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21st Century Civilian Conservation Corps Act

Bill: 115-hr-2206
Sponsor: Rep. Kaptur, Marcy [D-OH-9]
Introduced: 2017-04-27 in the House
Policy area: Labor and Employment
Subjects: Animal and plant health
Employment and training programs
Fires
Floods and storm protection
Forests, forestry, trees
Land use and conservation
Parks, recreation areas, trails
Unemployment
Veterans' education, employment, rehabilitation

Summary:
action_date: 2017-04-27
text: 

21st Century Civilian Conservation Corps Act 

 
 This bill authorizes the President, in order to relieve widespread unemployment, restore depleted natural resources in the United States, and advance public works programs, to establish a Civilian Conservation Corps to employ unemployed or underemployed U.S. citizens in the construction, maintenance, and carrying on of works of a public nature, such as forestation of U.S. and state lands, prevention of forest fires, floods, and soil erosion, and construction and repair of National Park System paths and trails.
 
The President may extend corps activities to state- and private-owned lands to prevent and control forest fires and floods and attacks of forest tree pests and diseases.
 
The President, based on certain criteria, must give preference to the employment of additional persons in the corps in the following order: (1) unemployed Armed Forces veterans (including Reserve members); (2) unemployed U.S. citizens who have exhausted their unemployment compensation; (3) unemployed U.S. citizens who are eligible for unemployment compensation immediately before employment in the corps, including any additional compensation or extended compensation; and (4) other unemployed or underemployed U.S. citizens.
 
The President is authorized to provide housing and transportation for corps employees. Discrimination is prohibited in the hiring of corps employees.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2017-04-27
text: Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce.
action_date: 2017-04-27
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR H2960)
action_date: 2017-04-27
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2017-04-27
text: Introduced in House
Community College to Career Fund Act

Bill: 115-hr-2207
Sponsor: Rep. Kelly, Robin L. [D-IL-2]
Introduced: 2017-04-27 in the House
Policy area: Labor and Employment
Subjects: Adult education and literacy
Education programs funding
Elementary and secondary education
Employment and training programs
Higher education
Licensing and registrations
National Guard and reserves
Public-private cooperation
Unemployment
Veterans' education, employment, rehabilitation
Vocational and technical education

Summary:
action_date: 2017-04-27
text: 

Community College to Career Fund Act

 
This bill amends the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act to direct the Department of Labor to award competitive grants to eligible community colleges, four-year public institutions of higher education, tribal colleges or universities, public or private nonprofit two-year institutions of higher education in specified U.S. territories, or a consortium of any of them, in partnership with employers or an employer or industry partnership representing multiple employers, in order to develop, offer, improve, and provide educational or career training programs for workers.
 
The governor of the state in which at least one of these entities is located shall establish criteria for an educational or career training program leading to a recognized postsecondary credential for which an eligible entity submits a grant proposal.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2017-04-27
text: Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce.
action_date: 2017-04-27
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2017-04-27
text: Introduced in House
Creating Pathways for Youth Employment Act

Bill: 115-hr-2208
Sponsor: Rep. Kelly, Robin L. [D-IL-2]
Introduced: 2017-04-27 in the House
Policy area: Labor and Employment
Subjects: Adoption and foster care
Community life and organization
Education of the disadvantaged
Employment and training programs
Homelessness and emergency shelter
Indian social and development programs
Juvenile crime and gang violence
Minority employment
Temporary and part-time employment
Unemployment
Wages and earnings
Youth employment and child labor

Summary:
action_date: 2017-04-27
text: 

Creating Pathways for Youth Employment Act

 
This bill amends the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act to authorize the Department of Labor to make available the following amounts for youth employment programs:
 
 
 up to $1.5 billion to provide youth ages 14-24 with subsidized summer employment opportunities, and
 
up to $2 billion to provide them with subsidized year-round employment opportunities.
 
 
Labor must award, on a competitive basis:
 
 
 one-year planning and three-year implementation grants out of the subsidized summer employment opportunities funding, and
 
similar grants out of the subsidized year-round employment opportunities funding.
 
 
To be eligible to receive these grants, an entity must be a state, local government, Indian tribe or tribal organization, or community-based organization that meets certain partnership requirements of this bill.
 
Labor shall establish performance measures to carry out annual reviews of each grant recipient.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2017-04-27
text: Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce.
action_date: 2017-04-27
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2017-04-27
text: Introduced in House
Helping to Encourage Real Opportunities (HERO) for At-Risk Youth Act

Bill: 115-hr-2209
Sponsor: Rep. Kelly, Robin L. [D-IL-2]
Introduced: 2017-04-27 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Adoption and foster care
Economic development
Education of the disadvantaged
Income tax credits
Temporary and part-time employment
Unemployment
Wages and earnings
Youth employment and child labor

Summary:
action_date: 2017-04-27
text: 

Helping to Encourage Real Opportunities (HERO) for At-Risk Youth Act 

 
This bill amends the Internal Revenue Code, with respect to the work opportunity tax credit, to: 
 
 
 change the credit for summer youth employees to a credit for youth employees who will be employed for not more than 20 hours per week during any period between September 16 and April 30 in which the individual is regularly attending any secondary school, 
 
 increase the amount of the credit for youth employees, and 
 
 expand the credit to include at-risk youth.
 
 
An &quot;at-risk youth&quot; is any individual who is certified by the designated local agency as: 
 
 
 having attained age 16 but not age 25 on the hiring date, 
 
 having not regularly attended specified schools or been employed during the six-month period preceding the hiring date, and 
 
not readily employable by reason of lacking a sufficient number of basic skills. 
 
 
The term also includes individuals who have been certified as having attained the age of 16 but not age 21 on the hiring date and as an eligible foster child who was in foster care during the 12-month period ending on the hiring date. 
 
The bill also extends until December 31, 2019, the designation period for certain tax-favored empowerment zones. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2017-04-27
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2017-04-27
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2017-04-27
text: Introduced in House
Guardians of America's Freedom Medal Act

Bill: 115-hr-2211
Sponsor: Rep. Lance, Leonard [R-NJ-7]
Introduced: 2017-04-27 in the House
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Mammals
Military personnel and dependents
Service animals

Summary:
action_date: 2017-04-27
text: 

Guardians of America's Freedom Medal Act

 
This bill requires each military department to carry out a program to award medals or other commendations to military working dogs and their handlers to recognize valor or meritorious achievement.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2017-05-23
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Military Personnel.
action_date: 2017-04-27
text: Referred to the House Committee on Armed Services.
action_date: 2017-04-27
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2017-04-27
text: Introduced in House
CREATES Act of 2017

Bill: 115-hr-2212
Sponsor: Rep. Marino, Tom [R-PA-10]
Introduced: 2017-04-27 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Civil actions and liability
Drug safety, medical device, and laboratory regulation
Licensing and registrations
Prescription drugs
Product development and innovation

Summary:
action_date: 2017-04-27
text: 

Creating and Restoring Equal Access To Equivalent Samples Act of 2017 or the CREATES Act of 2017

 
This bill permits the developer of a drug or biological product to bring a civil action against the license holder of an approved drug or biological product if the holder has declined to make available sufficient quantities of the approved drug or product for the developer's testing.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2017-04-28
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2017-04-27
text: Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on the Judiciary, 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: 2017-04-27
text: Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on the Judiciary, 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: 2017-04-27
text: Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on the Judiciary, 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: 2017-04-27
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2017-04-27
text: Introduced in House
Government Shutdown Accountability and Economic Report Act of 2017

Bill: 115-hr-2214
Sponsor: Rep. O'Halleran, Tom [D-AZ-1]
Introduced: 2017-04-27 in the House
Policy area: Congress
Subjects: Appropriations
Congressional oversight
Economic performance and conditions
Executive agency funding and structure
Government employee pay, benefits, personnel management
Government lending and loan guarantees
Government studies and investigations
Historic sites and heritage areas
Members of Congress
Parks, recreation areas, trails
Small business
Travel and tourism
User charges and fees

Summary:
action_date: 2017-04-27
text: 

Government Shutdown Accountability and Economic Report Act of 2017

 
 This bill prohibits Members of Congress from being paid salaries during a pay period in which a government shutdown is in effect after the regularly scheduled general election for federal office held in November 2018.
 
For the purpose of this bill, a government shutdown is considered to be in effect if there is a lapse in appropriations for any federal agency or department as a result of a failure to enact a regular appropriations bill or continuing resolution. 
 
If a government shutdown occurs during the 115th Congress, congressional salaries must be withheld during the shutdown and released to Members of Congress at the end of the Congress, subject to an exception for any day during the 115th Congress which occurs after the date of the regularly scheduled general election for federal office held in November 2018.
 
During a government shutdown, the Congressional Budget Office must submit specified reports to Congress regarding the costs and economic effects of the shutdown. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2017-04-27
text: Referred to the Committee on House Administration, and in addition to the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, 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: 2017-04-27
text: Referred to the Committee on House Administration, and in addition to the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, 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: 2017-04-27
text: Referred to the Committee on House Administration, and in addition to the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, 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: 2017-04-27
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2017-04-27
text: Introduced in House
SAFE Act of 2017

Bill: 115-hr-2215
Sponsor: Rep. Perlmutter, Ed [D-CO-7]
Introduced: 2017-04-27 in the House
Policy area: Finance and Financial Sector
Subjects: Bank accounts, deposits, capital
Banking and financial institutions regulation
Civil actions and liability
Credit and credit markets
Criminal investigation, prosecution, interrogation
Criminal justice information and records
Drug trafficking and controlled substances
Financial services and investments
Fraud offenses and financial crimes
Government information and archives

Summary:
action_date: 2017-04-27
text: 

Secure and Fair Enforcement Banking Act of 2017 or the SAFE Act of 2017

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


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2017-09-21
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, Homeland Security, and Investigations.
action_date: 2017-04-27
text: Referred to the Committee on Financial Services, and in addition to the Committee on the Judiciary, 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: 2017-04-27
text: Referred to the Committee on Financial Services, and in addition to the Committee on the Judiciary, 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: 2017-04-27
text: Referred to the Committee on Financial Services, and in addition to the Committee on the Judiciary, 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: 2017-04-27
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2017-04-27
text: Introduced in House
To provide that certain project works on the St. Croix River, Maine, are not required to be licensed by the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission.

Bill: 115-hr-2216
Sponsor: Rep. Poliquin, Bruce [R-ME-2]
Introduced: 2017-04-27 in the House
Policy area: Energy
Subjects: Alternative and renewable resources
Dams and canals
Electric power generation and transmission
Licensing and registrations
Maine
Water storage

Summary:
action_date: 2017-04-27
text: 
This bill provides that the Vanceboro Dam Storage Project, West Branch Project, and Forest City Project, all located on the St. Croix River in Maine, are not required to be licensed by the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2017-04-28
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Energy.
action_date: 2017-04-27
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2017-04-27
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2017-04-27
text: Introduced in House
Solar EDGE Act

Bill: 115-hr-2217
Sponsor: Rep. Polis, Jared [D-CO-2]
Introduced: 2017-04-27 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Alternative and renewable resources
Electric power generation and transmission
Energy efficiency and conservation
Income tax credits
Residential rehabilitation and home repair

Summary:
action_date: 2017-04-27
text: 

Solar Expansion of Distributed Generation Exponentially Act or the Solar EDGE Act 

 
This bill amends the Internal Revenue Code to increase for 2 years tax credits that apply to solar property with a nameplate capacity of less than 20 kilowatts. The increases apply to the investment tax credit and the tax credit for residential energy efficient property expenditures. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2017-04-27
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2017-04-27
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2017-04-27
text: Introduced in House
Tennessee Wilderness Act of 2017

Bill: 115-hr-2218
Sponsor: Rep. Roe, David P. [R-TN-1]
Introduced: 2017-04-27 in the House
Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources
Subjects: Forests, forestry, trees
Tennessee
Wilderness and natural areas, wildlife refuges, wild rivers, habitats

Summary:
action_date: 2017-04-27
text: 

Tennessee Wilderness Act of 2017

 
 This bill designates specified federal lands in Cherokee National Forest in Tennessee as wilderness and as additions to existing components of the National Wilderness Preservation System. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2017-05-19
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Conservation and Forestry.
action_date: 2017-05-16
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Federal Lands.
action_date: 2017-04-27
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: 2017-04-27
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: 2017-04-27
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: 2017-04-27
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2017-04-27
text: Introduced in House
Military Pay Protection Act of 2017

Bill: 115-hr-2220
Sponsor: Rep. Sinema, Kyrsten [D-AZ-9]
Introduced: 2017-04-27 in the House
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Appropriations
Coast guard
Defense spending
Department of Defense
Department of Homeland Security
Disaster relief and insurance
Executive agency funding and structure
Government employee pay, benefits, personnel management
Military personnel and dependents
Military procurement, research, weapons development
National Guard and reserves
Public contracts and procurement

Summary:
action_date: 2017-04-27
text: 

Military Pay Protection Act of 2017

 
This bill requires the Department of the Treasury, during a government shutdown, to make available to the Department of Defense (DOD) and to the Department of Homeland Security (DHS), in the case of the Coast Guard, such amounts as necessary to continue to provide: (1) pay and allowances to members of the Army, Navy, Air Force, Marine Corps, and Coast Guard, including reserve components, who perform active service during the shutdown and, at DOD's discretion, to DOD civilian and contractor personnel providing direct support to such members; and (2) funding necessary to prevent interruptions or delays in the performance of domestic disaster relief and recovery operations during the shutdown.
 
The bill defines &quot;government shutdown&quot; as any portion of a fiscal year for which funds have not been appropriated for such purposes.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2017-05-23
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Military Personnel.
action_date: 2017-04-28
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Coast Guard and Maritime Transportation.
action_date: 2017-04-27
text: Referred to the Committee on Armed Services, and in addition to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, 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: 2017-04-27
text: Referred to the Committee on Armed Services, and in addition to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, 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: 2017-04-27
text: Referred to the Committee on Armed Services, and in addition to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, 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: 2017-04-27
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2017-04-27
text: Introduced in House
Government Shutdown Prevention Act

Bill: 115-hr-2221
Sponsor: Rep. Smucker, Lloyd [R-PA-16]
Introduced: 2017-04-27 in the House
Policy area: Economics and Public Finance
Subjects: Appropriations
Executive agency funding and structure
Legislative rules and procedure

Summary:
action_date: 2017-04-27
text: 

Government Shutdown Prevention Act

 
This bill provides specified continuing appropriations to prevent a government shutdown if any appropriations measure for a fiscal year has not been enacted before the beginning of the fiscal year, or a joint resolution making continuing appropriations is not in effect. The appropriations are provided to continue to fund programs, projects, and activities for which funds were provided in the preceding fiscal year. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2017-04-27
text: Referred to the House Committee on Appropriations.
action_date: 2017-04-27
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2017-04-27
text: Introduced in House
HOMeS Act of 2017

Bill: 115-hr-2222
Sponsor: Rep. Stivers, Steve [R-OH-15]
Introduced: 2017-04-27 in the House
Policy area: Housing and Community Development
Subjects: Congressional oversight
Homelessness and emergency shelter
Housing and community development funding
Veterans' loans, housing, homeless programs

Summary:
action_date: 2017-04-27
text: 

Housing Our Military Servicemembers Act of 2017 or the HOMeS Act of 2017

 
This bill amends the McKinney-Vento Homeless Assistance Act to direct the Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) to provide incentives to geographic areas under the Continuum of Care program for using funds for activities proven to be effective at reducing homelessness for former servicemembers of the Armed Forces.
 
HUD shall develop a strategy to identify and eliminate homelessness among former servicemembers who are not eligible for the veterans affairs supported housing (HUD-VASH) program under the United States Housing Act of 1937 and other programs of the Department of Veterans Affairs.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2017-04-27
text: Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services.
action_date: 2017-04-27
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2017-04-27
text: Introduced in House