Advanced Technology And Technological Innovations
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Smart Cities and Communities Act of 2017 [S.1904]
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[Cybersecurity ]
[Economic Development ]
[Trade ]
[Infrastructure ]
[Energy ]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
[Community Development ]
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[Transportation and Motor Vehicles ]
Smart Cities and Communities Act of 2017 This bill establishes programs for the implementation and use of smart technologies and systems in communities of various sizes. A “smart city or community” is one in which innovative, advanced, and trustworthy information, communication, and energy technologies are applied to: (1) improve the health and quality of life of residents; (2) increase efficiency of operations and services; (3) promote economic growth; and (4) improve safety, security, sustainability, resiliency, livability, and work life. The
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Fab Lab Classroom Modernization Act [HB-4386]
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[Grants ]
[Manufacturing ]
Fab Lab Classroom Modernization Act This bill authorizes the Department of Education to award grants for FY2019-FY2023 to states for local educational agencies to purchase digital-fabrication laboratory equipment or to provide professional development related to incorporating a digital-fabrication laboratory into the curriculum. A digital-fabrication laboratory is a high-technology workspace that includes equipment such as three-dimensional printers and laser engravers.
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Advancing Cybersecurity Diagnostics and Mitigation Act [HB-6443]
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[National Security ]
[Science ]
Advancing Cybersecurity Diagnostics and Mitigation Act (Sec. 2) This bill directs the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) to: (1) deploy, operate, and maintain a continuous diagnostics and mitigation program to collect, analyze, and visualize security data and cybersecurity risk; (2) regularly deploy new technologies and modify existing technologies to improve such program; (3) develop a comprehensive strategy to carry out the program; and (4) report to the congressional homeland security committees on cybersecurity risk posture based on data
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Startup Act [S.1877]
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[Technology and Innovation ]
[Science ]
[Small Business ]
[Economic Development ]
[Funding ]
[Grants ]
[Education ]
[Trade ]
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Startup Act This bill amends the Immigration and Nationality Act to authorize the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) to adjust to conditional permanent resident status up to 50,000 aliens who have earned a master's or doctorate degree in a science, technology, engineering, or mathematics (STEM) field and permit such an alien to remain in the United States: (1) for up to one year after the expiration of the alien's student visa if the alien is searching for STEM field employment, and (2) indefinitely if the alien remains actively engaged in a
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National Quantum Initiative Act [S.3143]
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[Artificial Intelligence ]
[Aerospace ]
[Education ]
[National Security ]
National Quantum Initiative Act This bill directs the President to implement a National Quantum Initiative Program to, among other things, establish the goals and priorities for a 10-year plan to accelerate the development of quantum information science and technology applications. The bill defines "quantum information science" as the use of quantum mechanics for the storage, transmission, manipulation, or measurement of information in ways that offer advantages to classical capabilities. The National Science and Technology Council shall establish
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SAFE TECH Act Security Assessment Feasibility for Equipment Testing and Evaluation of Capabilities for our Homeland Act [HB-4561]
[Transportation and Motor Vehicles ]
[Technology and Innovation ]
[National Security ]
[Cybersecurity ]
[Aerospace ]
SAFE TECH Act Security Assessment Feasibility for Equipment Testing and Evaluation of Capabilities for our Homeland Act (Sec. 3) This bill directs the Transportation Security Administration (TSA) to develop a program allowing a vendor to obtain performance testing of transportation security screening technology through a third party as an alternative to the TSA's regular testing process. (Sec. 4) The TSA must develop a process for reciprocal recognition of security standards in coordination with the European Civil Aviation Conference. (Sec. 5) The
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REAL Opportunity Act Recognizing and Encouraging Agricultural Leadership Opportunity Act [HB-6091]
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[Grants ]
[Science ]
[Food ]
REAL Opportunity Act Recognizing and Encouraging Agricultural Leadership Opportunity Act This bill amends the Food, Agriculture, Conservation, and Trade Act of 1990 to require the Department of Agriculture to establish up to six Centers of Excellence and Leadership led by 1890 Institutions (historically black land-grant colleges and universities that were established under the Second Morrill Act of 1890) to award grants, conduct activities, and develop public-private partnerships related to specified research and outreach goals.
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Counter Terrorism and Illicit Finance Act [HB-6068]
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[National Security ]
[Law Enforcement ]
[Public Safety ]
Counter Terrorism and Illicit Finance Act
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OPIOID Act of 2018 Opportunities to Provide for Illicit Opioid Interdiction and Detection Act of 2018 [S.3047]
[Crime ]
[Healthcare ]
[Public Health ]
[Overdose Prevention ]
[Public Safety ]
OPIOID Act of 2018 Opportunities to Provide for Illicit Opioid Interdiction and Detection Act of 2018
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SAVE Right Whales Act Scientific Assistance for Very Endangered North Atlantic Right Whales Act of 2018 [HB-6060]
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[Science ]
[Environmental ]
SAVE Right Whales Act Scientific Assistance for Very Endangered North Atlantic Right Whales Act of 2018
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America's Water Infrastructure Act of 2018 [S.3021]
[Water ]
[Infrastructure ]
America's Water Infrastructure Act of 2018 This bill designates the U.S. courthouse at 300 South Fourth Street in Minneapolis, Minnesota, as the "Diana E. Murphy United States Courthouse."
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SAVE Right Whales Act Scientific Assistance for Very Endangered North Atlantic Right Whales Act of 2018 [S.3038]
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[Science ]
[Environmental ]
SAVE Right Whales Act Scientific Assistance for Very Endangered North Atlantic Right Whales Act of 2018
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John S. McCain National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2019 [S.2987]
[Defense ]
[National Security ]
[Cybersecurity ]
[Military ]
[Energy ]
[Science ]
[Technology and Innovation ]
[Healthcare ]
[Budget and Spending ]
John S. McCain National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2019 This bill authorizes FY2019 appropriations and sets forth policies regarding the military activities of the Department of Defense (DOD), military construction, and the national security programs of the Department of Energy (DOE). It does not provide budget authority, which is provided in subsequent appropriations legislation. The bill authorizes appropriations to DOD for: Procurement; Research, Development, Test, and Evaluation; Operation and Maintenance; Cooperative Threat Reduction;
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Smart Cities and Communities Act of 2017 [HB-3895]
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[Telecommunications ]
[Cybersecurity ]
[Economic Development ]
[Trade ]
[Infrastructure ]
[Energy ]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
[Science ]
[Community Development ]
[Transportation and Motor Vehicles ]
[Artificial Intelligence ]
Smart Cities and Communities Act of 2017 This bill establishes programs for the implementation and use of smart technologies and systems in communities of various sizes. A “smart city or community” is one in which innovative, advanced, and trustworthy information, communication, and energy technologies are applied to: (1) improve the health and quality of life of residents; (2) increase efficiency of operations and services; (3) promote economic growth; and (4) improve safety, security, sustainability, resiliency, livability, and work life. The
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Innovative Stormwater Infrastructure Act of 2018 [HB-3906]
[Environmental ]
[Infrastructure ]
[Water ]
[Grants ]
[Funding ]
[Science ]
[Technology and Innovation ]
[Climate Change ]
[Construction ]
Innovative Stormwater Infrastructure Act of 2018 This bill requires the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to provide grants to eligible higher education institutions and research institutions to establish and maintain between three and five centers of excellence for innovative stormwater control infrastructure, which is any green stormwater management technique that: (1) uses natural systems or engineered systems that mimic natural processes to infiltrate, evapotranspire, or capture stormwater; and (2) preserves, enhances, or mimics natural
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Carbon Capture Prize Act [HB-4096]
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[Climate Change ]
[Science ]
Carbon Capture Prize Act The bill directs the Department of Energy to carry out a competition to award prizes for technology that reduces the amount of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere, including through emissions reductions or capturing or sequestering carbon dioxide. Any competition must comply with the Stevenson-Wydler Technology Innovation Act of 1980.
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Spending Cuts to Expired and Unnecessary Programs Act [S.2979]
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[Energy ]
[Healthcare ]
[Housing ]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
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Spending Cuts to Expired and Unnecessary Programs Act This bill rescinds approximately $15 billion in budget authority over 2018-2028 that was proposed to be rescinded by the President under procedures included in the Impoundment Control Act of 1974. (A rescission is legislation enacted by Congress that cancels the availability of previously enacted budget authority before the authority would otherwise expire. Under current law, the President may propose rescissions to Congress, which must be enacted into law to take effect. Congress may rescind
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WILD Act Wildlife Innovation and Longevity Driver Act [HB-5885]
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[Public Lands and National Parks ]
[Science ]
[Water ]
[Grants ]
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WILD Act Wildlife Innovation and Longevity Driver Act This bill reauthorizes through FY2023 the Partners for Fish and Wildlife Program, the African Elephant Conservation Act, the Asian Elephant Conservation Act of 1997, the Rhinoceros and Tiger Conservation Act of 1994, the Great Ape Conservation Fund, and the Marine Turtle Conservation Fund. Federal agencies that have duties relating to invasive species management for the protection of water and wildlife must: (1) inhibit or reduce the populations of invasive species and effectuate restoration
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Moving FIRST Act Moving and Fostering Innovation to Revolutionize Smarter Transportation Act [HB-3901]
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[Energy ]
[Infrastructure ]
Moving FIRST Act Moving and Fostering Innovation to Revolutionize Smarter Transportation Act This bill authorizes the Department of Transportation to award Strengthening Mobility and Revolutionizing Transportation grants to communities of varying sizes to promote technological innovation (e.g., autonomous vehicles, electric vehicles, and roadway electrification) in transportation systems.
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Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives about a strategy to deploy fifth generation mobile networks (5G networks) and next-generation wireless and wired technologies to promote economic development and digital innovation throughout the United States. [HR-521]
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Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives about a strategy to deploy fifth generation mobile networks (5G networks) and next-generation wireless and wired technologies to promote economic development and digital innovation throughout the United States. Supports the deployment and advancement of fifth generation (5G) mobile networks to encourage economic growth and reduce the digital divide between urban and rural areas. Expresses the sense of the House of Representatives that the United States should commit to modernizing infrastructure
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