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WOOF! Act

Bill: 115-hr-4691
Sponsor: Rep. Fitzpatrick, Brian K. [R-PA-8]
Introduced: 2017-12-20 in the House
Policy area: Animals
Subjects: Animal protection and human-animal relationships
Corporate finance and management
Family relationships
Licensing and registrations
Mammals
Retail and wholesale trades

Summary:
action_date: 2017-12-20
text: 

Welfare of Our Friends Act of 2017 or the WOOF! Act

 
This bill amends the Animal Welfare Act to prohibit the Department of Agriculture (USDA) from licensing a dealer of dogs whose previous licenses have been suspended or revoked in the last 10 years if the license is for operating a facility that the dealer previously used. Further, USDA may not issue or renew a license to: (1) the dog dealer's immediate family members, (2) a person who resides at the same address as the dog dealer, or (3) certain legal entities if such dealer holds an ownership interest in the entity.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2018-01-24
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Livestock and Foreign Agriculture.
action_date: 2017-12-20
text: Referred to the House Committee on Agriculture.
action_date: 2017-12-20
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2017-12-20
text: Introduced in House
To revise the boundaries of a John H. Chafee Coastal Barrier Resources System Unit in Topsail, North Carolina.

Bill: 115-hr-4692
Sponsor: Rep. Jones, Walter B., Jr. [R-NC-3]
Introduced: 2017-12-20 in the House
Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources
Subjects: Marine and coastal resources, fisheries
North Carolina
Seashores and lakeshores

Summary:
action_date: 2017-12-20
text: 
This bill modifies certain boundaries of the John H. Chafee Coastal Barrier Resources System Unit located in North Topsail Beach, North Carolina.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2018-01-02
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Water, Power and Oceans.
action_date: 2017-12-20
text: Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.
action_date: 2017-12-20
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2017-12-20
text: Introduced in House
Puppy Protection Act of 2017

Bill: 115-hr-4693
Sponsor: Rep. Fitzpatrick, Brian K. [R-PA-8]
Introduced: 2017-12-20 in the House
Policy area: Animals
Subjects: Animal protection and human-animal relationships
Mammals
Veterinary medicine and animal diseases

Summary:
action_date: 2017-12-20
text: 

Puppy Protection Act of 2017

 
 This bill amends the Animal Welfare Act to require the Department of Agriculture to expand standards that govern the humane handling, care, treatment, and transportation of animals to include new requirements for commercial dog dealers. Specifically, the standards must require dog dealers to provide to dogs: (1) adequate housing, exercise, and veterinary care; (2) appropriate and nutritious food; (3) continuous access to potable water; and (4) meaningful socialization with humans and compatible dogs for at least 30 minutes each day. The standards must also include requirements for breeders to use safe breeding practices and make all reasonable efforts to find humane placement for retired breeding dogs.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2018-01-24
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Livestock and Foreign Agriculture.
action_date: 2017-12-20
text: Referred to the House Committee on Agriculture.
action_date: 2017-12-20
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2017-12-20
text: Introduced in House
Federal Employee Retroactive Pay Fairness Act

Bill: 115-hr-4694
Sponsor: Rep. Beyer, Donald S., Jr. [D-VA-8]
Introduced: 2017-12-20 in the House
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Subjects: Appropriations
Executive agency funding and structure
Government employee pay, benefits, personnel management

Summary:
action_date: 2017-12-20
text: 

Federal Employee Retroactive Pay Fairness Act

 
This bill requires federal employees furloughed due to a lapse in appropriations that begins on or about December 22, 2017, to be compensated at their standard rate of compensation for the period of such lapse as soon as practicable after such lapse ends.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2017-12-20
text: Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform.
action_date: 2017-12-20
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2017-12-20
text: Introduced in House
Bipartisan Market Stabilization and Innovation Act of 2017

Bill: 115-hr-4695
Sponsor: Rep. Schrader, Kurt [D-OR-5]
Introduced: 2017-12-20 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Competition and antitrust
Department of Health and Human Services
Government information and archives
Government studies and investigations
Government trust funds
Health care costs and insurance
Health care coverage and access
Health programs administration and funding
Health technology, devices, supplies
Medical research
Sales and excise taxes
State and local finance
State and local government operations
Tax administration and collection, taxpayers

Summary:
action_date: 2017-12-20
text: 

Bipartisan Market Stabilization and Innovation Act of 2017

 
This bill makes a series of changes relating to health insurance coverage and costs. Among other things, the bill establishes a specific fund to support state initiatives that reduce costs and terminates the medical device excise tax.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2018-01-03
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2017-12-22
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2017-12-20
text: Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on Ways and Means, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
action_date: 2017-12-20
text: Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on Ways and Means, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
action_date: 2017-12-20
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2017-12-20
text: Introduced in House
Promoting Hydropower Development at Existing Nonpowered Dams Act

Bill: 115-hr-4696
Sponsor: Rep. Bucshon, Larry [R-IN-8]
Introduced: 2017-12-20 in the House
Policy area: Energy
Subjects: Alternative and renewable resources
Dams and canals
Electric power generation and transmission
Environmental assessment, monitoring, research
Floods and storm protection
Licensing and registrations
User charges and fees
Water use and supply

Summary:
action_date: 2017-12-20
text: 

Promoting Hydropower Development at Existing Nonpowered Dams Act 

 
This bill amends the Federal Power Act to authorize the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) to establish an expedited process for issuing and amending licenses and preliminary permits for new hydropower facilities at existing nonpowered dams.
 
Before licensing the hydropower facility, FERC must assess the safety of existing nonfederal dams and other nonfederal structures.
 
Licensees of hydropower facility are not required to pay an annual charge for administrative expenses until construction commences.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2017-12-22
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Energy.
action_date: 2017-12-20
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2017-12-20
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2017-12-20
text: Introduced in House
To amend the Wyoming Wilderness Act of 1984 to clarify authorized recreational uses in the Palisades, High Lakes, and Shoal Creek Wilderness Study Areas.

Bill: 115-hr-4697
Sponsor: Rep. Cheney, Liz [R-WY-At Large]
Introduced: 2017-12-20 in the House
Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources
Subjects: Outdoor recreation
Parks, recreation areas, trails
Wilderness and natural areas, wildlife refuges, wild rivers, habitats
Wyoming

Summary:
action_date: 2017-12-20
text: 
This bill amends the Wyoming Wilderness Act of 1984 to direct the Department of Agriculture, with respect to helicopter skiing in the Palisades Wilderness Study Area in the Bridger-Teton and Targhee National Forests in Wyoming, to authorize the number of permitted days of helicopter skiing to be at least the number of days specified in the High Mountain Heli-Skiing Final Environmental Impact Statement for certain national forest districts in Wyoming and Idaho, issued by the Forest Service on June 30, 2005. 
 
Subject to such requirement, all recreational uses occurring before the enactment of this bill within the Palisades, High Lakes, and Shoal Creek Wilderness Study Areas, including horseback riding, snowmobiling, dirt bike riding, mountain biking, and helicopter skiing shall continue to be permitted in those areas. 
 
The bill bars the construction of any recreational access points in such wilderness study areas, except by an express authorization of Congress. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2018-01-02
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Federal Lands.
action_date: 2017-12-20
text: Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.
action_date: 2017-12-20
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2017-12-20
text: Introduced in House
Judicial Redaction Authority Act of 2017

Bill: 115-hr-4698
Sponsor: Rep. Jeffries, Hakeem S. [D-NY-8]
Introduced: 2017-12-20 in the House
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Subjects: Federal officials
Government ethics and transparency, public corruption
Government information and archives
Judges
Judicial procedure and administration
Protection of officials
Right of privacy
Supreme Court

Summary:
action_date: 2017-12-20
text: 

Judicial Redaction Authority Act of 2017

 
This bill amends the Ethics in Government Act of 1978 to extend through 2018 the authority of the Judicial Conference to redact personal and sensitive information from the financial disclosure report of a judge or judicial employee if it finds that revealing the information could endanger that individual or a family member of that individual. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2018-01-22
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Courts, Intellectual Property, and the Internet.
action_date: 2017-12-20
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2017-12-20
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2017-12-20
text: Introduced in House
Inclusive Campuses Act

Bill: 115-hr-4699
Sponsor: Rep. Johnson, Henry C. "Hank," Jr. [D-GA-4]
Introduced: 2017-12-20 in the House
Policy area: Education
Subjects: Education programs funding
Educational facilities and institutions
Higher education
Minority education
Sex, gender, sexual orientation discrimination

Summary:
action_date: 2017-12-20
text: 

Inclusive Campuses Act

 
This bill amends the Higher Education Act of 1965 to allow historically black colleges and universities and other minority-serving institutions of higher education to use federal aid provided under title III of the Act to establish resource centers on campus that provide support to and education about lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and queer students.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2017-12-20
text: Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce.
action_date: 2017-12-20
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2017-12-20
text: Introduced in House
IMPACT for Energy Act

Bill: 115-hr-4700
Sponsor: Rep. Lujan, Ben Ray [D-NM-3]
Introduced: 2017-12-20 in the House
Policy area: Energy
Subjects: Economic development
Energy research
Product development and innovation
Public-private cooperation
Research and development
Social work, volunteer service, charitable organizations
Technology transfer and commercialization

Summary:
action_date: 2017-12-20
text: 

Increasing and Mobilizing Partnerships to Achieve Commercialization of Technologies for Energy Act or the
 
IMPACT for Energy Act

 
This bill requires the Department of Energy to establish a nonprofit corporation named the IMPACT for Energy Foundation that provides a mechanism to channel private sector investment into commercial innovative technologies in energy.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2018-05-22
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Energy.
action_date: 2017-12-20
text: Referred to the Committee on Science, Space, and Technology, and in addition to the Committee on Ways and Means, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
action_date: 2017-12-20
text: Referred to the Committee on Science, Space, and Technology, and in addition to the Committee on Ways and Means, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
action_date: 2017-12-20
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2017-12-20
text: Introduced in House
CARES Act of 2017

Bill: 115-hr-4701
Sponsor: Rep. Renacci, James B. [R-OH-16]
Introduced: 2017-12-20 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Congressional oversight
Government studies and investigations
Health care costs and insurance
Health care coverage and access
Long-term, rehabilitative, and terminal care
Medicare

Summary:
action_date: 2017-12-20
text: 

Creating Access to Rehabilitation for Every Senior Act of 2017 or the CARES Act of 2017

 
This bill eliminates the three-day prior-hospitalization requirement for Medicare coverage of certain skilled-nursing-facilities services. The Medicare Payment Advisory Commission must study the cost of impact of such elimination.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2018-01-03
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2017-12-20
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2017-12-20
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2017-12-20
text: Introduced in House
Department of Education Accountability and Whistleblower Protection Act

Bill: 115-hr-4702
Sponsor: Rep. Rooney, Francis [R-FL-19]
Introduced: 2017-12-20 in the House
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Subjects: Administrative remedies
Congressional oversight
Department of Education
Employee hiring
Employee performance
Employment and training programs
Employment discrimination and employee rights
Executive agency funding and structure
Federal officials
Government employee pay, benefits, personnel management
Government ethics and transparency, public corruption
Government information and archives
Government studies and investigations
Right of privacy
Transportation costs

Summary:
action_date: 2017-12-20
text: 

Department of Education Accountability and Whistleblower Protection Act

 
This bill authorizes the Department of Education to suspend, demote, or remove certain employees for poor performance or misconduct.
 
It establishes requirements and procedures with respect to such adverse personnel actions, including the following:
 
 
appeal rights, 
 
whistle-blower protections,
 
grievances arising from an adverse personnel action,
 
recoupment of relocation expenses, and
 
recoupment of bonuses and awards.
 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2017-12-20
text: Referred to the Committee on Education and the Workforce, and in addition to the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
action_date: 2017-12-20
text: Referred to the Committee on Education and the Workforce, and in addition to the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
action_date: 2017-12-20
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2017-12-20
text: Introduced in House
Department of Labor Accountability Act of 2017

Bill: 115-hr-4703
Sponsor: Rep. Smucker, Lloyd [R-PA-16]
Introduced: 2017-12-20 in the House
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Subjects: Administrative remedies
Congressional oversight
Department of Labor
Employee hiring
Employment and training programs
Employment discrimination and employee rights
Evidence and witnesses
Executive agency funding and structure
Federal officials
Government employee pay, benefits, personnel management
Government ethics and transparency, public corruption
Government studies and investigations
Performance measurement
Transportation costs

Summary:
action_date: 2017-12-20
text: 

Department of Labor Accountability Act of 2017

 
This bill authorizes the Department of Labor to suspend, demote, or remove certain employees for poor performance or misconduct.
 
It establishes requirements and procedures with respect to such adverse personnel actions, including the following:
 
 
appeal rights, 
 
grievances arising from an adverse personnel action,
 
recoupment of relocation expenses, and
 
recoupment of bonuses and awards.
 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2017-12-20
text: Referred to the Committee on Education and the Workforce, and in addition to the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
action_date: 2017-12-20
text: Referred to the Committee on Education and the Workforce, and in addition to the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
action_date: 2017-12-20
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2017-12-20
text: Introduced in House
Nursing Home CARE Act

Bill: 115-hr-4704
Sponsor: Rep. Wasserman Schultz, Debbie [D-FL-23]
Introduced: 2017-12-20 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Civil actions and liability
Emergency planning and evacuation
Government lending and loan guarantees
Health facilities and institutions
Long-term, rehabilitative, and terminal care
Medicaid
Medicare
Nursing

Summary:
action_date: 2017-12-20
text: 

Nursing Home Comfortable Air Ready for Emergencies Act or the Nursing Home CARE Act

 
This bill (1) provides statutory authority for certain emergency-preparedness requirements applicable to skilled-nursing facilities and nursing-facility providers and suppliers under the Medicare and Medicaid programs, (2) establishes a loan program to assist such facilities in complying with the requirements, and (3) otherwise revises provisions regarding the emergency preparedness of such facilities.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2018-01-03
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2017-12-22
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2017-12-20
text: Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on Ways and Means, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
action_date: 2017-12-20
text: Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on Ways and Means, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
action_date: 2017-12-20
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2017-12-20
text: Introduced in House
Me Too Congressional Ethics Act

Bill: 115-hr-4705
Sponsor: Rep. Wasserman Schultz, Debbie [D-FL-23]
Introduced: 2017-12-20 in the House
Policy area: Congress
Subjects: Administrative remedies
Civil actions and liability
Congressional officers and employees
Congressional operations and organization
Employment discrimination and employee rights
Government employee pay, benefits, personnel management
Government ethics and transparency, public corruption
Government studies and investigations
House Committee on Ethics
Senate Select Committee on Ethics

Summary:
action_date: 2017-12-20
text: 

Me Too Congressional Ethics Act

 
This bill amends the Congressional Accountability Act of 1995 (CAA) to: (1) require the automatic referral to the congressional ethics committees of the final disposition of any allegation that an employing office of the House of Representatives or Senate violated certain CAA rights and protections, and (2) allow the employee alleging such violation to request a waiver of the referral or requirements to provide the congressional ethics committees with access to records and information regarding the allegation. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2017-12-20
text: Referred to the Committee on House Administration, and in addition to the Committee on Rules, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
action_date: 2017-12-20
text: Referred to the Committee on House Administration, and in addition to the Committee on Rules, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
action_date: 2017-12-20
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2017-12-20
text: Introduced in House
Music Modernization Act of 2017

Bill: 115-hr-4706
Sponsor: Rep. Collins, Doug [R-GA-9]
Introduced: 2017-12-21 in the House
Policy area: Commerce
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Congressional agencies
Digital media
Intellectual property
Library of Congress
Licensing and registrations
Music
Performing arts
Sound recording
User charges and fees

Summary:
action_date: 2017-12-21
text: 

Music Modernization Act of 2017

 
This bill amends the copyright law to create a statutory blanket license for making and distributing nondramatic musical sound recordings, including through digital delivery. The blanket license allows digital music services to distribute sound recordings covered by the license without negotiating for the rights for each individual recording, as long as the music service complies with the license's requirements, such as paying the required royalties.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2017-12-21
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2017-12-21
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2017-12-21
text: Introduced in House