HR-5785 : Still Just a Bill

Jobs and Justice Act of 2018

This bill addresses a wide variety of domestic policy matters and focuses on economically distressed communities, opportunities for minorities and the disadvantaged, and civil rights enforcement.

Included in the programs and requirements affected are those concerning:

  • diversity in contracting;
  • infrastructure development;
  • areas of persistent poverty;
  • job training for youth and older Americans;
  • education of girls and minorities in STEM fields;
  • the federal minimum wage;
  • military family benefits;
  • health care coverage and access;
  • small business investment;
  • commercial investment in underserved areas, including through tax benefits;
  • housing, including affordability and homelessness programs, landlord-tenant matters, public housing, foreclosure mitigation, and discrimination;
  • access to higher education, including through community college attendance;
  • science, technology, and information security education;
  • hate crimes;
  • law enforcement officer conduct;
  • law enforcement resources and administration;
  • juvenile justice;
  • sentencing procedures;
  • voting rights and administration;
  • prison administration; and
  • firearms sales and possession.

Action Timeline

Action DateTypeTextSource
2018-05-14CommitteeReferred to the Subcommittee on Water Resources and Environment.House committee actions
2018-05-14CommitteeReferred to the Subcommittee on Railroads, Pipelines, and Hazardous Materials.House committee actions
2018-05-14CommitteeReferred to the Subcommittee on Highways and Transit.House committee actions
2018-05-14CommitteeReferred to the Subcommittee on Economic Development, Public Buildings and Emergency Management.House committee actions
2018-05-14CommitteeReferred to the Subcommittee on Coast Guard and Maritime Transportation.House committee actions
2018-05-14CommitteeReferred to the Subcommittee on Aviation.House committee actions
2018-05-14CommitteeReferred to the Subcommittee on Readiness.House committee actions
2018-05-14CommitteeReferred to the Subcommittee on Military Personnel.House committee actions
2018-05-11CommitteeReferred to the Subcommittee on Economic Opportunity.House committee actions
2018-05-11IntroReferralReferred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committees on Oversight and Government Reform, Financial Services, Transportation and Infrastructure, Ways and Means, Energy and Commerce, the Budget, Education and the Workforce, Science, Space, and Technology, Veterans' Affairs, Homeland Security, Armed Services, Small Business, House Administration, and Agriculture, 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.House floor actions
2018-05-11IntroReferralReferred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committees on Oversight and Government Reform, Financial Services, Transportation and Infrastructure, Ways and Means, Energy and Commerce, the Budget, Education and the Workforce, Science, Space, and Technology, Veterans' Affairs, Homeland Security, Armed Services, Small Business, House Administration, and Agriculture, 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.House floor actions
2018-05-11IntroReferralReferred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committees on Oversight and Government Reform, Financial Services, Transportation and Infrastructure, Ways and Means, Energy and Commerce, the Budget, Education and the Workforce, Science, Space, and Technology, Veterans' Affairs, Homeland Security, Armed Services, Small Business, House Administration, and Agriculture, 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.House floor actions
2018-05-11IntroReferralReferred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committees on Oversight and Government Reform, Financial Services, Transportation and Infrastructure, Ways and Means, Energy and Commerce, the Budget, Education and the Workforce, Science, Space, and Technology, Veterans' Affairs, Homeland Security, Armed Services, Small Business, House Administration, and Agriculture, 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.House floor actions
2018-05-11IntroReferralReferred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committees on Oversight and Government Reform, Financial Services, Transportation and Infrastructure, Ways and Means, Energy and Commerce, the Budget, Education and the Workforce, Science, Space, and Technology, Veterans' Affairs, Homeland Security, Armed Services, Small Business, House Administration, and Agriculture, 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.House floor actions
2018-05-11IntroReferralReferred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committees on Oversight and Government Reform, Financial Services, Transportation and Infrastructure, Ways and Means, Energy and Commerce, the Budget, Education and the Workforce, Science, Space, and Technology, Veterans' Affairs, Homeland Security, Armed Services, Small Business, House Administration, and Agriculture, 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.House floor actions
2018-05-11IntroReferralReferred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committees on Oversight and Government Reform, Financial Services, Transportation and Infrastructure, Ways and Means, Energy and Commerce, the Budget, Education and the Workforce, Science, Space, and Technology, Veterans' Affairs, Homeland Security, Armed Services, Small Business, House Administration, and Agriculture, 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.House floor actions
2018-05-11IntroReferralReferred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committees on Oversight and Government Reform, Financial Services, Transportation and Infrastructure, Ways and Means, Energy and Commerce, the Budget, Education and the Workforce, Science, Space, and Technology, Veterans' Affairs, Homeland Security, Armed Services, Small Business, House Administration, and Agriculture, 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.House floor actions
2018-05-11IntroReferralReferred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committees on Oversight and Government Reform, Financial Services, Transportation and Infrastructure, Ways and Means, Energy and Commerce, the Budget, Education and the Workforce, Science, Space, and Technology, Veterans' Affairs, Homeland Security, Armed Services, Small Business, House Administration, and Agriculture, 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.House floor actions
2018-05-11IntroReferralReferred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committees on Oversight and Government Reform, Financial Services, Transportation and Infrastructure, Ways and Means, Energy and Commerce, the Budget, Education and the Workforce, Science, Space, and Technology, Veterans' Affairs, Homeland Security, Armed Services, Small Business, House Administration, and Agriculture, 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.House floor actions
2018-05-11IntroReferralReferred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committees on Oversight and Government Reform, Financial Services, Transportation and Infrastructure, Ways and Means, Energy and Commerce, the Budget, Education and the Workforce, Science, Space, and Technology, Veterans' Affairs, Homeland Security, Armed Services, Small Business, House Administration, and Agriculture, 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.House floor actions
2018-05-11IntroReferralReferred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committees on Oversight and Government Reform, Financial Services, Transportation and Infrastructure, Ways and Means, Energy and Commerce, the Budget, Education and the Workforce, Science, Space, and Technology, Veterans' Affairs, Homeland Security, Armed Services, Small Business, House Administration, and Agriculture, 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.House floor actions
2018-05-11IntroReferralReferred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committees on Oversight and Government Reform, Financial Services, Transportation and Infrastructure, Ways and Means, Energy and Commerce, the Budget, Education and the Workforce, Science, Space, and Technology, Veterans' Affairs, Homeland Security, Armed Services, Small Business, House Administration, and Agriculture, 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.House floor actions
2018-05-11IntroReferralReferred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committees on Oversight and Government Reform, Financial Services, Transportation and Infrastructure, Ways and Means, Energy and Commerce, the Budget, Education and the Workforce, Science, Space, and Technology, Veterans' Affairs, Homeland Security, Armed Services, Small Business, House Administration, and Agriculture, 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.House floor actions
2018-05-11IntroReferralReferred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committees on Oversight and Government Reform, Financial Services, Transportation and Infrastructure, Ways and Means, Energy and Commerce, the Budget, Education and the Workforce, Science, Space, and Technology, Veterans' Affairs, Homeland Security, Armed Services, Small Business, House Administration, and Agriculture, 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.House floor actions
2018-05-11IntroReferralIntroduced in HouseLibrary of Congress

Policy Area :

Social Welfare
See Subjects
  • Administrative law and regulatory procedures
  • Advisory bodies
  • Alaska Natives and Hawaiians
  • Assault and harassment offenses
  • Bank accounts, deposits, capital
  • Banking and financial institutions regulation
  • Border security and unlawful immigration
  • Building construction
  • Business investment and capital
  • Buy American requirements
  • Civil actions and liability
  • Computer security and identity theft
  • Computers and information technology
  • Congressional oversight
  • Correctional facilities and imprisonment
  • Credit and credit markets
  • Crime prevention
  • Crime victims
  • Criminal investigation, prosecution, interrogation
  • Criminal justice information and records
  • Criminal procedure and sentencing
  • Department of Education
  • Department of Homeland Security
  • Department of Justice
  • Department of the Treasury
  • Detention of persons
  • Domestic violence and child abuse
  • Drug trafficking and controlled substances
  • Due process and equal protection
  • Economic development
  • Education programs funding
  • Educational facilities and institutions
  • Election Assistance Commission
  • Elections, voting, political campaign regulation
  • Elementary and secondary education
  • Employment and training programs
  • Environmental health
  • Executive agency funding and structure
  • Federal officials
  • Financial literacy
  • Firearms and explosives
  • Food assistance and relief
  • Fraud offenses and financial crimes
  • Government information and archives
  • Government studies and investigations
  • Hate crimes
  • Health care costs and insurance
  • Health care coverage and access
  • Higher education
  • Homelessness and emergency shelter
  • Housing and community development funding
  • Housing discrimination
  • Housing supply and affordability
  • Immigration status and procedures
  • Income tax credits
  • Indian social and development programs
  • Infrastructure development
  • Juvenile crime and gang violence
  • Law enforcement administration and funding
  • Law enforcement officers
  • Lawyers and legal services
  • Licensing and registrations
  • Low- and moderate-income housing
  • Manufacturing
  • Mental health
  • Metals
  • Military facilities and property
  • Military personnel and dependents
  • Minority and disadvantaged businesses
  • Minority education
  • Minority employment
  • Monuments and memorials
  • Performance measurement
  • Photography and imaging
  • Poverty and welfare assistance
  • Public contracts and procurement
  • Public housing
  • Public transit
  • Racial and ethnic relations
  • Research and development
  • Roads and highways
  • Science and engineering education
  • Small business
  • State and local finance
  • Student aid and college costs
  • Teaching, teachers, curricula
  • Transportation programs funding
  • Voting rights
  • Wages and earnings
  • Water quality
  • Water use and supply
  • Women in business
  • Women's education
  • Women's employment
  • Youth employment and child labor