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To amend the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 to repeal certain disclosure requirements related to conflict minerals, and for other purposes.

Bill: 115-hr-4248
Sponsor: Rep. Huizenga, Bill [R-MI-2]
Introduced: 2017-11-03 in the House
Policy area: Finance and Financial Sector
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Africa
Business records
Conflicts and wars
Democratic Republic of the Congo
Government information and archives
Manufacturing
Metals
Mining
Securities
Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC)

Summary:
action_date: 2017-11-03
text: 
This bill amends the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act to repeal provisions requiring public companies to make disclosures relating to their use of conflict minerals originating in the Democratic Republic of the Congo or an adjoining country. 

action_date: 2018-02-20
text: 
(This measure has not been amended since it was introduced. The summary has been expanded because action occurred on the measure.)
 
(Sec. 1) This bill amends the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act to repeal provisions requiring public companies to make disclosures relating to their use of conflict minerals originating in the Democratic Republic of the Congo or an adjoining country. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2018-02-20
text: Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 430.
action_date: 2018-02-20
text: Reported by the Committee on Financial Services. H. Rept. 115-570.
action_date: 2018-02-20
text: Reported by the Committee on Financial Services. H. Rept. 115-570.
action_date: 2017-11-15
text: Ordered to be Reported by the Yeas and Nays: 32 - 27.
action_date: 2017-11-15
text: Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
action_date: 2017-11-03
text: Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services.
action_date: 2017-11-03
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2017-11-03
text: Introduced in House
Disaster Displacement Act of 2017

Bill: 115-hr-4249
Sponsor: Rep. Murphy, Stephanie N. [D-FL-7]
Introduced: 2017-11-03 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Caribbean area
Disaster relief and insurance
Housing and community development funding
Medicaid
Natural disasters
Public housing
Puerto Rico
Virgin Islands

Summary:
action_date: 2017-11-03
text: 

Disaster Displacement Act of 2017

 
This bill requires a state, as a condition of participation in the Medicaid program, to provide medical assistance to eligible survivors of Hurricane Maria. For a specified coverage period, the federal matching rate shall be 100% with respect to such assistance. Eligibility shall be determined on the basis of specified income standards but without application of any resources test or state-residency requirements.
 
The Department of Housing and Urban Development shall, upon request from a public housing agency, provide additional funding for specified housing assistance that is necessary as a consequence of a major disaster. The Department of Agriculture shall do the same upon request from either a state or a political subdivision of a state.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2017-11-10
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2017-11-03
text: Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on Financial Services, 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: 2017-11-03
text: Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on Financial Services, 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: 2017-11-03
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2017-11-03
text: Introduced in House
Buy Smarter and Save Act of 2017

Bill: 115-hr-4250
Sponsor: Rep. Reed, Tom [R-NY-23]
Introduced: 2017-11-03 in the House
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Subjects: Congressional oversight
Government information and archives
Government studies and investigations
Performance measurement
Public contracts and procurement

Summary:
action_date: 2017-11-03
text: 

Buy Smarter and Save Act of 2017

 
This bill requires the President to establish, and federal agencies to implement, annual government-wide goals for agencies to reduce the number of contracts for the procurement of common goods and services, increase spend under management, and use category management to produce savings.
 
&quot;Category Management&quot; is a business practice for reducing duplication in contracting, more effectively leveraging the buying power of the federal government, and promoting the use of best-in-class solutions and practices throughout the government.
 
&quot;Spend under management&quot; is the number equal to the quotient obtained by dividing (1) the total spending on preferred government-wide contract vehicles by (2) the total spending on all government-wide contract vehicles.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2017-11-03
text: Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform.
action_date: 2017-11-03
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2017-11-03
text: Introduced in House
Geothermal Production Expansion Act of 2017

Bill: 115-hr-4252
Sponsor: Rep. Simpson, Michael K. [R-ID-2]
Introduced: 2017-11-03 in the House
Policy area: Energy
Subjects: Administrative remedies
Alternative and renewable resources
Department of the Interior
Government information and archives
Land use and conservation

Summary:
action_date: 2017-11-03
text: 

Geothermal Production Expansion Act of 2017

 
This bill amends the Geothermal Steam Act of 1970 to allow the Department of the Interior to award noncompetitive leases on up to 640 acres of federal land for geothermal development if: (1) the land is available for leasing and not already leased or nominated to be leased, (2) the lessee has a legal right to develop geothermal resources on land adjacent to the federal land that will be leased, (3) sufficient data was submitted to Interior to show there is a valid discovery of geothermal resources on the adjacent land and that the thermal feature extends into the adjoining federal land, and (4) the lessee has not previously received a noncompetitive lease for the discovery.
 
Interior must lease the land at fair market value, publish a notice of any lease requests, and provide review of the final determination of fair market value.
 
 Lessees must make annual rental payments equal to those required for lands that are leased competitively.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2017-11-14
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Energy and Mineral Resources.
action_date: 2017-11-03
text: Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.
action_date: 2017-11-03
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2017-11-03
text: Introduced in House
American Promise Act of 2017

Bill: 115-hr-4253
Sponsor: Rep. Velazquez, Nydia M. [D-NY-7]
Introduced: 2017-11-03 in the House
Policy area: Immigration
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Administrative remedies
Citizenship and naturalization
Congressional oversight
Department of Homeland Security
Foreign labor
Immigration status and procedures
Latin America
Poverty and welfare assistance
Presidents and presidential powers, Vice Presidents
Refugees, asylum, displaced persons

Summary:
action_date: 2017-11-03
text: 

American Promise Act of 2017

 
This bill amends the Immigration and Nationality Act to permit an alien who is in temporary protected status (TPS) or deferred enforced departure (DED) status to apply for legal permanent resident status if such alien: 
 
 
is eligible for permanent resident status, 
 
applies for adjustment within three years, 
 
was granted or was eligible for TPS or DED status on or before October 1, 2017, and 
 
has been continuously physically present in the U.S. for at least three years. 
 
 
(TPS designations permit eligible nationals of designated counties affected by armed conflict or natural disasters to temporarily reside and work in the United States. DED designations permit eligible nationals of presidentially-designated counties to be temporarily not subject to removal from the United States.)
 
The bill: 
 
 
waives certain grounds of inadmissibility; 
 
authorizes the waiver of the continuous physical presence requirement if an alien's removal would cause extreme hardship to the alien or to the alien's spouse, children, parents, or domestic partner; 
 
authorizes an alien who has applied for status adjustment to work; and
 
authorizes an alien who has been ordered removed or granted voluntary departure to apply for status adjustment. 
 
 
An alien's spouse, parent, or unmarried child shall have his or her status adjusted to legal permanent resident if such person is eligible for status adjustment and applies within three years.
 
Aliens from countries that no longer have valid TPS designation and aliens who no longer have valid DED status are not included in this bill unless such TSP or DED status expires on or after January 1, 2017.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2017-11-21
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration and Border Security.
action_date: 2017-11-03
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2017-11-03
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2017-11-03
text: Introduced in House
Ending Tax Breaks for Private Prisons Act

Bill: 115-hr-4255
Sponsor: Rep. Meeks, Gregory W. [D-NY-5]
Introduced: 2017-11-06 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Corporate finance and management
Correctional facilities and imprisonment
Financial services and investments
Income tax rates
Real estate business

Summary:
action_date: 2017-11-06
text: 

Ending Tax Breaks for Private Prisons Act 

 
This bill amends the Internal Revenue Code to exclude from the definition of &quot;taxable REIT (Real Estate Investment Trust) subsidiary&quot; any corporation which directly or indirectly: (1) operates or manages a prison facility or provides services at or in connection with a prison facility; or (2) provides to any other person (under a franchise, license, or otherwise) rights to any brand name under which any prison facility is operated, subject to specified exceptions. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2017-11-06
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2017-11-06
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2017-11-06
text: Introduced in House
BOLD Infrastructure for Alzheimer's Act

Bill: 115-hr-4256
Sponsor: Rep. Guthrie, Brett [R-KY-2]
Introduced: 2017-11-06 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Aging
Health care coverage and access
Health information and medical records
Health programs administration and funding
Health promotion and preventive care
Hospital care
Neurological disorders
Public-private cooperation
Rural conditions and development

Summary:
action_date: 2017-11-06
text: 

Building Our Largest Dementia Infrastructure for Alzheimer's Act or the BOLD Infrastructure for Alzheimer's Act

 
This bill requires the Department of Health and Human Services to award cooperative agreements to state and local health departments to expand activities related to Alzheimer's disease, including activities involving early detection, support for caregivers, and public awareness.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2017-11-10
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2017-11-06
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2017-11-06
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2017-11-06
text: Introduced in House
Family Self-Sufficiency Act

Bill: 115-hr-4258
Sponsor: Rep. Duffy, Sean P. [R-WI-7]
Introduced: 2017-11-06 in the House
Policy area: Housing and Community Development
Subjects: Bank accounts, deposits, capital
Elementary and secondary education
Financial literacy
Higher education
Housing and community development funding
Housing finance and home ownership
Low- and moderate-income housing
Public housing

Summary:
action_date: 2017-11-06
text: 

Family Self-Sufficiency Act

 
This bill amends the United States Housing Act of 1937 to revise the Family-Self-Sufficiency (FSS) program, an employment and savings incentive program for families that reside in public housing or have housing vouchers. Specifically, the bill: 
 
 
combines existing, separately operated FSS programs into a single program; 
 
extends program eligibility to tenants of certain privately owned properties subsidized with project-based rental assistance; 
 
revises program requirements related to eligibility, supportive services, and escrow deposits; and 
 
otherwise modifies the FSS program. 



Legislative actions:
action_date: 2018-01-18
text: Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs.
action_date: 2018-01-17
text: Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
action_date: 2018-01-17
text: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by the Yeas and Nays: (2/3 required): 412 - 5 (Roll no. 22). (text: CR 1/16/2018 H178-180)
action_date: 2018-01-17
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): 412 - 5 (Roll no. 22).(text: CR 1/16/2018 H178-180)
action_date: 2018-01-17
text: Considered as unfinished business. (consideration: CR H429-430)
action_date: 2018-01-16
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: 2018-01-16
text: DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on H.R. 4258.
action_date: 2018-01-16
text: Considered under suspension of the rules. (consideration: CR H178-181)
action_date: 2018-01-16
text: Mr. Duffy moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended.
action_date: 2017-12-13
text: Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 344.
action_date: 2017-12-13
text: Reported by the Committee on Financial Services. H. Rept. 115-464.
action_date: 2017-12-13
text: Reported by the Committee on Financial Services. H. Rept. 115-464.
action_date: 2017-11-14
text: Ordered to be Reported by the Yeas and Nays: 58 - 0.
action_date: 2017-11-14
text: Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
action_date: 2017-11-06
text: Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services.
action_date: 2017-11-06
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2017-11-06
text: Introduced in House
Lifesaving Librarians Act

Bill: 115-hr-4259
Sponsor: Rep. Maloney, Sean Patrick [D-NY-18]
Introduced: 2017-11-06 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Drug therapy
Drug trafficking and controlled substances
Drug, alcohol, tobacco use
Emergency medical services and trauma care
Health programs administration and funding
Health technology, devices, supplies
Libraries and archives

Summary:
action_date: 2017-11-06
text: 

Lifesaving Librarians Act

 
This bill requires the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration to establish a grant program for public libraries that are in designated high-intensity drug trafficking areas to purchase naloxone and train employees in naloxone administration.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2017-11-10
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2017-11-06
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2017-11-06
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2017-11-06
text: Introduced in House
Healthy Food Access for All Americans Act

Bill: 115-hr-4260
Sponsor: Rep. Ryan, Tim [D-OH-13]
Introduced: 2017-11-06 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Agricultural marketing and promotion
Food assistance and relief
Food industry and services
Government information and archives
Income tax credits
Nutrition and diet
Retail and wholesale trades

Summary:
action_date: 2017-11-06
text: 

Healthy Food Access for All Americans Act 

 
This bill amends the Internal Revenue Code to allow tax credits and grants for activities that provide access to healthy food in food deserts. 
 
A food desert must be more than 1 mile away from a grocery store in a metropolitan area or more than 10 miles away outside of a metropolitan area. It must also meet population requirements and have either a poverty rate of at least 20% or a median family income that does not exceed 80% of the median for the state or metropolitan area.
 
For entities that are certified by the Department of the Treasury as special access food providers using specified criteria, the bill allows tax credits for operating a new grocery store or renovating an existing grocery store in a food desert. The bill also authorizes grants for a portion of: (1) the construction costs of building a permanent food bank in a food desert, and (2) the annual operating costs of temporary access merchants (mobile markets, farmers markets, and food banks). 
 
Treasury, in coordination with the Department of Agriculture (USDA), must annually allocate the tax credits and grants to special access food providers. Grants authorized by this bill are not considered gross income for tax purposes. 
 
The bill also amends the Department of Agriculture Reorganization Act of 1994 to require USDA to update the Food Access Research Atlas at least annually to account for food retailers that are placed in service during that year. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2017-12-05
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Nutrition.
action_date: 2017-11-06
text: Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committee on Agriculture, 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: 2017-11-06
text: Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committee on Agriculture, 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: 2017-11-06
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2017-11-06
text: Introduced in House
SAFE Justice Act

Bill: 115-hr-4261
Sponsor: Rep. Scott, Robert C. "Bobby" [D-VA-3]
Introduced: 2017-11-06 in the House
Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Administrative remedies
Aging
Child care and development
Child safety and welfare
Congressional oversight
Correctional facilities and imprisonment
Crime prevention
Criminal investigation, prosecution, interrogation
Criminal justice information and records
Criminal procedure and sentencing
Department of Justice
Detention of persons
Drug trafficking and controlled substances
Drug, alcohol, tobacco use
Due process and equal protection
Evidence and witnesses
Federal district courts
Firearms and explosives
Government employee pay, benefits, personnel management
Government ethics and transparency, public corruption
Government information and archives
Government studies and investigations
Juvenile crime and gang violence
Law enforcement administration and funding
Law enforcement officers
Legislative rules and procedure
Mental health
Organized crime
Performance measurement
Public contracts and procurement
Racial and ethnic relations
Social work, volunteer service, charitable organizations
U.S. Sentencing Commission
Violent crime

Summary:
action_date: 2017-11-06
text: 

Safe, Accountable, Fair, Effective Justice Act or the SAFE Justice Act

 
This bill alters various provisions of federal sentencing laws to expand the existing safety valve, expand eligibility for early release, and reduce mandatory minimum sentences for certain drug offenses. 

 
The bill also makes several other changes, including the following: 

 
 
to limit the application of drug offense mandatory minimums to leaders, organizers, or employees of drug trafficking organizations; 
 
to establish a post-sentencing risk and needs assessment system for use in federal prison facilities;

 
to allow prisoners to earn up to 54 days per year of the sentence imposed (instead of 54 days per year of the sentence actually served); and

 
to permit prisoners to earn additional time credits for successful completion of recidivism reduction risk programs.



Legislative actions:
action_date: 2017-11-21
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: 2017-11-06
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: 2017-11-06
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: 2017-11-06
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2017-11-06
text: Introduced in House
Financial Independence for Disabled Veterans Act of 2017

Bill: 115-hr-4262
Sponsor: Rep. Walker, Mark [R-NC-6]
Introduced: 2017-11-06 in the House
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Disability assistance
Federal Retirement Thrift Investment Board
Government employee pay, benefits, personnel management
Veterans' pensions and compensation

Summary:
action_date: 2017-11-06
text: 

Financial Independence for Disabled Veterans Act of 2017

 
This bill requires the Federal Retirement Thrift Investment Board to prescribe regulations to permit continued participation in the Thrift Savings Plan (TSP) by a member of the uniformed services after such member's discharge or release from service if such individual is entitled to veterans disability compensation.
 
For purposes of provisions regarding TSP contributions, such individual's monthly veterans disability compensation shall be deemed to be his or her basic pay for a monthly pay period, but such individual's contribution shall not require or authorize a matching government contribution.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2017-11-06
text: Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform.
action_date: 2017-11-06
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2017-11-06
text: Introduced in House
Hyde Park Land Conveyance Act

Bill: 115-hr-4264
Sponsor: Rep. Bishop, Rob [R-UT-1]
Introduced: 2017-11-07 in the House
Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources
Subjects: Land transfers
Utah

Summary:
action_date: 2017-11-07
text: 

Hyde Park Land Conveyance Act

 
This bill directs the Department of the Interior, upon request of the city of Hyde Park, Utah, to convey to the city without consideration a specified 80-acre parcel of Bureau of Land Management land, including improvements, for use for public purposes.
 
Interior shall complete the conveyance of the land and improvements within one year of the city's request. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2018-01-25
text: Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 392.
action_date: 2018-01-25
text: Reported by the Committee on Natural Resources. H. Rept. 115-527.
action_date: 2018-01-25
text: Reported by the Committee on Natural Resources. H. Rept. 115-527.
action_date: 2017-12-13
text: Ordered to be Reported by the Yeas and Nays: 23 - 12.
action_date: 2017-12-13
text: Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
action_date: 2017-12-12
text: Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
action_date: 2017-11-07
text: Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.
action_date: 2017-11-07
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2017-11-07
text: Introduced in House