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To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 2801 Mitchell Road in Ceres, California, as the "Lance Corporal Juana Navarro Arellano Post Office Building".

Bill: 115-hr-6405
Sponsor: Rep. Denham, Jeff [R-CA-10]
Introduced: 2018-07-17 in the House
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Subjects: California
Congressional tributes
Government buildings, facilities, and property
Military personnel and dependents
Postal service

Summary:
action_date: 2018-07-17
text: Designates the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 2801 Mitchell Road in Ceres, California, as the "Lance Corporal Juana Navarro Arellano Post Office Building."
action_date: 2018-12-21
text: 
Designates the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 2801 Mitchell Road in Ceres, California, as the "Lance Corporal Juana Navarro Arellano Post Office Building."


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2018-12-21
text: Became Public Law No: 115-373.
action_date: 2018-12-21
text: Became Public Law No: 115-373.
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: 2018-12-13
text: Message on Senate action sent to the House.
action_date: 2018-12-12
text: Passed Senate without amendment by Unanimous Consent. (consideration: CR S7528)
action_date: 2018-12-12
text: Passed/agreed to in Senate: Passed Senate without amendment by Unanimous Consent.(consideration: CR S7528)
action_date: 2018-12-03
text: Received in the Senate, read twice.
action_date: 2018-11-29
text: Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
action_date: 2018-11-29
text: On passage Passed without objection. (text: CR H9727)
action_date: 2018-11-29
text: Passed/agreed to in House: On passage Passed without objection.(text: CR H9727)
action_date: 2018-11-29
text: Considered by unanimous consent. (consideration: CR H9727)
action_date: 2018-11-29
text: Committee on Oversight and Government discharged.
action_date: 2018-11-29
text: Committee on Oversight and Government discharged.
action_date: 2018-11-29
text: Mr. Comer asked unanimous consent to discharge from committee and consider.
action_date: 2018-07-17
text: Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform.
action_date: 2018-07-17
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2018-07-17
text: Introduced in House

Enacted as: number: 115-373
COVS Act

Bill: 115-hr-6407
Sponsor: Rep. Garrett, Thomas A., Jr. [R-VA-5]
Introduced: 2018-07-17 in the House
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Subjects: Aging
Child care and development
Computers and information technology
Disability assistance
Educational facilities and institutions
Elementary and secondary education
Government buildings, facilities, and property
Higher education
Poverty and welfare assistance
Social work, volunteer service, charitable organizations
Veterans' education, employment, rehabilitation
Vocational and technical education

Summary:
action_date: 2018-07-17
text: 

Computers for Veterans and Students Act of 2018 or the COVS Act

 
This bill directs federal agencies to offer, through the General Services Administration (GSA), to transfer surplus computers and technology equipment to nonprofit computer refurbishers for repair and distribution to educational institutions, veterans, disabled individuals, low-income individuals, students, and seniors in need. 
 
Each nonprofit computer refurbisher to whom the GSA transfers a surplus computer or technology equipment must offer training programs for such an institution or individual on how to use the computer or equipment. 
 
The bill prohibits the GSA from requiring that a nonprofit computer refurbisher repair and distribute any surplus computer or technology equipment within a specific period of time. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2018-07-17
text: Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform.
action_date: 2018-07-17
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2018-07-17
text: Introduced in House
ACE Act

Bill: 115-hr-6408
Sponsor: Rep. Keating, William R. [D-MA-9]
Introduced: 2018-07-17 in the House
Policy area: Emergency Management
Subjects: Advanced technology and technological innovations
Alliances
Collective security
Europe
France
Germany
Homeland security
International organizations and cooperation
Research administration and funding
Terrorism

Summary:
action_date: 2018-07-17
text: 

Allies Countering Extremism Act or the ACE Act

 
This bill amends the Homeland Security Act of 2002 regarding the promoting antiterrorism through the international cooperation program to allow France and Germany to be included as foreign partners.
 
The bill authorizes the Department of Homeland Security, in coordination with the Department of State and appropriate federal officials, to enter into cooperative activities with foreign partners to strengthen efforts relating to countering violent extremism. Such activities may include: (1) efforts aimed at improving counter-radicalization and counter-messaging methods, and (2) recommendations for incorporating any new findings into national policies for countering violent extremism.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2018-08-01
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Counterterrorism and Intelligence.
action_date: 2018-08-01
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Emergency Preparedness, Response and Communications.
action_date: 2018-07-17
text: Referred to the Committee on Homeland Security, and in addition to the Committee on Foreign Affairs, 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: 2018-07-17
text: Referred to the Committee on Homeland Security, and in addition to the Committee on Foreign Affairs, 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: 2018-07-17
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2018-07-17
text: Introduced in House
Honoring Veterans' Families Act

Bill: 115-hr-6409
Sponsor: Rep. LaMalfa, Doug [R-CA-1]
Introduced: 2018-07-17 in the House
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Cemeteries and funerals
Family relationships
Marriage and family status
Military personnel and dependents

Summary:
action_date: 2018-07-17
text: 

Honoring Veterans' Families Act

 
This bill authorizes the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) to provide inscriptions for deceased spouses and children on certain headstones furnished by the VA.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2018-07-23
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR H6637)
action_date: 2018-07-17
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Disability Assistance and Memorial Affairs.
action_date: 2018-07-17
text: Referred to the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
action_date: 2018-07-17
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2018-07-17
text: Introduced in House
ANTIQUITIES Act of 2018

Bill: 115-hr-6410
Sponsor: Rep. Lujan Grisham, Michelle [D-NM-1]
Introduced: 2018-07-17 in the House
Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources
Subjects: Alabama
Alaska
American Samoa
Arizona
Atlantic Ocean
California
Colorado
District of Columbia
Forests, forestry, trees
Government trust funds
Hawaii
Historical and cultural resources
Illinois
Kentucky
Land transfers
Land use and conservation
Maine
Military history
Montana
Monuments and memorials
Nevada
New Mexico
New York City
Northern Mariana Islands
Ohio
Oregon
Pacific Ocean
Parks, recreation areas, trails
South Carolina
Texas
Utah
Virgin Islands
Virginia
Washington State
Wilderness and natural areas, wildlife refuges, wild rivers, habitats
Wildlife conservation and habitat protection

Summary:
action_date: 2018-07-17
text: 

America's Natural Treasures of Immeasurable Quality Unite, Inspire, and Together Improve the Economies of States Act of 2018 or the ANTIQUITIES Act of 2018.

 
This bill directs the National Park Service, Bureau of Land Management (BLM), U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Forest Service, and National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration to administer each specified national monument under their joint or exclusive jurisdiction, including the Bears Ears, Grand Staircase-Escalante, Gold Butte, Cascade-Siskiyou National Monuments and the Rose Atoll and Pacific Remote Islands Marine National Monuments in accordance with: (1) the one or more presidential proclamations that apply to the applicable covered monument; (2) any Act of Congress enacted before December 4, 2017, that provides for an adjustment to the boundary or administration of such monument; and (3) this bill. 
 
The bill establishes the National Monument Enhancement Fund to furnish funding: (1) to such federal agencies to develop management plans for their national monuments that were designated under current federal law, (2) for federal acquisition and development of certain land and other areas, and (3) to develop and enhance recreational infrastructure on such designated lands. 
 
The bill designates: (1) specified BLM lands within the Organ Mountains-Desert Peaks and Rio Grande del Norte National Monuments in New Mexico and in the Gold Butte National Conservation Area in Nevada as wilderness and as components of the National Wilderness Preservation System; and (2) approximately 100 acres of BLM land in New Mexico as a potential wilderness area and, when specified conditions have been met, for incorporation into the Robledo Mountains Wilderness.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2018-07-25
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Water, Power and Oceans.
action_date: 2018-07-25
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Federal Lands.
action_date: 2018-07-17
text: Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.
action_date: 2018-07-17
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2018-07-17
text: Introduced in House
FinCEN Improvement Act of 2018

Bill: 115-hr-6411
Sponsor: Rep. Perlmutter, Ed [D-CO-7]
Introduced: 2018-07-17 in the House
Policy area: Finance and Financial Sector
Subjects: Crime prevention
Criminal investigation, prosecution, interrogation
Currency
Digital media
Federal-Indian relations
Fraud offenses and financial crimes
Law enforcement administration and funding
Terrorism

Summary:
action_date: 2018-07-17
text: 

FinCEN Improvement Act of 2018

 
This bill amends the duties of the Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN). FinCEN must work with tribal law enforcement agencies, protect against terrorism regardless of origin, and coordinate internationally on matters involving emerging technology and virtual currency.

action_date: 2018-09-12
text: 

FinCEN Improvement Act of 2018

 
(Sec. 3) This bill amends the duties of the Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN). FinCEN must work with tribal law enforcement agencies, protect against terrorism regardless of origin, and coordinate internationally on matters involving emerging technology and virtual currency.


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 Agreed to by voice vote. (text: CR H8127)
action_date: 2018-09-12
text: Passed/agreed to in House: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill Agreed to by voice vote.(text: CR H8127)
action_date: 2018-09-12
text: DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on H.R. 6411.
action_date: 2018-09-12
text: Considered under suspension of the rules. (consideration: CR H8127-8128)
action_date: 2018-09-12
text: Mr. Rothfus moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill.
action_date: 2018-07-17
text: Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services.
action_date: 2018-07-17
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2018-07-17
text: Introduced in House
Employee Freedom Act

Bill: 115-hr-6412
Sponsor: Rep. Rooney, Francis [R-FL-19]
Introduced: 2018-07-17 in the House
Policy area: Labor and Employment
Subjects: Employment discrimination and employee rights
Labor-management relations

Summary:
action_date: 2018-07-17
text: 

Employee Freedom Act

 
This bill amends the National Labor Relations Act to permit employers to unilaterally cease to deduct from the employee's paycheck dues owed by the employee to a labor organization when the agreement establishing such a deduction expires.
 
The bill amends the Labor Management Relations Act, 1947 to allow employees to cancel such deductions at any time. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2018-07-17
text: Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce.
action_date: 2018-07-17
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2018-07-17
text: Introduced in House
STOP Organ Trafficking Act

Bill: 115-hr-6413
Sponsor: Rep. Trott, David A. [R-MI-11]
Introduced: 2018-07-17 in the House
Policy area: International Affairs
Subjects: Child health
Crime victims
Criminal justice information and records
Human rights
Human trafficking
Medical ethics
Organ and tissue donation and transplantation
Smuggling and trafficking
Visas and passports

Summary:
action_date: 2018-07-17
text: 

Strategy To Oppose Predatory Organ Trafficking Act or the STOP Organ Trafficking Act

 
This bill states that it shall be U.S. policy to combat trafficking in human organs and promote the establishment of voluntary organ donation systems. 
 
 The bill authorizes the Department of State to refuse to issue a passport to, or revoke a previously issued passport from, a person convicted of trafficking in human organs who used a passport or otherwise crossed an international border in committing such offense.
 
 The Trafficking Victims Protection Act of 2000 is amended to: (1) include trafficking of persons for the removal of their organs in the definition of severe forms of trafficking in persons, and (2) direct the Interagency Task Force to Monitor and Combat Trafficking to collect and organize data from human rights officers at U.S. embassies on host country laws against trafficking in human organs.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2018-09-27
text: Committee Agreed to Seek Consideration Under Suspension of the Rules, by Unanimous Consent.
action_date: 2018-09-27
text: Ordered to be Reported in the Nature of a Substitute (Amended) by Unanimous Consent.
action_date: 2018-09-27
text: Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
action_date: 2018-07-17
text: Referred to the House Committee on Foreign Affairs.
action_date: 2018-07-17
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2018-07-17
text: Introduced in House
Local Television Service and Emergency Preparedness Act of 2018

Bill: 115-hr-6416
Sponsor: Rep. Smith, Christopher H. [R-NJ-4]
Introduced: 2018-07-18 in the House
Policy area: Science, Technology, Communications
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Administrative remedies
Broadcasting, cable, digital technologies
Emergency communications systems
Federal Communications Commission (FCC)
Internet and video services
Internet, web applications, social media
Licensing and registrations
Radio spectrum allocation
Television and film

Summary:
action_date: 2018-07-18
text: 

Local Television Service and Emergency Preparedness Act of 2018

 
This bill amends the Communications Act of 1934 to direct the Federal Communications Commission, upon the request of a very high frequency commercial television broadcast station that has relocated to an underserved state, to issue an order providing that the virtual major channel number of such station shall be considered to be the same as the radio frequency channel number of that station.
 
The order shall apply to a station only if the licensee includes in the request a certification that such station will provide at least one hour daily of news, information, or public affairs programming focused on, or of general interest to, local audiences in the state to which the channel of such station has been reallocated. The order shall cease to apply if the licensee fails to initiate the programming within a 90-day period or fails to make the programming available to other television broadcast stations or through Internet streaming.
 
 
 



Legislative actions:
action_date: 2018-07-18
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2018-07-18
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2018-07-18
text: Introduced in House
AG and Legal Workforce Act

Bill: 115-hr-6417
Sponsor: Rep. Goodlatte, Bob [R-VA-6]
Introduced: 2018-07-18 in the House
Policy area: Immigration
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Administrative remedies
Aquaculture
Civil actions and liability
Computer security and identity theft
Congressional oversight
Department of Agriculture
Department of Homeland Security
Employee benefits and pensions
Employee hiring
Executive agency funding and structure
Foreign labor
Forests, forestry, trees
Fraud offenses and financial crimes
Government information and archives
Government studies and investigations
Health care costs and insurance
Horticulture and plants
Immigration status and procedures
Labor market
Livestock
Manufacturing
Migrant, seasonal, agricultural labor
Performance measurement
Right of privacy
State and local government operations
Temporary and part-time employment
User charges and fees
Visas and passports
Wages and earnings

Summary:
action_date: 2018-07-18
text: 

AG and Legal Workforce Act

 
This bill establishes a new H-2C nonimmigrant visa for aliens coming temporarily to the United States to perform agricultural labor or services. In addition, the bill (1) directs the Department of Homeland Security to create an electronic employment-eligibility confirmation system modeled after the E-Verify system, and (2) mandates the use of such a system by employers.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2018-09-19
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration and Border Security.
action_date: 2018-07-18
text: Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committees on Education and the Workforce, Ways and Means, and 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: 2018-07-18
text: Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committees on Education and the Workforce, Ways and Means, and 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: 2018-07-18
text: Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committees on Education and the Workforce, Ways and Means, and 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: 2018-07-18
text: Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committees on Education and the Workforce, Ways and Means, and 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: 2018-07-18
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2018-07-18
text: Introduced in House
VA Website Accessibility Act of 2018

Bill: 115-hr-6418
Sponsor: Rep. Esty, Elizabeth H. [D-CT-5]
Introduced: 2018-07-18 in the House
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Congressional oversight
Department of Veterans Affairs
Disability and paralysis
Government information and archives
Government studies and investigations
Veterans' education, employment, rehabilitation

Summary:
action_date: 2018-07-18
text: 

VA Website Accessibility Act of 2018

 
This bill directs the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) to report to Congress regarding the accessibility of VA websites (including attached files and web-based applications) to individuals with disabilities. The report shall identify all websites, files, and applications that are not accessible to such individuals and the VA's plan to make each of them accessible.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2018-12-20
text: Received in the Senate.
action_date: 2018-12-20
text: Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
action_date: 2018-12-20
text: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by the Yeas and Nays: (2/3 required): 387 - 0 (Roll no. 464). (text: CR H10427)
action_date: 2018-12-20
text: Passed/agreed to in House: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by the Yeas and Nays: (2/3 required): 387 - 0 (Roll no. 464).(text: CR H10427)
action_date: 2018-12-20
text: Considered as unfinished business. (consideration: CR H10441)
action_date: 2018-12-20
text: At the conclusion of debate, the Yeas and Nays were demanded and ordered. Pursuant to the provisions of clause 8, rule XX, the Chair announced that further proceedings on the motion would be postponed.
action_date: 2018-12-20
text: DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on H.R. 6418.
action_date: 2018-12-20
text: Considered under suspension of the rules. (consideration: CR H10427-10428)
action_date: 2018-12-20
text: Mr. Roe (TN) moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended.
action_date: 2018-09-13
text: Subcommittee Hearings Held.
action_date: 2018-09-05
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2018-07-18
text: Referred to the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
action_date: 2018-07-18
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2018-07-18
text: Introduced in House
Justice for ALS Veterans Act of 2018

Bill: 115-hr-6419
Sponsor: Rep. Esty, Elizabeth H. [D-CT-5]
Introduced: 2018-07-18 in the House
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Marriage and family status
Neurological disorders
Veterans' pensions and compensation

Summary:
action_date: 2018-07-18
text: 

Justice for ALS Veterans Act of 2018

 
This bill extends increased dependency and indemnity compensation paid to the surviving spouse of a veteran who dies from amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS or Lou Gehrig's disease) regardless of how long the veteran had such disease prior to death. (Under current law, such compensation is paid for a service-connected disability that was rated totally disabling, which ALS is, for a continuous period of at least eight years immediately preceding death.)


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2018-07-18
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Disability Assistance and Memorial Affairs.
action_date: 2018-07-18
text: Referred to the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
action_date: 2018-07-18
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2018-07-18
text: Introduced in House
To permit the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to establish a grant program to conduct cemetery research and produce educational materials for the Veterans Legacy Program.

Bill: 115-hr-6420
Sponsor: Rep. Lamb, Conor [D-PA-18]
Introduced: 2018-07-18 in the House
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Cemeteries and funerals
Education programs funding
Research administration and funding
Veterans' organizations and recognition

Summary:
action_date: 2018-07-18
text: 
This bill authorizes the Department of Veterans Affairs to establish a grant program to conduct cemetery research and produce educational materials for the Veterans Legacy Program, which provides the public with engagement and educational opportunities regarding veterans interred in national, state, or tribal veterans' cemeteries. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2018-07-18
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Disability Assistance and Memorial Affairs.
action_date: 2018-07-18
text: Referred to the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
action_date: 2018-07-18
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2018-07-18
text: Introduced in House