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To amend title XIX of the Social Security Act to remove the matching requirement for a territory to use specially allocated Federal funds for Medicare covered part D drugs for low-income individuals.

To amend title XIX of the Social Security Act to remove the matching requirement for a territory to use specially allocated Federal funds for Medicare covered part D drugs for low-income individuals. 1. Removing matching requirement for a territory to use specially allocated Federal funds for Medicare covered part D drugs for low-income individuals (a) In general Section 1935(e)(1)(B) of the Social Security Act ( 42 U.S.C. 1396u–5(e)(1)(B) and the Federal medical assistance percentage shall be 100 percent for expenditures under such plan that are attributable to this subsection and the additional amounts provided under paragraph (3) (b) Conforming amendment Section 1905(b) of the Social Security Act ( 42 U.S.C. 1396d(b) section 1933(d) sections 1933(d) and 1935(e)(1)(B) (c) Effective date The amendments made by this section shall apply to amounts expended for fiscal periods beginning on or after October 1, 2017.

Summary: This bill amends title XIX (Medicaid) of the Social Security Act to establish a Federal Medical Assistance Percentage of 100% with respect to a U.S. territory's use of specified federal funds to provide covered drugs to low-income individuals who are eligible for the Medicare prescription drug benefit.
Child Tax Credit Equity for Puerto Rico Act of 2017

To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide equitable treatment for residents of Puerto Rico with respect to the refundable portion of the child tax credit and to provide the same treatment to families in Puerto Rico with one child or two children that is currently provided to island families with three or more children. 1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Child Tax Credit Equity for Puerto Rico Act of 2017 2. Equitable treatment for residents of Puerto Rico with respect to the refundable portion of the child tax credit (a) In general Section 24(d)(1) or section 933 section 112 (b) Effective date The amendment made by subsection (a) shall apply to taxable years beginning after December 31, 2017. 3. Same treatment of families in Puerto Rico with one child or two children that is currently provided to island families with three or more children (a) In general Section 24(d)(1) In the case of an individual who is a bona fide resident of Puerto Rico during the entire taxable year, subparagraph (B)(ii) shall be applied by substituting 1 or more qualifying children 3 or more qualifying children (b) Effective date The amendment made by subsection (a) shall apply to taxable years beginning after December 31, 2017.

Summary: Child Tax Credit Equity for Puerto Rico Act of 2017 This bill amends the Internal Revenue Code, with respect to the refundable portion of the child tax credit, to: (1) allow residents of Puerto Rico to claim the refundable portion of the child tax credit on the same basis as U.S. taxpayers, and (2) allow residents of Puerto Rico with one or two children to claim the refundable portion of the credit on the same basis as residents with three or more children.
Shift Back to Society Act of 2017

To authorize the Attorney General, in consultation with the Secretary of Education, to establish a pilot program to make grants to historically Black colleges and universities to provide educational programs to offenders who have recently been, or will soon be, released from incarceration, and for other purposes. 1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Shift Back to Society Act of 2017 2. Offender education re-entry pilot program (a) Authorization The Attorney General, in consultation with the Secretary of Education, shall establish a pilot program for 5 years which makes grants to not more than 10 historically Black colleges and universities to provide educational programming to eligible offenders in order to facilitate re-entry into the community. (b) Application The chief executive officer of a historically Black college or university seeking a grant under this section shall submit to the Attorney General an application at such time, in such manner, and containing such information as the Attorney General may reasonably require. (c) Matching funds The portion of the costs of a program provided by a grant under subsection (a) may not exceed 50 percent. The recipient of a grant under this section may meet the matching requirement under this subsection by making in-kind contributions of goods or services that are directly related to the purpose for which such grant was awarded. (d) Definitions In this section: (1) The term educational programming (A) general education development (GED) programming; or (B) educational courses which are transferable for course credit at that historically Black college or university. (2) The term eligible offender (A) has been released from incarceration for not longer than one year; or (B) is scheduled to be released from incarceration in not longer than one year. (3) The term historically Black college or university part B institution 20 U.S.C. 1061(2) (4) The term institution of higher education 20 U.S.C. 1001 (e) Prohibition on new authorization of funds This section shall be carried out using amounts otherwise appropriated or made available to the Department of Justice. No additional funds are authorized to be appropriated to carry out this section. 3. GAO Study Not later than 270 days after the conclusion of the pilot program under section 2, the Comptroller General of the United States shall submit to Congress a report which describes the results of the pilot program.

Summary: Shift Back to Society Act of 2017 This bill directs the Department of Justice to establish a pilot program that awards matching grants to historically black colleges and universities to provide educational programs for eligible offenders to facilitate re-entry into the community. An eligible offender is a convicted criminal offender who has been released from incarceration for less than one year or who is scheduled to be released from incarceration within one year. The Government Accountability Office must report to Congress on the results of the pilot program.
Route 66 National Historic Trail Designation Act

To amend the National Trails System Act to designate the Route 66 National Historic Trail, and for other purposes. 1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Route 66 National Historic Trail Designation Act 2. Designation of the Route 66 National Historic Trail Section 5(a) of the National Trails System Act ( 16 U.S.C. 1244(a) (31) Route 66 National Historic Trail (A) In general The Route 66 National Historic Trail, a trail that includes all the alignments of U.S. Highway 66 in existence between 1926 and 1985, extending along a route of approximately 2,400 miles from Chicago, Illinois, to Santa Monica, California, as generally depicted on the map entitled Route 66 National Historic Trail, Proposed Route (B) Availability of map The map described in subparagraph (A) shall be on file and available for public inspection in the appropriate offices of the National Park Service, Department of the Interior. (C) Administration The Route 66 National Historic Trail shall be administered by the Secretary of the Interior, acting through the Director of the National Park Service. Such administration shall be conducted in a manner that respects and maintains the idiosyncratic nature of the Route 66 National Historic Trail. (D) Land Acquisition The United States may not acquire for the Route 66 National Historic Trail any land or interest in land— (i) outside the exterior boundary of any federally managed area without the consent of the owner of the land or interest in land; or (ii) that extends more than an average of one-quarter of a mile on either side of the trail. (E) No buffer zone created Nothing in this Act, the acquisition of the land or an interest in land authorized by this Act, or the management plan for the Route 66 National Historic Trail shall be construed to create buffer zones outside of the Trail. That activities or uses can be seen, heard, or detected from the acquired land shall not preclude, limit, control, regulate, or determine the conduct or management of activities or uses outside of the trail. (F) Energy Nothing in this Act, the acquisition of land or an interest in land authorized by this Act, or the management plan for the Route 66 National Historic Trail shall prohibit, hinder, or disrupt the development, production, or transmission of energy. (G) Eminent Domain or Condemnation In carrying out this Act, the Secretary of the Interior may not use eminent domain or condemnation. . April 13, 2018 Reported with an amendment, committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union, and ordered to be printed

Summary: Route 66 National Historic Trail Designation Act This bill amends the National Trails System Act to designate a trail of approximately 2,400 miles extending from Chicago, Illinois, to Santa Monica, California, as the Route 66 National Historic Trail. The trail shall be administered by the National Park Service in a manner that respects and maintains its idiosyncratic nature.
To direct the United States Postal Service to designate a single, unique ZIP Code for Glendale, New York.

To direct the United States Postal Service to designate a single, unique ZIP Code for Glendale, New York. 1. Single, unique ZIP Code for Glendale, New York Not later than 180 days after the date of the enactment of this section, the United States Postal Service shall designate a single, unique ZIP Code applicable to the area encompassing only Glendale, New York.

Summary: This bill directs the U.S. Postal Service, not later than 180 days after its enactment, to designate a single, unique ZIP code applicable to the area encompassing only Glendale, New York.
Protect the National Security Council From Political Interference Act of 2017

To amend the National Security Act of 1947 to protect the National Security Council from political interference, and for other purposes. 1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Protect the National Security Council From Political Interference Act of 2017 2. Protection of National Security Council from political interference (a) Limitation on National Security Council membership Section 101(c) of the National Security Act of 1947 ( 50 U.S.C. 3021 (1) in paragraph (2), by striking The President may designate Except as provided in paragraph (3), the President may designate (2) by adding at the end the following new paragraph: (3) Prohibition on membership of political officers The President may not designate any individual whose primary or predominant responsibility is political in nature to serve as a member of the Council or otherwise to regularly attend or participate in meetings of the Council or meetings convened under the auspices of the Council, including Principals Committee meetings. . (b) Sense of Congress It is the sense of Congress that no limitations should be imposed on the ability of the Director of National Intelligence or the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, or their designees, to attend any Principals Committee meeting convened under the auspices of the National Security Council or any other senior interagency meeting convened for the purpose of considering policy issues that affect the national security interests of the United States.

Summary: Protect the National Security Council From Political Interference Act of 2017 This bill amends the National Security Act of 1947 to prohibit the President from designating any individual whose primary or predominant responsibility is political in nature to serve as a member of the National Security Council (NSC) or to regularly attend or participate in NSC meetings or meetings convened under the auspices of the NSC, including Principals Committee meetings. Organized under presidential memorandum, the Principals Committee is a cabinet-level senior interagency forum chaired by the National Security Advisor or the Homeland Security Advisor to consider policies that affect U.S. national security interests. The bill expresses the sense of Congress that no limitations should be imposed on the ability of the Director of National Intelligence or the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, or their designees, to attend any Principals Committee meeting convened under the auspices of the NSC or any other senior interagency meeting convened to consider policy issues that affect U.S. national security interests.
Medicare Access to Rehabilitation Services Act of 2017

To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to repeal the Medicare outpatient rehabilitation therapy caps, and for other purposes. 1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Medicare Access to Rehabilitation Services Act of 2017 2. Outpatient therapy cap repeal (a) In general Section 1833 of the Social Security Act ( 42 U.S.C. 1395l (b) Effective date The amendment made by subsection (a) shall apply to services furnished after the date of the enactment of this Act.

Summary: Medicare Access to Rehabilitation Services Act of 2017 This bill repeals existing caps on Medicare payment for certain outpatient physical-therapy services and speech-language pathology services. Under current law, annual payment for such services is capped at $1,980 in 2017, with specified percentage increases to that limit in subsequent years.
Fighting for Orange-Stricken Territories in the Eastern Region Act

To amend title 38, United States Code, to clarify presumptions of service-connection relating to the exposure to herbicides of certain veterans who served in the Armed Forces during the Vietnam Era, and for other purposes. 1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Fighting for Orange-Stricken Territories in the Eastern Region Act 2. Clarification of presumptions of service-connection for veterans exposed to certain herbicides while serving in the Armed Forces during the Vietnam Era (a) Compensation Section 1116 of title 38, United States Code, is amended by adding at the end the following new subsection: (g) In this section, the term Republic of Vietnam (1) The territorial seas of the Republic of Vietnam. (2) Guam. (3) The Northern Mariana Islands. (4) American Samoa. . (b) Health care Section 1710(e)(4) of such title is amended— (1) by striking subsection— subsection: (2) by adding at the end the following new subparagraph: (C) The term Republic of Vietnam . (c) Effective date The amendments made by subsections (a) and (b) shall take effect as of September 25, 1985.

Summary: Fighting for Orange-Stricken Territories in the Eastern Region Act This bill provides presumptive service connection to herbicide exposure, for purposes of eligibility for Department of Veterans Affairs health benefits, for veterans who served in the Republic of Vietnam, Guam, the Northern Mariana Islands, or American Samoa during the Vietnam War and who show symptoms of medical conditions associated with such exposure.
No Tax Subsidies for Stadiums Act

To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to treat obligations financing professional sports stadiums as private activity bonds if such obligations meet the private business use test. 1. Short title This Act may be cited as the No Tax Subsidies for Stadiums Act 2. Treatment of certain obligations financing professional sports stadiums as private activity bonds (a) In general Section 141(b) (10) Special rule for professional sports stadiums (A) In general In the case of any issue any proceeds of which are to be used to provide a professional sports stadium, such issue shall be treated as meeting the private security or payment test of subsection (b)(2). (B) Professional sports stadium For purposes of this paragraph, the term professional sports stadium . (b) Effective date The amendment made by this section shall apply to obligations issued after the date of the enactment of this Act.

Summary: No Tax Subsidies for Stadiums Act This bill amends the Internal Revenue Code, with respect to the tax exemption requirements for state and local bonds, to specify that bonds issued to finance professional sports stadiums meet the private security or payment test. (A state or local bond that satisfies both the private business use test and the private security or payment test is considered a private activity bond that is taxable unless it is used for certain qualified private activities.)
All-Year ACCESS Act

To restore access to year-round Federal Pell Grants. 1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Affordability for Constant and Continual Education to Enhance Student Success Act All-Year ACCESS Act 2. Year-round Federal Pell Grant students (a) In general Section 401(b) of the Higher Education Act of 1965 ( 20 U.S.C. 1070a(b) (8) Year-round federal pell grant students (A) In general Notwithstanding any other provision of this subsection, the Secretary shall award, to an eligible student who meets the requirements in subparagraph (B) who has received a Federal Pell Grant for an award year and is enrolled in a program of study for one or more additional payment periods during the same award year that are not otherwise covered by the student’s Federal Pell Grant, an additional Federal Pell Grant for the additional payment periods. (B) Eligibility In order to be eligible to receive the additional Federal Pell Grant for an award year that is described in subparagraph (A), a student shall, in addition to meeting all eligibility requirements for the receipt of a Federal Pell Grant— (i) be enrolled on at least a half-time basis for a period of more than one academic year, or more than 2 semesters or the equivalent of 2 semesters, during a single award year; and (ii) be enrolled in a program of instruction at an institution of higher education for which the institution awards an associate or baccalaureate degree or a certificate. (C) Amounts 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 shall not exceed an amount equal to 150 percent of the total maximum Federal Pell Grant for such award year calculated in accordance with paragraph (7)(C)(iv)(II). (D) Inclusion in duration limit 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) Crossover period 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. . (b) Effective date The amendment made by subsection (a) shall take effect on July 1, 2017.

Summary: Affordability for Constant and Continual Education to Enhance Student Success Act or the All-Year ACCESS Act This bill amends title IV (Student Assistance) of the Higher Education Act of 1965 to increase from one to two the number of Pell Grants an eligible student may receive in a single award year (i.e., it restores year-round Pell Grants). A student's total amount of Pell Grants must not exceed 150% of the maximum Pell Grant for that award year. Also, any period during which a student receives an additional Pell Grant counts toward that student's lifetime Pell Grant eligibility period.
To amend title 38, United States Code, to clarify that the estate of a deceased veteran may receive certain accrued benefits upon the death of the veteran, and for other purposes.

To amend title 38, United States Code, to clarify that the estate of a deceased veteran may receive certain accrued benefits upon the death of the veteran, and for other purposes. 1. Clarification of eligible recipients of certain accrued benefits upon death of beneficiary (a) Eligibility of estate Section 5121(a)(2) of title 38, United States Code, is amended— (1) in the matter preceding subparagraph (A), by inserting , or estate, person (2) by adding at the end the following new subparagraph: (D) The estate of the veteran (unless the estate will escheat). . (b) Effective date The amendment made by subsection (a) shall apply with respect to the death of an individual on or after the date of the enactment of this Act.

Summary: This bill provides for the payment of certain accrued benefits to the estate of a deceased veteran upon the veteran's death.
To amend title 38, United States Code, to adjust certain limits on the guaranteed amount of a home loan under the home loan program of the Department of Veterans Affairs.

To amend title 38, United States Code, to adjust certain limits on the guaranteed amount of a home loan under the home loan program of the Department of Veterans Affairs. 1. Amount of loan guaranteed under home loan program of department of veterans affairs (a) Adjustment of loan limit Section 3703(a)(1) of title 38, United States Code, is amended— (1) in subparagraph (A)(i)(IV)— (A) by striking the lesser of (B) by striking or 25 percent of the loan (2) in subparagraph (C), by striking Freddie Mac amount of the loan. (b) Effective date The amendments made by this section shall apply with respect to a loan guaranteed under section 3710 of title 38, United States Code, on or after the date that is 30 days after the date of the enactment of this Act.

Summary: This bill changes the maximum amount of a veteran's home loan of more than $144,000 that is guaranteed by the Department of Veterans Affairs to 25% of the loan amount.
FACT Act

To amend the ICCVAM Authorization Act of 2000 to improve reporting about animal testing and alternative test method use by Federal agencies, and for other purposes. 1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Federal Accountability in Chemical Testing Act FACT Act 2. Reporting requirements; provision of information (a) Report contents (1) In general Paragraph (7) of section 3(e) of the ICCVAM Authorization Act of 2000 ( 42 U.S.C. 285l–3(e) , to include a description of the progress on the development, validation, acceptance, and utilization of alternative test methods (including animal use data by species, number, and test type) for toxicological testing conducted, supported, or required by, or submitted to, each Federal agency listed in subsection (c) during the reporting period (2) Effective date The amendment made by paragraph (1) applies with respect to reports that are made available to the public on or after the date that is 90 days after the date of enactment of this Act. (b) Provision of information Section 4 of the ICCVAM Authorization Act of 2000 ( 42 U.S.C. 285l–4 (f) Provision of information Each Federal agency carrying out a program described in subsection (a), or its specific regulatory unit or units, shall provide ICCVAM with information needed to carry out this Act. .

Summary: Federal Accountability in Chemical Testing Act or the FACT Act This bill amends the ICCVAM Authorization Act of 2000 to require the reports of the Interagency Coordinating Committee on the Validation of Alternative Methods (ICCVAM) to include a description of the progress on the development and use of alternative methods for toxicological testing by participating federal agencies. Federal agencies that require or recommend toxicological testing must provide the ICCVAM with the information needed to carry out the Act.