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Procure PGMS For Israel Act

Bill: 115-hr-4707
Sponsor: Rep. Boyle, Brendan F. [D-PA-13]
Introduced: 2017-12-21 in the House
Policy area: International Affairs
Subjects: Alliances
Conflicts and wars
Congressional oversight
Foreign aid and international relief
Iraq
Israel
Middle East
Military assistance, sales, and agreements
Military procurement, research, weapons development
Military readiness
Terrorism

Summary:
action_date: 2017-12-21
text: 

Procure PGMS For Israel Act

 
This bill authorizes the President to: (1) conduct a joint assessment with the government of Israel regarding Israel's precision guided munitions needs in a sustained armed confrontation with Hezbollah, and (2) add precision guided munitions to war reserve stocks in Israel and to transfer such munitions to Israel for rocket defense in the likely possibility of a sustained Israeli-Hezbollah conflict. Prior to any such transfer the President must certify to Congress that the transfer does not harm U.S. combat readiness or affect U.S. precision guided munitions supplies.
 
The bill includes the production of precision guided munitions in the Department of Defense's rapid acquisition and deployment procedures. 
 
The bill permits use of the Special Defense Acquisition Fund to assist a U.S. ally that is under direct missile threat.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2017-12-21
text: Referred to the Committee on Foreign 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: 2017-12-21
text: Referred to the Committee on Foreign 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: 2017-12-21
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2017-12-21
text: Introduced in House
To amend title XIX of the Social Security Act to amend the Federal medical assistance percentage for the District of Columbia for fiscal years after 2019, and for other purposes.

Bill: 115-hr-4709
Sponsor: Rep. Griffith, H. Morgan [R-VA-9]
Introduced: 2017-12-21 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: District of Columbia
Health programs administration and funding
Medicaid
State and local finance

Summary:
action_date: 2017-12-21
text: 
This bill incrementally lowers, from 70% in FY2019 to 54% in FY2027 and subsequent years, the maximum federal matching rate under Medicaid for Washington, DC.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2017-12-22
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2017-12-21
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2017-12-21
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2017-12-21
text: Introduced in House
340B PAUSE Act

Bill: 115-hr-4710
Sponsor: Rep. Bucshon, Larry [R-IN-8]
Introduced: 2017-12-21 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Business records
Congressional oversight
Government studies and investigations
Health care costs and insurance
Health facilities and institutions
Health information and medical records
Inflation and prices
Licensing and registrations
Prescription drugs

Summary:
action_date: 2017-12-21
text: 

340B Protecting Access for the Underserved and Safety-net Entities Act or the 340B PAUSE Act

 
This bill amends the Public Health Service Act to suspend for two years the registration of certain hospitals in the 340B drug pricing program, which requires drug manufacturers to offer discounts on outpatient drugs to registered health care entities.
 
The bill requires certain registered hospitals to report to the Department of Health and Human Services specified information, including the number of individuals receiving discounted drugs and associated costs.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2017-12-22
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2017-12-21
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2017-12-21
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2017-12-21
text: Introduced in House
Industrial Hemp Banking Act

Bill: 115-hr-4711
Sponsor: Rep. Barr, Andy [R-KY-6]
Introduced: 2017-12-21 in the House
Policy area: Finance and Financial Sector
Subjects: Agricultural practices and innovations
Bank accounts, deposits, capital
Banking and financial institutions regulation
Business investment and capital
Civil actions and liability
Drug trafficking and controlled substances
Financial services and investments
Fraud offenses and financial crimes

Summary:
action_date: 2017-12-21
text: 

Industrial Hemp Banking Act

 
This bill prohibits a federal banking regulator from: (1) terminating or limiting the deposit insurance or share insurance of a depository institution solely because the institution provides financial services to a legitimate industrial hemp business; (2) prohibiting or otherwise discouraging a depository institution from offering financial services to such a business; (3) recommending, incentivizing, or encouraging a depository institution not to offer financial services to an account holder solely because the account holder is affiliated with such a business; or (4) taking any adverse or corrective supervisory action on a loan made to a person solely because the person either owns such a business or owns real estate or equipment leased to such a business.
 
As specified by the bill, a depository institution shall not, under federal law, be liable or subject to forfeiture for providing financial services to a legitimate industrial hemp business.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2017-12-21
text: Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services.
action_date: 2017-12-21
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2017-12-21
text: Introduced in House
Truth in Spending Act of 2017

Bill: 115-hr-4713
Sponsor: Rep. Kinzinger, Adam [R-IL-16]
Introduced: 2017-12-21 in the House
Policy area: Economics and Public Finance
Subjects: Accounting and auditing
Budget deficits and national debt
Budget process
Legislative rules and procedure

Summary:
action_date: 2017-12-21
text: 

Truth in Spending Act of 2017 

 
This bill requires the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) to submit to the President, for inclusion in the President's annual budget submission, specified reports regarding the difference between the actual costs of direct spending legislation and the costs that were estimated by the Congressional Budget Office and the OMB. (Direct spending, also known as mandatory spending, is spending provided by laws other than appropriations Acts.)
 
If the actual total cost of the direct spending legislation exceeds the estimated total cost, the report must also include proposed legislative language to eliminate the excess cost.
 
Within seven days of receiving a report from the OMB, the President must submit to Congress any proposed legislative language included in the report. Congress must then consider the proposed legislation using specified expedited legislative procedures.
 
The budgetary effects of legislation considered pursuant to this bill may not be entered on the Pay-As-You-Go (PAYGO) scorecards maintained under the Statutory Pay-As-You-Go Act of 2010. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2017-12-21
text: Referred to the Committee on the Budget, and in addition to the Committee on Rules, 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: 2017-12-21
text: Referred to the Committee on the Budget, and in addition to the Committee on Rules, 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: 2017-12-21
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2017-12-21
text: Introduced in House
To award a Congressional Gold Medal to Don and Deyon Stephens, Founders of Mercy Ships, in recognition of nearly 40 years of service as the leaders of a humanitarian relief organization that exemplifies the compassionate character of America.

Bill: 115-hr-4714
Sponsor: Rep. Gohmert, Louie [R-TX-1]
Introduced: 2017-12-21 in the House
Policy area: International Affairs
Subjects: Congressional tributes
Foreign aid and international relief
Health facilities and institutions
Marine and inland water transportation
World health

Summary:
action_date: 2017-12-21
text: 
This bill directs the Speaker of the House of Representatives and the President pro tempore of the Senate to arrange for the presentation of a Congressional Gold Medal to Don and Deyon Stephens, founders of Mercy Ships.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2017-12-21
text: Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services.
action_date: 2017-12-21
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2017-12-21
text: Introduced in House
Truth in Tuition Act of 2017

Bill: 115-hr-4715
Sponsor: Rep. Cartwright, Matt [D-PA-17]
Introduced: 2017-12-21 in the House
Policy area: Education
Subjects: Consumer affairs
Higher education
Student aid and college costs

Summary:
action_date: 2017-12-21
text: 

Truth in Tuition Act of 2017

 
This bill amends the Higher Education Act of 1965 to expand notification requirements for an institution of higher education (IHE) to participate in federal student aid programs. Specifically, the bill requires an IHE to provide to a student: (1) a multi-year tuition and fee schedule; or (2) a single-year tuition and fee schedule and a nonbinding, multi-year estimate of net costs after financial aid is awarded. The bill authorizes the Department of Education to waive this requirement under certain circumstances.



Legislative actions:
action_date: 2017-12-21
text: Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce.
action_date: 2017-12-21
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2017-12-21
text: Introduced in House
Hmong Veterans' Service Recognition Act

Bill: 115-hr-4716
Sponsor: Rep. Costa, Jim [D-CA-16]
Introduced: 2017-12-21 in the House
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Asia
Cemeteries and funerals
Conflicts and wars
Laos
Military personnel and dependents
Veterans' organizations and recognition
Vietnam

Summary:
action_date: 2017-12-21
text: 

Hmong Veterans' Service Recognition Act

 
 This bill authorizes burial in any open national cemetery under the control of the National Cemetery Administration of the remains of any individual: (1) who was naturalized pursuant to the Hmong Veterans' Naturalization Act of 2000 and who resided in the United States at the time of death; or (2) who the Department of Veterans Affairs determines served honorably with a special guerrilla unit or irregular forces operating from a base in Laos in support of the U.S. Armed Forces between February 28, 1961, and May 7, 1975, and who, at the time of death, resided in the United States and was a U.S. citizen or an alien lawfully admitted for permanent residence.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2017-12-21
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Disability Assistance and Memorial Affairs.
action_date: 2017-12-21
text: Referred to the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
action_date: 2017-12-21
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2017-12-21
text: Introduced in House
Century Farms Act of 2017

Bill: 115-hr-4717
Sponsor: Rep. Crawford, Eric A. "Rick" [R-AR-1]
Introduced: 2017-12-21 in the House
Policy area: Agriculture and Food
Subjects: Farmland
Historic sites and heritage areas

Summary:
action_date: 2017-12-21
text: 

Century Farms Act of 2017

 
This bill requires the Department of Agriculture to establish a program to recognize: (1) any farm that a state department of agriculture or similar statewide agricultural organization recognizes as a Century Farm, or (2) a farm or ranch that has been operated continuously and owned by the same family for at least 100 consecutive years. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2017-12-21
text: Referred to the House Committee on Agriculture.
action_date: 2017-12-21
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2017-12-21
text: Introduced in House
Recognition of Jerusalem as the Capital of the State of Israel Act

Bill: 115-hr-4718
Sponsor: Rep. DeSantis, Ron [R-FL-6]
Introduced: 2017-12-21 in the House
Policy area: International Affairs
Subjects: Appropriations
Arab-Israeli relations
Building construction
Congressional oversight
Department of State
Diplomacy, foreign officials, Americans abroad
Government buildings, facilities, and property
Government information and archives
Israel
Middle East
Presidents and presidential powers, Vice Presidents
Sovereignty, recognition, national governance and status

Summary:
action_date: 2017-12-21
text: 

Recognition of Jerusalem as the Capital of the State of Israel Act

 
This bill states that it is U.S. policy to recognize Jerusalem as the undivided capital of Israel. 
 
The bill expresses the sense of Congress that: (1) the United States should recognize the sovereign status of an undivided Jerusalem as Israel's capital, (2) recognizing Jerusalem as Israel's capital and transferring the U.S. Embassy to Jerusalem from Tel Aviv will signal U.S. commitment to Israel, (3) the President and the Department of State should affirm as a matter of U.S. policy that Jerusalem must remain Israel's undivided capital, (4) the President should implement the provisions of the Jerusalem Embassy Act of 1995 and begin the process of relocating the U.S. Embassy in Israel to Jerusalem, and (5) U.S. officials should refrain from actions that contradict U.S. law on this subject.
 
 The bill states that any official U.S. government document that lists countries and their capital cities should identify Jerusalem as Israel's capital. 
 
 The President shall relocate the U.S. Embassy in Israel to Jerusalem by January 1, 2019.
 
The Jerusalem Embassy Act of 1995 is amended to eliminate the President's authority, effective January, 1, 2018, to waive certain funding limitations for State Department acquisition and maintenance of buildings abroad until the U.S. Embassy in Jerusalem has officially opened. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2017-12-21
text: Referred to the House Committee on Foreign Affairs.
action_date: 2017-12-21
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2017-12-21
text: Introduced in House
To amend title 49, United States Code, to address delays in commercial driver's license skills testing and retesting, and for other purposes.

Bill: 115-hr-4719
Sponsor: Rep. Duncan, John J., Jr. [R-TN-2]
Introduced: 2017-12-21 in the House
Policy area: Transportation and Public Works
Subjects: Congressional oversight
Government information and archives
Licensing and registrations
Motor carriers
Motor vehicles
Roads and highways
State and local government operations
Transportation employees
Transportation programs funding
Transportation safety and security

Summary:
action_date: 2017-12-21
text: 
This bill requires the Department of Transportation (DOT) to establish requirements to ensure that states conduct commercial driver's license (CDL) skills tests and retests in a timely manner. 
 
DOT must require each state to submit quarterly reports that describe the status of skills testing for individuals applying for a CDL at a CDL skills test location in the state, including average wait times and the numbers of examiners and test sites available to applicants. DOT must also submit specified reports to the states and Congress regarding the information received from the states. 
 
Beginning in FY2021, the bill authorizes DOT to withhold certain highway funds from states that are not in compliance with specified requirements regarding CDL skills testing and retesting wait times. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2017-12-22
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Highways and Transit.
action_date: 2017-12-21
text: Referred to the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.
action_date: 2017-12-21
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2017-12-21
text: Introduced in House
Abby Honold Act

Bill: 115-hr-4720
Sponsor: Rep. Emmer, Tom [R-MN-6]
Introduced: 2017-12-21 in the House
Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement
Subjects: Assault and harassment offenses
Crime victims
Crimes against women
Criminal investigation, prosecution, interrogation
Domestic violence and child abuse
Government information and archives
Law enforcement administration and funding
Law enforcement officers
Sex offenses

Summary:
action_date: 2017-12-21
text: 

Abby Honold Act

 
This bill directs the Department of Justice's Office on Violence Against Women to make competitive grants to law enforcement agencies and victim services organizations to implement evidence-based, trauma-informed approaches in responding to and investigating domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, or stalking.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2018-01-22
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, Homeland Security, and Investigations.
action_date: 2017-12-21
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2017-12-21
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2017-12-21
text: Introduced in House
Armor-Piercing Bullets Act of 2017

Bill: 115-hr-4721
Sponsor: Rep. Engel, Eliot L. [D-NY-16]
Introduced: 2017-12-21 in the House
Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement
Subjects: Firearms and explosives

Summary:
action_date: 2017-12-21
text: 

Armor-Piercing Bullets Act of 2017

 
This bill establishes a framework for determining whether certain armor piercing ammunition is primarily intended for sporting purposes. Current law prohibits the import, manufacture, and distribution of armor piercing ammunition. However, armor piercing ammunition that is primarily intended for sporting purposes is exempt from the prohibition and may be lawfully imported, manufactured, and distributed.

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2018-01-22
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, Homeland Security, and Investigations.
action_date: 2017-12-21
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2017-12-21
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2017-12-21
text: Introduced in House
Hualapai Tribe Water Rights Settlement Act of 2017

Bill: 115-hr-4723
Sponsor: Rep. Gosar, Paul A. [R-AZ-4]
Introduced: 2017-12-21 in the House
Policy area: Native Americans
Subjects: Arizona
Federal-Indian relations
Government trust funds
Indian claims
Indian lands and resources rights
Infrastructure development
Lakes and rivers
Land transfers
Water Resources Development
Water use and supply

Summary:
action_date: 2017-12-21
text: 

Hualapai Tribe Water Rights Settlement Act of 2017

 
This bill modifies and ratifies the Hualapai Tribe water rights settlement agreement negotiated between the tribe, the United States, Arizona, and others, thus satisfying the tribe's claims for groundwater and surface water rights to water in Arizona, including the Verde River, the Bill Williams River, and the Colorado River. 
 
The bill outlines the tribe's water rights, including the right to divert, use, and store 4,000 acre-feet of agricultural priority water of the Central Arizona Project that was previously allocated to non-tribal agricultural entities, but retained by the Department of the Interior for reallocation to tribes in Arizona pursuant to the Central Arizona Project Settlement Act of 2004.
 
The Bureau of Reclamation must construct the Hualapai Water Project. The project must be designed to divert, treat, and convey at least 3,414 acre-feet of water per year from the Colorado River for municipal, commercial, and industrial uses on the Hualapai Reservation. 
 
The bill establishes the: (1) Hualapai Water Project Account for constructing the project; and (2) Hualapai OM&R Trust Account for the operation, maintenance, and replacement charges associated with the project.
 
The bill provides for land to be added to the reservation and taken into trust for the benefit of the tribe. In the future, land located outside the reservation may only be taken into trust by the United States for the benefit of the tribe through an act of Congress.
 
The bill outlines: (1) waivers, releases, and retentions of claims by the tribe and the United States under the settlement agreement; and (2) a limited waiver of sovereign immunity by the United States and the tribe with respect to certain claims.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2018-01-02
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Water, Power and Oceans.
action_date: 2017-12-21
text: Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.
action_date: 2017-12-21
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2017-12-21
text: Introduced in House
Medicare IVIG Access Enhancement Act

Bill: 115-hr-4724
Sponsor: Rep. Holding, George [R-NC-2]
Introduced: 2017-12-21 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Congressional oversight
Drug therapy
Government studies and investigations
Health care costs and insurance
Health care coverage and access
Home and outpatient care
Medicare
Neurological disorders

Summary:
action_date: 2017-12-21
text: 

Medicare IVIG Access Enhancement Act

 
This bill requires the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services to establish a three-year demonstration project to evaluate the benefits of providing Medicare coverage and payment for items and services needed for the in-home administration of intravenous immune globulin to treat chronic inflammatory demyelinating polyneuropathy or multifocal motor neuropathy. Beneficiary participation shall be voluntary.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2017-12-22
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2017-12-21
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: 2017-12-21
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: 2017-12-21
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2017-12-21
text: Introduced in House