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National Monument CAP Act

Bill: 115-hr-3990
Sponsor: Rep. Bishop, Rob [R-UT-1]
Introduced: 2017-10-06 in the House
Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources
Subjects: Archaeology and anthropology
Environmental assessment, monitoring, research
Historic sites and heritage areas
Land use and conservation
Monuments and memorials
Parks, recreation areas, trails
Presidents and presidential powers, Vice Presidents
Wilderness and natural areas, wildlife refuges, wild rivers, habitats

Summary:
action_date: 2017-10-06
text: 

National Monument Creation and Protection Act

 
This bill amends the Antiquities Act of 1906 to allow the President to declare by public proclamation an object or objects of antiquity (currently, historic landmarks, historic and prehistoric structures, and other objects of historic or scientific interest) that are situated on lands owned or controlled by the federal government to be national monuments. &quot;Objects of antiquity&quot; means relics, artifacts, human or animal skeletal remains, fossils, and certain buildings constructed before enactment of this bill.
 
The bill prescribes limits on land that may be declared to be a national monument based on acreage, proximity to other national monuments, whether it has been reviewed by the Department of the Interior or Agriculture (USDA) under the National Environmental Policy Act, and whether it has been approved by each county and state within whose boundaries it will be located.
 
Such limitation shall not apply to a designation made to prevent imminent and irreparable harm to the object or objects of antiquity to be protected. Such exception shall end after one year and may be used only once. 
 
The President may reduce the size of any declared national monument: (1) by 85,000 acres or less; or (2) by more than 85,000 acres only if the reduction has been approved by each county and state within whose boundaries the monument will be located and reviewed by Interior or USDA under the National Environmental Policy Act. 
 
The bill prohibits any land from being declared as a national monument in a configuration that would place nonfederally owned property within the monument without first obtaining the owners' written consent. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2018-12-19
text: Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 840.
action_date: 2018-12-19
text: Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Natural Resources. H. Rept. 115-1081.
action_date: 2018-12-19
text: Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Natural Resources. H. Rept. 115-1081.
action_date: 2017-10-11
text: Ordered to be Reported (Amended) by the Yeas and Nays: 23 - 17.
action_date: 2017-10-11
text: Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
action_date: 2017-10-06
text: Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.
action_date: 2017-10-06
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2017-10-06
text: Introduced in House
Expanded Access to Opioid Abuse Treatment Act of 2017

Bill: 115-hr-3991
Sponsor: Rep. Lujan Grisham, Michelle [D-NM-1]
Introduced: 2017-10-06 in the House
Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement
Subjects: Drug therapy
Drug trafficking and controlled substances
Drug, alcohol, tobacco use
Health personnel

Summary:
action_date: 2017-10-06
text: 

Expanded Access to Opioid Abuse Treatment Act of 2017

 
This bill amends the Controlled Substances Act to allow a pharmacist who meets specified criteria to be a qualifying practitioner who may administer, dispense, or prescribe narcotic drugs for maintenance or detoxification treatment in an office-based opioid treatment program.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2017-10-16
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, Homeland Security, and Investigations.
action_date: 2017-10-13
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2017-10-06
text: Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, 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: 2017-10-06
text: Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, 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: 2017-10-06
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2017-10-06
text: Introduced in House
Rural Home Health Extension and Regulatory Relief Act

Bill: 115-hr-3992
Sponsor: Rep. Noem, Kristi L. [R-SD-At Large]
Introduced: 2017-10-06 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Congressional oversight
Home and outpatient care
Hospital care
Medicare
Rural conditions and development

Summary:
action_date: 2017-10-06
text: 

Rural Home Health Extension and Regulatory Relief Act

 
This bill (1) makes transitional adjustments to the home-health groupings model for payment under Medicare's prospective-payment system, and (2) extends a payment increase for Medicare home-health services furnished to patients in rural areas.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2017-10-13
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2017-10-06
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: 2017-10-06
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: 2017-10-06
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2017-10-06
text: Introduced in House
American Samoa Investment Act of 2017

Bill: 115-hr-3993
Sponsor: Del. Radewagen, Aumua Amata Coleman [R-AS-At Large]
Introduced: 2017-10-06 in the House
Policy area: Immigration
Subjects: Business investment and capital
Foreign labor
Immigration status and procedures
U.S. and foreign investments
Visas and passports

Summary:
action_date: 2017-10-06
text: 

American Samoa Investment Act of 2017

 
This bill amends the Immigration and Nationality Act to include U.S. nationals among the eligible employees of an EB-5 commercial enterprise. 
 
The EB-5 program provides an employment-based immigration preference for aliens who establish a commercial enterprise in the United States that will benefit the economy and create full-time employment for at least 10 U.S. citizens or lawful permanent residents. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2017-10-16
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration and Border Security.
action_date: 2017-10-06
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2017-10-06
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2017-10-06
text: Introduced in House
Improving Broadband Access for Veterans Act of 2017

Bill: 115-hr-3995
Sponsor: Rep. McNerney, Jerry [D-CA-9]
Introduced: 2017-10-10 in the House
Policy area: Science, Technology, Communications
Subjects: Congressional oversight
Government studies and investigations
Internet and video services
Internet, web applications, social media
Rural conditions and development
Veterans' education, employment, rehabilitation

Summary:
action_date: 2017-10-10
text: 

Improving Broadband Access for Veterans Act of 2017

 
This bill requires the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) to submit to Congress a report on promoting broadband Internet access service for veterans, in particular low-income veterans and veterans residing in rural areas. 
 
 In preparing the report, the FCC shall provide the public with notice and an opportunity to comment.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2017-10-13
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Communications and Technology.
action_date: 2017-10-10
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2017-10-10
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2017-10-10
text: Introduced in House
Free Veterans from Fees Act

Bill: 115-hr-3997
Sponsor: Rep. Rothfus, Keith J. [R-PA-12]
Introduced: 2017-10-10 in the House
Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources
Subjects: Conflicts and wars
Licensing and registrations
Military history
Monuments and memorials
User charges and fees
Veterans' organizations and recognition

Summary:
action_date: 2017-10-10
text: 

Free Veterans from Fees Act

 
This bill waives the application fee for any special use permit for a veterans demonstration or special event at war memorials on federal land.

action_date: 2018-04-27
text: 

Free Veterans from Fees Act

 
This bill waives the application fee for any special use permit solely for a veterans demonstration or special event at war memorials on federal land.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2018-06-06
text: Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
action_date: 2018-06-05
text: Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
action_date: 2018-06-05
text: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by voice vote. (text: CR H4758)
action_date: 2018-06-05
text: Passed/agreed to in House: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by voice vote.(text: CR H4758)
action_date: 2018-06-05
text: DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on H.R. 3997.
action_date: 2018-06-05
text: Considered under suspension of the rules. (consideration: CR H4758-4759)
action_date: 2018-06-05
text: Mr. Bishop (UT) moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended.
action_date: 2018-04-27
text: Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 506.
action_date: 2018-04-27
text: Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Natural Resources. H. Rept. 115-658.
action_date: 2018-04-27
text: Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Natural Resources. H. Rept. 115-658.
action_date: 2018-04-11
text: Ordered to be Reported (Amended) by Unanimous Consent.
action_date: 2018-04-11
text: Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
action_date: 2018-04-11
text: Subcommittee on Federal Lands Discharged.
action_date: 2017-10-13
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Federal Lands.
action_date: 2017-10-10
text: Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.
action_date: 2017-10-10
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2017-10-10
text: Introduced in House
Protect America Act of 2017

Bill: 115-hr-3998
Sponsor: Rep. Zeldin, Lee M. [R-NY-1]
Introduced: 2017-10-10 in the House
Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement
Subjects: Congressional oversight
Criminal investigation, prosecution, interrogation
Criminal justice information and records
Firearms and explosives
Intelligence activities, surveillance, classified information
Licensing and registrations
Terrorism

Summary:
action_date: 2017-10-10
text: 

Protect America Act of 

2017

 

Preventing Terrorists From Obtaining Firearms Act of 2017

 
This bill amends the federal criminal code to authorize the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives (ATF) or a U.S. Attorney's Office to delay for up to 72 hours and file an emergency petition to prohibit a firearm transfer to a person who is being investigated, or who during the past five years has been investigated, as a known or suspected terrorist. 

Preventing Terrorists From Obtaining Explosives Act of 

2017

 
Additionally, the bill authorizes the ATF or a U.S. Attorney's Office to delay for up to 90 days and file an emergency petition to prohibit the approval of an application for an explosives permit or license from a person who is being investigated, or who during the past five years has been investigated, as a known or suspected terrorist.
 
The bill requires the Department of Justice to review the terrorist watch and no-fly lists and remove the name of any person whose name was erroneously placed on such lists.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2017-10-19
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, Homeland Security, and Investigations.
action_date: 2017-10-10
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2017-10-10
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2017-10-10
text: Introduced in House
To amend title 18, United States Code, to prohibit the manufacture, possession, or transfer of any part or combination of parts that is designed and functions to increase the rate of fire of a semiautomatic rifle but does not convert the semiautomatic rifle into a machinegun, and for other purposes.

Bill: 115-hr-3999
Sponsor: Rep. Curbelo, Carlos [R-FL-26]
Introduced: 2017-10-10 in the House
Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement
Subjects: Criminal procedure and sentencing
Drug trafficking and controlled substances
Firearms and explosives
Smuggling and trafficking
Trade restrictions
U.S. Sentencing Commission
Violent crime

Summary:
action_date: 2017-10-10
text: 
This bill amends the federal criminal code to prohibit certain conduct with respect to any part or combination of parts that is designed and functions to increase the rate of fire of a semiautomatic rifle but does not convert the semiautomatic rifle into a machine gun. 
 
Specifically, it makes it a crime to manufacture, possess, or transfer such device: (1) in or affecting interstate or foreign commerce, or (2) that has been shipped or transported in interstate or foreign commerce.
 
An individual who knowingly violates the prohibition is subject to criminal penalties&#8212;a fine, a prison term of up to five years, or both.
 
Additionally, the U.S. Sentencing Commission must review and amend the sentencing guidelines and policy statements to provide an enhanced penalty if the device has been: (1) used, carried, or possessed during or in relation to a crime of violence or drug trafficking crime; or (2) unlawfully smuggled into or from the United States. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2017-10-19
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, Homeland Security, and Investigations.
action_date: 2017-10-10
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2017-10-10
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2017-10-10
text: Introduced in House
Student Loan Relief Act of 2017

Bill: 115-hr-4000
Sponsor: Rep. Comstock, Barbara [R-VA-10]
Introduced: 2017-10-10 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Employee benefits and pensions
Government information and archives
Government lending and loan guarantees
Income tax exclusion
Interest, dividends, interest rates
Student aid and college costs
Unemployment

Summary:
action_date: 2017-10-10
text: 

Student Loan Relief Act of 201

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This bill authorizes the Department of the Treasury to establish a temporary three-year program to facilitate federal student loan refinancing into the private market, at no cost to the federal government, to ensure payment of lower interest rates on student loans. Private lenders under such refinancing program shall be eligible to receive a federal government guarantee of 95% of loans.
 
Treasury shall, in consultation with the Department of Education, begin a national awareness campaign to alert student loan borrowers about such refinancing program with a disclosure that a private loan that results from such refinancing is not eligible for income driven repayment or loan forgivingness.
 
The bill amends the Internal Revenue Code to allow an exclusion from gross income for the payment of an employer, either to an employee or a lender, of any indebtedness of an employee under a qualified education refinance loan or any interest relating to such a loan. The term &quot;qualified education refinance loan&quot; means any indebtedness used solely to refinance a qualified education loan with respect to which the lender offers the borrower protection in the event of unemployment or financial hardship. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2017-10-10
text: Referred to the Committee on Education and the Workforce, 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: 2017-10-10
text: Referred to the Committee on Education and the Workforce, 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: 2017-10-10
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2017-10-10
text: Introduced in House
Student Loan Refinancing and Recalculation Act

Bill: 115-hr-4001
Sponsor: Rep. Garamendi, John [D-CA-3]
Introduced: 2017-10-10 in the House
Policy area: Education
Subjects: Government lending and loan guarantees
Higher education
Interest, dividends, interest rates
Medical education
Student aid and college costs
User charges and fees

Summary:
action_date: 2017-10-10
text: 

Student Loan Refinancing and Recalculation Act

 
This bill amends the Higher Education Act of 1965 to direct the Department of Education to establish a program to refinance the outstanding principal, interest, and late charges on Federal Direct Loans (DLs) and Federal Family Education Loans (FFELs) in order to give a borrower a fixed interest rate equal to the 10-year Treasury note rate plus one percentage point. 
 
In addition, the bill allows borrowers in medical or dental internship or residency programs to defer student loan payments until the completion of their programs.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2017-10-10
text: Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce.
action_date: 2017-10-10
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR H7906)
action_date: 2017-10-10
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2017-10-10
text: Introduced in House
To amend chapter 7 of title 5, United States Code, to provide that in the case of an agency that appeals the ruling of a court under that chapter, and does not prevail on appeal, the court shall award the prevailing party reasonable attorney's fees and costs, and for other purposes.

Bill: 115-hr-4002
Sponsor: Rep. Posey, Bill [R-FL-8]
Introduced: 2017-10-10 in the House
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Judicial review and appeals
Legal fees and court costs

Summary:
action_date: 2017-10-10
text: 
This bill revises requirements governing judicial review of federal agency action. If an agency does not prevail in an appeal of a court ruling, then the court must award the prevailing party reasonable attorney's fees and costs. The award must be paid out of the administrative budget of the office in the agency that filed the appeal.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2017-10-19
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Regulatory Reform, Commercial And Antitrust Law.
action_date: 2017-10-10
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2017-10-10
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2017-10-10
text: Introduced in House
To require that in a notice of proposed rule making for a new rule, the notice shall identify two rules which the agency intends to repeal.

Bill: 115-hr-4003
Sponsor: Rep. Posey, Bill [R-FL-8]
Introduced: 2017-10-10 in the House
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures

Summary:
action_date: 2017-10-10
text: 
This bill requires federal agencies to include in the notice of a proposed rulemaking for a new rule an identification of two rules that the agency intends to repeal, unless the proposed rule is required by statute. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2017-10-19
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Regulatory Reform, Commercial And Antitrust Law.
action_date: 2017-10-10
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2017-10-10
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2017-10-10
text: Introduced in House
To amend the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act to require employees of the White House to enroll in Obamacare, and for other purposes.

Bill: 115-hr-4004
Sponsor: Rep. Posey, Bill [R-FL-8]
Introduced: 2017-10-10 in the House
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Subjects: Executive Office of the President
Government employee pay, benefits, personnel management
Health care costs and insurance
Health care coverage and access

Summary:
action_date: 2017-10-10
text: 
This bill requires White House employees, including employees in the Executive Office of the President, to obtain health coverage by a plan offered through a health insurance exchange established under the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2017-10-13
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2017-10-10
text: Referred to the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, 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: 2017-10-10
text: Referred to the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, 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: 2017-10-10
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2017-10-10
text: Introduced in House
Community-Based Independence for Seniors Act of 2017

Bill: 115-hr-4006
Sponsor: Rep. Sánchez, Linda T. [D-CA-38]
Introduced: 2017-10-11 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Adult day care
Aging
Health care costs and insurance
Home and outpatient care
Hospital care
Long-term, rehabilitative, and terminal care
Medicaid
Medicare
Nursing

Summary:
action_date: 2017-10-11
text: 

Community-Based Independence for Seniors Act of 2017

 
This bill amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act to establish a Community-Based Institutional Special Needs Plan demonstration program through which up to five eligible Medicare Advantage (MA) organizations shall provide home and community-based care to eligible Medicare beneficiaries. For purposes of the demonstration program, an eligible Medicare beneficiary is ineligible for Medicaid and unable to perform two or more activities of daily living.
 
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) shall establish payment rates for eligible MA plans under the demonstration program. Such payment rates are capped but shall be in addition to payments otherwise made to MA organizations with respect to such plans.
 
The CMS shall also: (1) help to educate eligible Medicare beneficiaries on the availability of the program, and (2) provide for program evaluation by an independent third party.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2017-10-13
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2017-10-11
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: 2017-10-11
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: 2017-10-11
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2017-10-11
text: Introduced in House