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Apollo I Memorial Act

Bill: 115-hr-703
Sponsor: Rep. Johnson, Eddie Bernice [D-TX-30]
Introduced: 2017-01-27 in the House
Policy area: Science, Technology, Communications
Subjects: Cemeteries and funerals
Commemorative events and holidays
Monuments and memorials
Space flight and exploration
Spacecraft and satellites
Virginia

Summary:
action_date: 2017-01-27
text: 

Apollo I Memorial Act

 
This bill directs the Department of the Army to construct in Arlington National Cemetery a memorial marker in honor of the three crew members of the mission that became known as the Apollo I mission who died during a launch rehearsal test on January 27, 1967, at the Kennedy Space Center. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2017-04-25
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Space.
action_date: 2017-02-17
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Readiness.
action_date: 2017-02-06
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Disability Assistance and Memorial Affairs.
action_date: 2017-01-27
text: Referred to the Committee on Armed Services, and in addition to the Committees on Veterans' Affairs, and Science, Space, and Technology, 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: 2017-01-27
text: Referred to the Committee on Armed Services, and in addition to the Committees on Veterans' Affairs, and Science, Space, and Technology, 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: 2017-01-27
text: Referred to the Committee on Armed Services, and in addition to the Committees on Veterans' Affairs, and Science, Space, and Technology, 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: 2017-01-27
text: Referred to the Committee on Armed Services, and in addition to the Committees on Veterans' Affairs, and Science, Space, and Technology, 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: 2017-01-27
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2017-01-27
text: Introduced in House
Small Business and Community Investments Expansion Act of 2017

Bill: 115-hr-704
Sponsor: Rep. Ellison, Keith [D-MN-5]
Introduced: 2017-01-27 in the House
Policy area: Finance and Financial Sector
Subjects: Bank accounts, deposits, capital
Banking and financial institutions regulation
Credit and credit markets
Housing and community development funding

Summary:
action_date: 2017-01-27
text: 

Small Business and Community Investments Expansion Act of 2017

 
This bill amends the Federal Home Loan Bank Act to authorize a Federal Home Loan Bank to make a long-term secured advance for the purpose of providing funds to a community development financial institution. Additionally, the bill expands eligible collateral, in the case of a community development financial institution, to include secured loans or securities representing a whole interest in secured loans.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2017-01-27
text: Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services.
action_date: 2017-01-27
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2017-01-27
text: Introduced in House
Verify Eligibility Coverage Act

Bill: 115-hr-705
Sponsor: Rep. Flores, Bill [R-TX-17]
Introduced: 2017-01-27 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Emergency medical services and trauma care
Health programs administration and funding
Home and outpatient care
Immigrant health and welfare
Immigration status and procedures
Medicaid

Summary:
action_date: 2017-01-27
text: 

Verify Eligibility Coverage Act

 
 The bill amends title XIX (Medicaid) of the Social Security Act to allow a state to delay or deny an individual's initial eligibility for Medicaid benefits without providing a reasonable opportunity to submit evidence of a satisfactory immigration status or pending official verification of such status. A state that elects to provide a reasonable period for an individual to provide such evidence may not receive payment for amounts expended on the individual's medical assistance during that period.
 
In FY2018-FY2026, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, using the Medicaid Improvement Fund, shall pay a 90% federal matching rate to eligible states for home- and community-based services furnished under a state Medicaid waiver to patients who had been on a waiting list for such services.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2017-02-03
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2017-01-27
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2017-01-27
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2017-01-27
text: Introduced in House
Plan Verification and Fairness Act of 2017

Bill: 115-hr-706
Sponsor: Rep. Blackburn, Marsha [R-TN-7]
Introduced: 2017-01-27 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Congressional oversight
Government studies and investigations
Health care costs and insurance
Health care coverage and access

Summary:
action_date: 2017-01-27
text: 

Plan Verification and Fairness Act of 2017

 
This bill amends the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act to require health insurance exchanges to verify an individual's eligibility for a special enrollment period before coverage is made effective.
 
Individuals seeking coverage through an exchange during a special enrollment period must submit to the exchange the documents necessary to verify their eligibility for the special enrollment period.
 The Office of the Inspector General of the Department of Health and Human Services must report on enrollment during special enrollment periods for plan year 2016. The report must include the number of individuals who: (1) sought to enroll during a special enrollment period but were prohibited, (2) were prohibited because they did not provide documentation supporting eligibility, and (3) were prohibited because they provided invalid documentation.

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2017-02-03
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2017-01-27
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2017-01-27
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2017-01-27
text: Introduced in House
Health Care Choices for Seniors Act

Bill: 115-hr-707
Sponsor: Rep. Blackburn, Marsha [R-TN-7]
Introduced: 2017-01-27 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Aging
Health care costs and insurance
Income tax deductions
Medicare
Social security and elderly assistance

Summary:
action_date: 2017-01-27
text: 

Health Care Choices for Seniors Act
 
 
This bill amends title II (Old Age, Survivors, and Disability Insurance) (OASDI) of the Social Security Act to require the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) to establish the Medicare Alternative Voucher (MAV) Program, under which a voucher may be used as a contribution into a health savings account and for the payment of enrollment premiums under a high-deductible health plan. HHS must establish a procedure under which an individual otherwise entitled to Medicare benefits may waive such entitlement and be automatically enrolled in the MAV Program.
 
In addition, the bill amends the Internal Revenue Code to increase the amount of the deduction from gross income for health savings accounts by the amount of the MAV that is contributed to an individual's health savings account.
 
The bill also suspends Medicare late enrollment penalties for an individual between ages 65 and 70.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2017-02-08
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2017-02-03
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2017-01-27
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: 2017-01-27
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: 2017-01-27
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: 2017-01-27
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2017-01-27
text: Introduced in House
State Age Rating Flexibility Act of 2017

Bill: 115-hr-708
Sponsor: Rep. Bucshon, Larry [R-IN-8]
Introduced: 2017-01-27 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Age discrimination
Aging
Health care costs and insurance
Insurance industry and regulation

Summary:
action_date: 2017-01-27
text: 

State Age Rating Flexibility Act of 2017

 
This bill amends the Public Health Service Act to increase the permissible variation based on age for health insurance premiums for coverage offered in the individual or small group market from a factor of three to a factor of five, or to a factor determined by the state. This applies to plan years starting on or after January 1, 2018.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2017-02-03
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2017-01-27
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2017-01-27
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2017-01-27
text: Introduced in House
We Are Watching You Act of 2017

Bill: 115-hr-709
Sponsor: Rep. Capuano, Michael E. [D-MA-7]
Introduced: 2017-01-27 in the House
Policy area: Commerce
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Consumer affairs
Federal Trade Commission (FTC)
Internet and video services
Internet, web applications, social media
Right of privacy

Summary:
action_date: 2017-01-27
text: 

We Are Watching You Act of
 
2017

 
This bill prohibits an operator of a video service from collecting visual or auditory information from the vicinity of the device used to display the video programming stream to the consumer unless the operator: (1) displays, as part of the stream, a message that reads, &quot;We are watching you&quot;; and (2) describes to the consumer the types of information that will be collected and how such information will be used. 
 
The description of information collection must be provided: (1) as part of the terms and conditions to which the consumer must agree before using the video service; and (2) in the case of a video service accessed through a device sold or provided to the consumer by the operator, as part of the written instructions and other materials accompanying such device.
 
Operators must offer an alternative video service that does not involve the collection of such information but is otherwise identical. Any devices provided in connection with such alternative service must be incapable of collecting such information. 
 
Operators may disclose such information only with the express consent of the consumer or as required by a court order in connection with a law enforcement investigation. 
 
Violations of this bill are to be treated as unfair or deceptive acts or practices under the Federal Trade Commission Act.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2017-02-03
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Digital Commerce and Consumer Protection.
action_date: 2017-01-27
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2017-01-27
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2017-01-27
text: Introduced in House
Health Coverage State Flexibility Act of 2017

Bill: 115-hr-710
Sponsor: Rep. Flores, Bill [R-TX-17]
Introduced: 2017-01-27 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Health care costs and insurance
Health care coverage and access
State and local government operations

Summary:
action_date: 2017-01-27
text: 

Health Coverage State Flexibility Act of 2017

 This bill amends the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act to revise the grace period that health insurers must provide to recipients of premium subsidies before discontinuing health coverage for nonpayment of premiums. The grace period is shortened from 3 months to 30 days unless state law includes an applicable grace period.

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2017-02-08
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2017-01-27
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2017-01-27
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2017-01-27
text: Introduced in House
John Tanner Fairness and Independence in Redistricting Act

Bill: 115-hr-711
Sponsor: Rep. Cohen, Steve [D-TN-9]
Introduced: 2017-01-27 in the House
Policy area: Congress
Subjects: Congressional districts and representation
Constitution and constitutional amendments
Government information and archives
House of Representatives
Members of Congress
State and local courts
State and local government operations
Voting rights

Summary:
action_date: 2017-01-27
text: 

John Tanner Fairness and Independence in Redistricting Act

 
 This bill prohibits a state that has been redistricted after an apportionment from being redistricted again until after the next apportionment of Representatives, unless the state is ordered by a court to conduct such a subsequent redistricting in order to: (1) comply with the U.S. Constitution, or (2) enforce the Voting Rights Act of 1965.
 
Such redistricting shall be conducted through a plan developed by the independent redistricting commission established in the state, or if such plan is not enacted into law, the redistricting plan selected by the state's highest court or developed by a U.S. district court.
 
The bill prescribes requirements for: (1) establishment of a state independent redistricting commission (including provisions for holding each of its meetings in public and maintaining a public Internet site); (2) development of a redistricting plan (including soliciting and considering public comments) and its submission to the state legislature (with public notice of plans at least seven days prior to such submission); (3) selection of a plan, under specified conditions, by the state's highest court or the U.S. district court for the district in which the capital of the state is located; (4) special rules for redistricting conducted under a federal court order; and (5) Election Assistance Commission payments to states for carrying out redistricting.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2017-02-14
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on the Constitution and Civil Justice.
action_date: 2017-01-27
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2017-01-27
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2017-01-27
text: Introduced in House
John Tanner Fairness and Independence in Redistricting Act

Bill: 115-hr-712
Sponsor: Rep. Cooper, Jim [D-TN-5]
Introduced: 2017-01-27 in the House
Policy area: Congress
Subjects: Congressional districts and representation
Constitution and constitutional amendments
Government information and archives
House of Representatives
Members of Congress
State and local courts
State and local government operations
Voting rights

Summary:
action_date: 2017-01-27
text: 

John Tanner Fairness and Independence in Redistricting Act

 
 This bill prohibits a state that has been redistricted after an apportionment from being redistricted again until after the next apportionment of Representatives, unless the state is ordered by a court to conduct such a subsequent redistricting in order to: (1) comply with the U.S. Constitution, or (2) enforce the Voting Rights Act of 1965.
 
Such redistricting shall be conducted through a plan developed by the independent redistricting commission established in the state, or if such plan is not enacted into law, the redistricting plan selected by the state's highest court or developed by a U.S. district court.
 
The bill prescribes requirements for: (1) establishment of a state independent redistricting commission (including provisions for holding each of its meetings in public and maintaining a public Internet site); (2) development of a redistricting plan (including soliciting and considering public comments) and its submission to the state legislature (with public notice of plans at least seven days prior to such submission); (3) selection of a plan, under specified conditions, by the state's highest court or the U.S. district court for the district in which the capital of the state is located; (4) special rules for redistricting conducted under a federal court order; and (5) Election Assistance Commission payments to states for carrying out redistricting.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2017-02-14
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on the Constitution and Civil Justice.
action_date: 2017-01-27
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2017-01-27
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2017-01-27
text: Introduced in House
Redistricting Transparency Act of 2017

Bill: 115-hr-713
Sponsor: Rep. Cooper, Jim [D-TN-5]
Introduced: 2017-01-27 in the House
Policy area: Congress
Subjects: Congressional elections
Congressional operations and organization
House of Representatives
Internet and video services
Internet, web applications, social media
Public participation and lobbying
State and local government operations

Summary:
action_date: 2017-01-27
text: 

Redistricting Transparency Act of 2017

 
 This bill requires states to carry out congressional redistricting in accordance with a process under which members of the public are informed of redistricting proposals via the Internet and have the opportunity to participate in the development of such proposals prior to their adoption.
 
 The bill requires each state redistricting entity to establish and maintain a public Internet site meeting specified requirements.
 
 The state redistricting entity must: (1) solicit the input of members of the public in its work to develop initial congressional redistricting plans for the state; and (2) post the proposed final plan on the Internet site at least 10 days before its adoption, as well as no later than 7 days after its adoption, together with a map, the reasons for adoption, dissenting opinions, and certain other information.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2017-02-14
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on the Constitution and Civil Justice.
action_date: 2017-01-27
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2017-01-27
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2017-01-27
text: Introduced in House
LUMMA

Bill: 115-hr-714
Sponsor: Rep. Griffith, H. Morgan [R-VA-9]
Introduced: 2017-01-27 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Alternative treatments
Drug trafficking and controlled substances
Drug, alcohol, tobacco use
Intergovernmental relations
Prescription drugs
State and local government operations

Summary:
action_date: 2017-01-27
text: 

 
 

Legitimate Use of Medicinal Marihuana Act or LUMMA

 
This bill transfers marijuana from schedule I to schedule II of the Controlled Substances Act.
 
It specifies that no provision of the Controlled Substances Act prohibits or restricts activities related to medical marijuana that comply with a state's medical marijuana law.
 
This bill does not affect any federal, state, or local law that regulates or prohibits smoking in public. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2017-02-03
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2017-01-27
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2017-01-27
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2017-01-27
text: Introduced in House
Enhancing Educational Opportunities for all Students Act

Bill: 115-hr-716
Sponsor: Rep. Messer, Luke [R-IN-6]
Introduced: 2017-01-27 in the House
Policy area: Education
Subjects: Education of the disadvantaged
Education programs funding
Elementary and secondary education
Higher education
Income tax exclusion
Poverty and welfare assistance
Preschool education
Student aid and college costs

Summary:
action_date: 2017-01-27
text: 

Enhancing Educational Opportunities for all Students Act
 
 
This bill amends the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 to allow a state educational agency to allocate grant funds among local educational agencies based on the number of eligible children (children age 5 to 17 from a family with an income below the poverty level) enrolled in the public schools and the state-accredited private schools within each local agency's geographic jurisdiction.
 
This bill also amends the Internal Revenue Code to: (1) allow payment of home school expenses from Coverdell education savings accounts; (2) remove the dollar limitation on contributions to Coverdell education savings accounts and require such accounts to provide adequate safeguards to prevent contributions from exceeding the amount necessary to provide for the qualified education expenses of the account beneficiary; and (3) allow tax-exempt qualified tuition programs (529 tuition programs) to pay qualified pre-kindergarten, elementary, and secondary education expenses.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2017-01-27
text: Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committee on Education and the Workforce, 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: 2017-01-27
text: Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committee on Education and the Workforce, 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: 2017-01-27
text: Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committee on Education and the Workforce, 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: 2017-01-27
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2017-01-27
text: Introduced in House
Protecting the Dignity of Unborn Children Act of 2017

Bill: 115-hr-718
Sponsor: Rep. Tiberi, Patrick J. [R-OH-12]
Introduced: 2017-01-27 in the House
Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement
Subjects: Abortion
Solid waste and recycling

Summary:
action_date: 2017-01-27
text: 

Protecting the Dignity of Unborn Children Act of 

2017

 
This bill amends the federal criminal code to make it a crime to recklessly dispose of or abandon fetal remains in a landfill or in any navigable waters of the United States. 
 
The term "fetal remains" means any part (except a cremated part) of a deceased human fetus following an abortion.
 
 A violator is subject to a fine, up to three years 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: 2017-01-27
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2017-01-27
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2017-01-27
text: Introduced in House