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HEAL Act of 2018

Bill: 115-s-3120
Sponsor: Sen. Hatch, Orrin G. [R-UT]
Introduced: 2018-06-25 in the Senate
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Adoption and foster care
American Samoa
Caribbean area
Child health
Child safety and welfare
Congressional oversight
Drug therapy
Drug trafficking and controlled substances
Drug, alcohol, tobacco use
Family relationships
Family services
Fraud offenses and financial crimes
Government information and archives
Government studies and investigations
Guam
Health care costs and insurance
Health care coverage and access
Health care quality
Health facilities and institutions
Health information and medical records
Health personnel
Health programs administration and funding
Health promotion and preventive care
Health technology, devices, supplies
Homelessness and emergency shelter
Housing supply and affordability
Medicaid
Medical tests and diagnostic methods
Medicare
Mental health
Northern Mariana Islands
Prescription drugs
Puerto Rico
State and local government operations
U.S. territories and protectorates
Virgin Islands
Women's health

Summary:
action_date: 2018-06-25
text: 

Helping to End Addiction and Lessen Substance Use Disorders Act of 2018 or the HEAL Act of 2018

 
This bill establishes a series of requirements under Medicare and Medicaid relating to substance-use disorder prevention and treatment, including educational programs, screening requirements, and prescription drug monitoring. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2018-06-25
text: Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 484.
action_date: 2018-06-25
text: Committee on Finance. Original measure reported to Senate by Senator Hatch. With written report No. 115-284.
action_date: 2018-06-25
text: Committee on Finance. Original measure reported to Senate by Senator Hatch. With written report No. 115-284.
action_date: 2018-06-25
text: Introduced in Senate
Water Infrastructure Transparency Act

Bill: 115-s-3121
Sponsor: Sen. Paul, Rand [R-KY]
Introduced: 2018-06-25 in the Senate
Policy area: Environmental Protection
Subjects: Government lending and loan guarantees
Public contracts and procurement
State and local finance
State and local government operations
Water quality
Water resources funding
Water use and supply

Summary:
action_date: 2018-06-25
text: 

Water Infrastructure Transparency Act

 
This bill requires states to ensure open and free competition in procurement for water infrastructure projects that are funded by clean water state revolving funds, drinking water state revolving funds, and the Water Infrastructure Finance and Innovation Act program.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2018-06-25
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works.
action_date: 2018-06-25
text: Introduced in Senate
High School CODES Act

Bill: 115-s-3122
Sponsor: Sen. Cantwell, Maria [D-WA]
Introduced: 2018-06-25 in the Senate
Policy area: Education
Subjects: Area studies and international education
Computers and information technology
Education programs funding
Educational technology and distance education
Elementary and secondary education
Government information and archives
Rural conditions and development

Summary:
action_date: 2018-06-25
text: 

Coding Opportunities and Development for Equitable Students Act or the High School CODES Act

 
This bill amends the Carl D. Perkins Career and Technical Education Act of 2006 to direct the Department of Education (ED) to carry out a coding demonstration program. Under the program, ED shall award grants to local educational agencies for the establishment or expansion of programs that allow high-school students to take a coding class in place of a mathematics, science, or foreign language class as graduation requirement.
 
 



Legislative actions:
action_date: 2018-06-25
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
action_date: 2018-06-25
text: Introduced in Senate
Fair Maps Act of 2018

Bill: 115-s-3123
Sponsor: Sen. Bennet, Michael F. [D-CO]
Introduced: 2018-06-25 in the Senate
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Subjects: Civil actions and liability
Congressional districts and representation
Constitution and constitutional amendments
Political parties and affiliation
State and local government operations
Voting rights

Summary:
action_date: 2018-06-25
text: 

Fair Maps Act of 2018

 
This bill prohibits a state from establishing a congressional districting plan that unduly favors or disfavors a political party. Any eligible voter from the state may sue to invalidate such a districting plan. 
 
The bill also establishes certain required and permissible criteria for states to consider when establishing or altering congressional district boundaries, as well as criteria that states are prohibited from considering when devising districting plans. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2018-06-25
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2018-06-25
text: Introduced in Senate
Help Encourage a Lifetime of Public Service Act

Bill: 115-s-3124
Sponsor: Sen. Heitkamp, Heidi [D-ND]
Introduced: 2018-06-25 in the Senate
Policy area: Education
Subjects: Agricultural education
First responders and emergency personnel
Government lending and loan guarantees
Interest, dividends, interest rates
Social work, volunteer service, charitable organizations

Summary:
action_date: 2018-06-25
text: 

Help Encourage a Lifetime of Public Service Act

 
This bill makes first responders and certain farmers or ranchers eligible for the Public Service Loan Forgiveness Program and eliminates interest on federal student loans of certain borrowers employed in the public service sector.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2018-06-25
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
action_date: 2018-06-25
text: Introduced in Senate
Restoring Returning Workers Act of 2018

Bill: 115-s-3125
Sponsor: Sen. Rounds, Mike [R-SD]
Introduced: 2018-06-25 in the Senate
Policy area: Immigration
Subjects: Foreign labor
Immigration status and procedures
Temporary and part-time employment
Visas and passports

Summary:
action_date: 2018-06-25
text: 

Restoring Returning Workers Act of 2018

 
This bill amends the Immigration and Nationality Act to update through the current fiscal year the returning worker exemption from the cap on H-2B nonimmigrant visas. The bill provides that number of aliens considered to be returning workers in any fiscal year may not exceed the highest number of nonimmigrants who participated in the returning worker program in any fiscal year in which returning workers were exempt from the numerical limitation on the H-2B visa. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2018-06-25
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2018-06-25
text: Introduced in Senate
Retain Innovation and Manufacturing Excellence (RIME) Act of 2018

Bill: 115-s-3126
Sponsor: Sen. Whitehouse, Sheldon [D-RI]
Introduced: 2018-06-25 in the Senate
Policy area: Commerce
Subjects: Employment and training programs
Manufacturing
Public-private cooperation
Small business
Technology transfer and commercialization
Veterans' education, employment, rehabilitation

Summary:
action_date: 2018-06-25
text: 

Retain Innovation and Manufacturing Excellence (RIME) Act of 2018

 
This bill directs the Department of Commerce to establish a pilot grant program to help eligible manufacturers retain retiring employees for up to 90 days for the purpose of transferring job-specific skills to other employees.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2018-06-25
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
action_date: 2018-06-25
text: Introduced in Senate
Bot Disclosure and Accountability Act of 2018

Bill: 115-s-3127
Sponsor: Sen. Feinstein, Dianne [D-CA]
Introduced: 2018-06-25 in the Senate
Policy area: Science, Technology, Communications
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Digital media
Elections, voting, political campaign regulation
Federal Trade Commission (FTC)
Freedom of information
Internet and video services
Internet, web applications, social media
News media and reporting
Political advertising
Subversive activities

Summary:
action_date: 2018-06-25
text: 

Bot Disclosure and Accountability Act of 2018

 
This bill directs the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) to promulgate regulations to require social media providers to establish and implement policies and procedures to require their user to publicly disclose the use of any automated software program or process intended to impersonate or replicate human activity online. A violation of such regulations shall be treated as an unfair or deceptive act or practice under the Federal Trade Commission Act.
 
The bill amends the Federal Election Campaign Act of 1971 to prohibit a candidate or political party from: (1) using any automated software programs or processes intended to impersonate or replicate human activity online to make, amplify, share, or otherwise disseminate any public communication; or (2) soliciting, accepting, purchasing, or selling any automated software programs or processes intended to impersonate or replicate human activity online for any purpose.
 
 No political committee, corporation, or labor organization may: (1) use or cause to be used any automated software programs or processes intended to impersonate or replicate human activity online to disseminate any message that expressly advocates for the election or defeat of a candidate; or (2) solicit, accept, purchase or sell any such programs or processes for any such purpose. This prohibition shall not apply to internal or administrative systems not oriented or accessible to the public.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2018-06-25
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
action_date: 2018-06-25
text: Introduced in Senate
A bill to reauthorize the National Flood Insurance Program.

Bill: 115-s-3128
Sponsor: Sen. Kennedy, John [R-LA]
Introduced: 2018-06-25 in the Senate
Policy area: Finance and Financial Sector
Subjects: Disaster relief and insurance
Floods and storm protection

Summary:
action_date: 2018-06-25
text: 
This bill amends the National Flood Insurance Act of 1968 to reauthorize the National Flood Insurance Program through January 31, 2019. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2018-06-25
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs.
action_date: 2018-06-25
text: Introduced in Senate
Equity in Career and Technical Education Act of 2018

Bill: 115-s-3129
Sponsor: Sen. Hirono, Mazie K. [D-HI]
Introduced: 2018-06-25 in the Senate
Policy area: Education
Subjects: Academic performance and assessments
Child care and development
Education of the disadvantaged
Education programs funding
Elementary and secondary education
Higher education
Performance measurement
State and local government operations
Teaching, teachers, curricula
Vocational and technical education
Wages and earnings

Summary:
action_date: 2018-06-25
text: 

Equity in Career and Technical Education Act of 2018

 
This bill requires state and local educational agencies to conduct an annual equity gap assessment for career and technical education programs of study and create plans on how to reduce the gap.The &quot;equity gap&quot; consists of the gaps in participation and performance between students based on gender, race, and certain special populations. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2018-06-25
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
action_date: 2018-06-25
text: Introduced in Senate
SIT-REP Act of 2018

Bill: 115-s-3130
Sponsor: Sen. Warren, Elizabeth [D-MA]
Introduced: 2018-06-25 in the Senate
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security

Summary:
action_date: 2018-06-25
text: 
 
Servicemembers Improved Transition through Reforms for Ensuring Progress Act of 2018 or the SIT-REP Act
 
of 2018

 
This bill authorizes the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) to require educational institutions, in order to be eligible for educational payments, to adopt policies that prohibit penalizing student veterans for late VA assistance payments.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2018-06-25
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
action_date: 2018-06-25
text: Introduced in Senate
Fairness for Farm Workers Act

Bill: 115-s-3131
Sponsor: Sen. Harris, Kamala D. [D-CA]
Introduced: 2018-06-25 in the Senate
Policy area: Labor and Employment
Subjects: Labor standards
Migrant, seasonal, agricultural labor
Wages and earnings

Summary:
action_date: 2018-06-25
text: 

Fairness for Farm Workers Act
 
 
This bill amends the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 with respect to agricultural workers.
 
 The bill requires employers, beginning in 2019, to compensate agricultural workers for hours worked in excess of their regular hours (i.e., 55 hours in 2019, 50 hours in 2020, 45 hours in 2021, and 40 hours in 2022) at not less than one and one-half times the employee's regular rate. For employers with 25 or fewer employees, the overtime pay requirements begin in 2022. These overtime pay requirements do not apply, as in current law, to employees who are the parent, spouse, child, or other member of the employer's immediate family.
 
The bill also repeals the exemption from overtime pay requirements for employers in various agriculture-related industries, including certain small farms, irrigation projects, sugar processing, and cotton ginning and compressing.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2018-06-25
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
action_date: 2018-06-25
text: Introduced in Senate
Securing Airspace for Emergency Responders Act of 2018

Bill: 115-s-3132
Sponsor: Sen. Gardner, Cory [R-CO]
Introduced: 2018-06-26 in the Senate
Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement
Subjects: Aviation and airports
Fires

Summary:
action_date: 2018-06-26
text: 

Securing Airspace for Emergency Responders Act of 2018

 
This bill amends the federal criminal code to prohibit the unauthorized operation of an unmanned aircraft over a wildfire.
 
A violator is subject to criminal penalties&#8212;a fine, a prison term of at least one year, or both.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2018-06-26
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2018-06-26
text: Introduced in Senate
Solar Farm Fairness Act

Bill: 115-s-3133
Sponsor: Sen. Harris, Kamala D. [D-CA]
Introduced: 2018-06-26 in the Senate
Policy area: Energy

Summary:
action_date: 2018-06-26
text: 

Solar Farm Fairness Act 

 
This bill amends the Farm Security and Rural Investment Act of 2002 to revise requirements under the Rural Energy for America Program concerning financing solar electric power generation projects. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2018-06-26
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
action_date: 2018-06-26
text: Introduced in Senate
Air and Health Quality Empowerment Zone Designation Act of 2018

Bill: 115-s-3134
Sponsor: Sen. Harris, Kamala D. [D-CA]
Introduced: 2018-06-26 in the Senate
Policy area: Environmental Protection
Subjects: Agricultural conservation and pollution
Agricultural equipment and machinery
Air quality
Cardiovascular and respiratory health
Economic performance and conditions
Environmental health
Hazardous wastes and toxic substances
Motor vehicles

Summary:
action_date: 2018-06-26
text: 

Air and Health Quality Empowerment Zone Designation Act of 2018 

 
This bill addresses air quality standards in certain nonattainment zones, including by allowing for the designation of air and health quality empowerment zones and by providing grants for replacing or retrofitting polluting vehicles or engines. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2018-06-26
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works.
action_date: 2018-06-26
text: Introduced in Senate
Gun Owner Registration Information Protection Act

Bill: 115-s-3135
Sponsor: Sen. Hyde-Smith, Cindy [R-MS]
Introduced: 2018-06-26 in the Senate
Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement
Subjects: Criminal justice information and records
Firearms and explosives
Government information and archives
Licensing and registrations
State and local government operations

Summary:
action_date: 2018-06-26
text: 

Gun Owner Registration Information Protection Act

 
This bill prohibits federal funding of, or support for, state databases that list (1) firearms lawfully owned or possessed, or (2) individuals who lawfully own or possess firearms.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2018-06-26
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.
action_date: 2018-06-26
text: Introduced in Senate
"Hello Girls" Congressional Gold Medal Act of 2018

Bill: 115-s-3136
Sponsor: Sen. Tester, Jon [D-MT]
Introduced: 2018-06-26 in the Senate
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Congressional tributes
Military history
Monuments and memorials
Museums, exhibitions, cultural centers
Smithsonian Institution
Telephone and wireless communication
Veterans' organizations and recognition
Women's employment

Summary:
action_date: 2018-06-26
text: 

"Hello Girls" Congressional Gold Medal Act of 2018

 
This bill requires the President pro tempore of the Senate and the Speaker of the House of Representatives to make arrangements for the award of a Congressional Gold Medal in honor of the female telephone operators of the Army Signal Corps (commonly known as the "Hello Girls").


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2018-06-26
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs.
action_date: 2018-06-26
text: Introduced in Senate
Reforming Government Act of 2018

Bill: 115-s-3137
Sponsor: Sen. Johnson, Ron [R-WI]
Introduced: 2018-06-26 in the Senate
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Subjects: Executive agency funding and structure
Presidents and presidential powers, Vice Presidents

Summary:
action_date: 2018-06-26
text: 

Reforming Government Act of 2018

 
This bill expands the authority of the President to reorganize federal agencies.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2018-11-26
text: Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 667.
action_date: 2018-11-26
text: Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs. Reported by Senator Johnson with amendments. With written report No. 115-381.
action_date: 2018-11-26
text: Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs. Reported by Senator Johnson with amendments. With written report No. 115-381.
action_date: 2018-09-26
text: Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs. Ordered to be reported with an amendment favorably.
action_date: 2018-06-26
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.
action_date: 2018-06-26
text: Introduced in Senate
AQUAA Act

Bill: 115-s-3138
Sponsor: Sen. Wicker, Roger F. [R-MS]
Introduced: 2018-06-26 in the Senate
Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Aquaculture
Arctic Ocean
Atlantic Ocean
Department of Commerce
Environmental assessment, monitoring, research
Executive agency funding and structure
Fishes
Hunting and fishing
Licensing and registrations
Marine and coastal resources, fisheries
Pacific Ocean
Seafood
Seashores and lakeshores
User charges and fees

Summary:
action_date: 2018-06-26
text: 

Advancing the Quality and Understanding of American Aquaculture Act or the
 
AQUAA Act

 
This bill directs the Department of Commerce to establish an Office of Marine Aquaculture within the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration to coordinate regulatory, scientific, outreach, and international issues related to aquaculture.
 
Commerce must establish a research and development program to award competitive, peer-reviewed grants to fund research and extension services, including to develop and evaluate methodologies to prevent, minimize, and mitigate potential adverse ecosystem and socioeconomic impacts of marine aquaculture.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2018-06-26
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
action_date: 2018-06-26
text: Introduced in Senate
SALE Act of 2018

Bill: 115-s-3140
Sponsor: Sen. Inhofe, James M. [R-OK]
Introduced: 2018-06-26 in the Senate
Policy area: Agriculture and Food

Summary:
action_date: 2018-06-26
text: 

Securing All Livestock Equitably Act of 2018 or the SALE Act of 201

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This bill amends the Packers and Stockyards Act, 1921 to require all livestock purchased by a dealer in cash sales and all inventories of, or receivables or proceeds from, such livestock to be held by the dealer in a trust until all unpaid cash sellers of the livestock have been paid. 
 
The bill exempts from the requirement any dealer whose average annual purchases of livestock do not exceed $250,000. A dealer and cash seller may voluntarily waive the requirement using a written agreement that meets specified requirements.
 
The bill also specifies requirements regarding enforcement, preserving a trust, notifying lien holders, and purchasing or transferring livestock that is subject to a trust. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2018-06-26
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry.
action_date: 2018-06-26
text: Introduced in Senate
Career and Technical Education Research and Outreach Act of 2018

Bill: 115-s-3141
Sponsor: Sen. Klobuchar, Amy [D-MN]
Introduced: 2018-06-26 in the Senate
Policy area: Education
Subjects: Elementary and secondary education
Government studies and investigations
Vocational and technical education

Summary:
action_date: 2018-06-26
text: 

Career and Technical Education Research and Outreach Act of 2018

 
This bill directs the Department of Education to carry out research and evaluation activities with respect to the effectiveness of different delivery systems and approaches for career and technical education.
 
 
 
 
 
 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2018-06-26
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
action_date: 2018-06-26
text: Introduced in Senate
North Korea Policy Oversight Act of 2018

Bill: 115-s-3142
Sponsor: Sen. Menendez, Robert [D-NJ]
Introduced: 2018-06-26 in the Senate
Policy area: International Affairs
Subjects: Alliances
Arms control and nonproliferation
Asia
Cemeteries and funerals
China
Computer security and identity theft
Conflicts and wars
Congressional oversight
Digital media
Diplomacy, foreign officials, Americans abroad
Disaster relief and insurance
Foreign aid and international relief
Foreign and international banking
Foreign labor
Foreign property
Human rights
International exchange and broadcasting
International law and treaties
International organizations and cooperation
Japan
Marine and inland water transportation
Military assistance, sales, and agreements
Military command and structure
Military operations and strategy
Navigation, waterways, harbors
North Korea
Nuclear weapons
Pacific Ocean
Refugees, asylum, displaced persons
Russia
Sanctions
South Korea
Sovereignty, recognition, national governance and status
Spacecraft and satellites
Technology transfer and commercialization
Television and film
Trade restrictions
Transportation safety and security
United Nations

Summary:
action_date: 2018-06-26
text: 

North Korea Policy Oversight Act of 2018

 
This bill sets forth U.S. policies concerning North Korea, including U.S. military measures and human rights, and requires specified U.S. military reports and congressional hearings and oversight regarding diplomatic talks with North Korea and any U.S. agreements with North Korea related to its nuclear and missile program, respectively. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2018-06-26
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations.
action_date: 2018-06-26
text: Introduced in Senate