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SAVE Act of 2017

Bill: 115-hr-4637
Sponsor: Rep. Kind, Ron [D-WI-3]
Introduced: 2017-12-13 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Civil actions and liability
Consumer affairs
Department of Labor
Department of the Treasury
Elementary and secondary education
Employee benefits and pensions
Financial literacy
Income tax credits
Income tax deductions
Income tax deferral
Insurance industry and regulation
Sales and excise taxes
Small business
Teaching, teachers, curricula

Summary:
action_date: 2017-12-13
text: 

Small businesses Add Value for Employees Act of 2017 or the SAVE Act of 201

7

 
This bill amends the Internal Revenue Code to modify the requirements for employer-established individual retirement accounts (IRAs) and pension plans.
 
With respect to SIMPLE (Savings Incentive Match Plan for Employees) IRAs, the bill:
 
 
 repeals restrictions on rollovers to retirement plans, 
 
 allows employers to terminate the plan at any time during the year, 
 
 repeals the increased penalty on early distributions, and 
 
 allows additional contributions. 
 
 
The bill also:
 
 
 establishes automatic deferral IRAs to permit the automatic enrollment of employees earning at least $5,000 for the preceding year,
 
establishes secure deferral arrangements for automatically enrolling employees at a rate of at least 6% of pay with annual increases and specified matching contributions,
 
allows small employers a tax credit for the cost of adopting safe harbor requirements for automatic contribution arrangements,
 
allows unused benefits in a flexible spending arrangement to be transferred to a retirement or deferred compensation plan,
 
 increases the tax credit for small employer pension plan startup costs, and 
 
 establishes multiple small employer retirement plans that provide for automatic employee contributions.
 
 
The Department of the Treasury must: (1) modify requirements for the timing of notices to participants in automatic contribution pension plans, and (2) develop specified financial educational materials. 
 
The bill amends the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (ERISA) to: (1) exempt IRAs that permit payroll deductions from additional pension plan requirements, (2) require disclosures relating to lifetime income from pension plans and annuities, and (3) set forth safe harbor criteria for the selection of an annuity contract and an insurer. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2017-12-13
text: Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, 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: 2017-12-13
text: Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, 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: 2017-12-13
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2017-12-13
text: Introduced in House
National Commission on Scleroderma and Fibrotic Diseases Act of 2017

Bill: 115-hr-4638
Sponsor: Rep. King, Peter T. [R-NY-2]
Introduced: 2017-12-13 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Advisory bodies
Congressional oversight
Government studies and investigations
Health programs administration and funding
Health promotion and preventive care
Medical research
Medical tests and diagnostic methods
Musculoskeletal and skin diseases
Organ and tissue donation and transplantation
Research administration and funding
Research and development

Summary:
action_date: 2017-12-13
text: 

National Commission on Scleroderma and Fibrotic Diseases Act of 

2017

 
This bill temporarily establishes a National Commission on Fibrotic Diseases within the National Institutes of Health that must recommend improvements regarding fibrosis and fibrotic disease research.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2017-12-15
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2017-12-13
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2017-12-13
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2017-12-13
text: Introduced in House
Military Domestic Violence Reporting Enhancement Act

Bill: 115-hr-4639
Sponsor: Rep. Rosen, Jacky [D-NV-3]
Introduced: 2017-12-13 in the House
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Domestic violence and child abuse
Government information and archives
Military law
Military personnel and dependents

Summary:
action_date: 2017-12-13
text: 

Military Domestic Violence Reporting Enhancement Act

 
This bill establishes a punitive article in the Uniform Code of Military Justice on domestic violence and aggravated domestic violence against an intimate partner. &quot;Aggravated domestic violence&quot; involves the use of a weapon, or force in a manner likely to produce death or grievous bodily harm.
 
Military departments must submit to the Department of Justice the identity of each member of the Armed Forces who has been convicted of a domestic violence offense for inclusion in the national instant criminal background check system.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2018-01-22
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, Homeland Security, and Investigations.
action_date: 2018-01-10
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Military Personnel.
action_date: 2017-12-13
text: Referred to the Committee on Armed Services, and in addition to the Committee on the Judiciary, 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: 2017-12-13
text: Referred to the Committee on Armed Services, and in addition to the Committee on the Judiciary, 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: 2017-12-13
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2017-12-13
text: Introduced in House
National Centers of Excellence in Coastal Flood Research and Education Act

Bill: 115-hr-4640
Sponsor: Rep. Taylor, Scott [R-VA-2]
Introduced: 2017-12-13 in the House
Policy area: Science, Technology, Communications

Summary:
action_date: 2017-12-13
text: 

National Centers of Excellence in Coastal Flood Research and Education Act

 
This bill directs the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) to designate public colleges and universities as National Centers of Excellence in Coastal Flood Research and Education. 
 
The purposes of such designations are to: (1) recognize those institutions of higher education that have exhibited national leadership in research and education in coastal flooding, and (2) identify such centers as sources for expert advice and guidance for federal agencies engaged in coastal flooding research and education issues and projects. 
 
NOAA shall require the designated public colleges or universities to enter into an agreement with NOAA to: (1) collaborate on federal flood-related issues with federal agencies; and (2) collaborate and share with specified entities best practices on regional, state, and locally specific flooding and flood-related issues. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2018-05-22
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Environment.
action_date: 2017-12-14
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Water Resources and Environment.
action_date: 2017-12-14
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Economic Development, Public Buildings and Emergency Management.
action_date: 2017-12-13
text: Referred to the Committee on Science, Space, and Technology, and in addition to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, 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: 2017-12-13
text: Referred to the Committee on Science, Space, and Technology, and in addition to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, 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: 2017-12-13
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2017-12-13
text: Introduced in House
To authorize the President to award the Medal of Honor to John L. Canley for acts of valor during the Vietnam War while a member of the Marine Corps.

Bill: 115-hr-4641
Sponsor: Rep. Brownley, Julia [D-CA-26]
Introduced: 2017-12-13 in the House
Subjects: Private Legislation

Summary:
action_date: 2017-12-13
text: 
The President may award the Medal of Honor to John L. Canley for his acts of valor during the Vietnam War as a member of the Marine Corps, for which he was previously awarded the Navy Cross.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2018-01-29
text: Became Private Law No: 115-1.
action_date: 2018-01-29
text: Became Private Law No: 115-1.
action_date: 2018-01-29
text: Signed by President.
action_date: 2018-01-29
text: Signed by President.
action_date: 2018-01-17
text: Presented to President.
action_date: 2018-01-17
text: Presented to President.
action_date: 2018-01-12
text: Message on Senate action sent to the House.
action_date: 2018-01-11
text: Passed Senate without amendment by Unanimous Consent. (consideration: CR S170)
action_date: 2018-01-11
text: Passed/agreed to in Senate: Passed Senate without amendment by Unanimous Consent.(consideration: CR S170)
action_date: 2017-12-21
text: Received in the Senate, read twice.
action_date: 2017-12-21
text: Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
action_date: 2017-12-21
text: On passage Passed without objection. (text: CR H10362)
action_date: 2017-12-21
text: Passed/agreed to in House: On passage Passed without objection.(text: CR H10362)
action_date: 2017-12-21
text: Considered by unanimous consent. (consideration: CR H10362)
action_date: 2017-12-21
text: Committee on Armed Services discharged.
action_date: 2017-12-21
text: Committee on Armed Services discharged.
action_date: 2017-12-21
text: Mr. Coffman asked unanimous consent to discharge from committee and consider.
action_date: 2017-12-14
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Military Personnel.
action_date: 2017-12-13
text: Referred to the House Committee on Armed Services.
action_date: 2017-12-13
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2017-12-13
text: Introduced in House

Enacted as: number: 115-1
Veterans Improved Access and Care Act of 2017

Bill: 115-hr-4642
Sponsor: Rep. Tipton, Scott  R. [R-CO-3]
Introduced: 2017-12-14 in the House
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security

Summary:
action_date: 2017-12-14
text: 

Veterans Improved Access and Care Act of 2017

 
This bill amends the Veterans Access, Choice, and Accountability Act of 2014 to provide access to hospital care and medical services in non-Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) facilities for all veterans who are enrolled in the VA health care system. (Currently, such access is based upon appointment wait times and distance from, or existence of, VA facilities.) 
 
The VA shall: (1) establish a pilot program to expedite the Veterans Health Administration (VHA) process for bringing on a medical provider after such person is offered a tentative VHA position (onboarding), (2) give priority to medical facilities facing hiring shortages of licensed independent medical providers, and (3) submit to Congress a strategy for reducing the length of the medical provider hiring process by half. 
 
The bill requires that certain personal information be transmitted to the National Practitioner Data Bank and the applicable state licensing board whenever a major adverse action based upon performance or conduct is taken against certain VHA health care employees.
 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2017-12-14
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2017-12-14
text: Referred to the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
action_date: 2017-12-14
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2017-12-14
text: Introduced in House
Safe Air Transport of Hazardous Materials Act of 2017

Bill: 115-hr-4643
Sponsor: Rep. DeFazio, Peter A. [D-OR-4]
Introduced: 2017-12-14 in the House
Policy area: Transportation and Public Works
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Aviation and airports
Department of Transportation
Energy storage, supplies, demand
Hazardous wastes and toxic substances
International organizations and cooperation
Transportation safety and security

Summary:
action_date: 2017-12-14
text: 

Safe Air Transport of Hazardous Materials Act of 2017

 
This bill amends federal transportation law to include among the duties and powers of the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) related to aviation safety those related to transportation, packaging, marking, or description of hazardous material.
 
The FAA shall serve as the primary official representative of the United States on the Dangerous Goods Panel of the International Civil Aviation Organization.
 
The FAA Modernization and Reform Act of 2012 is amended to repeal provisions prohibiting the Department of Transportation from issuing or enforcing any regulation or other requirement regarding the transportation by aircraft of lithium metal or lithium ion cells or batteries.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2017-12-15
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Aviation.
action_date: 2017-12-14
text: Referred to the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.
action_date: 2017-12-14
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2017-12-14
text: Introduced in House
Yellowstone Gateway Protection Act

Bill: 115-hr-4644
Sponsor: Rep. Gianforte, Greg [R-MT-At Large]
Introduced: 2017-12-14 in the House
Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources
Subjects: Alternative and renewable resources
Forests, forestry, trees
Land transfers
Mining
Montana
Oil and gas

Summary:
action_date: 2017-12-14
text: 

Yellowstone Gateway Protection Act

 
This bill withdraws specified National Forest System land in the Custer Gallatin National Forest in Park County, Montana, identified on the map titled &quot;Emigrant Crevice Proposed Withdrawal Area,&quot; dated November 10, 2016, from: (1) location, entry, and patent under mining laws; and (2) disposition under all laws pertaining to mineral and geothermal leasing.
 
Any land within the withdrawal area that is acquired by the federal government after enactment of this bill must be immediately withdrawn in accordance with this bill. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2018-10-23
text: Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 774.
action_date: 2018-10-23
text: Reported by the Committee on Natural Resources. H. Rept. 115-992.
action_date: 2018-10-23
text: Reported by the Committee on Natural Resources. H. Rept. 115-992.
action_date: 2018-09-26
text: Ordered to be Reported by the Yeas and Nays: 28 - 4.
action_date: 2018-09-26
text: Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
action_date: 2018-09-26
text: Subcommittee on Energy and Mineral Resources Discharged.
action_date: 2018-06-21
text: Subcommittee Hearings Held.
action_date: 2017-12-20
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Energy and Mineral Resources.
action_date: 2017-12-14
text: Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.
action_date: 2017-12-14
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2017-12-14
text: Introduced in House
Recovering America's Wildlife Act

Bill: 115-hr-4647
Sponsor: Rep. Fortenberry, Jeff [R-NE-1]
Introduced: 2017-12-14 in the House
Policy area: Environmental Protection
Subjects: Endangered and threatened species
Government trust funds
Outdoor recreation
Wildlife conservation and habitat protection

Summary:
action_date: 2017-12-14
text: 

Recovering America's Wildlife Act

 
This bill amends the Pittman-Robertson Wildlife Restoration Act to direct the Department of the Treasury to transfer, beginning in FY2018, revenues from energy and mineral development on federal lands totaling $1.3 billion to the Wildlife Conservation and Restoration Subaccount of the Federal Aid to Wildlife Restoration Fund, to be available without further appropriation. 
The bill revises the requirements governing how the funds from the subaccount may be used, including by requiring funds to be used to develop, revise, and implement state wildlife conservation strategies. The bill expands the allowable uses of the subaccount, including by allowing funds to be used for managing invasive and nuisance species and for law enforcement activities that are directly related to the conservation of species of the greatest conservation need. 
Funds apportioned from the subaccount may not be conditioned upon the provision of public access to private lands, waters, or holdings.
 
The bill specifies what types of funds and donations states may use to meet matching fund requirements.
 
The bill revises the formula used to determine how funds are distributed to states.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2018-02-15
text: Subcommittee Hearings Held.
action_date: 2017-12-20
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Water, Power and Oceans.
action_date: 2017-12-20
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Federal Lands.
action_date: 2017-12-14
text: Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.
action_date: 2017-12-14
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2017-12-14
text: Introduced in House
Home Mortgage Reporting Relief Act of 2017

Bill: 115-hr-4648
Sponsor: Rep. Emmer, Tom [R-MN-6]
Introduced: 2017-12-14 in the House
Policy area: Housing and Community Development

Summary:
action_date: 2017-12-14
text: 

Home Mortgage Reporting Relief Act of 2017

 
This bill delays the effective date of specified regulations issued by the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau regarding the compilation and reporting of home-mortgage data by depository institutions. The bill also suspends certain home-mortgage data-publishing requirements for depository institutions. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2018-01-09
text: Hearings Held by the Subcommittee on Financial Institutions and Consumer Credit Prior to Referral.
action_date: 2017-12-14
text: Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services.
action_date: 2017-12-14
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2017-12-14
text: Introduced in House
Energy Storage Tax Incentive and Deployment Act of 2017

Bill: 115-hr-4649
Sponsor: Rep. Doyle, Michael F. [D-PA-14]
Introduced: 2017-12-14 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Alternative and renewable resources
Business investment and capital
Energy efficiency and conservation
Energy storage, supplies, demand
Income tax credits
Residential rehabilitation and home repair

Summary:
action_date: 2017-12-14
text: 

Energy Storage Tax Incentive and Deployment Act of 201

7

 
This bill amends the Internal Revenue Code to allow tax credits for: (1) energy storage technologies, and (2) battery storage technology. 
 
The bill expands the tax credit for investments in energy property to include equipment that: (1) receives, stores, and delivers energy using batteries, compressed air, pumped hydropower, hydrogen storage (including hydrolysis), thermal energy storage, regenerative fuel cells, flywheels, capacitors, superconducting magnets, or other technologies identified by the Internal Revenue Service; and (2) has a capacity of at least five kilowatt hours. 
 
The bill also expands the tax credit for residential energy efficient property to include expenditures for battery storage technology that: (1) is installed on or in connection with a dwelling unit located in the United States and used as a residence by the taxpayer, and (2) has a capacity of at least three kilowatt hours. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2017-12-14
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2017-12-14
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2017-12-14
text: Introduced in House
PROTECT Act

Bill: 115-hr-4650
Sponsor: Rep. Aguilar, Pete [D-CA-31]
Introduced: 2017-12-14 in the House
Policy area: Emergency Management
Subjects: Crime victims
Emergency communications systems
Emergency planning and evacuation
Firearms and explosives
Law enforcement administration and funding
Law enforcement officers
Violent crime

Summary:
action_date: 2017-12-14
text: 

Providing Rational Options Toward the Elimination of Catastrophic Terrorism Act of 2017 or the PROTECT Act

 
This bill amends the Homeland Security Act of 2002 to direct: (1) the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) to develop and provide guidance on terrorism preparedness and response to assist in the development of plans for addressing active shooter and mass casualty incidents, including in facilities identified by DHS as vulnerable targets; and (2) the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) to consider the threat from active shooters in allocating grant funds under the Urban Area Security Initiative and the State Homeland Security Grant Program.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2017-12-14
text: Referred to the House Committee on Homeland Security.
action_date: 2017-12-14
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2017-12-14
text: Introduced in House
Let Lenders Lend Act

Bill: 115-hr-4651
Sponsor: Rep. Biggs, Andy [R-AZ-5]
Introduced: 2017-12-14 in the House
Policy area: Housing and Community Development
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Banking and financial institutions regulation
Housing discrimination
Housing finance and home ownership
Housing industry and standards

Summary:
action_date: 2017-12-14
text: 

Let Lenders Lend Act

 
This bill nullifies the "Home Mortgage Disclosure (Regulation C)" rule finalized by the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau on October 28, 2015. (The rule, mandated under the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act, expanded the scope of information that must be disclosed under the Home Mortgage Disclosure Act.)


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2017-12-14
text: Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services.
action_date: 2017-12-14
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2017-12-14
text: Introduced in House
To amend title XIX of the Social Security Act to make permanent the Tennessee disproportionate share hospital (DSH) allotment under the Medicaid program.

Bill: 115-hr-4652
Sponsor: Rep. Blackburn, Marsha [R-TN-7]
Introduced: 2017-12-14 in the House
Policy area: Health

Summary:
action_date: 2017-12-14
text: 
This bill makes permanent the annual disproportionate share hospital (DSH) allotment for Tennessee. (DSHs are hospitals that receive additional payment under Medicaid for treating a large share of low-income patients.) Current law provides for an annual $53.1 million DSH allotment for Tennessee through FY2025.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2017-12-15
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2017-12-14
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2017-12-14
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2017-12-14
text: Introduced in House
To amend the Agricultural Act of 2014 to require the Secretary of Agriculture to use certain data in determining an actual or benchmark county yield, and for other purposes.

Bill: 115-hr-4654
Sponsor: Rep. Cramer, Kevin [R-ND-At Large]
Introduced: 2017-12-14 in the House
Policy area: Agriculture and Food
Subjects: Agricultural insurance

Summary:
action_date: 2017-12-14
text: 
This bill amends the Agricultural Act of 2014, with respect to the Agricultural Risk Coverage program, to require the Department of Agriculture to: (1) use specified data to assign actual or benchmark county yields, and (2) make payments to producers using the payment rate of the county of the physical location of the base acres of a farm.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2018-01-24
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on General Farm Commodities and Risk Management.
action_date: 2017-12-14
text: Referred to the House Committee on Agriculture.
action_date: 2017-12-14
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2017-12-14
text: Introduced in House