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Social Security Fraud Prevention Act of 2017

To restrict the inclusion of social security account numbers on documents sent by mail by the Federal Government, and for other purposes. 1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Social Security Fraud Prevention Act of 2017 2. Restriction of SSNs on documents sent by mail (a) In general No department or agency of the Federal Government may include the social security account number of any individual on any document sent by mail unless the head of such department or agency determines that the inclusion of such social security number on such document is necessary. (b) Regulations Not later than 1 year after the date of the enactment of this Act, the head of each department and agency of the Federal Government shall issue regulations specifying the circumstances under which inclusion of a social security account number on a document sent by mail is necessary. Such regulations shall include— (1) instructions for the partial redaction of social security account numbers whenever feasible; and (2) a requirement that social security account numbers not be visible on the outside of any package sent by mail . ; and (3) additional methods to mitigate the risk of the improper use of social security account numbers when the use of such numbers is necessary. (c) Effective date This Act shall apply with respect to documents sent by mail on or after the date that is 1 year after the date of the enactment of this Act. May 15, 2017 Reported with amendments

Summary: Social Security Fraud Prevention Act of 2017 (Sec. 2) This bill prohibits federal departments and agencies from including the Social Security account number of any individual on any document sent by mail unless the department or agency head determines that inclusion of that Social Security number on the document is necessary. Departments and agencies must issue regulations within one year of this bill's enactment that specify the circumstances under which the inclusion of Social Security account numbers on mailed documents is necessary.
Bikini Resettlement and Relocation Act

To provide for the resettlement and relocation of the people of Bikini. 1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Bikini Resettlement and Relocation Act 2. Resettlement and relocation for the people of Bikini The matter under the heading trust territory of the pacific islands Office of territorial affairs department of the interior Public Law 97–257 Provided Public Law 100–446 Provided further Public Law 100–446

Summary: Bikini Resettlement and Relocation Act This bill amends the Supplemental Appropriations Act, 1982, to: (1) allocate funds for the relocation and resettlement of the Bikini people living on Kili and Ejit Islands, subject to the right of disapproval of the Department of the Interior; and (2) limit annual expenditures from the Resettlement Fund to 5% of the principal amount of the fund.
CHIP Stability Act

To amend title XXI of the Social Security Act to provide for a special rule during the first quarter of fiscal year 2018 for the redistribution of certain Children’s Health Insurance Program allocations for certain shortfall States. 1. Short title This Act may be cited as the CHIP Stability Act 2. CHIP allocation redistribution special rule for certain shortfall States during first quarter of fiscal year 2018 Section 2104(f)(2) of the Social Security Act ( 42 U.S.C. 1397dd(f)(2) (1) by amending subparagraph (B) to read as follows: (B) Determination of redistributed amounts if insufficient amounts available (i) Proration rule Subject to clause (ii), if the amounts available for redistribution under paragraph (1) for a fiscal year are less than the total amounts of the estimated shortfalls determined for the year under subparagraph (A), the amount to be redistributed under such paragraph for each shortfall State shall be reduced proportionally. (ii) Special rule for first quarter of fiscal year 2018 (I) In general For the period beginning on October 1, 2017, and ending December 31, 2017, with respect to any amounts available for redistribution under paragraph (1) for fiscal year 2018, the Secretary shall redistribute under such paragraph such amounts to each emergency shortfall State (as defined in subclause (II)) in such amount as is equal to the amount of the shortfall described in subclause (II) for such State and period (as may be adjusted under subparagraph (C)) before the Secretary may redistribute such amounts to any shortfall State that is not an emergency shortfall State. In the case of any amounts redistributed under this subclause to a State that is not an emergency shortfall State, such amounts shall be determined in accordance with clause (i). (II) Emergency shortfall State defined For purposes of this clause, the term emergency shortfall State 2017 2018 (III) Application of qualifying State option During the period described in subclause (I), section 2105(g)(4) shall apply to a qualifying State (as defined in section 2105(g)(2)) as if under section 2105(g)(4)— (aa) the reference to 2017 2018 (bb) the reference to under subsections (e) and (m) of such section under subsections (e), (f), and (m) of such section ; and (2) by adding at the end the following new subparagraph: (D) Rule of construction Nothing in this paragraph may be construed as preventing a commonwealth or territory described in subsection (c)(3) from being treated as a shortfall State or an emergency shortfall State. .

Summary: CHIP Stability Act This bill amends title XXI (Children's Health Insurance Program [CHIP]) of the Social Security Act to establish a special rule, with respect to the first quarter of FY2018, for the redistribution of unused CHIP allotments to state child health plans experiencing emergency shortfalls. Specifically, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) must redistribute unused allotments to each such state in an amount equal to the state's emergency shortfall before the CMS may redistribute the allotments to any state that is experiencing a nonemergency shortfall.
FLTFA Reauthorization Act

To reauthorize the Federal Land Transaction Facilitation Act, and for other purposes. 1. Short title This Act may be cited as the FLTFA Reauthorization Act 2. Reauthorization of the Federal Land Transaction Facilitation Act The Federal Land Transaction Facilitation Act ( 43 U.S.C. 2301 (1) in section 203(2) ( 43 U.S.C. 2302(2) on the date of enactment of this Act was is (2) in section 205 ( 43 U.S.C. 2304 (A) in subsection (a), by striking (as in effect on the date of enactment of this Act) (B) by striking subsection (d); (3) in section 206 ( 43 U.S.C. 2305 (4) in section 207(b) ( 43 U.S.C. 2306(b) (A) in paragraph (1)— (i) by striking 96–568 96–586 (ii) by striking or (B) in paragraph (2)— (i) by inserting Public Law 105–263; 112 Stat. (ii) by striking the period at the end and inserting a semicolon; and (C) by adding at the end the following: (3) the White Pine County Conservation, Recreation, and Development Act of 2006 ( Public Law 109–432 (4) the Lincoln County Conservation, Recreation, and Development Act of 2004 ( Public Law 108–424 (5) subtitle F of title I of the Omnibus Public Land Management Act of 2009 ( Public Law 111–11 (6) subtitle O of title I of the Omnibus Public Land Management Act of 2009 ( Public Law 111–11 (7) section 2601 of the Omnibus Public Land Management Act of 2009 ( Public Law 111–11 (8) section 2606 of the Omnibus Public Land Management Act of 2009 ( Public Law 111–11 .

Summary: FLTFA Reauthorization Act This bill amends the Federal Land Transaction Facilitation Act (FLTFA) to reauthorize and make permanent the program for the completion of appraisals and satisfaction of other legal requirements for the sale or exchange of public land identified for disposal in approved land use plans under the Federal Land Policy and Management Act of 1976. The bill makes the FLTFA inapplicable to land eligible for sale under specified public land laws.
Safeguard Aquaculture Farmers Act

To provide the force and effect of law for certain regulations relating to the taking of double-crested cormorants to reduce depredation at aquaculture facilities and protect public resources. 1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Safeguard Aquaculture Farmers Act 2. Regulations relating to the taking of double-crested cormorants (a) Force and effect (1) In general Subject to subsection (b), section 21.47 of title 50, Code of Federal Regulations (as in effect on the date of enactment of this Act), shall have the force and effect of law. (2) Public notice The Secretary of the Interior (referred to in this section as the Secretary Director (b) Sunset The authority provided by subsection (a)(1) shall terminate on the date that is the earlier of— (1) the effective date of a regulation promulgated by the Director after the date of enactment of this Act to control depredation of double-crested cormorant populations; or (2) 1 year after the date of enactment of this Act. (c) Rule of construction Nothing in this section limits the authority of the Director to promulgate regulations relating to the taking of double-crested cormorants under any other law.

Summary: Safeguard Aquaculture Farmers Act This bill provides the force and effect of law for certain regulations that allow for the taking of double-crested cormorants (birds) that eat fish at aquaculture facilities.
Livestock and Honey Bee Disaster Assistance Act of 2017

To amend the Agricultural Act of 2014 to remove a limitation on funding for emergency assistance for livestock, honey bees, and farm-raised fish, and for other purposes. 1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Livestock and Honey Bee Disaster Assistance Act of 2017 2. Emergency assistance for livestock, honey bees, and farm-raised fish Section 1501(d) of the Agricultural Act of 2014 ( 7 U.S.C. 9081(d) (1) in paragraph (1), by striking not more than $20,000,000 such sums as are necessary (2) by striking paragraph (3). 3. Cost-share payments under emergency conservation program during extreme drought The Agricultural Credit Act of 1978 is amended by inserting after section 403 ( 16 U.S.C. 2203 403A. Cost-share payments under emergency conservation program during extreme drought The maximum cost-share percentage under section 701.126(a) of title 7, Code of Federal Regulations (or successor regulations), shall be 90 percent in the case of an area that has been identified by the United States Drought Monitor as experiencing extreme or exceptional drought. .

Summary: Livestock and Honey Bee Disaster Assistance Act of 2017 This bill amends the Agricultural Act of 2014 to remove the $20 million annual limit on mandatory funding for emergency assistance under the Emergency Assistance for Livestock, Honey Bees, and Farm-raised Fish Program (ELAP). The bill also removes a provision that permits funds provided under ELAP to remain available until expended. (ELAP provides financial assistance to eligible producers of livestock, honeybees and farm-raised fish for losses due to disease, certain adverse weather events, or loss conditions, including blizzards and wildfires.) The bill amends the Agricultural Credit Act of 1978 to specify that the maximum cost-share percentage permitted under the Emergency Conservation Program (ECP) is 90% for an area that has been identified by the U.S. Drought Monitor as experiencing extreme or exceptional drought. (The ECP provides emergency funding and technical assistance to farmers and ranchers to rehabilitate farmland damaged by natural disasters and implement emergency conservation measures in periods of severe drought.)
Fishing and Small Vessel Relief Act

To remove a limitation on a prohibition relating to permits for discharges incidental to normal operation of vessels. 1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Fishing and Small Vessel Relief Act 2. Discharges incidental to normal operation of vessels Section 2(a) of Public Law 110–299 33 U.S.C. 1342 December 18, 2017 December 18, 2020

Summary: Fishing and Small Vessel Relief Act This bill extends until December 18, 2020, an exemption from permit requirements of the National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System under the Federal Water Pollution Control Act (commonly known as the Clean Water Act). The exemption allows certain incidental discharges from vessels that are either less than 79 feet in length or a fishing vessel.
Nevada Land Sovereignty Act

To amend title 54, United States Code, to prohibit the further extension or establishment of national monuments in the State of Nevada except by express authorization of Congress. 1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Nevada Land Sovereignty Act 2. Limitation on further extension or establishment of national monuments in the State of Nevada Section 320301(d) of title 54, United States Code, is amended— (1) in the subsection heading, by inserting or Nevada Wyoming (2) by inserting or Nevada Wyoming

Summary: Nevada Land Sovereignty Act This bill prohibits any extension or establishment of national monuments in Nevada except by express authorization of Congress.
Protect Public Use of Public Lands Act

To release certain wilderness study areas in the State of Montana. 1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Protect Public Use of Public Lands Act 2. Release of certain wilderness study areas in the State of Montana (a) Findings Congress finds that— (1) under the Montana Wilderness Study Act of 1977 ( Public Law 95–150 16 U.S.C. 1131 Public Law 95–150 (2) between 1979 and 1986, the Chief of the Forest Service completed the studies of the 9 wilderness study areas and determined that 608,700 acres of the original 973,000 acres designated as wilderness study areas by the Montana Wilderness Study Act of 1977 ( Public Law 95–150 (3) since the completion of the studies required under the Montana Wilderness Study Act of 1977 ( Public Law 95–150 (A) 171,000 acres have been designated as wilderness by Congress; and (B) 663,000 acres remain as wilderness study areas until Congress acts; (4) Congress has failed to act on the recommendations of the Chief of the Forest Service with respect to the remaining 7 wilderness study areas; (5) the Montana State legislature passed House Joint Resolution 9, a resolution asking Congress to address the remaining 7 wilderness study areas; (6) County commissions, sportsmen, farmers and ranchers, and outdoor recreation groups in the State of Montana support Congress acting to remove the land in the State described in subsection (c) to protect public use of public land; and (7) for the purposes of section 3(a) of the Montana Wilderness Study Act of 1977 ( Public Law 95–150 (b) Release The land described in subsection (c) is no longer subject to section 3(a) of the Montana Wilderness Study Act of 1977 ( Public Law 95–150 (c) Description of land The land referred to in paragraphs (6) and (7) of subsection (a) and subsection (b) is— (1) the approximately 151,000 acres of land comprising the West Pioneer Wilderness Study Area; (2) the approximately 32,500 acres of land within the Blue Joint Wilderness Study Area not recommended for wilderness classification in the record of decision prepared by the Forest Service entitled Bitterroot National Forest Plan (3) the approximately 94,000 acres of land comprising the Sapphire Wilderness Study Area; (4) the approximately 81,000 acres of land comprising the Middle Fork Judith Wilderness Study Area; and (5) the approximately 91,000 acres of land comprising the Big Snowies Wilderness Study Area.

Summary: Protect Public Use of Public Lands Act This bill releases the West Pioneer, Blue Joint, Sapphire, Middle Fork Judith, and Big Snowies wilderness study areas in Montana from further review for designation as wilderness.
A bill to provide for the issuance of an Alzheimer's Disease Research Semipostal Stamp.

To provide for the issuance of an Alzheimer's Disease Research Semipostal Stamp. 1. Alzheimer's Disease Research Se­mi­post­al Stamp (a) Definition In this section, the term se­mi­post­al stamp se­mi­post­al (b) Issuance In order to afford a convenient way for members of the public to contribute to funding for medical research relating to Alzheimer's disease, the United States Postal Service shall issue a semipostal stamp (referred to in this section as the Alzheimer's Disease Research Semipostal Stamp (c) Terms and conditions (1) In general Except as provided in this subsection, the issuance and sale of the Alzheimer's Disease Research Semipostal Stamp shall be governed by section 416 of title 39, United States Code, and regulations issued under that section. (2) Duration The Alzheimer's Disease Research Semipostal Stamp shall be made available to the public for a period of 6 years, beginning not later than 1 year after the date of enactment of this Act. (3) Disposition of proceeds All amounts becoming available from the sale of the Alzheimer's Disease Research Semipostal Stamp (as determined under section 416(d) of title 39, United States Code) shall be transferred to the National Institutes of Health, for the purpose described in subsection (b), through payments which shall be made not less frequently than 2 times a year. (4) Limitation For purposes of section 416 of title 39, United States Code (including any regulation prescribed under subsection (e)(1)(C) of that section), the semipostal stamp issued under this section shall not apply to any limitation relating to whether more than 1 semipostal stamp may be offered for sale at the same time.

Summary: This bill directs the U.S. Postal Service to issue and sell an Alzheimer's Disease Research Semipostal Stamp. Proceeds from the sale of the stamp must be transferred to the National Institutes of Health for medical research relating to Alzheimer's disease. The stamp must be made available to the public for six years. Any limitation relating to whether more than one semipostal stamp may be offered for sale at the same time shall not apply to the stamp issued under this bill.
FCC CIO Parity Act

To ensure the Chief Information Office of the Federal Communications Commission has a significant role in decisions related to information technology, and for other purposes. 1. Short title This Act may be cited as the FCC CIO Parity Act 2. CIO authority (a) In general The Federal Communications Commission (in this section referred to as the Commission (1) the decision-making process for annual and multi-year planning, programming, budgeting, and execution decisions, related reporting requirements, and reports related to information technology; (2) the management, governance, and oversight processes related to information technology; and (3) the hiring of personnel with information technology responsibilities. (b) CIO approval The Chief Information Officer of the Commission, in consultation with the Chief Financial Officer of the Commission and budget officials, shall specify and approve the allocation of amounts appropriated to the Commission for information technology, consistent with the provisions of appropriations Acts, budget guidelines, and recommendations from the Director of the Office of Management and Budget.

Summary: FCC CIO Parity Act This bill requires the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) to ensure that its Chief Information Officer has a significant role in: (1) the decision-making process for annual and multi-year planning, programming, budgeting, execution decisions, and reports related to information technology; (2) the management, governance, and oversight processes related to information technology; and (3) the hiring of personnel with information technology responsibilities. The Chief Information Officer must consult with the FCC Chief Financial Officer and budget officials to specify and approve the allocation of amounts appropriated to the FCC for information technology.
Admiral Lloyd R. "Joe" Vasey Pacific War Commemorative Display Establishment Act

To authorize Pacific Historic Parks to establish a commemorative display to honor members of the United States Armed Forces who served in the Pacific Theater of World War II, and for other purposes. 1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Admiral Lloyd R. Joe 2. Definitions In this Act: (1) Association The term Association (A) a cooperating association with the National Park Service; (B) organized under the laws of the State of Hawaii; and (C) described in section 501(c)(3) (2) Director The term Director (3) Commemorative display The term commemorative display 3. Purposes The purposes of this Act are to— (1) honor the brave members of the United States Armed Forces who fought on behalf of the United States of America in the Pacific Theater during World War II; (2) provide a place to mourn the more than 150,000 American and allied lives lost in the Pacific Theater during World War II; and (3) educate the public about United States battles in the Pacific Theater and its role in World War II. 4. Pacific theater commemorative display (a) Authorization To establish commemorative display The Association may establish and maintain a commemorative display to honor the members of the United States Armed Forces and Allies who served in the Pacific Theater during World War II. (b) Use of Federal funds prohibited Federal funds may not be used to design, procure, prepare, install, or maintain the commemorative display, but the Director may accept and expend contributions of non-Federal funds and resources for such purposes. (c) Location of commemorative display (1) In general The Director may allow the commemorative display to be established at a suitable location at the Pearl Harbor site of the World War II Valor in the Pacific National Monument in Honolulu, Hawaii. (2) Condition The commemorative display may not be established at any location under the jurisdiction of the Director until the Director determines that an assured source of non-Federal funding has been established for the design, procurement, installation, and maintenance of the commemorative display. (d) Design of the commemorative display The final design of the commemorative display shall be subject to the approval of the Director. March 21, 2018 Reported without amendment

Summary: Admiral Lloyd R. "Joe" Vasey Pacific War Commemorative Display Establishment Act This bill authorizes the Pacific Historic Parks to establish and maintain a commemorative display to honor the members of the U.S. Armed Forces and Allies who served in the Pacific Theater during World War II. Federal funds may not be used to design, procure, prepare, install, or maintain the commemorative display, but the National Park Service may accept and expend contributions of non-federal funds and resources for such purposes.
Medicare Patient Access to Hospice Act of 2017

To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to provide for the recognition of attending physician assistants as attending physicians to serve hospice patients, and for other purposes. 1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Medicare Patient Access to Hospice Act of 2017 2. Recognition of attending physician assistants as attending physicians to serve hospice patients (a) Recognition of attending physician assistants as attending physicians To serve hospice patients (1) In general Section 1861(dd)(3)(B) of the Social Security Act ( 42 U.S.C. 1395x(dd)(3)(B) (A) by striking or nurse , the nurse (B) by inserting , or the physician assistant (as defined in such subsection) subsection (aa)(5)) (2) Clarification of hospice role of physician assistants Section 1814(a)(7)(A)(i)(I) of the Social Security Act ( 42 U.S.C. 1395f(a)(7)(A)(i)(I) or a physician assistant a nurse practitioner (b) Effective date The amendments made by this section shall apply to items and services furnished on or after January 1, 2019.

Summary: Medicare Patient Access to Hospice Act of 2017 This bill amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act to allow physician assistants to provide hospice care under Medicare.