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To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide an exclusion from gross income for interest on certain small business loans.

Bill: 115-hr-4424
Sponsor: Rep. Blum, Rod [R-IA-1]
Introduced: 2017-11-16 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Agricultural prices, subsidies, credit
Business investment and capital
Income tax exclusion
Interest, dividends, interest rates
Small business

Summary:
action_date: 2017-11-16
text: 
This bill amends the Internal Revenue Code to exclude from the gross income of certain banks interest received on small business loans of up to $5 million. 
 
The bill applies to loans that are: (1) secured by land situated in the United States that is used or held by the small business in connection with the active conduct of a farming business, or (2) incurred in the ordinary course of the trade or business of the small business. 
 
To be eligible for the exclusion, the bank must: (1) have less than $50 billion in assets at the closing of the preceding taxable year, and (2) receive the interest before 2019. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2017-11-16
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2017-11-16
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2017-11-16
text: Introduced in House
Protecting America and American Workers Act

Bill: 115-hr-4427
Sponsor: Rep. McSally, Martha [R-AZ-2]
Introduced: 2017-11-16 in the House
Policy area: Immigration
Subjects: Administrative remedies
Department of State
Foreign labor
Immigration status and procedures
Visas and passports

Summary:
action_date: 2017-11-16
text: 

Protecting America and American Workers Act

 
This bill amends the Immigration and Nationality Act to eliminate the diversity immigrant program effective on the first day of the first fiscal year after the date on which the Department of State and the Department of Homeland Security jointly determine that such immigrant visas are no longer necessary to offset certain status adjustments under the Illegal Immigration Reform and Immigrant Responsibility Act of 1996.
 
Until such time and effective on October 1, 2018, the annual number of diversity program visas is reduced from 55,000 to 5,000. Beginning in FY2019, 8,000 of such former diversity visas shall be allocated annually to each of three employment-based immigrant categories for a total of 24,000 additional visas each year.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2017-12-13
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration and Border Security.
action_date: 2017-11-16
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2017-11-16
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2017-11-16
text: Introduced in House
To amend the War Powers Resolution to transfer to the Committee on Armed Services of the House of Representatives the responsibilities assigned under such Resolution to the Committee on Foreign Affairs of the House of Representatives, and for other purposes.

Bill: 115-hr-4428
Sponsor: Rep. Gallego, Ruben [D-AZ-7]
Introduced: 2017-11-16 in the House
Policy area: Congress
Subjects: Congressional committees
Congressional oversight
House Committee on Armed Services
House Committee on Foreign Affairs
House of Representatives
Legislative rules and procedure
War and emergency powers

Summary:
action_date: 2017-11-16
text: 
This bill amends the War Powers Resolution to transfer to the House Armed Services Committee the responsibilities assigned under such resolution to the House Foreign Affairs Committee.
 
The Rules of the House of Representatives are amended to include under the jurisdiction of the House Armed Services Committee matters relating to intervention abroad and declarations of war.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2017-11-16
text: Referred to the Committee on Rules, 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: 2017-11-16
text: Referred to the Committee on Rules, 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: 2017-11-16
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2017-11-16
text: Introduced in House
Cormorant Control Act

Bill: 115-hr-4429
Sponsor: Rep. Bergman, Jack [R-MI-1]
Introduced: 2017-11-16 in the House
Policy area: Animals
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Aquaculture
Birds
Department of the Interior
Hunting and fishing
Judicial review and appeals
Licensing and registrations
Wildlife conservation and habitat protection

Summary:
action_date: 2017-11-16
text: 

Cormorant Control Act

 
This bill directs the Department of the Interior to reissue the final rule that was published on May 28, 2014, relating to the extension and revision by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service of certain depredation orders allowing for the taking of double-crested cormorants (a species of migratory birds) to protect stock at aquaculture facilities and to protect public resources, without regard to any other provision of a statute or regulation that applies to the issuance of such rule. 
 
The bill prohibits such reissuance (including this bill) from being subject to judicial review and from abrogating or otherwise having any effect on the order and judgment issued by the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia in Case Number 14-CV-01807-JDB on May 25, 2016. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2018-02-15
text: Subcommittee Hearings Held.
action_date: 2017-11-29
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Federal Lands.
action_date: 2017-11-29
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Water, Power and Oceans.
action_date: 2017-11-16
text: Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.
action_date: 2017-11-16
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2017-11-16
text: Introduced in House
To provide temporary direct hire authority for certain emergency response positions.

Bill: 115-hr-4430
Sponsor: Rep. Bilirakis, Gus M. [R-FL-12]
Introduced: 2017-11-16 in the House
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Subjects: Department of Health and Human Services
Disaster relief and insurance
Emergency medical services and trauma care
Employee hiring
Government employee pay, benefits, personnel management

Summary:
action_date: 2017-11-16
text: 
This bill provides temporary authority for the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) to appoint candidates directly to certain emergency response positions, in response to a critical hiring need. 
 
HHS must first provide public notice. It may appoint candidates without regard to certain requirements of the competitive rating and ranking process (e.g., application of veterans' preference points).


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2017-11-17
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2017-11-16
text: Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, 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: 2017-11-16
text: Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, 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: 2017-11-16
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2017-11-16
text: Introduced in House
LEAD SALE Act of 2017

Bill: 115-hr-4432
Sponsor: Rep. Cartwright, Matt [D-PA-17]
Introduced: 2017-11-16 in the House
Policy area: Housing and Community Development
Subjects: Civil actions and liability
Consumer affairs
Government studies and investigations
Hazardous wastes and toxic substances
Housing industry and standards

Summary:
action_date: 2017-11-16
text: 

Lead Exposure Accountability During Sales Avoids Lead Endangerment Act of 2017 or the LEAD SALE Act of 2017

 
This bill amends the Residential Lead-Based Paint Hazard Reduction Act of 1992 with respect to federal requirements governing the disclosure of lead-based paint hazards in target housing that is offered for sale or lease.
 
The bill expands civil liability provisions to make violators of the requirements liable to residents or invitees of the target housing suffering damages. 
 
The bill also authorizes the Department of Housing and Urban Development to use subpoenas to administer the disclosure requirements.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2017-11-16
text: Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services.
action_date: 2017-11-16
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2017-11-16
text: Introduced in House
Fix NICS Act of 2017

Bill: 115-hr-4434
Sponsor: Rep. Cuellar, Henry [D-TX-28]
Introduced: 2017-11-16 in the House
Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement
Subjects: Congressional oversight
Criminal justice information and records
Criminal procedure and sentencing
Domestic violence and child abuse
Drug trafficking and controlled substances
Drug, alcohol, tobacco use
Employee performance
Federal officials
Firearms and explosives
Government employee pay, benefits, personnel management
Government information and archives
Intergovernmental relations
Mental health
State and local government operations

Summary:
action_date: 2017-11-16
text: 

Fix NICS Act of 2017

 
This bill amends the Brady Handgun Violence Prevention Act to require each federal agency and department, including a federal court, to:
 
 
certify whether it has provided to the National Instant Criminal Background Check System (NICS) disqualifying records of persons prohibited from receiving or possessing a firearm, and
 
establish and substantially comply with an implementation plan to maximize record submissions and verify their accuracy.
 
 
The bill amends the NICS Improvement Amendments Act of 2007 to:
 
 
direct the Department of Justice (DOJ) to establish a state implementation plan, including benchmarks, to maximize the automation and submission of mental health and criminal history records to the NICS; 
 
waive the grant match requirement under the National Criminal History Improvement Program (NCHIP) for a state that complies with its implementation plan; 
 
 reauthorize through FY2022 the NICS Act Record Improvement Program (NARIP); 
 
 establish, as a priority area for NARIP grant funding, a domestic abuse and violence prevention initiative; and 
 
 create a funding preference under the NARIP program for states that establish an implementation plan and use grant funds to upload felony conviction and domestic violence records. 
 
 
It amends the Crime Identification Technology Act of 1998 to reauthorize through FY2022 the NCHIP program. If a state complies with its implementation plan, then the federal share of an NCHIP grant may exceed 90% of program costs. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2017-12-13
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, Homeland Security, and Investigations.
action_date: 2017-11-16
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2017-11-16
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2017-11-16
text: Introduced in House
Go to High School, Go to College Act of 2017

Bill: 115-hr-4435
Sponsor: Rep. Faso, John J. [R-NY-19]
Introduced: 2017-11-16 in the House
Policy area: Education
Subjects: Elementary and secondary education
Higher education
Student aid and college costs

Summary:
action_date: 2017-11-16
text: 

Go to High School, Go to College Act of 2017

 
This bill amends the Higher Education Act of 1965 to direct the Department of Education to carry out (from July 1, 2017, through June 30, 2023) a program awarding Early College Federal Pell Grants to students to support their enrollment in, and completion of, postsecondary courses offered through early college high schools.
 
Students who would be eligible for a Federal Pell Grant if not for their enrollment in secondary school are deemed eligible for an Early College Federal Pell Grant upon their completion of a full-time postsecondary semester or its equivalent.
 
Students may receive Early College Federal Pell Grants in an amount equal to the cost of not more than four full-time postsecondary semesters or the equivalent while enrolled in postsecondary courses offered by an early college high school.
 
Early College Federal Pell Grants shall count toward the 12-semester, or equivalent, limit on a student's receipt of Federal Pell Grants.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2017-11-16
text: Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce.
action_date: 2017-11-16
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2017-11-16
text: Introduced in House
Caguana Indigenous Ceremonial Park and Tibes Indigenous Ceremonial Center Study Act

Bill: 115-hr-4436
Sponsor: Resident Commissioner González-Colón, Jenniffer [R-PR-At Large]
Introduced: 2017-11-16 in the House
Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources
Subjects: Archaeology and anthropology
Caribbean area
Congressional oversight
Government studies and investigations
Historic sites and heritage areas
Historical and cultural resources
Parks, recreation areas, trails
Puerto Rico

Summary:
action_date: 2017-11-16
text: 

Caguana Indigenous Ceremonial Park and Tibes Indigenous Ceremonial Center Study Act

 
This bill directs the Department of the Interior to study the suitability and feasibility of designating the Caguana Indigenous Ceremonial Park and the Tibes Indigenous Ceremonial Center in Puerto Rico as units of the National Park System. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2017-11-29
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Federal Lands.
action_date: 2017-11-16
text: Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.
action_date: 2017-11-16
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2017-11-16
text: Introduced in House
To amend the Uniform Code of Military Justice to prohibit the payment of back pay and allowances to certain members of the Armed Forces who are guilty of desertion and to use the amount of any such unpaid pay and allowances to provide additional compensation to other members of the Armed Forces who were killed or wounded during missions to search for the missing members.

Bill: 115-hr-4437
Sponsor: Rep. Graves, Garret [R-LA-6]
Introduced: 2017-11-16 in the House
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Military law
Military operations and strategy
Military personnel and dependents

Summary:
action_date: 2017-11-16
text: 
This bill amends the Uniform Code of Military Justice to deny back pay and allowances to any person who is guilty of desertion.
 
The Department of Defense shall use payments and allowances denied to a deserter under this bill to provide compensation to any members of the Armed Forces who were wounded while searching for the deserter or to representatives of any members who were killed while searching for the deserter.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2017-12-07
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Military Personnel.
action_date: 2017-11-16
text: Referred to the House Committee on Armed Services.
action_date: 2017-11-16
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2017-11-16
text: Introduced in House
To amend the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act to waive a prohibition, and for other purposes.

Bill: 115-hr-4438
Sponsor: Rep. Graves, Garret [R-LA-6]
Introduced: 2017-11-16 in the House
Policy area: Emergency Management
Subjects: Disaster relief and insurance
Water resources funding

Summary:
action_date: 2017-11-16
text: 
This bill amends the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act (Stafford Act) to authorize the President to waive the general prohibition against duplication of benefits for losses as a result of a major disaster or emergency if the President finds such waiver is in the public interest. A request for a waiver must be granted or denied not later than 45 days after its submission.
 
 In making a waiver decision the President may consider the recommendations of the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) and cost benefits.
 
The President may not determine that a loan is a duplication of assistance.
 
The general prohibition against duplication of benefits under the Stafford Act does not preclude funding of activities associated with the construction of a federally authorized water resources development project.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2017-11-17
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Economic Development, Public Buildings and Emergency Management.
action_date: 2017-11-16
text: Referred to the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.
action_date: 2017-11-16
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2017-11-16
text: Introduced in House
Modernizing Credit Opportunities Act

Bill: 115-hr-4439
Sponsor: Rep. Hollingsworth, Trey [R-IN-9]
Introduced: 2017-11-16 in the House
Policy area: Finance and Financial Sector
Subjects: Banking and financial institutions regulation
Credit and credit markets

Summary:
action_date: 2017-11-16
text: 

Modernizing Credit Opportunities Act

 
This bill provides that an agreement between an insured depository institution and a third-party service provider shall not affect (1) the depository institution's role as lender, or (2) the determination of the location of the depository institution.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2017-11-16
text: Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services.
action_date: 2017-11-16
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2017-11-16
text: Introduced in House
Redistribution of Fines to Our Communities Act

Bill: 115-hr-4440
Sponsor: Rep. Lowey, Nita M. [D-NY-17]
Introduced: 2017-11-16 in the House
Policy area: Energy
Subjects: Civil actions and liability
Department of Energy
Economic performance and conditions
Executive agency funding and structure
Nuclear power
State and local finance

Summary:
action_date: 2017-11-16
text: 

Redistribution of Fines to Our Communities Act

 
This bill requires the Department of Energy to retain and redistribute amounts collected for safety-related fines to local governments to mitigate any economic impacts in connection with the closure of a nuclear facility.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2017-11-17
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Energy.
action_date: 2017-11-16
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2017-11-16
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2017-11-16
text: Introduced in House
Safe and Secure Decommissioning Act of 2017

Bill: 115-hr-4441
Sponsor: Rep. Lowey, Nita M. [D-NY-17]
Introduced: 2017-11-16 in the House
Policy area: Energy
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Emergency planning and evacuation
Licensing and registrations
Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC)
Nuclear power
Radioactive wastes and releases

Summary:
action_date: 2017-11-16
text: 

Safe and Secure Decommissioning Act of 2017

 
 This bill amends the Atomic Energy Act of 1954 to prohibit the Nuclear Regulatory Commission from approving the request of a licensee for a waiver of, or exemption from, a covered regulation applicable to a civilian nuclear power reactor that has permanently ceased to operate.
 
A covered regulation includes: (1) an emergency preparedness or response regulation or requirement, or (2) a security regulation or requirement applicable to spent nuclear fuel.
 
This prohibition shall not apply to a civilian nuclear power reactor at which all spent nuclear fuel has been transferred to spent nuclear fuel dry casks.
 
 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2017-11-17
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Energy.
action_date: 2017-11-16
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2017-11-16
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2017-11-16
text: Introduced in House
Removing Nuclear Waste from our Communities Act of 2017

Bill: 115-hr-4442
Sponsor: Rep. Lowey, Nita M. [D-NY-17]
Introduced: 2017-11-16 in the House
Policy area: Energy
Subjects: Appropriations
Government trust funds
Nuclear power
Public contracts and procurement
Radioactive wastes and releases
User charges and fees

Summary:
action_date: 2017-11-16
text: 

Removing Nuclear Waste from our Communities Act of 2017

 
This bill amends the Nuclear Waste Policy Act of 1982 to authorize the Department of Energy (DOE) to enter into new contracts (or modify existing contracts) with the licensee of an interim consolidated storage facility in order to take title to and store in it either high-level radioactive waste or spent nuclear fuel of domestic origin. 
 
The bill defines:
 
 
&quot;interim consolidated storage facility&quot; as a facility licensed by the Nuclear Regulatory Commission for the storage of high-level radioactive waste or spent nuclear fuel received from DOE or from two or more persons that generate or hold title to such fuel generated at a civilian nuclear power reactor, and 
 
&quot;high-level radioactive waste&quot; as including Greater than Class C waste. 
 
 
The bill assigns priority to storage of such waste and spent fuel located on sites without an operating nuclear reactor and with over 15 million residents within a 50-mile radius.
 
The bill makes appropriations targeted for the Nuclear Waste Fund available to pay for costs in connection with storage in an interim consolidated storage facility. 
 Beginning in FY2020 DOE shall not expend, on fees for dry modes of storage of high-level radioactive waste or spent nuclear fuel, any amounts exceeding the cumulative amount of interest generated by the fund each fiscal year.

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2017-11-17
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Energy.
action_date: 2017-11-16
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2017-11-16
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2017-11-16
text: Introduced in House
Urban Indian Health Parity Act

Bill: 115-hr-4443
Sponsor: Rep. Lujan, Ben Ray [D-NM-3]
Introduced: 2017-11-16 in the House
Policy area: Native Americans
Subjects: Indian social and development programs
Medicaid
Minority health
Social work, volunteer service, charitable organizations
Urban and suburban affairs and development

Summary:
action_date: 2017-11-16
text: 

Urban Indian Health Parity Act

 
This bill applies a Federal Medical Assistance Percentage (i.e., the federal matching rate under Medicaid) of 100% with respect to amounts expended as medical assistance for services received through an Urban Indian organization under a grant or contract with the Indian Health Service.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2017-11-17
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2017-11-16
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2017-11-16
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2017-11-16
text: Introduced in House