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Opioid Addiction Prevention Act of 2017

Bill: 115-hr-4408
Sponsor: Rep. Katko, John [R-NY-24]
Introduced: 2017-11-15 in the House
Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement
Subjects: Drug therapy
Drug trafficking and controlled substances
Drug, alcohol, tobacco use
Health personnel
Licensing and registrations
Prescription drugs

Summary:
action_date: 2017-11-15
text: 

Opioid Addiction Prevention Act of 2017

 
This bill amends the Controlled Substances Act to prohibit the Drug Enforcement Administration from registering, or renewing the registration of, a practitioner who is licensed to prescribe opioids in schedule II, III, or IV unless the practitioner agrees to limit an opioid prescription for the initial treatment of acute pain to the lesser of a seven-day supply (no refill) or an opioid prescription limit established under state law.
 
An opioid that is approved and prescribed for the treatment of addiction is not subject to the limit. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2017-12-13
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, Homeland Security, and Investigations.
action_date: 2017-11-17
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2017-11-15
text: Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on the Judiciary, 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: 2017-11-15
text: Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on the Judiciary, 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: 2017-11-15
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2017-11-15
text: Introduced in House
Flood Water Relief Act of 2017

Bill: 115-hr-4409
Sponsor: Rep. Lawson, Al, Jr. [D-FL-5]
Introduced: 2017-11-15 in the House
Policy area: Water Resources Development
Subjects: Appropriations
Disaster relief and insurance
Floods and storm protection
Florida
Water resources funding

Summary:
action_date: 2017-11-15
text: 

Flood Water Relief Act of 2017

 
This bill makes supplemental appropriations for the Army Corps of Engineers for flood control projects and storm damage reduction projects in disaster areas affected by flooding in Jacksonville, Florida.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2017-11-15
text: Referred to the Committee on Appropriations, and in addition to the Committee on the Budget, 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: 2017-11-15
text: Referred to the Committee on Appropriations, and in addition to the Committee on the Budget, 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: 2017-11-15
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2017-11-15
text: Introduced in House
Ravi Thackurdeen Safe Students Study Abroad Act

Bill: 115-hr-4410
Sponsor: Rep. Maloney, Sean Patrick [D-NY-18]
Introduced: 2017-11-15 in the House
Policy area: Education
Subjects: Area studies and international education
Assault and harassment offenses
Consumer affairs
Crime prevention
Crimes against women
Criminal justice information and records
Diplomacy, foreign officials, Americans abroad
Higher education
School administration
Sex offenses
Student aid and college costs
Violent crime

Summary:
action_date: 2017-11-15
text: 

Ravi Thackurdeen Safe Students Study Abroad Act
 
This bill amends the Higher Education Act of 1965 to modify campus security reporting requirements to include a study abroad program for an institution of higher education that participates in federal student aid programs.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2017-11-15
text: Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce.
action_date: 2017-11-15
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2017-11-15
text: Introduced in House
American Students Abroad Act

Bill: 115-hr-4411
Sponsor: Rep. Maloney, Sean Patrick [D-NY-18]
Introduced: 2017-11-15 in the House
Policy area: International Affairs
Subjects: Criminal justice information and records
Diplomacy, foreign officials, Americans abroad
Government information and archives
Health information and medical records
Higher education
International exchange and broadcasting

Summary:
action_date: 2017-11-15
text: 

American Students Abroad Act

 
This bill directs the Department of State to make available to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) for each calendar quarter a copy of the report issued by a U.S. embassy or consulate relating to the overseas death of a U.S. citizen. 
 
The Public Health Service Act is amended to direct the CDC to expand its surveillance programs of U.S. citizen deaths abroad, including through the use of the reports made available pursuant to the Ravi Thackurdeen Travel Safety Act.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2017-11-17
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2017-11-15
text: Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on Foreign Affairs, 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: 2017-11-15
text: Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on Foreign Affairs, 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: 2017-11-15
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2017-11-15
text: Introduced in House
To amend the Military Selective Service Act to provide that a registrant for selective service may indicate at the time of registration a desire to be classified as a conscientious objector.

Bill: 115-hr-4412
Sponsor: Rep. Moore, Gwen [D-WI-4]
Introduced: 2017-11-15 in the House
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Conflicts and wars
Government information and archives
Military education and training
Military personnel and dependents
Religion

Summary:
action_date: 2017-11-15
text: 
This bill amends the Military Selective Service Act to allow a registrant for selective service to indicate at the time of registration a desire to be classified as a conscientious objector and to submit a written statement in support of such classification.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2017-12-07
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Military Personnel.
action_date: 2017-11-15
text: Referred to the House Committee on Armed Services.
action_date: 2017-11-15
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E1575)
action_date: 2017-11-15
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2017-11-15
text: Introduced in House
No Back Pay for Bergdahl Act

Bill: 115-hr-4413
Sponsor: Rep. Pearce, Stevan [R-NM-2]
Introduced: 2017-11-15 in the House
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Military law
Military operations and strategy
Military personnel and dependents

Summary:
action_date: 2017-11-15
text: 

No Back Pay for Bergdahl Act

 
This bill amends the Uniform Code of Military Justice to deny payments or benefits to any person found guilty of desertion or attempted desertion for any period during which the person is treated as being in a missing or captive status after the date the person was first determined to be absent without authority.
 
The Department of Defense shall use payments or benefits denied to a deserter under this bill to provide compensation to members of the Armed Forces who were wounded or injured while searching for the deserter and to representatives of members killed while searching for the deserter. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2017-12-07
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Military Personnel.
action_date: 2017-11-15
text: Referred to the House Committee on Armed Services.
action_date: 2017-11-15
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2017-11-15
text: Introduced in House
Pell for Performance Act

Bill: 115-hr-4414
Sponsor: Rep. Rooney, Francis [R-FL-19]
Introduced: 2017-11-15 in the House
Policy area: Education
Subjects: Higher education
Student aid and college costs
Student records

Summary:
action_date: 2017-11-15
text: 

Pell for Performance Act

 
This bill amends the Higher Education Act of 1965 to modify the Federal Pell Grant program. Specifically, if a Pell Grant recipient fails to complete an education program within the maximum timeframe for completion, then the Pell Grants received for such program convert to a Federal Direct Unsubsidized Stafford Loan and are subject to repayment, in accordance with applicable terms and conditions.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2017-11-15
text: Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce.
action_date: 2017-11-15
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2017-11-15
text: Introduced in House
To establish the policy of the United States regarding the no-first-use of nuclear weapons.

Bill: 115-hr-4415
Sponsor: Rep. Smith, Adam [D-WA-9]
Introduced: 2017-11-15 in the House
Policy area: International Affairs
Subjects: Military operations and strategy
Nuclear weapons

Summary:
action_date: 2017-11-15
text: 
This bill states that it is U.S. policy to not use nuclear weapons first.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2017-11-15
text: Referred to the House Committee on Foreign Affairs.
action_date: 2017-11-15
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2017-11-15
text: Introduced in House
Simple FAFSA Act of 2017

Bill: 115-hr-4416
Sponsor: Rep. Blunt Rochester, Lisa [D-DE-At Large]
Introduced: 2017-11-16 in the House
Policy area: Education
Subjects: Government information and archives
Higher education
Immigrant health and welfare
Student aid and college costs
Tax administration and collection, taxpayers

Summary:
action_date: 2017-11-16
text: 

Simple FAFSA Act of 2017

 
This bill amends the Higher Education Act of 1965 to simplify the Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA) and increase the availability of federal financial student assistance for low-income students. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2017-11-16
text: Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce.
action_date: 2017-11-16
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2017-11-16
text: Introduced in House
Harmful Algal Bloom and Hypoxia Research and Control Amendments Act of 2017

Bill: 115-hr-4417
Sponsor: Rep. Bonamici, Suzanne [D-OR-1]
Introduced: 2017-11-16 in the House
Policy area: Environmental Protection
Subjects: Aquatic ecology
Army Corps of Engineers
Congressional oversight
Environmental assessment, monitoring, research
Government studies and investigations
Marine and coastal resources, fisheries
Water quality

Summary:
action_date: 2017-11-16
text: 

Harmful Algal Bloom and Hypoxia Research and Control Amendments Act of 2017

 
This bill amends the Harmful Algal Bloom and Hypoxia Research and Control Act of 1998 to reauthorize for FY2019-FY2023 the national harmful algal bloom and hypoxia program and the action strategy of the Inter-Agency Task Force on Harmful Algal Blooms and Hypoxia. (Hypoxia is a deficiency of oxygen.)
 
The task force must include a representative from the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers.
 
Each required scientific assessment of harmful algal blooms in coastal waters must examine freshwater harmful algal blooms that originate in freshwater lakes or rivers and migrate to coastal waters. 
 
In administering the program, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) must provide: (1) grants for accelerating the utilization of effective methods of intervention and mitigation to reduce the frequency, severity, and impacts of harmful algal bloom and hypoxia events; and (2) technical assistance to regional state, tribal, and local governments with respect to harmful algal blooms and hypoxia events.
 
NOAA must use cost effective methods in carrying out the Act and develop contingency plans for the long-term monitoring of hypoxia.
 
Federal officials may determine whether a harmful algal bloom or hypoxia event is an event of national significance and give funding to the affected state or local government for assessing and mitigating the detrimental environmental, economic, subsistence use, and public health effects of an event of national significance.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2018-05-22
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Environment.
action_date: 2017-11-28
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Water, Power and Oceans.
action_date: 2017-11-16
text: Referred to the Committee on Science, Space, and Technology, and in addition to the Committee on Natural Resources, 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: 2017-11-16
text: Referred to the Committee on Science, Space, and Technology, and in addition to the Committee on Natural Resources, 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: 2017-11-16
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2017-11-16
text: Introduced in House
EQUIP Act of 2017

Bill: 115-hr-4418
Sponsor: Rep. Bonamici, Suzanne [D-OR-1]
Introduced: 2017-11-16 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Family planning and birth control
Health programs administration and funding
Health promotion and preventive care
Women's health

Summary:
action_date: 2017-11-16
text: 

Enhancing Questions to Understand Intentions for Pregnancy Act of 2017 or the EQUIP Act of 2017

 
This bill requires the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention to provide eligible health organizations with demonstration program grants to implement routine screenings about women's pregnancy intentions in order to provide better contraceptive and prepregnancy care.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2017-11-17
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2017-11-16
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2017-11-16
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2017-11-16
text: Introduced in House
Bureau of Reclamation and Bureau of Indian Affairs Water Project Streamlining Act

Bill: 115-hr-4419
Sponsor: Rep. Newhouse, Dan [R-WA-4]
Introduced: 2017-11-16 in the House
Policy area: Native Americans
Subjects: Congressional oversight
Disaster relief and insurance
Environmental assessment, monitoring, research
Federal-Indian relations
Government information and archives
Government studies and investigations
Intergovernmental relations
Licensing and registrations
Performance measurement
State and local government operations
Water resources funding
Water use and supply

Summary:
action_date: 2017-11-16
text: 

Bureau of Reclamation and Bureau of Indian Affairs Water Project Streamlining Act

 
This bill accelerates the Department of Interior's review, including environmental review, of feasibility studies for water projects for the reclamation of arid lands under the Reclamation Act of 1902 (project studies). Each future project study must have a maximum federal cost of $3 million. 
 
The bill exempts certain surface water projects, water recycling projects, and water supply projects from specified provisions of the Water Infrastructure Improvements for the Nation Act. 
 
The bill authorizes the Equus Beds Division of the Wichita Project, the Musselshell-Judith Rural Water System, the Shasta Lake Water Resources Investigation, and Phase III of the Yakima River Basin Water Enhancement Project. 
 
The bill establishes a process for Interior to deauthorize certain reclamation programs or projects for which no funds were obligated during the current fiscal year or the last five preceding fiscal years. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2018-11-02
text: Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 782.
action_date: 2018-11-02
text: Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Natural Resources. H. Rept. 115-1001.
action_date: 2018-11-02
text: Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Natural Resources. H. Rept. 115-1001.
action_date: 2018-05-16
text: Ordered to be Reported (Amended) by the Yeas and Nays: 21 - 14.
action_date: 2018-05-16
text: Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
action_date: 2018-05-16
text: Subcommittee on Water, Power and Oceans Discharged.
action_date: 2017-11-30
text: Subcommittee Hearings Held.
action_date: 2017-11-21
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Water, Power and Oceans.
action_date: 2017-11-16
text: Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.
action_date: 2017-11-16
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E1587)
action_date: 2017-11-16
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2017-11-16
text: Introduced in House
Chesapeake Bay Farm Bill Enhancements Act of 2017

Bill: 115-hr-4420
Sponsor: Rep. Scott, Robert C. "Bobby" [D-VA-3]
Introduced: 2017-11-16 in the House
Policy area: Agriculture and Food
Subjects: Agricultural practices and innovations
Environmental assessment, monitoring, research
Floods and storm protection
Land use and conservation
Marine and coastal resources, fisheries
Water quality
Watersheds

Summary:
action_date: 2017-11-16
text: 

Chesapeake Bay Farm Bill Enhancements Act of 2017 

 
This bill amends the Food Security Act of 1985 to modify and increase funding for the Department of Agriculture (USDA) Regional Conservation Partnership Program (RCPP). 
 
(The RCPP operates through several USDA conservation programs to provide funding for partners to join in efforts with producers to increase the restoration and sustainable use of soil, water, wildlife, and related natural resources on regional or watershed scales. The RCPP includes the purposes and functions of several conservation programs such as the Chesapeake Bay Watershed Initiative.)
 
The bill modifies the RCPP to:
 
 
 increase mandatory funding and revise the requirements for distributing funds, 
 
allow in-kind support to count toward a partner's matching contribution,
 
 allow partners to apply for a funding renewal of a partnership agreement,
 
 authorize USDA to provide information and feedback to applicants throughout the application process, 
 
 authorize grants for partners to directly operate conservation projects,
 
authorize USDA to advance funding to partners for technical assistance for project development and outreach activities,
 
require USDA to make publicly available the amounts available for technical assistance under a partnership agreement,
 
 limit USDA costs for technical assistance to costs specific and necessary to carry out the objectives of the partnership agreement, 
 
 modify the criteria for a critical conservation area, and
 
revise the requirements for prioritizing applications. 
 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2017-12-05
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Conservation and Forestry.
action_date: 2017-11-16
text: Referred to the House Committee on Agriculture.
action_date: 2017-11-16
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2017-11-16
text: Introduced in House
To amend title 23, United States Code, with respect to vehicle weight limitations, and for other purposes.

Bill: 115-hr-4421
Sponsor: Rep. DeSaulnier, Mark [D-CA-11]
Introduced: 2017-11-16 in the House
Policy area: Transportation and Public Works
Subjects: Hybrid, electric, and advanced technology vehicles
Motor carriers
Roads and highways
Transportation safety and security

Summary:
action_date: 2017-11-16
text: 
This bill allows a vehicle that is propelled exclusively by means of electric battery power to exceed the Interstate System vehicle weight limit by an amount that is equal to the difference between: (1) the weight of the vehicle attributable to the electric batteries and the vehicle's wiring system, and (2) the weight of a comparable diesel tank and fueling system. Current law caps the weight of a vehicle at 80,000 pounds. This bill allows an electric vehicle to have a maximum gross weight of 82,000 pounds.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2017-11-17
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Highways and Transit.
action_date: 2017-11-16
text: Referred to the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.
action_date: 2017-11-16
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2017-11-16
text: Introduced in House
Freedom From Union Violence Act of 2017

Bill: 115-hr-4422
Sponsor: Rep. King, Steve [R-IA-4]
Introduced: 2017-11-16 in the House
Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement
Subjects: Crimes against property
Criminal investigation, prosecution, interrogation
Criminal procedure and sentencing
Labor-management relations
Organized crime
Violent crime

Summary:
action_date: 2017-11-16
text: 

Freedom From Union Violence Act of 2017

 
This bill amends the federal criminal code to modify provisions, commonly known as the Hobbs Act, that prohibit committing robbery or extortion in a manner which, in any way or degree, obstructs interstate commerce. 
 
Specifically, the bill exempts from the prohibition conduct that: (1) is incidental to otherwise peaceful picketing during a labor dispute; (2) consists solely of minor bodily injury, minor property damage, or threats of such minor injury or damage; and (3) is not part of a pattern of violent conduct or of a coordinated violent activity. Such exempted conduct is subject to prosecution only by state and local authorities. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2017-12-13
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, Homeland Security, and Investigations.
action_date: 2017-11-16
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2017-11-16
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2017-11-16
text: Introduced in House
North Texas Water Supply Security Act of 2017

Bill: 115-hr-4423
Sponsor: Rep. Johnson, Sam [R-TX-3]
Introduced: 2017-11-16 in the House
Policy area: Water Resources Development
Subjects: Environmental assessment, monitoring, research
Federal district courts
Judicial review and appeals
Texas
Water storage
Water use and supply

Summary:
action_date: 2017-11-16
text: 

North Texas Water Supply Security Act of 2017

 
This bill bars claims arising under federal law seeking judicial review of any environmental impact statement, environmental review, or authorization issued by an agency for the Lower Bois d'Arc Creek Reservoir Project in Fannin County, Texas,unless such claims meet certain procedural requirements.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2018-06-13
text: Ordered to be Reported (Amended) by the Yeas and Nays: 16 - 11.
action_date: 2018-06-13
text: Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
action_date: 2018-04-12
text: Subcommittee Hearings Held.
action_date: 2017-12-13
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Regulatory Reform, Commercial And Antitrust Law.
action_date: 2017-11-16
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2017-11-16
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2017-11-16
text: Introduced in House