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Bureau of Consumer Financial Protection Examination and Reporting Threshold Act of 2017

Bill: 115-hr-3072
Sponsor: Rep. Clay, Wm. Lacy [D-MO-1]
Introduced: 2017-06-27 in the House
Policy area: Finance and Financial Sector
Subjects: Banking and financial institutions regulation
Consumer Financial Protection Bureau
Government information and archives

Summary:
action_date: 2017-06-27
text: 

Bureau of Consumer Financial Protection Examination and Reporting Threshold Act of 

2017

 
This bill amends the Consumer Financial Protection Act of 2010 to raise, from $10 billion to $50 billion in assets, the threshold at which an insured depository institution or insured credit union is subject to: (1) the Act's reporting requirements, and (2) direct examination by the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau. 

action_date: 2017-11-21
text: 
(This measure has not been amended since it was introduced. The summary has been expanded because action occurred on the measure.)
 

Bureau of Consumer Financial Protection Examination and Reporting Threshold Act of 

2017

 
(Sec. 2) This bill amends the Consumer Financial Protection Act of 2010 to raise, from $10 billion to $50 billion in assets, the threshold at which an insured depository institution or insured credit union is subject to: (1) the Act's reporting requirements, and (2) direct examination by the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2017-11-21
text: Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 311.
action_date: 2017-11-21
text: Reported by the Committee on Financial Services. H. Rept. 115-420.
action_date: 2017-11-21
text: Reported by the Committee on Financial Services. H. Rept. 115-420.
action_date: 2017-10-12
text: Ordered to be Reported by the Yeas and Nays: 39 - 21.
action_date: 2017-10-12
text: Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
action_date: 2017-10-11
text: Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
action_date: 2017-06-27
text: Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services.
action_date: 2017-06-27
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2017-06-27
text: Introduced in House
Mental Health Awareness Semipostal Stamp Act

Bill: 115-hr-3073
Sponsor: Rep. Curbelo, Carlos [R-FL-26]
Introduced: 2017-06-27 in the House
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Subjects: Department of Health and Human Services
Health programs administration and funding
Health promotion and preventive care
Medical research
Mental health
National Institutes of Health (NIH)
Postal service
Research administration and funding

Summary:
action_date: 2017-06-27
text: 

Mental Health Awareness Semipostal Stamp Act

 
This bill directs the United States Postal Service to issue and sell, at a premium, a Mental Health Awareness Semipostal Stamp. Use of this stamp must be voluntary for postal patrons. 
 
Proceeds from the sale of this stamp must be transferred to the National Institute of Mental Health to help fund mental illness research and suicide prevention programs. 
 The stamp must be available to the public for at least six years.

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2017-06-30
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2017-06-27
text: Referred to the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, 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: 2017-06-27
text: Referred to the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, 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: 2017-06-27
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR H5185)
action_date: 2017-06-27
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2017-06-27
text: Introduced in House
Give Our Troops a Raise Act of 2017

Bill: 115-hr-3075
Sponsor: Rep. Gallego, Ruben [D-AZ-7]
Introduced: 2017-06-27 in the House
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Military personnel and dependents
Wages and earnings

Summary:
action_date: 2017-06-27
text: 

Give Our Troops a Raise Act of 2017

 
This bill extends through FY2019 the increase in the monthly basic pay for members of the uniformed services.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2017-07-26
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Military Personnel.
action_date: 2017-06-27
text: Referred to the House Committee on Armed Services.
action_date: 2017-06-27
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2017-06-27
text: Introduced in House
CASES Act

Bill: 115-hr-3076
Sponsor: Rep. Graves, Garret [R-LA-6]
Introduced: 2017-06-27 in the House
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Subjects: Government information and archives
Right of privacy

Summary:
action_date: 2017-06-27
text: 

Creating Advanced Streamlined Electronic Services (CASES) for Constituents Act of 2017

 
This bill amends the Privacy Act of 1974 to require each executive agency to establish a system that allows an individual, or an entity authorized to act on such individual's behalf, to electronically submit a release form that grants another entity access to information in such system pertaining to the individual.
 
 The Office of Management and Budget shall establish a uniform release form to be used across agencies for such electronic submission.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2018-07-17
text: Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.
action_date: 2018-07-16
text: The title of the measure was amended. Agreed to without objection.
action_date: 2018-07-16
text: Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
action_date: 2018-07-16
text: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by voice vote. (text: CR H6209-6210)
action_date: 2018-07-16
text: Passed/agreed to in House: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by voice vote.(text: CR H6209-6210)
action_date: 2018-07-16
text: DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on H.R. 3076.
action_date: 2018-07-16
text: Considered under suspension of the rules. (consideration: CR H6209-6211)
action_date: 2018-07-16
text: Mr. Walker moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended.
action_date: 2018-07-16
text: Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 639.
action_date: 2018-07-16
text: Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform. H. Rept. 115-826.
action_date: 2018-07-16
text: Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform. H. Rept. 115-826.
action_date: 2018-02-06
text: Ordered to be Reported (Amended) by Voice Vote.
action_date: 2018-02-06
text: Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
action_date: 2017-06-27
text: Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform.
action_date: 2017-06-27
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2017-06-27
text: Introduced in House
Senior Citizens' Freedom to Work Act of 2017

Bill: 115-hr-3077
Sponsor: Rep. Johnson, Sam [R-TX-3]
Introduced: 2017-06-27 in the House
Policy area: Social Welfare
Subjects: Social security and elderly assistance
Wages and earnings

Summary:
action_date: 2017-06-27
text: 

Senior Citizens' Freedom to Work Act of 2017 

 
This bill amends title II (Old Age, Survivors, and Disability Insurance) (OASDI) of the Social Security Act to remove limitations on the amount of outside income that an OASDI beneficiary may earn without incurring a reduction in benefits.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2017-07-10
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Social Security.
action_date: 2017-06-27
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2017-06-27
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2017-06-27
text: Introduced in House
Iran Ballistic Missile Reporting Act of 2017

Bill: 115-hr-3078
Sponsor: Rep. Kihuen, Ruben J. [D-NV-4]
Introduced: 2017-06-27 in the House
Policy area: International Affairs
Subjects: Arms control and nonproliferation
Congressional oversight
Diplomacy, foreign officials, Americans abroad
Iran
Middle East
Sanctions

Summary:
action_date: 2017-06-27
text: 

Iran Ballistic Missile Reporting Act of 2017

 
This bill amends the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2017 to extend through December 31, 2022, requirements for quarterly reports by: (1) the Office of the Director of National Intelligence on confirmed ballistic missile launches by Iran, and (2) the Departments of State and the Treasury on any efforts to impose unilateral or multilateral sanctions against the appropriate entities or individuals in connection with such a launch. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2017-06-27
text: Referred to the Committee on Intelligence (Permanent Select), and in addition to the Committee on Foreign Affairs, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
action_date: 2017-06-27
text: Referred to the Committee on Intelligence (Permanent Select), and in addition to the Committee on Foreign Affairs, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
action_date: 2017-06-27
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2017-06-27
text: Introduced in House
Audit the Pentagon Act of 2017

Bill: 115-hr-3079
Sponsor: Rep. Lee, Barbara [D-CA-13]
Introduced: 2017-06-27 in the House
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Accounting and auditing
Budget deficits and national debt
Congressional oversight
Defense spending
Department of Defense
Executive agency funding and structure
Government information and archives
Military medicine
Military personnel and dependents

Summary:
action_date: 2017-06-27
text: 

Audit the Pentagon Act of 2017

 
This bill requires a .5% reduction in Department of Defense (DOD) discretionary budget authority if DOD has not submitted a financial statement by March 2 of a fiscal year for the previous fiscal year or such financial statement has not received an unqualified or qualified audit opinion by an independent auditor. This reduction does not apply to military, reserve, and National Guard personnel accounts or the Defense Health Program account. The bill permits the President to waive any reduction in DOD budget authority if the reduction would harm national security or military personnel deployed in combat zones.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2017-06-27
text: Referred to the House Committee on Armed Services.
action_date: 2017-06-27
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2017-06-27
text: Introduced in House
To provide installation reutilization authority for arsenals, depots, and plants.

Bill: 115-hr-3080
Sponsor: Rep. Loebsack, David [D-IA-2]
Introduced: 2017-06-27 in the House
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Industrial facilities
Manufacturing
Military command and structure
Military facilities and property
Military procurement, research, weapons development
Public contracts and procurement
Public-private cooperation

Summary:
action_date: 2017-06-27
text: 
This bill authorizes the Department of the Army, in the case of a military manufacturing arsenal, depot, or plant (i.e., a government-owned, government-operated defense plant of the Department of the Army that manufactures weapons, weapon components, or both), to: (1) authorize leases and contracts for non-excess military property for up to 25 years if it determines that such a lease or contract will promote the national defense or be in the public interest, and (2) delegate such authority subject to a specified review period.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2017-07-26
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Readiness.
action_date: 2017-06-27
text: Referred to the House Committee on Armed Services.
action_date: 2017-06-27
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2017-06-27
text: Introduced in House
Sanchez-Young Social Security Disability Insurance for the Terminally Ill Act

Bill: 115-hr-3081
Sponsor: Rep. Lujan Grisham, Michelle [D-NM-1]
Introduced: 2017-06-27 in the House
Policy area: Social Welfare
Subjects: Disability assistance
Long-term, rehabilitative, and terminal care

Summary:
action_date: 2017-06-27
text: 

Sanchez-Young Social Security Disability Insurance for the Terminally Ill Act 

 
This bill eliminates the five-month waiting period, with respect to a terminally ill individual with a life expectancy of 12 months or less, for disability insurance benefits under the Old-Age, Survivors, and Disability Insurance program.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2017-07-11
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Social Security.
action_date: 2017-06-27
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2017-06-27
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2017-06-27
text: Introduced in House
FAFSA Translation Act

Bill: 115-hr-3082
Sponsor: Rep. Meng, Grace [D-NY-6]
Introduced: 2017-06-27 in the House
Policy area: Education
Subjects: Foreign language and bilingual programs
Government information and archives
Higher education
Student aid and college costs

Summary:
action_date: 2017-06-27
text: 

FAFSA Translation Act

 
This bill amends title IV (Student Assistance) of the Higher Education Act of 1965 to require the Department of Education to: (1) translate the forms developed under the Free Application for Federal Student Aid into not fewer than 11 foreign languages, and (2) make the translated forms available to applicants in paper and electronic formats.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2017-06-27
text: Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce.
action_date: 2017-06-27
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2017-06-27
text: Introduced in House
Technical Education And Career Help (TEACH) Act

Bill: 115-hr-3083
Sponsor: Rep. Mooney, Alexander X. [R-WV-2]
Introduced: 2017-06-27 in the House
Policy area: Education
Subjects: Education programs funding
Elementary and secondary education
Higher education
Teaching, teachers, curricula
Vocational and technical education

Summary:
action_date: 2017-06-27
text: 
 
Technical Education and Career Help (TEACH) Act 

 
This bill amends title II (Teacher Quality Enhancement) of the Higher Education Act of 1965 to authorize grants under the Teacher Quality Partnership grant program to be used for secondary school career and technical education teacher preparation programs. The grant program provides funds to partnerships of high-need local educational agencies, high-need schools or early education programs, and institutions of higher education (IHEs) to train current and prospective teachers and school leaders.
 
The bill requires the career and technical education teacher preparation programs to:
 
 
be available to mid-career professionals or recent graduates of an IHE who have expertise in a program area in which there is a career and technical education teacher shortage;
 
allow individuals to obtain initial licensure and the basic skills required for entry into the education profession, with the option of earning a bachelor's or master's degree; and
 
allow teachers who do not have subject matter expertise in a career and technical education field that is in demand in the local or regional economy to receive the technical skills training they need to teach those skills in a classroom setting.
 
 
It directs the Department of Education to establish performance measures for the career and technical education teacher preparation programs.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2017-06-27
text: Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce.
action_date: 2017-06-27
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2017-06-27
text: Introduced in House
Empowering Employees through Stock Ownership Act

Bill: 115-hr-3084
Sponsor: Rep. Paulsen, Erik [R-MN-3]
Introduced: 2017-06-27 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Corporate finance and management
Employee benefits and pensions
Income tax deferral
Income tax exclusion
Securities
Wages and earnings

Summary:
action_date: 2017-06-27
text: 

Empowering Employees through Stock Ownership Act 

 
 This bill amends the Internal Revenue Code to allow an employee to elect to defer, for income tax purposes, income attributable to certain stock transferred to the employee by an employer. 
 
The employee may defer the inclusion of income from the stock until the year that includes the earliest of the dates on which: 
 
 
 the stock becomes transferable; 
 
 the employee becomes an excluded employee; 
 
 stock of the corporation becomes readily tradable on an established securities market; 
 
seven years have passed after the rights of the employee in the stock are transferable or are not subject to a substantial risk of forfeiture, whichever occurs earlier; or 
 
the employee revokes the election with respect to the stock. 
 
 
The stock must meet specified requirements and be transferred to the employee from an eligible corporation in connection with the performance of services as an employee. 
 
A corporation is eligible if: (1) no stock of the corporation or a predecessor is readily tradable on an established securities market during any preceding year; and (2) it has a written plan under which at least 80% of certain employees are granted stock options, or restricted stock units, with the same rights and privileges to receive qualified stock.
 
Employees are excluded if they: (1) are a 1% owner, the chief executive officer, or the chief financial officer of the corporation or have been at any time during the 10 preceding calendar years; (2) are a family member of the specified individuals; or (3) have been one of the four highest compensated officers of the corporation during any of the 10 preceding taxable years. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2017-06-27
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2017-06-27
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2017-06-27
text: Introduced in House
To award a Congressional Gold Medal, collectively, to American military personnel who fought in defense of Bataan, Corregidor, Guam, Wake Island, and the Philippine Archipelago between December 7, 1941, and May 10, 1942, and who died or were imprisoned by the Japanese military in the Philippines, Japan, Korea, Manchuria, Wake Island, and Guam from April 9, 1942, until September 2, 1945, in recognition of their personal sacrifice and service to their country.

Bill: 115-hr-3085
Sponsor: Rep. Pearce, Stevan [R-NM-2]
Introduced: 2017-06-27 in the House
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Asia
China
Conflicts and wars
Congressional tributes
Guam
Micronesia
Military history
Military personnel and dependents
Museums, exhibitions, cultural centers
Philippines
Smithsonian Institution
South Korea
Veterans' organizations and recognition

Summary:
action_date: 2017-06-27
text: 
This bill directs the Speaker of the House of Representatives and the President pro tempore of the Senate to arrange for the collective award of a single Congressional Gold Medal to American military personnel who fought in defense of Bataan, Corregidor, Guam, Wake Island, and the Philippine Archipelago between December 7, 1941, and May 10, 1942, and who died or were imprisoned by the Japanese military in the Philippines, Japan, Korea, Manchuria, Wake Island, and Guam from April 9, 1942, until September 2, 1945, in recognition of their personal sacrifice and service to their country. 
 
Following its award, the medal shall be given to the Smithsonian Institution where it shall be displayed and made available for research. The bill expresses the sense of the Congress that the Smithsonian Institution should make the medal available for display at other locations, particularly at locations associated with such American military personnel. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2017-06-27
text: Referred to the Committee on Financial Services, and in addition to the Committee on House Administration, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
action_date: 2017-06-27
text: Referred to the Committee on Financial Services, and in addition to the Committee on House Administration, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
action_date: 2017-06-27
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2017-06-27
text: Introduced in House
Tibetan Refugee Assistance Act of 2017

Bill: 115-hr-3087
Sponsor: Rep. Sensenbrenner, F. James, Jr. [R-WI-5]
Introduced: 2017-06-27 in the House
Policy area: Immigration
Subjects: Asia
Family relationships
Immigration status and procedures
India
Nepal
Refugees, asylum, displaced persons
Tibet
Visas and passports

Summary:
action_date: 2017-06-27
text: 

Tibetan Refugee Assistance Act of 2017

 
This bill makes 3,000 immigrant visas available in FY2017-FY2019 for individuals who were born in Tibet and have been continuously residing in India or Nepal prior to the date of the enactment of this Act.
 
An individual shall be considered to be a native of Tibet if such individual was born in Tibet or is the son, daughter, grandson, or granddaughter of an individual born in Tibet.
 
 The bill provides derivative status for accompanying/following spouses and children.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2017-07-14
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration and Border Security.
action_date: 2017-06-27
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2017-06-27
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2017-06-27
text: Introduced in House
WIRED Act

Bill: 115-hr-3088
Sponsor: Rep. Swalwell, Eric [D-CA-15]
Introduced: 2017-06-27 in the House
Policy area: Labor and Employment
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Department of Labor
Employment and training programs
Government information and archives
Internet and video services
Internet, web applications, social media
Unemployment

Summary:
action_date: 2017-06-27
text: 

Widening Internet Readiness for Employment Development Act or the WIRED Act

 
This bill amends the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act to expand one-stop delivery system requirements to include online access. (One-stop delivery systems provide comprehensive career and employment training services.)
 
The Department of Labor must establish certain standards and best practices for the provision of employment and training services through electronic means by one-stop delivery systems. The services provided online must include addresses, hours, and services of physical one-stop centers in a local area; incorporate social media and networking capabilities; be accessible to mobile devices; and provide other employment-seeking assistance.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2017-06-27
text: Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce.
action_date: 2017-06-27
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2017-06-27
text: Introduced in House