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Major General Tim Lowenberg National Guard Cyber Defenders Act

Bill: 115-hr-3712
Sponsor: Rep. Kilmer, Derek [D-WA-6]
Introduced: 2017-09-08 in the House
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Caribbean area
Computer security and identity theft
Congressional oversight
Disaster relief and insurance
Freedom of information
Guam
Infrastructure development
Intergovernmental relations
Military civil functions
National Guard and reserves
Natural disasters
Public-private cooperation
Puerto Rico
State and local government operations
U.S. territories and protectorates
Virgin Islands

Summary:
action_date: 2017-09-08
text: 

Major General Tim Lowenberg National Guard Cyber Defenders Act

 
This bill allows certain military reserve components, including a reserve assigned or attached to a reserve component cyber civil support team, to perform duties to prepare for or respond to any emergency involving an attack or natural disaster impacting a computer, electronic, or cyber network. By September 30, 2022, each state, the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico, Guam, and the Virgin Islands shall have an operational reserve component cyber civil support team composed of reserve component members of the Armed Forces.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2017-10-17
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Military Personnel.
action_date: 2017-09-08
text: Referred to the House Committee on Armed Services.
action_date: 2017-09-08
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2017-09-08
text: Introduced in House
Geriatrics Workforce and Caregiver Enhancement Act

Bill: 115-hr-3713
Sponsor: Rep. Schakowsky, Janice D. [D-IL-9]
Introduced: 2017-09-08 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Aging
Education programs funding
Health programs administration and funding
Medical education
Teaching, teachers, curricula

Summary:
action_date: 2017-09-08
text: 

Geriatrics Workforce and Caregiver Enhancement Act

 
This bill amends the Public Health Service Act to reauthorize and modify Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) grant programs for geriatrics education and training, including the Geriatrics Workforce Enhancement Program and the Geriatric Academic Career Awards Program.
 
Among other modifications, the bill directs HHS to award grants to health professional schools or programs for the establishment or operation of geriatric workforce enhancement programs that meet certain requirements. The programs must support the development of a health care workforce that maximizes patient and family engagement and improves health outcomes for older adults by integrating geriatrics with primary care and other appropriate specialties. Special emphasis must be placed on providing the primary care workforce with the knowledge and skills to care for older adults and collaborating with community partners to address gaps in health care for older adults.
 
The bill also reauthorizes and modifies the Geriatric Academic Career Awards program to provide awards to promote the career development of individuals such as academic geriatricians or other academic geriatrics health professionals.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2017-09-15
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2017-09-08
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2017-09-08
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2017-09-08
text: Introduced in House
Harriet Tubman Tribute Act of 2017

Bill: 115-hr-3714
Sponsor: Rep. Katko, John [R-NY-24]
Introduced: 2017-09-08 in the House
Policy area: Finance and Financial Sector
Subjects: Currency
Racial and ethnic relations
U.S. history
Women's rights

Summary:
action_date: 2017-09-08
text: 

Harriet Tubman Tribute Act of 2017

 
This bill amends the Federal Reserve Act to require the Department of the Treasury to ensure that each $20 federal reserve note printed after December 31, 2019, bears the likeness of Harriet Tubman.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2017-09-08
text: Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services.
action_date: 2017-09-08
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2017-09-08
text: Introduced in House
Scenic Columbia Gorge Restoration Act of 2017

Bill: 115-hr-3715
Sponsor: Rep. Walden, Greg [R-OR-2]
Introduced: 2017-09-08 in the House
Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources
Subjects: Disaster relief and insurance
Endangered and threatened species
Environmental assessment, monitoring, research
Fires
Floods and storm protection
Forests, forestry, trees
Government trust funds
Natural disasters
Parks, recreation areas, trails

Summary:
action_date: 2017-09-08
text: 

Scenic Columbia Gorge Restoration Act of 2017

 
This bill directs the Forest Service to begin proposing, within 30 days of a catastrophic event, response (salvage operations or reforestation) activities for lands within a national scenic area that have been adversely impacted by the event. 
 
The bill provides a process for expedited environmental review under the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969, including a categorical exclusion not exceeding 10,000 acres for a response activity. 
 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2017-09-15
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Conservation and Forestry.
action_date: 2017-09-13
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Federal Lands.
action_date: 2017-09-08
text: Referred to the Committee on Agriculture, and in addition to the Committee on Natural Resources, 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: 2017-09-08
text: Referred to the Committee on Agriculture, and in addition to the Committee on Natural Resources, 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: 2017-09-08
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2017-09-08
text: Introduced in House
BEST Act

Bill: 115-hr-3716
Sponsor: Rep. Brownley, Julia [D-CA-26]
Introduced: 2017-09-08 in the House
Policy area: Education
Subjects: Academic performance and assessments
Education programs funding
Elementary and secondary education
Foreign language and bilingual programs
User charges and fees

Summary:
action_date: 2017-09-08
text: 

Biliteracy Education Seal and Teaching Act or the BEST Act

 
This bill directs the Department of Education to award renewable two-year grants to states to establish or improve Seal of Biliteracy programs to recognize student proficiency in speaking, reading, and writing in both English and a second language.
 
States must provide to participating students who demonstrate such proficiency: (1) documentation of that proficiency on their official academic transcripts, and (2) a permanent seal or other marker on their secondary school diplomas.
 
Students who gain proficiency in a second language outside of school may participate in such programs.
 
States may not charge students a program application fee. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2017-09-08
text: Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce.
action_date: 2017-09-08
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2017-09-08
text: Introduced in House
Small Business Owners' Tax Simplification Act of 2017

Bill: 115-hr-3717
Sponsor: Rep. Chabot, Steve [R-OH-1]
Introduced: 2017-09-08 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Employee benefits and pensions
Employment taxes
Fraud offenses and financial crimes
Health care costs and insurance
Income tax deductions
Self-employed
Small business
Tax administration and collection, taxpayers
Wages and earnings

Summary:
action_date: 2017-09-08
text: 

Small Business Owners' Tax Simplification Act of 2017

 
 This bill amends the Internal Revenue Code, with respect to several requirements that affect small businesses and self-employed individuals, to: 
 
 
 align the deadlines for quarterly estimated tax payments with the calendar year quarters;
 
 modify the dollar thresholds for various information reporting requirements;
 
 allow certain self-employed individuals to participate in cafeteria benefit plans; 
 
 exclude from self-employment income net earnings that are less than the amount required under the Social Security Act for a quarter of coverage for the calendar year in which the tax year began; 
 
 allow certain health insurance costs of self-employed individuals to be deducted for self-employment tax purposes; and
 
specify that voluntary tax withholding agreements, training, or group discount programs have no effect on whether an individual is classified as an employee or an employer. 
 
 
The Department of the Treasury must: (1) establish uniform standards and procedures for the acceptance of digital or electronic signatures, and (2) use prenotification testing to verify recipient information before transferring a tax refund or credit through an electronic funds transfer. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2017-09-08
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2017-09-08
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2017-09-08
text: Introduced in House
International Communications Privacy Act

Bill: 115-hr-3718
Sponsor: Rep. Collins, Doug [R-GA-9]
Introduced: 2017-09-08 in the House
Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement
Subjects: Business records
Criminal investigation, prosecution, interrogation
Criminal procedure and sentencing
Diplomacy, foreign officials, Americans abroad
Government information and archives
International law and treaties
International organizations and cooperation
Internet and video services
Internet, web applications, social media
Right of privacy
Telephone and wireless communication

Summary:
action_date: 2017-09-08
text: 

International Communications Privacy Act

 
This bill establishes a framework governing law enforcement access to electronic communications data, regardless of where the data is stored.



Legislative actions:
action_date: 2017-09-21
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, Homeland Security, and Investigations.
action_date: 2017-09-08
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2017-09-08
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2017-09-08
text: Introduced in House
Spending Safeguard Act

Bill: 115-hr-3719
Sponsor: Rep. Foxx, Virginia [R-NC-5]
Introduced: 2017-09-08 in the House
Policy area: Economics and Public Finance
Subjects: Budget process
Congressional oversight
Executive agency funding and structure
Government information and archives

Summary:
action_date: 2017-09-08
text: 

Spending Safeguard Act 

 
This bill requires the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) to establish spending limits for direct spending programs that: (1) are enacted or reauthorized after enactment of this bill, and (2) do not have a specific level of authorized spending expressed as a dollar amount. 
 
The spending limits must be equal to: (1) 120% of the cost of the program for defense, health, Medicare, income security, Social Security, and veterans benefits and services programs; and (2) 110% of the cost for any other program. 
 
The OMB must maintain a publicly available scorecard that displays the spending level for any program that is subject to the limits. The OMB and the President must submit specified reports to Congress comparing current spending to the limits. 
 
The bill prohibits obligations for programs that have reached the applicable spending limit. Agencies implementing programs listed on the OMB's scorecard must ensure that any contract, offer of benefits, or other material provided to program participants specifies that the program is subject to a spending limit that may impact future availability of funds to pay benefits. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2017-09-08
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Budget.
action_date: 2017-09-08
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2017-09-08
text: Introduced in House
Rural Veterans Travel Enhancement Act of 2017

Bill: 115-hr-3720
Sponsor: Rep. Larsen, Rick [D-WA-2]
Introduced: 2017-09-08 in the House
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Congressional oversight
Department of Veterans Affairs
Health care coverage and access
Health facilities and institutions
Medical tests and diagnostic methods
Mental health
Rural conditions and development
Social work, volunteer service, charitable organizations
Transportation costs
Veterans' education, employment, rehabilitation
Veterans' medical care

Summary:
action_date: 2017-09-08
text: 

Rural Veterans Travel Enhancement Act of 2017

 
This bill requires Vet Centers (centers for readjustment counseling and related mental health services for veterans) to be treated as Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) facilities for purposes of payment of medical-related expenses or allowances for travel to or from a VA facility.
 
 The bill makes permanent VA authority to transport individuals to and from VA facilities in connection with vocational rehabilitation or counseling or for examination, treatment, or care.
 
The Caregivers and Veterans Omnibus Health Services Act of 2010 is amended to reauthorize through FY2020 grants to state veterans service organizations to assist veterans in highly rural areas to travel to VA medical centers.
 
The VA shall: (1) establish a national protocol to administer medical examinations for volunteer drivers to participate in the veterans transportation program, and (2) implement the protocol by first conducting a one-year pilot program. The Government Accountability Office shall report to Congress on such program.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2017-09-08
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2017-09-08
text: Referred to the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
action_date: 2017-09-08
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2017-09-08
text: Introduced in House
Labor, Human, and Civil Rights Trade Policy Act

Bill: 115-hr-3721
Sponsor: Rep. Lewis, John [D-GA-5]
Introduced: 2017-09-08 in the House
Policy area: Foreign Trade and International Finance
Subjects: Employment discrimination and employee rights
Human rights
International law and treaties
Labor standards
Labor-management relations
Legislative rules and procedure
Trade agreements and negotiations

Summary:
action_date: 2017-09-08
text: 

Labor, Human, and Civil Rights Trade Policy Act

 
This bill amends the Bipartisan Congressional Trade Priorities and Accountability Act of 2015 to require trade agreement implementing bills to: (1) achieve the negotiating objectives of adherence by parties to internationally recognized core labor standards; and (2) ensure that parties demonstrate respect for internationally recognized human rights, as indicated through assessments over a period of at least 10 years. For purposes of the meaning of core labor standards, the bill expands the definition of employment discrimination.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2017-09-08
text: Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committee on Rules, 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: 2017-09-08
text: Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committee on Rules, 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: 2017-09-08
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2017-09-08
text: Introduced in House
Humanitarian Firefighter Relief Act

Bill: 115-hr-3722
Sponsor: Rep. Nolan, Richard M. [D-MN-8]
Introduced: 2017-09-08 in the House
Policy area: Foreign Trade and International Finance
Subjects: Fires
First responders and emergency personnel
Foreign aid and international relief
Social work, volunteer service, charitable organizations
Tariffs

Summary:
action_date: 2017-09-08
text: 

Humanitarian Firefighter Relief Act

 
This bill amends the Tariff Act of 1930 and the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States to grant duty-free treatment of donated fire-fighting and rescue and relief equipment and supplies imported by or on behalf of a qualified tax-exempt nonprofit charitable organization for purposes of the inspection and subsequent donation and export of those items to countries and organizations in need.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2017-09-08
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2017-09-08
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2017-09-08
text: Introduced in House
To extend the National Flood Insurance Program.

Bill: 115-hr-3723
Sponsor: Rep. Palazzo, Steven M. [R-MS-4]
Introduced: 2017-09-08 in the House
Policy area: Finance and Financial Sector
Subjects: Disaster relief and insurance
Floods and storm protection

Summary:
action_date: 2017-09-08
text: 
This bill amends the National Flood Insurance Act of 1968 to extend the National Flood Insurance Program through FY2019. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2017-09-08
text: Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services.
action_date: 2017-09-08
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2017-09-08
text: Introduced in House
STRONG Act

Bill: 115-hr-3724
Sponsor: Rep. Peters, Scott H. [D-CA-52]
Introduced: 2017-09-08 in the House
Policy area: Science, Technology, Communications
Subjects: Advisory bodies
Atmospheric science and weather
Congressional oversight
Disaster relief and insurance
Ecology
Economic performance and conditions
Emergency planning and evacuation
Executive Office of the President
Executive agency funding and structure
Government information and archives
Government studies and investigations
Intergovernmental relations
Public-private cooperation
State and local government operations

Summary:
action_date: 2017-09-08
text: 

Strengthening The Resiliency of Our Nation on the Ground Act or the STRONG Act.

 
 This bill requires the Office of Science and Technology Policy, with input from the Department of Homeland Security, to establish and chair an interagency working group with cabinet-level representation from all relevant federal agencies in order to: (1) provide a strategic vision of extreme weather resilience; (2) conduct a gap and overlap analysis of current and planned federal activities related to achieving short- and long-term resilience to extreme weather and its impacts on the United States, such as flooding and drought; and (3) develop a National Extreme Weather Resilience Action Plan. 
 
The plan must include: (1) the establishment of an online, publicly available information portal to be used by federal agencies and other stakeholders that directs users to key data and tools to inform resilience-enhancing efforts and to build off and complement existing federal efforts; and (2) the identification of a coordinating entity to establish and maintain such portal and to coordinate the implementation of the plan and track its progress. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2017-09-11
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Economic Development, Public Buildings and Emergency Management.
action_date: 2017-09-08
text: Referred to the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.
action_date: 2017-09-08
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2017-09-08
text: Introduced in House
To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to repeal the individual health insurance mandate.

Bill: 115-hr-3725
Sponsor: Rep. Tiberi, Patrick J. [R-OH-12]
Introduced: 2017-09-08 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Comprehensive health care
Health care costs and insurance
Health care coverage and access
Sales and excise taxes
Tax administration and collection, taxpayers

Summary:
action_date: 2017-09-08
text: 

 
This bill amends the Internal Revenue Code to repeal, after 2017, the requirement that individuals maintain minimum essential health care coverage (commonly referred to as the individual mandate).


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2017-09-08
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2017-09-08
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2017-09-08
text: Introduced in House
Stark Administrative Simplification Act of 2017

Bill: 115-hr-3726
Sponsor: Rep. Marchant, Kenny [R-TX-24]
Introduced: 2017-09-11 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Business ethics
Civil actions and liability
Health personnel
Medical ethics
Medicare

Summary:
action_date: 2017-09-11
text: 

Stark Administrative Simplification Act of 2017

 
This bill establishes alternative protocols and sanctions for inadvertent technical noncompliance with the Stark Rule against self-referral under Medicare. "Technical noncompliance" means, with respect to a compensation arrangement, that: (1) the agreement is not signed by one or more parties to the arrangement, (2) the arrangement was a holdover arrangement for a period longer than is allowed by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, or (3) documentation of the arrangement contains specified identifying information but is otherwise insufficient to satisfy the writing requirement of an applicable exception. 

action_date: 2017-12-21
text: 

Stark Administrative Simplification Act of 2017

 
This bill establishes alternative protocols and sanctions for inadvertent technical noncompliance with the Stark Rule against self-referral under Medicare. "Technical noncompliance" means, with respect to a compensation arrangement, that: (1) the agreement is not signed by one or more parties to the arrangement, (2) the arrangement was a holdover arrangement for a period longer than is allowed by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, or (3) documentation of the arrangement contains specified identifying information but is otherwise insufficient to satisfy the writing requirement of an applicable exception. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2017-12-21
text: Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 354.
action_date: 2017-12-21
text: Committee on Energy and Commerce discharged.
action_date: 2017-12-21
text: Committee on Energy and Commerce discharged.
action_date: 2017-12-21
text: Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Ways and Means. H. Rept. 115-479, Part I.
action_date: 2017-12-21
text: Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Ways and Means. H. Rept. 115-479, Part I.
action_date: 2017-09-15
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2017-09-13
text: Ordered to be Reported (Amended) by Voice Vote.
action_date: 2017-09-13
text: Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
action_date: 2017-09-11
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: 2017-09-11
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: 2017-09-11
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2017-09-11
text: Introduced in House