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To amend section 100905 of title 54, United States Code, to direct the Secretary of the Interior and the Secretary of Agriculture to require annual permits and assess annual fees for commercial filming activities on Federal land for film crews of 5 persons or fewer, and for other purposes.

Bill: 115-hr-1944
Sponsor: Rep. Latta, Robert E. [R-OH-5]
Introduced: 2017-04-05 in the House
Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources
Subjects: Forests, forestry, trees
Land use and conservation
Licensing and registrations
Parks, recreation areas, trails
Television and film
User charges and fees

Summary:
action_date: 2017-04-05
text: 
This bill directs the Departments of the Interior and Agriculture to assess an annual fee of $200 for any film crew of five persons or fewer to conduct commercial filming activities or similar projects on federal land administered by such departments and to require a one-year permit for such activities or projects that occur in areas designated for public use during public hours on federal land and waterways administered by such departments. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2017-04-24
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Conservation and Forestry.
action_date: 2017-04-17
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Federal Lands.
action_date: 2017-04-05
text: Referred to the Committee on Natural Resources, and in addition to the Committee on Agriculture, 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: 2017-04-05
text: Referred to the Committee on Natural Resources, and in addition to the Committee on Agriculture, 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: 2017-04-05
text: Referred to the Committee on Natural Resources, and in addition to the Committee on Agriculture, 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: 2017-04-05
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2017-04-05
text: Introduced in House
Wildlife and Hunting Heritage Conservation Council Advisory Committee Act

Bill: 115-hr-1945
Sponsor: Rep. Latta, Robert E. [R-OH-5]
Introduced: 2017-04-05 in the House
Policy area: Animals
Subjects: Advisory bodies
Hunting and fishing
Outdoor recreation
Wildlife conservation and habitat protection

Summary:
action_date: 2017-04-05
text: 

Wildlife and Hunting Heritage Conservation Council Advisory Committee Act 

 
This bill amends the Fish and Wildlife Coordination Act to establish the Wildlife and Hunting Heritage Conservation Council Advisory Committee to advise the Department of the Interior and the Department of Agriculture on wildlife and habitat conservation, hunting, and recreational shooting. 
 
The advisory committee must advise the departments on policies or programs related to: 
 
 
implementing Executive Order No. 13443: Facilitation of Hunting Heritage and Wildlife Conservation; 
 
conserving and restoring wetlands, agricultural lands, grasslands, forest, and rangeland habitats;
 
promoting opportunities for and access to hunting and shooting sports on federal lands; 
 
recruiting and retaining new hunters and shooters;
 
increasing public awareness of the importance of wildlife conservation and the benefits of recreational hunting and shooting; and 
 
encouraging coordination among the public, the hunting and shooting sports community, wildlife conservation groups, states, tribes, and the federal government. 
 
 
The bill also specifies requirements for membership, meetings, pay and expenses, administrative support, and annual reports to Congress. The advisory committee is exempt from the Federal Advisory Committee Act. 
 
The bill abolishes the existing Wildlife and Hunting Heritage Conservation Council, effective on the date of the first meeting of the advisory committee established by this bill. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2017-04-24
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Conservation and Forestry.
action_date: 2017-04-17
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Water, Power and Oceans.
action_date: 2017-04-17
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Federal Lands.
action_date: 2017-04-05
text: Referred to the Committee on Natural Resources, and in addition to the Committee on Agriculture, 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: 2017-04-05
text: Referred to the Committee on Natural Resources, and in addition to the Committee on Agriculture, 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: 2017-04-05
text: Referred to the Committee on Natural Resources, and in addition to the Committee on Agriculture, 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: 2017-04-05
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2017-04-05
text: Introduced in House
Missed Opportunities Act of 2017

Bill: 115-hr-1946
Sponsor: Rep. Lewis, John [D-GA-5]
Introduced: 2017-04-05 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Congressional oversight
Department of Health and Human Services
Medical research
National Institutes of Health (NIH)
Research administration and funding

Summary:
action_date: 2017-04-05
text: 

Missed Opportunities Act of 2017

 This bill amends the Public Health Service Act to require the National Institutes of Health (NIH) to report the total number of research funding requests under review during each fiscal year and the number of requests granted, pending at the end of the year, and denied. Of the requests that remained pending or were denied, the NIH must identify the requests with the greatest potential for improving public health.

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2017-04-07
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2017-04-05
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2017-04-05
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2017-04-05
text: Introduced in House
Religious Freedom Peace Tax Fund Act of 2017

Bill: 115-hr-1947
Sponsor: Rep. Lewis, John [D-GA-5]
Introduced: 2017-04-05 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Appropriations
Conflicts and wars
Congressional oversight
Defense spending
Government trust funds
Religion
Right of privacy
Tax administration and collection, taxpayers

Summary:
action_date: 2017-04-05
text: 

Religious Freedom Peace Tax Fund Act of 2017
 
 This bill directs the Department of the Treasury to establish in the Religious Freedom Peace Tax Fund for the deposit of income, gift, and estate taxes paid by or on behalf of taxpayers: (1) who are designated conscientious objectors opposed to participation in war in any form based upon their sincerely held moral, ethical, or religious beliefs or training (within the meaning of the Military Selective Service Act); and (2) who have certified their beliefs in writing. 
Amounts deposited in the Fund shall be allocated annually to any appropriation not for a military purpose. Treasury shall report to the House and Senate Appropriations Committees on the total amount transferred into the Fund during the preceding fiscal year and the purposes for which such amount was allocated. The privacy of individuals using the Fund shall be protected. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2017-04-05
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2017-04-05
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2017-04-05
text: Introduced in House
Small Bank Holding Company Relief Act

Bill: 115-hr-1948
Sponsor: Rep. Love, Mia B. [R-UT-4]
Introduced: 2017-04-05 in the House
Policy area: Finance and Financial Sector
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Bank accounts, deposits, capital
Banking and financial institutions regulation
Federal Reserve System

Summary:
action_date: 2017-04-05
text: 

Small Bank Holding Company Relief Act

 
This bill requires the Federal Reserve Board (FRB) to revise its Small Bank Holding Company Policy Statement on Assessment of Financial and Managerial Factors (which allows smaller bank companies to have higher debt levels than are generally allowed). Specifically, the FRB must raise the consolidated asset threshold at which the statement applies from $1 billion to $10 billion.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2017-04-05
text: Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services.
action_date: 2017-04-05
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2017-04-05
text: Introduced in House
To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 120 West Pike Street in Canonsburg, Pennsylvania, as the "Police Officer Scott Bashioum Post Office Building".

Bill: 115-hr-1950
Sponsor: Rep. Murphy, Tim [R-PA-18]
Introduced: 2017-04-05 in the House
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Subjects: Congressional tributes
Government buildings, facilities, and property
Law enforcement officers
Pennsylvania
Postal service

Summary:
action_date: 2017-04-05
text: Designates the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 120 West Pike Street in Canonsburg, Pennsylvania, as the "Police Officer Scott Bashioum Post Office Building."

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2017-09-13
text: Ordered to be Reported by Unanimous Consent.
action_date: 2017-09-13
text: Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
action_date: 2017-04-05
text: Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform.
action_date: 2017-04-05
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2017-04-05
text: Introduced in House
Better Drive Act

Bill: 115-hr-1952
Sponsor: Rep. O'Rourke, Beto [D-TX-16]
Introduced: 2017-04-05 in the House
Policy area: Transportation and Public Works
Subjects: Drug trafficking and controlled substances
Drug, alcohol, tobacco use
Licensing and registrations
Motor vehicles
Roads and highways
State and local government operations
Transportation programs funding

Summary:
action_date: 2017-04-05
text: 

Better Drive Act

 
This bill repeals provisions requiring the Department of Transportation to withhold a certain amount of a state's apportionment of federal-aid highway funds if the state fails to enact and enforce a law that requires the revocation or suspension of drivers' licenses of individuals convicted of drug offenses.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2017-04-06
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Highways and Transit.
action_date: 2017-04-05
text: Referred to the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.
action_date: 2017-04-05
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2017-04-05
text: Introduced in House
Treat and Reduce Obesity Act of 2017

Bill: 115-hr-1953
Sponsor: Rep. Paulsen, Erik [R-MN-3]
Introduced: 2017-04-05 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Congressional oversight
Health care coverage and access
Health personnel
Health promotion and preventive care
Medical research
Medicare
Mental health
Nutrition and diet
Physical fitness and lifestyle
Prescription drugs

Summary:
action_date: 2017-04-05
text: 

Treat and Reduce Obesity Act of 2017

 
This bill allows coverage, under Medicare, of intensive behavioral therapy for obesity furnished by providers other than primary care physicians and practitioners.
 
Additionally, it allows coverage under Medicare's prescription drug benefit of drugs used for the treatment of obesity or for weight loss management for individuals who are overweight.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2017-04-17
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2017-04-07
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2017-04-05
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: 2017-04-05
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: 2017-04-05
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: 2017-04-05
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2017-04-05
text: Introduced in House
Rural Hospital Access Act of 2017

Bill: 115-hr-1955
Sponsor: Rep. Reed, Tom [R-NY-23]
Introduced: 2017-04-05 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Health care coverage and access
Health facilities and institutions
Hospital care
Medicare
Rural conditions and development

Summary:
action_date: 2017-04-05
text: 

Rural Hospital Access Act of 2017

 
This bill permanently extends the Medicare-Dependent Hospital program (which provides increased payments to certain smaller, rural hospitals that serve a proportionally high number of Medicare patients) and the program for increased payments under Medicare for low-volume hospitals. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2017-04-17
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2017-04-05
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2017-04-05
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2017-04-05
text: Introduced in House
Caring for the Families of our Wounded and Fallen Heroes Act

Bill: 115-hr-1956
Sponsor: Rep. Roe, David P. [R-TN-1]
Introduced: 2017-04-05 in the House
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Military personnel and dependents
Student aid and college costs
Veterans' education, employment, rehabilitation

Summary:
action_date: 2017-04-05
text: 

Caring for the Families of our Wounded and Fallen Heroes Act

 
This bill increases amounts of educational assistance payable under the Department of Veterans Affairs' Survivors' and Dependents' Educational Assistance Program.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2017-04-06
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Economic Opportunity.
action_date: 2017-04-05
text: Referred to the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
action_date: 2017-04-05
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2017-04-05
text: Introduced in House
Safe Schools Improvement Act of 2017

Bill: 115-hr-1957
Sponsor: Rep. Sánchez, Linda T. [D-CA-38]
Introduced: 2017-04-05 in the House
Policy area: Education
Subjects: Administrative remedies
Assault and harassment offenses
Child safety and welfare
Congressional oversight
Crime prevention
Crime victims
Crimes against children
Disability and health-based discrimination
Elementary and secondary education
Government information and archives
Performance measurement
Racial and ethnic relations
Religion
School administration
Sex, gender, sexual orientation discrimination

Summary:
action_date: 2017-04-05
text: 

Safe Schools Improvement Act of 2017

 
This bill amends the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 to require states to direct their local educational agencies (LEAs) to establish policies that prevent and prohibit conduct, including bullying and harassment, that is sufficiently severe, persistent, or pervasive to: (1) limit students' ability to participate in, or benefit from, school programs; or (2) create a hostile or abusive educational environment that adversely affects students' education.
 
LEAs shall also provide: (1) students, parents, and educational professionals with annual notice of the conduct prohibited in their disciplinary policies; (2) students and parents with grievance procedures that target such conduct; and (3) the public with annual data on the incidence and frequency of that conduct at the school and LEA level.
 
The Department of Education must conduct, and report on, an independent biennial evaluation of programs and policies to combat bullying and harassment in elementary and secondary schools. The National Center for Education Statistics shall collect state data to determine the incidence and frequency of the conduct prohibited by LEA disciplinary policies. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2017-04-05
text: Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce.
action_date: 2017-04-05
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2017-04-05
text: Introduced in House
PACE Act of 2017

Bill: 115-hr-1958
Sponsor: Rep. Sherman, Brad [D-CA-30]
Introduced: 2017-04-05 in the House
Policy area: Finance and Financial Sector
Subjects: Alternative and renewable resources
Consumer credit
Energy efficiency and conservation
Housing finance and home ownership
Residential rehabilitation and home repair
Water use and supply

Summary:
action_date: 2017-04-05
text: 

Protecting Americans from Credit Entanglements Act of 2017 or the PACE Act of 2017

 
This bill amends the Truth in Lending Act to extend that Act's requirements to real property retrofit loans. A "real property retrofit loan" is a loan that is: (1) secured by an interest in real property; (2) repayable in installment payments made concurrently with the payment of property taxes on the real property; and (3) used to finance real property retrofits, including energy-efficiency upgrades, renewable-energy installations, seismic retrofits, water-conservation upgrades, and other similar improvements.
 
At the time of application for a real property retrofit loan, the creditor must disclose that the loan will result in a lien on the real property securing the loan.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2017-04-05
text: Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services.
action_date: 2017-04-05
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2017-04-05
text: Introduced in House
Child and Dependent Care FSA Enhancement Act

Bill: 115-hr-1959
Sponsor: Rep. Sinema, Kyrsten [D-AZ-9]
Introduced: 2017-04-05 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Adult day care
Child care and development
Employee benefits and pensions
Income tax exclusion
Inflation and prices
Wildlife conservation and habitat protection

Summary:
action_date: 2017-04-05
text: 

Child and Dependent Care FSA Enhancement Act
 
 
 This bill amends the Internal Revenue Code to increase to $7,500 the amount of employer-provided dependent care assistance that an employee may exclude from gross income. The bill allows an annual inflation adjustment to such increased amount after 2016. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2017-04-05
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2017-04-05
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2017-04-05
text: Introduced in House
Supreme Court Ethics Act of 2017

Bill: 115-hr-1960
Sponsor: Rep. Slaughter, Louise McIntosh [D-NY-25]
Introduced: 2017-04-05 in the House
Policy area: Law
Subjects: Government ethics and transparency, public corruption
Judges
Supreme Court

Summary:
action_date: 2017-04-05
text: 

Supreme Court Ethics Act of
 
2017

 
The bill requires the Supreme Court to promulgate a code of ethics for the Justices of the Supreme Court that shall include the five canons of the Code of Conduct for United States Judges adopted by the Judicial Conference of the United States, with any amendments or modifications that the Supreme Court determines appropriate.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2018-05-15
text: ASSUMING FIRST SPONSORSHIP - Mr. Johnson (GA) asked unanimous consent that he may hereafter be considered as the first sponsor of H.R. 1960, a bill originally introduced by Representative Slaughter of New York, for the purpose of adding cosponsors and requesting reprintings under clause 7 of rule XII. Agreed to without objection.
action_date: 2017-04-26
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Courts, Intellectual Property, and the Internet.
action_date: 2017-04-05
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2017-04-05
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2017-04-05
text: Introduced in House
Southern Utah Open OHV Areas Act

Bill: 115-hr-1961
Sponsor: Rep. Stewart, Chris [R-UT-2]
Introduced: 2017-04-05 in the House
Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources
Subjects: Land transfers
Motor vehicles
Outdoor recreation
Utah

Summary:
action_date: 2017-04-05
text: 

Southern Utah Open OHV Areas Act

 
This bill directs the Department of the Interior to convey specified land owned and managed by the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) in Washington County, Utah, to the state of Utah in exchange for specified state lands.
 
Upon the conveyance of the nonfederal land to Interior, such land shall be used only: (1) as an open riding area for the use of off-highway vehicles; or (2) for any other public purpose consistent with uses allowed under the Recreation and Public Purposes Act.
 
Interior shall convey, without consideration, specified Open OHV Areas managed by the BLM to Washington County. 
 
Interior shall convey to the county, without consideration, all right, title, and interest of the United States in and to the (Open OHV Areas) land managed by the BLM and identified as Hurricane Sand Dunes (NRA). 
 
Such conveyed land shall be used only as: (1) an open riding area for the use of off-highway vehicles, or (2) for any other public purpose consistent with uses allowed under the Recreation and Public Purposes Act.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2017-04-17
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Federal Lands.
action_date: 2017-04-05
text: Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.
action_date: 2017-04-05
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2017-04-05
text: Introduced in House
Retirement Security Preservation Act of 2017

Bill: 115-hr-1962
Sponsor: Rep. Tiberi, Patrick J. [R-OH-12]
Introduced: 2017-04-05 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Employee benefits and pensions
Income tax deferral

Summary:
action_date: 2017-04-05
text: 

Retirement Security Preservation Act of 2017

 
This bill amends the Internal Revenue Code to modify the nondiscrimination requirements for certain defined benefit retirement plans that limit participation or certain features to a closed class, such as individuals who were hired before a certain date. 
 
(Under current law, the plans may not discriminate in favor of highly compensated employees and must meet minimum participation requirements.) 
 
The bill applies only to a defined benefit plan that: (1) closed before April 5, 2017; or (2) was in effect for at least five years when it closed and did not substantially increase the coverage or value of the benefits, rights, or features for the closed class during the five-year period before it closed, except as the result of certain business acquisitions or mergers. 
 
Such a plan meets the nondiscrimination requirements if it: (1) satisfies certain testing rules for the year that the class closes and the two succeeding plan years, and (2) is not amended in a discriminatory manner after the class is closed. 
 
A defined contribution plan that offers additional contributions or benefits to a closed class whose benefits under a defined benefit plan have been reduced or eliminated meets the nondiscrimination requirements if: (1) the group receiving the contributions or benefits satisfies certain testing rules for the year in which the group is closed and for two subsequent plan years, and (2) the plan is not amended in a discriminatory manner. 
 
A defined benefit plan that is either closed or has ceased benefit accruals for all participants (frozen plan) satisfies the minimum participation requirements if the plan met the requirements when it was closed or frozen. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2017-04-05
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2017-04-05
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2017-04-05
text: Introduced in House