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Stop HATE Act of 2017

Bill: 115-hr-4527
Sponsor: Rep. Serrano, Jose E. [D-NY-15]
Introduced: 2017-12-01 in the House
Policy area: Science, Technology, Communications
Subjects: Broadcasting, cable, digital technologies
Census and government statistics
Congressional oversight
Disability and health-based discrimination
Hate crimes
Internet and video services
Internet, web applications, social media
Racial and ethnic relations
Religion
Sex, gender, sexual orientation discrimination
Technology assessment
Telephone and wireless communication
Violent crime

Summary:
action_date: 2017-12-01
text: 

Stop Harmful and Abusive Telecommunications Expression Act of 2017 or the Stop HATE Act of 2017

 
This bill requires the Department of Commerce and the Department of Justice to report about the role of telecommunications in violent acts and the commission of crimes of hate against individuals or groups of individuals on the basis of race, gender and gender identity, religion, disability, sexual orientation, ethnicity, color, or national origin.
 
The report must analyze information about the use of telecommunications to advocate and encourage violent acts and the commission of crimes of hate, including: (1) the role that such telecommunications are playing in giving groups that advocate and commit such crimes a platform to spread their messages and to organize; (2) how such use and the role of telecommunications have changed with new forms of communication on the Internet and other electronic media; and (3) any recommendations, consistent with the First Amendment, necessary to address such use and such role of telecommunications.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2017-12-08
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Communications and Technology.
action_date: 2017-12-01
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2017-12-01
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2017-12-01
text: Introduced in House
Accelerating Access to Capital Act of 2017

Bill: 115-hr-4529
Sponsor: Rep. Wagner, Ann [R-MO-2]
Introduced: 2017-12-01 in the House
Policy area: Finance and Financial Sector
Subjects: Business records
Corporate finance and management
Government information and archives
Licensing and registrations
Securities

Summary:
action_date: 2017-12-01
text: 

Accelerating Access to Capital Act of 2017

 
This bill directs the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) to revise Form S-3 so as to permit securities to be registered pursuant to General Instruction I.B.1. of the form if the registrant has at least one class of common equity securities listed and registered on a national securities exchange. The SEC must also revise General Instruction I.B.6. of Form S-3 to allow certain registrants to use that instruction to offer up to one-third of the aggregate market value of their common equity even if they are not registered on a national securities exchange. 

action_date: 2018-02-23
text: 
(This measure has not been amended since it was introduced. The summary has been expanded because action occurred on the measure.)
 

Accelerating Access to Capital Act of 2017

 
(Sec. 2) This bill directs the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) to revise Form S-3 so as to permit securities to be registered pursuant to General Instruction I.B.1. of the form if the registrant has at least one class of common equity securities listed and registered on a national securities exchange. The SEC must also revise General Instruction I.B.6. of Form S-3 to allow certain registrants to use that instruction to offer up to one-third of the aggregate market value of their common equity even if they are not registered on a national securities exchange. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2018-02-23
text: Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 436.
action_date: 2018-02-23
text: Reported by the Committee on Financial Services. H. Rept. 115-576.
action_date: 2018-02-23
text: Reported by the Committee on Financial Services. H. Rept. 115-576.
action_date: 2017-12-13
text: Ordered to be Reported by the Yeas and Nays: 34 - 26.
action_date: 2017-12-13
text: Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
action_date: 2017-12-12
text: Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
action_date: 2017-12-01
text: Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services.
action_date: 2017-12-01
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2017-12-01
text: Introduced in House
GAME Act of 2017

Bill: 115-hr-4530
Sponsor: Rep. Pallone, Frank, Jr. [D-NJ-6]
Introduced: 2017-12-04 in the House
Policy area: Commerce
Subjects: Accounting and auditing
Advisory bodies
Athletes
Business records
Civil actions and liability
Consumer affairs
Fraud offenses and financial crimes
Gambling
Government information and archives
Government liability
Health information and medical records
Health programs administration and funding
Health promotion and preventive care
Judicial procedure and administration
Mental health
Professional sports
Right of privacy
School athletics
Tax administration and collection, taxpayers

Summary:
action_date: 2017-12-04
text: 

Gaming Accountability and Modernization Enhancement Act of 2017 or the GAME Act of 2017

 
This bill: (1) prohibits federal liability for gaming activity that is lawful under state law if such law provides for certain consumer protections with respect to the activity, (2) makes it unlawful to accept a credit card payment for age verification for placing any bet or wager, (3) amends the Public Health Service Act to require the Department of Health and Human Services to establish and implement programs for prevention and treatment of gambling addiction, and (4) repeals the professional and amateur sports protection prohibition (commonly referred to as the Professional and Amateur Sports Protection Act).


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2017-12-08
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Digital Commerce and Consumer Protection.
action_date: 2017-12-04
text: Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, 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: 2017-12-04
text: Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, 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: 2017-12-04
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2017-12-04
text: Introduced in House
REIT Parity Act

Bill: 115-hr-4531
Sponsor: Rep. Poe, Ted [R-TX-2]
Introduced: 2017-12-04 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Business investment and capital
Income tax rates
Real estate business
Securities

Summary:
action_date: 2017-12-04
text: 

REIT Parity Act 

 
This bill amends the Internal Revenue Code, with respect to the taxation of rent received by a real estate investment trust (REIT) from real property leased to a taxable REIT subsidiary, to apply the current rules for lodging facilities and health care property to parking facilities. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2017-12-04
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2017-12-04
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2017-12-04
text: Introduced in House
Shash Jaa National Monument and Indian Creek National Monument Act

Bill: 115-hr-4532
Sponsor: Rep. Curtis, John R. [R-UT-3]
Introduced: 2017-12-04 in the House
Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources
Subjects: Advisory bodies
Archaeology and anthropology
Elementary and secondary education
Federal-Indian relations
Historical and cultural resources
Indian lands and resources rights
Land transfers
Land use and conservation
Monuments and memorials
Parks, recreation areas, trails
Presidents and presidential powers, Vice Presidents
State and local finance
Utah
Wilderness and natural areas, wildlife refuges, wild rivers, habitats

Summary:
action_date: 2017-12-04
text: 

Shash Jaa National Monument and Indian Creek National Monument Act

 
This bill withdraws all federal lands and interests within the exterior boundaries of the Bears Ears National Monument in Utah as declared under Presidential Proclamation 9558, dated December 28, 2016, from:
 
 
entry, appropriation, and disposal under the public land laws;
 
location, entry, and patent under the mining laws; and 
 
operation of the mineral leasing, mineral materials, and geothermal leasing laws. 
 
 
The bill declares that such proclamation is null and void. 
 
The bill establishes the Shash Jaa National Monument (consisting of approximately 142,337 acres) and the Indian Creek National Monument (consisting of approximately 86,447 acres), to be managed by the Shash Jaa Tribal Management and Indian Creek Management Councils, respectively. 
 
The previously established Bears Ears Commission shall advise the councils.
 
The councils shall establish resources protection units to help conserve unique and nationally important historic, sacred, cultural, scientific, scenic, archaeological, natural, and educational resources within their respective monument. 
 
Such monuments are withdrawn from:
 
 
entry, appropriation, or disposal under the public land laws;
 
location, entry, and patent under the mining laws; and 
 
operation of the mineral leasing, mineral materials, and geothermal leasing laws. 
 
 
The Department of the Interior and the Utah School and Institutional Trust Lands Administration shall enter into an exchange of federal and state trust lands, at the completion of which the state trust lands shall be added to the Shash Jaa or the Indian Creek National Monument. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2018-01-30
text: Subcommittee Hearings Held.
action_date: 2018-01-09
text: Subcommittee Hearings Held.
action_date: 2017-12-11
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Federal Lands.
action_date: 2017-12-04
text: Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.
action_date: 2017-12-04
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2017-12-04
text: Introduced in House
RICE Act

Bill: 115-hr-4535
Sponsor: Rep. DeLauro, Rosa L. [D-CT-3]
Introduced: 2017-12-04 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Child health
Department of Health and Human Services
Food and Drug Administration (FDA)
Food supply, safety, and labeling
Grain
Hazardous wastes and toxic substances

Summary:
action_date: 2017-12-04
text: 

Reducing food-based Inorganic Compounds Exposure Act of 2017 or the RICE Act

 
This bill directs the Food and Drug Administration to promulgate a final regulation establishing the minimum quantity of inorganic arsenic contained in rice or a rice product that will cause sale of the rice or rice product to be prohibited.
 
The regulation must: (1) apply the minimum quantity to rice and rice products regardless of the origin of the arsenic, (2) include the establishment of tolerances, and (3) establish a standard for inorganic arsenic that is based on the maximum achievable reduction in health risks and is protective of the long-term health of children. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2017-12-21
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on General Farm Commodities and Risk Management.
action_date: 2017-12-08
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2017-12-04
text: Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, 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: 2017-12-04
text: Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, 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: 2017-12-04
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2017-12-04
text: Introduced in House
To establish an Anti-Bullying Roundtable to study bullying in elementary and secondary schools in the United States, and for other purposes.

Bill: 115-hr-4536
Sponsor: Rep. Donovan, Daniel M., Jr. [R-NY-11]
Introduced: 2017-12-04 in the House
Policy area: Education
Subjects: Advisory bodies
Assault and harassment offenses
Child safety and welfare
Congressional oversight
Crime victims
Crimes against children
Elementary and secondary education
Family relationships
Government studies and investigations
School administration
Teaching, teachers, curricula
Violent crime

Summary:
action_date: 2017-12-04
text: 

 
This bill requires the President to establish a commission called the "Anti-Bullying Roundtable" to study bullying in elementary and secondary schools in the United States.
 
The roundtable must submit a report about best practices concerning bullying, including recommendations for: (1) combating bullying, (2) educating school officials to recognize bullying, and (3) helping parents to address the early warning signs of bullying with their children. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2017-12-04
text: Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce.
action_date: 2017-12-04
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2017-12-04
text: Introduced in House
Merger Retrospective Act of 2017

Bill: 115-hr-4538
Sponsor: Rep. Ellison, Keith [D-MN-5]
Introduced: 2017-12-04 in the House
Policy area: Commerce
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Business investment and capital
Business records
Competition and antitrust
Corporate finance and management
Department of Justice
Digital media
Economic performance and conditions
Federal Trade Commission (FTC)
Government information and archives
Government studies and investigations
Inflation and prices
Research and development
Wages and earnings

Summary:
action_date: 2017-12-04
text: 

Merger Retrospective Act of 2017

 
This bill requires the Department of Justice and the Federal Trade Commission to each conduct annually at least five retrospective reviews of the economic effects of mergers to which premerger and notification requirements of the Clayton Act apply and that have been resolved by such agency.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2018-01-22
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Regulatory Reform, Commercial And Antitrust Law.
action_date: 2017-12-04
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2017-12-04
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2017-12-04
text: Introduced in House
Plymouth 400th Anniversary Commemorative Coin Act of 2017

Bill: 115-hr-4539
Sponsor: Rep. Keating, William R. [D-MA-9]
Introduced: 2017-12-04 in the House
Policy area: Finance and Financial Sector
Subjects: Private Legislation

Summary:
action_date: 2017-12-04
text: 

Plymouth 400th Anniversary Commemorative Coin Act of 2017

 

 
This bill directs the Department of the Treasury to issue up to 100,000 $5 gold coins, 500,000 $1 silver coins, and 750,000 half-dollar clad coins emblematic of the landing and settlement of Plymouth Colony, the signing of the Mayflower Compact, and the role of the indigenous Wampanoag tribes in the realization of the settlement. 
 
These coins may be issued only during a one-year period beginning January 1, 2020.
 
Sales of such coins shall include specified surcharges, which shall be paid by Treasury as follows:
 
 
30% to Plymouth 400, Inc.; 
 
30% to the General Society of Mayflower Descendants; 
 
20% to the Mashpee Wampanoag Tribe; 
 
5% to the Wampanoag Tribe of Gay Head (Aquinnah); 
 
5% to the Pilgrim Society's Pilgrim Hall Museum; 
 
5% to Plimoth Plantation, Inc.; and 
 
5% to Pilgrims' First Landing Park, Inc. 



Legislative actions:
action_date: 2017-12-04
text: Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services.
action_date: 2017-12-04
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2017-12-04
text: Introduced in House
To amend the Congressional Accountability Act of 1995 to require Members of Congress to reimburse the Treasury for amounts paid as awards and settlements under the Congressional Accountability Act of 1995 in connection with violations of such Act which were committed personally by the Members, to prohibit the imposition of nondisclosure agreements as a condition of the payment of an award or settlement in connection with a violation of such Act, and for other purposes.

Bill: 115-hr-4540
Sponsor: Rep. Marino, Tom [R-PA-10]
Introduced: 2017-12-04 in the House
Policy area: Congress
Subjects: Civil actions and liability
Congressional officers and employees
Congressional oversight
Employment discrimination and employee rights
Freedom of information
Government ethics and transparency, public corruption
Government information and archives
Government liability
House of Representatives
Members of Congress
Right of privacy
Senate

Summary:
action_date: 2017-12-04
text: 
This bill amends the Congressional Accountability Act of 1995 (CAA) to: (1) require former and current Members of Congress to reimburse the Treasury for payments of awards or settlements resulting from a violation of certain CAA rights and protections committed personally by the Member, (2) prohibit the imposition of a nondisclosure agreement upon any party as a condition of an award or settlement resulting from such violation, and (3) permit an individual to make information regarding such an award or settlement public if he or she is subject to an existing nondisclosure agreement.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2017-12-04
text: Referred to the House Committee on House Administration.
action_date: 2017-12-04
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2017-12-04
text: Introduced in House
CHAMPION KIDS Act of 2017

Bill: 115-hr-4541
Sponsor: Rep. Murphy, Stephanie N. [D-FL-7]
Introduced: 2017-12-04 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: American Samoa
Appropriations
Caribbean area
Child health
Congressional oversight
Department of Health and Human Services
Digestive and metabolic diseases
Disaster relief and insurance
Family planning and birth control
Fraud offenses and financial crimes
Gambling
Government lending and loan guarantees
Government studies and investigations
Guam
Health care costs and insurance
Health care coverage and access
Health care quality
Health facilities and institutions
Health programs administration and funding
Health promotion and preventive care
Indian social and development programs
Marriage and family status
Medicaid
Medical education
Medicare
Minority health
Northern Mariana Islands
Nutrition and diet
Physical fitness and lifestyle
Poverty and welfare assistance
Puerto Rico
Rural conditions and development
Sex and reproductive health
State and local finance
U.S. territories and protectorates
Virgin Islands

Summary:
action_date: 2017-12-04
text: 

Continuing Community Health and Medical Professional Programs to Improve Our Nation and Keep Insurance Delivery Stable Act of 2017 or the CHAMPION KIDS Act of 2017

 
This bill extends funding for the Children's Health Insurance Program (CHIP), community health centers, and other specified public health programs, and otherwise modifies provisions related to Medicaid, CHIP, and public health.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2017-12-08
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2017-12-04
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: 2017-12-04
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: 2017-12-04
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2017-12-04
text: Introduced in House
Distracted Driving Education Act of 2017

Bill: 115-hr-4542
Sponsor: Rep. Rice, Kathleen M. [D-NY-4]
Introduced: 2017-12-04 in the House
Policy area: Transportation and Public Works
Subjects: Roads and highways
Telephone and wireless communication
Transportation programs funding
Transportation safety and security

Summary:
action_date: 2017-12-04
text: 

Distracted Driving Education Act of 2017 

 
This bill directs the Department of Transportation (DOT) to establish a distracted driving education grant program under which DOT may make a competitive grant to a nonprofit organization to provide education to the public regarding the risks of distracted driving. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2017-12-05
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Highways and Transit.
action_date: 2017-12-04
text: Referred to the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.
action_date: 2017-12-04
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2017-12-04
text: Introduced in House
To establish a regulatory framework for the comprehensive protection of personal data for individuals under the aegis of the Federal Trade Commission, to amend the Children's Online Privacy Protection Act of 1998 to improve provisions relating to collection, use, and disclosure of personal information of children, and for other purposes.

Bill: 115-hr-4543
Sponsor: Rep. Sires, Albio [D-NJ-8]
Introduced: 2017-12-04 in the House
Policy area: Commerce
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Bank accounts, deposits, capital
Banking and financial institutions regulation
Business records
Child safety and welfare
Civil actions and liability
Computer security and identity theft
Consumer affairs
Consumer credit
Contracts and agency
Criminal investigation, prosecution, interrogation
Federal Trade Commission (FTC)
Fraud offenses and financial crimes
Government information and archives
Health information and medical records
Internet and video services
Internet, web applications, social media
Marketing and advertising
Religion
Right of privacy
Small business
State and local government operations
Telephone and wireless communication

Summary:
action_date: 2017-12-04
text: 
This bill addresses the protection of personal information by
 
 
requiring entities to carry out security measures to protect the personal information they collect and maintain,
 
limiting the collection and distribution of personal information,
 
requiring specified notice with respect to certain security breaches, 
 
restricting targeted marketing to children, and
 
otherwise modifying provisions relating to the collection and use of personal information of children or adults.



Legislative actions:
action_date: 2017-12-08
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Digital Commerce and Consumer Protection.
action_date: 2017-12-04
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2017-12-04
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2017-12-04
text: Introduced in House
Consumer Data Protection Act

Bill: 115-hr-4544
Sponsor: Rep. Sires, Albio [D-NJ-8]
Introduced: 2017-12-04 in the House
Policy area: Finance and Financial Sector
Subjects: Civil actions and liability
Computer security and identity theft
Congressional oversight
Consumer credit
Criminal investigation, prosecution, interrogation
Government studies and investigations
Right of privacy

Summary:
action_date: 2017-12-04
text: 

Consumer Data Protection Act

 
This bill amends the Fair Credit Reporting Act to direct a consumer reporting agency experiencing a data breach to: (1) notify the Federal Trade Commission, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB), other appropriate law enforcement agencies, and affected individuals; (2) provide affected individuals with free credit freezes and credit monitoring services; and (3) establish a consumer assistance unit.
 
The bill also establishes legal enforcement provisions concerning data breaches at consumer reporting agencies. 
 
The CFPB may examine a consumer reporting agency to assess compliance with personal information protection laws.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2017-12-04
text: Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services.
action_date: 2017-12-04
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2017-12-04
text: Introduced in House