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Protect America's Secrets Act

Bill: 115-hr-5057
Sponsor: Rep. Murphy, Stephanie N. [D-FL-7]
Introduced: 2018-02-15 in the House
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Executive Office of the President
Government employee pay, benefits, personnel management
Intelligence activities, surveillance, classified information
Military personnel and dependents
Presidents and presidential powers, Vice Presidents
Public contracts and procurement

Summary:
action_date: 2018-02-15
text: 

Protect America's Secrets Act

 
This bill amends the Intelligence Reform and Terrorism Prevention Act of 2004 to prevent a federal employee, including an employee in the Executive Office of the President, from being granted access to information on highly sensitive programs unless the employee: (1) has been determined to be eligible for access by the head of an agency or designated official based upon a full personnel security investigation and a favorable adjudication, (2) has a demonstrated need-to-know, and (3) has signed an approved nondisclosure agreement.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2018-02-15
text: Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform.
action_date: 2018-02-15
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2018-02-15
text: Introduced in House
Immigrant Witness and Victim Protection Act of 2018

Bill: 115-hr-5058
Sponsor: Rep. Panetta, Jimmy [D-CA-20]
Introduced: 2018-02-15 in the House
Policy area: Immigration
Subjects: Administrative remedies
Crime victims
Department of Homeland Security
Detention of persons
Foreign labor
Human trafficking
Immigration status and procedures
Visas and passports

Summary:
action_date: 2018-02-15
text: 

Immigrant Witness and Victim Protection Act of 2018

 
This bill amends the Immigration and Nationality Act to eliminate the annual numerical limit on nonimmigrant U visas (victims of crime who are willing to assist law enforcement in investigations and prosecutions). 
 
The Department of Homeland Security shall grant work authorizations to aliens with a pending application for a nonimmigrant U visa or a T visa (victims of trafficking in persons who are willing to assist law enforcement in investigations and prosecutions).
 
The bill prohibits, with specified exceptions, the following nonimmigrants from being considered inadmissible or subject to removal or deportation until there is a final denial of status application: 
 
 
a U or T visa applicant, 
 
a battered spouse seeking employment authorization, 
 
a battered spouse or child seeking permanent resident status, 
 
an alien seeking temporary protected status (TPS), or 
 
a self-petitioning alien seeking protections under the Violence Against Women Act. 
 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2018-03-08
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration and Border Security.
action_date: 2018-02-15
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2018-02-15
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2018-02-15
text: Introduced in House
State Insurance Regulation Preservation Act

Bill: 115-hr-5059
Sponsor: Rep. Rothfus, Keith J. [R-PA-12]
Introduced: 2018-02-15 in the House
Policy area: Finance and Financial Sector
Subjects: Bank accounts, deposits, capital
Banking and financial institutions regulation
Business records
Corporate finance and management
Government information and archives
Insurance industry and regulation

Summary:
action_date: 2018-02-15
text: 

State Insurance Regulation Preservation Act 

 
This bill amends the Home Owners' Loan Act to limit the applicability of reporting and filing requirements for insurance savings and loan holding companies (ISLHCs). Such holding companies shall also be exempt from requirements relating to examination and supervision by the Federal Reserve Board (FRB) if they meet certain state and federal capital requirements. Certain FRB regulations as applied to ISLHCs must be tailored to the insurance business and applicable state insurance requirements. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2018-09-17
text: Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs.
action_date: 2018-09-12
text: Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
action_date: 2018-09-12
text: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by voice vote. (text: CR H8124-8125)
action_date: 2018-09-12
text: Passed/agreed to in House: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by voice vote.(text: CR H8124-8125)
action_date: 2018-09-12
text: DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on H.R. 5059.
action_date: 2018-09-12
text: Considered under suspension of the rules. (consideration: CR H8124-8127)
action_date: 2018-09-12
text: Mr. Rothfus moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended.
action_date: 2018-09-12
text: Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 728.
action_date: 2018-09-12
text: Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Financial Services. H. Rept. 115-937.
action_date: 2018-09-12
text: Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Financial Services. H. Rept. 115-937.
action_date: 2018-07-24
text: Ordered to be Reported (Amended) by Voice Vote.
action_date: 2018-07-24
text: Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
action_date: 2018-02-15
text: Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services.
action_date: 2018-02-15
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E194)
action_date: 2018-02-15
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2018-02-15
text: Introduced in House
Heroes Lesley Zerebny and Gilbert Vega First Responders Survivors Support Act of 2018

Bill: 115-hr-5060
Sponsor: Rep. Ruiz, Raul [D-CA-36]
Introduced: 2018-02-15 in the House
Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement
Subjects: Academic performance and assessments
Agricultural education
Asia
Congressional oversight
Disability assistance
Employee benefits and pensions
First responders and emergency personnel
Government employee pay, benefits, personnel management
Government studies and investigations
Higher education
Inflation and prices
Law enforcement officers
Licensing and registrations
Philippines
Student aid and college costs
Vocational and technical education

Summary:
action_date: 2018-02-15
text: 

Heroes Lesley Zerebny and Gilbert Vega First Responders Survivors Support Act of 2018

 
This bill makes changes to benefits under the Public Safety Officers' Benefits (PSOB) program. The PSOB program provides death, disability, and education benefits to public safety officers and survivors of public safety officers who are killed or permanently disabled in the line of duty.
 
Among other things, the bill increases the death and disability benefit and increases the monthly education assistance benefit.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2018-03-08
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, Homeland Security, and Investigations.
action_date: 2018-02-15
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2018-02-15
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2018-02-15
text: Introduced in House
Shellfish Aquaculture Improvement Act of 2018

Bill: 115-hr-5061
Sponsor: Rep. Sanford, Mark [R-SC-1]
Introduced: 2018-02-15 in the House
Policy area: Transportation and Public Works
Subjects: Administrative remedies
Aquaculture
Insurance industry and regulation

Summary:
action_date: 2018-02-15
text: 

Shellfish Aquaculture Improvement Act of 2018

 
This bill limits recovery for certain injuries sustained by an aquaculture worker if state workers' compensation is available to such individual. (An aquaculture worker is an individual employed by commercial enterprises involved in the controlled cultivation and harvest of aquatic plants and animals, including the cleaning, processing or canning of fish and fish products, the cultivation and harvesting of shellfish, and the controlled growing and harvesting of other aquatic species.)


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2018-02-16
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Coast Guard and Maritime Transportation.
action_date: 2018-02-15
text: Referred to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, 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: 2018-02-15
text: Referred to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, 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: 2018-02-15
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2018-02-15
text: Introduced in House
Advancing Access to Precision Medicine Act

Bill: 115-hr-5062
Sponsor: Rep. Swalwell, Eric [D-CA-15]
Introduced: 2018-02-15 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Child health
Genetics
Health care coverage and access
Health promotion and preventive care
Medicaid
Medical research
Medical tests and diagnostic methods
Medicare
State and local finance

Summary:
action_date: 2018-02-15
text: 

Advancing Access to Precision Medicine Act

 
This bill requires the Department of Health and Human Services to enter into an arrangement with the National Academy of Medicine for the academy to study usage of genetic and genomic testing, including how to reduce barriers to the utilization of such testing.
 
The bill allows states to apply for an exception to Medicaid's federal medical assistance percentage rate to provide whole genome sequencing clinical services to certain children, including those admitted to a pediatric intensive care unit for a chronic or undiagnosed disease and those suspected to have a pediatric-onset genetic disease.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2018-02-16
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2018-02-15
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2018-02-15
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2018-02-15
text: Introduced in House
To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 10565 Steuben Street in Remsen, New York, as the "Erin Hamlin Post Office".

Bill: 115-hr-5063
Sponsor: Rep. Tenney, Claudia [R-NY-22]
Introduced: 2018-02-15 in the House
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Subjects: Athletes
Congressional tributes
Government buildings, facilities, and property
New York State
Olympic games
Postal service

Summary:
action_date: 2018-02-15
text: Designates the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 10565 Steuben Street in Remsen, New York, as the "Erin Hamlin Post Office."

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2018-02-15
text: Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform.
action_date: 2018-02-15
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2018-02-15
text: Introduced in House
Whaling Convention Amendments Act of 2018

Bill: 115-hr-5064
Sponsor: Rep. Young, Don [R-AK-At Large]
Introduced: 2018-02-15 in the House
Policy area: Animals
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Alaska
Alaska Natives and Hawaiians
Animal protection and human-animal relationships
Department of Commerce
Hunting and fishing
Indian lands and resources rights
Mammals
Marine and coastal resources, fisheries

Summary:
action_date: 2018-02-15
text: 

Whaling Convention Amendments Act of 2018

 
This bill amends the Whaling Convention Act of 1949 to require the Department of Commerce to authorize aboriginal subsistence whaling if the whaling: (1) is for subsistence purposes, including the sale of authentic native articles of handicrafts and clothing; (2) does not include the striking, taking, or killing of calves or a whale accompanied by a calf; and (3) is not accomplished in a wasteful manner. 
 
Commerce must establish catch limits for subsistence whaling by Alaska Natives if: (1) the International Whaling Commission (IWC) fails to establish the limits, and (2) Commerce determines that subsistence whaling is sustainable based on IWC's most recent review of the status of the affected whale.
 
The bill exempts actions taken under the Act with respect to a stock of a whale species from environmental review requirements under the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 if Commerce determines that the action is sustainable based on the most recent review of the status of the stock by the IWC's Scientific Committee.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2018-02-15
text: Referred to the House Committee on Foreign Affairs.
action_date: 2018-02-15
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2018-02-15
text: Introduced in House
Protecting Our Communities from Gang Violence Act of 2018

Bill: 115-hr-5065
Sponsor: Rep. Zeldin, Lee M. [R-NY-1]
Introduced: 2018-02-15 in the House
Policy area: Immigration
Subjects: Child safety and welfare
Citizenship and naturalization
Criminal justice information and records
Drug trafficking and controlled substances
Evidence and witnesses
Fraud offenses and financial crimes
Human trafficking
Immigration status and procedures
Juvenile crime and gang violence
Organized crime
Violent crime

Summary:
action_date: 2018-02-15
text: 

Protecting Our Communities from Gang Violence Act of 2018

 
This bill denies immigration benefits to aliens determined to be criminal gang members, criminal street gang members, or gang supporters. No such alien may file an immigration petition, affidavit of support, or be permitted to assume custodial care of an unaccompanied alien minor.
 
The bill, absent countervailing evidence, revokes the citizenship of an individual who: 
 
 
was naturalized after December 24, 1952, and 
 
 within 10 years after naturalization becomes a member of a criminal gang or other organization in which membership at the time of naturalization would have prohibited such individual's naturalization. 
 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2018-03-08
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration and Border Security.
action_date: 2018-02-15
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2018-02-15
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2018-02-15
text: Introduced in House
State Assistance for Tropical Floriculture Research Act of 2018

Bill: 115-hr-5066
Sponsor: Rep. Gabbard, Tulsi [D-HI-2]
Introduced: 2018-02-16 in the House
Policy area: Agriculture and Food
Subjects: Government studies and investigations
Horticulture and plants
Research and development
State and local government operations

Summary:
action_date: 2018-02-16
text: 

State Assistance for Tropical Floriculture Research Act of 2018 

 
This bill requires the Department of Agriculture (USDA) to establish and carry out a program to make grants, on a competitive basis, to state departments of agriculture for the research and development of disease resistant varieties of tropical flowers. 
 
A grant awarded under the program must be at least $250,000 for a fiscal year. A state department of agriculture that receives a grant must conduct and submit to USDA an audit regarding the use of the grant funds. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2018-03-08
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Biotechnology, Horticulture, and Research.
action_date: 2018-02-16
text: Referred to the House Committee on Agriculture.
action_date: 2018-02-16
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2018-02-16
text: Introduced in House
DEMAND Act of 2018

Bill: 115-hr-5067
Sponsor: Rep. LaMalfa, Doug [R-CA-1]
Introduced: 2018-02-16 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Budget deficits and national debt
Tax administration and collection, taxpayers

Summary:
action_date: 2018-02-16
text: 

Donate Extra Money Against National Debt Act of 2018 or the DEMAND Act of 2018

 
This bill amends the Internal Revenue Code to allow taxpayers to donate an amount (not less than $1), in addition to any tax owed, which shall be deposited in the general fund of the Treasury and transferred to an account used to reduce the public debt. Each donation must be designated on a taxpayer's income tax return at the time such return is filed.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2018-02-16
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2018-02-16
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2018-02-16
text: Introduced in House
Obstetric Fistula Prevention, Treatment, Hope, and Dignity Restoration Act of 2018

Bill: 115-hr-5068
Sponsor: Rep. Maloney, Carolyn B. [D-NY-12]
Introduced: 2018-02-16 in the House
Policy area: International Affairs
Subjects: Crime prevention
Crimes against women
Family planning and birth control
Foreign aid and international relief
Health care costs and insurance
Health care coverage and access
Health care quality
Health information and medical records
Health promotion and preventive care
Human rights
Medical research
Mental health
Sex and reproductive health
Surgery and anesthesia
Violent crime
Women's health
World health

Summary:
action_date: 2018-02-16
text: 

Obstetric Fistula Prevention, Treatment, Hope, and Dignity Restoration Act of 2018 

 
This bill authorizes the President to: (1) provide assistance, including through international organizations, national governments, and international and local nongovernmental organizations, to address the social, structural, health, and human rights issues that lead to obstetric fistula; and (2) support treatment of obstetric fistula. 
 
Such assistance shall promote the global Campaign to End Fistula and the International Obstetric Fistula Working Group. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2018-02-16
text: Referred to the House Committee on Foreign Affairs.
action_date: 2018-02-16
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2018-02-16
text: Introduced in House
Grain Inspection Improvement Act

Bill: 115-hr-5070
Sponsor: Rep. Davis, Rodney [R-IL-13]
Introduced: 2018-02-20 in the House
Policy area: Agriculture and Food
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Food supply, safety, and labeling
Grain

Summary:
action_date: 2018-02-20
text: 

Grain Inspection Improvement Act 

 
This bill restores certain exceptions to the United States Grain Standards Act that permit certain grain handling facilities to have their grain inspected by grain inspection agencies outside of the official service boundary. The bill applies to grain handling facilities that were granted exceptions by the Department of Agriculture (USDA) that were revoked by USDA on or before April 14, 2017. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2018-02-20
text: Referred to the House Committee on Agriculture.
action_date: 2018-02-20
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2018-02-20
text: Introduced in House
Agricultural Research Advisory Board Improvement Act

Bill: 115-hr-5071
Sponsor: Rep. Davis, Rodney [R-IL-13]
Introduced: 2018-02-20 in the House
Policy area: Agriculture and Food
Subjects: Advisory bodies
Agricultural education
Agricultural practices and innovations
Agricultural prices, subsidies, credit
Agricultural research
Animal and plant health
Energy research
Food supply, safety, and labeling
Horticulture and plants
Research administration and funding

Summary:
action_date: 2018-02-20
text: 

Agricultural Research Advisory Board Improvement Act 

 
This bill amends the National Agricultural Research, Extension, and Teaching Policy Act of 1977 to extend and modify the National Agricultural Research, Extension, and Education, and Economics Advisory Board. 
 
The bill reduces the membership of the board from 25 to 15 members and modifies the membership categories. It also specifies that the duties of the board include making recommendations to the Secretary of Agriculture regarding agricultural research, extension, education, and economics programs.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2018-03-08
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Biotechnology, Horticulture, and Research.
action_date: 2018-02-20
text: Referred to the House Committee on Agriculture.
action_date: 2018-02-20
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2018-02-20
text: Introduced in House
Liberian Refugee Immigration Fairness Act of 2018

Bill: 115-hr-5072
Sponsor: Rep. Ellison, Keith [D-MN-5]
Introduced: 2018-02-20 in the House
Policy area: Immigration
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Africa
Department of Homeland Security
Foreign labor
Immigration status and procedures
Liberia

Summary:
action_date: 2018-02-20
text: 

Liberian Refugee Immigration Fairness Act of 2018 

 
 This bill directs the Department of Homeland Security to adjust to permanent resident status a qualifying Liberian national who: (1) has been continuously present in the United States between November 20, 2014, through the date of status adjustment application; or (2) is the spouse, child, or unmarried son or daughter of such an alien.
 
 Adjustment applications must be filed not later than one year after the date of enactment of this bill.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2018-03-08
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration and Border Security.
action_date: 2018-02-20
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2018-02-20
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2018-02-20
text: Introduced in House
Clean Water for Rural Communities Act

Bill: 115-hr-5073
Sponsor: Rep. Gianforte, Greg [R-MT-At Large]
Introduced: 2018-02-20 in the House
Policy area: Water Resources Development
Subjects: Electric power generation and transmission
Montana
North Dakota
Rural conditions and development
Water resources funding
Water storage
Water use and supply

Summary:
action_date: 2018-02-20
text: 

Clean Water for Rural Communities Act

 
 This bill authorizes the Department of the Interior to carry out the projects entitled: (1) the &quot;Dry-Redwater Regional Water Authority System&quot; in accordance with the Dry-Redwater Regional Water System Feasibility Study, which received funding from the Bureau of Reclamation on September 1, 2010; and (2) the &quot;Musselshell-Judith Rural Water System&quot; in accordance with the Musselshell-Judith Rural Water System Feasibility Report. The bill defines the service areas of such projects in North Dakota and Montana.
 
Interior must enter into a cooperative agreement with the Dry-Redwater Regional Water Authority and the Central Montana Regional Water Authority to provide federal assistance for the planning, design, and construction of such water systems. The bill sets forth the federal share of such costs and the authorized uses of federal funds, which exclude operation, maintenance, or replacement of the water systems.
 
The Western Area Power Administration must make available to the Dry-Redwater System a quantity of power (up to one and a half megawatt capacity) required to meet the system's pumping and incidental operation requirements between May 1 and October 31 of each year: (1) from the water intake facilities; and (2) through all pumping stations, water treatment facilities, reservoirs, storage tanks, and pipelines up to the point of delivery of water to all storage reservoirs and tanks and each entity that distributes water at retail to individual users.
 
The system is eligible to receive such power only if it: (1) operates on a nonprofit basis, and (2) is constructed pursuant to the cooperative agreement with the Dry-Redwater Regional Water Authority. The bill provides for the purchase of additional power.
 
The authority is responsible for: (1) charges for such additional power, (2) the costs of non-federal transmission and distribution system delivery and service arrangements, and (3) funding any upgrades to the transmission system owned by the Western Area Power Administration Basin Electric Power District and the Heartland Consumers Power District required to deliver power to the system.
 
The bill authorizes appropriations and adjustments in authorized amounts in accordance with ordinary fluctuations in development costs.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2018-02-28
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Water, Power and Oceans.
action_date: 2018-02-20
text: Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.
action_date: 2018-02-20
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2018-02-20
text: Introduced in House