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21st Century Energy Workforce Act

Bill: 115-hr-1837
Sponsor: Rep. Norcross, Donald [D-NJ-1]
Introduced: 2017-03-30 in the House
Policy area: Labor and Employment
Subjects: Advisory bodies
Alternative and renewable resources
Education programs funding
Employment and training programs
Higher education
Oil and gas
Science and engineering education
Teaching, teachers, curricula
Veterans' education, employment, rehabilitation
Vocational and technical education

Summary:
action_date: 2017-03-30
text: 

21st Century Energy Workforce Act

 
This bill directs the Department of Energy (DOE) to establish a National Center of Excellence for the 21st Century Workforce Advisory Board to: (1) support and develop training and science education programs, (2) align apprenticeship programs and industry certifications to further develop succession planning in the energy sector, (3) integrate educational standards to develop foundational skills for elementary and secondary education and postsecondary education to create a pipeline between education and career, and (4) support the replication of existing model energy curricula. 
 
DOE shall also establish a pilot program to award grants on a competitive basis to eligible entities for job training to obtain an industry-recognized credential.
 
Grant amounts are limited to $1 million for any one year. The federal share of the cost of a job training and education program using a grant shall be up to 65%, while the non-federal share may not be less than 50% cash.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2017-03-30
text: Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce.
action_date: 2017-03-30
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2017-03-30
text: Introduced in House
Ambulatory Surgical Center Quality and Access Act of 2017

Bill: 115-hr-1838
Sponsor: Rep. Nunes, Devin [R-CA-22]
Introduced: 2017-03-30 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Advisory bodies
Department of Health and Human Services
Health care quality
Health facilities and institutions
Health information and medical records
Home and outpatient care
Medicare
Surgery and anesthesia

Summary:
action_date: 2017-03-30
text: 

Ambulatory Surgical Center Quality and Access Act of 2017

 
This bill amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act to: (1) require the payment system for ambulatory surgical center (ASC) services to feature certain positive annual adjustments equivalent to those made with respect to hospital outpatient department (OPD) services; (2) revise quality reporting requirements to permit publicly available, side-by-side comparisons of quality measures for ASCs and OPDs in the same geographic area; and (3) require the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), when excluding requested procedures from the list of those approved to be performed in ASCs, to cite specified reasons for doing so.
 
With respect to excluding procedures from the approved list for ASCs, HHS may not cite as a basis for exclusion that a procedure can only be reported using an unlisted surgical procedure code. (Physicians sometimes use unlisted codes when performing new procedures or services if no existing code is adequately descriptive.)


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2017-04-12
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2017-03-31
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2017-03-30
text: Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on Ways and Means, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
action_date: 2017-03-30
text: Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on Ways and Means, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
action_date: 2017-03-30
text: Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on Ways and Means, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
action_date: 2017-03-30
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2017-03-30
text: Introduced in House
Retired Civil Servant Military Service Restoration Act

Bill: 115-hr-1839
Sponsor: Rep. O'Rourke, Beto [D-TX-16]
Introduced: 2017-03-30 in the House
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Subjects: Government employee pay, benefits, personnel management
Members of Congress
Veterans' education, employment, rehabilitation

Summary:
action_date: 2017-03-30
text: 

Retired Civil Servant Military Service Restoration Act

 
This bill allows an employee or Member of Congress who has performed military service and who retires on or after September 8, 1982, to make the deposit required for crediting such service under the Civil Service Retirement System (CSRS) at any time before or after the date of separation on which the entitlement to an annuity under CSRS is based.
 
Such a deposit made after separation, and the annuity or lump-sum payable after such deposit, is required to include computed interest.
 
The retirement counselor training program is revised to promote fully informed retirement decisions in the case of employees and Members who served in the Armed Forces regarding the crediting of military service.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2017-03-30
text: Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform.
action_date: 2017-03-30
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2017-03-30
text: Introduced in House
Reinvigorating Antibiotic and Diagnostic Innovation Act of 2017

Bill: 115-hr-1840
Sponsor: Rep. Paulsen, Erik [R-MN-3]
Introduced: 2017-03-30 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Drug safety, medical device, and laboratory regulation
Health technology, devices, supplies
Income tax credits
Infectious and parasitic diseases
Medical tests and diagnostic methods

Summary:
action_date: 2017-03-30
text: 

Reinvigorating Antibiotic and Diagnostic Innovation Act of 201

7

 
This bill amends the Internal Revenue Code to allow tax credits for 50% of the clinical testing expenses for: (1) infectious disease products that are intended to treat a serious or life-threatening infection, including one caused by an antibacterial or antifungal resistant pathogen or a qualifying pathogen listed by the Department of Health and Human Services as having the potential to pose a serious threat to public health; and (2) in-vitro diagnostic devices that identify in less than four hours the presence, concentration, or characteristics of a serious or life-threatening infection. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2017-03-30
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2017-03-30
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2017-03-30
text: Introduced in House
Veterans Access to Community Care Act of 2017

Bill: 115-hr-1844
Sponsor: Rep. Ruiz, Raul [D-CA-36]
Introduced: 2017-03-30 in the House
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Health care coverage and access
Health facilities and institutions
Home and outpatient care
Hospital care
Veterans' medical care

Summary:
action_date: 2017-03-30
text: 

Veterans Access to Community Care Act of 2017

 
This bill directs the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) to use the VA's existing authority to furnish health care to veterans at non-VA facilities to provide health care at non-VA facilities to veterans who reside more than 40 miles driving distance from the closest VA medical facility providing the care they seek.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2017-03-31
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2017-03-30
text: Referred to the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
action_date: 2017-03-30
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2017-03-30
text: Introduced in House
Seniors' Health Care Choice Act of 2017

Bill: 115-hr-1845
Sponsor: Rep. Smucker, Lloyd [R-PA-16]
Introduced: 2017-03-30 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Employee benefits and pensions
Health care costs and insurance
Health care coverage and access
Medicare

Summary:
action_date: 2017-03-30
text: 

Seniors' Health Care Choice Act 

of 2017

 
This bill creates a special Medicare enrollment period for individuals enrolled in, or transitioning out of, continuation coverage under the Consolidated Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act (COBRA).


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2017-04-12
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2017-03-31
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2017-03-30
text: Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on Ways and Means, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
action_date: 2017-03-30
text: Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on Ways and Means, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
action_date: 2017-03-30
text: Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on Ways and Means, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
action_date: 2017-03-30
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2017-03-30
text: Introduced in House
PROTECT Our Children Act of 2017

Bill: 115-hr-1846
Sponsor: Rep. Wasserman Schultz, Debbie [D-FL-23]
Introduced: 2017-03-30 in the House
Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement
Subjects: Crime prevention
Crimes against children
Criminal justice information and records
Domestic violence and child abuse
Internet and video services
Internet, web applications, social media
Law enforcement administration and funding
Pornography

Summary:
action_date: 2017-03-30
text: 

Providing Resources, Officers, and Technology To Eradicate Cyber Threats to Our Children Act of 2017 or the PROTECT Our Children Act of 2017

 
This bill amends the PROTECT our Children Act of 2008 to reauthorize through FY2022 the National Internet Crimes Against Children Data System and the National Strategy for Child Exploitation Prevention and Interdiction.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2017-04-24
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, Homeland Security, and Investigations.
action_date: 2017-03-30
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2017-03-30
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2017-03-30
text: Introduced in House
PAST Act

Bill: 115-hr-1847
Sponsor: Rep. Yoho, Ted S. [R-FL-3]
Introduced: 2017-03-30 in the House
Policy area: Animals
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Animal protection and human-animal relationships
Crimes against animals and natural resources
Department of Agriculture
Government information and archives
Licensing and registrations
Mammals
Museums, exhibitions, cultural centers
Veterinary medicine and animal diseases

Summary:
action_date: 2017-03-30
text: 
 
Prevent All Soring Tactics Act of 2017 or the PAST Act 

 
This bill amends the Horse Protection Act to establish a new system for inspecting horses for soring, revise penalties for violations of the Act, and modify enforcement procedures. The soring of horses is any of various actions taken on a horse's limb to produce a higher gait that may cause pain, distress, inflammation, or lameness.
 
The Department of Agriculture (USDA) must establish requirements to license, train, assign, and oversee persons hired by the management of horse shows, exhibitions, sales, or auctions to detect and diagnose sore horses. A license may not be issued to a person with conflicts of interest, and USDA must give preference to veterinarians. USDA may revoke a license for unsatisfactory performance. USDA must assign licensed inspectors after receiving notice that management intends to hire the inspectors. An inspector must issue a citation for violations and notify USDA of violations. USDA must publish information on violations of this bill and disqualify a horse that is sore. 
 
The bill prohibits a person in any horse show, exhibition, sale, or auction from causing or directing a horse to become sore for the purpose of showing, exhibiting, selling, or auctioning the horse.
 
The bill prohibits the use of specified devices on a Tennessee Walking, a Racking, or a Spotted Saddle horse at a show, exhibition, sale, or auction. 
 
The bill increases the maximum criminal and civil liability penalties for certain violations. USDA may disqualify violators from specified activities related to horse shows, exhibitions, sales, and auctions. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2017-03-31
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2017-03-30
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2017-03-30
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2017-03-30
text: Introduced in House
Practice of Law Technical Clarification Act of 2017

Bill: 115-hr-1849
Sponsor: Rep. Trott, David A. [R-MI-11]
Introduced: 2017-04-03 in the House
Policy area: Finance and Financial Sector
Subjects: Civil actions and liability
Consumer credit
Debt collection
Financial services and investments
Judicial procedure and administration
Lawyers and legal services

Summary:
action_date: 2017-04-03
text: 
 
Practice of Law Technical Clarification Act of 2017
 
 
This bill amends the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act to exclude from the definition of &quot;debt collector&quot; any law firm or licensed attorney: (1) serving, filing, or conveying formal legal pleadings, discovery requests, or other documents pursuant to the applicable rules of civil procedure; or (2) communicating in connection with a legal action to collect a debt on behalf of a client in, or at the direction of, a court of law or in the enforcement of a judgment. 
 

 
 
 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2017-09-07
text: Hearings Held by the Subcommittee on Financial Institutions and Consumer Credit Prior to Referral.
action_date: 2017-04-03
text: Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services.
action_date: 2017-04-03
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2017-04-03
text: Introduced in House
To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 907 Fourth Avenue in Lake Odessa, Michigan, as the "Donna Sauers Besko Post Office".

Bill: 115-hr-1850
Sponsor: Rep. Amash, Justin [R-MI-3]
Introduced: 2017-04-03 in the House
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Subjects: Congressional tributes
Government buildings, facilities, and property
Michigan
Postal service

Summary:
action_date: 2017-04-03
text: Designates the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 907 Fourth Avenue in Lake Odessa, Michigan, as the "Donna Sauers Besko Post Office."
action_date: 2018-12-21
text: 
Designates the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 907 Fourth Avenue in Lake Odessa, Michigan, as the "Donna Sauers Besko Post Office."


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2018-12-21
text: Became Public Law No: 115-346.
action_date: 2018-12-21
text: Became Public Law No: 115-346.
action_date: 2018-12-21
text: Signed by President.
action_date: 2018-12-21
text: Signed by President.
action_date: 2018-12-21
text: Presented to President.
action_date: 2018-12-21
text: Presented to President.
action_date: 2018-12-20
text: Message on Senate action sent to the House.
action_date: 2018-12-19
text: Passed Senate without amendment by Unanimous Consent. (consideration: CR S7897)
action_date: 2018-12-19
text: Passed/agreed to in Senate: Passed Senate without amendment by Unanimous Consent.(consideration: CR S7897)
action_date: 2018-12-12
text: Received in the Senate, read twice.
action_date: 2018-12-11
text: Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
action_date: 2018-12-11
text: On passage Passed without objection. (text: CR H10080)
action_date: 2018-12-11
text: Passed/agreed to in House: On passage Passed without objection.(text: CR H10080)
action_date: 2018-12-11
text: Considered by unanimous consent. (consideration: CR H10080)
action_date: 2018-12-11
text: Committee on Oversight and Government discharged.
action_date: 2018-12-11
text: Committee on Oversight and Government discharged.
action_date: 2018-12-11
text: Mr. Mitchell asked unanimous consent to discharge from committee and consider.
action_date: 2017-11-02
text: Ordered to be Reported by Unanimous Consent.
action_date: 2017-11-02
text: Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
action_date: 2017-04-03
text: Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform.
action_date: 2017-04-03
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2017-04-03
text: Introduced in House

Enacted as: number: 115-346
Modernizing Travel to the Marianas Act of 2017

Bill: 115-hr-1851
Sponsor: Del. Bordallo, Madeleine Z. [D-GU-At Large]
Introduced: 2017-04-03 in the House
Policy area: Immigration
Subjects: Border security and unlawful immigration
Government information and archives
Guam
Northern Mariana Islands
Travel and tourism
User charges and fees
Visas and passports

Summary:
action_date: 2017-04-03
text: 

Modernizing Travel to the Marianas Act of 2017

 
This bill amends the Immigration and Nationality Act to direct the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) to develop and implement a fully automated electronic travel authorization system to collect biographical and other information in order to determine, before travel, the eligibility of, and any law enforcement or security risk of permitting, an alien to travel to Guam or the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands. 
 
DHS shall establish and collect a fee for the use of such system. 
 
Such system shall be similar to the electronic system for travel authorization to the United States.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2017-04-13
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Border and Maritime Security.
action_date: 2017-04-03
text: Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, 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: 2017-04-03
text: Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, 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: 2017-04-03
text: Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, 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: 2017-04-03
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration and Border Security.
action_date: 2017-04-03
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E430-431)
action_date: 2017-04-03
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2017-04-03
text: Introduced in House
White House Accountability for Language Diversity Act

Bill: 115-hr-1852
Sponsor: Rep. Correa, J. Luis [D-CA-46]
Introduced: 2017-04-03 in the House
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Subjects: Executive Office of the President
Foreign language and bilingual programs
Government information and archives
Internet and video services
Internet, web applications, social media
Presidents and presidential powers, Vice Presidents

Summary:
action_date: 2017-04-03
text: 

White House Accountability for Language Diversity Act

 
This bill requires the White House and each federal agency to establish and maintain a Spanish, Chinese, Tagalog, and Vietnamese language version of its official website. Any such website may only include official content and may not include links to other Spanish, Chinese, Tagalog, or Vietnamese websites that are not official content.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2017-04-03
text: Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform.
action_date: 2017-04-03
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E429)
action_date: 2017-04-03
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2017-04-03
text: Introduced in House
Kalief's Law

Bill: 115-hr-1853
Sponsor: Rep. Crowley, Joseph [D-NY-14]
Introduced: 2017-04-03 in the House
Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement
Subjects: Correctional facilities and imprisonment
Health information and medical records
Medical tests and diagnostic methods
Mental health

Summary:
action_date: 2017-04-03
text: 

Kalief Browder Reentry Success Act of 2017 or Kalief's Law

 
This bill directs the Department of Justice to establish a pilot program to provide pre-release mental health screenings and post-release mental health and social services to individuals who are incarcerated or detained at federal and state or local correctional facilities.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2017-04-24
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, Homeland Security, and Investigations.
action_date: 2017-04-03
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2017-04-03
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2017-04-03
text: Introduced in House
Prescription Drug Monitoring Act of 2017

Bill: 115-hr-1854
Sponsor: Rep. Jenkins, Evan H. [R-WV-3]
Introduced: 2017-04-03 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Drug trafficking and controlled substances
Health information and medical records
Health personnel
Intergovernmental relations
Prescription drugs
State and local government operations

Summary:
action_date: 2017-04-03
text: 

Prescription Drug Monitoring Act of 

2017

 
This bill requires a state that receives grant funds under the prescription drug monitoring program (PDMP) or the controlled substance monitoring program to comply with specified requirements, including a requirement to share its PDMP data with other states. The Department of Justice (DOJ) or Department of Health and Human Services may withhold grant funds from a state that fails to comply.
 
 To facilitate data sharing among states, the bill directs DOJ to award a grant under the Comprehensive Opioid Abuse Grant Program to establish and maintain a data-sharing hub.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2017-04-24
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, Homeland Security, and Investigations.
action_date: 2017-04-07
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2017-04-03
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: 2017-04-03
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: 2017-04-03
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: 2017-04-03
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2017-04-03
text: Introduced in House