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Elder Justice Reauthorization Act

Bill: 115-hr-2639
Sponsor: Rep. King, Peter T. [R-NY-2]
Introduced: 2017-05-24 in the House
Policy area: Social Welfare
Subjects: Advisory bodies
Aging
Crime prevention
Crime victims
Criminal investigation, prosecution, interrogation
Criminal justice information and records
Health facilities and institutions
Law enforcement administration and funding
Long-term, rehabilitative, and terminal care
Social security and elderly assistance

Summary:
action_date: 2017-05-24
text: 

Elder Justice Reauthorization Act 

 
This bill amends title XX (Block Grants to States for Social Services) of the Social Security Act to reauthorize through FY2021 grants to states for activities related to the prevention and detection of elder abuse.
 
In addition, the bill amends the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act to reauthorize through FY2021: (1) the National Training Institute for federal and state surveyors of long-term care facilities, and (2) grants to state agencies that perform surveys of certain nursing facilities.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2017-06-07
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2017-05-26
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2017-05-24
text: Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committees on the Judiciary, Energy and Commerce, 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: 2017-05-24
text: Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committees on the Judiciary, Energy and Commerce, 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: 2017-05-24
text: Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committees on the Judiciary, Energy and Commerce, 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: 2017-05-24
text: Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committees on the Judiciary, Energy and Commerce, 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: 2017-05-24
text: Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committees on the Judiciary, Energy and Commerce, 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: 2017-05-24
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2017-05-24
text: Introduced in House
Every Child Deserves a Family Act

Bill: 115-hr-2640
Sponsor: Rep. Lewis, John [D-GA-5]
Introduced: 2017-05-24 in the House
Policy area: Families
Subjects: Adoption and foster care
Congressional oversight
Marriage and family status
Sex, gender, sexual orientation discrimination
Social work, volunteer service, charitable organizations
State and local government operations

Summary:
action_date: 2017-05-24
text: 

Every Child Deserves a Family Act

 
This bill prohibits adoption or foster care placement entities that receive federal assistance from using the sexual orientation, gender identity, or marital status of a prospective adoptive or foster parent, or from using the sexual orientation or gender identity of the child, to: (1) deny a person the opportunity to become an adoptive or foster parent; (2) delay or deny the placement of a child for adoption or into foster care; or (3) require different or additional screenings or procedures for adoptive or foster placement decisions, including whether to seek the termination of birth parent rights or to make a child legally available for adoptive placement.
 
This bill directs the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) to publish guidance on legal compliance with the requirements of this bill and to assist entities with casework practices, recruitment efforts, and cultural competency training.
 
This bill allows HHS to withhold payments under part B (Child and Family Services) or part E (Foster Care and Adoption Assistance) of title IV of the Social Security Act from states that fail to comply with the requirements of this bill.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2017-06-07
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Human Resources.
action_date: 2017-05-24
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2017-05-24
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2017-05-24
text: Introduced in House
Promoting Life-Saving New Therapies for Neonates Act of 2017

Bill: 115-hr-2641
Sponsor: Rep. Long, Billy [R-MO-7]
Introduced: 2017-05-24 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Child health
Congressional oversight
Department of Health and Human Services
Drug safety, medical device, and laboratory regulation
Drug therapy
Food and Drug Administration (FDA)
Government studies and investigations
Health promotion and preventive care
Medical research

Summary:
action_date: 2017-05-24
text: 

Promoting Life-Saving New Therapies for Neonates Act of 2017

 
This bill amends the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act to require the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to award the sponsor of a new drug or biological product for the treatment of newborns a neonatal drug exclusivity voucher upon approval of the medication. A neonatal drug exclusivity voucher is a transferable voucher for a one-year extension of all existing patents and marketing exclusivities for a brand name medication. For a sponsor to be eligible for a voucher, the new medication must: (1) treat a condition identified in the Priority List of Critical Needs for Neonates required under this bill, and (2) have been studied in newborns.
 
A voucher may be revoked if the new medication is not marketed in the United States within one year of approval.
 
A voucher may not be used: (1) to extend the marketing exclusivity period for a drug for which the FDA requires an assessment of the safety and effectiveness in newborns, or (2) on the same product as a priority review voucher.
 
A sponsor intending to use a voucher must notify the FDA at least 15 months before the expiration of the patents or exclusivity to be extended.
 The Government Accountability Office must study the effectiveness of this voucher program.

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2017-05-26
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2017-05-24
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2017-05-24
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2017-05-24
text: Introduced in House
Indonesian Family Refugee Protection Act

Bill: 115-hr-2642
Sponsor: Rep. Maloney, Carolyn B. [D-NY-12]
Introduced: 2017-05-24 in the House
Policy area: Immigration
Subjects: Administrative remedies
Asia
Department of Homeland Security
Immigration status and procedures
Indonesia
Refugees, asylum, displaced persons

Summary:
action_date: 2017-05-24
text: 

Indonesian Family Refugee Protection Act

 
 This bill authorizes a qualifying Indonesian citizen whose asylum claim was denied solely upon a failure to meet the one-year application filing deadline to file a motion to reopen such claim.
 
Such motion shall be filed during the two-year period beginning on the date of enactment of this bill.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2017-05-24
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration and Border Security.
action_date: 2017-05-24
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2017-05-24
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E716)
action_date: 2017-05-24
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2017-05-24
text: Introduced in House
To amend the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 to require the annual human rights reports to include information on the institutionalization of children and the subjection of children to cruel, inhuman, or degrading treatment, unnecessary detention, and denial of the right to life, liberty, and the security of persons, and for other purposes.

Bill: 115-hr-2643
Sponsor: Rep. Marino, Tom [R-PA-10]
Introduced: 2017-05-24 in the House
Policy area: International Affairs
Subjects: Adoption and foster care
Child safety and welfare
Congressional oversight
Detention of persons
Foreign aid and international relief
Human rights

Summary:
action_date: 2017-05-24
text: 
This bill amends the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 to require annual human rights reports to include information on the: 
 
 
 institutionalization of children, including in orphanages and group homes, if such institutionalization can be avoided by reunifying such children with parents of origin or by adoptive placement; and 
 
related subjection of children to cruel, inhuman, or degrading treatment, unnecessary detention, and denial of the right to life, liberty, and the security of persons.
 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2017-05-24
text: Referred to the House Committee on Foreign Affairs.
action_date: 2017-05-24
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2017-05-24
text: Introduced in House
Chronic Kidney Disease Improvement in Research and Treatment Act of 2017

Bill: 115-hr-2644
Sponsor: Rep. Marino, Tom [R-PA-10]
Introduced: 2017-05-24 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Civil actions and liability
Congressional oversight
Digestive and metabolic diseases
Government studies and investigations
Health care costs and insurance
Health care coverage and access
Health care quality
Health facilities and institutions
Health personnel
Health technology, devices, supplies
Home and outpatient care
Licensing and registrations
Medical education
Medical research
Medicare
Minority health
Organ and tissue donation and transplantation
Student aid and college costs

Summary:
action_date: 2017-05-24
text: 

Chronic Kidney Disease Improvement in Research and Treatment Act of 2017

 
This bill modifies provisions relating to coverage for and access to treatment for chronic kidney disease, including Medicare payment provisions for renal dialysis services.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2017-06-06
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2017-05-26
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2017-05-24
text: Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on Ways and Means, 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: 2017-05-24
text: Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on Ways and Means, 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: 2017-05-24
text: Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on Ways and Means, 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: 2017-05-24
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2017-05-24
text: Introduced in House
POISE Act

Bill: 115-hr-2645
Sponsor: Rep. Murphy, Stephanie N. [D-FL-7]
Introduced: 2017-05-24 in the House
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Congressional oversight
Diplomacy, foreign officials, Americans abroad
Intelligence activities, surveillance, classified information
Presidents and presidential powers, Vice Presidents
Sanctions
Terrorism
Trade restrictions

Summary:
action_date: 2017-05-24
text: 

Prevention and Oversight of Intelligence Sharing with Enemies Act or the POISE Act

 
This bill amends the National Security Act of 1947 to require the President to provide the congressional intelligence committees with information about any disclosure of top secret information to a foreign country's government official, agent, or representative if the foreign country is a state sponsor of terrorism or is subject to economic sanctions by the United States.
 
"Top secret" applies to information that when subject to unauthorized disclosure could be reasonably expected to cause exceptionally grave damage to the national security that the original classification authority is able to identify or describe.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2017-05-24
text: Referred to the House Committee on Intelligence (Permanent Select).
action_date: 2017-05-24
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2017-05-24
text: Introduced in House
DEDUCT Act

Bill: 115-hr-2647
Sponsor: Rep. Sensenbrenner, F. James, Jr. [R-WI-5]
Introduced: 2017-05-24 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Health care costs and insurance
Income tax deductions

Summary:
action_date: 2017-05-24
text: 

Deducting Expenses Derived from Use of Care and Treatment Act or the DEDUCT Act 

 
This bill amends the Internal Revenue Code to repeal the requirement that unreimbursed medical expenses exceed 10% of a taxpayer's adjusted gross income before the taxpayer is allowed to claim an itemized deduction for the expenses. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2017-05-24
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2017-05-24
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2017-05-24
text: Introduced in House
Veterans Transition Improvement Act

Bill: 115-hr-2648
Sponsor: Rep. Stivers, Steve [R-OH-15]
Introduced: 2017-05-24 in the House
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Department of Veterans Affairs
Disability and paralysis
Employee leave
Government employee pay, benefits, personnel management
Veterans' education, employment, rehabilitation
Veterans' medical care

Summary:
action_date: 2017-05-24
text: 

Veterans Transition Improvement Act

 
This bill extends the policy entitling new federal employees who are veterans with a service-connected disability to a specified amount of leave for medical treatment for such disability to all Veterans Health Administration physicians, dentists, podiatrists, chiropractors, optometrists, registered nurses, physician assistants, and expanded-function dental auxiliaries.

action_date: 2018-07-16
text: 

Veterans Transition Improvement Act

 
This bill amends the Wounded Warriors Federal Leave Act of 2015 to extend the policy entitling new federal employees who are veterans with a service-connected disability rated at 30% or more to a specified amount of leave for medical treatment for such disability to Veterans Health Administration physicians, dentists, podiatrists, chiropractors, optometrists, registered nurses, physician assistants, and expanded-function dental auxiliaries.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2018-07-16
text: Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform. H. Rept. 115-825, Part I.
action_date: 2018-07-16
text: Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform. H. Rept. 115-825, Part I.
action_date: 2018-05-23
text: Ordered to be Reported (Amended) by Voice Vote.
action_date: 2018-05-23
text: Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
action_date: 2017-05-24
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2017-05-24
text: Referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs, and in addition to the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, 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: 2017-05-24
text: Referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs, and in addition to the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, 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: 2017-05-24
text: Referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs, and in addition to the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, 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: 2017-05-24
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2017-05-24
text: Introduced in House
Safer Pipelines Act of 2017

Bill: 115-hr-2649
Sponsor: Rep. Watson Coleman, Bonnie [D-NJ-12]
Introduced: 2017-05-24 in the House
Policy area: Energy
Subjects: Administrative remedies
Air quality
Alternative and renewable resources
Climate change and greenhouse gases
Electric power generation and transmission
Energy efficiency and conservation
Energy storage, supplies, demand
Environmental assessment, monitoring, research
Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC)
Licensing and registrations
Oil and gas
Pipelines

Summary:
action_date: 2017-05-24
text: 

Safe and Accountable Federal Energy Review for Pipelines Act of 2017 or the
 
Safer Pipelines Act of 2017

 
This bill requires the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC), before granting a certificate of public convenience and necessity for a proposed pipeline expansion project for which a challenge has been raised, to
 
 
 assign an administrative law judge to hold a full trial-type evidentiary hearing on the need for the expansion or conduct an evidentiary hearing after conducting limited discovery, and 
 
issue a staff report publishing the findings with respect to each factor which includes the data and analyses relied upon in reaching those findings. 
 
 
Additionally, FERC must (1) conduct a cumulative review of planned energy infrastructure projects in the region of the proposed expansion; (2)consider, in the case of interstate pipeline projects, the cumulative environmental impacts of other interstate or regional projects; and (3) monitor approved pipeline projects for five years to ensure that environmental mitigation steps have been implemented.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2017-05-26
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Energy.
action_date: 2017-05-24
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2017-05-24
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2017-05-24
text: Introduced in House
Protecting Older Workers Against Discrimination Act

Bill: 115-hr-2650
Sponsor: Rep. Scott, Robert C. "Bobby" [D-VA-3]
Introduced: 2017-05-25 in the House
Policy area: Labor and Employment
Subjects: Age discrimination
Civil actions and liability
Disability and health-based discrimination
Employment discrimination and employee rights
Evidence and witnesses
Government employee pay, benefits, personnel management
Racial and ethnic relations
Sex, gender, sexual orientation discrimination

Summary:
action_date: 2017-05-25
text: 

Protecting Older Workers Against Discrimination Act

 
This bill amends the Age Discrimination in Employment Act of 1967 to establish an unlawful employment practice when the complaining party demonstrates that age or participation in investigations, proceedings, or litigation under such Act was a motivating factor for any unlawful employment practice, even though other factors also motivated the practice (thereby allowing what are commonly known as "mixed motive" claims).
 
The bill: (1) permits a complaining party to rely on any type or form of admissible evidence, which need only be sufficient for a reasonable trier of fact to find that an unlawful practice occurred; and (2) declares that a complaining party shall not be required to demonstrate that age or retaliation was the sole cause of the employment practice (thereby rejecting the Supreme Court's decision in 
Gross v. FBL Financial Services, Inc.
, which requires a complainant to prove that age was the "but-for" cause for the employer's decision).
 
The bill authorizes a court in a claim in which age discrimination is shown to grant declaratory and injunctive relief, but prohibits a court from awarding damages or issuing an order requiring any admission, reinstatement, hiring, promotion, or payment.
 
The bill applies the same standard of proof to other employment discrimination and retaliation claims, including claims under the Civil Rights Act of 1964, the Americans With Disabilities Act of 1990, and the Rehabilitation Act of 1973.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2017-05-25
text: Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce.
action_date: 2017-05-25
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2017-05-25
text: Introduced in House
Horseracing Integrity Act of 2017

Bill: 115-hr-2651
Sponsor: Rep. Barr, Andy [R-KY-6]
Introduced: 2017-05-25 in the House
Policy area: Sports and Recreation
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Animal protection and human-animal relationships
Congressional oversight
Drug safety, medical device, and laboratory regulation
Drug, alcohol, tobacco use
Gambling
Government studies and investigations
Intergovernmental relations
Mammals
Medical ethics
Professional sports
State and local government operations
Veterinary medicine and animal diseases

Summary:
action_date: 2017-05-25
text: 

Horseracing Integrity Act of 2017

 
This bill establishes the Horseracing Anti-Doping and Medication Control Authority as an independent non-profit corporation with responsibility for developing and administering an anti-doping and medication control program for: (1) Thoroughbred, Quarter, and Standardbred horses that participate in horse races that have a substantial relation to interstate commerce, (2) such horse races, and (3) the personnel engaged in the care, training, or racing of such horses.
 
The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) shall have exclusive jurisdiction over all horse racing anti-doping and medication control matters. The Authority and such FTC jurisdiction shall terminate if an interstate compact providing for services consistent with such program is established within five years after the program takes effect. 
 
The Authority may enter into agreements with state racing commissions to implement the program within their jurisdictions.
 
Program elements shall include:
 
 
anti-doping and medication control rules, 
 
lists of permitted and prohibited substances and methods, 
 
a prohibition on the administration of any such substance within 24 hours of a horse's next racing start, and 
 
testing and laboratory standards.
 
 
The Authority shall:
 
 
 develop, maintain, and publish such lists; 
 
 establish a list of anti-doping and medication control rule violations applicable to either covered horses or persons;
 
 establish standards and the process for laboratory accreditation and sample testing; and
 
 promulgate rules for anti-doping and medication control results management, for the disciplinary process for violation results management, and for imposing sanctions for violations.
 
 
The bill sets forth civil enforcement provisions. 
 
Activities under this bill are funded by an assessment placed on state racing commissions based on the calculation of cost per racing starter.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2018-06-22
text: Subcommittee Hearings Held.
action_date: 2017-05-26
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Digital Commerce and Consumer Protection.
action_date: 2017-05-25
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2017-05-25
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2017-05-25
text: Introduced in House