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Rural Reasonable and Comparable Wireless Access Act of 2018

Bill: 115-s-2418
Sponsor: Sen. Hassan, Margaret Wood [D-NH]
Introduced: 2018-02-13 in the Senate
Policy area: Science, Technology, Communications
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Administrative remedies
Congressional oversight
Federal Communications Commission (FCC)
Government information and archives
Government studies and investigations
Internet and video services
Internet, web applications, social media
Rural conditions and development
Telecommunication rates and fees
Telephone and wireless communication

Summary:
action_date: 2018-02-13
text: 

Rural Reasonable and Comparable Wireless Access Act of 2018

 
This bill directs the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) to develop regulations that would establish a national standard for determining whether mobile service, mobile data service, and broadband Internet service in rural areas are reasonably comparable to the services provided in urban areas.
 
The FCC shall gather data about the average signal strengths and speeds of mobile services and the average speeds of broadband Internet services from the 20 most-populated urban areas. The services provided in rural areas shall be deemed reasonably comparable to urban area if the average signal strengths and speeds meet or exceed the averages in the most-populated areas.

action_date: 2018-10-09
text: 

Rural Reasonable and Comparable Wireless Access Act of 2018

 
This bill directs the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) to commence a rulemaking to establish a national standard for determining whether mobile broadband service in rural areas is reasonably comparable to the service provided in urban areas.
 
The FCC shall gather data about the average signal strength and speed of mobile broadband service from the 20 most-populated urban areas. The service provided in rural areas shall be deemed reasonably comparable to urban areas if the average signal strength and speed meet or exceed the averages in the most-populated areas.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2018-10-09
text: Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 626.
action_date: 2018-10-09
text: Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. Reported by Senator Thune with an amendment in the nature of a substitute. With written report No. 115-345.
action_date: 2018-10-09
text: Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. Reported by Senator Thune with an amendment in the nature of a substitute. With written report No. 115-345.
action_date: 2018-05-22
text: Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. Ordered to be reported with an amendment in the nature of a substitute favorably.
action_date: 2018-02-13
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
action_date: 2018-02-13
text: Introduced in Senate
Support Startup Businesses Act of 2018

Bill: 115-s-2419
Sponsor: Sen. Coons, Christopher A. [D-DE]
Introduced: 2018-02-13 in the Senate
Policy area: Commerce
Subjects: Business records
Congressional oversight
Government information and archives
Intellectual property
Manufacturing
Marketing and advertising
Public contracts and procurement
Research administration and funding
Research and development
Small business
Technology transfer and commercialization

Summary:
action_date: 2018-02-13
text: 

Support Startup Businesses Act of 2018

 
This bill amends the Small Business Act to modify the technical assistance that is available under the Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) and Small Business Technology Transfer (STTR) programs. Specifically, the bill:
 
 
expands technical assistance under the SBIR and STTR programs to include specified assistance related to commercialization, 
 
modifies the limit on specified technical assistance under either program from $5,000 annually to 5% of the total award amount, and 
 
otherwise revises provisions related to the SBIR and STTR programs.



Legislative actions:
action_date: 2018-12-21
text: By Senator Risch from Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship filed written report. Report No. 115-454.
action_date: 2018-12-21
text: By Senator Risch from Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship filed written report. Report No. 115-454.
action_date: 2018-03-19
text: Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 352.
action_date: 2018-03-19
text: Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship. Reported by Senator Risch with an amendment in the nature of a substitute. Without written report.
action_date: 2018-03-19
text: Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship. Reported by Senator Risch with an amendment in the nature of a substitute. Without written report.
action_date: 2018-03-14
text: Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship. Ordered to be reported with an amendment in the nature of a substitute favorably.
action_date: 2018-02-13
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship.
action_date: 2018-02-13
text: Introduced in Senate
Child Tax Credit for Pregnant Moms Act of 2018

Bill: 115-s-2420
Sponsor: Sen. Daines, Steve [R-MT]
Introduced: 2018-02-13 in the Senate
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Family relationships
Income tax credits
Tax treatment of families

Summary:
action_date: 2018-02-13
text: 

Child Tax Credit for Pregnant Moms Act of 2018

 
 This bill amends the Internal Revenue Code, with respect to the child tax credit, to allow the credit to be used for an unborn child if the child is born and issued a Social Security number before the due date for the tax return (without regard to extensions) for the taxable year. 
 
The bill defines an &quot;unborn child&quot; as a member of the species homo sapiens, at any stage of development, who is carried in the womb.
 
If a child is not taken into account for the credit for the year immediately preceding the year of the child's birth, the bill doubles the amount of the credit allowed for the year of the birth. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2018-02-13
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. (text of measure as introduced: CR S908)
action_date: 2018-02-13
text: Introduced in Senate
FARM Act

Bill: 115-s-2421
Sponsor: Sen. Fischer, Deb [R-NE]
Introduced: 2018-02-13 in the Senate
Policy area: Environmental Protection
Subjects: Agricultural conservation and pollution
Air quality
Aquaculture
Hazardous wastes and toxic substances
Livestock
Pollution liability
Solid waste and recycling

Summary:
action_date: 2018-02-13
text: 

Fair Agricultural Reporting Method Act or the FARM Act

 
This bill amends the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980 to exempt air emissions from animal waste at a farm from specified release notification requirements, recordkeeping requirements, and associated penalties. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2018-03-08
text: Committee on Environment and Public Works Subcommittee on Superfund, Waste Management, and Regulatory Oversight. Hearings held. With printed Hearing: S.Hrg. 115-237.
action_date: 2018-02-13
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works.
action_date: 2018-02-13
text: Introduced in Senate
A bill to require a study on the health impacts of air traffic noise and pollution.

Bill: 115-s-2422
Sponsor: Sen. Warren, Elizabeth [D-MA]
Introduced: 2018-02-13 in the Senate
Policy area: Transportation and Public Works
Subjects: Aviation and airports
Congressional oversight
Environmental assessment, monitoring, research
Government studies and investigations
Medical research
Noise pollution

Summary:
action_date: 2018-02-13
text: 
This bill requires the Federal Aviation Administration to enter into an arrangement with the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine to examine and report on the various health impacts of air traffic noise and pollution.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2018-02-13
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
action_date: 2018-02-13
text: Introduced in Senate
REAL Act of 2018

Bill: 115-s-2423
Sponsor: Sen. Schatz, Brian [D-HI]
Introduced: 2018-02-13 in the Senate
Policy area: Education
Subjects: Correctional facilities and imprisonment
Education programs funding
Higher education
Sex offenses
Student aid and college costs

Summary:
action_date: 2018-02-13
text: 

Restoring Education And Learning Act of 2018 or the REAL Act of 2018

 
This bill amends the Higher Education Act of 1965 to restore Pell Grant eligibility for individuals incarcerated in a federal or state penal institution and for sex offenders subject to civil commitment following incarceration. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2018-02-13
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
action_date: 2018-02-13
text: Introduced in Senate
A bill to require the Secretary of Agriculture to convey certain Federal land to facilitate scientific research supporting Federal space and defense programs.

Bill: 115-s-2424
Sponsor: Sen. Hatch, Orrin G. [R-UT]
Introduced: 2018-02-13 in the Senate
Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources
Subjects: Advanced technology and technological innovations
Higher education
Land transfers
Research and development
Utah

Summary:
action_date: 2018-02-13
text: 
This bill directs the Department of Agriculture (USDA) to convey to the Utah State University Research Foundation, without consideration, approximately 80 acres of real property, including improvements, located outside of the boundaries of the Wasatch-Cache National Forest in Rich County, Utah, for use for scientific and educational purposes. 
 
The foundation shall pay or reimburse USDA for the costs of the conveyance, including any survey costs, costs for environmental documentation, and other related administrative costs, except that USDA shall pay for the costs of any environmental remediation of the real property. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2018-02-13
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
action_date: 2018-02-13
text: Introduced in Senate
A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to repeal the Internal Revenue Service's private debt collection program.

Bill: 115-s-2425
Sponsor: Sen. Cardin, Benjamin L. [D-MD]
Introduced: 2018-02-14 in the Senate
Policy area: Taxation

Summary:
action_date: 2018-02-14
text: 
This bill amends the Internal Revenue Code to repeal: (1) the authority for the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) to contract with private debt collection agencies to collect delinquent federal tax debt, and (2) the IRS Special Compliance Personnel Program Account which is funded by a portion of the funds collected under the private debt collection program. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2018-02-14
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
action_date: 2018-02-14
text: Introduced in Senate
Dairy Premium Refund Act of 2018

Bill: 115-s-2426
Sponsor: Sen. Gillibrand, Kirsten E. [D-NY]
Introduced: 2018-02-14 in the Senate
Policy area: Agriculture and Food
Subjects: Agricultural prices, subsidies, credit

Summary:
action_date: 2018-02-14
text: 

Dairy Premium Refund Act of 2018 

 
This bill amends the Agricultural Act of 2014, with respect to the Dairy Margin Protection Program, to require the Department of Agriculture (USDA) to repay certain premiums to participating dairy operations. 
 
(The Dairy Margin Protection Program is a voluntary program that makes payments to participating dairy operations when a formula-based national margin [the difference between the national all milk price and the national average feed cost] falls below a producer-selected insured margin.) 
 
For 2015 and each succeeding year, USDA must repay to participating dairy operations an amount equal to the difference between: 
 
 
the total amount of premiums paid by participating dairy operations under the program for the year; and 
 
 the sum of: (1) the total payments made to participating dairy operations under the program for the year, and (2) the costs of carrying out the program for the year. 
 
 
A repayment made to a participating dairy operation must be reduced by the amount of payments made to the operation under the program during the year. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2018-02-14
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry.
action_date: 2018-02-14
text: Introduced in Senate
Self-Initiation Trade Enforcement Act of 2018

Bill: 115-s-2427
Sponsor: Sen. Peters, Gary C. [D-MI]
Introduced: 2018-02-14 in the Senate
Policy area: Foreign Trade and International Finance
Subjects: Competitiveness, trade promotion, trade deficits
Department of Commerce
Executive agency funding and structure
Government studies and investigations
Small business
Tariffs

Summary:
action_date: 2018-02-14
text: 

Self-Initiation Trade Enforcement Act of 2018 

 
This bill amends the Tariff Act of 1930 to establish a task force in the International Trade Administration. The task force must identify countervailable subsidies and dumping that cause injury to or threaten to injure a domestic industry.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2018-02-14
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
action_date: 2018-02-14
text: Introduced in Senate
A bill to amend the Commodity Exchange Act to exempt certain small entities dealing in foreign exchange that serve small- and medium-sized businesses from certain capital and margin requirements, and for other purposes.

Bill: 115-s-2428
Sponsor: Sen. Hatch, Orrin G. [R-UT]
Introduced: 2018-02-14 in the Senate
Policy area: Finance and Financial Sector
Subjects: Currency
International monetary system and foreign exchange

Summary:
action_date: 2018-02-14
text: 
This bill amends the Commodity Exchange Act to exempt certain money transmitters from specified capital and margin requirements that otherwise apply to counterparty swaps. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2018-02-14
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry.
action_date: 2018-02-14
text: Introduced in Senate
Protecting Rights Of Those Exploited by Coercive Trafficking Act of 2018

Bill: 115-s-2429
Sponsor: Sen. Brown, Sherrod [D-OH]
Introduced: 2018-02-14 in the Senate
Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement
Subjects: Crimes against children
Drug, alcohol, tobacco use
Human trafficking
Labor standards
Sex offenses

Summary:
action_date: 2018-02-14
text: 

Protecting Rights Of Those Exploited by Coercive Trafficking Act of 2018

 
This bill amends the federal criminal code to specify that supplying, furnishing, or providing a drug or substance to a person, including to exploit or create an addiction, constitutes: (1) coercion, for purposes of a child sex trafficking offense; and (2) coercive means, for purposes of a forced labor offense.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2018-02-14
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2018-02-14
text: Introduced in Senate
Families of Fallen Servicemembers First Act

Bill: 115-s-2430
Sponsor: Sen. Coons, Christopher A. [D-DE]
Introduced: 2018-02-14 in the Senate
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Appropriations
Cemeteries and funerals
Defense spending
Department of Defense
Executive agency funding and structure
Housing finance and home ownership
Military personnel and dependents
Veterans' pensions and compensation

Summary:
action_date: 2018-02-14
text: 

Families of Fallen Servicemembers First Act 

 
This bill provides a permanent appropriation for the payment of death gratuities and related benefits to survivors of deceased members of the uniformed services during a period of lapsed appropriations. 
 
The bill provides the appropriations at the rate and under the conditions provided for the most recent fiscal year for which an Act making appropriations for the uniformed services has been enacted. 
 
The appropriations are provided during a period of lapsed appropriations, in which appropriations are unavailable due to the absence of the timely enactment of an Act or joint resolution providing appropriations or continuing appropriations for the death gratuity and related benefits. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2018-02-14
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Appropriations.
action_date: 2018-02-14
text: Introduced in Senate
ALERT Act

Bill: 115-s-2431
Sponsor: Sen. Peters, Gary C. [D-MI]
Introduced: 2018-02-15 in the Senate
Policy area: Education
Subjects: Assault and harassment offenses
Crime prevention
Criminal justice information and records
Domestic violence and child abuse
Education programs funding
Higher education
School administration
Sex offenses
Sex, gender, sexual orientation discrimination

Summary:
action_date: 2018-02-15
text: 

Accountability of Leaders in Education to Report Title IX Investigations Act or the ALERT Act

 
This bill amends the Higher Education Act of 1965 to require institutions of higher education (IHEs) that participate in federal student aid programs to annually certify with the Department of Education that the IHE's president and at least one additional member of the IHE's board of trustees have reviewed incidents involving the IHE's employees that were reported to the IHE in the last year involving domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, or stalking. The certification must include a confirmation that the president and any board member involved in the review did not interfere with or influence investigations or dispositions relating to the incidents.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2018-02-15
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
action_date: 2018-02-15
text: Introduced in Senate
National FFA Organization's Federal Charter Amendments Act

Bill: 115-s-2432
Sponsor: Sen. Young, Todd [R-IN]
Introduced: 2018-02-15 in the Senate
Policy area: Congress

Summary:
action_date: 2018-02-15
text: 

National FFA Organization's Federal Charter Amendments Act

 
This bill revises the charter of the National FFA Organization (Future Farmers of America). Such revisions include (1) making it a purpose of the organization to be an integral component of agricultural education, and (2) removing the Secretary of Education as the chair of the National FFA Board of Directors.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2018-12-21
text: Held at the desk.
action_date: 2018-12-21
text: Received in the House.
action_date: 2018-12-21
text: Message on Senate action sent to the House.
action_date: 2018-12-20
text: Passed Senate with an amendment by Unanimous Consent.
action_date: 2018-12-20
text: Passed/agreed to in Senate: Passed Senate with an amendment by Unanimous Consent.
action_date: 2018-12-20
text: Measure laid before Senate by unanimous consent. (consideration: CR S8002)
action_date: 2018-12-20
text: Senate Committee on the Judiciary discharged by Unanimous Consent.
action_date: 2018-12-20
text: Senate Committee on the Judiciary discharged by Unanimous Consent.
action_date: 2018-02-15
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2018-02-15
text: Introduced in Senate
Filipino Veterans Fairness Act of 2018

Bill: 115-s-2433
Sponsor: Sen. Schatz, Brian [D-HI]
Introduced: 2018-02-15 in the Senate
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Asia
Philippines
Veterans' education, employment, rehabilitation
Veterans' loans, housing, homeless programs
Veterans' medical care
Veterans' pensions and compensation

Summary:
action_date: 2018-02-15
text: 

Filipino Veterans Fairness Act of 2018

 
 This bill deems certain service performed before July 1, 1946, in the organized military forces of the Philippines and the Philippine Scouts to be active military service for purposes of eligibility for veterans' benefits through the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA).
 
 The VA shall, in determining eligibility under this bill, take into account any relevant service documentation, including documentation other than the Missouri List (the list of all discharged and deceased veterans from the 20th century).
 
 The VA shall report to Congress annually regarding the number of individuals applying for benefits, and the number approved, during the previous year.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2018-02-15
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
action_date: 2018-02-15
text: Introduced in Senate
Animal Drug and Animal Generic Drug User Fee Amendments of 2018

Bill: 115-s-2434
Sponsor: Sen. Alexander, Lamar [R-TN]
Introduced: 2018-02-15 in the Senate
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Appropriations
Congressional oversight
Department of Health and Human Services
Drug safety, medical device, and laboratory regulation
Executive agency funding and structure
Food and Drug Administration (FDA)
Food supply, safety, and labeling
Government information and archives
User charges and fees
Veterinary medicine and animal diseases

Summary:
action_date: 2018-02-15
text: 

Animal Drug and Animal Generic Drug User Fee Amendments of 2018

 
This bill amends the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act to reauthorize through FY2023 the collection of animal drug user fees.
 

 
 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2018-03-07
text: Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 341.
action_date: 2018-03-07
text: Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. Reported by Senator Alexander with an amendment in the nature of a substitute. Without written report.
action_date: 2018-03-07
text: Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. Reported by Senator Alexander with an amendment in the nature of a substitute. Without written report.
action_date: 2018-02-28
text: Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. Ordered to be reported with an amendment in the nature of a substitute favorably.
action_date: 2018-02-15
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
action_date: 2018-02-15
text: Introduced in Senate
Locality Pay Equity Act of 2018

Bill: 115-s-2435
Sponsor: Sen. Casey, Robert P., Jr. [D-PA]
Introduced: 2018-02-15 in the Senate
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Subjects: Government employee pay, benefits, personnel management

Summary:
action_date: 2018-02-15
text: 

Locality Pay Equity Act of 2018

 
This bill: (1) prohibits the Office of Personnel Management (OPM) from defining more than one local wage area for prevailing rate employees within a pay locality, except with respect to the pay locality designated as "Rest of United States"; and (2) requires the OPM to ensure that this bill shall not have the effect of reducing any rate of basic pay for any individual who is serving as a prevailing rate employee.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2018-02-15
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.
action_date: 2018-02-15
text: Introduced in Senate
Charitable Conservation Easement Program Integrity Act of 2018

Bill: 115-s-2436
Sponsor: Sen. Daines, Steve [R-MT]
Introduced: 2018-02-15 in the Senate
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Charitable contributions
Income tax deductions
Land use and conservation
Wildlife conservation and habitat protection

Summary:
action_date: 2018-02-15
text: 

Charitable Conservation Easement Program Integrity Act of 

2018

 
This bill amends the Internal Revenue Code to limit the aggregate amount of a partner's annual tax deductions for qualified conservation contributions of a partnership to 2.5 times the partner's adjusted basis in the partnership. (Under current law, a &quot;qualified conservation contribution&quot; is the contribution of a qualified real property interest to a qualified organization exclusively for conservation purposes.) 
 
The limitation applies for the first five years after the individual becomes a partner in the partnership. It does not apply to certain family partnerships. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2018-02-15
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. (text of measure as introduced: CR S1166)
action_date: 2018-02-15
text: Introduced in Senate