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To direct the Mayor of the District of Columbia to establish a District of Columbia National Guard Educational Assistance Program to encourage the enlistment and retention of persons in the District of Columbia National Guard by providing financial assistance to enable members of the National Guard of the District of Columbia to attend undergraduate, vocational, or technical courses.

Bill: 115-hr-4194
Sponsor: Del. Norton, Eleanor Holmes [D-DC-At Large]
Introduced: 2017-10-31 in the House
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: District of Columbia
Education programs funding
Higher education
National Guard and reserves
Student aid and college costs
Vocational and technical education

Summary:
action_date: 2017-10-31
text: 
This bill amends the District of Columbia Code to add the Major General David F. Wherley, Jr. District of Columbia National Guard Retention and College Access Act.
 
The Mayor of the District of Columbia, in coordination with the commanding general of the District of Columbia National Guard, must establish a program that allows the Mayor to provide educational assistance for a first undergraduate, masters, vocational, or technical degree or certification to a member of the District of Columbia National Guard who: 
 
 
has satisfactorily completed initial active duty service, 
 
agrees to serve for at least six years, and 
 
is not receiving a Reserve Officer Training Corps scholarship.



Legislative actions:
action_date: 2017-10-31
text: Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform.
action_date: 2017-10-31
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E1461)
action_date: 2017-10-31
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2017-10-31
text: Introduced in House
STAND UP Act of 2017

Bill: 115-hr-4196
Sponsor: Rep. Pallone, Frank, Jr. [D-NJ-6]
Introduced: 2017-10-31 in the House
Policy area: Commerce
Subjects: Civil actions and liability
Consumer affairs
Disaster relief and insurance
Inflation and prices
Natural disasters

Summary:
action_date: 2017-10-31
text: 

Stop Targeting Americans in Natural Disasters with Unconscionable Prices Act of 2017 or the STAND UP Act of 2017

 
This bill makes it unlawful for any person to sell or offer for sale a consumer good or service in a major disaster area at a price that (1) is unconscionably excessive, and (2) indicates that the seller is taking unfair advantage of the circumstances related to the major disaster to increase prices unreasonably.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2017-11-03
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Digital Commerce and Consumer Protection.
action_date: 2017-10-31
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2017-10-31
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2017-10-31
text: Introduced in House
To create qualifications for, and certain limitations on, staffs of special counsels.

Bill: 115-hr-4197
Sponsor: Rep. Posey, Bill [R-FL-8]
Introduced: 2017-10-31 in the House
Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement
Subjects: Criminal investigation, prosecution, interrogation
Elections, voting, political campaign regulation
Federal officials
Government employee pay, benefits, personnel management
Government ethics and transparency, public corruption
Lawyers and legal services

Summary:
action_date: 2017-10-31
text: 
This bill establishes qualifications for, and limitations on, a federal employee or officer who advises or staffs a special counsel whose investigation or prosecution involves an elected official. Specifically, the bill disqualifies a person who has contributed to a candidate or political party for the prior eight years, and prohibits a person from moving to another federal civil service position for five years after completing service.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2017-10-31
text: Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, 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: 2017-10-31
text: Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, 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: 2017-10-31
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2017-10-31
text: Introduced in House
Security and Financial Empowerment Act of 2017

Bill: 115-hr-4198
Sponsor: Rep. Roybal-Allard, Lucille [D-CA-40]
Introduced: 2017-10-31 in the House
Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement
Subjects: Assault and harassment offenses
Civil actions and liability
Congressional agencies
Congressional oversight
Crime prevention
Crime victims
Crimes against women
Criminal investigation, prosecution, interrogation
Domestic violence and child abuse
Employee benefits and pensions
Employee hiring
Employee leave
Employment discrimination and employee rights
Evidence and witnesses
Financial literacy
Government employee pay, benefits, personnel management
Government information and archives
Government studies and investigations
Health care costs and insurance
Health programs administration and funding
Health promotion and preventive care
Indian social and development programs
Insurance industry and regulation
Labor standards
Library of Congress
Life, casualty, property insurance
Poverty and welfare assistance
Sex offenses
Unemployment
Wages and earnings
Women's employment
Worker safety and health

Summary:
action_date: 2017-10-31
text: 

Security and Financial Empowerment Act of 2017

 
This bill sets forth various provisions to promote the safety and security of survivors of domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, and stalking,
 
Among other things, the bill does the following:
 
 
requires employers to provide up to 30 days of safe leave in a 12-month period; and 
 
prohibits states from imposing additional restrictions on eligibility for unemployment compensation.
 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2017-10-31
text: Referred to the Committee on Education and the Workforce, and in addition to the Committees on Financial Services, Ways and Means, and the Judiciary, 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: 2017-10-31
text: Referred to the Committee on Education and the Workforce, and in addition to the Committees on Financial Services, Ways and Means, and the Judiciary, 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: 2017-10-31
text: Referred to the Committee on Education and the Workforce, and in addition to the Committees on Financial Services, Ways and Means, and the Judiciary, 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: 2017-10-31
text: Referred to the Committee on Education and the Workforce, and in addition to the Committees on Financial Services, Ways and Means, and the Judiciary, 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: 2017-10-31
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2017-10-31
text: Introduced in House
Pharmaceutical Stewardship Act of 2017

Bill: 115-hr-4199
Sponsor: Rep. Slaughter, Louise McIntosh [D-NY-25]
Introduced: 2017-10-31 in the House
Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement
Subjects: Drug trafficking and controlled substances
Prescription drugs
User charges and fees

Summary:
action_date: 2017-10-31
text: 

Pharmaceutical Stewardship Act of 

2017

 
This bill requires the Drug Enforcement Administration to establish and implement a national pharmaceutical stewardship program to collect and dispose of prescription medications. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2018-05-08
text: ASSUMING FIRST SPONSORSHIP - Ms. DeLauro asked unanimous consent that she may hereafter be considered as the first sponsor of H.R. 4199 a bill originally introduced by former Representative Slaughter, for purposes of adding cosponsors and requesting reprintings pursuant to clause 7 of rule XII. Agreed to without objection.
action_date: 2017-11-03
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2017-10-31
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2017-10-31
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2017-10-31
text: Introduced in House
Healthcare Market Certainty and Mandate Relief Act of 2017

Bill: 115-hr-4200
Sponsor: Rep. Brady, Kevin [R-TX-8]
Introduced: 2017-11-01 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Abortion
Appropriations
Bank accounts, deposits, capital
Department of Health and Human Services
Executive agency funding and structure
Health care costs and insurance
Health care coverage and access
Sales and excise taxes

Summary:
action_date: 2017-11-01
text: 

Healthcare Market Certainty and Mandate Relief Act of 2017

 
This bill appropriates such sums as necessary to pay through health care plan year 2019 the cost-sharing reductions authorized in the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act. (A cost-sharing reduction is a discount that lowers the amount an individual pays for deductibles, copayments, and coinsurance; the federal government pays the difference directly to insurers.) The bill excludes payments to insurers that cover abortions other than abortions necessary to save the life of the pregnant woman or abortions of a pregnancy resulting from rape or incest.
 
The bill amends the Internal Revenue Code to suspend for 2017-2021 the individual mandate to maintain minimum health care coverage.
 
The bill suspends the employer health care mandate for 2015-2017, thereby exempting employers from penalties for failing to provide mandated coverage during that time period.
 
The bill increases the monthly contribution limit for health savings accounts through 2022.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2017-11-03
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2017-11-01
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: 2017-11-01
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: 2017-11-01
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2017-11-01
text: Introduced in House
Young and Beginning Farmers Act

Bill: 115-hr-4201
Sponsor: Rep. Maloney, Sean Patrick [D-NY-18]
Introduced: 2017-11-01 in the House
Policy area: Agriculture and Food
Subjects: Advisory bodies
Agricultural conservation and pollution
Agricultural marketing and promotion
Agricultural prices, subsidies, credit
Bank accounts, deposits, capital
Business education
Business investment and capital
Congressional oversight
Employment and training programs
Farmland
Food industry and services
Government buildings, facilities, and property
Government information and archives
Government studies and investigations
Inflation and prices
Land transfers
Small business
Veterans' education, employment, rehabilitation

Summary:
action_date: 2017-11-01
text: 

Young and Beginning Farmers Act

 
This bill amends various agricultural laws to modify and establish programs to assist beginning farmers. 
 
The bill makes land trusts eligible for certain assistance under the Department of Agriculture (USDA) Agricultural Conservation Easement Program. In administering the program, USDA must prioritize an application for purchasing an easement that maintains agricultural viability, requires subsequent purchases to be at agricultural value, or both. 
 
The bill modifies several agricultural programs to: 
 
 
 require the Farm Service Agency (FSA) to prequalify loan applicants, 
 
 increase and index for inflation the limits on the amounts of USDA farm ownership loans, 
 
 transfer jurisdiction of the Advisory Committee on Beginning Farmers and Ranchers to the FSA, 
 
 establish an online customer self-service portal, 
 
 reauthorize the Beginning Farmer and Rancher Development Program with increased mandatory funding and allow specified funds to be transferred for individual development accounts, 
 
reauthorize the Beginning Farmer and Rancher Individual Development Accounts Pilot Program,
 
reauthorize the Farmers Market and Local Food Promotion Program with increased mandatory funding, and
 
authorize grants for farm viability programs.
 
 
The FSA must assign state coordinators to promote communication with beginning farmers or ranchers and increase their access to USDA programs. 
 
The General Services Administration may sell surplus farm equipment or property to socially disadvantaged, veteran, or beginning farmers and ranchers. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2017-11-01
text: Referred to the Committee on Agriculture, 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: 2017-11-01
text: Referred to the Committee on Agriculture, 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: 2017-11-01
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2017-11-01
text: Introduced in House
PACE Act

Bill: 115-hr-4202
Sponsor: Rep. Roskam, Peter J. [R-IL-6]
Introduced: 2017-11-01 in the House
Policy area: Animals
Subjects: Animal protection and human-animal relationships
Birds
Crimes against animals and natural resources
Federal preemption
Museums, exhibitions, cultural centers
U.S. territories and protectorates

Summary:
action_date: 2017-11-01
text: 

Parity in Animal Cruelty Enforcement Act or the PACE Act

 
This bill amends the Animal Welfare Act to prohibit the sponsoring or exhibiting of animal fights involving live birds (such as cockfights). Under current law, the fights are unlawful only if they take place in states or U.S. territories or possessions that have banned it.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2017-11-16
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Livestock and Foreign Agriculture.
action_date: 2017-11-01
text: Referred to the House Committee on Agriculture.
action_date: 2017-11-01
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR H8306-8307)
action_date: 2017-11-01
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2017-11-01
text: Introduced in House
International Regulated Investment Company Act of 2017

Bill: 115-hr-4204
Sponsor: Rep. Marchant, Kenny [R-TX-24]
Introduced: 2017-11-01 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Employee benefits and pensions
Financial services and investments
Foreign and international corporations
Securities
Taxation of foreign income
U.S. and foreign investments

Summary:
action_date: 2017-11-01
text: 

International Regulated Investment Company Act of 2017 

 
This bill amends the Internal Revenue Code to provide for international regulated investment companies (IRICs) and specify rules for the taxation of IRICs. An IRIC is a regulated investment company (i.e., a mutual fund) that has all of its outstanding stock held by foreign shareholders, including nonresident alien individuals (and their foreign estates) and qualified foreign pension funds, and meets other specified requirements. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2017-11-01
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2017-11-01
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2017-11-01
text: Introduced in House
Financial Institution Examination Responsiveness Act

Bill: 115-hr-4205
Sponsor: Rep. Rothfus, Keith J. [R-PA-12]
Introduced: 2017-11-01 in the House
Policy area: Finance and Financial Sector
Subjects: Administrative remedies
Banking and financial institutions regulation
Congressional oversight
Executive agency funding and structure
Government information and archives
Government studies and investigations
Judicial review and appeals

Summary:
action_date: 2017-11-01
text: 

 
Financial Institution Examination Responsiveness Act

 
This bill amends the Federal Financial Institutions Examination Council Act of 1978 to establish an Independent Examination Review Panel. The panel shall have exclusive jurisdiction of a financial instituion's appeal of a final material supervisory determination by a federal financial institutions regulatory agency.
 
A financial institution may request from a federal financial institutions regulatory agency a written determination of the agency's: (1) permission to take an action, and (2) interpretation of a law or regulation. An agency must respond to such a request within a specified timeframe.
 
The bill also establishes timeframes within which a federal financial institutions regulatory agency must: (1) conduct an exit interview with respect to the examination of a financial institution, and (2) provide a final examination report.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2017-11-01
text: Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services.
action_date: 2017-11-01
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2017-11-01
text: Introduced in House
Medicare Care Coordination Improvement Act of 2017

Bill: 115-hr-4206
Sponsor: Rep. Bucshon, Larry [R-IN-8]
Introduced: 2017-11-01 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Business ethics
Health care quality
Health personnel
Medical ethics
Medicare

Summary:
action_date: 2017-11-01
text: 

Medicare Care Coordination Improvement Act of 2017

 
This bill exempts certain alternative payment models under Medicare from the general prohibition on physician self-referrals (also known as the Stark law).


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2017-11-03
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2017-11-01
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: 2017-11-01
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: 2017-11-01
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2017-11-01
text: Introduced in House
Small and Seasonal Business Relief Act

Bill: 115-hr-4207
Sponsor: Rep. Bergman, Jack [R-MI-1]
Introduced: 2017-11-01 in the House
Policy area: Immigration
Subjects: Foreign labor
Immigration status and procedures
Temporary and part-time employment
Visas and passports

Summary:
action_date: 2017-11-01
text: 

Small and Seasonal Business Relief Act

 
This bill amends the Immigration and Nationality Act to exempt returning workers from the nonimmigrant H-2B visa (temporary nonagricultural services) annual numerical limitations: (1) through FY2018 for those individuals already counted toward such limitation in FY2016 or FY2017, and (2) during the next fiscal year for those individuals already counted toward such limitation in FY2018 or FY2019. 
 
Such amendment shall take effect as if enacted on October 1, 2017. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2017-11-21
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration and Border Security.
action_date: 2017-11-01
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2017-11-01
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2017-11-01
text: Introduced in House
To increase the maximum amount of assistance authorized under supplemental agricultural disaster assistance programs for livestock indemnity payments, livestock forage disaster assistance, and emergency assistance for livestock, honey bee, and farm-raised fish losses.

Bill: 115-hr-4210
Sponsor: Rep. Marshall, Roger [R-KS-1]
Introduced: 2017-11-01 in the House
Policy area: Agriculture and Food
Subjects: Agricultural prices, subsidies, credit
Aquaculture
Disaster relief and insurance
Insects
Livestock

Summary:
action_date: 2017-11-01
text: 
This bill amends the Agricultural Act of 2014 to increase the payment limitation for certain Department of Agriculture supplemental agricultural disaster assistance programs. The bill increases from $125,000 to $250,000 the total amount of disaster assistance payments that may be received under all of the programs by a person or legal entity (excluding a joint venture or general partnership) for any crop year. (Under current law, the payment limitation applies to the Livestock Forage Program; the Livestock Indemnity Program; and the Emergency Assistance for Livestock, Honey Bees, and Farm-Raised Fish Program.)


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2017-11-01
text: Referred to the House Committee on Agriculture.
action_date: 2017-11-01
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2017-11-01
text: Introduced in House
To amend the Agricultural Act of 2014 to provide to producers partial payments under the livestock indemnity program for livestock sold for salvage.

Bill: 115-hr-4211
Sponsor: Rep. Marshall, Roger [R-KS-1]
Introduced: 2017-11-01 in the House
Policy area: Agriculture and Food
Subjects: Agricultural prices, subsidies, credit
Disaster relief and insurance
Livestock

Summary:
action_date: 2017-11-01
text: 
This bill amends the Agricultural Act of 2014 to require the Department of Agriculture to make payments under the Livestock Indemnity Program for livestock that is sold for a reduced sale price in excess of the normal mortality. Any payments made pursuant to this bill must be reduced by the amount that the producer received from the sale. 
 
(Under current law, the Livestock Indemnity Program provides payments to eligible producers on farms that have incurred livestock deaths in excess of normal mortality due to adverse weather, or attacks by animals reintroduced into the wild by the federal government or protected by federal law.) 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2017-11-16
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Livestock and Foreign Agriculture.
action_date: 2017-11-01
text: Referred to the House Committee on Agriculture.
action_date: 2017-11-01
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2017-11-01
text: Introduced in House