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Free Speech Fairness Act

Bill: 115-hr-781
Sponsor: Rep. Scalise, Steve [R-LA-1]
Introduced: 2017-02-01 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Elections, voting, political campaign regulation
Public participation and lobbying
Social work, volunteer service, charitable organizations
Tax-exempt organizations

Summary:
action_date: 2017-02-01
text: 

Free Speech Fairness Act 

 
This bill amends the Internal Revenue Code to permit a tax-exempt organization to make certain statements related to a political campaign without losing its tax-exempt status. An organization may not lose its tax-exempt status under section 501(c)(3) or be deemed to have participated in, or intervened in any political campaign on behalf of (or in opposition to) any candidate for public office, solely because of the content of any statement that: (1) is made in the ordinary course of the organization's regular and customary activities in carrying out its exempt purpose, and (2) results in the organization incurring not more than de minimis incremental expenses.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2017-02-01
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2017-02-01
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2017-02-01
text: Introduced in House
Family Care Savings Act

Bill: 115-hr-782
Sponsor: Rep. McHenry, Patrick T. [R-NC-10]
Introduced: 2017-02-01 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Adult day care
Child care and development
Employee benefits and pensions
Income tax exclusion
Inflation and prices
Tax treatment of families

Summary:
action_date: 2017-02-01
text: 

Family Care Savings Act 

 
This bill amends the Internal Revenue Code to increase the amount of the tax exclusion for employer-provided dependent care assistance to $10,000 in a taxable year and to provide for an inflation adjustment to such increased amount after 2017. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2017-02-01
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2017-02-01
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2017-02-01
text: Introduced in House
Sports Gaming Opportunity Act of 2017

Bill: 115-hr-783
Sponsor: Rep. LoBiondo, Frank A. [R-NJ-2]
Introduced: 2017-02-01 in the House
Policy area: Sports and Recreation
Subjects: Gambling
Professional sports
School athletics
State and local government operations

Summary:
action_date: 2017-02-01
text: 

Sports Gaming Opportunity Act of 2017

 
 This bill amends the federal judicial code to exempt a lottery, sweepstakes, or other betting, gambling, or wagering scheme authorized by a state by a statute enacted on or after January 1, 2017, and in effect not later than January 1, 2021, from the prohibition against a governmental entity, or a person acting pursuant to the law or compact of

 

a governmental entity, sponsoring, operating, advertising, or promoting sports gambling.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2017-03-02
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, Homeland Security, and Investigations.
action_date: 2017-02-01
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2017-02-01
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2017-02-01
text: Introduced in House
New Jersey Betting and Equal Treatment Act of 2017

Bill: 115-hr-784
Sponsor: Rep. Pallone, Frank, Jr. [D-NJ-6]
Introduced: 2017-02-01 in the House
Policy area: Sports and Recreation
Subjects: Gambling
New Jersey
Professional sports
School athletics
State and local government operations

Summary:
action_date: 2017-02-01
text: 

New Jersey Betting and Equal Treatment Act of 2017

 
 This bill amends the federal judicial code to exempt a lottery, sweepstakes, or other betting, gambling, or waging scheme operating exclusively in New Jersey, to the extent such scheme is approved by that state's legislature by statute, from the prohibition against a governmental entity, or a person acting pursuant to the law or compact of

 

a governmental entity, sponsoring, operating, advertising, or promoting sports gambling.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2017-03-02
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, Homeland Security, and Investigations.
action_date: 2017-02-01
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2017-02-01
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2017-02-01
text: Introduced in House
National Right-to-Work Act

Bill: 115-hr-785
Sponsor: Rep. King, Steve [R-IA-4]
Introduced: 2017-02-01 in the House
Policy area: Labor and Employment
Subjects: Employment discrimination and employee rights
Labor-management relations
Railroads
Transportation employees

Summary:
action_date: 2017-02-01
text: 

National Right-to-Work Act

 
 This bill amends the National Labor Relations Act and the Railway Labor Act to repeal those provisions that permit employers or labor organizations, pursuant to a collective bargaining agreement that is a union security agreement, to require employees to join a union as a condition of employment (including provisions permitting railroad carriers to require, pursuant to such an agreement, payroll deduction of union dues or fees as a condition of employment). 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2017-02-01
text: Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce.
action_date: 2017-02-01
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2017-02-01
text: Introduced in House
Streamlined and Improved Methods at Polling Locations and Early (SIMPLE) Voting Act of 2017

Bill: 115-hr-787
Sponsor: Rep. Cohen, Steve [D-TN-9]
Introduced: 2017-02-01 in the House
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Civil actions and liability
Congressional elections
Congressional oversight
Elections, voting, political campaign regulation
Federal Election Commission (FEC)
Legal fees and court costs
Public transit
State and local government operations
Voting rights

Summary:
action_date: 2017-02-01
text: 

Streamlined and Improved Methods at Polling Locations and Early (SIMPLE) Voting Act of 2017

 
 This bill amends the Help America Vote Act of 2002 (HAVA) to require each state to allow individuals to vote in a federal election on each day during the 15-day period ending on the second day immediately preceding the election date in the same manner as voting is allowed on election day.
 
A state shall ensure that each polling place that allows early voting in a federal election is located within reasonable walking distance of a stop on a public transportation route.
 
 The Election Assistance Commission shall issue standards for the administration of early voting in a federal election.
 
 Each state shall provide a sufficient number of voting systems, poll workers, and other election resources (including physical resources) at a polling place used in a federal election to ensure: (1) a fair and equitable waiting time for all voters in the state, and (2) that no individual will be required to wait longer than one hour to cast a ballot at the polling place.
 
 Each state shall develop, and implement to the greatest extent practicable, a contingency plan under which it shall provide any polling place on a federal election day whose waiting times exceed one hour with additional poll workers, machines, ballots, and other equipment and supplies. 
 
 Requirements are prescribed for the counting of provisional ballots that will be treated as votes.
 
 Civil money penalties, intervention by aggrieved parties, and private actions to address HAVA violations by a state or jurisdiction are allowed.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2017-02-01
text: Referred to the House Committee on House Administration.
action_date: 2017-02-01
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E118-119)
action_date: 2017-02-01
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2017-02-01
text: Introduced in House
No Bonuses for Terrorists Act

Bill: 115-hr-789
Sponsor: Rep. Budd, Ted [R-NC-13]
Introduced: 2017-02-01 in the House
Policy area: International Affairs
Subjects: Arab-Israeli relations
Conflicts and wars
Congressional oversight
Foreign aid and international relief
Israel
Middle East
Military assistance, sales, and agreements
Palestinians
Sovereignty, recognition, national governance and status
Terrorism

Summary:
action_date: 2017-02-01
text: 

No Bonuses for Terrorists Act

 
This bill amends the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 to prohibit the provision of assistance to the Palestinian Authority (PA) and the Palestinian Liberation Organization (PLO) until the Department of State has certified that the PA and the PLO have ceased paying financial compensation or any other benefit not generally available to the Palestinian population at large to the families of Palestinians killed in connection with an act of terrorism. Recertification is required every six months.
 
If the State Department is unable to make such a certification: (1) it shall report to Congress why it is unable to do so, and (2) funds that otherwise would have been provided to the PA and the PLO shall be transferred and made available to the Department of Defense for assistance to Israel for procurement of the Iron Dome defense system.
 
 The State Department shall annually report on the amount of bonuses, financial compensation, or other benefits that have been disbursed by the PA and the PLO in the preceding 12 months. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2017-02-01
text: Referred to the House Committee on Foreign Affairs.
action_date: 2017-02-01
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2017-02-01
text: Introduced in House
Return to Prudent Banking Act of 2017

Bill: 115-hr-790
Sponsor: Rep. Kaptur, Marcy [D-OH-9]
Introduced: 2017-02-01 in the House
Policy area: Finance and Financial Sector
Subjects: Administrative remedies
Banking and financial institutions regulation
Corporate finance and management
Department of the Treasury
Federal Reserve System
Federal appellate courts
Federal district courts
Financial services and investments
Securities
Supreme Court

Summary:
action_date: 2017-02-01
text: 

Return to Prudent Banking Act of 2017

 
This bill prohibits an insured depository institution from affiliating with any person or firm engaged principally in, among other things, issuing or selling stocks, bonds, notes, or other securities. 
Officers, directors and employees of securities firms are prohibited from simultaneously serving as an officer, director, or employee of a depository institution, except in specified circumstances. Any such individual serving as an officer, director, employee, or other institution-affiliated party of any insured depository institution must terminate such service as soon as practicable after enactment of this bill. 
 
Any affiliation of an insured depository institution with any broker, dealer, investment adviser, or investment company must be terminated as soon as practicable.
 
No entity issuing or selling stocks, bonds, or other securities may engage in the business of receiving deposits, which includes the establishment and maintenance of transaction accounts, as defined in the Federal Reserve Act.
 
This bill declares that Congress ratifies the interpretation by the Supreme Court of specified statutory language in 
Investment Company Institute v. Camp 
(ICI) regarding permissible activities of banks and securities firms. It further declares that the reasoning of the Court in that case shall continue to apply to the limitations placed upon security affiliations under the Federal Deposit Insurance Act as enacted by this bill. No federal banking agency or federal court shall issue an interpretation regarding such security affiliations that is narrower than that of the court in 
ICI
.
 
This bill repeals certain provisions of the Gramm-Leach-Bliley Act, including those pertaining to regulation of financial holding companies and the conditions for engaging in financial activities.

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2017-02-03
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E139)
action_date: 2017-02-01
text: Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services.
action_date: 2017-02-01
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2017-02-01
text: Introduced in House
To posthumously award a Congressional gold medal to Muhammad Ali, in recognition of his contributions to the Nation.

Bill: 115-hr-791
Sponsor: Rep. Carson, Andre [D-IN-7]
Introduced: 2017-02-01 in the House
Policy area: Sports and Recreation
Subjects: Athletes
Congressional tributes

Summary:
action_date: 2017-02-01
text: 
This bill directs the Speaker of the House of Representatives and the President pro tempore of the Senate to arrange for the posthumous award of a Congressional Gold Medal to Muhammad Ali.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2017-02-01
text: Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services.
action_date: 2017-02-01
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E122)
action_date: 2017-02-01
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2017-02-01
text: Introduced in House
Steel Industry Preservation Act

Bill: 115-hr-792
Sponsor: Rep. Kelly, Mike [R-PA-3]
Introduced: 2017-02-01 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Alternative and renewable resources
Business expenses
Coal
Income tax credits
Income tax deductions
Industrial facilities
Manufacturing
Metals
Oil and gas
Tax administration and collection, taxpayers

Summary:
action_date: 2017-02-01
text: 

Steel Industry Preservation Act 

 
This bill amends the Internal Revenue Code to extend and modify the production tax credit for steel industry fuel. 
 
(Under current law, steel industry fuel is a fuel which is: (1) produced through a process of liquefying coal waste sludge and distributing it on coal, and (2) used as a feedstock for the manufacture of coke.) 
 
The bill modifies the tax credit for steel industry fuel to: 
 
 
 extend the credit period and the placed-in-service date, 
 
 revise the definition of &quot;steel industry fuel&quot; to allow blends of coal and petroleum coke or other coke feedstock in the fuel, 
 
 set forth ownership requirements, and 
 
specify requirements for treating an owner as producing and selling steel industry fuel. 
 
 
A taxpayer that produces steel industry fuel may elect to accept an increased tax credit in lieu of certain deductions for expenses in connection with the production of steel industry fuel. 
 
The bill specifies the treatment of the credit for the purpose of the alternative minimum tax. It also exempts transactions related to steel industry fuel from rules that restrict deductions and other tax benefits for activities that are not engaged in for profit or that do not have economic substance. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2017-02-01
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2017-02-01
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2017-02-01
text: Introduced in House
Ensuring Sound Military and Intelligence Advice Act of 2017

Bill: 115-hr-793
Sponsor: Rep. Larsen, Rick [D-WA-2]
Introduced: 2017-02-01 in the House
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Director of National Intelligence
Executive Office of the President
Federal officials
Government ethics and transparency, public corruption
Intelligence activities, surveillance, classified information
Military command and structure
Presidents and presidential powers, Vice Presidents

Summary:
action_date: 2017-02-01
text: 

Ensuring Sound Military and Intelligence Advice Act of 2017

 
This bill amends the National Security Act of 1947 to require the President to designate the Director of National Intelligence and the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff as regular attendees of the meetings of the National Security Council (NSC), or of any body of the NSC (including the Principals Committee), if any individual whose responsibilities are primarily political is designated as a regular attendee of such meetings.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2017-02-01
text: Referred to the Committee on Armed Services, and in addition to the Committees on Foreign Affairs, and Intelligence (Permanent Select), for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
action_date: 2017-02-01
text: Referred to the Committee on Armed Services, and in addition to the Committees on Foreign Affairs, and Intelligence (Permanent Select), for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
action_date: 2017-02-01
text: Referred to the Committee on Armed Services, and in addition to the Committees on Foreign Affairs, and Intelligence (Permanent Select), for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
action_date: 2017-02-01
text: Referred to the Committee on Armed Services, and in addition to the Committees on Foreign Affairs, and Intelligence (Permanent Select), for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
action_date: 2017-02-01
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2017-02-01
text: Introduced in House
EAC Reauthorization Act of 2017

Bill: 115-hr-794
Sponsor: Rep. Brady, Robert A. [D-PA-1]
Introduced: 2017-02-01 in the House
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Subjects: Computer security and identity theft
Department of Commerce
Election Assistance Commission
Elections, voting, political campaign regulation
Executive agency funding and structure
Government information and archives
State and local government operations
Technology assessment

Summary:
action_date: 2017-02-01
text: 

EAC Reauthorization Act of 2017

 
This bill amends the Help America Vote Act of 2002 to: (1) reauthorize the Election Assistance Commission through FY2022, (2) authorize funding to states for FY2018 for security upgrades to voter registration lists and processes and waive the 5% match requirement for these funds, (3) require each state to furnish to the commission such information as the commission may request for the purposes of conducting any post-election surveys of the states with respect to the administration of a regularly scheduled general election, and (4) require the National Institute of Standards and Technology to report on its use of funds transferred from the commission.
 
The commission shall carry out an assessment: (1) of whether the voting systems available for use in the elections for federal office to be held in 2018 are adequate to meet the demands of such elections, and (2) of the security and effectiveness of the commission's information technology systems.
 
The commission shall carry out a review of the effectiveness and efficiency of the state-based administrative complaint procedures established and maintained under such Act for the investigation and resolution of allegations of violations.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2017-04-25
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Research and Technology.
action_date: 2017-02-01
text: Referred to the Committee on House Administration, and in addition to the Committee on Science, Space, and Technology, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
action_date: 2017-02-01
text: Referred to the Committee on House Administration, and in addition to the Committee on Science, Space, and Technology, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
action_date: 2017-02-01
text: Referred to the Committee on House Administration, and in addition to the Committee on Science, Space, and Technology, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
action_date: 2017-02-01
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2017-02-01
text: Introduced in House
Employer Participation in Student Loan Assistance Act

Bill: 115-hr-795
Sponsor: Rep. Davis, Rodney [R-IL-13]
Introduced: 2017-02-01 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Employee benefits and pensions
Higher education
Income tax exclusion
Interest, dividends, interest rates
Student aid and college costs

Summary:
action_date: 2017-02-01
text: 

Employer Participation in Student Loan Assistance Act

 
This bill amends the Internal Revenue Code to extend the tax exclusion for employer-provided educational assistance to include payments of qualified education loans by an employer to either an employee or a lender.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2017-02-01
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2017-02-01
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2017-02-01
text: Introduced in House
Drain the Swamp Act of 2017

Bill: 115-hr-796
Sponsor: Rep. DeSantis, Ron [R-FL-6]
Introduced: 2017-02-01 in the House
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Subjects: Congressional officers and employees
Elections, voting, political campaign regulation
Federal officials
Government employee pay, benefits, personnel management
Government ethics and transparency, public corruption
Members of Congress
Presidents and presidential powers, Vice Presidents
Public participation and lobbying

Summary:
action_date: 2017-02-01
text: 

Drain the Swamp Act of 2017 

 
This bill increases the ban on certain former executive branch officials, Members of Congress, and legislative staff within five years of termination of employment to knowingly make, with the intent to influence, any communication or appearance before an officer or employee of the executive branch, a Member of Congress or their staff, or any other legislative office on behalf of any other person (except the United States). The bill establishes penalties for such violations. The bill eliminates a similar two-year ban on certain senior executive branch officials.
 
The bill creates a lifetime ban on certain senior personnel of the executive branch (including independent agencies) from representing, aiding, or advising foreign entities.
 
The bill broadens the definition of lobbying activities in the Lobbying Disclosure Act of 1995 to also include consulting and advising. The bill amends the definition of lobbyist in the Lobbying Disclosure Act of 1995 to include individuals who spend at least 10% of their time engaged in lobbying services to one client in a 3-month period. 
 
The scope of prohibitions on foreign nationals is expanded to include soliciting a contribution or donation in connection with a federal, state, or local election; to a political party; or for an electioneering communication.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2017-03-02
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on the Constitution and Civil Justice.
action_date: 2017-02-01
text: Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committee on House Administration, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
action_date: 2017-02-01
text: Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committee on House Administration, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
action_date: 2017-02-01
text: Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committee on House Administration, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
action_date: 2017-02-01
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2017-02-01
text: Introduced in House