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Energy Efficiency Free Market Act of 2017

Bill: 115-hr-117
Sponsor: Rep. Burgess, Michael C. [R-TX-26]
Introduced: 2017-01-03 in the House
Policy area: Energy
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Consumer affairs
Department of Energy
Energy efficiency and conservation
Federal Trade Commission (FTC)
Industrial facilities
Manufacturing
Product safety and quality
State and local government operations

Summary:
action_date: 2017-01-03
text: 

Energy Efficiency Free Market Act of 2016

 
This bill amends the Energy Policy and Conservation Act to eliminate the Department of Energy's authority to set energy efficiency and water conservation standards for consumer and commercial appliances. All existing standards are repealed.
 
Additionally, the bill prohibitsstatesfrom setting their own energy efficiency and water conservation standards.All existing state standards are nullified.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2017-01-25
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Energy.
action_date: 2017-01-03
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2017-01-03
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2017-01-03
text: Introduced in House
Health and Human Services Hiree Clarification Act

Bill: 115-hr-118
Sponsor: Rep. Burgess, Michael C. [R-TX-26]
Introduced: 2017-01-03 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Department of Health and Human Services
Government employee pay, benefits, personnel management
Health personnel
Public contracts and procurement

Summary:
action_date: 2017-01-03
text: 

Health and Human Services Hiree Clarification Act

 
This bill amends the Public Health Service Act to state that provisions authorizing the appointment of special consultants or authorizing individual scientists to receive fellowships do not authorize the designation, appointment, or employment of any special consultant, fellow, or other employee by an agency outside of the Department of Health and Human Services. 


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

Bill: 115-hr-119
Sponsor: Rep. Burgess, Michael C. [R-TX-26]
Introduced: 2017-01-03 in the House
Policy area: Environmental Protection
Subjects: Administrative remedies
Air quality
Alternative and renewable resources
Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)
Environmental assessment, monitoring, research
Environmental regulatory procedures
Government information and archives
Government studies and investigations
Motor fuels
Product safety and quality

Summary:
action_date: 2017-01-03
text: 

Leave Ethanol Volumes at Existing Levels Act or the LEVEL Act 

 
This bill amends the Clean Air Act to revise the renewable fuel program by: (1) decreasing the volume of renewable fuel that must be contained in gasoline in 2017 through 2022 to 7.5 billion gallons for each year, and (2) requiring a volume of 7.5 billion gallons of renewable fuel in gasoline for each year thereafter. The bill revises the renewable fuel standard, including by eliminating separate volume requirements for the following renewable fuel categories: advanced biofuels, cellulosic biofuel (ethanol derived from certain types of biological matter), and biomass-based diesel. 
 
The bill revokes the requirement that the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) ensure that renewable fuels emit fewer greenhouse gases than the fuel it replaces. 
 
One gallon of cellulosic biomass ethanol or waste-derived ethanol is considered to be equal to 2.5 gallons of renewable fuel. 
 
Petitions for waivers from requirements under the renewable fuel program may not be brought to the EPA by a person who is subject to the requirements of the program. 
 
The EPA may not permit or authorize the introduction into commerce of gasoline that: (1) contains greater than 10% ethanol, (2) is intended for general use in conventional gasoline-powered vehicles or engines, and (3) is not registered under the program and lawfully sold in the United States before this bill's enactment. This prohibition applies to EPA grants of waivers through the fuels and fuel additives waiver process as well, except for waivers for gasoline that is registered and lawfully sold in the United States before this bill's enactment. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2017-01-25
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Environment.
action_date: 2017-01-03
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2017-01-03
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2017-01-03
text: Introduced in House
Unaccompanied Alien Children Assistance Control Act

Bill: 115-hr-120
Sponsor: Rep. Burgess, Michael C. [R-TX-26]
Introduced: 2017-01-03 in the House
Policy area: International Affairs
Subjects: Border security and unlawful immigration
Child safety and welfare
Detention of persons
El Salvador
Foreign aid and international relief
Guatemala
Honduras
Latin America
Mexico
Sanctions

Summary:
action_date: 2017-01-03
text: 

Unaccompanied Alien Children Assistance Control Act 

 
This bill directs the President to reduce foreign assistance allocations for Mexico, Guatemala, Honduras, or El Salvador by an amount equal to the number of unaccompanied alien children who are nationals or citizens of any of those countries placed in federal custody in the preceding fiscal year because of their immigration status multiplied by $15,000.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2017-01-03
text: Referred to the House Committee on Foreign Affairs.
action_date: 2017-01-03
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2017-01-03
text: Introduced in House
Emergency Flood Control Supplemental Funding Act of 2017

Bill: 115-hr-121
Sponsor: Rep. Green, Al [D-TX-9]
Introduced: 2017-01-03 in the House
Policy area: Emergency Management
Subjects: Appropriations
Army Corps of Engineers
Department of Defense
Disaster relief and insurance
Executive agency funding and structure
Floods and storm protection
Texas
Water resources funding

Summary:
action_date: 2017-01-03
text: 

Emergency Flood Control Supplemental Funding Act of 2017

 
This bill makes supplemental appropriations for FY2017 for the Army Corps of Engineers for flood control projects and storm damage reduction projects in areas affected by flooding in Houston, Texas, that have received a major disaster declaration pursuant to the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2017-01-03
text: Referred to the Committee on Appropriations, and in addition to the Committee on the Budget, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
action_date: 2017-01-03
text: Referred to the Committee on Appropriations, and in addition to the Committee on the Budget, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
action_date: 2017-01-03
text: Referred to the Committee on Appropriations, and in addition to the Committee on the Budget, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
action_date: 2017-01-03
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2017-01-03
text: Introduced in House
Original Living Wage Act of 2017

Bill: 115-hr-122
Sponsor: Rep. Green, Al [D-TX-9]
Introduced: 2017-01-03 in the House
Policy area: Labor and Employment
Subjects: Housing finance and home ownership
Labor standards
Wages and earnings

Summary:
action_date: 2017-01-03
text: 

Original Living Wage Act of 2017

 
 This bill amends the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 to increase the federal minimum wage to the minimum hourly wage sufficient for a person working for 40 hours per week, 52 weeks per year, to earn an annual income 15% higher than the federal poverty threshold for a four-person household, with two children under age 18, and living in the 48 contiguous states.
 
 The Department of Labor (DOL) shall determine the minimum wage rate by June 1, 2017, and review it every four years. DOL may not adjust the minimum wage to a lower rate. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2017-01-03
text: Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce.
action_date: 2017-01-03
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2017-01-03
text: Introduced in House
FHA Alternative Credit Pilot Program Reauthorization Act of 2017

Bill: 115-hr-123
Sponsor: Rep. Green, Al [D-TX-9]
Introduced: 2017-01-03 in the House
Policy area: Housing and Community Development
Subjects: Consumer credit
Government information and archives
Government lending and loan guarantees
Housing finance and home ownership

Summary:
action_date: 2017-01-03
text: 

FHA Alternative Credit Pilot Program Reauthorization Act of
 
2017

 
 This bill amends the National Housing Act to reauthorize a pilot program that establishes for mortgagees an automated process for providing alternative credit rating information on mortgagors and prospective mortgagors under mortgages on one- to four-family residences who have insufficient credit histories for determining their creditworthiness.


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

Bill: 115-hr-124
Sponsor: Rep. Green, Al [D-TX-9]
Introduced: 2017-01-03 in the House
Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement
Subjects: Advisory bodies
Congressional oversight
Crime victims
Government studies and investigations
Law enforcement administration and funding
Law enforcement officers
Military facilities and property
Photography and imaging

Summary:
action_date: 2017-01-03
text: 

 
 

Camera Accountability Maintenance and Transparency in Policing Act of 2017 or the CAM TIP Act of 2017

 
This bill amends the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 to establish a grant program for state, local, and tribal governments to acquire, operate, and maintain body-worn cameras for law enforcement officers.
 
Additionally, it establishes a task force in the Department of Justice (DOJ) to provide recommendations on community policing, including best practices for accountability and transparency.
 
DOJ must study the cost to purchase and use body-worn cameras. 
 
Finally, the Government Accountability Office must study and report on the Department of Defense Excess Personal Property Program. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2017-02-21
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Readiness.
action_date: 2017-01-23
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, Homeland Security, and Investigations.
action_date: 2017-01-03
text: Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committee on Armed Services, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
action_date: 2017-01-03
text: Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committee on Armed Services, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
action_date: 2017-01-03
text: Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committee on Armed Services, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
action_date: 2017-01-03
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2017-01-03
text: Introduced in House
FHA In-Person Servicing Improvement Act of 2017

Bill: 115-hr-125
Sponsor: Rep. Green, Al [D-TX-9]
Introduced: 2017-01-03 in the House
Policy area: Housing and Community Development
Subjects: Government lending and loan guarantees
Housing finance and home ownership

Summary:
action_date: 2017-01-03
text: 

FHA In-Person Servicing Improvement Act of
 
2017

 
 This bill directs the Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) to carry out a pilot program to use authority under the National Housing Act to pay insurance benefits to compensate a mortgagee for any costs of taking loss mitigation actions providing an alternative to foreclosure of a mortgage in default or facing imminent default.
 
HUD must make payments to a qualified entity or entities to compensate for their costs of making in-person contact with mortgagors whose payments under covered mortgages are more than 60 days past due.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2017-01-03
text: Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services.
action_date: 2017-01-03
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2017-01-03
text: Introduced in House
Students Voicing Opinions in Today's Elections (VOTE) Act

Bill: 115-hr-126
Sponsor: Rep. Green, Al [D-TX-9]
Introduced: 2017-01-03 in the House
Policy area: Education
Subjects: Education programs funding
Elections, voting, political campaign regulation
Elementary and secondary education

Summary:
action_date: 2017-01-03
text: 

Students Voicing Opinions in Today's Elections (VOTE) Act

 
This bill directs the Election Assistance Commission to carry out a pilot program providing funds, during FY2017, to local educational agencies (LEAs) for initiatives that provide 12th graders with voter registration information.
 
LEAs must consult with their state and local election officials in developing the initiatives.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2017-01-03
text: Referred to the House Committee on House Administration.
action_date: 2017-01-03
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2017-01-03
text: Introduced in House
Transportation for Heroes Act of 2017

Bill: 115-hr-127
Sponsor: Rep. Green, Al [D-TX-9]
Introduced: 2017-01-03 in the House
Policy area: Transportation and Public Works
Subjects: Public transit
Transportation costs
Transportation programs funding
Veterans' organizations and recognition

Summary:
action_date: 2017-01-03
text: 

Transportation for Heroes Act of 2017

 
This bill revises urbanized area formula grant recipient requirements to require a recipient to certify that it will ensure that a fare of no more than 50% of the peak hour fare will be charged to a U.S. veteran during non-peak hours for transportation using or involving a facility or equipment of a project financed by the grant.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2017-01-04
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Highways and Transit.
action_date: 2017-01-03
text: Referred to the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.
action_date: 2017-01-03
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2017-01-03
text: Introduced in House
Semipostal Stamp Clarification Act of 2017

Bill: 115-hr-128
Sponsor: Rep. Burgess, Michael C. [R-TX-26]
Introduced: 2017-01-03 in the House
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Subjects: Postal service
Social work, volunteer service, charitable organizations

Summary:
action_date: 2017-01-03
text: 

Semipostal Stamp Clarification Act of
 
2017

 
This bill removes the authority of the U.S. Postal Service (USPS) to issue semipostal stamps (stamps sold at a premium to raise funds for causes of national public interest) except as provided by an Act of Congress. (Currently, the USPS issues semipostals using its own discretion to determine the causes it considers to be in the national public interest.)
 
The bill also makes entities (currently, only agencies) eligible to receive amounts that become available from the sale of semipostals. Congress must determine the appropriate agencies or entities that receive such amounts. 


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

Bill: 115-hr-129
Sponsor: Rep. Burgess, Michael C. [R-TX-26]
Introduced: 2017-01-03 in the House
Policy area: Transportation and Public Works
Subjects: Arms control and nonproliferation
Aviation and airports
Border security and unlawful immigration
Hunting and fishing
Military operations and strategy
Transportation safety and security

Summary:
action_date: 2017-01-03
text: 

No Armed Drones Act of 2017 or the NADA Act of 2017

 
 This bill amends the FAA Modernization and Reform Act of 2012 to prohibit the Department of Transportation (DOT) from authorizing any person to operate an unmanned aircraft system (drone) in the national airspace system as a weapon or to deliver a weapon against a person or property. 
 
The bill permits DOT to establish exceptions to the prohibition for: 
 
 
private drones for recreational hunting and animal control; and
 
public drones for operations conducted by U.S. Customs and Border Protection, the Department of Defense, and certain governmental entities for national defense or in response to terrorism.
 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2017-01-04
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Aviation.
action_date: 2017-01-03
text: Referred to the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.
action_date: 2017-01-03
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2017-01-03
text: Introduced in House
To amend the Act of June 18, 1934, to reaffirm the authority of the Secretary of the Interior to take land into trust for Indian tribes, and for other purposes.

Bill: 115-hr-130
Sponsor: Rep. Cole, Tom [R-OK-4]
Introduced: 2017-01-03 in the House
Policy area: Native Americans
Subjects: Federal-Indian relations
Indian lands and resources rights
Land transfers

Summary:
action_date: 2017-01-03
text: 
This bill amends the Indian Reorganization Act to make it applicable to all federally recognized Indian tribes, regardless of when a tribe became recognized. The amendments made by this bill are retroactively effective as if included in the Indian Reorganization Act. (This effectively overrules the Supreme Court's decision in 
Carcieri v. Salazar, 
which held that the Department of the Interior could not take land into trust for a specified tribe because that tribe had not been under federal jurisdiction when the Indian Reorganization Act was enacted.)


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2017-02-10
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Indian, Insular and Alaska Native Affairs.
action_date: 2017-01-03
text: Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.
action_date: 2017-01-03
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2017-01-03
text: Introduced in House
To reaffirm the trust status of land taken into trust by the United States pursuant to the Act of June 18, 1934, for the benefit of an Indian tribe that was federally recognized on the date that the land was taken into trust, and for other purposes.

Bill: 115-hr-131
Sponsor: Rep. Cole, Tom [R-OK-4]
Introduced: 2017-01-03 in the House
Policy area: Native Americans
Subjects: Federal-Indian relations
Indian claims
Indian lands and resources rights
Land transfers

Summary:
action_date: 2017-01-03
text: 
This bill reaffirms the trust status of land taken into trust by the United States pursuant to the Indian Reorganization Act before the enactment of this bill for the benefit of an Indian tribe that was federally recognized when the land was taken into trust. Department of the Interior actions to take land into trust under the Indian Reorganization Act are ratified and confirmed as if the actions were taken under a law specifically authorizing or directing them.
 
The bill applies to all claims pending on, or filed on or after, the bill's enactment.
 
Land taken into trust that has been ratified and confirmed pursuant to this bill must remain Indian country.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2017-02-10
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Indian, Insular and Alaska Native Affairs.
action_date: 2017-01-03
text: Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.
action_date: 2017-01-03
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2017-01-03
text: Introduced in House
To reduce Federal spending and the deficit by terminating taxpayer financing of Presidential election campaigns.

Bill: 115-hr-133
Sponsor: Rep. Cole, Tom [R-OK-4]
Introduced: 2017-01-03 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Budget deficits and national debt
Child health
Elections, voting, political campaign regulation
Government trust funds
Health programs administration and funding
Medical research
Research administration and funding
Tax administration and collection, taxpayers

Summary:
action_date: 2017-01-03
text: 
This bill amends the Internal Revenue Code to terminate: (1) the taxpayer election to designate $3 of income tax liability for financing of presidential election campaigns, (2) the Presidential Election Campaign Fund, and (3) the Presidential Primary Matching Payment Account.
 
The Department of the Treasury must transfer: (1) specified funds remaining in the Presidential Election Campaign Fund to the 10-Year Pediatric Research Initiative Fund, and (2) the remainder of the funds to the general fund of the Treasury for deficit reduction. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2017-02-07
text: Ordered to be Reported by the Yeas and Nays: 5 - 3.
action_date: 2017-02-07
text: Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
action_date: 2017-01-03
text: Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committee on House Administration, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
action_date: 2017-01-03
text: Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committee on House Administration, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
action_date: 2017-01-03
text: Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committee on House Administration, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
action_date: 2017-01-03
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2017-01-03
text: Introduced in House