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To authorize the Secretary of the Interior to establish fees for medical services provided in units of the National Park System, and for other purposes.

Bill: 115-hr-3607
Sponsor: Rep. McClintock, Tom [R-CA-4]
Introduced: 2017-07-28 in the House
Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources
Subjects: Government trust funds
Health care costs and insurance
Health facilities and institutions
Parks, recreation areas, trails
User charges and fees

Summary:
action_date: 2017-07-28
text: 
This bill authorizes the Department of the Interior to establish and collect fees for medical services provided to persons in units of the National Park System. 
 
The bill establishes the National Park Medical Services Fund, to consist of donations and the fees collected for such services and to be available to Interior for:
 
 
providing such services;
 
preparing programmatic analyses and developing management plans for medical facilities, equipment, vehicles, and other needs for, and costs of, such services;
 
providing training related to furnishing such services; and 
 
obtaining or improving medical facilities, equipment, vehicles, and other needs and costs of such services. 
 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2018-12-12
text: Committee on Energy and Natural Resources Subcommittee on National Parks. Hearings held.
action_date: 2018-04-17
text: Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
action_date: 2018-04-16
text: Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
action_date: 2018-04-16
text: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by voice vote. (text: CR H3320)
action_date: 2018-04-16
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 H3320)
action_date: 2018-04-16
text: DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on H.R. 3607.
action_date: 2018-04-16
text: Considered under suspension of the rules. (consideration: CR H3320-3321)
action_date: 2018-04-16
text: Mr. McClintock moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended.
action_date: 2018-02-15
text: Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 426.
action_date: 2018-02-15
text: Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Natural Resources. H. Rept. 115-565.
action_date: 2018-02-15
text: Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Natural Resources. H. Rept. 115-565.
action_date: 2017-11-30
text: Ordered to be Reported (Amended) by Unanimous Consent.
action_date: 2017-11-30
text: Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
action_date: 2017-11-29
text: Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
action_date: 2017-11-29
text: Subcommittee on Federal Lands Discharged.
action_date: 2017-10-11
text: Subcommittee Hearings Held.
action_date: 2017-08-17
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Federal Lands.
action_date: 2017-07-28
text: Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.
action_date: 2017-07-28
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2017-07-28
text: Introduced in House
Endangered Species Transparency and Reasonableness Act

Bill: 115-hr-3608
Sponsor: Rep. McClintock, Tom [R-CA-4]
Introduced: 2017-07-28 in the House
Policy area: Environmental Protection
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Department of the Interior
Endangered and threatened species
Government information and archives
Wildlife conservation and habitat protection

Summary:
action_date: 2017-07-28
text: 

Endangered Species Transparency and Reasonableness Act

 
This bill amends the Endangered Species Act of 1973 (ESA) to require the Department of the Interior or the Department of Commerce, as appropriate, to make publicly available on the Internet, subject to privacy or administrative limitations, the best scientific and commercial data available that are the bases for the determination of whether a species is an endangered species or a threatened species, including each proposed regulation for the listing of a species.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2018-11-27
text: Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 815.
action_date: 2018-11-27
text: Reported by the Committee on Natural Resources. H. Rept. 115-1048.
action_date: 2018-11-27
text: Reported by the Committee on Natural Resources. H. Rept. 115-1048.
action_date: 2018-09-27
text: Ordered to be Reported by the Yeas and Nays: 19 - 12.
action_date: 2018-09-27
text: Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
action_date: 2018-09-26
text: Committee Hearings Held.
action_date: 2017-07-28
text: Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.
action_date: 2017-07-28
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2017-07-28
text: Introduced in House
ELEVATE Act

Bill: 115-hr-3609
Sponsor: Rep. Murphy, Stephanie N. [D-FL-7]
Introduced: 2017-07-28 in the House
Policy area: Education
Subjects: Caribbean area
Education programs funding
Elementary and secondary education
Foreign language and bilingual programs
Puerto Rico
U.S. territories and protectorates

Summary:
action_date: 2017-07-28
text: 

Ensuring Linguistic Excellence and Vocational Aptitude by Teaching English Act or the ELEVATE Act

 
This bill amends the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 to allow states to count students who relocated from Puerto Rico (where Spanish is the primary language) in their English learner programs for purposes of calculating federal funding for such programs.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2017-07-28
text: Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce.
action_date: 2017-07-28
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2017-07-28
text: Introduced in House
Donations in Rough Years (DRY) Act

Bill: 115-hr-3610
Sponsor: Rep. Noem, Kristi L. [R-SD-At Large]
Introduced: 2017-07-28 in the House
Policy area: Agriculture and Food
Subjects: Agricultural conservation and pollution
Disaster relief and insurance
Fires

Summary:
action_date: 2017-07-28
text: 

Donations in Rough Years (DRY) Act 

 
This bill amends the Food Security Act of 1985, with respect to the Conservation Reserve Program (CRP), to permit hay that is harvested in the course of an activity that is authorized under CRP and complies with the program's requirements to be donated to the owners or operators of certain farms or ranches that are in disaster areas or are experiencing a drought. 
 
(CRP provides payments to farmers who agree to remove environmentally sensitive land from agricultural production and plant species that will improve environmental health and quality.) 
 
The hay may be donated to the owner or operator of a farm or ranch that is located in: (1) the state in which the hay is harvested, and (2) a county that is either experiencing a drought with a specified intensity or with respect to which the President has issued a declaration under the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act that a major disaster exists due to a fire. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2017-09-01
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Conservation and Forestry.
action_date: 2017-07-28
text: Referred to the House Committee on Agriculture.
action_date: 2017-07-28
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2017-07-28
text: Introduced in House
Healthcare Outcomes Act of 2017

Bill: 115-hr-3611
Sponsor: Rep. Paulsen, Erik [R-MN-3]
Introduced: 2017-07-28 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Health care quality
Hospital care
Medicare

Summary:
action_date: 2017-07-28
text: 

Healthcare Outcomes Act of 2017

 
This bill amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act to replace the existing methodology for calculating Medicare payment adjustments for subsection (d) hospitals based on outcomes in readmissions and complications with a new methodology based on value-based outcomes in those and other areas. (In general, a "subsection (d) hospital" is an acute care hospital that receives payments under Medicare's inpatient prospective payment system.)
 
Specifically, the bill: (1) establishes a methodology for determining a hospital's financial impact attributable to complications, readmissions, return emergency room visits, and post-acute care episode expenditures; and (2) requires the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) to select methodologies for identifying potentially avoidable outcomes in those categories. Subject to both a ceiling and a floor, among other specified refinements, a hospital's payment adjustment factor for an applicable prospective period shall be based on the ratio of that financial impact to the aggregate amount of standardized payments made to the hospital with respect to that period. 
 
The CMS must ensure budget neutrality with respect to application of the payment adjustment factor across all subsection (d) hospitals.
 
The CMS shall regularly report to hospitals and to the public on each hospital's performance with regard to potentially avoidable outcomes.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2017-07-28
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2017-07-28
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2017-07-28
text: Introduced in House
Prioritizing Education in Conflict Zones Act of 2017

Bill: 115-hr-3612
Sponsor: Rep. Payne, Donald M., Jr. [D-NJ-10]
Introduced: 2017-07-28 in the House
Policy area: International Affairs
Subjects: Conflicts and wars
Elementary and secondary education
Federal officials
Foreign aid and international relief
Public-private cooperation
Refugees, asylum, displaced persons
Teaching, teachers, curricula
U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID)
Women's education

Summary:
action_date: 2017-07-28
text: 

Prioritizing Education in Conflict Zones Act of 2017

 
This bill amends the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 to authorize the Department of State and the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID), through the Director of Refugee Educational Assistance (to be designated by USAID), to provide long-term assistance to expand and improve primary and secondary education for displaced children from areas of conflict.
 
Such assistance shall be used to: (1) build the capacity for private sector and civil society organizations to develop and strengthen primary and secondary curricula, coordinate with host country educational facilities, and strengthen technical capacities; (2) establish and expand U.S.-host country educational partnerships; and (3) assist efforts to educate women and girls. 
 
 The director shall seek to use funding appropriated for the purposes of this bill to leverage private sector funding for such purposes and shall prioritize efforts to identify such sources of such private sector funding.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2017-07-28
text: Referred to the House Committee on Foreign Affairs.
action_date: 2017-07-28
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2017-07-28
text: Introduced in House
Safer Neighborhoods Gun Buyback Act of 2017

Bill: 115-hr-3613
Sponsor: Rep. Payne, Donald M., Jr. [D-NJ-10]
Introduced: 2017-07-28 in the House
Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement
Subjects: Criminal justice information and records
Firearms and explosives
Law enforcement administration and funding
Retail and wholesale trades

Summary:
action_date: 2017-07-28
text: 

Safer Neighborhoods Gun Buyback Act of 2017
 
This bill authorizes the Department of Justice's Bureau of Justice Assistance (BJA) to make grants to states, local governments, or gun dealers to conduct gun buyback programs. The BJA may distribute smart prepaid cards for use by a state, local government, or gun dealer to compensate individuals who dispose of firearms.
 
Additionally, the bill amends the federal criminal code to make it a crime to use or accept a smart prepaid card in the acquisition or transfer of a firearm or ammunition. A violator is subject to a fine, up to two years in prison, or both.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2017-09-06
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, Homeland Security, and Investigations.
action_date: 2017-07-28
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2017-07-28
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2017-07-28
text: Introduced in House
Guaranteed COLA Act

Bill: 115-hr-3614
Sponsor: Rep. Poliquin, Bruce [R-ME-2]
Introduced: 2017-07-28 in the House
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Subjects: Government buildings, facilities, and property
Inflation and prices
Military personnel and dependents
Social security and elderly assistance
Veterans' pensions and compensation

Summary:
action_date: 2017-07-28
text: 

Guaranteed COLA Act

 

 
This bill directs the General Services Administration (GSA) to sell buildings owned by the federal government that are not utilized. GSA must identify all such buildings and sell them not later than five years after they have been identified. The bill exempts buildings that have been set aside for preservation or historic purposes. 
 
The bill requires the net revenues from the sale of such buildings to be made available to increase the cost-of-living adjustments to: (1) social security retirement benefits, and (2) retirement benefits for members and former members of the Armed Forces. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2017-10-17
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Military Personnel.
action_date: 2017-07-28
text: Referred to the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, and in addition to the Committees on Ways and Means, and 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: 2017-07-28
text: Referred to the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, and in addition to the Committees on Ways and Means, and 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: 2017-07-28
text: Referred to the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, and in addition to the Committees on Ways and Means, and 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: 2017-07-28
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2017-07-28
text: Introduced in House
Vaccine Safety Study Act

Bill: 115-hr-3615
Sponsor: Rep. Posey, Bill [R-FL-8]
Introduced: 2017-07-28 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Government information and archives
Health information and medical records
Health promotion and preventive care
Immunology and vaccination
Medical research
Neurological disorders

Summary:
action_date: 2017-07-28
text: 

Vaccine Safety Study Act

 
This bill requires the National Institutes of Health (NIH) to conduct or support a study to: (1) compare total health outcomes, including the incidence and risk of autism, between vaccinated and unvaccinated U.S. populations; and (2) determine whether exposure to vaccines or vaccine components is associated with autism spectrum disorders, chronic conditions, or other neurological conditions.
 
The NIH must: (1) seek to include in the study populations that have traditionally remained unvaccinated for religious or other reasons, and (2) ensure the preservation of all data collected or used for the study to facilitate further research by the NIH or others.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2017-08-04
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2017-07-28
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2017-07-28
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2017-07-28
text: Introduced in House
Youth Summer Jobs and Public Service Act of 2017

Bill: 115-hr-3616
Sponsor: Rep. Richmond, Cedric L. [D-LA-2]
Introduced: 2017-07-28 in the House
Policy area: Labor and Employment
Subjects: Employment and training programs
Temporary and part-time employment
Youth employment and child labor

Summary:
action_date: 2017-07-28
text: 

Youth Summer Jobs and Public Service Act of 2017

 
 This bill amends the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act to direct the Department of Labor to award grants to states to help local areas with high concentrations of eligible youth to carry out summer employment programs to provide those youth with summer employment opportunities directly linked to academic and occupational learning.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2017-07-28
text: Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce.
action_date: 2017-07-28
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2017-07-28
text: Introduced in House
POSTAL Act of 2017

Bill: 115-hr-3617
Sponsor: Rep. Richmond, Cedric L. [D-LA-2]
Introduced: 2017-07-28 in the House
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Subjects: Bank accounts, deposits, capital
Executive agency funding and structure
Financial services and investments
Postal service
U.S. Postal Service

Summary:
action_date: 2017-07-28
text: 

Providing Opportunities for Savings, Transactions, and Lending Act of 2017 or the POSTAL Act of 2017

 
This bill expands the specific powers of the U.S. Postal Service (USPS) to include the provision of basic financial services, including: (1) small-dollar loans; (2) checking accounts, interest-bearing savings accounts, and services relating to international money transfers, each of which may be provided by the USPS alone or in partnership with depository institutions and credit unions; (3) other basic financial services as appropriate in the public interest; and (4) the creation of a Postal Card that allows users to engage in such financial services.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2017-07-28
text: Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform.
action_date: 2017-07-28
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2017-07-28
text: Introduced in House
Student Disciplinary Fairness Act of 2017

Bill: 115-hr-3618
Sponsor: Rep. Richmond, Cedric L. [D-LA-2]
Introduced: 2017-07-28 in the House
Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement
Subjects: Correctional facilities and imprisonment
Crime prevention
Criminal justice information and records
Criminal procedure and sentencing
Department of Justice
Due process and equal protection
Education programs funding
Elementary and secondary education
Executive agency funding and structure
Government information and archives
Juvenile crime and gang violence
Law enforcement administration and funding
Lawyers and legal services
School administration
Teaching, teachers, curricula

Summary:
action_date: 2017-07-28
text: 

Student Disciplinary Fairness Act of 2017

 
This bill amends the Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention Act of 1974 to establish within the Department of Justice (DOJ) an Office of School and Discipline Policy to reduce the number of juveniles who are incarcerated and develop a criminal history based on activity that occurs at school. 

The bill amends the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 to require applicants for grants under the Community Oriented Policing Services program to provide assurances that the administration of juvenile justice in their jurisdictions is consistent with constitutional guarantees, including due process and equal protection, and that probation terms for a juvenile meet certain conditions.
 
It amends the Violent Crime Control and Law Enforcement Act of 1994 to authorize DOJ to issue subpoenas during investigations of law enforcement agencies for alleged patterns or practices of conduct that violate constitutional rights.
 
Finally, the bill directs the Department of Education's Office of Civil Rights to make grants to states, local governments, and juvenile justice agencies to train teachers and administrators on de-escalation techniques to mitigate delinquent student behavior. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2017-09-21
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, Homeland Security, and Investigations.
action_date: 2017-07-28
text: Referred to the Committee on Education and the Workforce, 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: 2017-07-28
text: Referred to the Committee on Education and the Workforce, 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: 2017-07-28
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2017-07-28
text: Introduced in House
Increasing American Jobs and Exports Act

Bill: 115-hr-3619
Sponsor: Rep. Ruiz, Raul [D-CA-36]
Introduced: 2017-07-28 in the House
Policy area: Foreign Trade and International Finance
Subjects: Competitiveness, trade promotion, trade deficits
Executive agency funding and structure
Export-Import Bank of the United States
Government corporations and government-sponsored enterprises

Summary:
action_date: 2017-07-28
text: 

Increasing American Jobs and Exports Act

 
 This bill amends the Export-Import Bank Act of 1945 to authorize the Export-Import Bank of the United States, subject to appropriations, to use up to 3% of the bank's surplus, for each of the five fiscal years following enactment of this Act, to cover its administrative expenses.
 
The bank shall use at least one-third of that 3% of surplus to expand or establish bank regional offices.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2017-07-28
text: Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services.
action_date: 2017-07-28
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2017-07-28
text: Introduced in House
Affordable Coverage for More Americans Act of 2017

Bill: 115-hr-3620
Sponsor: Rep. Ruiz, Raul [D-CA-36]
Introduced: 2017-07-28 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Health care costs and insurance
Income tax credits

Summary:
action_date: 2017-07-28
text: 

 Affordable Coverage for More Americans Act of 2017 

 
This bill amends the Internal Revenue Code, with respect to the health care premium assistance refundable tax credit, to: (1) expand eligibility for the credit by defining an &quot;applicable taxpayer&quot; as a taxpayer whose household income for the year does not exceed 600% of the federal poverty line (currently 400%), (2) specify the applicable premium percentages for the credit for taxpayers with incomes that are from 400% to 600% of the federal poverty line, and (3) specify the dollar limitations for the recapture of excess advance payments of the credit from such taxpayers. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2017-07-28
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2017-07-28
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2017-07-28
text: Introduced in House
REAPPLY Act of 2017

Bill: 115-hr-3621
Sponsor: Rep. Russell, Steve [R-OK-5]
Introduced: 2017-07-28 in the House
Policy area: Science, Technology, Communications
Subjects: Telecommunication rates and fees
Telephone and wireless communication

Summary:
action_date: 2017-07-28
text: 

Rechecking Eligibility of Applicants to the Lifeline Program to Prevent Losses Yearly Act of 2017 or the REAPPLY Act of 2017

 
This bill directs the Federal Communications Commission to require telecommunications carriers that provide Lifeline services to require Lifeline subscribers to re-apply for the service every 12 months in order for the carriers to receive federal reimbursement for providing such services. (Lifeline is the federal government program to provide telecommunications services to low-income individuals. Current federal regulations require telecommunications carriers to annually certify that their Lifeline subscribers are still eligible for the service.) 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2017-08-04
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Communications and Technology.
action_date: 2017-07-28
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2017-07-28
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2017-07-28
text: Introduced in House