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To amend title 38, United States Code, to direct the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to establish Alzheimer's Disease research, education, and clinical centers.

Bill: 115-hr-5191
Sponsor: Rep. Coffman, Mike [R-CO-6]
Introduced: 2018-03-07 in the House
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Advisory bodies
Health care quality
Health facilities and institutions
Health information and medical records
Higher education
Medical research
Medical tests and diagnostic methods
Neurological disorders
Research administration and funding
Veterans' medical care

Summary:
action_date: 2018-03-07
text: 
This bill directs the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) to designate and operate centers of Alzheimer's disease research, education, and clinical activities in at least three VA health care facilities.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2018-03-07
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2018-03-07
text: Referred to the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
action_date: 2018-03-07
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2018-03-07
text: Introduced in House
Veteran Entrepreneurship Training Act of 2018

Bill: 115-hr-5193
Sponsor: Rep. Schneider, Bradley Scott [D-IL-10]
Introduced: 2018-03-07 in the House
Policy area: Commerce
Subjects: Business education
Congressional oversight
Employment and training programs
Government information and archives
Intergovernmental relations
Military personnel and dependents
Small business
Veterans' education, employment, rehabilitation

Summary:
action_date: 2018-03-07
text: 

Veteran Entrepreneurship Training Act of 2018

 
This bill provides statutory authority for the Boots to Business program, which provides entrepreneurship training to individuals including veterans and active members of the Armed Forces, to be administered by the Small Business Administration.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2018-03-08
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Military Personnel.
action_date: 2018-03-07
text: Referred to the Committee on Small Business, and in addition to the Committee on Armed Services, 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: 2018-03-07
text: Referred to the Committee on Small Business, and in addition to the Committee on Armed Services, 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: 2018-03-07
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2018-03-07
text: Introduced in House
Pregnancy Discrimination Amendment Act

Bill: 115-hr-5194
Sponsor: Rep. Walberg, Tim [R-MI-7]
Introduced: 2018-03-07 in the House
Policy area: Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues
Subjects: Employment discrimination and employee rights
Sex, gender, sexual orientation discrimination
Women's employment
Women's health

Summary:
action_date: 2018-03-07
text: 

Pregnancy Discrimination Amendment Act 

 
This bill amends provisions of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 that protect against pregnancy discrimination in the workplace to provide for women affected by pregnancy, childbirth, or related medical conditions to be treated the same for all employment-related purposes as any other persons who are applicants for employment with, or employees of, the same employer in work that is performed under similar working conditions and who are not so affected but are similar in their temporary ability or inability to work. 
 
The bill makes such treatment applicable to existing prohibited categories of employment discrimination on the basis of sex or because of sex. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2018-03-07
text: Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce.
action_date: 2018-03-07
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2018-03-07
text: Introduced in House
CENOTE Act of 2018

Bill: 115-hr-5196
Sponsor: Rep. Palazzo, Steven M. [R-MS-4]
Introduced: 2018-03-07 in the House
Policy area: Transportation and Public Works
Subjects: Advanced technology and technological innovations
Advisory bodies
Congressional oversight
Government studies and investigations
Higher education
Intergovernmental relations
Public participation and lobbying
Public-private cooperation
Research and development

Summary:
action_date: 2018-03-07
text: 

Commercial Engagement Through Ocean Technology Act of 2018 or the CENOTE Act of 2018

 
This bill directs the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA)to establish a joint program office within the Office of Oceanic and Atmospheric Research and the Office of Marine and Aviation Operations to coordinate the acquisition and assessment of unmanned maritime systems.
 
NOAA must coordinate with the Department of the Navy to leverage expertise in the development and operational transition of unmanned maritime systems. It may also coordinate with other federal agencies, the academic sector, and the private sector to maximize research opportunities and to support commercialization of unmanned maritime systems.
 
NOAA must make publicly available all data it collects using unmanned maritime systems.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2018-05-22
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Environment.
action_date: 2018-03-19
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Water, Power and Oceans.
action_date: 2018-03-07
text: Referred to the Committee on Natural Resources, and in addition to the Committees on Science, Space, and Technology, and Armed Services, 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: 2018-03-07
text: Referred to the Committee on Natural Resources, and in addition to the Committees on Science, Space, and Technology, and Armed Services, 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: 2018-03-07
text: Referred to the Committee on Natural Resources, and in addition to the Committees on Science, Space, and Technology, and Armed Services, 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: 2018-03-07
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2018-03-07
text: Introduced in House
ALTO Act

Bill: 115-hr-5197
Sponsor: Rep. Pascrell, Bill, Jr. [D-NJ-9]
Introduced: 2018-03-07 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Alternative treatments
Congressional oversight
Drug therapy
Drug trafficking and controlled substances
Drug, alcohol, tobacco use
Emergency medical services and trauma care
Government information and archives
Health facilities and institutions
Health information and medical records
Health programs administration and funding

Summary:
action_date: 2018-03-07
text: 

Alternatives to Opioids (ALTO) in the Emergency Department Act

 
This bill requires the Department of Health and Human Services to carry out a three-year demonstration program awarding grants to hospitals and emergency departments to develop, implement, enhance, or study alternative pain management protocols and treatments that promote limited use of opioids in emergency departments.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2018-06-13
text: Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
action_date: 2018-06-12
text: Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
action_date: 2018-06-12
text: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by voice vote. (text: CR H5067-5068)
action_date: 2018-06-12
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 H5067-5068)
action_date: 2018-06-12
text: DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on H.R. 5197.
action_date: 2018-06-12
text: Considered under suspension of the rules. (consideration: CR H5067-5069)
action_date: 2018-06-12
text: Mr. Walden moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended.
action_date: 2018-05-09
text: Ordered to be Reported (Amended) by Voice Vote.
action_date: 2018-05-09
text: Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
action_date: 2018-04-25
text: Forwarded by Subcommittee to Full Committee (Amended) by Voice Vote .
action_date: 2018-04-25
text: Subcommittee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
action_date: 2018-03-09
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2018-03-07
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2018-03-07
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2018-03-07
text: Introduced in House
Restoring Local Control Act

Bill: 115-hr-5198
Sponsor: Rep. Buck, Ken [R-CO-4]
Introduced: 2018-03-07 in the House
Policy area: Transportation and Public Works
Subjects: Intergovernmental relations
Public transit
Regional and metropolitan planning
Roads and highways
State and local government operations
Urban and suburban affairs and development

Summary:
action_date: 2018-03-07
text: 

Restoring Local Control Act 

 
This bill modifies representational and structural requirements for metropolitan planning organizations (MPOs) under the federal-aid highways and public transportation programs. MPOs are policy-making organizations designated to carry out the transportation planning process for each urban area with a population of at least 50,000. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2018-03-08
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Highways and Transit.
action_date: 2018-03-07
text: Referred to the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.
action_date: 2018-03-07
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2018-03-07
text: Introduced in House
Education Savings Accounts for Military Families Act of 2018

Bill: 115-hr-5199
Sponsor: Rep. Banks, Jim [R-IN-3]
Introduced: 2018-03-07 in the House
Policy area: Education
Subjects: Bank accounts, deposits, capital
Education programs funding
Educational facilities and institutions
Educational technology and distance education
Elementary and secondary education
Higher education
Income tax exclusion
Military personnel and dependents
Right of privacy
Student aid and college costs

Summary:
action_date: 2018-03-07
text: 

Education Savings Accounts for Military Families Act of 2018

 
This bill amends the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 to direct the Department of Education to establish a program to provide children with parents on active duty in the uniformed services with funds for specified educational purposes. Children of active duty service members who reside in a local education agency that receives payments under the Impact Aid Program or who reside within the boundaries of a federal military installation are eligible to receive funds.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2018-03-07
text: Referred to the Committee on Education and the Workforce, 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: 2018-03-07
text: Referred to the Committee on Education and the Workforce, 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: 2018-03-07
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2018-03-07
text: Introduced in House
Hardest Hit Housing Act of 2018

Bill: 115-hr-5200
Sponsor: Rep. Clarke, Yvette D. [D-NY-9]
Introduced: 2018-03-07 in the House
Policy area: Housing and Community Development
Subjects: Congressional oversight
Housing finance and home ownership
Lawyers and legal services
Neighborhood Reinvestment Corporation
Public housing

Summary:
action_date: 2018-03-07
text: 

Hardest Hit Housing Act of 2018 

 
This bill authorizes through FY2022 additional funds for various housing programs, including grants to large public housing agencies for specified capital activities, grants for foreclosure mitigation counseling and legal assistance, and incremental vouchers for rental assistance for large public housing agencies. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2018-03-07
text: Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services.
action_date: 2018-03-07
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2018-03-07
text: Introduced in House
To authorize the Secretary of the Interior to establish, develop, improve, operate, and maintain the Claude Moore Colonial Farm at Turkey Run in Fairfax County, Virginia, and for other purposes.

Bill: 115-hr-5201
Sponsor: Rep. Comstock, Barbara [R-VA-10]
Introduced: 2018-03-07 in the House
Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources
Subjects: Congressional oversight
Government information and archives
Museums, exhibitions, cultural centers
Noise pollution
Parks, recreation areas, trails
Public-private cooperation
U.S. history
Virginia

Summary:
action_date: 2018-03-07
text: 
This bill authorizes the Department of the Interior to establish and operate the Claude Moore Colonial Farm at Turkey Run in Fairfax County, Virginia, as a park to serve as a living history museum and for educational programs and recreational use.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2018-03-22
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Federal Lands.
action_date: 2018-03-07
text: Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.
action_date: 2018-03-07
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2018-03-07
text: Introduced in House
Ensuring Patient Access to Substance Use Disorder Treatments Act of 2018

Bill: 115-hr-5202
Sponsor: Rep. Costello, Ryan A. [R-PA-6]
Introduced: 2018-03-07 in the House
Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement
Subjects: Congressional oversight
Drug therapy
Drug trafficking and controlled substances
Drug, alcohol, tobacco use
Government studies and investigations
Health personnel

Summary:
action_date: 2018-03-07
text: 

Ensuring Patient Access to Substance Use Disorder Treatments Act of 2018

 
This bill amends the Controlled Substances Act to allow a pharmacy to deliver a controlled substance to a practitioner, in accordance with a prescription, to be administered to a specific patient for maintenance or detoxification treatment or through an intrathecal pump.
 
The bill directs the Government Accountability Office to report to Congress on access to and the potential diversion of controlled substances administered by injection, implantation, or through the use of an intrathecal pump.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2018-05-09
text: Ordered to be Reported by Voice Vote.
action_date: 2018-05-09
text: Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
action_date: 2018-04-25
text: Forwarded by Subcommittee to Full Committee by Voice Vote .
action_date: 2018-04-25
text: Subcommittee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
action_date: 2018-04-06
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, Homeland Security, and Investigations.
action_date: 2018-03-09
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2018-03-07
text: Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, 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: 2018-03-07
text: Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, 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: 2018-03-07
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2018-03-07
text: Introduced in House
To amend the Agricultural Act of 2014 to require producers to elect to receive price loss coverage or agriculture risk coverage under that Act or Federal crop insurance under the Federal Crop Insurance Act.

Bill: 115-hr-5203
Sponsor: Rep. Duncan, John J., Jr. [R-TN-2]
Introduced: 2018-03-07 in the House
Policy area: Agriculture and Food
Subjects: Agricultural insurance
Agricultural prices, subsidies, credit

Summary:
action_date: 2018-03-07
text: 
This bill amends the Agricultural Act of 2014 to require all of the producers on a farm to elect to receive for the 2018 crop year either: (1) price loss coverage or agriculture risk coverage, as determined by the election of the producers on the farm required under current law for the 2014-2018 crop years; or (2) federal crop insurance. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2018-03-28
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on General Farm Commodities and Risk Management.
action_date: 2018-03-07
text: Referred to the House Committee on Agriculture.
action_date: 2018-03-07
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2018-03-07
text: Introduced in House
Andrew T. Finch Memorial Act of 2018

Bill: 115-hr-5204
Sponsor: Rep. Estes, Ron [R-KS-4]
Introduced: 2018-03-07 in the House
Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement
Subjects: Civil actions and liability
Criminal procedure and sentencing
Emergency communications systems
First responders and emergency personnel
Fraud offenses and financial crimes
Postal service

Summary:
action_date: 2018-03-07
text: 

Preventing Swatting and Protecting our Communities Act of 2018 or the Andrew T. Finch Memorial Act of 2018

 
This bill makes it a crime to intentionally convey false or misleading information that (1) may reasonably be expected to cause an emergency response, and (2) indicates the occurence of criminal conduct or a threat to health or safety. A violator is subject to criminal and civil penalties.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2018-04-06
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, Homeland Security, and Investigations.
action_date: 2018-04-06
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on the Constitution and Civil Justice.
action_date: 2018-03-07
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2018-03-07
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2018-03-07
text: Introduced in House
To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 701 6th Street in Hawthorne, Nevada, as the "Sergeant Kenneth Eric Bostic Post Office".

Bill: 115-hr-5205
Sponsor: Rep. Kihuen, Ruben J. [D-NV-4]
Introduced: 2018-03-07 in the House
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Subjects: Congressional tributes
Government buildings, facilities, and property
Military personnel and dependents
Nevada
Postal service

Summary:
action_date: 2018-03-07
text: Designates the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 701 6th Street in Hawthorne, Nevada, as the "Sergeant Kenneth Eric Bostic Post Office."
action_date: 2018-12-21
text: 
Designates the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 701 6th Street in Hawthorne, Nevada, as the "Sergeant Kenneth Eric Bostic Post Office."


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2018-12-21
text: Became Public Law No: 115-354.
action_date: 2018-12-21
text: Became Public Law No: 115-354.
action_date: 2018-12-21
text: Signed by President.
action_date: 2018-12-21
text: Signed by President.
action_date: 2018-12-21
text: Presented to President.
action_date: 2018-12-21
text: Presented to President.
action_date: 2018-12-20
text: Message on Senate action sent to the House.
action_date: 2018-12-19
text: Passed Senate without amendment by Unanimous Consent. (consideration: CR S7897)
action_date: 2018-12-19
text: Passed/agreed to in Senate: Passed Senate without amendment by Unanimous Consent.(consideration: CR S7897)
action_date: 2018-12-12
text: Received in the Senate, read twice.
action_date: 2018-12-11
text: Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
action_date: 2018-12-11
text: On passage Passed without objection. (text: CR H10080)
action_date: 2018-12-11
text: Passed/agreed to in House: On passage Passed without objection.(text: CR H10080)
action_date: 2018-12-11
text: Considered by unanimous consent. ((consideration: CR H10080)
action_date: 2018-12-11
text: Committee on Oversight and Government discharged.
action_date: 2018-12-11
text: Committee on Oversight and Government discharged.
action_date: 2018-12-11
text: Mr. Mitchell asked unanimous consent to discharge from committee and consider.
action_date: 2018-05-23
text: Ordered to be Reported by Unanimous Consent.
action_date: 2018-05-23
text: Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
action_date: 2018-03-07
text: Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform.
action_date: 2018-03-07
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2018-03-07
text: Introduced in House

Enacted as: number: 115-354
Seeds for the Future Act

Bill: 115-hr-5208
Sponsor: Rep. Pocan, Mark [D-WI-2]
Introduced: 2018-03-07 in the House
Policy area: Agriculture and Food
Subjects: Agricultural practices and innovations
Agricultural research
General Native American affairs matters
Government information and archives
Government studies and investigations
Higher education
Horticulture and plants
Public-private cooperation
Research administration and funding

Summary:
action_date: 2018-03-07
text: 

Seeds for the Future Act 

 
This bill amends the Competitive, Special, and Facilities Research Grant Act to require the Department of Agriculture (USDA) to ensure that at least $50 million of USDA grant funding is used each year for competitive research grants that support the development of public cultivars. 
 
A "cultivar" is a variety of plant that has been intentionally selected for use in cultivation because of its improved characteristics. A "public cultivar" is the commercially available uniform end product of a publicly funded breeding program that has been sufficiently tested to demonstrate improved characteristics and stable performance. 
 
The bill also amends the Department of Agriculture Reorganization Act of 1994 to establish a public cultivar research activities coordinator within USDA to coordinate research activities relating to the breeding of public cultivars. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2018-03-28
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Biotechnology, Horticulture, and Research.
action_date: 2018-03-07
text: Referred to the House Committee on Agriculture.
action_date: 2018-03-07
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2018-03-07
text: Introduced in House
Fort Pillow National Battlefield Park Study Act of 2018

Bill: 115-hr-5209
Sponsor: Rep. Rush, Bobby L. [D-IL-1]
Introduced: 2018-03-07 in the House
Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources
Subjects: Conflicts and wars
Government studies and investigations
Historic sites and heritage areas
Military history
Parks, recreation areas, trails
Tennessee
U.S. history

Summary:
action_date: 2018-03-07
text: 

Fort Pillow National Battlefield Park Study Act of 2018

 
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: 2018-03-16
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Federal Lands.
action_date: 2018-03-07
text: Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.
action_date: 2018-03-07
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2018-03-07
text: Introduced in House