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Rehabilitation for Multiemployer Pensions Act

Bill: 115-hr-4444
Sponsor: Rep. Neal, Richard E. [D-MA-1]
Introduced: 2017-11-16 in the House
Policy area: Labor and Employment
Subjects: Accounting and auditing
Department of the Treasury
Employee benefits and pensions
Executive agency funding and structure
Federal officials
Government lending and loan guarantees
Government trust funds
Securities

Summary:
action_date: 2017-11-16
text: 

Rehabilitation for Multiemployer Pensions Act 

 
This bill establishes the Pension Rehabilitation Administration within the Department of the Treasury and a related trust fund to make loans to certain multiemployer defined benefit pension plans. 
 
To receive a loan, a plan must be either in critical and declining status (including any plan with respect to which a suspension of benefits has been approved) or insolvent, if the plan became insolvent after December 16, 2014, and has not been terminated. 
 
Treasury must issue bonds to fund the loan program and transfer amounts equal to the proceeds to the trust fund established by this bill. The Pension Rehabilitation Administration may use the funds, without a further appropriation, to make loans, pay principal and interest on the bonds, or for administrative and operating expenses. 
 
The bill amends the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (ERISA) to allow the sponsor of a multiemployer pension plan that is applying for a loan under this bill to also apply to the Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation (PBGC) for financial assistance if, after receiving the loan, the plan will still become (or remain) insolvent within the 30-year period beginning on the date of the loan.
 
The bill also appropriates to the PBGC the funds that are necessary to provide the financial assistance required by this bill. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2017-11-16
text: Referred to the Committee on Education and the Workforce, and in addition to the Committees on Ways and Means, and Appropriations, 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: 2017-11-16
text: Referred to the Committee on Education and the Workforce, and in addition to the Committees on Ways and Means, and Appropriations, 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: 2017-11-16
text: Referred to the Committee on Education and the Workforce, and in addition to the Committees on Ways and Means, and Appropriations, 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: 2017-11-16
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2017-11-16
text: Introduced in House
Airline Consumer Bill of Rights Act

Bill: 115-hr-4445
Sponsor: Rep. Nolan, Richard M. [D-MN-8]
Introduced: 2017-11-16 in the House
Policy area: Transportation and Public Works
Subjects: Aviation and airports
Consumer affairs
Government information and archives
Transportation costs

Summary:
action_date: 2017-11-16
text: 

Airline Consumer Bill of Rights Act 

 
This bill directs the Department of Transportation to require each air carrier to submit for approval a one-page document that accurately describes the rights of passengers in air transportation. 
 
The document must include guidelines for: (1) compensation for flight delays of various lengths, flight cancellations, and mishandled baggage; (2) voluntary relinquishment of a ticketed seat due to overbooking or priority of other passengers; and (3) involuntary denial of boarding and forced removal.
 
Each air carrier must make the document available on its website and in written form at all offices and ticket counters. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2017-11-17
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Aviation.
action_date: 2017-11-16
text: Referred to the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.
action_date: 2017-11-16
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2017-11-16
text: Introduced in House
CyberTipline Modernization Act of 2017

Bill: 115-hr-4447
Sponsor: Rep. Sensenbrenner, F. James, Jr. [R-WI-5]
Introduced: 2017-11-16 in the House
Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement
Subjects: Civil actions and liability
Crime prevention
Crimes against children
Criminal investigation, prosecution, interrogation
Criminal justice information and records
Digital media
Internet and video services
Internet, web applications, social media
Pornography
Sex offenses
Social work, volunteer service, charitable organizations

Summary:
action_date: 2017-11-16
text: 

CyberTipline Modernization Act of 2017

 
This bill revises reporting requirements for electronic communication service providers and remote computing service providers who report information to the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children on crimes involving the sexual exploitation of children.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2017-12-13
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, Homeland Security, and Investigations.
action_date: 2017-11-16
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2017-11-16
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2017-11-16
text: Introduced in House
To provide for an exchange of Federal land and non-Federal land in the State of Idaho, and for other purposes.

Bill: 115-hr-4448
Sponsor: Rep. Simpson, Michael K. [R-ID-2]
Introduced: 2017-11-16 in the House
Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources
Subjects: Idaho
Land transfers

Summary:
action_date: 2017-11-16
text: 
This bill directs the Department of the Interior, if the J.R. Simplot Company offers to convey three identified parcels of land, to convey to the Simplot Company two identified parcels of federal land within the Pocatello Field Office of the Bureau of Land Management in Idaho.
 
The bill states that the exchange of such federal and nonfederal lands shall not constitute a major federal action for purposes of the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2017-11-29
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Federal Lands.
action_date: 2017-11-16
text: Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.
action_date: 2017-11-16
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2017-11-16
text: Introduced in House
To designate the Federal building and United States courthouse located at 200 West 2nd Street in Dayton, Ohio, as the "Walter H. Rice Federal Building and United States Courthouse".

Bill: 115-hr-4449
Sponsor: Rep. Turner, Michael R. [R-OH-10]
Introduced: 2017-11-16 in the House
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Subjects: Congressional tributes
Government buildings, facilities, and property
Ohio

Summary:
action_date: 2017-11-16
text: 
This bill designates the federal building and U.S. courthouse located at 200 West 2nd Street in Dayton, Ohio, as the &quot;Walter H. Rice Federal Building and United States Courthouse.&quot; 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2017-11-17
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Economic Development, Public Buildings and Emergency Management.
action_date: 2017-11-16
text: Referred to the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.
action_date: 2017-11-16
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2017-11-16
text: Introduced in House
Veterans' STEM Education Program

Bill: 115-hr-4450
Sponsor: Rep. Veasey, Marc A. [D-TX-33]
Introduced: 2017-11-16 in the House
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Science and engineering education
Student aid and college costs
Veterans' education, employment, rehabilitation

Summary:
action_date: 2017-11-16
text: 

Veterans' STEM Education Program 

 
 This bill authorizes the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) to pay an additional appropriate amount, beyond other educational assistance, to each individual entitled to post-9/11 educational assistance who is pursuing a program of education with a STEM focus (science, technology, engineering, and math).
 
Information on such additional payments must be included in a currently required annual VA educational assistance report.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2017-11-16
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Economic Opportunity.
action_date: 2017-11-16
text: Referred to the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
action_date: 2017-11-16
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2017-11-16
text: Introduced in House
Right to Lend Act of 2017

Bill: 115-hr-4452
Sponsor: Rep. Pittenger, Robert [R-NC-9]
Introduced: 2017-11-17 in the House
Policy area: Finance and Financial Sector
Subjects: Banking and financial institutions regulation
Business records
Credit and credit markets
Government information and archives
Minority and disadvantaged businesses
Small business
Women in business

Summary:
action_date: 2017-11-17
text: 

Right to Lend Act of 2017

 
This bill repeals provisions of the Equal Credit Opportunity Act that require a financial institution, in the case of an application for credit by a business, to request information regarding whether the business is a women-owned, minority-owned, or small business.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2017-11-17
text: Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services.
action_date: 2017-11-17
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2017-11-17
text: Introduced in House
To provide a process by which certain wounded warriors who face medical discharge from the Armed Forces may instead continue to serve in the Armed Forces as remotely piloted aircraft pilots or remotely piloted aircraft sensor operators in the Air Force.

Bill: 115-hr-4453
Sponsor: Rep. Pearce, Stevan [R-NM-2]
Introduced: 2017-11-17 in the House
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Aviation and airports
Disability and paralysis
Military education and training
Military personnel and dependents
Veterans' education, employment, rehabilitation

Summary:
action_date: 2017-11-17
text: 
This bill requires the Department of the Air Force to establish a program under which a qualified wounded warrior who faces retirement or separation from the Armed Forces for physical disability may continue, in lieu of such retirement or separation, to serve as a remotely piloted aircraft pilot or remotely piloted aircraft sensor operator.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2017-12-07
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Military Personnel.
action_date: 2017-11-17
text: Referred to the House Committee on Armed Services.
action_date: 2017-11-17
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2017-11-17
text: Introduced in House
Chronic Wasting Disease Management Act

Bill: 115-hr-4454
Sponsor: Rep. Kind, Ron [D-WI-3]
Introduced: 2017-11-21 in the House
Policy area: Animals
Subjects: Health programs administration and funding
Infectious and parasitic diseases
Mammals
Neurological disorders
Research administration and funding
State and local government operations
Veterinary medicine and animal diseases
Wildlife conservation and habitat protection

Summary:
action_date: 2017-11-21
text: 

Chronic Wasting Disease Management Act

 
This bill requires the Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service-Wildlife Services to support state and tribal efforts to address chronic wasting disease. The transmissible disease afflicts deer, elk, and moose populations.
 
The agency must make grants to research centers to support efforts to expand and accelerate applied research on the disease.
 
Land management agencies of the Department of Agriculture and the Department of the Interior must work cooperatively with states in researching the disease and implementing state response plans to reduce the spread and prevalence of the disease.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2017-12-21
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Livestock and Foreign Agriculture.
action_date: 2017-11-29
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Federal Lands.
action_date: 2017-11-21
text: Referred to the Committee on Agriculture, and in addition to the Committee on Natural Resources, 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: 2017-11-21
text: Referred to the Committee on Agriculture, and in addition to the Committee on Natural Resources, 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: 2017-11-21
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2017-11-21
text: Introduced in House
SMART Rebuilding Act

Bill: 115-hr-4455
Sponsor: Rep. Denham, Jeff [R-CA-10]
Introduced: 2017-11-21 in the House
Policy area: Emergency Management
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Building construction
Congressional oversight
Department of Homeland Security
Disaster relief and insurance
Emergency planning and evacuation
Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA)
Government buildings, facilities, and property
Government employee pay, benefits, personnel management
Government trust funds
Infrastructure development
State and local finance
State and local government operations

Summary:
action_date: 2017-11-21
text: 

Supporting Mitigation Activities and Resiliency Targets for Rebuilding Act or the SMART Rebuilding Act

 
This bill amends the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act to authorize the President to provide incentives to invest in measures that increase readiness for, and resilience from, a major disaster. 
 
The Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) must issue comprehensive guidance on measures and investments that will be recognized for the purpose of increasing the federal share of disaster assistance.
 
The bill authorizes the President to: (1) establish a National Public Infrastructure Predisaster Mitigation Fund which may be used for activities to implement design standards to protect the welfare of buildings' users against disasters, and (2) contribute to state and local governments for their associated expenses which shall include base and overtime wages for extra hires to facilitate the implementation and enforcement of adopted building codes for a period of not more than 180 days after the major disaster is declared.
 
The President may contribute up to 75% of the cost of hazard mitigation measures determined to be cost-effective and which substantially reduce the risk of, or increase resilience to, future damage, hardship, loss, or suffering in any area affected by a major disaster.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2017-11-22
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Economic Development, Public Buildings and Emergency Management.
action_date: 2017-11-21
text: Referred to the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.
action_date: 2017-11-21
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2017-11-21
text: Introduced in House
Health Care Sharing Fairness Act

Bill: 115-hr-4456
Sponsor: Rep. Babin, Brian [R-TX-36]
Introduced: 2017-11-21 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Health care costs and insurance
Income tax deductions
Religion
Tax-exempt organizations
User charges and fees

Summary:
action_date: 2017-11-21
text: 

Health Care Sharing Fairness Act 

 
This bill amends the Internal Revenue Code to allow a deduction for amounts paid as a member of a health care sharing ministry for: (1) the sharing of the medical expenses of fellow members, and (2) administrative fees of the health care sharing ministry. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2017-11-21
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2017-11-21
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2017-11-21
text: Introduced in House
To amend the Congressional Accountability Act of 1995 to prohibit the use of public funds for the payment of a settlement or award under such Act in connection with a claim arising from sexual harassment committed by a Member of Congress, and for other purposes.

Bill: 115-hr-4458
Sponsor: Rep. Marino, Tom [R-PA-10]
Introduced: 2017-11-28 in the House
Policy area: Congress
Subjects: Appropriations
Assault and harassment offenses
Civil actions and liability
Congressional committees
Congressional officers and employees
Congressional operations and organization
Crime victims
Employment discrimination and employee rights
Government ethics and transparency, public corruption
House Committee on Ethics
Members of Congress
Senate Select Committee on Ethics
Sex offenses
Sex, gender, sexual orientation discrimination
Worker safety and health

Summary:
action_date: 2017-11-28
text: 
This bill amends the Congressional Accountability Act of 1995 to (1) prohibit the use of federal funds for the payment of a settlement or award for a claim arising from sexual harassment committed by a Member of Congress, and (2) require congressional ethics committees to consider expulsion of Members who have committed acts of sexual harassment. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2017-11-28
text: Referred to the Committee on House Administration, 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: 2017-11-28
text: Referred to the Committee on House Administration, 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: 2017-11-28
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2017-11-28
text: Introduced in House
Charitable Conservation Easement Program Integrity Act of 2017

Bill: 115-hr-4459
Sponsor: Rep. Thompson, Mike [D-CA-5]
Introduced: 2017-11-28 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Charitable contributions
Income tax deductions
Land use and conservation
Wildlife conservation and habitat protection

Summary:
action_date: 2017-11-28
text: 

Charitable Conservation Easement Program Integrity Act of 2017 

 
This bill amends the Internal Revenue Code to limit the aggregate amount of a partner's annual tax deductions for qualified conservation contributions of a partnership to 2.5 times the partner's adjusted basis in the partnership. (Under current law, a &quot;qualified conservation contribution&quot; is the contribution of a qualified real property interest to a qualified organization exclusively for conservation purposes.) 
 
The limitation applies for the first five years after the individual becomes a partner in the partnership. It does not apply to certain family partnerships. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2017-11-28
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2017-11-28
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2017-11-28
text: Introduced in House
COURTS Act

Bill: 115-hr-4461
Sponsor: Rep. Brady, Kevin [R-TX-8]
Introduced: 2017-11-28 in the House
Policy area: Social Welfare
Subjects: Adoption and foster care
Child safety and welfare
Indian social and development programs
Poverty and welfare assistance
State and local courts

Summary:
action_date: 2017-11-28
text: 

Continuation of Useful Resources to States Act or COURTS Act

 
This bill extends and otherwise revises funding for programs related to child welfare. Specifically, the bill
 
 
extends funding through FY2022 for the Promoting Safe and Stable Families Program;
 
extends funding through FY2022 for, and otherwise revises, the grant program for improving courts' handling of foster-care and adoption proceedings; and
 
provides funding for the Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) Contingency Fund for FY2019 and decreases the amount of funding available to the fund for FY2018.



Legislative actions:
action_date: 2017-11-28
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2017-11-28
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2017-11-28
text: Introduced in House
TRACE Act

Bill: 115-hr-4462
Sponsor: Rep. Sinema, Kyrsten [D-AZ-9]
Introduced: 2017-11-28 in the House
Policy area: Emergency Management
Subjects: Accounting and auditing
Congressional oversight
Disaster relief and insurance
Government studies and investigations
Public contracts and procurement

Summary:
action_date: 2017-11-28
text: 

Taking Responsibility by Accounting for Corruption and Excess Act or the TRACE Act

 
This bill amends the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act to prohibit the federal government from reimbursing an entity for an activity carried out pursuant to a contract involving assistance under such Act that prohibits the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) or the Government Accountability Office from reviewing any aspect of such contract.
 
 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2017-11-29
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Economic Development, Public Buildings and Emergency Management.
action_date: 2017-11-28
text: Referred to the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.
action_date: 2017-11-28
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2017-11-28
text: Introduced in House
To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 6 Doyers Street in New York, New York, as the "Mabel Lee Memorial Post Office".

Bill: 115-hr-4463
Sponsor: Rep. Velazquez, Nydia M. [D-NY-7]
Introduced: 2017-11-28 in the House
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Subjects: Congressional tributes
Government buildings, facilities, and property
New York City
Postal service

Summary:
action_date: 2017-11-28
text: Designates the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 6 Doyers Street in New York, New York, as the "Mabel Lee Memorial Post Office."
action_date: 2018-07-24
text: 
(Sec. 1) Designates the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 6 Doyers Street in New York, New York, as the "Mabel Lee Memorial Post Office."


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2018-07-24
text: Became Public Law No: 115-212.
action_date: 2018-07-24
text: Became Public Law No: 115-212.
action_date: 2018-07-24
text: Signed by President.
action_date: 2018-07-24
text: Signed by President.
action_date: 2018-07-12
text: Presented to President.
action_date: 2018-07-12
text: Presented to President.
action_date: 2018-06-29
text: Message on Senate action sent to the House.
action_date: 2018-06-28
text: Passed Senate without amendment by Unanimous Consent. (consideration: CR S4808)
action_date: 2018-06-28
text: Passed/agreed to in Senate: Passed Senate without amendment by Unanimous Consent.(consideration: CR S4808)
action_date: 2018-06-14
text: Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 460.
action_date: 2018-06-14
text: Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs. Reported by Senator Johnson without amendment. Without written report.
action_date: 2018-06-14
text: Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs. Reported by Senator Johnson without amendment. Without written report.
action_date: 2018-06-13
text: Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs. Ordered to be reported without amendment favorably.
action_date: 2018-03-21
text: Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.
action_date: 2018-03-20
text: Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
action_date: 2018-03-20
text: On passage Passed without objection. (consideration: CR H1718; text: CR H1718)
action_date: 2018-03-20
text: Passed/agreed to in House: On passage Passed without objection.(consideration: CR H1718; text: CR H1718)
action_date: 2018-03-20
text: Committee on Oversight and Government discharged.
action_date: 2018-03-20
text: Committee on Oversight and Government discharged.
action_date: 2018-03-20
text: Mr. Issa asked unanimous consent to discharge from committee and consider.
action_date: 2018-02-06
text: Ordered to be Reported by Unanimous Consent.
action_date: 2018-02-06
text: Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
action_date: 2017-11-28
text: Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform.
action_date: 2017-11-28
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2017-11-28
text: Introduced in House

Enacted as: number: 115-212