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Supporting Grandparents Raising Grandchildren Act

Bill: 115-hr-3105
Sponsor: Rep. McGovern, James P. [D-MA-2]
Introduced: 2017-06-29 in the House
Policy area: Families
Subjects: Child care and development
Child health
Child safety and welfare
Congressional oversight
Department of Health and Human Services
Drug trafficking and controlled substances
Executive agency funding and structure
Family relationships
Government information and archives

Summary:
action_date: 2017-06-29
text: 

Supporting Grandparents Raising Grandchildren Act

 
This bill establishes a Federal Task Force to Support Grandparents Raising Grandchildren. 
 
The task force shall identify, promote, coordinate, and publicly disseminate information and resources to help grandparents or other relatives meet the needs of the children in their care and maintain their own health and emotional well-being.
 
The task force terminates after five years.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2017-06-30
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2017-06-29
text: Referred to the Committee on Education and the Workforce, 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: 2017-06-29
text: Referred to the Committee on Education and the Workforce, 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: 2017-06-29
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2017-06-29
text: Introduced in House
To amend the Safe Drinking Water Act to require the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency to publish a maximum contaminant level goal and promulgate a national primary drinking water regulation for perfluorinated compounds (including perfluorooctanesulfonic acid and perfluorooctanoic acid), and for other purposes.

Bill: 115-hr-3106
Sponsor: Rep. Boyle, Brendan F. [D-PA-13]
Introduced: 2017-06-29 in the House
Policy area: Environmental Protection
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)
Environmental health
Environmental regulatory procedures
Hazardous wastes and toxic substances
Water quality
Water use and supply

Summary:
action_date: 2017-06-29
text: 
This bill amends the Safe Drinking Water Act to require the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to address the level of perfluorinated compounds, including perfluorooctanesulfonic acid and perfluorooctanoic acid, in drinking water. Specifically, the EPA must publish a maximum contaminant level goal and promulgate a national primary drinking water regulation for perfluorinated compounds within two years. Perfluorinated compounds are manufactured compounds that are used in an array of consumer products and that accumulate in human blood.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2017-07-14
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR H5870)
action_date: 2017-06-30
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Environment.
action_date: 2017-06-29
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2017-06-29
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2017-06-29
text: Introduced in House
Diesel Emissions Reduction Act of 2017

Bill: 115-hr-3107
Sponsor: Rep. Poe, Ted [R-TX-2]
Introduced: 2017-06-29 in the House
Policy area: Environmental Protection
Subjects: Air quality
Environmental technology
Government lending and loan guarantees
Motor fuels
Motor vehicles

Summary:
action_date: 2017-06-29
text: 

Diesel Emissions Reduction Act of 2017

 
This bill amends the Energy Policy Act of 2005 to reauthorize through FY2022 a diesel emissions reduction program. The program authorizes the Environmental Protection Agency to provide grants, rebates, or loans for reducing diesel emissions from certain diesel vehicles or fleets by retrofitting or replacing their engines.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2017-06-30
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Environment.
action_date: 2017-06-29
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2017-06-29
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2017-06-29
text: Introduced in House
Protecting Honest Fishermen Act of 2017

Bill: 115-hr-3108
Sponsor: Rep. Farenthold, Blake [R-TX-27]
Introduced: 2017-06-29 in the House
Policy area: Agriculture and Food
Subjects: Business records
Civil actions and liability
Consumer affairs
Food industry and services
Food supply, safety, and labeling
Fraud offenses and financial crimes
Government information and archives
Marine and coastal resources, fisheries
Seafood
Trade restrictions

Summary:
action_date: 2017-06-29
text: 

Protecting Honest Fishermen Act of 2017

 
This bill expands requirements related to the safety, traceability, and labeling of commercially marketed seafood, including by requiring the labeling for such seafood to indicate whether the seafood was previously frozen and whether it was harvested in a different country from the one in which it was processed.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2017-08-09
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Water, Power and Oceans.
action_date: 2017-07-24
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Livestock and Foreign Agriculture.
action_date: 2017-07-17
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Trade.
action_date: 2017-06-30
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2017-06-29
text: Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committees on Agriculture, Natural Resources, and 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: 2017-06-29
text: Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committees on Agriculture, Natural Resources, and 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: 2017-06-29
text: Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committees on Agriculture, Natural Resources, and 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: 2017-06-29
text: Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committees on Agriculture, Natural Resources, and 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: 2017-06-29
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2017-06-29
text: Introduced in House
Medicare Dental, Vision, and Hearing Benefit Act of 2017

Bill: 115-hr-3111
Sponsor: Rep. Levin, Sander M. [D-MI-9]
Introduced: 2017-06-29 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Dental care
Health technology, devices, supplies
Hearing, speech, and vision care
Medical tests and diagnostic methods
Medicare

Summary:
action_date: 2017-06-29
text: 

Medicare Dental, Vision, and Hearing Benefit Act of
 
2017

 
This bill provides for Medicare coverage of dental, vision, and hearing care. With respect to such care, the bill establishes special payment rules, limitations, and coinsurance requirements. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2017-07-14
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2017-06-30
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2017-06-29
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: 2017-06-29
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: 2017-06-29
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2017-06-29
text: Introduced in House
Providing Choice for Social Security Retirees Act

Bill: 115-hr-3112
Sponsor: Rep. Johnson, Sam [R-TX-3]
Introduced: 2017-06-29 in the House
Policy area: Social Welfare
Subjects: Social security and elderly assistance

Summary:
action_date: 2017-06-29
text: 

Providing Choice for Social Security Retirees Act

 
This bill amends title II (Old Age, Survivors, and Disability Insurance) (OASDI) of the Social Security Act to allow an individual who is entitled to OASDI benefits to claim a delayed-retirement credit in a partial lump sum.
 
Under current law, an individual's OASDI benefits are increased by a two-thirds of 1% for each month in which the individual, after attaining full retirement age but prior to attaining age 70, delays claiming those benefits. The bill allows an individual who delays claiming OASDI benefits to instead opt to receive a smaller percentage increase (one-half of 1%) for each applicable month, plus a one-time lump sum payable at the time of the individual's entitlement to the benefits. The amount of this lump sum shall equal the sum of the present values of one-sixth of 1% of the amount of the individual's monthly benefits for each month in the individual's life-expectancy period.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2017-07-17
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Social Security.
action_date: 2017-06-29
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2017-06-29
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2017-06-29
text: Introduced in House
Citizenship Empowerment Act

Bill: 115-hr-3113
Sponsor: Rep. Boyle, Brendan F. [D-PA-13]
Introduced: 2017-06-29 in the House
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Subjects: Citizenship and naturalization
Elections, voting, political campaign regulation
Government information and archives
State and local government operations

Summary:
action_date: 2017-06-29
text: 

Citizenship Empowerment Act

 
This bill requires state chief election officials to distribute mail voter registration forms to each person who becomes a U.S. citizen at a naturalization ceremony at the ceremony's conclusion.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2017-06-29
text: Referred to the House Committee on House Administration.
action_date: 2017-06-29
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2017-06-29
text: Introduced in House
Export-Import Bank Termination Act

Bill: 115-hr-3114
Sponsor: Rep. Amash, Justin [R-MI-3]
Introduced: 2017-06-29 in the House
Policy area: Foreign Trade and International Finance
Subjects: Competitiveness, trade promotion, trade deficits
Department of the Treasury
Executive agency funding and structure
Export-Import Bank of the United States
Government corporations and government-sponsored enterprises
Government lending and loan guarantees

Summary:
action_date: 2017-06-29
text: 

Export-Import Bank Termination Act

 
 This bill abolishes the Export-Import Bank of the United States three years after the bill's enactment.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2017-06-29
text: Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services.
action_date: 2017-06-29
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2017-06-29
text: Introduced in House
Moving Obstructed Trains In-between Openings Now (MOTION) Act

Bill: 115-hr-3116
Sponsor: Rep. Sensenbrenner, F. James, Jr. [R-WI-5]
Introduced: 2017-06-29 in the House
Policy area: Transportation and Public Works
Subjects: Labor standards
Motor vehicles
Railroads
Roads and highways
Transportation employees
Transportation safety and security
Worker safety and health

Summary:
action_date: 2017-06-29
text: 

Moving Obstructed Trains In-between Openings Now (MOTION) Act

 
This bill allows railroad employees to remain or go on duty for a period in excess of hours-of-service limits for such employees in order to clear a blockage of vehicular traffic at a grade crossing.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2017-06-30
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Railroads, Pipelines, and Hazardous Materials.
action_date: 2017-06-29
text: Referred to the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.
action_date: 2017-06-29
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2017-06-29
text: Introduced in House
21st Century STEM for Girls and Underrepresented Minorities Act

Bill: 115-hr-3119
Sponsor: Rep. Beatty, Joyce [D-OH-3]
Introduced: 2017-06-29 in the House
Policy area: Education
Subjects: Education programs funding
Elementary and secondary education
Family relationships
Minority education
Science and engineering education
Teaching, teachers, curricula
Women's education

Summary:
action_date: 2017-06-29
text: 

21st Century STEM for Girls and Underrepresented Minorities Act
 
 
This bill amends the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 to authorize the Department of Education to provide grants to local educational agencies to encourage the ongoing development of programs and curricula for girls and underrepresented minorities in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics and prepare those students to pursue undergraduate and graduate degrees and careers in such fields.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2017-06-29
text: Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce.
action_date: 2017-06-29
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2017-06-29
text: Introduced in House
To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to reduce the volume of future electronic health record-related significant hardship requests.

Bill: 115-hr-3120
Sponsor: Rep. Burgess, Michael C. [R-TX-26]
Introduced: 2017-06-29 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Health information and medical records
Health personnel
Medicare

Summary:
action_date: 2017-06-29
text: 
This bill amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act to repeal the requirement for the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services to, over time, require more stringent measures for the meaningful use of electronic health records by providers.

action_date: 2017-12-06
text: 
(This measure has not been amended since it was introduced. The summary has been expanded because action occurred on the measure.)
 
(Sec. 1) This bill amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act to repeal the requirement for the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services to, over time, require more stringent measures for the meaningful use of electronic health records by providers.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2017-12-06
text: Reported by the Committee on Energy and Commerce. H. Rept. 115-445, Part I.
action_date: 2017-12-06
text: Reported by the Committee on Energy and Commerce. H. Rept. 115-445, Part I.
action_date: 2017-10-04
text: Ordered to be Reported (Amended) by Voice Vote.
action_date: 2017-10-04
text: Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
action_date: 2017-09-13
text: Forwarded by Subcommittee to Full Committee by Voice Vote .
action_date: 2017-09-13
text: Subcommittee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
action_date: 2017-07-17
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2017-06-30
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2017-06-29
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: 2017-06-29
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: 2017-06-29
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2017-06-29
text: Introduced in House
First Rhode Island Regiment Congressional Gold Medal Act

Bill: 115-hr-3123
Sponsor: Rep. Cicilline, David N. [D-RI-1]
Introduced: 2017-06-29 in the House
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Conflicts and wars
Congressional tributes
Military history
Military personnel and dependents
Museums, exhibitions, cultural centers
Rhode Island
Veterans' organizations and recognition

Summary:
action_date: 2017-06-29
text: 

First Rhode Island Regiment Congressional Gold Medal Act

 
This bill directs the Speaker of the House of Representatives and the President pro tempore of the Senate to award a congressional gold medal to the First Rhode Island Regiment, collectively, in recognition of their service during the Revolutionary War.
 
The Department of the Treasury is authorized to strike and sell bronze duplicates of such medal at a price sufficient to cover the costs of such medals.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2017-06-29
text: Referred to the Committee on Financial Services, and in addition to the Committee on House Administration, 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: 2017-06-29
text: Referred to the Committee on Financial Services, and in addition to the Committee on House Administration, 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: 2017-06-29
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2017-06-29
text: Introduced in House
Preventing Diabetes in Medicare Act of 2017

Bill: 115-hr-3124
Sponsor: Rep. DeGette, Diana [D-CO-1]
Introduced: 2017-06-29 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Digestive and metabolic diseases
Health care coverage and access
Medicare
Nutrition and diet

Summary:
action_date: 2017-06-29
text: 

Preventing Diabetes in Medicare Act of 2017

 
This bill amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act to extend Medicare coverage for medical nutrition therapy services to beneficiaries with pre-diabetes or risk factors for developing type-2 diabetes. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2017-07-17
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2017-06-30
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2017-06-29
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: 2017-06-29
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: 2017-06-29
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2017-06-29
text: Introduced in House
Ambassador Ebenezer D. Bassett Commemorative Stamp Act

Bill: 115-hr-3125
Sponsor: Rep. DeLauro, Rosa L. [D-CT-3]
Introduced: 2017-06-29 in the House
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Subjects: Diplomacy, foreign officials, Americans abroad
Postal service
Racial and ethnic relations

Summary:
action_date: 2017-06-29
text: 

Ambassador Ebenezer D. Bassett Commemorative Stamp Act

 
 This bill directs the Postmaster General to issue a commemorative postage stamp in honor of Ebenezer D. Bassett.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2017-06-29
text: Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform.
action_date: 2017-06-29
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2017-06-29
text: Introduced in House
Special Needs Tax Credit Act

Bill: 115-hr-3126
Sponsor: Rep. Deutch, Theodore E. [D-FL-22]
Introduced: 2017-06-29 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Adoption and foster care
Disability and paralysis
Income tax credits
Legal fees and court costs

Summary:
action_date: 2017-06-29
text: 

Special Needs Tax Credit Act

 
 This bill amends the Internal Revenue Code to allow an income-based tax credit, up to $5,000 in a taxable year, for legal expenses paid to establish a legal guardianship of a disabled family member. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2017-06-29
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2017-06-29
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2017-06-29
text: Introduced in House
To amend section 111 of the Clean Air Act to exclude energy efficiency projects, pollution control projects, and reliability projects from the definition of a modification.

Bill: 115-hr-3127
Sponsor: Rep. Griffith, H. Morgan [R-VA-9]
Introduced: 2017-06-29 in the House
Policy area: Environmental Protection
Subjects: Air quality
Climate change and greenhouse gases
Electric power generation and transmission
Energy efficiency and conservation
Industrial facilities

Summary:
action_date: 2017-06-29
text: 
This bill amends the Clean Air Act to exclude energy efficiency projects, pollution control projects, and reliability projects from the new source review process (requiring stationary sources of air pollution to get approval before construction or modification).


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2017-06-29
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2017-06-29
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2017-06-29
text: Introduced in House
To amend section 111 of the Clean Air Act to clarify when a physical change in, or change in the method of operation of, a stationary source constitutes a modification, and for other purposes.

Bill: 115-hr-3128
Sponsor: Rep. Griffith, H. Morgan [R-VA-9]
Introduced: 2017-06-29 in the House
Policy area: Environmental Protection
Subjects: Air quality
Electric power generation and transmission
Industrial facilities

Summary:
action_date: 2017-06-29
text: 
This bill amends the Clean Air Act to provide that a modification of a stationary source results in an increase in air pollution only when the maximum achievable hourly emissions rate from the source is higher than: (1) the rate of the source as it was originally designed, and (2) the rate that was actually achieved during the 10 years before the change.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2018-07-17
text: Forwarded by Subcommittee to Full Committee (Amended) by the Yeas and Nays: 13 - 9 .
action_date: 2018-07-17
text: Subcommittee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
action_date: 2017-06-30
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Environment.
action_date: 2017-06-29
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2017-06-29
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2017-06-29
text: Introduced in House