US Congress House Bill 4782 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 22-0)
Status: Introduced on January 11 2018 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2018-05-22 - Referred to the Subcommittee on Energy.
Pending: House Subcommittee on Energy Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

Puerto Rico and Virgin Islands Equitable Rebuild Act of 2018 This bill provides for additional disaster-recovery assistance and other assistance to Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands with respect to infrastructure, health care, agriculture, education, economic development, and environmental remediation, among other sectors. Specifically, regarding both territories, the bill: provides for the use of certain emergency assistance to rebuild electric grids; establishes grant programs to promote energy efficiency and renewable energy; subject to oversight requirements, increases funding for transportation infrastructure, telecommunications systems, housing, and community development; increases funding for Medicaid and Medicare; temporarily increases social-services block-grant allotments; increases funding for, and otherwise revises, rural and agricultural programs; increases funding for the Department of Veterans Affairs; provides for aid to the Head Start program, elementary and secondary education programs, and higher education programs; increases funding for training and employment services; modifies provisions concerning unemployment assistance, taxation, and federal permitting; increases funding for economic and community development programs; increases funding for environmental remediation; requires the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) to submit to Congress a disaster-relief plan; and otherwise modifies provisions related to emergency funding and disaster-recovery assistance. In addition, the bill: extends Medicaid waiver authority to all territories, provides for Medicaid disproportionate share hospital allotments to the territories, and otherwise revises the Medicaid and Medicare programs with respect to the territories; provides for health-insurance coverage for individuals residing in territories without health exchanges; extends participation in the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program and the Supplemental Security Income Program to all territories; modifies provisions concerning the earned-income tax credit and the child tax credit with respect to the territories; and modifies provisions concerning the application of certain workers' protections in Puerto Rico.

Puerto Rico and Virgin Islands Equitable Rebuild Act of 2018

Rep. Stacey Plaskett [D-VI]	Rep. Nydia Velazquez [D-NY]	Rep. Joseph Crowley [D-NY]	Rep. Darren Soto [D-FL]
Rep. Barbara Lee [D-CA]	Rep. Frederica Wilson [D-FL]	Rep. Gwen Moore [D-WI]	Rep. Val Demings [D-FL]
Rep. Madeleine Bordallo [D-GU]	Rep. Janice Schakowsky [D-IL]	Rep. Gregory Meeks [D-NY]	Rep. Alcee Hastings [D-FL]
Rep. Adriano Espaillat [D-NY]	Sen. Peter Welch [D-VT]	Rep. Mark Pocan [D-WI]	Rep. Jamie Raskin [D-MD]
Sen. Ben Lujan [D-NM]	Rep. Hakeem Jeffries [D-NY]	Rep. Luis Gutierrez [D-IL]	Rep. James McGovern [D-MA]
Rep. John Lewis [D-GA]	Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz [D-FL]

Date	Chamber	Action
2018-05-22	House	Referred to the Subcommittee on Energy.
2018-01-16	House	Referred to the Subcommittee on Indian, Insular and Alaska Native Affairs.
2018-01-16	House	Referred to the Subcommittee on Federal Lands.
2018-01-12	House	Referred to the Subcommittee on Water Resources and Environment.
2018-01-12	House	Referred to the Subcommittee on Railroads, Pipelines, and Hazardous Materials.
2018-01-12	House	Referred to the Subcommittee on Highways and Transit.
2018-01-12	House	Referred to the Subcommittee on Economic Development, Public Buildings and Emergency Management.
2018-01-12	House	Referred to the Subcommittee on Aviation.
2018-01-11	House	Referred to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, and in addition to the Committees on Energy and Commerce, Financial Services, Agriculture, Ways and Means, Natural Resources, Education and the Workforce, the Budget, and Science, Space, and Technology, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
2018-01-11	House	Referred to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, and in addition to the Committees on Energy and Commerce, Financial Services, Agriculture, Ways and Means, Natural Resources, Education and the Workforce, the Budget, and Science, Space, and Technology, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
2018-01-11	House	Referred to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, and in addition to the Committees on Energy and Commerce, Financial Services, Agriculture, Ways and Means, Natural Resources, Education and the Workforce, the Budget, and Science, Space, and Technology, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
2018-01-11	House	Referred to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, and in addition to the Committees on Energy and Commerce, Financial Services, Agriculture, Ways and Means, Natural Resources, Education and the Workforce, the Budget, and Science, Space, and Technology, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
2018-01-11	House	Referred to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, and in addition to the Committees on Energy and Commerce, Financial Services, Agriculture, Ways and Means, Natural Resources, Education and the Workforce, the Budget, and Science, Space, and Technology, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
2018-01-11	House	Referred to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, and in addition to the Committees on Energy and Commerce, Financial Services, Agriculture, Ways and Means, Natural Resources, Education and the Workforce, the Budget, and Science, Space, and Technology, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
2018-01-11	House	Referred to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, and in addition to the Committees on Energy and Commerce, Financial Services, Agriculture, Ways and Means, Natural Resources, Education and the Workforce, the Budget, and Science, Space, and Technology, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
2018-01-11	House	Referred to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, and in addition to the Committees on Energy and Commerce, Financial Services, Agriculture, Ways and Means, Natural Resources, Education and the Workforce, the Budget, and Science, Space, and Technology, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
2018-01-11	House	Referred to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, and in addition to the Committees on Energy and Commerce, Financial Services, Agriculture, Ways and Means, Natural Resources, Education and the Workforce, the Budget, and Science, Space, and Technology, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
2018-01-11	House	Introduced in House

HB185 (Related) 2017-01-03 - Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
HB186 (Related) 2017-01-03 - Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce.
HB261 (Related) 2017-01-25 - Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
HB2263 (Related) 2017-05-05 - Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
HB2404 (Related) 2017-05-22 - Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR H4418-4419)
HB2531 (Related) 2017-05-31 - Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
HB3226 (Related) 2017-07-25 - Referred to the Subcommittee on Human Resources.
HB4251 (Related) 2018-05-22 - Referred to the Subcommittee on Energy.
HB4307 (Related) 2017-11-08 - Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce.
SB2026 (Related) 2017-10-26 - Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
SB2041 (Related) 2017-10-31 - Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.
SB2165 (Related) 2017-11-28 - Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.congress.gov/bill/115th-congress/house-bill/4782/all-info
Text	https://www.congress.gov/115/bills/hr4782/BILLS-115hr4782ih.pdf