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Servicemember Family Burial Act

Bill: 115-hr-4335
Sponsor: Rep. Correa, J. Luis [D-CA-46]
Introduced: 2017-11-09 in the House
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Cemeteries and funerals
Military personnel and dependents
Monuments and memorials
Veterans' organizations and recognition

Summary:
action_date: 2017-11-09
text: 

Servicemember Family Burial Act

 
This bill revises eligibility for Department of Veterans Affairs (VA)-provided memorial headstones and markers that commemorate individuals whose remains are unavailable. The bill makes eligible the spouse or eligible dependent child of a member of the U.S. Armed Forces serving on active duty under other than dishonorable conditions at the time of the spouse's or child's death.
 
The spouse, minor child, and, in the VA's discretion, unmarried adult child of such a member of the Armed Forces may be buried in any open national cemetery under the control of the National Cemetery Administration.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2018-05-08
text: Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
action_date: 2018-05-07
text: Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
action_date: 2018-05-07
text: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by the Yeas and Nays: (2/3 required): 389 - 0 (Roll no. 168). (text: CR H3755)
action_date: 2018-05-07
text: Passed/agreed to in House: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by the Yeas and Nays: (2/3 required): 389 - 0 (Roll no. 168).(text: CR H3755)
action_date: 2018-05-07
text: Considered as unfinished business. (consideration: CR H3763)
action_date: 2018-05-07
text: At the conclusion of debate, the Yeas and Nays were demanded and ordered. Pursuant to the provisions of clause 8, rule XX, the Chair announced that further proceedings on the motion would be postponed.
action_date: 2018-05-07
text: DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on H.R. 4335.
action_date: 2018-05-07
text: Considered under suspension of the rules. (consideration: CR H3755-3756)
action_date: 2018-05-07
text: Mr. Roe (TN) moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended.
action_date: 2018-03-20
text: Subcommittee Hearings Held.
action_date: 2017-11-09
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Disability Assistance and Memorial Affairs.
action_date: 2017-11-09
text: Referred to the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
action_date: 2017-11-09
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E1543)
action_date: 2017-11-09
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2017-11-09
text: Introduced in House
College Completion and Success Act

Bill: 115-hr-4336
Sponsor: Rep. Lewis, Jason [R-MN-2]
Introduced: 2017-11-09 in the House
Policy area: Education
Subjects: Education programs funding
Higher education
Student aid and college costs

Summary:
action_date: 2017-11-09
text: 

College Completion and Success Act

 
This bill amends the Higher Education Act of 1965 to modify the amount of federal student assistance provided to an institution of higher education (IHE) if a student withdraws from the IHE. Under current law, an IHE receives all of a student's financial assistance after the student completes 60% of the period of enrollment (e.g., semester). This bill requires a student to complete 100% of the period of enrollment before an IHE receives all of the student's financial assistance.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2017-11-09
text: Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce.
action_date: 2017-11-09
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2017-11-09
text: Introduced in House
Safeguarding American PII Act

Bill: 115-hr-4337
Sponsor: Rep. Royce, Edward R. [R-CA-39]
Introduced: 2017-11-09 in the House
Policy area: Foreign Trade and International Finance
Subjects: Corporate finance and management
Foreign and international corporations
Government studies and investigations
Right of privacy
U.S. and foreign investments

Summary:
action_date: 2017-11-09
text: 

Safeguarding American Personal Information and Investment Act or the Safeguarding American PII Act

 
This bill amends the Defense Production Act of 1950 to require national security reviews by the Committee on Foreign Investment to take into account whether the merger, acquisition, or takeover could expose the personally identifiable information of U.S. persons in a manner that threatens national security.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2017-11-10
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Digital Commerce and Consumer Protection.
action_date: 2017-11-09
text: Referred to the Committee on Financial Services, and in addition to the Committees on Foreign Affairs, and Energy and Commerce, 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: 2017-11-09
text: Referred to the Committee on Financial Services, and in addition to the Committees on Foreign Affairs, and Energy and Commerce, 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: 2017-11-09
text: Referred to the Committee on Financial Services, and in addition to the Committees on Foreign Affairs, and Energy and Commerce, 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: 2017-11-09
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2017-11-09
text: Introduced in House
Chuck Osier Burial Benefits Act

Bill: 115-hr-4338
Sponsor: Rep. Tenney, Claudia [R-NY-22]
Introduced: 2017-11-09 in the House
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Cemeteries and funerals
Monuments and memorials
Veterans' organizations and recognition

Summary:
action_date: 2017-11-09
text: 

Chuck Osier Burial Benefits Act

 
This bill directs the Department of Veterans Affairs, upon request and at U.S. expense, to furnish to a deceased individual in lieu a headstone or marker: (1) an urn to signify the individual's veteran status, in which such individual's remains may be placed at private expense; or (2) a commemorative plaque signifying the individual's veteran status. 
 
 A &quot;deceased individual&quot; is an individual: (1) who served in the Armed Forces on or after April 6, 1917; (2) who is eligible for a headstone or marker or would be so eligible but for the date of the individual's death; and (3) whose remains were cremated and placed in a site of interment or inurnment other than a national cemetery, a state veterans' cemetery, a tribal cemetery, or a private cemetery.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2017-11-09
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Disability Assistance and Memorial Affairs.
action_date: 2017-11-09
text: Referred to the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
action_date: 2017-11-09
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2017-11-09
text: Introduced in House
Veterans' Agricultural Apprenticeship Act of 2017

Bill: 115-hr-4339
Sponsor: Rep. Bost, Mike [R-IL-12]
Introduced: 2017-11-09 in the House
Policy area: Agriculture and Food
Subjects: Agricultural education
Congressional oversight
Employment and training programs
Government lending and loan guarantees
Veterans' education, employment, rehabilitation

Summary:
action_date: 2017-11-09
text: 

Veterans' Agricultural Apprenticeship Act of 2017 

 
This bill requires the Department of Agriculture (USDA) to establish a program to make direct loans to farmers and ranchers who will provide mentorship and apprenticeship opportunities for veterans to learn the skills necessary to become successful farmers or ranchers. 
 
USDA must carry out the program through agreements with state departments of agriculture that will: select veterans to participate in the program, secure established farmers and ranchers to provide the mentorship and apprenticeship opportunities, and make and administer direct loans to support the resulting mentorship and apprenticeship. 
 
The loans must be made without interest and may not exceed a term of one year. 
 
Of the amounts appropriated for FY2019-FY2023 for the Office of the Secretary of Agriculture, USDA must use $1 million for each of the fiscal years for the program. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2017-12-05
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Commodity Exchanges, Energy, and Credit.
action_date: 2017-11-09
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Economic Opportunity.
action_date: 2017-11-09
text: Referred to the Committee on Agriculture, and in addition to the Committee on Veterans' 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: 2017-11-09
text: Referred to the Committee on Agriculture, and in addition to the Committee on Veterans' 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: 2017-11-09
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2017-11-09
text: Introduced in House
American Labor, Wages, and Sovereignty Act

Bill: 115-hr-4340
Sponsor: Rep. Brat, Dave [R-VA-7]
Introduced: 2017-11-09 in the House
Policy area: Immigration
Subjects: Administrative remedies
Border security and unlawful immigration
Computer security and identity theft
Department of Homeland Security
Employee hiring
Executive agency funding and structure
Family relationships
Federal preemption
Foreign labor
Fraud offenses and financial crimes
Government information and archives
Government studies and investigations
Immigration status and procedures
Internet and video services
Internet, web applications, social media
Licensing and registrations
Migrant, seasonal, agricultural labor
Personnel records
Photography and imaging
Public contracts and procurement
State and local government operations
Telephone and wireless communication
Visas and passports

Summary:
action_date: 2017-11-09
text: 
A
merican Labor, Wages, and Sovereignty Act or the American LAWS Act

 
This bill amends the Immigration and Nationality Act to: (1) eliminate the diversity immigrant program, and (2) reduce the worldwide fiscal year level for family-sponsored immigration.
 

Legal Workforce Act

 
The bill revises the employment eligibility verification process. It also increases employer penalties for the unlawful hiring of illegal aliens. 
 
The bill establishes a nonimmigrant alien visa for the parent of a U.S. citizen who is at least 21 years old. 
 
 The Department of Homeland Security shall establish: (1) an employment eligibility verification system (EEVS), patterned after the E-Verify system; (2) programs to block the use of misused social security numbers and suspend the use of social security account numbers of identity fraud victims; and (3) at least two Identity Authentication Employment Eligibility Verification pilot programs using distinct technologies to provide employers with identity authentication and employment verification of new employees. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2017-12-13
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration and Border Security.
action_date: 2017-11-09
text: Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committees on Ways and Means, and Education and the Workforce, 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: 2017-11-09
text: Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committees on Ways and Means, and Education and the Workforce, 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: 2017-11-09
text: Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committees on Ways and Means, and Education and the Workforce, 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: 2017-11-09
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2017-11-09
text: Introduced in House
OPEN Act

Bill: 115-hr-4341
Sponsor: Rep. Cartwright, Matt [D-PA-17]
Introduced: 2017-11-09 in the House
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Subjects: Business records
Corporate finance and management
Elections, voting, political campaign regulation
Political advertising
Tax-exempt organizations

Summary:
action_date: 2017-11-09
text: 

Openness in Political Expenditures Now Act or the OPEN Act

 
This bill requires each corporation that submits regular and periodic reports to shareholders to (1) include information about certain political activities during the time period covered by the report, and (2) provide copies of reports disclosing political activities to the Federal Election Commission. 
 
The bill also prohibits an organization from obtaining tax-exempt status under 501(c)(4) of the Internal Revenue Code if its expenditures on covered political activities exceed certain thresholds in a taxable year.
 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2017-11-09
text: Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, 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: 2017-11-09
text: Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, 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: 2017-11-09
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2017-11-09
text: Introduced in House
Fire Sale Loophole Closing Act

Bill: 115-hr-4342
Sponsor: Rep. Cicilline, David N. [D-RI-1]
Introduced: 2017-11-09 in the House
Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement
Subjects: Firearms and explosives
Licensing and registrations
Retail and wholesale trades

Summary:
action_date: 2017-11-09
text: 

Fire Sale Loophole Closing Act

 
This bill restricts the transfer of business inventory firearms by a firearms importer, manufacturer, or dealer whose licensed is revoked or denied. 
 
A violator is subject to criminal penalties&#8212;a fine, prison term of up to one year, or both. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2017-12-13
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, Homeland Security, and Investigations.
action_date: 2017-11-09
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2017-11-09
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2017-11-09
text: Introduced in House
Unlawful Gun Buyer Alert Act

Bill: 115-hr-4343
Sponsor: Rep. Cicilline, David N. [D-RI-1]
Introduced: 2017-11-09 in the House
Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement
Subjects: Criminal justice information and records
Firearms and explosives

Summary:
action_date: 2017-11-09
text: 

Unlawful Gun Buyer Alert Act

 
This bill amends the NICS Improvement Amendments Act of 2007 to require the national instant criminal background check system to notify certain law enforcement agencies when a firearm is transferred to a person who is subsequently determined to be prohibited from receiving or possessing a firearm.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2017-12-13
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, Homeland Security, and Investigations.
action_date: 2017-11-09
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2017-11-09
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2017-11-09
text: Introduced in House
End Purchase of Firearms by Dangerous Individuals Act of 2017

Bill: 115-hr-4344
Sponsor: Rep. Cicilline, David N. [D-RI-1]
Introduced: 2017-11-09 in the House
Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Crime prevention
Criminal justice information and records
Department of Health and Human Services
Detention of persons
Firearms and explosives
Government studies and investigations
Health information and medical records
Intergovernmental relations
Law enforcement administration and funding
Medical tests and diagnostic methods
Mental health
State and local government operations
Violent crime

Summary:
action_date: 2017-11-09
text: 

End Purchase of Firearms by Dangerous Individuals Act of 2017

 
This bill requires each state to: 
 
 establish a reporting system through which mental health professionals may report information about an individual committed to a mental institution who poses a danger or an individual who communicates a serious threat of violence, 
 
provide mental health records to the National Instant Criminal History Background Check System for use in determining whether a person is disqualified from possessing or receiving a firearm, and
 
establish a process related to the temporary involuntary commitment of individuals at mental health facilities. 
 
 
Beginning 10 years after enactment, the Department of Justice must reduce by 5% funds under the Edward Byrne Memorial Justice Assistance Grant Program for a state that fails to comply with requirements. 
The bill amends the federal criminal code to expand the categories of prohibited persons (i.e., persons barred from receiving or possessing a firearm) to include persons who communicate a serious threat of violence to a mental health professional.
 
Finally, it replaces various statutory references to persons adjudicated as a "mental defective" with persons adjudicated as "ineligible due to disqualifying mental status." 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2017-12-13
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, Homeland Security, and Investigations.
action_date: 2017-11-10
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2017-11-09
text: Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, 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: 2017-11-09
text: Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, 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: 2017-11-09
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2017-11-09
text: Introduced in House
Veteran Treatment Court Coordination Act of 2017

Bill: 115-hr-4345
Sponsor: Rep. Crist, Charlie [D-FL-13]
Introduced: 2017-11-09 in the House
Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement
Subjects: Criminal procedure and sentencing
Judicial procedure and administration
Law enforcement administration and funding
State and local courts
Veterans' education, employment, rehabilitation
Veterans' medical care

Summary:
action_date: 2017-11-09
text: 

Veteran Treatment Court Coordination Act of 2017

 
This bill expresses the sense of Congress that veterans treatment courts are a successful program aimed at helping veterans charged with non-violent crimes receive the help and the benefits to which they are entitled.
 
The Department of Justice (DOJ) shall establish a Veteran Treatment Court Program to provide assistance to state circuit court systems that have adopted or filed a notice of intent to establish such a program. 
 
The DOJ program shall include veterans treatment court grant programs carried out pursuant to laws establishing other incarceration alternatives programs.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2017-12-13
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, Homeland Security, and Investigations.
action_date: 2017-11-09
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2017-11-09
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2017-11-09
text: Introduced in House
GI Education Benefits Fairness Act

Bill: 115-hr-4346
Sponsor: Rep. Foster, Bill [D-IL-11]
Introduced: 2017-11-09 in the House
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Family relationships
Veterans' education, employment, rehabilitation

Summary:
action_date: 2017-11-09
text: 

GI Education Benefits Fairness Act

 
This bill revises who is eligible to receive GI education benefits as a dependent under the Post-9/11 Educational Assistance Program. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2017-11-09
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Economic Opportunity.
action_date: 2017-11-09
text: Referred to the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
action_date: 2017-11-09
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2017-11-09
text: Introduced in House
Warrior Act

Bill: 115-hr-4347
Sponsor: Rep. Gaetz, Matt [R-FL-1]
Introduced: 2017-11-09 in the House
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Military procurement, research, weapons development
Physical fitness and lifestyle
Sports and recreation facilities
Veterans' education, employment, rehabilitation

Summary:
action_date: 2017-11-09
text: 

Warrior Act

 
This bill includes veterans in the military adaptive sports program of the Department of Defense. The military adaptive sports program provides reconditioning activities and competitive athletic opportunities to all wounded, ill and injured members of the Armed Forces.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2017-12-07
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Military Personnel.
action_date: 2017-11-09
text: Referred to the House Committee on Armed Services.
action_date: 2017-11-09
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2017-11-09
text: Introduced in House
KREMLIN Act

Bill: 115-hr-4348
Sponsor: Rep. Krishnamoorthi, Raja [D-IL-8]
Introduced: 2017-11-09 in the House
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Alliances
Canada
Conflicts and wars
Diplomacy, foreign officials, Americans abroad
Elections, voting, political campaign regulation
Estonia
Europe
Germany
Government studies and investigations
Intelligence activities, surveillance, classified information
International organizations and cooperation
Lithuania
Middle East
Military operations and strategy
Poland
Russia
Sanctions
Sovereignty, recognition, national governance and status
Subversive activities
Syria
Ukraine
United Kingdom

Summary:
action_date: 2017-11-09
text: 

Keeping Russian Entrapments Minimal and Limiting Intelligence Networks Act or the KREMLIN Act

 
This bill requires the Office of the Director of National Intelligence to produce a National Intelligence Estimate on the political intentions of Russia, including: (1) Russian leadership intentions in pursuing military scenarios against members of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization, (2) Russian leadership reactions to the European Reassurance Initiative, and (3) areas of possible joint cooperation with Russia.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2017-11-09
text: Referred to the Committee on Intelligence (Permanent Select), 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: 2017-11-09
text: Referred to the Committee on Intelligence (Permanent Select), 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: 2017-11-09
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2017-11-09
text: Introduced in House