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HER Act

Bill: 115-hr-671
Sponsor: Rep. Lowey, Nita M. [D-NY-17]
Introduced: 2017-01-24 in the House
Policy area: International Affairs
Subjects: Foreign aid and international relief
Health promotion and preventive care
International organizations and cooperation
Public participation and lobbying
World health

Summary:
action_date: 2017-01-24
text: 

Global Health, Empowerment, and Rights Act or the HER Act

 
This bill states that foreign nongovernmental organizations shall not be ineligible for U.S. international development assistance under the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 solely on the basis of health or medical services provided by such organizations with non-U.S. government funds if such services do not violate the laws of the country in which they are being provided and would not violate U.S. federal law if provided in the United States. Such organizations also shall not be subject to requirements relating to the use of non-U.S. government funds for advocacy and lobbying activities other than those that apply to U.S. nongovernmental organizations receiving such assistance under such Act.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2017-01-24
text: Referred to the House Committee on Foreign Affairs.
action_date: 2017-01-24
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2017-01-24
text: Introduced in House
No Tax Dollars for the United Nations' Climate Agenda Act

Bill: 115-hr-673
Sponsor: Rep. Luetkemeyer, Blaine [R-MO-3]
Introduced: 2017-01-24 in the House
Policy area: International Affairs
Subjects: Air quality
Climate change and greenhouse gases
Foreign aid and international relief
International organizations and cooperation
United Nations

Summary:
action_date: 2017-01-24
text: 

No Tax Dollars for the United Nations' Climate Agenda Act

 
This bill prohibits federal agency funds from being used to make assessed or voluntary contributions to or for the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change or the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2017-01-24
text: Referred to the House Committee on Foreign Affairs.
action_date: 2017-01-24
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2017-01-24
text: Introduced in House
One In, One Out Act

Bill: 115-hr-674
Sponsor: Rep. McCaul, Michael T. [R-TX-10]
Introduced: 2017-01-24 in the House
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Government information and archives

Summary:
action_date: 2017-01-24
text: 

One In, One Out Act

 
 This bill prohibits a federal agency from issuing a rule that imposes a cost or responsibility on a nongovernmental person or a state or local government unless: (1) such agency has repealed or revised one or more related rules in a way that reduces costs to the regulated entities, and (2) the cost of the new rule is less than or equal to the cost of the rules being repealed or revised. 
 
Any such repealed or revised rule must be published in the Federal Register.
 
This bill is inapplicable to any rule that: (1) relates to procurement by the agency, or (2) is being revised to be less burdensome by decreasing requirements imposed or compliance costs.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2017-02-08
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Regulatory Reform, Commercial And Antitrust Law.
action_date: 2017-01-24
text: Referred to the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, 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: 2017-01-24
text: Referred to the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, 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: 2017-01-24
text: Referred to the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, 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: 2017-01-24
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2017-01-24
text: Introduced in House
Empowering Parents to Invest in Choice Act of 2017

Bill: 115-hr-675
Sponsor: Rep. McHenry, Patrick T. [R-NC-10]
Introduced: 2017-01-24 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Elementary and secondary education
Higher education
Income tax exclusion
Inflation and prices
Student aid and college costs

Summary:
action_date: 2017-01-24
text: 

Empowering Parents to Invest in Choice Act of 201

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This bill amends the Internal Revenue Code to allow the payment of qualified elementary and secondary education expenses from a tax-exempt qualified tuition program (known as a 529 plan). (Currently, such plans only pay qualified higher education expenses.) 
 
Included as qualified elementary and secondary education expenses are expenses for: (1) tuition, fees, academic tutoring, special needs services, books, and supplies; (2) room and board, uniforms, transportation, and supplementary items and services; and (3) and computer technology or equipment, including Internet access. 
 
The bill also increases from $2,000 to $12,000 the limit on the amount that may be contributed to a tax-exempt Coverdell education savings account. The new contribution limit is adjusted for inflation in each taxable year beginning after 2014.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2017-01-24
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2017-01-24
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2017-01-24
text: Introduced in House
Eliminating Pornography from Agencies Act

Bill: 115-hr-680
Sponsor: Rep. Meadows, Mark [R-NC-11]
Introduced: 2017-01-24 in the House
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Computers and information technology
Government employee pay, benefits, personnel management
Government ethics and transparency, public corruption
Internet and video services
Internet, web applications, social media
Office of Management and Budget (OMB)
Pornography

Summary:
action_date: 2017-01-24
text: 

Eliminating Pornography from Agencies Act

 
 This bill directs the Office of Management and Budget to issue guidelines that prohibit accessing a pornographic or other explicit website from a federal computer, except for investigative purposes. 

action_date: 2017-04-06
text: 
(This measure has not been amended since it was introduced. The summary has been expanded because action occurred on the measure.)
 

Eliminating Pornography from Agencies Act 

 
(Sec. 2) This bill directs the Office of Management and Budget to issue guidelines that prohibit accessing a pornographic or other explicit website from a federal computer, except for investigative purposes. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2017-04-06
text: Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 47.
action_date: 2017-04-06
text: Reported by the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform. H. Rept. 115-81.
action_date: 2017-04-06
text: Reported by the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform. H. Rept. 115-81.
action_date: 2017-03-08
text: Ordered to be Reported by Voice Vote.
action_date: 2017-03-08
text: Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
action_date: 2017-01-24
text: Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform.
action_date: 2017-01-24
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2017-01-24
text: Introduced in House
Life at Conception Act

Bill: 115-hr-681
Sponsor: Rep. Mooney, Alexander X. [R-WV-2]
Introduced: 2017-01-24 in the House
Policy area: Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues
Subjects: Abortion
Constitution and constitutional amendments
Genetics

Summary:
action_date: 2017-01-24
text: 

Life at Conception Act
 
 
This bill declares that the right to life guaranteed by the Constitution is vested in each human being at all stages of life, including the moment of fertilization, cloning, or other moment at which an individual comes into being. Nothing in this bill shall be construed to authorize the prosecution of any woman for the death of her unborn child.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2017-01-24
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on the Constitution and Civil Justice.
action_date: 2017-01-24
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2017-01-24
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR H613)
action_date: 2017-01-24
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2017-01-24
text: Introduced in House
Preserving Access to Medicaid for Americans Act of 2017

Bill: 115-hr-682
Sponsor: Rep. Mullin, Markwayne [R-OK-2]
Introduced: 2017-01-24 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Child health
Health care costs and insurance
Health care coverage and access
Hospital care
Medicaid
Poverty and welfare assistance

Summary:
action_date: 2017-01-24
text: 

Preserving Access to Medicaid for Americans Act of 2017

 
This bill amends titles XIX (Medicaid) and XXI (Children's Health Insurance Program) (CHIP) of the Social Security Act to eliminate: (1) certain Medicaid disproportionate-share hospital payment reductions for states that did not implement Medicaid expansion under the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, and (2) specified maintenance-of-effort requirements for states with respect to CHIP.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2017-01-25
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2017-01-24
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2017-01-24
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2017-01-24
text: Introduced in House
American Pipeline Jobs and Safety Act of 2017

Bill: 115-hr-683
Sponsor: Rep. Nolan, Richard M. [D-MN-8]
Introduced: 2017-01-24 in the House
Policy area: Transportation and Public Works
Subjects: Buy American requirements
Metals
Pipelines
Solid waste and recycling
Transportation programs funding
Transportation safety and security

Summary:
action_date: 2017-01-24
text: 

American Pipeline Jobs and Safety Act of 2017

 
 This bill directs the Department of Transportation (DOT) to prescribe minimum safety standards to require gas or hazardous liquid pipelines constructed or replaced after enactment of this bill to be made of steel that: (1) is produced in the United States, and (2) originates from (or in the case of recycled steel is combined with) iron ore and taconite mined and processed in the United States. DOT may waive such requirement if certain conditions are met.
 
The bill requires DOT inspection and testing of intrastate gas pipelines not covered by a state pipeline safety program certification or a state pipeline safety agreement to include direct, pre-installation testing of such pipelines for quality verification.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2017-01-25
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Railroads, Pipelines, and Hazardous Materials.
action_date: 2017-01-24
text: Referred to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, 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: 2017-01-24
text: Referred to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, 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: 2017-01-24
text: Referred to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, 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: 2017-01-24
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2017-01-24
text: Introduced in House
Every Child is a Blessing Act of 2017

Bill: 115-hr-684
Sponsor: Rep. Palazzo, Steven M. [R-MS-4]
Introduced: 2017-01-24 in the House
Policy area: Law
Subjects: Abortion
Civil actions and liability
Sex and reproductive health

Summary:
action_date: 2017-01-24
text: 

Every Child is a Blessing Act of
 
2017

 
This bill prohibits recovery of damages in certain civil actions based on a claim that, but for the conduct of the defendant, a child, once conceived, would not or should not have been born.
 
The prohibition applies to claims based on a child's disability, defect, abnormality, race, sex, or other inborn characteristic.
 
The bill bars such prohibition from being construed to: (1) provide a defense against charges of intentional misrepresentation in state proceedings regulating the professional practices of health care providers and practitioners; (2) provide a defense in any criminal action, including cases of rape or incest; or (3) limit damages in cases where the conduct of the defendant caused personal injury or death to the child or gestational mother. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2017-02-14
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on the Constitution and Civil Justice.
action_date: 2017-01-24
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2017-01-24
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2017-01-24
text: Introduced in House
Bring Jobs Home Act

Bill: 115-hr-685
Sponsor: Rep. Pascrell, Bill, Jr. [D-NJ-9]
Introduced: 2017-01-24 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Business investment and capital
Employee hiring
Foreign and international corporations
Income tax credits
Income tax deductions
Taxation of foreign income
U.S. territories and protectorates

Summary:
action_date: 2017-01-24
text: 

Bring Jobs Home Act 

 
This bill amends the Internal Revenue Code to: (1) grant business taxpayers a tax credit for up to 20% of insourcing expenses incurred for eliminating a business located outside the United States and relocating it within the United States, and (2) deny a tax deduction for outsourcing expenses incurred in relocating a U.S. business outside the United States. The bill requires an increase in the taxpayer's employment of full-time employees in the United States in order to claim the tax credit for insourcing expenses.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2017-01-24
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2017-01-24
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2017-01-24
text: Introduced in House
DIGIT Act

Bill: 115-hr-686
Sponsor: Rep. Paulsen, Erik [R-MN-3]
Introduced: 2017-01-24 in the House
Policy area: Science, Technology, Communications
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Advisory bodies
Computer security and identity theft
Digital media
Federal Communications Commission (FCC)
International organizations and cooperation
Internet and video services
Internet, web applications, social media
Right of privacy

Summary:
action_date: 2017-01-24
text: 

Developing Innovation and Growing the Internet of Things Act or the DIGIT Act

 
This bill requires the Department of Commerce to convene a working group of federal stakeholders to provide recommendations and a report to Congress regarding the growing number of connected and interconnected devices known as the Internet of Things (IoT). The bill establishes a steering committee to be composed of stakeholders outside the federal government to advise the working group.
 
The Federal Communications Commission must: (1) seek public comment on the IoT's spectrum needs, regulatory barriers, and growth with licensed and unlicensed spectrum; and (2) submit a summary of those comments to Congress.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2017-01-24
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2017-01-24
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2017-01-24
text: Introduced in House
Child Interstate Abortion Notification Act

Bill: 115-hr-692
Sponsor: Rep. Ros-Lehtinen, Ileana [R-FL-27]
Introduced: 2017-01-24 in the House
Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement
Subjects: Abortion
Child health
Civil actions and liability
Criminal procedure and sentencing
Family relationships
Health personnel
Separation, divorce, custody, support
Teenage pregnancy

Summary:
action_date: 2017-01-24
text: 

Child Interstate Abortion Notification Act

 
This bill amends the federal criminal code to make it a crime to knowingly transport a minor across a state line to obtain an abortion without satisfying a parental involvement law in the minor's resident state. A parental involvement law requires parental consent or notification, or judicial authorization, for a minor to obtain an abortion. 
 
A violator is subject to criminal penalties&#8212;a fine, up to one year in prison, or both. The bill provides an exception for an abortion that is necessary to save the life of a minor whose life is endangered by a physical disorder, illness, or condition.
 
This bill prohibits an individual who has committed incest with a minor from knowingly transporting the minor across a state line to receive an abortion. 
 
Additionally, this bill makes it a crime for a physician to knowingly perform or induce an abortion on an out-of-state minor without first complying with parental notification requirements, subject to specified exceptions.
 
A physician violator is subject to criminal penalties&#8212;a fine, up to one year in prison, or both.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2017-02-14
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, Homeland Security, and Investigations.
action_date: 2017-02-14
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on the Constitution and Civil Justice.
action_date: 2017-01-24
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2017-01-24
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2017-01-24
text: Introduced in House
Protecting Our Children Act

Bill: 115-hr-693
Sponsor: Rep. Ross, Dennis A. [R-FL-15]
Introduced: 2017-01-24 in the House
Policy area: Labor and Employment
Subjects: Child care and development
Child safety and welfare
Criminal investigation, prosecution, interrogation
Criminal justice information and records
Employee hiring
Employment discrimination and employee rights

Summary:
action_date: 2017-01-24
text: 

Protecting Our Children Act

 
 This bill amends the Employee Polygraph Protection Act of 1988 to exempt from its prohibition against lie detector use the employers of prospective employees who care for or supervise or interact with unsupervised children on a frequent basis.
 
 This bill requires such prospective employees to be given reasonable written notice of the date, time, and location of the polygraph test and of their right to consult with legal counsel or an employee representative before each phase of the test.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2017-01-24
text: Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce.
action_date: 2017-01-24
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2017-01-24
text: Introduced in House
Stop EPA Overregulation of Rural Americans Act

Bill: 115-hr-694
Sponsor: Rep. Rouzer, David [R-NC-7]
Introduced: 2017-01-24 in the House
Policy area: Environmental Protection
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Air quality
Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)
Environmental regulatory procedures
Lighting and heating
Lighting, heating, cooling

Summary:
action_date: 2017-01-24
text: 

Stop EPA Overregulation of Rural Americans Act

 
This bill nullifies the Environmental Protection Agency rule titled "Standards of Performance for New Residential Wood Heaters, New Residential Hydronic Heaters and Forced-Air Furnaces," published on March 16, 2015. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2017-01-24
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2017-01-24
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2017-01-24
text: Introduced in House
To prohibit any hiring freeze from affecting the Department of Veterans Affairs.

Bill: 115-hr-696
Sponsor: Rep. Schrader, Kurt [D-OR-5]
Introduced: 2017-01-24 in the House
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Subjects: Department of Veterans Affairs
Employee hiring
Executive agency funding and structure
Government employee pay, benefits, personnel management
Presidents and presidential powers, Vice Presidents

Summary:
action_date: 2017-01-24
text: 
This bill declares that the memorandum titled &quot;Presidential Memorandum Regarding the Hiring Freeze&quot; published on January 23, 2017, or any other substantially similar memorandum, executive order, or other action by the President to prevent a department or agent of the federal government from filing vacant federal civilian employee positions or creating new such positions, shall have no force or effect with respect to the Department of Veterans Affairs.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2017-01-24
text: Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform.
action_date: 2017-01-24
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2017-01-24
text: Introduced in House
Transparency in National Security Act of 2017

Bill: 115-hr-700
Sponsor: Rep. Walorski, Jackie [R-IN-2]
Introduced: 2017-01-24 in the House
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Subjects: Executive Office of the President
Freedom of information
Intelligence activities, surveillance, classified information
Military command and structure

Summary:
action_date: 2017-01-24
text: 

Transparency in National Security Act of
 
2017

 
This bill amends the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) to include the National Security Council (NSC) within the definition of "agency," thus applying FOIA's requirements to the NSC. Such amendment shall apply with respect to any record created by the NSC before, on, or after this bill's enactment.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2017-01-24
text: Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform.
action_date: 2017-01-24
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2017-01-24
text: Introduced in House
SPY Car Study Act of 2017

Bill: 115-hr-701
Sponsor: Rep. Wilson, Joe [R-SC-2]
Introduced: 2017-01-24 in the House
Policy area: Transportation and Public Works
Subjects: Computer security and identity theft
Government studies and investigations
Motor vehicles
Right of privacy
Transportation safety and security

Summary:
action_date: 2017-01-24
text: 

Security and Privacy in Your Car Study Act of 2017 or the SPY Car Study Act of 2017

 
This bill requires the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration to conduct a study to determine and recommend standards for the regulation of the cybersecurity of motor vehicles manufactured or imported for sale in the United States. The study shall identify:
 
 
 isolation measures that are necessary to separate critical software systems that can affect the driver's control of the movement of the vehicle from other software systems; 
 
 measures that are necessary to detect and prevent or minimize anomalous codes, in vehicle software systems, associated with malicious behavior; 
 
 techniques that are necessary to detect and prevent, discourage, or mitigate intrusions into vehicle software systems and other cybersecurity risks in motor vehicles; and 
 
 best practices to secure driving data about a vehicle's status or about the owner, lessee, driver, or passenger of a vehicle that is collected by the electronic systems of motor vehicles; and
 
 a timeline for implementing systems and software that reflect such measures, techniques, and best practices.
 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2017-01-31
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR H757)
action_date: 2017-01-24
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2017-01-24
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2017-01-24
text: Introduced in House