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Protecting Consumers from Unreasonable Credit Rates Act of 2017

Bill: 115-hr-3760
Sponsor: Rep. Cartwright, Matt [D-PA-17]
Introduced: 2017-09-13 in the House
Policy area: Finance and Financial Sector
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Civil actions and liability
Consumer Financial Protection Bureau
Consumer credit
Fraud offenses and financial crimes
Interest, dividends, interest rates

Summary:
action_date: 2017-09-13
text: 

Protecting Consumers from Unreasonable Credit Rates Act of 
 
2017

 
 This bill amends the Truth in Lending Act to prohibit a creditor from extending credit to a consumer under an open end consumer credit plan (credit card) for which the fee and interest rate exceeds 36%.
 
The bill also sets forth criminal penalties for violations and empowers state Attorneys General to enforce the bill.
 
Credit card billing statements must include the fee and interest rate, displayed as &quot;FAIR,&quot; instead of the total finance charge expressed as an annual percentage rate (APR).


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2017-09-13
text: Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services.
action_date: 2017-09-13
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2017-09-13
text: Introduced in House
Carbon Capture Act

Bill: 115-hr-3761
Sponsor: Rep. Conaway, K. Michael [R-TX-11]
Introduced: 2017-09-13 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Air quality
Climate change and greenhouse gases
Environmental technology
Income tax credits
Industrial facilities
Oil and gas

Summary:
action_date: 2017-09-13
text: 

Carbon Capture Act 

 
This bill amends the Internal Revenue Code to extend and modify the tax credit for carbon dioxide (CO2) sequestration. The bill modifies the credit to: 
 
 
allow certain new industrial or direct air capture facilities to qualify for the credit if construction begins before 2024; 
 
 allow qualified projects to claim the credit for 15 years, beginning on the date the equipment was originally placed in service; 
 
 increase the credit amounts for certain projects placed in service upon or after the enactment of this bill; 
 
expand the purposes for which captured CO2 may be used;
 
modify the requirements for the amount of CO2 that must be captured; 
 
 specify that the 75 million metric ton cap on the CO2 that may qualify for the credit applies only to projects placed in service before the enactment of this bill; 
 
 allow the credit to be transferred from the entity that owns and uses the capture equipment to the entity that disposes of or uses the CO2; and
 
allow certain facilities that were placed in service after 2015 and have not previously claimed the credit to be treated as placed in service on the date of the enactment of this bill. 
 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2017-09-13
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2017-09-13
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2017-09-13
text: Introduced in House
International Insurance Standards Act of 2017

Bill: 115-hr-3762
Sponsor: Rep. Duffy, Sean P. [R-WI-7]
Introduced: 2017-09-13 in the House
Policy area: Finance and Financial Sector
Subjects: Congressional oversight
Insurance industry and regulation
Legislative rules and procedure
State and local government operations
Trade agreements and negotiations

Summary:
action_date: 2017-09-13
text: 

International Insurance Standards Act of 2017

 
This bill prohibits parties representing the federal government in an international insurance agreement from agreeing to any standard inconsistent with existing federal and state laws. The parties must coordinate with state insurance regulators. Congress has the power to review and disapprove by joint resolution any such agreement.
 
The bill amends the Federal Insurance Office Act of 2010 to modify requirements for a covered international agreement entered into by the Department of the Treasury's Federal Insurance Office. Such an agreement must not include new prudential requirements for insurers and must only apply on a prospective basis. Congress has the power to review and disapprove by joint resolution any covered agreement.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2017-09-13
text: Referred to the Committee on Financial Services, and in addition to the Committee on Rules, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
action_date: 2017-09-13
text: Referred to the Committee on Financial Services, and in addition to the Committee on Rules, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
action_date: 2017-09-13
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2017-09-13
text: Introduced in House
Smarter EPSCoR Act

Bill: 115-hr-3763
Sponsor: Rep. Foster, Bill [D-IL-11]
Introduced: 2017-09-13 in the House
Policy area: Science, Technology, Communications
Subjects: Research administration and funding
Science and engineering education

Summary:
action_date: 2017-09-13
text: 

Smarter EPSCoR Act

 
This bill directs the National Science Foundation (NSF), when determining the eligibility of a jurisdiction to participate in the Established Program to Stimulate Competitive Research [EPSCoR] program (formerly known as the Experimental Program to Stimulate Competitive Research), to ensure that the proportion of the total amount of NSF research support attributed to the jurisdiction over the three-year period is calculated on a per capita basis. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2018-05-22
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Research and Technology.
action_date: 2017-09-13
text: Referred to the House Committee on Science, Space, and Technology.
action_date: 2017-09-13
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2017-09-13
text: Introduced in House
To redesignate certain clinics of the Department of Veterans Affairs located in Montana.

Bill: 115-hr-3765
Sponsor: Rep. Gianforte, Greg [R-MT-At Large]
Introduced: 2017-09-13 in the House
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Congressional tributes
Department of Veterans Affairs
Health facilities and institutions
Montana
Veterans' medical care

Summary:
action_date: 2017-09-13
text: 
This bill redesignates Department of Veterans Affairs clinics in Montana at the following locations:
 
 
2687 Palmer Street in Missoula as the &quot;David J. Thatcher Department of Veterans Affairs Clinic,&quot;
 
1775 Spring Creek Lane in Billings as the &quot;Dr. Joseph Medicine Crow Department of Veterans Affairs Clinic,&quot; and 
 
1766 Majestic Lane in Billings as the &quot;Benjamin Charles Steele Department of Veterans Affairs Clinic.&quot;
 
 
Any local public display of the name of the Dr. Joseph Medicine Crow Department of Veterans Affairs Clinic carried out by the United States or through the use of federal funds shall include both the English name, Dr. Joseph Medicine Crow, and the Crow name, Dakaak Baako. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2017-09-13
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2017-09-13
text: Referred to the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
action_date: 2017-09-13
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2017-09-13
text: Introduced in House
Credit Information Protection Act of 2017

Bill: 115-hr-3766
Sponsor: Rep. Himes, James A. [D-CT-4]
Introduced: 2017-09-13 in the House
Policy area: Finance and Financial Sector
Subjects: Computer security and identity theft
Consumer credit

Summary:
action_date: 2017-09-13
text: 

Credit Information Protection Act of 2017

 
This bill amends the Fair Credit Reporting Act to require, after a data security breach, a consumer reporting agency to provide a security freeze to a consumer upon request. (A security freeze prohibits the consumer reporting agency from releasing a report without the consumer's express authorization.) The consumer reporting agency must, without a fee: (1) place a freeze on any consumer's report, and (2) provide unlimited security freezes and freeze removals to a consumer affected by the breach. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2017-09-13
text: Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services.
action_date: 2017-09-13
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2017-09-13
text: Introduced in House
Ensuring Children's Access to Specialty Care Act of 2017

Bill: 115-hr-3767
Sponsor: Rep. Long, Billy [R-MO-7]
Introduced: 2017-09-13 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Child health
Health care coverage and access
Health facilities and institutions
Health personnel
Medical education
Mental health
Student aid and college costs

Summary:
action_date: 2017-09-13
text: 

Ensuring Children&rsquo;s Access to Specialty Care Act of 2017

 
This bill amends the Public Health Service Act to include pediatric subspecialties in primary health services for purposes of the National Health Service Corps (NHSC). Psychiatrists who are pediatric subspecialists are included in behavioral and mental health professionals. (These amendments make pediatric subspecialists, including psychiatrists, eligible for the NHSC fellowship program for the delivery of primary health services in health professional shortage areas, the NHSC Scholarship Program, and the NHSC Loan Repayment Program.)
 &ldquo;Health professional shortage area&rdquo; can mean an underserved population of children and adolescents.

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2017-09-15
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2017-09-13
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2017-09-13
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2017-09-13
text: Introduced in House
Reducing Waste in National Parks Act

Bill: 115-hr-3768
Sponsor: Rep. Quigley, Mike [D-IL-5]
Introduced: 2017-09-13 in the House
Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources
Subjects: Parks, recreation areas, trails
Solid waste and recycling
Water use and supply

Summary:
action_date: 2017-09-13
text: 

Reducing Waste in National Parks Act

 
This bill directs each regional director of a region of the National Park System (NPS) to establish a program to recycle and reduce the use of disposable plastic bottles within each NPS unit located in its region. 
 
Regional directors may eliminate the sale of water in disposable plastic bottles within their NPS units after having considered several specified factors.
 
 
Where an NPS unit is not offering water for sale in disposable plastic bottles, the superintendent of the unit may continue that practice, upon submission of an evaluation of those factors. 
 
Each regional director who establishes and implements such a program shall develop for each affected NPS unit a proactive visitor education strategy to address visitor expectations of water availability and explain the rationale for the program. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2017-09-20
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Federal Lands.
action_date: 2017-09-13
text: Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.
action_date: 2017-09-13
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2017-09-13
text: Introduced in House
Freight Infrastructure Reinvestment Act of 2017

Bill: 115-hr-3769
Sponsor: Rep. Smith, Adam [D-WA-9]
Introduced: 2017-09-13 in the House
Policy area: Transportation and Public Works
Subjects: Congressional oversight
Government information and archives
Government trust funds
Infrastructure development
Motor carriers
Navigation, waterways, harbors
Railroads
Roads and highways
Sales and excise taxes
Transportation programs funding
Transportation safety and security

Summary:
action_date: 2017-09-13
text: 

Freight Infrastructure Reinvestment Act of 2017

 
This bill amends the Internal Revenue Code to impose a 1% tax on certain ground transportation of property within the United States.
 
In addition, the bill establishes: (1) a National Freight Mobility Infrastructure Fund, consisting of amounts equivalent to taxes received under the bill; and (2) a National Freight Mobility Infrastructure Improvement Program, through which the Department of Transportation is authorized to make competitive grants for eligible costs associated with projects to improve freight mobility.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2017-09-14
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Water Resources and Environment.
action_date: 2017-09-14
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Railroads, Pipelines, and Hazardous Materials.
action_date: 2017-09-14
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Highways and Transit.
action_date: 2017-09-14
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Coast Guard and Maritime Transportation.
action_date: 2017-09-14
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Aviation.
action_date: 2017-09-13
text: Referred to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, 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: 2017-09-13
text: Referred to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, 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: 2017-09-13
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2017-09-13
text: Introduced in House
Community Health Investment, Modernization, and Excellence Act of 2017

Bill: 115-hr-3770
Sponsor: Rep. Stefanik, Elise M. [R-NY-21]
Introduced: 2017-09-13 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Appropriations
Health care coverage and access
Health facilities and institutions
Health programs administration and funding

Summary:
action_date: 2017-09-13
text: 

Community Health Investment, Modernization, and Excellence Act of 2017

 This bill amends the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act to extend through FY2022 and make appropriations for enhanced funding for the community health centers program.

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2017-09-15
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2017-09-13
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2017-09-13
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2017-09-13
text: Introduced in House
Special Counsel Integrity Act

Bill: 115-hr-3771
Sponsor: Rep. Conyers, John, Jr. [D-MI-13]
Introduced: 2017-09-14 in the House
Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement
Subjects: Congressional oversight
Criminal investigation, prosecution, interrogation
Department of Justice
Federal officials
Government ethics and transparency, public corruption
Judicial review and appeals
Supreme Court

Summary:
action_date: 2017-09-14
text: 

Special Counsel Integrity Act

 
This bill sets forth requirements and limitations with respect to the discipline or removal from office of a special counsel appointed under Department of Justice (DOJ) regulations. 
 
Specifically, a special counsel may be disciplined or removed only by the personal action of an Attorney General who has been confirmed by the Senate. If the Attorney General is recused from the matter, then a special counsel may be disciplined or removed by the most senior DOJ official who has been confirmed by the Senate and is not recused from the matter.
 
A special counsel: (1) may only be removed for misconduct, dereliction of duty, incapacity, conflict of interest, or other good cause, including violation of DOJ policies; (2) must be informed in writing of the specific reason for the removal; and (3) may file an action for judicial review of the removal.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2017-12-14
text: ASSUMING FIRST SPONSORSHIP - Mr. Cohen asked unanimous consent that he may hereafter be considered as the first sponsor of H.R. 3771, a bill originally introduced by Representative Conyers, for the purpose of adding cosponsors and requesting reprintings pursuant to clause 7 of rule XII. Agreed to without objection.
action_date: 2017-09-14
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2017-09-14
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2017-09-14
text: Introduced in House
Expanding Proven Financing for American Employers Act

Bill: 115-hr-3772
Sponsor: Rep. Barr, Andy [R-KY-6]
Introduced: 2017-09-14 in the House
Policy area: Finance and Financial Sector
Subjects: Corporate finance and management
Financial services and investments
Securities

Summary:
action_date: 2017-09-14
text: 

Expanding Proven Financing for American Employers Act 

 
This bill revises risk-retention requirements applicable to certain asset-backed securities.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2017-09-14
text: Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services.
action_date: 2017-09-14
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2017-09-14
text: Introduced in House
Child Care for Working Families Act

Bill: 115-hr-3773
Sponsor: Rep. Scott, Robert C. "Bobby" [D-VA-3]
Introduced: 2017-09-14 in the House
Policy area: Education
Subjects: Academic performance and assessments
Adoption and foster care
Appropriations
Child care and development
Child health
Crime prevention
Disability and paralysis
Domestic violence and child abuse
Education of the disadvantaged
Education programs funding
Family services
Health programs administration and funding
Higher education
Homelessness and emergency shelter
Preschool education
Student aid and college costs
Teaching, teachers, curricula
Women's health

Summary:
action_date: 2017-09-14
text: 

Child Care for Working Families Act

 
This bill provides additional grant funding for child care and preschool programs. It also modifies various requirements for the programs, including policies regarding compensation and training for employees. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2017-09-14
text: Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce.
action_date: 2017-09-14
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2017-09-14
text: Introduced in House
Reverse Transfer Efficiency Act of 2017

Bill: 115-hr-3774
Sponsor: Rep. Messer, Luke [R-IN-6]
Introduced: 2017-09-14 in the House
Policy area: Education
Subjects: Education programs funding
Employment and training programs
Higher education
Licensing and registrations
Right of privacy
Student records

Summary:
action_date: 2017-09-14
text: 

Reverse Transfer Efficiency Act of 2017

 
This bill amends the General Education Provisions Act to allow the release of a transfer student's educational records from an institution of postsecondary education where a student earned credit for coursework to an institution of postsecondary education where the student was previously enrolled in order to apply the student's coursework and credits toward completion of a recognized postsecondary credential, such as an associate's degree. (In the case of a student who does not complete a bachelor's degree after transferring to a four-year institution from a two-year institution, the credits earned at the four-year institution may be applied towards a recognized postsecondary credential at the two-year institution.) Specifically, the bill allows the Department of Education to provide funding to an institution of postsecondary education that releases a student's records of postsecondary coursework and credits without the consent of the student or the student's parents if the student provides written consent prior to receiving the credential.
 

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2017-09-14
text: Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce.
action_date: 2017-09-14
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2017-09-14
text: Introduced in House
Immigration in the National Interest Act of 2017

Bill: 115-hr-3775
Sponsor: Rep. Smith, Lamar [R-TX-21]
Introduced: 2017-09-14 in the House
Policy area: Immigration
Subjects: Administrative remedies
Business investment and capital
Citizenship and naturalization
Congressional oversight
Debt collection
Department of Homeland Security
Employee hiring
Family relationships
Foreign labor
Government information and archives
Immigration status and procedures
Refugees, asylum, displaced persons
U.S. and foreign investments
Visas and passports
Wages and earnings

Summary:
action_date: 2017-09-14
text: 

Immigration in the National Interest Act of 2017

 
This bill amends the Immigration and Nationality Act to: 
 
 
eliminate the diversity visa program; 
 
replace the current employment visa system with a skills-based point system; 
 
revise the worldwide level of family-sponsored immigrants, including by eliminating certain family-based immigration preferences; 
 
establish a 50,000 annual limit for refugees given permanent resident status;
 
create a nonimmigrant visa for parents of U.S. citizen children who are at least 21 years old; and
 
establish a new visa for immigrants seeking to enter the United States to engage in a new commercial enterprise.
 
 
 The bill prohibits an alien from being be naturalized if his or her sponsor has not repaid the federal government for any means-tested public benefits received by the alien during the five-year period beginning on the date the alien was lawfully admitted for permanent residence.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2017-09-28
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration and Border Security.
action_date: 2017-09-14
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2017-09-14
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2017-09-14
text: Introduced in House
Juab County Conveyance Act of 2018

Bill: 115-hr-3777
Sponsor: Rep. Love, Mia B. [R-UT-4]
Introduced: 2017-09-14 in the House
Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources
Subjects: Forests, forestry, trees
Land transfers
Utah

Summary:
action_date: 2017-09-14
text: 

Juab County Conveyance Act of 2017

 
This bill directs the Department of Agriculture (USDA), upon written request by Juab County in Utah, to convey to the county, without consideration and by quitclaim deed, all right, title, and interest of the United States in and to the Nephi Work Center located at 740 South Main Street in Nephi. 
 
The county must pay reasonable costs incurred by USDA for a survey as required by this bill and any required environmental or administrative analysis related to the conveyance.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2018-07-18
text: Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
action_date: 2018-07-17
text: Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
action_date: 2018-07-17
text: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by voice vote. (text: CR H6339)
action_date: 2018-07-17
text: Passed/agreed to in House: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by voice vote.(text: CR H6339)
action_date: 2018-07-17
text: DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on H.R. 3777.
action_date: 2018-07-17
text: Considered under suspension of the rules. (consideration: CR H6339-6340)
action_date: 2018-07-17
text: Mr. McClintock moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended.
action_date: 2018-07-03
text: Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 622.
action_date: 2018-07-03
text: Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Natural Resources. H. Rept. 115-803.
action_date: 2018-07-03
text: Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Natural Resources. H. Rept. 115-803.
action_date: 2018-06-06
text: Ordered to be Reported (Amended) by the Yeas and Nays: 23 - 13.
action_date: 2018-06-06
text: Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
action_date: 2018-06-06
text: Subcommittee on Federal Lands Discharged.
action_date: 2018-05-17
text: Subcommittee Hearings Held.
action_date: 2017-09-25
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Federal Lands.
action_date: 2017-09-14
text: Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.
action_date: 2017-09-14
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2017-09-14
text: Introduced in House