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Cyber Privacy Fortification Act of 2017

Bill: 115-hr-135
Sponsor: Rep. Conyers, John, Jr. [D-MI-13]
Introduced: 2017-01-03 in the House
Policy area: Science, Technology, Communications
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Business records
Civil actions and liability
Computer security and identity theft
Computers and information technology
Congressional oversight
Consumer affairs
Consumer credit
Criminal justice information and records
Government information and archives
Health information and medical records
Judicial review and appeals
Right of privacy

Summary:
action_date: 2017-01-03
text: 

Cyber Privacy Fortification Act of
 
2017

 
This bill amends the federal criminal code to provide criminal penalties for intentional failures to provide required notices regarding security breaches of computerized data that there is reason to believe resulted in improper access to specified sensitive personally identifiable information that is electronic or digital.
 
A person who owns or possesses data in electronic form containing a means of identification, and who has knowledge of a major security breach of the system containing such data, must notify the U.S. Secret Service or the Federal Bureau of Investigation.
 
A "major security breach" involves: (1) a means of identification pertaining to at least 10,000 individuals that is reasonably believed to have been acquired, (2) databases owned by the federal government, or (3) a means of identification of federal employees or contractors involved in national security matters or law enforcement.
 
The Department of Justice and state attorneys general may bring civil actions and obtain injunctive relief for violations of federal laws relating to data security. 
 
Federal agencies must prepare and make available to the public privacy impact assessments that describe the impact of certain proposed and final agency rules on the privacy of individuals. Agencies may waive or delay certain privacy impact assessment requirements for emergencies and national security reasons. 
 
Federal agencies must: (1) periodically review promulgated rules that have a significant privacy impact on individuals or a privacy impact on a substantial number of individuals, and (2) consider whether each such rule can be amended or rescinded in a manner that minimizes any such impact while remaining in accordance with applicable statutes. 
 
The bill provides access to judicial review to individuals adversely affected or aggrieved by final agency action on any such rule.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2017-01-12
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Regulatory Reform, Commercial And Antitrust Law.
action_date: 2017-01-12
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, Homeland Security, and Investigations.
action_date: 2017-01-03
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2017-01-03
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2017-01-03
text: Introduced in House
Bankruptcy Judgeship Act of 2017

Bill: 115-hr-136
Sponsor: Rep. Conyers, John, Jr. [D-MI-13]
Introduced: 2017-01-03 in the House
Policy area: Law
Subjects: Bankruptcy
Caribbean area
Delaware
Federal district courts
Florida
Judges
Maryland
Michigan
Nevada
North Carolina
Puerto Rico
Specialized courts
Tennessee
U.S. territories and protectorates
Virginia

Summary:
action_date: 2017-01-03
text: 

Bankruptcy Judgeship Act of
 
2017

 
This bill amends the federal judicial code to:
 
 
convert certain temporary bankruptcy judges to permanent bankruptcy judges and authorize the appointment of additional bankruptcy judges in Delaware and Michigan; 
 
convert temporary bankruptcy judges to permanent bankruptcy judges in specified judicial districts in Florida, Maryland, Nevada, North Carolina, Puerto Rico, Tennessee, and Virginia; and 
 
authorize the appointment of additional bankruptcy judges in the middle district of Florida. 



Legislative actions:
action_date: 2017-01-23
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Regulatory Reform, Commercial And Antitrust Law.
action_date: 2017-01-03
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2017-01-03
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2017-01-03
text: Introduced in House
Stopping Abusive Student Loan Collection Practices in Bankruptcy Act of 2017

Bill: 115-hr-137
Sponsor: Rep. Conyers, John, Jr. [D-MI-13]
Introduced: 2017-01-03 in the House
Policy area: Finance and Financial Sector
Subjects: Bankruptcy
Higher education
Student aid and college costs

Summary:
action_date: 2017-01-03
text: 

Stopping Abusive Student Loan Collection Practices in Bankruptcy Act of 

2017

 
This bill amends the federal bankruptcy code to allow an individual whose student loan debt is discharged due to undue hardship to recover court costs and attorney's fees for the discharge proceeding if the court finds that the position of the creditor opposing the discharge was not substantially justified.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2018-03-14
text: ASSUMING FIRST SPONSORSHIP - Mr. Cicilline asked unanimous consent that he may hereafter be considered as the first sponsor of H.R. 137, a bill originally introduced by former Representative Conyers, for purposes of adding cosponsors and requesting reprintings pursuant to clause 7 of rule XII. Agreed to without objection.
action_date: 2017-01-12
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Regulatory Reform, Commercial And Antitrust Law.
action_date: 2017-01-03
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2017-01-03
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2017-01-03
text: Introduced in House
Protecting Employees and Retirees in Business Bankruptcies Act of 2017

Bill: 115-hr-138
Sponsor: Rep. Conyers, John, Jr. [D-MI-13]
Introduced: 2017-01-03 in the House
Policy area: Finance and Financial Sector
Subjects: Bankruptcy
Corporate finance and management
Employee benefits and pensions
Health care costs and insurance
Labor-management relations
Securities
Unemployment
Wages and earnings

Summary:
action_date: 2017-01-03
text: 

Protecting Employees and Retirees in Business Bankruptcies Act of 2017

 
This bill amends federal bankruptcy law to modify provisions related to Chapter 11 bankruptcy, which typically involves the reorganization of a debtor company's assets and debts. Specifically, the bill modifies provisions governing: (1) employee and retiree recoveries and losses, and (2) executive compensation programs.
 
With respect to employee and retiree recoveries and losses, the bill:
 
 
increases the maximum value and age of specified wage and benefit claims entitled to priority payment; 
 
allows certain claims for losses related to defined contribution plans, if the employer or plan sponsor has committed fraud or otherwise breached its fiduciary duty; 
 
allows, as an administrative expense of the estate, severance pay owed to employees; 
 
establishes certain restrictions regarding the rejection or amendment of a collective bargaining agreement; 
 
revises specified procedures related to the reduction or denial of retiree benefits; 
 
requires a court, in approving a sale of business assets, to consider the extent to which a bidder has offered to maintain existing jobs and assume benefit obligations; and 
 
modifies other provisions.

 
With respect to executive compensation, the bill:
 
 
establishes specified limitations related to executive compensation enhancements,
 
prohibits executives from receiving certain retiree benefits if such benefits were reduced or eliminated for other employees or retirees, and 
 
 revises other requirements related to court approval of such compensation.

 
In addition, the bill grants creditor status to labor organizations for purposes of filing a proof of claim.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2018-03-15
text: ASSUMING FIRST SPONSORSHIP - Mr. Norcross asked unanimous consent that he may hereafter be considered as the first sponsor of H.R. 138, a bill originally introduced by former Representative Conyers, for purposes of adding cosponsors and requesting reprintings pursuant to clause 7 of rule XII. Agreed to without objection.
action_date: 2017-01-23
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Regulatory Reform, Commercial And Antitrust Law.
action_date: 2017-01-03
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2017-01-03
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2017-01-03
text: Introduced in House
Protecting Employees and Retirees in Municipal Bankruptcies Act of 2017

Bill: 115-hr-139
Sponsor: Rep. Conyers, John, Jr. [D-MI-13]
Introduced: 2017-01-03 in the House
Policy area: Finance and Financial Sector
Subjects: Bankruptcy
Federal appellate courts
Government employee pay, benefits, personnel management
Jurisdiction and venue
Labor-management relations
Specialized courts
State and local finance

Summary:
action_date: 2017-01-03
text: 

Protecting Employees and Retirees in Municipal Bankruptcies Act of 2017

 
This bill amends federal bankruptcy law to: (1) heighten criteria with respect to a municipality's eligibility for municipal bankruptcy, and (2) revise provisions related to judicial procedure and review in municipality bankruptcy cases.
 
In addition, the bill expands protections for employees and retirees in cases of municipal bankruptcy. Specifically, if a municipal bankruptcy plan modifies a collective bargaining agreement or retiree benefit, the covered employees' authorized representative must agree to the plan as a condition of the plan's confirmation by the court. 
 
In general, the authorized representative shall be the labor organization that is signatory to the collective bargaining agreement. However, the bill establishes procedures for the court's appointment of a different representative under specified circumstances.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2017-01-23
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Regulatory Reform, Commercial And Antitrust Law.
action_date: 2017-01-03
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2017-01-03
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2017-01-03
text: Introduced in House
Birthright Citizenship Act of 2017

Bill: 115-hr-140
Sponsor: Rep. King, Steve [R-IA-4]
Introduced: 2017-01-03 in the House
Policy area: Immigration
Subjects: Citizenship and naturalization
Military personnel and dependents

Summary:
action_date: 2017-01-03
text: 

Birthright Citizenship Act of 2017

 
 This bill amends the Immigration and Nationality Act to consider a person born in the United States &quot;subject to the jurisdiction&quot; of the United States for citizenship at birth purposes if the person is born in the United States of parents, one of whom is: (1) a U.S. citizen or national, (2) a lawful permanent resident alien whose residence is in the United States, or (3) an alien performing active service in the U.S. Armed Forces.
 
 This Act shall not be construed to affect the citizenship or nationality status of any person born before the date of its enactment. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2017-01-23
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration and Border Security.
action_date: 2017-01-03
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2017-01-03
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2017-01-03
text: Introduced in House
Preventing Termination of Utility Services in Bankruptcy Act of 2017

Bill: 115-hr-141
Sponsor: Rep. Conyers, John, Jr. [D-MI-13]
Introduced: 2017-01-03 in the House
Policy area: Finance and Financial Sector
Subjects: Bankruptcy
Public utilities and utility rates

Summary:
action_date: 2017-01-03
text: 

Preventing Termination of Utility Services in Bankruptcy Act of 2017

 
This bill amends federal bankruptcy law to specify that an individual debtor may not be required to furnish a security deposit to maintain utility services if the debtor pays specified debts owed to the utility within a certain timeframe.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2018-04-17
text: ASSUMING FIRST SPONSORSHIP - Mr. Johnson (GA) asked unanimous consent that he may hereafter be considered as the first sponsor of H.R. 141, a bill originally introduced by former Representative Conyers, for purposes of adding cosponsors and requesting reprintings pursuant to clause 7 of rule XII. Agreed to without objection.
action_date: 2017-01-23
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Regulatory Reform, Commercial And Antitrust Law.
action_date: 2017-01-03
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2017-01-03
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2017-01-03
text: Introduced in House
Dangerous Products Warning Act

Bill: 115-hr-142
Sponsor: Rep. Conyers, John, Jr. [D-MI-13]
Introduced: 2017-01-03 in the House
Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement
Subjects: Business ethics
Employment discrimination and employee rights
Product safety and quality
Worker safety and health

Summary:
action_date: 2017-01-03
text: 

Dangerous Products Warning Act

 
This bill amends the federal criminal code to make it a crime for a business entity or product supervisor to knowingly conceal information about a serious danger associated with a product or business practice. Specifically, it imposes criminal penalties&#8212;a fine, a prison term of up to five years, or both&#8212;on a business entity or product supervisor who knows of a serious danger and knowingly fails to warn employees and inform a federal agency. 
 
Additionally, the bill makes it a crime to knowingly retaliate against (i.e., engage in employment discrimination against) an employee who warns other employees or informs a federal agency of a serious danger with a product or practice. It imposes criminal penalties&#8212;a fine, a prison term of up to one year, or both&#8212;on a violator. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2017-01-23
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, Homeland Security, and Investigations.
action_date: 2017-01-03
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2017-01-03
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2017-01-03
text: Introduced in House
Health Insurance Industry Antitrust Enforcement Act of 2017

Bill: 115-hr-143
Sponsor: Rep. Conyers, John, Jr. [D-MI-13]
Introduced: 2017-01-03 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Competition and antitrust
Health care costs and insurance
Insurance industry and regulation

Summary:
action_date: 2017-01-03
text: 

Health Insurance Industry Antitrust Enforcement Act of 2017

 
This bill prohibits the McCarran-Ferguson Act from being construed to permit health insurance or medical malpractice insurance issuers to engage in price fixing, bid rigging, or market allocations in connection with providing health insurance or medical malpractice coverage.
 
This bill amends the McCarran-Ferguson Act to provide that nothing in that Act modifies, impairs, or supersedes the operation of antitrust laws with respect to the business of health insurance. Prohibitions of unfair methods of competition apply to the business of health insurance without regard to whether the business is for profit.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2017-01-23
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Regulatory Reform, Commercial And Antitrust Law.
action_date: 2017-01-03
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2017-01-03
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2017-01-03
text: Introduced in House
Corporate Crime Database Act

Bill: 115-hr-144
Sponsor: Rep. Conyers, John, Jr. [D-MI-13]
Introduced: 2017-01-03 in the House
Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement
Subjects: Business ethics
Corporate finance and management
Criminal justice information and records
Government information and archives

Summary:
action_date: 2017-01-03
text: 

Corporate Crime Database Act
 
 
This bill directs the Department of Justice (DOJ) to acquire data regarding federal and state administrative, civil, and criminal proceedings initiated or concluded during each calendar year against any corporation or its acting officials involving a criminal or civil charge with a potential fine of $1,000 or more. 
 
DOJ must establish and maintain a public database of information regarding misconduct by corporations with annual revenues greater than $1 billion. The database must include information about each such federal and state proceeding with a potential fine of $1,000 or more.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2017-01-23
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, Homeland Security, and Investigations.
action_date: 2017-01-03
text: Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, 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: 2017-01-03
text: Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, 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: 2017-01-03
text: Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, 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: 2017-01-03
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2017-01-03
text: Introduced in House
Byron Nash Renal Medullary Carcinoma Awareness Act of 2017

Bill: 115-hr-148
Sponsor: Rep. Green, Al [D-TX-9]
Introduced: 2017-01-03 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Cancer
Digestive and metabolic diseases
Health promotion and preventive care
Medicaid

Summary:
action_date: 2017-01-03
text: 

Byron Nash Renal Medullary Carcinoma Awareness Act of 2017

 
This bill amends title XIX (Medicaid) of the Social Security Act to pay states 50% of their costs for providing education on the risk of renal medullary carcinoma to individuals with sickle cell disease. (Renal medullary carcinoma is a rare kidney disease usually found in individuals with the sickle cell trait.) 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2017-01-25
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2017-01-03
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2017-01-03
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2017-01-03
text: Introduced in House
Housing Fairness Act of 2017

Bill: 115-hr-149
Sponsor: Rep. Green, Al [D-TX-9]
Introduced: 2017-01-03 in the House
Policy area: Housing and Community Development
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Department of Housing and Urban Development
Disability and health-based discrimination
Government information and archives
Government studies and investigations
Housing and community development funding
Housing discrimination
Housing finance and home ownership
Military personnel and dependents
Racial and ethnic relations
Religion
Sex, gender, sexual orientation discrimination
Veterans' loans, housing, homeless programs

Summary:
action_date: 2017-01-03
text: 

Veterans, Women, Families with Children, Race, and Persons with Disabilities Housing Fairness Act of 2017 

or the
 
 Housing Fairness Act of 2017

 
This bill directs the Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) to conduct a nationwide testing program to: (1) detect and document differences in the treatment of persons seeking to rent or purchase housing or obtain or refinance a home mortgage loan; (2) measure patterns of adverse treatment because of the race, color, religion, sex, familial status, disability status, or national origin of a renter, home buyer, or borrower; and (3) measure the prevalence of such discriminatory practices across housing and mortgage lending markets.
 
 The Housing and Community Development Act of 1987 is amended to require that only qualified private nonprofit fair housing enforcement organizations receive funds under the fair housing initiatives program for investigations of violations of the rights granted under the Civil Rights Act of 1968. 
 
Private entities that formulate or carry out programs to prevent or eliminate discriminatory housing practices must be nonprofit in order to be eligible for contracts to establish or support education and outreach programs.
 HUD shall implement a competitive matching grant program to assist public and private nonprofit organizations in: (1) conducting comprehensive studies of the causes and effects of housing discrimination and segregation on education, poverty, and economic development or on veterans and military personnel; and (2) implementing pilot projects that test solutions to help prevent or alleviate housing discrimination and segregation.

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2017-01-03
text: Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services.
action_date: 2017-01-03
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2017-01-03
text: Introduced in House
PROTECT Act of 2017

Bill: 115-hr-150
Sponsor: Rep. Green, Al [D-TX-9]
Introduced: 2017-01-03 in the House
Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement
Subjects: Computer security and identity theft
Criminal investigation, prosecution, interrogation
Evidence and witnesses

Summary:
action_date: 2017-01-03
text: 

Providing Rewards for Outstanding Tips to Expose Crimes in Technology Act of 2017 or the PROTECT Act of 

2017

 
This bill directs the Department of Justice to establish and publicize a cybercrime reward program for individuals who provide information leading to the apprehension and conviction of persons who commit certain computer crimes.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2017-01-13
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, Homeland Security, and Investigations.
action_date: 2017-01-03
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2017-01-03
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2017-01-03
text: Introduced in House
Redistricting and Voter Protection Act of 2017

Bill: 115-hr-151
Sponsor: Rep. Green, Al [D-TX-9]
Introduced: 2017-01-03 in the House
Policy area: Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues
Subjects: Congressional districts and representation
Intergovernmental relations
Judicial procedure and administration
Racial and ethnic relations
State and local government operations
Voting rights

Summary:
action_date: 2017-01-03
text: 

Redistricting and Voter Protection Act of 2017

 
 This bill requires a state that enacts a congressional redistricting plan prior to the next decennial census and apportionment of Representatives to obtain a declaratory judgment or preclearance from the Attorney General that such plan does not have the purpose or effect of denying or abridging the right to vote on account of race or color or in contravention of the guarantees of the Voting Rights Act of 1965.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2017-01-23
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on the Constitution and Civil Justice.
action_date: 2017-01-03
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2017-01-03
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2017-01-03
text: Introduced in House
Prince Hall Freemasonry Stamp Act

Bill: 115-hr-152
Sponsor: Rep. Green, Al [D-TX-9]
Introduced: 2017-01-03 in the House
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Subjects: Postal service
Racial and ethnic relations
U.S. history

Summary:
action_date: 2017-01-03
text: 

Prince Hall Freemasonry Stamp Act

 
This bill directs the U.S. Postal Service to issue a forever stamp in recognition of the historical importance of the Prince Hall Freemasonry. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2017-01-03
text: Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform.
action_date: 2017-01-03
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2017-01-03
text: Introduced in House