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Strengthening Preventive Health Care for Service Members Act

Bill: 115-hr-1433
Sponsor: Rep. Carbajal, Salud O. [D-CA-24]
Introduced: 2017-03-08 in the House
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Child health
Health care costs and insurance
Health care coverage and access
Health promotion and preventive care
Immunology and vaccination
Medical tests and diagnostic methods
Military medicine

Summary:
action_date: 2017-03-08
text: 

Strengthening Preventive Health Care for Service Members Act

 
This bill expands preventive health care services under the Department of Defense's (DOD) TRICARE program to include services comparable to coverage provided by a group health plan and a health insurance issuer offering group or individual health insurance coverage under the Public Health Service Act, including certain: (1) evidence-based items or services; (2) immunizations; (3) evidence-informed preventive care and screenings for infants, children, and adolescents; and (4) additional preventive care and screenings for women. 
 
Persons entitled to such medical care shall also be entitled to other evidence-based preventive health care services and screenings, as DOD may prescribe.
 
DOD shall prescribe regulations to: (1) waive certain copayments for preventive services for beneficiaries, and (2) ensure that a beneficiary pays nothing for such preventive services without regard to whether the beneficiary has reached his or her annual deductible.
 
The bill makes immunizations and health promotion and disease prevention visits available to all dependents. (Currently, different health care provisions apply to dependents based upon whether they are under, or at least, six years old.)


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2017-04-05
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Military Personnel.
action_date: 2017-03-08
text: Referred to the House Committee on Armed Services.
action_date: 2017-03-08
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2017-03-08
text: Introduced in House
Chattahoochee-Oconee National Forest Land Adjustment Act

Bill: 115-hr-1434
Sponsor: Rep. Collins, Doug [R-GA-9]
Introduced: 2017-03-08 in the House
Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources
Subjects: Forests, forestry, trees
Georgia
Land transfers

Summary:
action_date: 2017-03-08
text: 

Chattahoochee-Oconee National Forest Land Adjustment Act

 

 
This bill authorizes the Department of Agriculture (USDA) to sell or exchange any or all interest of the United States in 30 tracts of National Forest System land in Georgia totaling approximately 3,841 acres. 
 
 USDA may reserve any rights-of-way or other rights or interests in land sold or exchanged under this bill that is considered necessary for management purposes or to protect the public interest. 
 
 USDA may not sell or exchange land under this bill for less than market value, as determined by an appraisal or through a competitive bid. 
 
 The bill requires proceeds to be used for the acquisition of land for national forest purposes in Georgia. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2017-03-23
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Conservation and Forestry.
action_date: 2017-03-08
text: Referred to the House Committee on Agriculture.
action_date: 2017-03-08
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2017-03-08
text: Introduced in House
Exchange Inclusion for a Healthy America Act of 2017

Bill: 115-hr-1435
Sponsor: Rep. Gutierrez, Luis V. [D-IL-4]
Introduced: 2017-03-08 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Border security and unlawful immigration
Health care costs and insurance
Health care coverage and access
Immigration status and procedures
Income tax credits

Summary:
action_date: 2017-03-08
text: 

Exchange Inclusion for a Healthy America Act of 2017

 
This bill allows undocumented aliens to obtain health care coverage by amending: (1) the Internal Revenue Code to eliminate the restriction of the tax credit for health care insurance premium assistance to persons lawfully present in the United States; and (2) the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA) to eliminate restrictions of benefits under such Act, including cost-sharing reduction, pre-existing condition coverage, and minimum essential health care coverage, to persons lawfully present in the United States. This expanded coverage is effective for taxable or plan years beginning after December 31, 2017. 
 
The bill also extends PPACA benefits to individuals who are granted deferral from removal under specified Department of Homeland Security deferred action plans. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2017-03-10
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2017-03-08
text: Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on Ways and Means, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
action_date: 2017-03-08
text: Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on Ways and Means, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
action_date: 2017-03-08
text: Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on Ways and Means, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
action_date: 2017-03-08
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2017-03-08
text: Introduced in House
No Money Bail Act of 2017

Bill: 115-hr-1437
Sponsor: Rep. Lieu, Ted [D-CA-33]
Introduced: 2017-03-08 in the House
Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement
Subjects: Correctional facilities and imprisonment
Criminal procedure and sentencing
Law enforcement administration and funding

Summary:
action_date: 2017-03-08
text: 

No Money Bail Act of 

2017

 
This bill amends the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 to make ineligible for funding under the Edward Byrne Memorial Justice Assistance Grant (JAG) program a state with a bail system that uses payment of money as a condition of pretrial release in criminal cases. 
 
The Department of Justice must reallocate such state's JAG funding among eligible states. 
 
Additionally, the bill prohibits payment of money as a condition of pretrial release in any federal criminal case. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2017-03-17
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, Homeland Security, and Investigations.
action_date: 2017-03-08
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2017-03-08
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2017-03-08
text: Introduced in House
Refuge From Cruel Trapping Act

Bill: 115-hr-1438
Sponsor: Rep. Lowey, Nita M. [D-NY-17]
Introduced: 2017-03-08 in the House
Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources
Subjects: Animal protection and human-animal relationships
Crimes against animals and natural resources
Legal fees and court costs
Outdoor recreation
Wilderness and natural areas, wildlife refuges, wild rivers, habitats
Wildlife conservation and habitat protection

Summary:
action_date: 2017-03-08
text: 

Refuge From Cruel Trapping Act

 
 This bill amends the National Wildlife Refuge System Administration Act of 1966 to prohibit the use or possession of body-gripping traps in the National Wildlife Refuge System. 
 
 The bill imposes on persons who possess or use such traps in the System: (1) for a first offense, a civil fine of up to $500 for each body-gripping trap possessed or used; and (2) for subsequent offenses, a civil fine of up to $1,000 for each body-gripping trap possessed or used, imprisonment for up to 180 days, or both such a civil fine and imprisonment. 
 
The bill makes any body-gripping traps that are possessed or used in violation of this bill, and any wildlife captured by the use of such traps, including the pelts and raw fur, subject to civil forfeiture. 
 
 Persons found to be in violation of such prohibition shall pay all associated court costs. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2017-03-16
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Federal Lands.
action_date: 2017-03-08
text: Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.
action_date: 2017-03-08
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2017-03-08
text: Introduced in House
Keeping Our Campaigns Honest Act of 2017

Bill: 115-hr-1439
Sponsor: Rep. Lujan, Ben Ray [D-NM-3]
Introduced: 2017-03-08 in the House
Policy area: Science, Technology, Communications
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Broadcasting, cable, digital technologies
Elections, voting, political campaign regulation
Federal Communications Commission (FCC)

Summary:
action_date: 2017-03-08
text: 

Keeping Our Campaigns Honest Act of
 
2017

 
This bill directs the Federal Communications Commission to revise its sponsorship identification rules to require the disclosure announcements required for broadcast matter or origination cablecasting matter that is political or that involves the discussion of a controversial issue of public importance to include the names of significant donors to the person whose identity is required to be disclosed in such an announcement.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2017-03-10
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Communications and Technology.
action_date: 2017-03-08
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2017-03-08
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2017-03-08
text: Introduced in House
Fair and Clear Campaign Transparency Act

Bill: 115-hr-1440
Sponsor: Rep. Lujan, Ben Ray [D-NM-3]
Introduced: 2017-03-08 in the House
Policy area: Science, Technology, Communications
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Broadcasting, cable, digital technologies
Elections, voting, political campaign regulation
Federal Communications Commission (FCC)
Government information and archives
Internet and video services
Internet, web applications, social media
Political advertising

Summary:
action_date: 2017-03-08
text: 

Fair and Clear Campaign Transparency Act

 
This bill directs the Federal Communications Commission to require online public inspection files that must be uploaded to the Internet by television broadcast stations, AM or FM radio broadcast stations, cable operators, direct broadcast satellite service providers, or satellite digital audio radio service providers to be made available to the public in a machine-readable format that supports automated searching, bulk downloading, aggregation, manipulation, and sorting.
 
Public inspection files include political files that contain records of requests to purchase broadcast time by or on behalf of candidates for public office or to communicate a message relating to a political matter of national importance.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2017-03-10
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Communications and Technology.
action_date: 2017-03-08
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2017-03-08
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2017-03-08
text: Introduced in House
Repeal Sequestration for Defense Act

Bill: 115-hr-1441
Sponsor: Rep. Turner, Michael R. [R-OH-10]
Introduced: 2017-03-08 in the House
Policy area: Economics and Public Finance
Subjects: Appropriations
Budget deficits and national debt
Defense spending
Department of Defense
Executive agency funding and structure

Summary:
action_date: 2017-03-08
text: 

Repeal Sequestration for Defense Act 

 
This bill amends the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985 to eliminate the sequestration for security and defense spending. (Sequestration is a process of automatic, usually across-the-board spending reductions under which budgetary resources are permanently cancelled to enforce specific budget policy goals.) 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2017-03-08
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Budget.
action_date: 2017-03-08
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2017-03-08
text: Introduced in House
Public Service Federal Eligibility Protection Act of 2017

Bill: 115-hr-1442
Sponsor: Rep. Lynch, Stephen F. [D-MA-8]
Introduced: 2017-03-09 in the House
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Subjects: Diplomacy, foreign officials, Americans abroad
Employee hiring
Government employee pay, benefits, personnel management
National and community service
Peace Corps
Social work, volunteer service, charitable organizations

Summary:
action_date: 2017-03-09
text: 

Public Service Federal Eligibility Protection Act of 2017

 
This bill extends the eligibility for non-competitive appointment of any individual provided under Executive Order 11103 (relating to non-competitive appointment of eligible Peace Corps volunteers) or Executive Order 12721 (relating to non-competitive appointment of certain overseas employees), or of a VISTA volunteer under the Domestic Volunteer Service Act of 1973, by the number of days that such eligibility coincides with any federal hiring freeze.
 
The bill defines &quot;federal hiring freeze&quot; to mean the memorandum titled &quot;Presidential Memorandum Regarding the Hiring Freeze&quot; published on January 23, 2017, or any other substantially similar presidential action to prevent a federal agency from filling vacant federal civilian employee positions or creating new positions.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2017-03-09
text: Referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs, and in addition to the Committee on Education and the Workforce, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
action_date: 2017-03-09
text: Referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs, and in addition to the Committee on Education and the Workforce, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
action_date: 2017-03-09
text: Referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs, and in addition to the Committee on Education and the Workforce, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
action_date: 2017-03-09
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2017-03-09
text: Introduced in House
Voluntary Protection Program Act

Bill: 115-hr-1444
Sponsor: Rep. Rokita, Todd [R-IN-4]
Introduced: 2017-03-09 in the House
Policy area: Labor and Employment
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Department of Labor
Worker safety and health

Summary:
action_date: 2017-03-09
text: 

Voluntary Protection Program Act

 
This bill provides statutory authority for the Occupational Safety and Health Administration's (OSHA's) voluntary protection program, under which management, labor, and OSHA establish cooperative relationships at workplaces that have implemented a comprehensive safety and health management system.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2017-03-09
text: Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce.
action_date: 2017-03-09
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2017-03-09
text: Introduced in House
VREASA

Bill: 115-hr-1445
Sponsor: Rep. Coffman, Mike [R-CO-6]
Introduced: 2017-03-09 in the House
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Emergency medical services and trauma care
Veterans' medical care

Summary:
action_date: 2017-03-09
text: 

Veterans Reimbursement for Emergency Ambulance Services Act or the VREASA

 
This bill directs the Department of Veterans Affairs to treat ambulance services as reimbursable emergency services if: 
 
 
the ambulance request was made because of the sudden onset of a medical condition of such nature that a prudent layperson would have reasonably expected that a delay in seeking immediate medical attention would have been hazardous to the individual or could reasonably expect the absence of immediate medical attention to result in placing the individual in serious jeopardy, and 
 
the individual is transported to the closest and most appropriate medical facility capable of treating such emergency medical condition. 
 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2017-03-21
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2017-03-21
text: Subcommittee on Disability Assistance and Memorial Affairs Discharged.
action_date: 2017-03-09
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Disability Assistance and Memorial Affairs.
action_date: 2017-03-09
text: Referred to the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
action_date: 2017-03-09
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2017-03-09
text: Introduced in House
No State Resources for Immigration Enforcement (NSRIE) Act

Bill: 115-hr-1446
Sponsor: Rep. Velazquez, Nydia M. [D-NY-7]
Introduced: 2017-03-09 in the House
Policy area: Immigration
Subjects: Border security and unlawful immigration
Criminal investigation, prosecution, interrogation
Department of Homeland Security
Detention of persons
Immigration status and procedures
Intergovernmental relations
Law enforcement officers
State and local government operations

Summary:
action_date: 2017-03-09
text: 

No State Resources for Immigration Enforcement (NSRIE) Act 

 
This bill amends the Immigration and Nationality Act to prohibit the Department of Homeland Security from entering into a written agreement with a state or political subdivision pursuant to which any state or subdivision officer or employee is authorized to carry out an immigration function in relation to the investigation, apprehension, or detention of aliens in the United States (including the transportation of such aliens across state lines to detention centers). (Currently, the Department of Justice is authorized to enter into such agreements.)


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2017-03-21
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration and Border Security.
action_date: 2017-03-09
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2017-03-09
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2017-03-09
text: Introduced in House
Fair and Equal Housing Act of 2017

Bill: 115-hr-1447
Sponsor: Rep. Taylor, Scott [R-VA-2]
Introduced: 2017-03-09 in the House
Policy area: Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues
Subjects: Housing discrimination
Sex, gender, sexual orientation discrimination

Summary:
action_date: 2017-03-09
text: 

Fair and Equal Housing Act of 2017

 
This bill amends the Fair Housing Act (FHA) under the Civil Rights Act of 1968 to add sexual orientation and gender identity as classes protected against discrimination in the sale, rental, or financing of housing. (Currently, the FHA prohibits housing discrimination on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, handicap, familial status, or national origin.)
 
The bill defines: (1) &quot;gender identity&quot; as gender-related identity, appearance, or mannerisms or other gender-related characteristics of an individual, without regard to the individual's designated sex at birth; and (2) &quot;sexual orientation&quot; as homosexuality, heterosexuality, or bisexuality.
 
The bill also extends prohibitions against housing discrimination on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, handicap, familial status, or national origin to include discrimination based on: (1) an individual's association with another person who is a member of such a protected class; and (2) a perception or belief, even if inaccurate, that an individual is a member of such a protected class.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2017-03-21
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on the Constitution and Civil Justice.
action_date: 2017-03-09
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2017-03-09
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2017-03-09
text: Introduced in House
Pakistan State Sponsor of Terrorism Designation Act of 2017

Bill: 115-hr-1449
Sponsor: Rep. Poe, Ted [R-TX-2]
Introduced: 2017-03-09 in the House
Policy area: International Affairs
Subjects: Afghanistan
Asia
Congressional oversight
Criminal investigation, prosecution, interrogation
Detention of persons
Diplomacy, foreign officials, Americans abroad
Intelligence activities, surveillance, classified information
Pakistan
Terrorism

Summary:
action_date: 2017-03-09
text: 

Pakistan State Sponsor of Terrorism Designation Act of 2017

 
This bill directs the Department of State to submit a determination regarding whether the government of Pakistan, including any of its agents or instrumentalities, committed, conspired to commit, attempted, aided, or abetted: (1) any of specified acts constituting an act of or support for international terrorism, or (2) any other act that constitutes an act of or support for international terrorism. 
 
Within 30 days after making such a determination in the affirmative, the State Department shall report to Congress: (1) a determination on whether Pakistan is a state sponsor of terrorism, or (2) a detailed justification as to why Pakistan's conduct does not meet the legal criteria for such designation.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2017-03-09
text: Referred to the House Committee on Foreign Affairs.
action_date: 2017-03-09
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR H2005)
action_date: 2017-03-09
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2017-03-09
text: Introduced in House
No Stolen Trademarks Honored in America Act

Bill: 115-hr-1450
Sponsor: Rep. Issa, Darrell E. [R-CA-49]
Introduced: 2017-03-09 in the House
Policy area: Law
Subjects: Caribbean area
Civil actions and liability
Cuba
Evidence and witnesses
Intellectual property
Jurisdiction and venue
Latin America
Property rights

Summary:
action_date: 2017-03-09
text: 

No Stolen Trademarks Honored in America Act

 
This bill amends the Department of Commerce and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 1999 to prohibit U.S. courts from recognizing, enforcing, or otherwise validating any assertion of rights by an individual (under current law, by a designated Cuban national) of a mark, trade name, or commercial name that was used in connection with a business or assets that were confiscated by the Cuban government unless the original owner of such mark or name, or such owner's bona fide successor, has expressly consented. The bill applies such prohibition only if the individual asserting the rights knew or had reason to know at the time of acquiring the rights asserted that the mark or name was the same or substantially similar to the mark or name used in connection with the business or assets that were confiscated. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2017-03-21
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Courts, Intellectual Property, and the Internet.
action_date: 2017-03-09
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2017-03-09
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2017-03-09
text: Introduced in House