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| 3.11.18

School Safety Grants & Banking Regulations — This Week in Congress

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This week the House will take up its first school safety bill in the wake of the Parkland, FL shooting, while both chambers will consider bills to ease the regulatory burden on community banks.

The Senate will take a procedural vote Monday to amend its banking reform bill before moving on to a passage vote later in the week. The rest of its agenda for the week is yet to be announced.

The House will convene Tuesday to consider six bills under the fast-track suspension of the rules process, before taking up legislation to reauthorize and increase school safety grants and require banking regulators to tailor their rules for smaller banks on Wednesday. It will spend the rest of its week considering additional reforms to financial regulations.

Check here throughout the week to see the vote results and updates to the schedule.

Schedule subject to change. All times Eastern.

House

Monday

  • No votes are expected.

Tuesday after 12pm (all suspensions)

  • H.R. 5247: Trickett Wendler, Frank Mongiello, Jordan McLinn, and Matthew Bellina Right to Try Act of 2018 Failed 259-140 (2/3 required).

  • H.R. 4465: Endangered Fish Recovery Programs Extension Act of 2017 Passed 392-6.

  • H.R. 1800: To direct the Secretary of Agriculture to transfer certain Federal land to facilitate scientific research supporting Federal space and defense programs, as amended Passed by voice vote.

  • H.R. 3469: To designate the bridge located in Blount County, Tennessee, on the Foothills Parkway (commonly known as Bridge 2) as the "Dean Stone Bridge" Passed by voice vote.

  • H.R. 4266: Acadia National Park Boundary Clarification Act, as amended Passed by voice vote.

  • H.R. 1350: To modify the boundary of Voyageurs National Park in the State of Minnesota, and for other purposes Passed by voice vote.

  • S. 324: State Veterans Home Adult Day Health Care Improvement Act of 2017 Passed by voice vote.

Wednesday after 12pm

  • H.R. 1116: TAILOR Act of 2017 Passed 247-169.

  • H.R. 4909: STOP School Violence Act of 2018 Passed 407-10.

  • H.R. 506: Preventing Crimes Against Veterans Act of 2017, as amended Passed by voice vote.

  • H.R. 3996: Protecting Access to Courts for Taxpayers Act Passed by voice vote.

  • H.R. 3249: Project Safe Neighborhoods Grant Program Authorization Act of 2017, as amended Passed by voice vote.

Thursday after 12pm or Friday between 9am and 3pm

  • H.R. 4545: Financial Institutions Examination Fairness and Reform Act Passed 283-133.

  • H.R. 4263: Regulation A+ Improvement Act of 2017 Passed 246-170.

Additional legislative items may be considered, including:

  • H.R. 4293: Stress Test Improvement Act of 2017

  • H.R. 4061: Financial Stability Oversight Council Improvement Act of 2017

Senate

Monday after 5:30pm

  • Cloture vote on a substitute amendment to S. 2155: Economic Growth, Regulatory Relief, and Consumer Protection Act Invoked 66-30.

Tuesday

  • Debate on the substitute amendment to S. 2155: Economic Growth, Regulatory Relief, and Consumer Protection Act

Wednesday

  • Adopting the substitute amendment to S. 2155: Economic Growth, Regulatory Relief, and Consumer Protection Act Adopted 67-31.
  • Cloture vote on S. 2155: Economic Growth, Regulatory Relief, and Consumer Protection Act Invoked 67-31.
  • S. 2155: Economic Growth, Regulatory Relief, and Consumer Protection Act Passed 67-31.
  • Cloture vote on the nomination of Kevin McAleenan to be Commissioner of U.S. Customs and Border Protection Invoked 79-19.

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— Eric Revell