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Separation of Powers Restoration Act of 2017

To amend title 5, United States Code, with respect to the judicial review of agency interpretations of statutory and regulatory provisions. 1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Separation of Powers Restoration Act of 2017 2. Judicial review of statutory and regulatory interpretations Section 706 of title 5, United States Code, is amended, in the matter preceding paragraph (1), by striking all relevant questions of law, interpret constitutional and statutory provisions de novo all relevant questions of law, including the interpretation of constitutional and statutory provisions and rules

Summary: Separation of Powers Restoration Act of 2017 This bill replaces the deference given to an agency's interpretation of a statute with a requirement that courts decide all relevant questions of law without giving deference to the agency's interpretation. Thus, this bill overturns Chevron U.S.A., Inc. v. Natural Resources Defense Council, Inc.
A bill to amend the Ethics in Government Act of 1978 to reauthorize the Judicial Conference of the United States to redact sensitive information contained in financial disclosure reports of judicial officers and employees, and for other purposes.

To amend the Ethics in Government Act of 1978 to reauthorize the Judicial Conference of the United States to redact sensitive information contained in financial disclosure reports of judicial officers and employees, and for other purposes. 1. Redaction authority concerning sensitive security information (a) In General Section 105(b)(3) of the Ethics in Government Act of 1978 (5 U.S.C. App.) is amended by striking subparagraph (E). (b) Technical Amendments Section 105(b)(1) of the Ethics in Government Act of 1978 (5 U.S.C. App.) is amended— (1) in the first sentence, by striking the second comma after as the case may be (2) in the third sentence, by inserting a comma after as the case may be October 16, 2017 Reported without amendment

Summary: This bill amends the Ethics in Government Act of 1978 to make permanent the authority of the Judicial Conference to redact personal and sensitive information from the financial disclosure report of a judge or judicial employee if it finds that revealing the information could endanger that individual or a family member of that individual.
A bill for the relief of Liu Xia.

For the relief of Liu Xia. 1. Permanent resident status for Liu Xia (a) In general Notwithstanding subsections (a) and (b) of section 201 of the Immigration and Nationality Act 8 U.S.C. 1151 8 U.S.C. 1154 (b) Adjustment of status If Liu Xia enters the United States before the filing deadline specified in subsection (c), Liu Xia shall be considered to have entered and remained lawfully in the United States and shall be eligible for adjustment of status under section 245 of the Immigration and Nationality Act 8 U.S.C. 1255 (c) Application and payment of fees Subsections (a) and (b) shall apply only if the application for the issuance of an immigrant visa or the application for adjustment of status is filed with appropriate fees not later than the later of— (1) 2 years after the date of the enactment of this Act; or (2) 2 years after the date on which Liu Xia is released from incarceration or travel restriction imposed by the People’s Republic of China. (d) Reduction of immigrant visa numbers Upon the granting of an immigrant visa or permanent residence to Liu Xia, the Secretary of State shall instruct the proper officer to reduce by 1, during the current or next following fiscal year— (1) the total number of immigrant visas that are made available to natives of the country of birth of Liu Xia under section 203(a) of the Immigration and Nationality Act 8 U.S.C. 1153(a) (2) if applicable, the total number of immigrant visas that are made available to natives of the country of birth of Liu Xia under section 202(e) of such Act ( 8 U.S.C. 1152(e)

Summary: Provides for the relief of Liu Xia.
Firearm Act of 2017

To prohibit the Federal Government from requiring race or ethnicity to be disclosed in connection with the transfer of a firearm. 1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Firearm Act of 2017 2. Prohibition on the Federal Government requiring race or ethnicity to be disclosed in connection with the transfer of a firearm The Federal Government may not require any person to disclose the race or ethnicity of the person in connection with the transfer of a firearm to the person.

Summary: Firearm Act of 2017 This bill prohibits the federal government from requiring an individual's race or ethnicity to be disclosed in connection with a firearm transfer to that individual.
BRAVE Act of 2017

To amend title 38, United States Code, to increase certain funeral benefits for veterans, and for other purposes. 1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Burial Rights for America’s Veterans’ Efforts Act of 2017 BRAVE Act of 2017 2. Increase to certain funeral benefits under laws administered by the Secretary of Veterans Affairs (a) Funeral expenses Section 2302(a) of title 38, United States Code, is amended— (1) in the matter after paragraph (2)(B), by striking $300 $749 (as increased from time to time under subsection (c)) (2) by adding at the end the following new subsection: (c) With respect to any fiscal year, the Secretary shall provide a percentage increase (rounded to the nearest dollar) in the maximum amount of burial and funeral expenses payable under subsection (a) equal to the percentage by which— (1) the Consumer Price Index (all items, United States city average) for the 12-month period ending on the June 30 preceding the beginning of the fiscal year for which the increase is made, exceeds (2) the Consumer Price Index for the 12-month period preceding the 12-month period described in paragraph (1). . (b) Death from service-Connected disability Section 2307 of such title is amended— (1) by inserting striking In any case (a) In general In any case ; (2) in subsection (a), as designated by paragraph (1), by striking $2,000 $2,000 (as increased from time to time under subsection (b)) (3) by adding at the end the following new subsection: (b) With respect to any fiscal year, the Secretary shall provide a percentage increase (rounded to the nearest dollar) in the maximum amount of burial and funeral expenses payable under subsection (a) equal to the percentage by which— (1) the Consumer Price Index (all items, United States city average) for the 12-month period ending on the June 30 preceding the beginning of the fiscal year for which the increase is made, exceeds (2) the Consumer Price Index for the 12-month period preceding the 12-month period described in paragraph (1). . (c) Effective date The amendments made by this Act shall apply to deaths that occur after the date that is one year after the date of the enactment of this Act.

Summary: Burial Rights for America's Veterans' Efforts Act of 2017 or the BRAVE Act of 2017 This bill increases the amounts payable through the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) for: (1) burial and funeral expenses of certain veterans, and (2) such expenses in connection with a veteran's death due to a service-connected disability. The VA shall increase such amounts each fiscal year by the percentage increase in the Consumer Price Index.
Combat Sexual Harassment in Housing Act

To amend the Fair Housing Act to establish that certain conduct, in or around a dwelling, shall be considered to be severe or pervasive for purposes of determining whether a certain type of sexual harassment has occurred under that Act, and for other purposes. 1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Combat Sexual Harassment in Housing Act 2. Sexual harassment in or around a dwelling The Fair Housing Act is amended by inserting after section 807 ( 42 U.S.C. 3607 807A. Sexual harassment in or around a dwelling (a) Hostile environment sexual harassment For purposes of determining, under this title, whether unwelcome conduct of a sexual nature is sufficiently severe or pervasive to constitute a discriminatory housing practice based on hostile environment sexual harassment, any incident of conduct described in subsection (b) that occurs in or around a dwelling, shall be considered to be severe or pervasive. (b) Conduct The conduct described in subsection (a) consists of— (1) unwelcome touching of a sexual nature or groping; or (2) any other unwelcome conduct of a sexual nature that is intended to be coercive, threatening, or intimidating. .

Summary: Combat Sexual Harassment in Housing Act This bill amends the Fair Housing Act to specify that the following unwelcome conduct in or around a dwelling shall be considered sufficiently severe or pervasive as to constitute a discriminatory housing practice: (1) unwelcome touching of a sexual nature or groping; or (2) any other unwelcome conduct of a sexual nature that is intended to be coercive, threatening, or intimidating.
Wounded Officers Recovery Act of 2017

To authorize the Capitol Police Board to make payments from the United States Capitol Police Memorial Fund to employees of the United States Capitol Police who have sustained serious line-of-duty injuries, and for other purposes. 1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Wounded Officers Recovery Act of 2017 2. Payments from United States Capitol Police Memorial Fund to employees sustaining serious line-of-duty injuries (a) Authorizing payments from Fund Section 2 of Public Law 105–223 2 U.S.C. 1952 (1) in the section heading, by inserting and certain other United States Capitol Police employees (2) by striking Subject to the regulations (a) In general (3) by adding at the end the following new subsection: (b) Payments for employees sustaining serious line-of-Duty injuries In addition to the amounts paid under subsection (a), amounts in the Fund may be paid to employees of the United States Capitol Police who have sustained serious line-of-duty injuries, in accordance with the regulations issued under section 4(b). . (b) Regulations of Capitol Police Board Section 4 of Public Law 105–223 2 U.S.C. 1954 (1) by striking The Capitol Police Board (a) In general (2) by adding at the end the following new subsection: (b) Regulations governing payments to employees sustaining serious line-of-Duty injuries In carrying out subsection (a), the Capitol Police Board shall issue specific regulations governing the use of the Fund for making payments to employees of the United States Capitol Police who have sustained serious line-of-duty injuries (as authorized under section 2(b)), including regulations— (1) establishing the conditions under which an employee is eligible to receive such a payment; (2) providing for the amount, timing, and manner of such payments; and (3) ensuring that any such payment is in addition to, and does not otherwise affect, any other form of compensation payable to the employee, including benefits for workers’ compensation under chapter 81 . (c) Treatment of amounts received in response to incident of June 14, 2017 The second sentence of section 1 of Public Law 105–223 2 U.S.C. 1951 deposit into the Fund deposit into the Fund, including amounts received in response to the shooting incident at the practice for the Congressional Baseball Game for Charity on June 14, 2017,

Summary: Wounded Officers Recovery Act of 2017 This bill authorizes the Capitol Police Board to make payments from the United States Capitol Police Memorial Fund to employees of the U.S. Capitol Police who have sustained serious line-of-duty injuries. The board is required to issue specific regulations governing the fund's use for making such payments. These regulations shall ensure that the payments are in addition to, and do not otherwise affect, other forms of compensation payable to the employee, including worker's compensation benefits. The bill requires amounts received by the board in response to the shooting incident at the practice for the Congressional Baseball Game for Charity on June 14, 2017, to be deposited into the fund.
Hurricane Forecast Improvement Act of 2017

To improve hurricane forecasting and for other purposes. 1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Hurricane Forecast Improvement Act of 2017 2. Hurricane forecast improvement program (a) In general The Under Secretary of Commerce for Oceans and Atmosphere, in collaboration with the United States weather industry and such academic entities as the Administrator of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration considers appropriate, shall maintain a project to improve hurricane forecasting. (b) Goal The goal of the project maintained under subsection (a) shall be to develop and extend accurate hurricane forecasts and warnings in order to reduce loss of life, injury, and damage to the economy, with a focus on— (1) improving the prediction of rapid intensification and track of hurricanes; (2) improving the forecast and communication of storm surges from hurricanes; and (3) incorporating risk communication research to create more effective watch and warning products. (c) Project plan Not later than 1 year after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Under Secretary of Commerce for Oceans and Atmosphere, acting through the Assistant Administrator for Oceanic and Atmospheric Research and in consultation with the Director of the National Weather Service, shall develop a plan for the project maintained under subsection (a) that details the specific research, development, and technology transfer activities, as well as corresponding resources and timelines, necessary to achieve the goal set forth in subsection (b).

Summary: Hurricane Forecast Improvement Act of 2017 This bill requires the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) to maintain a project to improve hurricane forecasting. The project's goal is to develop and extend accurate hurricane forecasts and warnings in order to reduce loss of life, injury, and damage to the economy, with a focus on: (1) improving the prediction of rapid intensification and track of hurricanes, (2) improving the forecast and communication of storm surges from hurricanes, and (3) incorporating risk communication research to create more effective watch and warning products. NOAA must develop a plan for that project that details the specific research, development, and technology transfer activities, as well as corresponding resources and timelines, necessary to achieve that goal.
Highway Safety Education Improvement Act of 2017

To expand the definition of highway safety improvement project under section 148 of title 23, United States Code, to include education integrated into an approved State strategic highway safety plan, and for other purposes. 1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Highway Safety Education Improvement Act of 2017 2. Highway Safety Improvement Program Section 148 of title 23, United States Code, is amended— (1) in subsection (a)(4)(B)— (A) by redesignating clause (xxviii) as clause (xxix); (B) by inserting after clause (xxvii) the following: (xxviii) Education, as part of an approved State strategic highway safety plan, except that the total amount of funds that may be used by a State in a fiscal year for projects under this clause may not exceed 10 percent of the amount allocated to the State for the highway safety improvement program under this section for such fiscal year, after the set asides for metropolitan transportation planning under section 134 and the congestion mitigation and air quality improvement program under section 149. ; and (C) in clause (xxix), as redesignated, by striking A physical infrastructure safety project An infrastructure safety project (2) in subsection (g)(1), by striking increases over the most recent 2-year period for which data are available does not decrease during the most recent 2-year period for which data are available compared to the immediately preceding 2-year period, and exceeds the national fatality rate on rural roads

Summary: Highway Safety Education Improvement Act of 2017 This bill expands the definition of "highway safety improvement project" to include education, as part of an approved state strategic highway safety plan, subject to a specified funding limitation. The bill also modifies the highway safety improvement program high-risk rural road safety rule to require a state to obligate additional funds for projects on high-risk rural roads if the fatality rate on such roads does not decrease (currently, if it increases) during a two-year period. If the fatality rate does not decrease and exceeds the national fatality rate on rural roads, then, as under existing law, the state must obligate 200% of the amount it received for high-risk rural roads in FY2009.
A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 for purposes of the tax on private foundation excess business holdings to treat as outstanding any employee-owned stock purchased by a business enterprise pursuant to certain employee stock ownership retirement plans.

To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 for purposes of the tax on private foundation excess business holdings to treat as outstanding any employee-owned stock purchased by a business enterprise pursuant to certain employee stock ownership retirement plans. 1. Certain purchases of employee-owned stock disregarded for purposes of foundation tax on excess business holdings (a) In general Section 4943(c)(4)(A) (v) For purposes of clause (i), subparagraph (D), and paragraph (2), any voting stock which— (I) is not readily tradable on an established securities market, (II) is purchased by the business enterprise on or after January 1, 2005, from an employee stock ownership plan (as defined in section 4975(e)(7)) in which employees of such business enterprise participate, in connection with a distribution from such plan, and (III) is held by the business enterprise as treasury stock, cancelled, or retired, shall be treated as outstanding voting stock, but only to the extent so treating such stock would not result in permitted holdings exceeding 49 percent (determined without regard to this clause). The preceding sentence shall not apply with respect to the purchase of stock from a plan during the 10-year period beginning on the date the plan is established. . (b) Effective date (1) In general The amendments made by this section shall apply to taxable years ending after the date of the enactment of this Act and to purchases by a business enterprise of voting stock in taxable years beginning before, on, or after the date of the enactment of this Act. (2) Special rule for grandfathered foundations in case of decrease in ownership by reason of pre-enactment purchases Section 4943(c)(4)(A)(ii)

Summary: This bill amends the Internal Revenue Code to exclude certain purchases of employee-owned stock from being considered as outstanding voting stock for the purpose of the tax on excess business holdings of a private foundation in a business enterprise. The bill applies to any voting stock that is: (1) not readily tradable on an established securities market; (2) purchased by the business enterprise on or after January 1, 2005, from an employee stock ownership plan in which employees of the business enterprise participate, in connection with a distribution from the plan; and (3) held by the business enterprise as treasury stock, cancelled, or retired.
A bill to amend the Servicemembers Civil Relief Act to extend the interest rate limitation on debt entered into during military service to debt incurred during military service to consolidate or refinance student loans incurred before military service.

To amend the Servicemembers Civil Relief Act to extend the interest rate limitation on debt entered into during military service to debt incurred during military service to consolidate or refinance student loans incurred before military service. 1. Interest rate limitation on debt entered into during military service to consolidate or refinance student loans incurred before military service (a) In general Subsection (a) of section 207 of the Servicemembers Civil Relief Act ( 50 U.S.C. App. 527 (1) in paragraph (1), by inserting on debt incurred before service Limitation to 6 percent (2) by redesignating paragraphs (2) and (3) as paragraphs (3) and (4), respectively; (3) by inserting after paragraph (1) the following new paragraph (2): (2) Limitation to 6 percent on debt incurred during service to consolidate or refinance student loans incurred before service An obligation or liability bearing interest at a rate in excess of 6 percent per year that is incurred by a servicemember, or the servicemember and the servicemember's spouse jointly, during military service to consolidate or refinance one or more student loans incurred by the servicemember before such military service shall not bear an interest at a rate in excess of 6 percent during the period of military service. ; (4) in paragraph (3), as redesignated by paragraph (2) of this subsection, by inserting or (2) paragraph (1) (5) in paragraph (4), as so redesignated, by striking paragraph (2) paragraph (3) (b) Implementation of limitation Subsection (b) of such section is amended— (1) in paragraph (1), by striking the interest rate limitation in subsection (a) an interest rate limitation in paragraph (1) or (2) of subsection (a) (2) in paragraph (2)— (A) in the paragraph heading, by striking effective as of date of order to active duty effective date (B) by inserting before the period at the end the following: in the case of an obligation or liability covered by subsection (a)(1), or as of the date the servicemember (or servicemember and spouse jointly) incurs the obligation or liability concerned under subsection (a)(2) (c) Student loan defined Subsection (d) of such section is amended by adding at the end the following new paragraph: (3) Student loan The term student loan (A) A Federal student loan made, insured, or guaranteed under title IV of the Higher Education Act of 1965 ( 20 U.S.C. 1070 (B) A private student loan as that term is defined section 140(a) of the Truth in Lending Act ( 15 U.S.C. 1650(a) .

Summary: This bill amends the Servicemembers Civil Relief Act to extend the 6% interest rate limitation on debt entered into during a servicemember's military service to any debt entered into to consolidate or refinance one or more student loans incurred before such service.