Thursday, December 20th
2 Postponed Suspensions
1) H.R. 6602 - To reauthorize the New Jersey Coastal Heritage Trail Route, and for other purposes (PDF)
Sponsor: Rep. Frank LoBiondo (R-NJ) | Natural Resources Committee
Topline Summary: This bill would reauthorize the co-management of the New Jersey Coastal Heritage Trail Route by NPS and New Jersey and extend authority for only technical assistance, signs and preparation of a revised strategic plan through 2025.
2) Concurring in the Senate Amendment to H.R. 2606 - Stigler Act Amendments of 2018 (PDF)
Sponsor: Rep. Tom Cole (R-OK) | Natural Resources Committee
Topline Summary: This bill amends the Stigler Act to revise qualifications that need to be met by a person who inherits land originally allotted to members of the Five Civilized Tribes of Oklahoma for that land to remain in restricted status (not subject to taxation and cannot be sold or transferred without permission of the Secretary of the Interior).
35 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 following bills before their expected consideration on the House Floor.
1) Concurring in the Senate Amendment to the House Amendment to S. 756 - First Step Act of 2018
Sponsor: Sen. Chuck Grassley | Judiciary Committee
2) House Amendment to S. 3661 - 75th Anniversary of World War II Commemoration Act
Sponsor: Sen. James Inhofe | Armed Services Committee
3) S. 2679 - Veterans Small Business Enhancement Act
Sponsor: Sen. Tammy Duckworth | Small Business Committee
4) H.R. 7227 - Taxpayer First Act of 2018, as amended
Sponsor: Rep. Lynn Jenkins | Ways and Means Committee
5) Concurring in the Senate Amendment to H.R. 4227 - Vehicular Terrorism Prevention Act of 2019
Sponsor: Rep. Bob Latta | Homeland Security Committee
6) S. 2652 - Stephen Michael Gleason Congressional Gold Medal Act
Sponsor: Sen. Bill Cassidy | Financial Services Committee
7) S. 2765 - RBIC Advisers Relief Act of 2018
Sponsor: Sen. John Kennedy | Financial Services Committee
8) Concurring in the Senate Amendment to H.R. 5509 - Innovations in Mentoring, Training, and Apprenticeships Act
Sponsor: Rep. Kevin McCarthy | Science, Space, and Technology Committee
9) S. 7 - NASA Enhanced Use Leasing Extension Act of 2018
Sponsor: Sen. Roger Wicker | Science, Space, and Technology Committee
10) S. 2200 - National Integrated Drought Information System Reauthorization Act of 2018
Sponsor: Sen. John Thune | Science, Space, and Technology Committee
11) H.R. 7328 - Pandemic and All-Hazards Preparedness and Advancing Innovation Act of 2018
Sponsor: Rep. Susan Brooks | Energy and Commerce Committee
12) Concurring in the Senate Amendment to H.R. 767 - SOAR to Health and Wellness Act of 2018
Sponsor: Rep. Steve Cohen | Energy and Commerce Committee
13) S. 2322 - Codifying Useful Regulatory Definitions Act
Sponsor: Sen. Ron Johnson | Energy and Commerce Committee
14) H.R. 6418 - VA Website Accessibility Act of 2018, as amended
Sponsor: Rep. Elizabeth Esty | Veterans Affairs Committee
15) S. 3444 - To designate the community-based outpatient clinic of the Department of Veterans Affairs in Lake Charles, Louisiana, as the Douglas Fournet Department of Veterans Affairs Clinic.
Sponsor: Sen. Bill Cassidy | Veterans Affairs Committee
16) S. 3777 - Forever GI Bill Housing Payment Fulfillment Act of 2018
Sponsor: Sen. John Boozman | Veterans Affairs Committee
17) 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 | Oversight and Government Reform Committee
18) S. 2276 - GAO-IG Act
Sponsor: Sen. Todd Young | Oversight and Government Reform Committee
19) S. 3031 - Federal Personal Property Management Act of 2018
Sponsor: Sen. Gary Peters | Oversight and Government Reform Committee
20) H.R. 3191 - No Cyber Cooperation with Russia Act
Sponsor: Rep. Brendan Boyle | Foreign Affairs Committee
21) H.Res. 1063 - Designating room H–226 of the United States Capitol as the "Lincoln Room"
Sponsor: Rep. Darin LaHood | Transportation and Infrastructure Committee
22) H.R. ____ - To make technical corrections to provisions of law enacted by the Frank LoBiondo Coast Guard Authorization Act of 2018, and for other purposes
Sponsor: Rep. Bill Shuster | Transportation and Infrastructure Committee
23) 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
Sponsor: Rep. Lou Barletta | Transportation and Infrastructure Committee
24) 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
Sponsor: Rep. Lou Barletta | Transportation and Infrastructure Committee
25) S. 3367 - Department of Transportation Reports Harmonization Act
Sponsor: Sen. John Thune | Transportation and Infrastructure Committee
26) H.R. 5075 - Ashanti Alert Act of 2018, as amended
Sponsor: Rep. Scott Taylor | Judiciary Committee
27) H.R. 7093 - Clean Up the Code Act of 2018
Sponsor: Rep. Steve Chabot | Judiciary Committee
28) S. 2896 - JACK Act
Sponsor: Sen. John Kennedy | Judiciary Committee
29) S. 2961 - Victims of Child Abuse Act Reauthorization Act of 2018
Sponsor: Sen. Roy Blunt | Judiciary Committee
30) S. 3461 - AMBER Alert Nationwide Act of 2018
Sponsor: Sen. Brian Schatz | Judiciary Committee
31) Concurring in the Senate Amendment to H.R. 2200 - Frederick Douglass Trafficking Victims Prevention and Protection Reauthorization Act of 2018
Sponsor: Rep. Christopher Smith | Foreign Affairs Committee
32) S. 1158 - Elie Wiesel Genocide and Atrocities Prevention Act of 2018
Sponsor: Sen. Ben Cardin | Foreign Affairs Committee
33) S. 1580 - Protecting Girls’ Access to Education in Vulnerable Settings Act
Sponsor: Sen. Marco Rubio | Foreign Affairs Committee
34) S. 1862 - Trafficking Victims Protection Reauthorization Act of 2017, as amended
Sponsor: Sen. Bob Corker | Foreign Affairs Committee
35) S. 3247 - Women’s Entrepreneurship and Economic Empowerment Act of 2018
Sponsor: Sen. John Boozman | Foreign Affairs Committee
2 Rule Bills
1) House Amendment to Senate Amendment to H.R. 88 - Retirement, Savings, and Other Tax Relief Act of 2018 and the Taxpayer First Act of 2018, Rules Committee Print (PDF)
Sponsor: Rep. Kevin Brady (R-TX) | Ways and Means Committee
Topline Summary: This bill delays several of the Affordable Care Act taxes, includes retirement and other savings enhancements, repeals the Johnson Amendment and the tax-exempt entity “parking” tax, includes provisions to redesign the Internal Revenue Service, and provides tax relief provisions for individuals and businesses affected by wildfires in California, Hurricanes Florence and Michael, typhoons and volcanoes in the Pacific, and severe storms in several states.
2) Concurring in the Senate Amendment to H.R. 695 - Further Additional Continuing Appropriations Act, 2019 (PDF)
Sponsor: Sen. Richard Shelby (R-AL) | Appropriations Committee
Topline Summary: This bill continues appropriations through February 8, 2019, for FY19 appropriations measures that have not yet been enacted (Agriculture, Commerce-Justice-Science, Financial Services, Homeland Security, Interior-Environment, State-Foreign Operations, Transportation-HUD).