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Indiana Dunes National Park Act

Bill: 115-hr-1488
Sponsor: Rep. Visclosky, Peter J. [D-IN-1]
Introduced: 2017-03-09 in the House
Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources
Subjects: Great Lakes
Indiana
Parks, recreation areas, trails
Seashores and lakeshores

Summary:
action_date: 2017-03-09
text: 

Indiana Dunes National Park Act

 
This bill renames the Indiana Dunes National Lakeshore as the Indiana Dunes National Park. 

action_date: 2017-10-19
text: 

Indiana Dunes National Park Act

 
(Sec. 2) This bill renames the Indiana Dunes National Lakeshore as the Indiana Dunes National Park. 

action_date: 2017-11-01
text: 

Indiana Dunes National Park Act

 
(Sec. 2) This bill renames the Indiana Dunes National Lakeshore as the Indiana Dunes National Park. 
 
(Sec. 3) The bill redesignates the 1.6 mile Miller-Woods Trail within the park as the Paul H. Douglas Trail. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2018-08-15
text: Committee on Energy and Natural Resources Subcommittee on National Parks. Hearings held. With printed Hearing: S.Hrg. 115-526.
action_date: 2017-11-02
text: Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
action_date: 2017-11-01
text: Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
action_date: 2017-11-01
text: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by voice vote. (text: CR H8325)
action_date: 2017-11-01
text: Passed/agreed to in House: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by voice vote.(text: CR H8325)
action_date: 2017-11-01
text: DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on H.R. 1488.
action_date: 2017-11-01
text: Considered under suspension of the rules. (consideration: CR H8325-8326)
action_date: 2017-11-01
text: Mr. Cook moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended.
action_date: 2017-10-19
text: Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 254.
action_date: 2017-10-19
text: Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Natural Resources. H. Rept. 115-350.
action_date: 2017-10-19
text: Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Natural Resources. H. Rept. 115-350.
action_date: 2017-10-04
text: Ordered to be Reported (Amended) by Voice Vote.
action_date: 2017-10-04
text: Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
action_date: 2017-03-20
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Federal Lands.
action_date: 2017-03-09
text: Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.
action_date: 2017-03-09
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2017-03-09
text: Introduced in House
MAST Act

Bill: 115-hr-1489
Sponsor: Rep. Young, Don [R-AK-At Large]
Introduced: 2017-03-09 in the House
Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources
Subjects: Congressional oversight
Environmental assessment, monitoring, research
Intergovernmental relations
Land use and conservation
Marine and coastal resources, fisheries
Monuments and memorials
Parks, recreation areas, trails
Presidents and presidential powers, Vice Presidents
State and local government operations
Wilderness and natural areas, wildlife refuges, wild rivers, habitats

Summary:
action_date: 2017-03-09
text: 

Marine Access and State Transparency or the MAST Act

 
 This bill amends the Antiquities Act of 1906 to require the President, before a national monument can be designated on public land, to obtain congressional approval and certify compliance with the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969. 
 
 The bill bars the President from declaring any area of the exclusive economic zone to be a national monument unless: 
 
 
such a declaration is specifically authorized by an Act of Congress;
 
the President has submitted a proposal to make the declaration to the governor of each state or territory located within 200 nautical miles of that area;
 
each governor submits to the President a notice that the legislature of that state or territory has approved the proposal; and
 
the declaration is substantially the same as the proposal.
 
 
 The bill prohibits the Department of the Interior or the Department of Commerce, with respect to any area of the exclusive economic zone that is designated as a national monument, from implementing any restrictions on the public use of such a national monument until the expiration of an appropriate review period providing for public input and congressional approval. 
 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2017-03-20
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Water, Power and Oceans.
action_date: 2017-03-20
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Federal Lands.
action_date: 2017-03-09
text: Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.
action_date: 2017-03-09
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2017-03-09
text: Introduced in House
For the relief of Roberto Luis Dunoyer Mejia, Consuelo Cardona Molina, Camilo Dunoyer Cardona, and Pablo Dunoyer Cardona.

Bill: 115-hr-1490
Sponsor: Rep. Hunter, Duncan D. [R-CA-50]
Introduced: 2017-03-09 in the House
Subjects: Private Legislation

Summary:
action_date: 2017-03-09
text: Provides for the relief of Roberto Luis Dunoyer Mejia, Consuelo Cardona Molina, Camilo Dunoyer Cardona, and Pablo Dunoyer Cardona.

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2017-03-16
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration and Border Security.
action_date: 2017-03-09
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2017-03-09
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2017-03-09
text: Introduced in House
ADA Lawsuit Clarification Act of 2017

Bill: 115-hr-1493
Sponsor: Rep. Denham, Jeff [R-CA-10]
Introduced: 2017-03-10 in the House
Policy area: Law
Subjects: Building construction
Civil actions and liability
Consumer affairs
Disability and health-based discrimination
Foreign language and bilingual programs
Government information and archives

Summary:
action_date: 2017-03-10
text: 

ADA Lawsuit Clarification Act of 2017

 
This bill amends the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990 to prohibit an aggrieved person from commencing a civil action for discrimination based on the failure to remove a structural barrier to entry into an existing public accommodation unless the owner or operator of such accommodation: (1) is provided a written notice specific enough to identify such barrier; and (2) has either failed, within 60 days after receipt of notice, to provide the aggrieved person with a written description outlining improvements that will be made to remove such barrier or failed, within 120 days after providing the description of improvements, to remove such barrier.
 
 An owner or operator may not be held civilly or criminally liable for failing to remove a structural barrier before the expiration of a 120-day that begins after the aggrieved person has been provided the description of improvements that will be made. 
 
The Department of Justice must make technical assistance publications relating to compliance with this bill available in all languages commonly used by owners and operators.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2017-03-21
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on the Constitution and Civil Justice.
action_date: 2017-03-10
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2017-03-10
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2017-03-10
text: Introduced in House
PACT Act

Bill: 115-hr-1494
Sponsor: Rep. Smith, Lamar [R-TX-21]
Introduced: 2017-03-10 in the House
Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement
Subjects: Animal protection and human-animal relationships
Crimes against animals and natural resources
Digital media
Internet and video services
Internet, web applications, social media
Photography and imaging
Television and film

Summary:
action_date: 2017-03-10
text: 

Preventing Animal Cruelty and Torture Act
 
or the PACT Act

 
This bill amends the federal criminal code to revise and expand provisions with respect to animal crushing.
 
It retains existing criminal offenses that prohibit knowingly creating or distributing an animal crush video using interstate commerce. The bill also adds a new provision to criminalize an intentional act of animal crushing. A violator is subject to criminal penalties&#8212;a fine, a prison term of up to seven years, or both.
 
It provides additional exceptions for conduct, or a video of conduct, including conduct that is: (1) medical or scientific research, (2) necessary to protect the life or property of a person, (3) performed as part of euthanizing an animal, or (4) unintentional.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2017-03-21
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, Homeland Security, and Investigations.
action_date: 2017-03-10
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2017-03-10
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2017-03-10
text: Introduced in House
Fair Treatment for Families of Veterans Act

Bill: 115-hr-1495
Sponsor: Rep. Love, Mia B. [R-UT-4]
Introduced: 2017-03-10 in the House
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Veterans' pensions and compensation

Summary:
action_date: 2017-03-10
text: 

Fair Treatment for Families of Veterans Act

 
This bill changes the effective date for reductions or discontinuances of Department of Veterans Affairs dependency and indemnity compensation by reason of the death of a payee from the last day of the month before death to the last day of the month of death.
 
 A veteran's surviving spouse who receives both dependency/indemnity compensation and service- or non-service-connected disability/death payments for the month of the veteran's death shall be entitled to the greater of the two payments. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2017-03-27
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Disability Assistance and Memorial Affairs.
action_date: 2017-03-27
text: Subcommittee on Health Discharged.
action_date: 2017-03-27
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2017-03-10
text: Referred to the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
action_date: 2017-03-10
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2017-03-10
text: Introduced in House
ICE Body Camera Act of 2017

Bill: 115-hr-1497
Sponsor: Rep. Clarke, Yvette D. [D-NY-9]
Introduced: 2017-03-10 in the House
Policy area: Immigration
Subjects: Administrative remedies
Border security and unlawful immigration
Civil actions and liability
Crime victims
Criminal investigation, prosecution, interrogation
Department of Homeland Security
Evidence and witnesses
Immigration status and procedures
Law enforcement administration and funding
Law enforcement officers
Photography and imaging

Summary:
action_date: 2017-03-10
text: 

ICE Body Camera Act of 2017

 
This bill directs U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) to ensure that all deportation officers of its Enforcement and Removal Operations wear body cameras when engaged in field operations or removal proceedings.
 
ICE must establish policies for:
 
 
 when officers should wear, activate, and deactivate such cameras; 
 
 the effective placement of such cameras; 
 
 receiving and storing accurate recordings; 
 
 the proper management and use of such cameras; and 
 
 the availability of recordings to the subjects of removal proceedings, victims of crime, and the general public and for internal use by law enforcement officials.
 
 
A recording shall be provided to each party to any administrative proceeding, civil action, or criminal prosecution to which it pertains.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2017-03-31
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration and Border Security.
action_date: 2017-03-10
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2017-03-10
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2017-03-10
text: Introduced in House
End Racial Profiling Act of 2017

Bill: 115-hr-1498
Sponsor: Rep. Conyers, John, Jr. [D-MI-13]
Introduced: 2017-03-10 in the House
Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Border security and unlawful immigration
Civil actions and liability
Criminal investigation, prosecution, interrogation
Criminal justice information and records
Customs enforcement
Department of Justice
Government information and archives
Government liability
Law enforcement administration and funding
Racial and ethnic relations
Right of privacy
Sex, gender, sexual orientation discrimination

Summary:
action_date: 2017-03-10
text: 

End Racial Profiling Act of 2017

 
This bill prohibits racial profiling by a federal, state, local, or tribal law enforcement agency or agent. The term &quot;racial profiling&quot; includes the practice of relying on actual or perceived race, ethnicity, national origin, religion, gender, gender identify, or sexual orientation in making a routine or spontaneous law enforcement decision.
 
The Department of Justice (DOJ), or an individual injured by racial profiling, may bring a civil action to enforce the prohibition.
 
The bill requires federal law enforcement agencies to maintain policies and procedures to eliminate racial profiling, including training on racial profiling issues, the collection of data, and procedures for handling complaints.
 
Additionally, a state or unit of local government that receives grant funds under the Edward Byrne Memorial Justice Assistance Grant program or Community Oriented Policing Services program must maintain policies and procedures to eliminate racial profiling, including training on racial profiling issues, the collection of data, and participation in an administrative complaint procedure or independent audit program. DOJ must withhold or reduce grant funds from a state or unit of local government that fails to comply. 
 
The bill authorizes grants to develop and implement: (1) programs to collect data on the percentage of stops and searches in which a law enforcement officer finds drugs, a gun, or something else that leads to an arrest; and (2) best practice devices and systems to eliminate racial profiling.
 
DOJ must report annually on racial profiling by law enforcement agencies.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2018-03-08
text: ASSUMING FIRST SPONSORSHIP - Ms. Jackson Lee asked unanimous consent that she may hereafter be considered as the first sponsor of H.R. 1498, a bill originally introduced by former Representative Conyers, for purposes of adding cosponsors and requesting reprintings pursuant to clause 7 of rule XII. Agreed to without objection.
action_date: 2017-03-10
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on the Constitution and Civil Justice.
action_date: 2017-03-10
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, Homeland Security, and Investigations.
action_date: 2017-03-10
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2017-03-10
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E316)
action_date: 2017-03-10
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2017-03-10
text: Introduced in House
Remedies for Refusal of Repatriation Act

Bill: 115-hr-1499
Sponsor: Rep. Courtney, Joe [D-CT-2]
Introduced: 2017-03-10 in the House
Policy area: Immigration
Subjects: Border security and unlawful immigration
Citizenship and naturalization
Congressional oversight
Diplomacy, foreign officials, Americans abroad
Government information and archives
Immigration status and procedures
Terrorism
Violent crime
Visas and passports

Summary:
action_date: 2017-03-10
text: 

Remedies for Refusal of Repatriation Act

 
This bill requires the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) to establish procedures for determining whether a foreign government systematically and unreasonably refuses or delays the repatriation of its nationals who: (1) have been ordered removed from the United States; and (2) have been convicted of a felony or a crime of violence or are a threat to national security or public safety.
 
Upon determining that a country does refuse or delay repatriation of its nationals, DHS shall notify the Department of State and the two departments shall meet with the country's representatives and notify them that the United States may deny visas to their nationals. 
 
If the country continues to refuse or delay the repatriation of its nationals, the State Department shall discontinue the issuance of visas, unless DHS determines that such discontinuance is not in U.S. interests. 
 
DHS and the State Department shall list such countries on their websites.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2017-03-31
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration and Border Security.
action_date: 2017-03-10
text: Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committee on Foreign Affairs, 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: 2017-03-10
text: Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committee on Foreign Affairs, 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: 2017-03-10
text: Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committee on Foreign Affairs, 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: 2017-03-10
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2017-03-10
text: Introduced in House
Small Community Transit Improvement Act of 2017

Bill: 115-hr-1501
Sponsor: Rep. Davis, Rodney [R-IL-13]
Introduced: 2017-03-10 in the House
Policy area: Transportation and Public Works
Subjects: Public transit
Transportation programs funding
Urban and suburban affairs and development

Summary:
action_date: 2017-03-10
text: 

Small Community Transit Improvement Act of 2017

 
This bill increases the amount of certain public transportation grants to be apportioned to urbanized areas with populations of less than 200,000 that meet or exceed one or more performance categories for small transit intensive cities.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2017-03-13
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Highways and Transit.
action_date: 2017-03-10
text: Referred to the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.
action_date: 2017-03-10
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2017-03-10
text: Introduced in House
To terminate the EB-5 program.

Bill: 115-hr-1502
Sponsor: Rep. King, Steve [R-IA-4]
Introduced: 2017-03-10 in the House
Policy area: Immigration
Subjects: Employee hiring
Financial services and investments
Foreign labor
Visas and passports

Summary:
action_date: 2017-03-10
text: 
This bill amends the Immigration and Nationality Act to eliminate the EB-5 visa category.
 
The Departments of Commerce, Justice, and State, the Judiciary, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 1993 is amended to terminate the EB-5 regional center pilot program.
 
The EB-5 visa provides lawful permanent residence to foreign nationals who invest (directly or through a regional center) a specified amount of capital in a new commercial enterprise in the United States and create at least 10 jobs.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2017-03-31
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration and Border Security.
action_date: 2017-03-10
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2017-03-10
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2017-03-10
text: Introduced in House
Hudson River Protection Act

Bill: 115-hr-1504
Sponsor: Rep. Maloney, Sean Patrick [D-NY-18]
Introduced: 2017-03-10 in the House
Policy area: Transportation and Public Works
Subjects: Endangered and threatened species
Hazardous wastes and toxic substances
Historic sites and heritage areas
Marine and inland water transportation
Nuclear power
Transportation safety and security
Wildlife conservation and habitat protection

Summary:
action_date: 2017-03-10
text: 

Hudson River Protection Act

 
This bill amends the Rivers and Harbors Appropriation Act of 1915 to prohibit the establishment of areas located within five miles of a nuclear power plant, a location on the national register of historic places, a superfund site, or critical habitat of an endangered species as anchorage grounds in U.S. navigable waters for vessels carrying hazardous or flammable material as cargo.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2017-03-13
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Water Resources and Environment.
action_date: 2017-03-10
text: Referred to the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.
action_date: 2017-03-10
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2017-03-10
text: Introduced in House
VA Provider Pay Modernization Act of 2017

Bill: 115-hr-1505
Sponsor: Rep. O'Rourke, Beto [D-TX-16]
Introduced: 2017-03-10 in the House
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Department of Veterans Affairs
Government employee pay, benefits, personnel management
Health care coverage and access
Health personnel
Veterans' medical care

Summary:
action_date: 2017-03-10
text: 

VA Provider Pay Modernization Act of 2017

 
This bill provides that market pay (one of the three salary components of Veterans Health Administration [VHA] physicians and dentists) shall be the same for each physician or dentist with the same specialty or assignment in the same Integrated Service Network (VISN). 
 
The market pay of a physician or dentist may exceed the market pay generally available to a physician or dentist with the same specialty or assignment in the same VISN by up to 5%.
 
Such amount shall take into account the pay in the relevant health service area, as designated by the Department of Health and Human Services. 
 
Market pay in a health professional shortage area for a physician's or dentist's specialty may exceed by up to 25% the market pay for a physician or dentist in a health service area with a specialty or assignment not relevant to the health professional shortage area.
 
The VA shall: (1) evaluate the market pay of a physician or dentist every 12 months; and (2) in implementing a promotion system, create parity between the grades and annual rates of basic pay for VHA employees performing similar duties in the same facility, regardless of service time.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2017-03-27
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2017-03-10
text: Referred to the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
action_date: 2017-03-10
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2017-03-10
text: Introduced in House
VA Health Care Provider Education Debt Relief Act of 2017

Bill: 115-hr-1506
Sponsor: Rep. O'Rourke, Beto [D-TX-16]
Introduced: 2017-03-10 in the House
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Department of Veterans Affairs
Government employee pay, benefits, personnel management
Health care coverage and access
Health personnel
Medical education
Student aid and college costs
Veterans' medical care

Summary:
action_date: 2017-03-10
text: 

VA Health Care Provider Education Debt Relief Act of 2017

 
This bill increases the annual and five-year caps on the amount of education debt reduction available to Veterans Health Administration health care professionals under the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) education debt reduction program. 
 
The VA may waive such caps for a participant working in a geographical area designated by the Department of Health and Human Services as a health professional shortage area with respect to such participant's specialty or assignment. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2018-04-17
text: Subcommittee Hearings Held.
action_date: 2017-03-27
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2017-03-10
text: Referred to the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
action_date: 2017-03-10
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2017-03-10
text: Introduced in House