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V-BID for Better Care Act of 2017

Bill: 115-hr-1995
Sponsor: Rep. Black, Diane [R-TN-6]
Introduced: 2017-04-06 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Health care costs and insurance
Medicare

Summary:
action_date: 2017-04-06
text: 

Value-Based Insurance Design for Better Care Act of 2017 or the V-BID for Better Care Act of 2017

 
This bill amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act to require the Center for Medicare & Medicaid Innovation to expand testing of a model of Medicare Advantage (MA) value-based insurance design that allows MA plans to propose and design benefit structures that vary benefits, cost-sharing, and supplemental benefits with respect to enrollees who have specific chronic diseases. The test model (initially being carried out in specified states) shall be expanded to all states, and may not be terminated prior to 2022.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2017-04-21
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2017-04-07
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2017-04-06
text: Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, 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: 2017-04-06
text: Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, 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: 2017-04-06
text: Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, 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: 2017-04-06
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2017-04-06
text: Introduced in House
To direct the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to notify the Committees on Veterans' Affairs of the Senate and the House of Representatives and certain Members of Congress before the expiration or termination of a HUD-VASH contract, and for other purposes.

Bill: 115-hr-1998
Sponsor: Rep. Boyle, Brendan F. [D-PA-13]
Introduced: 2017-04-06 in the House
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Congressional oversight
Housing and community development funding
Housing supply and affordability
Veterans' loans, housing, homeless programs
Veterans' medical care

Summary:
action_date: 2017-04-06
text: 
This bill requires the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) to notify the House and Senate Veterans' Affairs Committees and each Member of Congress from the jurisdiction covered by a HUD-VASH contract at least 90 days before the contract terminates or expires. 
 
&quot;HUD-VASH contract&quot; refers to a contract for low-income housing assistance, a rental voucher for VA-supported housing.
 
 The VA shall notify such committees and members within 60 days after such notification of the VA's plan to provide assistance to veterans served under such contract.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2017-04-07
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2017-04-06
text: Referred to the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
action_date: 2017-04-06
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2017-04-06
text: Introduced in House
Federal Budget Accountability Act

Bill: 115-hr-1999
Sponsor: Rep. Buck, Ken [R-CO-4]
Introduced: 2017-04-06 in the House
Policy area: Economics and Public Finance
Subjects: Budget deficits and national debt
Budget process
Congressional oversight
Government information and archives

Summary:
action_date: 2017-04-06
text: 

Federal Budget Accountability Act 

 
This bill requires the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) to report annually to Congress on the effect of provisions of legislation for the previous congressional session that were enacted to offset or pay for the costs of carrying out the legislation, including provisions that increase revenue, rescind budget authority, or reduce direct spending. 
 
The OMB must also establish and report to Congress on a system to track the accuracy of the offsets and pay-fors. (Under the bill, an &quot;offset and pay-for&quot; is an estimate by the Congressional Budget Office for a provision of legislation that reduces spending, increases revenue, or reduces the deficit.) 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2017-04-06
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Budget.
action_date: 2017-04-06
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2017-04-06
text: Introduced in House
CLEANER Act of 2017

Bill: 115-hr-2000
Sponsor: Rep. Cartwright, Matt [D-PA-17]
Introduced: 2017-04-06 in the House
Policy area: Environmental Protection
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Alternative and renewable resources
Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)
Environmental regulatory procedures
Hazardous wastes and toxic substances
Oil and gas
Solid waste and recycling
Water quality

Summary:
action_date: 2017-04-06
text: 

CLEANER Act of 2017 or the Closing Loopholes and Ending Arbitrary and Needless Evasion of Regulations Act of 2017

 
This bill amends the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act to eliminate the exemption for waste derived from the exploration, development, or production of crude oil, natural gas, or geothermal energy from regulations governing the disposal of hazardous waste.
 
Within a year of this bill's enactment, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) must:
 
 
determine whether waste associated with oil, gas, or geothermal energy activities meet the criteria promulgated for the identification or listing of hazardous waste; 
 
identify or list as hazardous waste any of those wastes if they meet the identification or listing criteria; and
 
promulgate regulations regarding standards applicable to generators, transporters, and owners and operators of facilities for the treatment, storage, or disposal of those wastes.
 
 
The EPA may modify the regulation of those standards to consider the special characteristics of those wastes so long as the modified regulations protect human health and the environment.
 
Within a year of this bill's enactment, the EPA must promulgate revisions of certain criteria concerning landfills and waste management practices of open dumping for facilities that may receive wastes that are: (1) associated with those activities, and (2) not identified or listed as hazardous waste. Those revisions must:
 
 
 protect human health and the environment, while allowing consideration of the practicable capability of such facilities; and
 
require groundwater monitoring as necessary to detect contamination; 
 
establish criteria for the acceptable location of new or existing facilities; and 
 
provide for corrective action and financial assurance as appropriate.
 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2017-04-07
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Environment.
action_date: 2017-04-06
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2017-04-06
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2017-04-06
text: Introduced in House
FRESHER Act of 2017

Bill: 115-hr-2001
Sponsor: Rep. Cartwright, Matt [D-PA-17]
Introduced: 2017-04-06 in the House
Policy area: Environmental Protection
Subjects: Agricultural conservation and pollution
Agricultural practices and innovations
Congressional oversight
Environmental assessment, monitoring, research
Licensing and registrations
Oil and gas
Water quality

Summary:
action_date: 2017-04-06
text: 

Focused Reduction of Effluence and Stormwater runoff through Hydrofracking Environmental Regulation Act of 2017 or the FRESHER Act of 2017

 
This bill amends the Federal Water Pollution Control Act (commonly known as the Clean Water Act) to eliminate a prohibition on the Environmental Protection Agency from requiring a permit under the National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System for discharges of certain collected, uncontaminated stormwater runoff from mining operations or oil and gas operations. 
 
The Department of the Interior must study stormwater runoff associated with oil or gas operations, including an analysis of: (1) measurable contamination, (2) groundwater resources, and (3) the susceptibility of aquifers to contamination from stormwater runoff associated with the operations.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2017-04-07
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Water Resources and Environment.
action_date: 2017-04-06
text: Referred to the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.
action_date: 2017-04-06
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2017-04-06
text: Introduced in House
Florida Coastal Protection Act

Bill: 115-hr-2002
Sponsor: Rep. Castor, Kathy [D-FL-14]
Introduced: 2017-04-06 in the House
Policy area: Energy
Subjects: Florida
Gulf of Mexico
Marine and coastal resources, fisheries
Oil and gas

Summary:
action_date: 2017-04-06
text: 

Florida Coastal Protection Act

 
This bill amends the Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act to prohibit the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management from offering any tract for oil and gas leasing or preleasing in the following areas: 
 
 
 the Eastern Gulf of Mexico Planning Area that is within 125 miles of the coastline of Florida,
 
 the South Atlantic Planning Area that is south of 30 degrees 43 minutes North Latitude, or 
 
 the Straits of Florida Planning Area.
 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2017-04-19
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Energy and Mineral Resources.
action_date: 2017-04-06
text: Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.
action_date: 2017-04-06
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2017-04-06
text: Introduced in House
Pre-K for USA Act

Bill: 115-hr-2003
Sponsor: Rep. Castro, Joaquin [D-TX-20]
Introduced: 2017-04-06 in the House
Policy area: Education
Subjects: Child care and development
Education programs funding
Preschool education

Summary:
action_date: 2017-04-06
text: 

Pre-K for USA Act

 
This bill requires the Departments of Health and Human Services and Education to jointly award high-quality prekindergarten (pre-K) program development grants on a competitive basis to local educational agencies.
 
Grants are nonrenewable and must be awarded for a period of no more than three years. 
 
Unless granted a financial hardship waiver, a grant recipient must contribute matching funds equal to at least 20% of the grant amount.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2017-04-06
text: Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce.
action_date: 2017-04-06
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2017-04-06
text: Introduced in House
Strengthen Employment And Seasonal Opportunities Now (SEASON) Act

Bill: 115-hr-2004
Sponsor: Rep. Chabot, Steve [R-OH-1]
Introduced: 2017-04-06 in the House
Policy area: Immigration
Subjects: Foreign labor
Temporary and part-time employment
Visas and passports
Wages and earnings

Summary:
action_date: 2017-04-06
text: 

Strengthen Employment And Seasonal Opportunities Now (SEASON) Act

 
This bill amends the Immigration and Nationality Act to provide, effective as if enacted on January 1, 2017, that a returning H-2B visa alien (temporary nonagricultural worker) who has already been counted toward the applicable numerical limitation during a fiscal year: (1) shall not again be counted toward such limitation during each succeeding consecutive fiscal year in which the alien is issued an H-2B visa or otherwise provided such status, but (2) shall be considered a returning worker. 
 
 &quot;Other temporary service or labor&quot; for H-2B purposes means that an employer's need for labor will not exceed 1 year and is a seasonal (not to exceed 10 months), peak load, or intermittent need, unless it is a one-time occurrence not exceeding 3 years. 
 
 An H-2B employer shall file an employee petition with the Department of Homeland Security. Additional filings with the Department of Labor are not required. 
 
 H-2B employer requirements are set forth regarding: (1) petitions, (2) admissions and maximum stay in status, (3) housing, (4) enforcement, (5) transportation, (6) recruitment, (7) U.S. worker protections, and (8) wages. 
 
 An H-2B worker shall not be entitled to: (1) tax credit assistance for a qualified health plan, and shall be subject to plan rules applicable to individuals not lawfully present in the United States; (2) the child tax credit; and (3) the earned income tax credit.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2017-05-01
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration and Border Security.
action_date: 2017-04-06
text: Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committee on Ways and Means, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
action_date: 2017-04-06
text: Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committee on Ways and Means, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
action_date: 2017-04-06
text: Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committee on Ways and Means, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
action_date: 2017-04-06
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2017-04-06
text: Introduced in House
Offshoring Prevention Act

Bill: 115-hr-2005
Sponsor: Rep. Cicilline, David N. [D-RI-1]
Introduced: 2017-04-06 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Foreign and international corporations
Income tax credits
Taxation of foreign income

Summary:
action_date: 2017-04-06
text: 

Offshoring Prevention Act
 
 
 This bill amends the Internal Revenue Code to include imported property income in foreign base company income, for purposes of determining the income of controlled foreign corporations. 
 
The bill defines "imported property income" as, with certain exceptions, income derived in connection with:
 
 
manufacturing, producing, growing, or extracting imported property;
 
 the sale, exchange, or other disposition of imported property; or
 
the lease, rental, or licensing of imported property.
 
 
The bill also provides for a separate application of limitations on the foreign tax credit for imported property income.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2017-04-06
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2017-04-06
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2017-04-06
text: Introduced in House
Kids Before Cons Act

Bill: 115-hr-2007
Sponsor: Rep. Collins, Chris [R-NY-27]
Introduced: 2017-04-06 in the House
Policy area: Education
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Correctional facilities and imprisonment
Department of Education
Education programs funding
Elementary and secondary education
Higher education
Juvenile crime and gang violence
Student aid and college costs

Summary:
action_date: 2017-04-06
text: 

Kids Before Cons Act

 
This bill amends title IV (Student Assistance) of the Higher Education Act of 1965 to limit waiver authority of the Department of Education (ED) under the Experimental Sites Initiative.
 
Specifically, it prohibits ED from waiving statutory provisions that ban Pell Grant eligibility and federal financial aid for incarcerated students (e.g., as part of an experimental initiative to allow incarcerated students to receive Pell Grants for postsecondary education opportunities). The legislation also prohibits ED from awarding funds to an institution of higher education for providing such postsecondary education to incarcerated individuals. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2017-04-06
text: Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce.
action_date: 2017-04-06
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2017-04-06
text: Introduced in House
Kids First Research Act 2.0

Bill: 115-hr-2008
Sponsor: Rep. Comstock, Barbara [R-VA-10]
Introduced: 2017-04-06 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Cancer
Child health
Department of Health and Human Services
Elections, voting, political campaign regulation
Government trust funds
Medical research
National Institutes of Health (NIH)
Research administration and funding
Tax administration and collection, taxpayers

Summary:
action_date: 2017-04-06
text: 

Kids First Research Act 2.0

 
This bill amends the Internal Revenue Code to terminate: (1) the taxpayer election to designate $3 of income tax liability for financing of presidential election campaigns for taxable years beginning after December 31, 2016, (2) the Presidential Election Campaign Fund, and (3) the Presidential Primary Matching Payment Account.
 
The Department of the Treasury must transfer amounts in the fund as of the date of the enactment of this bill to the 10-Year Pediatric Research Initiative Fund.
 
The bill expresses the sense of Congress that the Director of the National Institutes of Health (NIH) should oversee and coordinate research that is conducted or supported by the NIH for research on pediatric cancer and other pediatric diseases and conditions, including through the 10-Year Pediatric Research Initiative Fund.
 
The bill also amends the Public Health Service Act to require the NIH to prioritize pediatric research that does not replicate existing NIH research activities. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2017-04-07
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2017-04-06
text: Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committees on Energy and Commerce, and 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: 2017-04-06
text: Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committees on Energy and Commerce, and 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: 2017-04-06
text: Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committees on Energy and Commerce, and 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: 2017-04-06
text: Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committees on Energy and Commerce, and 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: 2017-04-06
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2017-04-06
text: Introduced in House
Fostering Innovation in Medical Imaging Act of 2017

Bill: 115-hr-2009
Sponsor: Rep. Costello, Ryan A. [R-PA-6]
Introduced: 2017-04-06 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Drug safety, medical device, and laboratory regulation
Health technology, devices, supplies
Medical tests and diagnostic methods
Radiation

Summary:
action_date: 2017-04-06
text: 

Fostering Innovation in Medical Imaging Act of 2017

 
This bill amends the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act to allow the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to approve a medical imaging device intended to be used with an approved contrast agent when&mdash;under specified conditions&mdash;the use differs from the approved use of the contrast agent. (Contrast agents are substances used to enhance the visibility of body structures in medical imaging.) The FDA center that reviews medical devices has primary jurisdiction over such reviews.
 
After authorization of a medical imaging device that makes new use of a contrast agent, the sponsor of the approved contrast agent may submit a supplemental application for the new use of the contrast agent.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2017-04-07
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2017-04-06
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2017-04-06
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2017-04-06
text: Introduced in House
CO2 Regulatory Certainty Act

Bill: 115-hr-2010
Sponsor: Rep. Cramer, Kevin [R-ND-At Large]
Introduced: 2017-04-06 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Air quality
Climate change and greenhouse gases
Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)
Environmental regulatory procedures
Income tax credits
Oil and gas
Water quality
Water use and supply

Summary:
action_date: 2017-04-06
text: 

CO2 Regulatory Certainty Act 

 
This bill amends the Internal Revenue Code to revise requirements for the secure geological storage of carbon dioxide for the purpose of the tax credit for carbon dioxide sequestration. 
 
The bill establishes a December 31, 2017, deadline and requirements for regulations that the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) is required, under current law, to establish for determining adequate security measures for the geological storage of the carbon dioxide such that carbon dioxide does not escape into the atmosphere. 
 
The IRS regulations must consider the carbon dioxide to be disposed of in secure geological storage if it is stored in compliance with specified rules promulgated by the Environmental Protection Agency under the Clean Air Act and the Safe Drinking Water Act for the geologic sequestration of carbon dioxide, the injection of carbon dioxide, and the criteria and standards for underground injection control programs that are applicable to Class II wells. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2017-04-06
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2017-04-06
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2017-04-06
text: Introduced in House
Carbon Capture Improvement Act of 2017

Bill: 115-hr-2011
Sponsor: Rep. Curbelo, Carlos [R-FL-26]
Introduced: 2017-04-06 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Air quality
Climate change and greenhouse gases
Income tax exclusion
Industrial facilities
Manufacturing
Oil and gas
Securities

Summary:
action_date: 2017-04-06
text: 

Carbon Capture Improvement Act of 2017

 
This bill amends the Internal Revenue Code to authorize the issuance of tax-exempt facility bonds for the financing of qualified carbon dioxide capture facilities.
 
A &quot;qualified carbon dioxide capture facility&quot; is any equipment installed in an industrial carbon dioxide facility that satisfies specified capture and storage requirements and: (1) is used for the capture, treatment and purification, compression, transportation, or on-site storage of carbon dioxide produced by the industrial carbon dioxide facility; or (2) is integral or functionally related and subordinate to a gasification process that converts a product from coal, petroleum residue, biomass, or other materials which are recovered for their energy or feedstock value into a synthesis gas composed primarily of carbon dioxide and hydrogen for direct use or subsequent chemical or physical conversion.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2017-04-06
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2017-04-06
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2017-04-06
text: Introduced in House