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Cecil D. Andrus-White Clouds Wilderness Redesignation Act

Bill: 115-hr-4134
Sponsor: Rep. Simpson, Michael K. [R-ID-2]
Introduced: 2017-10-25 in the House
Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources
Subjects: Congressional tributes
Forests, forestry, trees
Idaho
Wilderness and natural areas, wildlife refuges, wild rivers, habitats

Summary:
action_date: 2017-10-25
text: 

Cecil D. Andrus-White Clouds Wilderness Redesignation Act

 
This bill amends the Sawtooth National Recreation Area and Jerry Peak Wilderness Additions Act to redesignate the White Clouds Wilderness in the Sawtooth and Challis National Forests in Idaho as the &quot;Cecil D. Andrus-White Clouds Wilderness&quot; in honor of Cecil D. Andrus, a former governor of Idaho and Secretary of the Interior. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2018-02-26
text: Placed on the House Calendar, Calendar No. 127.
action_date: 2018-02-26
text: Reported by the Committee on Natural Resources. H. Rept. 115-581.
action_date: 2018-02-26
text: Reported by the Committee on Natural Resources. H. Rept. 115-581.
action_date: 2018-02-14
text: Ordered to be Reported by Unanimous Consent.
action_date: 2018-02-14
text: Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
action_date: 2018-02-14
text: Subcommittee on Federal Lands Discharged.
action_date: 2017-10-31
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Federal Lands.
action_date: 2017-10-25
text: Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.
action_date: 2017-10-25
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2017-10-25
text: Introduced in House
Upward Mobility Enhancement Act

Bill: 115-hr-4135
Sponsor: Rep. Smith, Jason [R-MO-8]
Introduced: 2017-10-25 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Employee benefits and pensions
Income tax exclusion
Inflation and prices
Student aid and college costs

Summary:
action_date: 2017-10-25
text: 

Upward Mobility Enhancement Act 

 
This bill amends the Internal Revenue Code, with respect to the exclusion for educational assistance programs, to increase the maximum amount of employer-provided educational assistance that may be excluded from the gross income of an employee. 
 
The bill: (1) specifies that the exclusion applies only to the first $11,500 of educational assistance furnished to an individual during a calendar year, in the case of assistance for education below the graduate level; and (2) requires the dollar amount to be adjusted for inflation after 2017. 
 
(Under current law, the exclusion applies only to the first $5,250 of educational assistance furnished to an individual during a calendar year and is not adjusted for inflation.)


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2017-10-25
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2017-10-25
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2017-10-25
text: Introduced in House
Strengthening Medicare Intensive Cardiac Rehabilitation Programs Act

Bill: 115-hr-4136
Sponsor: Rep. Smith, Jason [R-MO-8]
Introduced: 2017-10-25 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Cardiovascular and respiratory health
Long-term, rehabilitative, and terminal care
Medical research
Medicare

Summary:
action_date: 2017-10-25
text: 

Strengthening Medicare Intensive Cardiac Rehabilitation Programs Act

 
This bill amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act to revise requirements related the approval of intensive cardiac rehabilitation programs by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) for purposes of Medicare coverage.
 
To be approved by the CMS as an intensive cardiac rehabilitation program under current law, a program must show that it: (1) positively affected the progression of coronary heart disease or reduced the need for either coronary bypass surgery or percutaneous coronary interventions, and (2) accomplished a significant reduction in other specified health measures. The bill instead requires a program to show that it: (1) reversed the progression of coronary heart disease or reduced the need for coronary bypass surgery; and (2) accomplished, in addition to a significant reduction in other specified health measures, a significant increase in the measure of blood flow to the heart. The bill further requires a program to show, using research specific to its own program, that these measures were accomplished by lifestyle changes alone.
 
The bill removes the specific requirement that such a program be "physician-supervised" but retains other existing requirements for program supervision.
 
A program that was previously approved by the CMS as an intensive cardiac rehabilitation program shall be deemed to have met these requirements.
 
To be eligible for an intensive cardiac rehabilitation program under current law, an individual must have had one of several specified conditions or interventions. The bill adds to the list of qualifying conditions: (1) stable, chronic heart failure; and (2) any additional condition that the CMS determines shall be covered under such a program.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2017-10-27
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2017-10-25
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: 2017-10-25
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: 2017-10-25
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2017-10-25
text: Introduced in House
Renewable Electricity Tax Credit Equalization Act

Bill: 115-hr-4137
Sponsor: Rep. Stefanik, Elise M. [R-NY-21]
Introduced: 2017-10-25 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Alternative and renewable resources
Business investment and capital
Electric power generation and transmission
Income tax credits
Marine and coastal resources, fisheries
Solid waste and recycling

Summary:
action_date: 2017-10-25
text: 

Renewable Electricity Tax Credit Equalization Act 

 
This bill amends the Internal Revenue Code, with respect to the tax credits for investments in energy property and for electricity produced from certain renewable resources, to extend both credits for the following facilities placed in service after 2008 with construction that begins before January 1, 2022: 
 
 
 closed-loop biomass, 
 
 open-loop biomass, 
 
 geothermal, 
 
 landfill gas, 
 
 trash facilities, 
 
 qualified hydropower facilities, and 
 
 marine and hydrokinetic renewable energy facilities. 
 
 
The bill also includes a phase-out schedule that reduces the amounts of the credits by specified amounts that increase for facilities that are constructed or placed in service later. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2017-10-25
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2017-10-25
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2017-10-25
text: Introduced in House
Medicare Drug Price Negotiation Act

Bill: 115-hr-4138
Sponsor: Rep. Cummings, Elijah E. [D-MD-7]
Introduced: 2017-10-26 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Congressional oversight
Government information and archives
Government studies and investigations
Health care costs and insurance
Inflation and prices
Medicaid
Medicare
Prescription drugs
Public contracts and procurement
Retail and wholesale trades

Summary:
action_date: 2017-10-26
text: 

Medicare Drug Price Negotiation Act

 
This bill makes a series of changes relating to the prices of prescription drugs under the Medicare prescription drug benefit and Medicare Advantage prescription drug plans, including requirements relating to rebates for low-income individuals and drug price negotiations.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2017-10-27
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2017-10-26
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: 2017-10-26
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: 2017-10-26
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2017-10-26
text: Introduced in House
No Unconstitutional Strike against North Korea Act

Bill: 115-hr-4140
Sponsor: Rep. Conyers, John, Jr. [D-MI-13]
Introduced: 2017-10-26 in the House
Policy area: International Affairs
Subjects: Alliances
Appropriations
Arms control and nonproliferation
Asia
Congressional oversight
Defense spending
Department of Defense
Diplomacy, foreign officials, Americans abroad
Executive agency funding and structure
Japan
Military operations and strategy
Military personnel and dependents
North Korea
Nuclear weapons
Presidents and presidential powers, Vice Presidents
South Korea
War and emergency powers

Summary:
action_date: 2017-10-26
text: 

No Unconstitutional Strike against North Korea Act

 
This bill expresses the sense of Congress that: (1) a conflict on the Korean peninsula would have catastrophic consequences; (2) actions and statements that increase tensions between the United States and North Korea should be avoided; and (3) the President should engage in talks with North Korea to reduce tensions and improve communication, initiate negotiations to achieve a diplomatic agreement to halt and eventually reverse North Korea's nuclear pursuits, and move toward denuclearization and a permanent peace in the Korean peninsula.
 
Funds available to the Department of Defense or to any other federal department or agency may not be used to launch a military strike against North Korea or otherwise introduce U.S. Armed Forces into hostilities in North Korea before the earlier of: (1) the date on which Congress declares war on North Korea, or (2) the date of an authorization that meets the requirements of the War Powers Resolution and that is enacted after the enactment of this bill. Such prohibition shall not apply to military force used to: (1) repel a sudden attack on the United States, its territories or possessions, its Armed Forces, or its allies; or (2) rescue or remove U. S. personnel.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2017-10-26
text: Referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs, and in addition to the Committee on Armed Services, 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: 2017-10-26
text: Referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs, and in addition to the Committee on Armed Services, 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: 2017-10-26
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2017-10-26
text: Introduced in House
Selective Service Modernization Act of 2017

Bill: 115-hr-4141
Sponsor: Rep. Jackson Lee, Sheila [D-TX-18]
Introduced: 2017-10-26 in the House
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Criminal procedure and sentencing
Disability assistance
Government information and archives
Military personnel and dependents
Personnel records
Poverty and welfare assistance

Summary:
action_date: 2017-10-26
text: 

Selective Service Modernization Act of 2017

 
This bill amends the Military Selective Service Act to: (1) direct the President to ensure that the records of persons registered under such Act are periodically updated to exclude persons no longer subject to induction into the Armed Forces; and (2) in the case of the induction of a person convicted of other than a crime of violence, expunge the conviction and commute the sentence to time served.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2017-11-17
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, Homeland Security, and Investigations.
action_date: 2017-11-16
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Military Personnel.
action_date: 2017-10-26
text: Referred to the Committee on Armed Services, and in addition to the Committee on 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: 2017-10-26
text: Referred to the Committee on Armed Services, and in addition to the Committee on 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: 2017-10-26
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2017-10-26
text: Introduced in House
Dialysis PATIENTS Demonstration Act of 2017

Bill: 115-hr-4143
Sponsor: Rep. Smith, Jason [R-MO-8]
Introduced: 2017-10-26 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Digestive and metabolic diseases
Government information and archives
Health care costs and insurance
Health care coverage and access
Health care quality
Health information and medical records
Health promotion and preventive care
Hospital care
Medicaid
Medicare
Organ and tissue donation and transplantation
Prescription drugs

Summary:
action_date: 2017-10-26
text: 

Dialysis Patient Access to Integrated-care, Empowerment, Nephrologists, Treatment, and Services Demonstration Act of 2017 or the Dialysis PATIENTS Demonstration Act of 2017

 
This bill establishes a demonstration program for the provision of integrated care to Medicare beneficiaries with end-stage renal disease (ESRD). 
 
Under the voluntary program, eligible participating providers may form organizations to offer ESRD integrated care models and serve as medical homes for program-eligible beneficiaries. Such a model: (1) shall cover medical and hospital services, other than hospice care, under Medicare; (2) must include benefits for transition into transplantation, palliative care, or hospice; and (3) may cover prescription drug benefits. An organization must offer at least one open network model but may also offer one or more preferred network models.
 
An organization shall return savings achieved under the models to program-eligible beneficiaries.
 
A beneficiary shall have the opportunity to: (1) opt out of the program, (2) make an assignment change into an open network model offered by a different organization, or (3) elect a preferred network model.
 
The bill establishes requirements regarding: (1) benefits for program-eligible beneficiaries who are also eligible for Medicaid benefits, (2) program quality and reporting, (2) ESRD integrated care strategy, (3) program operation and scope, (4) beneficiary notification, and (5) payment.
 
The Medicare Payment Advisory Commission must, before 2025, submit to Congress an interim report on the program.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2017-10-27
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2017-10-26
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: 2017-10-26
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: 2017-10-26
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2017-10-26
text: Introduced in House
Port Drivers' Bill of Rights Act of 2017

Bill: 115-hr-4144
Sponsor: Rep. Napolitano, Grace F. [D-CA-32]
Introduced: 2017-10-26 in the House
Policy area: Transportation and Public Works
Subjects: Aviation and airports
Employee hiring
Government information and archives
Licensing and registrations
Motor vehicles
Personnel records
State and local government operations
Transportation employees

Summary:
action_date: 2017-10-26
text: 

Port Drivers' Bill of Rights Act of 2017

 
This bill requires the Department of Transportation to establish a Truck Leasing Task Force to examine lease-to-own agreements entered into by commercial truck drivers. The task force must focus on: (1) the operation of agreements that drayage drivers have entered into, and (2) such agreements at the Port of Los Angeles and the Port of Long Beach. 

 
Additionally, the task force must create and submit a report to Congress on its findings.



Legislative actions:
action_date: 2017-10-27
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Highways and Transit.
action_date: 2017-10-26
text: Referred to the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.
action_date: 2017-10-26
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2017-10-26
text: Introduced in House
Protect Victims of Crime Act

Bill: 115-hr-4145
Sponsor: Rep. Brownley, Julia [D-CA-26]
Introduced: 2017-10-26 in the House
Policy area: Immigration
Subjects: Crime victims
Immigration status and procedures
Visas and passports

Summary:
action_date: 2017-10-26
text: 

Protect Victims of Crime Act

 
This bill amends the Immigration and Nationality Act to increase from 10,000 to 40,000 the number of U visas that may be issued in a fiscal year.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2017-11-17
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration and Border Security.
action_date: 2017-10-26
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2017-10-26
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2017-10-26
text: Introduced in House
Disabled Veterans Life Insurance Act of 2017

Bill: 115-hr-4146
Sponsor: Rep. Pearce, Stevan [R-NM-2]
Introduced: 2017-10-26 in the House
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Disability and paralysis
Life, casualty, property insurance
Veterans' pensions and compensation

Summary:
action_date: 2017-10-26
text: 

Disabled Veterans Life Insurance Act of 2017

 
This bill amends the service-disabled veterans life insurance program, including by extending the filling and enrollment eligibility date from 2 years to 10 years after the Department of Veterans Affairs determines that a disability is service-connected. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2017-10-26
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Disability Assistance and Memorial Affairs.
action_date: 2017-10-26
text: Referred to the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
action_date: 2017-10-26
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2017-10-26
text: Introduced in House
Clean Ports Act of 2017

Bill: 115-hr-4147
Sponsor: Rep. Nadler, Jerrold [D-NY-10]
Introduced: 2017-10-26 in the House
Policy area: Transportation and Public Works
Subjects: Air quality
Federal preemption
Intergovernmental relations
Marine and inland water transportation
Motor carriers
Navigation, waterways, harbors
Roads and highways
State and local government operations
Transportation costs
Transportation safety and security
Water quality

Summary:
action_date: 2017-10-26
text: 

Clean Ports Act of 2017
 
 
This bill declares that federal preemption of laws relating to a price, route, or service of any motor carrier of property shall not apply to the authority of a state or local government or an interstate authority to adopt requirements for motor carriers providing services at port facilities that are reasonably related to the reduction of pollution or traffic congestion, the improvement of highway safety, or the efficient utilization of the facilities, provided adoption or enforcement of such requirements does not conflict with federal law.
 
Nothing in this bill shall limit the rights reserved to any state or political subdivision of a state under the Clean Air Act.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2017-10-27
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Water Resources and Environment.
action_date: 2017-10-27
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Highways and Transit.
action_date: 2017-10-27
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Coast Guard and Maritime Transportation.
action_date: 2017-10-26
text: Referred to the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.
action_date: 2017-10-26
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2017-10-26
text: Introduced in House
Small Business Disaster Relief Act of 2017

Bill: 115-hr-4148
Sponsor: Rep. Thompson, Mike [D-CA-5]
Introduced: 2017-10-26 in the House
Policy area: Commerce
Subjects: Disaster relief and insurance
Energy storage, supplies, demand
Government lending and loan guarantees
Homelessness and emergency shelter
Motor fuels
Small Business Administration
Small business
Solid waste and recycling

Summary:
action_date: 2017-10-26
text: 

Small Business Disaster Relief Act of 2017

 
This bill amends the Small Business Act to authorize the Small Business Administration (SBA) to exceed the $100,000 limit on small business development center assistance grants to accommodate extraordinary occurrences having a catastrophic impact on small business concerns in a community.
 
The bill amends the Disaster Relief Act of 1970 to permit: (1) the use of SBA and Farm Service Agency (formerly, Farmers Home Administration) loans for enterprises that are vital to recovery efforts in a disaster area (including debris removal services, manufactured housing, gasoline, telecommunications, or building materials); and (2) such loans to waive any required evaluation of creditworthiness in exchange for a fee set by the SBA or the Farm Service Agency.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2017-11-16
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Commodity Exchanges, Energy, and Credit.
action_date: 2017-10-26
text: Referred to the Committee on Small Business, and in addition to the Committee on Agriculture, 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: 2017-10-26
text: Referred to the Committee on Small Business, and in addition to the Committee on Agriculture, 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: 2017-10-26
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2017-10-26
text: Introduced in House
To amend title 38, United States Code, to make certain improvements to the use of educational assistance provided by the Department of Veterans Affairs for flight training programs.

Bill: 115-hr-4149
Sponsor: Rep. Wenstrup, Brad R. [R-OH-2]
Introduced: 2017-10-26 in the House
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Aviation and airports
Higher education
Licensing and registrations
Student aid and college costs
Transportation employees
Veterans' education, employment, rehabilitation

Summary:
action_date: 2017-10-26
text: 
This bill makes revisions to a program to provide educational assistance to veterans for flight training.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2017-10-26
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Economic Opportunity.
action_date: 2017-10-26
text: Referred to the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
action_date: 2017-10-26
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2017-10-26
text: Introduced in House