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Stop Price Gouging Act

Bill: 115-hr-2974
Sponsor: Rep. Pocan, Mark [D-WI-2]
Introduced: 2017-06-21 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Business records
Congressional oversight
Government information and archives
Government studies and investigations
Inflation and prices
Prescription drugs
Sales and excise taxes

Summary:
action_date: 2017-06-21
text: 

Stop Price Gouging Act 

 
This bill amends the Internal Revenue Code to impose an excise tax on pharmaceutical companies that sell prescription drugs that are subject to price spikes that exceed the annual percentage increase in the medical care consumer price index detailed expenditure category for all urban consumers (U.S. city average). 
 
For each taxable prescription drug, the excise tax ranges from 50% to 100% of price spike revenue received by the company, depending on the size of the price spike and including an adjustment for revenue that is due solely to an increase in the cost of the inputs necessary to manufacture the drug. 
 
Pharmaceutical companies must submit specified data regarding drug prices and revenue to the Inspector General (IG) of the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), and the IG must submit an assessment of the data to the Internal Revenue Service.
 
HHS, upon the recommendation of the IG, may exempt certain drugs from the excise tax if: (1) a for-cause price increase exemption should apply; or (2) the drug has an average manufacturer price of not greater than $10 for a 30-day supply and is marketed by at least 3 other holders of applications approved under the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act. 
 
The Government Accountability Office must examine: (1) how drug manufacturers and health plans establish initial launch prices for newly approved drugs, and (2) alternative methods that have been proposed for setting the price of new drugs. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2017-06-23
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2017-06-21
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: 2017-06-21
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: 2017-06-21
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2017-06-21
text: Introduced in House
SAFER TRANSIT Act

Bill: 115-hr-2975
Sponsor: Rep. Lipinski, Daniel [D-IL-3]
Introduced: 2017-06-21 in the House
Policy area: Transportation and Public Works
Subjects: Aviation and airports
Chemical and biological weapons
Government studies and investigations
Law enforcement administration and funding
Law enforcement officers
Motor carriers
Nuclear weapons
Performance measurement
Public transit
Radiation
Railroads
Research administration and funding
Research and development
Terrorism
Transportation programs funding
Transportation safety and security

Summary:
action_date: 2017-06-21
text: 

Securing America's Facilities, Equipment and Rail: Taking Responsibility for American National Security in Transit Act or the SAFER TRANSIT Act

 
This bill amends the Implementing Recommendations of the 9/11 Commission Act of 2007 to reauthorize through FY2020 the Visible Intermodal Prevention and Response (VIPR) program and other specified activities related to public transportation security. 
 
The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) must: (1) develop a Local Transit Security Instructor Training Program, and (2) take steps necessary to ensure that the Federal Air Marshal Service uses its resources to cover the highest-risk flights.
 
DHS shall direct the Directorate of Science and Technology to prioritize research of scalable, cost-effective technology solutions to detect chemical, biological, radiological, nuclear, and explosive threats abroad public transportation that are capable of continuous, real-time detecting of, and alerting passengers and operating personnel to, such threats.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2017-07-12
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Border and Maritime Security.
action_date: 2017-06-21
text: Referred to the House Committee on Homeland Security.
action_date: 2017-06-21
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2017-06-21
text: Introduced in House
Deferment for Active Cancer Treatment Act of 2017

Bill: 115-hr-2976
Sponsor: Rep. Ros-Lehtinen, Ileana [R-FL-27]
Introduced: 2017-06-21 in the House
Policy area: Education
Subjects: Cancer
Higher education
Interest, dividends, interest rates
Student aid and college costs

Summary:
action_date: 2017-06-21
text: 

Deferment for Active Cancer Treatment Act of 2017

 
This bill amends title IV (Student Assistance) of the Higher Education Act of 1965 to allow borrowers to defer student loans while they are receiving cancer treatment and during the six months after treatment.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2017-06-21
text: Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce.
action_date: 2017-06-21
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2017-06-21
text: Introduced in House
Voting Rights Advancement Act of 2017

Bill: 115-hr-2978
Sponsor: Rep. Sewell, Terri A. [D-AL-7]
Introduced: 2017-06-21 in the House
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Subjects: Civil actions and liability
Elections, voting, political campaign regulation
Federal-Indian relations
Jurisdiction and venue
Racial and ethnic relations
State and local government operations
Voting rights

Summary:
action_date: 2017-06-21
text: 

Voting Rights Advancement Act of 2017

 
This bill amends the Voting Rights Act of 1965 to allow a representative official of an Indian tribe, with authorization from the governing body of the tribe, to request one or more polling places to be located on tribal lands. The state or political subdivision shall provide each requested polling place at no expense to the Indian tribe if certain criteria are met.
 
A federal court shall retain jurisdiction to enforce constitutional voting guarantees, but also certain violations of the Act as well as of any federal prohibition against discrimination on the basis of race, color, or membership in a language minority group, for an appropriate period to prevent commencement of new devices to deny or abridge the right to vote.
 
Any state (and all of its political subdivisions) shall be subject to certain requirements for a 10-year period if:
 
 
15 or more voting rights violations occurred there during the previous 25 years; or 
10 or more violations occurred during the previous 25 years, at least one of which was committed by the state itself (as opposed to a political subdivision within it). 
 
 
A state or political subdivision that obtains a declaratory judgment that it has not used a device to deny or abridge the right to vote shall be exempt from such requirements unlessas specified. 
 
This bill prescribes transparency requirements regarding any changes to specified matters.
 
Department of Justice authority to assign observers receives new extensions. 
 
Courts shall grant preliminary injunctive relief if a complainant raises a serious question whether the challenged covered practice violates the Act or the Constitution and, on balance, the hardship imposed upon the defendant by the relief will be less than the hardship on the plaintiff if the relief were not granted.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2017-07-17
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E999-1000)
action_date: 2017-07-10
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on the Constitution and Civil Justice.
action_date: 2017-06-21
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2017-06-21
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2017-06-21
text: Introduced in House
Protecting Gun Owners in Bankruptcy Act of 2017

Bill: 115-hr-2980
Sponsor: Rep. Collins, Chris [R-NY-27]
Introduced: 2017-06-21 in the House
Policy area: Finance and Financial Sector
Subjects: Bankruptcy
Firearms and explosives

Summary:
action_date: 2017-06-21
text: 

Protecting Gun Owners in Bankruptcy Act of 2017

 
This bill amends the federal bankruptcy code to allow an individual debtor to exempt from their bankruptcy estate one or more fierarms, up to a total maximum value of $3,000. The bill also specifies that such firearms are household goods that are not subject to liens in bankruptcy.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2017-07-10
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Regulatory Reform, Commercial And Antitrust Law.
action_date: 2017-06-21
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2017-06-21
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2017-06-21
text: Introduced in House
Open Our Democracy Act of 2017

Bill: 115-hr-2981
Sponsor: Rep. Delaney, John K. [D-MD-6]
Introduced: 2017-06-21 in the House
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Subjects: Commemorative events and holidays
Congressional districts and representation
Congressional elections
Elections, voting, political campaign regulation
Employee leave
Government employee pay, benefits, personnel management
House of Representatives
Political parties and affiliation
Senate
State and local government operations

Summary:
action_date: 2017-06-21
text: 

Open Our Democracy Act of 2017

 
This bill requires open primaries for elections for the office of Senator or Member of the House of Representatives, with general elections between the two candidates receiving the greatest number of votes in each open primary regardless of political party preference. The bill also makes Election Day (the Tuesday after the first Monday of November in even-numbered years) a legal public holiday for federal employees and requires congressional redistricting to be conducted by an independent state commission. 
 

 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2017-07-10
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on the Constitution and Civil Justice.
action_date: 2017-06-21
text: Referred to the Committee on House Administration, and in addition to the Committees on Oversight and Government Reform, and the Judiciary, 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: 2017-06-21
text: Referred to the Committee on House Administration, and in addition to the Committees on Oversight and Government Reform, and the Judiciary, 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: 2017-06-21
text: Referred to the Committee on House Administration, and in addition to the Committees on Oversight and Government Reform, and the Judiciary, 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: 2017-06-21
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2017-06-21
text: Introduced in House
Covering our FAS Allies Act

Bill: 115-hr-2982
Sponsor: Rep. Hanabusa, Colleen [D-HI-1]
Introduced: 2017-06-21 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: American Samoa
Caribbean area
Foreign aid and international relief
Guam
Marshall Islands
Medicaid
Micronesia
Northern Mariana Islands
Oceania
Palau
Puerto Rico
Virgin Islands

Summary:
action_date: 2017-06-21
text: 

Covering our FAS Allies Act

 
This bill amends the Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act of 1996 to permit Medicaid coverage for citizens of the Freely Associated States (the Federated States of Micronesia, the Republic of the Marshall Islands, and the Republic of Palau) lawfully residing in the United States under the Compacts of Free Association.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2017-06-23
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2017-06-21
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2017-06-21
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2017-06-21
text: Introduced in House
Stop the Asian Carp Now Act of 2017

Bill: 115-hr-2983
Sponsor: Rep. Kaptur, Marcy [D-OH-9]
Introduced: 2017-06-21 in the House
Policy area: Water Resources Development
Subjects: Aquatic ecology
Dams and canals
Fishes
Government information and archives
Government studies and investigations
Great Lakes
Illinois
Lakes and rivers
Mississippi River

Summary:
action_date: 2017-06-21
text: 

Stop the Asian Carp Now Act of 2017

 
This bill directs the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers to release for public comment the Great Lakes and Mississippi River Interbasin Study - Brandon Road interim report that was scheduled for release on February 27, 2017. (The interim report is a feasibility study that assesses the viability of establishing a single point to control the upstream transfer of aquatic nuisance species from the Mississippi River Basin into the Great Lakes Basin in the vicinity of the Brandon Road Lock and Dam in Joliet, Illinois.)


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2017-06-22
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Water Resources and Environment.
action_date: 2017-06-21
text: Referred to the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.
action_date: 2017-06-21
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2017-06-21
text: Introduced in House
High Risk Pool, No Reward Act of 2017

Bill: 115-hr-2984
Sponsor: Rep. Maloney, Sean Patrick [D-NY-18]
Introduced: 2017-06-21 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Employee benefits and pensions
Health care costs and insurance
Health care coverage and access
Members of Congress
State and local government operations

Summary:
action_date: 2017-06-21
text: 

High Risk Pool, No Reward Act of 2017

 
This bill amends the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act to modify health insurance plan options for Members of Congress elected from a state that receives a federal waiver of the continuous coverage penalty under the American Health Care Act of 2017, if that bill is enacted. Such Members shall not be eligible for government health plans and shall be eligible for health insurance coverage in the individual market of that state.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2017-06-23
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2017-06-21
text: Referred to the Committee on House Administration, 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: 2017-06-21
text: Referred to the Committee on House Administration, 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: 2017-06-21
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2017-06-21
text: Introduced in House
No Carve Out for Congress Act of 2017

Bill: 115-hr-2985
Sponsor: Rep. Maloney, Sean Patrick [D-NY-18]
Introduced: 2017-06-21 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Employee benefits and pensions
Health care costs and insurance
Health care coverage and access
Members of Congress
State and local government operations

Summary:
action_date: 2017-06-21
text: 

No Carve Out for Congress Act of 2017

 
This bill amends the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act to modify health insurance plan options for Members of Congress elected from a state that receives a federal waiver of essential health benefits under the American Health Care Act of 2017, if that bill is enacted. Such Members shall not be eligible for government health plans and shall be eligible only for health insurance coverage with the lowest actuarial value (which is the plan that has the enrollee pay the highest percentage of cost sharing) in the individual market of that state.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2017-06-23
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2017-06-21
text: Referred to the Committee on House Administration, 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: 2017-06-21
text: Referred to the Committee on House Administration, 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: 2017-06-21
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2017-06-21
text: Introduced in House
Good for the Gander Act of 2017

Bill: 115-hr-2986
Sponsor: Rep. Maloney, Sean Patrick [D-NY-18]
Introduced: 2017-06-21 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Employee benefits and pensions
Health care costs and insurance
Health care coverage and access
Members of Congress
State and local government operations

Summary:
action_date: 2017-06-21
text: 

Good for the Gander Act of 2017

 
This bill amends the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act to modify health insurance plan options for Members of Congress elected from a state that receives a federal waiver of limits on premium variation by age under the American Health Care Act of 2017, if that bill is enacted. Such Members shall not be eligible for government health plans and shall be eligible only for health insurance coverage with the highest age band premium in the individual market of that state.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2017-06-23
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2017-06-21
text: Referred to the Committee on House Administration, 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: 2017-06-21
text: Referred to the Committee on House Administration, 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: 2017-06-21
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2017-06-21
text: Introduced in House
Ensuring Successful Reentry Act of 2017

Bill: 115-hr-2988
Sponsor: Del. Norton, Eleanor Holmes [D-DC-At Large]
Introduced: 2017-06-21 in the House
Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement
Subjects: Correctional facilities and imprisonment
Criminal procedure and sentencing
Wages and earnings

Summary:
action_date: 2017-06-21
text: 

Ensuring Successful Reentry Act of 2017

 
This bill amends the federal criminal code to modify the conditions under which an inmate may be temporarily released from custody to work at paid employment in the community. Specifically, it eliminates the requirement for an inmate to pay certain costs incident to his or her detention.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2017-06-21
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, Homeland Security, and Investigations.
action_date: 2017-06-21
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2017-06-21
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E866)
action_date: 2017-06-21
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2017-06-21
text: Introduced in House
To amend title II of the Social Security Act to prohibit inclusion of Social Security account numbers on Medicare cards, and for other purposes.

Bill: 115-hr-2990
Sponsor: Rep. Richmond, Cedric L. [D-LA-2]
Introduced: 2017-06-21 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Computer security and identity theft
Crime prevention
Department of Health and Human Services
Fraud offenses and financial crimes
Government information and archives
Medicare

Summary:
action_date: 2017-06-21
text: 
This bill amends title II (Old Age, Survivors, and Disability Insurance) of the Social Security Act to direct the Department of Health and Human Services to establish cost-effective procedures for ensuring that Social Security numbers are excluded from Medicare cards.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2017-06-30
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Social Security.
action_date: 2017-06-21
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2017-06-21
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2017-06-21
text: Introduced in House
Fairness in Forgiveness Act of 2017

Bill: 115-hr-2992
Sponsor: Rep. Swalwell, Eric [D-CA-15]
Introduced: 2017-06-21 in the House
Policy area: Education
Subjects: Department of Energy
Energy research
Government employee pay, benefits, personnel management
Higher education
Public contracts and procurement
Research administration and funding
Student aid and college costs

Summary:
action_date: 2017-06-21
text: 

Fairness in Forgiveness Act of 2017

 
This bill amends title IV (Student Assistance) of the Higher Education Act of 1965 to include as a public service job for purposes of the public service loan forgiveness program a full-time job as an employee of a management and operating contractor of a national laboratory owned by the Department of Energy. 
 
 This bill and its amendments take effect as if enacted on October 1, 2007.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2017-06-21
text: Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce.
action_date: 2017-06-21
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2017-06-21
text: Introduced in House
Guantanamo Recidivism Reduction Act of 2017

Bill: 115-hr-2993
Sponsor: Rep. Walorski, Jackie [R-IN-2]
Introduced: 2017-06-21 in the House
Policy area: International Affairs
Subjects: Caribbean area
Congressional oversight
Cuba
Detention of persons
Government information and archives
International law and treaties
Latin America
Military facilities and property
Terrorism

Summary:
action_date: 2017-06-21
text: 

Guantanamo Recidivism Reduction Act of 2017

 
This bill instructs the Department of Defense (DOD) to give annual briefings to specified congressional committees on the current activities and locations of individuals who are not members or former members of the armed forces, who were detained by or otherwise under the effective control of DOD at United States Naval Station, Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, on or after September 11, 2011, and who have engaged in acts of terrorism or support for terrorism after being transferred or released from such detention. 
 
The Department of State must: (1) maintain records containing the terms of any bilateral agreement between the United States and the country to which such an individual was transferred or released, and (2) make those records available to Congress within 90 days of the conclusion of any such agreement. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2017-06-21
text: Referred to the Committee on Armed Services, 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: 2017-06-21
text: Referred to the Committee on Armed Services, 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: 2017-06-21
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2017-06-21
text: Introduced in House