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ADVANCE Act

Bill: 115-hr-3129
Sponsor: Rep. Heck, Denny [D-WA-10]
Introduced: 2017-06-29 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Housing and community development funding
Housing supply and affordability
Income tax credits
Indian social and development programs
Low- and moderate-income housing
Public-private cooperation

Summary:
action_date: 2017-06-29
text: 

Aiding Development of Vital Assets in Native Communities and Environments Act of 2017 or the ADVANCE Act

 
This bill amends the Riegle Community Development and Regulatory Improvement Act of 1994 to require the Community Development Financial Institutions (CDFI) Fund to provide outreach and training with respect to the New Markets Tax Credit (NMTC) in low-income communities with a disproportionately low amount of low-income community investments by community development entities. 
 
(The NMTC is a non-refundable tax credit intended to encourage private capital investment in low-income communities. NMTCs are allocated by the CDFI Fund, a bureau of the Department of the Treasury, using a competitive application process.) 
 
The CFDI Fund must also: (1) include in the application for the NMTC questions to determine and consider, as an innovative use or a comparable incentive in evaluating applications, the extent to which the applicant intends to make low-income community investments within Indian country; and (2) to the maximum extent practicable, ensure that at least one community development entity whose primary mission is to fund projects within or that directly benefit Indian country receives an allocation for each allocation round. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2017-06-29
text: Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committee on Financial 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: 2017-06-29
text: Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committee on Financial 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: 2017-06-29
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2017-06-29
text: Introduced in House
Endangered Species Litigation Reasonableness Act

Bill: 115-hr-3131
Sponsor: Rep. Huizenga, Bill [R-MI-2]
Introduced: 2017-06-29 in the House
Policy area: Environmental Protection
Subjects: Civil actions and liability
Endangered and threatened species
Legal fees and court costs
Wildlife conservation and habitat protection

Summary:
action_date: 2017-06-29
text: 

Endangered Species Litigation Reasonableness Act 

 
This bill amends the Endangered Species Act of 1973 to replace the current standard for awarding court costs, including attorney fees, in citizen suits with the federal judicial code standard for awarding costs to a prevailing party. 

action_date: 2018-02-15
text: 
(This measure has not been amended since it was introduced. The summary has been expanded because action occurred on the measure.)
 

Endangered Species Litigation Reasonableness Act 

 
(Sec. 2) This bill amends the Endangered Species Act of 1973 to replace the current standard for awarding court costs, including attorney fees, in citizen suits with the federal judicial code standard for awarding costs to a prevailing party. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2018-02-15
text: Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 424.
action_date: 2018-02-15
text: Committee on the Judiciary discharged.
action_date: 2018-02-15
text: Committee on the Judiciary discharged.
action_date: 2018-02-15
text: Reported by the Committee on Natural Resources. H. Rept. 115-563, Part I.
action_date: 2018-02-15
text: Reported by the Committee on Natural Resources. H. Rept. 115-563, Part I.
action_date: 2017-10-04
text: Ordered to be Reported by the Yeas and Nays: 22 - 16.
action_date: 2017-10-04
text: Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
action_date: 2017-07-19
text: Committee Hearings Held.
action_date: 2017-06-29
text: Referred to the Committee on Natural Resources, 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: 2017-06-29
text: Referred to the Committee on Natural Resources, 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: 2017-06-29
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2017-06-29
text: Introduced in House
Streamlining Environmental Approvals Act of 2017

Bill: 115-hr-3133
Sponsor: Rep. Johnson, Mike [R-LA-4]
Introduced: 2017-06-29 in the House
Policy area: Animals
Subjects: Animal protection and human-animal relationships
Endangered and threatened species
Mammals
Marine and coastal resources, fisheries
Trade restrictions
Wildlife conservation and habitat protection

Summary:
action_date: 2017-06-29
text: 

Streamlining Environmental Approvals Act of 2017 or the SEA Act of 2017

 
This bill amends the Marine Mammal Protection Act of 1972 to: (1) limit the scope of the moratorium on taking and importing marine mammals and marine mammal products, and (2) revise the requirements for obtaining an authorization for incidentally taking by harassment marine mammals (incidental harassment authorizations or IHAs). Harassment is an act of pursuit, torment or annoyance which has the potential to either: (1) injure a marine mammal in the wild; or (2) disturb a marine mammal by causing disruption of behavioral patterns, such as migration or breeding.
 
The bill: (1) allows persons who are not U.S. citizens to make requests to obtain IHAs, (2) eliminates the requirement that the taking occur within a specific geographic region, and (3) permits more than a small number of marine mammals to be taken. 
 
Monitoring requirements under an IHA must be efficient and practical. Additionally, the bill eliminates a requirement that IHAs prescribe reporting requirements. Any condition imposed by an IHA for minimizing adverse impacts on marine mammals may not result in more than a minor change to the activity and may not alter the activity's basic design, location, scope, duration, or timing. 
 
The bill establishes a process and deadlines for approving or denying IHAs, including a process for extending IHAs.
 
Any taking of a marine mammal in compliance with an IHA is exempt from the prohibitions on takings under the Endangered Species Act of 1973.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2018-11-16
text: Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 804.
action_date: 2018-11-16
text: Reported by the Committee on Natural Resources. H. Rept. 115-1030.
action_date: 2018-11-16
text: Reported by the Committee on Natural Resources. H. Rept. 115-1030.
action_date: 2018-01-10
text: Ordered to be Reported by Voice Vote.
action_date: 2018-01-10
text: Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
action_date: 2018-01-10
text: Subcommittee on Water, Power and Oceans Discharged.
action_date: 2017-07-19
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Water, Power and Oceans.
action_date: 2017-06-29
text: Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.
action_date: 2017-06-29
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2017-06-29
text: Introduced in House
Transforming Student Debt to Home Equity Act of 2017

Bill: 115-hr-3134
Sponsor: Rep. Kaptur, Marcy [D-OH-9]
Introduced: 2017-06-29 in the House
Policy area: Housing and Community Development
Subjects: Accounting and auditing
Higher education
Housing and community development funding
Housing finance and home ownership
Student aid and college costs

Summary:
action_date: 2017-06-29
text: 

Transforming Student Debt to Home Equity Act of 2017

 
This bill requires the Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) and the Federal Housing Finance Agency to jointly establish and implement a pilot demonstration program to provide, to eligible applicants with federal student loan debt, assistance in purchasing eligible properties. Specifically, the program may provide for: (1) discounts on the appraised value of eligible properties, (2) flexibility in certain underwriting standards, (3) the development of new mortgage products specifically targeted to eligible applicants, (4) the development of a program that uses actuarial information to determine how the repayment of federal student loans may be integrated into a mortgage repayment schedule to allow eligible applicants to accumulate home equity, and (5) other appropriate assistance.
 
An "eligible property" is a property: (1) that is designed as a dwelling for occupancy by one to four families; (2) that is safe and habitable; (3) the occupancy of which will promote community revitalization; and (4) that is owned by HUD, the Federal National Mortgage Association (Fannie Mae), or the Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corporation (Freddie Mac).


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2017-06-29
text: Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services.
action_date: 2017-06-29
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR H5357, E931)
action_date: 2017-06-29
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2017-06-29
text: Introduced in House
Community Flood Insurance Savings Act of 2017

Bill: 115-hr-3135
Sponsor: Rep. Keating, William R. [D-MA-9]
Introduced: 2017-06-29 in the House
Policy area: Finance and Financial Sector
Subjects: Disaster relief and insurance
Floods and storm protection
State and local government operations

Summary:
action_date: 2017-06-29
text: 

Community Flood Insurance Savings Act of 2017

 
This bill amends the National Flood Insurance Act of 1968 to authorize the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) to provide grants to associations of states and local communities for the purpose of employing program coordinators for the National Flood Insurance Program (NFIP) Community Rating System. The Community Rating System provides flood insurance premium rate discounts to communities that exceed NFIP floodplain management requirements.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2017-06-29
text: Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services.
action_date: 2017-06-29
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2017-06-29
text: Introduced in House
Graduate Student Savings Act of 2017

Bill: 115-hr-3136
Sponsor: Rep. Kennedy, Joseph P., III [D-MA-4]
Introduced: 2017-06-29 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Employee benefits and pensions
Higher education
Income tax deductions
Student aid and college costs

Summary:
action_date: 2017-06-29
text: 

Graduate Student Savings Act of 201

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This bill amends the Internal Revenue Code to allow funds paid to an individual to aid in the pursuit of graduate or postdoctoral study or research to be saved in an Individual Retirement Account (IRA). The bill permits the funds to be considered compensation for purposes of current law provisions that limit annual deductible IRA contributions to the lesser of: (1) the deductible amount permitted under current law, or (2) the compensation includible in the individual's gross income for the year. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2017-06-29
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2017-06-29
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2017-06-29
text: Introduced in House
Promoting Women in STEM Act

Bill: 115-hr-3137
Sponsor: Rep. Kildee, Daniel T. [D-MI-5]
Introduced: 2017-06-29 in the House
Policy area: Labor and Employment
Subjects: Education programs funding
Science and engineering education
Vocational and technical education
Women's education
Women's employment

Summary:
action_date: 2017-06-29
text: 
 
Promoting Women in STEM Act

 
This bill amends the Carl D. Perkins Career and Technical Education Act of 2006 to require state leadership activities under the Act to include supporting programs that increase the participation of women in career and technical education programs leading to occupations in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2017-06-29
text: Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce.
action_date: 2017-06-29
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2017-06-29
text: Introduced in House
Tribal Tax and Investment Reform Act of 2017

Bill: 115-hr-3138
Sponsor: Rep. Kind, Ron [D-WI-3]
Introduced: 2017-06-29 in the House
Policy area: Native Americans
Subjects: Adoption and foster care
Charitable contributions
Government employee pay, benefits, personnel management
Government information and archives
Income tax credits
Income tax deductions
Income tax exclusion
Indian social and development programs
Sales and excise taxes
Securities
Separation, divorce, custody, support
Social work, volunteer service, charitable organizations
State and local finance
Tax administration and collection, taxpayers
Tax-exempt organizations

Summary:
action_date: 2017-06-29
text: 

Tribal Tax and Investment Reform Act of 201

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This bill amends the Internal Revenue Code (IRC) to include Indian tribal governments in an annual allocation of a national tax-exempt bond volume cap. The bill repeals provisions that limit an Indian tribal government's eligibility to issue tax-exempt bonds or to be exempt from specified excise taxes to transactions involving the exercise of an essential government function customarily performed by state and local governments. 
 
The bill amends the IRC and the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (ERISA) to treat employee benefit or pension plans maintained by Indian tribes and domestic relations orders issued pursuant to tribal law in the same manner as plans maintained by states and domestic relations orders issued pursuant to state law.
 
The bill treats tribal charities and foundations in the same manner as charities and foundations funded and controlled by other governmental entities for purposes of the tax-exempt status of, and deduction for contributions to, such organizations.
 
The bill amends the Social Security Act to give Indian tribes or tribal organizations access to the Federal Parent Locator Service if they are eligible for a grant to operate a child support enforcement program. It makes those tribes and tribal organizations eligible to participate in the program that collects past-due support from individual tax refunds. 
 
An Indian tribal government may determine whether a child has special needs for the purpose of the tax credit for the adoption of a child with special needs. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2017-06-29
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: 2017-06-29
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: 2017-06-29
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2017-06-29
text: Introduced in House
Hearing Protection Act of 2017

Bill: 115-hr-3139
Sponsor: Rep. King, Steve [R-IA-4]
Introduced: 2017-06-29 in the House
Policy area: Transportation and Public Works
Subjects: Crime and Law Enforcement
Federal preemption
Firearms and explosives
Law enforcement officers
Licensing and registrations
Sales and excise taxes
State and local taxation

Summary:
action_date: 2017-06-29
text: 

Hearing Protection Act of 2017

 
This bill amends the Internal Revenue Code: (1) to remove silencers from the list of firearms subject to regulation under the National Firearms Act (NFA), and (2) to specify that a person who lawfully acquires or possesses a silencer under provisions of the federal criminal code meets the registration and licensing requirements of the NFA.
 
Additionally, the bill amends the federal criminal code:
 
 
to preempt state or local laws that tax or regulate firearm silencers, 
 
to exclude a muffler or silencer from the list of firearms subject to regulation, 
 
to eliminate mandatory minimum prison terms for a crime of violence or drug trafficking offense in which a defendant uses or carries a firearm equipped with a silencer, and 
 
to permit active and retired law enforcement officers to carry a concealed silencer. 
 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2017-07-24
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, Homeland Security, and Investigations.
action_date: 2017-06-29
text: Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, 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: 2017-06-29
text: Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, 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: 2017-06-29
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2017-06-29
text: Introduced in House
ACTION for National Service Act

Bill: 115-hr-3140
Sponsor: Rep. Larson, John B. [D-CT-1]
Introduced: 2017-06-29 in the House
Policy area: Social Welfare
Subjects: Aging
Corporation for National and Community Service
Executive agency funding and structure
Government employee pay, benefits, personnel management
Higher education
Income tax exclusion
National and community service
Social work, volunteer service, charitable organizations
Student aid and college costs
Tax-exempt organizations

Summary:
action_date: 2017-06-29
text: 

America's Call To Improve Opportunities Now for National Service Act or the ACTION for National Service Act

 
This bill amends the National and Community Service Act of 1990 and the Domestic Volunteer Service Act of 1973 to reestablish the Corporation for National and Community Service as an independent executive agency called the National and Community Service Administration.
 
An individual who successfully completes a term of full-time national service shall be entitled to a national service educational award equal to twice the amount of tuition for the institution of higher education where the individual is enrolled, not to exceed twice the average in-state tuition. Current law limits the award's value to the maximum amount of a Federal Pell Grant that an individual is eligible to receive in the aggregate.
 
Within the administration, the bill establishes an interagency working group to evaluate specified issues related to: (1) eligibility for tuition and student loan repayment assistance with regard to participation in certain national or volunteer service programs, (2) the advisability of granting federal hiring preference to certain volunteer program participants, and (3) methods for increasing the participation of seniors in national service programs.
 
The National Service Foundation, a nonprofit corporation established by the bill, shall accept and administer gifts made in connection with the administration.
 
The bill expresses support for the authorization of appropriations sufficient to provide, within 10 years, volunteer service opportunities for at least 1 million volunteers in full-time national service annually.
 
The bill amends the Internal Revenue Code to exclude AmeriCorps educational awards from gross income.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2017-06-29
text: Referred to the Committee on Education and the Workforce, 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: 2017-06-29
text: Referred to the Committee on Education and the Workforce, 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: 2017-06-29
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2017-06-29
text: Introduced in House
Taxpayer Transparency Act of 2017

Bill: 115-hr-3141
Sponsor: Rep. Long, Billy [R-MO-7]
Introduced: 2017-06-29 in the House
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Subjects: Government information and archives
Marketing and advertising
Tax administration and collection, taxpayers

Summary:
action_date: 2017-06-29
text: 

Taxpayer Transparency Act of 2017

 
 This bill requires each communication funded by a federal agency that is an advertisement, or that provides information about any federal program, benefit, or service, to clearly state: (1) in the case of a printed communication, including mass mailings, signs, and billboards, that the communication is printed or published at taxpayer expense; and (2) in the case of a communication transmitted through radio, television, or the Internet, that the communication is produced or disseminated at taxpayer expense. Such notification must state that a communication is provided by the U.S. government, rather than at taxpayer expense, if the communication is funded entirely by user fees or by other sources that do not include federal funds.
 
The bill requires any such printed communication to be of sufficient size to be clearly readable, to be contained in a printed box set apart from the other contents of the communication, and to be printed with a reasonable degree of color contrast between the background and the printed statement. The bill sets forth similar requirements for audio, video, and email communications.
 
The Office of Management and Budget must develop and issue guidance on implementing the requirements of this bill. 
 
The bill prohibits judicial review of compliance with this bill. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2017-06-29
text: Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform.
action_date: 2017-06-29
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2017-06-29
text: Introduced in House
Appalachian Forest National Heritage Area Act of 2017

Bill: 115-hr-3142
Sponsor: Rep. McKinley, David B. [R-WV-1]
Introduced: 2017-06-29 in the House
Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources
Subjects: Coal
Economic development
Forests, forestry, trees
Historic sites and heritage areas
Land use and conservation
Mining
West Virginia

Summary:
action_date: 2017-06-29
text: 

Appalachian Forest National Heritage Area Act of 2017

 This bill establishes the Appalachian Forest National Heritage Area to include specified counties in the states of Maryland and West Virginia. 
The bill designates the Appalachian Forest Heritage Area, Inc., as the local coordinating entity for the area.
 
The bill also requires the Appalachian Forest Heritage Area, Inc., to submit a management plan that provides for the management and conservation of cultural, natural, historical, educational, scenic, and recreational resources of the area. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2017-07-19
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Federal Lands.
action_date: 2017-06-29
text: Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.
action_date: 2017-06-29
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2017-06-29
text: Introduced in House