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To repeal the authorizations for office space, office expenses, franking and printing privileges, and staff for former Speakers of the House of Representatives.

Bill: 115-hr-1855
Sponsor: Rep. Jones, Walter B., Jr. [R-NC-3]
Introduced: 2017-04-03 in the House
Policy area: Congress
Subjects: Congressional leadership
Congressional operations and organization
Government employee pay, benefits, personnel management
House of Representatives
Members of Congress
Postal service

Summary:
action_date: 2017-04-03
text: 
This bill repeals specified authorizations for office space, office expenses, franking and printing privileges, and staff for former Speakers of the House.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2017-04-03
text: Referred to the House Committee on House Administration.
action_date: 2017-04-03
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2017-04-03
text: Introduced in House
Justice for Victims of Confidential Informant Crime Act of 2017

Bill: 115-hr-1856
Sponsor: Rep. Lynch, Stephen F. [D-MA-8]
Introduced: 2017-04-03 in the House
Policy area: Law
Subjects: Crime victims
Criminal investigation, prosecution, interrogation
Government liability
Judicial procedure and administration

Summary:
action_date: 2017-04-03
text: 

Justice for Victims of Confidential Informant Crime Act of 2017

 
This bill amends the federal judicial code to extend to three years and six months the period within which a tort claim against the United States must be presented in writing to a federal agency when the claim arises out of a government employee's conduct with respect to the criminal misconduct of a government informant. (Current law bars all tort claims against the United States that are not presented within two years after the claim accrues.)
 
The extension applies retroactively to any such claim that: (1) accrued on or after May 1, 1981; and (2) in the case of a claim accrued before the date of enactment of this bill, is presented within one year after such date.
 
The government is prohibited from asserting a defense or a bar, based on the doctrine of res judicata or collateral estoppel, to a claim that accrued before enactment of this bill and to which this bill applies. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2017-04-24
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on the Constitution and Civil Justice.
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
Confidential Informant Accountability Act of 2017

Bill: 115-hr-1857
Sponsor: Rep. Lynch, Stephen F. [D-MA-8]
Introduced: 2017-04-03 in the House
Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement
Subjects: Congressional oversight
Crimes against children
Criminal investigation, prosecution, interrogation
Criminal justice information and records
Drug trafficking and controlled substances
Evidence and witnesses
Government ethics and transparency, public corruption
Organized crime
Pornography

Summary:
action_date: 2017-04-03
text: 

 
 
 
Confidential Informant Accountability Act of 2017
 
This bill directs the Department of Justice, the Department of Homeland Security, and the Department of the Treasury to report to Congress on: (1) serious crimes committed by informants maintained by their law enforcement agencies, (2) amounts paid to the informants, and (3) amounts received through information from or cooperation by the informants. 
The bill defines the term &quot;serious crime.&quot;

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
To amend the Intermodal Surface Transportation Efficiency Act of 1991 to designate a portion of United States Route 15 in Pennsylvania as part of the Interstate System, and for other purposes.

Bill: 115-hr-1859
Sponsor: Rep. Marino, Tom [R-PA-10]
Introduced: 2017-04-03 in the House
Policy area: Transportation and Public Works
Subjects: Motor carriers
Motor vehicles
Pennsylvania
Roads and highways
Transportation programs funding

Summary:
action_date: 2017-04-03
text: 
This bill amends the Intermodal Surface Transportation Efficiency Act of 1991 to designate U.S. Route 15 in Pennsylvania from its intersection with Interstate Route 180 to the New York border as part of a high priority corridor on the National Highway System. Pennsylvania shall erect signs identifying such corridor as Interstate Route 99. 
 
The Department of Transportation is authorized to make grants to Pennsylvania for projects to:
 
 
erect signs identifying the segment designated by this bill as part of the Interstate System (IS), and 
 
make improvements as necessary for such segment to conform with applicable IS standards. 
 
 
The bill permits vehicles that could operate legally on such segment before its designation as part of the IS to continue to operate on such segment without regard to IS vehicle weight limitations.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2017-04-04
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Highways and Transit.
action_date: 2017-04-03
text: Referred to the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.
action_date: 2017-04-03
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2017-04-03
text: Introduced in House
Disaster Assistance Recoupment Fairness Act of 2017

Bill: 115-hr-1860
Sponsor: Rep. Meeks, Gregory W. [D-NY-5]
Introduced: 2017-04-03 in the House
Policy area: Emergency Management
Subjects: Civil actions and liability
Debt collection
Department of Homeland Security
Disaster relief and insurance
Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA)
Government studies and investigations

Summary:
action_date: 2017-04-03
text: 

Disaster Assistance Recoupment Fairness Act of 2017

 
This bill authorizes the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) to waive a debt owed to the United States related to disaster assistance provided to an individual or household if:
 
 
 such assistance was distributed based on an error by FEMA,
 
 there was no fault on behalf of the debtor, and 
 
 the collection of the debt would be against equity and good conscience. 
 
 
The Inspector General of the Department of Homeland Security shall: (1) monitor federal disaster assistance to determine the percentage that is distributed based on a FEMA error; and (2) upon determining that such percentage exceeds 4% for any 12-month period, notify the FEMA Administrator and publish such determination. The waiver authority under this bill shall not apply to debts owed in relation to assistance provided for a disaster or emergency declared after the date such a determination is published.
 
Unless there is evidence of fraud, FEMA shall not initiate any action to recover: (1) disaster assistance for an individual or household later than three years after the last date the assistance was provided, or (2) amounts owed by an individual or household in relation to such assistance later than three years after the date the amounts were determined to be owed.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2017-04-04
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Economic Development, Public Buildings and Emergency Management.
action_date: 2017-04-03
text: Referred to the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.
action_date: 2017-04-03
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2017-04-03
text: Introduced in House
Larry Doby Congressional Gold Medal Act

Bill: 115-hr-1861
Sponsor: Rep. Renacci, James B. [R-OH-16]
Introduced: 2017-04-03 in the House
Policy area: Sports and Recreation
Subjects: Athletes
Conflicts and wars
Congressional tributes
Military history
Professional sports
Racial and ethnic relations

Summary:
action_date: 2017-04-03
text: 
 
Larry Doby Congressional Gold Medal Act

 
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 in honor of Larry Doby in recognition of his achievements and contributions to American major league athletics, civil rights, and the Armed Forces during World War II.

action_date: 2018-07-10
text: 

Larry Doby Congressional Gold Medal Act

 
(Sec. 3) 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 in honor of Larry Doby in recognition of his achievements and contributions to American major league athletics, civil rights, and the Armed Forces during World War II.

action_date: 2018-12-17
text: 

Larry Doby Congressional Gold Medal Act

 
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 in honor of Larry Doby in recognition of his achievements and contributions to American major league athletics, civil rights, and the Armed Forces during World War II.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2018-12-17
text: Became Public Law No: 115-322.
action_date: 2018-12-17
text: Became Public Law No: 115-322.
action_date: 2018-12-17
text: Signed by President.
action_date: 2018-12-17
text: Signed by President.
action_date: 2018-12-11
text: Presented to President.
action_date: 2018-12-11
text: Presented to President.
action_date: 2018-12-06
text: Message on Senate action sent to the House.
action_date: 2018-12-06
text: Passed Senate without amendment by Voice Vote. (consideration: CR S7332)
action_date: 2018-12-06
text: Passed/agreed to in Senate: Passed Senate without amendment by Voice Vote.(consideration: CR S7332)
action_date: 2018-07-11
text: Received in the Senate, read twice.
action_date: 2018-07-10
text: Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
action_date: 2018-07-10
text: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill Agreed to by voice vote. (text: CR H5998-5999)
action_date: 2018-07-10
text: Passed/agreed to in House: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill Agreed to by voice vote.(text: CR H5998-5999)
action_date: 2018-07-10
text: DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on H.R. 1861.
action_date: 2018-07-10
text: Considered under suspension of the rules. (consideration: CR H5998-6000)
action_date: 2018-07-10
text: Mr. Huizenga moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill.
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

Enacted as: number: 115-322
To designate the area between the intersections of Wisconsin Avenue, Northwest and Davis Street, Northwest and Wisconsin Avenue, Northwest and Edmunds Street, Northwest in Washington, District of Columbia, as "Boris Nemtsov Plaza", and for other purposes.

Bill: 115-hr-1863
Sponsor: Rep. Ros-Lehtinen, Ileana [R-FL-27]
Introduced: 2017-04-03 in the House
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Subjects: Congressional tributes
District of Columbia
Government buildings, facilities, and property
Human rights
Protest and dissent
Roads and highways
Russia

Summary:
action_date: 2017-04-03
text: 
This bill: (1) designates the area between the intersections of Wisconsin Avenue and Davis Street and Wisconsin Avenue and Edmunds Street in northwest Washington, DC as &quot;Boris Nemtsov Plaza,&quot; and (2) redesignates the address of 2650 Wisconsin Avenue in northwest DC as &quot;1 Boris Nemtsov Plaza.&quot;


Legislative actions:
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
Chronic Absenteeism Reduction Act

Bill: 115-hr-1864
Sponsor: Rep. Ryan, Tim [D-OH-13]
Introduced: 2017-04-03 in the House
Policy area: Education
Subjects: Academic performance and assessments
Educational guidance
Elementary and secondary education
Social work, volunteer service, charitable organizations
Student records
Teaching, teachers, curricula

Summary:
action_date: 2017-04-03
text: 

Chronic Absenteeism Reduction Act

 
This bill amends the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 to allow local educational agencies to use specified federal funds for mentoring programs and other activities that address chronically absent students (i.e., students who miss 10% or more of school days). 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2017-04-03
text: Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce.
action_date: 2017-04-03
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2017-04-03
text: Introduced in House
Stop Animal Fat Tax Credits Act of 2017

Bill: 115-hr-1866
Sponsor: Rep. Weber, Randy K., Sr. [R-TX-14]
Introduced: 2017-04-03 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Alternative and renewable resources
Income tax credits
Motor fuels

Summary:
action_date: 2017-04-03
text: 

Stop Animal Fat Tax Credits Act of 201

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This bill amends the Internal Revenue Code to make fuels derived from animal fats ineligible for the tax credits for: (1) biodiesel and renewable diesel, and (2) alternative fuels. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2017-04-03
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2017-04-03
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2017-04-03
text: Introduced in House
Alaska Native Veterans Land Allotment Equity Act

Bill: 115-hr-1867
Sponsor: Rep. Young, Don [R-AK-At Large]
Introduced: 2017-04-03 in the House
Policy area: Native Americans
Subjects: Alaska
Alaska Natives and Hawaiians
Indian claims
Indian lands and resources rights
Land transfers
Veterans' pensions and compensation

Summary:
action_date: 2017-04-03
text: 

Alaska Native Veterans Land Allotment Equity Act

 
 This bill amends the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act to revise provisions regarding land allotments for Alaska Native Vietnam veterans. Eligibility is expanded to include all Alaska Native veterans who served between August 5, 1964, and May 7, 1975.
 
Allotments may be selected from vacant federal lands or lands that have been selected or conveyed to the state of Alaska or an Alaska Native corporation, if the state or corporation relinquishes or conveys the land to the United States for allotment. Land may not be selected from: (1) the right-of-way of the TransAlaska Pipeline; (2) the inner or outer corridor of that right-of-way; or (3) a unit of the National Park System, a National Preserve, or a National Monument. 
 
 An heir of a deceased eligible veteran, regardless of the cause of death, may apply for and receive an allotment.
 
 Alaska Native Vietnam veterans who selected an allotment of land before enactment of this bill and who were not conveyed the allotment before the enactment of this bill may reselect land. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2017-04-11
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Indian, Insular and Alaska Native Affairs.
action_date: 2017-04-03
text: Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.
action_date: 2017-04-03
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2017-04-03
text: Introduced in House
Restoring American Privacy Act of 2017

Bill: 115-hr-1868
Sponsor: Rep. Rosen, Jacky [D-NV-3]
Introduced: 2017-04-04 in the House
Policy area: Science, Technology, Communications
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Federal Communications Commission (FCC)
Internet and video services
Internet, web applications, social media
Right of privacy

Summary:
action_date: 2017-04-04
text: 

Restoring American Privacy Act of 2017

 
This bill makes broadband Internet access service providers subject to the customer privacy order and rules adopted by the Federal Communications Commission on October 27, 2016.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2017-04-07
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Communications and Technology.
action_date: 2017-04-04
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2017-04-04
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR H2649)
action_date: 2017-04-04
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2017-04-04
text: Introduced in House
Paycheck Fairness Act

Bill: 115-hr-1869
Sponsor: Rep. DeLauro, Rosa L. [D-CT-3]
Introduced: 2017-04-04 in the House
Policy area: Labor and Employment
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Civil actions and liability
Contracts and agency
Department of Education
Department of Labor
Employee hiring
Employment discrimination and employee rights
Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC)
Government information and archives
Government studies and investigations
Labor standards
Public contracts and procurement
Racial and ethnic relations
Sex, gender, sexual orientation discrimination
Small business
Wages and earnings
Women's employment

Summary:
action_date: 2017-04-04
text: 

Paycheck Fairness Act

 
This bill amends equal pay provisions of the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 to: (1) restrict the use of the bona fide factor defense to wage discrimination claims, (2) enhance nonretaliation prohibitions, (3) make it unlawful to require an employee to sign a contract or waiver prohibiting the employee from disclosing information about the employee's wages, and (4) increase civil penalties for violations of equal pay provisions.
 
The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) and the Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs shall train EEOC employees and other affected parties on wage discrimination. 
The bill directs the Department of Labor to: (1) establish and carry out a grant program for negotiation skills training for girls and women, (2) conduct studies to eliminate pay disparities between men and women, and (3) make available information on wage discrimination to assist the public in understanding and addressing such discrimination. 
The Secretary of Labor's National Award for Pay Equity in the Workplace is established for an employer who has made a substantial effort to eliminate pay disparities between men and women. 
The bill amends the Civil Rights Act of 1964 to require the EEOC to issue regulations for collecting from employers compensation and other employment data according to the sex, race, and national origin of employees for use in enforcing laws prohibiting pay discrimination. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2017-04-04
text: Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce.
action_date: 2017-04-04
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2017-04-04
text: Introduced in House
Police Training and Independent Review Act of 2017

Bill: 115-hr-1870
Sponsor: Rep. Cohen, Steve [D-TN-9]
Introduced: 2017-04-04 in the House
Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement
Subjects: Criminal investigation, prosecution, interrogation
Disability and health-based discrimination
Disability and paralysis
Government employee pay, benefits, personnel management
Law enforcement administration and funding
Law enforcement officers
Mental health
Racial and ethnic relations

Summary:
action_date: 2017-04-04
text: 

Police Training and Independent Review Act of 2017 

 
This bill requires a state that receives funding under the Edward Byrne Memorial Justice Assistance Grant (JAG) program to train law enforcement officers on diversity and sensitivity. The Department of Justice (DOJ) may reduce by up to 20% the JAG allocation of a state that fails to comply.
 
Additionally, the bill requires a state or local government that receives JAG funding to have in effect a law requiring the appointment of an independent prosecutor to investigate and prosecute an offense involving the use of deadly force by a law enforcement officer that results in a death or injury. DOJ must reduce by 20% the JAG allocation of a state or local government that fails to comply.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2017-04-04
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, Homeland Security, and Investigations.
action_date: 2017-04-04
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2017-04-04
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E445)
action_date: 2017-04-04
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2017-04-04
text: Introduced in House
Property Tax Reduction Act of 2017

Bill: 115-hr-1871
Sponsor: Rep. Faso, John J. [R-NY-19]
Introduced: 2017-04-04 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Health care coverage and access
Hospital care
Medicaid
State and local finance
State and local taxation

Summary:
action_date: 2017-04-04
text: 

Property Tax Reduction Act of 2017

 
This bill amends title XIX (Medicaid) of the Social Security Act to reduce federal Medicaid funding for certain states that require political subdivisions to contribute funds towards medical assistance. Specifically, the bill applies to states that received, for FY2016, disproportionate share hospital (DSH) allotments greater than six times the national average. (DSHs are hospitals that receive additional payment under Medicaid for treating a large share of low-income patients.)
 
Excepted from the bill are contributions that: (1) are required from a political subdivision that has a population greater than 5 million and imposes a local income tax upon its residents, or (2) were required for administrative expenses as of January 1, 2017.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2017-04-07
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2017-04-04
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2017-04-04
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2017-04-04
text: Introduced in House
ABLE Age Adjustment Act

Bill: 115-hr-1874
Sponsor: Rep. Cárdenas, Tony [D-CA-29]
Introduced: 2017-04-04 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Bank accounts, deposits, capital
Disability and paralysis
Income tax exclusion

Summary:
action_date: 2017-04-04
text: 

ABLE Age Adjustment Act

 
This bill amends the Internal Revenue Code, with respect to qualified ABLE programs, to increase the age threshold for eligibility for such programs from 26 to 46. (Tax-favored ABLE [Achieving a Better Life Experience] accounts are designed to enable individuals with disabilities to save for and pay for disability-related expenses.)


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