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To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to allow physician assistants, nurse practitioners, and clinical nurse specialists to supervise cardiac, intensive cardiac, and pulmonary rehabilitation programs.

Bill: 115-hr-1155
Sponsor: Rep. Jenkins, Lynn [R-KS-2]
Introduced: 2017-02-16 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Cardiovascular and respiratory health
Health personnel
Long-term, rehabilitative, and terminal care
Medicare
Nursing

Summary:
action_date: 2017-02-16
text: 
This bill amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act to allow physician assistants, nurse practitioners, and clinical nurse specialists to supervise cardiac, intensive cardiac, and pulmonary rehabilitation programs.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2017-03-03
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2017-02-17
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2017-02-16
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: 2017-02-16
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: 2017-02-16
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: 2017-02-16
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2017-02-16
text: Introduced in House
Patient Access to Higher Quality Health Care Act of 2017

Bill: 115-hr-1156
Sponsor: Rep. Johnson, Sam [R-TX-3]
Introduced: 2017-02-16 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Health facilities and institutions
Health personnel
Medical ethics
Medicare

Summary:
action_date: 2017-02-16
text: 

Patient Access to Higher Quality Health Care Act of 2017

 
This bill amends the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act and the Health Care and Education Reconciliation Act of 2010 to repeal specified limitations, for purposes of Medicare participation, on self-referrals by newly constructed or expanded physician-owned hospitals.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2017-03-02
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2017-02-17
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2017-02-16
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: 2017-02-16
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: 2017-02-16
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: 2017-02-16
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2017-02-16
text: Introduced in House
To clarify the United States interest in certain submerged lands in the area of the Monomoy National Wildlife Refuge, and for other purposes.

Bill: 115-hr-1157
Sponsor: Rep. Keating, William R. [D-MA-9]
Introduced: 2017-02-16 in the House
Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources
Subjects: Land transfers
Marine and coastal resources, fisheries
Massachusetts
Wilderness and natural areas, wildlife refuges, wild rivers, habitats

Summary:
action_date: 2017-02-16
text: 
This bill states that Congress finds that the United States did not acquire any right, title, or interest in or to submerged lands in Nantucket Sound (near the coast of Massachusetts) or the waters above those submerged lands as a result of the taking described in the civil action, 
United States v. 3,000 Acres of Land
 (D. Mass. 1944). That taking involved land that is now part of the Monomoy National Wildlife Refuge.
 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2018-02-02
text: Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 406.
action_date: 2018-02-02
text: Reported by the Committee on Natural Resources. H. Rept. 115-541.
action_date: 2018-02-02
text: Reported by the Committee on Natural Resources. H. Rept. 115-541.
action_date: 2017-12-13
text: Ordered to be Reported by Voice Vote.
action_date: 2017-12-13
text: Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
action_date: 2017-12-12
text: Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
action_date: 2017-12-12
text: Subcommittee on Federal Lands Discharged.
action_date: 2017-04-05
text: Subcommittee Hearings Held.
action_date: 2017-03-02
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Federal Lands.
action_date: 2017-02-16
text: Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.
action_date: 2017-02-16
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2017-02-16
text: Introduced in House
Historic Tax Credit Improvement Act of 2017

Bill: 115-hr-1158
Sponsor: Rep. Kelly, Mike [R-PA-3]
Introduced: 2017-02-16 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Building construction
Historic sites and heritage areas
Income tax credits
Residential rehabilitation and home repair
Tax-exempt organizations

Summary:
action_date: 2017-02-16
text: 

Historic Tax Credit Improvement Act of 201

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This bill amends the Internal Revenue Code, with respect to the tax credit for the rehabilitation of buildings and historic structures, to: (1) allow an increased 30% credit, up to $750,000, for projects with rehabilitation expenditures not exceeding $3.75 million, for which no credit was allowed in either of the two prior taxable years (smaller projects); (2) allow the transfer of tax credit amounts for smaller projects; (3) treat a building as substantially rehabilitated if rehabilitation expenditures exceed the greater of 50% of the adjusted basis of the building or $5,000 (currently, the greater of the adjusted basis of the building or $5,000); (4) reduce the required basis adjustment from 100% of the credit to 50% of the amount of the credit; and (5) limit the application of disqualified lease rules to tax-exempt use property.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2017-02-16
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2017-02-16
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2017-02-16
text: Introduced in House
United States and Israel Space Cooperation Act

Bill: 115-hr-1159
Sponsor: Rep. Kilmer, Derek [D-WA-6]
Introduced: 2017-02-16 in the House
Policy area: Science, Technology, Communications
Subjects: International organizations and cooperation
Israel
Middle East
Scientific communication
Space flight and exploration

Summary:
action_date: 2017-02-16
text: 

United States and Israel Space Cooperation Act

 
This bill directs the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) to continue to work with the Israel Space Agency in identifying and cooperatively pursuing peaceful space exploration and science initiatives in areas of mutual interest. 

action_date: 2017-12-20
text: 

United States and Israel Space Cooperation Act

 
(Sec. 3) This bill directs the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) to continue to work with the Israel Space Agency in identifying and cooperatively pursuing peaceful space exploration and science initiatives in areas of mutual interest, taking all appropriate measures to protect sensitive information, intellectual property, trade secrets, and economic interests of the United States. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2017-12-21
text: Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations.
action_date: 2017-12-20
text: Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
action_date: 2017-12-20
text: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by the Yeas and Nays: (2/3 required): 411 - 0 (Roll no. 700). (text: CR 12/18/2017 H10161)
action_date: 2017-12-20
text: Passed/agreed to in House: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by the Yeas and Nays: (2/3 required): 411 - 0 (Roll no. 700).(text: CR 12/18/2017 H10161)
action_date: 2017-12-20
text: Considered as unfinished business. (consideration: CR H10312-10313)
action_date: 2017-12-18
text: At the conclusion of debate, the Yeas and Nays were demanded and ordered. Pursuant to the provisions of clause 8, rule XX, the Chair announced that further proceedings on the motion would be postponed.
action_date: 2017-12-18
text: DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on H.R. 1159.
action_date: 2017-12-18
text: Considered under suspension of the rules. (consideration: CR H10161-10162)
action_date: 2017-12-18
text: Mr. Dunn moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended.
action_date: 2017-09-28
text: Ordered to be Reported by Voice Vote.
action_date: 2017-09-28
text: Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
action_date: 2017-04-25
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Space.
action_date: 2017-02-16
text: Referred to the House Committee on Science, Space, and Technology.
action_date: 2017-02-16
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2017-02-16
text: Introduced in House
ACO Assignment Improvement Act of 2017

Bill: 115-hr-1160
Sponsor: Rep. Kilmer, Derek [D-WA-6]
Introduced: 2017-02-16 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Health care quality
Health personnel
Medicare

Summary:
action_date: 2017-02-16
text: 

ACO Assignment Improvement Act of 2017

 
This bill amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act to establish additional requirements for assigning Medicare fee-for-service beneficiaries to accountable care organizations (ACOs) under the Medicare shared savings program. Under current law, the program enables ACOs to receive payments for savings stemming from care coordination and management.
 
The bill requires the basis for assignment to reflect beneficiaries' utilization of not only primary care services provided by ACO physicians, but also those provided by other ACO practitioners. Other ACO practitioners include physician assistants, nurse practitioners, clinical nurse specialists, certified registered nurse anesthetists, certified nurse-midwives, clinical social workers, clinical psychologists, and registered dieticians or nutrition professionals.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2017-03-02
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2017-02-17
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2017-02-16
text: Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, 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: 2017-02-16
text: Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, 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: 2017-02-16
text: Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, 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: 2017-02-16
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2017-02-16
text: Introduced in House
Abraham Lincoln National Heritage Area Amendment Act

Bill: 115-hr-1161
Sponsor: Rep. Kinzinger, Adam [R-IL-16]
Introduced: 2017-02-16 in the House
Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources
Subjects: Historic sites and heritage areas
Illinois
Presidents and presidential powers, Vice Presidents
U.S. history

Summary:
action_date: 2017-02-16
text: 

Abraham Lincoln National Heritage Area Amendment Act

 
This bill amends the Consolidated Natural Resources Act of 2008 to add Livingston County, the city of Jonesboro in Union County, and the city of Freeport in Stephenson County in Illinois to the Abraham Lincoln National Heritage Area. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2017-03-02
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Federal Lands.
action_date: 2017-02-16
text: Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.
action_date: 2017-02-16
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2017-02-16
text: Introduced in House
Improving Access to Farm Conservation Act of 2017

Bill: 115-hr-1163
Sponsor: Rep. Kuster, Ann M. [D-NH-2]
Introduced: 2017-02-16 in the House
Policy area: Agriculture and Food
Subjects: Agricultural conservation and pollution
Agricultural prices, subsidies, credit
Government information and archives

Summary:
action_date: 2017-02-16
text: 

Improving Access to Farm Conservation Act of 201

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 This bill amends the Food Security Act of 1985 to exempt certain recipients of Department of Agriculture (USDA) conservation assistance from specified reporting requirements. The bill exempts producers or landowners eligible to participate in any USDA conservation program from reporting requirements related to subawards, executive compensation, the Universal Identifier, and the System for Award Management. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2017-03-10
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Conservation and Forestry.
action_date: 2017-02-16
text: Referred to the Committee on Agriculture, and in addition to the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, 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: 2017-02-16
text: Referred to the Committee on Agriculture, and in addition to the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, 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: 2017-02-16
text: Referred to the Committee on Agriculture, and in addition to the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, 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: 2017-02-16
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2017-02-16
text: Introduced in House
Segal AmeriCorps Education Award Tax Relief Act of 2017

Bill: 115-hr-1165
Sponsor: Rep. Lewis, John [D-GA-5]
Introduced: 2017-02-16 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Higher education
Income tax exclusion
National and community service
Student aid and college costs

Summary:
action_date: 2017-02-16
text: 

Segal AmeriCorps Education Award Tax Relief Act of 2017

 
This bill amends the Internal Revenue Code to exclude from gross income any AmeriCorps educational awards provided under the National and Community Service Act of 1990. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2017-02-16
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2017-02-16
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2017-02-16
text: Introduced in House
Medicaid Cost-Sharing Waiver Flexibility Act of 2017

Bill: 115-hr-1166
Sponsor: Rep. Long, Billy [R-MO-7]
Introduced: 2017-02-16 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Aging
Disability and paralysis
Hearing, speech, and vision care
Medicaid

Summary:
action_date: 2017-02-16
text: 

Medicaid Cost-Sharing Waiver Flexibility Act of 2017

 
This bill amends title XIX (Medicaid) of the Social Security Act to allow a state Medicaid program operating under a waiver to impose cost sharing or similar charges with respect to individuals who qualify for medical assistance for reasons other than being aged, blind, or disabled. Current law allows a program to impose such charges only if the waiver is for a demonstration project that meets specified requirements.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2017-02-17
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2017-02-16
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2017-02-16
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2017-02-16
text: Introduced in House
Enhancing Opportunities for Medical Doctors Act of 2017

Bill: 115-hr-1167
Sponsor: Rep. Love, Mia B. [R-UT-4]
Introduced: 2017-02-16 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Education programs funding
Health personnel
Health programs administration and funding
Hospital care
Medical education
Medicare

Summary:
action_date: 2017-02-16
text: 

Enhancing Opportunities for Medical Doctors Act of 2017

 
This bill amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act to redistribute unused residency positions for which graduate medical education costs are paid under Medicare. Specifically, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services must: (1) reduce a hospital's resident limit by a specified amount if the hospital has unused residency positions and is not a rural hospital with fewer than 250 acute care inpatient beds, and (2) increase the resident limit for each qualifying hospital that applies for an increase. In aggregate, the number of increased positions shall equal the number of reduced positions. The bill establishes specified priorities, limitations, and capacity considerations with respect to redistribution.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2017-03-03
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2017-02-17
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2017-02-16
text: Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, 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: 2017-02-16
text: Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, 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: 2017-02-16
text: Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, 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: 2017-02-16
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2017-02-16
text: Introduced in House
United States Cadet Nurse Corps Equity Act

Bill: 115-hr-1168
Sponsor: Rep. Lowey, Nita M. [D-NY-17]
Introduced: 2017-02-16 in the House
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Health personnel
Military medicine
Nursing
Veterans' education, employment, rehabilitation
Veterans' loans, housing, homeless programs
Veterans' medical care
Veterans' pensions and compensation

Summary:
action_date: 2017-02-16
text: 

United States Cadet Nurse Corps Equity Act
 
This bill deems as active military service for Department of Veterans Affairs purposes any service as a member of the United States Cadet Nurse Corps between July 1, 1943, and December 31, 1948 (qualified service). 
 
 The Department of Defense shall issue an honorable discharge within one year to each person whose qualified service warrants one. 
 
 Retroactive benefits shall not be paid to persons as a result of enactment of this bill.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2017-03-23
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Military Personnel.
action_date: 2017-03-03
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Disability Assistance and Memorial Affairs.
action_date: 2017-02-16
text: Referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs, 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: 2017-02-16
text: Referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs, 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: 2017-02-16
text: Referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs, 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: 2017-02-16
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2017-02-16
text: Introduced in House
Esther Martinez Native American Languages Preservation Act

Bill: 115-hr-1169
Sponsor: Rep. Lujan, Ben Ray [D-NM-3]
Introduced: 2017-02-16 in the House
Policy area: Native Americans
Subjects: Department of the Interior
Executive agency funding and structure
Foreign language and bilingual programs
Indian social and development programs

Summary:
action_date: 2017-02-16
text: 

Esther Martinez Native American Languages Preservation Act

 
 This bill amends the Native American Programs Act of 1974 to reauthorize through FY2022 and revise a grant program administered by the Administration for Native Americans at the Department of Health and Human Services to ensure the survival and continuing vitality of Native American languages.
 
The minimum number of enrollees in educational programs funded by grants is reduced from 10 to 5 enrollees in Native American language nests and from 15 to 10 enrollees in the Native American language survival schools. 
 
The bill increases the maximum duration of grants. 
 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2017-02-16
text: Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce.
action_date: 2017-02-16
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2017-02-16
text: Introduced in House
Require CRA Compliance Act of 2017

Bill: 115-hr-1170
Sponsor: Rep. McSally, Martha [R-AZ-2]
Introduced: 2017-02-16 in the House
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Congressional oversight

Summary:
action_date: 2017-02-16
text: 

Require CRA Compliance Act of 2017

 
This bill requires each federal agency to submit to Congress a list of any rules for which the agency did not comply with requirements under the Congressional Review Act to report on the issuance of such rules to the House of Representatives, the Senate, and the Government Accountability Office.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2017-03-16
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Regulatory Reform, Commercial And Antitrust Law.
action_date: 2017-02-16
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2017-02-16
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2017-02-16
text: Introduced in House
ALS Disability Insurance Access Act of 2017

Bill: 115-hr-1171
Sponsor: Rep. Moulton, Seth [D-MA-6]
Introduced: 2017-02-16 in the House
Policy area: Social Welfare
Subjects: Disability assistance
Neurological disorders

Summary:
action_date: 2017-02-16
text: 

ALS Disability Insurance Access Act of 2017

 
This bill amends title II (Old Age, Survivors, and Disability Insurance) of the Social Security Act to eliminate the five-month waiting period for disability insurance benefits for individuals with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (a progressive neurodegenerative disease, also known as Lou Gehrig's disease, that affects nerve cells in the brain and spinal cord). Under current law, individuals must wait five months after becoming disabled before their disability insurance benefit payments can begin. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2017-03-02
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Social Security.
action_date: 2017-02-16
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2017-02-16
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2017-02-16
text: Introduced in House