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Regional Conservation Partnership Program Improvement Act of 2018

Bill: 115-hr-5487
Sponsor: Rep. Costa, Jim [D-CA-16]
Introduced: 2018-04-12 in the House
Policy area: Agriculture and Food
Subjects: Agricultural conservation and pollution
Infrastructure development
Intergovernmental relations
Rural conditions and development
State and local government operations
Water quality
Watersheds
Wildlife conservation and habitat protection

Summary:
action_date: 2018-04-12
text: 

Regional Conservation Partnership Program Improvement Act of 2018

 
This bill amends the Food Security Act of 1985 to make several modifications to the Department of Agriculture (USDA) Regional Conservation Partnership Program (RCPP). 
 
(The RCPP currently operates through several USDA conservation programs to provide funding for partners to join in efforts with producers to increase the restoration and sustainable use of soil, water, wildlife, and related natural resources on regional or watershed scales.) 
 
The bill modifies the program to: 
 
 
 require the RCPP to be operated as a separate program rather than through several existing USDA conservation programs,
 
expand the purposes of the program, 
 
expand the authority of project partners to define the scope of the activities that will help achieve conservation benefits,
 
 require USDA to set timelines for entering into contracts and providing funding, 
 
 require USDA to establish program coordinators in each state,
 
modify the requirements for allocating funding for the program,
 
 modify the application process and requirements for program contracts, 
 
 authorize USDA to award grants to partners to directly operate conservation projects,
 
 authorize USDA to advance funding to partners for project development and outreach activities, and 
 
 establish reporting requirements for partners regarding the progress made toward addressing natural resource concerns and related outcomes of the projects. 
 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2018-04-30
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Conservation and Forestry.
action_date: 2018-04-12
text: Referred to the House Committee on Agriculture.
action_date: 2018-04-12
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2018-04-12
text: Introduced in House
Remote Area Medical Charter Act of 2018

Bill: 115-hr-5488
Sponsor: Rep. Duncan, John J., Jr. [R-TN-2]
Introduced: 2018-04-12 in the House
Policy area: Congress
Subjects: Animal protection and human-animal relationships
Congressional oversight
Corporate finance and management
Federally chartered organizations
Government studies and investigations
Health care coverage and access
Health facilities and institutions
Health promotion and preventive care
Social work, volunteer service, charitable organizations
Veterinary medicine and animal diseases
Wildlife conservation and habitat protection

Summary:
action_date: 2018-04-12
text: 

Remote Area Medical Charter Act of 2018

 
This bill grants a federal charter to Remote Area Medical.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2018-05-22
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration and Border Security.
action_date: 2018-04-12
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2018-04-12
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2018-04-12
text: Introduced in House
Hope Act

Bill: 115-hr-5489
Sponsor: Rep. Estes, Ron [R-KS-4]
Introduced: 2018-04-12 in the House
Policy area: Social Welfare
Subjects: Child care and development
Civil actions and liability
Disability and paralysis
Disability assistance
Educational guidance
Employment and training programs
Family services
Food assistance and relief
Fraud offenses and financial crimes
Licensing and registrations
Poverty and welfare assistance
State and local government operations
Unemployment

Summary:
action_date: 2018-04-12
text: 

Hope Opportunity and Prosperity for Everyone Act or the Hope Act

 
This bill (1) limits assistance under the Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) program; (2) restricts eligibility for participation in the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP); and (3) otherwise revises provisions related to TANF and SNAP, including with respect to work requirements.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2018-04-30
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Nutrition.
action_date: 2018-04-18
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Human Resources.
action_date: 2018-04-12
text: Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committee on Agriculture, 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: 2018-04-12
text: Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committee on Agriculture, 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: 2018-04-12
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2018-04-12
text: Introduced in House
Handgun Purchaser Licensing Act

Bill: 115-hr-5490
Sponsor: Rep. Esty, Elizabeth H. [D-CT-5]
Introduced: 2018-04-12 in the House
Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement
Subjects: Criminal justice information and records
Firearms and explosives
Law enforcement administration and funding
Licensing and registrations

Summary:
action_date: 2018-04-12
text: 

Handgun Purchaser Licensing Act
 
 
This bill authorizes a grant program for states, local governments, and Indian tribes to implement and evaluate handgun purchaser licensing requirements.

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2018-05-21
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, Homeland Security, and Investigations.
action_date: 2018-04-12
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2018-04-12
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2018-04-12
text: Introduced in House
Rural Health Insurance Act of 2018

Bill: 115-hr-5491
Sponsor: Rep. Fortenberry, Jeff [R-NE-1]
Introduced: 2018-04-12 in the House
Policy area: Agriculture and Food
Subjects: Employee benefits and pensions
Government lending and loan guarantees
Health care costs and insurance
Health care coverage and access
Health programs administration and funding
Rural conditions and development

Summary:
action_date: 2018-04-12
text: 

Rural Health Insurance Act of 2018 

 
This bill authorizes the Department of Agriculture to provide loans and grants to assist in the establishment of agricultural association health plans to help bring new health options and lower priced health care coverage to rural Americans. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2018-04-30
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Commodity Exchanges, Energy, and Credit.
action_date: 2018-04-12
text: Referred to the House Committee on Agriculture.
action_date: 2018-04-12
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2018-04-12
text: Introduced in House
Maternal Opioid Treatment, Health, Education, and Recovery Act of 2018

Bill: 115-hr-5492
Sponsor: Rep. Guthrie, Brett [R-KY-2]
Introduced: 2018-04-12 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Child health
Congressional oversight
Drug trafficking and controlled substances
Drug, alcohol, tobacco use
Health programs administration and funding
Health promotion and preventive care
Medical education
Public-private cooperation
Women's health

Summary:
action_date: 2018-04-12
text: 

Maternal Opioid Treatment, Health, Education, and Recovery Act of 2018

 
This bill revises and expands the educational resources and services available through the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration for opioid use with respect to pregnant women and women with infants.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2018-04-18
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR H3434)
action_date: 2018-04-12
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2018-04-12
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2018-04-12
text: Introduced in House
Medical Debt Tax Relief Act

Bill: 115-hr-5493
Sponsor: Rep. Johnson, Sam [R-TX-3]
Introduced: 2018-04-12 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Debt collection
Health care costs and insurance
Income tax exclusion
Long-term, rehabilitative, and terminal care
Tax administration and collection, taxpayers
Transportation costs

Summary:
action_date: 2018-04-12
text: 

Medical Debt Tax Relief Act 

 
This bill amends the Internal Revenue Code to exclude from gross income the discharge of medical indebtedness. The bill applies to the discharge of debt incurred by the taxpayer for expenses of the taxpayer or the spouse or a dependent of the taxpayer for: (1) diagnosis, cure, mitigation, treatment, or prevention of disease; (2) the purpose of affecting any structure or function of the body; (3) transportation primarily for and essential to medical care, or (4) long-term care services.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2018-04-18
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR H3403)
action_date: 2018-04-12
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2018-04-12
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2018-04-12
text: Introduced in House
Protecting Business Opportunities for Veterans Adjustment Act of 2018

Bill: 115-hr-5494
Sponsor: Rep. Kelly, Trent [R-MS-1]
Introduced: 2018-04-12 in the House
Policy area: Commerce
Subjects: Public contracts and procurement
Small business
Veterans' education, employment, rehabilitation

Summary:
action_date: 2018-04-12
text: 

Protecting Business Opportunities for Veterans Adjustment Act of 2018

 
This bill amends the Small Business Act to apply certain subcontracting limitations to a small business that receives a federal contracting preference because the business is owned and controlled by a veteran.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2018-04-12
text: Referred to the House Committee on Small Business.
action_date: 2018-04-12
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2018-04-12
text: Introduced in House
Congressional Oversight Needed For Likely Illicit and Corrupt Transactions Act

Bill: 115-hr-5495
Sponsor: Rep. Krishnamoorthi, Raja [D-IL-8]
Introduced: 2018-04-12 in the House
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Subjects: Congressional oversight
Executive Office of the President
Federal officials
Government ethics and transparency, public corruption
Government information and archives

Summary:
action_date: 2018-04-12
text: 

Congressional Oversight Needed For Likely Illicit and Corrupt Transactions Act

 
This bill amends the Ethics in Government Act of 1978 to require an officer or employee of the Executive Office of the President or the White House who is recused from a particular matter for a financial conflict of interest to notify Congress and the Office of Government Ethics and provide the specific reasons for the recusal.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2018-04-12
text: Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform.
action_date: 2018-04-12
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2018-04-12
text: Introduced in House
TPS Process Reform Act

Bill: 115-hr-5496
Sponsor: Rep. Perry, Scott [R-PA-4]
Introduced: 2018-04-12 in the House
Policy area: Immigration
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Department of Justice
Foreign labor
Immigration status and procedures
Refugees, asylum, displaced persons

Summary:
action_date: 2018-04-12
text: 

TPS Process Reform Act

 
This bill amends the Immigration and Nationality Act with respect to the extension of temporary protected status (TPS) designations, which permits eligible nationals of designated counties affected by armed conflict or natural disasters to temporarily reside and work in the United States.
 
The Department of Justice (DOJ) shall extend TPS status for 6 months for a country that continues to meet designation criteria, or at its discretion, extend such designation for 12 or 18 months.
 
 A TPS country's status is terminated if DOJ fails to extend an expiring designation.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2018-05-21
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration and Border Security.
action_date: 2018-04-12
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2018-04-12
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2018-04-12
text: Introduced in House
Office of Rural Telecommunications Act

Bill: 115-hr-5497
Sponsor: Rep. Peterson, Collin C. [D-MN-7]
Introduced: 2018-04-12 in the House
Policy area: Science, Technology, Communications
Subjects: Consumer affairs
Executive agency funding and structure
Federal Communications Commission (FCC)
Internet and video services
Internet, web applications, social media
Rural conditions and development
Telecommunication rates and fees
Telephone and wireless communication

Summary:
action_date: 2018-04-12
text: 

Office of Rural Telecommunications Act

 
This bill requires the Federal Communications Commission to establish the Office of Rural Telecommunications, whose duties shall include:
 
 
coordinating with the Rural Utilities Service and the National Telecommunications and Information Administration to ensure the success of initiatives and programs,
 
coordinating with the Universal Service Administrative Company to maintain information regarding Connect American Fund programs that deploy rural broadband,
 
coordinating with agencies to remove barriers to rural broadband deployment, and 
 
measuring broadband adoption rates in rural areas.



Legislative actions:
action_date: 2018-04-12
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2018-04-12
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2018-04-12
text: Introduced in House
Rural Hospital Frontier Fairness Act

Bill: 115-hr-5498
Sponsor: Rep. Peterson, Collin C. [D-MN-7]
Introduced: 2018-04-12 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Health care costs and insurance
Health facilities and institutions
Health personnel
Hospital care
Inflation and prices
Prescription drugs
Wages and earnings

Summary:
action_date: 2018-04-12
text: 

Rural Hospital Frontier Fairness Act

 
This bill alters the Medicare prospective payment system for inpatient hospital services furnished at sole community hospitals (i.e., rural hospitals or hospitals that are the sole source of inpatient care in a certain geographic area). Specifically, the bill applies a minimum area wage adjustment to payments to sole community hospitals that are located up to 75 miles from the closest frontier (i.e., predominantly rural) state. Currently, the minimum area wage adjustment applies only to hospitals in frontier states.
 
The bill also amends the Public Health Service Act to allow such sole community hospitals to participate in the 340B drug pricing program (i.e., a program that allows entities to receive covered outpatient drugs at reduced prices from manufacturers). 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2018-04-18
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2018-04-12
text: Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on Ways and Means, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
action_date: 2018-04-12
text: Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on Ways and Means, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
action_date: 2018-04-12
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2018-04-12
text: Introduced in House
Stephen Michael Gleason Congressional Gold Medal Act

Bill: 115-hr-5499
Sponsor: Rep. Richmond, Cedric L. [D-LA-2]
Introduced: 2018-04-12 in the House
Policy area: Sports and Recreation
Subjects: Athletes
Congressional tributes
Disability and paralysis
Medical research
Musculoskeletal and skin diseases
Neurological disorders
Professional sports

Summary:
action_date: 2018-04-12
text: 

Stephen Michael Gleason Congressional Gold Medal Act

 
This bill directs the Speaker of the House of Representatives and the President pro tempore of the Senate to arrange for the award of a Congressional Gold Medal to Stephen Michael Gleason.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2018-04-12
text: Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services.
action_date: 2018-04-12
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2018-04-12
text: Introduced in House
Veterans' Credit Protection Act

Bill: 115-hr-5500
Sponsor: Rep. Rouzer, David [R-NC-7]
Introduced: 2018-04-12 in the House
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Congressional oversight
Consumer credit
Emergency medical services and trauma care
Hospital care
Interest, dividends, interest rates
Veterans' medical care

Summary:
action_date: 2018-04-12
text: 

Veterans' Credit Protection Act

 
 This bill directs the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) to conduct outreach to inform veterans of how to resolve credit issues caused by a delayed payment of a claim for emergency hospital care, medical services, or other emergency health care furnished through a non-VA provider. 
 
 The Government Accountability Office shall conduct a study that evaluates the effectiveness of the Office of Community Care in providing timely payment of a proper invoice for such care by the required payment date.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2018-04-12
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2018-04-12
text: Referred to the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
action_date: 2018-04-12
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2018-04-12
text: Introduced in House
End Corruption in the Northern Triangle Act

Bill: 115-hr-5501
Sponsor: Rep. Torres, Norma J. [D-CA-35]
Introduced: 2018-04-12 in the House
Policy area: International Affairs
Subjects: Congressional oversight
Criminal investigation, prosecution, interrogation
Diplomacy, foreign officials, Americans abroad
Drug trafficking and controlled substances
El Salvador
Elections, voting, political campaign regulation
Foreign aid and international relief
Government ethics and transparency, public corruption
Government information and archives
Guatemala
Honduras
Human rights
International law and treaties
International organizations and cooperation
Latin America
Military assistance, sales, and agreements
Sovereignty, recognition, national governance and status

Summary:
action_date: 2018-04-12
text: 

End Corruption in the Northern Triangle Act

 
This bill directs the Department of State to: (1) submit to Congress a strategy to enhance U.S. efforts to dismantle systemic corruption in the Northern Triangle (El Salvador, Guatemala, and Honduras), and (2) make available on its website the total amounts of assistance under the Central America Regional Security Initiative that have been provided to each Central American country since FY2008. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2018-06-04
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on the Western Hemisphere.
action_date: 2018-05-21
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, Homeland Security, and Investigations.
action_date: 2018-04-12
text: Referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs, and in addition to the Committee on the Judiciary, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
action_date: 2018-04-12
text: Referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs, and in addition to the Committee on the Judiciary, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
action_date: 2018-04-12
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2018-04-12
text: Introduced in House
Prohibit Auto Insurance Discrimination Act

Bill: 115-hr-5502
Sponsor: Rep. Watson Coleman, Bonnie [D-NJ-12]
Introduced: 2018-04-12 in the House
Policy area: Finance and Financial Sector
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Civil actions and liability
Federal district courts
Fraud offenses and financial crimes
Legal fees and court costs
Life, casualty, property insurance
Motor vehicles
State and local courts
State and local government operations

Summary:
action_date: 2018-04-12
text: 

Prohibit Auto Insurance Discrimination Act 

 
This bill prohibits an automobile insurer from considering a consumer's education level, occupation, employment status, home ownership status, credit score, consumer report, previous insurer, or prior purchase of insurance when determining the consumer's insurance rates or eligibility.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2018-04-12
text: Referred to the Committee on Financial Services, and in addition to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
action_date: 2018-04-12
text: Referred to the Committee on Financial Services, and in addition to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
action_date: 2018-04-12
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2018-04-12
text: Introduced in House