Friday, December 21st
21 Suspensions
Given the limited advance notice regarding the consideration of the below suspensions, the RPC staff was unable to complete typical legislative digest summary documents for the majority of the following bills before their expected consideration on the House Floor.
1) H.Res. 1063 - Designating room H–226 of the United States Capitol as the "Lincoln Room"
Sponsor: Rep. Darin LaHood (R-IL) | Transportation and Infrastructure Committee
2) H.R. 7318 - To amend the Federal Assets Sale and Transfer Act of 2016 to ensure that the Public Buildings Reform Board has adequate time to carry out the responsibilities of the Board, and for other purposes (PDF)
Sponsored: Rep. Lou Barletta (R-PA) | Transportation and Infrastructure Committee
Topline Summary: This bill amends the Federal Assets Sale and Transfer Act of 2016 to provide additional time to implement the law and identify savings in real estate assets by aligning the timeline with the appointment of the Public Buildings Reform Board created in the Act.
3) H.R. 7319 - To amend the Federal Assets Sale and Transfer Act of 2016 to provide flexibility with respect to the leaseback of certain Federal real property, and for other purposes (PDF)
Sponsor: Rep. Lou Barletta (R-PA) | Transportation and Infrastructure Committee
Topline Summary: This bill amends the Federal Assets Sale and Transfer Act of 2016 to provide flexibility in certain circumstances for the use of limited leaseback arrangements only in cases where the tenant agency intends to move and the arrangement is necessary to facilitate the sale of a property and maximize the return to the taxpayer.
4) H.R. 7329 - To make technical corrections to provisions of law enacted by the Frank LoBiondo Coast Guard Authorization Act of 2018, and for other purposes (PDF)
Sponsor: Rep. Bill Shuster (R-PA) | Transportation and Infrastructure Committee
Topline Summary: This bill makes a handful of technical corrections to the text of P.L. 115-282; revises membership for a Coast Guard advisory committee; and extends a Coast Guard early retirement provision through 2019 to provide for parity with other military services.
5) S. 3367 - Department of Transportation Reports Harmonization Act
Sponsor: Sen. John Thune (R-SD) | Transportation and Infrastructure Committee
6) H.R. 7293 - To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 770 Ayrault Road in Fairport, New York, as the Louise and Bob Slaughter Post Office.
Sponsor: Rep. Joseph Morelle (D-NY) | Oversight and Government Reform Committee
7) Concurring in the Senate Amendment to H.R. 4174 - Foundations for Evidence-Based Policymaking Act of 2017
Sponsor: Rep. Paul Ryan (R-WI) | Oversight and Government Reform Committee
8) S. 2276 - GAO-IG Act
Sponsor: Sen. Todd Young (R-IN) | Oversight and Government Reform Committee
9) S. 3031 - Federal Personal Property Management Act of 2018
Sponsor: Sen. Gary Peters (D-MI) | Oversight and Government Reform Committee
10) S. 3191 - Civil Rights Cold Case Records Collection Act of 2018
Sponsor: Sen. Doug Jones (D-AL) | Oversight and Government Reform Committee
11) House Amendment to S. 3661 - 75th Anniversary of World War II Commemoration Act
Sponsor: Sen. James Inhofe (R-OK) | Armed Services Committee
12) Concurring in the Senate Amendment to H.R. 2200 - Frederick Douglass Trafficking Victims Prevention and Protection Reauthorization Act of 2018
Sponsor: Rep. Chris Smith (R-NJ) | Foreign Affairs Committee
13) S. 1023 - Tropical Forest Conservation Reauthorization Act of 2018
Sponsor: Sen. Rob Portman (R-OH) | Foreign Affairs Committee
14) S. 1158 - Elie Wiesel Genocide and Atrocities Prevention Act of 2018
Sponsor: Sen. Ben Cardin (D-MD) | Foreign Affairs Committee
15) S. 1580 - Protecting Girls’ Access to Education in Vulnerable Settings Act
Sponsor: Sen. Marco Rubio (R-FL) | Foreign Affairs Committee
16) S. 1862 - Trafficking Victims Protection Reauthorization Act of 2017, as amended
Sponsor: Sen. Bob Corker (R-TN) | Foreign Affairs Committee
17) S. 3247 - Women’s Entrepreneurship and Economic Empowerment Act of 2018
Sponsor: Sen. John Boozman (R-AR) | Foreign Affairs Committee
18) S. 512 - Nuclear Energy Innovation and Modernization Act
Sponsor: Sen. John Barrasso (R-WY) | Energy and Commerce Committee
19) S. 1934 - Alaska Remote Generator Reliability and Protection Act
Sponsor: Sen. Dan Sullivan (R-AK) | Energy and Commerce Committee
20) Concurring in the Senate Amendment to H.R. 6287 - 9/11 Memorial Act
Sponsor: Rep. Tom MacArthur (R-NJ) | Natural Resources Committee
21) S. 3456 - To redesignate Hobe Sound National Wildlife Refuge as the Nathaniel P. Reed Hobe Sound National Wildlife Refuge, and for other purposes
Sponsor: Sen. Bill Nelson (D-FL) | Natural Resources Committee
Additional Legislative Items are Possible