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Social Security Administration Fairness Act

Bill: 115-hr-6251
Sponsor: Rep. Larson, John B. [D-CT-1]
Introduced: 2018-06-27 in the House
Policy area: Social Welfare
Subjects: Aging
Congressional oversight
Disability assistance
Employee benefits and pensions
Executive agency funding and structure
Family relationships
Government buildings, facilities, and property
Government employee pay, benefits, personnel management
Government studies and investigations
Government trust funds
Health care costs and insurance
Health care coverage and access
Marriage and family status
Medicare
Railroads
Social Security Administration
Social security and elderly assistance
Transportation employees

Summary:
action_date: 2018-06-27
text: 

Social Security Administration Fairness Act 

 
This bill (1) provides funding for certain administrative expenses of the Social Security Administration (SSA); (2) makes individuals eligible to receive Old Age, Survivors, and Disability Insurance (OASDI) benefits beginning in the first month of disability; (3) eliminates the Medicare waiting period for recipients of OASDI benefits; and (4) requires the SSA to satisfy certain public-notice and reporting requirements before closing or consolidating a field office or hearing office.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2018-07-10
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Social Security.
action_date: 2018-06-27
text: Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committees on the Budget, Rules, and 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: 2018-06-27
text: Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committees on the Budget, Rules, and 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: 2018-06-27
text: Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committees on the Budget, Rules, and 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: 2018-06-27
text: Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committees on the Budget, Rules, and 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: 2018-06-27
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2018-06-27
text: Introduced in House
Lead-Safe Housing for Kids Act of 2018

Bill: 115-hr-6252
Sponsor: Rep. McEachin, A. Donald [D-VA-4]
Introduced: 2018-06-27 in the House
Policy area: Housing and Community Development
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Child health
Department of Housing and Urban Development
Environmental health
Hazardous wastes and toxic substances
Housing and community development funding
Low- and moderate-income housing
Public housing
Residential rehabilitation and home repair

Summary:
action_date: 2018-06-27
text: 

Lead-Safe Housing for Kids Act of 2018

 
This bill amends the Lead-Based Paint Poisoning Prevention Act to direct the Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) to promulgate regulations that:
 
 
require owners of certain housing to initiate a lead-based paint hazard risk assessment before a family with a child under age six occupies such housing, unless lead-based paint has already been removed; 
 
 state that a visual assessment alone is not sufficient for these purposes; and
 
require owners to control lead-based paint hazards identified in the assessment within 30 days and provide certain notices to residents of the housing.
 
 
These regulations shall apply to housing receiving federal assistance that was constructed before 1978, but exclude:
 
 
single-family housing covered by an application for mortgage insurance under the National Housing Act, or
 
multi-family housing that is covered by such an application but does not receive any other federal housing assistance.
 
 
HUD regulations shall also require emergency relocation of such families, without placement on a waitlist, penalty (including rent payments to be made for that dwelling unit), or lapse in assistance, to a unit that was constructed in 1978 or later or to another unit of covered housing that has no lead-based paint hazards.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2018-06-27
text: Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services.
action_date: 2018-06-27
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2018-06-27
text: Introduced in House
To prohibit the Department of Health and Human Services from using any Federal funds to conduct or support a video contest on the Internet or by means of other media.

Bill: 115-hr-6253
Sponsor: Rep. Norman, Ralph [R-SC-5]
Introduced: 2018-06-27 in the House
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Department of Health and Human Services
Digital media
Health programs administration and funding
Internet and video services
Internet, web applications, social media

Summary:
action_date: 2018-06-27
text: 
This bill prohibits the Department of Health and Human Services from using federal funds to conduct or support a video contest on the Internet or by other media.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2018-07-10
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Indian, Insular and Alaska Native Affairs.
action_date: 2018-06-27
text: Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committees on Ways and Means, Education and the Workforce, and Natural Resources, 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: 2018-06-27
text: Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committees on Ways and Means, Education and the Workforce, and Natural Resources, 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: 2018-06-27
text: Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committees on Ways and Means, Education and the Workforce, and Natural Resources, 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: 2018-06-27
text: Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committees on Ways and Means, Education and the Workforce, and Natural Resources, 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: 2018-06-27
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2018-06-27
text: Introduced in House
Compassionate Calling and Immigrant Family Reunification Act of 2018

Bill: 115-hr-6254
Sponsor: Rep. Pallone, Frank, Jr. [D-NJ-6]
Introduced: 2018-06-27 in the House
Policy area: Science, Technology, Communications
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Border security and unlawful immigration
Child safety and welfare
Correctional facilities and imprisonment
Detention of persons
Family relationships
Federal Communications Commission (FCC)
Immigrant health and welfare
Telephone and wireless communication

Summary:
action_date: 2018-06-27
text: 

Compassionate Calling and Immigrant Family Reunification Act of 2018

 
This bill directs the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) to promulgate regulations to ensure access to voice service by any alien guardian who is detained or incarcerated under the immigration laws separately from the alien child of such guardian, and by the alien child, to facilitate communications between, and reunification of, such guardian and child.
 
The FCC shall ensure access to voice service: (1) at the facility at which the alien guardian is detained or incarcerated and at the facility at which the alien child is detained, (2) at no charge to the guardian or child, and (3) until the guardian is reunited with the child.
 
The Second Report and Order of the Commission in the matter of Rates for Interstate Inmate Calling Services (adopted October 22, 2015) shall apply, beginning on the date of this bill's enactment. The report adopts comprehensive reform of all aspects of inmate calling services.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2018-06-27
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2018-06-27
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2018-06-27
text: Introduced in House
To amend title 18, United States Code, to establish measures to combat invasive lionfish, and for other purposes.

Bill: 115-hr-6255
Sponsor: Rep. Soto, Darren [D-FL-9]
Introduced: 2018-06-27 in the House
Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement
Subjects: Aquatic ecology
Fishes
Public Lands and Natural Resources
Trade restrictions

Summary:
action_date: 2018-06-27
text: 
This bill adds various lionfish species to the list of injurious wildlife prohibited from being imported into the United States or transported between states.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2018-12-20
text: Reported by the Committee on Natural Resources. H. Rept. 115-1089, Part I.
action_date: 2018-12-20
text: Reported by the Committee on Natural Resources. H. Rept. 115-1089, Part I.
action_date: 2018-09-26
text: Ordered to be Reported by Unanimous Consent.
action_date: 2018-09-26
text: Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
action_date: 2018-09-26
text: Subcommittee on Water, Power and Oceans Discharged.
action_date: 2018-08-02
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, Homeland Security, and Investigations.
action_date: 2018-07-10
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Water, Power and Oceans.
action_date: 2018-06-27
text: Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committee on Natural Resources, 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: 2018-06-27
text: Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committee on Natural Resources, 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: 2018-06-27
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2018-06-27
text: Introduced in House
Congressional Access to Children's Detention Facilities Act

Bill: 115-hr-6256
Sponsor: Rep. Wasserman Schultz, Debbie [D-FL-23]
Introduced: 2018-06-27 in the House
Policy area: Immigration
Subjects: Border security and unlawful immigration
Child safety and welfare
Congressional oversight
Detention of persons
Family relationships
Government buildings, facilities, and property
Immigration status and procedures
Members of Congress
News media and reporting

Summary:
action_date: 2018-06-27
text: 

Congressional Access to Children's Detention Facilities Act

 
This bill requires the Department of Justice, the Department of Homeland Security, or the Department of Health and Human Services to allow Members of Congress to tour any facility in which one or more foreign national minors (a noncitizen of the United States under age 18) are housed. The Departments must allow members of the press to accompany a visiting Member of Congress and may place limits on such tours based on the number of foreign national minors housed.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2018-08-02
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration and Border Security.
action_date: 2018-07-10
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Border and Maritime Security.
action_date: 2018-06-27
text: Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committee on Homeland Security, 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: 2018-06-27
text: Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committee on Homeland Security, 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: 2018-06-27
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2018-06-27
text: Introduced in House
Give Judge Venckiene Her Day in Court Act

Bill: 115-hr-6257
Sponsor: Rep. Hultgren, Randy [R-IL-14]
Introduced: 2018-06-27 in the House
Subjects: Private Legislation

Summary:
action_date: 2018-06-27
text: Provides for the relief of Judge Neringa Venckiene, who the Government of Lithuania seeks on charges related to her pursuit of justice against Lithuanian public officials accused of sexually molesting her young niece.

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2018-07-30
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration and Border Security.
action_date: 2018-06-27
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2018-06-27
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2018-06-27
text: Introduced in House
Make Education Local Act of 2018

Bill: 115-hr-6259
Sponsor: Rep. Lesko, Debbie [R-AZ-8]
Introduced: 2018-06-28 in the House
Policy area: Education
Subjects: Academic performance and assessments
Education of the disadvantaged
Education programs funding
Elementary and secondary education
Government information and archives
Intergovernmental relations
State and local finance

Summary:
action_date: 2018-06-28
text: 

Make Education Local Act of 2018

 
This bill authorizes each state that submits to the Department of Education a state management decision to receive federal education funding on a consolidated basis. A state may use funding received pursuant to such a decision for any educational purpose. 
 
Each state management decision shall contain specified information, including: (1) a list of programs that are subject to the state management decision, and (2) a description of how the state will address persistently failing public schools.
 
Each state operating under a state management decision shall: (1) establish an accountability system focused on assessing the academic achievement of students, (2) inform the public regarding the student-achievement assessment system, (3) report annually to parents and the general public on student progress and other school options available in the state, and (4) provide for the equitable program participation of private-school children and teachers in the same manner as provided under current law. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2018-06-28
text: Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce.
action_date: 2018-06-28
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2018-06-28
text: Introduced in House
Restoring Oversight for Members of Congress Act

Bill: 115-hr-6260
Sponsor: Rep. Castro, Joaquin [D-TX-20]
Introduced: 2018-06-28 in the House
Policy area: Congress
Subjects: Congressional oversight
Government buildings, facilities, and property
Members of Congress
Public contracts and procurement

Summary:
action_date: 2018-06-28
text: 

Restoring Oversight for Members of Congress Act

 
This bill requires agencies or managers that control access to federal facilities to provide immediate access to Members of Congress, excluding the Vice President, unless access is denied for national security reasons with congressional approval.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2018-06-28
text: Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform.
action_date: 2018-06-28
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2018-06-28
text: Introduced in House
Improving Choices in Health Care Coverage Act

Bill: 115-hr-6261
Sponsor: Rep. Budd, Ted [R-NC-13]
Introduced: 2018-06-28 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Health care costs and insurance
Health care coverage and access

Summary:
action_date: 2018-06-28
text: 

Improving Choices in Health Care Coverage Act

 
This bill requires a health insurance issuer that offers short-term, limited-duration insurance to renew the coverage at the option of the individual.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2018-06-28
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2018-06-28
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2018-06-28
text: Introduced in House
Mitigating Attacks on Diplomats Act

Bill: 115-hr-6262
Sponsor: Rep. Wilson, Joe [R-SC-2]
Introduced: 2018-06-28 in the House
Policy area: International Affairs
Subjects: Congressional oversight
Department of State
Diplomacy, foreign officials, Americans abroad
Government studies and investigations
Protection of officials
Worker safety and health

Summary:
action_date: 2018-06-28
text: 

Mitigating Attacks on Diplomats Act

 
This bill directs the Department of State to study the means of countering hypersonic acoustic attacks on Foreign Service officers and their families, including methods to support the physical protection of U.S. embassies, consulates, and embassy residences. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2018-06-28
text: Referred to the House Committee on Foreign Affairs.
action_date: 2018-06-28
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2018-06-28
text: Introduced in House
United States Army Rangers Veterans of World War II Congressional Gold Medal Act

Bill: 115-hr-6263
Sponsor: Rep. Black, Diane [R-TN-6]
Introduced: 2018-06-28 in the House
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Conflicts and wars
Congressional tributes
Military history
Museums, exhibitions, cultural centers
Smithsonian Institution
Veterans' organizations and recognition

Summary:
action_date: 2018-06-28
text: 

United States Army Rangers Veterans of World War II Congressional Gold Medal Act

 
This bill directs the President pro tempore of the Senate and the Speaker of the House of Representatives to arrange for the award of a single gold medal to the U.S. Army Ranger veterans of World War II in recognition of their dedicated wartime service. 
 
 Following its award, the gold medal shall be given to the Smithsonian Institution where it shall be available for display and research. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2018-06-28
text: Referred to the Committee on Financial Services, and in addition to the Committee on House Administration, 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: 2018-06-28
text: Referred to the Committee on Financial Services, and in addition to the Committee on House Administration, 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: 2018-06-28
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2018-06-28
text: Introduced in House
Restoring America's Leadership in Innovation Act of 2018

Bill: 115-hr-6264
Sponsor: Rep. Massie, Thomas [R-KY-4]
Introduced: 2018-06-28 in the House
Policy area: Commerce
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Advisory bodies
Art, artists, authorship
Department of Commerce
Intellectual property
Judicial procedure and administration
Judicial review and appeals
Property rights
User charges and fees

Summary:
action_date: 2018-06-28
text: 

Restoring America's Leadership in Innovation Act of 2018

 
This bill revises several parts of the patent law. 
 
The bill changes the U.S. patent system back to a first-to-invent system, where the first inventor to conceive of an invention is entitled to a patent. Currently, the first person to file an application that meets all the requirements is entitled to the patent, as a result of the 2011 Leahy-Smith America Invents Act. 
 
Several types of administrative patent challenge proceedings are abolished, as well as the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office body that decides those proceedings. 
 
This bill relaxes the standard of what constitutes patent-eligible subject matter. The only ineligible inventions shall be those that exist in nature independent or prior to human activity, or exist solely in the human mind. 
 
This bill limits what types of publications shall be treated as prior art that could be used to make an invention anticipated or obvious.
 
This bill authorizes the USPTO to keep and spend all the fees that it collects.
 

 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2018-08-06
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Courts, Intellectual Property, and the Internet.
action_date: 2018-06-28
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2018-06-28
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2018-06-28
text: Introduced in House
Enhancing Public Access to Feminine Hygiene Products Act

Bill: 115-hr-6266
Sponsor: Rep. Watson Coleman, Bonnie [D-NJ-12]
Introduced: 2018-06-28 in the House
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Subjects: Government buildings, facilities, and property
Health technology, devices, supplies
Women's health

Summary:
action_date: 2018-06-28
text: 

Enhancing Public Access to Feminine Hygiene Products Act

 
This bill requires the General Services Administration to make feminine hygiene products available in bathrooms in public buildings, as appropriate, free of charge. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2018-06-29
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Economic Development, Public Buildings and Emergency Management.
action_date: 2018-06-28
text: Referred to the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.
action_date: 2018-06-28
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2018-06-28
text: Introduced in House
COAST Research Act

Bill: 115-hr-6267
Sponsor: Rep. Bonamici, Suzanne [D-OR-1]
Introduced: 2018-06-28 in the House
Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources
Subjects: Advisory bodies
Air quality
Aquatic ecology
Climate change and greenhouse gases
Environmental assessment, monitoring, research
Environmental health
Environmental regulatory procedures
Government information and archives
Government studies and investigations
Intergovernmental relations
Marine and coastal resources, fisheries
Marine pollution
Research administration and funding
Water quality

Summary:
action_date: 2018-06-28
text: 

Coastal and Ocean Acidification Stressors and Threats Research Act of 2018 or the COAST Research Act

 
This bill helps coastal communities address coastal acidification, including by reauthorizing the Federal Ocean Acidification Research and Monitoring Act of 2009 through FY2022.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2018-06-28
text: Referred to the House Committee on Science, Space, and Technology.
action_date: 2018-06-28
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2018-06-28
text: Introduced in House
PURSE Act

Bill: 115-hr-6268
Sponsor: Rep. Gosar, Paul A. [R-AZ-4]
Introduced: 2018-06-28 in the House
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Subjects: Department of the Treasury
Employment discrimination and employee rights
Government employee pay, benefits, personnel management
Internal Revenue Service (IRS)
Labor-management relations

Summary:
action_date: 2018-06-28
text: 

Preventing Unionization of Revenue Service Employees Act or the PURSE Act

 
This bill excludes employees of the Internal Revenue Service from provisions of federal personnel law allowing federal employees to organize, bargain collectively, and participate in labor organizations. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2018-06-28
text: Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform.
action_date: 2018-06-28
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2018-06-28
text: Introduced in House