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Homeless Veterans Assistance Fund Act of 2017

Bill: 115-hr-1875
Sponsor: Rep. Schneider, Bradley Scott [D-IL-10]
Introduced: 2017-04-04 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Government trust funds
Homelessness and emergency shelter
Housing and community development funding
Tax administration and collection, taxpayers
Veterans' loans, housing, homeless programs

Summary:
action_date: 2017-04-04
text: 

Homeless Veterans Assistance Fund Act of 201

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 This bill amends the Internal Revenue Code to: (1) establish in the Treasury the Homeless Veterans Assistance Fund to provide services to homeless veterans; (2) allow individual taxpayers to designate on their tax returns a portion of any overpayment of tax or an additional contribution for the fund; and (3) require the Departments of Veterans Affairs, Labor, and Housing and Urban Development, to include in the President's budget, beginning with FY2019, a description of the uses of the fund during the previous fiscal year and the proposed uses for the next fiscal year.
 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2017-04-05
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Economic Opportunity.
action_date: 2017-04-04
text: Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs, 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: 2017-04-04
text: Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs, 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: 2017-04-04
text: Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs, 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: 2017-04-04
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2017-04-04
text: Introduced in House
Good Samaritan Health Professionals Act of 2017

Bill: 115-hr-1876
Sponsor: Rep. Blackburn, Marsha [R-TN-7]
Introduced: 2017-04-04 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Civil actions and liability
Disaster relief and insurance
Emergency medical services and trauma care
Evidence and witnesses
Federal preemption
Health care quality
Health personnel
Licensing and registrations
Social work, volunteer service, charitable organizations

Summary:
action_date: 2017-04-04
text: 

Good Samaritan Health Professionals Act of 2017

 
This bill amends the Public Health Service Act to shield a health care professional from liability under federal or state law for harm caused by any act or omission if: (1) the professional is serving as a volunteer in response to a disaster; and (2) the act or omission occurs during the period of the disaster, in the professional's capacity as a volunteer, and in a good faith belief that the individual being treated is in need of health care services.
 
This protection from liability does not apply if: (1) the harm was caused by an act or omission constituting willful or criminal misconduct, gross negligence, reckless misconduct, or a conscious flagrant indifference to the rights or safety of the individual harmed; or (2) the professional rendered the health care services under the influence of alcohol or an intoxicating drug.
 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2018-02-14
text: Ordered to be Reported (Amended) by Voice Vote.
action_date: 2018-02-14
text: Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
action_date: 2018-01-17
text: Forwarded by Subcommittee to Full Committee (Amended) by Voice Vote .
action_date: 2018-01-17
text: Subcommittee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
action_date: 2017-04-26
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on the Constitution and Civil Justice.
action_date: 2017-04-07
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2017-04-04
text: Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, 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: 2017-04-04
text: Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, 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: 2017-04-04
text: Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, 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: 2017-04-04
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2017-04-04
text: Introduced in House
To establish a research, development, and technology demonstration program to improve the efficiency of gas turbines used in combined cycle and simple cycle power generation systems.

Bill: 115-hr-1877
Sponsor: Rep. Tonko, Paul [D-NY-20]
Introduced: 2017-04-04 in the House
Policy area: Energy
Subjects: Competitiveness, trade promotion, trade deficits
Electric power generation and transmission
Energy efficiency and conservation
Energy research
Oil and gas
Research and development
Technology assessment

Summary:
action_date: 2017-04-04
text: 
This bill requires the Office of Fossil Energy to carry out a research, development, and technology demonstration program to improve the efficiency of gas turbines used in power generation systems and to identify the technologies that will lead to gas turbine combined cycle efficiency of 67% or simple cycle efficiency of 50%.
 
The program must: (1) support first-of-a-kind engineering and detailed gas turbine design for megawatt-scale and utility-scale electric power generation; (2) include technology demonstration through component testing, subscale testing, and full scale testing in existing fleets; (3) include field demonstrations of the developed technology elements to demonstrate technical and economic feasibility; and (4) assess overall combined cycle and simple cycle system performance.
 
The goals of the multiphase program must be:
 
 
 in phase I, to develop the conceptual design of, and to develop and demonstrate the technology required for, advanced high efficiency gas turbines that can achieve at least 65% combined cycle efficiency or 47% simple cycle efficiency on a lower heating value basis; and 
 
in phase II, to develop the conceptual design for advanced high efficiency gas turbines that can achieve at least 67% combined cycle efficiency or 50% simple cycle efficiency on a lower heating value basis. 
 
 
In selecting program proposals, the office must emphasize the extent to which the proposal will stimulate the creation or increased retention of jobs in the United States and promote and enhance U.S. technology leadership. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2017-04-25
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Energy.
action_date: 2017-04-04
text: Referred to the House Committee on Science, Space, and Technology.
action_date: 2017-04-04
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2017-04-04
text: Introduced in House
To prohibit any hiring freeze from affecting the Small Business Administration.

Bill: 115-hr-1878
Sponsor: Rep. Velazquez, Nydia M. [D-NY-7]
Introduced: 2017-04-04 in the House
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Subjects: Employee hiring
Executive agency funding and structure
Government employee pay, benefits, personnel management
Presidents and presidential powers, Vice Presidents
Small Business Administration

Summary:
action_date: 2017-04-04
text: 
This bill declares that the memorandum titled &quot;Presidential Memorandum Regarding the Hiring Freeze&quot; published on January 23, 2017, or any other substantially similar memorandum, executive order, or other action by the President to prevent a department or agency of the federal government from filling vacant federal civilian employee positions or creating new such positions, shall have no force or effect with respect to positions within the Small Business Administration.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2017-04-04
text: Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform.
action_date: 2017-04-04
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2017-04-04
text: Introduced in House
PARTS Act

Bill: 115-hr-1879
Sponsor: Rep. Issa, Darrell E. [R-CA-49]
Introduced: 2017-04-04 in the House
Policy area: Commerce
Subjects: Intellectual property
Manufacturing
Marketing and advertising
Motor vehicles
Trade restrictions

Summary:
action_date: 2017-04-04
text: 

Promoting Automotive Repair, Trade, and Sales Act of 2017 or the PARTS Act 

 
This bill declares that it is not an act of infringement, with respect to a design patent that claims a component part of a motor vehicle as originally manufactured, to: (1) make, test, or offer to sell within, or import into, the United States any article of manufacture that is similar or the same in appearance to the component part claimed in such design patent if the purpose of such article is for the repair of a motor vehicle to restore its appearance as originally manufactured; or (2) use or sell within the United States any such same or similar articles for such restorations more than 30 months after the claimed component part is first offered for public sale as part of a motor vehicle in any country. 
 
The bill defines: (1) "component part" as a component part of the exterior of a motor vehicle only (such as a hood, fender, tail light, side mirror, or quarter panel), excluding an inflatable restraint system or other component part located in the interior of a motor vehicle; and (2) "offer to sell" to include marketing or pre-sale distribution.
 
The bill applies to any patent issued, or application filed, before, on, or after the effective date of this bill.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2017-04-26
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Courts, Intellectual Property, and the Internet.
action_date: 2017-04-04
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2017-04-04
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2017-04-04
text: Introduced in House
College for All Act of 2017

Bill: 115-hr-1880
Sponsor: Rep. Jayapal, Pramila [D-WA-7]
Introduced: 2017-04-04 in the House
Policy area: Education
Subjects: Academic performance and assessments
Education of the disadvantaged
Education programs funding
Educational guidance
Government lending and loan guarantees
Higher education
Indian social and development programs
Interest, dividends, interest rates
Minority education
Student aid and college costs
Teaching, teachers, curricula
Vocational and technical education

Summary:
action_date: 2017-04-04
text: 

College for All Act of 2017

 
This bill amends the Higher Education Act of 1965 (HEA) to establish a grant program to eliminate tuition and required fees: (1) for all students at community colleges and two-year tribal colleges and universities, and (2) for working- and middle-class students at four-year public institutions of higher education (IHEs).
 
Additionally, the bill amends title IV (Student Assistance) of the HEA to: 
 
 
reauthorize the Federal TRIO Programs, the Gaining Early Awareness and Readiness for Undergraduate Programs (i.e., GEAR UP), and the Federal Work Study Program for FY2018-FY2027; 
 
eliminate existing base guarantees of Federal Work Study funds to IHEs and require funds to be allocated based solely on the aggregate need of the institution's students; 
 
modify the interest rate formulas for federal student loans to revise applicable rates on new loans disbursed on or after July 1, 2017; and 
 
allow student loan borrowers to modify interest rates on outstanding federal student loans to current rates. 
 
 
Finally, it directs the Department of Education to use any excess revenue generated by the Federal Direct Loan program to carry out the Federal Pell Grant program. 
 
 
 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2017-04-04
text: Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce.
action_date: 2017-04-04
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2017-04-04
text: Introduced in House
Child Welfare Provider Inclusion Act of 2017

Bill: 115-hr-1881
Sponsor: Rep. Kelly, Mike [R-PA-3]
Introduced: 2017-04-04 in the House
Policy area: Social Welfare
Subjects: Administrative remedies
Adoption and foster care
Child safety and welfare
Civil actions and liability
Poverty and welfare assistance
Religion

Summary:
action_date: 2017-04-04
text: 

Child Welfare Provider Inclusion Act of
 
2017

 
This bill prohibits the federal government, and any state or local government that receives federal funding for any program that provides child welfare services under part B (Child and Family Services) or part E (Foster Care and Adoption Assistance) of title IV of the Social Security Act (SSAct), from discriminating or taking an adverse action against a child welfare service provider that declines to provide, facilitate, or refer for a child welfare service that conflicts with the provider's sincerely held religious beliefs or moral convictions.
 
The bill bars such prohibition from applying to SSAct requirements that forbid state entities from denying or delaying adoption or foster care placements on the basis of an adoptive parent's or a child's race, color, or national origin. 
 
The Department of Health and Human Services must withhold 15% of the federal funds that a state or local government receives for such programs if the state or local government violates this bill. 
 
An aggrieved child welfare service provider may assert such an adverse action violation as a claim or defense in a judicial proceeding and to obtain all appropriate relief (including declaratory relief, injunctive relief, compensatory damages, and reasonable attorney's fees and costs).


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2017-04-17
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Human Resources.
action_date: 2017-04-04
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2017-04-04
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2017-04-04
text: Introduced in House
Stop AIDS in Prison Act of 2017

Bill: 115-hr-1882
Sponsor: Rep. Waters, Maxine [D-CA-43]
Introduced: 2017-04-04 in the House
Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Correctional facilities and imprisonment
Department of Justice
Drug, alcohol, tobacco use
Evidence and witnesses
HIV/AIDS
Health information and medical records
Health promotion and preventive care
Infectious and parasitic diseases
Medical tests and diagnostic methods
Right of privacy
Sexually transmitted diseases
Women's health

Summary:
action_date: 2017-04-04
text: 

Stop AIDS in Prison Act of 2017

 
This bill directs the Bureau of Prisons to develop a comprehensive policy to provide HIV testing, treatment, and prevention for federal inmates in prison and upon reentry.
 
It amends the federal criminal code:
 
 
to require an HIV test for each convicted federal offender sentenced to prison for any length of time regardless of risk factors, unless the individual declines;
 
to make the HIV test part of the routine health screening conducted at intake; and
 
to require a pre-release HIV test, unless the individual declines.
 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2017-04-26
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, Homeland Security, and Investigations.
action_date: 2017-04-04
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2017-04-04
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2017-04-04
text: Introduced in House
Federal Firefighters Fairness Act of 2017

Bill: 115-hr-1884
Sponsor: Rep. Carbajal, Salud O. [D-CA-24]
Introduced: 2017-04-04 in the House
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Subjects: Blood and blood diseases
Cancer
Cardiovascular and respiratory health
Disability and paralysis
Disability assistance
Emergency medical services and trauma care
Evidence and witnesses
Fires
First responders and emergency personnel
Government employee pay, benefits, personnel management
Hazardous wastes and toxic substances
Health personnel
Medical research
Worker safety and health

Summary:
action_date: 2017-04-04
text: 

Federal Firefighters Fairness Act of 2017

 
 This bill provides that: (1) heart disease, lung disease, and specified cancers of federal employees employed in fire protection activities for a minimum of 5 years shall be presumed to be proximately caused by such employment if an employee is diagnosed with any such disease within 10 years of the last active date of employment in fire protection activities; (2) the disability or death of such an employee due to any such disease shall be presumed to result from personal injury sustained while in the performance of duty; and (3) such presumptions may be rebutted by a preponderance of the evidence. These presumptions shall also apply to fire protection employees who contract any uncommon infectious disease, including but not limited to tuberculosis, hepatitis A, B, or C, or the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV), regardless of length of employment.
 
 The bill defines an "employee in fire protection activities" as a firefighter, paramedic, emergency medical technician, rescue worker, ambulance personnel, or hazardous material worker, who: (1) is trained in fire suppression; (2) has the legal authority and responsibility to engage in fire suppression; (3) is engaged in the prevention, control, and extinguishment of fires or response to emergency situations where life, property, or the environment is at risk; and (4) performs such activities as a primary responsibility.
 
The National Institute of Occupational Safety and Health in the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention must examine the implementation of this bill and appropriate scientific and medical data related to the health risks associated with firefighting.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2017-04-04
text: Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce.
action_date: 2017-04-04
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2017-04-04
text: Introduced in House
Prohibiting Detention of Youth Status Offenders Act of 2017

Bill: 115-hr-1885
Sponsor: Rep. Cárdenas, Tony [D-CA-29]
Introduced: 2017-04-04 in the House
Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement
Subjects: Child safety and welfare
Correctional facilities and imprisonment
Criminal procedure and sentencing
Detention of persons
Juvenile crime and gang violence

Summary:
action_date: 2017-04-04
text: 

Prohibiting Detention of Youth Status Offenders Act of 2017

 
This bill amends the Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention Act of 1974 to modify the deinstitutionalization of status offenders (DSO) core requirement with which a state must comply to receive funds under the Formula Grant Program. The DSO core requirement prohibits the secure detention or confinement of a juvenile who commits a status offense (i.e., an offense that would not be a crime if committed by an adult).
 
This bill eliminates an exception to the DSO core requirement that permits the secure detention or confinement of an out-of-state runaway youth.
 
It also eliminates, not later than one year after enactment, an exception to the DSO core requirement that permits the secure detention or confinement of a juvenile status offender who violates a valid court order. Until then, use of the valid court order exception to securely detain or confine a juvenile status offender must comply with additional requirements, such as issuance of a written court order and a three-day maximum length of detention.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2017-04-04
text: Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce.
action_date: 2017-04-04
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2017-04-04
text: Introduced in House
National Criminal Justice Commission Act of 2017

Bill: 115-hr-1886
Sponsor: Rep. Deutch, Theodore E. [D-FL-22]
Introduced: 2017-04-04 in the House
Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement
Subjects: Advisory bodies
Crime prevention
Criminal procedure and sentencing
Government studies and investigations
Judicial procedure and administration
Law enforcement administration and funding
Violent crime

Summary:
action_date: 2017-04-04
text: 

National Criminal Justice Commission Act of 2017

 
This bill establishes the National Criminal Justice Commission to conduct a comprehensive review of the criminal justice system; make recommendations for criminal justice reform; and disseminate findings and guidance to the federal government and to state, local, and tribal governments.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2017-04-26
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, Homeland Security, and Investigations.
action_date: 2017-04-04
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2017-04-04
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2017-04-04
text: Introduced in House
To amend the Billfish Conservation Act of 2012 to clarify an exemption for traditional fisheries and markets.

Bill: 115-hr-1887
Sponsor: Rep. Diaz-Balart, Mario [R-FL-25]
Introduced: 2017-04-04 in the House
Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Department of Commerce
Fishes
Marine and coastal resources, fisheries

Summary:
action_date: 2017-04-04
text: 
This bill amends the Billfish Conservation Act of 2012 to maintain a prohibition on the sale of marlin, sailfish, and spearfish while ensuring that the exemption for traditional fisheries does not create new markets for these species.
 
The National Marine Fisheries Service must issue a final rule implementing the Billfish Conservation Act of 2012 within 45 days after the enactment of this bill.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2017-04-11
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Water, Power and Oceans.
action_date: 2017-04-04
text: Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.
action_date: 2017-04-04
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2017-04-04
text: Introduced in House
Udall-Eisenhower Arctic Wilderness Act

Bill: 115-hr-1889
Sponsor: Rep. Huffman, Jared [D-CA-2]
Introduced: 2017-04-04 in the House
Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources
Subjects: Alaska
Arctic and polar regions
Wilderness and natural areas, wildlife refuges, wild rivers, habitats
Wildlife conservation and habitat protection

Summary:
action_date: 2017-04-04
text: 

Udall-Eisenhower Arctic Wilderness Act

 
This bill designates approximately 1,559,538 acres of land within Alaska in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge (ANWR) as a component of the National Wilderness Preservation System.

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2017-04-11
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Federal Lands.
action_date: 2017-04-04
text: Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.
action_date: 2017-04-04
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2017-04-04
text: Introduced in House