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Student Security Act of 2017

Bill: 115-hr-4584
Sponsor: Rep. Garrett, Thomas A., Jr. [R-VA-5]
Introduced: 2017-12-07 in the House
Policy area: Education
Subjects: Education programs funding
Higher education
Medical education
Military personnel and dependents
National Guard and reserves
Student aid and college costs
Veterans' education, employment, rehabilitation

Summary:
action_date: 2017-12-07
text: 

Student Security Act of 2017

 
This bill amends the Higher Education Act of 1965 to require the Department of Education and the Social Security Administration to jointly carry out a student loan forgiveness program that will forgive Federal Direct loans in exchange for delayed eligibility for old-age insurance benefits under the Social Security Act.
 
In addition, the bill authorizes the transfer of amounts from the Federal Old-Age and Survivors Insurance Trust Fund into the Federal Disability Insurance Trust Fund if borrowing is necessary to pay full benefit payments from the Federal Disability Insurance Trust Fund.
 
The bill amends the Internal Revenue Code to expand the exclusion from gross income of income attributable to the discharge of student loan indebtedness to include indebtedness discharged under the program.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2018-01-05
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Social Security.
action_date: 2017-12-07
text: Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committee on Education and the Workforce, 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: 2017-12-07
text: Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committee on Education and the Workforce, 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: 2017-12-07
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2017-12-07
text: Introduced in House
Save Net Neutrality Act of 2017

Bill: 115-hr-4585
Sponsor: Rep. Maloney, Sean Patrick [D-NY-18]
Introduced: 2017-12-07 in the House
Policy area: Science, Technology, Communications
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Federal Communications Commission (FCC)
Internet and video services
Internet, web applications, social media

Summary:
action_date: 2017-12-07
text: 

Save Net Neutrality Act of 2017

 
This bill prevents the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) from using the Notice of Proposed Rulemaking in the matter of restoring Internet freedom adopted by the FCC on May 18, 2017, to satisfy the general notice requirement for ending the FCC's public-utility regulation of the Internet. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2017-12-08
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Communications and Technology.
action_date: 2017-12-07
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2017-12-07
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2017-12-07
text: Introduced in House
Geoengineering Research Evaluation Act of 2017

Bill: 115-hr-4586
Sponsor: Rep. McNerney, Jerry [D-CA-9]
Introduced: 2017-12-07 in the House
Policy area: Environmental Protection
Subjects: Air quality
Atmospheric science and weather
Climate change and greenhouse gases
Environmental assessment, monitoring, research
Government studies and investigations
Research administration and funding

Summary:
action_date: 2017-12-07
text: 

Geoengineering Research Evaluation Act of 2017

 
This bill requires the Department of Energy to contract with the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine to conduct a study and develop: (1) a Phase I report recommending a research agenda for advancing understanding of albedo modification strategies that involve atmospheric interventions, such as cloud modification; and (2) a Phase II report that provides specific guidance on governance mechanisms for the proposed research agenda developed in Phase I. Generally, albedo modifications are geoengineering strategies that are designed to manipulate the climate and reduce the amount of radiation that is trapped in the earth&rsquo;s atmosphere by reflecting light.
 
After the completion of the Phase II report, the Office of Science and Technology Policy must report to Congress on an implementation plan for geoengineering research and research governance.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2018-05-22
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Environment.
action_date: 2017-12-07
text: Referred to the House Committee on Science, Space, and Technology.
action_date: 2017-12-07
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E1673)
action_date: 2017-12-07
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2017-12-07
text: Introduced in House
Wounded Warrior Research Enhancement Act

Bill: 115-hr-4587
Sponsor: Rep. Cartwright, Matt [D-PA-17]
Introduced: 2017-12-07 in the House
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Aging
Conflicts and wars
Congressional oversight
Disability and paralysis
Health technology, devices, supplies
Materials
Medical research
Military medicine
Neurological disorders
Research administration and funding
Veterans' medical care

Summary:
action_date: 2017-12-07
text: 

Wounded Warrior Research Enhancement Act

 
This bill directs the Department of Defense to award grants to advance orthotic and prosthetic care for members of the Armed Forces, veterans, and civilians who have undergone amputation, traumatic brain injury, and other serious injuries resulting from combat or military experience. The grants must fund research on: (1) outcomes for such patients, (2) materials used in orthotics and prosthetics, and (3) improving existing orthotic and prosthetic technology and the development of new technology.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2018-01-10
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Military Personnel.
action_date: 2017-12-07
text: Referred to the House Committee on Armed Services.
action_date: 2017-12-07
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2017-12-07
text: Introduced in House
Abraham Lincoln Medal for Public Sacrifice Act of 2017

Bill: 115-hr-4588
Sponsor: Rep. Cook, Paul [R-CA-8]
Introduced: 2017-12-07 in the House
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Congressional tributes
Government employee pay, benefits, personnel management

Summary:
action_date: 2017-12-07
text: 

Abraham Lincoln Medal for Public Sacrifice Act of 2017
 
 
This bill establishes the Abraham Lincoln Medal for Public Sacrifice. The medal is awarded to officers or employees of the federal government, other than members of the Armed Forces, who are wounded or killed while acting in their official capacity.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2017-12-07
text: Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform.
action_date: 2017-12-07
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2017-12-07
text: Introduced in House
Supporting Children of the National Guard and Reserve Act

Bill: 115-hr-4589
Sponsor: Rep. Correa, J. Luis [D-CA-46]
Introduced: 2017-12-07 in the House
Policy area: Education
Subjects: Academic performance and assessments
Education programs funding
Elementary and secondary education
Government information and archives
Military personnel and dependents
National Guard and reserves

Summary:
action_date: 2017-12-07
text: 

Supporting Children of the National Guard and Reserve Act

 
This bill amends the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 to include students with a parent who serves in the reserve component of the Armed Forces under the military student identifier program. Thus, schools must assign those students identification numbers that allow the schools to monitor their achievement on academic assessments.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2017-12-07
text: Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce.
action_date: 2017-12-07
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E1675)
action_date: 2017-12-07
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2017-12-07
text: Introduced in House
To provide an exception to certain mandatory minimum sentence requirements for a person employed outside the United States by a Federal agency, who uses, carries, or possesses the firearm during and in relation to a crime of violence committed while on-duty with a firearm required to be carried while on-duty.

Bill: 115-hr-4590
Sponsor: Rep. Burgess, Michael C. [R-TX-26]
Introduced: 2017-12-07 in the House
Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement
Subjects: Criminal procedure and sentencing
Diplomacy, foreign officials, Americans abroad
Firearms and explosives
Government employee pay, benefits, personnel management
Violent crime

Summary:
action_date: 2017-12-07
text: 
This bill amends the federal criminal code to exclude from certain minimum sentencing requirements a federal employee outside the United States who is required to carry a firearm while on duty and who, while on duty, uses, carries, or possesses the a firearm in a crime of violence.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2018-01-22
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, Homeland Security, and Investigations.
action_date: 2017-12-07
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2017-12-07
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2017-12-07
text: Introduced in House
Preventing Destabilization of Iraq Act of 2018

Bill: 115-hr-4591
Sponsor: Rep. Kinzinger, Adam [R-IL-16]
Introduced: 2017-12-07 in the House
Policy area: International Affairs
Subjects: Conflicts and wars
Congressional oversight
Diplomacy, foreign officials, Americans abroad
Foreign and international banking
Foreign property
Iran
Iraq
Middle East
Political parties and affiliation
Presidents and presidential powers, Vice Presidents
Reconstruction and stabilization
Sanctions
Syria
Terrorism
Visas and passports
War and emergency powers

Summary:
action_date: 2017-12-07
text: 

Preventing Iranian Destabilization of Iraq Act of 2017

 
This bill imposes property-blocking and U.S. entry/visa sanctions until January 1, 2022, against any foreign person or entity that: 
 
 
has knowingly committed, or poses a significant risk of committing, violence that threatens Iraq's stability or that undermines its economic reconstruction and political reform; 
 
has knowingly assisted, or provided financial, material, or technological support for any such activity; or
 
is owned or controlled by, or has acted on behalf of, a foreign person that has carried out any such activity. 
 
 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2018-11-28
text: Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations.
action_date: 2018-11-27
text: Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
action_date: 2018-11-27
text: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by voice vote. (text: CR H9593-9597)
action_date: 2018-11-27
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 H9593-9597)
action_date: 2018-11-27
text: DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on H.R. 4591.
action_date: 2018-11-27
text: Considered under suspension of the rules. (consideration: CR H9593-9594)
action_date: 2018-11-27
text: Mr. Royce (CA) moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended.
action_date: 2018-09-27
text: Committee Agreed to Seek Consideration Under Suspension of the Rules, by Unanimous Consent.
action_date: 2018-09-27
text: Ordered to be Reported in the Nature of a Substitute (Amended) by Unanimous Consent.
action_date: 2018-09-27
text: Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
action_date: 2017-12-07
text: Referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs, and in addition to the Committee on 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: 2017-12-07
text: Referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs, and in addition to the Committee on 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: 2017-12-07
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2017-12-07
text: Introduced in House
To amend title II of the Social Security Act to eliminate the two-year waiting period for divorced spouse's benefits following the divorce.

Bill: 115-hr-4592
Sponsor: Rep. Lowey, Nita M. [D-NY-17]
Introduced: 2017-12-07 in the House
Policy area: Social Welfare
Subjects: Separation, divorce, custody, support
Social security and elderly assistance

Summary:
action_date: 2017-12-07
text: 
This bill amends title II (Old Age, Survivors, and Disability Insurance) (OASDI) of the Social Security Act to eliminate the two-year waiting period following a divorce for a divorced spouse to become entitled to a former spouse's OASDI benefits.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2017-12-07
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2017-12-07
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2017-12-07
text: Introduced in House
To amend title II of the Social Security Act to provide for full benefits for disabled widows and widowers without regard to age.

Bill: 115-hr-4593
Sponsor: Rep. Lowey, Nita M. [D-NY-17]
Introduced: 2017-12-07 in the House
Policy area: Social Welfare
Subjects: Disability and paralysis
Marriage and family status
Social security and elderly assistance

Summary:
action_date: 2017-12-07
text: 
This bill amends title II (Old Age, Survivors, and Disability Insurance) (OASDI) of the Social Security Act to provide for full OASDI benefits, without regard to age, for disabled individuals who are widowed.
 
In addition, the bill exempts disabled individuals who are widowed from certain reductions in OASDI benefits and otherwise revises provisions related to such reductions.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2017-12-07
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2017-12-07
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2017-12-07
text: Introduced in House
To amend title II of the Social Security Act to provide for increases in widow's and widower's insurance benefits by reason of delayed retirement.

Bill: 115-hr-4594
Sponsor: Rep. Lowey, Nita M. [D-NY-17]
Introduced: 2017-12-07 in the House
Policy area: Social Welfare
Subjects: Social security and elderly assistance

Summary:
action_date: 2017-12-07
text: 
This bill provides for increases in benefits for widows and widowers under the Old Age, Survivors, and Disability Insurance program on the basis of delayed retirement.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2017-12-07
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2017-12-07
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2017-12-07
text: Introduced in House
To amend title II of the Social Security Act to repeal the 7-year restriction on eligibility for widow's and widower's insurance benefits based on disability.

Bill: 115-hr-4595
Sponsor: Rep. Lowey, Nita M. [D-NY-17]
Introduced: 2017-12-07 in the House
Policy area: Social Welfare
Subjects: Disability and paralysis
Social security and elderly assistance

Summary:
action_date: 2017-12-07
text: 
This bill repeals the seven-year restriction on eligibility for widow's and widower's insurance benefit payments based on disability.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2017-12-07
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2017-12-07
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2017-12-07
text: Introduced in House
Cooperative Research and Development Fund Authorization Act of 2017

Bill: 115-hr-4596
Sponsor: Rep. Lujan, Ben Ray [D-NM-3]
Introduced: 2017-12-07 in the House
Policy area: Science, Technology, Communications
Subjects: Energy research
Performance measurement
Public contracts and procurement
Public-private cooperation
Research administration and funding
Research and development
Small business
Technology transfer and commercialization

Summary:
action_date: 2017-12-07
text: 

Cooperative Research and Development Fund Authorization Act of 2017
 

 This bill directs the Department of Energy (DOE) to make funds available to DOE national laboratories for the federal cost share of cooperative research and development agreements that support the maturing of laboratory technology and the transferring of it to the private sector. 
 
 DOE shall: (1) determine the apportionment of such funds to each DOE national laboratory, (2) ensure that special consideration is given to small business firms and consortia involving such firms in the selection of which agreements will receive such funds, and (3) ensure that certain performance evaluation metrics are used. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2018-05-22
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Energy.
action_date: 2017-12-07
text: Referred to the House Committee on Science, Space, and Technology.
action_date: 2017-12-07
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2017-12-07
text: Introduced in House
College Loan Deferment for Recovery Act

Bill: 115-hr-4597
Sponsor: Rep. MacArthur, Thomas [R-NJ-3]
Introduced: 2017-12-07 in the House
Policy area: Education
Subjects: Drug, alcohol, tobacco use
Higher education
Interest, dividends, interest rates
Long-term, rehabilitative, and terminal care
Student aid and college costs

Summary:
action_date: 2017-12-07
text: 

College Loan Deferment for Recovery Act

 
This bill amends the Higher Education Act of 1965 to allow borrowers to defer student loans while they are enrolled in a drug treatment program and during the 30 days after completing the program.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2017-12-07
text: Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce.
action_date: 2017-12-07
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2017-12-07
text: Introduced in House
To amend the Small Business Act to require public communications about disaster assistance resources to be made in multiple languages.

Bill: 115-hr-4598
Sponsor: Rep. Meng, Grace [D-NY-6]
Introduced: 2017-12-07 in the House
Policy area: Commerce
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Disaster relief and insurance
Foreign language and bilingual programs
Government lending and loan guarantees
Small Business Administration
Small business

Summary:
action_date: 2017-12-07
text: 
This bill directs the Small Business Administration to make every effort to use multiple languages when informing the public about information related to the availability of additional disaster assistance in the event of a declared major disaster.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2017-12-07
text: Referred to the House Committee on Small Business.
action_date: 2017-12-07
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2017-12-07
text: Introduced in House
Rock Creek National Park Act of 2017

Bill: 115-hr-4599
Sponsor: Del. Norton, Eleanor Holmes [D-DC-At Large]
Introduced: 2017-12-07 in the House
Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources
Subjects: District of Columbia
Parks, recreation areas, trails

Summary:
action_date: 2017-12-07
text: 

Rock Creek National Park Act of 2017

 
This bill redesignates Rock Creek Park in the District of Columbia as Rock Creek National Park. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2018-06-21
text: Subcommittee Hearings Held.
action_date: 2017-12-14
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Federal Lands.
action_date: 2017-12-07
text: Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.
action_date: 2017-12-07
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E1673-1674)
action_date: 2017-12-07
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2017-12-07
text: Introduced in House
Disaster Assistance Recoupment Fairness Act of 2017

Bill: 115-hr-4600
Sponsor: Rep. Pallone, Frank, Jr. [D-NJ-6]
Introduced: 2017-12-07 in the House
Policy area: Emergency Management
Subjects: Debt collection
Disaster relief and insurance

Summary:
action_date: 2017-12-07
text: 

Disaster Assistance Recoupment Fairness Act of 2017

 
 This bill requires the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) to: (1) waive a debt owed to the United States related to federal assistance provided under the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act to an individual or household in relation to a major disaster declared by the President between January 1, 2012, and the date of enactment of this bill, unless the debt involves fraud, the intentional presentation of a false claim, or intentional misrepresentation by the debtor or any party having an interest in the claim; and (2) reimburse a debtor for any payments already made on such a debt.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2017-12-08
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Economic Development, Public Buildings and Emergency Management.
action_date: 2017-12-07
text: Referred to the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.
action_date: 2017-12-07
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2017-12-07
text: Introduced in House
Defending Special Education Students and Families Act of 2017

Bill: 115-hr-4602
Sponsor: Rep. Polis, Jared [D-CO-2]
Introduced: 2017-12-07 in the House
Policy area: Education
Subjects: Appropriations
Education programs funding
Elementary and secondary education
Special education
State and local finance

Summary:
action_date: 2017-12-07
text: 

Defending Special Education Students and Families Act of 2017

 
This bill amends the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA) to authorize appropriations for grants to assist states in providing special education and related services to children with disabilities. For FY2018-FY2022, the bill authorizes specified amounts. For FY2023 and each subsequent fiscal year, the bill authorizes amounts using a specified formula.
 
The bill also amends the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985 to modify the discretionary spending limits for FY2018-FY2021. For each fiscal year, the bill decreases the limit for security spending by a specified amount and increases the limit for nonsecurity spending by the same amount. The nonsecurity spending increases are the same amounts as are authorized in the bill for additional funding under the IDEA in those fiscal years. 
 



Legislative actions:
action_date: 2017-12-07
text: Referred to the Committee on Education and the Workforce, 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: 2017-12-07
text: Referred to the Committee on Education and the Workforce, 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: 2017-12-07
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2017-12-07
text: Introduced in House