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Better Pain Management Through Better Data Act of 2018

Bill: 115-hr-5473
Sponsor: Rep. Comstock, Barbara [R-VA-10]
Introduced: 2018-04-11 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Consumer affairs
Department of Health and Human Services
Drug safety, medical device, and laboratory regulation
Drug trafficking and controlled substances
Health information and medical records
Prescription drugs
Public participation and lobbying

Summary:
action_date: 2018-04-11
text: 

Better Pain Management Through Better Data Act of 2018

 
This bill directs the Food and Drug Administration (FDA)to update or issue guidance for drug sponsors on data collection related to the use of other pain medication to reduce the need for opioids. 
 
The guidance must address alternative methods for data collection, product labeling, and investigations other than clinical trials.


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 H5031-5032)
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 H5031-5032)
action_date: 2018-06-12
text: DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on H.R. 5473.
action_date: 2018-06-12
text: Considered under suspension of the rules. (consideration: CR H5031-5032)
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 by Voice Vote.
action_date: 2018-05-09
text: Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
action_date: 2018-04-11
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2018-04-11
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2018-04-11
text: Introduced in House
Housing Victims of Major Disasters Act of 2018

Bill: 115-hr-5474
Sponsor: Rep. Espaillat, Adriano [D-NY-13]
Introduced: 2018-04-11 in the House
Policy area: Emergency Management
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Disaster relief and insurance
Family services
Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA)
Homelessness and emergency shelter
Natural disasters

Summary:
action_date: 2018-04-11
text: 

Housing Victims of Major Disasters Act of 2018

 
This bill makes a family eligible for housing assistance in connection with a major disaster, including Hurricane Maria of 2017, if it: (1) is occupying an otherwise unused or uninhabited property located in the area for which the major disaster was declared but does not have documented ownership rights to, and is not renting, the property; or (2) is renting a property located in the area for which the major disaster was declared but does not have a written lease for such rental.
 
The Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) shall consider a wide range of evidence in determining the eligibility of a family for housing assistance.
 
FEMA shall enter into agreements with the Department of Housing and Urban Development to implement a Disaster Housing Assistance Program to provide temporary rental assistance to families displaced by any major disaster during 2017, and shall consult on the implementation of the program for future disasters. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2018-04-12
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Economic Development, Public Buildings and Emergency Management.
action_date: 2018-04-11
text: Referred to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, and in addition to the Committee on Financial 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: 2018-04-11
text: Referred to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, and in addition to the Committee on Financial 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: 2018-04-11
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2018-04-11
text: Introduced in House
To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 108 North Macon Street in Bevier, Missouri, as the "SO2 Navy SEAL Adam Olin Smith Post Office".

Bill: 115-hr-5475
Sponsor: Rep. Graves, Sam [R-MO-6]
Introduced: 2018-04-11 in the House
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Subjects: Congressional tributes
Government buildings, facilities, and property
Military personnel and dependents
Missouri
Postal service

Summary:
action_date: 2018-04-11
text: Designates the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 108 North Macon Street in Bevier, Missouri, as the "SO2 Navy SEAL Adam Olin Smith Post Office."
action_date: 2018-12-21
text: 
Designates the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 108 North Macon Street in Bevier, Missouri, as the "SO2 Navy SEAL Adam Olin Smith Post Office."


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2018-12-21
text: Became Public Law No: 115-357.
action_date: 2018-12-21
text: Became Public Law No: 115-357.
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 H7897)
action_date: 2018-12-19
text: Passed/agreed to in Senate: Passed Senate without amendment by Unanimous Consent.(consideration: CR H7897)
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 H10081)
action_date: 2018-12-11
text: Passed/agreed to in House: On passage Passed without objection.(text: CR H10081)
action_date: 2018-12-11
text: Considered by unanimous consent. (consideration: CR H10080-10081)
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: 2018-04-11
text: Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform.
action_date: 2018-04-11
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2018-04-11
text: Introduced in House

Enacted as: number: 115-357
Special Counsel Independence and Integrity Act

Bill: 115-hr-5476
Sponsor: Rep. Nadler, Jerrold [D-NY-10]
Introduced: 2018-04-11 in the House
Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement
Subjects: Congressional oversight
Criminal investigation, prosecution, interrogation
Department of Justice
Federal officials
Government ethics and transparency, public corruption
Judicial review and appeals
Supreme Court

Summary:
action_date: 2018-04-11
text: 

Special Counsel Independence and Integrity Act

 
This bill sets forth requirements and limitations with respect to the removal from office of a special counsel appointed by the Attorney General, or of another official appointed by the Attorney General who exercises a similar degree of independence from the Department of Justice (DOJ) chain of command.
 
Specifically, a special counsel or other appointed official:
 
 
may only be removed by the Attorney General or the most senior Senate-confirmed DOJ official, in certain circumstances;
 
may only be removed for misconduct, dereliction of duty, incapacity, conflict of interest, or other good cause;
 
must be provided written notice that specifies the reason for removal; and
 
may file an action to challenge the removal not later than 10 days after notice was provided.
 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2018-04-11
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2018-04-11
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2018-04-11
text: Introduced in House
Rural DOCS Act

Bill: 115-hr-5477
Sponsor: Rep. O'Halleran, Tom [D-AZ-1]
Introduced: 2018-04-11 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Alaska Natives and Hawaiians
Child health
Congressional oversight
Drug trafficking and controlled substances
Drug, alcohol, tobacco use
Government information and archives
Health care coverage and access
Health information and medical records
Indian social and development programs
Medicaid
Mental health
Minority health
Women's health

Summary:
action_date: 2018-04-11
text: 

Rural Development of Opioid Capacity Services Act or the Rural DOCS Act

 
This bill requires the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) to carry out a demonstration project to provide an enhanced federal matching rate for state Medicaid expenditures related to the expansion of substance-use treatment and recovery services.
 
The CMS must select 10 states for inclusion under the demonstration project, giving preference to states that have a prevalence of substance-use disorders (in particular, opioid-use disorders) comparable to or higher than the national average. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2018-06-12
text: Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 566.
action_date: 2018-06-12
text: Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Energy and Commerce. H. Rept. 115-731.
action_date: 2018-06-12
text: Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Energy and Commerce. H. Rept. 115-731.
action_date: 2018-05-17
text: Ordered to be Reported (Amended) by Voice Vote.
action_date: 2018-05-17
text: Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
action_date: 2018-04-25
text: Subcommittee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
action_date: 2018-04-25
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2018-04-11
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2018-04-11
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2018-04-11
text: Introduced in House
Northern Mariana Islands Enhanced Nutrition Assistance Act of 2018

Bill: 115-hr-5478
Sponsor: Del. Sablan, Gregorio Kilili Camacho [D-MP-At Large]
Introduced: 2018-04-11 in the House
Policy area: Agriculture and Food
Subjects: Food assistance and relief
Northern Mariana Islands
Poverty and welfare assistance

Summary:
action_date: 2018-04-11
text: 

Northern Mariana Islands Enhanced Nutrition Assistance Act of 2018 

 
This bill amends the Agricultural Act of 2014 to reauthorize through FY2023 the pilot program for the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands to operate the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP, formerly known as the food stamp program) in the same manner in which the program is operated in the states. 
 
The bill prohibits funds available for the pilot program from being provided for the Northern Mariana Islands nutrition assistance program block grant during a year in which more than $8.5 million in unexpended pilot program funds remain available for the grant. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2018-04-30
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Nutrition.
action_date: 2018-04-11
text: Referred to the House Committee on Agriculture.
action_date: 2018-04-11
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2018-04-11
text: Introduced in House
Military Taxpayer Assistance Act

Bill: 115-hr-5479
Sponsor: Rep. Walz, Timothy J. [D-MN-1]
Introduced: 2018-04-11 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Adult education and literacy
Digital media
Financial literacy
Military personnel and dependents
Tax administration and collection, taxpayers
Telephone and wireless communication
Veterans' education, employment, rehabilitation

Summary:
action_date: 2018-04-11
text: 

Military Taxpayer Assistance Act 

 
This bill requires the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) to establish a special unit within the IRS office of Stakeholder Partnership, Education and Communication to be responsible for outreach, education, and assistance concerning the tax issues applicable to members of the uniformed services and organizations that provide tax assistance to them.
 
 The IRS must: (1) staff the new unit with veterans, to the extent possible; and (2) ensure that ample funding is allocated to the unit to provide face-to-face training for the military volunteers providing income tax assistance in overseas locations.
 
The IRS must also: (1) establish and maintain a toll-free telephone number to answer tax questions and resolve tax account and compliance issues for members of the uniformed services and their families, and (2) ensure that information relating to military taxpayers is current on the IRS website. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2018-04-11
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2018-04-11
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2018-04-11
text: Introduced in House
GEAR UP for Success Act of 2018

Bill: 115-hr-5481
Sponsor: Rep. Hurd, Will [R-TX-23]
Introduced: 2018-04-12 in the House
Policy area: Education
Subjects: Education of the disadvantaged
Education programs funding
Elementary and secondary education
Government lending and loan guarantees
Government studies and investigations
Higher education
Student aid and college costs

Summary:
action_date: 2018-04-12
text: 

GEAR UP for Success Act of 2018

 
This bill reauthorizes and revises the Gaining Early Awareness and Readiness for Undergraduate Programs.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2018-04-12
text: Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce.
action_date: 2018-04-12
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2018-04-12
text: Introduced in House
Military Biodefense Readiness and Protection Act of 2018

Bill: 115-hr-5482
Sponsor: Rep. Bacon, Don [R-NE-2]
Introduced: 2018-04-12 in the House
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Chemical and biological weapons
Emergency planning and evacuation
First responders and emergency personnel
Health facilities and institutions
Health information and medical records
Health promotion and preventive care
Immunology and vaccination
Infectious and parasitic diseases
Manufacturing
Medical research
Military civil functions
Military readiness

Summary:
action_date: 2018-04-12
text: 
This bill directs components of the Department of Defense to develop a plan for countering emerging and deliberate infectious disease threats to ensure joint force health protection and the ability of the Armed Forces to conduct operations in an area subject to an emerging infectious disease threat.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2018-04-13
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Emerging Threats and Capabilities.
action_date: 2018-04-12
text: Referred to the House Committee on Armed Services.
action_date: 2018-04-12
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2018-04-12
text: Introduced in House
Special Registration for Telemedicine Clarification Act of 2018

Bill: 115-hr-5483
Sponsor: Rep. Carter, Earl L. "Buddy" [R-GA-1]
Introduced: 2018-04-12 in the House
Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Department of Justice
Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA)
Drug trafficking and controlled substances
Health technology, devices, supplies
Licensing and registrations

Summary:
action_date: 2018-04-12
text: 

Special Registration for Telemedicine Clarification Act of 2018

 
This bill amends the Controlled Substances Act to establish a deadline for the Drug Enforcement Administration to promulgate regulations for the special registration of practitioners to practice telemedicine.

action_date: 2018-06-12
text: 

Special Registration for Telemedicine Clarification Act of 2018

 
(Sec. 2) This bill amends the Controlled Substances Act to establish a deadline for the Drug Enforcement Administration to promulgate regulations for the special registration of practitioners to practice telemedicine.


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 H5060)
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 H5060)
action_date: 2018-06-12
text: DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on H.R. 5483.
action_date: 2018-06-12
text: Considered under suspension of the rules. (consideration: CR H5060-5061)
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: 2018-04-25
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2018-04-24
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, Homeland Security, and Investigations.
action_date: 2018-04-12
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: 2018-04-12
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: 2018-04-12
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2018-04-12
text: Introduced in House
Fair Debt Collections Practices Clarification Act of 2018

Bill: 115-hr-5484
Sponsor: Rep. Cartwright, Matt [D-PA-17]
Introduced: 2018-04-12 in the House
Policy area: Law
Subjects: Civil actions and liability
Consumer credit
Debt collection
Legal fees and court costs

Summary:
action_date: 2018-04-12
text: 

Fair Debt Collections Practices Clarification Act of 2018 

 
This bill amends the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act to provide that, in an action brought under that Act, costs may be awarded to a defendant only if the action was brought in bad faith. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2018-05-21
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on the Constitution and Civil Justice.
action_date: 2018-04-12
text: Referred to the Committee on Financial Services, and in addition to the Committee on the Judiciary, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
action_date: 2018-04-12
text: Referred to the Committee on Financial Services, and in addition to the Committee on the Judiciary, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
action_date: 2018-04-12
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2018-04-12
text: Introduced in House
Hemp Farming Act of 2018

Bill: 115-hr-5485
Sponsor: Rep. Comer, James [R-KY-1]
Introduced: 2018-04-12 in the House
Policy area: Agriculture and Food
Subjects: Agricultural insurance
Agricultural research
Drug trafficking and controlled substances
General Native American affairs matters
Government studies and investigations
State and local government operations

Summary:
action_date: 2018-04-12
text: 

Hemp Farming Act of 2018 

 
This bill legalizes industrial hemp that has a tetrahydrocannabinol (THC, the psychoactive component of marijuana) concentration of no more than 0.3% by removing it from schedule I of the Controlled Substances Act. States and Indian tribes may regulate the production of hemp by submitting a plan to the Department of Agriculture (USDA). The bill also makes hemp producers eligible for the federal crop insurance program and certain USDA research grants. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2018-04-12
text: Referred to the Committee on Agriculture, and in addition to the Committees on Energy and Commerce, and the Judiciary, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
action_date: 2018-04-12
text: Referred to the Committee on Agriculture, and in addition to the Committees on Energy and Commerce, and the Judiciary, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
action_date: 2018-04-12
text: Referred to the Committee on Agriculture, and in addition to the Committees on Energy and Commerce, and the Judiciary, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
action_date: 2018-04-12
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2018-04-12
text: Introduced in House
Veteran Employment and Child Care Access Act of 2018

Bill: 115-hr-5486
Sponsor: Rep. Correa, J. Luis [D-CA-46]
Introduced: 2018-04-12 in the House
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Child care and development
Veterans' education, employment, rehabilitation

Summary:
action_date: 2018-04-12
text: 

Veteran Employment and Child Care Access Act of 2018

 
This bill directs the Department of Veterans Affairs to provide child care assistance to veterans: (1) who are receiving certain training or vocational rehabilitation, (2) who are the primary caretaker of a child or children, and (3) whose family's adjusted gross income does not exceed certain limits.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2018-04-12
text: Referred to the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
action_date: 2018-04-12
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E443)
action_date: 2018-04-12
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2018-04-12
text: Introduced in House