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Climate Change Education Act [HB-5606]
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Climate Change Education Act This bill declares that the evidence for human-induced climate change is overwhelming and undeniable. The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) must establish a Climate Change Education Program to: increase the climate literacy of the United States by broadening the understanding of human-induced climate change, including possible consequences and potential solutions; apply the latest scientific and technological discoveries to provide learning opportunities to people of all ages; and help people understand
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Sponsored by: Rep. James Langevin
Introduced In House on 04/24/2018
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Climate Change Education Act [S.2740]
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Climate Change Education Act This bill declares that the evidence for human-induced climate change is overwhelming and undeniable. The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) must establish a Climate Change Education Program to: increase the climate literacy of the United States by broadening the understanding of human-induced climate change, including possible consequences and potential solutions; apply the latest scientific and technological discoveries to provide learning opportunities to people of all ages; and help people understand
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Sponsored by: Sen. Dianne Feinstein
Read Twice And Referred To The Committee On Commerce, Science, And Transportation. on 04/24/2018
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ACCESS BROADBAND Act Advancing Critical Connectivity Expands Service, Small Business Resources, Opportunities, Access, and Data Based on Assessed Need and Demand Act [HB-3994]
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ACCESS BROADBAND Act Advancing Critical Connectivity Expands Service, Small Business Resources, Opportunities, Access, and Data Based on Assessed Need and Demand Act (Sec. 2) This bill requires the Department of Commerce to establish the Office of Internet Connectivity and Growth within the National Telecommunications and Information Administration. (Sec. 3) The office shall: connect with communities that need access to high-speed Internet and improved digital inclusion efforts, hold regional workshops to share best practices and effective strategies
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Sponsored by: Rep. H. Morgan Griffith
Received In The Senate And Read Twice And Referred To The Committee On Commerce, Science, And Transportation. on 07/24/2018
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National Sea Grant College Program Amendments Act of 2017 [HB-4306]
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National Sea Grant College Program Amendments Act of 2017 This bill amends the National Sea Grant College Program Act to reauthorize through FY2023 the National Sea Grant College Program. The bill requires the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) to award Dean John A. Knauss Marine Policy Fellowships. Currently, NOAA has discretion in awarding such fellowships. Those fellowships support the placement of graduate students in fields related to ocean, coastal, and Great Lakes resources in positions with the executive and legislative
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Sponsored by: Rep. Raul Grijalva
Referred To The Subcommittee On Water, Power And Oceans. on 01/03/2018
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Data Breach Prevention and Compensation Act of 2018 [S.2289]
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Data Breach Prevention and Compensation Act of 2018 This bill creates the Office of Cybersecurity within the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) that, in part, must: supervise, evaluate, and regulate specified agencies' management of data security; examine agencies annually for compliance with regulations; investigate an agency in the event of a breach covered by the bill or suspected noncompliance with regulations, and report on any findings of such investigation; and coordinate with the National Institute of Standards and Technology and the National
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Sponsored by: Sen. Mark Warner
Committee On Banking, Housing, And Urban Affairs. Hearings Held. on 07/12/2018
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Sustainable Energy Development Reform Act [HB-4426]
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Sustainable Energy Development Reform Act
Sponsored by: Rep. Raul Grijalva
Referred To The Subcommittee On Energy. on 05/22/2018
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Department of Defense Appropriations Act, 2018 [HJR-128]
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Department of Defense Appropriations Act, 2018 DIVISION B--FURTHER EXTENSION OF CONTINUING APPROPRIATIONS ACT, 2018 Further Extension of Continuing Appropriations Act, 2018 This division amends the Continuing Appropriations Act, 2018 to provide continuing FY2018 appropriations to most federal agencies through March 23, 2018 (February 8, 2018, under current law). It prevents a partial government shutdown that would otherwise occur when the existing continuing resolution expires because the FY2018 appropriations bills have not been enacted. The division
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Sponsored by: Rep. Rodney Frelinghuysen
Introduced In House on 02/05/2018
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Protect America's Schools Act of 2018 [HB-5185]
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Protect America's Schools Act of 2018 This bill provides $1.5 billion in FY2018 supplemental appropriations to the Department of Justice Community Oriented Policing Services (COPS) program for school resource officers. The bill also rescinds $1.5 billion of the unobligated appropriations available to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration for Operations, Research, and Facilities.
Sponsored by: Rep. Mark Meadows
Introduced In House on 03/06/2018
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2020 Census Accountability Act [HB-5292]
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2020 Census Accountability Act This bill requires the Bureau of the Census to establish the Task Force on the 2020 Census, which shall report to Congress on: existing and potential policies and measures that promote full participation in the decennial census by all residents of the United States; potential negative impacts on minority populations resulting from the addition of a citizenship question to the census, including potential impacts on congressional reapportionment, legislative redistricting, and distribution of federal funds; civil rights
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Sponsored by: Rep. Raul Grijalva
Introduced In House on 03/15/2018
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Self-Initiation Trade Enforcement Act of 2018 [S.2427]
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Self-Initiation Trade Enforcement Act of 2018 This bill amends the Tariff Act of 1930 to establish a task force in the International Trade Administration. The task force must identify countervailable subsidies and dumping that cause injury to or threaten to injure a domestic industry.
Sponsored by: Sen. Angus King
Read Twice And Referred To The Committee On Finance. on 02/14/2018
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HABS Act of 2017 Harmful Algal Blooms Solutions Act of 2017 [HB-3661]
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HABS Act of 2017 Harmful Algal Blooms Solutions Act of 2017
Sponsored by: Rep. Brian Mast
Referred To The Subcommittee On Environment. on 05/22/2018
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Interior and Environment, Agriculture and Rural Development, Commerce, Justice, Science, Financial Services and General Government, Homeland Security, Labor, Health and Human Services, Education, State and Foreign Operations, Transportation, Housing and Urban Development, Defense, Military Construction and Veterans Affairs, Legislative Branch, and Energy and Water Development Appropriations Act, 2018 Make America Secure and Prosperous Appropriations Act, 2018 [HB-3354]
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Interior and Environment, Agriculture and Rural Development, Commerce, Justice, Science, Financial Services and General Government, Homeland Security, Labor, Health and Human Services, Education, State and Foreign Operations, Transportation, Housing and Urban Development, Defense, Military Construction and Veterans Affairs, Legislative Branch, and Energy and Water Development Appropriations Act, 2018 Make America Secure and Prosperous Appropriations Act, 2018 DIVISION A--DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR, ENVIRONMENT, AND RELATED AGENCIES APPROPRIATIONS
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Sponsored by: Rep. Ken Calvert
Read The Second Time. Placed On Senate Legislative Calendar Under General Orders. Calendar No. 230. on 09/27/2017
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Spending Cuts to Expired and Unnecessary Programs Act [HB-3]
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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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Sponsored by: Rep. Steve Scalise
Motion To Discharge Senate Committees On Appropriations; The Budget Rejected By Yea-nay Vote. 48 - 50. Record Vote Number: 134. on 06/20/2018
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STRONGER Patents Act of 2017 Support Technology and Research for Our Nation's Growth and Economic Resilience Patents Act of 2017 [S.1390]
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STRONGER Patents Act of 2017 Support Technology and Research for Our Nation's Growth and Economic Resilience Patents Act of 2017
Sponsored by: Sen. Christopher Coons
Committee On The Judiciary. Hearings Held. on 04/18/2018
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American Space Commerce Free Enterprise Act [HB-2809]
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American Space Commerce Free Enterprise Act (Sec. 3) This bill grants the Office of Space Commerce of the Department of Commerce the authority to issue certifications to U.S. nationals and nongovernmental entities (U.S. entities) for the operation of human-made objects launched from Earth and the items carried on them (space objects). The office shall require only one certification for a U.S. entity to: conduct multiple operations using a single space object, operate multiple space objects that carry out substantially similar operations, or use
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Sponsored by: Rep. Brian Babin
Received In The Senate And Read Twice And Referred To The Committee On Commerce, Science, And Transportation. on 04/25/2018
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SOS Act of 2017 Save Our Seas Act of 2017 [HB-2748]
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SOS Act of 2017 Save Our Seas Act of 2017 This bill amends the Marine Debris Act to revise the Marine Debris Program to require the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) to work with: (1) other agencies to address both land- and sea-based sources of marine debris, and (2) the Department of State and other agencies to promote international action to reduce the incidence of marine debris. The bill also revises the program by allowing NOAA to make sums available for assisting in the cleanup and response required by severe marine debris
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Sponsored by: Rep. Barbara Lee
Referred To The Subcommittee On Water, Power And Oceans. on 06/12/2017
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Reef Assassin Act [HB-2560]
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Reef Assassin Act
Sponsored by: Rep. Alcee Hastings
Referred To The Subcommittee On Water, Power And Oceans. on 05/30/2017
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Appropriates $38,829,600 to the Department of Commerce for fiscal year 2018; limits the number of authorized full-time equivalent positions to 43; transfers $2,000,000 from the General Fund to the Idaho Opportunity Fund; transfers $31,800 from the Indirect Cost Recovery Fund to the General Fund; and transfers $8,200 from the Indirect Cost Recovery Fund to the Tourism and Promotion Fund. [SB-1177]
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APPROPRIATIONS -- DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE -- Appropriates $38,829,600 to the Department of Commerce for fiscal year 2018; limits the number of authorized full-time equivalent positions to 43; transfers $2,000,000 from the General Fund to the Idaho Opportunity Fund; transfers $31,800 from the Indirect Cost Recovery Fund to the General Fund; and transfers $8,200 from the Indirect Cost Recovery Fund to the Tourism and Promotion Fund.
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Session Law Chapter 286 Effective: 07/01/2017 on 04/06/2017
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TARGET Act Targeted Rewards for the Global Eradication of Human Trafficking [HB-1625]
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TARGET Act Targeted Rewards for the Global Eradication of Human Trafficking (Sec. 2) This bill expresses the sense of Congress that the Department of State's rewards program is a powerful tool in combating sophisticated international crime and that the State Department and federal law enforcement should work in concert to offer rewards that target human traffickers who prey on the most vulnerable people around the world. (Sec. 3) The State Department Basic Authorities Act of 1956 is amended to include severe forms of trafficking in persons involving
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Sponsored by: Rep. Ted Poe
Became Public Law No: 115-141. on 03/23/2018
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American Innovation Act [HB-1569]
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American Innovation Act This bill amends the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985 to require certain adjustments to discretionary spending limits in FY2017-FY2021 to accommodate increases in appropriations for agencies that perform basic science research. Adjustments are required for the National Science Foundation, the Department of Energy Office of Science, Department of Defense science and technology programs, National Institute of Standards and Technology Scientific and Technical Research and Services, and the National Aeronautics
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Sponsored by: Rep. James McGovern
Referred To The Subcommittee On Research And Technology. on 04/25/2017