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National Strategy for School Security Act of 2017

Bill: 115-hr-2109
Sponsor: Rep. Messer, Luke [R-IN-6]
Introduced: 2017-04-20 in the House
Policy area: Emergency Management
Subjects: Child safety and welfare
Congressional oversight
Educational facilities and institutions
Elementary and secondary education
Emergency planning and evacuation
Terrorism

Summary:
action_date: 2017-04-20
text: 

National Strategy for School Security Act of 2017

 
This bill requires the Department Homeland Security, in order to assist in the domestic preparedness for and response to acts of terrorism and other emergencies and to coordinate federal efforts to secure elementary and secondary schools, to develop and submit to Congress a national school security strategy and updates to such strategy.
 
The strategy shall:
 
 
 describe all federal programs, projects, and activities to secure elementary and secondary schools from acts of terrorism and other emergencies; 
 
 identify specific school security vulnerabilities to acts of terrorism or other emergencies within the United States and delineate goals for closing such vulnerabilities; 
 
 describe actions to be taken and means needed to achieve such goals, including steps to reform, improve, and streamline existing efforts to align the current threat environment to schools; and 
 
 identify new authorities or changes in existing authorities required to address school security. 
 
 
 The requirement to transmit updated national strategies shall terminate seven years after this bill's enactment.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2017-04-25
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Emergency Preparedness, Response and Communications.
action_date: 2017-04-21
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Economic Development, Public Buildings and Emergency Management.
action_date: 2017-04-20
text: Referred to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, and in addition to the Committee on Homeland Security, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
action_date: 2017-04-20
text: Referred to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, and in addition to the Committee on Homeland Security, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
action_date: 2017-04-20
text: Referred to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, and in addition to the Committee on Homeland Security, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
action_date: 2017-04-20
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2017-04-20
text: Introduced in House
Tax Fairness for All Families Act of 2017

Bill: 115-hr-2110
Sponsor: Rep. Nadler, Jerrold [D-NY-10]
Introduced: 2017-04-20 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Income tax credits
Poverty and welfare assistance
Tax treatment of families
Wages and earnings

Summary:
action_date: 2017-04-20
text: 

Tax Fairness for All Families Act of 201

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This bill amends the Internal Revenue Code, with respect to the earned income tax credit, to provide for an increased credit percentage for taxpayers with more than three qualifying children. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2017-04-20
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2017-04-20
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2017-04-20
text: Introduced in House
Tax Equity Act of 2017

Bill: 115-hr-2111
Sponsor: Rep. Nadler, Jerrold [D-NY-10]
Introduced: 2017-04-20 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Income tax rates
Inflation and prices

Summary:
action_date: 2017-04-20
text: 

Tax Equity Act of 201
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This bill amends the Internal Revenue Code to provide for regional cost-of-living adjustments in individual income tax rates. The bill also directs the Department of Labor to determine and publish a regional cost-of-living index for each statistical area for 2017 and each calendar year thereafter. A &quot;statistical area&quot; is: (1) any metropolitan statistical area as defined by the Department of Commerce, and (2) the portion of any state not within a metropolitan statistical area.
 
 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2017-04-20
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2017-04-20
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2017-04-20
text: Introduced in House
Federal Government Decentralization Commission Act

Bill: 115-hr-2112
Sponsor: Rep. Ryan, Tim [D-OH-13]
Introduced: 2017-04-20 in the House
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Subjects: Advisory bodies
Congressional oversight
District of Columbia
Economic development
Executive agency funding and structure
General Services Administration
Government buildings, facilities, and property
Government studies and investigations
Land transfers
Maryland
Poverty and welfare assistance
Virginia

Summary:
action_date: 2017-04-20
text: 

Federal Government Decentralization Commission Act

 
This bill establishes in the General Services Administration the Federal Government Decentralization Commission to study and submit a plan for the relocation of executive agencies or divisions of executive agencies outside the Washington metropolitan area.
 
The plan shall include:
 
 
an identification of such new locations, prioritized by relocation to low-income communities or to areas with expertise in the mission and goal of the agency or division;
 
a consideration of national security implications;
 
an economic and workforce development study on how the relocation would impact the new location; and 
 
a list of potential site acquisitions and a partial prospectus for such agencies or divisions, including a brief description of the building to be constructed, altered, or leased, the location of the building, and an estimate of the maximum cost of the acquisition and the relocation. 
 
 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2017-04-21
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Economic Development, Public Buildings and Emergency Management.
action_date: 2017-04-20
text: Referred to the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, and in addition to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, 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: 2017-04-20
text: Referred to the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, and in addition to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, 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: 2017-04-20
text: Referred to the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, and in addition to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, 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: 2017-04-20
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2017-04-20
text: Introduced in House
Speeding Access to Already Approved Pharmaceuticals Act of 2017

Bill: 115-hr-2113
Sponsor: Rep. Stivers, Steve [R-OH-15]
Introduced: 2017-04-20 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Department of Health and Human Services
Drug safety, medical device, and laboratory regulation
Europe
European Union
Food and Drug Administration (FDA)
Prescription drugs

Summary:
action_date: 2017-04-20
text: 

Speeding Access to Already Approved Pharmaceuticals Act of 2017

 
This bill amends the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act to require the Food and Drug Administration to facilitate the development and expedite the review of a new drug, biological product, or medical device that has been approved in the European Union.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2017-04-21
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2017-04-20
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2017-04-20
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2017-04-20
text: Introduced in House
To require the Secretary of the Treasury to implement security measures in the electronic tax return filing process to prevent tax refund fraud from being perpetrated with electronic identity theft.

Bill: 115-hr-2114
Sponsor: Rep. Yoho, Ted S. [R-FL-3]
Introduced: 2017-04-20 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Computer security and identity theft
Congressional oversight
Fraud offenses and financial crimes
Tax administration and collection, taxpayers

Summary:
action_date: 2017-04-20
text: 
This bill directs the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) to implement security measures in the electronic tax return filing process designed to prevent tax refund fraud involving electronic identity theft. 
 
Prior to implementing the measures, the IRS must: (1) establish and carry out a one-year pilot program to implement security measures, including the use of security questions, in the electronic tax return filing process in select counties across the United States where tax refund fraud involving electronic identity theft is most prevalent; and (2) submit to Congress recommendations on how to expand the process nationwide.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2017-04-20
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2017-04-20
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2017-04-20
text: Introduced in House
Wakiesha's Law

Bill: 115-hr-2115
Sponsor: Rep. Bass, Karen [D-CA-37]
Introduced: 2017-04-24 in the House
Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement
Subjects: Correctional facilities and imprisonment
Criminal investigation, prosecution, interrogation
Criminal justice information and records
Detention of persons
Emergency medical services and trauma care
Government information and archives
Health information and medical records
Juvenile crime and gang violence
Law enforcement administration and funding

Summary:
action_date: 2017-04-24
text: 

Family Notification of Death in Custody or Life-Threatening Emergency Act of 2017 or Wakiesha's Law

 
This bill requires federal, state, and local law enforcement agencies to obtain identifying information about an individual in custody and contact information for the individual's next of kin or designated emergency contact. It establishes minimum standards with respect to notifying the next of kin or designated emergency contact following an individual's death or life-threatening emergency while in custody.
 
The Department of Justice must reduce by 10% the allocation of funds under the Edward Byrne Memorial Justice Assistance Grant program for a state or local government that fails to comply. 
 
The bill also amends the Death in Custody Reporting Act of 2013 to require a state or federal law enforcement agency to include, in its quarterly report on deaths in custody, additional information such as the date and time that death notification was provided and the date and time of each unsuccessful notification attempt.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2017-05-02
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, Homeland Security, and Investigations.
action_date: 2017-04-24
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2017-04-24
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2017-04-24
text: Introduced in House
Perchlorate Reclamation and Water Replenishment Act

Bill: 115-hr-2116
Sponsor: Rep. Knight, Stephen [R-CA-25]
Introduced: 2017-04-25 in the House
Policy area: Water Resources Development
Subjects: Hazardous wastes and toxic substances
Water quality
Water resources funding
Water use and supply

Summary:
action_date: 2017-04-25
text: 

Perchlorate Reclamation and Water Replenishment Act

 
This bill amends the Reclamation Wastewater and Groundwater Study and Facilities Act to authorize the Bureau of Reclamation to provide financial assistance to local water authorities for perchlorate remediation projects in areas identified by the Bureau, the Army Corps of Engineers, or a state designating agency as having experienced an impact from perchlorate contamination to: (1) design and construct water replenishment and reclamation projects that are owned and operated by the local water authority, or (2) operate and maintain such projects.
 
The bill defines an &quot;eligible project&quot; as one that enhances the resilience of domestic water supplies through:
 
 
on site and off site treatment facilities, 
 
on site and off site reclamation facilities,
 
recycled water facilities and associated distribution facilities, and/or
 
groundwater wells and associated distribution facilities. 
 
 
The Bureau shall give priority to projects that serve an area: (1) that has received federal authorization for projects associated with perchlorate contamination remediation programs under the Bureau or the Corps of Engineers, (2) for which a feasibility study for perchlorate remediation efforts that is acceptable to the Bureau or the Corps of Engineers has been completed, or (3) where the regional water agency that imports out-of-basin water supplies has a wholesale area that includes a population of not more than 350,000.
 
The federal share shall not exceed 25% of the total cost of such a project.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2017-04-27
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Water, Power and Oceans.
action_date: 2017-04-25
text: Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.
action_date: 2017-04-25
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2017-04-25
text: Introduced in House
Multi-Employer Pension Plan Partnership Act of 2017

Bill: 115-hr-2117
Sponsor: Rep. Sessions, Pete [R-TX-32]
Introduced: 2017-04-25 in the House
Policy area: Labor and Employment
Subjects: Corporate finance and management
Employee benefits and pensions

Summary:
action_date: 2017-04-25
text: 

Multi-Employer Pension Plan Partnership Act of 2017 

 
This bill amends the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (ERISA) to permit multiemployer pension plans that are in critical status and not expected to emerge from the status by the end of the rehabilitation period to adopt rules to forestall or avoid insolvency by revising the plan's terms and conditions for computing an employer's withdrawal liability.
 
Any such rule becomes effective 90 days after adoption unless the corporation disapproves it before the end of the 90-day period (subject to tolling while a request by the corporation for additional information is pending). A corporation may disapprove a rule only if the rule creates an unreasonable risk of loss to plan participants and beneficiaries or to the corporation. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2017-04-25
text: Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce.
action_date: 2017-04-25
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2017-04-25
text: Introduced in House
Medical Device Servicing Safety and Accountability Act

Bill: 115-hr-2118
Sponsor: Rep. Costello, Ryan A. [R-PA-6]
Introduced: 2017-04-25 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Business records
Department of Health and Human Services
Drug safety, medical device, and laboratory regulation
Government information and archives
Health technology, devices, supplies
Licensing and registrations

Summary:
action_date: 2017-04-25
text: 

Medical Device Servicing Safety and Accountability Act

 
This bill amends the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act to require establishments servicing medical devices to register with the Food and Drug Administration (FDA). Such establishments must maintain records and make reports as the FDA requires to ensure the safety and effectiveness of serviced devices. 
 The bill exempts certain medical facilities, including physician's offices, that service medical devices in accordance with state and local laws.

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2017-04-28
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2017-04-25
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2017-04-25
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2017-04-25
text: Introduced in House
Therapeutic Fraud Prevention Act of 2017

Bill: 115-hr-2119
Sponsor: Rep. Lieu, Ted [D-CA-33]
Introduced: 2017-04-25 in the House
Policy area: Commerce
Subjects: Civil actions and liability
Consumer affairs
Marketing and advertising
Mental health
Sex and reproductive health
Sex, gender, sexual orientation discrimination
Social work, volunteer service, charitable organizations
State and local government operations

Summary:
action_date: 2017-04-25
text: 

Therapeutic Fraud Prevention Act of 2017

 
This bill prohibits sexual orientation or gender identity conversion therapy from being provided in exchange for monetary compensation. It bars advertisements for such therapy that claim to: (1) change an individual's sexual orientation or gender identity, (2) eliminate or reduce sexual or romantic attractions or feelings toward individuals of the same gender, or (3) be harmless or without risk. 
 
Individuals or entities shall not assist or facilitate a conversion therapy if they receive monetary compensation from any source in connection with providing such therapies.
 
These prohibitions are inapplicable to practices or treatments that do not seek to change sexual orientation or gender identity if they provide: (1) assistance to an individual undergoing a gender transition; or (2) acceptance, support, and understanding of clients or facilitation of clients' coping, social support, and identity exploration and development, including sexual orientation-neutral interventions to prevent or address unlawful conduct or unsafe sexual practices. 
 
The Federal Trade Commission and states are provided authority to enforce against violations. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2017-04-28
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Digital Commerce and Consumer Protection.
action_date: 2017-04-25
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2017-04-25
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2017-04-25
text: Introduced in House
Pension, Endowment, and Mutual Fund Access to Banking Act

Bill: 115-hr-2121
Sponsor: Rep. Rothfus, Keith J. [R-PA-12]
Introduced: 2017-04-25 in the House
Policy area: Finance and Financial Sector
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Bank accounts, deposits, capital
Banking and financial institutions regulation
Department of the Treasury
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC)
Federal Reserve System

Summary:
action_date: 2017-04-25
text: 

Pension, Endowment, and Mutual Fund Access to Banking Act

 
This bill requires the appropriate federal banking agencies to exclude, for purposes of calculating a custodial bank's supplementary leverage ratio, funds of a custodial bank that are deposited with a central bank. ("Supplementary leverage ratio" is a capital adequacy measure that refers to the ratio of a banking organization's tier-one capital to its leverage exposure.) The amount of such funds: (1) may not exceed the total value of deposits of the custodial bank linked to fiduciary or custodial and safekeeping accounts; and (2) may be otherwise limited, as specified by the bill.

action_date: 2018-04-26
text: 

Pension, Endowment, and Mutual Fund Access to Banking Act

 
This bill excludes, for purposes of calculating a custodial bank's supplementary leverage ratio, funds of a custodial bank that are deposited with certain central banks. ("Supplementary leverage ratio" is a capital adequacy measure that refers to the ratio of a banking organization's tier-one capital to its leverage exposure.) The amount of such funds shall be limited, as specified by the bill. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2018-04-26
text: Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 504.
action_date: 2018-04-26
text: Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Financial Services. H. Rept. 115-656.
action_date: 2018-04-26
text: Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Financial Services. H. Rept. 115-656.
action_date: 2017-10-12
text: Ordered to be Reported (Amended) by the Yeas and Nays: 60 - 0.
action_date: 2017-10-12
text: Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
action_date: 2017-10-11
text: Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
action_date: 2017-04-25
text: Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services.
action_date: 2017-04-25
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2017-04-25
text: Introduced in House
BOARD Fairly Act

Bill: 115-hr-2124
Sponsor: Rep. Schakowsky, Janice D. [D-IL-9]
Introduced: 2017-04-25 in the House
Policy area: Transportation and Public Works
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Aviation and airports
Consumer affairs
Department of Transportation
Transportation costs
Transportation employees

Summary:
action_date: 2017-04-25
text: 

Bumping on Overbooked Airplanes Requires Dealing Fairly Act or the BOARD Fairly Act

 
This bill directs the Department of Transportation to modify a federal regulation relating to oversold flights to ensure that an air carrier:
 
 
may not refuse to transport a passenger holding a confirmed reserved seat on a flight to provide a seat for another passenger, regardless of whether such passenger is an air carrier employee;
 
negotiates and solicits a volunteer to relinquish his or her space before boarding the aircraft; and 
 
if necessary, continues to increase the amount of compensation offered until a volunteer willingly accepts the offer in exchange for relinquishing a confirmed reserved seat.
 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2017-04-26
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Aviation.
action_date: 2017-04-25
text: Referred to the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.
action_date: 2017-04-25
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2017-04-25
text: Introduced in House
BASIC Act

Bill: 115-hr-2125
Sponsor: Rep. Brat, Dave [R-VA-7]
Introduced: 2017-04-25 in the House
Policy area: Economics and Public Finance
Subjects: Budget deficits and national debt
Budget process

Summary:
action_date: 2017-04-25
text: 

Budgetary Accuracy in Scoring Interest Costs Act of 2017 or the BASIC Act

 
This bill amends the Congressional Budget and Impoundment Control Act of 1974 to require any cost estimates prepared by the Congressional Budget Office or the Joint Committee on Taxation to include the cost of servicing the public debt. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2017-04-25
text: Referred to the Committee on Rules, and in addition to the Committee on the Budget, 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: 2017-04-25
text: Referred to the Committee on Rules, and in addition to the Committee on the Budget, 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: 2017-04-25
text: Referred to the Committee on Rules, and in addition to the Committee on the Budget, 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: 2017-04-25
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2017-04-25
text: Introduced in House