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To require the Secretary of Transportation to publish a final rule to provide for the screening, testing, and treatment for sleep disorders of individuals operating commercial vehicles.

Bill: 115-hr-3882
Sponsor: Rep. Pascrell, Bill, Jr. [D-NJ-9]
Introduced: 2017-09-28 in the House
Policy area: Transportation and Public Works
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Department of Transportation
Motor carriers
Railroads
Transportation employees
Transportation safety and security
Worker safety and health

Summary:
action_date: 2017-09-28
text: 
This bill directs the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration and the Federal Railroad Administration to complete the rulemaking process and publish a final rule regarding the advance notice of proposed rulemaking issued on March 10, 2016, entitled &quot;Evaluation of Safety Sensitive Personnel for Moderate-to-Severe Obstructive Sleep Apnea.&quot;


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2017-09-29
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Railroads, Pipelines, and Hazardous Materials.
action_date: 2017-09-29
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Highways and Transit.
action_date: 2017-09-28
text: Referred to the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.
action_date: 2017-09-28
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2017-09-28
text: Introduced in House
HELP Act of 2017

Bill: 115-hr-3883
Sponsor: Rep. Reed, Tom [R-NY-23]
Introduced: 2017-09-28 in the House
Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement
Subjects: Criminal procedure and sentencing
Drug trafficking and controlled substances

Summary:
action_date: 2017-09-28
text: 

Help Ensure Lives are Protected Act of 2017 or the HELP Act of 

2017

 
This bill amends the Controlled Substances Act and the Controlled Substances Import and Export Act to impose a criminal penalty of life imprisonment or death on a person who commits a drug offense involving a specified quantity of heroin that contains a detectable amount of fentanyl or fentanyl that is represented to be or sold as heroin, if death or serious bodily injury results from the use of such substance.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2017-10-13
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, Homeland Security, and Investigations.
action_date: 2017-09-29
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2017-09-28
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: 2017-09-28
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: 2017-09-28
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2017-09-28
text: Introduced in House
National Child Identification Assistance Act

Bill: 115-hr-3884
Sponsor: Rep. Rooney, Thomas J. [R-FL-17]
Introduced: 2017-09-28 in the House
Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement
Subjects: Child safety and welfare
Community life and organization
Crimes against children
Criminal investigation, prosecution, interrogation
Criminal justice information and records
Social work, volunteer service, charitable organizations

Summary:
action_date: 2017-09-28
text: 

National Child Identification Assistance Act

 
This bill amends the Missing Children's Assistance Act to add findings: (1) that the collection and storage of children's identification information by law enforcement is resource intensive, and (2) that the National Child Identification Program partners with law enforcement agencies, nonprofit organizations, and community organizations to provide in-home fingerprint identification kits to families and promotes the proactive in-home collection and storage of identification information.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2017-09-28
text: Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce.
action_date: 2017-09-28
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2017-09-28
text: Introduced in House
Senior Citizen Protection Act of 2017

Bill: 115-hr-3885
Sponsor: Rep. Schneider, Bradley Scott [D-IL-10]
Introduced: 2017-09-28 in the House
Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement
Subjects: Aging
Crime victims
Criminal justice information and records
Law enforcement administration and funding
State and local government operations

Summary:
action_date: 2017-09-28
text: 

Senior Citizen Protection Act of 

2017

 
This bill requires the Department of Justice (DOJ) to establish guidelines for states to design and implement elder abuse registries. DOJ may award state grants to establish and operate such registries.
 
Additionally, DOJ must establish and maintain a national database that contains information from state elder abuse registries. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2017-10-13
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, Homeland Security, and Investigations.
action_date: 2017-09-28
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2017-09-28
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2017-09-28
text: Introduced in House
To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to increase the unified credit against the estate and gift tax and to simplify the estate and gift tax rates.

Bill: 115-hr-3886
Sponsor: Rep. Scott, Austin [R-GA-8]
Introduced: 2017-09-28 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Inflation and prices
Transfer and inheritance taxes

Summary:
action_date: 2017-09-28
text: 
This bill amends the Internal Revenue Code, with respect to the estate and gift tax, to: (1) increase the basic exclusion amount from $5 million to $50 million; (2) modify the required inflation adjustment for the basic exclusion amount; and (3) replace the existing rate schedule, which ranges from 18% to 40% depending on the amount of the estate or gift, with a single 20% rate.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2017-09-28
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2017-09-28
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2017-09-28
text: Introduced in House
SAFE at Home Act

Bill: 115-hr-3887
Sponsor: Rep. Smith, Jason [R-MO-8]
Introduced: 2017-09-28 in the House
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Subjects: Assault and harassment offenses
Crime victims
Domestic violence and child abuse
Government information and archives
Human trafficking
Judicial procedure and administration
Sex offenses

Summary:
action_date: 2017-09-28
text: 

Safeguarding Addresses From Emerging at Home Act or the SAFE at Home Act

 
This bill requires each federal agency and federal court to accept, for any purpose for which an individual is required to provide an address to the agency or court, an address designated to that individual pursuant to an address confidentiality program. An individual who provides an address pursuant to such a program shall not be subject to any federal regulatory, civil, or criminal penalties for providing such address in lieu of the individual's actual physical address.
 
An address confidentiality program is a state-implemented program that provides a designated address in lieu of the individual's actual physical address to an individual who: (1) is determined to be at risk of being a victim of domestic violence, rape, sexual assault, human trafficking, or stalking or who otherwise fears for their safety; or (2) resides in the same household as such an individual.
 
An agency or court seeking to acquire such individual's actual address shall comply with applicable procedures of such a program. Such address shall be considered confidential and shall not be subject to a Freedom of Information Act request.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2017-10-13
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Courts, Intellectual Property, and the Internet.
action_date: 2017-09-28
text: Referred to the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, and in addition to the Committee on the Judiciary, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
action_date: 2017-09-28
text: Referred to the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, and in addition to the Committee on the Judiciary, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
action_date: 2017-09-28
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2017-09-28
text: Introduced in House
Strengthening our Pediatric Workforce Act of 2017

Bill: 115-hr-3888
Sponsor: Rep. Smucker, Lloyd [R-PA-16]
Introduced: 2017-09-28 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Child health
Education programs funding
Health facilities and institutions
Health personnel
Health programs administration and funding
Medical education
Surgery and anesthesia

Summary:
action_date: 2017-09-28
text: 

Strengthening our Pediatric Workforce Act of 2017

 
This bill temporarily expands the Children's Hospitals Graduate Medical Education Payment Program by authorizing the Health Resources and Services Administration to award grants to support additional, specialty residency positions at hospitals that already have approved programs, and to support the establishment of such specialty programs.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2017-09-29
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2017-09-28
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2017-09-28
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2017-09-28
text: Introduced in House
WHEEL Act

Bill: 115-hr-3889
Sponsor: Rep. Tenney, Claudia [R-NY-22]
Introduced: 2017-09-28 in the House
Policy area: Transportation and Public Works
Subjects: Licensing and registrations
Motor carriers
Transportation employees
Transportation safety and security

Summary:
action_date: 2017-09-28
text: 

Waiving Hindrances to Economic Enterprise and Labor Act or the WHEEL Act

 
This bill amends the Fixing America's Surface Transportation Act (FAST Act) to modify the definition of "covered driver" for purposes of a commercial driver pilot program to mean an individual between the ages of 18 and 21 who: (1) holds a valid commercial driver's license; (2) has a driving record without citations, violations, or other safety infractions; and (3) has received a certification of completion of a training program or similar qualification demonstrating skill and aptitude with respect to the operation of a commercial motor vehicle. (Current law limits participation to individuals between such ages who are members or former members of the Armed Forces or reserve components, and who are qualified in a Military Occupational Specialty to operate a commercial motor vehicle or similar vehicle.)
 



Legislative actions:
action_date: 2017-09-29
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Highways and Transit.
action_date: 2017-09-28
text: Referred to the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.
action_date: 2017-09-28
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2017-09-28
text: Introduced in House
Making Rural America Count Act

Bill: 115-hr-3890
Sponsor: Rep. Valadao, David G. [R-CA-21]
Introduced: 2017-09-28 in the House
Policy area: Agriculture and Food
Subjects: Correctional facilities and imprisonment
Economic development
Rural conditions and development

Summary:
action_date: 2017-09-28
text: 

Making Rural America Count Act 

 
This bill prohibits the Department of Agriculture from including incarcerated prison populations when determining eligibility or the levels of assistance for rural development programs. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2017-11-16
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Commodity Exchanges, Energy, and Credit.
action_date: 2017-09-28
text: Referred to the House Committee on Agriculture.
action_date: 2017-09-28
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2017-09-28
text: Introduced in House
To amend title XIX of the Social Security Act to clarify the authority of State Medicaid fraud and abuse control units to investigate and prosecute cases of Medicaid patient abuse and neglect in any setting, and for other purposes.

Bill: 115-hr-3891
Sponsor: Rep. Walberg, Tim [R-MI-7]
Introduced: 2017-09-28 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Criminal investigation, prosecution, interrogation
Fraud offenses and financial crimes
Health care quality
Medicaid
State and local government operations

Summary:
action_date: 2017-09-28
text: 
This bill allows state Medicaid fraud control units to investigate complaints of patient abuse or neglect in additional settings. Specifically, the bill allows a unit to review complaints regarding Medicaid patients who are in noninstitutional or other settings. Currently, such units may review complaints regarding patients who are in Medicaid-funded health care facilities or certain board-and-care facilities.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2018-09-13
text: Ordered to be Reported by Voice Vote.
action_date: 2018-09-13
text: Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
action_date: 2018-09-07
text: Forwarded by Subcommittee to Full Committee by Voice Vote .
action_date: 2018-09-07
text: Subcommittee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
action_date: 2017-09-29
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2017-09-28
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2017-09-28
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2017-09-28
text: Introduced in House
To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide an exception for certain spun-off voluntary employees' beneficiary associations to the limitation on the exemption from tax on unrelated business taxable income of amounts set aside for qualified benefits.

Bill: 115-hr-3892
Sponsor: Rep. Walorski, Jackie [R-IN-2]
Introduced: 2017-09-28 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Employee benefits and pensions
Health care costs and insurance
Income tax rates
Tax-exempt organizations

Summary:
action_date: 2017-09-28
text: 
This bill amends the Internal Revenue Code to exempt certain spun-off voluntary employees' beneficiary associations (VEBAs) from the limitation on the amount of funds that may be set aside for benefits without being subject to the tax on unrelated business income. 
 
The exemption applies if: 
 
 
 the VEBA was originally established prior to the enactment of this bill by an employer to provide benefits for eligible employees, retirees, and their dependents and beneficiaries;
 
 the benefits are limited to post-retirement medical and life benefits;
 
 the employer has delegated (before the beginning of the tax year) all authority and responsibility for the VEBA to one or more independent persons who do not have an employment relationship with the members entitled to benefits from the VEBA; 
 
 no member entitled to benefits from the VEBA is entitled to benefits from any other VEBA as a result of employment with the employer; and 
 
 the employer has no obligation to make contributions to the VEBA and has not contributed during the 11-year period ending with the tax year. 
 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2017-09-28
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2017-09-28
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2017-09-28
text: Introduced in House
Tribal Heritage and Grizzly Bear Protection Act

Bill: 115-hr-3894
Sponsor: Rep. Grijalva, Raúl M. [D-AZ-3]
Introduced: 2017-10-02 in the House
Policy area: Animals
Subjects: Civil actions and liability
Crimes against animals and natural resources
Federal-Indian relations
Government liability
Government studies and investigations
Hunting and fishing
Indian lands and resources rights
Land use and conservation
Licensing and registrations
Livestock
Mammals
Wildlife conservation and habitat protection

Summary:
action_date: 2017-10-02
text: 

Tribal Heritage and Grizzly Bear Protection Act

 
This bill prohibits a person from taking, possessing, or transporting grizzly bears (
Ursus arctos horribilis
), or their parts. The bill does not apply to: (1) grizzly bears, or their parts, if they belong to a population that is listed as a threatened or an endangered species under the Endangered Species Act of 1973; (2) grizzly bears, or their parts, taken, possessed, or transported in Alaska; or (3) takings that are imminently necessary for self-defense or to save the life of a person in immediate danger. The term &quot;taking&quot; means to harass, harm, pursue, hunt, shoot, wound, kill, trap, capture, or collect, or to attempt to engage in such conduct.
 
The bill establishes civil and criminal penalties for violations.
 
The Department of the Interior may issue a permit for taking, possessing, or transporting grizzly bears, or their parts, under certain circumstances. However, Interior may not issue a permit if the taking would cause the total mortality for any population or subpopulation of grizzly bears to exceed the scientifically recommended limit determined by the Interagency Grizzly Bear Study Team.
 
Interior must establish a demonstration program of grants to states and Indian tribes for assisting livestock producers in undertaking non-lethal activities to reduce the risk of livestock loss due to predation by grizzly bears and providing compensation for losses due to the predation.
 
The bill provides for the reintroduction of grizzly bears on tribal land.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2017-10-02
text: Referred to the Committee on Natural Resources, and in addition to the Committee on Agriculture, 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: 2017-10-02
text: Referred to the Committee on Natural Resources, and in addition to the Committee on Agriculture, 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: 2017-10-02
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2017-10-02
text: Introduced in House
Secure and Protect Americans' Data Act

Bill: 115-hr-3896
Sponsor: Rep. Schakowsky, Janice D. [D-IL-9]
Introduced: 2017-10-02 in the House
Policy area: Commerce
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Business records
Civil actions and liability
Computer security and identity theft
Computers and information technology
Consumer affairs
Consumer credit
Federal Trade Commission (FTC)
Federal preemption
Fraud offenses and financial crimes
Internet and video services
Internet, web applications, social media
Marketing and advertising
Right of privacy
State and local government operations

Summary:
action_date: 2017-10-02
text: 

Secure and Protect Americans' Data Act

 
This bill directs the Federal Trade Commission to require certain organizations to (1) establish information security practices for the treatment and protection of personal information, and (2) provide specified notice in the case of a security breach involving such information.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2017-10-06
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Digital Commerce and Consumer Protection.
action_date: 2017-10-02
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2017-10-02
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2017-10-02
text: Introduced in House
Gold Star Family Support and Installation Access Act of 2017

Bill: 115-hr-3897
Sponsor: Rep. Bacon, Don [R-NE-2]
Introduced: 2017-10-02 in the House
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Cemeteries and funerals
Department of Defense
Military facilities and property
Military personnel and dependents
Monuments and memorials
Retail and wholesale trades

Summary:
action_date: 2017-10-02
text: 

Gold Star Family Support and Installation Access Act of 2017

 
This bill directs the appropriate military department to issue a standardized Gold Star Installation Access Card to the widow and dependent children of a deceased member of the Armed Forces to allow them to gain unescorted access to military installations to attend memorial events, visit gravesites, and obtain on-installation services and benefits.
 
The Department of Defense shall prescribe regulations to provide that a surviving spouse of a deceased member, regardless of martial status, who has guardianship of dependent children of the deceased member, is entitled to use commissary stores and MWR retail facilities to the same extent and on the same basis as the unremarried spouse of a member of the uniformed services. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2017-11-08
text: Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Armed Services.
action_date: 2017-11-07
text: Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
action_date: 2017-11-07
text: On passage Passed without objection. (text: CR H8545)
action_date: 2017-11-07
text: Passed/agreed to in House: On passage Passed without objection.(text: CR H8545)
action_date: 2017-11-07
text: Considered by unanimous consent. (consideration: CR H8545)
action_date: 2017-11-07
text: Committee on Armed Services discharged.
action_date: 2017-11-07
text: Committee on Armed Services discharged.
action_date: 2017-11-07
text: Mr. Bacon asked unanimous consent to discharge from committee and consider.
action_date: 2017-10-17
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Military Personnel.
action_date: 2017-10-02
text: Referred to the House Committee on Armed Services.
action_date: 2017-10-02
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2017-10-02
text: Introduced in House
To amend title 28, United States Code, to redefine the eastern and middle judicial districts of North Carolina.

Bill: 115-hr-3899
Sponsor: Rep. Holding, George [R-NC-2]
Introduced: 2017-10-02 in the House
Policy area: Law
Subjects: Federal district courts
North Carolina

Summary:
action_date: 2017-10-02
text: 
This bill amends the federal judicial code to move portions of four counties encompassing the Fort Bragg Military Reservation and Camp Mackall from the Middle District to the Eastern District of North Carolina.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2017-10-13
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Courts, Intellectual Property, and the Internet.
action_date: 2017-10-02
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2017-10-02
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2017-10-02
text: Introduced in House
Youth Empowerment Act of 2017

Bill: 115-hr-3900
Sponsor: Rep. Flores, Bill [R-TX-17]
Introduced: 2017-10-02 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Child health
Family planning and birth control
Health programs administration and funding
Health promotion and preventive care
Marriage and family status
Poverty and welfare assistance
Sex and reproductive health

Summary:
action_date: 2017-10-02
text: 

Youth Empowerment Act of 2017

 
This bill creates, and makes appropriations in FY2018 and FY2019 for, the Youth Empowerment Program. The program shall fund allotments to states or other entities to implement education exclusively about sexual risk avoidance (voluntarily refraining from sexual activity). Up to 20% of an allotment may be used to build evidence for sexual risk avoidance education.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2017-10-06
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2017-10-02
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2017-10-02
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2017-10-02
text: Introduced in House