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American Border Act [HB-6415]
[Immigration ]
[National Security ]
[Law Enforcement ]
American Border Act
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REUNITE Act Reunite Every Unaccompanied Newborn Infant, Toddler and other children Expeditiously Act [S.3227]
[Children and Youth ]
[Human Services ]
[Immigration ]
REUNITE Act Reunite Every Unaccompanied Newborn Infant, Toddler and other children Expeditiously Act
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LAMP Act of 2018 Localizing Authority of Management Plans Act of 2018 [HB-6364]
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[Public Lands and National Parks ]
[Animals ]
[Science ]
[Native American Affairs ]
LAMP Act of 2018 Localizing Authority of Management Plans Act of 2018 This bill amends the Endangered Species Act of 1973 (ESA) to revise requirements governing cooperative management agreements to manage areas established for the conservation of endangered or threatened species. Under current law, the agreements are between states and the Department of the Interior or the Department of Commerce, as appropriate. This bill allows the appropriate department to enter into: (1) agreements with local governments, Indian tribes, or nonfederal persons;
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EMPOWERS Act of 2018 Ensuring Meaningful Petition Outreach While Enhancing Rights of States Act of 2018 [HB-6345]
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[Public Lands and National Parks ]
[Animals ]
EMPOWERS Act of 2018 Ensuring Meaningful Petition Outreach While Enhancing Rights of States Act of 2018 This bill amends the Endangered Species Act of 1973 to revise the process for listing, delisting, or reclassifying a species under the Act. Before submitting to the Department of the Interior or the Department of Commerce, as appropriate, a petition to list a species as a threatened or endangered species, the petitioner must notify each county and state in which the species is located of the intent to submit a petition. Upon finding that the petition
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Digital Coast Act [HB-4062]
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[Environmental ]
[Science ]
[Community Development ]
[Economic Development ]
[Data Privacy ]
[Public Lands and National Parks ]
[Water ]
Digital Coast Act This bill requires the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) to establish a constituent-driven Digital Coast program. (This program currently exists under NOAA to provide data, tools, and training that communities use to manage their coastal resources.) The program must: (1) provide an online resource that integrates geospatial data, decision-support tools, training, and best practices to address coastal management issues and needs, and to enhance resilient communities, ecosystem values, and coastal economic growth
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Matthew Young Pollard Intelligence Authorization Act for Fiscal Years 2018 and 2019 [S.3153]
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[Cybersecurity ]
[Defense ]
Matthew Young Pollard Intelligence Authorization Act for Fiscal Years 2018 and 2019
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Counter Terrorist Network Act [HB-4578]
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[Law Enforcement ]
[Public Safety ]
[Immigration ]
Counter Terrorist Network Act (Sec. 2) This bill amends the Homeland Security Act of 2002 to expand the duties of the National Targeting Center of the U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP). Specifically, the center must collaborate with appropriate agencies to enhance border security through such operations as those that seek to disrupt and dismantle networks that pose terrorist or other threats. In addition, the bill authorizes the CBP to assign its personnel to other appropriate agencies. (Sec. 3) The Commissioner of CBP must biannually brief
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National Quantum Initiative Act [S.3143]
[Science ]
[Technology and Innovation ]
[Cybersecurity ]
[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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Imported Seafood Safety Standards Act [HB-6212]
[Food ]
[Consumer Protection ]
[Public Health ]
[Trade ]
Imported Seafood Safety Standards Act
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Countering Weapons of Mass Destruction Act of 2018 [HB-6198]
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[Public Health ]
[Healthcare ]
[Science ]
[Technology and Innovation ]
[Cybersecurity ]
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Countering Weapons of Mass Destruction Act of 2018 (Sec. 2) This bill amends the Homeland Security Act of 2002 to establish in the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) a Countering Weapons of Mass Destruction Office, headed by an Assistant Secretary. The Assistant Secretary shall serve as the principal advisor to DHS on weapons of mass destruction matters and strategies, and on coordinating efforts to counter weapons of mass destruction. The office shall coordinate DHS strategy and policy to plan, detect, and protect against the importation, possession,
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Keep Families Together and Enforce the Law Act [HB-6181]
[Immigration ]
[Crime ]
[Family-Related Legislation ]
Keep Families Together and Enforce the Law Act
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Prevent Election Hacking Act of 2018 [HB-6188]
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[Elections ]
[Technology and Innovation ]
[Voting Rights ]
[National Security ]
[Public Safety ]
[Science ]
Prevent Election Hacking Act of 2018 This bill directs the Department of Homeland Security to establish the Hack the Election Program to improve the cybersecurity of the systems used to administer federal elections by facilitating and encouraging assessments by independent technical experts, in cooperation with state and local election officials and election service providers, to identify and report election cybersecurity vulnerabilities.
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Interior, Environment, Financial Services, and General Government Appropriations Act, 2019 [HB-6147]
[Finance ]
[Environmental ]
[Public Lands and National Parks ]
[Energy ]
[Water ]
[Arts and Culture ]
[Agriculture ]
[Telecommunications ]
[Food ]
[Healthcare ]
[Small Business ]
[Technology and Innovation ]
[Consumer Protection ]
[Law Enforcement ]
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[Budget and Spending ]
[Taxes ]
[Cybersecurity ]
[Data Privacy ]
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[Elections ]
[Ethics ]
[Funding ]
[Grants ]
[Libraries ]
[Mining ]
[Pharmaceuticals ]
[Public Safety ]
[Recreation ]
[Science ]
[Trade ]
[Transportation and Motor Vehicles ]
[Veterans ]
[Waste Management / Recycling ]
[Air Quality ]
[Animals ]
[Children and Youth ]
[Climate Change ]
[Community Development ]
[Construction ]
[Criminal Justice ]
[Defense ]
[Disaster Relief ]
[Education ]
[Gaming ]
[Housing ]
[Human Services ]
[Insurance ]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
[Medicare and Medicaid ]
[Military ]
[Native American Affairs ]
[Nonprofit ]
[Overdose Prevention ]
[Property Tax ]
[Senior Citizens ]
[Social Security ]
Interior, Environment, Financial Services, and General Government Appropriations Act, 2019 (Sec. 2) Specifies that, unless this bill expressly provides otherwise, references to "this Act" included in a division refer only to the provisions of that division. (Sec. 3) Specifies the committee reports that apply for the purpose of implementing each division. DIVISION A--DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR, ENVIRONMENT, AND RELATED AGENCIES APPROPRIATIONS ACT, 2019 Department of the Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2019 This division
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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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Savanna's Act [S.1942]
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[Human Rights ]
[Native American Affairs ]
[Public Safety ]
[Race and Civil Rights ]
[Criminal Justice ]
Savanna's Act This bill requires the Department of Justice (DOJ) to update the online data entry format for federal databases relevant to cases of missing and murdered Indians to include a new data field for users to input the victim's tribal enrollment information or affiliation. In addition, DOJ must: make standardized law enforcement and justice protocols that serve as guidelines for law enforcement agencies with respect to missing and murdered Indians, develop protocols to investigate those cases that are guided by the standardized protocols,
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Pathways Out of Poverty Act of 2017 [HB-4074]
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[Housing ]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
[Taxes ]
[Budget and Spending ]
[Poverty ]
[Children and Youth ]
[Human Services ]
[Unemployment ]
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Pathways Out of Poverty Act of 2017 This bill establishes and expands various programs related to education, housing, employment, and social welfare. The Department of Education must award grants to states for the development and implementation of prekindergarten programs. The Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention within the Department of Justice may award grants to assist communities in addressing juvenile delinquency and gang prevention. The bill expands: the Pell Grant program, the Temporary Assistance to Needy Families (TANF)
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Strengthening the Cooperative Observer Program Act of 2018 [S.2941]
[Science ]
Strengthening the Cooperative Observer Program Act of 2018
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CRISIS Act Coordinated Response through Interagency Strategy and Information Sharing Act [HB-5925]
[Cybersecurity ]
[National Security ]
[Technology and Innovation ]
[Law Enforcement ]
[Public Safety ]
CRISIS Act Coordinated Response through Interagency Strategy and Information Sharing Act
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Mayor Libby Schaaf Act of 2018 [HB-5884]
Mayor Libby Schaaf Act of 2018
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Maritime Border Security Review Act [HB-5869]
[National Security ]
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[Transportation and Motor Vehicles ]
[Trade ]
[Disaster Relief ]
[Public Safety ]
[International ]
[Technology and Innovation ]
[Cybersecurity ]
[Funding ]
[Grants ]
[Military ]
Maritime Border Security Review Act (Sec. 3) This bill directs the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) to submit to Congress a maritime border (i.e., the transit zone and the borders and territorial waters of Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands) threat analysis that includes an identification and description of: current and potential terrorism and criminal threats posed by individuals and groups seeking to enter the United States through the maritime border or exploit border vulnerabilities on the maritime border; improvements needed at U.S.
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