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Honoring our Heroes Act

Bill: 115-hr-406
Sponsor: Rep. Kind, Ron [D-WI-3]
Introduced: 2017-01-10 in the House
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Military personnel and dependents
Veterans' organizations and recognition

Summary:
action_date: 2017-01-10
text: 

Honoring our Heroes Act

 
This bill permits, where there is no living immediate next of kin of a deceased member of the Armed Forces, a covered relative to request the one-time free replacement of certain military decorations of such deceased member. 
 
&quot;Covered relative&quot; means a relative of a deceased recipient of a military decoration who is: (1) not the immediate next of kin; and (2) related within the fourth degree of consanguinity to the deceased recipient, or a more distant relative if determined appropriate.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2017-02-21
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Military Personnel.
action_date: 2017-01-10
text: Referred to the House Committee on Armed Services.
action_date: 2017-01-10
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2017-01-10
text: Introduced in House
Tax Free Health Insurance Act of 2017

Bill: 115-hr-407
Sponsor: Rep. King, Steve [R-IA-4]
Introduced: 2017-01-10 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Health care costs and insurance
Income tax deductions

Summary:
action_date: 2017-01-10
text: 

Tax Free Health Insurance Act of 201

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This bill amends the Internal Revenue Code to allow an individual taxpayer a deduction from gross income of insurance premiums paid for the health care coverage of the taxpayer and the taxpayer's spouse and dependents. The bill makes the deduction available whether or not the taxpayer itemizes other deductions. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2017-01-10
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2017-01-10
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2017-01-10
text: Introduced in House
American Future Healthcare Act of 2017

Bill: 115-hr-408
Sponsor: Rep. King, Steve [R-IA-4]
Introduced: 2017-01-10 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Bank accounts, deposits, capital
Health care costs and insurance
Income tax deductions
Inflation and prices
Medicare

Summary:
action_date: 2017-01-10
text: 

American Future Healthcare Act of 2017

 
This bill amends the Internal Revenue Code, with respect to health savings accounts (HSAs), to: 
 
 
 repeal the requirement that an individual making a tax deductible contribution to an HSA be covered by a high deductible health care plan; 
 
 increase the maximum HSA contribution level; 
 
 allow Medicare eligible individuals to contribute to an HSA; 
 
 allow HSAs to be used to purchase health insurance; 
 
 provide a cost-of-living adjustment for the limits on additional contributions for individuals 55 or older (catch-up contributions); 
 
 require the cost-of-living adjustments to be indexed to the CPI medical care component (the medical care component for the Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers published by the Department of Labor); and 
 
 allow a rollover of HSA amounts to a Medicare Advantage Medical Savings Account (MSA). 
 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2017-01-10
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2017-01-10
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2017-01-10
text: Introduced in House
Putting Patients and Providers Ahead of Compressed Regulatory Timelines Act of 2017

Bill: 115-hr-409
Sponsor: Rep. King, Steve [R-IA-4]
Introduced: 2017-01-10 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Health care costs and insurance
Health information and medical records
Health personnel
Hospital care
Medicare

Summary:
action_date: 2017-01-10
text: 

Putting Patients and Providers Ahead of Compressed Regulatory Timelines Act of 2017

 
This bill amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act to eliminate provider penalties for failure to comply with electronic health records (EHR) use requirements.
 
Under current law, certain hospitals, Medicare Advantage organizations, and professionals participating in Medicare are subject to negative payment adjustments if they fail to comply with established requirements for EHR use. The bill eliminates these penalties and requires the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services to reimburse such providers for payments that they would have received within a specified timeframe had such penalties not been applied.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2017-01-26
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2017-01-25
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2017-01-10
text: Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
action_date: 2017-01-10
text: Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
action_date: 2017-01-10
text: Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
action_date: 2017-01-10
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2017-01-10
text: Introduced in House
Protecting Life Until Natural Death Act

Bill: 115-hr-410
Sponsor: Rep. King, Steve [R-IA-4]
Introduced: 2017-01-10 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Long-term, rehabilitative, and terminal care
Medicare

Summary:
action_date: 2017-01-10
text: 

Protecting Life Until Natural Death Act

 
This bill amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act to exclude from Medicare coverage advanced planning services, with the exception of certain hospice-related services that may include advising on end-of-life or advanced care planning.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2017-01-25
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2017-01-10
text: Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
action_date: 2017-01-10
text: Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
action_date: 2017-01-10
text: Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
action_date: 2017-01-10
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2017-01-10
text: Introduced in House
Veteran Suicide Prevention Act

Bill: 115-hr-411
Sponsor: Rep. King, Peter T. [R-NY-2]
Introduced: 2017-01-10 in the House
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Department of Veterans Affairs
Government information and archives
Health facilities and institutions
Health information and medical records
Mental health
Prescription drugs
Veterans' medical care

Summary:
action_date: 2017-01-10
text: 

Veteran Suicide Prevention Act

 
This bill directs the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) to complete a publicly available review of the deaths of all covered veterans who died by suicide during the preceding five-year period.
 
 Such review shall include: 
 
 
the total number of veterans who died by suicide during the five-year period; 
 
a summary that includes age, gender, and race; 
 
a list of the medications prescribed to, and found in the systems of, such veterans at the time of their deaths, and a summary of medical diagnoses by VA physicians which led to the prescribing of such medications; 
 
the number of instances in which the veteran was concurrently on multiple medications prescribed by VA physicians; 
 
the percentage of veterans who were not taking any medication prescribed by a VA physician; 
 
the percentage of veterans with combat experience or trauma; 
 
Veterans Health Administration facilities with markedly high prescription and patient suicide rates; 
 
a description of VA policies governing the prescribing of medications; and 
 
 recommendations to improve the safety and well-being of veterans.
 
 
"Covered veteran" means any veteran who received VA hospital care or medical services during the five-year period preceding the veteran's death. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2017-02-03
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2017-01-10
text: Referred to the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
action_date: 2017-01-10
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2017-01-10
text: Introduced in House
Enlisted Legal Assistance Act

Bill: 115-hr-412
Sponsor: Rep. Lawrence, Brenda L. [D-MI-14]
Introduced: 2017-01-10 in the House
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Lawyers and legal services
Military personnel and dependents

Summary:
action_date: 2017-01-10
text: 

Enlisted Legal Assistance Act

 
This bill requires the Secretary of the military department concerned to provide personal civil legal assistance to: 
 
 
an active duty member of the Armed Forces in pay grades E-1 through E-5 and his or her dependents; and 
 
a survivor who was a dependent of the member at the time of the member's death, except that survivor eligibility shall be determined pursuant to regulations prescribed by the Secretary concerned.
 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2017-02-21
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Military Personnel.
action_date: 2017-01-10
text: Referred to the House Committee on Armed Services.
action_date: 2017-01-10
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2017-01-10
text: Introduced in House
Early Pell Promise Act

Bill: 115-hr-413
Sponsor: Rep. Lawrence, Brenda L. [D-MI-14]
Introduced: 2017-01-10 in the House
Policy area: Education
Subjects: Education of the disadvantaged
Education programs funding
Food assistance and relief
Government information and archives
Higher education
Military personnel and dependents
National Guard and reserves
Student aid and college costs

Summary:
action_date: 2017-01-10
text: 

Early Pell Promise Act

 
This bill amends title IV (Student Assistance) of the Higher Education Act of 1965 to authorize the Department of Education to carry out a program of grants to state educational agencies under which a student who is in eighth grade and is eligible for a free or reduced price lunch under the Richard B. Russell National School Lunch Act may be provided a commitment to receive a Federal Pell Grant early in the student's academic career.
 
Pursuant to such a commitment, the student shall receive a Pell Grant during the first two years of attendance at an institution of higher education (IHE) as an undergraduate if the student:
 
 
files the FAFSA form during the senior year of secondary school and the succeeding year, and
 
enrolls at the IHE not later than three years after receiving a secondary school diploma or after release from the Armed Forces.
 
 
A student may not receive the early Pell Grant for a succeeding year if the expected family contribution for either year is more than twice the threshold amount for Pell Grant eligibility for that year.
 
 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2017-01-10
text: Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce.
action_date: 2017-01-10
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2017-01-10
text: Introduced in House
Encourage our Educators Act

Bill: 115-hr-414
Sponsor: Rep. Lawrence, Brenda L. [D-MI-14]
Introduced: 2017-01-10 in the House
Policy area: Education
Subjects: Education programs funding
Higher education
Student aid and college costs
Teaching, teachers, curricula

Summary:
action_date: 2017-01-10
text: 

Encourage our Educators Act

 
This bill amends title IV (Student Assistance) of the Higher Education Act of 1965 to modify provisions of the teacher loan forgiveness program. 
 
Specifically, the legislation reduces from five to three years the period of service a full-time teacher must complete consecutively to be eligible for forgiveness under the Federal Family Education Loan or Direct Loan program. It also increases from $5,000 to $17,500 the amount of available loan forgiveness for an elementary or secondary school teacher in any subject. (Currently, forgiveness up to $17,500 is only available for a full-time secondary school math or science teacher or for a special education teacher.) 
 
The bill eliminates the prohibition on counting the same qualifying service for both the teacher and the public service loan forgiveness programs. 
 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2017-01-10
text: Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce.
action_date: 2017-01-10
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2017-01-10
text: Introduced in House
GEAR UP for Counseling

Bill: 115-hr-415
Sponsor: Rep. Lawrence, Brenda L. [D-MI-14]
Introduced: 2017-01-10 in the House
Policy area: Education
Subjects: Education of the disadvantaged
Education programs funding
Educational guidance
Elementary and secondary education
Higher education
Mental health

Summary:
action_date: 2017-01-10
text: 

GEAR UP for Counseling

 
This bill amends title IV (Student Assistance) of the Higher Education Act of 1965 to increase requirements for grant recipients under the Gaining Early Awareness and Readiness for Undergraduate Programs (GEAR UP). 
 
Specifically, it requires state and partnership GEAR UP grantees to also provide academic and mental health counseling services to participating students. 
 
The bill reauthorizes GEAR UP for FY2018-FY2023.



Legislative actions:
action_date: 2017-01-10
text: Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce.
action_date: 2017-01-10
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2017-01-10
text: Introduced in House
Raising Accountability to Improve School Excellence Act

Bill: 115-hr-416
Sponsor: Rep. Lawrence, Brenda L. [D-MI-14]
Introduced: 2017-01-10 in the House
Policy area: Education
Subjects: Academic performance and assessments
Education programs funding
Elementary and secondary education
School administration

Summary:
action_date: 2017-01-10
text: 

Raising Accountability to Improve School Excellence Act

 
This bill amends the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 to: (1) require a charter school grant application to include additional information and assurances related to oversight of authorizing activity by a public chartering agency; and (2) expand grant selection criteria and priorities to include consideration of the number of times a state entity has applied for, and been denied, such a grant.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2017-01-10
text: Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce.
action_date: 2017-01-10
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2017-01-10
text: Introduced in House
To amend the Safe Drinking Water Act to require the improvement of consumer confidence reports, and for other purposes.

Bill: 115-hr-417
Sponsor: Rep. Lawrence, Brenda L. [D-MI-14]
Introduced: 2017-01-10 in the House
Policy area: Environmental Protection
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Consumer affairs
Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)
Environmental regulatory procedures
Hazardous wastes and toxic substances
Public utilities and utility rates
Water quality
Water use and supply

Summary:
action_date: 2017-01-10
text: 
This bill amends the Safe Drinking Water Act by requiring the Environmental Protection Agency to revise regulations about consumer confidence reports in order to increase their effectiveness and understandability. Currently, each community water system must mail their customers an annual consumer confidence report that provides information about local drinking water quality.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2017-01-25
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Environment.
action_date: 2017-01-10
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2017-01-10
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2017-01-10
text: Introduced in House
Early Intervention for Veterans and their Families Act

Bill: 115-hr-418
Sponsor: Rep. Lawrence, Brenda L. [D-MI-14]
Introduced: 2017-01-10 in the House
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Disability and paralysis
Health care coverage and access
Veterans' education, employment, rehabilitation
Veterans' medical care

Summary:
action_date: 2017-01-10
text: 

Early Intervention for Veterans and their Families Act

 
This bill directs the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) to carry out a three-year pilot program with community partners (private nonprofit organizations) to provide intensive community care coordination and supportive services to disabled veteran families who lack access to direct wellness services provided by the VA or other entities. 
 
Such services may include: 
 
 
care coordination and case management services;
 
 outreach services;
 
assistance in obtaining VA benefits, including vocational and rehabilitation counseling, employment and training service, educational assistance, and health care services;
 
assistance in obtaining and coordinating the provision of other public benefits provided by government agencies or community partners, including marriage counseling, services for children, suicide prevention, substance abuse awareness and treatment, mental health awareness and treatment, financial counseling, anger management counseling, domestic violence awareness and prevention, employment assistance, transportation services, child care, housing counseling, preparing and updating family care plans, development of strategies for living with a veteran with post-traumatic stress disorder or traumatic brain injury, and accessing emergency financial assistance through philanthropic efforts; and
 
 direct services that are necessary to improve the well-being and address the needs of the disabled veteran families but that are otherwise unavailable through existing public or private programs.
 
 
 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2017-02-03
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2017-01-10
text: Referred to the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
action_date: 2017-01-10
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2017-01-10
text: Introduced in House
Promote Workforce Development for the Advancement of Manufacturers Act of 2017

Bill: 115-hr-419
Sponsor: Rep. Lawrence, Brenda L. [D-MI-14]
Introduced: 2017-01-10 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Employment and training programs
Income tax credits
Manufacturing
Vocational and technical education

Summary:
action_date: 2017-01-10
text: 

Promote Workforce Development for the Advancement of Manufacturers Act of 201

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This bill amends the Internal Revenue Code to allow manufacturing employers located in the United States a business-related tax credit for the manufacturing training expenses of their employees. The definition of "manufacturing training expenses" includes related course work, certification testing, and essential skill acquisition.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2017-01-10
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2017-01-10
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2017-01-10
text: Introduced in House
Promote Startups Act of 2017

Bill: 115-hr-420
Sponsor: Rep. Lawrence, Brenda L. [D-MI-14]
Introduced: 2017-01-10 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Business investment and capital
Corporate finance and management
Income tax deductions
Small business

Summary:
action_date: 2017-01-10
text: 

Promote Startups Act of 201

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This bill amends the Internal Revenue Code to increase the maximum tax deduction for business start-up expenditures from $5,000 to $15,000 and to increase the deduction for the organizational expenditures of corporations from $5,000 to $10,000. The bill also increases the ceilings for such expenditures over which the amount of the tax deduction is reduced. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2017-01-10
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2017-01-10
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2017-01-10
text: Introduced in House
Allowing Greater Access to Safe and Effective Contraception Act

Bill: 115-hr-421
Sponsor: Rep. Love, Mia B. [R-UT-4]
Introduced: 2017-01-10 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Drug safety, medical device, and laboratory regulation
Employee benefits and pensions
Family planning and birth control
Health care costs and insurance
Prescription drugs
User charges and fees

Summary:
action_date: 2017-01-10
text: 

Allowing Greater Access to Safe and Effective Contraception Act

 
This bill requires the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to prioritize review of supplemental drug applications (applications to modify the approved use of a drug) for contraceptive drugs intended for routine use that would be available to individuals aged 18 and older without a prescription. The FDA must waive user fees for such supplemental drug applications. Any drug that is eligible for this priority review must be a prescription drug for individuals under age 18.
 This bill repeals provisions of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act and the Health Care and Education Reconciliation Act of 2010 to allow health savings accounts and health flexible spending accounts (HFSAs) to be used to pay for medicine without a prescription and to remove the limit on salary reduction contributions to a HFSA under a cafeteria plan, effective as if the provisions had never been enacted.

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2017-01-26
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2017-01-25
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2017-01-10
text: Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
action_date: 2017-01-10
text: Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
action_date: 2017-01-10
text: Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
action_date: 2017-01-10
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2017-01-10
text: Introduced in House