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Make It In America Manufacturing Communities Act

Bill: 115-hr-2264
Sponsor: Rep. Cicilline, David N. [D-RI-1]
Introduced: 2017-05-01 in the House
Policy area: Commerce
Subjects: Competitiveness, trade promotion, trade deficits
Economic development
Employment and training programs
Energy efficiency and conservation
Higher education
Industrial facilities
Industrial policy and productivity
Manufacturing
Minority employment
Public-private cooperation
U.S. and foreign investments
Women's employment

Summary:
action_date: 2017-05-01
text: 

Make It In America Manufacturing Communities Act

 
This bill requires the Department of Commerce to establish a Manufacturing Community Support Program to improve the competitiveness of U.S. manufacturing by: (1) designating consortiums as manufacturing communities, and (2) authorizing federal agencies electing to participate in the program to provide such communities preferential consideration in awarding financial and technical assistance.
 
A consortium, to be eligible for such designation and assistance, must: 
 
 
 represent a region that is large enough to contain critical elements of the key technologies or supply chain prioritized by the consortium and small enough to enable close collaboration among the consortium's members; 
 
 include at least one institution of higher education, a private sector entity, and a government entity; and 
 
 have a lead applicant that is a district organization, an Indian tribe, a state or political subdivision of a state, an institution of higher education, a nonprofit organization or association with an application supported by a state, a political subdivision of a state, or a native community. 
 
 
Commerce shall make such designations for a two-year period, and may renew a designation for additional two-year periods, based on specified criteria.
 
 Recipients may use such financial or technical assistance to support investments in ecosystems that will improve the competitiveness of U.S. manufacturing, including infrastructure, access to capital, promotion of exports and foreign direct investment, equipment upgrades, workforce training and recruitment, energy or process efficiency, business incubators, site preparation, advanced research, supply chain development, and small business assistance. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2017-05-01
text: Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services.
action_date: 2017-05-01
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2017-05-01
text: Introduced in House
Main Street Revival Act of 2017

Bill: 115-hr-2265
Sponsor: Rep. Collins, Chris [R-NY-27]
Introduced: 2017-05-01 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Economic performance and conditions
Employment taxes
Small business
Tax administration and collection, taxpayers

Summary:
action_date: 2017-05-01
text: 

Main Street Revival Act
 
of 2017

 
 This bill amends the Internal Revenue Code to allow a specified small business to pay its first-year employment taxes in four equal installments. The bill defines "specified small business" as any HUBZone business (a business operating in a historically underutilized business zone as defined by the Small Business Act) that is not reasonably expected to employ more than 25 full-time employees in its first year of operation.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2017-05-01
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2017-05-01
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2017-05-01
text: Introduced in House
Resident Physician Shortage Reduction Act of 2017

Bill: 115-hr-2267
Sponsor: Rep. Crowley, Joseph [D-NY-14]
Introduced: 2017-05-01 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Congressional oversight
Government studies and investigations
Health care coverage and access
Health personnel
Hospital care
Medical education
Medicare
Minority employment
Minority health
Rural conditions and development

Summary:
action_date: 2017-05-01
text: 

Resident Physician Shortage Reduction Act of 201

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This bill provides for the distribution of additional Medicare-supported residency positions to certain hospitals.
 
The bill directs the Government Accountability Office to study strategies for increasing the diversity of the health profession workforce.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2017-05-05
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2017-05-01
text: Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, 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: 2017-05-01
text: Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, 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: 2017-05-01
text: Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, 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: 2017-05-01
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2017-05-01
text: Introduced in House
Empowering Educators to Prevent Trafficking Act

Bill: 115-hr-2268
Sponsor: Rep. Davis, Susan A. [D-CA-53]
Introduced: 2017-05-01 in the House
Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement
Subjects: Crime victims
Crimes against children
Education programs funding
Elementary and secondary education
Employment discrimination and employee rights
Fraud offenses and financial crimes
Human trafficking
Sex offenses
Teaching, teachers, curricula
Worker safety and health

Summary:
action_date: 2017-05-01
text: 

Empowering Educators to Prevent Trafficking Act

 
This bill authorizes the Department of Justice's Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention to award grants to local educational agencies: (1) to train school staff to recognize and respond to signs of labor and sex trafficking, and (2) to provide classroom curricula to students on how to avoid becoming victims of labor and sex trafficking.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2017-05-01
text: Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce.
action_date: 2017-05-01
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2017-05-01
text: Introduced in House
Federal Refrigerant Management and Stewardship Act of 2017

Bill: 115-hr-2269
Sponsor: Rep. Davis, Rodney [R-IL-13]
Introduced: 2017-05-01 in the House
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
General Services Administration
Government buildings, facilities, and property
Public contracts and procurement
Solid waste and recycling

Summary:
action_date: 2017-05-01
text: 

Federal Refrigerant Management and Stewardship Act of 2017

 
This bill directs the General Services Administration to issue guidance relating to the procurement of reclaimed refrigerants to service existing equipment in public buildings.
 
Such guidance shall give preference to the use of reclaimed refrigerants if: (1) the refrigerant has been reclaimed by an individual or entity that is certified under the laboratory certification program of the Air Conditioning, Heating, and Refrigeration Institute; and (2) the price of the reclaimed refrigerant does not exceed the price of a newly manufactured refrigerant.
 
 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2017-05-01
text: Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform.
action_date: 2017-05-01
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2017-05-01
text: Introduced in House
PLUS Loan Disability Forgiveness Act

Bill: 115-hr-2270
Sponsor: Rep. Langevin, James R. [D-RI-2]
Introduced: 2017-05-01 in the House
Policy area: Education
Subjects: Disability and paralysis
Higher education
Student aid and college costs

Summary:
action_date: 2017-05-01
text: 

PLUS Loan Disability Forgiveness Act

 
This bill amends the Higher Education Act of 1965 to require the Department of Education to forgive federal student loans under the Federal Family Education Loan Program for a parent of a student who: (1) becomes permanently and totally disabled, or (2) is unable to engage in substantial gainful activity by reason of a medically determinable physical or mental impairment that can be expected to result in death or that has lasted (or is expected to last) for a continuous period of no less than 60 months.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2017-05-01
text: Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce.
action_date: 2017-05-01
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR H2990)
action_date: 2017-05-01
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2017-05-01
text: Introduced in House
COAST Anti-Drilling Act

Bill: 115-hr-2272
Sponsor: Rep. Pallone, Frank, Jr. [D-NJ-6]
Introduced: 2017-05-01 in the House
Policy area: Energy
Subjects: Atlantic Ocean
Florida
Gulf of Mexico
Marine and coastal resources, fisheries
Oil and gas

Summary:
action_date: 2017-05-01
text: 

Clean Ocean and Safe Tourism Anti-Drilling Act or the COAST Anti-Drilling Act

 
This bill amends the Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act to prohibit the Department of the Interior from issuing a lease or other authorization for the exploration, development, or production of oil, natural gas, or any other mineral in the Mid-Atlantic, South Atlantic, North Atlantic, or the Straits of Florida planning areas.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2017-05-11
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Energy and Mineral Resources.
action_date: 2017-05-01
text: Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.
action_date: 2017-05-01
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2017-05-01
text: Introduced in House
Charlotte's Web Medical Access Act of 2017

Bill: 115-hr-2273
Sponsor: Rep. Perry, Scott [R-PA-4]
Introduced: 2017-05-01 in the House
Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement
Subjects: Bank accounts, deposits, capital
Drug trafficking and controlled substances
Fraud offenses and financial crimes
Horticulture and plants
State and local government operations

Summary:
action_date: 2017-05-01
text: 

 

Charlotte's Web Medical Access Act of 2017
 
 
This bill amends the Controlled Substances Act (CSA): 
 
to add definitions for the terms &quot;cannabidiol&quot; and &quot;cannabidiol-rich plants,&quot; 
 
to exclude cannabidiol and cannabidiol-rich plants from the definition of marijuana, and
 
to remove cannabidiol and cannabidiol-rich plants from coverage under the CSA.
 
 
The bill also removes cannabidiol and cannabidiol-rich plants from coverage under the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act. 
Finally, it specifies that no provision of this bill prohibits or restricts the use, production, or distribution of marijuana in a state in which such activities are legal under state law.

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2017-06-02
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, Homeland Security, and Investigations.
action_date: 2017-05-05
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2017-05-01
text: Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committees on the Judiciary, and 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: 2017-05-01
text: Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committees on the Judiciary, and 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: 2017-05-01
text: Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committees on the Judiciary, and 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: 2017-05-01
text: Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committees on the Judiciary, and 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: 2017-05-01
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2017-05-01
text: Introduced in House
Audiology Patient Choice Act of 2017

Bill: 115-hr-2276
Sponsor: Rep. Rice, Tom [R-SC-7]
Introduced: 2017-05-01 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Health personnel
Hearing, speech, and vision care
Medicare

Summary:
action_date: 2017-05-01
text: 

Audiology Patient Choice Act of 2017

 
This bill amends expands the definition of "physician," for purposes of the Medicare program, to include an audiologist with respect to the furnishing of audiology services.
 
Additionally, the bill expands the scope of audiology services covered under Medicare and allows payment for such services regardless of whether an enrollee is under the care of (or referred by) a physician or other health care provider or whether the services are provided under the supervision of a physician or other health care provider.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2017-05-11
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2017-05-05
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2017-05-01
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: 2017-05-01
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: 2017-05-01
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: 2017-05-01
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2017-05-01
text: Introduced in House
End Congressional Stock Market Abuse Act of 2017

Bill: 115-hr-2277
Sponsor: Rep. Slaughter, Louise McIntosh [D-NY-25]
Introduced: 2017-05-01 in the House
Policy area: Finance and Financial Sector
Subjects: Government ethics and transparency, public corruption
Members of Congress
Securities

Summary:
action_date: 2017-05-01
text: 

End Congressional Stock Market Abuse Act of 2017

 
This bill amends the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 to prohibit Members of Congress from: (1) receiving a discounted purchase price or a premium sales price in a securities transaction, or (2) purchasing a nonpublic offering of a covered security available on a U.S. or foreign exchange.
 
This prohibition shall not apply if the Member of Congress reasonably believes that the discount or premium was obtained in a manner generally available to the public.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2017-05-01
text: Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services.
action_date: 2017-05-01
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2017-05-01
text: Introduced in House
Responsible Disposal Reauthorization Act of 2018

Bill: 115-hr-2278
Sponsor: Rep. Tipton, Scott  R. [R-CO-3]
Introduced: 2017-05-01 in the House
Policy area: Energy
Subjects: Colorado
Government buildings, facilities, and property
Radioactive wastes and releases

Summary:
action_date: 2017-05-01
text: 

Responsible Disposal Reauthorization Act of 2017

 
This bill amends the Uranium Mill Tailings Radiation Control Act of 1978 to extend through FY2048 authorization for the Department of Energy to operate the Cheney disposal cell in Mesa County, Colorado.

action_date: 2018-09-07
text: 

Responsible Disposal Reauthorization Act of 2018

 
This bill amends the Uranium Mill Tailings Radiation Control Act of 1978 to extend through FY2048 authorization for the Department of Energy to operate the Cheney disposal cell in Mesa County, Colorado.

action_date: 2018-09-25
text: 

Responsible Disposal Reauthorization Act of 2018

 
(Sec.2)This bill amends the Uranium Mill Tailings Radiation Control Act of 1978 to extend through FY2030 authorization for the Department of Energy to operate the Cheney disposal cell in Mesa County, Colorado.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2018-09-26
text: Received in the Senate. Read twice. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 584.
action_date: 2018-09-25
text: The title of the measure was amended. Agreed to without objection.
action_date: 2018-09-25
text: Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
action_date: 2018-09-25
text: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by voice vote. (text: CR H8801)
action_date: 2018-09-25
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 H8801)
action_date: 2018-09-25
text: DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on H.R. 2278.
action_date: 2018-09-25
text: Mr. McKinley moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended.
action_date: 2018-09-25
text: Considered under suspension of the rules. (consideration: CR H8801-8802)
action_date: 2018-09-07
text: Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 718.
action_date: 2018-09-07
text: Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Energy and Commerce. H. Rept. 115-925.
action_date: 2018-09-07
text: Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Energy and Commerce. H. Rept. 115-925.
action_date: 2018-07-12
text: Ordered to be Reported (Amended) by Voice Vote.
action_date: 2018-07-12
text: Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
action_date: 2018-06-27
text: Forwarded by Subcommittee to Full Committee (Amended) by Voice Vote .
action_date: 2018-06-27
text: Subcommittee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
action_date: 2018-05-18
text: Subcommittee Hearings Held.
action_date: 2017-05-05
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Environment.
action_date: 2017-05-01
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2017-05-01
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2017-05-01
text: Introduced in House
U.S. Air Forces Escape and Evasion Society Recognition Act of 2017

Bill: 115-hr-2279
Sponsor: Rep. Tsongas, Niki [D-MA-3]
Introduced: 2017-05-01 in the House
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Congressional tributes
Military operations and strategy
Military personnel and dependents
Museums, exhibitions, cultural centers

Summary:
action_date: 2017-05-01
text: 
 
U.S. Air Forces Escape and Evasion Society Recognition Act of 2017

 
This bill directs the Speaker of the House of Representatives and the President pro tempore of the Senate to arrange for the presentation of a gold medal to the U.S. Air Forces Escape and Evasion Society in recognition of the ceaseless efforts of American aircrew members to escape captivity and evade capture and the resistance organizations and nationals who assisted them.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2017-05-01
text: Referred to the Committee on Financial Services, and in addition to the Committee on House Administration, 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: 2017-05-01
text: Referred to the Committee on Financial Services, and in addition to the Committee on House Administration, 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: 2017-05-01
text: Referred to the Committee on Financial Services, and in addition to the Committee on House Administration, 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: 2017-05-01
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2017-05-01
text: Introduced in House
For the relief of Arturo Hernandez-Garcia.

Bill: 115-hr-2280
Sponsor: Rep. Perlmutter, Ed [D-CO-7]
Introduced: 2017-05-01 in the House
Subjects: Private Legislation

Summary:
action_date: 2017-05-01
text: Provides for the relief of Arturo Hernandez-Garcia.

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2017-05-05
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration and Border Security.
action_date: 2017-05-01
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2017-05-01
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2017-05-01
text: Introduced in House
National Monument Designation Transparency and Accountability Act

Bill: 115-hr-2284
Sponsor: Rep. Labrador, Raul R. [R-ID-1]
Introduced: 2017-05-02 in the House
Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources
Subjects: Congressional oversight
Environmental assessment, monitoring, research
Land use and conservation
Monuments and memorials
Parks, recreation areas, trails
Presidents and presidential powers, Vice Presidents
Wilderness and natural areas, wildlife refuges, wild rivers, habitats

Summary:
action_date: 2017-05-02
text: 

National Monument Designation Transparency and Accountability Act

 
This bill requires the President, before a national monument can be designated on public land, to obtain congressional approval, certify compliance with the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969, and determine that the state in which the monument is to be located has enacted legislation approving its designation. 
 
The Department of the Interior may not implement restrictions on the public use of a national monument until the expiration of an appropriate review period providing for public input and congressional approval. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2017-05-11
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Federal Lands.
action_date: 2017-05-02
text: Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.
action_date: 2017-05-02
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2017-05-02
text: Introduced in House
School-Based Respiratory Health Management Act

Bill: 115-hr-2285
Sponsor: Rep. Roe, David P. [R-TN-1]
Introduced: 2017-05-02 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Allergies
Cardiovascular and respiratory health
Child health
Civil actions and liability
Drug therapy
Elementary and secondary education
Emergency medical services and trauma care
Health personnel
Health programs administration and funding
Health promotion and preventive care
Medical education
Nursing

Summary:
action_date: 2017-05-02
text: 

School-Based Respiratory Health Management Act

 
This bill amends the Public Health Service Act to revise the conditions under which the Department of Health and Human Services, in making asthma-related grants, gives preference to a state. A preference is given to states that require elementary and secondary schools to have: (1) on the premises during operating hours at least one individual trained in the administration of rescue medications for allergies and reversible lower airway disorders, and (2) an allergies and reversible lower airway disorders management program. Currently, this preference is given to states that require schools to have on the premises an individual trained in the administration of epinephrine to a student having a severe allergic reaction.
 To be eligible for this preference, a state must have civil liability protections for trained individuals who administer rescue medications for allergies and reversible lower airway disorders.

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2017-05-05
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2017-05-02
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2017-05-02
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2017-05-02
text: Introduced in House