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Increasing Access to Care Act

To allow all individuals purchasing health insurance in the individual market the option to purchase a lower premium copper plan. 1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Increasing Access to Care Act 2. Allowing all individuals purchasing health insurance in the individual market the option to purchase a lower premium copper plan (a) In general Section 1302(e) of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act ( 42 U.S.C. 18022(e) (1) in paragraph (1)— (A) by redesignating clauses (i) and (ii) of subparagraph (B) as subparagraphs (A) and (B), respectively, and adjusting the margins accordingly; (B) by striking plan year if— the plan provides— plan year if the plan provides— (C) in subparagraph (A), as so redesignated, by striking clause (ii) subparagraph (B) (2) by striking paragraph (2); and (3) by redesignating paragraph (3) as paragraph (2). (b) Risk pools Section 1312(c)(1) of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act ( 42 U.S.C. 18032(c)(1) and including enrollees in catastrophic plans described in section 1302(e) Exchange (c) Conforming amendment Section 1312(d)(3)(C) of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act ( 42 U.S.C. 18032(d)(3)(C) , except that in the case of a catastrophic plan described in section 1302(e), a qualified individual may enroll in the plan only if the individual is eligible to enroll in the plan under section 1302(e)(2) (d) Effective date The amendments made by this section shall apply with respect to plan years beginning on or after January 1, 2019.

Summary: Increasing Access to Care Act This bill amends the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act to eliminate restrictions on who may purchase catastrophic health plans. Catastrophic health plans do not cover any benefits, other than three primary care visits per year, before the deductible is met; such plans are generally characterized by lower premiums and higher deductibles. Currently, only individuals who are younger than 30 years of age or who have a hardship exemption may purchase such plans.
Seniors Tax Hike Prevention Act of 2017

To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to extend the 7.5 percent threshold for the medical expense deduction for individuals age 65 or older. 1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Seniors Tax Hike Prevention Act of 2017 2. Extension of 7.5 percent threshold for medical expense deduction for individuals age 65 or older (a) In general Subsection (f) of section 213 (1) by striking January 1, 2017 January 1, 2020 (2) by striking 2013, 2014, 2015, and 2016 2013 through 2019 (b) Effective date The amendments made by this section shall apply to taxable years beginning after December 31, 2016. 3. Sense of the Senate relating to offsetting revenue loss It is the sense of the Senate that the reduction in revenues to the Treasury resulting from the amendments made by section 2 should be offset by means of an appropriate amendment to the Internal Revenue Code of 1986.

Summary: Seniors Tax Hike Prevention Act of 2017 This bill amends the Internal Revenue Code (IRC) to extend, through 2019, the rule that permits individuals who are 65 and older to deduct certain medical expenses that exceed 7.5% of adjusted gross income. (A provision that reduced the 10% threshold for the medical expense deduction to 7.5% if a taxpayer or a taxpayer's spouse is 65 or older expired at the end of 2016.) The bill also expresses the sense of the Senate that the reduction in revenues resulting from this bill should be offset by an appropriate amendment to the IRC.
Small Business and Family Health Tax Relief Act of 2017

To delay the annual fee on health insurance providers until 2020 and to make such fee tax deductible. 1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Small Business and Family Health Tax Relief Act of 2017 2. Findings Congress makes the following findings: (1) The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act established an annual fee on health insurance providers to be paid by covered entities (as defined in section 9010 of such Act). (2) Public Law 114–113 was passed with bipartisan support in 2015 to delay the fee for 1 year through 2017. (3) Consumers, employers, seniors, States, and tribes benefitted from this fee not being in effect with lower premiums and additional health benefits. (4) Independent analysis by Oliver Wyman found that the average premium reduction from the delay of the fee was approximately 3 percent. (5) This fee affects an estimated 156,000,000 consumers with coverage across various markets including the individual group market, the small group market, the Medicare Advantage program under part C of title XVIII of the Social Security Act, the Medicare prescription drug program under part D of title XVIII of the Social Security Act, Medicaid managed care organizations, and stand-alone dental and vision plans. (6) These consumers face an impact to their premiums due to the fee taking effect in 2018. (7) This Act would provide relief to these consumers and improve affordability of health care coverage. (8) Insurance companies have passed the impact of the fee on to consumers in calculating rates for the plan year beginning in 2018. (9) Given the complexity of a fee that captures such a varied group of consumers, the Department of Health and Human Service, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, the Department of the Treasury, State insurance commissioners, insurance providers and other entities making payment of benefits, and others should work together to ensure that consumers benefit from the delay of the fee through rebates, premium reductions, supplemental health benefits, or otherwise in both 2018 and 2019. (10) Making this fee deductible in future years will provide greater stability and minimize the negative impact of the fee on consumers. 3. Delay of application of annual fee on health insurance providers (a) In general Section 9010(j) of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act ( 26 U.S.C. 4001 December 31, 2017 December 31, 2019 (b) Effective date The amendment made by this section shall apply to calendar years beginning after December 31, 2017. 4. Deductibility of fee (a) In general Section 9010(f)(2) of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act ( 26 U.S.C. 4001 shall be considered shall not be considered (b) Effective date The amendment made by this section shall apply to calendar years beginning after December 31, 2019.

Summary: Small Business and Family Health Tax Relief Act of 2017This bill suspends the annual fee imposed on health-insurance providers under the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act for 2019 and makes the fee tax-deductible beginning in 2020.
A bill to block the implementation of certain presidential actions that restrict individuals from certain countries from entering the United States.

To block the implementation of certain presidential actions that restrict individuals from certain countries from entering the United States. 1. Findings Congress finds that Executive Order 13780 and the presidential proclamation issued on September 24, 2017— (1) violate the Immigration and Nationality Act ( 8 U.S.C. 1101 (2) violate the Establishment Clause of the First Amendment to the United States Constitution and the equal protection component of the Due Process Clause of the Fifth Amendment to the United States Constitution. 2. Prohibition against use of funds No funds, resources, or fees made available to the Secretary of Homeland Security, or to any other official of a Federal agency, by this Act or any other Act for any fiscal year, may be used to implement or enforce Executive Order 13780, signed on March 6, 2017, or the presidential proclamation issued on September 24, 2017.

Summary: This bill prohibits any federal agency funds, resources, or fees from being used to implement or enforce Executive Order 13780 and the presidential proclamation of September 24, 2017. Among the order's major provisions are restrictions on the entry of nationals from Iran, Libya, Somalia, Sudan, Syria, and Yemen and additional limitations on refugee admissions to the United States. The proclamation revised such order to include entry restrictions on nationals from Chad, North Korea, and Venezuela, and remove such restrictions on nationals of Sudan. The proclamation additionally provides for enhanced U.S. vetting capacities.
Small Scale LNG Access Act of 2017

To amend the Natural Gas Act to expedite approval of exports of small volumes of natural gas, and for other purposes. 1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Small Scale LNG Access Act of 2017 2. Expedited approval of export of certain volumes of natural gas Section 3(c) of the Natural Gas Act ( 15 U.S.C. 717b(c) (1) by striking (c) For purposes of (c) Expedited application and approval process (1) Free trade agreements in effect For purposes of ; and (2) by adding at the end the following: (2) Small-scale natural gas exports For purposes of subsection (a), any application for the exportation of natural gas in a volume that is equal to or less than 51,100,000,000 cubic feet per year of natural gas shall be— (A) deemed to be consistent with the public interest; and (B) granted without modification or delay. (3) Exclusions Paragraphs (1) and (2) shall not apply to any nation subject to sanctions imposed by the United States. . May 10, 2018 Reported without amendment

Summary: Small Scale LNG Access Act of 2017 This bill amends the Natural Gas Act to state that an application under the Act for the exportation of natural gas that does not exceed 51.1 billion cubic feet per year shall be deemed to be consistent with the public interest and granted without modification or delay. The bill does not apply to exportation to any nation subject to sanctions imposed by the United States.
Protect Access to Birth Control Act

To repeal the rules issued by the Department of the Treasury, the Department of Labor, and the Department of Health and Human Services entitled Religious Exemptions and Accommodations for Coverage of Certain Preventive Services Under the Affordable Care Act Moral Exemptions and Accommodations for Coverage of Certain Preventive Services Under the Affordable Care Act 1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Protect Access to Birth Control Act 2. Repeal The rules issued by the Department of the Treasury, the Department of Labor, and the Department of Health and Human Services entitled Religious Exemptions and Accommodations for Coverage of Certain Preventive Services Under the Affordable Care Act Moral Exemptions and Accommodations for Coverage of Certain Preventive Services Under the Affordable Care Act

Summary: Protect Access to Birth Control Act This bill nullifies interim final rules issued by the Department of Labor, the Department of the Treasury, and the Department of Health and Human Services that allow employers with religious or moral objections to be exempt from the requirement in the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act to cover contraceptive services without cost-sharing.
Pottawattamie County Reversionary Interest Conveyance Act

To provide for the conveyance to the State of Iowa of the reversionary interest held by the United States in and to certain land in Pottawattamie County, Iowa, and to express the sense of Congress relating to the continued provision of information relating to certain national historic trails. 1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Pottawattamie County Reversionary Interest Conveyance Act 2. Conveyance of reversionary interest required (a) Conveyance Not later than 90 days after the date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary of the Interior shall convey, without consideration, to the State of Iowa the reversionary interest held by the United States and described in the quitclaim deed dated April 13, 1998, instrument number 19170, as recorded in book 98, page 55015, in Pottawattamie County, Iowa. (b) Costs As a condition of the conveyance under subsection (a), all costs associated with the conveyance under that subsection shall be paid by the State of Iowa, including the costs of the phase I environmental site assessment. 3. Sense of Congress relating to provision of information relating to certain national historic trails It is the sense of Congress that the State of Iowa should continue to provide information relating to the Lewis and Clark National Historic Trail, the California National Historic Trail, and the Mormon Pioneer National Historic Trail after the date of enactment of this Act.

Summary: Pottawattamie County Reversionary Interest Conveyance Act This bill directs the Department of the Interior to convey to the state of Iowa, without consideration, the reversionary interest held by the United States in certain land in Pottawattamie County described in the quitclaim deed dated April 13, 1998. The bill urges such state to continue to provide information relating to the Lewis and Clark National Historic Trail, the California National Historic Trail, and the Mormon Pioneer National Historic Trail.
Spurring Business in Communities Act of 2018

To amend the Small Business Investment Act of 1958 to improve the number of small business investment companies in underlicensed States, and for other purposes. 1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Spurring Business in Communities Act of 2017 2018 2. Improving the number of small business investment companies in underlicensed States The Small Business Investment Act of 1958 ( 15 U.S.C. 661 (1) in section 103 ( 15 U.S.C. 662 (A) in paragraph (18)(E), by striking and (B) in paragraph (19), by striking the period at the end and inserting ; and (C) by adding at the end the following: (20) the term underlicensed State ; (2) in section 301(c) ( 15 U.S.C. 681(c) (A) in paragraph (3)— (i) in subparagraph (B)(iii), by striking and (ii) in subparagraph (C), by striking the period at the end and inserting ; and (iii) by adding at the end the following: (D) shall give first priority to an applicant that is located in an underlicensed State with below median financing, as determined by the Administrator. ; and (B) in paragraph (4)(B)— (i) by striking clause (i); (ii) by redesignating clauses (ii) and (iii) as clauses (i) and (ii), respectively; and (iii) by amending clause (i), as so redesignated, to read as follows: (i) is located in a State that— (I) is not served by a licensee; or (II) is an underlicensed State; and ; and (3) in section 308(g) ( 15 U.S.C. 687(g) (A) in paragraph (2)— (i) in subparagraph (B), by inserting and licensing financing (ii) by redesignating subparagraphs (C) through (J) as subparagraphs (E), through (L), respectively; and (iii) by inserting after subparagraph (B) the following: (C) The steps the Administration has taken to improve the number of licensees in underlicensed States. (D) The Administration's plans to support States that seek to increase the number of licensees in the State. ; and (B) in paragraph (3)— (i) in subparagraph (C), by striking and (ii) in subparagraph (D), by striking the period at the end and inserting ; and (iii) by adding at the end the following: (E) the geographic dispersion of licensees in each State compared to the population of the State, identifying underlicensed States. . March 19, 2018 Reported with an amendment

Summary: Spurring Business in Communities Act of 2018 (Sec. 2) This bill amends the Small Business Investment Act of 1958 to: require the Small Business Administration (SBA), in reviewing and processing an entity's application to become a small business investment company (SBIC), to give first priority to an SBIC applicant located in an underlicensed state (i.e., a state in which the number of licensees per capita is less than the median number of licensees per capita for all states) with below median financing; and exempt applicants in underlicensed states from certain SBA capital requirements.
Restricting First Use of Nuclear Weapons Act of 2017

To prohibit the conduct of a first-use nuclear strike absent a declaration of war by Congress. 1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Restricting First Use of Nuclear Weapons Act of 2017 2. Findings and declaration of policy (a) Findings Congress finds the following: (1) The Constitution gives Congress the sole power to declare war. (2) The framers of the Constitution understood that the monumental decision to go to war, which can result in massive death and the destruction of civilized society, must be made by the representatives of the people and not by a single person. (3) As stated by section 2(c) of the War Powers Resolution ( Public Law 93–148 50 U.S.C. 1541 the constitutional powers of the President as Commander-in-Chief to introduce United States Armed Forces into hostilities, or into situations where imminent involvement in hostilities is clearly indicated by the circumstances, are exercised only pursuant to (1) a declaration of war, (2) specific statutory authorization, or (3) a national emergency created by attack upon the United States, its territories or possessions, or its armed forces (4) Nuclear weapons are uniquely powerful weapons that have the capability to instantly kill millions of people, create long-term health and environmental consequences throughout the world, directly undermine global peace, and put the United States at existential risk from retaliatory nuclear strikes. (5) By any definition of war, a first-use nuclear strike from the United States would constitute a major act of war. (6) A first-use nuclear strike conducted absent a declaration of war by Congress would violate the Constitution. (b) Declaration of policy It is the policy of the United States that no first-use nuclear strike should be conducted absent a declaration of war by Congress. 3. Prohibition on conduct of first-use nuclear strikes (a) Prohibition Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the President may not use the Armed Forces of the United States to conduct a first-use nuclear strike unless such strike is conducted pursuant to a declaration of war by Congress that expressly authorizes such strike. (b) First-Use nuclear strike defined In this section, the term first-use nuclear strike

Summary: Restricting First Use of Nuclear Weapons Act of 2017 This bill prohibits the President from using the Armed Forces to conduct a first-use nuclear strike unless such strike is conducted pursuant to a congressional declaration of war expressly authorizing such strike. "First-use nuclear strike" means a nuclear weapons attack against an enemy that is conducted without the President determining that the enemy has first launched a nuclear strike against the United States or a U.S. ally.
Combating the Opioid Epidemic Act

To increase funding for the State response to the opioid misuse crisis and to provide funding for research on addiction and pain related to the substance misuse crisis. 1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Combating the Opioid Epidemic Act 2. Additional funding for the State response (a) Funding Section 1003 of the 21st Century Cures Act ( 42 U.S.C. 290ee–3 (1) in subsection (a), by striking under subsection (b) under subsection (b)(3) and the appropriations under subsection (b)(4) (2) in subsection (b), by adding at the end the following: (4) Additional appropriations In addition to the amounts transferred to the Account under paragraph (2)(A), there are authorized to be appropriated, and there are appropriated, to the Secretary, out of monies in the Treasury not otherwise obligated, $4,474,800,000 for each of fiscal years 2018 through 2027, to carry out the grant program described in subsection (c). Such funds shall remain available until expended. ; and (3) by striking subsection (f). (b) Activities Section 1003(c)(1) of the 21st Century Cures Act ( 42 U.S.C. 290ee–3 (1) by redesignating subparagraph (E) as subparagraph (G); and (2) by inserting after subparagraph (D) the following: (E) Detection, surveillance, and treatment of co-occurring infections associated with the opioid epidemic, including hepatitis C and HIV. (F) Surveillance, data collection, and timely and consistent reporting on the number of opioid overdose deaths, including the incidence and prevalence of co-occurring infections and toxicology reporting on the number of deaths where fentanyl or other illicit opioid analogs were detected. . 3. Grants for research on addiction and pain (a) In general The Secretary of Health and Human Services (referred to in this section as the Secretary (b) Appropriations There are authorized to be appropriated, and there are appropriated, to the Secretary, out of monies in the Treasury not otherwise obligated, $50,400,000 for each of fiscal years 2018 through 2022, to carry out the grant program described in subsection (a). Such funds shall remain available until expended.

Summary: Combating the Opioid Epidemic Act This bill amends the 21st Century Cures Act to provide additional funds through FY2027 for state grants to address the opioid abuse crisis. The bill provides funds to the Department of Health and Human Services through FY2022 for state grants to conduct research on addiction and pain related to substance misuse.
Upward Mobility Enhancement Act

To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to increase the exclusion for educational assistance programs. 1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Upward Mobility Enhancement Act 2. Increase in exclusion for educational assistance programs (a) In general Paragraph (2) of section 127(a) (2) Maximum exclusion (A) In general This section shall apply only to the first $11,500 of educational assistance furnished to an individual during a calendar year. (B) Inflation adjustment In the case of any calendar year after 2017, the $11,500 amount in subparagraph (A) shall be increased by an amount equal to— (i) such dollar amount, multiplied by (ii) the cost-of-living adjustment determined under section 1(f)(3) for the calendar year in which such taxable year begins by substituting calendar year 2016 calendar year 1992 If any increase determined under this subparagraph is not a multiple of $50, such increase shall be rounded to the next lowest multiple of $50. . (b) Effective date The amendment made by this section shall apply to taxable years beginning after December 31, 2016.

Summary: Upward Mobility Enhancement Act This bill amends the Internal Revenue Code, with respect to the exclusion for educational assistance programs, to increase the maximum amount of employer-provided educational assistance that may be excluded from the gross income of an employee. The bill: (1) specifies that the exclusion applies only to the first $11,500 of educational assistance furnished to an individual during a calendar year, and (2) requires the $11,500 amount to be adjusted for inflation after 2017. (Under current law, the exclusion applies only to the first $5,250 of educational assistance furnished to an individual during a calendar year and is not adjusted for inflation.)