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New Jobs Training Act

Bill: 115-hr-2041
Sponsor: Rep. Loebsack, David [D-IA-2]
Introduced: 2017-04-06 in the House
Policy area: Labor and Employment
Subjects: Employee hiring
Employment and training programs
Higher education

Summary:
action_date: 2017-04-06
text: 

New Jobs Training Act

 
This bill requires the Department of Labor to award grants to employers to partner with community colleges to create programs for training individuals for new jobs with such employers.
 
A &quot;new job&quot; is defined as a job that:
 
 
 may include a new position within an existing job category that is not a job of a recalled worker, a replacement job, or any other job that existed in the employer's business in the year preceding the date of hire; 
 
 is not a job that existed in a business operation or substantially similar business operation of the employer formerly located in another location that was closed or substantially reduced by the employer; and
 
 results in a net increase in employment for the employer.



Legislative actions:
action_date: 2017-04-06
text: Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce.
action_date: 2017-04-06
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2017-04-06
text: Introduced in House
Access to Frontline Health Care Act of 2017

Bill: 115-hr-2042
Sponsor: Rep. Loebsack, David [D-IA-2]
Introduced: 2017-04-06 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Education programs funding
Health care coverage and access
Health personnel
Health programs administration and funding
Medical education
Student aid and college costs

Summary:
action_date: 2017-04-06
text: 

Access to Frontline Health Care Act of 2017

 
This bill amends the Public Health Service Act to direct the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) to establish and carry out a Frontline Providers Loan Repayment Program under which HHS makes student loan repayments in exchange for a health professional providing frontline care services for two years in a frontline care scarcity area.
 
Frontline care services include services in the fields of surgery, optometry, physical therapy, pharmacies, public health, dietetics, occupational therapy, pediatrics, and medical technology.
 Frontline care scarcity areas are federal health professional shortage areas and areas, populations, or facilities designated by a state as having a shortage of frontline care services.

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2017-04-07
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2017-04-06
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2017-04-06
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2017-04-06
text: Introduced in House
Fair Day in Court for Kids Act of 2017

Bill: 115-hr-2043
Sponsor: Rep. Lofgren, Zoe [D-CA-19]
Introduced: 2017-04-06 in the House
Policy area: Immigration
Subjects: Administrative remedies
Border security and unlawful immigration
Child health
Child safety and welfare
Crime victims
Department of Homeland Security
Detention of persons
Disability and paralysis
Elementary and secondary education
Immigration status and procedures
Judicial procedure and administration
Lawyers and legal services
Mental health
Refugees, asylum, displaced persons

Summary:
action_date: 2017-04-06
text: 

Fair Day in Court for Kids Act of 2017

 
This bill amends the Immigration and Nationality Act (INA) authorize the Department of Justice (DOJ) to appoint or provide counsel at government expense to aliens in removal proceedings.
 
The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) shall provide an alien in removal proceedings with all relevant documents in its possession, unless the alien has knowingly waived the right to such documents. In the absence of a waiver, a removal proceeding may not proceed until the alien has received and had time to review the documents. 
 
DOJ may appoint or provide counsel to aliens in any INA proceeding.
 
DHS shall ensure that aliens have access to counsel inside all immigration detention and border facilities.
 
DOJ shall appoint counsel, at government expense if necessary, for an unaccompanied alien child or a particularly vulnerable individual. If DOJ has consolidated any such alien's case with that of any other alien and that other alien does not have counsel, the appointed counsel shall be appointed to represent the other alien as well.
 
DHS shall: (1) facilitate access to counsel for all aliens detained in facilities under the supervision of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement or of U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP); and (2) establish procedures to ensure that legal orientation programs are available for all detained aliens, including aliens held in CBP facilities.
 
DOJ shall develop and administer a two-year pilot program at not fewer than two immigration courts to grant access to legal information to non-detained aliens with pending asylum claims.
 
DHS shall establish a pilot program to increase the court appearance rates of unaccompanied alien children and particularly vulnerable individuals by contracting with nongovernmental, community-based organizations to provide such aliens with case management services. The pilot program shall not be used to monitor individuals designated as unaccompanied alien children under the Homeland Security Act.
 
 If DOJ fails to appoint counsel for an unaccompanied alien child or vulnerable person: (1) no limitation pertaining to the filing of any motion to reopen the removal proceeding shall apply, and (2) the filing of such a motion shall stay the removal of the alien.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2017-05-01
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration and Border Security.
action_date: 2017-04-06
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2017-04-06
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2017-04-06
text: Introduced in House
America's Red Rock Wilderness Act

Bill: 115-hr-2044
Sponsor: Rep. Lowenthal, Alan S. [D-CA-47]
Introduced: 2017-04-06 in the House
Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources
Subjects: Land transfers
Utah
Water use and supply
Wilderness and natural areas, wildlife refuges, wild rivers, habitats

Summary:
action_date: 2017-04-06
text: 

America's Red Rock Wilderness Act

 
 This bill designates specified lands in the following areas of Utah as components of the National Wilderness Preservation System: (1) Great Basin, (2) Grand Staircase-Escalante, (3) Moab-La Sal Canyons, (4) Henry Mountains, (5) Glen Canyon, (6) San Juan-Anasazi, (7) Canyonlands Basin, (8) San Rafael Swell, and (9) Book Cliffs and Uinta Basin. 
 
The bill sets forth administrative requirements for: (1) the exchange of state-owned lands within such areas, (2) federal reservation of water rights, (3) measurement of setbacks for roads with wilderness, (4) authorized livestock grazing, and (5) withdrawal of such lands from disposition under certain public land laws.

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2017-04-19
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Federal Lands.
action_date: 2017-04-06
text: Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.
action_date: 2017-04-06
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2017-04-06
text: Introduced in House
Community College Energy Training Act of 2017

Bill: 115-hr-2045
Sponsor: Rep. Lujan, Ben Ray [D-NM-3]
Introduced: 2017-04-06 in the House
Policy area: Energy
Subjects: Advanced technology and technological innovations
Agricultural education
Agricultural practices and innovations
Alternative and renewable resources
Building construction
Education programs funding
Employment and training programs
Energy efficiency and conservation
Environmental technology
Higher education
Solid waste and recycling
Vocational and technical education
Water use and supply

Summary:
action_date: 2017-04-06
text: 

Community College Energy Training Act of 2017

 
This bill directs the Department of Energy (DOE), in coordination with the Departments of Labor and Agriculture (USDA), to create a joint program under which the Departments award grants to community colleges to provide workforce training and education in sustainable energy industries and practices, such as: (1) clean energy; (2) high-performance green building construction, design, and redevelopment; (3) sustainable energy technologies; (4) water, energy, and resource conservation; (5) recycling and waste reduction; and (6) sustainable agriculture and farming.
 
DOE, Labor, and USDA must:
 
 
 ensure that at least one-half of the grant funds are awarded to community colleges with existing sustainability programs leading to certificates, credentials, or degrees in such industries or practices; and
 
give priority to community colleges that plan to use the grant to carry out programs developed and maintained through consultation with such industries and practices.



Legislative actions:
action_date: 2017-04-06
text: Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce.
action_date: 2017-04-06
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2017-04-06
text: Introduced in House
Peer-Support Specialist Act of 2017

Bill: 115-hr-2046
Sponsor: Rep. Lujan, Ben Ray [D-NM-3]
Introduced: 2017-04-06 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Allied health services
Congressional oversight
Drug, alcohol, tobacco use
Education programs funding
Health personnel
Health programs administration and funding
Health promotion and preventive care
Mental health
Social work, volunteer service, charitable organizations

Summary:
action_date: 2017-04-06
text: 

Peer-Support Specialist Act of 2017

 
This bill requires the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) to award grants to eligible entities to develop and sustain behavioral health paraprofessional training and education programs, including through tuition support. Eligible entities are community colleges, training or credentialing programs, and other entities deemed appropriate by HHS.
 
HHS must report on and publish best practices and professional standards in states for: (1) establishing and operating health care programs using peer-support specialists, and (2) training and certifying peer-support specialists.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2017-04-07
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2017-04-06
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2017-04-06
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2017-04-06
text: Introduced in House
Behavioral Health Infrastructure Improvement Act

Bill: 115-hr-2047
Sponsor: Rep. Lujan, Ben Ray [D-NM-3]
Introduced: 2017-04-06 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Drug, alcohol, tobacco use
Health care coverage and access
Health information and medical records
Health programs administration and funding
Health promotion and preventive care
Intergovernmental relations
Medicaid
Mental health
State and local finance

Summary:
action_date: 2017-04-06
text: 

Behavioral Health Infrastructure Improvement Act

 
This bill amends title XIX (Medicaid) of the Social Security Act to temporarily increase the Federal Medical Assistance Percentage (FMAP) for behavioral health infrastructure and systems improvements under a state medical assistance program. For a period of five years, a state's FMAP for such improvements shall equal 90%. (Generally, a state's FMAP under Medicaid may range from 50% to 83%.)
 
The bill also establishes a grant program for states to establish or support a behavioral health assistance office or ombudsman to coordinate behavioral health and other assistance for Medicaid beneficiaries. The office or ombudsman shall: (1) track, quantify, and report on problems and inquiries encountered by Medicaid beneficiaries with respect to access to behavioral health services; (2) educate Medicaid beneficiaries on their rights and responsibilities to such access; and (3) assist Medicaid beneficiaries in the enforcement of those rights and in accessing services.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2017-04-07
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2017-04-06
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2017-04-06
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2017-04-06
text: Introduced in House
Eliminating Health Disparities Act of 2017

Bill: 115-hr-2048
Sponsor: Rep. Lujan, Ben Ray [D-NM-3]
Introduced: 2017-04-06 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Health care coverage and access
Health care quality
Health facilities and institutions
Health programs administration and funding
Medicaid

Summary:
action_date: 2017-04-06
text: 

Eliminating Health Disparities Act of 2017

 
This bill amends title XIX (Medicaid) of the Social Security Act to allow a state to establish a Health Disparities Elimination Program, through which the state shall provide incentive payments to qualified community health systems (i.e., hospitals or affiliated groups of health care providers) for approved initiatives to reduce health disparities. In selecting qualified community health systems for participation, a state shall give priority to those that: (1) have included, in their required action plans, the use of evidence-based interventions; (2) have had relevant prior experience; and (3) demonstrate a long-term commitment to serving the target populations, a need for additional financial resources, and the potential for high impact relative to the amount of funding requested.
 
Federal funding for program support shall be allocated based on each state's share of total federal Medicaid expenditures.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2017-04-07
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2017-04-06
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2017-04-06
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2017-04-06
text: Introduced in House
Medicare Demonstration of Coverage for Low Vision Devices Act of 2017

Bill: 115-hr-2050
Sponsor: Rep. Maloney, Carolyn B. [D-NY-12]
Introduced: 2017-04-06 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Congressional oversight
Government studies and investigations
Health care coverage and access
Health technology, devices, supplies
Hearing, speech, and vision care
Medicare

Summary:
action_date: 2017-04-06
text: 

Medicare Demonstration of Coverage for Low Vision Devices Act of 2017

 
This bill requires the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) to carry out a demonstration project to evaluate the fiscal impact of covering low-vision devices under Medicare in the same manner as Medicare coverage is provided for durable medical equipment. "Low-vision device" means a physician-prescribed device that magnifies, enhances, or otherwise augments or interprets visual images; the term does not include ordinary eyeglasses or contact lenses.
 
 The bill appropriates $2.5 million for FY2018 and each of the next four fiscal years for the CMS to carry out the project.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2017-04-21
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2017-04-07
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2017-04-06
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: 2017-04-06
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: 2017-04-06
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: 2017-04-06
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E475)
action_date: 2017-04-06
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2017-04-06
text: Introduced in House
FAST Generics Act of 2017

Bill: 115-hr-2051
Sponsor: Rep. McKinley, David B. [R-WV-1]
Introduced: 2017-04-06 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Competition and antitrust
Drug safety, medical device, and laboratory regulation
Licensing and registrations
Prescription drugs

Summary:
action_date: 2017-04-06
text: 

Fair Access for Safe and Timely Generics Act of 2017 or the FAST Generics Act of 2017

 
This bill amends the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act to prohibit the license holder of a Food and Drug Administration (FDA)-approved drug or biological product from restricting availability of the medication for testing by a product developer seeking to develop a drug, generic drug, or biosimilar, including restricting availability with a risk evaluation and mitigation strategy (REMS).
 
Upon request, the license holder of a medication that is not subject to a REMS must provide a product developer with the medication for testing.
 
For a medication subject to a REMS, a product developer must have FDA authorization to obtain the medication before the license holder must provide it. The FDA may authorize a product developer to conduct testing and clinical trials with the medication.
 A wholesaler or specialty distributor who receives a request from a product developer for a medication for testing may not disclose to the license holder the identity of the product developer. 
The FDA may prohibit or limit transfer of a medication to a product developer if the transfer poses an imminent hazard to public health.
 
License holders are not liable for claims arising from a product developer testing a medication.
 
The FDA may waive the requirement that a medication use a single, shared system of elements to assure safe use with a comparable approved medication if the product developer is unable to finalize terms for a shared system with the license holder of the approved medication.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2017-04-07
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2017-04-06
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2017-04-06
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2017-04-06
text: Introduced in House
Mining Schools Enhancement Act

Bill: 115-hr-2053
Sponsor: Rep. McSally, Martha [R-AZ-2]
Introduced: 2017-04-06 in the House
Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources
Subjects: Competitiveness, trade promotion, trade deficits
Education programs funding
Energy storage, supplies, demand
Higher education
Mining
Science and engineering education

Summary:
action_date: 2017-04-06
text: 

Mining School Enhancement Act

 
This bill amends the Surface Mining Control and Reclamation Act of 1977 to require the Office of Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement (OSMRE) of the Department of the Interior to ensure that at least 50% of specified research fundsare expended to enhance and support programs at mining and mineral engineering schools in the United States.
 
In addition, OSMRE shall ensure that research activities relate to conventional fuel resource development and production, including enhancing technologies and practices related to the mitigation of acid mine drainage, reforestation, and revegetation in the reclamation of land and water resources adversely affected by coal mining.

action_date: 2017-07-25
text: 

Mining Schools Enhancement Act

 
(Sec.2)This bill amends the Surface Mining Control and Reclamation Act of 1977 to require the Office of Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement (OSMRE) of the Department of the Interior to ensure that at least 70% of specified research fundsare expended to enhance and support programs at mining and mineral engineering schools in the United States.
 
In addition, OSMRE shall ensure that research activities relate to conventional fuel resource development and production, including enhancing technologies and practices related to the mitigation of acid mine drainage, reforestation, and revegetation in the reclamation of land and water resources adversely affected by coal mining.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2017-07-25
text: Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 186.
action_date: 2017-07-25
text: Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Natural Resources. H. Rept. 115-256.
action_date: 2017-07-25
text: Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Natural Resources. H. Rept. 115-256.
action_date: 2017-06-27
text: Ordered to be Reported (Amended) by Unanimous Consent.
action_date: 2017-06-27
text: Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
action_date: 2017-04-24
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Energy and Mineral Resources.
action_date: 2017-04-06
text: Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.
action_date: 2017-04-06
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2017-04-06
text: Introduced in House
To repeal the violation of sovereign nations' laws and privacy matters.

Bill: 115-hr-2054
Sponsor: Rep. Meadows, Mark [R-NC-11]
Introduced: 2017-04-06 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Bank accounts, deposits, capital
Civil actions and liability
Foreign and international banking
Foreign property
Tax administration and collection, taxpayers
U.S. and foreign investments

Summary:
action_date: 2017-04-06
text: 
This bill amends the Internal Revenue Code, with respect to tax administration requirements for foreign-source income and assets, to repeal: (1) withholding requirements for payments to foreign financial institutions and other foreign entities, (2) information reporting for foreign financial assets, (3) penalties for underpayments of tax attributable to undisclosed foreign financial assets, (4) reporting requirements for shareholders of a passive foreign investment company and U.S. owners of foreign trusts, and (5) the additional penalty for failure to file required notices and information returns for certain foreign trusts. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2017-04-06
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2017-04-06
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2017-04-06
text: Introduced in House
Lifetime Income Disclosure Act

Bill: 115-hr-2055
Sponsor: Rep. Messer, Luke [R-IN-6]
Introduced: 2017-04-06 in the House
Policy area: Labor and Employment
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Department of Labor
Employee benefits and pensions
Government information and archives

Summary:
action_date: 2017-04-06
text: 

Lifetime Income Disclosure Act 

 
This bill amends the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (ERISA) to require pension benefit statements to include a lifetime income disclosure at least once during any 12-month period. 
 
The disclosure must set forth the lifetime income stream equivalent of the total benefits accrued with respect to the participant or beneficiary. The &quot;lifetime income stream equivalent of the total benefits accrued&quot; is the amount of monthly payments the participant or beneficiary would receive if the total accrued benefits were used to provide lifetime income streams based on certain assumptions, including that the participant or beneficiary has a spouse of equal age and a single life annuity. 
 
The Department of Labor must issue a model lifetime income disclosure, assumptions that plan administrators may use in converting total accrued benefits into lifetime income stream equivalents, and related rules. 
 
No plan fiduciary, sponsor, or other person may be liable under ERISA solely due to the provision of lifetime income stream equivalents derived in accordance with the assumptions and related rules issued by Labor, including explanations contained in the model lifetime income disclosure. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2017-04-06
text: Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce.
action_date: 2017-04-06
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2017-04-06
text: Introduced in House