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To amend the District of Columbia Stadium Act of 1957 to extend for an additional 50 years the lease under which the government of the District of Columbia uses the ground under and the parking facilities associated with Robert F. Kennedy Memorial Stadium.

Bill: 115-hr-3373
Sponsor: Del. Norton, Eleanor Holmes [D-DC-At Large]
Introduced: 2017-07-24 in the House
Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources
Subjects: District of Columbia
Professional sports
Sports and recreation facilities

Summary:
action_date: 2017-07-24
text: 
This bill amends the District of Columbia Stadium Act of 1957 to require the Department of the Interior to extend the 50-year lease for the use of the ground under and parking facilities associated with Robert F. Kennedy Memorial Stadium by the District of Columbia government so that the lease shall be in effect for a total period of 100 years.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2017-10-11
text: Subcommittee Hearings Held.
action_date: 2017-08-08
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Federal Lands.
action_date: 2017-07-24
text: Referred to the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, 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: 2017-07-24
text: Referred to the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, 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: 2017-07-24
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E1039)
action_date: 2017-07-24
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2017-07-24
text: Introduced in House
End Drunk Driving Act of 2017

Bill: 115-hr-3374
Sponsor: Rep. Rice, Kathleen M. [D-NY-4]
Introduced: 2017-07-24 in the House
Policy area: Transportation and Public Works
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Department of Transportation
Drug, alcohol, tobacco use
Motor vehicles
Research administration and funding
Research and development
Roads and highways
State and local government operations
Transportation programs funding
Transportation safety and security

Summary:
action_date: 2017-07-24
text: 

End Drunk Driving Act of 2017 

 
This bill directs the Department of Transportation to issue a final rule prescribing or amending a federal motor vehicle safety standard that would prevent operation of a motor vehicle when the operator is under the influence of alcohol. 
 
Such standard shall:
 
 
prevent the operation of the motor vehicle if the operator's blood alcohol content is above the legal limit; and 
 
require the technology to be reliable and accurate, set at the legal limit, unobtrusive and fast, tamper-proof/circumvention-resistent, functionary in extreme environments, and easily maintained. 

 
To meet grant requirements, a state must enact and enforce a law that requires the installation of an ignition interlock device for a minimum of 180 days on each motor vehicle operated by an individual convicted of driving while intoxicated or driving under the influence.
 
The bill prescribes compliance requirements and penalties for noncompliance.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2017-07-28
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Digital Commerce and Consumer Protection.
action_date: 2017-07-25
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Highways and Transit.
action_date: 2017-07-24
text: Referred to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, 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: 2017-07-24
text: Referred to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, 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: 2017-07-24
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2017-07-24
text: Introduced in House
Javier Vega, Jr. Memorial Act of 2017

Bill: 115-hr-3375
Sponsor: Rep. Vela, Filemon [D-TX-34]
Introduced: 2017-07-24 in the House
Policy area: Immigration
Subjects: Border security and unlawful immigration
Congressional tributes
Department of Homeland Security
Law enforcement officers
Monuments and memorials
Roads and highways
Texas

Summary:
action_date: 2017-07-24
text: 

Javier Vega, Jr. Memorial Act of 2017

 
This bill designates the checkpoint of the U.S. Border Patrol located on U.S. Highway 77 North in Sarita, Texas, as the &quot;Javier Vega, Jr. Border Patrol Checkpoint.&quot;


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2017-07-25
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Economic Development, Public Buildings and Emergency Management.
action_date: 2017-07-24
text: Referred to the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.
action_date: 2017-07-24
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2017-07-24
text: Introduced in House
Jobs Now Act of 2017

Bill: 115-hr-3376
Sponsor: Rep. Wilson, Frederica S. [D-FL-24]
Introduced: 2017-07-24 in the House
Policy area: Labor and Employment
Subjects: Disability and paralysis
Employment and training programs
Foreign aid and international relief
Government employee pay, benefits, personnel management
Marshall Islands
Micronesia
Oceania
Palau
State and local government operations
Veterans' education, employment, rehabilitation

Summary:
action_date: 2017-07-24
text: 

Jobs Now Act of 2017

 
 This bill amends the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act to direct the Department of Labor to carry out a two-year pilot program to award competitive grants to general local government units or community-based organizations to retain, employ, or train employees who provide a local government unit with a public service.
 
The bill prescribes required and authorized uses of grant fund and priorities for awarding and using grant funds, including:
 
 
encouraging grantees to use funds to retain, employ, or train veterans, individuals with disabilities, individuals who receive unemployment benefits, or dislocated workers; and 
 
 giving priority in awarding grants to local government units and their community-based organizations with high unemployment, foreclosure, and poverty rates.



Legislative actions:
action_date: 2017-07-24
text: Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce.
action_date: 2017-07-24
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2017-07-24
text: Introduced in House
JAWS Act

Bill: 115-hr-3377
Sponsor: Rep. Farenthold, Blake [R-TX-27]
Introduced: 2017-07-25 in the House
Policy area: Foreign Trade and International Finance
Subjects: Animal protection and human-animal relationships
Fishes
Seafood
Trade restrictions

Summary:
action_date: 2017-07-25
text: 

Justice Attributed to Wounded Sharks Act or the JAWS Act

 
This bill prohibits the importation into the United States of seafood products from a country that does not prohibit: (1) shark finning in its territorial waters; and (2) the importation, sale, or possession of shark fins obtained through shark finning.
 
The bill defines &quot;shark finning&quot; to mean the removal of a shark's fin (whether or not including the tail) and returning the remainder of the shark to the sea.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2017-07-25
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2017-07-25
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2017-07-25
text: Introduced in House
Ensuring Access to Air Ambulance Services Act of 2017

Bill: 115-hr-3378
Sponsor: Rep. Walorski, Jackie [R-IN-2]
Introduced: 2017-07-25 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Aviation and airports
Business records
Emergency medical services and trauma care
Government information and archives
Health care quality
Health technology, devices, supplies
Medicare
Performance measurement

Summary:
action_date: 2017-07-25
text: 

Ensuring Access to Air Ambulance Services Act of 2017

 
This bill makes a series of changes relating to payment of air ambulance services under Medicare, including by establishing certain cost-reporting requirements for providers.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2017-07-28
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2017-07-25
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: 2017-07-25
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: 2017-07-25
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2017-07-25
text: Introduced in House
EARN IT Act

Bill: 115-hr-3379
Sponsor: Rep. Coffman, Mike [R-CO-6]
Introduced: 2017-07-25 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Income tax credits
Poverty and welfare assistance
Tax administration and collection, taxpayers
Tax treatment of families
Wages and earnings

Summary:
action_date: 2017-07-25
text: 

Enhancing Advancement, Reducing Noncompliance, and Improving Trust Act or the EARN IT Act 

 
This bill amends the Internal Revenue Code to increase the Earned Income Tax Credit (EITC) for individuals with no qualifying children and to establish additional requirements for claiming the EITC and the child tax credit. 
 
The bill modifies the EITC for individuals with no qualifying children by: 
 
 
 increasing the credit and phaseout percentages, 
 
 increasing the earned income and phaseout amounts, 
 
 reducing the minimum age to claim the credit, and 
 
 modifying the formula for inflation adjustments.
 
 
For a qualifying child to be taken into account for the EITC, a tax return must include a certification of the child's residency. 
 
The bill prohibits the refundable portion of the child tax credit (commonly referred to as the additional child tax credit) from being claimed for a qualifying child unless the tax return includes a valid Social Security number for the child.
 
The bill increases from two to five years the disallowance period for taxpayers who improperly claim the EITC due to reckless or intentional disregard of rules and regulations. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2017-07-25
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2017-07-25
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2017-07-25
text: Introduced in House
Pesticide Protection Act of 2017

Bill: 115-hr-3380
Sponsor: Rep. Velazquez, Nydia M. [D-NY-7]
Introduced: 2017-07-25 in the House
Policy area: Environmental Protection
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)
Environmental regulatory procedures
Food supply, safety, and labeling
Hazardous wastes and toxic substances
Licensing and registrations
Pest management

Summary:
action_date: 2017-07-25
text: 

Pesticide Protection Act of 2017

 
This bill requires the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to cancel the registration of the pesticide chlorpyrifos under the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act.
 
The bill prohibits the sale and use of existing stock of chlorpyrifos.
 
The bill requires the EPA to ban chlorpyrifos residue on food under the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2017-08-08
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Biotechnology, Horticulture, and Research.
action_date: 2017-07-28
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Environment.
action_date: 2017-07-25
text: Referred to the Committee on Agriculture, 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: 2017-07-25
text: Referred to the Committee on Agriculture, 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: 2017-07-25
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2017-07-25
text: Introduced in House
Child Poverty Reduction Act of 2017

Bill: 115-hr-3381
Sponsor: Rep. Davis, Danny K. [D-IL-7]
Introduced: 2017-07-25 in the House
Policy area: Social Welfare
Subjects: Advisory bodies
Child safety and welfare
Congressional oversight
Department of Agriculture
Department of Education
Department of Health and Human Services
Department of Housing and Urban Development
Department of Justice
Department of Labor
Employment and training programs
Executive agency funding and structure
Government information and archives
Intergovernmental relations
Policy sciences
Poverty and welfare assistance
Racial and ethnic relations
State and local government operations
Unemployment

Summary:
action_date: 2017-07-25
text: 

Child Poverty Reduction Act of 2017

 
This bill establishes, within the Administration for Children and Families of the Department of Health and Human Services, the Federal Interagency Working Group on Reducing Child Poverty. The primary goal of the working group shall be to develop a national plan for reducing to zero, within specified timeframes, the number of children living in poverty and extreme poverty in the United States. 
 
The national plan devised by the working group shall also include recommendations for: (1) understanding the root causes of child poverty, (2) improving access to anti-poverty programs, (3) eliminating disparate rates of child poverty based on specified demographic factors, (4) improving access to quality jobs, (5) connecting low-income children and families to education and job training, and (6) shifting the measures and policies of federal anti-poverty programs toward the goal of helping individuals and families achieve long-term economic stability.
 
The bill also specifies additional duties, membership, and reporting requirements for the working group.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2017-07-25
text: Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform.
action_date: 2017-07-25
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2017-07-25
text: Introduced in House
YOUTH Act

Bill: 115-hr-3382
Sponsor: Rep. Clark, Katherine M. [D-MA-5]
Introduced: 2017-07-25 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Child health
Drug therapy
Drug trafficking and controlled substances
Drug, alcohol, tobacco use
Health personnel
Health programs administration and funding
Medical education

Summary:
action_date: 2017-07-25
text: 

Youth Opioid Use Treatment Help Act of 2017 or the YOUTH Act

 
This bill amends the Public Health Service Act to expand the grant program for substance abuse treatment services for children and adolescents to cover young adults.
 
The Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) must award grants for demonstration programs to: (1) expand access to medication-assisted treatment for opioid use disorders among adolescents and young adults, or (2) create and distribute resources on medication-assisted treatment training and implementation for health care providers of children, adolescents, and young adults.
 
 AHRQ must report on the demonstration programs and the availability of medication-assisted treatment for adolescents and young adults. The report must include recommendations for ensuring such treatment is accessible.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2017-07-28
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2017-07-25
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2017-07-25
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2017-07-25
text: Introduced in House
To designate the flood control project in Sedgwick County, Kansas, commonly known as the Wichita-Valley Center Flood Control Project, as the "M.S. 'Mitch' Mitchell Floodway".

Bill: 115-hr-3383
Sponsor: Rep. Estes, Ron [R-KS-4]
Introduced: 2017-07-25 in the House
Policy area: Water Resources Development
Subjects: Congressional tributes
Floods and storm protection
Kansas

Summary:
action_date: 2017-07-25
text: 
This bill designates the Wichita-Valley Center Flood Control Project in Sedgwick County, Kansas, as the &quot;M.S. 'Mitch' Mitchell Floodway.&quot;

action_date: 2018-09-26
text: 
(Sec. 1) This bill designates the Wichita-Valley Center Flood Control Project in Sedgwick County, Kansas, as the &quot;M.S. 'Mitch' Mitchell Floodway.&quot;

action_date: 2018-12-19
text: 
(Sec. 1) This bill designates the Wichita-Valley Center Flood Control Project in Sedgwick County, Kansas, as the &quot;M.S. 'Mitch' Mitchell Floodway.&quot;

action_date: 2018-12-21
text: 
(Sec. 1) This bill designates the Wichita-Valley Center Flood Control Project in Sedgwick County, Kansas, as the &quot;M.S. 'Mitch' Mitchell Floodway.&quot;


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2018-12-21
text: Became Public Law No: 115-349.
action_date: 2018-12-21
text: Became Public Law No: 115-349.
action_date: 2018-12-21
text: Signed by President.
action_date: 2018-12-21
text: Signed by President.
action_date: 2018-12-21
text: Presented to President.
action_date: 2018-12-21
text: Presented to President.
action_date: 2018-12-20
text: Message on Senate action sent to the House.
action_date: 2018-12-19
text: Passed Senate without amendment by Unanimous Consent.
action_date: 2018-12-19
text: Passed/agreed to in Senate: Passed Senate without amendment by Unanimous Consent.
action_date: 2018-12-19
text: Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works discharged by Unanimous Consent. (consideration: CR S7897)
action_date: 2018-12-19
text: Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works discharged by Unanimous Consent.(consideration: CR S7897)
action_date: 2018-09-27
text: Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works.
action_date: 2018-09-26
text: Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
action_date: 2018-09-26
text: On passage Passed without objection. (text: CR H9060)
action_date: 2018-09-26
text: Passed/agreed to in House: On passage Passed without objection.(text: CR H9060)
action_date: 2018-09-26
text: Considered by unanimous consent. (consideration: CR H9060)
action_date: 2018-09-26
text: Committee on Transportation discharged.
action_date: 2018-09-26
text: Committee on Transportation discharged.
action_date: 2018-09-26
text: Mr. Shuster asked unanimous consent to discharge from committee and consider.
action_date: 2017-07-26
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Water Resources and Environment.
action_date: 2017-07-25
text: Referred to the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.
action_date: 2017-07-25
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2017-07-25
text: Introduced in House

Enacted as: number: 115-349
School Lunch Affordability Act

Bill: 115-hr-3384
Sponsor: Rep. Hartzler, Vicky [R-MO-4]
Introduced: 2017-07-25 in the House
Policy area: Agriculture and Food
Subjects: Child health
Elementary and secondary education
Food assistance and relief
Inflation and prices
Nutrition and diet

Summary:
action_date: 2017-07-25
text: 

School Lunch Affordability Act

 
This bill amends the Richard B. Russell National School Lunch Act by repealing its paid lunch equity requirements (which generally require schools to charge students for paid meals at a price that is, on average, equal to the difference between free meal reimbursement and paid meal reimbursement).


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2017-07-25
text: Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce.
action_date: 2017-07-25
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2017-07-25
text: Introduced in House
GRIDD Act of 2017

Bill: 115-hr-3385
Sponsor: Rep. Johnson, Sam [R-TX-3]
Introduced: 2017-07-25 in the House
Policy area: Social Welfare
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Adult education and literacy
Disability and paralysis
Disability assistance
Employment and training programs
Social Security Administration
Social security and elderly assistance

Summary:
action_date: 2017-07-25
text: 

Guiding Responsible and Improved Disability Decisions Act of 2017 or the GRIDD Act of 2017 

 
This bill requires the Social Security Administration to prescribe rules and regulations that update the medical-vocational guidelines used in disability determinations. Such rules and regulations shall include full consideration of: (1) new employment opportunities made possible by advances in treatment, rehabilitation, and technology; and (2) the effect of prevalent languages on education.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2017-07-25
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2017-07-25
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2017-07-25
text: Introduced in House
Improving the Quality of Disability Decisions Act of 2017

Bill: 115-hr-3386
Sponsor: Rep. Johnson, Sam [R-TX-3]
Introduced: 2017-07-25 in the House
Policy area: Social Welfare
Subjects: Administrative remedies
Congressional oversight
Disability assistance
Performance measurement
Poverty and welfare assistance
Social Security Administration

Summary:
action_date: 2017-07-25
text: 

Improving the Quality of Disability Decisions Act of 2017

 
This bill directs the Social Security Administration (SSA) to conduct quality reviews of hearing decisions concerning Old Age, Survivors, and Disability Insurance or Supplemental Security Income benefits to ensure that administrative law judges are complying with the SSA's regulations.
 
The SSA must report annually on these quality reviews.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2017-07-25
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2017-07-25
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2017-07-25
text: Introduced in House
Housing Homeless Veterans Act of 2017

Bill: 115-hr-3389
Sponsor: Rep. Barragan, Nanette Diaz [D-CA-44]
Introduced: 2017-07-25 in the House
Policy area: Housing and Community Development
Subjects: Homelessness and emergency shelter
Housing and community development funding
Public housing
Veterans' loans, housing, homeless programs

Summary:
action_date: 2017-07-25
text: 

Housing Homeless Veterans Act of 201
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This bill amends the United States Housing Act of 1937 to require the Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD), in making Veterans Affairs-Supported Housing (VASH) program funds available among public-housing agencies (PHAs) for rental voucher assistance for homeless veterans who have chronic mental illnesses or chronic substance-use disorders, to give priority to PHAs that: (1) serve areas having the highest numbers of homeless veterans, and (2) have fully utilized their available HUD-VASH funds for the preceding fiscal year and have demonstrated need for such incremental assistance.
 
HUD shall: (1) recapture from a PHA certain unused HUD-VASH assistance, and (2) reallocate recaptured amounts to PHAs that have used their entire allocations of HUD-VASH assistance. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2017-07-25
text: Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services.
action_date: 2017-07-25
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2017-07-25
text: Introduced in House