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Global Brain Health Act of 2017

Bill: 115-hr-4621
Sponsor: Rep. Smith, Christopher H. [R-NJ-4]
Introduced: 2017-12-12 in the House
Policy area: International Affairs
Subjects: Aging
Child care and development
Child health
Congressional oversight
Digestive and metabolic diseases
Education programs funding
Federal officials
Foreign aid and international relief
Health care quality
Health information and medical records
Health personnel
Health programs administration and funding
Health promotion and preventive care
Hereditary and development disorders
International organizations and cooperation
Medical education
Medical research
Neurological disorders
Nutrition and diet
Public-private cooperation
Special education
Surgery and anesthesia
Teaching, teachers, curricula
World health

Summary:
action_date: 2017-12-12
text: 
 
Global Brain Health Act of 2017

 
 This bill directs the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) to establish the Global Autism Assistance Program to: (1) support activities by nongovernmental organizations and other service providers focused on autism in developing countries, and (2) establish a "teach the teachers" program to train health and education professionals working with such children. 
 
 The President may provide assistance to support a network of trained medical practitioners to treat hydrocephalus in children at pediatric hospitals and hydrocephalus treatment centers in developing countries. Such assistance shall provide for surgeon training and establishment of at least 20 treatment centers. 
 
The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) shall negotiate with the World Health Organization to develop the Global Alzheimer's Disease and Dementia Action Plan and establish a related Global Alzheimer's Disease and Dementia Fund. 
 
 The President shall appoint a high-level official to lead federal efforts to develop the plan and the fund and facilitate partnerships to identify new treatment approaches for Alzheimer's disease and other forms of dementia.
 
 HHS shall investigate the foreign aid implications of Alzheimer's disease and other forms of dementia.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2017-12-15
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2017-12-12
text: Referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs, 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: 2017-12-12
text: Referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs, 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: 2017-12-12
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2017-12-12
text: Introduced in House
Stop Underrides Act of 2017

Bill: 115-hr-4622
Sponsor: Rep. Cohen, Steve [D-TN-9]
Introduced: 2017-12-12 in the House
Policy area: Transportation and Public Works
Subjects: Accidents
Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Congressional oversight
Department of Transportation
Executive agency funding and structure
Government information and archives
Motor carriers
Motor vehicles
Transportation safety and security

Summary:
action_date: 2017-12-12
text: 

Stop Underrides Act of 2017

 
This bill amends federal transportation law to require the Department of Transportation (DOT) to issue a final rule to require the installation of rear underride guards that meet a specified performance standard on all trailers, semi-trailers, and single unit trucks with a gross vehicle weight rating of more than 10,000 pounds that are manufactured on or after the effective date of the rule. 
 
DOT shall issue a final rule requiring the installation of side underride guards that meet a specified performance standard on all trailers, semi-trailers, and single unit trucks with a gross vehicle rating of more than 10,000 pounds manufactured on or after the effective date of the rule.
 
DOT shall issue a final rule requiring all commercial motor vehicles with a gross vehicle weight rating of more than 10,000 pounds manufactured on or after the effective date of the rule to be equipped with front underride guards. It shall complete research on equipping commercial motor vehicles with a gross weight rating of more than 10,000 pounds with a front underride guard to prevent trucks from overriding the passenger vehicle and submit to the congressional transportation committees a report on such research.
 
The bill sets forth provisions regarding retrofit and maintenance requirements, and requires post-accident inspections and pre-trip inspections by drivers.
 
 
 
 
 
 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2017-12-13
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Highways and Transit.
action_date: 2017-12-12
text: Referred to the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.
action_date: 2017-12-12
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E1689)
action_date: 2017-12-12
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2017-12-12
text: Introduced in House
Cutting Useless and Redundant Bureaucrats (CURB) Act

Bill: 115-hr-4623
Sponsor: Rep. Rokita, Todd [R-IN-4]
Introduced: 2017-12-12 in the House
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Subjects: Congressional oversight
Executive agency funding and structure
Government employee pay, benefits, personnel management
Government information and archives

Summary:
action_date: 2017-12-12
text: 

Cutting Useless and Redundant Bureaucrats (CURB) Act

 
This bill specifies that if a law is enacted requiring an executive branch agency to consolidate or eliminate a program or project, then the agency must: (1) identify the number of agency full-time employees who worked on or administered the eliminated or consolidated program, (2) reduce its workforce by that number of full-time employees, and (3) report to Congress on the workforce reduction. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2017-12-12
text: Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform.
action_date: 2017-12-12
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2017-12-12
text: Introduced in House
Notario Victim Relief Act

Bill: 115-hr-4624
Sponsor: Rep. Veasey, Marc A. [D-TX-33]
Introduced: 2017-12-12 in the House
Policy area: Immigration
Subjects: Administrative remedies
Fraud offenses and financial crimes
Immigration status and procedures
Lawyers and legal services

Summary:
action_date: 2017-12-12
text: 

Notario Victim Relief Act

 
 This bill amends the Immigration and Nationality Act to eliminate the time limit on the filing of a motion to reopen a removal proceeding if the basis of the motion is fraud, negligence, misrepresentation, or extortion by, or the attempted, promised, or actual practice of law without authorization on the part of, a representative.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2018-01-22
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration and Border Security.
action_date: 2017-12-12
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2017-12-12
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2017-12-12
text: Introduced in House
National Jazz Preservation, Education, and Promulgation Act of 2017

Bill: 115-hr-4626
Sponsor: Rep. Jackson Lee, Sheila [D-TX-18]
Introduced: 2017-12-12 in the House
Policy area: Arts, Culture, Religion
Subjects: Commemorative events and holidays
Elementary and secondary education
Historical and cultural resources
Museums, exhibitions, cultural centers
Music
Sound recording
Teaching, teachers, curricula

Summary:
action_date: 2017-12-12
text: 

National Jazz Preservation, Education, and Promulgation Act of 2017

 
 This bill establishes a National Jazz Preservation Program and a National Jazz Appreciation Program, to be carried out by the Smithsonian Institution through the National Museum of American History, to: (1) preserve knowledge and promote education about jazz, and (2) further the appreciation of jazz music throughout the nation. 
 
 The Smithsonian Institution shall: (1) record interviews with leading jazz artists; (2) acquire, preserve, and interpret jazz artifacts; (3) continue to recognize Jazz Appreciation Month; (4) establish collaborative agreements for the sharing of such artifacts; and (5) encourage, consult with, and engage in capacity building with community-based and regional organizations with the potential to establish jazz archival collections. 
 
The bill amends the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 to allow the use of certain funds for programs to promote jazz education, which may include: (1) a Jazz Artists in the Schools program, (2) a program for the development and distribution of educational materials about jazz and teacher training on jazz education, and (3) an Ambassadors of Jazz program. 
 
 The Smithsonian Institution shall establish a series of jazz performances at Smithsonian affiliates that provides broad geographic access to jazz and supports public appreciation for the diversity of jazz music.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2017-12-12
text: Referred to the Committee on House Administration, 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: 2017-12-12
text: Referred to the Committee on House Administration, 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: 2017-12-12
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2017-12-12
text: Introduced in House
Industrial Mineral Parity Act of 2017

Bill: 115-hr-4628
Sponsor: Rep. Gibbs, Bob [R-OH-7]
Introduced: 2017-12-12 in the House
Policy area: Environmental Protection
Subjects: Coal
Licensing and registrations
Mining
Water quality

Summary:
action_date: 2017-12-12
text: 

Industrial Mineral Parity Act of 2017

 
This bill amends the Federal Water Pollution Control Act (commonly known as the Clean Water Act) to allow for modified permits for industrial minerals remining operations. The term &quot;industrial minerals&quot; means limestone, clay, sand, gravel, diatomite, kaolin, bentonite, silica, barite, gypsum, or talc. To qualify for a modified permit, an industrial minerals remining operation must occur at a site on which coal mining was conducted before the effective date of the Surface Mining Control and Reclamation Act of 1977.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2017-12-13
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Water Resources and Environment.
action_date: 2017-12-12
text: Referred to the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.
action_date: 2017-12-12
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2017-12-12
text: Introduced in House
Save Our Communities from Risky Trains Act of 2017

Bill: 115-hr-4629
Sponsor: Del. Norton, Eleanor Holmes [D-DC-At Large]
Introduced: 2017-12-12 in the House
Policy area: Transportation and Public Works
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Business records
Department of Transportation
Firearms and explosives
Government information and archives
Hazardous wastes and toxic substances
Radioactive wastes and releases
Railroads
Terrorism
Transportation safety and security

Summary:
action_date: 2017-12-12
text: 

Save Our Communities from Risky Trains Act of 2017 

 
This bill directs the Department of Transportation (DOT) to issue regulations to require enhanced security measures for shipments of security sensitive material.
 
DOT shall designate a material, or a group or class of material, as security sensitive if it determines that transporting such material in commerce poses a significant risk to national security due to its potential use in an act of terrorism.
 
Each railroad carrier transporting security sensitive material shall:
 
 
compile material route and storage pattern information, and 
 
submit to DOT a written rail transportation route and storage pattern security risk analysis and an alternative route and storage pattern analysis. 

 
Railroad carriers shall use the route and storage pattern that, based on the analyses, best reduces the risk, including consequences, of a terrorist attack on, or derailment of, a shipment of security sensitive material transported through or near an area of concern (i.e., urban areas).
 
Each railroad carrier shall review once every five years any changes affecting the security movements of such material.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2017-12-13
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Railroads, Pipelines, and Hazardous Materials.
action_date: 2017-12-12
text: Referred to the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.
action_date: 2017-12-12
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E1687-1688)
action_date: 2017-12-12
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2017-12-12
text: Introduced in House
To amend title 49, United States Code, to ensure military airports are eligible for certain grant funds.

Bill: 115-hr-4630
Sponsor: Rep. Pearce, Stevan [R-NM-2]
Introduced: 2017-12-12 in the House
Policy area: Transportation and Public Works
Subjects: Aviation and airports
Military facilities and property
Transportation programs funding

Summary:
action_date: 2017-12-12
text: 
This bill expands the program of grants for development of military airports to include former military installations that are categorized as primary airports.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2017-12-13
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Aviation.
action_date: 2017-12-12
text: Referred to the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.
action_date: 2017-12-12
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2017-12-12
text: Introduced in House
Access to Congressionally Mandated Reports Act

Bill: 115-hr-4631
Sponsor: Rep. Quigley, Mike [D-IL-5]
Introduced: 2017-12-12 in the House
Policy area: Congress
Subjects: Congressional agencies
Congressional operations and organization
Congressional oversight
Government Publishing Office (GPO)
Government information and archives
Legislative rules and procedure
Library of Congress

Summary:
action_date: 2017-12-12
text: 

Access to Congressionally Mandated Reports Act

 
This bill requires the Government Publishing Office (GPO) to establish and maintain a publicly available website containing copies of all congressionally mandated reports. The website must feature, in addition to certain descriptive information related to such reports: (1) the ability to retrieve a report through specified types of searches; (2) a means for downloading reports individually or in bulk; (3) an electronic means for federal agencies to submit reports to the GPO, as required by the bill; and (4) in tabular form, a list of all reports that can be searched and sorted by time frame or submission status.
 
The Office of Management and Budget must issue guidance to federal agencies on the bill's requirement for agencies to submit copies of congressionally mandated reports and related information to the GPO. With respect to each report, the relevant federal agency may redact or withhold certain information in accordance with the Freedom of Information Act and other laws.
 
At least annually by April 1, the Library of Congress must submit to the GPO a list of all congressionally mandated reports from the previous year. The list shall be provided in an open format and must include specified identifying and otherwise descriptive information.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2018-04-12
text: Ordered to be Reported (Amended) by Voice Vote.
action_date: 2018-04-12
text: Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
action_date: 2018-02-06
text: Ordered to be Reported (Amended) by Voice Vote.
action_date: 2018-02-06
text: Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
action_date: 2017-12-12
text: Referred to the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, 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: 2017-12-12
text: Referred to the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, 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: 2017-12-12
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2017-12-12
text: Introduced in House
Military and Veterans Education Protection Act

Bill: 115-hr-4632
Sponsor: Rep. Speier, Jackie [D-CA-14]
Introduced: 2017-12-12 in the House
Policy area: Education
Subjects: Education programs funding
Higher education
Medical education
Military personnel and dependents
National Guard and reserves
Student aid and college costs
Veterans' education, employment, rehabilitation

Summary:
action_date: 2017-12-12
text: 

Military and Veterans Education Protection Act

 
This bill amends title IV (Student Assistance) of the Higher Education Act of 1965 to revise a requirement, commonly known as the 90/10 rule, which directs proprietary (for profit) institutions of higher education to derive at least 10% of their revenue from nonfederal financial aid sources, or risk becoming ineligible for title IV funding. Currently the rule allows federal educational assistance for military personnel and veterans to count toward the 10%. This bill defines federal educational assistance to include federal educational assistance for military personnel and veterans. Thus, the bill prohibits proprietary institutions from counting federal educational assistance for military personnel and veterans as nonfederal funding sources.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2018-01-10
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Military Personnel.
action_date: 2017-12-12
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Economic Opportunity.
action_date: 2017-12-12
text: Referred to the Committee on Education and the Workforce, and in addition to the Committees on Armed Services, and Veterans' Affairs, 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: 2017-12-12
text: Referred to the Committee on Education and the Workforce, and in addition to the Committees on Armed Services, and Veterans' Affairs, 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: 2017-12-12
text: Referred to the Committee on Education and the Workforce, and in addition to the Committees on Armed Services, and Veterans' Affairs, 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: 2017-12-12
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2017-12-12
text: Introduced in House
CERTIFY Heroes Act

Bill: 115-hr-4633
Sponsor: Rep. Womack, Steve [R-AR-3]
Introduced: 2017-12-12 in the House
Policy area: Education
Subjects: Higher education
Licensing and registrations
Student aid and college costs
Veterans' education, employment, rehabilitation
Vocational and technical education

Summary:
action_date: 2017-12-12
text: 

Credentialing, Educating, and Relevant Training Initiative For Your Heroes Act or the CERTIFY Heroes Act

 
This bill allows tuition assistance provided under the Department of Defense's educational assistance program to be used for licensing and certification programs offered by entities other than institutions of higher education.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2018-01-10
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Military Personnel.
action_date: 2017-12-12
text: Referred to the House Committee on Armed Services.
action_date: 2017-12-12
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2017-12-12
text: Introduced in House
For the relief of Arpita Kurdekar, Girish Kurdekar, and Vandana Kurdekar.

Bill: 115-hr-4634
Sponsor: Rep. Kuster, Ann M. [D-NH-2]
Introduced: 2017-12-12 in the House
Subjects: Private Legislation

Summary:
action_date: 2017-12-12
text: Provides for the relief of Arpita Kurdekar, Girish Kurdekar, and Vandana Kurdekar.

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2018-01-22
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration and Border Security.
action_date: 2017-12-12
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2017-12-12
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2017-12-12
text: Introduced in House
Prioritizing Energy-Efficient Renewables Act of 2017

Bill: 115-hr-4636
Sponsor: Rep. Schakowsky, Janice D. [D-IL-9]
Introduced: 2017-12-13 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Alternative and renewable resources
Income tax credits
Income tax deductions
Oil and gas

Summary:
action_date: 2017-12-13
text: 

Prioritizing Energy-Efficient Renewables Act of 201

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This bill amends the Internal Revenue Code to: (1) make permanent the tax credits for producing electricity from wind, geothermal energy, hydropower, and marine and hydrokinetic renewable energy facilities; (2) repeal the tax deduction for intangible drilling and development costs for oil and gas wells; (3) repeal the tax deduction for income attributable to the production, refining, transportation, or distribution of oil, natural gas, or any primary product thereof; and (4) repeal the percentage depletion allowance for oil and gas wells. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2017-12-13
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2017-12-13
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2017-12-13
text: Introduced in House