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Combating Terrorist Recruitment Act of 2017

Bill: 115-hr-1250
Sponsor: Rep. Fleischmann, Charles J. "Chuck" [R-TN-3]
Introduced: 2017-02-28 in the House
Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement
Subjects: Government information and archives
International organizations and cooperation
Political movements and philosophies
Terrorism

Summary:
action_date: 2017-02-28
text: 

Combating Terrorist Recruitment Act of 2017

 
 This bill directs the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) to incorporate the public statements of former violent extremists or their associates into its efforts to combat terrorist recruitment, including efforts to counter-message foreign terrorist organization communications and related community engagement and public education efforts.
 
Additionally, DHS must coordinate with federal agencies and, as appropriate, engage nongovernmental and international partners in the identification and use of such public statements.
 
Nothing in this bill may be construed to require DHS to collect statements directly from former violent extremists or their associates.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2017-03-22
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Counterterrorism and Intelligence.
action_date: 2017-02-28
text: Referred to the House Committee on Homeland Security.
action_date: 2017-02-28
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2017-02-28
text: Introduced in House
CPI-E Act of 2017

Bill: 115-hr-1251
Sponsor: Rep. Garamendi, John [D-CA-3]
Introduced: 2017-02-28 in the House
Policy area: Economics and Public Finance
Subjects: Aging
Disability assistance
Government employee pay, benefits, personnel management
Inflation and prices
Military personnel and dependents
Social security and elderly assistance
Veterans' pensions and compensation

Summary:
action_date: 2017-02-28
text: 

CPI-E Act of 2017

 
This bill bases cost-of -living increases in benefits under the Civil Service Retirement System, the Federal Employees Retirement System, military retirement and survivor benefit programs, the Social Security old-age, survivors, or disability insurance benefit program, and other specified veterans benefits programs on increases in the Consumer Price Index for the elderly.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2017-03-27
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2017-03-23
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Military Personnel.
action_date: 2017-03-08
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Social Security.
action_date: 2017-02-28
text: Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committees on Veterans' Affairs, Oversight and Government Reform, and 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: 2017-02-28
text: Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committees on Veterans' Affairs, Oversight and Government Reform, and 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: 2017-02-28
text: Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committees on Veterans' Affairs, Oversight and Government Reform, and 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: 2017-02-28
text: Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committees on Veterans' Affairs, Oversight and Government Reform, and 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: 2017-02-28
text: Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committees on Veterans' Affairs, Oversight and Government Reform, and 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: 2017-02-28
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2017-02-28
text: Introduced in House
Mental Health and Substance Abuse Treatment Accessibility Act of 2017

Bill: 115-hr-1253
Sponsor: Rep. Kilmer, Derek [D-WA-6]
Introduced: 2017-02-28 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Drug, alcohol, tobacco use
Government lending and loan guarantees
Government trust funds
Health care coverage and access
Health facilities and institutions
Health programs administration and funding
Medicaid
Mental health

Summary:
action_date: 2017-02-28
text: 

Mental Health and Substance Abuse Treatment Accessibility Act of 2017

 
This bill amends the Public Health Service Act to permit the Department of Health and Human Services to make loans and loan guarantees: (1) for construction or renovation of psychiatric or substance abuse treatment facilities, and (2) to refinance such loans and loan guarantees. The bill establishes terms and conditions for these loans and loan guarantees.
 
The bill establishes the Mental Health and Substance Use Treatment Trust Fund. Revenues from the loans and loan guarantees that exceed the cost of carrying out the program may be appropriated to the fund. Amounts in the fund are available for block grants for community mental health services.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2017-03-03
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2017-02-28
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2017-02-28
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2017-02-28
text: Introduced in House
Veterans Health ID Act

Bill: 115-hr-1254
Sponsor: Rep. LoBiondo, Frank A. [R-NJ-2]
Introduced: 2017-02-28 in the House
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Congressional oversight
Government information and archives
Government studies and investigations
Health facilities and institutions
New Jersey
Public contracts and procurement
Veterans' medical care

Summary:
action_date: 2017-02-28
text: 

Veterans Health ID Act

 
This bill directs the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) to carry out a two-year pilot program under which: (1) eligible veterans may elect to receive hospital care and services at non-VA facilities, and (2) the VA shall reimburse such facilities for the cost of such care and services.
 
An "eligible veteran" is a veteran who: (1) is enrolled in the VA's patient enrollment system, and (2) resides in a geographic area selected by the VA. The VA shall select: (1) one geographic area within each Veterans Integrated Service Network, and (2) NJ-2 as the geographic area for participation in the pilot program for Veterans Integrated Service Network 4.
 
The VA shall: (1) issue a unique identification card to each eligible veteran who elects to receive hospital care and medical services at non-VA facilities under the pilot program, and (2) take steps to ensure that such veterans receive such care and services at such non-VA facilities.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2017-03-06
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2017-02-28
text: Referred to the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
action_date: 2017-02-28
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2017-02-28
text: Introduced in House
Cerebral Cavernous Malformations Clinical Awareness, Research, and Education Act of 2017

Bill: 115-hr-1255
Sponsor: Rep. Lujan, Ben Ray [D-NM-3]
Introduced: 2017-02-28 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Cardiovascular and respiratory health
Drug safety, medical device, and laboratory regulation
Drug therapy
Health care quality
Health facilities and institutions
Health information and medical records
Health promotion and preventive care
Medical research
Neurological disorders
Research administration and funding

Summary:
action_date: 2017-02-28
text: 

Cerebral Cavernous Malformations Clinical Awareness, Research, and Education Act of 2017 or the CCM-CARE Act

 
This bill amends the Public Health Service Act to require the National Institutes of Health (NIH) to strengthen and coordinate its efforts concerning cerebral cavernous malformation (CCM). (CCM is a condition in which blood vessels in the brain and spinal cord become enlarged, which can lead to seizures, paralysis, hearing or vision loss, or bleeding in the brain.) The NIH may award grants and enter into cooperative agreements for CCM research.
 
The NIH must: (1) award grants and contracts to plan and provide support for a network of CCM Clinical Research Centers; (2) identify and support additional centers to facilitate medical research to develop a cure for CCM and enhance medical care for CCM; and (3) convene a Cerebral Cavernous Malformations Research Consortium to develop programs for clinicians, scientists, and patients.
 
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention may award grants and enter into cooperative agreements for the collection, analysis, and reporting of data on CCM.
 
The Department of Health and Human Services must award grants and enter into cooperative agreements for epidemiological activities related to CCM and must provide for a national CCM surveillance program.
 
The Food and Drug Administration must, in order to hasten clinical trials for CCM, coordinate with clinical centers, investigators, and advocates to support: (1) qualification of biomarkers, (2) qualification of patient reported outcome measures for quality of life, (3) investigational new drug applications, and (4) adaptive trial designs for rare disease research and expedited review of medications.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2017-03-03
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2017-02-28
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2017-02-28
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2017-02-28
text: Introduced in House
To remove from the John H. Chafee Coastal Barrier Resources System certain properties in New Jersey.

Bill: 115-hr-1256
Sponsor: Rep. MacArthur, Thomas [R-NJ-3]
Introduced: 2017-02-28 in the House
Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources
Subjects: Marine and coastal resources, fisheries
New Jersey
Seashores and lakeshores

Summary:
action_date: 2017-02-28
text: 
This bill directs the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service to remove specific properties in Brick, New Jersey, from the John H. Chafee Coastal Barrier Resources System.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2017-03-07
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Water, Power and Oceans.
action_date: 2017-02-28
text: Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.
action_date: 2017-02-28
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2017-02-28
text: Introduced in House
Securities and Exchange Commission Overpayment Credit Act

Bill: 115-hr-1257
Sponsor: Rep. Meeks, Gregory W. [D-NY-5]
Introduced: 2017-02-28 in the House
Policy area: Finance and Financial Sector
Subjects: Executive agency funding and structure
Securities
Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC)
User charges and fees

Summary:
action_date: 2017-02-28
text: 

Securities and Exchange Commission Overpayment Credit Act

 
This bill requires the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) to offset future fees and assessments due from a national securities exchange or association that: (1) has previously overpaid such fees and assessments, and (2) informs the SEC of the overpayment within 10 years.

action_date: 2017-08-15
text: 

Securities and Exchange Commission Overpayment Credit Act

 
(Sec. 2) This bill requires the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) to offset future fees and assessments due from a national securities exchange or association that: (1) has previously overpaid such fees and assessments, and (2) informs the SEC of the overpayment within 10 years.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2017-08-15
text: Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 195.
action_date: 2017-08-15
text: Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Financial Services. H. Rept. 115-275.
action_date: 2017-08-15
text: Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Financial Services. H. Rept. 115-275.
action_date: 2017-03-09
text: Ordered to be Reported (Amended) by the Yeas and Nays: 59 - 0.
action_date: 2017-03-09
text: Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
action_date: 2017-02-28
text: Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services.
action_date: 2017-02-28
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2017-02-28
text: Introduced in House
GRAND Act

Bill: 115-hr-1260
Sponsor: Rep. Serrano, Jose E. [D-NY-15]
Introduced: 2017-02-28 in the House
Policy area: Housing and Community Development
Subjects: Adoption and foster care
Building construction
Child care and development
Family relationships
Housing and community development funding
Housing for the elderly and disabled
Low- and moderate-income housing
Residential rehabilitation and home repair
Social work, volunteer service, charitable organizations

Summary:
action_date: 2017-02-28
text: 

Generational Residences and Nurturing Dwellings Act 
or the
 GRAND Act

 
 This bill establishes in the Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) a program to provide assistance for each fiscal year to up to five eligible nonprofit organizations to expand the supply of specialized housing and social services for qualified elderly relatives, age 60 or older, who are raising a child of whom they are not a parent either by blood or marriage.
 
Nothing in this bill shall preclude a recipient of such assistance from applying for or receiving financial assistance under any other HUD program.
 
The assistance must be in the form of:
 
 
financing for the construction, reconstruction, moderate or substantial rehabilitation, or acquisition of a structure or a portion of a structure to be used as specialized housing;
 
tenant-based rental (voucher) assistance under the United States Housing Act of 1937 for entities meeting certain criteria for use only by qualified relatives who are raising a child and are eligible for such assistance for rental of a dwelling unit that qualifies as specialized housing;
 
elderly housing project rental assistance under the Housing Act of 1959 for entities meeting certain criteria in connection with dwelling units that qualify as specialized housing and are made available for occupancy only by qualified relatives who are raising a child and are eligible for occupancy in such housing; and
 
help with ongoing operational expenses of any specialized housing, including costs of supportive services required for such housing.



Legislative actions:
action_date: 2017-02-28
text: Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services.
action_date: 2017-02-28
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2017-02-28
text: Introduced in House
Federal Regulatory Certainty for Water Act

Bill: 115-hr-1261
Sponsor: Rep. Thornberry, Mac [R-TX-13]
Introduced: 2017-02-28 in the House
Policy area: Environmental Protection
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Army Corps of Engineers
Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)
Environmental regulatory procedures
Lakes and rivers
Water quality
Wetlands

Summary:
action_date: 2017-02-28
text: 

Federal Regulatory Certainty for Water Act

 
This bill nullifies the Environmental Protection Agency's Clean Water Rule signed on May 27, 2015, which describes the scope of the Federal Water Pollution Control Act (commonly known as the Clean Water Act).
 
Under this bill, the Clean Water Act applies to waters of the United States that are: (1) navigable-in-fact; or (2) permanent or continuously flowing bodies of water that form geographical features commonly known as streams, oceans, rivers, and lakes that are connected to waters that are navigable-in-fact.
 
Under this bill, the Act does not apply to: (1) waters that do not physically abut those waters of the United States through an actual and continuous surface water connection; (2) man-made or natural structures or channels through which water flows intermittently or ephemerally; or (3) wetlands (including playa lakes, prairie potholes, wet meadows, wet prairies, and vernal pools) that lack that continuous surface water connection. 
 
The aggregation of wetlands or waters may not be used to determine whether the wetlands or waters are navigable waters.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2017-03-01
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Water Resources and Environment.
action_date: 2017-02-28
text: Referred to the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.
action_date: 2017-02-28
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2017-02-28
text: Introduced in House
To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to clarify the tax treatment of certain life insurance contract transactions, and for other purposes.

Bill: 115-hr-1262
Sponsor: Rep. Tiberi, Patrick J. [R-OH-12]
Introduced: 2017-02-28 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Employee benefits and pensions
Income tax exclusion
Life, casualty, property insurance
Tax administration and collection, taxpayers

Summary:
action_date: 2017-02-28
text: 
This bill amends the Internal Revenue Code to modify the tax treatment of certain life insurance contract transactions. 
 
The bill establishes reporting requirements for acquisitions of life insurance contracts in a reportable policy sale. Specified details must be reported regarding: 
 
 
the payments, contracts, and people involved in the acquisition; 
 
the seller's basis; and 
 
payments of death benefits. 
 
 
A &quot;reportable policy sale&quot; is the acquisition of an interest in a life insurance contract, directly or indirectly, if the acquirer has no substantial family, business, or financial relationship with the insured apart from the acquirer's interest in such life insurance contract. 
 
The bill also: (1) specifies that no basis adjustment shall be made for mortality, expense, or other reasonable charges incurred under an annuity or life insurance contract; and (2) exempts the transfer of a life insurance contract, or any interest therein, in a reportable policy sale from the transfer for valuable consideration rule. 
 
(Under current law, the transfer for valuable consideration rule provides that, if a life insurance contract or an interest in a contract is transferred for a valuable consideration, the tax exclusion for amounts received under a life insurance contract due to the death of the insured is limited to the sum of the actual value of the consideration and the premiums and other amounts subsequently paid by the transferee.)


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2017-02-28
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2017-02-28
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2017-02-28
text: Introduced in House
Protecting Allies from Visa Exclusion (PAVE) Act

Bill: 115-hr-1263
Sponsor: Rep. Welch, Peter [D-VT-At Large]
Introduced: 2017-02-28 in the House
Policy area: Immigration
Subjects: Afghanistan
Asia
Border security and unlawful immigration
Foreign language and bilingual programs
Immigration status and procedures
Iraq
Middle East
Military operations and strategy
Military personnel and dependents
Presidents and presidential powers, Vice Presidents
Racial and ethnic relations
Refugees, asylum, displaced persons
Religion
Travel and tourism
Visas and passports

Summary:
action_date: 2017-02-28
text: 

Protecting Allies from Visa Exclusion (PAVE) Act

 
This bill makes any executive order precluding issuance of visas to, revoking visas issued to, or precluding entry or admission of, a class or classes of aliens inapplicable to an alien who is a national of Iraq or Afghanistan and has been granted special immigrant status pursuant to: (1) the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2008, (2) the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2006, or (3) the Afghan Allies Protection Act of 2009. 
 
Any such executive order shall not apply to an alien who has been granted refugee status, has been approved for refugee admission, or is a refugee applicant in the United States Refugee Admissions Program under a priority 2 designation pursuant to this bill or the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2008. Priority 2 is for groups of special humanitarian concern identified by the U.S. refugee program.
 
The bill provides priority 2 designation for: 
 
 
Afghanis who were or are employed by the U.S. government in Afghanistan, 
 
Afghanis who are or were employed in Afghanistan by a U.S.-headquartered media or nongovernmental organization or an organization closely associated with the U.S. mission in Afghanistan that has received U.S. government funding, 
 
family members of such aliens or of Afghanis granted special immigrant status based on valuable U.S. service, and 
 
Afghanis who are members of a persecuted religious or minority community and who have close family members in the United States. 
 
 
The Department of State may identify other priority 2 groups of Afghanis, including vulnerable populations.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2017-03-16
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration and Border Security.
action_date: 2017-02-28
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2017-02-28
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2017-02-28
text: Introduced in House
Community Financial Institution Exemption Act

Bill: 115-hr-1264
Sponsor: Rep. Williams, Roger [R-TX-25]
Introduced: 2017-02-28 in the House
Policy area: Finance and Financial Sector
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Banking and financial institutions regulation
Consumer Financial Protection Bureau

Summary:
action_date: 2017-02-28
text: 

Community Financial Institution Exemption Act

 
This bill amends the Consumer Financial Protection Act of 2010 to exempt community financial institutions from all rules and regulations issued by the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB). A "community financial institution" is an insured depository institution or credit union with less than $50 billion in consolidated assets.
 
Under specified circumstances, and with the written agreement of the Federal Reserve Board and other specified federal banking agencies, the CFPB may revoke such an exemption with respect to a certain rule or regulation and a specific class of institutions.

action_date: 2018-08-03
text: 

Community Financial Institution Exemption Act

 
This bill amends the Consumer Financial Protection Act of 2010 to exempt certain financial institutions from all rules and regulations issued by the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB). Specifically, the bill exempts from regulation an insured depository institution or credit union with less than $50 billion in consolidated assets.
 
Under specified circumstances, and with the written agreement of the Federal Reserve Board and other specified federal banking agencies, the CFPB may revoke such an exemption with respect to a certain rule or regulation and a specific class of institutions.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2018-08-03
text: Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 683.
action_date: 2018-08-03
text: Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Financial Services. H. Rept. 115-885.
action_date: 2018-08-03
text: Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Financial Services. H. Rept. 115-885.
action_date: 2018-01-18
text: Ordered to be Reported (Amended) by the Yeas and Nays: 30 - 25.
action_date: 2018-01-18
text: Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
action_date: 2018-01-17
text: Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
action_date: 2018-01-09
text: Hearings Held by the Subcommittee on Financial Institutions and Consumer Credit Prior to Referral.
action_date: 2017-02-28
text: Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services.
action_date: 2017-02-28
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2017-02-28
text: Introduced in House