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Ensuring Health Care Opportunities Act

To waive the essential health benefits requirements for certain States. 1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Ensuring Health Care Opportunities Act 2. Waiver of essential health benefits requirements (a) In general In the case of a State in which the applicable State authority (as defined in section 2791(d)(1) of the Public Health Service Act ( 42 U.S.C. 300gg–91(d)(1) (1) The requirement under section 1301(a)(1) of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act ( 42 U.S.C. 18021(a)(1) 42 U.S.C. 18022(a) (2) The requirement under section 2707(a) of the Public Health Service Act ( 42 U.S.C. 300gg–6(a) 42 U.S.C. 18022(a) (b) State certification To be eligible for a waiver under subsection (a), a State shall make the certification described in subsection (a) not later than— (1) 90 days after the date of enactment of this Act, in the case of a State in which, on the date of enactment of this Act, at least one county in the State (or, in the case of a State that does not have counties, equivalent municipality), only one health insurance issuer offers coverage in the individual market for the plan year in effect on such date of enactment; and (2) 90 days after the applicable State authority (as defined in section 2791(d)(1) of the Public Health Service Act ( 42 U.S.C. 300gg–91(d)(1) (c) Term of waiver A waiver under this section may extend over a period of not more than 5 years, provided that the State continues to meet the criteria for eligibility for the waiver under subsection (a). A State that continues to meet such criteria for more than 5 years may recertify under subsection (a) every 5 years. (d) Plans offering essential health benefits Nothing in this Act prevents a health insurance issuer from offering in a State to which a waiver under subsection (a) applies health insurance coverage that includes the essential health benefits package described in section 1302(a) of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act ( 42 U.S.C. 18022(a)

Summary: Ensuring Health Care Opportunities Act This bill waives certain health insurance benefit requirements in states with a county where only one health insurer offers individual coverage. In these states, health plans are not required to provide essential health benefits to be offered in the individual or small group market or through the health insurance exchange. (Plans offered in the individual market or through an exchange fulfill the requirement for individuals to maintain minimum essential coverage.)
Eastern Interior Alaska Land Use Protection Act

To provide that the management plan entitled Eastern Interior Proposed Resource Management Plan and Final Environmental Impact Statement 1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Eastern Interior Alaska Land Use Protection Act 2. Nullification of effect of management plan The management plan entitled Eastern Interior Proposed Resource Management Plan and Final Environmental Impact Statement

Summary: Eastern Interior Alaska Land Use Protection Act This bill declares that the management plan prepared by the Bureau of Land Management for the Eastern Interior Planning Area in Alaska, which is entitled the "Eastern Interior Proposed Resource Management Plan and Final Environmental Impact Statement," for which a notice of availability was published in the Federal Register on July 29, 2016, shall have no force or effect.
For the relief of Daniela Vargas.

For the relief of Daniela Vargas. 1. Waiver of grounds for removal of, or denial of admission to, Daniela Vargas (a) In general Notwithstanding sections 212(a) and 237(a) of the Immigration and Nationality Act, Daniela Vargas may not be removed from the United States, or denied admission to the United States, by reason of any act of hers, or on her behalf during the period of infancy, that is a ground for removal or denial of admission and is reflected in the records of the Department of Homeland Security, or the Visa Office of the Department of State, on the date of the enactment of this Act. (b) Rescission of outstanding order of removal The Secretary of Homeland Security shall rescind any outstanding order of removal, or any finding that Daniela Vargas is inadmissible or subject to removal, that has been entered against Daniela Vargas by reason of any act described in subsection (a).

Summary: Provides for the relief of Daniela Vargas.
Year-Round Pell Grant Restoration Act

To improve the Federal Pell Grant program, and for other purposes. 1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Year-Round Pell Grant Restoration Act 2. Findings Congress finds the following: (1) The Congressional Budget Office reports on any overall financial surplus or shortfall in the funding provided for the Federal Pell Grant program. However, in recent years, in order to meet the maximum Federal Pell Grant level with the provided level of funding, Congress has made cuts to the program through imposing additional eligibility requirements for Federal Pell Grants and limiting the availability of year-round Federal Pell Grants, causing significant uncertainty and reducing access to higher education for millions of hardworking college students. (2) The traditional student (3) Section 1860 of the Department of Defense and Full-Year Continuing Appropriations Act, 2011 ( Public Law 112–10 20 U.S.C. 1070a 3. Year-Round Federal Pell Grant students Section 401(b) of the Higher Education Act of 1965 ( 20 U.S.C. 1070a(b) (8) (A) Effective for the 2018–2019 award year and each award year thereafter, the Secretary shall award an eligible student a total of not more than 1½ Federal Pell Grants during a single award year to permit such student to work toward completion of an eligible program if, during that single award year, the student— (i) has received a Federal Pell Grant for the award year and is enrolled in an eligible program for one or more additional payment periods during the same award year that are not otherwise fully covered by the student's Federal Pell Grant; and (ii) is enrolled on at least a half-time basis while receiving any funds under this section. (B) In the case of a student receiving more than one Federal Pell Grant in a single award year under subparagraph (A), the total amount of the Federal Pell Grants awarded to such student for the award year may exceed the maximum Federal Pell Grant available for an award year. (C) Any period of study covered by a Federal Pell Grant awarded under subparagraph (A) shall be included in determining a student's duration limit under subsection (c)(5). (9) In any case where an eligible student is receiving a Federal Pell Grant for a payment period that spans 2 award years, the Secretary shall allow the eligible institution in which the student is enrolled to determine the award year to which the additional period shall be assigned, as it determines is most beneficial to the student. .

Summary: Year-Round Pell Grant Restoration Act This bill amends the Higher Education Act of 1965 to make qualified students eligible to receive more than one Pell Grant in an award year, thus allowing year-round Pell Grants. If a student receives more than one Pell Grant in an award year, the total amount of the Pell Grants awarded to the student may exceed the maximum Pell Grant available for an award year.
No Coverage, No 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 No Coverage, No 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 or county 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: No Coverage, No 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 or county 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.
DAIRY Act of 2017

To amend the Immigration and Nationality Act to expand the H–2A worker program to include certain additional laborers, and for other purposes. 1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Defending the Agricultural Industry’s Requirements Year-round Act of 2017 DAIRY Act of 2017 2. Expansion of H–2A worker program to include certain additional laborers Section 101(a)(15)(H)(ii)(a) of the Immigration and Nationality Act ( 8 U.S.C. 1101(a)(15)(H)(ii)(a) abandoning who is coming temporarily to the United States to perform agricultural labor or services as a dairy worker, or 3. Special rule for period of admission of H–2A nonimmigrants employed as sheepherders or dairy workers Section 218(h) of the Immigration and Nationality Act ( 8 U.S.C. 1188(h) (3) In the case of an alien admitted as an H–2A worker for employment as a dairy worker— (A) the initial period of admission shall be for a period of 18 months; (B) the period of admission may be extended for additional periods of 18 months; and (C) no period of absence from the United States may be required as a condition of approval of an extension under subparagraph (B). .

Summary: Defending the Agricultural Industry's Requirements Year-round Act of 2017 or the DAIRY Act of 2017 This bill amends the Immigration and Nationality Act to include in the H-2A nonimmigrant visa category (temporary agricultural workers) an alien coming temporarily to the United States to perform agricultural labor or services as a dairy worker. The initial period of admission for such dairy workers shall be 18 months, which may be extended for additional 18-month periods. No period of absence from the United States shall be required for such extensions.
Empire State Equity Act

To amend title XIX of the Social Security Act to increase certain Federal amounts payable under Medicaid for certain States. 1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Empire State Equity Act 2. Increasing certain Federal amounts payable under Medicaid for certain States (a) Increase in FFP for certain States Section 1903 of the Social Security Act ( 42 U.S.C. 1396b (aa) Increase in FFP for certain States Notwithstanding the previous provisions of this section, in the case of a State that has a DSH allotment under section 1923(f) for fiscal year 2016 that was more than 6 times the national average of such allotments for all the States for such fiscal year, in determining the amount that is payable to the State for expenditures in a quarter in a fiscal year (beginning with fiscal year 2018) under subsection (a)(1), the amount of such expenditures shall be increased by 1/4 . (b) Sense of the Congress It is the Sense of the Congress that the amendment made by subsection (a) should result in all political subdivisions of affected States providing property tax relief for the citizens of such political subdivisions.

Summary: Empire State Equity Act This bill amends title XIX (Medicaid) of the Social Security Act to increase federal Medicaid funding for states that received, for FY2016, disproportionate share hospital (DSH) allotments greater than six times the national average. (DSHs are hospitals that receive additional payment under Medicaid for treating a large share of low-income patients.)
To improve the Department of Housing and Urban Development's regulations on hazardous storage containers.

To improve the Department of Housing and Urban Development’s regulations on hazardous storage containers. 1. Improving HUD hazardous storage container regulations The Secretary of Housing and Urban Development shall prescribe, or amend existing, regulations to include as an exception from the definition of the term hazard (1) has a capacity of 1,320 gallons or less; (2) is intended to contain common liquid fuels such as gasoline, fuel oil, kerosene, diesel, or crude oil; (3) is sited on land or property that contains a one- to four-family dwelling; (4) is intended to be used solely by residents of such dwelling; and (5) is intended to be used by residents of such dwelling exclusively for non-commercial, non-industrial purposes.

Summary: This bill requires the Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) to prescribe, or amend existing, regulations concerning the siting of HUD-assisted projects near hazardous operations handling conventional fuels or chemicals of an explosive or flammable nature to include as an exception from the definition of the term "hazard" any stationary container which stores, handles, or processes hazardous substances of an explosive or fire-prone nature that: (1) has a capacity of 1,320 gallons or less; (2) is intended to contain common liquid fuels such as gasoline, fuel oil, kerosene, diesel, or crude oil; (3) is sited on land or property that contains a one- to four-family dwelling; and (4) is intended to be used solely by residents of such dwelling and exclusively for non-commercial, non-industrial purposes.
Motorsports Fairness and Permanency Act

To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to make permanent the 7-year recovery period for motorsports entertainment complexes. 1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Motorsports Fairness and Permanency Act 2. 7-year recovery period for motorsports entertainment complexes made permanent (a) In general Section 168(i)(15) (b) Effective date The amendment made by this section shall apply to property placed in service after December 31, 2016.

Summary: Motorsports Fairness and Permanency Act This bill amends the Internal Revenue Code to make permanent the accelerated depreciation (seven-year recovery period) of motorsports entertainment complexes.
Strengthening and Clarifying the 25th Amendment Act of 2017

To provide for an alternative body to transmit a written declaration that the President is unable to discharge the powers and duties of his office in accordance with the provisions of the 25th Amendment of the Constitution. 1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Strengthening and Clarifying the 25th Amendment Act of 2017 2. Purpose The purpose of this Act is to provide for an alternative body to transmit a written declaration that the President is unable to discharge the powers and duties of his office in accordance with section 4 of the 25th Amendment of the Constitution. 3. Presidential incapacity (a) In general Except as provided in subsections (b) and (c), the following individuals shall constitute an alternative body to transmit a written declaration that the President is unable to discharge the powers and duties of his office in accordance with section 4 of the 25th Amendment of the Constitution: (1) Each former living President. (2) Each former living Vice President. (b) Disqualification from body The following individuals shall not be part of the body established under subsection (a): (1) Any individual impeached by the House of Representatives and convicted by the Senate. (2) Any individual serving as President or Vice President at the time the declaration of incapacity is made. (c) Removal from body A member of the body identified in subsection (a) may be removed from such body by a majority vote of all members of such body. (d) Termination and reestablishment of body The body described in subsection (a) shall terminate whenever less than 2 individuals described in paragraphs (1) and (2) of such subsection and not disqualified under subsection (b) are living. Such body shall be reestablished whenever 2 or more such individuals are living. (e) Definition The term State

Summary: Strengthening and Clarifying the 25th Amendment Act of 2017 This bill provides for an alternative body to transmit a written declaration that the President is unable to discharge the powers and duties of office in accordance with the 25th Amendment. Each former living President and each former living Vice President shall constitute such body, except any such individual who has been impeached by the House of Representatives and convicted by the Senate or who is serving as President or Vice President at the time the declaration of incapacity is made. Such body shall terminate whenever less than two such eligible individuals are living and shall be reestablished whenever two or more such eligible individuals are living. A member of such body may be removed by a majority vote of all members of such body.
Missing Children's Assistance Amendment Act of 2017

To amend the Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention Act of 1974 to require the publication of certain demographic data regarding missing children, and for other purposes. 1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Missing Children’s Assistance Amendment Act of 2017 2. Demographic data regarding missing children to be published Section 404(c) of the Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention Act of 1974 ( 42 U.S.C. 5773(c) (1) in paragraph (1), by striking and (2) in paragraph (2), by striking the period at the end and inserting ; and (3) by adding at the end the following: (3) publish an analysis of the information determined under paragraph (1) that includes— (A) a disaggregation of such information by such demographic features as the Administrator determines appropriate, including— (i) race; (ii) ethnicity; (iii) gender; (iv) sexual orientation; and (v) gender identity; and (B) analyses of subgroups of missing children that are identified by two or more demographic features by which a disaggregation was made under subparagraph (A). .

Summary: Missing Children's Assistance Amendment Act of 2017 This bill amends the Missing Children's Assistance Act to require the Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention to analyze and publish certain demographic information with respect to the number of children reported missing each year, the number of such children who are victims of stranger abduction or parental kidnappings, and the number of children who are recovered each year.
ATF Wrongful Reclassification Act

To prevent the reclassification of certain ammunition as armor piercing ammunition. 1. Short title This Act may be cited as the ATF Wrongful Reclassification Act 2. Prevention of reclassification of certain ammunition as armor piercing ammunition Section 921(a)(17) of title 18, United States Code, is amended— (1) in subparagraph (B)(i), by striking may be used is designed and intended by the manufacturer solely for use (2) in subparagraph (C)— (A) by striking the Attorney General finds is primarily intended is primarily intended by the manufacturer (B) by striking sporting lawful

Summary: ATF Wrongful Reclassification Act This bill amends the federal criminal code to modify the definition of "armor piercing ammunition." Currently, armor piercing ammunition includes certain projectiles or projectile cores that may be used in a handgun. The bill limits that definition of armor piercing ammunition to certain projectiles or projectile cores that are designed and intended by the manufacturer solely for use in a handgun. The bill also revises the standard for determining when armor piercing ammunition is exempt from federal prohibitions on import, manufacture, and distribution. Current law exempts armor piercing ammunition that is primarily intended to be used for sporting purposes, as determined by the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives. This bill replaces the "sporting purposes" standard with a new standard that exempts armor piercing ammunition that is primarily intended by the manufacturer to be used for lawful purposes.
Second Amendment Defense Act of 2017

To eliminate the authority of the executive branch to further restrict the conduct of individuals in relation to firearms or ammunition. 1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Second Amendment Defense Act of 2017 2. Elimination of executive authority to further restrict conduct of individuals in relation to firearms or ammunition No officer or employee of the Federal Government may take any action that would result in a limitation on the conduct of an individual in relation to a firearm or ammunition that is more restrictive than the limitations on the conduct that are in effect as of January 3, 2016.

Summary: Second Amendment Defense Act of 2017 This bill prohibits a federal government officer or employee from taking an action that limits an individual's conduct related to firearms or ammunition that is more restrictive than limitations in effect as of January 3, 2016.
GI Bill Fairness Act of 2017

To amend title 38, United States Code, to consider certain time spent by members of reserve components of the Armed Forces while receiving medical care from the Secretary of Defense as active duty for purposes of eligibility for Post-9/11 Educational Assistance, and for other purposes. 1. Short title This Act may be cited as the GI Bill Fairness Act of 2017 2. Consideration of certain time spent receiving medical care from Secretary of Defense as active duty for purposes of eligibility for post-9/11 educational assistance (a) In general Section 3301(1)(B) of title 38, United States Code, is amended by inserting 12301(h), 12301(g), (b) Retroactive application The amendment made by subsection (a) shall apply as if such amendment were enacted immediately after the enactment of the Post- 9/11 Veterans Educational Assistance Act of 2008 ( Public Law 110–252

Summary: GI Bill Fairness Act of 2017 This bill includes as active duty, for purposes of eligibility for post-9/11 veterans educational assistance, service of a member of a reserve component ordered to active duty to receive authorized medical care, to be medically evaluated, or to complete a required Department of Defense health care study.
Work-Study for Student Veterans Act

To amend title 38, United States Code, to extend the authority to provide work-study allowance for certain activities by individuals receiving educational assistance by the Secretary of Veterans Affairs. 1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Work-Study for Student Veterans Act 2. Work-study allowance Section 3485(a)(4) of title 38, United States Code, is amended by striking June 30, 2022 June 30, 2027

Summary: Work-Study for Student Veterans Act This bill reauthorizes through June 30, 2027, certain qualifying work-study activities for individuals receiving educational assistance through the Department of Veterans Affairs.
Prior Approval Reform Act

To amend the Federal Election Campaign Act of 1971 to expand the ability of trade associations to solicit contributions from the stockholders and executive or administrative personnel of their member corporations, and for other purposes. 1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Prior Approval Reform Act 2. Expanding ability of trade associations to solicit contributions from member corporations (a) Solicitations Section 316(b)(4)(D) of the Federal Election Campaign Act of 1971 ( 52 U.S.C. 30118(b)(4)(D) to the extent that (b) Effective Date The amendment made by subsection (a) shall apply to solicitations made on or after January 1, 2018.

Summary: Prior Approval Reform Act This bill amends the Federal Election Campaign Act of 1971 to allow a trade association or a separate segregated fund established by a trade association to solicit contributions from a member corporation's stockholders and executive or administrative personnel and their families without the approval of the member corporation. Such a solicitation may be made by more than one trade association in a calendar year.