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Commonsense Flood Prevention Act

Bill: 115-hr-4853
Sponsor: Rep. Babin, Brian [R-TX-36]
Introduced: 2018-01-19 in the House
Policy area: Energy
Subjects: Alternative and renewable resources
Dams and canals
Electric power generation and transmission
Licensing and registrations
Texas

Summary:
action_date: 2018-01-19
text: 

Commonsense Flood Prevention Act

 
This bill requires the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission to examine the license for the Toledo Bend Hydroelectric Project (located on the Sabine River in Panola, Shelby, Sabine, and Newton Counties in Texas and DeSoto, Sabine, and Vernon Parishes in Louisiana) and the Medina Dam Project (located on the Medina River in Medina County, Texas).


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2018-01-26
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Energy.
action_date: 2018-01-19
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2018-01-19
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2018-01-19
text: Introduced in House
SNAP Healthy Incentives Act of 2018

Bill: 115-hr-4855
Sponsor: Rep. Cartwright, Matt [D-PA-17]
Introduced: 2018-01-19 in the House
Policy area: Agriculture and Food
Subjects: Food assistance and relief
Fruit and vegetables
Poverty and welfare assistance

Summary:
action_date: 2018-01-19
text: 

SNAP Healthy Incentives Act of 201

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This bill amends the Food and Nutrition Act of 2008 to provide a financial incentive for Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP, formerly known as the food stamp program) participants to purchase fruits and vegetables. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2018-02-08
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Nutrition.
action_date: 2018-01-19
text: Referred to the House Committee on Agriculture.
action_date: 2018-01-19
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2018-01-19
text: Introduced in House
To direct the Joint Committee on the Library to obtain a statue of Shirley Chisholm for placement in the United States Capitol.

Bill: 115-hr-4856
Sponsor: Rep. Clarke, Yvette D. [D-NY-9]
Introduced: 2018-01-19 in the House
Policy area: Congress
Subjects: Art, artists, authorship
Congressional tributes
House of Representatives
Members of Congress
New York City
U.S. Capitol
U.S. history

Summary:
action_date: 2018-01-19
text: 
This bill requires the Joint Committee on the Library to enter into an agreement to obtain a statue of Shirley Chisholm.
 
 The committee may authorize the Architect of the Capitol to enter into the agreement as well as related contracts.
 
 The committee shall place the statue in a suitable permanent location in the U.S. Capitol.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2018-01-19
text: Referred to the House Committee on House Administration.
action_date: 2018-01-19
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2018-01-19
text: Introduced in House
CO2 Regulatory Certainty Act

Bill: 115-hr-4857
Sponsor: Rep. Cramer, Kevin [R-ND-At Large]
Introduced: 2018-01-19 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Air quality
Climate change and greenhouse gases
Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)
Environmental regulatory procedures
Income tax credits
Oil and gas
Water quality
Water use and supply

Summary:
action_date: 2018-01-19
text: 

CO2 Regulatory Certainty Act 

 
This bill amends the Internal Revenue Code to revise requirements for the secure geological storage of carbon dioxide for the purpose of the tax credit for carbon dioxide sequestration. 
 
The bill establishes a December 31, 2018, deadline and requirements for regulations that the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) is required, under current law, to establish for determining adequate security measures for the geological storage of the carbon dioxide such that carbon dioxide does not escape into the atmosphere. 
 
The IRS regulations must consider the carbon dioxide to be disposed of in secure geological storage if it is stored in compliance with specified rules promulgated by the Environmental Protection Agency under the Clean Air Act and the Safe Drinking Water Act for the geologic sequestration of carbon dioxide, the injection of carbon dioxide, and the criteria and standards for underground injection control programs that are applicable to Class II wells. 
 
The bill also revises the definition of &quot;qualified enhanced oil or natural gas recovery project&quot; to exclude a requirement for the first injection of liquids, gases, or other matter to commence after December 31, 1990.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2018-01-19
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2018-01-19
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2018-01-19
text: Introduced in House
CLIMB ONCE Act

Bill: 115-hr-4858
Sponsor: Rep. Eshoo, Anna G. [D-CA-18]
Introduced: 2018-01-19 in the House
Policy area: Science, Technology, Communications
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Federal Communications Commission (FCC)
Public utilities and utility rates
State and local government operations
Telephone and wireless communication

Summary:
action_date: 2018-01-19
text: 

Clearing Local Impediments Makes Broadband Open to New Competition and Enhancements or the CLIMB ONCE Act

This bill requires the Federal Communications Commission to publish recommendations on best practices relating to the implementation of a one touch make ready policy for a state. The term "one touch make ready policy" refers to state regulations that require utility pole owners to allow a single construction crew to make changes to multiple utility wires.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2018-01-26
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Communications and Technology.
action_date: 2018-01-19
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2018-01-19
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2018-01-19
text: Introduced in House
Public Service Loan Forgiveness Inclusion Act of 2018

Bill: 115-hr-4859
Sponsor: Rep. Foster, Bill [D-IL-11]
Introduced: 2018-01-19 in the House
Policy area: Education
Subjects: Government employee pay, benefits, personnel management
Government information and archives
Government lending and loan guarantees
Higher education
Social work, volunteer service, charitable organizations
Student aid and college costs

Summary:
action_date: 2018-01-19
text: 

Public Service Loan Forgiveness Inclusion Act of 2017

 
This bill amends the Higher Education Act of 1965 to revise the public service loan forgiveness program by expanding the types of payments made by public service employees for Federal Direct Loans that qualify as repayment plans under the program. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2018-04-05
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Higher Education and Workforce Development.
action_date: 2018-01-19
text: Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce.
action_date: 2018-01-19
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2018-01-19
text: Introduced in House
Appalachian Regional Commission Relocation Act

Bill: 115-hr-4860
Sponsor: Rep. Griffith, H. Morgan [R-VA-9]
Introduced: 2018-01-19 in the House
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Subjects: Advisory bodies
Appalachian Regional Commission
Community life and organization
Economic development
Regional and metropolitan planning

Summary:
action_date: 2018-01-19
text: 

Appalachian Regional Commission Relocation Act

 
This bill requires the headquarters of the Appalachian Regional Commission to be located in the Appalachian region.
 
The commission must implement this requirement within one year, but may extend the implementation period by up to 180 days with written notice to Congress. 
 



Legislative actions:
action_date: 2018-01-22
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Economic Development, Public Buildings and Emergency Management.
action_date: 2018-01-19
text: Referred to the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.
action_date: 2018-01-19
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2018-01-19
text: Introduced in House
EQUAL Act of 2018

Bill: 115-hr-4861
Sponsor: Rep. Hollingsworth, Trey [R-IN-9]
Introduced: 2018-01-19 in the House
Policy area: Finance and Financial Sector
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Bank accounts, deposits, capital
Banking and financial institutions regulation
Consumer credit
Credit and credit markets
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC)

Summary:
action_date: 2018-01-19
text: 

Ensuring Quality Unbiased Access to Loans Act of 2018 or the EQUAL Act of 2018 

 
This bill nullifies the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation final guidance titled "Guidance on Supervisory Concerns and Expectations Regarding Deposit Advance Products," published November 26, 2013. (The guidance relates to the safety and soundness of insured depository intuitions offering short-term, small-dollar loans.) Federal banking agencies must issue regulations regarding such loans offered by insured depository institutions. 
 
The bill also exempts certain loans made by a depository institution or a credit union from the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau rule titled "Payday, Vehicle Title, and Certain High-Cost Installment Loans," published on November 17, 2017. 

action_date: 2018-08-03
text: 

Ensuring Quality Unbiased Access to Loans Act of 2018 or the EQUAL Act of 2018 

 
This bill nullifies the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation final guidance titled "Guidance on Supervisory Concerns and Expectations Regarding Deposit Advance Products," published November 26, 2013. (The guidance relates to the safety and soundness of insured depository intuitions offering short-term, small-dollar loans.) Federal banking agencies must issue regulations regarding such loans offered by insured depository institutions. 
 
The bill also exempts certain loans made by a depository institution or a credit union from the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau rule titled "Payday, Vehicle Title, and Certain High-Cost Installment Loans," published on November 17, 2017. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2018-08-03
text: Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 688.
action_date: 2018-08-03
text: Reported by the Committee on Financial Services. H. Rept. 115-890.
action_date: 2018-08-03
text: Reported by the Committee on Financial Services. H. Rept. 115-890.
action_date: 2018-03-21
text: Ordered to be Reported by the Yeas and Nays: 34 - 26.
action_date: 2018-03-21
text: Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
action_date: 2018-01-19
text: Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services.
action_date: 2018-01-19
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2018-01-19
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2017-07-12
text: Hearings Held by the Subcommittee on Financial Institutions and Consumer Credit Prior to Introduction and Referral.
Enhancing Educational Opportunities for Home School Students Act

Bill: 115-hr-4862
Sponsor: Rep. Messer, Luke [R-IN-6]
Introduced: 2018-01-19 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Elementary and secondary education
Higher education
Student aid and college costs

Summary:
action_date: 2018-01-19
text: 

Enhancing Educational Opportunities for Home School Students Act

 
This bill amends the Internal Revenue Code to allow distributions from qualified tuition programs (known as 529 plans) to be used for certain expenses in connection with a homeschool (whether treated as a homeschool or a private school for purposes of state law). 
 
The expenses include: curriculum and curricular materials, books or other instructional materials, online educational materials, tuition for tutoring or educational classes outside of the home (if the tutor or instructor is not related to the student), dual enrollment in an institution of higher education, and educational therapies for students with disabilities. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2018-01-19
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2018-01-19
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2018-01-19
text: Introduced in House
SWAMP Act

Bill: 115-hr-4863
Sponsor: Rep. Messer, Luke [R-IN-6]
Introduced: 2018-01-19 in the House
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Subjects: Building construction
District of Columbia
Executive agency funding and structure
Government buildings, facilities, and property
Maryland
Virginia

Summary:
action_date: 2018-01-19
text: 

Strategic Withdrawal of Agencies for Meaningful Placement Act of 2018 or the SWAMP Act

 
This bill: (1) repeals the requirement that all offices attached to the seat of government be exercised in the District of Columbia, and not elsewhere; and (2) prohibits new construction or major renovation of certain executive agency headquarters in the Washington Metropolitan area.
 
The General Services Administration (GSA) must: (1) establish a process to allow an executive agency to request GSA to issue a solicitation for the relocation of its headquarters; (2) allow any state to bid for the relocation of the agency's headquarters; and (3) in consultation with the executive agency, select a state for the relocation of the agency's headquarters using a competitive bidding procedure based on certain considerations.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2018-01-22
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Economic Development, Public Buildings and Emergency Management.
action_date: 2018-01-19
text: Referred to the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, and in addition to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, 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: 2018-01-19
text: Referred to the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, and in addition to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, 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: 2018-01-19
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2018-01-19
text: Introduced in House
No Haven for Dangerous Fugitives Act of 2018

Bill: 115-hr-4864
Sponsor: Rep. Noem, Kristi L. [R-SD-At Large]
Introduced: 2018-01-19 in the House
Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement
Subjects: Criminal investigation, prosecution, interrogation
Evidence and witnesses
Federal-Indian relations
Indian lands and resources rights
State and local government operations

Summary:
action_date: 2018-01-19
text: 

No Haven for Dangerous Fugitives Act of 2018

 
This bill amends the federal criminal code to expand the scope of conduct that constitutes unlawful flight to avoid prosecution or giving testimony.
 
Current law makes it a crime to move or travel in interstate or foreign commerce with intent to avoid prosecution or giving testimony. This bill expands the scope of prohibited conduct to include being present within the special maritime and territorial jurisdiction of the United States, or entering or leaving Indian country, with intent to avoid prosecution or giving testimony.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2018-01-24
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, Homeland Security, and Investigations.
action_date: 2018-01-23
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Indian, Insular and Alaska Native Affairs.
action_date: 2018-01-19
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: 2018-01-19
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: 2018-01-19
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2018-01-19
text: Introduced in House
Crop Insurance Modernization Act of 2018

Bill: 115-hr-4865
Sponsor: Rep. Nolan, Richard M. [D-MN-8]
Introduced: 2018-01-19 in the House
Policy area: Agriculture and Food
Subjects: Agricultural conservation and pollution
Agricultural insurance
Agricultural practices and innovations
Agricultural prices, subsidies, credit
Environmental assessment, monitoring, research
Farmland
Government information and archives
Government studies and investigations
Macau
Soil pollution

Summary:
action_date: 2018-01-19
text: 

Crop Insurance Modernization Act of 2018 

 
This bill modifies the federal crop insurance program to expand subsidies for beginning farmers, establish a conservation practice-based pilot program, and revise conservation requirements. 
 
The bill amends the Federal Crop Insurance Act to: 
 
 
allow farmers with up to 10 years (currently 5 years) of experience to receive the beginning farmer premium subsidy discount;
 
 require the Chief of the Natural Resources Conservation Service or an expert on the relationship between conservation activities, farm production, and risk to serve on the Federal Crop Insurance Board as a nonvoting ex officio member; 
 
require the Federal Crop Insurance Corporation to assemble data to understand the impact of soil type, soil quality, and conservation practices on risk rating;
 
 modify the requirements for terminating cover crops;
 
establish an ombudsman to assist producers who are appealing claim denials; 
 
require a paperwork reduction policy for operations with less than $1 million in revenue; and
 
 establish a conservation practice-based pilot program to provide premium subsidies to farmers who are in high loss counties and commit to certain conservation activities.
 
 
The bill amends the Food Security Act of 1985 to: 
 
 
 modify requirements for spot checks for compliance with conservation requirements; 
 
modify the conservation requirements related to modifications of gullies; and
 
prohibit a producer's actual production records from one parcel of land from being used to establish actual production history on a separate parcel of land.
 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2018-02-08
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on General Farm Commodities and Risk Management.
action_date: 2018-01-19
text: Referred to the House Committee on Agriculture.
action_date: 2018-01-19
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2018-01-19
text: Introduced in House
District of Columbia Medicaid Reimbursement Act of 2018

Bill: 115-hr-4866
Sponsor: Del. Norton, Eleanor Holmes [D-DC-At Large]
Introduced: 2018-01-19 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: District of Columbia
Intergovernmental relations
Medicaid
State and local finance

Summary:
action_date: 2018-01-19
text: 

District of Columbia Medicaid Reimbursement Act of 2018
 
 
This bill increases the Medicaid federal medical assistance percentage (FMAP) for the District of Columbia from 70% to 80%. Under current law, a state's FMAP is based on its per capita income and may range from 50% to 83%.
 



Legislative actions:
action_date: 2018-01-26
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2018-01-19
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2018-01-19
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E71)
action_date: 2018-01-19
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2018-01-19
text: Introduced in House
Child Marriage Prevention Act

Bill: 115-hr-4867
Sponsor: Rep. Rush, Bobby L. [D-IL-1]
Introduced: 2018-01-19 in the House
Policy area: Families
Subjects: Child safety and welfare
Jurisdiction and venue
Marriage and family status

Summary:
action_date: 2018-01-19
text: 

Child Marriage Prevention Act

 
This bill declares that a state is not required to recognize a marriage conducted in another state if one or both of the individuals in the relationship are not at least 18 years old. For purposes of federal law, a marriage shall only be recognized if it is between two people that are 18 or the age defined by the state, whichever is higher. However, state and federal law must recognize a marriage if it was approved by a judge in a proceeding where the minor was represented by independent counsel. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2018-01-24
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on the Constitution and Civil Justice.
action_date: 2018-01-19
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2018-01-19
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2018-01-19
text: Introduced in House
Fort Pillow National Battlefield Park Study Act

Bill: 115-hr-4868
Sponsor: Rep. Rush, Bobby L. [D-IL-1]
Introduced: 2018-01-19 in the House
Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources
Subjects: Congressional oversight
Government studies and investigations
Military history
Monuments and memorials
Parks, recreation areas, trails
Tennessee

Summary:
action_date: 2018-01-19
text: 

Fort Pillow National Battlefield Park Study Act

 
This bill directs the Department of the Interior to determine the suitability and feasibility of designating the Fort Pillow Historic State Park in Henning, Tennessee, which was the site of the Battle of Fort Pillow during the Civil War, as a unit of the National Park System.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2018-01-23
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Federal Lands.
action_date: 2018-01-19
text: Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.
action_date: 2018-01-19
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2018-01-19
text: Introduced in House
Northern Mariana Islands U.S. Workforce Act

Bill: 115-hr-4869
Sponsor: Del. Sablan, Gregorio Kilili Camacho [D-MP-At Large]
Introduced: 2018-01-19 in the House
Policy area: Immigration
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Congressional oversight
Department of Homeland Security
Department of Labor
Foreign labor
Government Operations and Politics
Licensing and registrations
Northern Mariana Islands
Refugees, asylum, displaced persons
U.S. territories and protectorates
User charges and fees
Visas and passports
Wages and earnings

Summary:
action_date: 2018-01-19
text: 

Northern Mariana Islands U.S. Workforce Act

 
This bill extends by 10 years, through 2029, and revises the immigration transition program for the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands. Among other things, the bill requires employers to receive a temporary labor certification from the Department of Labor before petitioning for a Commonwealth Only Transitional Worker permit and caps the number of permits.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2018-01-23
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Indian, Insular and Alaska Native Affairs.
action_date: 2018-01-19
text: Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.
action_date: 2018-01-19
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2018-01-19
text: Introduced in House
No Work, No Pay Act of 2018

Bill: 115-hr-4870
Sponsor: Rep. Tenney, Claudia [R-NY-22]
Introduced: 2018-01-19 in the House
Policy area: Congress
Subjects: Appropriations
Executive agency funding and structure
Government employee pay, benefits, personnel management
Members of Congress

Summary:
action_date: 2018-01-19
text: 

No Work, No Pay Act of 2018

 
This bill prohibits Members of Congress from being paid during a government shutdown, beginning with the 116th Congress.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2018-01-19
text: Referred to the Committee on House Administration, and in addition to the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, 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: 2018-01-19
text: Referred to the Committee on House Administration, and in addition to the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, 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: 2018-01-19
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2018-01-19
text: Introduced in House