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Outsourcing Accountability Act of 2017

Bill: 115-hr-3216
Sponsor: Rep. McNerney, Jerry [D-CA-9]
Introduced: 2017-07-13 in the House
Policy area: Finance and Financial Sector
Subjects: Business records
Corporate finance and management
Financial services and investments
Foreign and international corporations
Securities
Unemployment

Summary:
action_date: 2017-07-13
text: 

Outsourcing Accountability Act of 2017

 
This bill amends the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 to require registered securities issuers to disclose annually to the Securities and Exchange Commission and to shareholders: (1) the total number of employees domiciled in the United States and listed by number in each state (including those of consolidated subsidiaries); (2) the total number of such employees physically working in and domiciled in any country other than the United States, listed by number in each country; and (3) the percentage increase or decrease in such numbers from the previous reporting year.
 
Certain new public companies and issuers with total annual gross revenues of less than $1 billion during the most recently completed fiscal year shall be exempt from these requirements.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2017-07-13
text: Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services.
action_date: 2017-07-13
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2017-07-13
text: Introduced in House
Stop Outsourcing and Create American Jobs Act of 2017

Bill: 115-hr-3217
Sponsor: Rep. McNerney, Jerry [D-CA-9]
Introduced: 2017-07-13 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Budget deficits and national debt
Corporate finance and management
Fraud offenses and financial crimes
Public contracts and procurement
Tax administration and collection, taxpayers
Taxation of foreign income
U.S. and foreign investments
Unemployment

Summary:
action_date: 2017-07-13
text: 

Stop Outsourcing and Create American Jobs Act of 201

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This bill directs the Department of the Treasury to develop and publish a list of countries that are tax havens for corporations. 
 
The bill amends the Internal Revenue Code to increase the penalties on corporations for: (1) underpayment of tax involving an undisclosed foreign financial asset located in a tax haven country; (2) reportable transaction understatements involving transactions in a tax haven country; and (3) fraud, tax evasion, or false statements involving transactions in a tax haven country.
 
The bill also: (1) permits federal departments and agencies to grant a preference in the award of federal contracts to contractors who have not engaged in outsourcing, (2) requires federal departments and agencies to request outsourcing information from potential contractors, and (3) defines "outsourcing" as the laying off of a U.S. worker from a job and the hiring or contracting for the same job to be performed in a foreign country. 
 
Revenues generated by this bill must be set aside for the reduction of the public debt. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2017-07-13
text: Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, 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: 2017-07-13
text: Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, 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: 2017-07-13
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR H5770-5771)
action_date: 2017-07-13
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2017-07-13
text: Introduced in House
Preserving Taxpayers' Rights Act

Bill: 115-hr-3220
Sponsor: Rep. Smith, Jason [R-MO-8]
Introduced: 2017-07-13 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Administrative remedies
Civil actions and liability
Corporate finance and management
Department of the Treasury
Evidence and witnesses
Internal Revenue Service (IRS)
Tax administration and collection, taxpayers

Summary:
action_date: 2017-07-13
text: 

Preserving Taxpayers' Rights Act

 
This bill amends the Internal Revenue Code to establish new procedures and requirements for administrative appeals of Internal Revenue Service (IRS) deficiency determinations. 
 
If the IRS determines that there is a deficiency with respect to a tax imposed, it may send a notice of deficiency to a taxpayer after: 
 
 
 the taxpayer has been issued a letter of proposed deficiency that explains the basis for the determination of deficiency and provides an opportunity for administrative review in the IRS Office of Appeals; and 
 
either: (1) the time provided in the letter for requesting administrative review in the office has expired and the taxpayer has not made such a request, or (2) the office has officially concluded the administrative review process with respect to the deficiency. 
 
 
The bill includes exceptions to these requirements for frivolous tax positions and issues in cases designated for litigation. 
 
The IRS must permit a taxpayer to appeal a deficiency prior to issuing a deficiency notice if 60 or fewer days remain on the statute of limitations and the taxpayer agrees to extend the period for 12 months. 
 
The bill modifies appeals dispute resolution procedures. It also restricts the authority of the IRS to: (1) designate cases for litigation without permitting an appeal, or (2) offer settlement agreements that preclude an appeal. 
 
The bill modifies the authority of the IRS to issue a summons and limits the access that people outside of the IRS have to returns and return information acquired by a summons. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2017-07-13
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2017-07-13
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2017-07-13
text: Introduced in House
Securing Access to Affordable Mortgages Act

Bill: 115-hr-3221
Sponsor: Rep. Kustoff, David [R-TN-8]
Introduced: 2017-07-13 in the House
Policy area: Housing and Community Development
Subjects: Accounting and auditing
Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Banking and financial institutions regulation
Business records
Department of the Treasury
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC)
Federal Reserve System
Housing finance and home ownership
Real estate business

Summary:
action_date: 2017-07-13
text: 

Securing Access to Affordable Mortgages Act

 
This bill amends the Truth in Lending Act and the Financial Institutions Reform, Recovery, and Enforcement Act of 1989 to exempt from property appraisal requirements a mortgage loan of $250,000 or less if it appears on the loan creditor's balance sheet for at least three years.
 
The bill exempts mortgage lenders and others involved in real estate transactions from incurring penalties for failing to report appraiser misconduct.

action_date: 2018-03-08
text: 
(This measure has not been amended since it was introduced. The summary has been expanded because action occurred on the measure.)
 

Securing Access to Affordable Mortgages Act

 
(Sec. 2) This bill amends the Truth in Lending Act and the Financial Institutions Reform, Recovery, and Enforcement Act of 1989 to exempt from property appraisal requirements a mortgage loan of $250,000 or less if it appears on the loan creditor's balance sheet for at least three years.
 
The bill exempts mortgage lenders and others involved in real estate transactions from incurring penalties for failing to report appraiser misconduct.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2018-03-08
text: Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 448.
action_date: 2018-03-08
text: Reported by the Committee on Financial Services. H. Rept. 115-590.
action_date: 2018-03-08
text: Reported by the Committee on Financial Services. H. Rept. 115-590.
action_date: 2017-11-15
text: Ordered to be Reported by the Yeas and Nays: 32 - 26.
action_date: 2017-11-15
text: Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
action_date: 2017-07-13
text: Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services.
action_date: 2017-07-13
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2017-07-13
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2017-07-12
text: Hearings Held by the Subcommittee on Financial Institutions and Consumer Credit Prior to Introduction and Referral.
Do No Harm Act

Bill: 115-hr-3222
Sponsor: Rep. Kennedy, Joseph P., III [D-MA-4]
Introduced: 2017-07-13 in the House
Policy area: Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues
Subjects: Crimes against women
Disability and health-based discrimination
Employee leave
Employment discrimination and employee rights
First Amendment rights
Health care coverage and access
Housing discrimination
Labor-management relations
Religion
Sex, gender, sexual orientation discrimination
Wages and earnings
Youth employment and child labor

Summary:
action_date: 2017-07-13
text: 

Do No Harm Act

 
This bill makes the Religious Freedom Restoration Act of 1993 (RFRA) inapplicable to federal laws (or implementations of laws) that:
 
 
protect against discrimination or the promotion of equal opportunity, including the Civil Rights Act of 1964, the Americans with Disabilities Act, the Family Medical Leave Act, Executive Order 11246 (concerning equal employment opportunity), the Violence Against Women Act, and the Department of Housing and Urban Development's (HUD's) rules entitled "Equal Access to Housing in HUD Programs Regardless of Sexual Orientation or Gender Identity"; 
 
require employers to provide wages, other compensation, or benefits, including leave; 
 
protect collective activity in the workplace; 
 
protect against child labor, abuse, or exploitation; or 
 
provide for access to, information about, referrals for, provision of, or coverage for, any health care item or service. 

 
Under current law, RFRA prohibits the government from substantially burdening a person's exercise of religion even if the burden results from a rule of general applicability, except in furtherance of a compelling governmental interest when using the least restrictive means.
 
The bill makes RFRA inapplicable to: (1) terms requiring goods, services, functions, or activities to be performed or provided to beneficiaries of government contracts, grants, cooperative agreements, or awards; or (2) denials of a person's full and equal enjoyment of a government-provided good, service, benefit, facility, privilege, advantage, or accommodation.
 
To assert a RFRA claim or defense in a judicial proceeding, the government must be a party to the proceeding.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2017-08-03
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on the Constitution and Civil Justice.
action_date: 2017-07-13
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2017-07-13
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2017-07-13
text: Introduced in House
Refund Rights for Taxpayers Act

Bill: 115-hr-3223
Sponsor: Rep. Dunn, Neal P. [R-FL-2]
Introduced: 2017-07-13 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Income tax credits
Tax administration and collection, taxpayers

Summary:
action_date: 2017-07-13
text: 

Refund Rights for Taxpayers Act 

 
This bill amends the Internal Revenue Code to: (1) extend the statute of limitations for making a claim for a credit or refund for the overpayment of any tax, and (2) shorten the statute of limitations for a collection after the assessment of any tax. 
 
(Under current law, the statute of limitations for making a claim for a credit or refund is three years from the time the return was filed or two years from the time the tax was paid, whichever period expires later. If no return was filed by the taxpayer, the limit is two years from the time the tax was paid.) The bill extends this limit to seven years from the later of the time the return was filed or the tax was paid or, if no return was filed, seven years from the time the tax was paid. 
 
With respect to the statute of limitations for a collection after the assessment of any tax, the bill decreases the limit from 10 years to 7 years after the assessment of the tax. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2017-07-13
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2017-07-13
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2017-07-13
text: Introduced in House
CARE Act of 2017

Bill: 115-hr-3224
Sponsor: Rep. Harper, Gregg [R-MS-3]
Introduced: 2017-07-13 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Emergency medical services and trauma care
Health care coverage and access
Health facilities and institutions
Home and outpatient care
Hospital care
Medicaid
Medicare

Summary:
action_date: 2017-07-13
text: 

Critical Access and Rural Equity Act of 2017 or the CARE Act of 2017

 
This bill amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act to specify that, for purposes of determining Medicare payment and reasonable costs for both inpatient and outpatient critical access hospital (CAH) services, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) shall recognize as allowable costs those related to specified emergency, diagnostic, anesthetist, community health, and off-campus clinical services.
 
Furthermore, in determining payment and reasonable costs for both inpatient and outpatient CAH services, CMS shall not disallow payment to a CAH on the basis that such payment offsets the cost of a current permissible health care-related tax imposed on and paid by the CAH. CMS must make specified payment adjustments to account for such a tax. 
 
Generally, under current law, a facility must be located beyond a specified driving distance from another hospital or facility in order to be designated as a CAH. The bill specifies that this requirement does not apply with respect to a CAH's off-campus provider-based clinic.
 
Current law further requires a facility to provide certain 24-hour emergency care services as a condition of designation as a CAH. The bill allows CMS to waive this requirement with respect to a facility that coordinates with a nearby facility or hospital that provides such services.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2017-07-25
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2017-07-14
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2017-07-13
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: 2017-07-13
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: 2017-07-13
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2017-07-13
text: Introduced in House
Oregon Tribal Economic Development Act

Bill: 115-hr-3225
Sponsor: Rep. DeFazio, Peter A. [D-OR-4]
Introduced: 2017-07-13 in the House
Policy area: Native Americans
Subjects: Indian lands and resources rights
Land transfers
Oregon

Summary:
action_date: 2017-07-13
text: 

Oregon Tribal Economic Development Act

 
This bill allows the Confederated Tribes of Coos, Lower Umpqua, and Siuslaw Indians, the Confederated Tribes of the Grand Ronde Community of Oregon, the Confederated Tribes of Siletz Indians of Oregon, the Confederated Tribes of Warm Springs, and the Cow Creek Band of Umpqua Tribe of Indians to lease, sell, convey, warrant, or transfer their real property that is not held in trust by the United States. 

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.)
 

Oregon Tribal Economic Development Act

 
(Sec. 2) This bill allows the Confederated Tribes of Coos, Lower Umpqua, and Siuslaw Indians, the Confederated Tribes of the Grand Ronde Community of Oregon, the Confederated Tribes of Siletz Indians of Oregon, the Confederated Tribes of Warm Springs, and the Cow Creek Band of Umpqua Tribe of Indians to lease, sell, convey, warrant, or transfer their real property that is not held in trust by the United States. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2018-02-15
text: Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 425.
action_date: 2018-02-15
text: Reported by the Committee on Natural Resources. H. Rept. 115-564.
action_date: 2018-02-15
text: Reported by the Committee on Natural Resources. H. Rept. 115-564.
action_date: 2018-01-17
text: Ordered to be Reported by Unanimous Consent.
action_date: 2018-01-17
text: Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
action_date: 2018-01-17
text: Subcommittee on Indian, Insular and Alaska Native Affairs Discharged.
action_date: 2017-11-15
text: Subcommittee Hearings Held.
action_date: 2017-07-25
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Indian, Insular and Alaska Native Affairs.
action_date: 2017-07-13
text: Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.
action_date: 2017-07-13
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2017-07-13
text: Introduced in House
Supplemental Security Income Equality Act

Bill: 115-hr-3226
Sponsor: Resident Commissioner González-Colón, Jenniffer [R-PR-At Large]
Introduced: 2017-07-13 in the House
Policy area: Social Welfare
Subjects: Administrative remedies
American Samoa
Caribbean area
Guam
Poverty and welfare assistance
Puerto Rico
Social Security Administration
U.S. territories and protectorates
Virgin Islands

Summary:
action_date: 2017-07-13
text: 

Supplemental Security Income Equality Act

 
This bill amends the Social Security Amendments of 1972 to extend the Supplemental Security Income program (which provides financial assistance to low-income people who are aged, blind, or disabled) to Puerto Rico, the U.S. Virgin Islands, Guam, and American Samoa. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2017-07-25
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Human Resources.
action_date: 2017-07-13
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2017-07-13
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2017-07-13
text: Introduced in House
Free Press Act of 2017

Bill: 115-hr-3228
Sponsor: Rep. Himes, James A. [D-CT-4]
Introduced: 2017-07-13 in the House
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Subjects: Government information and archives
Internet and video services
Internet, web applications, social media
News media and reporting
Presidents and presidential powers, Vice Presidents

Summary:
action_date: 2017-07-13
text: 

Free Press Act of 2017

 
This bill requires the President to provide for video recorded press briefings covering the official business of the President to the White House press corps at least two times per week.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2017-07-13
text: Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform.
action_date: 2017-07-13
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2017-07-13
text: Introduced in House
Adoption Promotion Act of 2017

Bill: 115-hr-3231
Sponsor: Rep. Long, Billy [R-MO-7]
Introduced: 2017-07-13 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Adoption and foster care
Family planning and birth control
Government studies and investigations
Health information and medical records
Medical tests and diagnostic methods
Sex and reproductive health
Social work, volunteer service, charitable organizations
Women's health

Summary:
action_date: 2017-07-13
text: 

Adoption Promotion Act of 2017

 
This bill amends the Public Health Service Act to direct the Department of Health and Human Services to ensure that pregnancy options counseling funded through family planning projects includes adoption counseling and is provided by licensed social workers or counselors who have knowledge and experience in adoption practice. Training for personnel to carry out family planning programs must include training on the adoption process.
 
Research related to family planning and population must include: (1) collection of data on the number of pregnancy tests administered to individuals served by family planning programs and the results of those tests; and (2) evaluation of the quality, consistency, and outcomes of pregnancy options counseling.
 
 
 
 
 
 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2017-07-14
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2017-07-13
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2017-07-13
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2017-07-13
text: Introduced in House
Oath of Exit Act

Bill: 115-hr-3232
Sponsor: Rep. Mast, Brian J. [R-FL-18]
Introduced: 2017-07-13 in the House
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Mental health
Military personnel and dependents
Veterans' medical care

Summary:
action_date: 2017-07-13
text: 

Oath of Exit Act

 
This bill establishes a separation oath for members of the Armed Forces who are voluntarily separating from military service.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2017-08-21
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Military Personnel.
action_date: 2017-07-13
text: Referred to the House Committee on Armed Services.
action_date: 2017-07-13
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR H5816-5817)
action_date: 2017-07-13
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2017-07-13
text: Introduced in House
Fair Trade Accessibility and Accountability Act of 2017

Bill: 115-hr-3233
Sponsor: Rep. McKinley, David B. [R-WV-1]
Introduced: 2017-07-13 in the House
Policy area: Foreign Trade and International Finance
Subjects: Administrative remedies
Asia
Buy American requirements
China
Civil actions and liability
Competitiveness, trade promotion, trade deficits
Congressional oversight
Free trade and trade barriers
Government information and archives
Government studies and investigations
Public contracts and procurement
Small business
Tariffs
U.S. International Trade Commission

Summary:
action_date: 2017-07-13
text: 

Fair Trade Accessibility and Accountability Act of 2017

 
This bill directs the Department of Commerce to provide financial assistance to small firms to assist them in preparing and filing petitions to obtain the remedies and benefits available under the Tariff Act of 1930 relating to the imposition of countervailing and antidumping duties investigations. Commerce shall review an application for assistance submitted by a small firm based on the firm's ability-to-pay and its economic impact in its local community. The amount of such assistance is capped.
 
The bill amends the Tariff Act of 1930 to modify criteria for determining industry support for petitions in countervailing and antidumping duties investigations.
 
A U.S. business enterprise may file a petition with the Senate Committee on Finance or the House Committee on Ways and Means to determine whether or not a foreign country has violated its obligations under any trade agreement to which the United States is a party.
 
 Any good listed on a General Services Administration federal supply schedule described as made in America must have all or virtually all of the good and component parts made in the United States. Suppliers of any good not in compliance with Made in America requirements are subject to civil penalties. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2017-07-25
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Trade.
action_date: 2017-07-13
text: Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, 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: 2017-07-13
text: Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, 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: 2017-07-13
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2017-07-13
text: Introduced in House