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Water Advanced Technologies for Efficient Resource Use Act of 2017

Bill: 115-hr-3248
Sponsor: Rep. Cartwright, Matt [D-PA-17]
Introduced: 2017-07-14 in the House
Policy area: Environmental Protection
Subjects: Consumer affairs
Energy efficiency and conservation
Environmental technology
Income tax exclusion
Product safety and quality
Public contracts and procurement
Water use and supply

Summary:
action_date: 2017-07-14
text: 

Water Advanced Technologies for Efficient Resource Use Act of 2017

 
This bill codifies the Environmental Protection Agency's (EPA) WaterSense program, which identifies, labels, and promotes water efficient products, buildings, landscapes, and services. This bill also establishes a program to provide financial incentives for consumers to purchase and install residential water efficient products and services labeled under the WaterSense program.
 
In order to meet procurement requirements for a water consuming product or service, federal agencies must purchase a WaterSense product or service, or a Federal Energy Management Program designated product. Agencies do not have to procure those products or services if they are not cost-effective, or not reasonably available.
 
The bill amends the Internal Revenue Code to exclude from the gross income of individual taxpayers any amount received under an incentive program for the purchase and installation of residential water efficient products and services.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2017-08-21
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Readiness.
action_date: 2017-07-14
text: Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committees on Oversight and Government Reform, Armed Services, and 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: 2017-07-14
text: Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committees on Oversight and Government Reform, Armed Services, and 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: 2017-07-14
text: Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committees on Oversight and Government Reform, Armed Services, and 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: 2017-07-14
text: Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committees on Oversight and Government Reform, Armed Services, and 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: 2017-07-14
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2017-07-14
text: Introduced in House
9/11 Immigrant Worker Freedom Act

Bill: 115-hr-3250
Sponsor: Rep. Crowley, Joseph [D-NY-14]
Introduced: 2017-07-14 in the House
Policy area: Immigration
Subjects: Aviation and airports
Department of Defense
Fires
First responders and emergency personnel
Foreign labor
Government buildings, facilities, and property
Hazardous wastes and toxic substances
Immigration status and procedures
Law enforcement officers
Motor vehicles
New York City
Pennsylvania
Social work, volunteer service, charitable organizations
Solid waste and recycling
Terrorism
Virginia
Worker safety and health

Summary:
action_date: 2017-07-14
text: 

9/11 Immigrant Worker Freedom Act

 
This bill authorizes the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) to adjust to permanent resident the status a qualifying alien who applies for adjustment not later than one year after enactment of this bill and who, after the September 11, 2011, terrorist attacks: 
 
 
worked or volunteered on site in rescue, recovery, debris cleanup, or related support services in lower Manhattan, the Staten Island Landfill, or the barge loading piers for a specified number of hours during certain periods between September 11, 2001, and July 31, 2002; 
 
was a vehicle-maintenance worker who was exposed to debris from the former World Trade Center while retrieving, driving, cleaning, repairing, and maintaining vehicles contaminated by airborne toxins for any time during such period; or
 
was a member of a fire or police department, worked for a recovery or cleanup contractor, or was a volunteer and performed rescue, recovery, demolition, debris cleanup, or other related services at the Pentagon site during the period between September 11, 2001, and November 19, 2001, or at the Shanksville, Pennsylvania, site during the period between September 11, 2001-October 3, 2001. 
 
 
DHS may authorize an alien who has applied for adjustment of status under this bill to work during the pendency of his or her application. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2017-08-17
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration and Border Security.
action_date: 2017-07-14
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2017-07-14
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2017-07-14
text: Introduced in House
National Discovery Trails Act

Bill: 115-hr-3251
Sponsor: Rep. Fortenberry, Jeff [R-NE-1]
Introduced: 2017-07-14 in the House
Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources
Subjects: California
Colorado
Delaware
District of Columbia
Illinois
Indiana
Iowa
Kansas
Kentucky
Land use and conservation
Maryland
Missouri
Nebraska
Nevada
Ohio
Parks, recreation areas, trails
Social work, volunteer service, charitable organizations
Utah
West Virginia

Summary:
action_date: 2017-07-14
text: 

National Discovery Trails Act

 
 This bill amends the National Trails System Act to establish as part of the national trails system national discovery trails, which shall be extended, continuous interstate trails located to provide for outdoor recreation and travel and to connect representative examples of America's trails and communities. 
 
The bill authorizes the designation of such trails on federal lands and, with the owner's consent, on nonfederal lands. 
 
 The 6,000-mile American Discovery Trail extending from Cape Henlopen State Park in Delaware to Point Reyes National Seashore in California, splitting into northern and southern routes at Cincinnati, Ohio, and rejoining at Denver, Colorado, is designated as a national discovery trail. 
 
The bill sets forth requirements for designation of a trail as a national discovery trail. 
 
 The appropriate federal department for each national discovery trail shall: (1) administer the trail in cooperation with a competent trailwide volunteer-based organization; and (2) submit a comprehensive plan for the trail's protection, management, development, and use. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2017-07-28
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Federal Lands.
action_date: 2017-07-14
text: Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.
action_date: 2017-07-14
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2017-07-14
text: Introduced in House
Second Chance for Students Act

Bill: 115-hr-3252
Sponsor: Rep. Foster, Bill [D-IL-11]
Introduced: 2017-07-14 in the House
Policy area: Education
Subjects: Drug trafficking and controlled substances
Drug, alcohol, tobacco use
Higher education
Student aid and college costs

Summary:
action_date: 2017-07-14
text: 

Second Chance for Students Act

 
This bill amends title IV (Student Assistance) of the Higher Education Act of 1965 to modify federal student aid eligibility for a student who is convicted of a drug offense involving marijuana possession.
 
Under current law, a drug offense conviction involving the sale or possession of a controlled substance triggers a suspension of federal student aid eligibility for a specified period of time. This bill allows a student who is convicted of a drug offense involving marijuana possession, without the intent to distribute, to resume or retain federal student aid eligibility while completing a drug rehabilitation program.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2017-07-14
text: Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce.
action_date: 2017-07-14
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2017-07-14
text: Introduced in House
Hold Congress Accountable on Healthcare Act

Bill: 115-hr-3253
Sponsor: Rep. Loebsack, David [D-IA-2]
Introduced: 2017-07-14 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Government employee pay, benefits, personnel management
Health care costs and insurance
Health care coverage and access
Health programs administration and funding
Income tax credits
Members of Congress

Summary:
action_date: 2017-07-14
text: 

Hold Congress Accountable on Healthcare Act

 This bill makes Members of Congress ineligible for health plans offered through health insurance exchanges, health plans under the Federal Employees Health Benefit Program, federal health care programs, and federal health coverage subsidies if legislation is enacted that changes the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act and increases the rate of individuals without health coverage.

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2017-07-28
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2017-07-14
text: Referred to the Committee on House Administration, and in addition to the Committees on Oversight and Government Reform, Energy and Commerce, and 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: 2017-07-14
text: Referred to the Committee on House Administration, and in addition to the Committees on Oversight and Government Reform, Energy and Commerce, and 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: 2017-07-14
text: Referred to the Committee on House Administration, and in addition to the Committees on Oversight and Government Reform, Energy and Commerce, and 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: 2017-07-14
text: Referred to the Committee on House Administration, and in addition to the Committees on Oversight and Government Reform, Energy and Commerce, and 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: 2017-07-14
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2017-07-14
text: Introduced in House
Heroin and Opioid Abuse Prevention and Treatment Act of 2017

Bill: 115-hr-3254
Sponsor: Rep. Lujan Grisham, Michelle [D-NM-1]
Introduced: 2017-07-14 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Drug trafficking and controlled substances
Drug, alcohol, tobacco use
Health programs administration and funding
Health promotion and preventive care
Medical research
Research administration and funding
Sales and excise taxes

Summary:
action_date: 2017-07-14
text: 

Heroin and Opioid Abuse Prevention and Treatment Act of 2017

 
This bill amends the Internal Revenue Code to require manufacturers, producers, and importers of active opioids to pay an excise tax of one cent per milligram of opioid. 
 
The bill also amends the Public Health Service Act to require the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) to provide grants to states for: (1) research on opioids (including heroin), and (2) opioid abuse prevention and treatment. 
 
The Department of the Treasury must transfer an amount equal to the revenue collected from the tax to HHS to carry out this bill. The bill makes the funds available without further appropriation and designates the funding as an emergency requirement under the Statutory Pay-As-You-Go Act of 2010 (PAYGO). 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2017-07-14
text: Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committees on Energy and Commerce, and the Budget, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
action_date: 2017-07-14
text: Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committees on Energy and Commerce, and the Budget, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
action_date: 2017-07-14
text: Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committees on Energy and Commerce, and the Budget, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
action_date: 2017-07-14
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2017-07-14
text: Introduced in House
Supporting Working Moms Act of 2017

Bill: 115-hr-3255
Sponsor: Rep. Maloney, Carolyn B. [D-NY-12]
Introduced: 2017-07-14 in the House
Policy area: Labor and Employment
Subjects: Labor standards
Wages and earnings
Women's employment
Women's health
Worker safety and health

Summary:
action_date: 2017-07-14
text: 

Supporting Working Moms Act of 2017

 
This bill amends the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 to extend the requirement that certain employers provide reasonable break time for an employee to express breast milk for her nursing child to bona fide executive, administrative, or professional capacity employees or outside salesmen who are exempt from federal labor laws that limit the number of hours in a workweek.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2017-07-14
text: Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce.
action_date: 2017-07-14
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2017-07-14
text: Introduced in House
RIVER Act of 2017

Bill: 115-hr-3256
Sponsor: Rep. McKinley, David B. [R-WV-1]
Introduced: 2017-07-14 in the House
Policy area: Energy
Subjects: Alternative and renewable resources
Dams and canals
Electric power generation and transmission
Energy efficiency and conservation

Summary:
action_date: 2017-07-14
text: 
 
Reliable Investment in Vital Energy Reauthorization Act of 2017 or the RIVER Act
 
of 2017

 
This bill amends the Energy Policy Act of 2005 to extend the eligibility for and reauthorize through FY2027 the program of hydroelectric production incentives and incentive payments to the owners or operators of hydroelectric facilities at existing dams to make capital improvements directly related to improving efficiency. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2017-07-14
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2017-07-14
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2017-07-14
text: Introduced in House
Promote Accountability and Government Efficiency Act

Bill: 115-hr-3257
Sponsor: Rep. Rokita, Todd [R-IN-4]
Introduced: 2017-07-14 in the House
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Subjects: Administrative remedies
Civil actions and liability
Congressional oversight
Employee performance
Employment discrimination and employee rights
Federal officials
Freedom of information
Government employee pay, benefits, personnel management
Government information and archives
Labor-management relations
Legal fees and court costs
Merit Systems Protection Board
Personnel records

Summary:
action_date: 2017-07-14
text: 

Promote Accountability and Government Efficiency Act

 
This bill revises the status and rights of federal civil service employees. Specifically, the bill: 
 
 
provides that employees hired one year after the enactment of this bill shall be hired on an at-will basis (i.e., removal or suspension for good cause, bad cause, or no cause at all); 
 
allows the suspension of such employees for misconduct or poor performance;
 
denies a pay increase to employees who do not achieve a certain performance rating; 
 
denies a retirement annuity to an employee convicted of a felony;
 
permits the transfer of a Senior Executive Service employee to a position in the General Schedule; and 
 
prohibits an employee from carrying out the business of a labor organization unless such employee is in a non-duty status or from using any government property in carrying out union business.



Legislative actions:
action_date: 2017-07-14
text: Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform.
action_date: 2017-07-14
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2017-07-14
text: Introduced in House
Marketplace Certainty Act

Bill: 115-hr-3258
Sponsor: Rep. Ruiz, Raul [D-CA-36]
Introduced: 2017-07-14 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Health care costs and insurance
Health care coverage and access

Summary:
action_date: 2017-07-14
text: 

Marketplace Certainty Act

 
This bill expands eligibility for additional cost-sharing reductions that apply to certain enrollees of qualified health plans.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2017-07-20
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR H6046)
action_date: 2017-07-14
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2017-07-14
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2017-07-14
text: Introduced in House
PUTIN Act

Bill: 115-hr-3259
Sponsor: Rep. Speier, Jackie [D-CA-14]
Introduced: 2017-07-14 in the House
Policy area: International Affairs
Subjects: Computer security and identity theft
Diplomacy, foreign officials, Americans abroad
Executive agency funding and structure
International organizations and cooperation
Russia

Summary:
action_date: 2017-07-14
text: 

Preventing Usurpation Through International Networks Act or the PUTIN Act

 
This bill prohibits the use of federal funds to establish or support a cybersecurity unit in which the government of the Russian Federation, or any individual acting on behalf of such government, is a participant. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2017-07-14
text: Referred to the House Committee on Foreign Affairs.
action_date: 2017-07-14
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2017-07-14
text: Introduced in House
Airline Passenger Protection Act of 2017

Bill: 115-hr-3260
Sponsor: Rep. Thompson, Mike [D-CA-5]
Introduced: 2017-07-14 in the House
Policy area: Transportation and Public Works
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Aviation and airports
Civil actions and liability
Consumer affairs
Department of Transportation
Government information and archives
Transportation costs
Transportation employees
Transportation safety and security

Summary:
action_date: 2017-07-14
text: 

Airline Passenger Protection Act of 2017

 
This bill prescribes certain airline passenger protection requirements with respect to:
 
 
seat size, safety, and health;
 
bathroom size, safety, and health;
 
refunds for damaged or inoperable in-air amenities (televisions, headphones, and wireless internet access);
 
delays and cancellations;
 
disclosure of passenger fees and passenger rights of recourse in the event of a cancellation, delay, and damaged baggage;
 
frequent flier program benefits;
 
maintenance of a consumer complaint hotline;
 
lost, damaged, or stolen baggage disputes and insurance;
 
reinstatement of reciprocity rule (Rule 240) permitting passengers on a flight that is cancelled or delayed three or more hours to use their ticket on another airline to fly to the same or a nearby destination; and
 
 tarmac delays, deplaning, and the provision of adequate food, potable water, and operable lavatories.
 
 
The bill directs the Department of Transportation (DOT) to require air carriers and foreign air carriers to develop and implement reserve staffing and equipment plans that optimize the carrier's ability to provide quality service, defined as fewer than 2% of flights cancelled and fewer than 15% of flights delayed for causes reasonably within the control of the carrier.
 
DOT shall establish guidelines for carriers to report annually cancellation and on-time performance statistics to the Federal Aviation Administration.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2017-07-15
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Aviation.
action_date: 2017-07-14
text: Referred to the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.
action_date: 2017-07-14
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2017-07-14
text: Introduced in House
North Korea Follow the Money Act

Bill: 115-hr-3261
Sponsor: Rep. Torres, Norma J. [D-CA-35]
Introduced: 2017-07-14 in the House
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Asia
China
Coal
Computer security and identity theft
Congressional oversight
Foreign and international banking
Foreign labor
Gambling
Government studies and investigations
Intellectual property
Intelligence activities, surveillance, classified information
Iran
Manufacturing
Marine and coastal resources, fisheries
Metals
Middle East
Military assistance, sales, and agreements
North Korea
Russia
Sovereignty, recognition, national governance and status

Summary:
action_date: 2017-07-14
text: 

North Korea Follow the Money Act

 
This bill requires the Office of the Director of National Intelligence to coordinate with the Departments of State and the Treasury to produce an estimate of North Korea's revenues. The estimate must include the sources of North Korea's funding, the networks through which North Korea accesses the U.S. and international financial systems, and the global financial institutions that assist North Korea with financial transactions.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2017-07-14
text: Referred to the House Committee on Intelligence (Permanent Select).
action_date: 2017-07-14
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2017-07-14
text: Introduced in House
Independence at Home Demonstration Improvement and Extension Act of 2017

Bill: 115-hr-3263
Sponsor: Rep. Burgess, Michael C. [R-TX-26]
Introduced: 2017-07-17 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Health information and medical records
Home and outpatient care
Medicare

Summary:
action_date: 2017-07-17
text: 
This bill extends and expands the Independence at Home demonstration program, through which comprehensive primary care services are delivered at home to Medicare beneficiaries with multiple chronic conditions.

action_date: 2017-12-06
text: 

Independence at Home Demonstration Program

 
(Sec. 2) This bill extends, expands, and otherwise revises the Independence at Home demonstration program, through which comprehensive primary care services are delivered at home to Medicare beneficiaries with multiple chronic conditions.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2017-12-06
text: Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Energy and Commerce. H. Rept. 115-446, Part I.
action_date: 2017-12-06
text: Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Energy and Commerce. H. Rept. 115-446, Part I.
action_date: 2017-10-04
text: Ordered to be Reported by Voice Vote.
action_date: 2017-10-04
text: Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
action_date: 2017-09-13
text: Forwarded by Subcommittee to Full Committee by Voice Vote .
action_date: 2017-09-13
text: Subcommittee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
action_date: 2017-07-31
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2017-07-21
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2017-07-17
text: Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, 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: 2017-07-17
text: Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, 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: 2017-07-17
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2017-07-17
text: Introduced in House