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Synthetic Drug Prevention, Treatment, and Education Act

Bill: 115-hr-2900
Sponsor: Rep. Velazquez, Nydia M. [D-NY-7]
Introduced: 2017-06-14 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Congressional oversight
Drug trafficking and controlled substances
Drug, alcohol, tobacco use
Government information and archives
Government studies and investigations
Health information and medical records
Health personnel
Health programs administration and funding
Health promotion and preventive care
Law enforcement officers

Summary:
action_date: 2017-06-14
text: 

Synthetic Drug Prevention, Treatment, and Education Act

 
This bill amends the Public Health Service Act to require the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) to study strategies for preventing and treating the use of synthetic recreational drugs, which are substances marketed for recreational use (regardless of claims to the contrary) that are analogous to a controlled substance and are not medications.
 
The Department of Health and Human Services must coordinate with the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) to establish and maintain a database of synthetic recreational drugs. The database must be publicly available for use in preventing and treating the use of synthetic recreational drugs.
 
The CDC, in collaboration with the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration, the National Institute on Drug Abuse, the National Institutes of Health, and the DEA, must develop and implement a national outreach campaign to educate law enforcement personnel, health care professionals, community members, and others about preventing and treating the use of substances similar to marijuana (cannabimimetic agents).
 The CDC may award grants to federally qualified health centers for public awareness programs regarding substances similar to marijuana. To carry out a public awareness program, grant recipients may partner with recipients of Drug-Free Communities Support Program grants.

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2017-06-16
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2017-06-14
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2017-06-14
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2017-06-14
text: Introduced in House
Volunteer Income Tax Assistance Permanence Act of 2017

Bill: 115-hr-2901
Sponsor: Rep. Curbelo, Carlos [R-FL-26]
Introduced: 2017-06-15 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Government information and archives
Poverty and welfare assistance
Social work, volunteer service, charitable organizations
Tax administration and collection, taxpayers

Summary:
action_date: 2017-06-15
text: 

Volunteer Income Tax Assistance Permanence Act of 2017

 
This bill directs the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) to establish a Community Volunteer Income Tax Assistance Matching Grant Program to provide matching funds for the development, expansion, or continuation of tax preparation programs to assist low-income taxpayers and members of underserved populations. 
 
Unless otherwise provided by a specific appropriation, the IRS may not allocate more than $30 million per fiscal year (exclusive of costs of administering the program) for the program. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2018-04-18
text: Pursuant to the provisions of H. Res. 831, H.R. 2901 is laid on the table.
action_date: 2018-04-17
text: Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
action_date: 2018-04-17
text: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by voice vote. (text: CR H3373-3374)
action_date: 2018-04-17
text: Passed/agreed to in House: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by voice vote.(text: CR H3373-3374)
action_date: 2018-04-17
text: DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on H.R. 2901.
action_date: 2018-04-17
text: Considered under suspension of the rules. (consideration: CR H3373-3375)
action_date: 2018-04-17
text: Mr. Curbelo (FL) moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended.
action_date: 2018-04-11
text: Ordered to be Reported (Amended) by Voice Vote.
action_date: 2018-04-11
text: Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
action_date: 2017-06-15
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2017-06-15
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2017-06-15
text: Introduced in House
IDEA Full Funding Act

Bill: 115-hr-2902
Sponsor: Rep. Huffman, Jared [D-CA-2]
Introduced: 2017-06-15 in the House
Policy area: Education
Subjects: Appropriations
Education programs funding
Elementary and secondary education
Special education

Summary:
action_date: 2017-06-15
text: 

IDEA Full Funding Act

 
This bill amends the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act to reauthorize and make appropriations for the grant program to assist states and outlying areas in providing special education and related services to children with disabilities.
 
The bill sets the amount to be appropriated for each fiscal year from FY2018-FY2026 as the greater of: (1) a specified amount, or (2) a specified percentage of an amount determined pursuant to a formula that multiplies the number of children receiving special education services by the average per-pupil expenditure in public elementary and secondary schools. The bill appropriates funds for FY2027 and each subsequent fiscal year equal to the greater of a specified amount or 40% of the amount determined using such formula. 
 
Amounts appropriated shall be expended consistent with pay-as-you-go requirements.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2017-06-15
text: Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce.
action_date: 2017-06-15
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2017-06-15
text: Introduced in House
Rural Reasonable and Comparable Wireless Access Act of 2017

Bill: 115-hr-2903
Sponsor: Rep. McKinley, David B. [R-WV-1]
Introduced: 2017-06-15 in the House
Policy area: Science, Technology, Communications
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Federal Communications Commission (FCC)
Government information and archives
Internet and video services
Internet, web applications, social media
Rural conditions and development
Telephone and wireless communication

Summary:
action_date: 2017-06-15
text: 

Rural Reasonable and Comparable Wireless Access Act of 2017

 
This bill directs the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) to develop regulations that would establish a national standard for determining whether mobile service, mobile data service, and broadband service in rural areas are reasonably comparable to the services provided in urban areas.
 
The FCC shall gather data about the average signal strengths and speeds of mobile services and the average speeds of broadband Internet services from the 20 most-populated urban areas. The services provided in rural areas shall be deemed reasonably comparable to urban area if the signal strengths and/or speeds meet or exceed the averages in the most-populated areas.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2017-06-16
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Communications and Technology.
action_date: 2017-06-15
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2017-06-15
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2017-06-15
text: Introduced in House
Restore Honor to Service Members Act

Bill: 115-hr-2904
Sponsor: Rep. Pocan, Mark [D-WI-2]
Introduced: 2017-06-15 in the House
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Administrative remedies
Department of Defense
Evidence and witnesses
Government information and archives
Military history
Military personnel and dependents
Personnel records
Sex, gender, sexual orientation discrimination

Summary:
action_date: 2017-06-15
text: 

Restore Honor to Service Members Act

 
This bill requires appropriate military record correction boards or discharge review boards to review the discharge characterization of any former members of the Armed Forces requesting a review who were discharged because of their sexual orientation. Such boards to change a characterization to honorable if such characterization is any characterization except honorable.
 
The Department of Defense (DOD) shall ensure that any such changes are carried out consistently and uniformly across the military departments using specified criteria, including that: (1) the original discharge was based on the policy of Don't Ask Don't Tell (as in effect before it was repealed pursuant to the Don't Ask, Don't Tell Repeal Act of 2010) or a similar earlier policy; and (2) the discharge characterization will be changed if, with respect to the original discharge, there were no aggravating circumstances that would have independently led to any discharge characterization except honorable.
 
The bill prohibits "aggravating circumstances" from including: (1) an offense of sodomy committed by the member against a consenting person of the same sex; or (2) statements, consensual sexual conduct, or consensual acts relating to sexual orientation or identity, or the disclosure of such statements, conduct, or acts, that were prohibited at the time of discharge but that became permitted after such discharge.
 
Each military department shall ensure that oral historians of the department: (1) review discharges between World War II and September 2011 based on sexual orientation, and (2) receive oral testimony of individuals who personally experienced discrimination and discharge because of actual or perceived sexual orientation so that such testimony may serve as an official record of such discriminatory policies and their impact on American lives.
 
Specified military personnel records and discharge forms must be reissued in a manner that shall not reflect the sexual orientation of the member. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2017-07-17
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Military Personnel.
action_date: 2017-06-15
text: Referred to the House Committee on Armed Services.
action_date: 2017-06-15
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2017-06-15
text: Introduced in House
Ensuring Access to General Surgery Act of 2017

Bill: 115-hr-2906
Sponsor: Rep. Bucshon, Larry [R-IN-8]
Introduced: 2017-06-15 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Government information and archives
Government studies and investigations
Health care coverage and access
Health information and medical records
Health personnel
Surgery and anesthesia

Summary:
action_date: 2017-06-15
text: 

Ensuring Access to General Surgery Act of 2017

 
This bill amends the Public Health Service Act to require the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) to study access by underserved populations to general surgeons, including: (1) whether the health professional shortage area designation under the National Health Service Corps program accurately assesses adequacy of access and whether another measure would be more accurate, and (2) potential methodologies for designating general surgery shortage areas.
 
HHS must publish data comparing the availability and need of general surgery services in urban, suburban, and rural areas. 
 
HHS may establish a methodology for designating general surgery shortage areas and make such designations. HHS must publish a list of general surgery shortage areas.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2017-06-16
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2017-06-15
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2017-06-15
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2017-06-15
text: Introduced in House
Planning for American Energy Act of 2017

Bill: 115-hr-2907
Sponsor: Rep. Tipton, Scott  R. [R-CO-3]
Introduced: 2017-06-15 in the House
Policy area: Energy
Subjects: Coal
Congressional oversight
Electric power generation and transmission
Energy storage, supplies, demand
Indian lands and resources rights
Land use and conservation
Manufacturing
Oil and gas
Pipelines
Strategic materials and reserves

Summary:
action_date: 2017-06-15
text: 

Planning for American Energy Act of 2017

 
This bill requires the Department of the Interior to develop and publish a quadrennial federal onshore energy production strategy for energy development and department resource allocation in order to promote the energy security and national security of the United States.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2017-11-16
text: Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 305.
action_date: 2017-11-16
text: Reported by the Committee on Natural Resources. H. Rept. 115-413.
action_date: 2017-11-16
text: Reported by the Committee on Natural Resources. H. Rept. 115-413.
action_date: 2017-11-08
text: Ordered to be Reported by the Yeas and Nays: 17 - 13.
action_date: 2017-11-08
text: Subcommittee on Energy and Mineral Resources Discharged.
action_date: 2017-11-08
text: Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
action_date: 2017-11-07
text: Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
action_date: 2017-09-06
text: Subcommittee Hearings Held.
action_date: 2017-06-23
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Energy and Mineral Resources.
action_date: 2017-06-15
text: Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.
action_date: 2017-06-15
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2017-06-15
text: Introduced in House
DC Personal Protection Reciprocity Act

Bill: 115-hr-2909
Sponsor: Rep. Massie, Thomas [R-KY-4]
Introduced: 2017-06-15 in the House
Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement
Subjects: District of Columbia
Firearms and explosives
Intergovernmental relations
Licensing and registrations
State and local government operations

Summary:
action_date: 2017-06-15
text: 

DC Personal Protection Reciprocity Act

 
This bill declares that the prohibitions of the District of Columbia Official Code against carrying a pistol within Washington, DC either openly or concealed without a license under DC law shall not apply to an individual who is:
 
 
not prohibited by federal law from possessing, transporting, shipping, or receiving a firearm; 
 
carrying a valid license or permit for a concealed firearm issued under the law of a state; and 
 
carrying a valid identification document containing the individual's photograph.
 
 
The Metropolitan Police Department, upon application by a person with a bona fide residence or place of business within the United States and a license to carry a concealed pistol under the law of any state or local government, shall issue that person a license to carry a concealed pistol within DC for up to two years from its date of issue, regardless of the applicant's reason for applying for the license. 
 
The bill repeals the condition on the permission for a non-DC resident who lives in a state that does not require a license to carry a concealed pistol to apply to the department for a license to carry one within DC for up to two years. The condition repealed states that the non-resident may apply for a license to carry a concealed weapon only if the non-resident meets the same reasons and requirements a person must meet who has a bona fide residence or place of business in DC.
 
The department shall enter into reciprocity agreements with each other state that requires such an agreement in order to grant recognition to a license to carry a concealed firearm issued by that state.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2017-06-15
text: Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform.
action_date: 2017-06-15
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2017-06-15
text: Introduced in House
Advancing America's Missile Defense Act of 2017

Bill: 115-hr-2912
Sponsor: Rep. Young, Don [R-AK-At Large]
Introduced: 2017-06-15 in the House
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Alliances
Congressional oversight
Defense spending
Environmental assessment, monitoring, research
Government studies and investigations
Military facilities and property
Military operations and strategy
Military personnel and dependents
Military procurement, research, weapons development
Nuclear weapons
Spacecraft and satellites

Summary:
action_date: 2017-06-15
text: 

Advancing America's Missile Defense Act of 2017

 
This bill directs the Missile Defense Agency (MDA) to use Department of Defense (DOD) policies to accelerate the development, testing, and fielding of the redesigned kill vehicle, the multi-object kill vehicle, the C3 booster, a space-based sensor layer, an airborne laser on unmanned aerial vehicles, and an additional missile defense site, including the completion of any outstanding environmental impact statements for an additional missile defense site on the east coast or in the midwest regions of the United States. 
 
DOD shall, subject to National Missile Defense funding, increase the number of U.S. ground-based interceptors by 28.
 
The MDA shall report to Congress on: (1) infrastructure requirements to increase the number of ground-based interceptors at Missile Field 1 and Missile Field 2 at Fort Greely to 20 ground-based interceptors each, (2) increasing the capacity of the ground-based mid-course defense element of the ballistic missile defense system, (3) the status of the integrated layers of missile defense radars, and (4) a revised missile defense testing campaign plan that accelerates the development and deployment of new missile defense technologies.
 
DOD, by December 31, 2021, shall: (1) execute any requisite construction to ensure that such missile fields or alternative fields at Fort Greely are capable of supporting and sustaining additional ground-based interceptors, (2) deploy 14 additional ground-based interceptors to field 1 or an alternative field at as soon as technically feasible, and (3) identify a ground-based interceptor stockpile storage site for a minimum of 14 ground-based interceptors.
 
The MDA shall develop, test, and deploy a highly reliable space-based missile defense sensor architecture for the ground-based midcourse defense system that provides specified functions and capabilities.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2017-07-17
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Strategic Forces.
action_date: 2017-06-15
text: Referred to the House Committee on Armed Services.
action_date: 2017-06-15
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2017-06-15
text: Introduced in House
Mental Health in Schools Act of 2017

Bill: 115-hr-2913
Sponsor: Rep. Napolitano, Grace F. [D-CA-32]
Introduced: 2017-06-15 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Academic performance and assessments
Child health
Education programs funding
Elementary and secondary education
Health programs administration and funding
Health promotion and preventive care
Mental health
Teaching, teachers, curricula
Violent crime

Summary:
action_date: 2017-06-15
text: 

Mental Health in Schools Act of 2017

 
This bill amends the Public Health Service Act to revise a community children and violence program to assist local communities and schools in applying a public health approach to mental health services, including by: (1) revising eligibility requirements for a grant, contract, or cooperative agreement; and (2) providing for comprehensive school mental health programs that are culturally and linguistically appropriate, trauma-informed, and age appropriate. A comprehensive school mental health program funded under this bill must assist children in dealing with trauma and violence. The bill makes only certain partnerships that include a state educational agency and one or more educational agencies, with a local agency serving as lead partner, eligible for funding. They include public or private entities that use evidence-based intervention.
 
The Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration shall develop a fiscally appropriate process for evaluating grant program activities, including the development of: (1) guidelines for the submission of program data by recipients; and (2) outcome measures to be applied by recipients in evaluating programs, including student and family measures and local educational measures.

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2017-06-16
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2017-06-15
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2017-06-15
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2017-06-15
text: Introduced in House
United States-Israel Anti-Tunnel Defense Cooperation Act

Bill: 115-hr-2914
Sponsor: Rep. Schneider, Bradley Scott [D-IL-10]
Introduced: 2017-06-15 in the House
Policy area: International Affairs
Subjects: Arab-Israeli relations
Foreign aid and international relief
Israel
Middle East
Military assistance, sales, and agreements
Military operations and strategy
Military procurement, research, weapons development
Palestinians
Research and development

Summary:
action_date: 2017-06-15
text: 

United States-Israel Anti-Tunnel Defense Cooperation Act

 
 This bill authorizes the Department of Defense, upon request of the Ministry of Defense of Israel and in consultation with the Department of State and the Director of National Intelligence, to carry out research, development, test, and evaluation, on a joint basis with Israel, to establish anti-tunneling capabilities to detect, map, and neutralize underground tunnels that threaten the United States or Israel.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2017-07-17
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Emerging Threats and Capabilities.
action_date: 2017-06-15
text: Referred to the Committee on Armed Services, and in addition to the Committee on Foreign Affairs, 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: 2017-06-15
text: Referred to the Committee on Armed Services, and in addition to the Committee on Foreign Affairs, 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: 2017-06-15
text: Referred to the Committee on Armed Services, and in addition to the Committee on Foreign Affairs, 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: 2017-06-15
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2017-06-15
text: Introduced in House
Save Oak Flat Act

Bill: 115-hr-2915
Sponsor: Rep. Grijalva, Raúl M. [D-AZ-3]
Introduced: 2017-06-15 in the House
Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources
Subjects: Arizona
Land transfers
Mining

Summary:
action_date: 2017-06-15
text: 

Save Oak Flat Act

 
This bill repeals the provisions under the Carl Levin and Howard P. &quot;Buck&quot; McKeon National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2015 providing for a land exchange between the Department of Agriculture and Resolution Copper Mining, LLC. Under the provisions of that Act, 2,422 acres of Forest Service land located in Pinal County, Arizona, are to be exchanged for various parcels of land owned by Resolution Copper. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2017-06-27
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Indian, Insular and Alaska Native Affairs.
action_date: 2017-06-27
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Federal Lands.
action_date: 2017-06-27
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Energy and Mineral Resources.
action_date: 2017-06-15
text: Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.
action_date: 2017-06-15
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2017-06-15
text: Introduced in House