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Health Savings Account Expansion Act of 2017

Bill: 115-hr-247
Sponsor: Rep. Brat, Dave [R-VA-7]
Introduced: 2017-01-04 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Health care costs and insurance
Health care coverage and access
Income tax deductions
Income tax rates

Summary:
action_date: 2017-01-04
text: 

Health Savings Account Expansion Act of 201

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This bill amends the Internal Revenue Code to modify the requirements for health savings accounts (HSAs) to:
 
 
 increase the maximum contribution amounts, 
 
 permit the use of HSAs to pay health insurance premiums and direct primary care expenses, 
 
 repeal the restriction on using HSAs for over-the-counter medications, 
 
 eliminate the requirement that a participant in an HSA be enrolled in a high deductible health care plan, and 
 
 decrease the additional tax for HSA distributions not used for qualified medical expenses. 
 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2017-01-04
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2017-01-04
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2017-01-04
text: Introduced in House
No Fly for Terrorists Act

Bill: 115-hr-248
Sponsor: Rep. Amash, Justin [R-MI-3]
Introduced: 2017-01-04 in the House
Policy area: Transportation and Public Works
Subjects: Aviation and airports
Criminal justice information and records
Marine and inland water transportation
Terrorism
Transportation safety and security
Travel and tourism

Summary:
action_date: 2017-01-04
text: 

No Fly for Terrorists Act

 
This bill amends federal transportation provisions and the Intelligence Reform and Terrorism Prevention Act of 2004 to prohibit Department of Homeland Security personnel from prohibiting a citizen or permanent resident of the United States from boarding a flight or a cruise ship as a passenger based on his or her inclusion on any no fly list, no transport list, automatic selectee list, consolidated and integrated terrorist watchlist, or other similar list maintained by the government unless the individual has been convicted of a federal crime of terrorism.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2017-02-02
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Transportation and Protective Security.
action_date: 2017-01-04
text: Referred to the House Committee on Homeland Security.
action_date: 2017-01-04
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2017-01-04
text: Introduced in House
Defunding United Nations Act of 2017

Bill: 115-hr-249
Sponsor: Rep. Babin, Brian [R-TX-36]
Introduced: 2017-01-04 in the House
Policy area: International Affairs
Subjects: Appropriations
Executive agency funding and structure
Foreign aid and international relief
International organizations and cooperation
United Nations

Summary:
action_date: 2017-01-04
text: 

Defunding United Nations Act of 2017
 
 
This bill prohibits funds made available to any federal agency for FY2017 and subsequent fiscal years from being used to make U.S. voluntary contributions to the regular budget of the United Nations or any U.N. agency.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2017-01-04
text: Referred to the House Committee on Foreign Affairs.
action_date: 2017-01-04
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2017-01-04
text: Introduced in House
Judicial Administration and Improvement Act of 2016

Bill: 115-hr-250
Sponsor: Rep. Biggs, Andy [R-AZ-5]
Introduced: 2017-01-04 in the House
Policy area: Law
Subjects: Alaska
Arizona
California
Federal appellate courts
Guam
Hawaii
Idaho
Judges
Judicial procedure and administration
Montana
Nevada
Northern Mariana Islands
Oregon
Washington State

Summary:
action_date: 2017-01-04
text: 

Judicial Administration and Improvement Act of 2016 [
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This bill divides the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit into: (1) a new Ninth Circuit, to be composed of California, Hawaii, Oregon, Washington, Guam, and the Northern Mariana Islands; and (2) a newly established Twelfth Circuit, to be composed of Alaska, Arizona, Idaho, Montana, and Nevada.
 
The bill designates locations where the new circuits are to hold regular sessions. 
 
The bill distributes active circuit judges of the former Ninth Circuit to the new circuits. Circuit judges and senior circuit judges currently stationed in Alaska, Arizona, Idaho, Montana, or Nevada may elect their circuit assignment. For each circuit judge in regular service who elects to be assigned to the new Ninth Circuit, the President shall appoint one additional circuit judge for the Twelfth Circuit.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2017-01-13
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Courts, Intellectual Property, and the Internet.
action_date: 2017-01-04
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2017-01-04
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2017-01-04
text: Introduced in House
Startup in a Day Act of 2017

Bill: 115-hr-251
Sponsor: Rep. Brownley, Julia [D-CA-26]
Introduced: 2017-01-04 in the House
Policy area: Commerce
Subjects: Government information and archives
Internet and video services
Internet, web applications, social media
Licensing and registrations
Small business

Summary:
action_date: 2017-01-04
text: 

Startup in a Day Act of 2017

 
This bill requires the Small Business Administration to establish the Startup in a Day Program to award competitive grants to state or local governments to assist entrepreneurs planning to start a small business concern in complying with state and local requirements.
 
State and local governments may use grants to:
 
 
 develop, implement, and improve Internet resources related to the small business concern startup process; and
 
 assist such entrepreneurs in registering and applying for any required licenses or permits.
 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2017-01-04
text: Referred to the House Committee on Small Business.
action_date: 2017-01-04
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2017-01-04
text: Introduced in House
Comprehensive Homes for Heroes Act of 2017

Bill: 115-hr-252
Sponsor: Rep. Green, Al [D-TX-9]
Introduced: 2017-01-04 in the House
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Building construction
Congressional oversight
Department of Housing and Urban Development
Energy efficiency and conservation
Executive agency funding and structure
Housing and community development funding
Housing industry and standards
Housing supply and affordability
Low- and moderate-income housing
Poverty and welfare assistance
Public housing
Residential rehabilitation and home repair
Veterans' loans, housing, homeless programs
Wages and earnings

Summary:
action_date: 2017-01-04
text: 

Comprehensive
 
Homes for Heroes Act of 2017

 
This bill requires the Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) to provide assistance to private nonprofit organizations and consumer cooperatives to expand the supply of supportive housing for very low-income veterans' families (families with incomes not exceeding 50% of the area median income).
 
The bill amends the United States Housing Act of 1937 to: (1) make housing rental vouchers available to all homeless veterans, regardless of medical condition; and (2) include veterans in public housing planning.
 
Veterans' benefits are excluded from income for purposes of HUD assisted housing rental determinations.
 
 HUD is required to: (1) make grants to nonprofit entities for technical assistance in sponsoring HUD housing projects for veterans, and (2) report annually to specified congressional committees and the Department of Veterans Affairs on HUD activities relating to veterans.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2017-01-04
text: Referred to the Committee on Financial Services, 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: 2017-01-04
text: Referred to the Committee on Financial Services, 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: 2017-01-04
text: Referred to the Committee on Financial Services, 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: 2017-01-04
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2017-01-04
text: Introduced in House
Family First Prevention Services Act of 2017

Bill: 115-hr-253
Sponsor: Rep. Buchanan, Vern [R-FL-16]
Introduced: 2017-01-04 in the House
Policy area: Families
Subjects: Adoption and foster care
Appropriations
Child health
Child safety and welfare
Congressional oversight
Drug trafficking and controlled substances
Drug, alcohol, tobacco use
Family relationships
Family services
Government information and archives
Government studies and investigations
Health programs administration and funding
Health promotion and preventive care
Intergovernmental relations
Juvenile crime and gang violence
Mental health
Poverty and welfare assistance
Social work, volunteer service, charitable organizations
State and local government operations

Summary:
action_date: 2017-01-04
text: 

Family First Prevention Services Act of 2017

 
This bill amends part E (Foster Care and Adoption Assistance) of title IV of the Social Security Act (SSAct) regarding, among other matters: (1) mental health and substance abuse prevention and treatment services and in-home parenting skill-based programs, (2) foster care maintenance payments for children with parents in a licensed residential family-based treatment facility for substance abuse, and (3) payments for evidence-based kinship navigator programs.
 
Part B of title IV (Child and Family Services) of the SSAct is amended regarding, among other matters: (1) time limits for family reunification services for children in foster care or returning home, (2) grants for the development of an electronic interstate case-processing system to expedite the interstate placement of children in foster care or guardianship or for adoption, and (3) targeted grants to increase the well-being of children affected by substance abuse.
 
The bill appropriates certain funding to Department of Health and Human Services for FY2018 for competitive grants to states, Indian tribes, or tribal consortia to support the recruitment and retention of high-quality foster families. 
 
The bill amends part B of title IV of the SSAct to reauthorize through FY2021: (1) the Stephanie Tubbs Jones Child Welfare Services Program, (2) promotion of safe and stable families program, (3) funding reservations for monthly caseworker visits and regional partnership grants, and (4) funding for state courts.
 
Part E of title IV of the SSAct is amended to: (1) revise the John H. Chaffee Foster Care Independence Program and related provisions, and (2) reauthorize adoption and legal guardianship incentive programs through FY2021.
 
The Government Accountability Office shall study the extent to which states comply with certain SSAct requirements relating to the effects of phasing out the Aid to Families with Dependent Children program income eligibility requirements for adoption assistance payments.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2017-01-13
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Human Resources.
action_date: 2017-01-04
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2017-01-04
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2017-01-04
text: Introduced in House
REAL Act of 2017

Bill: 115-hr-254
Sponsor: Rep. Davis, Danny K. [D-IL-7]
Introduced: 2017-01-04 in the House
Policy area: Education
Subjects: Correctional facilities and imprisonment
Education programs funding
Higher education
Sex offenses
Student aid and college costs

Summary:
action_date: 2017-01-04
text: 

Restoring Education And Learning Act of 2017 or the REAL Act of 2017

 
This bill amends title IV (Student Aid) of the Higher Education Act of 1965 to eliminate the provision that prohibits Pell Grant eligibility for individuals incarcerated in a federal or state penal institution and for sex offenders subject to civil commitment following incarceration. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2017-01-04
text: Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce.
action_date: 2017-01-04
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2017-01-04
text: Introduced in House
Protect Our Military Families' 2nd Amendment Rights Act

Bill: 115-hr-256
Sponsor: Rep. Farenthold, Blake [R-TX-27]
Introduced: 2017-01-04 in the House
Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement
Subjects: Firearms and explosives
Military personnel and dependents

Summary:
action_date: 2017-01-04
text: 

Protect Our Military Families' 2nd Amendment Rights Act

 
This bill amends the federal criminal code to allow a licensed gun dealer, importer, or manufacturer to sell or ship a firearm to the spouse of a member of the U.S. Armed Forces on active duty. (Current law already allows a licensed dealer, importer, or manufacturer to sell a firearm to a member of the U.S. Armed Forces on active duty.) 
 
The bill also specifies that, for purposes of federal firearms laws, a member of the U.S. Armed Forces on active duty, or his or her spouse, is a resident of the state in which: (1) the member or spouse maintains legal residence, (2) the permanent duty station of the member is located, and (3) the member maintains a home from which he or she commutes to the permanent duty station.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2018-04-25
text: ASSUMING FIRST SPONSORSHIP - Mr. Hunter asked unanimous consent that he may hereafter be considered as the first sponsor of H.R. 256, a bill originally introduced by former Representative Farenthold, for purposes of adding cosponsors and requesting reprintings pursuant to clause 7 of rule XII. Agreed to without objection.
action_date: 2017-01-12
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR H396)
action_date: 2017-01-10
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, Homeland Security, and Investigations.
action_date: 2017-01-04
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2017-01-04
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2017-01-04
text: Introduced in House
Recognition of Jerusalem as the Capital of the State of Israel Act

Bill: 115-hr-257
Sponsor: Rep. Franks, Trent [R-AZ-8]
Introduced: 2017-01-04 in the House
Policy area: International Affairs
Subjects: Appropriations
Arab-Israeli relations
Building construction
Congressional oversight
Department of State
Diplomacy, foreign officials, Americans abroad
Government buildings, facilities, and property
Government information and archives
Israel
Middle East
Presidents and presidential powers, Vice Presidents
Sovereignty, recognition, national governance and status

Summary:
action_date: 2017-01-04
text: 

Recognition of Jerusalem as the Capital of the State of Israel Act

 
This bill states that it is U.S. policy to recognize Jerusalem as the undivided capital of Israel. 
 
The bill expresses the sense of Congress that: (1) the United States should recognize the sovereign status of an undivided Jerusalem as Israel's capital, (2) recognizing Jerusalem as Israel's capital and transferring the U.S. Embassy to Jerusalem from Tel Aviv will signal U.S. commitment to Israel, (3) the President and the Department of State should affirm as a matter of U.S. policy that Jerusalem must remain Israel's undivided capital, (4) the President should implement the provisions of the Jerusalem Embassy Act of 1995 and begin the process of relocating the U.S. Embassy in Israel to Jerusalem, and (5) U.S. officials should refrain from actions that contradict U.S. law on this subject.
 
 The bill states that any official U.S. government document that lists countries and their capital cities should identify Jerusalem as Israel's capital. 
 
 The President shall relocate the U.S. Embassy in Israel to Jerusalem by January 1, 2019.
 
The Jerusalem Embassy Act of 1995 is amended to eliminate the President's authority, effective January, 1, 2018, to waive certain funding limitations for State Department acquisition and maintenance of buildings abroad until the U.S. Embassy in Jerusalem has officially opened. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2017-02-16
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Middle East and North Africa.
action_date: 2017-01-04
text: Referred to the House Committee on Foreign Affairs.
action_date: 2017-01-04
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2017-01-04
text: Introduced in House
To prevent the territories of the United States from losing current Medicaid funding.

Bill: 115-hr-259
Sponsor: Resident Commissioner González-Colón, Jenniffer [R-PR-At Large]
Introduced: 2017-01-04 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Health programs administration and funding
Medicaid
U.S. territories and protectorates

Summary:
action_date: 2017-01-04
text: 
This bill amends the Health Care and Education Reconciliation Act of 2010 to require the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services to annually allocate, to each U.S. territory, at least as much Medicaid funding for primary care services as was allocated to the territory in 2017.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2017-01-04
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2017-01-04
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2017-01-04
text: Introduced in House
Puerto Rico Admission Act

Bill: 115-hr-260
Sponsor: Resident Commissioner González-Colón, Jenniffer [R-PR-At Large]
Introduced: 2017-01-04 in the House
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Subjects: Caribbean area
Congressional districts and representation
Congressional elections
Elections, voting, political campaign regulation
Members of Congress
Puerto Rico
State and local government operations
U.S. territories and protectorates

Summary:
action_date: 2017-01-04
text: 

Puerto Rico Admission Act

 
This bill expresses U.S. policy that the U.S. citizens of Puerto Rico may choose whether Puerto Rico will become a state or a nation through a plebiscite pursuant to provisions of the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2014. 
 
If the U.S. citizens of Puerto Rico reaffirm the territory's choice of statehood through such a plebiscite: 
 
 
federal laws that do not apply to Puerto Rico or that apply differently to the territory than to the several states shall be amended or repealed to phase in the equal treatment of Puerto Rico with the several states by January 3, 2025, 
 
 the President's Task Force on Puerto Rico's Status shall submit a plan providing for such equal treatment to Congress and the President by 270 days after the enactment of this bill, 
 
Puerto Rico shall be considered a state for purposes of federal elections in November 2024, and
 
Puerto Rico shall become a state and shall be admitted to the Union on equal footing with the other states on January 3, 2025. 
 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2017-02-10
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Indian, Insular and Alaska Native Affairs.
action_date: 2017-01-04
text: Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.
action_date: 2017-01-04
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2017-01-04
text: Introduced in House
Puerto Rico Medicare Part B Equality Act

Bill: 115-hr-261
Sponsor: Resident Commissioner González-Colón, Jenniffer [R-PR-At Large]
Introduced: 2017-01-04 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Caribbean area
Medicare
Puerto Rico
U.S. territories and protectorates

Summary:
action_date: 2017-01-04
text: 

Puerto Rico Medicare Part B Equality Act

 
This bill amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act to automatically enroll eligible residents of Puerto Rico in Medicare's medical insurance program. Under current law, automatic enrollment applies to eligible residents of the United States, excluding Puerto Rico. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2017-01-25
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2017-01-13
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2017-01-04
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: 2017-01-04
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: 2017-01-04
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: 2017-01-04
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2017-01-04
text: Introduced in House
Buffalo Bayou National Heritage Area Act

Bill: 115-hr-262
Sponsor: Rep. Green, Gene [D-TX-29]
Introduced: 2017-01-04 in the House
Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources
Subjects: Historic sites and heritage areas
Texas

Summary:
action_date: 2017-01-04
text: 

Buffalo Bayou National Heritage Area Act

 
 This bill establishes the Buffalo Bayou National Heritage Area in Texas. The Buffalo Bayou National Heritage Area Corporation is designated as the management entity for the heritage area. The corporation shall submit a management plan for the heritage area. The bill sets forth requirements for the approval or disapproval of the plan. 
 
The bill specifies its effect on private property protections and water rights with regard to the heritage area. Nothing in this bill is meant to modify the Rio Grande Natural Area Act. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2017-02-10
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Federal Lands.
action_date: 2017-01-04
text: Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.
action_date: 2017-01-04
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2017-01-04
text: Introduced in House
United States Sovereignty and Commercial Freedom Act

Bill: 115-hr-263
Sponsor: Rep. Lamborn, Doug [R-CO-5]
Introduced: 2017-01-04 in the House
Policy area: International Affairs
Subjects: Arab-Israeli relations
Diplomacy, foreign officials, Americans abroad
International law and treaties
Israel
Jurisdiction and venue
Middle East
Palestinians
Sovereignty, recognition, national governance and status
Syria
United Nations
West Bank

Summary:
action_date: 2017-01-04
text: 

United States Sovereignty and Commercial Freedom Act

 
This bill declares that U.N. Security Council Resolution 2334 shall have no force or effect under U.S. law, and the United States shall not be bound by any provision of such resolution. 
 
 Resolution 2334 characterizes Israeli settlements in the West Bank and East Jerusalem as illegal and demands cessation of settlement activities. 
 
Nothing in such resolution or in any subsequently adopted Security Council resolution relating to Israel may be used to establish or demonstrate the existence of a violation of U.S. law or an offence against the law of nations in U.S. courts, including by giving standing, a cause of action, or a source of damages. 
 
Any reference to Israel in U.S. law, or in any treaty or other international agreement to which both the United States and Israel are parties, shall be interpreted to include any territory over which Israel exercises civil jurisdiction, including East Jerusalem, Areas &quot;C&quot; and &quot;H2&quot; of the West Bank, and the Golan Heights. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2017-01-04
text: Referred to the House Committee on Foreign Affairs.
action_date: 2017-01-04
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2017-01-04
text: Introduced in House