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Domestic Maritime Centers of Excellence Act of 2017

Bill: 115-hr-2286
Sponsor: Rep. Green, Gene [D-TX-29]
Introduced: 2017-05-02 in the House
Policy area: Transportation and Public Works
Subjects: Education programs funding
Employment and training programs
Higher education
Marine and inland water transportation
Transportation employees
Transportation programs funding
Vocational and technical education

Summary:
action_date: 2017-05-02
text: 

Domestic Maritime Centers of Excellence Act of 2017

 
This bill authorizes the Department of Transportation (DOT) to designate state-operated maritime training centers and community and technical colleges with a maritime training program that are located in the United States along the Gulf of Mexico, Atlantic Ocean, Pacific Ocean, Artic Ocean, Bering Sea, Gulf of Alaska, or Great Lakes as centers of excellence for domestic maritime workforce training and education.
 
DOT may provide technical assistance, surplus federal equipment and assets, and funding to such centers to support a maritime workforce program and assist such centers in expanding their capacity to train the U.S. maritime workforce.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2017-05-02
text: Referred to the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.
action_date: 2017-05-02
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Coast Guard and Maritime Transportation.
action_date: 2017-05-02
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2017-05-02
text: Introduced in House
Bureau of Land Management Headquarters Relocation Act

Bill: 115-hr-2287
Sponsor: Rep. Tipton, Scott  R. [R-CO-3]
Introduced: 2017-05-02 in the House
Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources
Subjects: Alaska
Arizona
California
Colorado
Congressional oversight
Department of the Interior
District of Columbia
Executive agency funding and structure
Government buildings, facilities, and property
Idaho
Land use and conservation
Montana
Nevada
New Mexico
Oregon
Utah
Washington State
Wyoming

Summary:
action_date: 2017-05-02
text: 

Bureau of Land Management Headquarters Relocation Act 

 
This bill directs the Department of the Interior to submit a strategy, including a proposed time line, for relocating the headquarters of the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) from Washington, DC, to Alaska, Arizona, California, Colorado, Idaho, Montana, Nevada, New Mexico, Oregon, Utah, Washington, or Wyoming in a manner that will save the maximum amount of taxpayer money practicable. 
 
The bill authorizes such relocation.

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2017-05-11
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Federal Lands.
action_date: 2017-05-02
text: Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.
action_date: 2017-05-02
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2017-05-02
text: Introduced in House
Supermarket Tax Credit for Underserved Areas Act

Bill: 115-hr-2289
Sponsor: Rep. Cohen, Steve [D-TN-9]
Introduced: 2017-05-02 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Business investment and capital
Employee hiring
Food industry and services
Fruit and vegetables
Income tax credits
Retail and wholesale trades
Wages and earnings

Summary:
action_date: 2017-05-02
text: 

Supermarket Tax Credit for Underserved Areas Act 

 
 This bill amends the Internal Revenue Code to: (1) increase the rate of the rehabilitation tax credit for a supermarket building placed in service after December 31, 2017, and before January 1, 2020, in an underserved area (i.e., any enterprise community or empowerment zone and any renewal community); (2) increase by $1,000 the limit on wages eligible for the work opportunity tax credit for employees of a supermarket located in an underserved area; and (3) allow a business-related tax credit for 15% of the gross receipts from the retail sale of locally grown fresh fruits and vegetables in a supermarket in an underserved area. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2017-05-02
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2017-05-02
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2017-05-02
text: Introduced in House
Family-Based Care Services Act of 2017

Bill: 115-hr-2290
Sponsor: Rep. DeLauro, Rosa L. [D-CT-3]
Introduced: 2017-05-02 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Adoption and foster care
Child care and development
Child health
Disability and paralysis
Family services
Medicaid
Mental health

Summary:
action_date: 2017-05-02
text: 

Family-Based Care Services Act of 201

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This bill establishes a definition, under Medicaid, for "qualified therapeutic family care services." Specifically, such services are those provided for children younger than age 21 who need institution-level care but can instead be cared for in a community placement through a licensed and accredited program that: (1) provides children with certain structured daily activities, and (2) provides parents and caregivers with specialized training and consultation. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2017-05-05
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2017-05-02
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2017-05-02
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2017-05-02
text: Introduced in House
HEART Act of 2017

Bill: 115-hr-2291
Sponsor: Rep. Duffy, Sean P. [R-WI-7]
Introduced: 2017-05-02 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Cardiovascular and respiratory health
Health care coverage and access
Health facilities and institutions
Health personnel
Health technology, devices, supplies
Medicare
Rural conditions and development
Small towns

Summary:
action_date: 2017-05-02
text: 

Helping Expand Access to Rural Telemedicine Act of 2017 or the HEART Act of 2017

 
This bill provides for Medicare coverage of: (1) additional telehealth services, and (2) remote patient-monitoring services for certain chronic conditions.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2017-05-11
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2017-05-05
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2017-05-02
text: Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, 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: 2017-05-02
text: Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, 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: 2017-05-02
text: Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, 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: 2017-05-02
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2017-05-02
text: Introduced in House
To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 for purposes of the tax on private foundation excess business holdings to treat as outstanding any employee-owned stock purchased by a business enterprise pursuant to certain employee stock ownership retirement plans.

Bill: 115-hr-2293
Sponsor: Rep. Holding, George [R-NC-2]
Introduced: 2017-05-02 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Business investment and capital
Employee benefits and pensions
Sales and excise taxes
Securities
Social work, volunteer service, charitable organizations
Tax-exempt organizations

Summary:
action_date: 2017-05-02
text: 
This bill amends the Internal Revenue Code to exclude certain purchases of employee-owned stock from being considered as outstanding voting stock for the purpose of the tax on excess business holdings of a private foundation in a business enterprise. 
 
The bill applies to any voting stock that is: (1) not readily tradable on an established securities market; (2) purchased by the business enterprise on or after January 1, 2005, from a stock bonus or profit sharing plan in which employees of the business enterprise participate, in connection with a distribution from the plan; and (3) held by the business enterprise as treasury stock, cancelled, or retired. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2017-05-02
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2017-05-02
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2017-05-02
text: Introduced in House
LEO Fair Retirement Act of 2017

Bill: 115-hr-2294
Sponsor: Rep. King, Peter T. [R-NY-2]
Introduced: 2017-05-02 in the House
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Criminal investigation, prosecution, interrogation
Government employee pay, benefits, personnel management
Income tax credits
Labor standards
Law enforcement officers
Office of Personnel Management (OPM)
Personnel records
U.S. Postal Service
Wages and earnings

Summary:
action_date: 2017-05-02
text: 

LEO Fair Retirement Act of 2017

 
This bill provides that for purposes of computing the annuity of a federal law enforcement officer (LEO) under the Civil Service Retirement System and the Federal Employees Retirement System, any premium pay earned by such LEO in excess of limitations imposed on such pay shall be included in the LEO's average pay, contingent on the payment of a specified lump sum by the LEO to the Office of Personnel Management. 
 
The bill makes postal inspectors eligible for availability pay (i.e., premium pay paid to LEOs who are criminal investigators).
 
The bill allows a nonrefundable tax credit for certain lump-sum payments of uncompensated law enforcement premium pay.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2017-05-02
text: Referred to the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, 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: 2017-05-02
text: Referred to the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, 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: 2017-05-02
text: Referred to the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, 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: 2017-05-02
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2017-05-02
text: Introduced in House
Carried Interest Fairness Act of 2017

Bill: 115-hr-2295
Sponsor: Rep. Levin, Sander M. [D-MI-9]
Introduced: 2017-05-02 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Accounting and auditing
Capital gains tax
Financial services and investments
Income tax rates
Tax administration and collection, taxpayers

Summary:
action_date: 2017-05-02
text: 

Carried Interest Fairness Act of 201

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This bill amends the Internal Revenue Code to: (1) set forth a special rule for the inclusion in gross income of partnership interests transferred in connection with the performance of services, (2) treat as ordinary income the net capital gain with respect to an investment services partnership interest except to the extent such gain is attributable to a partner's qualified capital interest, (3) exempt income from investment services partnership interests from treatment as qualifying income of a publicly traded partnership, (4) exempt certain family partnerships from the application of this bill; (5) increase the penalty for underpayments of tax resulting from failure to treat income from an investment services partnership interest as ordinary income, and (6) include income and loss from an investment services partnership interest for purposes of determining net earnings from self-employment and applicable self-employment taxes.
 
The bill defines "investment services partnership interest" as any interest in a partnership held by a person who provides services to a partnership by: (1) advising the partnership about investing in, purchasing, or selling specified assets; (2) managing, acquiring, or disposing of specified assets; or (3) arranging financing with respect to acquiring specified assets.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2017-05-02
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2017-05-02
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2017-05-02
text: Introduced in House
Advancing CCUS Technology Act

Bill: 115-hr-2296
Sponsor: Rep. McKinley, David B. [R-WV-1]
Introduced: 2017-05-02 in the House
Policy area: Energy
Subjects: Air quality
Climate change and greenhouse gases
Coal
Congressional oversight
Electric power generation and transmission
Energy efficiency and conservation
Energy research
Environmental technology
Research administration and funding
Research and development

Summary:
action_date: 2017-05-02
text: 

Advancing CCUS Technology Act

 
This bill amends the Energy Policy Act of 2005 to direct the Department of Energy (DOE)to carry out research and developtechnologyto improve the conversion, use, and storage of carbon dioxide from fossil fuels. It also revises the program of research and commercial application for coal and power systems to require DOE, during each fiscal year after FY2017, to identify cost and performance goals for technologies allowing large-scale demonstration and the continued cost-competitive commercial use of coal.
 
DOEmust annually evaluateand make recommendations regarding any project it has entered into with a public or privateentityto developcarbon capture, utilization, and sequestration technologies.
 
DOE must report to Congress, within two years and every three years thereafter, regarding theprojectevaluations it has conductedand the progress it has made in advancing carbon capture, utilization, and sequestration technologies.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2018-05-22
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Energy.
action_date: 2017-05-05
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Energy.
action_date: 2017-05-02
text: Referred to the Committee on Science, Space, and Technology, 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: 2017-05-02
text: Referred to the Committee on Science, Space, and Technology, 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: 2017-05-02
text: Referred to the Committee on Science, Space, and Technology, 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: 2017-05-02
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2017-05-02
text: Introduced in House
PARTNER Act

Bill: 115-hr-2297
Sponsor: Rep. Meehan, Patrick [R-PA-7]
Introduced: 2017-05-02 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Accounting and auditing
Advanced technology and technological innovations
Business investment and capital
Capital gains tax
Income tax credits
Income tax deductions
Inflation and prices
Research and development
Small business
Tax administration and collection, taxpayers

Summary:
action_date: 2017-05-02
text: 

Partnerships to Advance Revolutionary Technology and Novel Entrepreneurial Research Act or the PARTNER Act

 
This bill amends the Internal Revenue Code to exempt from the definition of "passive activity," for purposes of the passive loss tax rules, any qualified research activity carried on by a high technology research small business pass-thru entity.
 
The bill defines "high technology research small business pass-thru entity" as any domestic pass-thru entity if: (1) more than 75% of the entity's expenditures are paid or incurred in connection with qualified research that involves a process of experimentation conducted by the entity, or (2) more than 50% of the entity's expenditures constitute qualified research expenses. A high technology research entity is a small business if such entity has 250 or fewer full-time employees. The entity may not have aggregate gross assets in excess of $150 million at any time during the taxable year. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2017-05-02
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2017-05-02
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2017-05-02
text: Introduced in House
Former Presidents Amendment Act

Bill: 115-hr-2298
Sponsor: Rep. Sensenbrenner, F. James, Jr. [R-WI-5]
Introduced: 2017-05-02 in the House
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Subjects: Appropriations
Government employee pay, benefits, personnel management
Postal service
Presidents and presidential powers, Vice Presidents
Transportation costs

Summary:
action_date: 2017-05-02
text: 

Former Presidents Amendment Act

 
This bill amends the Former Presidents Act of 1958 to provide that former Presidents may not receive government funded office space, staff, or free use of the mail.
 
Any unobligated amounts available for office space or staff of former Presidents are rescinded. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2017-05-02
text: Referred to the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, and in addition to the Committee on 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: 2017-05-02
text: Referred to the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, and in addition to the Committee on 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: 2017-05-02
text: Referred to the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, and in addition to the Committee on 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: 2017-05-02
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2017-05-02
text: Introduced in House
Currency Optimization, Innovation, and National Savings Act of 2017

Bill: 115-hr-2299
Sponsor: Rep. Tenney, Claudia [R-NY-22]
Introduced: 2017-05-02 in the House
Policy area: Finance and Financial Sector
Subjects: Congressional oversight
Currency
Government studies and investigations

Summary:
action_date: 2017-05-02
text: 

Currency Optimization, Innovation, and National Savings Act of 2017

 
 
This bill directs the Government Accountability Office to study the production cost of the one-cent coin and ways the production cost could be lowered while maintaining the utility of the coin.
 
The bill provides for the replacement of $1 notes with $1 coins as the only $1 monetary unit in circulation. Treasury will no longer be authorized to issue $1 notes two years after passage of this bill and the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System shall ensure that all $1 Federal Reserve notes are destroyed within this time.
 
Notwithstanding this bill, $1 Federal Reserve notes shall remain legal tender in the United States.

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2017-05-02
text: Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services.
action_date: 2017-05-02
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2017-05-02
text: Introduced in House
Students Before Profits Act of 2017

Bill: 115-hr-2300
Sponsor: Rep. Waters, Maxine [D-CA-43]
Introduced: 2017-05-02 in the House
Policy area: Education
Subjects: Civil actions and liability
Education programs funding
Government lending and loan guarantees
Higher education
Student aid and college costs

Summary:
action_date: 2017-05-02
text: 

Students Before Profits Act of 

2017

 
This bill amends title IV (Student Assistance) of the Higher Education Act of 1965 to require the Department of Education (ED) to recalculate the cohort default rate and redetermine title IV eligibility for an institution of higher education (IHE) that engages in default manipulation.
 
 ED may impose enhanced civil penalties and sanctions on IHEs and officers for substantial misrepresentation or other serious violations of title IV requirements. The bill requires ED to establish the Student Relief Fund, financed by civil penalties, to provide financial relief to students enrolled in an IHE that is sanctioned or fails to comply with title IV requirements.
 
If ED takes an enforcement action (e.g., heightened financial oversight) against a proprietary (i.e., for-profit) IHE, then ED may hold the executive officer of such proprietary IHE personally liable for financial losses related to the enforcement action. Additionally, ED may pursue claims against an IHE's executive officers and board of directors to recover discharged federal student loans.
 
A proprietary IHE must, as a condition of continued eligibility to participate in title IV programs, prohibit an individual who defrauds students from being a member of the board of directors or an executive officer of the institution.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2017-05-02
text: Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce.
action_date: 2017-05-02
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2017-05-02
text: Introduced in House
Court Legal Access and Student Support (CLASS) Act of 2017

Bill: 115-hr-2301
Sponsor: Rep. Waters, Maxine [D-CA-43]
Introduced: 2017-05-02 in the House
Policy area: Education
Subjects: Alternative dispute resolution, mediation, arbitration
Civil actions and liability
Higher education
Student aid and college costs

Summary:
action_date: 2017-05-02
text: 

Court Legal Access and Student Support (CLASS) Act of 2017

 
This bill makes procedures for the enforcement of arbitration agreements inapplicable to an enrollment agreement between a student and an institution of higher education (IHE). 
The bill also amends the Higher Education Act of 1965 to forbid an IHE that participates in federal student aid programs, including work-study programs, from requiring a student to agree to any restriction on the student's ability to pursue a claim, individually or with others, against it in court.

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2017-06-02
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Regulatory Reform, Commercial And Antitrust Law.
action_date: 2017-05-02
text: Referred to the Committee on Education and the Workforce, 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: 2017-05-02
text: Referred to the Committee on Education and the Workforce, 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: 2017-05-02
text: Referred to the Committee on Education and the Workforce, 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: 2017-05-02
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2017-05-02
text: Introduced in House