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PSC Oversight Act of 2017

Bill: 115-hr-1139
Sponsor: Rep. Cramer, Kevin [R-ND-At Large]
Introduced: 2017-02-16 in the House
Policy area: Science, Technology, Communications
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Federal Communications Commission (FCC)
Internet and video services
Internet, web applications, social media
State and local government operations
Telecommunication rates and fees

Summary:
action_date: 2017-02-16
text: 

Preserving State Commission Oversight Act of 2017 or the PSC Oversight Act of 2017

 
This bill nullifies a Federal Communications Commission regulation that prohibits a state commission from designating Lifeline broadband providers that are eligible to accept government subsidies in exchange for providing discounted Internet service to qualifying low-income consumers under the universal service program.
 
The bill also amends the Communications Act of 1934 to prohibit anything in such Act or the Telecommunications Act of 1996 from being construed as modifying or limiting the jurisdiction of any state commission to designate a telecommunications carrier eligible to receive universal service support. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2017-02-17
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Communications and Technology.
action_date: 2017-02-16
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2017-02-16
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2017-02-16
text: Introduced in House
WMATA Improvement Act of 2017

Bill: 115-hr-1140
Sponsor: Rep. Delaney, John K. [D-MD-6]
Introduced: 2017-02-16 in the House
Policy area: Transportation and Public Works
Subjects: Corporate finance and management
District of Columbia
Intergovernmental relations
Labor-management relations
Maryland
Public contracts and procurement
Public transit
State and local finance
State and local government operations
Transportation employees
Transportation programs funding
Virginia

Summary:
action_date: 2017-02-16
text: 

WMATA Improvement Act of 2017

 
This bill authorizes the Department of Transportation to provide additional grants for each of FY2018-FY2028 to the Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority (WMATA) for financing approved capital and preventive maintenance projects.
 
No grants may be provided until:
 
 
the WMATA Board of Directors certifies that amendments have been made to the existing collective bargaining agreement between WMATA and a collective bargaining unit allowing WMATA to implement necessary operational changes required to provide a high level of service, reliability, and safety as well as lower costs through competitive bidding for certain capital improvements; and 
 
the WMATA Compact includes amendments requiring WMATA Board members to have a primary fiduciary obligation to WMATA, newly appointed Board members to have at least one of specified expert qualifications, and the Board to be composed of nine voting members, including the CEO of the Transit Authority and two appointed by each of the District of Columbia, Virginia, Maryland, and the Secretary of Transportation.
 
 
Congressional consent for the Compact shall be withdrawn if Compact signatories (the District of Columbia, Virginia, and Maryland) fail to enact such amendments.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2017-03-16
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Regulatory Reform, Commercial And Antitrust Law.
action_date: 2017-02-17
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Highways and Transit.
action_date: 2017-02-16
text: Referred to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, 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: 2017-02-16
text: Referred to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, 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: 2017-02-16
text: Referred to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, 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: 2017-02-16
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2017-02-16
text: Introduced in House
Pet Safety and Protection Act of 2017

Bill: 115-hr-1141
Sponsor: Rep. Doyle, Michael F. [D-PA-14]
Introduced: 2017-02-16 in the House
Policy area: Animals
Subjects: Animal protection and human-animal relationships
Mammals
Medical research

Summary:
action_date: 2017-02-16
text: 

Pet Safety and Protection Act of 2017

 
This bill amends the Animal Welfare Act to revise the list of permissible sources of dogs and cats used by research facilities to include dogs and cats obtained: (1) from a licensed dealer, (2) from a publicly owned and operated pound or shelter that meets specified requirements, (3) by donation from a person who bred and raised the dog or cat or owned it for not less than one year, or (4) from a research facility licensed by the Department of Agriculture. The requirements pertaining to sources apply to dogs and cats obtained through sales, donations, or offers. Monetary penalties are established for violations.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2017-03-10
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Livestock and Foreign Agriculture.
action_date: 2017-02-16
text: Referred to the House Committee on Agriculture.
action_date: 2017-02-16
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E216)
action_date: 2017-02-16
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2017-02-16
text: Introduced in House
Master Sergeant Roddie Edmonds Congressional Gold Medal Act

Bill: 115-hr-1142
Sponsor: Rep. Duncan, John J., Jr. [R-TN-2]
Introduced: 2017-02-16 in the House
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Conflicts and wars
Congressional tributes
Military personnel and dependents

Summary:
action_date: 2017-02-16
text: 

Master Sergeant Roddie Edmonds Congressional Gold Medal Act

 
This bill directs the Speaker of the House of Representatives and the President pro tempore of the Senate to arrange for the posthumous award of a Congressional Gold Medal to Roddie Edmonds in recognition of his achievements and heroic actions during World War II.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2017-02-16
text: Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services.
action_date: 2017-02-16
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2017-02-16
text: Introduced in House
Hygiene Assistance for Families of Infants and Toddlers Act of 2017

Bill: 115-hr-1143
Sponsor: Rep. Ellison, Keith [D-MN-5]
Introduced: 2017-02-16 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Child health
Family services
Health programs administration and funding
Health promotion and preventive care
Health technology, devices, supplies
Mental health
Musculoskeletal and skin diseases
Poverty and welfare assistance

Summary:
action_date: 2017-02-16
text: 

Hygiene Assistance for Families of Infants and Toddlers Act of 2017

 
This bill amends the Public Health Service Act to direct the Administration for Children and Familes of the Department of Health and Human Services to award grants to states or local governments, Indian tribes or tribal organizations, or nonprofit organizations to conduct demonstration projects to help low-income families address the diapering needs of their children. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2017-02-17
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2017-02-16
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2017-02-16
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2017-02-16
text: Introduced in House
Inclusive Prosperity Act of 2017

Bill: 115-hr-1144
Sponsor: Rep. Ellison, Keith [D-MN-5]
Introduced: 2017-02-16 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Financial services and investments
Government information and archives
Income tax credits
Sales and excise taxes
Securities
Tax administration and collection, taxpayers

Summary:
action_date: 2017-02-16
text: 

Inclusive Prosperity Act of 201

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 This bill amends the Internal Revenue Code to: (1) impose an excise tax on the transfer of ownership in certain securities (covered transaction), including any share of stock in a corporation, any partnership or beneficial interest in a partnership or trust, any note, bond, debenture, or other evidence of indebtedness (excluding tax-exempt municipal bonds), or derivative financial instruments; (2) impose a penalty on taxpayers who fail to include a covered transaction on their tax return or information statement; and (3) allow an individual taxpayer whose modified adjusted gross income does not exceed $50,000 ($75,000 for married taxpayers filing joint returns) a tax credit for the amount of tax paid on covered transactions. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2017-02-16
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2017-02-16
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2017-02-16
text: Introduced in House
Housing for Homeless Students Act of 2017

Bill: 115-hr-1145
Sponsor: Rep. Ellison, Keith [D-MN-5]
Introduced: 2017-02-16 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Higher education
Homelessness and emergency shelter
Income tax credits
Low- and moderate-income housing
Veterans' loans, housing, homeless programs

Summary:
action_date: 2017-02-16
text: 

Housing for Homeless Students Act of 201

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This bill amends the Internal Revenue Code, with respect to the low-income housing tax credit, to qualify low-income building units that provide housing for homeless children, youth, or veterans who are full-time students for the credit. To qualify for the credit, the full-time student must have been a homeless child or youth during any portion of the seven-year period prior to occupying the housing unit or a homeless veteran during any portion of the five-year period prior to occupying the unit. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2017-02-16
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2017-02-16
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2017-02-16
text: Introduced in House
Equal Opportunity for Residential Representation Act

Bill: 115-hr-1146
Sponsor: Rep. Ellison, Keith [D-MN-5]
Introduced: 2017-02-16 in the House
Policy area: Housing and Community Development
Subjects: Crime victims
Domestic violence and child abuse
Housing and community development funding
Housing finance and home ownership
Housing supply and affordability
Income tax deductions
Interest, dividends, interest rates
Lawyers and legal services
Low- and moderate-income housing
Poverty and welfare assistance

Summary:
action_date: 2017-02-16
text: 

Equal Opportunity for Residential Representation Act

 
This bill requires the Department of Housing and Urban Development's (HUD's) Office of Community Planning and Development to carry out a program to make grants to organizations to provide legal services and other related supportive services on behalf of low-income families (including individuals and victims of domestic violence) who reside in a rental dwelling unit and have an income that does not exceed 80% of the median income for the area in which the family resides.
 
The following organizations may receive such grants:
 
 
nonprofit organizations that provide legal services to persons or families of limited income, including organizations that receive funding from the Legal Services Corporation;
 
 legal clinics sponsored by law schools or other organizations; and
 
 such other entities as HUD considers appropriate.
 
 
These grants may be used only to provide legal services and other related supportive services in connection with: (1) an eviction of such a family, (2) the prevention of such eviction, (3) a dispute between the landlord and a tenant who is a family member, or (4) enforcing the family's legal rights regarding tenancy or fair housing.
 
Funds for such program shall be derived from revenues resulting from amendments by this bill to the Internal Revenue Code to reduce the limitation on the mortgage interest deduction for the acquisition indebtedness of certain taxpayers.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2017-02-16
text: Referred to the Committee on Financial Services, 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: 2017-02-16
text: Referred to the Committee on Financial Services, 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: 2017-02-16
text: Referred to the Committee on Financial Services, 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: 2017-02-16
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2017-02-16
text: Introduced in House
Support the Families of Fallen Heroes Act

Bill: 115-hr-1147
Sponsor: Rep. Esty, Elizabeth H. [D-CT-5]
Introduced: 2017-02-16 in the House
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Subjects: Family services
Military personnel and dependents
Postal service
Social work, volunteer service, charitable organizations

Summary:
action_date: 2017-02-16
text: 

Support the Families of Fallen Heroes Act 

 
 This bill directs the U.S. Postal Service to issue a Families of Fallen Heroes Semipostal Stamp. 
 
 The proceeds from the sale of this stamp (after the recovery of costs) shall be transferred as follows: (1) 50% to the Tragedy Assistance Program for Survivors, and (2) 50% to the Families of the Fallen support program of United Service Organizations, Inc.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2017-03-23
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Military Personnel.
action_date: 2017-02-16
text: Referred to the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, and in addition to the Committee on Armed 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: 2017-02-16
text: Referred to the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, and in addition to the Committee on Armed 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: 2017-02-16
text: Referred to the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, and in addition to the Committee on Armed 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: 2017-02-16
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2017-02-16
text: Introduced in House
Nuclear Family Priority Act

Bill: 115-hr-1149
Sponsor: Rep. Hice, Jody B. [R-GA-10]
Introduced: 2017-02-16 in the House
Policy area: Immigration
Subjects: Family relationships
Immigration status and procedures
Visas and passports

Summary:
action_date: 2017-02-16
text: 

Nuclear Family Priority Act 

 
This bill amends the Immigration and Nationality Act to eliminate parents from the definition of &quot;immediate relatives&quot; with respect to those aliens not subject to worldwide immigration levels or numerical limitations. 
 
Existing family-sponsored immigrant categories are replaced with a single preference allocation for spouses and children of permanent resident aliens.
 
This bill: (1) reduces the number of, and revises the calculation for, fiscal year family-sponsored immigrant entrants; and (2) establishes a nonimmigrant visa category for an alien who is a parent of a U.S. citizen at least 21 years old.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2017-03-06
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration and Border Security.
action_date: 2017-02-16
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2017-02-16
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2017-02-16
text: Introduced in House
Tanning Tax Repeal Act of 2017

Bill: 115-hr-1150
Sponsor: Rep. Holding, George [R-NC-2]
Introduced: 2017-02-16 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Sales and excise taxes

Summary:
action_date: 2017-02-16
text: 

Tanning Tax Repeal Act of 201

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 This bill amends the Internal Revenue Code to repeal the 10% excise tax on indoor tanning services. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2017-02-16
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2017-02-16
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2017-02-16
text: Introduced in House
Encouraging the Prioritization of the Most Vulnerable Act

Bill: 115-hr-1151
Sponsor: Rep. Hudson, Richard [R-NC-8]
Introduced: 2017-02-16 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Government information and archives
Health care coverage and access
Health care quality
Health information and medical records
Medicaid
Social work, volunteer service, charitable organizations

Summary:
action_date: 2017-02-16
text: 

Encouraging the Prioritization of the Most Vulnerable Act

 
This bill amend title XI (General Provisions) of the Social Security Act to require the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS), in approving Medicaid demonstration projects, to:
 
 
post on its website information regarding how CMS prioritizes projects that have been proven effective in improving care and outcomes with respect to uninsured, Medicaid-eligible, or low-income individuals; 
 
collect, from a participating state, available data regarding the quality of care or health outcomes with respect to individuals served; 
 
post on its website information regarding how a project is not duplicative of any federal program or funding opportunity; and 
 
collect, from a participating state, an analysis of the degree to which such projects displace private and charitable sector efforts to improve care and outcomes with respect to uninsured, Medicaid-eligible, or low-income individuals. 



Legislative actions:
action_date: 2017-02-17
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2017-02-16
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2017-02-16
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2017-02-16
text: Introduced in House
Care Veterans Deserve Act of 2017

Bill: 115-hr-1152
Sponsor: Rep. Hudson, Richard [R-NC-8]
Introduced: 2017-02-16 in the House
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Computers and information technology
Congressional oversight
Department of Veterans Affairs
Disability and paralysis
Government employee pay, benefits, personnel management
Health care coverage and access
Health care quality
Health facilities and institutions
Health information and medical records
Health personnel
Health technology, devices, supplies
Hospital care
Licensing and registrations
Veterans' medical care

Summary:
action_date: 2017-02-16
text: 

Care Veterans Deserve Act of 2017

 
This bill amends the Veterans Access, Choice, and Accountability Act of 2014 to make the Veterans Choice Program permanent. 
 
Program eligibility is expanded to include veterans with a 50% service-connected disability. 
 
The VA shall contract with a national chain of walk-in clinics to provide hospital care and medical services in such clinics to veterans who are in the annual patient enrollment system. 
 
A veteran shall not be required to: (1) obtain pre-authorization for such care, or (2) pay a copayment to the clinic or to the VA. 
 
Such national chain shall establish an automated system to provide the VA with weekly information on veterans receiving hospital care or medical services. 
 
A covered health care professional may practice his or her health care profession at any location in any state, regardless of where such health care professional or the patient is located, if the health care professional is using telemedicine to treat an individual. 
 
Such treatment is permitted regardless of whether the professional or patient is located in a federally-owned facility. 
 
"Covered health care professional" means a health care professional who is: (1) authorized by the VA to provide health care, including a private health care professional who provides such care under a VA contract or agreement; and (2) licensed, registered, or certified in a state to practice his or her health care profession. 
 
The VA shall: 
 
 
extend the operating hours for each VA pharmacy to include weekday evenings until until 8:00 p.m., weekends, and federal holidays; and 
 
contract with qualifying physicians and nurses to work at VA medical facilities during nights and weekends. 
 
 
The VA may: (1) hire support staff in connection with such extended operating hours, and (2) provide for a a nongovernmental hospital organization best-practices peer review of each VA medical center. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2017-03-03
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2017-02-16
text: Referred to the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
action_date: 2017-02-16
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2017-02-16
text: Introduced in House
Commercial Vessel Incidental Discharge Act

Bill: 115-hr-1154
Sponsor: Rep. Hunter, Duncan D. [R-CA-50]
Introduced: 2017-02-16 in the House
Policy area: Environmental Protection
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Aquatic ecology
Department of Homeland Security
Environmental assessment, monitoring, research
Licensing and registrations
Marine and inland water transportation
Marine pollution
Water quality

Summary:
action_date: 2017-02-16
text: 

Commercial Vessel Incidental Discharge Act

 
This bill requires the U.S. Coast Guard to: (1) address the regulation of discharges incidental to the normal operation of a commercial vessel into navigable waters, including ballast water discharges; and (2) preempt applicable state laws and federal regulations issued under the Federal Water Pollution Control Act (commonly known as the Clean Water Act). Ballast water is water and suspended matter taken on board a commercial vessel to control or maintain trim, draught, stability, or stresses of the commercial vessel.
 
This bill requires commercial vessels to meet ballast water discharge standards established by the Coast Guard.
 
By 2022, the Coast Guard must complete an effectiveness review to determine whether revising ballast water discharge standards will result in reducing the risk of introducing or establishing aquatic nuisance species. Further revisions to the standards must be considered every 10 years.
 
If the standard would result in reducing the risk of introducing or establishing aquatic nuisance species, then the Coast Guard must conduct a practicability review to determine whether: (1) a ballast water management system that is capable of achieving the proposed standard is economically achievable and operationally practicable, and (2) testing protocols can accurately measure compliance. The Coast Guard must revise the standard if it meets practicability criteria.
 
The Coast Guard must also issue rules establishing: (1) reasonable and practicable standards for reception facilities to mitigate adverse effects of aquatic nuisance species on navigable waters, and (2) best management practices for certain discharges for commercial vessels that are at least 79 feet in length and are not fishing vessels.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2017-02-17
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Water Resources and Environment.
action_date: 2017-02-17
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Coast Guard and Maritime Transportation.
action_date: 2017-02-16
text: Referred to the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.
action_date: 2017-02-16
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2017-02-16
text: Introduced in House