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Infrastructure Expansion Act of 2017

Bill: 115-hr-3808
Sponsor: Rep. Faso, John J. [R-NY-19]
Introduced: 2017-09-21 in the House
Policy area: Transportation and Public Works
Subjects: Civil actions and liability
Government buildings, facilities, and property
Infrastructure development
Transportation programs funding
Worker safety and health

Summary:
action_date: 2017-09-21
text: 

Infrastructure Expansion Act of 2017

 
This bill precludes absolute liability in any action against a property owner or contractor for projects that are federally owned or operated or are receiving federal financial assistance for infrastructure and transportation development for any injury associated with an elevation- or gravity-related risk occurring on those projects. In any such claim, a state shall apply a liability standard that considers the comparative negligence of the injured person, when such negligence is a proximate cause of an injury.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2018-01-30
text: Ordered to be Reported (Amended) by the Yeas and Nays: 16 - 14.
action_date: 2018-01-30
text: Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
action_date: 2017-09-28
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on the Constitution and Civil Justice.
action_date: 2017-09-21
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2017-09-21
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2017-09-21
text: Introduced in House
Sustainable Farmland for the Future Act

Bill: 115-hr-3809
Sponsor: Rep. Blumenauer, Earl [D-OR-3]
Introduced: 2017-09-21 in the House
Policy area: Agriculture and Food
Subjects: Agricultural conservation and pollution
Agricultural insurance
Farmland
Wetlands

Summary:
action_date: 2017-09-21
text: 

Sustainable Farmland for the Future Act 

 
This bill amends the Food Security Act of 1985 to modify the conservation compliance provisions that apply to farmers who receive certain Department of Agriculture (USDA) benefits and have land that is highly erodible or a wetland.
 
The bill modifies the compliance provisions to:
 
 
apply the requirements to cropland that is planted to a row crop rather than highly erodible cropland;
 
modify the requirements for a conservation system;
 
modify the compliance requirements for farmers who receive crop insurance premium subsidies;
 
expand the authority and requirements for USDA to review conservation plans; 
 
 require USDA to use specified funds to provide technical assistance, conduct status reviews, and carry out other tasks needed to implement the conservation requirements; and
 
revise the enforcement procedures for wetlands. 
 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2017-10-05
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Conservation and Forestry.
action_date: 2017-09-21
text: Referred to the House Committee on Agriculture.
action_date: 2017-09-21
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E1247)
action_date: 2017-09-21
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2017-09-21
text: Introduced in House
Commission to Verify Iranian Nuclear Compliance Act

Bill: 115-hr-3810
Sponsor: Rep. Connolly, Gerald E. [D-VA-11]
Introduced: 2017-09-21 in the House
Policy area: International Affairs
Subjects: Arms control and nonproliferation
Congressional operations and organization
International law and treaties
International organizations and cooperation
Iran
Middle East
Nuclear weapons

Summary:
action_date: 2017-09-21
text: 

Commission to Verify Iranian Nuclear Compliance Act

 
This bill establishes in the legislative branch the Commission to Verify Iranian Nuclear Compliance which shall: (1) continually verify that the Islamic Republic of Iran is complying with its obligations under the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA); (2) continually assess the adequacy of JCPOA safeguards to ensure that Iran's permitted activities are not being used to further nuclear-related military or nuclear explosive purpose; (3) continually assess the International Atomic Energy Agency's (IAEA) capability to implement the JCPOA verification regime, including whether the IAEA has sufficient access to investigate suspicious sites or allegations of covert nuclear-related activities and whether it has the required funding, manpower, and authority to administer such verification regime; and (4) report to Congress on the matters covered by this bill.
 
&quot;Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action&quot; means the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action, signed at Vienna July 14, 2015, by Iran and China, France, Germany, the Russian Federation, the United Kingdom, and the United States, with the High Representative of the European Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy, and all implementing materials and agreements related to the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2017-09-21
text: Referred to the House Committee on Foreign Affairs.
action_date: 2017-09-21
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2017-09-21
text: Introduced in House
National Center for the Right to Counsel Act

Bill: 115-hr-3811
Sponsor: Rep. Deutch, Theodore E. [D-FL-22]
Introduced: 2017-09-21 in the House
Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement
Subjects: Accounting and auditing
Advisory bodies
Congressional oversight
Criminal investigation, prosecution, interrogation
Criminal procedure and sentencing
Due process and equal protection
Government information and archives
Government studies and investigations
Law enforcement administration and funding
Lawyers and legal services
Poverty and welfare assistance
State and local government operations
Tax-exempt organizations

Summary:
action_date: 2017-09-21
text: 

National Center for the Right to Counsel Act

 
This bill establishes in the District of Columbia a private, nonprofit corporation to be known as the National Center for the Right to Counsel to provide: (1) financial support to supplement funding for public defense systems that provide legal assistance to indigent defendants, and (2) financial and substantive support for training programs to improve delivery of legal services to indigent defendants.
 
The bill requires each state to have a state advisory council to: (1) monitor, receive, and investigate complaints regarding the compliance of public defense systems that receive funding with applicable laws and regulations; (2) notify the center of any apparent violations; and (3) collect data on the delivery of public defense services and facilitate information sharing among the state's public defense systems.
 
The center must make available to the public an online database that includes the contact information for all public defense systems in every state. 
 
The bill requires the center to establish regional backup service centers to assist public defense systems with access to investigators, sentencing mitigation specialists, and information about available grants.
 
The Government Accountability Office must complete a study four years after this bill is enacted about the effects of the center on providing public defense services and on the cost of the criminal justice system.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2017-09-28
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on the Constitution and Civil Justice.
action_date: 2017-09-28
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, Homeland Security, and Investigations.
action_date: 2017-09-21
text: Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, 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: 2017-09-21
text: Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, 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: 2017-09-21
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2017-09-21
text: Introduced in House
Hurricane Harvey and Hurricane Irma Working Family Tax Relief Act

Bill: 115-hr-3812
Sponsor: Rep. Doggett, Lloyd [D-TX-35]
Introduced: 2017-09-21 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Disaster relief and insurance
Florida
Georgia
Income tax credits
Louisiana
Natural disasters
Northern Mariana Islands
Poverty and welfare assistance
Puerto Rico
Tax treatment of families
Texas
U.S. territories and protectorates
Virgin Islands
Wages and earnings

Summary:
action_date: 2017-09-21
text: 

Hurricane Harvey and Hurricane Irma Working Family Tax Relief Act 

 
This bill amends the Internal Revenue Code to allow certain individuals affected by Hurricanes Harvey or Irma to elect to use earned income from the preceding year for the purpose of determining earned income for the earned income tax credit and the child tax credit. 
 
The bill applies to an individual: (1) whose principal place of abode on specified dates was located in the Hurricane Harvey disaster area or the Hurricane Irma disaster area, (2) who was displaced from the place of abode due to the disaster, and (3) who performed substantially all employment services in the disaster area and was so employed on the specified date. 
 
The Department of the Treasury must pay to each U.S. possession with a tax system that mirrors federal tax law (mirror code tax system) amounts equal to the loss to the possession due to this bill. For U.S. possessions that do not have a mirror code tax system, Treasury must pay an amount equal to the aggregate benefits that would have been provided to residents of the possession due to this bill if a mirror code tax system had been in effect. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2017-09-21
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2017-09-21
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2017-09-21
text: Introduced in House
No Human Trafficking on Our Roads Act

Bill: 115-hr-3814
Sponsor: Rep. Katko, John [R-NY-24]
Introduced: 2017-09-21 in the House
Policy area: Transportation and Public Works
Subjects: Human trafficking
Licensing and registrations
Motor carriers
Motor vehicles
Transportation employees
Transportation safety and security

Summary:
action_date: 2017-09-21
text: 

No Human Trafficking on Our Roads Act

 
This bill directs the Department of Transportation to disqualify from operating a commercial motor vehicle for life an individual who uses such a vehicle in committing a felony involving a severe form of human trafficking.

action_date: 2017-12-18
text: 

No Human Trafficking on Our Roads Act
 
(Sec. 2) This bill directs the Department of Transportation to disqualify from operating a commercial motor vehicle for life an individual who uses such a vehicle in committing a felony involving a severe form of human trafficking.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2017-12-18
text: Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 347.
action_date: 2017-12-18
text: Reported by the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure. H. Rept. 115-468.
action_date: 2017-12-18
text: Reported by the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure. H. Rept. 115-468.
action_date: 2017-11-30
text: Ordered to be Reported by Voice Vote.
action_date: 2017-11-30
text: Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
action_date: 2017-11-30
text: Subcommittee on Highways and Transit Discharged.
action_date: 2017-09-22
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Highways and Transit.
action_date: 2017-09-21
text: Referred to the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.
action_date: 2017-09-21
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2017-09-21
text: Introduced in House
Food Sharing Act of 2017

Bill: 115-hr-3815
Sponsor: Rep. Lawson, Al, Jr. [D-FL-5]
Introduced: 2017-09-21 in the House
Policy area: Agriculture and Food
Subjects: Agricultural practices and innovations
Congressional oversight
Food assistance and relief
Food supply, safety, and labeling
Social work, volunteer service, charitable organizations

Summary:
action_date: 2017-09-21
text: 

Food Sharing Act of 2017 

 
This bill amends the Food and Nutrition Act of 2008 to: (1) reduce from $9 million to $8.5 million the annual limitation on the total amount of grants that the Department of Agriculture (USDA) may provide under the Community Food Projects Competitive Grants Program, and (2) authorize USDA to establish a separate program to provide up to $500,000 annually for grants to establish and carry out gleaning projects. 
 
In a gleaning project, an eligible entity: (1) collects edible, surplus food that would be thrown away and distributes the food to agencies or nonprofit organizations that feed the hungry; or (2) harvests for free distribution to the needy, or for donation to agencies or nonprofit organizations for ultimate distribution to the needy, an agricultural crop that has been donated by the owner of the crop. 
 
The eligible entities include public food program service providers, tribal organizations, and private nonprofit entities that meet certain requirements for experience, demonstrated competency, cost-sharing, and a willingness to share information regarding the project. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2017-10-05
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Nutrition.
action_date: 2017-09-21
text: Referred to the House Committee on Agriculture.
action_date: 2017-09-21
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2017-09-21
text: Introduced in House
To require notification following a breach of security of a system containing personal information, and for other purposes.

Bill: 115-hr-3816
Sponsor: Rep. Rush, Bobby L. [D-IL-1]
Introduced: 2017-09-21 in the House
Policy area: Commerce
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Civil actions and liability
Computer security and identity theft
Consumer Financial Protection Bureau
Consumer credit
Contracts and agency
Federal Trade Commission (FTC)
Federal preemption
Internet and video services
Internet, web applications, social media
Right of privacy
State and local government operations

Summary:
action_date: 2017-09-21
text: 
This bill requires specified notice to the Federal Trade Commission, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, and impacted individuals of a security breach of a system containing personal information. Civil penalties shall apply.
 



Legislative actions:
action_date: 2017-09-22
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Digital Commerce and Consumer Protection.
action_date: 2017-09-21
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2017-09-21
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2017-09-21
text: Introduced in House
To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to improve the accuracy of geographic adjustment factors under the Medicare program and to permanently extend certain adjustments to such factors for certain localities, and for other purposes.

Bill: 115-hr-3817
Sponsor: Rep. Young, David [R-IA-3]
Introduced: 2017-09-21 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Health information and medical records
Health personnel
Iowa
Medicare
Wages and earnings
Wisconsin

Summary:
action_date: 2017-09-21
text: 
This bill alters provisions relating to the determination of geographic adjustment factors for the payment of physician services under Medicare, and makes permanent certain adjustments for services furnished in Wisconsin and Iowa.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2017-09-22
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2017-09-21
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: 2017-09-21
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: 2017-09-21
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2017-09-21
text: Introduced in House
For the relief of Maria Guadalupe Mendoza Sanchez, Eusebio Sanchez Mejia, and Vianney Esbeydi Sanchez Mendoza.

Bill: 115-hr-3818
Sponsor: Rep. Lee, Barbara [D-CA-13]
Introduced: 2017-09-21 in the House
Subjects: Private Legislation

Summary:
action_date: 2017-09-21
text: Provides for the relief of Maria Guadalupe Mendoza Sanchez, Eusebio Sanchez Mejia, and Vianney Esbeydi Sanchez Mendoza.

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2017-09-28
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration and Border Security.
action_date: 2017-09-21
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2017-09-21
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2017-09-21
text: Introduced in House
Medicare Home Health Flexibility Act of 2017

Bill: 115-hr-3820
Sponsor: Rep. Meehan, Patrick [R-PA-7]
Introduced: 2017-09-25 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Allied health services
Hearing, speech, and vision care
Home and outpatient care
Medicare

Summary:
action_date: 2017-09-25
text: 

Medicare Home Health Flexibility Act of 2017

 
This bill establishes circumstances under which an occupational therapist may conduct an initial or comprehensive assessment for an individual who is eligible for home health services under Medicare. Specifically, an occupational therapist may conduct the assessment if the physician's referral order does not include skilled nursing care but does include: (1) occupational therapy, and (2) physical therapy or speech language pathology.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2017-09-29
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2017-09-25
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: 2017-09-25
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: 2017-09-25
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2017-09-25
text: Introduced in House
CBO Show Your Work Act

Bill: 115-hr-3822
Sponsor: Rep. Davidson, Warren [R-OH-8]
Introduced: 2017-09-25 in the House
Policy area: Economics and Public Finance
Subjects: Budget process
Congressional Budget Office (CBO)
Congressional agencies
Congressional oversight
Economic performance and conditions
Government information and archives
Legislative rules and procedure

Summary:
action_date: 2017-09-25
text: 

CBO Show Your Work Act 

 
This bill amends the Congressional Budget Act of 1974 to require the Congressional Budget Office (CBO) to make available to Congress and the public each fiscal model, policy model, and data preparation routine that the CBO uses to estimate the costs and other fiscal, social, or economic effects of legislation. 
 
For each estimate of the costs and other fiscal effects of legislation, the CBO must also disclose, in a manner sufficient to permit replication by individuals not employed by the CBO, the data, programs, models, assumptions, and other details of the computations used to prepare the estimate. 
 
For data that is not required to be disclosed, the CBO must make available to Congress and the public: 
 
 
 a complete list of all data variables for the data; 
 
 descriptive statistics for all data variables for the data, to the extent that the descriptive statistics do not violate the rule against disclosure; 
 
 a reference to the statute requiring that the data not be disclosed; and 
 
 contact information for the individual or entity who has unrestricted access to the data. 
 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2017-09-25
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Budget.
action_date: 2017-09-25
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2017-09-25
text: Introduced in House
Texas Flood Accountability Act of 2017

Bill: 115-hr-3824
Sponsor: Rep. Poe, Ted [R-TX-2]
Introduced: 2017-09-25 in the House
Policy area: Water Resources Development
Subjects: Congressional oversight
Dams and canals
Emergency planning and evacuation
Floods and storm protection
Government information and archives
Texas
Water resources funding
Water storage

Summary:
action_date: 2017-09-25
text: 

Texas Flood Accountability Act of 2017

 
This bill requires the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers to submit to Congress and make publicly available a report with respect to dams, reservoirs, lakes, and other water retention facilities in Texas.
 
 The report shall include:
 
 
for each such facility, the maximum water capacity that would necessitate an unplanned release of water, the water level at which the facility and each spillway of the facility will overflow, and plans to notify first responders, local officials, and communities of flood emergencies and the projected water levels during such emergencies;
 
a description of steps taken by the Corps of Engineers to limit or prevent unplanned releases of water or overflows from such facilities;
 
recommendations of the Corps for infrastructure improvements and dredging of existing facilities needed to limit or prevent such releases or overflows;
 
plans to coordinate among such facilities during a flood emergency; and
 
a list identifying the such facilities under the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission's jurisdiction, which shall include a description of the process for lowering water levels at each facility. 
 
 
The Corps may exclude information from the report for national security purposes.
 
Upon the Corps' request, a non-federal entity that owns, operates, or has jurisdiction over a covered facility shall provide the maximum water capacity that would necessitate an unplanned release of water, the water level at which the facility and each spillway of the facility will overflow, and plans to notify first responders, local officials, and communities of flood emergencies and the projected water levels during such emergencies. An entity shall not be eligible for federal financial assistance until it complies with such request.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2017-10-24
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR H8132)
action_date: 2017-09-26
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Water Resources and Environment.
action_date: 2017-09-26
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Economic Development, Public Buildings and Emergency Management.
action_date: 2017-09-26
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR H7527)
action_date: 2017-09-25
text: Referred to the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.
action_date: 2017-09-25
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2017-09-25
text: Introduced in House
Harmonization of Coverage Act of 2017

Bill: 115-hr-3825
Sponsor: Rep. Black, Diane [R-TN-6]
Introduced: 2017-09-25 in the House
Policy area: Labor and Employment
Subjects: Labor standards

Summary:
action_date: 2017-09-25
text: 

Harmonization of Coverage Act of 2017

 
This bill amends the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 with respect to the definition of employee to harmonize it in accordance with the usual common law rules for purposes of the Federal Insurance Contributions Act.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2017-09-25
text: Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce.
action_date: 2017-09-25
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2017-09-25
text: Introduced in House