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Territorial Tax Equity and Economic Growth Act

Bill: 115-hr-190
Sponsor: Del. Plaskett, Stacey E. [D-VI-At Large]
Introduced: 2017-01-03 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: American Samoa
Caribbean area
Guam
Northern Mariana Islands
Puerto Rico
Tax administration and collection, taxpayers
Taxation of foreign income
U.S. territories and protectorates
Virgin Islands

Summary:
action_date: 2017-01-03
text: 

Territorial Tax Equity and Economic Growth Act

 
 This bill amends the Internal Revenue Code to modify the residence and income source rules involving U.S. possessions, including Guam, American Samoa, the Northern Mariana Islands, Puerto Rico, and the Virgin Islands. 
 
The bill specifies that a bona fide resident of a possession is a person who has a substantial presence in the possession for at least 122 days during the calendar year. (Under current law, the person must be present for at least 183 days during the year.) 
 
(Under current law, income is not considered to be possession source income if it is treated as: [1] income from sources within the United States, or [2] as effectively connected with the conduct of a trade or business within the United States.)
 
The bill amends this rule to specify that it applies to the extent that the income is attributable to an office or fixed place of business within the United States. Income from activities within the United States which are of a preparatory or auxiliary character may not be treated as income from sources within the United States or as effectively connected with the conduct of a trade or business within the United States. 
 
The bill specifies principles that must be used to determine whether income from sources without a possession is effectively connected with the conduct of a trade or business within the possession.
 
The Internal Revenue Service may limit the application in the Virgin Islands of requirements for U.S. citizens and resident aliens to pay a tax to a foreign country to be considered a nonresident of the United States for certain personal property sales. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2017-01-03
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2017-01-03
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2017-01-03
text: Introduced in House
Hire A Hero Act of 2017

Bill: 115-hr-191
Sponsor: Del. Plaskett, Stacey E. [D-VI-At Large]
Introduced: 2017-01-03 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Employee hiring
Income tax credits
National Guard and reserves
Veterans' education, employment, rehabilitation
Wages and earnings

Summary:
action_date: 2017-01-03
text: 

Hire A Hero Act of 201

7

 
 This bill amends the Internal Revenue Code to: (1) allow small businesses a work opportunity tax credit for hiring a member of the Ready Reserve or the National Guard, and (2) make such credit with respect to the hiring of qualified veterans and members of the Ready Reserve and National Guard permanent.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2017-01-03
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2017-01-03
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2017-01-03
text: Introduced in House
Direct Broadcast Satellite Expansion Act of 2017

Bill: 115-hr-192
Sponsor: Del. Plaskett, Stacey E. [D-VI-At Large]
Introduced: 2017-01-03 in the House
Policy area: Science, Technology, Communications
Subjects: Broadcasting, cable, digital technologies
Intellectual property
Licensing and registrations
Television and film
U.S. territories and protectorates

Summary:
action_date: 2017-01-03
text: 

Direct Broadcast Satellite Expansion Act of 2017

 
This bill amends federal copyright law and the Communications Act of 1934 to extend statutory licenses for secondary transmissions, and require satellite carriers to carry the analog and digital signals of licensed local television broadcast stations, in U.S. territories and possessions under the same requirements that apply in states. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2017-01-25
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Communications and Technology.
action_date: 2017-01-03
text: Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, 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: 2017-01-03
text: Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, 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: 2017-01-03
text: Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, 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: 2017-01-03
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2017-01-03
text: Introduced in House
American Sovereignty Restoration Act of 2017

Bill: 115-hr-193
Sponsor: Rep. Rogers, Mike D. [R-AL-3]
Introduced: 2017-01-03 in the House
Policy area: International Affairs
Subjects: Air quality
Climate change and greenhouse gases
Diplomacy, foreign officials, Americans abroad
Ecology
Foreign aid and international relief
Hazardous wastes and toxic substances
International law and treaties
International organizations and cooperation
Military assistance, sales, and agreements
Military command and structure
United Nations
World health

Summary:
action_date: 2017-01-03
text: 

American Sovereignty Restoration Act of 2017
 
 
This bill repeals the United Nations Participation Act of 1945 and other specified related laws. 
 
The bill requires: (1) the President to terminate U.S. membership in the United Nations (U.N.), including any organ, specialized agency, commission, or other formally affiliated body; and (2) closure of the U.S. Mission to the United Nations. 
 
The bill prohibits: (1) the authorization of funds for the U.S. assessed or voluntary contribution to the U.N., (2) the authorization of funds for any U.S. contribution to any U.N. military or peacekeeping operation, (3) the expenditure of funds to support the participation of U.S. Armed Forces as part of any U.N. military or peacekeeping operation, (4) U.S. Armed Forces from serving under U.N. command, and (5) diplomatic immunity for U.N. officers or employees.

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2017-01-03
text: Referred to the House Committee on Foreign Affairs.
action_date: 2017-01-03
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2017-01-03
text: Introduced in House
Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals Judgeship and Reorganization Act of 2017

Bill: 115-hr-196
Sponsor: Rep. Simpson, Michael K. [R-ID-2]
Introduced: 2017-01-03 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: 2017-01-03
text: 

Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals Judgeship and Reorganization Act of
 
2017

 
This bill divides the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit into: (1) the Ninth Circuit, composed of California, Guam, Hawaii, and Northern Mariana Islands; and (2) the Twelfth Circuit, composed of Alaska, Arizona, Idaho, Montana, Nevada, Oregon, and Washington.
 
The President must appoint two additional judges for the former Ninth Circuit, three judges for the new Ninth Circuit, and two additional temporary judges for the former Ninth Circuit. 
 
The bill: (1) specifies the locations where new circuits are to hold regular sessions, (2) distributes active circuit judges of the former Ninth Circuit to the new circuits, (3) allows senior circuit judges of the former Ninth Circuit to elect assignment, and (4) authorizes administrative coordination between any two contiguous circuits. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2017-01-13
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Courts, Intellectual Property, and the Internet.
action_date: 2017-01-03
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2017-01-03
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2017-01-03
text: Introduced in House
To authorize an additional district judgeship for the district of Idaho.

Bill: 115-hr-197
Sponsor: Rep. Simpson, Michael K. [R-ID-2]
Introduced: 2017-01-03 in the House
Policy area: Law
Subjects: Federal district courts
Idaho
Judges

Summary:
action_date: 2017-01-03
text: 
This bill requires the President to appoint, with the advice and consent of the Senate, one additional district judge for the district of Idaho.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2017-01-13
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Courts, Intellectual Property, and the Internet.
action_date: 2017-01-03
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2017-01-03
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2017-01-03
text: Introduced in House
Death Tax Repeal Act of 2017

Bill: 115-hr-198
Sponsor: Rep. Thornberry, Mac [R-TX-13]
Introduced: 2017-01-03 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Transfer and inheritance taxes

Summary:
action_date: 2017-01-03
text: 

Death Tax Repeal Act of 2017

 
This bill repeals the federal estate, gift, and generation-skipping transfer taxes.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2017-01-03
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2017-01-03
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2017-01-03
text: Introduced in House
Chicano Park Preservation Act

Bill: 115-hr-199
Sponsor: Rep. Vargas, Juan [D-CA-51]
Introduced: 2017-01-03 in the House
Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources
Subjects: Art, artists, authorship
California
Government studies and investigations
Historic sites and heritage areas
Historical and cultural resources
Parks, recreation areas, trails

Summary:
action_date: 2017-01-03
text: 

Chicano Park Preservation Act

 
This bill requires the Department of the Interior to conduct a special resource study of Chicano Park and its murals located in San Diego, California.
 
In conducting the study, Interior shall evaluate the site's national significance and determine the suitability and feasibility of designating it as a National Historic Landmark or an Affiliated Area of the National Park System. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2017-02-10
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Federal Lands.
action_date: 2017-01-03
text: Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.
action_date: 2017-01-03
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2017-01-03
text: Introduced in House
Supporting America's Young Entrepreneurs Act of 2017

Bill: 115-hr-201
Sponsor: Rep. Velazquez, Nydia M. [D-NY-7]
Introduced: 2017-01-03 in the House
Policy area: Education
Subjects: Economic development
Government information and archives
Higher education
Income tax exclusion
Interest, dividends, interest rates
Minority and disadvantaged businesses
Small business
Student aid and college costs

Summary:
action_date: 2017-01-03
text: 

Supporting America's Young Entrepreneurs Act of 

2017

 
This bill amends title IV (Student Assistance) of the Higher Education Act of 1965 to make eligible for deferment and cancellation under the Federal Direct Loan program a borrower who is an employee or founder of a small business start-up in a distressed area.
 
It also amends the Internal Revenue Code to exclude from an individual's gross income the amount of such canceled student loan debt. 
 
The bill establishes a Federal Direct Refinanced Private Loan program to refinance private education loans.
 
Finally, it establishes a young entrepreneurs business center within the Small Business Administration to certify small business start-ups, identify distressed areas, and approve loan cancelation for founders of small business start-ups.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2017-01-03
text: Referred to the Committee on Education and the Workforce, and in addition to the Committees on Financial Services, Ways and Means, and Small Business, 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: 2017-01-03
text: Referred to the Committee on Education and the Workforce, and in addition to the Committees on Financial Services, Ways and Means, and Small Business, 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: 2017-01-03
text: Referred to the Committee on Education and the Workforce, and in addition to the Committees on Financial Services, Ways and Means, and Small Business, 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: 2017-01-03
text: Referred to the Committee on Education and the Workforce, and in addition to the Committees on Financial Services, Ways and Means, and Small Business, 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: 2017-01-03
text: Referred to the Committee on Education and the Workforce, and in addition to the Committees on Financial Services, Ways and Means, and Small Business, 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: 2017-01-03
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2017-01-03
text: Introduced in House
Summer Meals Act of 2017

Bill: 115-hr-203
Sponsor: Rep. Young, Don [R-AK-At Large]
Introduced: 2017-01-03 in the House
Policy area: Agriculture and Food
Subjects: Child health
Elementary and secondary education
Food assistance and relief
Nutrition and diet
Poverty and welfare assistance
Public-private cooperation

Summary:
action_date: 2017-01-03
text: 

Summer Meals Act of 201

7

 
This bill amends the Richard B. Russell National School Lunch Act to redefine &quot;areas in which poor economic conditions exist,&quot; where the summer food service program for children may operate, as areas in which at least 40% (currently, 50%) of the children have been determined to be eligible for free or reduced price school meals under the school lunch and breakfast programs.
 
The bill reimburses service institutions (other than school food authorities) for up to one meal and one snack per child each day during after-school hours, weekends, and school holidays during the regular school calendar. (Currently, such institutions are reimbursed for meals and snacks served to children over the summer months or to children who are on vacation under a continuous school calendar.)
 
The Department of Agriculture may award competitive grants to service institutions to increase participation in the summer food service program for children at congregate feeding sites through innovative approaches to limited transportation and mobile meal trucks.
 
 Service institutions that are participating in the summer food service program for children may serve up to three meals, or two meals and one snack, during each day of operation. (Currently, this option is reserved for camps and service institutions that serve meals primarily to migrant children.)


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2017-01-03
text: Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce.
action_date: 2017-01-03
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2017-01-03
text: Introduced in House
Genetically Engineered Salmon Labeling Act

Bill: 115-hr-204
Sponsor: Rep. Young, Don [R-AK-At Large]
Introduced: 2017-01-03 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Environmental assessment, monitoring, research
Fishes
Food supply, safety, and labeling
Genetics
Marine and coastal resources, fisheries
Marketing and advertising
Seafood

Summary:
action_date: 2017-01-03
text: 

Genetically Engineered Salmon Labeling Act

 
This bill requires the market name of genetically modified (commonly called &quot;GMO&quot;) salmon to include &quot;Genetically Engineered&quot; or &quot;GE&quot; in front of the existing market name.
 
The Department of Health and Human Services must ensure that an independent scientific organization reviews and reports on the Food and Drug Administration's environmental assessment of AquAdvantage Salmon.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2017-01-25
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2017-01-03
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2017-01-03
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2017-01-03
text: Introduced in House
To amend the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act to require labeling of genetically engineered fish.

Bill: 115-hr-205
Sponsor: Rep. Young, Don [R-AK-At Large]
Introduced: 2017-01-03 in the House
Policy area: Agriculture and Food
Subjects: Fishes
Food supply, safety, and labeling
Genetics
Seafood

Summary:
action_date: 2017-01-03
text: 
This bill amends the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act to prohibit the sale of food that contains genetically engineered fish unless the food bears a label stating that it contains genetically engineered fish.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2017-01-25
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2017-01-03
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2017-01-03
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2017-01-03
text: Introduced in House
Prevention of Escapement of Genetically Altered Salmon in the United States Act

Bill: 115-hr-206
Sponsor: Rep. Young, Don [R-AK-At Large]
Introduced: 2017-01-03 in the House
Policy area: Commerce
Subjects: Aquaculture
Congressional oversight
Ecology
Environmental assessment, monitoring, research
Fishes
Genetics
Marine and coastal resources, fisheries
Seafood
Wildlife conservation and habitat protection

Summary:
action_date: 2017-01-03
text: 

Prevention of Escapement of Genetically Altered Salmon in the United States Act 

 
This bill prohibits a person from: 
 
 
shipping, transporting, offering for sale, selling, or purchasing a genetically altered finfish, or a food product containing those fish, in commerce; 
 
having custody, control, or possession of those fish or food products with the intent to ship, transport, offer for sale, sell, or purchase them in commerce; 
 
engaging in net-pen aquaculture (pens of fish contained by nets) of those fish; 
 
releasing those fish into a natural environment; or 
 
having custody, control, or possession of those fish with the intent to release them into a natural environment. 
 
 
 Fish, fish parts, or products confined for scientific research or collected to enforce this bill are exempted from the prohibition. An additional exemption is established if the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA): (1) prepares a finding of no significant impact in accordance with the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 after reviewing an application requesting a federal agency to permit activity prohibited by this bill, or (2) finds the application to be consistent with an environmental impact statement that includes an environmental risk analysis and specified assessments of costs and potential economic damage.
 
Each federal agency must promptly notify NOAA when an action involving those fish or food products is first identified by the agency.
 
The Department of Commerce may enforce penalties for violations of this bill under specified provisions of the Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management Act.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2017-02-10
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Water, Power and Oceans.
action_date: 2017-01-03
text: Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.
action_date: 2017-01-03
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2017-01-03
text: Introduced in House
To resolve title issues involving real property and equipment acquired using funds provided under the Alaska Kiln Drying Grant Program.

Bill: 115-hr-207
Sponsor: Rep. Young, Don [R-AK-At Large]
Introduced: 2017-01-03 in the House
Policy area: Agriculture and Food
Subjects: Agricultural equipment and machinery
Agricultural prices, subsidies, credit
Alaska
Forests, forestry, trees
Government buildings, facilities, and property
Land transfers

Summary:
action_date: 2017-01-03
text: 
The bill vests title to real property and equipment acquired using funds provided under the Alaska Kiln Drying Grant Program in the grant recipient in accordance with the compensation provisions in this bill. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2017-01-13
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Conservation and Forestry.
action_date: 2017-01-03
text: Referred to the House Committee on Agriculture.
action_date: 2017-01-03
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2017-01-03
text: Introduced in House
Ensuring Health Care Opportunities Act

Bill: 115-hr-208
Sponsor: Rep. Young, Don [R-AK-At Large]
Introduced: 2017-01-03 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Health care costs and insurance
Health care coverage and access
State and local government operations

Summary:
action_date: 2017-01-03
text: 

Ensuring Health Care Opportunities Act

 
This bill waives certain health insurance benefit requirements in states with a county where only one health insurer offers individual coverage. In these states, health plans are not required to provide essential health benefits to be offered in the individual or small group market or through the health insurance exchange. (Plans offered in the individual market or through an exchange fulfill the requirement for individuals to maintain minimum essential coverage.)


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2017-01-25
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2017-01-03
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2017-01-03
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2017-01-03
text: Introduced in House
To improve the Department of Housing and Urban Development's regulations on hazardous storage containers.

Bill: 115-hr-209
Sponsor: Rep. Young, Don [R-AK-At Large]
Introduced: 2017-01-03 in the House
Policy area: Housing and Community Development
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Department of Housing and Urban Development
Fires
Hazardous wastes and toxic substances
Motor fuels

Summary:
action_date: 2017-01-03
text: 
This bill requires the Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) to prescribe, or amend existing, regulations concerning the siting of HUD-assisted projects near hazardous operations handling conventional fuels or chemicals of an explosive or flammable nature to include as an exception from the definition of the term &quot;hazard&quot; any stationary container which stores, handles, or processes hazardous substances of an explosive or fire-prone nature that: (1) has a capacity of 1,320 gallons or less; (2) is intended to contain common liquid fuels such as gasoline, fuel oil, kerosene, diesel, or crude oil; (3) is sited on land or property that contains a one- to four-family dwelling; and (4) is intended to be used solely by residents of such dwelling and exclusively for non-commercial, non-industrial purposes.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2017-01-03
text: Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services.
action_date: 2017-01-03
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2017-01-03
text: Introduced in House