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Cyber Defense National Guard Act

Bill: 115-hr-955
Sponsor: Rep. Jackson Lee, Sheila [D-TX-18]
Introduced: 2017-02-07 in the House
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Computer security and identity theft
Congressional oversight
Emergency communications systems
Emergency planning and evacuation
Government studies and investigations
Military civil functions
Military command and structure
Military education and training
National Guard and reserves
Natural disasters
Terrorism

Summary:
action_date: 2017-02-07
text: 

Cyber Defense National Guard Act

 
 This bill requires the Director of National Intelligence to report to Congress regarding the feasibility of establishing a Cyber Defense National Guard.
 
The report must address: (1) the number of persons who would be needed to defend the critical infrastructure of the United States from a cyber attack or man-made intentional or unintentional catastrophic incident; (2) elements of the federal government that would be best equipped to recruit, train, and manage such a National Guard; (3) resources that can be pre-positioned and training that can be instilled to assure responsiveness if an incident disrupts communications in a region or area; (4) logistics of allowing governors to use such a National Guard in states during times of cyber emergency; and (5) whether a force trained to defend U.S. networks in a major attack or natural or man-made disaster will benefit overall efforts to defend the interests of the United States.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2017-02-07
text: Referred to the House Committee on Intelligence (Permanent Select).
action_date: 2017-02-07
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2017-02-07
text: Introduced in House
Effective Assistance of Counsel in the Digital Era Act

Bill: 115-hr-956
Sponsor: Rep. Jeffries, Hakeem S. [D-NY-8]
Introduced: 2017-02-07 in the House
Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement
Subjects: Correctional facilities and imprisonment
Intelligence activities, surveillance, classified information
Lawyers and legal services
Right of privacy
Telephone and wireless communication

Summary:
action_date: 2017-02-07
text: 

Effective Assistance of Counsel in the Digital Era Act

 
This bill prohibits monitoring the contents of an electronic communication between a prisoner at a Bureau of Prisons facility and his or her attorney.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2017-03-09
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, Homeland Security, and Investigations.
action_date: 2017-02-07
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2017-02-07
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2017-02-07
text: Introduced in House
F.A.I.R. Surveillance Act of 2017

Bill: 115-hr-957
Sponsor: Rep. Jeffries, Hakeem S. [D-NY-8]
Introduced: 2017-02-07 in the House
Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement
Subjects: Criminal investigation, prosecution, interrogation
Intelligence activities, surveillance, classified information
Intergovernmental relations
Law enforcement administration and funding
State and local government operations
Telephone and wireless communication

Summary:
action_date: 2017-02-07
text: 

Fourth Amendment Integrity Restoration in Surveillance Act of 2017 or the F.A.I.R. Surveillance Act of 

2017

 
This bill specifies that an agreement between a federal and state or local law enforcement agency regarding the acquisition or use of a cell simulator device must require such state or local law enforcement agency to use the device in compliance with the federal agency's guidance and policies. 
 
The term "cell simulator device" means a device that: (1) simulates a cell tower to provide an electronic communication service, or (2) functions as a cell tower to locate cellular devices or identify their unique identifiers. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2017-03-09
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, Homeland Security, and Investigations.
action_date: 2017-02-07
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2017-02-07
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2017-02-07
text: Introduced in House
To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide for the tax-exempt financing of certain government-owned buildings.

Bill: 115-hr-960
Sponsor: Rep. Kelly, Mike [R-PA-3]
Introduced: 2017-02-07 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Building construction
Educational facilities and institutions
Elementary and secondary education
Government buildings, facilities, and property
Health facilities and institutions
Higher education
Income tax exclusion
Law enforcement administration and funding
Libraries and archives
Research administration and funding
Securities

Summary:
action_date: 2017-02-07
text: 
This bill amends the Internal Revenue Code to permit the tax-exempt financing of certain government-owned buildings by expanding the definition of &quot;exempt facility bond&quot; to include bonds used for qualified government buildings. 
 
A qualified government building is a government-owned building or facility that consists of one or more of the following: 
 
 
an elementary or secondary school;
 
facilities of a state college or university used for educational purposes;
 
a public library;
 
a court;
 
hospital, health care, laboratory, or research facilities; 
 
public safety facilities; or
 
offices for government employees.
 
 
The bill excludes buildings or facilities that include specified recreational equipment or are used for the primary purpose of providing retail food and beverage services, recreation, or entertainment.
 
The bill establishes: (1) a $5 billion limit on the amount of tax-exempt financing which may be provided for government buildings, and (2) procedures for allocating and applying for the financing. 
 
The bill exempts the bonds for government buildings from the volume cap on private activity bonds. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2017-02-07
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2017-02-07
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2017-02-07
text: Introduced in House
Ban Aquaculture in the Great Lakes Act

Bill: 115-hr-961
Sponsor: Rep. Kildee, Daniel T. [D-MI-5]
Introduced: 2017-02-07 in the House
Policy area: Environmental Protection
Subjects: Aquaculture
Aquatic ecology
Great Lakes
Lakes and rivers

Summary:
action_date: 2017-02-07
text: 

Ban Aquaculture in the Great Lakes Act

 
This bill prohibits persons from engaging in aquaculture in the Great Lakes, to the extent that the lakes and waters, including connecting waters, are within U.S. jurisdiction. The prohibition does not apply to fish hatcheries operated by a federal or state agency.
 
The Department of the Interior must administer the prohibition.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2017-02-24
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Livestock and Foreign Agriculture.
action_date: 2017-02-23
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Water, Power and Oceans.
action_date: 2017-02-07
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: 2017-02-07
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: 2017-02-07
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: 2017-02-07
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2017-02-07
text: Introduced in House
Preserve Fishing on Wild and Scenic River Act

Bill: 115-hr-962
Sponsor: Rep. Kildee, Daniel T. [D-MI-5]
Introduced: 2017-02-07 in the House
Policy area: Environmental Protection
Subjects: Aquaculture
Aquatic ecology
Water quality
Wilderness and natural areas, wildlife refuges, wild rivers, habitats

Summary:
action_date: 2017-02-07
text: 

Preserve Fishing on Wild and Scenic River Act

 
This bill prohibits a person from operating an aquaculture facility unless the Department of the Interior certifies that the facility will not discharge a pollutant into a river any segment of which is a wild and scenic river.
 
The prohibition excludes fish hatcheries operated by a federal or state agency and goes into effect after a three-year period.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2017-02-24
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Livestock and Foreign Agriculture.
action_date: 2017-02-23
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Federal Lands.
action_date: 2017-02-23
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Water, Power and Oceans.
action_date: 2017-02-07
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: 2017-02-07
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: 2017-02-07
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: 2017-02-07
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2017-02-07
text: Introduced in House
Supply Our Soldiers Act of 2017

Bill: 115-hr-963
Sponsor: Rep. King, Peter T. [R-NY-2]
Introduced: 2017-02-07 in the House
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Afghanistan
Appropriations
Asia
Defense spending
Department of Defense
Executive agency funding and structure
Iraq
Middle East
Military medicine
Military operations and strategy
Military personnel and dependents
Postal service
U.S. Postal Service

Summary:
action_date: 2017-02-07
text: 

Supply Our Soldiers Act of 2017

 
This bill directs the Department of Defense to provide for a program under which postal benefits are provided to a member of the Armed Forces who is on active duty and who is either: (1) serving in Iraq, Afghanistan, or another hostile fire area designated as eligible for hazardous duty pay; or (2) hospitalized at a military medical facility as a result of such service. The postal benefits shall be in the form of coupons, vouchers, or other evidence of credit to use for postal-free mailings. 
 
The benefits program shall apply during FY2016-FY2021.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2017-03-23
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Military Personnel.
action_date: 2017-02-07
text: Referred to the House Committee on Armed Services.
action_date: 2017-02-07
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2017-02-07
text: Introduced in House
Law Enforcement Officers Equity Act

Bill: 115-hr-964
Sponsor: Rep. King, Peter T. [R-NY-2]
Introduced: 2017-02-07 in the House
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Subjects: Criminal investigation, prosecution, interrogation
Customs enforcement
Department of Homeland Security
Department of Veterans Affairs
Department of the Treasury
Government employee pay, benefits, personnel management
Internal Revenue Service (IRS)
Law enforcement officers
Tax administration and collection, taxpayers

Summary:
action_date: 2017-02-07
text: 

Law Enforcement Officers Equity Act

 
This bill expands the definition of "law enforcement officer" under provisions of the Federal Employees Retirement System (FERS) and the Civil Service Retirement System (CSRS) to include: (1) federal employees not otherwise covered whose duties include the investigation or apprehension of suspected or convicted criminals and who are authorized to carry a firearm; (2) Internal Revenue Service employees whose duties are primarily the collection of delinquent taxes and the securing of delinquent returns; (3) U.S. Postal Inspection Service employees; (4) Department of Veterans Affairs police officers; and (5) certain U.S. Customs and Border Protection employees who are seized-property specialists with duties relating to custody, management, and disposition of seized and forfeited property. 
 
The bill deems service performed by an incumbent law enforcement officer on or after the enactment date of this bill to be service performed as a law enforcement officer for retirement purposes. The past service of such incumbents shall be treated as service performed by a law enforcement officer for retirement purposes only if a written election is submitted to the Office of Personnel Management within five years after the enactment of this bill or before separation from government service, whichever is earlier. An incumbent who makes an election before the enactment of this bill may pay a deposit into the Civil Service Retirement and Disability Fund to cover prior service. 
 
A law enforcement officer shall not be subject to mandatory separation during the three-year period beginning on the enactment of this bill.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2017-02-07
text: Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform.
action_date: 2017-02-07
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2017-02-07
text: Introduced in House
TIGER CUBS Act

Bill: 115-hr-966
Sponsor: Rep. Larsen, Rick [D-WA-2]
Introduced: 2017-02-07 in the House
Policy area: Transportation and Public Works
Subjects: Appropriations
Budget deficits and national debt
Congressional oversight
Department of Transportation
Executive agency funding and structure
Infrastructure development
Public transit
Roads and highways
Transportation programs funding

Summary:
action_date: 2017-02-07
text: 

Transportation Investment Generating Economic Recovery for Cities Underfunded Because of Size Act of 2017 or the TIGER CUBS Act 

 
This bill provides $500 million in supplemental FY2017 appropriations to the Department of Transportation for national infrastructure investments under a competitive grant program commonly known as the Transportation Investment Generating Economic Recovery (TIGER) program. At least $100 million of the funds must be used for projects located in cities with populations between 10,000 and 50,000. 
 
The funding provided by this bill is designated as an emergency requirement pursuant to the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985. The emergency funding is exempt from discretionary spending limits and is only available if the President subsequently designates the amounts as an emergency and submits the designation to Congress. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2017-02-07
text: Referred to the Committee on Appropriations, and in addition to the Committee on the Budget, 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: 2017-02-07
text: Referred to the Committee on Appropriations, and in addition to the Committee on the Budget, 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: 2017-02-07
text: Referred to the Committee on Appropriations, and in addition to the Committee on the Budget, 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: 2017-02-07
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2017-02-07
text: Introduced in House
Alice Paul Congressional Gold Medal Act

Bill: 115-hr-967
Sponsor: Rep. MacArthur, Thomas [R-NJ-3]
Introduced: 2017-02-07 in the House
Policy area: Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues
Subjects: Congressional tributes
Sex, gender, sexual orientation discrimination
Voting rights
Women's rights

Summary:
action_date: 2017-02-07
text: 

Alice Paul Congressional Gold Medal Act

 
This bill requires the Speaker of the House of Representatives and the President pro tempore of the Senate to make arrangements for the presentation of a Congressional Gold Medal in commemoration of Alice Paul to recognize her role in the women's suffrage movement and in advancing equal rights for women.
 
The medal shall be presented jointly to representatives of the Alice Paul Institute and the Sewall-Belmont House.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2017-02-07
text: Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services.
action_date: 2017-02-07
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2017-02-07
text: Introduced in House
Equal Justice Under Law Act of 2017

Bill: 115-hr-968
Sponsor: Rep. Maloney, Sean Patrick [D-NY-18]
Introduced: 2017-02-07 in the House
Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement
Subjects: Civil actions and liability
Constitution and constitutional amendments
Criminal investigation, prosecution, interrogation
Criminal procedure and sentencing
Juvenile crime and gang violence
Lawyers and legal services
Legal fees and court costs
State and local courts

Summary:
action_date: 2017-02-07
text: 

Equal Justice Under Law Act of 

2017

 
This bill states that an indigent individual facing criminal prosecution or juvenile delinquency in a state court is entitled to the effective assistance of counsel, as guaranteed by the Sixth and Fourteenth Amendments, at the state's expense.
 
The bill authorizes a federal class action lawsuit against a state for its systemic failure to guarantee the right to effective assistance of counsel. The assistance of counsel is ineffective when a class of individuals demonstrates that counsel's performance was not reasonable under prevailing professional norms.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2017-03-09
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on the Constitution and Civil Justice.
action_date: 2017-03-09
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, Homeland Security, and Investigations.
action_date: 2017-02-07
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2017-02-07
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2017-02-07
text: Introduced in House
Gideon Act

Bill: 115-hr-969
Sponsor: Rep. Maloney, Sean Patrick [D-NY-18]
Introduced: 2017-02-07 in the House
Policy area: Law
Subjects: Judicial review and appeals
Lawyers and legal services
Supreme Court

Summary:
action_date: 2017-02-07
text: 

Clarence Gideon Full Access to Justice Act or the Gideon Act

 
This bill amends the federal criminal code to establish a private, nonmembership, nonprofit corporation to assist and advocate on behalf of individuals in certain noncapital criminal cases before the U.S. Supreme Court and the highest state court.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2017-03-09
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, Homeland Security, and Investigations.
action_date: 2017-03-09
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on the Constitution and Civil Justice.
action_date: 2017-02-07
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2017-02-07
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2017-02-07
text: Introduced in House
Surviving Spouse Contracting Preference Act

Bill: 115-hr-971
Sponsor: Rep. Meng, Grace [D-NY-6]
Introduced: 2017-02-07 in the House
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Public contracts and procurement
Small business
Veterans' education, employment, rehabilitation

Summary:
action_date: 2017-02-07
text: 

Surviving Spouse Contracting Preference Act

 
This bill treats a small business owned by the surviving spouse of member of the Armed Forces killed in the line of duty as a small business concern owned and controlled by a service-disabled veteran for purposes of contracting goals and preferences of the Department of Veterans Affairs. 
 
The company shall be so considered beginning on the date on which the member of the Armed Forces dies and ending on the earlier of the date on which the surviving spouse: (1) remarries, or (2) relinquishes ownership in such business. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2017-02-07
text: Referred to the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
action_date: 2017-02-07
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Disability Assistance and Memorial Affairs.
action_date: 2017-02-07
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2017-02-07
text: Introduced in House
21st Century SCASDP Act

Bill: 115-hr-973
Sponsor: Rep. O'Rourke, Beto [D-TX-16]
Introduced: 2017-02-07 in the House
Policy area: Transportation and Public Works
Subjects: Aviation and airports
Small towns
Transportation programs funding
User charges and fees

Summary:
action_date: 2017-02-07
text: 

21st Century SCASDP Act

 
 This bill revises certain criteria the Secretary of Transportation must apply in selecting communities, or consortia of communities, with an underserved airport for participation in the Small Community Air Service Development Program.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2017-02-08
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Aviation.
action_date: 2017-02-07
text: Referred to the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.
action_date: 2017-02-07
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2017-02-07
text: Introduced in House
Respect State Marijuana Laws Act of 2017

Bill: 115-hr-975
Sponsor: Rep. Rohrabacher, Dana [R-CA-48]
Introduced: 2017-02-07 in the House
Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement
Subjects: Alternative treatments
Drug trafficking and controlled substances
Drug, alcohol, tobacco use
State and local government operations

Summary:
action_date: 2017-02-07
text: 

 
 

Respect State Marijuana Laws Act of 2017 
 
This bill amends the Controlled Substances Act to provide that the Act's regulatory controls and administrative, civil, and criminal penalties do not apply to a person who produces, possesses, distributes, dispenses, administers, or delivers marijuana in compliance with state laws.

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2017-02-10
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2017-02-07
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, Homeland Security, and Investigations.
action_date: 2017-02-07
text: Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
action_date: 2017-02-07
text: Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
action_date: 2017-02-07
text: Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
action_date: 2017-02-07
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR H1075-1078)
action_date: 2017-02-07
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2017-02-07
text: Introduced in House
To grant a Federal charter to the National Academy of Inventors.

Bill: 115-hr-976
Sponsor: Rep. Ross, Dennis A. [R-FL-15]
Introduced: 2017-02-07 in the House
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Subjects: Federally chartered organizations
Intellectual property

Summary:
action_date: 2017-02-07
text: 
 This bill grants a federal charter to the National Academy of Inventors.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2017-03-02
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration and Border Security.
action_date: 2017-02-07
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2017-02-07
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2017-02-07
text: Introduced in House