Republican Policy Committee

Week of December 17 On the Floor this Week: 12 Suspensions & 1 Rule Bill (PDF) Monday, December 17th On Monday, no votes are expected in the House. Tuesday, December 18th On Tuesday, no votes are expected in the House. Wednesday, December 19th On Wednesday, the House will meet at 12:00 p.m. for morning hour and 2:00 p.m. for legislative business. Votes will be postponed until 6:30 p.m. 12 Suspensions 1) Concurring in the Senate Amendment to H.R. 1222 - Congenital Heart Futures Reauthorization Act of 2017 (PDF) Sponsor: Rep. Gus Bilirakis (R-FL) | Energy and Commerce Committee Topline Summary: This bill would direct the Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS), through the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), to enhance surveillance capabilities to track the epidemiology of congenital heart disease (CHD) and to provide grants to study the epidemiology of CHD across the lifespan. 2) Concurring in the Senate Amendment to H.R. 6615 - Traumatic Brain Injury Program Reauthorization Act of 2018 (PDF) Sponsor: Rep. Bill Pascrell (D-NJ) | Energy and Commerce Committee Topline Summary: This bill would reauthorize the Traumatic Brain Injury program, including grants to states through the Administration for Community Living and data collection and analysis through the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. 3) S. 2076 - BOLD Infrastructure for Alzheimer’s Act (PDF) Sponsor: Sen. Susan Collins (R-ME) | Energy and Commerce Committee Topline Summary:This bill would authorize grants to support public health awareness and evidence-based practices related to Alzheimer’s disease and related dementia. 4) S. 2278 - State Offices of Rural Health Reauthorization Act of 2018 (PDF) Sponsor: Sen. Pat Roberts (R-KS) | Energy and Commerce Committee Topline Summary: This bill would reauthorize a program to provide $12.5 million annually through fiscal year 2022 in grants to state offices of rural health. 5) H.R. 7279 - Water Infrastructure Improvement Act (PDF) Sponsor: Rep. Bob Gibbs (R-OH) | Transportation and Infrastructure Committee Topline Summary: This bill amends the Clean Water Act (CWA) to provide for an integrated planning process under the Act. 6) H.R. ____ - SECURE Technology Act (PDF) Sponsor: Rep. Will Hurd (R-TX) | Homeland Security Committee Topline Summary:This bill would establish a vulnerability disclosure policy and bug bounty program within the Department of Homeland Security. It also streamlines bureaucratic inefficiencies in pay and benefits for border patrol agents by fixing technicalities in the Border Patrol Agent Pay Reform Act.  7) Concurring in the Senate Amendment to H.R. 6227 - National Quantum Initiative Act (PDF) Sponsor: Rep. Lamar Smith (R-TX) | Science, Space, and Technology Committee Topline Summary: This bill provides for a coordinated Federal program to accelerate quantum research and development for the economic and national security of the United States. 8) 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.  9) 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).  10) H.R. 6652 - To direct the Secretary of the Interior to convey certain facilities, easements, and rights-of-way to the Kennewick Irrigation District, and for other purposes (PDF) Sponsor: Rep. Dan Newhouse (R-WA) | Natural Resources Committee Topline Summary: This bill requires the Secretary of the Interior to enter into an agreement with the Kennewick Irrigation District to determine the legal, institutional, and financial terms related to the conveyance of certain canals, laterals, and appurtenant works and lands of the Kennewick Division of the Yakima Project constructed by the Bureau of Reclamation.  11) S. 1520 - Modernizing Recreational Fisheries Management Act of 2018 (PDF) Sponsor: Sen. Roger Wicker (R-MS) | Natural Resources Committee Topline Summary: This bill allow the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) to make grants to states to improve their registration practices for recreational fishing.  12) S. 3530 - Museum and Library Services Act of 2018 (PDF) Sponsor: Sen. Jack Reed (D-RI) | Education and the Workforce Committee  Topline Summary: This bill reauthorizes the Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS) and the programs that fall under the MLSA through FY 2025 and authorizes level funding for the six years of the bill equal to the amounts in current law. Tuesday, December 20th and The Balance of the Week 1 Rule Bill  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. Marsha Blackburn (R-TN) | Natural Resources 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.   Possible Consideration of S. 756, First Step Act Possible Consideration of Legislation Making Further Appropriations for FY 19 Additional Legislative Items are Possible