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Agriculture and Nutrition Act of 2018 [HB-2] [Agriculture ] [Food ] [Trade ] [Energy ] [Environmental ] [Public Lands and National Parks ] [Small Business ] [Funding ] [Grants ] [Native American Affairs ]
Agriculture and Nutrition Act of 2018 This bill (commonly known as the farm bill) reauthorizes through FY2023 and modifies Department of Agriculture (USDA) programs that address: commodity support, conservation, trade and international food aid, nutrition assistance, farm credit, rural development, research and extension activities, forestry, energy, horticulture, and crop insurance. The bill modifies agriculture and nutrition policies to: require farmers to make a new election to obtain either Price Loss Coverage or Agricultural Risk Coverage for (continued...)

  

Sponsored by: Rep. K. Michael Conaway Signed By President. on 12/20/2018

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Spending Cuts to Expired and Unnecessary Programs Act [HB-3] [Budget and Spending ] [Agriculture ] [Energy ] [Healthcare ] [Housing ] [Labor, Jobs, Employment ] [Transportation and Motor Vehicles ] [Funding ]
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Programs Act This bill rescinds approximately $15 billion in budget authority over 2018-2028 that was proposed to be rescinded by the President under procedures included in the Impoundment Control Act of 1974.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 (continued...)

  

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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Mental Health Access Improvement Act of 2017 [HB-3032] [Healthcare ] [Medicare and Medicaid ] [Mental Health ] [Social Security ]
Mental Health Access Improvement Act of 2017 This bill amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act to: (1) cover marriage and family therapist services and mental health counselor services under Medicare, (2) exclude such services from the skilled nursing facility prospective payment system, and (3) authorize marriage and family therapists and mental health counselors to develop discharge plans for post-hospital services.

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Sean Maloney Referred To The Subcommittee On Health. on 07/05/2017

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Federal Aviation Administration Reauthorization Act of 2017 [S.1405] [Transportation and Motor Vehicles ] [Aerospace ] [Technology and Innovation ] [Public Safety ] [Cybersecurity ] [Drones ] [National Security ]
Federal Aviation Administration Reauthorization Act of 2017 This bill reauthorizes through FY2021 the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) and specified FAA programs. The bill revises requirements for the airport improvement program and pilot program for passenger facility charges at nonhub airports. Forward Looking Investment in General Aviation, Hangars, and Tarmacs Act of 2017 or the FLIGHT Act of 2017 The Department of Transportation (DOT) shall implement an expedited and coordinated environmental review process for general aviation airport (continued...)

  

Sponsored by: Sen. Bill Nelson Committee On Commerce, Science, And Transportation. Reported By Senator Thune With An Amendment In The Nature Of A Substitute. With Written Report No. 115-243. Supplemental Views Filed. on 05/09/2018

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21st Century AIRR Act 21st Century Aviation Innovation, Reform, and Reauthorization Act [HB-2997] [Transportation and Motor Vehicles ] [Aerospace ] [Air Quality ] [Technology and Innovation ] [Cybersecurity ] [Drones ] [Consumer Protection ] [Infrastructure ] [National Security ]
21st Century AIRR Act 21st Century Aviation Innovation, Reform, and Reauthorization Act This bill reauthorizes and modifies Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) programs. It also establishes the American Air Navigation Services Corporation as a federally chartered, not-for-profit corporation to assume operational control of FAA air traffic services on October 1, 2020. The bill revises requirements for the pilot program for passenger facility charges at nonhub airports and the airport improvement program. The bill extends the authorization for airport (continued...)

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Andy Biggs Reported (amended) By The Committee On Transportation And Infrastructure. H. Rept. 115-296. on 09/06/2017

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Brownfields Enhancement, Economic Redevelopment, and Reauthorization Act of 2017 [HB-3017] [Environmental ] [Economic Development ] [Community Development ] [Energy ] [Funding ] [Grants ] [Small Business ] [Waste Management / Recycling ] [Water ] [Real Estate ]
Brownfields Enhancement, Economic Redevelopment, and Reauthorization Act of 2017 (Sec. 2) This bill modifies the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980 (CERCLA) to specify if a state or local government takes title to a brownfield site as a result of law enforcement activity, that government is not an owner or operator for the purposes of CERCLA. (Brownfields are certain commercial properties that are hindered from reuse or redevelopment due to the presence of a hazardous substance, pollutant, or contaminant.) (continued...)

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Elizabeth Esty Received In The Senate. on 12/01/2017

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Resilient Federal Forests Act of 2017 [HB-2936] [Environmental ] [Public Lands and National Parks ] [Energy ] [Water ] [Disaster Relief ] [Agriculture ] [Climate Change ]
Resilient Federal Forests Act of 2017 This bill shall apply whenever the Department concerned, either the Department of Agriculture for National Forest System (NFS) lands or the Department of the Interior for public lands, prepares an environmental assessment or an environmental impact statement pursuant to the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 (NEPA) for specified forest management activities, including those that: will occur on lands identified as suitable for timber production; or will occur on a landscape-scale area designated by the (continued...)

  

Sponsored by: Rep. David Valadao Received In The Senate And Read Twice And Referred To The Committee On Agriculture, Nutrition, And Forestry. on 11/02/2017

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Save Rural Hospitals Act [HB-2957] [Healthcare ] [Medicare and Medicaid ] [Budget and Spending ] [Funding ] [Grants ] [Social Security ] [Public Health ]
Save Rural Hospitals Act This bill amends titles XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act (SSAct) to increase payments to, and modify various requirements regarding, rural health care providers under the Medicare program. Among other provisions, the bill: (1) reverses cuts to reimbursement of bad debt for critical access hospitals (CAHs) and rural hospitals, as well as alters certain requirements with regard to CAHs; (2) extends payment levels for low-volume hospitals and Medicare-dependent hospitals (MDHs); (3) reinstates revised diagnosis-related (continued...)

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Steve Russell Referred To The Subcommittee On Health. on 07/11/2017

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Sustainable, Affordable, Fair, and Efficient (SAFE) National Flood Insurance Program Reauthorization Act of 2017 [S.1368] [Insurance ] [Disaster Relief ] [Housing ] [Real Estate ] [Budget and Spending ] [Funding ]
Sustainable, Affordable, Fair, and Efficient (SAFE) National Flood Insurance Program Reauthorization Act of 2017 This bill amends the National Flood Insurance Act of 1968 to extend through FY2023 the National Flood Insurance Program (NFIP). NFIP policy coverage limits for residential and nonresidential buildings are increased. NFIP premiums, surcharges, and fees may not be increased by more than 10% each year. The Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) must provide: (1) loans for mitigation projects, and (2) other financial assistance to qualified (continued...)

  

Sponsored by: Sen. Jack Reed Read Twice And Referred To The Committee On Banking, Housing, And Urban Affairs. on 06/15/2017

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PREPARE Act Promoting Resilience and Efficiency in Preparing for Attacks and Responding to Emergencies Act [HB-2922] [Cybersecurity ] [Public Safety ] [Technology and Innovation ] [Funding ] [Grants ] [National Security ] [Disaster Relief ] [Public Health ] [Healthcare ] [Law Enforcement ]
PREPARE Act Promoting Resilience and Efficiency in Preparing for Attacks and Responding to Emergencies Act This bill revises programs and activities of the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), the Office of Emergency Communications of the Department of Homeland Security (DHS), and the Office of Health Affairs of DHS. Specifically, the bill amends the Homeland Security Act of 2002 to: revise requirements for and reauthorize the Urban Area Security Initiative, require states receiving homeland security grants to submit to FEMA certain threat (continued...)

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Peter King Referred To The Subcommittee On Emergency Preparedness, Response And Communications. on 06/28/2017

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Rural Reasonable and Comparable Wireless Access Act of 2017 [HB-2903] [Telecommunications ] [Technology and Innovation ] [Infrastructure ] [Small Business ] [Economic Development ]
Rural Reasonable and Comparable Wireless Access Act of 2017 This bill directs the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) to develop regulations that would establish a national standard for determining whether mobile service, mobile data service, and broadband service in rural areas are reasonably comparable to the services provided in urban areas. The FCC shall gather data about the average signal strengths and speeds of mobile services and the average speeds of broadband Internet services from the 20 most-populated urban areas. The services provided (continued...)

  

Sponsored by: Rep. H. Morgan Griffith Referred To The Subcommittee On Communications And Technology. on 06/16/2017

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RAC Reform Act of 2017 [HB-2898] [Public Lands and National Parks ] [Agriculture ] [Budget and Spending ] [Community Development ]
RAC Reform Act of 2017 This bill amends the Secure Rural Schools and Community Self-Determination Act of 2000 to change the official who shall establish, maintain, and appoint the members of resource advisory committees from: (1) the Secretary of Agriculture to the the applicable Regional Forester for land within the National Forest System; and (2) the Secretary of the Interior to the applicable Bureau of Land Management State Director for such portions of the revested Oregon and California Railroad and reconveyed Coos Bay Wagon Road grant land (continued...)

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Raul Grijalva Referred To The Subcommittee On Conservation And Forestry. on 07/11/2017

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Medicare Access to Rural Anesthesiology Act of 2017 [HB-2881] [Healthcare ] [Medicare and Medicaid ] [Public Health ]
Medicare Access to Rural Anesthesiology Act of 2017 This bill requires the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) to provide Medicare payment on a reasonable-cost basis for anesthesia services furnished by an anesthesiologist in a rural hospital. Specifically, the CMS shall provide payment for such services in the same manner as payment is provided under current law for services furnished in a rural hospital by a certified registered nurse anesthetist.

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Andy Harris Referred To The Subcommittee On Health. on 06/21/2017

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DHS Authorization Act Department of Homeland Security Authorization Act [HB-2825] [Cybersecurity ] [Technology and Innovation ] [National Security ] [Budget and Spending ] [Data Privacy ] [Science ] [Law Enforcement ] [Telecommunications ] [Small Business ] [Funding ] [Grants ] [Public Safety ] [Elections ] [Infrastructure ] [Artificial Intelligence ] [Crime ]
DHS Authorization Act Department of Homeland Security Authorization Act DIVISION A--HOMELAND SECURITY TITLE I--DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY HEADQUARTERS Department of Homeland Security Authorization Act for Fiscal Years 2018 and 2019 Subtitle A--Headquarters Operations (Sec. 1101) This bill amends the Homeland Security Act of 2002 (HSA) to define "homeland security enterprise" as any relevant governmental or nongovernmental entity involved in homeland security, including a federal, state, or local government official, private sector representative, (continued...)

  

Sponsored by: Sen. Martha McSally By Senator Johnson From Committee On Homeland Security And Governmental Affairs Filed Written Report. Report No. 115-351. on 11/13/2018

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Resident Physician Shortage Reduction Act of 2017 [S.1301] [Healthcare ]
Resident Physician Shortage Reduction Act of 2017

  

Sponsored by: Sen. Richard Blumenthal Read Twice And Referred To The Committee On Finance. on 06/07/2017

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CBP HiRe Act U.S. Customs and Border Protection Hiring and Retention Act of 2017 [S.1305] [Immigration ] [Labor, Jobs, Employment ] [National Security ] [Law Enforcement ] [Public Safety ]
CBP HiRe Act U.S. Customs and Border Protection Hiring and Retention Act of 2017 (Sec. 2) This bill provides hiring and compensation flexibilities to support the recruitment, relocation, and retention of U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) employees in rural or remote areas. Specifically, if the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) determines there is a critical hiring need and a direct relationship between the rural or remote nature of an area and the difficulty recruiting and retaining CBP employees in that area, then it may exercise direct (continued...)

  

Sponsored by: Sen. Jeff Flake Received In The House. on 10/12/2018

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Affirming the need to achieve environmental justice, commending the work of environmental justice advocates, and for other purposes. [HR-362] [Environmental ] [Air Quality ] [Water ] [Public Health ] [Race and Civil Rights ] [Human Rights ]
Affirming the need to achieve environmental justice, commending the work of environmental justice advocates, and for other purposes. Reaffirms the importance of clean air, clean water, resource conservation, and other policy goals that led to the enactment of existing environmental and public health protections. Affirms the need to achieve environmental justice so that environmental and public health policies adequately and equally protect all Americans. Commends environmental justice advocates for their work to achieve fairer, healthier, more sustainable (continued...)

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Alcee Hastings Referred To The Subcommittee On Environment. on 05/26/2017

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SOS Act of 2017 Save Our Seas Act of 2017 [HB-2748] [Environmental ] [Trade ] [Water ] [Waste Management / Recycling ] [International ] [Transportation and Motor Vehicles ]
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 (continued...)

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Barbara Lee Referred To The Subcommittee On Water, Power And Oceans. on 06/12/2017

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Medicaid Coverage for Addiction Recovery Expansion Act [HB-2687] [Healthcare ] [Medicare and Medicaid ] [Public Health ] [Mental Health ] [Overdose Prevention ] [Human Services ] [Children and Youth ] [Funding ] [Grants ]
Medicaid Coverage for Addiction Recovery Expansion Act This bill amends title XIX (Medicaid) of the Social Security Act to allow states to provide medical assistance to adults for residential addiction treatment facility services under the Medicaid program if such services are offered as part of a full continuum of evidence-based treatment services. "Residential addiction treatment facility services" are medically necessary inpatient services provided in an accredited, size-limited facility for the purpose of treating a substance use disorder within (continued...)

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Sean Maloney Referred To The Subcommittee On Health. on 05/26/2017

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Advancing Career Pathways Innovation Act [S.1245] [Education ] [Labor, Jobs, Employment ] [Small Business ] [Native American Affairs ] [Grants ] [Funding ] [Economic Development ]
Advancing Career Pathways Innovation Act This bill requires the Department of Education (ED) to establish a career pathways innovation grant program to award competitive three-year grants to eligible agencies (a local educational agency, or consortium thereof, or a school operated or funded by the Bureau of Indian Education) for the purpose of addressing the specialized skill needs of business and industry by carrying out career pathways programs, featuring school partnerships, that support career pathways at the secondary school level or career (continued...)

  

Sponsored by: Sen. Al Franken Read Twice And Referred To The Committee On Health, Education, Labor, And Pensions. on 05/25/2017

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