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Transition-to-Success Mentoring Act

Bill: 115-hr-647
Sponsor: Rep. Carson, Andre [D-IN-7]
Introduced: 2017-01-24 in the House
Policy area: Education
Subjects: Education of the disadvantaged
Education programs funding
Educational guidance
Elementary and secondary education
Employee hiring
Teaching, teachers, curricula

Summary:
action_date: 2017-01-24
text: 

Transition-to-Success Mentoring Act

 
This bill amends the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 to reauthorize educational programs that assist at-risk middle school students.
 
The bill establishes a transition-to-success mentoring program requiring the Department of Education to award grants to local educational agencies or certain community-based nonprofit organizations to provide school-based mentoring programs and assist at-risk students in transitioning from middle to high school.
 
Grantees must assign each at-risk student in his or her middle school a success coach who creates a plan of success for the student and serves as the student's advocate between the student's parents and teachers.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2017-01-24
text: Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce.
action_date: 2017-01-24
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E88)
action_date: 2017-01-24
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2017-01-24
text: Introduced in House
Protection of Military Airfields from Wind Turbine Encroachment Act

Bill: 115-hr-649
Sponsor: Rep. Collins, Chris [R-NY-27]
Introduced: 2017-01-24 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Alternative and renewable resources
Aviation and airports
Electric power generation and transmission
Income tax credits
Military facilities and property

Summary:
action_date: 2017-01-24
text: 

Protection of Military Airfields from Wind Turbine Encroachment Act 

 
This bill amends the Internal Revenue Code to make new wind facilities located near certain military installations ineligible for the tax credits for: (1) electricity produced from renewable resources, and (2) investments in qualified small wind energy property. 
 
The bill applies to facilities that are originally placed in service after the enactment of this bill and are located within a 50-mile radius of: (1) an airfield or airbase that is under the jurisdiction of a military department and in active use; or (2) an air traffic control radar site, weather radar site, or aircraft navigation aid that is owned or operated by the Department of Defense and is a permanent land-based structure at a fixed location. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2017-01-24
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2017-01-24
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2017-01-24
text: Introduced in House
MANIFEST for Human Spaceflight Act of 2017

Bill: 115-hr-650
Sponsor: Rep. Culberson, John Abney [R-TX-7]
Introduced: 2017-01-24 in the House
Policy area: Science, Technology, Communications
Subjects: Congressional oversight
Government studies and investigations
Space flight and exploration
Spacecraft and satellites

Summary:
action_date: 2017-01-24
text: 

Mapping a New and Innovative Focus on Our Exploration Strategy for Human Spaceflight Act of 2017 or the MANIFEST for Human Spaceflight Act of 2017.

 
This bill amends the National Aeronautics and Space Administration Authorization Act of 2010 to make it a key U.S. objective to achieve human exploration of Mars, including the establishment of a capability to extend human presence to the surface of Mars. 
 
The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) shall report a strategy to achieve such objective through a series of successive, sustainable, free-standing, but complementary missions making robust use of cislunar space and employing the Space Launch System, Orion crew capsule, and other capabilities provided under specified titles of the Act. 
 
NASA shall arrange with the National Academy of Sciences (NAS) to review and comment on each interim report on the strategy and identify matters the NAS agrees with and matters raising NAS concerns, as well as any NAS recommendations.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2017-04-25
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Space.
action_date: 2017-01-24
text: Referred to the House Committee on Science, Space, and Technology.
action_date: 2017-01-24
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2017-01-24
text: Introduced in House
Unpaid Intern Protection Act of 2017

Bill: 115-hr-651
Sponsor: Rep. Cummings, Elijah E. [D-MD-7]
Introduced: 2017-01-24 in the House
Policy area: Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues
Subjects: Age discrimination
Civil actions and liability
Disability and health-based discrimination
Employment discrimination and employee rights
Government liability
Racial and ethnic relations
Religion
Social work, volunteer service, charitable organizations
State and local government operations
Temporary and part-time employment

Summary:
action_date: 2017-01-24
text: 

Unpaid Intern Protection Act of
 
2017

 
This bill prohibits employers from discriminating against unpaid interns on the basis of: (1) race, color, religion, sex, national origin, or age; or (2) disability if such intern can perform the essential functions of the position with or without reasonable accommodation.
 
 The bill applies procedures from the Civil Rights Act of 1964, the Age Discrimination in Employment Act of 1967, and the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990 to claims for a violation of this bill. 
 
Federal courts may grant legal and equitable relief.
 
The bill prohibits states from being immune under the Eleventh Amendment to the Constitution from an action in a federal court for a violation of this bill.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2017-01-24
text: Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce.
action_date: 2017-01-24
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2017-01-24
text: Introduced in House
Congressional Intern Protection Act of 2017

Bill: 115-hr-652
Sponsor: Rep. Cummings, Elijah E. [D-MD-7]
Introduced: 2017-01-24 in the House
Policy area: Congress
Subjects: Congressional officers and employees
Employment discrimination and employee rights
Higher education
Temporary and part-time employment
Vocational and technical education

Summary:
action_date: 2017-01-24
text: 

Congressional Intern Protection Act of 2017

 
This bill amends the Congressional Accountability Act of 1995 to extend its rights and protections from workplace harassment and discrimination to current or former interns, or applicants for internships in the legislative branch, who perform uncompensated voluntary service for an employing office to earn credit awarded by an educational institution or to learn a trade or occupation.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2017-01-24
text: Referred to the House Committee on House Administration.
action_date: 2017-01-24
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2017-01-24
text: Introduced in House
Women's Public Health and Safety Act

Bill: 115-hr-656
Sponsor: Rep. Duffy, Sean P. [R-WI-7]
Introduced: 2017-01-24 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Abortion
Health facilities and institutions
Health personnel
Medicaid

Summary:
action_date: 2017-01-24
text: 

Women's Public Health and Safety Act

 
This bill amends title XIX (Medicaid) of the Social Security Act to allow a state to exclude from participation in the state's Medicaid program a provider that performs an abortion, unless: (1) the pregnancy is the result of rape or incest, or (2) the woman suffers from a physical issue that would place her in danger of death unless an abortion is performed. (Under current law, a state plan for medical assistance must provide that any individual eligible for medical assistance may obtain required services from any provider qualified to perform them.)


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2017-01-24
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2017-01-24
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2017-01-24
text: Introduced in House
Protect Democracy From Criminal Corporations Act

Bill: 115-hr-658
Sponsor: Rep. Ellison, Keith [D-MN-5]
Introduced: 2017-01-24 in the House
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Subjects: Business ethics
Congressional elections
Corporate finance and management
Elections, voting, political campaign regulation
Fraud offenses and financial crimes

Summary:
action_date: 2017-01-24
text: 

Protect Democracy From Criminal Corporations Act

 
 This bill amends the Federal Election Campaign Act of 1971 to prohibit a corporation from making a disbursement of funds in connection with a campaign for election for federal, state, or local office for six years after the corporation: (1) is finally convicted of conspiracy to commit an offense against, or to defraud, the United States or any other felony involving dishonesty or a breach of trust; or (2) enters into an agreement with the Department of Justice to resolve a charge regarding such an offense if the agreement includes a requirement that the corporation make a payment equal to or greater than $1 million.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2017-01-24
text: Referred to the House Committee on House Administration.
action_date: 2017-01-24
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2017-01-24
text: Introduced in House
Employee Fairness and Relief Act of 2017

Bill: 115-hr-661
Sponsor: Rep. Guthrie, Brett [R-KY-2]
Introduced: 2017-01-24 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Employee benefits and pensions
Health care costs and insurance
Health care coverage and access

Summary:
action_date: 2017-01-24
text: 
 

Employee Fairness and Relief Act of 2017

 
This bill permits a health insurer that had in effect health insurance coverage in the small group market in 2013 to offer that coverage outside of health insurance exchanges. That coverage is treated as a grandfathered health plan and thus fulfills an individual's requirement to maintain minimum essential coverage.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2017-02-06
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2017-01-24
text: Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on Ways and Means, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
action_date: 2017-01-24
text: Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on Ways and Means, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
action_date: 2017-01-24
text: Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on Ways and Means, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
action_date: 2017-01-24
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2017-01-24
text: Introduced in House
MEND Act

Bill: 115-hr-662
Sponsor: Rep. Jenkins, Lynn [R-KS-2]
Introduced: 2017-01-24 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Allied health services
Department of Health and Human Services
Medical education
Medicare
Nursing

Summary:
action_date: 2017-01-24
text: 

Making the Education of Nurses Dependable for Schools Act or the MEND Act 

 
This bill lessens the organizational requirements that hospital-based nursing and allied-health education programs must meet in order to be eligible to receive certain Medicare payments for program support.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2017-02-07
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2017-01-24
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2017-01-24
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2017-01-24
text: Introduced in House
Assisting America's Dislocated Miners Act of 2017

Bill: 115-hr-663
Sponsor: Rep. Jenkins, Evan H. [R-WV-3]
Introduced: 2017-01-24 in the House
Policy area: Labor and Employment
Subjects: Coal
Employment and training programs
Mining
Unemployment
Vocational and technical education

Summary:
action_date: 2017-01-24
text: 

Assisting America's Dislocated Miners Act of 2017

 
This bill establishes within the Department of Labor's Employment and Training Administration a Dislocated Miners Assistance Program. The program shall contract with comprehensive career centers to:
 
 
 identify miners who have been dislocated from their employment in mining jobs across the United States; 
 
 assess the skills, training, and education such miners need to find and hold new jobs; 
 
 identify job training programs that would provide such training and education; and 
 
 provide grants to eligible job training providers to recruit and train such miners and assist them in finding new employment. 
 
 
A comprehensive career center or job training provider eligible to receive a grant under this bill shall be a nonprofit organization with demonstrated success in coordinating or providing necessary training and education to enable dislocated miners to acquire marketable skills to find and hold jobs in areas where they live.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2017-02-15
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR H1188)
action_date: 2017-01-24
text: Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce.
action_date: 2017-01-24
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2017-01-24
text: Introduced in House
Airport Perimeter and Access Control Security Act of 2017

Bill: 115-hr-665
Sponsor: Rep. Keating, William R. [D-MA-9]
Introduced: 2017-01-24 in the House
Policy area: Transportation and Public Works
Subjects: Aviation and airports
Congressional oversight
Government studies and investigations
Performance measurement
Transportation safety and security

Summary:
action_date: 2017-01-24
text: 

Airport Perimeter and Access Control Security Act of 2017

 
This bill directs the Transportation Security Administration to update:
 
 
 the Transportation Sector Security Rick Assessment for the aviation sector, 
 
 the Comprehensive Risk Assessment of Perimeter and Access Control Security for airports (as well as conduct a system-wide assessment of airport access control points and airport perimeter security), and
 
the 2012 National Strategy for Airport Perimeter and Access Control Security.
 

action_date: 2017-01-31
text: 
(This measure has not been amended since it was introduced. The summary has been expanded because action occurred on the measure.)
 

Airport Perimeter and Access Control Security Act of 2017

 
(Sec. 2) This bill directs the Transportation Security Administration to:
 
 
 update the Transportation Sector Security Rick Assessment for the aviation sector, 
 
 update the Comprehensive Risk Assessment of Perimeter and Access Control Security for airports,
 
conduct conduct a system-wide assessment of airport access control points and airport perimeter security, and
 
update the 2012 National Strategy for Airport Perimeter and Access Control Security.
 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2017-02-01
text: Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
action_date: 2017-01-31
text: Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
action_date: 2017-01-31
text: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill Agreed to by voice vote. (text: CR H782-783)
action_date: 2017-01-31
text: Passed/agreed to in House: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill Agreed to by voice vote.(text: CR H782-783)
action_date: 2017-01-31
text: DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on H.R. 665.
action_date: 2017-01-31
text: Considered under suspension of the rules. (consideration: CR H782-783)
action_date: 2017-01-31
text: Mr. Katko moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill.
action_date: 2017-01-24
text: Referred to the House Committee on Homeland Security.
action_date: 2017-01-24
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2017-01-24
text: Introduced in House
Merrill's Marauders Congressional Gold Medal Act

Bill: 115-hr-667
Sponsor: Rep. King, Peter T. [R-NY-2]
Introduced: 2017-01-24 in the House
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Asia
Burma
Conflicts and wars
Congressional tributes
Military history
Military personnel and dependents
Smithsonian Institution

Summary:
action_date: 2017-01-24
text: 

Merrill's Marauders Congressional Gold Medal Act

 
This bill directs the Speaker of the House of Representatives and the President pro tempore of the Senate to arrange for the award of a Congressional Gold Medal to the 5307th Composite Unit (Provisional), commonly known as Merrill's Marauders, in recognition of their bravery and outstanding service in the jungles of Burma (now Myanmar) during World War II. 
 
Following its award, the gold medal shall be given to the Smithsonian Institution where it will be displayed and made available for research. It is the sense of Congress that the Smithsonian Institution should make the gold medal available for display elsewhere, particularly at other locations and events associated with Merrill's Marauders.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2017-01-24
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: 2017-01-24
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: 2017-01-24
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: 2017-01-24
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2017-01-24
text: Introduced in House
To eliminate automatic pay adjustments for Members of Congress, and for other purposes.

Bill: 115-hr-668
Sponsor: Rep. Latta, Robert E. [R-OH-5]
Introduced: 2017-01-24 in the House
Policy area: Congress
Subjects: Government employee pay, benefits, personnel management
Inflation and prices
Members of Congress

Summary:
action_date: 2017-01-24
text: 
This bill amends the Legislative Reorganization Act of 1946 to eliminate automatic pay adjustments for Members of Congress.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2017-01-24
text: Referred to the Committee on House Administration, and in addition to the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
action_date: 2017-01-24
text: Referred to the Committee on House Administration, and in addition to the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
action_date: 2017-01-24
text: Referred to the Committee on House Administration, and in addition to the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
action_date: 2017-01-24
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2017-01-24
text: Introduced in House
Restricting First Use of Nuclear Weapons Act of 2017

Bill: 115-hr-669
Sponsor: Rep. Lieu, Ted [D-CA-33]
Introduced: 2017-01-24 in the House
Policy area: International Affairs
Subjects: Military command and structure
Military operations and strategy
Nuclear weapons
Presidents and presidential powers, Vice Presidents

Summary:
action_date: 2017-01-24
text: 

Restricting First Use of Nuclear Weapons Act of 2017

 
This bill prohibits the President from using the Armed Forces to conduct a first-use nuclear strike unless such strike is conducted pursuant to a congressional declaration of war expressly authorizing such strike. 
 
"First-use nuclear strike" means a nuclear weapons attack against an enemy that is conducted without the President determining that the enemy has first launched a nuclear strike against the United States or a U.S. ally.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2017-01-24
text: Referred to the House Committee on Foreign Affairs.
action_date: 2017-01-24
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2017-01-24
text: Introduced in House
High-Skilled Integrity and Fairness Act of 2017

Bill: 115-hr-670
Sponsor: Rep. Lofgren, Zoe [D-CA-19]
Introduced: 2017-01-24 in the House
Policy area: Immigration
Subjects: Administrative remedies
Department of Labor
Elementary and secondary education
Foreign labor
Government information and archives
Higher education
Immigration status and procedures
Small business
Visas and passports
Wages and earnings

Summary:
action_date: 2017-01-24
text: 

High-Skilled Integrity and Fairness Act of 2017

 
This bill amends the Immigration and Nationality Act to: (1) eliminate the per-country limit for employment-based immigrant visas, and (2) increase the limit for family sponsored visas.
 
The bill revises: (1) the H-1B nonimmigrant visa (specialty occupation) program, including by revising the definition of &quot;exempt H-1B nonimmigrant&quot;; and (2) the computation of prevailing wage level for purposes of occupational classification.
 
The bill provides that H-1B visas will be allocated on a three-tiered wage-based system if H-1B visa petitions exceed the number of visas available for a fiscal year. 
 
An employer may not reduce H-1B wages, except for taxes, garnishments, or under a collective bargaining agreement or where otherwise customary.
 
The bill reserves 20% of fiscal year H-1B visas for employers with 50 or fewer full-time employees, including parent, subsidiary, and other affiliated entities.
 
The bill authorizes dual intent for F-1 visa foreign students. (Dual intent is an immigration concept that allows aliens to be temporarily present in the United States with nonimmigrant status and immigrant intent.) 
 
Students may use work experience as qualifying labor certification experience.
 
An amended H-1B petition shall not be required where a petitioner has a valid labor condition application for a new place of employment that has terms and conditions of employment that are the same as the previous place of employment.
 
The receipt of information from an employer for H-1B hiring purposes shall not be considered to be the receipt of information for purposes of determining employer compliance with labor condition requirements.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2017-02-08
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration and Border Security.
action_date: 2017-01-24
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2017-01-24
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2017-01-24
text: Introduced in House