cheaptrix/billsum-US_congress_and_house huggingface dataset:
Everglades FIRST Act

To direct the Secretary of the Army to expedite completion of the reports for certain projects included in the Comprehensive Everglades Restoration Plan, and for other purposes. 1. Short title; purposes (a) Short title This Act may be cited as the Everglades Flow Increases Rely on Storage and Treatment Act Everglades FIRST Act (b) Purposes The purposes of this Act include— (1) improving surface water reservoir storage capacity in South Florida to meet the goals of the Comprehensive Everglades Restoration Plan; (2) achieving the full benefits of the Central Everglades Planning Project; and (3) producing environmentally beneficial changes in flow volumes in the Caloosahatchee River, St. Lucie River, Loxahatchee River, and Shark River Slough. 2. Expedited completion of reports and construction for certain projects included in Comprehensive Everglades Restoration Plan, Florida The Secretary shall expedite completion of the reports for each of the following projects and, if the Secretary determines that a project is feasible in the completed report, expedite completion of construction of the project: (1) Everglades Agricultural Area Storage Reservoirs, Florida. (2) Loxahatchee River Watershed Restoration Project, Florida. (3) Lake Okeechobee Watershed Restoration Project, Florida. (4) Western Everglades Restoration Project, Florida.

Summary: Everglades Flow Increases Rely on Storage and Treatment Act or the Everglades FIRST Act This bill directs the Department of the Army to expedite completion of the reports for the following projects in Florida and to expedite completion of construction of the projects it determines are feasible: Everglades Agricultural Area Storage Reservoirs, Loxahatchee River Watershed Restoration Project, Lake Okeechobee Watershed Restoration Project, and Western Everglades Restoration Project.
Menstrual Products Right to Know Act of 2017

To require menstrual product ingredient list labels. 1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Menstrual Products Right to Know Act of 2017 2. Labeling requirement for menstrual products (a) Menstrual products, such as menstrual cups; scented, scented deodorized, or unscented menstrual pads or tampons; therapeutic vaginal douche apparatuses; or obstetrical and gynecological devices described in section 884.5400, 884.5425, 884.5435, 884.5460, 884.5470, or 884.5900 of title 21, Code of Federal Regulations (or any successor regulation), shall be deemed to be misbranded under section 502 of the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act ( 21 U.S.C. 352 (b) The amendment made by subsection (a) applies only with respect to a device manufactured more than one year after the date of the enactment of this Act.

Summary: Menstrual Products Right to Know Act of 2017 This bill requires menstrual products, such as menstrual cups, menstrual pads, tampons, and therapeutic vaginal douche apparatuses, to include a list of ingredients on the label.
Medicare Prescription Drug Price Negotiation Act of 2017

To amend part D of title XVIII of the Social Security Act to require the Secretary of Health and Human Services to negotiate covered part D drug prices on behalf of Medicare beneficiaries. 1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Medicare Prescription Drug Price Negotiation Act of 2017 2. Negotiation of lower covered part D drug prices on behalf of medicare beneficiaries (a) Negotiation by secretary Section 1860D–11 of the Social Security Act ( 42 U.S.C. 1395w–111 (i) Negotiation of Lower Drug Prices (1) In general Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the Secretary shall negotiate with pharmaceutical manufacturers the prices (including discounts, rebates, and other price concessions) that may be charged to PDP sponsors and MA organizations for covered part D drugs for part D eligible individuals who are enrolled under a prescription drug plan or under an MA–PD plan. (2) No change in rules for formularies (A) In general Nothing in paragraph (1) shall be construed to authorize the Secretary to establish or require a particular formulary. (B) Construction Subparagraph (A) shall not be construed as affecting the Secretary's authority to ensure appropriate and adequate access to covered part D drugs under prescription drug plans and under MA–PD plans, including compliance of such plans with formulary requirements under section 1860D–4(b)(3). (3) Construction Nothing in this subsection shall be construed as preventing the sponsor of a prescription drug plan, or an organization offering an MA–PD plan, from obtaining a discount or reduction of the price for a covered part D drug below the price negotiated under paragraph (1). (4) Semi-annual reports to Congress Not later than June 1, 2018, and every 6 months thereafter, the Secretary shall submit to the Committees on Ways and Means, Energy and Commerce, and Oversight and Government Reform of the House of Representatives and the Committee on Finance of the Senate a report on negotiations conducted by the Secretary to achieve lower prices for Medicare beneficiaries, and the prices and price discounts achieved by the Secretary as a result of such negotiations. . (b) Effective date The amendment made by subsection (a) shall take effect on the date of the enactment of this Act and shall first apply to negotiations and prices for plan years beginning on January 1, 2018.

Summary: Medicare Prescription Drug Price Negotiation Act of 2017 This bill amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act to require the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) to negotiate with pharmaceutical companies regarding prices for drugs covered under the Medicare prescription drug benefit. Current law prohibits CMS from doing so.
To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide for tax preferred savings accounts for individuals under age 26, and for other purposes.

To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide for tax preferred savings accounts for individuals under age 26, and for other purposes. 1. Young savers accounts (a) Establishment of accounts (1) In general Section 408A (g) Young savers account (1) In general Except as provided in this subsection, a young savers account shall be treated in the same manner as a Roth IRA. (2) Young savers account For purposes of this subsection, the term young savers account (3) Contribution limits (A) Limit on accounts with respect to individual In the case of any contributions for any taxable year to one or more young savers accounts established and maintained on behalf of an individual, the amount determined with respect to such individual under subsection (c)(2)(A) shall be treated as the amount in effect for the taxable year under section 219(b)(5) (determined without regard to subparagraph (B) thereof). (B) Limit on contributors The aggregate amount of qualified young saver contributions an individual may make for any taxable year to all young savers accounts shall not exceed the deductible amount in effect for the taxable year under section 219(b)(5) (determined without regard to subparagraph (B) thereof). (C) Special rule for recontribution of amount distributed for higher education expenses In the case of a young savers account from which an individual receives a distribution to which section 72(t)(2)(E) applies (or would have applied had such distribution been includible in gross income), subparagraphs (A) and (B) shall not apply to any contribution made by such individual to a Roth IRA of such individual (and there shall not be taken into account under subsection (c)(2) any such contribution) to the extent such contribution does not exceed the excess (if any) of— (i) the aggregate amount of such distributions made during the 20-year period ending on the date of the contribution to which this subparagraph is applied, over (ii) the aggregate amount of contributions to which this subparagraph applies for all taxable years. (4) Qualified contributions For purposes of this subsection, the term qualified young saver contribution . (b) Effective date The amendments made by this section shall apply to taxable years beginning after December 31, 2017.

Summary: This bill amends the Internal Revenue Code to establish a tax-preferred individual retirement account for taxpayers under age 26, to be known as a young savers account. The bill treats such accounts as Roth individual retirement accounts for income tax purposes, with the exception of specified modifications to the rules regarding contribution limits.
Veteran Spouses Equal Treatment Act

To amend title 38, United States Code, to amend the definition of the term spouse 1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Veteran Spouses Equal Treatment Act 2. Definition of spouse for purposes of veteran benefits to reflect new State definitions of spouse (a) Definitions Section 101 of title 38, United States Code, is amended— (1) in paragraph (3), by striking of the opposite sex (2) in paragraph (31), by striking of the opposite sex who is a wife or husband in a marriage recognized under section 103 of this title (b) Determination Subsection (c) of section 103 of such title is amended to read as follows: (c) (1) For the purposes of all laws administered by the Secretary, the Secretary shall recognize a marriage based on the law of the State where the marriage occurred. In the case of a marriage that occurred outside a State, the Secretary shall recognize the marriage if the marriage was lawful in the place where it occurred and could have been entered into under the laws of any State. Except in the case of a purported marriage deemed valid under subsection (a), the Secretary may not recognize more than one marriage for any person at the same time. (2) In this subsection, the term State .

Summary: Veteran Spouses Equal Treatment Act This bill amends the definition of "spouse" for purposes of veterans' benefits to require the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) to recognize a marriage based on the law of the state where the marriage occurred. When a marriage occurs outside a state, the VA shall recognize it if the marriage is lawful in the place where it occurs and could have been entered into under the laws of any state.
Washington County, Utah, Public Lands Management Implementation Act

To implement certain measures relating to management of Washington County, Utah, required by Public Law 111–11. 1. Washington County, Utah, Public Lands Management Implementation Act (a) Short title This Act may be cited as the Washington County, Utah, Public Lands Management Implementation Act (b) Northern Transportation Route The Secretary of the Interior shall grant any necessary rights-of-way for the northern transportation route identified pursuant to section 1977(b)(2)(A) of Public Law 111–11 Proposed Northern Transportation Route Alignment (c) Utility Corridors The Secretary of the Interior shall authorize development of utilities described in section 1974(h) of Public Law 111–11 16 U.S.C. 460www(h) (1) each utility protocol referenced in the Washington County Habitat Conservation Plan dated February 23, 1996; and (2) any other applicable law (including regulations). September 14, 2017 Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union and ordered to be printed

Summary: Washington County, Utah, Public Lands Management Implementation Act (Sec. 1) This bill directs the Department of the Interior to grant any necessary rights-of-way for the northern transportation route in Washington County, Utah, identified pursuant to the Omnibus Public Land Management Act of 2009. Interior shall authorize the development of utilities within the Red Cliffs National Conservation Area in Utah if such development is consistent with: (1) each utility protocol referenced in the Washington County Habitat Conservation Plan (1996), and (2) any other applicable law.
To require the Secretary of the Interior to issue new resource management plans applicable to the Beaver Dam Wash National Conservation Area and the Red Cliffs National Conservation Area and a new amendment to the St. George Field Office Resource Management Plan, and for other purposes.

To require the Secretary of the Interior to issue new resource management plans applicable to the Beaver Dam Wash National Conservation Area and the Red Cliffs National Conservation Area and a new amendment to the St. George Field Office Resource Management Plan, and for other purposes. 1. Issuance of new resource management plans for the Beaver Dam Wash and Red Cliffs National Conservation Areas and a new amendment to the St. George Field Office Resource Management Plan The Secretary of the Interior (acting through the Director of the Bureau of Land Management)— (1) shall not implement or enforce the resource management plans for the Beaver Dam Wash National Conservation Area or the Red Cliffs National Conservation Area or the amendment to the St. George Field Office Resource Management Plan described in the notice of the Bureau of Land Management entitled Notice of Availability of the Record of Decision and the Approved Resource Management Plans for the Beaver Dam Wash and Red Cliffs National Conservation Areas; and Approved Amendment to the St. George Field Office Resource Management Plan in Washington County, Utah (2) shall issue new resource management plans and a new amendment to replace the resource management plans and amendment to the resource management plan referred to in paragraph (1) that are prepared— (A) in accordance with the requirements for management plans established under subtitle O of title I of the Omnibus Public Land Management Act of 2009 ( Public Law 111–11 (B) in coordination with affected units of local government, in accordance with section 202(c)(9) of the Federal Land Policy and Management Act of 1976 ( 43 U.S.C. 1712(c)(9)

Summary: This bill prohibits the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) from implementing or enforcing: (1) the resource management plans for the Beaver Dam Wash National Conservation Area or the Red Cliffs National Conservation Area in Utah; or (2) the amendment to the St. George Field Office Resource Management Plan described in the notice of the BLM titled "Notice of Availability of the Record of Decision and Approved Resource Management Plans for the Beaver Dam Wash and Red Cliffs National Conservation Areas; and Approved Amendment to the St. George Field Office Resource Management Plan in Washington, County, Utah" (published in the Federal Register on December 21, 2016). In their place the BLM shall issue new resource management plans and a new amendment that are prepared: (1) in accordance with the requirements for comprehensive plans for the long-term management of such conservation areas under the Omnibus Public Land Management Act of 2009, and (2) in coordination with affected local governments in accordance with certain criteria for the development and revision of land use plans under the Federal Land Policy and Management Act of 1976.
Organic Agriculture Research Act of 2017

To amend the Food, Agriculture, Conservation, and Trade Act of 1990 to reauthorize the organic agriculture research and extension initiative. 1. Short title This Act may be cited as the “Organic Agriculture Research Act of 2017”. 2. Organic agriculture research and extension initiative reauthorized Section 1672B(e) of the Food, Agriculture, Conservation, and Trade Act of 1990 ( 7 U.S.C. 5925b(e) (1) in paragraph (1)— (A) in subparagraph (B), by striking 2012 2018 (B) by amending subparagraph (C) to read as follows: (C) $50,000,000 for each fiscal year thereafter. ; and (2) in paragraph (2), by striking 2018 2023

Summary: Organic Agriculture Research Act of 2017 This bill amends the Food, Agriculture, Conservation, and Trade Act of 1990 to increase and make permanent mandatory funding for the organic agriculture research and extension initiative and extend discretionary funding for such initiative through FY2023.
Fighting Against Imbalanced Regulatory Burdens Act of 2017

To amend the Clean Air Act to prohibit any regulation under such Act concerning the emissions of carbon dioxide from a fossil fuel-fired electric generating unit from taking effect until the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency makes certain certifications, and for other purposes. 1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Fighting Against Imbalanced Regulatory Burdens Act of 2017 2. No unilateral regulation of emissions of carbon dioxide The Clean Air Act ( 42 U.S.C. 7401 330. No unilateral regulation of emissions of carbon dioxide from fossil fuel-fired electric generating units (a) Prohibition on regulations concerning emissions of carbon dioxide from fossil fuel-Fired electric generating units taking effect (1) Prohibition A regulation under this Act concerning emissions of carbon dioxide from a fossil fuel-fired electric generating unit to address climate change may not take effect until the Administrator certifies that a sufficient number of countries have put into effect regulations concerning emissions of carbon dioxide which are at least as stringent as the regulation under this Act. (2) Countries For the purposes of paragraph (1), the term sufficient number (3) Stringency considerations For the purposes of paragraph (1), a country’s regulation concerning carbon dioxide emissions may only be considered to be as stringent as the regulation under this Act if such country’s regulation limits carbon dioxide emissions to a numeric standard that is equal to or less than such a standard under the regulation under this Act in a timeframe that is equal to or less than the timeframe under the regulation under this Act. (b) Rule of Construction Nothing in this section shall be construed as providing the Administrator with any authority to promulgate any regulation concerning, take action relating to, or take into consideration the emissions of carbon dioxide. .

Summary: Fighting Against Imbalanced Regulatory Burdens Act of 2017 This bill amends the Clean Air Act to prohibit a regulation concerning emissions of carbon dioxide from a fossil fuel-fired electric generating unit from taking effect until the Environmental Protection Agency certifies that a sufficient number of countries have adopted climate change regulations for carbon dioxide that are at least as stringent. A "sufficient number" is a number of countries that account for at least 80% of global carbon dioxide emissions in the last year, excluding those in the United States.
Presidential Disclosure of Foreign Business Transactions Act

To require the President to report to the Treasury and make publicly available past business transactions with foreign countries exceeding $10,000 and for other purposes. 1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Presidential Disclosure of Foreign Business Transactions Act 2. Presidential disclosure of business transactions with foreign countries (a) Initial report (1) In general Not later than 90 days after the date on which the President first assumes office, the President shall submit to the Secretary of the Treasury an initial report detailing any private business transaction with a foreign government conducted by the President during the 10 years immediately preceding the year in which the President first assumes office. (2) Contents of initial report Any such report shall include a detailed summary and purpose of the transaction, including the recipient, location, time, and status of the transaction. (3) Delayed initial report For a President who assumed office before the date of enactment of this Act, the President shall submit the initial report described in such paragraph not later than 90 days after the enactment of this Act. (b) Monthly report At the end of each month beginning after the month that the initial report is submitted under subsection (a) and ending the month after the President ceases to hold office, the President shall submit a report to the Secretary of the Treasury detailing any private business transaction between businesses affiliated with the President with foreign governments during that month. Any such report shall include the information required under subsection (a)(3) with respect to each such transaction. (c) Publication In order to ensure transparency and accountability to the American people, any report submitted under subsection (a) or (b) shall be made available on the public internet website of the Treasury. (d) Definition of business transaction In this section, the term business transaction 3. Violations A violation of 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: Presidential Disclosure of Foreign Business Transactions Act This bill directs the President: (1) within 90 days after first assuming office, to submit to the Department of the Treasury an initial report detailing any private business transaction with a foreign government conducted by the President during the previous 10 years; and (2) each month thereafter, to submit a report detailing any private business transaction between businesses affiliated with the President and foreign governments during that month. A "business transaction" is defined as any transaction of more than $10,000 in relation to any private businesses or investments listed in the President's financial disclosure reports, including any report submitted pursuant to the Ethics in Government Act of 1978. Such reports shall be made available on Treasury's public website. A violation of this bill shall constitute a high crime and misdemeanor for purposes of the Constitution's impeachment provision.
Sex Trafficking Demand Reduction Act of 2017

To amend the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 to include an additional permissible use of amounts provided as grants under the Byrne JAG program, and for other purposes. 1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Sex Trafficking Demand Reduction Act of 2017 2. Additional authorized use of Byrne JAG funds Section 501(a)(1) of the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 ( 42 U.S.C. 3751(a)(1) (I) Programs to combat human trafficking (including programs to reduce the demand for trafficked persons). .

Summary: Sex Trafficking Demand Reduction Act of 2017 This bill amends the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 to allow grants under the Edward Byrne Memorial Justice Assistance Grant program to be used for programs to combat human trafficking.
FIRED Act

To amend the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 to provide that the Director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation may only be removed for cause, and for other purposes. 1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Fighting for Intelligent, Rational, and Ethical Dismissal Act FIRED Act 2. Removal of the Director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (a) Removal for cause Section 1101(b) of title VI of the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 ( Public Law 90–351 The President may remove the Director for inefficiency, neglect of duty, or malfeasance in office. (b) Application The amendment made by subsection (a) shall apply to any Director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation appointed on or after the date of enactment of this Act.

Summary: Fighting for Intelligent, Rational, and Ethical Dismissal Act or the FIRED Act This bill limits the circumstances under which the President may remove the Director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation—specifically, for inefficiency, neglect of duty, or malfeasance.