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Workforce Development Tax Credit Act of 2017

Bill: 115-hr-1190
Sponsor: Rep. Sewell, Terri A. [D-AL-7]
Introduced: 2017-02-16 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Employment and training programs
Income tax credits
Wages and earnings

Summary:
action_date: 2017-02-16
text: 

Workforce Development Tax Credit Act of 201

7

 
 This bill amends the Internal Revenue Code to allow a business-related tax credit for: (1) 50% of wages (up to $2,000) paid to an apprenticeship employee during an apprenticeship period, and (2) 40% of wages (up to $6,000) paid to such an employee during a post-apprenticeship period. The bill defines &quot;apprenticeship employee&quot; as any employee employed by an employer pursuant to an apprentice agreement registered with the Office of Apprenticeship of the Employment and Training Administration of the Department of Labor or a recognized state apprenticeship agency.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2017-02-16
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2017-02-16
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2017-02-16
text: Introduced in House
Child Soldier Prevention Act of 2017

Bill: 115-hr-1191
Sponsor: Rep. Smith, Christopher H. [R-NJ-4]
Introduced: 2017-02-16 in the House
Policy area: International Affairs
Subjects: Child safety and welfare
Conflicts and wars
Congressional oversight
Foreign aid and international relief
Human rights
Human trafficking
Law enforcement officers
Military assistance, sales, and agreements
Military education and training
Military personnel and dependents
Youth employment and child labor

Summary:
action_date: 2017-02-16
text: 

Child Soldier Prevention Act of 2017

 
This bill amends the Child Soldier Prevention Act of 2008 to prohibit assistance from being provided to, or licenses for direct commercial sales of military equipment issued to, the government of a country whose police or other security forces recruit and use child soldiers.
 
The Department of State shall include such countries in its annual trafficking in persons report.
 
Specified other reporting requirements are revised.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2017-02-16
text: Referred to the House Committee on Foreign Affairs.
action_date: 2017-02-16
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2017-02-16
text: Introduced in House
Dismemberment Abortion Ban Act of 2017

Bill: 115-hr-1192
Sponsor: Rep. Smith, Christopher H. [R-NJ-4]
Introduced: 2017-02-16 in the House
Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement
Subjects: Abortion
Civil actions and liability
Criminal investigation, prosecution, interrogation

Summary:
action_date: 2017-02-16
text: 

Dismemberment Abortion Ban Act of 2017

 
This bill amends the federal criminal code to prohibit a physician from knowingly performing a dismemberment abortion. It provides a definition of the term &quot;dismemberment abortion.&quot;
 
A physician who performs a dismemberment abortion is subject to a criminal fine, up to two years in prison, or both, unless the dismemberment abortion was necessary to save the mother's life.
 
 A woman or a parent of a minor who undergoes a dismemberment abortion may file a civil action for damages against an individual who violates this bill. 
 
The legislation bars the criminal prosecution of a woman who undergoes a dismemberment abortion for conspiracy to violate the provisions of this bill, for being a principal or an accessory after the fact, or for concealing a dismemberment abortion.



Legislative actions:
action_date: 2017-03-16
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, Homeland Security, and Investigations.
action_date: 2017-03-16
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on the Constitution and Civil Justice.
action_date: 2017-02-16
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2017-02-16
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2017-02-16
text: Introduced in House
Financial Literacy to Financial Freedom Act

Bill: 115-hr-1193
Sponsor: Rep. Trott, David A. [R-MI-11]
Introduced: 2017-02-16 in the House
Policy area: Education
Subjects: Financial literacy
Higher education
Student aid and college costs

Summary:
action_date: 2017-02-16
text: 

Financial Literacy to Financial Freedom Act

 
This bill amends title IV (Student Assistance) of the Higher Education Act of 1965 to modify loan counseling requirements for an institution of higher education (IHE) that participates in federal student aid programs.
 
Currently, an IHE must provide one-time entrance counseling to a student who is a first-time Direct Loan (DL) program borrower. This bill allows an IHE to require any student DL program borrower to complete additional counseling on the terms, conditions, and responsibilities of a loan at or prior to its disbursement.
 
Additionally, it requires an IHE to ensure that student and parent DL program borrowers annually accept a loan affirmatively prior to the first disbursement of such loan.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2017-02-16
text: Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce.
action_date: 2017-02-16
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2017-02-16
text: Introduced in House
Commission on the Social Status of Black Men and Boys Act

Bill: 115-hr-1194
Sponsor: Rep. Wilson, Frederica S. [D-FL-24]
Introduced: 2017-02-16 in the House
Policy area: Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues
Subjects: Academic performance and assessments
Child health
Commission on Civil Rights
Correctional facilities and imprisonment
Criminal investigation, prosecution, interrogation
Drug, alcohol, tobacco use
Elementary and secondary education
Executive agency funding and structure
Government studies and investigations
Health information and medical records
Higher education
Minority health
Poverty and welfare assistance
Racial and ethnic relations
Violent crime

Summary:
action_date: 2017-02-16
text: 

Commission on the Social Status of Black Men and Boys Act

 
This bill establishes the Commission on the Social Status of Black Men and Boys within the U.S. Commission on Civil Rights Office of the Staff Director to make a systematic study of the conditions affecting black men and boys.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2017-03-16
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on the Constitution and Civil Justice.
action_date: 2017-02-16
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2017-02-16
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2017-02-16
text: Introduced in House
Local Fishing Access Act

Bill: 115-hr-1195
Sponsor: Rep. Zeldin, Lee M. [R-NY-1]
Introduced: 2017-02-16 in the House
Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources
Subjects: Atlantic Ocean
Congressional oversight
Intergovernmental relations
Marine and coastal resources, fisheries
New York State
Rhode Island
State and local government operations

Summary:
action_date: 2017-02-16
text: 

Local Fishing Access Act 

 
This bill authorizes the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration to permit and regulate Atlantic striped bass fishing in the Block Island Sound Transit Zone. The transit zone is the area of federal waters within Block Island Sound, located between areas south of Montauk Point, New York, and Point Judith, Rhode Island.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2017-03-07
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Water, Power and Oceans.
action_date: 2017-02-16
text: Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.
action_date: 2017-02-16
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2017-02-16
text: Introduced in House
For the relief of Beloved Jefeti.

Bill: 115-hr-1197
Sponsor: Rep. Davis, Susan A. [D-CA-53]
Introduced: 2017-02-16 in the House
Subjects: Private Legislation

Summary:
action_date: 2017-02-16
text: Provides for the relief of Beloved Jefeti.

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2017-03-09
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration and Border Security.
action_date: 2017-02-16
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2017-02-16
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2017-02-16
text: Introduced in House
For the relief of Flavia Maboloc Cahoon.

Bill: 115-hr-1198
Sponsor: Rep. Davis, Susan A. [D-CA-53]
Introduced: 2017-02-16 in the House
Subjects: Private Legislation

Summary:
action_date: 2017-02-16
text: Provides for the relief of Flavia Maboloc Cahoon.

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2017-03-09
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration and Border Security.
action_date: 2017-02-16
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2017-02-16
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2017-02-16
text: Introduced in House
For the relief of Malachy McAllister, Nicola McAllister, and Sean Ryan McAllister.

Bill: 115-hr-1199
Sponsor: Rep. Pascrell, Bill, Jr. [D-NJ-9]
Introduced: 2017-02-16 in the House
Subjects: Private Legislation

Summary:
action_date: 2017-02-16
text: Provides for the relief of Malachy McAllister, Nicola McAllister, and Sean Ryan McAllister.

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2017-03-09
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration and Border Security.
action_date: 2017-02-16
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2017-02-16
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2017-02-16
text: Introduced in House
Collegiate Housing and Infrastructure Act of 2017

Bill: 115-hr-1200
Sponsor: Rep. Sessions, Pete [R-TX-32]
Introduced: 2017-02-17 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Education programs funding
Educational facilities and institutions
Higher education
Housing and community development funding
Social work, volunteer service, charitable organizations
Tax-exempt organizations

Summary:
action_date: 2017-02-17
text: 

Collegiate Housing and Infrastructure Act of 201

7

 
This bill amends the Internal Revenue Code to allow tax-exempt charitable or educational organizations to make collegiate housing and infrastructure grants to certain tax-exempt social clubs (e.g., college fraternities and sororities) which apply such grants to their collegiate housing property.
 
A &quot;collegiate housing and infrastructure grant&quot; is a grant to provide, improve, operate, or maintain collegiate housing property that may involve more than incidental social, recreational, or private purposes. The grant must be for purposes that would be permissible for a dormitory or other residential facility of the college or university with which the collegiate housing property is associated. The grant may not be used to provide physical fitness facilities. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2017-02-17
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2017-02-17
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2017-02-17
text: Introduced in House
EACH Act

Bill: 115-hr-1201
Sponsor: Rep. Davis, Rodney [R-IL-13]
Introduced: 2017-02-17 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Comprehensive health care
Health care costs and insurance
Health care coverage and access
Religion
Sales and excise taxes

Summary:
action_date: 2017-02-17
text: 

Equitable Access to Care and Health Act or the EACH Act

 
This bill amends the Internal Revenue Code to expand the religious conscience exemption under the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act to exempt individuals who rely solely on a religious method of healing and for whom the acceptance of medical health services would be inconsistent with their religious beliefs from the requirement to purchase and maintain minimum essential health care coverage. 

action_date: 2018-07-24
text: 

Equitable Access to Care and Health Act or the EACH Act

 
(Sec. 2) This bill amends the Internal Revenue Code to expand the religious conscience exemption under the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act to exempt individuals who rely solely on a religious method of healing and for whom the acceptance of medical health services would be inconsistent with their religious beliefs from the requirement to purchase and maintain minimum essential health care coverage. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2018-07-26
text: Read the second time. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 529.
action_date: 2018-07-25
text: Received in the Senate. Read the first time. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under Read the First Time.
action_date: 2018-07-24
text: Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
action_date: 2018-07-24
text: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by voice vote. (text: CR H7107-7108)
action_date: 2018-07-24
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 H7107-7108)
action_date: 2018-07-24
text: DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on H.R. 1201.
action_date: 2018-07-24
text: Considered under suspension of the rules. (consideration: CR H7107-7109)
action_date: 2018-07-24
text: Mr. Roskam moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended.
action_date: 2017-02-17
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2017-02-17
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2017-02-17
text: Introduced in House
Safe RESEARCH Act

Bill: 115-hr-1203
Sponsor: Rep. Sensenbrenner, F. James, Jr. [R-WI-5]
Introduced: 2017-02-17 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Abortion
Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Cell biology and embryology
Department of Health and Human Services
Medical research
Organ and tissue donation and transplantation
Research administration and funding

Summary:
action_date: 2017-02-17
text: 

Safe Responsible Ethical Scientific Endeavors Assuring Research for Compassionate Healthcare Act or the Safe RESEARCH Act

 
This bill amends the Public Health Service Act to prohibit the use of tissue from an induced abortion in research conducted or supported by the National Institutes of Health (NIH). Research with human fetal tissue or alternatives to human fetal tissue (e.g., stem cells) conducted or supported by the NIH must meet requirements currently applied only to research on the transplantation of human fetal tissue for therapeutic purposes, including requirements for the informed consent of the donor and researcher. Research conducted or supported by the NIH may use human fetal tissue only if the tissue was obtained in accordance with state law regulating anatomical gifts.
 
Currently, executive branch officials may not prohibit the NIH from conducting or supporting research on the transplantation of human fetal tissue for therapeutic purposes. The bill repeals that limitation on executive branch officials.
 
The bill repeals a requirement that the NIH fund certain proposals for research on the transplantation of human fetal tissue for therapeutic purposes.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2017-02-24
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2017-02-17
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2017-02-17
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2017-02-17
text: Introduced in House
Responsible Additions and Increases to Sustain Employee Health Benefits Act of 2017

Bill: 115-hr-1204
Sponsor: Rep. Stivers, Steve [R-OH-15]
Introduced: 2017-02-17 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Employee benefits and pensions
Health care costs and insurance
Income tax exclusion
Inflation and prices

Summary:
action_date: 2017-02-17
text: 

Responsible Additions and Increases to Sustain Employee Health Benefits Act of 201

7

 
This bill amends the Internal Revenue Code, with respect to the tax exclusion for distributions from health flexible spending arrangements provided under a cafeteria plan, to: (1) increase the annual limit on employee salary reduction contributions to $5,000, with an additional $500 for each additional employee dependent above two dependents that has not been taken into account by another person for the year; (2) revise the adjustment for inflation after 2017; and (3) allow a carryforward into the next year for unused amounts in such plans. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2017-02-17
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2017-02-17
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2017-02-17
text: Introduced in House
Social Security Fairness Act of 2017

Bill: 115-hr-1205
Sponsor: Rep. Davis, Rodney [R-IL-13]
Introduced: 2017-02-21 in the House
Policy area: Social Welfare
Subjects: Government employee pay, benefits, personnel management
Social security and elderly assistance

Summary:
action_date: 2017-02-21
text: 

Social Security Fairness Act of 2017

 
This bill amends title II (Old Age, Survivors, and Disability Insurance) (OASDI) of the Social Security Act to repeal the "government pension offset" and the "windfall elimination provision." Under current law, those provisions reduce OASDI benefits for individuals who receive a pension based on earnings in government employment that was not covered under the Social Security program.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2017-03-06
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Social Security.
action_date: 2017-02-21
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2017-02-21
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2017-02-21
text: Introduced in House
Reducing Barriers for Veterans Education Act of 2017

Bill: 115-hr-1206
Sponsor: Rep. Messer, Luke [R-IN-6]
Introduced: 2017-02-21 in the House
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Higher education
Student aid and college costs
Veterans' education, employment, rehabilitation

Summary:
action_date: 2017-02-21
text: 

Reducing Barriers for Veterans Education Act of 2017

 
This bill makes an individual who is eligible for educational assistance under the Post-9/11 Educational Assistance program eligible for assistance with the fees for applying to institutions of higher education (IHEs).
 
The amount of such assistance payable to an individual shall be the lesser of: (1) the total application fees charged to the individual by the IHEs, or (2) $750.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2018-04-11
text: Forwarded by Subcommittee to Full Committee by Voice Vote .
action_date: 2018-04-11
text: Subcommittee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
action_date: 2018-03-20
text: Committee Hearings Held.
action_date: 2017-03-06
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Economic Opportunity.
action_date: 2017-02-21
text: Referred to the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
action_date: 2017-02-21
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2017-02-21
text: Introduced in House
To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 122 W. Goodwin Street, Pleasanton, Texas, as the "Pleasanton Veterans Post Office".

Bill: 115-hr-1210
Sponsor: Rep. Cuellar, Henry [D-TX-28]
Introduced: 2017-02-21 in the House
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Subjects: Congressional tributes
Government buildings, facilities, and property
Postal service
Texas
Veterans' organizations and recognition

Summary:
action_date: 2017-02-21
text: Designates the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 122 W. Goodwin Street, Pleasanton, Texas, as the "Pleasanton Veterans Post Office."
action_date: 2018-12-21
text: 
Designates the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 122 W. Goodwin Street, Pleasanton, Texas, as the "Pleasanton Veterans Post Office."


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2018-12-21
text: Became Public Law No: 115-340.
action_date: 2018-12-21
text: Became Public Law No: 115-340.
action_date: 2018-12-21
text: Signed by President.
action_date: 2018-12-21
text: Signed by President.
action_date: 2018-12-21
text: Presented to President.
action_date: 2018-12-21
text: Presented to President.
action_date: 2018-12-13
text: Message on Senate action sent to the House.
action_date: 2018-12-12
text: Passed Senate without amendment by Unanimous Consent. (consideration: CR S7528)
action_date: 2018-12-12
text: Passed/agreed to in Senate: Passed Senate without amendment by Unanimous Consent.(consideration: CR S7528)
action_date: 2018-12-03
text: Received in the Senate, read twice.
action_date: 2018-11-29
text: Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
action_date: 2018-11-29
text: On passage Passed without objection. (text: CR H9726)
action_date: 2018-11-29
text: Passed/agreed to in House: On passage Passed without objection.(text: CR H9726)
action_date: 2018-11-29
text: Considered by unanimous consent. (consideration: CR H9726)
action_date: 2018-11-29
text: Committee on Oversight and Government discharged.
action_date: 2018-11-29
text: Committee on Oversight and Government discharged.
action_date: 2018-11-29
text: Mr. Comer asked unanimous consent to discharge from committee and consider.
action_date: 2017-09-13
text: Ordered to be Reported by Unanimous Consent.
action_date: 2017-09-13
text: Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
action_date: 2017-02-21
text: Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform.
action_date: 2017-02-21
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2017-02-21
text: Introduced in House

Enacted as: number: 115-340
To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 400 N. Main Street, Encinal, Texas, as the "Encinal Veterans Post Office".

Bill: 115-hr-1211
Sponsor: Rep. Cuellar, Henry [D-TX-28]
Introduced: 2017-02-21 in the House
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Subjects: Congressional tributes
Government buildings, facilities, and property
Postal service
Texas
Veterans' organizations and recognition

Summary:
action_date: 2017-02-21
text: Designates the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 400 N. Main Street, Encinal, Texas, as the "Encinal Veterans Post Office."
action_date: 2018-12-21
text: 
Designates the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 400 N. Main Street, Encinal, Texas, as the "Encinal Veterans Post Office."


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2018-12-21
text: Became Public Law No: 115-341.
action_date: 2018-12-21
text: Became Public Law No: 115-341.
action_date: 2018-12-21
text: Signed by President.
action_date: 2018-12-21
text: Signed by President.
action_date: 2018-12-21
text: Presented to President.
action_date: 2018-12-21
text: Presented to President.
action_date: 2018-12-13
text: Message on Senate action sent to the House.
action_date: 2018-12-12
text: Passed Senate without amendment by Unanimous Consent. (consideration: CR S7528)
action_date: 2018-12-12
text: Passed/agreed to in Senate: Passed Senate without amendment by Unanimous Consent.(consideration: CR S7528)
action_date: 2018-12-03
text: Received in the Senate, read twice.
action_date: 2018-11-29
text: Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
action_date: 2018-11-29
text: On passage Passed without objection. (text: CR H9726)
action_date: 2018-11-29
text: Passed/agreed to in House: On passage Passed without objection.(text: CR H9726)
action_date: 2018-11-29
text: Considered by unanimous consent. (consideration: CR H9726)
action_date: 2018-11-29
text: Committee on Oversight and Government discharged.
action_date: 2018-11-29
text: Committee on Oversight and Government discharged.
action_date: 2018-11-29
text: Mr. Comer asked unanimous consent to discharge from committee and consider.
action_date: 2017-09-13
text: Ordered to be Reported by Unanimous Consent.
action_date: 2017-09-13
text: Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
action_date: 2017-02-21
text: Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform.
action_date: 2017-02-21
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2017-02-21
text: Introduced in House

Enacted as: number: 115-341