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Individual Health Insurance Marketplace Improvement Act

Bill: 115-hr-3311
Sponsor: Rep. Langevin, James R. [D-RI-2]
Introduced: 2017-07-19 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Appropriations
Congressional oversight
Government information and archives
Health care costs and insurance
Health care coverage and access
Health programs administration and funding
Income tax credits
Medicaid
Medicare
Social work, volunteer service, charitable organizations

Summary:
action_date: 2017-07-19
text: 

Individual Health Insurance Marketplace Improvement Act

 
This bill establishes and provides funds for an individual market stabilization reinsurance program to be administered in each state by the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS). Under the program, HHS shall make reinsurance payments to health insurance issuers with respect to high-cost individuals enrolled in certain qualified health plans offered by the issuers.
 
HHS shall award grants to states or nonprofit community-based organizations to raise awareness of, and encourage enrollment in, qualified health plans. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2017-07-19
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: 2017-07-19
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: 2017-07-19
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2017-07-19
text: Introduced in House
Prioritize Housing for Homeless Veterans Act of 2017

Bill: 115-hr-3313
Sponsor: Rep. Meadows, Mark [R-NC-11]
Introduced: 2017-07-19 in the House
Policy area: Housing and Community Development
Subjects: Drug, alcohol, tobacco use
Housing supply and affordability
Low- and moderate-income housing
Mental health
Public housing
Veterans' loans, housing, homeless programs

Summary:
action_date: 2017-07-19
text: 

Prioritize Housing for Homeless Veterans Act of 201
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This bill requires the Department of Housing and Urban Development, in making certain Veterans Affairs-Supported Housing program funds available among public-housing agencies (PHAs) for rental voucher assistance for homeless veterans who have chronic mental illnesses or chronic substance-use disorders, to: (1) consider, together with current factors, the extent of availability in the areas served by PHAs of housing that is affordable to low-income families; and (2) give priority to metropolitan areas having an efficiency fair-market rent that has increased by more than 10% over the most recent five-year period for which such information is available.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2017-07-19
text: Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services.
action_date: 2017-07-19
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2017-07-19
text: Introduced in House
Protecting Consumer Access to Vision Care Act of 2017

Bill: 115-hr-3315
Sponsor: Rep. Renacci, James B. [R-OH-16]
Introduced: 2017-07-19 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Health care costs and insurance
Health care coverage and access
Hearing, speech, and vision care

Summary:
action_date: 2017-07-19
text: 

Protecting Consumer Access to Vision Care Act of 2017

 This bill amends the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act to exclude premiums for limited scope vision benefits from health insurance premiums for purposes of the annual fee on health insurers, which is calculated based on an insurer's share of total nationwide health insurance premiums.

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2017-07-19
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: 2017-07-19
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: 2017-07-19
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2017-07-19
text: Introduced in House
Code Like a Girl Act

Bill: 115-hr-3316
Sponsor: Rep. Rosen, Jacky [D-NV-3]
Introduced: 2017-07-19 in the House
Policy area: Science, Technology, Communications
Subjects: Computers and information technology
Education programs funding
Elementary and secondary education
Government information and archives
Higher education
Research administration and funding
Science and engineering education
Teaching, teachers, curricula
Women's education

Summary:
action_date: 2017-07-19
text: 

Code Like a Girl Act

 
This bill directs the National Science Foundation (NSF) to award competitive grants to institutions of higher education, local educational agencies, or nonprofit organizations to accelerate research efforts to increase understanding of the factors that contribute to the willingness or unwillingness of girls under the age of 11 to participate in STEM (science, technology, engineering, and mathematics, including computer science) activities. 
 
The NSF shall also award competitive grants to such institutions and organizations to enter into partnerships with local educational agencies to develop and evaluate interventions in pre-K and elementary school classrooms that seek to increase participation by such girls in computer science activities. The NSF must: (1) ensure that the materials developed under a program that are demonstrated as being effective in achieving grant goals are made available free of charge to the public on an Internet website, (2) convene an annual meeting of participating partnerships to foster greater national collaboration, and (3) furnish such partnerships with technical assistance in meeting grant program requirements. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2017-07-20
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR H6046)
action_date: 2017-07-19
text: Referred to the Committee on Science, Space, and Technology, and in addition to the Committee on Education and the Workforce, 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: 2017-07-19
text: Referred to the Committee on Science, Space, and Technology, and in addition to the Committee on Education and the Workforce, 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: 2017-07-19
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2017-07-19
text: Introduced in House
SAFE Act of 2017

Bill: 115-hr-3317
Sponsor: Rep. Trott, David A. [R-MI-11]
Introduced: 2017-07-19 in the House
Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement
Subjects: Crimes against women
Criminal investigation, prosecution, interrogation
Criminal procedure and sentencing
Health personnel
Sex and reproductive health
State and local government operations
Surgery and anesthesia
Teaching, teachers, curricula
Women's health

Summary:
action_date: 2017-07-19
text: 

Stopping Abusive Female Exploitation Act or the SAFE Act

 
This bill amends the federal criminal code to increase from 5 to 15 years the maximum prison term for an individual who is convicted of female genital mutilation. 

action_date: 2017-12-05
text: 

Stopping Abusive Female Exploitation Act of 2017 or the SAFE Act of 2017

 
(Sec. 2) This bill amends the federal criminal code to increase from 5 to 15 years the maximum prison term for an individual who is convicted of female genital mutilation. 
 
(Sec. 3) It expresses the sense of Congress that states should have in place laws that require health care professionals, teachers, and other school employees to report to local law enforcement agencies any instance of suspected female genital mutilation. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2017-12-06
text: Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2017-12-05
text: Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
action_date: 2017-12-05
text: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by the Yeas and Nays: (2/3 required): 409 - 0 (Roll no. 656). (text: CR H9637)
action_date: 2017-12-05
text: Passed/agreed to in House: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by the Yeas and Nays: (2/3 required): 409 - 0 (Roll no. 656).(text: CR H9637)
action_date: 2017-12-05
text: Considered as unfinished business. (consideration: CR H9640)
action_date: 2017-12-05
text: At the conclusion of debate, the Yeas and Nays were demanded and ordered. Pursuant to the provisions of clause 8, rule XX, the Chair announced that further proceedings on the motion would be postponed.
action_date: 2017-12-05
text: DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on H.R. 3317.
action_date: 2017-12-05
text: Considered under suspension of the rules. (consideration: CR H9637-9639)
action_date: 2017-12-05
text: Mr. Rutherford moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended.
action_date: 2017-11-02
text: Ordered to be Reported by Voice Vote.
action_date: 2017-11-02
text: Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
action_date: 2017-08-17
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, Homeland Security, and Investigations.
action_date: 2017-07-19
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2017-07-19
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2017-07-19
text: Introduced in House
To amend title 36, United States Code.

Bill: 115-hr-3318
Sponsor: Rep. Turner, Michael R. [R-OH-10]
Introduced: 2017-07-19 in the House
Policy area: Transportation and Public Works
Subjects: Aviation and airports
Museums, exhibitions, cultural centers
Ohio

Summary:
action_date: 2017-07-19
text: 
This bill eliminates the requirement that the principal office of the Aviation Hall of Fame be located in Dayton, Ohio, but retains the requirement that the office be located in Ohio.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2017-08-17
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration and Border Security.
action_date: 2017-07-19
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2017-07-19
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2017-07-19
text: Introduced in House
More for Veterans Act

Bill: 115-hr-3319
Sponsor: Rep. Veasey, Marc A. [D-TX-33]
Introduced: 2017-07-19 in the House
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Employee benefits and pensions
Military personnel and dependents
National Guard and reserves

Summary:
action_date: 2017-07-19
text: 

More for Veterans Act

 
This bill directs the Department of Defense (DOD) to ensure that retired and honorably discharged members of the Armed Forces, including members medically discharged, separated, or on the temporary disability retirement list, and their immediate family remain eligible for Military OneSource Program services for at least one year after the end of the member's tour of service, retirement date, or separation date.
 
(Military OneSource is a DOD-funded program that provides comprehensive information on aspects of military life at no cost to active duty National Guard and Reserve Component members and their families.) 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2017-08-21
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Military Personnel.
action_date: 2017-07-19
text: Referred to the House Committee on Armed Services.
action_date: 2017-07-19
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2017-07-19
text: Introduced in House
To direct the Secretary of State to develop a strategy to regain observer status for Taiwan in the World Health Organization, and for other purposes.

Bill: 115-hr-3320
Sponsor: Rep. Yoho, Ted S. [R-FL-3]
Introduced: 2017-07-19 in the House
Policy area: International Affairs
Subjects: Asia
International organizations and cooperation
Taiwan
World health

Summary:
action_date: 2017-07-19
text: 
This bill requires the annual reports submitted by the Department of State to Congress concerning the U.S. plan to endorse and obtain observer status for Taiwan at the annual summit of the World Health Assembly (WHA) held by the World Health Organization in Geneva, Switzerland, to include an account of the changes and improvements that the State Department has made to such plan following any annual meetings of the WHA at which Taiwan did not obtain such status. 

action_date: 2018-01-09
text: 
 (Sec. 1) This bill requires the annual reports submitted by the Department of State to Congress concerning the U.S. plan to endorse and obtain observer status for Taiwan at the annual summit of the World Health Assembly (WHA) held by the World Health Organization in Geneva, Switzerland, to include an account of the changes and improvements that the State Department has made to such plan following any annual meetings of the WHA at which Taiwan did not obtain such status. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2018-01-10
text: Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations.
action_date: 2018-01-09
text: Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
action_date: 2018-01-09
text: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill Agreed to by voice vote. (text: CR H59-60)
action_date: 2018-01-09
text: Passed/agreed to in House: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill Agreed to by voice vote.(text: CR H59-60)
action_date: 2018-01-09
text: DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on H.R. 3320.
action_date: 2018-01-09
text: Considered under suspension of the rules. (consideration: CR H59-62)
action_date: 2018-01-09
text: Mr. Royce (CA) moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill.
action_date: 2017-09-28
text: Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
action_date: 2017-09-28
text: Ordered to be Reported by Voice Vote.
action_date: 2017-07-27
text: Forwarded by Subcommittee to Full Committee by Voice Vote .
action_date: 2017-07-27
text: Subcommittee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
action_date: 2017-07-20
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Asia and the Pacific.
action_date: 2017-07-19
text: Referred to the House Committee on Foreign Affairs.
action_date: 2017-07-19
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2017-07-19
text: Introduced in House
National Strategy for Combating Terrorist, Underground, and Other Illicit Financing Act

Bill: 115-hr-3321
Sponsor: Rep. Budd, Ted [R-NC-13]
Introduced: 2017-07-20 in the House
Policy area: Finance and Financial Sector
Subjects: Banking and financial institutions regulation
Congressional oversight
Criminal investigation, prosecution, interrogation
Foreign and international banking
Fraud offenses and financial crimes
Intergovernmental relations
International organizations and cooperation
Terrorism

Summary:
action_date: 2017-07-20
text: 

National Strategy for Combating Terrorist, Underground, and Other Illicit Financing Act

 
This bill directs the Department of the Treasury to develop a national strategy to combat the financing of terrorism and related forms of illicit finance.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2017-07-20
text: Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services.
action_date: 2017-07-20
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2017-07-20
text: Introduced in House
Smoke Free Affordable Housing Act

Bill: 115-hr-3322
Sponsor: Rep. Hartzler, Vicky [R-MO-4]
Introduced: 2017-07-20 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Drug, alcohol, tobacco use
Income tax credits
Low- and moderate-income housing
State and local government operations

Summary:
action_date: 2017-07-20
text: 

Smoke Free Affordable Housing Act 

 
This bill amends the Internal Revenue Code, with respect to the low-income housing tax credit, to require state allocation plans to include a preference for allocating dollar amounts of the credit to projects consisting only of buildings in which smoking is not permitted.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2017-07-20
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2017-07-20
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2017-07-20
text: Introduced in House
Nutrition Education Act

Bill: 115-hr-3323
Sponsor: Rep. Cartwright, Matt [D-PA-17]
Introduced: 2017-07-20 in the House
Policy area: Agriculture and Food
Subjects: Child health
Elementary and secondary education
Health promotion and preventive care
Nutrition and diet
Teaching, teachers, curricula

Summary:
action_date: 2017-07-20
text: 

Nutrition Education Act

 
This bill amends the Richard B. Russell National School Lunch Act to require a local educational agency that participates in a school lunch or breakfast program to require each student to receive 50 hours of nutrition education per school year. Such instruction must be consistent with applicable school meal program requirements as well as meet certain other standards with respect to content and delivery.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2017-07-20
text: Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce.
action_date: 2017-07-20
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2017-07-20
text: Introduced in House
KIWI Act

Bill: 115-hr-3324
Sponsor: Rep. Issa, Darrell E. [R-CA-49]
Introduced: 2017-07-20 in the House
Policy area: Immigration
Subjects: Immigration status and procedures
New Zealand
Oceania
U.S. and foreign investments
Visas and passports

Summary:
action_date: 2017-07-20
text: 

Knowledgeable Innovators and Worthy Investors Act or the KIWI Act

 
 This bill makes New Zealand nationals eligible to enter the United States as nonimmigrant traders and investors as provided for under the Immigration and Nationality Act if New Zealand provides reciprocal nonimmigrant treatment to U.S. nationals.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2017-08-23
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration and Border Security.
action_date: 2017-07-20
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2017-07-20
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2017-07-20
text: Introduced in House
ACE Kids Act

Bill: 115-hr-3325
Sponsor: Rep. Barton, Joe [R-TX-6]
Introduced: 2017-07-20 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Cancer
Child health
Congressional oversight
Drug, alcohol, tobacco use
Health care costs and insurance
Health care coverage and access
Health care quality
Health information and medical records
Hospital care
Medicaid
Medical research
Mental health
State and local government operations

Summary:
action_date: 2017-07-20
text: 

Advancing Care for Exceptional Kids Act or the ACE Kids Act

 
This bill amends title XIX (Medicaid) of the Social Security Act to establish a state Medicaid option to provide for medical assistance with respect to coordinated care provided through a health home (i.e., a designated provider or team of health-care professionals) for children with medically complex conditions. A state shall make payments for such health-home services regardless of whether they are provided through a fee-for-service or managed-care system. For an initial period of eight fiscal-year quarters, the federal matching rate applicable to such payments shall be increased by 20 percentage points, not to exceed 90%. 
 
A state that exercises this option shall specify its methodology for determining payment and evaluating quality of care, in accordance with requirements established by the bill. In addition, the state must meet specified requirements regarding hospital referrals, out-of-state providers, education and outreach, data collection, and reporting.
 
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services must issue guidance on best practices for using out-of-state providers to provide care to children with medically complex conditions.
 
The Medicaid and Children's Health Insurance Program (CHIP) Payment and Access Commission must report to Congress and to the Department of Health and Human Services on specified matters related to children with medically complex conditions.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2018-09-13
text: Ordered to be Reported (Amended) by Voice Vote.
action_date: 2018-09-13
text: Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
action_date: 2018-09-07
text: Forwarded by Subcommittee to Full Committee (Amended) by Voice Vote .
action_date: 2018-09-07
text: Subcommittee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
action_date: 2017-07-21
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2017-07-20
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2017-07-20
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2017-07-20
text: Introduced in House
Jack Alderson Toxic Exposure Declassification Act

Bill: 115-hr-3327
Sponsor: Rep. Thompson, Mike [D-CA-5]
Introduced: 2017-07-20 in the House
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Disability and paralysis
Hazardous wastes and toxic substances
Intelligence activities, surveillance, classified information
Medical tests and diagnostic methods
Military personnel and dependents

Summary:
action_date: 2017-07-20
text: 

Jack Alderson Toxic Exposure Declassification Act

 
This bill directs the Department of Defense (DOD) to declassify documents related to any known incident in which not fewer than 100 members of the Armed Forces were exposed to a toxic substance that resulted in at least one case of a disability that a member of the medical profession has determined is associated with that substance. DOD may decline to declassify such documents if it determines that declassification would materially and immediately threaten U.S. security.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2017-08-21
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Emerging Threats and Capabilities.
action_date: 2017-07-20
text: Referred to the House Committee on Armed Services.
action_date: 2017-07-20
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2017-07-20
text: Introduced in House
Ensuring Quality in the Unemployment Insurance Program (EQUIP) Act

Bill: 115-hr-3330
Sponsor: Rep. Carter, Earl L. "Buddy" [R-GA-1]
Introduced: 2017-07-20 in the House
Policy area: Labor and Employment
Subjects: Drug, alcohol, tobacco use
Medical tests and diagnostic methods
Unemployment

Summary:
action_date: 2017-07-20
text: 

Ensuring Quality in the Unemployment Insurance Program (EQUIP) Act 

 
This bill allows states to enact unemployment compensation laws that require an applicant for unemployment compensation, before receiving any such compensation, to: (1) complete a substance abuse risk assessment, and (2) test negative for controlled substances within one week after the results of such assessment if determined to be high-risk. It prescribes retesting requirements and payment suspensions for applicants who test positive.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2017-07-20
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: 2017-07-20
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: 2017-07-20
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2017-07-20
text: Introduced in House