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Drain the Swamp and the President's Assets Act

To amend the Ethics in Government Act of 1978 to require the President to place any financial conflicts of interest into a blind trust, and for other purposes. 1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Drain the Swamp and the President’s Assets Act 2. Placement of President’s financial conflicts of interest into blind trust (a) In general Title I of the Ethics in Government Act of 1978 ( Public Law 95–521 112. The President: placement of financial conflicts of interest into blind trust (a) In general Beginning on the date that is 30 days after the date that the President first assumes office, the President may not hold any asset that would otherwise be considered a disqualifying financial interest under section 208 of title 18, United States Code, if the President were subject to such section. (b) Blind trust (1) In general The President may place any asset covered by subsection (a) into a blind trust (as that term is defined in section 102(f)(3)). (2) Divestiture Not later than 30 days after any such asset is placed in a blind trust, the trustee or other entity who is involved in the management or control of the blind trust shall divest the blind trust of such asset. . (b) Application The amendment made by subsection (a) shall apply to any President assuming office on or after the date of enactment of this Act. 3. Violations A violation of the amendment made by this Act shall constitute a high crime and misdemeanor for the purposes of article II, section 4 of the Constitution of the United States.

Summary: Drain the Swamp and the President's Assets Act This bill amends the Ethics in Government Act of 1978 to prohibit the President from holding any asset that would be considered a disqualifying financial interest under applicable criminal code provisions. The President may place any such asset into a blind trust. The trustee or other entity who is involved in the management or control of the blind trust shall divest the blind trust of such asset. A violation of this bill's prohibition constitutes an impeachable offense.
Don't Tax Our Fallen Public Safety Heroes Update Act of 2017

To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to exclude certain compensation received by public safety officers and their dependents from gross income. 1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Don’t Tax Our Fallen Public Safety Heroes Update Act of 2017 2. Clarification relating to exclusion of certain compensation received by public safety officers and their dependents (a) In general Section 104(a)(6)(B) or local government the laws of any State (b) Effective date The amendment made by this section shall take effect as if included in the enactment of the Don’t Tax Our Fallen Public Safety Heroes Act.

Summary: Don't Tax Our Fallen Public Safety Heroes Update Act of 2017 This bill amends the Internal Revenue Code to modify the tax exclusion for compensation paid to surviving dependents of a public safety officer who died as the direct and proximate result of a personal injury sustained in the line of duty. The bill extends the exclusion to compensation received under a program established under the laws of any local government (currently, only state programs). This modification must take effect as if it were included in the enactment of the law that created the original tax exclusion (the Don't Tax Our Fallen Public Safety Heroes Act).
To ensure fair treatment in licensing requirements for the export of certain echinoderms.

To ensure fair treatment in licensing requirements for the export of certain echinoderms. 1. Exemption of exportation of certain echinoderms from permission and licensing requirements (a) Exemption Not later than 30 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Director of the United States Fish and Wildlife Service shall amend section 14.92 of title 50, Code of Federal Regulations, to clarify that— (1) fish or wildlife described in subsection (b) are fishery products exempt from the export permission requirements of section 9(d)(1) of the Endangered Species Act of 1973 ( 16 U.S.C. 1538(d)(1) (2) any person may engage in business as an exporter of such fish or wildlife without procuring permission under such section of that Act or an export license under subpart I of part 14 of such title. (b) Covered fish or wildlife The fish or wildlife referred to in subsection (a) are members of the phylum Echinodermata that are commonly known as sea urchins and sea cucumbers, including products thereof, that— (1) do not require a permit under part 16, 17, or 23 of title 50, Code of Federal Regulations; (2) are harvested in waters under the jurisdiction of the United States or are processed in the United States; and (3) are— (A) exported for purposes of human or animal consumption; or (B) taken in waters under the jurisdiction of the United States or on the high seas for recreational purposes. January 10, 2018 Reported from the Committee on Natural Resources January 10, 2018 The Committee on Foreign Affairs

Summary: This bill: (1) exempts exporters of sea urchins and sea cucumbers that are designated as food for humans or animals or taken for recreational purposes from licensing requirements; and (2) requires the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service to amend regulations concerning transporting wildlife to clarify that those sea urchins and sea cucumbers are fishery products exempt from the export permission requirements under the Endangered Species Act of 1973. Thus, those exporters will be exempted from: (1) inspections to ensure shipments of those fishery products do not contain endangered or threatened species, and (2) related inspection fees.
Child Citizen Protection Act

To provide discretionary authority to an immigration judge to determine that an alien parent of a United States citizen child should not be ordered removed, deported, or excluded from the United States. 1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Child Citizen Protection Act 2. Discretionary authority with respect to removal, deportation, or exclusion of parents of citizen children Section 240(c)(4) of the Immigration and Nationality Act ( 8 U.S.C. 1229a(c)(4) (D) Discretion of judge in case of citizen child In the case of an alien subject to removal, deportation, or exclusion who is the parent of a child who is a citizen of the United States, the immigration judge may exercise discretion to decline to order the alien removed, deported or excluded from the United States if the judge determines that such removal, deportation, or exclusion is clearly against the best interests of the child, except that this subparagraph shall not apply to any alien who the judge determines— (i) is described in section 212(a)(3) or 237(a)(4); or (ii) has engaged in conduct described in paragraph (9) or (10) of section 103 of the Trafficking Victims Protection Act of 2000 ( 22 U.S.C. 7102 .

Summary: Child Citizen Protection Act This bill amends the Immigration and Nationality Act, in the case of an alien subject to removal, deportation, or exclusion and who is the parent of a U.S. citizen child, to authorize an immigration judge to decline to order such removal if the judge determines that action to be against the child's best interests. Such discretion shall not apply to an alien when the judge determines that the alien: (1) is excludable or deportable on security grounds, or (2) has engaged in sex trafficking or severe forms of trafficking in persons.
Medicare Mental Health Inpatient Equity Act of 2017

To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to eliminate the 190-day lifetime limit on inpatient psychiatric hospital services under the Medicare Program. 1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Medicare Mental Health Inpatient Equity Act of 2017 2. Elimination of 190-day lifetime limit on inpatient psychiatric hospital services (a) In general Section 1812 of the Social Security Act 42 U.S.C. 1395d (1) in subsection (b)— (A) in paragraph (1), by adding or (B) in paragraph (2), by striking ; or (C) by striking paragraph (3); and (2) in subsection (c), by striking (but shall not be included (b) Effective Date The amendments made by subsection (a) shall apply to items and services furnished on or after January 1, 2018.

Summary: Medicare Mental Health Inpatient Equity Act of 2017 This bill removes the 190-day lifetime limit on inpatient psychiatric hospital services under Medicare.
Police Officers Protecting Children Act

To allow certain off-duty law enforcement officers and retired law enforcement officers to carry a concealed firearm to protect children in a school zone. 1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Police Officers Protecting Children Act 2. Certain off-duty law enforcement officers and retired law enforcement officers allowed to carry a concealed firearm, and discharge a firearm, in a school zone Section 922(q) of title 18, United States Code, is amended— (1) in paragraph (2)(B)— (A) by striking or (B) by redesignating clause (vii) as clause (ix) and inserting after clause (vi) the following: (vii) by an off-duty law enforcement officer who is a qualified law enforcement officer (as defined in section 926B) and is authorized under such section to carry a concealed firearm, if the firearm is concealed; (viii) by a qualified retired law enforcement officer (as defined in section 926C) who is authorized under such section to carry a concealed firearm, if the firearm is concealed; or ; and (2) in paragraph (3)(B)— (A) by striking or (B) by striking the period at the end of clause (iv) and inserting a semicolon; and (C) by adding at the end the following: (v) by an off-duty law enforcement officer who is a qualified law enforcement officer (as defined in section 926B) and is authorized under such section to carry a concealed firearm; or (vi) by a qualified retired law enforcement officer (as defined in section 926C) who is authorized under such section to carry a concealed firearm. .

Summary: Police Officers Protecting Children Act This bill amends the federal criminal code to specify that certain retired and off-duty law enforcement officers who are authorized to carry concealed firearms are not subject to the federal prohibitions on possessing or discharging a firearm in a school zone.
FASTER Act

To amend title 49, United States Code, to ensure that revenues collected from passengers as aviation security fees are used to help finance the costs of aviation security screening by repealing a requirement that a portion of such fees be credited as offsetting receipts and deposited in the general fund of the Treasury. 1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Funding for Aviation Screeners and Threat Elimination Restoration Act FASTER Act 2. Repeal of requirement regarding crediting and deposit of a portion of aviation security fees (a) Repeal Subsection (i) of section 44940 of title 49, United States Code, is repealed. (b) Conforming amendment Subsection (d)(4) of such section is amended by striking , other than subsection (i),

Summary: Funding for Aviation Screeners and Threat Elimination Restoration Act or the FASTER Act This bill repeals the requirement that a portion of aviation security service fees collected from passengers be credited as offsetting receipts and deposited in the general fund of the Treasury.
Travel Agent Retail Fairness Act

To direct the Secretary of Labor to remove travel agencies from the partial list of establishments having no retail concept for the purposes of certain exemptions under the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938. 1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Travel Agent Retail Fairness Act 2. Removal of travel agencies (a) Change of regulations Not later than 90 days after the date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Labor shall revise the regulations set forth in section 779.317 of title 29, Code of Federal Regulations, to remove travel agencies from the partial list of establishments having no retail concept. (b) Interim effect Until the Secretary completes the revisions required by subsection (a) and not withstanding section 779 of title 29, Code of Federal Regulations, a travel agency shall not be considered an establishment having no retail concept for the purposes of certain exemptions under the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938.

Summary: Travel Agent Retail Fairness Act This bill requires the Department of Labor to revise regulations to remove travel agencies from the partial list of establishments having no retail concept. An establishment having no retail concept may not claim the exemption from minimum wage and overtime pay requirements under the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938. Until Labor completes such a revision, a travel agency shall be considered an establishment having a retail concept.
Freedom from the ACA Tax Penalty Act

To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to waive the individual mandate in areas with no Exchange plans. 1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Freedom from the ACA Tax Penalty Act 2. Waiver of individual mandate in areas with no Exchange plans (a) In general Section 5000A(d)(1) or (4) (4), or (5) (b) Individuals residing in exempted areas Section 5000A(d) of such Code is amended by adding at the end the following new paragraph: (5) Individuals residing in exempted areas For purposes of months beginning after December 31, 2017, such term shall not include an individual who resides in a rating area in which the Secretary of Health and Human Services certifies for purposes of this section that no qualified health plans are offered through an Exchange established under section 1311 of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act. . (c) Effective date The amendments made by this section shall apply to taxable and plan years beginning after December 31, 2017.

Summary: Freedom from the ACA Tax Penalty Act This bill amends the Internal Revenue Code to exempt from the requirement to maintain minimum essential health coverage (commonly referred to as the individual mandate) individuals who reside in a rating area in which the Department of Health and Human Services certifies that no qualified health plans are offered through an exchange established under the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act.
To amend title 38, United States Code, to provide for requirements relating to the reassignment of Department of Veterans Affairs senior executive employees.

To amend title 38, United States Code, to provide for requirements relating to the reassignment of Department of Veterans Affairs senior executive employees. 1. Semiannual reports on reassignment of Department of Veterans Affairs senior executive employees (a) In general Subchapter I of chapter 7 719. Semiannual reports on reassignment of senior executives (a) Approval of reassignments No individual employed in a senior executive position at the Department may be reassigned to another such position at the Department unless such reassignment is approved in writing and signed by the Secretary. (b) Semiannual reports required Not later than June 30 and December 31 of each year, the Secretary shall submit to Congress a report on the reassignment of individuals employed in senior executive positions at the Department to other such positions at the Department during the period covered by the report. Each such report shall describe the purpose of each such reassignment and the costs associated with such reassignment. (c) Senior executive position defined In this section, the term senior executive position . (b) Clerical amendment The table of sections at the beginning of such chapter is amended by inserting after the item relating to section 717 the following new item: 719. Semiannual reports on reassignment of senior executives. .

Summary: This bill prohibits an individual employed in a senior executive position at the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) from being reassigned to another such position unless such reassignment is approved in writing and signed by the Secretary of Veterans Affairs. The VA shall report to Congress on such reassignments biannually.
South Carolina Peanut Parity Act of 2017

To amend the Farm Security and Rural Investment Act of 2002 to include South Carolina as a part of the Virginia/Carolina peanut producing region for purposes of appointment to the Peanut Standards Board. 1. Short title This Act may be cited as the South Carolina Peanut Parity Act of 2017 2. South Carolina inclusion in Virginia/Carolina peanut producing region Section 1308(c)(2)(B)(iii) of the Farm Security and Rural Investment Act of 2002 ( 7 U.S.C. 7958(c)(2)(B)(iii) Virginia and North Carolina Virginia, North Carolina, and South Carolina October 19, 2017 Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union and ordered to be printed

Summary: South Carolina Peanut Parity Act of 2017 (Sec. 2) This bill amends the Farm Security and Rural Investment Act of 2002 to add South Carolina to the Virginia/Carolina peanut producing region for the purpose of appointing members of the Peanut Standards Board. (Under current law, the region includes Virginia and North Carolina. The board advises the Department of Agriculture regarding the establishment of quality and handling standards for domestically produced and imported peanuts.)
Eliminate EPA Excess Act of 2017

To require the Inspector General of the Environmental Protection Agency to submit reports to Congress on paper and property inventory, and for other purposes. 1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Eliminate EPA Excess Act of 2017 2. EPA IG reports required (a) In general Not later than 2 years after the date of the enactment of this Act, and every 5 years thereafter, the Inspector General of the Environmental Protection Agency shall submit to Congress reports on the following: (1) Excess print and storage supplies report A survey of excess print and storage supplies (in quantity of copies and weight) held by the Federal storage management facilities of the Environmental Protection Agency and recommendations for recycling and repurposing any printed inventory determined to be in excess, and addressing potential safety hazards associated with excess printed inventory. (2) Excess storage property report A survey of excess storage facility property held by the Environmental Protection Agency and recommendations for reducing excess property held by the Environmental Protection Agency and funded by the Federal Government. (b) Excess property defined In this section, the term excess property

Summary: Eliminate EPA Excess Act of 2017 This bill requires the Inspector General of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to submit reports to Congress evey five years on: (1) a survey of excess print and storage supplies held by the EPA's federal storage management facilities and recommendations for recycling and repurposing any excess printed inventory and addressing potential safety hazards associated with excess printed inventory, and (2) a survey of excess storage facility property held by the EPA and recommendations for reducing such excess property that is funded by the federal government.
Financial Literacy for Students Act

To improve the financial literacy of students. 1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Financial Literacy for Students Act 2. Statewide incentive grants for financial literacy education Part F of title IV of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 ( 20 U.S.C. 7251 5 Financial Literacy 4651. Statewide incentive grants for financial literacy education (a) Grants Authorized From amounts appropriated under subsection (e), the Secretary may award grants to State educational agencies to enable State educational agencies, on a statewide basis— (1) to integrate financial literacy education into each public elementary school and public secondary school within the State that is eligible to receive funds under title I; and (2) to provide professional development regarding the teaching of financial literacy in core academic subjects to each secondary school teacher of financial literacy or entrepreneurship within the State. (b) Permissible uses of funds In carrying out the grant activities described in subsection (a), the State educational agency may use grant funds to— (1) implement school-based financial literacy activities, including after school activities; (2) enhance student understanding and experiential learning with consumer, economic, entrepreneurship, and personal finance concepts; and (3) promote partnerships with community-based organizations, financial institutions, local businesses, entrepreneurs, or other organizations providing financial literacy activities. (c) Limitation on uses of funds A State educational agency receiving grant funds under this section shall not use more than 20 percent of such grant funds to carry out the following: (1) Teacher professional development programs to embed financial literacy or personal finance or entrepreneurship education into core academic subjects. (2) Curriculum development. (3) An evaluation of the impact of financial literacy or personal finance education on students' understanding of financial literacy concepts. (d) Matching funds A State educational agency that receives a grant under this section shall provide matching funds, from non-Federal sources, in an amount equal to 25 percent of the amount of grant funds provided to the State to carry out the activities supported by the grant. (e) Appropriations There are authorized to be appropriated to carry out this section such sums as may be necessary for fiscal year 2018 and each of the 4 succeeding fiscal years. .

Summary: Financial Literacy for Students Act This bill amends the Elementary and Secondary Education of 1965 (ESEA) to authorize the Department of Education to award matching grants to states to: (1) integrate financial literacy education into public elementary and secondary schools that are eligible for school improvement funds under title I of the ESEA, and (2) train states' secondary school financial literacy or entrepreneurship teachers to teach financial literacy in core academic subjects.
POST GRAD Act

To amend the Higher Education Act of 1965 to reinstate the authority of the Secretary of Education to make Federal Direct Stafford Loans to graduate and professional students. 1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Protecting Our Students by Terminating Graduate Rates that Add to Debt Act POST GRAD Act 2. Reinstatement of authority to make Federal Direct Stafford Loans to graduate and professional students Section 455(a)(3) of the Higher Education Act of 1965 ( 20 U.S.C. 1087e(a)(3) (1) in the paragraph heading, by inserting Temporary Termination (2) in subparagraph (A), in the matter preceding clause (i), by inserting , and ending on or before June 30, 2017 2012 3. Inapplicability of rulemaking requirements Sections 482(c) and 492 of the Higher Education Act of 1965 ( 20 U.S.C. 1089(c)

Summary: Protecting Our Students by Terminating Graduate Rates that Add to Debt Act or the POST GRAD Act This bill amends title IV (Student Assistance) of the Higher Education Act of 1965 to make graduate and professional students eligible to receive subsidized Stafford Loans under the Federal Direct Loan Program beginning on July 1, 2017. (Graduate and professional students have been ineligible to receive subsidized Stafford Loans since July 1, 2012.)