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Environmental Health Workforce Act of 2017

Bill: 115-hr-1909
Sponsor: Rep. Lawrence, Brenda L. [D-MI-14]
Introduced: 2017-04-05 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Congressional oversight
Environmental health
Health personnel
Higher education
Licensing and registrations
Medical education
Performance measurement
State and local government operations
Student aid and college costs

Summary:
action_date: 2017-04-05
text: 

Environmental Health Workforce Act of 2017

 
This bill requires the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) to develop model standards and guidelines for credentialing environmental health workers.
 
HHS must develop a comprehensive and coordinated plan for the environmental health workforce that includes performance measures and identifies: (1) any gaps between existing programs and future environmental health workforce needs, (2) actions needed to address any identified gaps, and (3) any additional statutory authority required by HHS to implement identified actions.
 
The Government Accountability Office must identify best practices related to training and credentialing environmental health professionals in six states, based on the examination of three states that have credentialing requirements for environmental health workers and three that do not. 
 
The bill also amends the Higher Education Act of 1965 to specify that environmental health workers are eligible for public service loan forgiveness. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2017-04-07
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2017-04-05
text: Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on Education and the Workforce, 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: 2017-04-05
text: Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on Education and the Workforce, 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: 2017-04-05
text: Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on Education and the Workforce, 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: 2017-04-05
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2017-04-05
text: Introduced in House
Support Our Military Caregivers Act

Bill: 115-hr-1910
Sponsor: Rep. Stefanik, Elise M. [R-NY-21]
Introduced: 2017-04-05 in the House
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Administrative remedies
Department of Veterans Affairs
Disability and paralysis
Family services
Mental health
Neurological disorders
Public contracts and procurement
Veterans' medical care

Summary:
action_date: 2017-04-05
text: 

Support Our Military Caregivers Act

 
This bill permits an individual to elect to have an independent contractor perform an external clinical review of any of the following: 
 
 
a Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) denial of an individual's application to be a caregiver or family caregiver eligible for the VA program of comprehensive assistance for family caregivers of eligible veterans; 
 
with respect to an approved application, a VA determination of the level or amount of personal care services that a veteran requires; 
 
a request by a caregiver or family caregiver for a reconsideration of the level or amount of personal care services that a veteran requires based on post-application changes; and 
 
a revocation of such assistance administered by the VA. 
 
 
The VA shall ensure that each external clinical review is completed and the individual is notified in writing of the results within 120 days of the election.
 
The VA shall issue directives regarding the policies, procedures, and operational requirements for the such program and the VA program of general caregiver support services. The Government Accountability Office shall report to Congress on the VA's processes for determining eligibility for participation in such programs.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2017-04-06
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2017-04-05
text: Referred to the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
action_date: 2017-04-05
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2017-04-05
text: Introduced in House
PROMOTE Act of 2017

Bill: 115-hr-1914
Sponsor: Rep. Issa, Darrell E. [R-CA-49]
Introduced: 2017-04-05 in the House
Policy area: Commerce
Subjects: Broadcasting, cable, digital technologies
Intellectual property
Licensing and registrations
Music
Religion
Sound recording

Summary:
action_date: 2017-04-05
text: 

Performance Royalty Owners of Music Opportunity To Earn Act of 2017 or the PROMOTE Act of 2017

 
This bill amends federal copyright law to provide copyright owners the exclusive right to prohibit performance of a sound recording publicly by a broadcast transmission of a terrestrial AM/FM radio station. Exceptions are provided that allow terrestrial AM/FM radio broadcasts of a sound recording without the copyright owner's permission if: (1) a terrestrial AM/FM radio station pays royalties identical to those paid under the statutory license rates determined by Copyright Royalty Judges for eligible nonsubscription transmission services that apply to digital Internet radio streaming and webcasts; (2) the broadcast is of a religious service, by an educational terrestrial radio station, or by a low-power FM radio station; or (3) the broadcast is an incidental use. (Under current law, the exclusive right for the public performance of sound recordings extends only to digital audio transmissions, such as Internet and satellite radio broadcasts.)


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2017-04-05
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2017-04-05
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2017-04-05
text: Introduced in House
To amend the Small Business Act to provide the Administrator of the Small Business Administration authority to increase amount for general business loans, and for other purposes.

Bill: 115-hr-1915
Sponsor: Rep. Velazquez, Nydia M. [D-NY-7]
Introduced: 2017-04-05 in the House
Policy area: Commerce
Subjects: Congressional oversight
Government lending and loan guarantees
Small business

Summary:
action_date: 2017-04-05
text: 
This bill amends the Small Business Act to provide that if the amount of Small Business Administration (SBA) commitments for authorized general business loans for a fiscal year exceeds the limit on the total amount of commitments the SBA may make for such loans under such Act, the SBA may make such commitments for such loans for such fiscal year in a total amount equal to up to 120% of that limit. 
 
The SBA may not exercise this authority without prior approval of specified congressional committees. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2017-04-05
text: Referred to the House Committee on Small Business.
action_date: 2017-04-05
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2017-04-05
text: Introduced in House
Patriot Inventory Protection Act

Bill: 115-hr-1916
Sponsor: Rep. Shuster, Bill [R-PA-9]
Introduced: 2017-04-05 in the House
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Congressional oversight
Defense spending
Government studies and investigations
Military operations and strategy
Military procurement, research, weapons development

Summary:
action_date: 2017-04-05
text: 

Patriot Inventory Protection Act

 
This bill requires the Army to evaluate its ability to meet war fighter requirements and operational needs, if GEM-T interceptors are removed from its operational inventory, by either: (1) recertifying GEM-T interceptors; or (2) developing, testing, and fielding a new low-cost interceptor that can be placed on the Army's operational inventory prior to the retirement of GEM-T interceptors. GEM-T interceptors are surface-to-air Patriot Guided Enhanced Missiles.
 
The bill prohibits funds made available for the Army for FY2018 or thereafter from being obligated or expended to demilitarize any GEM-T interceptor or to remove any such interceptor from its operational inventory until the Army submits such evaluation to the congressional defense committees. Such limitation shall not apply to activities that the Army determines are critical to the safety of GEM-T interceptors.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2017-04-24
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Strategic Forces.
action_date: 2017-04-05
text: Referred to the House Committee on Armed Services.
action_date: 2017-04-05
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2017-04-05
text: Introduced in House
Child Tax Credit Protection Act of 2017

Bill: 115-hr-1919
Sponsor: Rep. Ferguson, A. Drew, IV [R-GA-3]
Introduced: 2017-04-05 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Income tax credits
Tax administration and collection, taxpayers
Tax treatment of families

Summary:
action_date: 2017-04-05
text: 

Child Tax Credit Protection Act of 201

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This bill amends the Internal Revenue Code to expand the identification requirements for the child tax credit to require taxpayers to provide a valid identification number (i.e., a Social Security account number issued by the Social Security Administration) on their tax returns in addition to the name and taxpayer identification number of each qualifying child. A &quot;valid identification number&quot; does not include a taxpayer identification number issued by the Internal Revenue Service. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2017-04-05
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2017-04-05
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2017-04-05
text: Introduced in House
To amend part B of title XVIII of the Social Security Act to exclude customary prompt pay discounts from manufacturers to wholesalers from the average sales price for drugs and biologicals under Medicare, and for other purposes.

Bill: 115-hr-1920
Sponsor: Rep. Upton, Fred [R-MI-6]
Introduced: 2017-04-05 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Medicare
Prescription drugs

Summary:
action_date: 2017-04-05
text: 
This bill modifies the methodology used to calculate a manufacturer's average sales price for certain drugs covered under Medicare. Specifically, the bill excludes, from a manufacturer's average sales price calculation, customary prompt pay discounts extended to wholesalers.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2017-04-17
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2017-04-07
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2017-04-05
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: 2017-04-05
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: 2017-04-05
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: 2017-04-05
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2017-04-05
text: Introduced in House
Head Start Improvement Act of 2017

Bill: 115-hr-1921
Sponsor: Rep. Banks, Jim [R-IN-3]
Introduced: 2017-04-05 in the House
Policy area: Education
Subjects: Congressional oversight
Education of the disadvantaged
Education programs funding
Government studies and investigations
Preschool education

Summary:
action_date: 2017-04-05
text: 

Head Start Improvement Act of 2017

 
This bill amends the Head Start Act to replace the existing Head Start program with block grants to states and Indian tribes for prekindergarten (pre-K) education. 
 
Instead of providing direct financial assistance to Head Start agencies, the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) shall allot block grant funds for pre-K education among eligible states and Indian tribes in accordance with their relative proportions of children, age five and younger, from low-income households. Grant recipients shall use the grant funds to: (1) award subgrants to eligible entities that provide pre-K education programs; (2) administer such programs; and (3) provide technical assistance, oversight, monitoring, research, and training.
 
Under current law, HHS is authorized to designate, monitor, and establish standards for Head Start agencies. The bill instead shifts pre-K program oversight and control to states and Indian tribes, which shall have full flexibility to use grant funds to finance the pre-K programs of their choice. In addition, grant recipients may use grant funds to establish portable voucher systems that allow costs to be paid for attendance at private pre-K education programs.
 
Under current law, federal financial assistance for a Head Start program is generally limited to 80% of total program costs. The bill maintains this limitation by requiring grant recipients to provide matching funds equal to 20% of the grant amount.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2017-04-05
text: Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce.
action_date: 2017-04-05
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2017-04-05
text: Introduced in House
Foreign Medical School Accountability Fairness Act of 2017

Bill: 115-hr-1922
Sponsor: Rep. Burgess, Michael C. [R-TX-26]
Introduced: 2017-04-05 in the House
Policy area: Education
Subjects: Education programs funding
Government lending and loan guarantees
Medical education
Student aid and college costs

Summary:
action_date: 2017-04-05
text: 
 

Foreign Medical School Accountability Fairness Act of 2017

 
This bill amends title I (General Provisions) of the Higher Education Act of 1965 to revise institutional eligibility criteria for a foreign graduate medical school to participate in federal student aid programs.
 
Current law requires a foreign graduate medical school to meet certain requirements&#8212;a minimum pass rate threshold on the medical licensing exam and a minimum percentage of foreign students&#8212;to participate in the Federal Direct Loan (DL) program, unless the Department of Education (ED) establishes alternative standards or the school has a grandfathered clinical training program. This bill terminates ED's authority to establish alternative standards and eliminates the exemption for a school with a grandfathered clinical training program (i.e., it requires all foreign graduate medical schools to meet minimum requirements to participate in the DL program).


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2017-04-05
text: Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce.
action_date: 2017-04-05
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2017-04-05
text: Introduced in House
To prohibit the use of members of the United States Armed Forces to carry out offensive combat operations in Syria.

Bill: 115-hr-1923
Sponsor: Rep. Capuano, Michael E. [D-MA-7]
Introduced: 2017-04-05 in the House
Policy area: International Affairs
Subjects: Conflicts and wars
Congressional oversight
Middle East
Military operations and strategy
Presidents and presidential powers, Vice Presidents
Syria
War and emergency powers

Summary:
action_date: 2017-04-05
text: 
This bill prohibits the President from using members of the Armed Forces to carry out offensive combat operations in Syria unless Congress has enacted a specific authorization for such use.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2017-04-05
text: Referred to the House Committee on Foreign Affairs.
action_date: 2017-04-05
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2017-04-05
text: Introduced in House
Community-Based Gang Intervention Act

Bill: 115-hr-1924
Sponsor: Rep. Cárdenas, Tony [D-CA-29]
Introduced: 2017-04-05 in the House
Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement
Subjects: Advisory bodies
Crime prevention
Juvenile crime and gang violence
Law enforcement administration and funding
Violent crime

Summary:
action_date: 2017-04-05
text: 

Community-Based Gang Intervention Act
 
This bill amends the Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention Act of 1974 to authorize grants to nonprofit community-based organizations for community-based gang intervention. 
 
It adds a definition for the term &quot;community-based gang intervention.&quot;
 
Additionally, the bill modifies the qualifications of State Advisory Group members to include representatives of community-based gang intervention agencies and to specify that a representative of a nonprofit organization includes a person with a special focus on community-based gang intervention.
 
Finally, the bill adds, as a purpose area under the Incentive Grants for Local Delinquency Prevention Programs, providing community-based gang intervention and gang prevention activities to juveniles and their families. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2017-04-05
text: Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce.
action_date: 2017-04-05
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2017-04-05
text: Introduced in House
At-Risk Youth Medicaid Protection Act of 2018

Bill: 115-hr-1925
Sponsor: Rep. Cárdenas, Tony [D-CA-29]
Introduced: 2017-04-05 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Child health
Correctional facilities and imprisonment
Juvenile crime and gang violence
Medicaid

Summary:
action_date: 2017-04-05
text: 

At-Risk Youth Medicaid Protection Act of 2017

 
This bill amends title XIX (Medicaid) of the Social Security Act to specify that a state Medicaid program may not terminate a juvenile's medical assistance eligibility because the juvenile is incarcerated. A state may suspend coverage while the juvenile is an inmate, but must restore coverage upon release without requiring a new application unless the individual no longer meets the eligibility requirements for medical assistance.
 
A state must process an application submitted by, or on behalf of, an incarcerated juvenile, notwithstanding that the juvenile is an inmate.
 
A "juvenile" is an individual who: (1) is under 21 years of age; or (2) has aged out of the state's foster care system, was enrolled in the state plan while in foster care, and is under 26 years of age.

action_date: 2018-06-12
text: 

At-Risk Youth Medicaid Protection Act of 

2018

 
This bill prohibits a state Medicaid program from terminating a juvenile's medical assistance eligibility because the juvenile is incarcerated. A state may suspend coverage while the juvenile is an inmate, but must reevaluate the juvenile's eligibility prior to the juvenile's release (without requiring a new application) and, if appropriate, restore coverage upon release. 
 
A state must also process an application submitted by, or on behalf of, an incarcerated juvenile in a manner that ensures the juvenile's eligibility is determined upon release.
 
A "juvenile" is an individual who: (1) is under 21 years of age; or (2) has aged out of the state's foster care system, was enrolled in the state plan while in foster care, and is under 26 years of age.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2018-06-12
text: Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 572.
action_date: 2018-06-12
text: Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Energy and Commerce. H. Rept. 115-738.
action_date: 2018-06-12
text: Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Energy and Commerce. H. Rept. 115-738.
action_date: 2018-05-17
text: Ordered to be Reported by Voice Vote.
action_date: 2018-05-17
text: Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
action_date: 2018-04-25
text: Forwarded by Subcommittee to Full Committee (Amended) by Voice Vote .
action_date: 2018-04-25
text: Subcommittee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
action_date: 2017-04-07
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2017-04-05
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2017-04-05
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2017-04-05
text: Introduced in House
Protecting Youth from Solitary Confinement Act

Bill: 115-hr-1926
Sponsor: Rep. Cárdenas, Tony [D-CA-29]
Introduced: 2017-04-05 in the House
Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement
Subjects: Child safety and welfare
Congressional oversight
Correctional facilities and imprisonment
Detention of persons
Juvenile crime and gang violence

Summary:
action_date: 2017-04-05
text: 

Protecting Youth from Solitary Confinement Act 

 
This bill amends the federal criminal code to prohibit solitary confinement for juveniles in federal custody at juvenile facilities. 
 
The Bureau of Prisons must report on the rate of juvenile solitary confinement and the trends demonstrated by analyzing data for each juvenile who was subject to solitary confinement. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2017-04-26
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, Homeland Security, and Investigations.
action_date: 2017-04-05
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2017-04-05
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2017-04-05
text: Introduced in House
Families of Fallen Servicemembers First Act

Bill: 115-hr-1928
Sponsor: Rep. Connolly, Gerald E. [D-VA-11]
Introduced: 2017-04-05 in the House
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Appropriations
Cemeteries and funerals
Defense spending
Department of Defense
Executive agency funding and structure
Housing finance and home ownership
Military personnel and dependents
Veterans' pensions and compensation

Summary:
action_date: 2017-04-05
text: 

Families of Fallen Servicemembers First Act 

 
This bill provides a permanent appropriation for the payment of death gratuities and related benefits to survivors of deceased members of the uniformed services during a period of lapsed appropriations. 
 
The bill provides the appropriations at the rate and under the conditions provided for the most recent fiscal year for which an Act making appropriations for the uniformed services has been enacted. 
 
The appropriations are provided during a period of lapsed appropriations, in which appropriations are unavailable due to the absence of the timely enactment of an Act or joint resolution providing appropriations or continuing appropriations for the death gratuity and related benefits. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2017-04-05
text: Referred to the House Committee on Appropriations.
action_date: 2017-04-05
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2017-04-05
text: Introduced in House
Empowering Homeowners to Mitigate Flood Damage Act of 2017

Bill: 115-hr-1929
Sponsor: Rep. Crist, Charlie [D-FL-13]
Introduced: 2017-04-05 in the House
Policy area: Finance and Financial Sector
Subjects: Disaster relief and insurance
Floods and storm protection

Summary:
action_date: 2017-04-05
text: 

Empowering Homeowners to Mitigate Flood Damage Act of 2017

 
This bill amends the National Flood Insurance Act of 1968 to increase the amount of coverage available under the National Flood Insurance Program's (NFIP's) Increased Cost of Compliance program. The program insures the cost of mitigating future flood damage to an NFIP-insured structure that has been substantially or repetitively damaged by floods.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2017-04-05
text: Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services.
action_date: 2017-04-05
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2017-04-05
text: Introduced in House