Subjects: Federal Communications Commission (FCC)
Internet and video services
Internet, web applications, social media
Licensing and registrations
Telephone and wireless communication

Summary:
action_date: 2018-08-01
text: 

Don't Break Up the T-Band Act of 2018

 
This bill repeals the provision of the Middle Class Tax Relief and Job Creation Act of 2012 that directs the Federal Communications Commission to reallocate and auction the 470-512 MHz band (referred to as the "T-Band spectrum").


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2018-08-01
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
action_date: 2018-08-01
text: Introduced in Senate
Accountable Capitalism Act

Bill: 115-s-3348
Sponsor: Sen. Warren, Elizabeth [D-MA]
Introduced: 2018-08-15 in the Senate
Policy area: Commerce
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Business ethics
Civil actions and liability
Corporate finance and management
Department of Commerce
Elections, voting, political campaign regulation
Executive agency funding and structure
Federal officials
Political advertising
Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC)
State and local government operations
Tax administration and collection, taxpayers
Wages and earnings

Summary:
action_date: 2018-08-15
text: 

Accountable Capitalism Act

 
This bill imposes various duties and limitations on companies and entities that qualify as large entities, including by: (1) imposing on such an entity a duty to create a general public benefit as articulated in its charter, (2) requiring a director of a large entity to balance the pecuniary interests of shareholders with the interests of persons materially affected by the entity, (3) restricting when officers and directors may sell certain securities related to the entity, and (4) requiring shareholder and director approval of the entity's political expenditures. The bill also establishes the Office of U.S. Corporations, which shall have various duties such as reviewing and granting charters for large entities. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2018-08-15
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
action_date: 2018-08-15
text: Introduced in Senate
Storey County Land Conveyance Act

Bill: 115-s-3349
Sponsor: Sen. Cortez Masto, Catherine [D-NV]
Introduced: 2018-08-15 in the Senate
Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources
Subjects: General public lands matters
Land transfers
Nevada

Summary:
action_date: 2018-08-15
text: 

Storey County Land Conveyance Act

This bill repeals the expedited program for the examination of unpatented mining claims within the mining townsites located in Virginia City in Storey County, Nevada, and provides for the conveyance and survey of additional federal land to be conveyed by the United States.

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2018-08-15
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
action_date: 2018-08-15
text: Introduced in Senate
A bill to designate a rest area on the Mount Vernon Trail as the "Peter B. Webster III Memorial Area".

Bill: 115-s-3350
Sponsor: Sen. Coons, Christopher A. [D-DE]
Introduced: 2018-08-16 in the Senate
Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources
Subjects: Monuments and memorials
Parks, recreation areas, trails
Virginia

Summary:
action_date: 2018-08-16
text: 
This bill designates the rest area bound by Alexandria Avenue, West Boulevard Drive, and the George Washington Memorial Parkway on the Mount Vernon Trail within the parkway as the &quot;Peter B. Webster III Memorial Area.&quot; 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2018-08-16
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
action_date: 2018-08-16
text: Introduced in Senate
Medical Debt Relief Act of 2018

Bill: 115-s-3351
Sponsor: Sen. Merkley, Jeff [D-OR]
Introduced: 2018-08-16 in the Senate
Policy area: Finance and Financial Sector
Subjects: Consumer credit
Debt collection
Health care costs and insurance

Summary:
action_date: 2018-08-16
text: 

Medical Debt Relief Act of 2018 

 
This bill amends the Fair Credit Reporting Act and the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act to modify requirements related to the reporting of medical debt. Specifically, a consumer reporting agency may not add certain medical debt information to a consumer credit report. Also, a debt collector may not report certain medical debt information to a consumer reporting agency within a specified time period and must notify the consumer prior to reporting such medical debt. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2018-08-16
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs.
action_date: 2018-08-16
text: Introduced in Senate
DRIVE-Safe Act

Bill: 115-s-3352
Sponsor: Sen. Young, Todd [R-IN]
Introduced: 2018-08-16 in the Senate
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: 2018-08-16
text: 

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

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


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2018-08-16
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
action_date: 2018-08-16
text: Introduced in Senate
Simplifying Financial Aid for Students Act of 2018

Bill: 115-s-3353
Sponsor: Sen. Booker, Cory A. [D-NJ]
Introduced: 2018-08-16 in the Senate
Policy area: Education

Summary:
action_date: 2018-08-16
text: 

Simplifying Financial Aid for Students Act of 2018 

 
This bill amends the Higher Education Act of 1965 to simplify the financial aid application process for students and make unlawful aliens eligible for higher education benefits under certain circumstances. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2018-08-16
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
action_date: 2018-08-16
text: Introduced in Senate
Agent Orange Exposure Fairness Act of 2018

Bill: 115-s-3355
Sponsor: Sen. Blumenthal, Richard [D-CT]
Introduced: 2018-08-21 in the Senate
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Asia
Conflicts and wars
Hazardous wastes and toxic substances
Military personnel and dependents
Neurological disorders
Veterans' medical care
Vietnam

Summary:
action_date: 2018-08-21
text: 

Agent Orange Exposure Fairness Act of 2018

 
This bill, with respect to veterans exposed to certain herbicide agents during military, naval, or air service in Vietnam between January 9, 1962, and May 7, 1975: (1) removes the manifestation period required for presumption of service connection for chloracne and porphyria cutanea tarda, and (2) includes in such presumption acute and subacute peripheral neuropathy becoming manifest to a disability degree of 10% or more.
 
Under a presumption of service-connection, specific disabilities 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 without having to go through a separate adjudicative process. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2018-08-21
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
action_date: 2018-08-21
text: Introduced in Senate
Synthetic Drug Awareness Act of 2018

Bill: 115-s-3356
Sponsor: Sen. Hassan, Margaret Wood [D-NH]
Introduced: 2018-08-21 in the Senate
Policy area: Health

Summary:
action_date: 2018-08-21
text: 

Synthetic Drug Awareness Act of 

2018

 
This bill requires the Surgeon General to report to Congress on the health effects of new psychoactive substances (e.g., synthetic marijuana), specifically those used since January 2010 by individuals who are 12 to 18 years old. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2018-08-21
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
action_date: 2018-08-21
text: Introduced in Senate
Anti-Corruption and Public Integrity Act

Bill: 115-s-3357
Sponsor: Sen. Warren, Elizabeth [D-MA]
Introduced: 2018-08-21 in the Senate
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Subjects: Administrative remedies
Business records
Civil actions and liability
Congressional agencies
Congressional committees
Congressional officers and employees
Congressional operations and organization
Congressional oversight
Corporate finance and management
Criminal investigation, prosecution, interrogation
Digital media
Diplomacy, foreign officials, Americans abroad
Elections, voting, political campaign regulation
Employee benefits and pensions
Evidence and witnesses
Executive agency funding and structure
Family relationships
Federal officials
Financial services and investments
Freedom of information
Government employee pay, benefits, personnel management
Government ethics and transparency, public corruption
Government information and archives
Government studies and investigations
Government trust funds
Income tax rates
Intelligence activities, surveillance, classified information
Judges
Judicial review and appeals
Lawyers and legal services
Licensing and registrations
Members of Congress
Presidents and presidential powers, Vice Presidents
Public contracts and procurement
Public participation and lobbying
Real estate business
Right of privacy
Securities
Supreme Court
Tax administration and collection, taxpayers
Tax-exempt organizations
Technology assessment
Wages and earnings

Summary:
action_date: 2018-08-21
text: 

Anti-Corruption and Public Integrity Act 

 
This bill makes widespread changes to federal laws governing campaign finance, public corruption, ethics, lobbying, and conflicts of interest. 

 
Among other things, the bill does the following: 
 
 
strengthens post-employment lobbying restrictions, 
 
expands financial disclosure requirements,
 
creates a new ethics agency to oversee federal employees, 
 
 
makes changes to presidential conflict of interest laws,

 
requires certain transition teams to develop ethics plans, and
 
makes the Code of Conduct for U.S. Judges applicable to Supreme Court Justices.



Legislative actions:
action_date: 2018-08-21
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
action_date: 2018-08-21
text: Introduced in Senate
Sustainable Water Infrastructure Investment Act of 2018

Bill: 115-s-3358
Sponsor: Sen. Menendez, Robert [D-NJ]
Introduced: 2018-08-21 in the Senate
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Infrastructure development
Securities
Solid waste and recycling
State and local finance
Water quality
Water resources funding
Water use and supply

Summary:
action_date: 2018-08-21
text: 

Sustainable Water Infrastructure Investment Act of 201

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This bill amends the Internal Revenue Code to exempt tax-exempt facility bonds for sewage and water supply facilities from the state volume caps on private activity bonds.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2018-08-21
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
action_date: 2018-08-21
text: Introduced in Senate
Aretha Franklin Congressional Gold Medal Act

Bill: 115-s-3359
Sponsor: Sen. Harris, Kamala D. [D-CA]
Introduced: 2018-08-21 in the Senate
Policy area: Arts, Culture, Religion
Subjects: Congressional tributes
Music
Performing arts
U.S. history

Summary:
action_date: 2018-08-21
text: 

Aretha Franklin Congressional Gold Medal Act

 
This bill instructs the Speaker of the House of Representatives and the President pro tempore of the Senate to arrange for the posthumous presentation of a Congressional Gold Medal in commemoration of Aretha Franklin in recognition of her outstanding artistic and historical significance to the culture of the United States. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2018-08-21
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs.
action_date: 2018-08-21
text: Introduced in Senate
Broadband Internet for Small Ports Act

Bill: 115-s-3360
Sponsor: Sen. Wyden, Ron [D-OR]
Introduced: 2018-08-21 in the Senate
Policy area: Science, Technology, Communications
Subjects: Building construction
Environmental assessment, monitoring, research
Internet and video services
Internet, web applications, social media
Navigation, waterways, harbors
Rural conditions and development

Summary:
action_date: 2018-08-21
text: 

Broadband 

Internet for

 Small Ports Act

 
This bill amends the Rural Electrification Act of 1936 to include grants in the Department of Agriculture (USDA) program that provides loans and loan guarantees for broadband telecommunications services in rural areas. 
 
In making grants, loans, or loan guarantees under the program, USDA must give: (1) the highest priority to project applicants that offer to provide broadband service to unserved rural households that do not have any residential broadband service, and (2) priority to applicants that offer to provide the maximum level of broadband service to the greatest proportion of rural households.
 
USDA must then give priority to projects to serve rural communities that: 
 
 
have a population of less than 10,000 permanent residents, 
 
are experiencing out-migration, 
 
have a high percentage of low-income residents, and 
 
are isolated from other significant population centers. 

 
A grant may not exceed 50% of the development costs of a project. USDA may increase the limit to 75% for projects that serve a remote or low-income area that does not have access to broadband service from any provider. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2018-08-21
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry. (Sponsor introductory remarks on measure: CR S5761)
action_date: 2018-08-21
text: Introduced in Senate
Fair Trade with China Enforcement Act

Bill: 115-s-3361
Sponsor: Sen. Rubio, Marco [R-FL]
Introduced: 2018-08-21 in the Senate
Policy area: Foreign Trade and International Finance
Subjects: Agricultural equipment and machinery
Alliances
Asia
Aviation and airports
China
Competitiveness, trade promotion, trade deficits
Computers and information technology
Electric power generation and transmission
Energy storage, supplies, demand
Foreign and international banking
Foreign and international corporations
Free trade and trade barriers
Genetics
Health technology, devices, supplies
Hong Kong
Human rights
Hybrid, electric, and advanced technology vehicles
Income tax exclusion
Income tax rates
Industrial policy and productivity
Intellectual property
Internet and video services
Internet, web applications, social media
Manufacturing
Marine and inland water transportation
Materials
Military procurement, research, weapons development
Motor vehicles
Protest and dissent
Public contracts and procurement
Railroads
Securities
Sovereignty, recognition, national governance and status
Tariffs
Taxation of foreign income
Technology transfer and commercialization
Telephone and wireless communication
Trade restrictions
U.S. and foreign investments
Wages and earnings

Summary:
action_date: 2018-08-21
text: 

Fair Trade with China Enforcement Act

 
This bill revises trade, finance, and tax provisions with respect to China. 
 
The bill directs the Department of Commerce to prohibit the export of certain U.S. technology and intellectual property to China.
 
The bill amends the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 to place a shareholder cap on Chinese investments in certain U.S. corporations. 
 
Federal agencies are prohibited from using or procuring telecommunications equipment or services from Huawei Technologies Company, ZTE Corporation, or any other entity reasonably believed to be owned or controlled by China. 
 
The bill amends the Trade Act of 1974 to require the U.S. Trade Representative to list certain Chinese products that receive support pursuant to China's Made in China 2025 policy. The bill amends the Tariff Act of 1930 to expedite the countervailing duty process (i.e., the imposition of duties to offset a subsidy by a foreign government) for products on such a list. 
 
The bill amends the Internal Revenue Code to: (1) repeal certain reduced withholding rates for residents of China, and (2) tax income received by China from certain U.S. investments. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2018-08-21
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
action_date: 2018-08-21
text: Introduced in Senate
Full-Service Community Schools in Distressed Communities Act of 2018

Bill: 115-s-3362
Sponsor: Sen. Brown, Sherrod [D-OH]
Introduced: 2018-08-22 in the Senate
Policy area: Health

Summary:
action_date: 2018-08-22
text: 

Full-Service Community Schools in Distressed Communities Act of 2018

 
This bill requires the Department of Education to award grants that support the implementation of full-service community schools in localities affected by substance-use disorders.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2018-08-22
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
action_date: 2018-08-22
text: Introduced in Senate
Maternal CARE Act

Bill: 115-s-3363
Sponsor: Sen. Harris, Kamala D. [D-CA]
Introduced: 2018-08-22 in the Senate
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Child health
Congressional oversight
Disability and health-based discrimination
Employment and training programs
Family planning and birth control
Government studies and investigations
Health care quality
Health personnel
Health programs administration and funding
Home and outpatient care
Medicaid
Medical education
Medical research
Minority health
Racial and ethnic relations
Sex and reproductive health
State and local government operations
Women's health

Summary:
action_date: 2018-08-22
text: 

Maternal Care Access and Reducing Emergencies Act or the Maternal CARE Act

 
This bill requires the Department of Health and Human Services to award grants to health professional training programs for training that addresses implicit bias (e.g., racial bias) in the practice of obstetrics and gynecology. 
 
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services and the Health Resources and Services Administration must award grants to up to 10 states for pregnancy medical home programs that reduce adverse maternal health outcomes and racial disparities. Among other requirements, such programs must prioritize the care of Medicaid enrollees.
 
The National Academy of Medicine must make recommendations for incorporating bias recognition in clinical skills tests at medical schools.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2018-08-22
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
action_date: 2018-08-22
text: Introduced in Senate