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Ask Veterans Act

Bill: 115-hr-1507
Sponsor: Rep. O'Rourke, Beto [D-TX-16]
Introduced: 2017-03-10 in the House
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Government information and archives
Government studies and investigations
Health care coverage and access
Health care quality
Health facilities and institutions
Public contracts and procurement
Veterans' medical care

Summary:
action_date: 2017-03-10
text: 

Ask Veterans Act

 
This bill directs the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) to contract with an experienced non-government entity to conduct an annual survey, over a five-year period, to determine the experiences of veterans in obtaining hospital care and medical services at each VA medical facility.
 
Those surveys shall include questions relating to:
 
 
a veteran's ability to obtain hospital care and medical services at the facility in a timely manner,
 
the time between the date the veteran requests an appointment and the date the appointment is scheduled,
 
the frequency with which scheduled appointments are canceled, and
 
the quality of hospital care or medical services received.
 
 
 The VA shall make the results of the surveys publicly available on the VA's Internet website.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2017-03-27
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2017-03-10
text: Referred to the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
action_date: 2017-03-10
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2017-03-10
text: Introduced in House
Get Veterans a Doctor Now Act

Bill: 115-hr-1508
Sponsor: Rep. O'Rourke, Beto [D-TX-16]
Introduced: 2017-03-10 in the House
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Department of Veterans Affairs
Employee hiring
Government employee pay, benefits, personnel management
Health personnel
Medical education
Veterans' medical care

Summary:
action_date: 2017-03-10
text: 

Get Veterans a Doctor Now Act

 
This bill authorizes the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) to offer a contingent physician's appointment to a person who, upon completion of a post-graduate training program, completes a residency program within two years after the VA offer.
 
Eligibility requirements for a VA physician's appointment, including a contingency appointment, are revised to require completion of a residency program rather than an internship.
 
 The VA shall ensure that a recruiter or other similar official of each Veterans Integrated Service Network visits, at least annually, each allopathic and osteopathic teaching institution with a graduate medical education program within the Network to recruit individuals for the Veterans Health Administration.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2017-03-27
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2017-03-10
text: Referred to the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
action_date: 2017-03-10
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2017-03-10
text: Introduced in House
Better Informing Veterans' Healthcare Decisions Act

Bill: 115-hr-1509
Sponsor: Rep. O'Rourke, Beto [D-TX-16]
Introduced: 2017-03-10 in the House
Policy area: Finance and Financial Sector
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Administrative remedies
Armed Forces and National Security
Bank accounts, deposits, capital
Banking and financial institutions regulation
Congressional oversight
Consumer Financial Protection Bureau
Consumer credit
Department of Veterans Affairs
Disability and paralysis
Government information and archives
Government studies and investigations
Health care coverage and access
Health care quality
Health promotion and preventive care
Indian social and development programs
Interest, dividends, interest rates
Internet and video services
Internet, web applications, social media
Licensing and registrations
Mental health
Right of privacy
Veterans' medical care
Veterans' pensions and compensation

Summary:
action_date: 2017-03-10
text: 

Better Informing Veterans' Healthcare Decisions Act

 
This bill urges the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) to ensure that preventing veteran suicide and providing veterans access to mental health care is its top reform priority. 
 
The VA shall, every 30 days, determine and provide to the Department of Defense, with respect to the previous year:
 
 
the average national wait times (in days) for veterans enrolled in the VA health care system to receive appointments for mental health care and primary health care at VA medical facilities, 
 
the average time for the VA to process a claim for disability compensation, and 
 
the average time for the VA to decide an appeal of such a claim. 
 
 
The VA shall place a sign displaying the most current such times in a conspicuous location at each career counselor or career assistance advisor office.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2017-04-05
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Military Personnel.
action_date: 2017-03-27
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2017-03-10
text: Referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs, 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: 2017-03-10
text: Referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs, 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: 2017-03-10
text: Referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs, 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: 2017-03-10
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2017-03-10
text: Introduced in House
States' Education Reclamation Act of 2017

Bill: 115-hr-1510
Sponsor: Rep. Rouzer, David [R-NC-7]
Introduced: 2017-03-10 in the House
Policy area: Education
Subjects: Accounting and auditing
Appropriations
Department of Defense
Department of Education
Department of Health and Human Services
Department of Labor
Department of the Interior
Department of the Treasury
District of Columbia
Education programs funding
Elementary and secondary education
Employment and training programs
Executive agency funding and structure
Government lending and loan guarantees
Higher education
Indian social and development programs
Intergovernmental relations
Minority education
Special education
State and local finance
Student aid and college costs
Vocational and technical education

Summary:
action_date: 2017-03-10
text: 

States' Education Reclamation Act of 2017

 
This bill abolishes the Department of Education (ED) and repeals any program for which it has administrative responsibility.
 
The Department of the Treasury shall provide grants to states, for FY2018-FY2026, for elementary, secondary, and postsecondary education purposes permitted by state law. The level of funding is set at the amount provided to states for federal elementary and secondary education programs and the amount provided for federal postsecondary education programs, respectively, for FY2012, minus the funding provided for education programs that this Act transfers to other federal agencies. 
 
States must contract for an annual audit of their expenditures or transfers of grant funds.
 
Program administrative responsibility and delegation of authority are transferred as follows:
 
 
ED's job training programs to the Department of Labor,
 
each special education grant program under the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act to the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS),
 
ED's Indian Education programs to the Department of the Interior,
 
each Impact Aid program under the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 to the Department of Defense,
 
the Federal Pell Grant program and each federal student loan program to Treasury, and 
 
programs under the jurisdiction of the Institute of Education Sciences or the D.C. Opportunity Scholarship Program to HHS. 



Legislative actions:
action_date: 2017-03-10
text: Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce.
action_date: 2017-03-10
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2017-03-10
text: Introduced in House
Social Security Child Protection Act of 2018

Bill: 115-hr-1512
Sponsor: Rep. Marchant, Kenny [R-TX-24]
Introduced: 2017-03-13 in the House
Policy area: Social Welfare
Subjects: Child safety and welfare
Computer security and identity theft
Social security and elderly assistance

Summary:
action_date: 2017-03-13
text: 

Social Security Child Protection Act of 2017

 
This bill amends title II (Old Age, Survivors, and Disability Insurance) of the Social Security Act to direct the Social Security Administration (SSA) to issue a new Social Security number to a child under the age of 14 if the confidentiality of the child's previous number has, in the course of the SSA's transmission to the child of its documentation, been compromised due to the theft of that documentation.

action_date: 2018-04-13
text: 

Social Security Child Protection Act of 2018

 
This bill directs the Social Security Administration (SSA) to issue a new Social Security number to a child under the age of 14 if the confidentiality of the child's previous number has, in the course of the SSA's transmission to the child of a Social Security card, been compromised due to the theft of that card.

action_date: 2018-04-17
text: 

Social Security Child Protection Act of 2018
 
(Sec. 2) This bill directs the Social Security Administration (SSA) to issue a new Social Security number to a child under the age of 14 if the confidentiality of the child's previous number has, in the course of the SSA's transmission to the child of a Social Security card, been compromised due to the theft of that card.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2018-04-18
text: Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
action_date: 2018-04-17
text: Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
action_date: 2018-04-17
text: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by voice vote. (text: CR H3375)
action_date: 2018-04-17
text: Passed/agreed to in House: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by voice vote.(text: CR H3375)
action_date: 2018-04-17
text: DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on H.R. 1512.
action_date: 2018-04-17
text: Considered under suspension of the rules. (consideration: CR H3375-3377)
action_date: 2018-04-17
text: Mr. Marchant moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended.
action_date: 2018-04-13
text: Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 486.
action_date: 2018-04-13
text: Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Ways and Means. H. Rept. 115-635.
action_date: 2018-04-13
text: Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Ways and Means. H. Rept. 115-635.
action_date: 2018-04-11
text: Ordered to be Reported (Amended) by Voice Vote.
action_date: 2018-04-11
text: Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
action_date: 2017-03-21
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Social Security.
action_date: 2017-03-13
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2017-03-13
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2017-03-13
text: Introduced in House
Social Security Must Avert Identity Loss (MAIL) Act of 2017

Bill: 115-hr-1513
Sponsor: Rep. Johnson, Sam [R-TX-3]
Introduced: 2017-03-13 in the House
Policy area: Social Welfare
Subjects: Computer security and identity theft
Congressional oversight
Government information and archives
Postal service
Social security and elderly assistance

Summary:
action_date: 2017-03-13
text: 

Social Security Must Avert Identity Loss (MAIL) Act of 2017

 
This bill amends title II (Old Age, Survivors and Disability Insurance) of the Social Security Act to direct the Social Security Administration to ensure that no document it sends by mail includes a complete Social Security account number unless necessary.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2017-03-21
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Social Security.
action_date: 2017-03-13
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2017-03-13
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2017-03-13
text: Introduced in House
To provide reforms through the Organic Act of Guam.

Bill: 115-hr-1514
Sponsor: Del. Bordallo, Madeleine Z. [D-GU-At Large]
Introduced: 2017-03-13 in the House
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Subjects: Elections, voting, political campaign regulation
Government employee pay, benefits, personnel management
Guam
U.S. territories and protectorates

Summary:
action_date: 2017-03-13
text: 
This bill amends the Organic Act of Guam to prohibit any law varying the compensation of the Governor, Lieutenant Governor, or Senators in the Guam Legislature from taking effect until a general election of the legislature shall have intervened. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2017-03-21
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Indian, Insular and Alaska Native Affairs.
action_date: 2017-03-13
text: Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.
action_date: 2017-03-13
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2017-03-13
text: Introduced in House
Juror Non-Discrimination Act of 2017

Bill: 115-hr-1515
Sponsor: Rep. Davis, Susan A. [D-CA-53]
Introduced: 2017-03-13 in the House
Policy area: Law
Subjects: Federal district courts
Judicial procedure and administration
Sex, gender, sexual orientation discrimination
Specialized courts

Summary:
action_date: 2017-03-13
text: 

Juror Non-Discrimination Act of 2017

 
This bill amends the federal judicial code to prohibit the exclusion of citizens from service as a grand or petit juror in U.S. district courts or the Court of International Trade on account of sexual orientation or gender identity (thereby expanding the current prohibition against exclusion on account of race, color, religion, sex, national origin, or economic status).


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2017-03-31
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on the Constitution and Civil Justice.
action_date: 2017-03-13
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2017-03-13
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2017-03-13
text: Introduced in House
Status of the Sixth Amendment Act of 2017

Bill: 115-hr-1517
Sponsor: Rep. Deutch, Theodore E. [D-FL-22]
Introduced: 2017-03-13 in the House
Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement
Subjects: Criminal investigation, prosecution, interrogation
Criminal procedure and sentencing
Government information and archives
Juvenile crime and gang violence
Law enforcement administration and funding
Lawyers and legal services
State and local government operations

Summary:
action_date: 2017-03-13
text: 

Status of the Sixth Amendment Act of 2017

 
This bill requires a state that receives a Department of Justice (DOJ) Office of Justice Programs grant to report annually certain information with respect to the following categories of offenses: (1) criminal offenses punishable by a prison term of more than one year; (2) criminal offenses punishable by a prison term of one year or less, including misdemeanors, traffic, and municipal violations; and (3) acts of juvenile delinquency punishable by a term of detention. 
 
A state must report, for each offense category, the number of charges for which: (1) an individual was prosecuted, (2) a defendant waived the right to counsel, (3) a defendant was represented by publicly appointed counsel, and (4) a defendant was represented by counsel who was not publicly appointed. 
 
DOJ must publish the reports on its website. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2017-03-31
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, Homeland Security, and Investigations.
action_date: 2017-03-13
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2017-03-13
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2017-03-13
text: Introduced in House
Maritime Washington National Heritage Area Act

Bill: 115-hr-1518
Sponsor: Rep. Kilmer, Derek [D-WA-6]
Introduced: 2017-03-13 in the House
Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources
Subjects: Historic sites and heritage areas
Historical and cultural resources
Marine and coastal resources, fisheries
Parks, recreation areas, trails
Washington State

Summary:
action_date: 2017-03-13
text: 

Maritime Washington National Heritage Area Act

 
This bill establishes the Maritime Washington National Heritage Area in the state of Washington. 
 
The Washington Trust for Historic Preservation shall be the local coordinating entity for the area and shall prepare and submit a management plan for it.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2017-03-20
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Federal Lands.
action_date: 2017-03-13
text: Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.
action_date: 2017-03-13
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2017-03-13
text: Introduced in House
Physical Activities Recommendations for Americans Act of 2017

Bill: 115-hr-1519
Sponsor: Rep. Kind, Ron [D-WI-3]
Introduced: 2017-03-13 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Government information and archives
Health promotion and preventive care
Physical fitness and lifestyle

Summary:
action_date: 2017-03-13
text: 

Physical Activities Recommendations for Americans Act of 2017

 
This bill requires the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) to publish a report at least every 10 years that contains physical activity recommendations for the general public based on the most current scientific and medical knowledge, including information for population subgroups, as needed.
 
HHS must publish updated reports that detail evidence-based practices and highlight continuing physical activity issues between the publications of full reports. Updated reports may focus on particular population subgroups or issues relating to physical activity.
 A federal agency that proposes to issue physical activity recommendations that differ from the recommendations in the most recent full report must submit the proposed recommendations to HHS for review.

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2017-03-17
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2017-03-13
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2017-03-13
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2017-03-13
text: Introduced in House
Uniting Families Act of 2017

Bill: 115-hr-1520
Sponsor: Rep. Kind, Ron [D-WI-3]
Introduced: 2017-03-13 in the House
Policy area: Immigration
Subjects: Citizenship and naturalization
Immigration status and procedures
Military personnel and dependents
Visas and passports

Summary:
action_date: 2017-03-13
text: 

Uniting Families Act of 2017

 
This bill amends the Immigration and Nationality Act to establish a non-immigrant W-visa category for an alien who: (1) is 18 or older and is the genetic son or daughter of a U.S. citizen who served in the Armed Forces on active duty abroad, or (2) is the spouse or child of such alien and is accompanying, or following to join, such alien.
 
A visa shall not be issued until a petition has been filed in the United States by the applicant's citizen parent and approved by the Department of Homeland Security (DHS). Such petition shall include: 
 
 
DNA evidence establishing that the alien is the petitioner's genetic child, 
 
a written agreement that the parent will provide financial support until the alien's status is adjusted to lawful permanent resident status, and 
 
information establishing that the petitioner is a U.S. citizen who served in the Armed Forces on active duty abroad.
 
 
The bill provides that: (1) the period of authorized admission for a W-visa alien is five years, which may be extended for one additional two-year period; and (2) the total number of principal W-visa aliens who may be admitted during any fiscal is 5,000.
 
The bill prescribes the criteria that a W-visa alien must meet in order to adjust to lawful permanent resident status, including an understanding of the English language and U.S. history. (Such language and history requirements for naturalization purposes shall not apply to a person who has satisfied them in adjusting from W-visa status to lawful permanent resident status.) 
 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2017-03-21
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration and Border Security.
action_date: 2017-03-13
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2017-03-13
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2017-03-13
text: Introduced in House
Debt Collection Practices Harmonization Act

Bill: 115-hr-1521
Sponsor: Rep. Meeks, Gregory W. [D-NY-5]
Introduced: 2017-03-13 in the House
Policy area: Finance and Financial Sector
Subjects: Civil actions and liability
Debt collection
Disaster relief and insurance
Inflation and prices
Public contracts and procurement

Summary:
action_date: 2017-03-13
text: 

Debt Collection Practices Harmonization Act

 
This bill amends the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act to: (1) cover debt owed to a state, and (2) specify that existing limits on civil damages awarded for abusive practices by a debt collector shall be adjusted for inflation. 
 
A court may award injunctive relief for violations of the Act.
 
The Department of the Treasury may not contract with any debt collector or other private party to recoup overpayments of disaster assistance made to an individual or household by the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) under the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2017-03-13
text: Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services.
action_date: 2017-03-13
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2017-03-13
text: Introduced in House
Fair Lending Discovery Clarification Act of 2017

Bill: 115-hr-1522
Sponsor: Rep. Meeks, Gregory W. [D-NY-5]
Introduced: 2017-03-13 in the House
Policy area: Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues
Subjects: Civil actions and liability
Consumer credit
Housing discrimination

Summary:
action_date: 2017-03-13
text: 

Fair Lending Discovery Clarification Act of 2017

 
This bill amends the statute of limitations for civil liability under the Equal Credit Opportunity Act and the Fair Housing Act to: (1) extend the period for an aggrieved person to bring an equal credit action to five years after the applicant knows or has notice that the applicant was a victim of discrimination (currently, five years after the violation); and (2) specify that the two-year period for an aggrieved person to bring a fair housing action excludes any time during which the aggrieved person did not know or have notice of the existence of the discriminatory housing practice or the breach of the conciliation agreement.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2017-03-31
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on the Constitution and Civil Justice.
action_date: 2017-03-13
text: Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committee on Financial 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: 2017-03-13
text: Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committee on Financial 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: 2017-03-13
text: Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committee on Financial 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: 2017-03-13
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2017-03-13
text: Introduced in House