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75th Anniversary of the End of World War II Commemorative Coin Act

Bill: 115-hr-4044
Sponsor: Rep. Scalise, Steve [R-LA-1]
Introduced: 2017-10-12 in the House
Policy area: Finance and Financial Sector
Subjects: Commemorative events and holidays
Conflicts and wars
Currency
Military history
Museums, exhibitions, cultural centers
U.S. history

Summary:
action_date: 2017-10-12
text: 

75th Anniversary of the End of World War II Commemorative Coin Act

 
This bill directs the Department of the Treasury to mint and issue up to 50,000 $5 coins, 500,000 $1 coins, and 750,000 half-dollar coins in commemoration of the 75th anniversary of the end of World War II. 
 
The coins shall be emblematic of the sacrifices made by millions of people of the United States 75 years ago in bringing an end to World War II. The design on each coin shall represent the World War II Victory Medal, which was awarded to all 16 million U.S. military personnel who served from December 7, 1941, to December 31, 1946. 
 
The bill requires all sales of such coins include specified surcharges, which shall be paid by Treasury to the congressionally designated National WWII Museum to fund its educational mission of telling the story of the U.S. experience in World War II.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2017-10-12
text: Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services.
action_date: 2017-10-12
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2017-10-12
text: Introduced in House
ROOT for Mainstreet Businesses Act

Bill: 115-hr-4045
Sponsor: Rep. Barr, Andy [R-KY-6]
Introduced: 2017-10-12 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Corporate finance and management
Income tax rates

Summary:
action_date: 2017-10-12
text: 

Removing Onerous Obstacles in the Tax code for Mainstreet Businesses Act or the ROOT for Mainstreet Businesses Act 

 
This bill amends the Internal Revenue Code to modify the tax treatment of personal holding companies. 
 
The bill excludes from the definition of &quot;personal holding company&quot; a corporation with greater than 50% stock ownership held by nonresident alien individuals with no effectively connected income under tax provisions regarding expatriation to avoid tax or the taxation of nonresident alien individuals. 
 
The bill also excludes from personal holding company income certain rents and royalties that are derived in the active conduct of a trade or business and are not received from a related person. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2017-10-12
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2017-10-12
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2017-10-12
text: Introduced in House
Department of Defense Check Before You Rent Act

Bill: 115-hr-4046
Sponsor: Rep. Bustos, Cheri [D-IL-17]
Introduced: 2017-10-12 in the House
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Congressional oversight
Lease and rental services
Military facilities and property
Military procurement, research, weapons development

Summary:
action_date: 2017-10-12
text: 

Department of Defense Check Before You Rent Act

 
This bill requires a military department, before leasing or acquiring new property, to certify that it evaluated the feasibility of using space under the jurisdiction of the Department of Defense (DOD) and determined that: (1) such space is not reasonably available, (2) acquiring or leasing the new property would be more cost effective than the use of the DOD property, or (3) the use of the DOD property would interfere with the ongoing military mission of the property.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2017-11-16
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Readiness.
action_date: 2017-10-12
text: Referred to the House Committee on Armed Services.
action_date: 2017-10-12
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2017-10-12
text: Introduced in House
Saving Federal Dollars Through Better Use of Government Purchase and Travel Cards Act of 2017

Bill: 115-hr-4047
Sponsor: Rep. Bustos, Cheri [D-IL-17]
Introduced: 2017-10-12 in the House
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Subjects: Congressional oversight
Executive agency funding and structure
Fraud offenses and financial crimes
General Services Administration
Government employee pay, benefits, personnel management
Government information and archives
Government studies and investigations
Office of Management and Budget (OMB)
Performance measurement
Public contracts and procurement
Transportation costs

Summary:
action_date: 2017-10-12
text: 

Saving Federal Dollars Through Better Use of Government Purchase and Travel Cards Act of 2017

 
This bill requires the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) to develop a strategy to expand the use of data analytics in managing government purchase and travel charge card programs for the purpose of:
 
 
 identifying questionable transactions and developing enhanced tools and methods for agency use in identifying questionable transactions and recovering improper payments; 
 
 identifying potential opportunities for agencies to further leverage administrative process streamlining and cost reduction from purchase and travel card use; 
 
 developing a set of purchase and travel card metrics and benchmarks for high risk activities to assist agency purchase and travel card management and oversight activities; and 
 
 developing a plan to create a library of analytics tools and data sources for use by agencies. 
 
The OMB must issue guidance on improving information sharing by government agencies, including by:
 
 
requiring relevant officials to identify and communicate information about high-risk activities; 
 
requiring appropriate agency officials to review the reports issued by charge card-issuing banks on questionable transaction activity and suspicious timing or amounts of cash withdrawals or advances; 
 
providing for the appropriate sharing of information related to potential questionable transactions, fraud schemes, and high risk activities with the General Services Administration (GSA) and appropriate federal officials; and
 
considering the recommendations made by Inspectors General or the best practices Inspectors General have identified.
 
 
The GSA and the OMB must establish a purchase and travel charge card data management group to develop and share best practices.
 
The GSA shall report on further potential savings opportunities for government agencies under the federal charge card programs.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2017-10-12
text: Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform.
action_date: 2017-10-12
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2017-10-12
text: Introduced in House
Higher Education and Employment Transparency Act

Bill: 115-hr-4048
Sponsor: Rep. Carson, Andre [D-IN-7]
Introduced: 2017-10-12 in the House
Policy area: Education
Subjects: Census and government statistics
Consumer affairs
Employee hiring
Government information and archives
Higher education
School administration
Student aid and college costs
Wages and earnings

Summary:
action_date: 2017-10-12
text: 

Higher Education and Employment Transparency Act

 
This bill amends the Higher Education Act of 1965 to direct the Department of Education (ED) to make publicly available on the College Navigator website certain employment and earnings information provided by schools. 
 
 
 IHEs must also disseminate to prospective and enrolled students information about the median earnings of their former students, disaggregated by program of study and by completion status of such students, based on data from federal or state agencies.

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2017-10-12
text: Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce.
action_date: 2017-10-12
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E1370-1371)
action_date: 2017-10-12
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2017-10-12
text: Introduced in House
Equal Access to Quality Education Act of 2017

Bill: 115-hr-4049
Sponsor: Rep. Chu, Judy [D-CA-27]
Introduced: 2017-10-12 in the House
Policy area: Education
Subjects: Academic performance and assessments
Disability and paralysis
Education of the disadvantaged
Education programs funding
Elementary and secondary education
Higher education
Licensing and registrations
Minority education
Performance measurement
Teaching, teachers, curricula

Summary:
action_date: 2017-10-12
text: 

Equal Access to Quality Education Act of 2017

 
This bill requires the Department of Education to award competitive matching grants to partnerships between high-need local educational agencies and institutions of higher education to establish or support: (1) teacher preparation programs, and (2) teacher induction and retention programs.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2017-10-12
text: Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce.
action_date: 2017-10-12
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2017-10-12
text: Introduced in House
STOP Act of 2017

Bill: 115-hr-4051
Sponsor: Rep. Espaillat, Adriano [D-NY-13]
Introduced: 2017-10-12 in the House
Policy area: Transportation and Public Works
Subjects: Motor vehicles
Pedestrians and bicycling
Terrorism
Transportation programs funding
Transportation safety and security

Summary:
action_date: 2017-10-12
text: 

Stopping Threats On Pedestrians Act of 2017 or the STOP Act of 2017

 
This bill directs the Department of Transportation to establish a program to assist bollard installation projects designed to prevent pedestrian injuries and acts of terrorism in areas utilized by large numbers of pedestrians. Such a project is one that installs raised concrete or metal posts on a sidewalk adjacent to a roadway that are designed to slow or stop a motor vehicle.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2017-11-02
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR H8423)
action_date: 2017-10-13
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Highways and Transit.
action_date: 2017-10-12
text: Referred to the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.
action_date: 2017-10-12
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2017-10-12
text: Introduced in House
Keep Americans Safe Act

Bill: 115-hr-4052
Sponsor: Rep. Esty, Elizabeth H. [D-CT-5]
Introduced: 2017-10-12 in the House
Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement
Subjects: Firearms and explosives
Trade restrictions

Summary:
action_date: 2017-10-12
text: 

Keep Americans Safe Act

 
This bill amends the federal criminal code to make it a crime to knowingly transfer, possess, import, or bring into the United States a large capacity ammunition feeding device (LCAFD). 
 
It permits the continued possession of a grandfathered LCAFD. 
 
Additionally, the bill does not prohibit, with respect to an LCAFD:
 
 
 manufacture, transfer, or possession related to certain law enforcement efforts, or authorized tests or experiments; 
 
transfer or possession related to securing nuclear materials; and 
 
 possession by a retired law enforcement officer. 
 
 
A violator is subject to criminal penalties&#8212;a fine, a prison term of up to 10 years, or both. 
 
Newly manufactured LCAFDs must display serial number identification that clearly shows the device was manufactured after this bill's enactment.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2017-10-19
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, Homeland Security, and Investigations.
action_date: 2017-10-12
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2017-10-12
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2017-10-12
text: Introduced in House
To amend the Fair Credit Reporting Act to require an independent audit of the cybersecurity practices of certain consumer reporting agencies, and for other purposes.

Bill: 115-hr-4053
Sponsor: Rep. Fortenberry, Jeff [R-NE-1]
Introduced: 2017-10-12 in the House
Policy area: Finance and Financial Sector
Subjects: Accounting and auditing
Computer security and identity theft
Congressional oversight
Consumer credit
Government studies and investigations

Summary:
action_date: 2017-10-12
text: 
This bill amends the Fair Credit Reporting Act to require the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau to commission an independent audit of the cybersecurity practices of consumer reporting agencies.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2017-10-12
text: Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services.
action_date: 2017-10-12
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2017-10-12
text: Introduced in House
Medicaid REPORTS Act

Bill: 115-hr-4054
Sponsor: Rep. Guthrie, Brett [R-KY-2]
Introduced: 2017-10-12 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Government information and archives
Intergovernmental relations
Medicaid
State and local finance

Summary:
action_date: 2017-10-12
text: 

Medicaid Requiring Expenditures for Public Objectives to be Reflective of Total Spending Act or the Medicaid REPORTS Act

 
This bill amends title XIX (Medicaid) of the Social Security Act to require a state to report annually on the sources of funds used by the state to finance the nonfederal share of its Medicaid expenditures. The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services shall make the information included in the report publicly available on its website.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2017-10-13
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2017-10-12
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2017-10-12
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2017-10-12
text: Introduced in House
Transparency For Wounded Warriors Act

Bill: 115-hr-4055
Sponsor: Rep. Kildee, Daniel T. [D-MI-5]
Introduced: 2017-10-12 in the House
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Administrative remedies
Disability and paralysis
Life, casualty, property insurance
Military personnel and dependents

Summary:
action_date: 2017-10-12
text: 

Transparency For Wounded Warriors Act

 
This bill requires the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) to provide a member of the uniformed services whose claim for traumatic injury under Servicemembers' Group Life Insurance is denied, at the time of such denial, a legal analysis of the denial and the information the VA relied on in making such decision. 
 
The VA may not use any reasoning not articulated in such analysis or information not provided to justify a further denial on appeal.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2017-10-12
text: Referred to the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
action_date: 2017-10-12
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2017-10-12
text: Introduced in House
Denying Firearms and Explosives to Dangerous Terrorists Act of 2017

Bill: 115-hr-4057
Sponsor: Rep. King, Peter T. [R-NY-2]
Introduced: 2017-10-12 in the House
Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement
Subjects: Administrative remedies
Civil actions and liability
Firearms and explosives
Judicial review and appeals
Licensing and registrations
Terrorism

Summary:
action_date: 2017-10-12
text: 

Denying Firearms and Explosives to Dangerous Terrorists Act of 2017

 
This bill authorizes the Department of Justice to deny the transfer of firearms or the issuance of firearms (and explosives) licenses and permits to a known or suspected terrorist. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2017-11-01
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, Homeland Security, and Investigations.
action_date: 2017-10-12
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2017-10-12
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2017-10-12
text: Introduced in House
SALE Act of 2017

Bill: 115-hr-4058
Sponsor: Rep. Marshall, Roger [R-KS-1]
Introduced: 2017-10-12 in the House
Policy area: Agriculture and Food
Subjects: Livestock

Summary:
action_date: 2017-10-12
text: 

Securing All Livestock Equitably Act of 2017 or the SALE Act of 2017 

 
This bill amends the Packers and Stockyards Act, 1921 to require all livestock purchased by a dealer in cash sales and all inventories of, or receivables or proceeds from, such livestock to be held by the dealer in a trust until all unpaid cash sellers of the livestock have been paid. The bill exempts from the requirement any dealer whose average annual purchases of livestock do not exceed $500,000. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2017-10-26
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Livestock and Foreign Agriculture.
action_date: 2017-10-12
text: Referred to the House Committee on Agriculture.
action_date: 2017-10-12
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2017-10-12
text: Introduced in House
Ethical Patient Care for Veterans Act of 2017

Bill: 115-hr-4059
Sponsor: Rep. McMorris Rodgers, Cathy [R-WA-5]
Introduced: 2017-10-12 in the House
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Department of Veterans Affairs
Health care quality
Health personnel
Medical ethics
Veterans' medical care

Summary:
action_date: 2017-10-12
text: 

Ethical Patient Care for Veterans Act of 2017

 
This bill directs the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) to ensure that each VA physician is informed of the duty to report any covered activity committed by another physician that the physician witnesses or otherwise directly discovers to the applicable state licensing authority within five days.
 
&quot;Covered activity&quot; means any activity occurring in a VA medical facility that consists of or causes the provision of impaired, incompetent, or unethical health care that requires direct reporting under the Code of Medical Ethics of the American Medical Association. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2017-10-12
text: Referred to the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
action_date: 2017-10-12
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2017-10-12
text: Introduced in House
Tax Equity and Prosperity for Puerto Rican Families Act of 2017

Bill: 115-hr-4060
Sponsor: Rep. Pascrell, Bill, Jr. [D-NJ-9]
Introduced: 2017-10-12 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Caribbean area
Income tax credits
Poverty and welfare assistance
Puerto Rico
Tax treatment of families
U.S. territories and protectorates
Wages and earnings

Summary:
action_date: 2017-10-12
text: 

Tax Equity and Prosperity for Puerto Rican Families Act of 201

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This bill amends the Internal Revenue Code to make citizens of Puerto Rico eligible for the federal earned income tax credit and allow them to claim the refundable portion of the child tax credit on the same basis as U.S. taxpayers. In making the earned income tax credit applicable to Puerto Rican citizens, the bill modifies credit requirements to allow taxpayers in Puerto Rico to claim the credit at age 21 (rather than age 25) and to allow a credit percentage of 40, without regard to the number of qualifying children claimed by the taxpayer. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2017-10-12
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2017-10-12
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2017-10-12
text: Introduced in House
Digital Coast Act

Bill: 115-hr-4062
Sponsor: Rep. Ruppersberger, C. A. Dutch [D-MD-2]
Introduced: 2017-10-12 in the House
Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources
Subjects: Broadcasting, cable, digital technologies
Department of Commerce
Earth sciences
Executive agency funding and structure
Geography and mapping
Government information and archives
Intergovernmental relations
Internet and video services
Internet, web applications, social media
Marine and coastal resources, fisheries
State and local government operations
U.S. territories and protectorates

Summary:
action_date: 2017-10-12
text: 

Digital Coast Act

 
This bill requires the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) to establish a constituent-driven Digital Coast program. (This program currently exists under NOAA to provide data, tools, and training that communities use to manage their coastal resources.) The program must: (1) provide an online resource that integrates geospatial data, decision-support tools, training, and best practices to address coastal management issues and needs, and to enhance resilient communities, ecosystem values, and coastal economic growth and development; and (2) provide for the documentation, dissemination, and archiving of the data.
 
NOAA must focus on filling data needs and gaps for critical coastal management issues and support continued improvement in existing efforts to coordinate the acquisition and integration of key data sets needed for coastal management, and other purposes. NOAA may enter into financial agreements to carry out the program. NOAA may enter into contracts with private sector entities as may be necessary to collect, process, and provide remote sensing and other geospatial data and products.
 
Additionally, NOAA may establish public tools that are capable of tracking ocean and Great Lakes economy data for each coastal state.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2017-10-18
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Water, Power and Oceans.
action_date: 2017-10-12
text: Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.
action_date: 2017-10-12
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2017-10-12
text: Introduced in House
POWER Act

Bill: 115-hr-4063
Sponsor: Rep. Soto, Darren [D-FL-9]
Introduced: 2017-10-12 in the House
Policy area: Energy
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Atmospheric science and weather
Department of Energy
Electric power generation and transmission
Government information and archives
Natural disasters
Public utilities and utility rates

Summary:
action_date: 2017-10-12
text: 

Power Outage for Weather Emergency Repair Act or the
 
POWER Act 

 
This bill directs the Department of Energy (DOE)to maintain a database of information on electricity outages that is publicly accessible and includes the specific cause and impact of the outages.
 
DOE shall promulgate a rule to require each electric utility to report to the Energy Information Administration information on electricity outages that interrupt service resulting in a loss of more than 300 megawatts or affecting at least 50,000 electric customers.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2017-10-13
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Energy.
action_date: 2017-10-12
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2017-10-12
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2017-10-12
text: Introduced in House
To impose restrictions on the sale of binary explosives, and for other purposes.

Bill: 115-hr-4064
Sponsor: Rep. Soto, Darren [D-FL-9]
Introduced: 2017-10-12 in the House
Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement
Subjects: Business records
Criminal justice information and records
Firearms and explosives
Licensing and registrations
Retail and wholesale trades

Summary:
action_date: 2017-10-12
text: 
This bill establishes a framework to regulate the sale of binary explosives. A binary explosive is a substance that, when combined with another substance, produces explosive material.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2017-11-01
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, Homeland Security, and Investigations.
action_date: 2017-10-12
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2017-10-12
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2017-10-12
text: Introduced in House