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Ruffey Rancheria Restoration Act of 2018

Bill: 115-hr-3535
Sponsor: Rep. LaMalfa, Doug [R-CA-1]
Introduced: 2017-07-28 in the House
Policy area: Native Americans
Subjects: California
Federal-Indian relations
Gambling
Indian lands and resources rights
Land transfers

Summary:
action_date: 2017-07-28
text: 

Ruffey Rancheria Restoration Act of 2017

 
This bill restores federal recognition of the Ruffey Rancheria Tribe of California and federal rights and privileges of the Indian tribe and its members. It also makes the tribe and its members residing in the tribe's service area eligible for the federal services and benefits that are furnished to federally recognized Indian tribes and their members residing on a reservation.
 
The Department of the Interior may place up to 441 acres of property located in Siskiyou County, California, into a trust for the benefit of the tribe. The land may be used for gaming under the Indian Gaming Regulatory Act if certain requirements are met.
 
Within a year of the bill's enactment, Interior must compile a membership roll of the tribe. The bill establishes criteria for enrolling members prior to the adoption of a tribal constitution. 
 
The bill sets forth a process for establishing an interim governing body until a new tribal constitution and bylaws are adopted, ratifying the constitution, and electing tribal officials.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2018-12-20
text: Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 843.
action_date: 2018-12-20
text: Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Natural Resources. H. Rept. 115-1087.
action_date: 2018-12-20
text: Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Natural Resources. H. Rept. 115-1087.
action_date: 2018-05-08
text: Ordered to be Reported (Amended) by the Yeas and Nays: 19 - 18.
action_date: 2018-05-08
text: Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
action_date: 2018-05-08
text: Subcommittee on Indian, Insular and Alaska Native Affairs Discharged.
action_date: 2017-09-26
text: Subcommittee Hearings Held.
action_date: 2017-08-14
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Indian, Insular and Alaska Native Affairs.
action_date: 2017-07-28
text: Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.
action_date: 2017-07-28
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2017-07-28
text: Introduced in House
To require persons who undertake Federally funded research and development of drugs to enter into reasonable pricing agreements with the Secretary of Health and Human Services.

Bill: 115-hr-3536
Sponsor: Rep. DeFazio, Peter A. [D-OR-4]
Introduced: 2017-07-28 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Drug safety, medical device, and laboratory regulation
Health programs administration and funding
Health technology, devices, supplies
Inflation and prices
Intellectual property
Medical research
Research and development

Summary:
action_date: 2017-07-28
text: 
This bill prohibits federal agencies and nonprofit entities that conduct federally funded health care research from providing a patent for a drug based on such research until the entity receiving the patent enters into a reasonable pricing agreement with the Department of Health and Human Services.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2017-08-04
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2017-07-28
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2017-07-28
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2017-07-28
text: Introduced in House
Mortgage Sale Transparency Act of 2017

Bill: 115-hr-3538
Sponsor: Rep. Rush, Bobby L. [D-IL-1]
Introduced: 2017-07-28 in the House
Policy area: Finance and Financial Sector
Subjects: Consumer credit
Housing finance and home ownership

Summary:
action_date: 2017-07-28
text: 

Mortgage Sale Transparency Act of 2017

 
This bill amends the Truth in Lending Act to require in the event of a mortgage loan sale, transfer, or assignment to another creditor: (1) notice of the transfer to the borrower from the original creditor, (2) exemption from liability for the borrower in the event of an error in the transfer, and (3) a 90-day grace period for loan payments made by the borrower to the wrong lender.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2017-07-28
text: Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services.
action_date: 2017-07-28
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2017-07-28
text: Introduced in House
Mugshots Elimination Act of 2017

Bill: 115-hr-3539
Sponsor: Rep. Rush, Bobby L. [D-IL-1]
Introduced: 2017-07-28 in the House
Policy area: Finance and Financial Sector
Subjects: Consumer credit
Criminal justice information and records
Photography and imaging

Summary:
action_date: 2017-07-28
text: 

Mugshots Elimination Act of 2017

 
This bill amends the Fair Credit Reporting Act to require a consumer reporting agency to remove a consumer's booking photograph from their file upon the consumer's request.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2017-07-28
text: Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services.
action_date: 2017-07-28
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2017-07-28
text: Introduced in House
Quadrennial Energy Review Act of 2017

Bill: 115-hr-3540
Sponsor: Rep. Rush, Bobby L. [D-IL-1]
Introduced: 2017-07-28 in the House
Policy area: Energy
Subjects: Advanced technology and technological innovations
Alternative and renewable resources
Congressional oversight
Electric power generation and transmission
Energy efficiency and conservation
Energy research
Energy storage, supplies, demand
General energy matters
Government buildings, facilities, and property
International organizations and cooperation
Public-private cooperation
Research administration and funding

Summary:
action_date: 2017-07-28
text: 

Quadrennial Energy Review Act of 2017 

 
This bill directs the President to establish once every four years a Quadrennial Energy Review Task Force to conduct and coordinate the Quadrennial Energy Review. The Secretary of Energy shall serve as the chairperson of the task force.
 
Each review must (1) provide an integrated view of important national energy objectives and federal energy policy; and (2) identify the maximum practicable alignment of programs, incentives, regulations, and partnerships.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2017-08-04
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Energy.
action_date: 2017-07-28
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2017-07-28
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2017-07-28
text: Introduced in House
SAFER Act of 2017

Bill: 115-hr-3541
Sponsor: Rep. Poe, Ted [R-TX-2]
Introduced: 2017-07-28 in the House
Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement
Subjects: Assault and harassment offenses
Child health
Crime victims
Crimes against children
Crimes against women
Criminal investigation, prosecution, interrogation
Domestic violence and child abuse
Evidence and witnesses
Genetics
Health information and medical records
Health personnel
Law enforcement administration and funding
Medical tests and diagnostic methods
Sex offenses
Violent crime

Summary:
action_date: 2017-07-28
text: 

Sexual Assault Forensic Evidence Reporting Act of 2017 or the SAFER Act of 2017

 
This bill amends the Innocence Protection Act of 2004 to modify requirements with respect establishing and implementing best practices for evidence retention.
 
The bill amends the DNA Sexual Assault Justice Act of 2004 to require the Department of Justice (DOJ), in providing information about the role of forensic nurses to certain health-related entities, to provide information about the role of both adult and pediatric forensic nurses. DOJ must also provide additional information on the need for pediatric sexual assault nurse examiners in responding to the abuse of both children and adolescents.
 
The bill amends the DNA Analysis Backlog Elimination Act of 2000 to modify the Debbie Smith DNA Backlog Grant Program:
 
 
 to add, as a purpose area, increasing the capacity of prosecutors to address the backlog of violent crime cases involving suspects identified through DNA evidence; and 
 
 to reauthorize through FY2022 the requirement for DOJ to allocate a certain percentage of program funds for grants to audit backlogged rape kits. 
 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2017-07-28
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, Homeland Security, and Investigations.
action_date: 2017-07-28
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2017-07-28
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR H6564-6567)
action_date: 2017-07-28
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2017-07-28
text: Introduced in House
Sage-Grouse and Mule Deer Habitat Conservation and Restoration Act of 2017

Bill: 115-hr-3543
Sponsor: Rep. Stewart, Chris [R-UT-2]
Introduced: 2017-07-28 in the House
Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Birds
Department of the Interior
Endangered and threatened species
Environmental assessment, monitoring, research
Fires
Land use and conservation
Mammals
Roads and highways
Wildlife conservation and habitat protection

Summary:
action_date: 2017-07-28
text: 

Sage-Grouse and Mule Deer Habitat Conservation and Restoration Act of 2017

 
This bill directs the Department of Interior to categorically exclude vegetative management activities that establish or improve habitat for greater sage-grouse and mule deer from environmental review requirements under the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 (NEPA). Examples of vegetative management activities include restoring native vegetation following a natural disturbance or preventing the expansion of nonnative or invasive vegetation into such habitat. 
 
A categorical exclusion under NEPA is a category of actions which do not have a significant effect on the human environment and for which neither an Environmental Assessment nor an Environmental Impact Statement is required. The bill prohibits the categorical exclusion from including: (1) activity conducted in a wilderness area or wilderness study area, or (2) activity for the construction of a permanent road or trail.
 
Before commencing a vegetative management activity that is covered by a categorical exclusion, Interior must develop a long-term monitoring and maintenance plan, covering at least 20 years, to ensure that management of the treated area does not degrade the habitat gains secured by the vegetative management activity.
 
Vegetative material resulting from vegetative management activity may be: (1) used for fuel wood or other products; or (2) piled or burned, or both. 
 
Native vegetative cover must be reestablished on a temporary road constructed in connection with a categorically excluded vegetative management activity in order to minimize soil erosion from areas disturbed by the temporary road.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2017-07-28
text: Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.
action_date: 2017-07-28
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2017-07-28
text: Introduced in House
Aircraft Ownership Transparency Act of 2017

Bill: 115-hr-3544
Sponsor: Rep. Lynch, Stephen F. [D-MA-8]
Introduced: 2017-07-28 in the House
Policy area: Transportation and Public Works
Subjects: Aviation and airports
Business records
Government information and archives
Licensing and registrations
U.S. and foreign investments

Summary:
action_date: 2017-07-28
text: 

Aircraft Ownership Transparency Act of 2017

 
This bill requires the Federal Aviation Administration to obtain the identity of each beneficial owner of an entity seeking a certificate of registration for an aircraft.
 &quot;Beneficial owner&quot; is defined as a natural person who exercises control over or has an interest in the entity seeking the aircraft registration.

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2017-07-31
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Aviation.
action_date: 2017-07-28
text: Referred to the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.
action_date: 2017-07-28
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2017-07-28
text: Introduced in House
Overdose Prevention and Patient Safety Act

Bill: 115-hr-3545
Sponsor: Rep. Murphy, Tim [R-PA-18]
Introduced: 2017-07-28 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Criminal investigation, prosecution, interrogation
Drug, alcohol, tobacco use
Evidence and witnesses
Health information and medical records
Health promotion and preventive care
Medical research
Medical tests and diagnostic methods

Summary:
action_date: 2017-07-28
text: 

Overdose Prevention and Patient Safety Act

 
This bill aligns federal privacy standards for substance use disorder patient records more closely with standards under the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2018-04-25
text: Subcommittee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
action_date: 2017-08-04
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2017-07-28
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2017-07-28
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2017-07-28
text: Introduced in House
End Taxpayer Funded Cell Phones Act of 2017

Bill: 115-hr-3546
Sponsor: Rep. Scott, Austin [R-GA-8]
Introduced: 2017-07-28 in the House
Policy area: Science, Technology, Communications
Subjects: Budget deficits and national debt
Telecommunication rates and fees
Telephone and wireless communication

Summary:
action_date: 2017-07-28
text: 

End Taxpayer Funded Cell Phones Act of
 
2017

 
This bill prohibits a provider of commercial mobile service or commercial mobile data service from receiving universal service support through the Lifeline program, which provides subsidies for discounts on monthly telephone or broadband service to qualifying low-income consumers.
 
For 2018, telecommunications carriers must contribute to the universal service fund based on mobile service support provided in 2017. The amounts collected for mobile services must be used for deficit reduction. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2017-08-04
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Communications and Technology.
action_date: 2017-07-28
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2017-07-28
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2017-07-28
text: Introduced in House
Jerusalem's Enhanced and Secure Accommodations Act of 2017

Bill: 115-hr-3547
Sponsor: Rep. Issa, Darrell E. [R-CA-49]
Introduced: 2017-07-28 in the House
Policy area: International Affairs
Subjects: Alliances
Arab-Israeli relations
Diplomacy, foreign officials, Americans abroad
Israel
Middle East
Palestinians

Summary:
action_date: 2017-07-28
text: 

Jerusalem's Enhanced and Secure Accommodations Act of 2017

 
This bill authorizes the Department of State to establish a permanent residence for the U.S. Ambassador to Israel in Jerusalem. Such residence may be located at the U.S. Consulate or at a different location in Jerusalem, as the State Department determines appropriate. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2017-07-28
text: Referred to the House Committee on Foreign Affairs.
action_date: 2017-07-28
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2017-07-28
text: Introduced in House
Savannah Hope Stillbirth Child Tax Credit Act

Bill: 115-hr-3549
Sponsor: Rep. Paulsen, Erik [R-MN-3]
Introduced: 2017-07-28 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Child health
Income tax credits
Tax treatment of families

Summary:
action_date: 2017-07-28
text: 

Savannah Hope Stillbirth Child Tax Credit Act 

 
This bill amends the Internal Revenue Code, with respect to the child tax credit, to allow an additional $2,000 refundable tax credit for each birth by the taxpayer of a stillborn child during the taxable year. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2017-07-28
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2017-07-28
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2017-07-28
text: Introduced in House
Signing is Language Act

Bill: 115-hr-3550
Sponsor: Rep. Larsen, Rick [D-WA-2]
Introduced: 2017-07-28 in the House
Policy area: Education
Subjects: Disability and paralysis
Education programs funding
Elementary and secondary education
Foreign language and bilingual programs

Summary:
action_date: 2017-07-28
text: 

Signing is Language Act

 
This bill amends the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 to: (1) include in the definition of "English learner" an individual whose native language is American Sign Language, and (2) count such individuals in the number of English learners in a state for the purpose of determining the amount of federal funds allotted to a state for English language programs.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2017-07-28
text: Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce.
action_date: 2017-07-28
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2017-07-28
text: Introduced in House
Cady Housh and Jason Flatt Teen Suicide Prevention Act of 2017

Bill: 115-hr-3552
Sponsor: Rep. Cleaver, Emanuel [D-MO-5]
Introduced: 2017-07-28 in the House
Policy area: Education
Subjects: Child health
Education programs funding
Educational guidance
Elementary and secondary education
Health promotion and preventive care
Mental health
School administration
Teaching, teachers, curricula

Summary:
action_date: 2017-07-28
text: 

Cady Housh and Jason Flatt Teen Suicide Prevention Act of 2017

 
This bill amends the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 (ESEA) to require states receiving ESEA funds to establish and implement a youth suicide awareness and prevention policy that provides for an hour of training each school year to school employees.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2017-07-28
text: Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce.
action_date: 2017-07-28
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2017-07-28
text: Introduced in House
Bankruptcy Administration Improvement Act of 2017

Bill: 115-hr-3553
Sponsor: Rep. Marino, Tom [R-PA-10]
Introduced: 2017-07-28 in the House
Policy area: Finance and Financial Sector
Subjects: Bankruptcy
Judicial procedure and administration
Legal fees and court costs

Summary:
action_date: 2017-07-28
text: 

Bankruptcy Administration Improvement Act of 2017

 
This bill increases the amount of compensation paid to trustees in chapter 7 (liquidation) bankrtupcy proceedings. Similarly, it increases the statutory filing fee for bankruptcy petitions under chapter 7.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2018-09-26
text: Subcommittee Hearings Held.
action_date: 2017-09-06
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Regulatory Reform, Commercial And Antitrust Law.
action_date: 2017-07-28
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2017-07-28
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2017-07-28
text: Introduced in House
SIMPLE Act

Bill: 115-hr-3554
Sponsor: Rep. Bonamici, Suzanne [D-OR-1]
Introduced: 2017-07-28 in the House
Policy area: Education
Subjects: Disability and paralysis
Government lending and loan guarantees
Government studies and investigations
Higher education
Income tax deductions
Student aid and college costs
Tax administration and collection, taxpayers
Wages and earnings

Summary:
action_date: 2017-07-28
text: 

Streamlining Income-driven, Manageable Payments on Loans for Education Act or the SIMPLE Act 

 
This bill requires the Department of Education to establish and implement a process for automatically recertifying a borrowers' income to determine eligibility for a loan discharge due to permanent and total disability under the Federal Family Education Loan Program. 
 
In addition, the bill establishes a process for enrolling a delinquent borrower in federal student loan repayment in an income-driven repayment plan. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2017-07-28
text: Referred to the Committee on Education and the Workforce, 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: 2017-07-28
text: Referred to the Committee on Education and the Workforce, 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: 2017-07-28
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2017-07-28
text: Introduced in House
Exchange Regulatory Improvement Act

Bill: 115-hr-3555
Sponsor: Rep. Loudermilk, Barry [R-GA-11]
Introduced: 2017-07-28 in the House
Policy area: Finance and Financial Sector
Subjects: Securities

Summary:
action_date: 2017-07-28
text: 

Exchange Regulatory Improvement Act

 
This bill amends the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 to exempt certain property of an exchange from regulation by the Securities and Exchange Commission. Specifically, the exemption applies to property not for the purpose of effecting or reporting a transaction on an exchange. 

action_date: 2018-08-03
text: 

Exchange Regulatory Improvement Act

 
This bill directs the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) to adopt regulations interpreting the meaning of the term &quot;facility&quot; under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934. (National exchange facilities are regulated by the SEC.)


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2018-08-03
text: Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 681.
action_date: 2018-08-03
text: Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Financial Services. H. Rept. 115-883.
action_date: 2018-08-03
text: Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Financial Services. H. Rept. 115-883.
action_date: 2018-07-11
text: Ordered to be Reported (Amended) by Voice Vote.
action_date: 2018-07-11
text: Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
action_date: 2017-07-28
text: Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services.
action_date: 2017-07-28
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2017-07-28
text: Introduced in House
To amend title 38, United States Code, to increase the number of health care professionals employed by the Department of Veterans Affairs by improving the Department of Veterans Affairs Education Debt Reduction Program.

Bill: 115-hr-3557
Sponsor: Rep. Walden, Greg [R-OR-2]
Introduced: 2017-07-28 in the House
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Department of Veterans Affairs
Government employee pay, benefits, personnel management
Health personnel
Higher education
Medical education
Student aid and college costs
Tax administration and collection, taxpayers
Veterans' medical care

Summary:
action_date: 2017-07-28
text: 
This bill makes a Veterans Health Administration employee who provides patient care services in a position for which recruitment or retention of qualified personnel is difficult eligible for undergraduate and graduate education loan reduction under the Education Debt Reduction Program. (Currently, such loan reduction is available only for a course or training leading to a degree that qualifies the individual for a patient care services position.) 
 
The bill increases the five-year amount of education debt reduction payments made to or for a program participant from $120,000 to $240,000, of which not more than $60,000 (currently, $24,000) may be made in each year.
 
The VA shall select program locations pursuant to a process that is similar to the process used to determine public health professional shortage areas. 
 
For purposes of providing tax liability reimbursements resulting from payments on behalf of an individual, the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA): (1) shall, in addition to such payments, make payments in an amount equal to 39% of the total amount of loan repayments made for the taxable year; and (2) may make such additional payments as the VA determines appropriate.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2017-07-28
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2017-07-28
text: Referred to the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
action_date: 2017-07-28
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2017-07-28
text: Introduced in House