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American LAWS Act American Labor, Wages, and Sovereignty Act [HB-4340] [Labor, Jobs, Employment ] [Trade ]
American LAWS Act American Labor, Wages, and Sovereignty Act

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Andy Biggs Referred To The Subcommittee On Immigration And Border Security. on 12/13/2017

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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] [Telecommunications ] [Technology and Innovation ] [Small Business ] [Funding ] [Grants ] [Economic Development ] [Cybersecurity ]
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 (continued...)

  

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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Comprehensive Consumer Credit Reporting Reform Act of 2017 [HB-3755] [Consumer Protection ] [Finance ] [Data Privacy ]
Comprehensive Consumer Credit Reporting Reform Act of 2017 This bill amends the Fair Credit Reporting Act to revise requirements for disputes regarding consumer credit information reported by a consumer reporting agency (CRA). The bill prescribes requirements for: record maintenance by furnishers of credit information, CRA action when notified of inaccurate or incomplete information from furnishers, and injunctive relief for consumers in the event of noncompliance. The bill limits the circumstances in which a CRA may furnish a consumer report for (continued...)

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Barbara Lee Introduced In House on 09/13/2017

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SECURE Act of 2017 Security, Enforcement, and Compassion United in Reform Efforts Act [S.2192] [Immigration ] [Defense ] [National Security ] [Law Enforcement ] [Human Rights ] [Public Safety ]
SECURE Act of 2017 Security, Enforcement, and Compassion United in Reform Efforts Act This bill directs the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) to achieve situational awareness and operational control of the U.S. southern border and to deter and detect illegal activity in high traffic areas. The bill authorizes National Guard and Department of Defense support to secure such border. DHS shall establish: (1) a National Border Security Advisory Committee, (2) the Integrated Border Enforcement Team program, (3) Tunnel Task Forces, and (4) a biometric (continued...)

  

Sponsored by: Sen. Chuck Grassley Read The Second Time. Placed On Senate Legislative Calendar Under General Orders. Calendar No. 275. on 12/06/2017

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B-CROP Act Broadband Connections for Rural Opportunities Program Act [HB-4232] [Agriculture ] [Telecommunications ] [Technology and Innovation ] [Grants ] [Funding ] [Community Development ] [Economic Development ]
B-CROP Act Broadband Connections for Rural Opportunities Program Act This bill amends the Rural Electrification Act of 1936 to include grants in the Department of Agriculture (USDA) program that provides loans and loan guarantees for broadband telecommunications services in rural areas. In making grants, loans, or loan guarantees under the program, USDA must give the highest priority to applicants that offer to provide broadband service to the greatest proportion of unserved rural households or rural households that do not have the minimum acceptable (continued...)

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Richard Nolan Referred To The Subcommittee On Commodity Exchanges, Energy, And Credit. on 12/05/2017

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National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2019 [HB-5515] [Defense ] [Energy ] [National Security ] [Cybersecurity ] [Military ] [Veterans ]
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: (1) Procurement, including helicopters, combat vehicles, weapons, aircraft, shipbuilding and conversion, and missiles; (2) (continued...)

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Adam Smith Signed By President. on 08/13/2018

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Office of Rural Telecommunications Act [HB-5497] [Telecommunications ] [Technology and Innovation ] [Infrastructure ]
Office of Rural Telecommunications Act This bill requires the Federal Communications Commission to establish the Office of Rural Telecommunications, whose duties shall include: coordinating with the Rural Utilities Service and the National Telecommunications and Information Administration to ensure the success of initiatives and programs, coordinating with the Universal Service Administrative Company to maintain information regarding Connect American Fund programs that deploy rural broadband, coordinating with agencies to remove barriers to rural (continued...)

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Collin Peterson Introduced In House on 04/12/2018

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Community Connect Grant Program Act of 2018 [S.2654] [Telecommunications ] [Technology and Innovation ] [Community Development ] [Grants ] [Funding ]
Community Connect Grant Program Act of 2018 This bill amends the Rural Electrification Act of 1936 to provide statutory authority for the existing Community Connect Grant Program, which is a Department of Agriculture program that provides grants to finance broadband transmission in rural areas where broadband service does not currently exist.

  

Sponsored by: Sen. Tina Smith Read Twice And Referred To The Committee On Agriculture, Nutrition, And Forestry. on 04/12/2018

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Securing America's Future Act of 2018 [HB-4760] [Immigration ] [Agriculture ] [Crime ] [National Security ] [Funding ] [Grants ] [Human Rights ] [Criminal Justice ] [Public Safety ]
Securing America's Future Act of 2018 This bill amends the Immigration and Nationality Act to revise immigrant visa allocation provisions, including family-related visas. A nonimmigrant classification for parents of adult U.S. citizens is created. The diversity visa program is eliminated. Annual immigration levels are revised. The limit on the worldwide level of employment-based immigrants is increased. The H-2C visa temporary agricultural worker program is revised. A trust fund is established to provide incentives for such workers to return to (continued...)

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Alexander Mooney Rule H. Res. 954 Passed House. on 06/21/2018

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Broadband Conduit Deployment Act of 2018 [HB-4800] [Telecommunications ] [Infrastructure ] [Transportation and Motor Vehicles ] [Technology and Innovation ] [Construction ] [Economic Development ]
Broadband Conduit Deployment Act of 2018 This bill directs the Department of Transportation to require states to evaluate the need to install broadband conduit in any project to construct a new highway or additional lane or paved shoulder for an existing highway that is begun after the enactment of this bill and that receives funding under the federal-aid highway program.

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Barbara Comstock Referred To The Subcommittee On Highways And Transit. on 01/17/2018

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Streamlining and Expediting Approval for Communications Technologies Act [HB-4802] [Telecommunications ] [Technology and Innovation ] [Infrastructure ] [Real Estate ]
Streamlining and Expediting Approval for Communications Technologies Act This bill directs Senior Real Property Officers of specified federal agencies to track applications to locate or modify communications facilities on certain federal real property assets of those agencies. Each officer shall report on the tracking of such applications to the National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA). In turn, the NTIA shall report to Congress on the information in each submitted report and analyses of the application process. An officer (continued...)

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Adam Kinzinger Referred To The Subcommittee On Communications And Technology. on 01/19/2018

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Iran Freedom Policy and Sanctions Act [HB-4821] [International ] [National Security ] [Trade ]
Iran Freedom Policy and Sanctions Act

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Ryan Costello Referred To The Subcommittee On Trade. on 01/23/2018

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Precision Agriculture Connectivity Act of 2018 [S.2343] [Agriculture ] [Telecommunications ] [Technology and Innovation ] [Small Business ]
Precision Agriculture Connectivity Act of 2018 (Sec. 3) This bill requires the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) to establish the Task Force for Reviewing the Connectivity and Technology Needs of Precision Agriculture in the United States. The task force must identify current gaps in the availability of broadband Internet access service on agricultural land and recommend policies to expand its deployment. The Department of Agriculture and the FCC shall jointly submit to the task force a list of all federal programs or resources available for (continued...)

  

Sponsored by: Sen. Angus King Message On Senate Action Sent To The House. on 12/10/2018

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Combat Online Predators Act [HB-4203] [Crime ] [Cybersecurity ] [Children and Youth ] [Criminal Justice ] [Public Safety ]
Combat Online Predators Act This bill amends the federal criminal code increase the maximum prison term for a stalking offense, if the victim is under 18 years of age.

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Ryan Costello S.amdt.4179 Amendment Sa 4179 Proposed By Senator Mcconnell For Senator Toomey. (consideration: Cr S8036; Text: Cr S8036) In The Nature Of A Substitute. on 12/22/2018

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Iran Human Rights and Hostage-Taking Accountability Act [S.2365] [Human Rights ] [International ] [National Security ]
Iran Human Rights and Hostage-Taking Accountability Act This bill directs the President to identify and impose sanctions against senior members of the government of Iran and other persons who are responsible for or complicit in committing serious human rights violations, or engaging in censorship, the diversion of goods intended for the people of Iran, or public corruption. The President shall identify and impose U.S. entry and financial sanctions against persons who are responsible for or complicit in the politically-motivated intimidation, detention, (continued...)

  

Sponsored by: Sen. Robert Menendez Read Twice And Referred To The Committee On Foreign Relations. on 01/30/2018

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John S. McCain III, Daniel K. Akaka, and Samuel R. Johnson VA Maintaining Internal Systems and Strengthening Integrated Outside Networks Act of 2018 VA MISSION Act of 2018 [S.2372] [Veterans ] [Public Lands and National Parks ] [National Security ]
John S. McCain III, Daniel K. Akaka, and Samuel R. Johnson VA Maintaining Internal Systems and Strengthening Integrated Outside Networks Act of 2018 VA MISSION Act of 2018 (Sec. 2) This bill requires the Department of the Interior to provide outer burial receptacles for veterans' remains buried in a national cemetery administered by the National Park Service. (An outer burial receptacle is a container, such as a grave liner or a burial vault, that protects a casket in the ground and prevents the grave from sinking.) Interior may provide reimbursement (continued...)

  

Sponsored by: Sen. Richard Blumenthal Became Public Law No: 115-182. on 06/06/2018

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Cambodia Accountability and Return on Investment Act of 2018 [S.2412] [International ] [Human Rights ]
Cambodia Accountability and Return on Investment Act of 2018

  

Sponsored by: Sen. Edward Markey Read Twice And Referred To The Committee On Foreign Relations. on 02/08/2018

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A resolution calling upon the President to exercise relevant mandatory sanctions authorities under the Countering America's Adversaries Through Sanctions Act in response to the Government of the Russian Federation's continued aggression in Ukraine and illegal occupation of Crimea and assault on democratic institutions around the world, including through cyber attacks. [SR-402] [Cybersecurity ] [International ] [National Security ] [Elections ]
A resolution calling upon the President to exercise relevant mandatory sanctions authorities under the Countering America's Adversaries Through Sanctions Act in response to the Government of the Russian Federation's continued aggression in Ukraine and illegal occupation of Crimea and assault on democratic institutions around the world, including through cyber attacks. Calls for: (1) the President, the Department of the Treasury, and the Department of State to impose sanctions with respect to activities of the Russian Federation undermining cybersecurity, (continued...)

  

Sponsored by: Sen. Cory Booker Referred To The Committee On Foreign Relations. (text Of Measure As Introduced: Cr S876-878) on 02/12/2018

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Stop Online Opioid Sales Act of 2018 [HB-5021] [Crime ] [Cybersecurity ] [Healthcare ] [Overdose Prevention ] [Pharmaceuticals ] [Public Health ] [Public Safety ]
Stop Online Opioid Sales Act of 2018

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Sean Maloney Referred To The Subcommittee On Crime, Terrorism, Homeland Security, And Investigations. on 03/08/2018

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Measuring the Economic Impact of Broadband Act of 2018 [HB-5093] [Telecommunications ] [Technology and Innovation ] [Economic Development ] [Labor, Jobs, Employment ] [Small Business ] [Agriculture ] [Education ] [Healthcare ] [Community Development ]
Measuring the Economic Impact of Broadband Act of 2018 This bill requires the Bureau of Economic Analysis (BEA) of the Department of Commerce to assess, and submit a report regarding, the effects on the U.S. economy of the deployment and adoption of broadband Internet Protocol-based transmission services that enable users to send and receive voice, video, data, or graphics. In conducting the assessment, the BEA must: (1) consider employment, job creation, business headcount, online commerce, income, education and distance learning, telehealth, telework, (continued...)

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Ryan Costello Referred To The Subcommittee On Communications And Technology. on 03/02/2018

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