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E-Security Fellows Act

Bill: 115-hr-3622
Sponsor: Rep. Sewell, Terri A. [D-AL-7]
Introduced: 2017-07-28 in the House
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Subjects: Computer security and identity theft
Elections, voting, political campaign regulation

Summary:
action_date: 2017-07-28
text: 

E-Security Fellows Act

 
This bill directs the Election Assistance Commission to establish and operate the E-Security Fellows Program to provide training on best practices for election cybersecurity to individuals working on political campaigns.
 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2017-07-28
text: Referred to the House Committee on House Administration.
action_date: 2017-07-28
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2017-07-28
text: Introduced in House
Securing and Heightening the Integrity of our Elections and Lawful Democracy Act

Bill: 115-hr-3623
Sponsor: Rep. Sewell, Terri A. [D-AL-7]
Introduced: 2017-07-28 in the House
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Subjects: Advisory bodies
Computer security and identity theft
Elections, voting, political campaign regulation

Summary:
action_date: 2017-07-28
text: 

Securing and Heightening the Integrity of our Elections and Lawful Democracy Act

 
This bill amends the Homeland Security Act of 2002 to include among the Department of Homeland Security's (DHS's) responsibilities relating to intelligence and analysis and infrastructure protection the coordination of cybersecurity efforts between DHS and political campaign committees in order to:
 
 
 develop a program to update computer security at political campaign committees,
 
 share information on cybersecurity risks with such committees,
 
 provide guest lecturer programs in which professional computer security experts instruct campaign professionals on how best to defend against cybersecurity risks, and 
 
 establish an Election Security Board of Advisors to make recommendations about securing elections against cybersecurity risks. 
 
 
 
 
 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2017-08-29
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Protection.
action_date: 2017-07-28
text: Referred to the Committee on House Administration, and in addition to the Committee on Homeland Security, 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 House Administration, and in addition to the Committee on Homeland Security, 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
Rural Economic Vitalization Act

Bill: 115-hr-3624
Sponsor: Rep. Smith, Adam [D-WA-9]
Introduced: 2017-07-28 in the House
Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources
Subjects: General public lands matters
Land use and conservation
Licensing and registrations
Livestock

Summary:
action_date: 2017-07-28
text: 

Rural Economic Vitalization Act 

 
This bill authorizes the voluntary waiver of permits or leases for grazing on federal lands managed by the Department of Agriculture or the Department of the Interior. 
 
If a permit or lease is waived by a permittee or lessee, the appropriate department must: 
 
 
accept and terminate the permit or lease, 
 
refrain from issuing any new grazing permit or lease within the grazing allotment covered by the permit or lease, and 
 
ensure a permanent end to livestock grazing on the allotment covered by the permit or lease. 
 
 
If an allotment covered by a waiver is also covered by another permit or lease that is not waived, the department must reduce the level of commercial livestock grazing on the allotment to reflect the waiver. 
 
The departments must not accept more than 100 grazing permits and leases per year, in the aggregate, under this authority. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2017-09-01
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Conservation and Forestry.
action_date: 2017-08-15
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Federal Lands.
action_date: 2017-07-28
text: Referred to the Committee on Natural Resources, and in addition to the Committee on Agriculture, 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 Natural Resources, and in addition to the Committee on Agriculture, 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
CFPB-IG Act of 2017

Bill: 115-hr-3625
Sponsor: Rep. Stivers, Steve [R-OH-15]
Introduced: 2017-07-28 in the House
Policy area: Finance and Financial Sector
Subjects: Congressional oversight
Consumer Financial Protection Bureau
Executive agency funding and structure
Federal officials
Government ethics and transparency, public corruption
Government studies and investigations

Summary:
action_date: 2017-07-28
text: 

Bureau of Consumer Financial Protection-Inspector General Reform Act of 2017 or the CFPB-IG Act of 201

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 This bill amends the Inspector General Act of 1978 to repeal the authority of the Chairman of the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System to appoint the Inspector General of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB). 
 
The Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act is amended to create an Inspector General for the CFPB.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2017-07-28
text: Referred to the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, 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: 2017-07-28
text: Referred to the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, 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: 2017-07-28
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2017-07-28
text: Introduced in House
Bank Service Company Examination Coordination Act of 2017

Bill: 115-hr-3626
Sponsor: Rep. Williams, Roger [R-TX-25]
Introduced: 2017-07-28 in the House
Policy area: Finance and Financial Sector
Subjects: Banking and financial institutions regulation
Government information and archives
State and local government operations

Summary:
action_date: 2017-07-28
text: 

Bank Service Company Examination Coordination Act of 2017

 
This bill amends the Bank Service Company Act to require the coordination of state banking agencies with federal banking agencies in regulating and examining the activities of bank service companies. It also allows for the sharing of information related to examinations and regulations between federal and state agencies. 

action_date: 2018-11-02
text: 

Bank Service Company Examination Coordination Act of 2017

 
This bill amends the Bank Service Company Act to require the coordination of state banking agencies with federal banking agencies in regulating and examining the activities of bank service companies. It also allows for the sharing of information related to examinations and regulations between federal and state agencies. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2018-11-02
text: Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 788.
action_date: 2018-11-02
text: Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Financial Services. H. Rept. 115-1007.
action_date: 2018-11-02
text: Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Financial Services. H. Rept. 115-1007.
action_date: 2018-07-24
text: Ordered to be Reported by the Yeas and Nays: 56 - 0.
action_date: 2018-07-24
text: Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
action_date: 2018-07-12
text: Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs. Hearings held.
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
Youth Corps Act of 2017

Bill: 115-hr-3627
Sponsor: Rep. Wilson, Frederica S. [D-FL-24]
Introduced: 2017-07-28 in the House
Policy area: Labor and Employment
Subjects: Elementary and secondary education
Employment and training programs
Indian social and development programs
Land use and conservation
National and community service
Youth employment and child labor

Summary:
action_date: 2017-07-28
text: 

Youth Corps Act of 2017

 
 This bill amends the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act to authorize the Department of Labor to make grants to public or private nonprofit agencies or organizations to carry out Youth Corps programs that utilize the Youth Corps model to provide low-income youth (age 16 and not more than age 24) with education and work readiness training.
 
The term &quot;Youth Corps model&quot; means a youth education and training program for which an eligible entity provides eligible youth with, among other things, stipended or paid work experience and basic and technical skills training leading to: (1) enrollment in postsecondary education or training, (2) attainment of an industry-recognized certification or credential, (3) meaningful employment in the economy of the 21st century, or (4) military service.


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
LEAP Act

Bill: 115-hr-3628
Sponsor: Rep. Wilson, Frederica S. [D-FL-24]
Introduced: 2017-07-28 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Employment and training programs
Income tax credits

Summary:
action_date: 2017-07-28
text: 

Leveraging and Energizing America's Apprenticeship Programs Act or the LEAP Act

 
This bill amends the Internal Revenue Code to allow employers a business-related tax credit of $1,500 for hiring an apprenticeship employee who has not attained age 25 at the close of the taxable year or $1,000 for hiring an apprenticeship employee who has attained age 25. The credit is available for no more than two taxable years with respect to any apprenticeship employee. 
 
An "apprenticeship employee" means any employee who is: (1) a party to an apprenticeship agreement registered with the Office of Apprenticeship of the Employment and Training Administration of the Department of Labor or a recognized state apprenticeship agency; and (2) employed by the employer in the occupation identified in the apprenticeship agreement, whether or not the employer is a party to such agreement. 


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
Payroll Fraud Prevention Act of 2017

Bill: 115-hr-3629
Sponsor: Rep. Wilson, Frederica S. [D-FL-24]
Introduced: 2017-07-28 in the House
Policy area: Labor and Employment
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Department of Labor
Employment discrimination and employee rights
Government information and archives
Government studies and investigations
Labor standards
Performance measurement
Personnel records
Self-employed
Tax administration and collection, taxpayers
Unemployment
Wages and earnings

Summary:
action_date: 2017-07-28
text: 

Payroll Fraud Prevention Act of 2017

 
This bill amends the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 to require employers to accurately classify their employees or non-employees as employees or independent contractors and to notify such employees or non-employees of their classification.
 
The bill makes it unlawful for any person to: (1) discharge or otherwise discriminate against an employee or non-employee who has filed a complaint with respect to their employment classification, and (2) wrongly classify an employee as a non-employee. The bill doubles the amount of liquidated damages for unpaid wages and misclassifications of employees. 
 
The bill amends the Social Security Act to: (1) require, as a condition for the federal grant program for unemployment compensation administration, auditing and investigative procedures to identify employers who are not registered under state law or who are paying unreported wages; and (2) impose administrative penalties for misclassification of employees or payment of unreported wages without proper recordkeeping. 
 
The bill requires the Department of Labor to report any misclassification of an employee to its Wage and Hour Division. The Wage and Hour Division is then authorized to report a misclassification to the Internal Revenue Service.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2017-07-28
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: 2017-07-28
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: 2017-07-28
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2017-07-28
text: Introduced in House
Family Leave for Parental Involvement in Education Act

Bill: 115-hr-3631
Sponsor: Rep. Wilson, Frederica S. [D-FL-24]
Introduced: 2017-07-28 in the House
Policy area: Labor and Employment
Subjects: Community life and organization
Elementary and secondary education
Employee leave
Family relationships
Government employee pay, benefits, personnel management

Summary:
action_date: 2017-07-28
text: 

Family Leave for Parental Involvement in Education Act

 
This bill entitles an employee covered by the Family and Medical Leave Act of 1993 (FMLA) to take up to 8 hours during any 30-day period, and up to 48 hours during any 12-month period, of parental involvement leave to participate in or attend school conferences or activities sponsored by a school or community organization and related to a program attended by the employee's child or grandchild. 
 
An employee may elect, or an employer may require, substitution of any of the employee's paid or family leave or paid medical or sick leave for any leave allowed under this bill. 
 
Nothing in this bill shall require an employer to grant paid sick leave or paid medical leave in situations where the employer would not normally grant it.
 
The bill imposes on the employee requesting leave certain notification requirements. An employer may require certification supporting such requests.
 
The bill also applies the parental involvement and family wellness leave allowance to federal employees. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2017-07-28
text: Referred to the Committee on Education and the Workforce, and in addition to the Committees on Oversight and Government Reform, and 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: 2017-07-28
text: Referred to the Committee on Education and the Workforce, and in addition to the Committees on Oversight and Government Reform, and 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: 2017-07-28
text: Referred to the Committee on Education and the Workforce, and in addition to the Committees on Oversight and Government Reform, and 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: 2017-07-28
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2017-07-28
text: Introduced in House
PACE Act

Bill: 115-hr-3632
Sponsor: Rep. Yoder, Kevin [R-KS-3]
Introduced: 2017-07-28 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Child care and development
Employee benefits and pensions
Income tax credits
Income tax exclusion
Inflation and prices

Summary:
action_date: 2017-07-28
text: 

Promoting Affordable Childcare for Everyone Act or the PACE Act 

 
This bill amends the Internal Revenue Code, with respect to the tax credit for expenses for household and dependent care services necessary for gainful employment (known as the Child and Dependent Care Tax Credit), to: (1) make the credit refundable, (2) increase the rate for the credit, and (3) require the dollar amounts for such credit to be adjusted for inflation after 2017. 
 
The bill also increases the amount of employer-provided dependent care assistance which may be excluded from the gross income of an employee and requires the increased exclusion amount to be adjusted for inflation after 2018. 


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
CEO Accountability and Responsibility Act

Bill: 115-hr-3633
Sponsor: Rep. DeSaulnier, Mark [D-CA-11]
Introduced: 2017-08-01 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Corporate finance and management
Income tax rates
Wages and earnings

Summary:
action_date: 2017-08-01
text: 

CEO Accountability and Responsibility Act

 
 This bill amends the Internal Revenue Code to: (1) increase the corporate income tax rate for publicly traded corporations that pay their chief executive officers or highest paid employees more than 100 times the median compensation of all their U.S. employees, and (2) decrease the rate for publicly traded corporations that pay their chief executive officers or highest paid employees less than 50 times the median compensation of all their U.S. employees.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2017-08-01
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2017-08-01
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2017-08-01
text: Introduced in House
Educator Preparation Reform Act

Bill: 115-hr-3636
Sponsor: Rep. Kihuen, Ruben J. [D-NV-4]
Introduced: 2017-08-01 in the House
Policy area: Education
Subjects: Academic performance and assessments
Education programs funding
Educational technology and distance education
Elementary and secondary education
Employee performance
Higher education
Minority education
Minority employment
Performance measurement
School administration
Special education
Teaching, teachers, curricula

Summary:
action_date: 2017-08-01
text: 

Educator Preparation Reform Act

 
This bill modifies federal grant programs and requirements for educator preparation programs. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2017-08-01
text: Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce.
action_date: 2017-08-01
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2017-08-01
text: Introduced in House
Homegrown Organic Act of 2017

Bill: 115-hr-3637
Sponsor: Rep. Kuster, Ann M. [D-NH-2]
Introduced: 2017-08-01 in the House
Policy area: Agriculture and Food
Subjects: Agricultural conservation and pollution
Agricultural practices and innovations
Child health
Congressional oversight
Elementary and secondary education
Farmland
Food assistance and relief
Fruit and vegetables
Nutrition and diet
Performance measurement
State and local government operations

Summary:
action_date: 2017-08-01
text: 

Homegrown Organic Act of 2017 

 
This bill amends the Food Security Act of 1985 to modify several Department of Agriculture conservation programs to authorize additional assistance for farmers who are transitioning to organic farming. The bill modifies the Conservation Reserve Program, the Conservation Stewardship Program, and the Environmental Quality Incentives Program. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2017-09-01
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Conservation and Forestry.
action_date: 2017-08-01
text: Referred to the House Committee on Agriculture.
action_date: 2017-08-01
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2017-08-01
text: Introduced in House
Science Laureates of the United States Act of 2017

Bill: 115-hr-3639
Sponsor: Rep. Lofgren, Zoe [D-CA-19]
Introduced: 2017-08-01 in the House
Policy area: Science, Technology, Communications
Subjects: General science and technology matters
National Science Foundation
Research administration and funding
Science and engineering education

Summary:
action_date: 2017-08-01
text: 

Science Laureates of the United States Act of 2017 

 
This bill directs the National Science Foundation (NSF) to establish the position of Science Laureate of the United States to honor the service of scientists. 
 
 The NSF shall appoint a Science Laureate from three individuals to be nominated each year by the National Academy of Sciences on the basis of merit, particularly the ability to foster public awareness and interest in science and to provide ongoing significant scientific contributions. 
 
Each Science Laureate shall engage the public to increase public awareness about science and is encouraged to continue his or her scientific work. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2018-05-22
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Research and Technology.
action_date: 2017-08-01
text: Referred to the House Committee on Science, Space, and Technology.
action_date: 2017-08-01
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2017-08-01
text: Introduced in House
Department of Veterans Affairs Information Technology Restructuring Act of 2017

Bill: 115-hr-3640
Sponsor: Rep. Ratcliffe, John [R-TX-4]
Introduced: 2017-08-01 in the House
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Computers and information technology
Department of Veterans Affairs
Executive agency funding and structure
Federal officials
Public contracts and procurement
Veterans' medical care

Summary:
action_date: 2017-08-01
text: 

Department of Veterans Affairs Information Technology Restructuring Act of 2017

 
This bill establishes in the Office of the Under Secretary for Health of the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) the position of Chief Information Officer of the Veterans Health Administration (VHA), who shall: (1) serve at the Central Office of the VA; and (2) be responsible for, and report to the Under Secretary on, all matters regarding the procurement, acquisition, and management of information technology systems and services for the VHA. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2017-08-01
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations.
action_date: 2017-08-01
text: Referred to the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
action_date: 2017-08-01
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2017-08-01
text: Introduced in House