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Housing Our Heroes Act

Bill: 115-hr-2733
Sponsor: Rep. Schneider, Bradley Scott [D-IL-10]
Introduced: 2017-05-25 in the House
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Government trust funds
Homelessness and emergency shelter
Housing and community development funding
Residential rehabilitation and home repair
Veterans' loans, housing, homeless programs
Veterans' organizations and recognition

Summary:
action_date: 2017-05-25
text: 

Housing Our Heroes Act

 
This bill directs the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) to begin a three-year pilot grant program to assess the feasibility of awarding grants to eligible entities to purchase and renovate abandoned homes for homeless veterans. 
 
Eligible entities are veterans service agencies and organizations, homeless organizations, and other nongovernmental organizations that demonstrate a record of financial stability and experience in developing housing for homeless veterans. 
 
The VA shall give grant priority to entities that serve communities with the greatest need of homeless services and may give grant priority to achieve geographic grant distribution.
 
The bill establishes the Veterans Homelessness Grant Fund.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2017-05-25
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Economic Opportunity.
action_date: 2017-05-25
text: Referred to the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
action_date: 2017-05-25
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2017-05-25
text: Introduced in House
Trade Enforcement and Trade Deficit Reduction Act

Bill: 115-hr-2734
Sponsor: Rep. Slaughter, Louise McIntosh [D-NY-25]
Introduced: 2017-05-25 in the House
Policy area: Foreign Trade and International Finance
Subjects: Administrative remedies
Competitiveness, trade promotion, trade deficits
Congressional oversight
Government studies and investigations
Tariffs
Trade agreements and negotiations
Trade restrictions

Summary:
action_date: 2017-05-25
text: 

Trade Enforcement and Trade Deficit Reduction Act

 
This bill requires the Office of the U.S. Trade Representative to withdraw tariff concessions granted to a foreign country if the Department of Commerce determines that such country has not reduced or eliminated a tariff or nontariff barrier on U.S. exports in accordance with a trade agreement. 
 
Commerce must: (1) initiate an investigation if it receives a petition alleging that a foreign country has not complied with the tariff provisions of a trade agreement, and (2) identify each country (other than a least developed country) whose imports of goods and services to the United States exceed twice the value of U.S. exports to that country over a six month period. The U.S. Customs and Border Protection must bar the importation of products from such a country unless a waiver is granted for such products to a U.S. manufacturer, producer, or wholesaler. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2017-06-07
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Trade.
action_date: 2017-05-25
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2017-05-25
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2017-05-25
text: Introduced in House
GSP Footwear Act of 2017

Bill: 115-hr-2735
Sponsor: Rep. Smith, Adrian [R-NE-3]
Introduced: 2017-05-25 in the House
Policy area: Foreign Trade and International Finance
Subjects: Competitiveness, trade promotion, trade deficits
Congressional oversight
Economic performance and conditions
Employment discrimination and employee rights
Government studies and investigations
Human rights
Labor standards
Manufacturing
Tariffs

Summary:
action_date: 2017-05-25
text: 

GSP Footwear Act of 2017

 
This bill amends the Trade Act of 1974 to authorize the President to designate certain footwear as eligible for duty-free treatment under the Generalized System of Preferences (GSP).
 
The President shall include in the next six annual reports to Congress regarding the status of internationally recognized worker rights within a GSP eligible beneficiary developing country a study on the state of the U.S. footwear manufacturing industry for the preceding year.
 
In conducting any study of the probable economic effect of providing duty-free treatment under the GSP to such footwear, the U.S. Trade Representative shall request the U.S. International Trade Commission to examine current domestic production of like or directly competitive footwear articles and to identify any such articles where domestic commercial production is likely to occur within the next year.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2017-06-12
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Trade.
action_date: 2017-05-25
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2017-05-25
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2017-05-25
text: Introduced in House
To amend title 38, United States Code, to direct the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to furnish free and comprehensive mental health care to former members of the Armed Services, and for other purposes.

Bill: 115-hr-2736
Sponsor: Rep. Suozzi, Thomas R. [D-NY-3]
Introduced: 2017-05-25 in the House
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Mental health
Veterans' education, employment, rehabilitation
Veterans' medical care

Summary:
action_date: 2017-05-25
text: 
This bill: (1) directs the Department of Veterans Affairs to furnish comprehensive mental health care at no cost to any former member of the Armed Forces, and (2) makes former members eligible for readjustment counseling and related mental health services.
 
 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2017-05-25
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2017-05-25
text: Referred to the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
action_date: 2017-05-25
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR H4594)
action_date: 2017-05-25
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2017-05-25
text: Introduced in House
Improving Transition Programs for All Veterans Act

Bill: 115-hr-2737
Sponsor: Rep. Takano, Mark [D-CA-41]
Introduced: 2017-05-25 in the House
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Disability and paralysis
Government studies and investigations
Higher education
Indian social and development programs
Minority education
Minority employment
U.S. territories and protectorates
Veterans' education, employment, rehabilitation
Women's education
Women's employment

Summary:
action_date: 2017-05-25
text: 

Improving Transition Programs for All Veterans Act

 
This bill directs the Department of Veterans Affairs to study and report on programs to assist veterans in their transition to civilian life. 
 
Such study shall determine the effectiveness of current programs, especially concerning the challenges faced by women veterans, veterans with disabilities, Native American veterans, veterans who are residents of a U.S. territory, veterans who are part of the indigenous population of a U.S. territory, and other groups of minority veterans with regard to: (1) pursuing higher education, (2) entering the civilian workforce and translating military experience and skills to the job market, and (3) transitioning to civilian life for veterans families.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2017-05-25
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Economic Opportunity.
action_date: 2017-05-25
text: Referred to the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
action_date: 2017-05-25
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2017-05-25
text: Introduced in House
Career-Ready Student Veterans Act

Bill: 115-hr-2738
Sponsor: Rep. Takano, Mark [D-CA-41]
Introduced: 2017-05-25 in the House
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Congressional oversight
Higher education
Licensing and registrations
Student aid and college costs
Teaching, teachers, curricula
Veterans' education, employment, rehabilitation

Summary:
action_date: 2017-05-25
text: 

Career-Ready Student Veterans Act

 
This bill adds the following new criteria for state approval, with respect to the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) educational assistance, of applications of educational institutions providing veterans with non-accredited courses: 
 
 
a program to prepare an individual for state licensure or certification must meet any state instructional curriculum licensure or certification requirements; or 
 
a program to prepare an individual for employment pursuant to standards developed by a state board or agency in an occupation requiring approval or licensure must be approved or licensed by that entity.
 
 
 The VA may waive either of these two requirements if: 
 
 
the educational institution is accredited by an agency or association recognized by the Department of Education; 
 
the program did not meet the requirements during the two-year period preceding the waiver date; 
 
the waiver furthers the purposes of the educational assistance programs or would further the education interests of individuals eligible for program assistance; and 
 
the educational institution does not provide any incentive payment based on securing enrollments or financial aid to any persons or entities engaged in student recruiting or admission activities or in making decisions regarding the award of student financial assistance, except for recruitment of foreign students residing in foreign countries who are ineligible for federal student assistance.
 
 
 The VA shall submit to Congress notice of, and justification for, a waiver within 30 days of issuance.
 
The VA shall disapprove a course of education unless the educational institution providing it discloses publicly any conditions or additional requirements required to obtain the license, certification, or approval for which the course is designed to provide preparation.
 
 If after enrollment in a course subject to disapproval an individual pursues more courses of education at the same educational institution while remaining continuously enrolled, such courses shall not be subject to disapproval by reason of this bill.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2017-05-25
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Economic Opportunity.
action_date: 2017-05-25
text: Referred to the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
action_date: 2017-05-25
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2017-05-25
text: Introduced in House
BE HEARD Act

Bill: 115-hr-2739
Sponsor: Rep. Turner, Michael R. [R-OH-10]
Introduced: 2017-05-25 in the House
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Assault and harassment offenses
Crime victims
Crimes against children
Criminal procedure and sentencing
Federal appellate courts
Judicial review and appeals
Military education and training
Military law
Military personnel and dependents
Sex offenses
Sex, gender, sexual orientation discrimination

Summary:
action_date: 2017-05-25
text: 

Building an Environment for Helpful, Effective, and Accessible Representation and Decision-making Act or the BE HEARD Act

 
This bill directs the Department of Defense to develop specific training to assist Special Victims' Counsels in recognizing and dealing with the effect of gender differences on victim response to sexual assault. 
 
The Court of Appeals for the Armed Forces may review for legal error a grant or denial of a petition for a writ of mandamus by the Court of Criminal Appeals upon petition of a sexual assault victim or the accused. Such review shall have priority of consideration to the maximum extent practicable.
 
The bill states that: (1) the designation authority under the Uniform Code of Military Justice to appoint an individual to assume the rights of a victim who is under 18 years old or incompetent is discretionary, and (2) such designation is not required if the military judge determines that a victim who is under 18 years old can adequately represent his or her own interests.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2017-07-17
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Military Personnel.
action_date: 2017-05-25
text: Referred to the House Committee on Armed Services.
action_date: 2017-05-25
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2017-05-25
text: Introduced in House
Rabbi Michoel Ber Weissmandl Congressional Gold Medal Act of 2017 (sic)

Bill: 115-hr-2740
Sponsor: Rep. Velazquez, Nydia M. [D-NY-7]
Introduced: 2017-05-25 in the House
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Conflicts and wars
Congressional tributes
Europe
Religion
Slovakia
War crimes, genocide, crimes against humanity

Summary:
action_date: 2017-05-25
text: 

Rabbi Michoel Ber Weissmandl Congressional Gold Medal Act of 2017

 
This bill directs the Speaker of the House of Representatives and the President pro tempore of the Senate to arrange for the posthumous award of a Congressional Gold Medal to Rabbi Michoel Ber Weissmandl in recognition of his acts of valor during World War II.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2018-11-14
text: Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs.
action_date: 2018-11-13
text: Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
action_date: 2018-11-13
text: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill Agreed to by voice vote. (text: CR H9474-9475)
action_date: 2018-11-13
text: Passed/agreed to in House: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill Agreed to by voice vote.(text: CR H9474-9475)
action_date: 2018-11-13
text: DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on H.R. 2740.
action_date: 2018-11-13
text: Considered under suspension of the rules. (consideration: CR H9474-9475)
action_date: 2018-11-13
text: Mr. Barr moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill.
action_date: 2017-05-25
text: Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services.
action_date: 2017-05-25
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2017-05-25
text: Introduced in House
BRIGHT Act of 2017

Bill: 115-hr-2741
Sponsor: Rep. Walker, Mark [R-NC-6]
Introduced: 2017-05-25 in the House
Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement
Subjects: Criminal procedure and sentencing
Human trafficking

Summary:
action_date: 2017-05-25
text: 

Bettering Resources in Guarding from Human Trafficking Act of 2017 or the BRIGHT Act of 

2017

 
 This bill amends the federal criminal code to establish a five-year mandatory minimum prison term for certain offenses related to peonage, slavery, involuntary servitude, forced labor, and trafficking.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2017-07-12
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, Homeland Security, and Investigations.
action_date: 2017-05-25
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2017-05-25
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2017-05-25
text: Introduced in House
85/15 Rule Act

Bill: 115-hr-2743
Sponsor: Rep. Waters, Maxine [D-CA-43]
Introduced: 2017-05-25 in the House
Policy area: Education
Subjects: Education programs funding
Higher education

Summary:
action_date: 2017-05-25
text: 

85/15 Rule Act

 
This bill amends title IV (Student Assistance) of the Higher Education Act of 1965 to require proprietary institutions of higher education to derive at least 15% (currently 10%) of their revenue from non-federal sources or risk becoming ineligible for title IV funding. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2017-05-25
text: Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce.
action_date: 2017-05-25
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2017-05-25
text: Introduced in House
Ensuring Quality Education for Veterans Act

Bill: 115-hr-2744
Sponsor: Rep. Waters, Maxine [D-CA-43]
Introduced: 2017-05-25 in the House
Policy area: Education
Subjects: Education programs funding
Government lending and loan guarantees
Higher education
Military education and training
Student aid and college costs
Veterans' education, employment, rehabilitation

Summary:
action_date: 2017-05-25
text: 

Ensuring Quality Education for Veterans Act

 
This bill amends title IV (Student Assistance) of the Higher Education Act of 1965 to make proprietary institutions of higher education ineligible to receive educational assistance from Department of Defense or Veterans Affairs programs. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2017-07-17
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Military Personnel.
action_date: 2017-05-25
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Economic Opportunity.
action_date: 2017-05-25
text: Referred to the Committee on Education and the Workforce, and in addition to the Committees on Armed Services, and Veterans' Affairs, 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: 2017-05-25
text: Referred to the Committee on Education and the Workforce, and in addition to the Committees on Armed Services, and Veterans' Affairs, 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: 2017-05-25
text: Referred to the Committee on Education and the Workforce, and in addition to the Committees on Armed Services, and Veterans' Affairs, 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: 2017-05-25
text: Referred to the Committee on Education and the Workforce, and in addition to the Committees on Armed Services, and Veterans' Affairs, 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: 2017-05-25
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2017-05-25
text: Introduced in House
American Renewable Energy and Efficiency Act

Bill: 115-hr-2746
Sponsor: Rep. Welch, Peter [D-VT-At Large]
Introduced: 2017-05-25 in the House
Policy area: Energy
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Air quality
Alternative and renewable resources
Climate change and greenhouse gases
Congressional oversight
Dams and canals
Department of Energy
Economic development
Electric power generation and transmission
Energy efficiency and conservation
Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)
Environmental regulatory procedures
Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC)
Government studies and investigations
Hazardous wastes and toxic substances
Lighting and heating
Lighting, heating, cooling
Oil and gas
Performance measurement
Public utilities and utility rates
State and local government operations

Summary:
action_date: 2017-05-25
text: 

American Renewable Energy and Efficiency Act

 
This bill amends the Public Utility Regulatory Policies Act of 1978 to require electric utilities to obtain a minimum percentage of the electricity they sell in 2019 through 2042 from renewable resources. The required annual percentage increases from 10% in 2019 to 35% for 2032 through 2042. The utilities must submit to the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission a quantity of federal renewable electricity credits that is equal to at least the annual percentage requirement. However, they may submit alternative compliance payments in lieu of credits.
 
The bill establishes requirements governing the issuance, tracking, verification, trading, banking, and retirement of federal renewable electricity credits. 
 
States may set the rates for a sale of electric energy by a facility generating electric energy from renewable energy sources pursuant to a state-approved, voluntary production incentive program.
 
The Department of Energy (DOE) must establish a program under which each electric utility and natural gas utility must meet performance standards for 2019 through 2032 with respect to cumulative electricity savings and cumulative natural gas savings, respectively. The performance standard increases from 1% in 2019 to 20% in 2032 for electric utilities and from 0.5% in 2019 to 13% in 2032 for natural gas utilities. In addition, the bill establishes requirements for performance standards for 2033 through 2042, and for subsequent years.
 
DOE must review the standards at 10-year intervals and increase the standards if additional cost-effective energy efficiency potential is achievable.
 
Utilities may use electricity or natural gas savings purchased from another utility, a state, or a third-party efficiency provider to meet the standards.
 
The bill provides for state administration of an energy efficiency program to meet the requirements of this bill.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2017-06-09
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Energy.
action_date: 2017-05-25
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2017-05-25
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2017-05-25
text: Introduced in House
Economic Growth and Development Act

Bill: 115-hr-2747
Sponsor: Rep. Yoho, Ted S. [R-FL-3]
Introduced: 2017-05-25 in the House
Policy area: International Affairs
Subjects: Business investment and capital
Congressional oversight
Economic development
Foreign aid and international relief
Government ethics and transparency, public corruption
Human rights
Rule of law and government transparency
Sovereignty, recognition, national governance and status
U.S. and foreign investments

Summary:
action_date: 2017-05-25
text: 

Economic Growth and Development Act

 
This bill requires the President to establish a primary interagency mechanism to coordinate U.S. development assistance programs carried out by federal agencies overseas with private sector investment activities.
 
 The mechanism shall:
 
 
 streamline the private-sector liaison, coordination, and investment promotion functions of such agencies; 
 
 facilitate the use of development and finance tools across such agencies to attract greater participation in development activities by the private sector; and 
 
 establish a single point of contact for U.S. private sector entities pursuing partnership opportunities with such agencies. 
 
 
Federal agencies planning or providing U.S. development assistance overseas shall ensure that: (1) a rigorous analysis of the constraints to economic growth and investment within a recipient country guides any U.S. development strategy, and (2) U.S. development strategies are coordinated with private sector activities in such countries.
 
Each analysis shall identify and analyze: (1) the constraints posed by inadequacies in critical infrastructure, the education system, the rule of law, the tax and investment codes, or the customs or regulatory regimes in the recipient country; and (2) the particular economic sectors that are central to achieving economic growth in the recipient country.
 
 The results of each analysis shall be: (1) incorporated into any relevant development strategy, and (2) used to guide the allocation of resources by federal agencies planning or providing U.S. development assistance overseas.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2017-05-25
text: Referred to the House Committee on Foreign Affairs.
action_date: 2017-05-25
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2017-05-25
text: Introduced in House
Protecting the Independent Funding of the Office of Financial Research Act

Bill: 115-hr-2750
Sponsor: Rep. Foster, Bill [D-IL-11]
Introduced: 2017-05-26 in the House
Policy area: Finance and Financial Sector
Subjects: Banking and financial institutions regulation
Department of the Treasury
Executive agency funding and structure
Financial crises and stabilization
Government information and archives

Summary:
action_date: 2017-05-26
text: 

Protecting the Independent Funding of the Office of Financial Research Act

 
This bill amends the Financial Stability Act of 2010 to give the Director of the Office of Financial Research (OFR) within the Department of the Treasury sole discretion over the OFR's annual budget, which shall in any given year be not less than the OFR's FY2017 budget.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2017-05-26
text: Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services.
action_date: 2017-05-26
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2017-05-26
text: Introduced in House