STOP School Violence Act of 2018 Student, Teachers, and Officers Preventing School Violence Act of 2018 [HB-4909]
[Crime ]
[Education ]
[Public Safety ]
[Children and Youth ]
STOP School Violence Act of 2018 Student, Teachers, and Officers Preventing School Violence Act of 2018 This bill amends the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 to revise and reauthorize through FY2028 the Secure Our Schools grant program. This grant program provides grants to states, local governments, and Indian tribes to improve security, including the placement and use of metal detectors and other deterrent measures, at schools and on school grounds.
HB-4909: STOP School Violence Act of 2018 Student, Teachers, and Officers Preventing School Violence Act of 2018
Sponsored by: Rep. Steve Scalise
Received In The Senate And Read Twice And Referred To The Committee On The Judiciary. on 03/15/2018
Endangered Fish Recovery Programs Extension Act of 2017 [HB-4465]
[Environmental ]
[Water ]
[Public Lands and National Parks ]
[Energy ]
[Funding ]
[Science ]
Endangered Fish Recovery Programs Extension Act of 2017 (Sec. 2) This bill extends through FY2023 the authority of the Department of the Interior to use power revenues collected pursuant to the Colorado River Storage Project Act for annual base funding of endangered fish recovery implementation programs for the Upper Colorado and San Juan River Basins. (Sec. 3) Additionally, Interior must submit to Congress a report that describes the accomplishments and costs of the recovery implementation programs.
HB-4465: Endangered Fish Recovery Programs Extension Act of 2017
Sponsored by: Rep. Jared Polis
Received In The Senate And Read Twice And Referred To The Committee On Energy And Natural Resources. on 03/14/2018
Advancing Conservation and Education Act [HB-4257]
[Public Lands and National Parks ]
[Environmental ]
[Water ]
[Energy ]
[Mining ]
[Agriculture ]
Advancing Conservation and Education Act This bill allows the states of Alaska, Arizona, California, Colorado, Idaho, Montana, New Mexico, North Dakota, Oregon, South Dakota, Utah, Washington, or Wyoming (western states) to relinquish state land grant parcels wholly or primarily within eligible areas and select, in exchange, public land within the state. The bill defines "eligible areas" as lands within the outer boundaries of units or components of the National Park, National Wilderness Preservation, National Wildlife Refuge, or National Landscape
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HB-4257: Advancing Conservation and Education Act
Sponsored by: Rep. Jared Polis
Received In The Senate And Read Twice And Referred To The Committee On Energy And Natural Resources. on 06/26/2018
Strengthening Protections for Social Security Beneficiaries Act of 2018 [HB-4547]
[Social Security ]
[Senior Citizens ]
[Children and Youth ]
[Human Services ]
[Funding ]
[Grants ]
Strengthening Protections for Social Security Beneficiaries Act of 2018 TITLE I--STRENGTHENING OVERSIGHT AND BENEFICIARY PROTECTION (Sec. 101) This bill requires the Social Security Administration (SSA) to make annual grants to each state's protection and advocacy system for the purpose of conducting reviews of representative payees under the Supplemental Security Income (SSI) program and the Old Age, Survivors, and Disability Insurance (OASDI) program. The SSA must also conduct periodic onsite reviews of individual and organizational payees. (Sec.
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HB-4547: Strengthening Protections for Social Security Beneficiaries Act of 2018
Sponsored by: Rep. David Valadao
Signed By President. on 04/13/2018
Taiwan Travel Act [HB-535]
[International ]
[Trade ]
[Human Rights ]
[National Security ]
Taiwan Travel Act (Sec. 3) This bill expresses the sense of Congress that the U.S. government should encourage visits between U.S. and Taiwanese officials at all levels. The bill states that it should be U.S. policy to: (1) allow U.S. officials at all levels to travel to Taiwan to meet their Taiwanese counterparts; (2) permit high-level Taiwanese officials to enter the United States under respectful conditions and to meet with U.S. officials, including officials from the Departments of State and Defense; and (3) encourage the Taipei Economic and
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HB-535: Taiwan Travel Act
Sponsored by: Rep. Alexander Mooney
Became Public Law No: 115-135. (txt | Pdf) on 03/16/2018
SITSA Act Stop the Importation and Trafficking of Synthetic Analogues Act of 2017 [HB-2851]
[Crime ]
[Pharmaceuticals ]
[Public Health ]
[Public Safety ]
[Healthcare ]
SITSA Act Stop the Importation and Trafficking of Synthetic Analogues Act of 2017 This bill amends the Controlled Substances Act to establish a new, sixth schedule of controlled substances—schedule A. A drug or substance in schedule A has a chemical structure that is similar to, and an effect on the body that is similar to or greater than, a controlled substance in schedule I, II, III, IV, or V. The bill adds 13 synthetic fentanyl-related substances to schedule A. It also authorizes, and establishes procedures for, the Drug Enforcement Administration
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HB-2851: SITSA Act Stop the Importation and Trafficking of Synthetic Analogues Act of 2017
Sponsored by: Rep. Alexander Mooney
Received In The Senate And Read Twice And Referred To The Committee On The Judiciary. on 06/18/2018
Water and Agriculture Tax Reform Act of 2018 [HB-519]
[Agriculture ]
[Taxes ]
[Water ]
Water and Agriculture Tax Reform Act of 2018 This bill amends the Internal Revenue Code to permit tax-exempt mutual ditch or irrigation companies to earn income from dispositions of certain real property and stock interests without affecting their tax-exempt status, but requires that such income be used to pay the costs of operations, maintenance, and capital improvements of such a company. The bill also establishes a rule regarding the organizational governance of mutual ditch or irrigation companies. Where state law provides that such a company
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HB-519: Water and Agriculture Tax Reform Act of 2018
Sponsored by: Rep. Dan Newhouse
Received In The Senate And Read Twice And Referred To The Committee On Finance. on 07/25/2018
Allowing Greater Access to Safe and Effective Contraception Act [HB-421]
[Healthcare ]
[Reproductive Rights ]
[Pharmaceuticals ]
[Insurance ]
[Medicare and Medicaid ]
[Public Health ]
[Children and Youth ]
Allowing Greater Access to Safe and Effective Contraception Act This bill requires the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to prioritize review of supplemental drug applications (applications to modify the approved use of a drug) for contraceptive drugs intended for routine use that would be available to individuals aged 18 and older without a prescription. The FDA must waive user fees for such supplemental drug applications. Any drug that is eligible for this priority review must be a prescription drug for individuals under age 18. This bill repeals
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HB-421: Allowing Greater Access to Safe and Effective Contraception Act
Sponsored by: Rep. Barbara Comstock
Referred To The Subcommittee On Health. on 01/26/2017
Full Count Act of 2018 [HB-5303]
[Elections ]
[Human Rights ]
[International ]
Full Count Act of 2018 This bill requires the Department of Commerce, beginning with the 2030 decennial census, to take appropriate measures to ensure that all Americans residing abroad on the census date are fully and accurately counted, and are properly attributed to their respective states and appropriate units of local government. Such measures shall include: use of the administrative records of a nongovernmental organization to enumerate members of such organization who are residing overseas as of the census date, completion of an international
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HB-5303: Full Count Act of 2018
Sponsored by: Rep. Chris Stewart
Introduced In House on 03/15/2018
HB-4966: To make continuing appropriations for pay for certain training for members of the National Guard and of the reserve components of the Armed Forces in the event of a shutdown of the Federal Government, to prohibit the furlough of such members during such a shutdown, and for other purposes.
Sponsored by: Rep. Trent Kelly
Referred To The Subcommittee On Military Personnel. on 02/08/2018
You have voted HB-4966: To make continuing appropriations for pay for certain training for members of the National Guard and of the reserve components of the Armed Forces in the event of a shutdown of the Federal Government, to prohibit the furlough of such members during such a shutdown, and for other purposes..