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Commission to Study the Potential Creation of a National Museum of Asian Pacific American History and Culture Act

Bill: 115-hr-869
Sponsor: Rep. Meng, Grace [D-NY-6]
Introduced: 2017-02-03 in the House
Policy area: Arts, Culture, Religion
Subjects: Advisory bodies
Art, artists, authorship
Asia
District of Columbia
Museums, exhibitions, cultural centers
U.S. history

Summary:
action_date: 2017-02-03
text: 

Commission to Study the Potential Creation of a National Museum of Asian Pacific American History and Culture Act

 
This bill establishes a Commission to Study the Potential Creation of a National Museum of Asian Pacific American History and Culture.
 
The Commission must: (1) report recommendations for a plan of action for the establishment and maintenance of a National Museum of Asian Pacific American History and Culture in Washington, D.C.; (2) develop a fundraising plan to support the establishment, operation, and maintenance of the Museum through public contributions; (3) obtain an independent review of this fundraising plan, including an analysis of the resources necessary to fund the construction of the Museum and its operations and maintenance in perpetuity without reliance on federal funds; and (4) submit a legislative plan of action to establish and construct the Museum.
 
 The Commission shall submit a report to Congress that addresses specified issues, including the impact of the Museum on regional Asian Pacific American history-related museums, whether it should be part of the Smithsonian Institution, and the cost of constructing, operating, and maintaining the Museum and acquiring its collections.
 
The Commission may convene a national conference relating to the Museum.
 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2017-02-15
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Federal Lands.
action_date: 2017-02-03
text: Referred to the Committee on Natural Resources, and in addition to the Committee on House Administration, 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: 2017-02-03
text: Referred to the Committee on Natural Resources, and in addition to the Committee on House Administration, 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: 2017-02-03
text: Referred to the Committee on Natural Resources, and in addition to the Committee on House Administration, 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: 2017-02-03
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2017-02-03
text: Introduced in House
REAL Space Act

Bill: 115-hr-870
Sponsor: Rep. Posey, Bill [R-FL-8]
Introduced: 2017-02-03 in the House
Policy area: Science, Technology, Communications
Subjects: Space flight and exploration

Summary:
action_date: 2017-02-03
text: 

Reasserting American Leadership in Space Act or the REAL Space Act

 
 This bill directs the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) to plan to return to the Moon by 2023 and to develop a sustained human presence there in order to promote exploration, commerce, science, and U.S. preeminence in space as a stepping stone for future exploration of Mars and other destinations. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2017-04-25
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Space.
action_date: 2017-02-03
text: Referred to the House Committee on Science, Space, and Technology.
action_date: 2017-02-03
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2017-02-03
text: Introduced in House
To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to exempt premiums paid on non-cash-value property and casualty insurance from the taxes to enforce reporting on certain foreign accounts.

Bill: 115-hr-871
Sponsor: Rep. Smith, Jason [R-MO-8]
Introduced: 2017-02-06 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Bank accounts, deposits, capital
Foreign and international banking
Life, casualty, property insurance

Summary:
action_date: 2017-02-06
text: 
This bill amends the Internal Revenue Code to exempt premiums paid on non-cash-value property and casualty insurance policies from taxes to enforce reporting on certain foreign accounts.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2017-02-06
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2017-02-06
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2017-02-06
text: Introduced in House
DEVICE Act of 2017

Bill: 115-hr-872
Sponsor: Rep. Lieu, Ted [D-CA-33]
Introduced: 2017-02-06 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Business records
Drug safety, medical device, and laboratory regulation
Government information and archives
Health technology, devices, supplies

Summary:
action_date: 2017-02-06
text: 

Disclosure; and Encouragement of Verification, Innovation, Cleaning, and Efficiency Act of 
 
2017 or the DEVICE Act of 2017

 
This bill amends the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act to require medical device manufacturers to notify the Food and Drug Administration (FDA): (1) before making changes to the design or reprocessing instructions of a device, and (2) no more than five days after widely disseminating to health care providers in a foreign country communications regarding changes to the design or reprocessing instructions of a device or regarding a safety concern about a device. A device may not be sold if the manufacturer violates these notification requirements.
 
Rapid assessment tests intended to ensure the proper reprocessing of reusable medical devices are defined as medical devices. The FDA must publish a list of the types of rapid assessment tests for which premarket notification must include validated instructions for use and validation data.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2017-02-10
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2017-02-06
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2017-02-06
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2017-02-06
text: Introduced in House
Sgt. Brandon Ketchum Never Again Act

Bill: 115-hr-874
Sponsor: Rep. Loebsack, David [D-IA-2]
Introduced: 2017-02-06 in the House
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Department of Veterans Affairs
Health care coverage and access
Health facilities and institutions
Hospital care
Mental health
Veterans' medical care

Summary:
action_date: 2017-02-06
text: 
 
Sgt. Brandon Ketchum Never Again Act

 
This bill requires the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA), upon the request of a veteran who is enrolled in the VA health care system and entitled to in-patient psychiatric care, to furnish such veteran with in-patient psychiatric care at: (1) the VA facility that is closest to where the veteran resides and that has the capacity and capability to provide such care, or (2) at a non-VA facility if the VA facility lacks such capacity or capability.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2017-02-06
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2017-02-06
text: Referred to the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
action_date: 2017-02-06
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2017-02-06
text: Introduced in House
Vietnam Helicopter Crew Monument Act

Bill: 115-hr-877
Sponsor: Rep. Amodei, Mark E. [R-NV-2]
Introduced: 2017-02-06 in the House
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Asia
Aviation and airports
Cemeteries and funerals
Conflicts and wars
Forests, forestry, trees
Monuments and memorials
Veterans' organizations and recognition
Vietnam
Virginia

Summary:
action_date: 2017-02-06
text: 

Vietnam Helicopter Crew Monument Act

 
This bill directs the Department of the Army to place in Arlington National Cemetery a monument honoring helicopter pilots and crew members who were killed while serving on active duty in the Armed Forces during the Vietnam era, subject to an agreement with the Vietnam Helicopter Pilots Association under which the association shall pay all site preparation, construction, installation, and maintenance costs for the memorial.
 
 The Army shall remove the Vietnam Helicopter Pilots Association Memorial Tree and place the monument where the tree stood.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2017-02-24
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Military Personnel.
action_date: 2017-02-06
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Disability Assistance and Memorial Affairs.
action_date: 2017-02-06
text: Referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs, and in addition to the Committee on Armed Services, 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: 2017-02-06
text: Referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs, and in addition to the Committee on Armed Services, 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: 2017-02-06
text: Referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs, and in addition to the Committee on Armed Services, 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: 2017-02-06
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2017-02-06
text: Introduced in House
Right to Try Act of 2017

Bill: 115-hr-878
Sponsor: Rep. Biggs, Andy [R-AZ-5]
Introduced: 2017-02-06 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Civil actions and liability
Drug safety, medical device, and laboratory regulation
Drug therapy
Health technology, devices, supplies
Licensing and registrations
Long-term, rehabilitative, and terminal care
Prescription drugs
Product safety and quality

Summary:
action_date: 2017-02-06
text: 

Right to Try Act of 2017

 
This bill requires the federal government to allow unrestricted manufacturing, distribution, prescribing, and dispensing of experimental drugs, biological products, and medical devices that are: (1) intended to treat a patient who has been diagnosed with a terminal illness, and (2) authorized by state law. The federal government must allow unrestricted possession and use of such treatments by patients certified by a physician as having exhausted all other treatment options.
 
A manufacturer, distributor, prescriber, dispenser, possessor, or user of such a treatment has no liability regarding the treatment.
 
The outcome of manufacture, distribution, prescribing, dispensing, possession, or use of such a treatment may not be used by a federal agency to adversely impact review or approval of the treatment.
 
The treatment must: (1) have successfully completed a phase 1 (initial, small scale) clinical trial; (2) remain under investigation in a clinical trial approved by the Food and Drug Administration; and (3) not be approved, licensed, or cleared for sale under the Federal Food, Drug, or Cosmetic Act or the Public Health Service Act.
 
 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2017-03-02
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, Homeland Security, and Investigations.
action_date: 2017-03-02
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on the Constitution and Civil Justice.
action_date: 2017-02-10
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2017-02-06
text: Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, 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: 2017-02-06
text: Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, 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: 2017-02-06
text: Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, 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: 2017-02-06
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2017-02-06
text: Introduced in House
Flood Insurance Integrity Act of 2017

Bill: 115-hr-879
Sponsor: Rep. Bilirakis, Gus M. [R-FL-12]
Introduced: 2017-02-06 in the House
Policy area: Finance and Financial Sector
Subjects: Congressional oversight
Disaster relief and insurance
Floods and storm protection
Government information and archives
Government studies and investigations

Summary:
action_date: 2017-02-06
text: 

Flood Insurance Integrity Act of 2017

 
 This bill directs the Government Accountability Office (GAO) to review every four years the rate tables established by the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) for implementing the National Flood Insurance Program (NFIP) under the National Flood Insurance Act of 1968 and determine whether: (1) the chargeable premium rates for flood insurance coverage are actuarially sound, based on standard actuarial practices used in the private sector; and (2) such chargeable premium rates are sufficient to ensure the long-term financial sustainability of NFIP.
 
The bill also directs the GAO to review annually the process for establishing and updating flood insurance rate maps and determine the degree of accuracy of the mapping process.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2017-02-06
text: Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services.
action_date: 2017-02-06
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2017-02-06
text: Introduced in House
AMP Act

Bill: 115-hr-881
Sponsor: Rep. Crowley, Joseph [D-NY-14]
Introduced: 2017-02-06 in the House
Policy area: Commerce
Subjects: Intellectual property
Music
Sound recording

Summary:
action_date: 2017-02-06
text: 

Allocation for Music Producers Act or the AMP Act

 
This bill amends federal copyright law to require a collective designated by the Copyright Royalty Judges to implement a policy providing for the acceptance of instructions (referred to as a "letter of direction") from a person who owns the exclusive right to publicly perform a sound recording by means of a digital audio transmission, or from a recording artist of a such a sound recording, to distribute a portion of royalty payments to a producer, mixer, or sound engineer who was part of the creative process behind the sound recording.
 
The collective must adopt special procedures for a producer, mixer, or sound engineer to receive a portion of royalties for recordings fixed before November 1, 1995, by certifying that a reasonable effort has been made to obtain a letter of direction from an artist who owns the right to receipts payable with respect to the sound recording.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2017-02-06
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2017-02-06
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2017-02-06
text: Introduced in House
North American Development Bank Improvement and General Capital Increase Authorization Act of 2017

Bill: 115-hr-882
Sponsor: Rep. Cuellar, Henry [D-TX-28]
Introduced: 2017-02-06 in the House
Policy area: International Affairs
Subjects: Air quality
Congressional oversight
Energy storage, supplies, demand
Foreign loans and debt
Latin America
Mexico
Motor vehicles
Multilateral development programs
North America
Oil and gas
Performance measurement
Pipelines
Roads and highways

Summary:
action_date: 2017-02-06
text: 

North American Development Bank Improvement and General Capital Increase Authorization Act of 2017

 
This bill authorizes the Department of the Treasury to subscribe to 150,000 additional shares of the capital stock of the North American Development Bank.
 
The U.S. government shall support the financing of projects related to:
 
 
natural gas, including natural gas pipelines and combined cycle power plants, with major emphasis on cross-border energy distribution and consumption and the energy security of the United States and Mexico; and
 
the expansion or new construction of international land border crossings to facilitate the the flow of goods and people across the U.S.-Mexico border while reducing wait times and improving air quality related to vehicular and commercial traffic pollution.
 
 
The U.S. government shall also require the bank to develop and implement:
 
 
 efficiency improvements to streamline and accelerate the bank's project certification and financing process, and 
 
performance measures that demonstrate how the bank's approved projects and financing are meeting its mission and providing value to the U.S.- Mexico border region.
 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2017-02-06
text: Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services.
action_date: 2017-02-06
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2017-02-06
text: Introduced in House
Children's Consignment Event Recognition Act of 2017

Bill: 115-hr-884
Sponsor: Rep. Hill, J. French [R-AR-2]
Introduced: 2017-02-06 in the House
Policy area: Labor and Employment
Subjects: Labor standards
Retail and wholesale trades
Social work, volunteer service, charitable organizations

Summary:
action_date: 2017-02-06
text: 

Children's Consignment Event Recognition Act of 2017 

 
 This bill amends the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 to exclude from the meaning of "employee" subject to minimum wage and maximum hours requirements any individuals who volunteer their services at a children's consignment event with or without the assistance of a facilitator and meet certain other conditions.
 
 This bill defines "children's consignment event" to mean a sale or other event in which: (1) at least 90% of the aggregate fair market value of items offered for sale are children's or maternity clothing, and resale items are offered for sale on consignment; and (2) the event is held open to the public in a single location for the sale of goods for 8 or fewer sale days within any 30-day period.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2017-02-06
text: Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce.
action_date: 2017-02-06
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2017-02-06
text: Introduced in House
To extend the waiver of limitations with respect to excluding from gross income amounts received by wrongfully incarcerated individuals.

Bill: 115-hr-885
Sponsor: Rep. Johnson, Sam [R-TX-3]
Introduced: 2017-02-06 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Civil actions and liability
Correctional facilities and imprisonment
Income tax credits
Income tax exclusion

Summary:
action_date: 2017-02-06
text: 
This bill amends the Protecting Americans from Tax Hikes Act of 2015 to extend the waiver of limitations on credits or refunds related to the exclusion from gross income of certain civil damages, restitution, or other monetary awards received by wrongfully incarcerated individuals.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2017-02-06
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2017-02-06
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2017-02-06
text: Introduced in House
Continuity of Education for Military Retired Dependents Act

Bill: 115-hr-886
Sponsor: Rep. Jones, Walter B., Jr. [R-NC-3]
Introduced: 2017-02-06 in the House
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Elementary and secondary education
Military personnel and dependents

Summary:
action_date: 2017-02-06
text: 

Continuity of Education for Military Retired Dependents Act

 
This bill authorizes the Department of Defense (DOD) to permit dependents of retired members of the Armed Forces who reside on military installations to attend DOD-provided elementary or secondary schools if DOD determines that appropriate educational programs are not available through a local educational agency. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2017-02-24
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Military Personnel.
action_date: 2017-02-06
text: Referred to the House Committee on Armed Services.
action_date: 2017-02-06
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2017-02-06
text: Introduced in House
To amend the Immigration and Nationality Act to extend honorary citizenship to otherwise qualified noncitizens who enlisted in the Philippines and died while serving on active duty with the United States Armed Forces during certain periods of hostilities, and for other purposes.

Bill: 115-hr-887
Sponsor: Rep. Jones, Walter B., Jr. [R-NC-3]
Introduced: 2017-02-06 in the House
Policy area: Immigration
Subjects: Asia
Citizenship and naturalization
Conflicts and wars
Military personnel and dependents
Philippines

Summary:
action_date: 2017-02-06
text: 
This bill amends the Immigration and Nationality Act to extend posthumous citizenship to an otherwise qualified noncitizen who enlisted, reenlisted, extended enlistment, or was inducted into the U.S. Armed Forces in the Philippines and died as a result of such active duty service during the period September 1, 1939-December 31, 1946.
 
The executive department under which a person served shall determine whether the person satisfied the requirements for posthumous citizenship.
 
Specified naturalization and other posthumous benefit provisions shall not apply to the surviving spouse, child, or parent of such a person.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2018-12-13
text: Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2018-12-12
text: Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
action_date: 2018-12-12
text: On passage Passed without objection. (text: CR H10152-10153)
action_date: 2018-12-12
text: Passed/agreed to in House: On passage Passed without objection.(text: CR H10152-10153)
action_date: 2018-12-12
text: Considered by unanimous consent. (consideration: CR H10152-10153)
action_date: 2018-12-12
text: Committee on the Judiciary discharged.
action_date: 2018-12-12
text: Committee on the Judiciary discharged.
action_date: 2018-12-12
text: Mr. Goodlatte asked unanimous consent to discharge from committee and consider.
action_date: 2017-03-09
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration and Border Security.
action_date: 2017-02-06
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2017-02-06
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2017-02-06
text: Introduced in House
To amend title 38, United States Code, to improve dependency and indemnity compensation for survivors of certain totally disabled veterans.

Bill: 115-hr-888
Sponsor: Rep. Jones, Walter B., Jr. [R-NC-3]
Introduced: 2017-02-06 in the House
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Disability and paralysis
Veterans' pensions and compensation

Summary:
action_date: 2017-02-06
text: 
This bill requires the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) to treat a notification of the death of a veteran rated totally disabled at the time of death as a claim by the veteran's surviving spouse and children for dependency and indemnity compensation benefits. The VA may not require that such spouse and children file a claim for such benefits.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2018-03-20
text: Subcommittee Hearings Held.
action_date: 2017-02-06
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Disability Assistance and Memorial Affairs.
action_date: 2017-02-06
text: Referred to the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
action_date: 2017-02-06
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2017-02-06
text: Introduced in House