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To amend the Federal Credit Union Act to exclude extensions of credit made to veterans from the definition of a member business loan.

Bill: 115-hr-3866
Sponsor: Rep. Gonzalez, Vicente [D-TX-15]
Introduced: 2017-09-28 in the House
Policy area: Finance and Financial Sector
Subjects: Banking and financial institutions regulation
Business investment and capital
Credit and credit markets
Veterans' loans, housing, homeless programs

Summary:
action_date: 2017-09-28
text: 
This bill amends the Federal Credit Union Act to exclude loans made to veterans from the definition of a &quot;member business loan,&quot; thus excluding them from the limit on the total amount of member business loans a credit union may have outstanding.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2017-09-28
text: Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services.
action_date: 2017-09-28
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2017-09-28
text: Introduced in House
To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to create care management demonstration programs for chronic kidney disease under the Medicare program, and for other purposes.

Bill: 115-hr-3867
Sponsor: Rep. Mullin, Markwayne [R-OK-2]
Introduced: 2017-09-28 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Digestive and metabolic diseases
Health promotion and preventive care
Health technology, devices, supplies
Medical tests and diagnostic methods
Medicare
Performance measurement

Summary:
action_date: 2017-09-28
text: 
This bill amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act to establish two care-management demonstration programs for chronic kidney disease (CKD) under the Medicare program: (1) the CKD Early Detection and Treatment Demonstration Program, and (2) the Demonstration Program for Advanced CKD. A practitioner's participation in either program shall be optional.
 
Through each program, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) shall provide to an enrollee's participating primary-care practitioner a single, monthly, performance-based payment for covered CKD care-management services furnished to the enrollee. The amount of this payment shall be greater than the amount that the practitioner would otherwise have received under Medicare for furnishing such services to the enrollee. The CMS shall specify applicable performance measures, in accordance with clinical guidelines.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2017-09-29
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2017-09-28
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: 2017-09-28
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: 2017-09-28
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2017-09-28
text: Introduced in House
Treasury Innovation Act

Bill: 115-hr-3868
Sponsor: Rep. Budd, Ted [R-NC-13]
Introduced: 2017-09-28 in the House
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Subjects: Computer security and identity theft
Criminal investigation, prosecution, interrogation
Department of the Treasury
Government information and archives
Public contracts and procurement

Summary:
action_date: 2017-09-28
text: 

Treasury Innovation Act

 
This bill directs the Department of the Treasury to establish a bug bounty pilot program to minimize vulnerabilities to Treasury information systems.
 
 &quot;Bug bounty pilot program&quot; is a program under which an approved computer security specialist or security researcher is temporarily authorized to identify and report vulnerabilities within Treasury information systems in exchange for cash payment.
 
Under such program, Treasury shall:
 
 
provide monetary compensation for reports of previously unidentified security vulnerabilities within the websites, applications, and other Treasury information systems that are accessible to the public; 
 
 develop an expeditious process by which computer security researchers can register for the program, submit to a background check, and receive a determination as to approval for program participation; 
 
 designate mission-critical operations within Treasury that should be excluded; 
 
consult with the Department of Justice on how to ensure that program participants are protected from prosecution for activities authorized under the program;
 
 award competitive contracts to manage the program and for executing the remediation of identified vulnerabilities; and 
 
 engage interested persons, including commercial sector representatives, about the structure of the program.
 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2017-09-28
text: Referred to the Committee on Financial Services, 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: 2017-09-28
text: Referred to the Committee on Financial Services, 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: 2017-09-28
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2017-09-28
text: Introduced in House
Innovation in Accreditation Act

Bill: 115-hr-3869
Sponsor: Rep. Byrne, Bradley [R-AL-1]
Introduced: 2017-09-28 in the House
Policy area: Education
Subjects: Academic performance and assessments
Higher education
Licensing and registrations
Student aid and college costs

Summary:
action_date: 2017-09-28
text: 

Innovation in Accreditation Act

 
This bill amends the Higher Education Act of 1965 to allow the Department of Education to waive accreditation requirements if an accrediting agency or association demonstrates that a waiver is necessary to enable an institution of higher education or an accredited program to implement innovative practices. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2017-09-28
text: Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce.
action_date: 2017-09-28
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2017-09-28
text: Introduced in House
E-BOOK Act of 2017

Bill: 115-hr-3870
Sponsor: Rep. DelBene, Suzan K. [D-WA-1]
Introduced: 2017-09-28 in the House
Policy area: Education
Subjects: Academic performance and assessments
Education of the disadvantaged
Education programs funding
Educational technology and distance education
Higher education
Performance measurement
Student aid and college costs
Teaching, teachers, curricula

Summary:
action_date: 2017-09-28
text: 

Electronic Books Opening Opportunity for Knowledge Act of 2017 or the E-BOOK Act of 2017

 
 This bill amends the Higher Education Act of 1965 to authorize the Department of Education to award grants to up to 10 institutions of higher education for pilot programs that reduce the cost of attendance for undergraduate students by expanding student access to digital course materials.
 
A preference is given to applications that demonstrate a commitment to serving disadvantaged students.
 
Grant recipients must make digital course materials available to undergraduate students in at least two different academic departments.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2017-09-28
text: Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce.
action_date: 2017-09-28
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2017-09-28
text: Introduced in House
Organic Farmer and Consumer Protection Act of 2017

Bill: 115-hr-3871
Sponsor: Rep. Faso, John J. [R-NY-19]
Introduced: 2017-09-28 in the House
Policy area: Agriculture and Food
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Agricultural practices and innovations
Agricultural trade
Congressional oversight
Department of Agriculture
Food supply, safety, and labeling
Government information and archives
Government studies and investigations
Licensing and registrations

Summary:
action_date: 2017-09-28
text: 

Organic Farmer and Consumer Protection Act of 2017 

 
This bill amends the Organic Foods Production Act of 1990 to reauthorize through FY2023 and modify the Department of Agriculture (USDA) National Organic Program (NOP). 
 
 USDA must modernize the international trade tracking and data collection systems of the NOP, which must include ensuring that trade and transaction certificates are fully traceable without unduly hindering trade. The bill authorizes mandatory funding to be used for this purpose and for maintaining previous database and technology upgrades. 
 
The bill modifies requirements for recordkeeping, investigations, and enforcement with respect to the organic certification process to: 
 
 
 allow parties to an active investigation to share confidential business information with government officers or employees and certifying agents involved in the investigation, 
 
require federal agencies that administer cross-border documentation systems to provide USDA with access to the data from the systems, 
 
 allow the NOP to grant an accredited certifying agent the authority to require additional documentation or verification before granting certification, and
 
 require USDA to issue regulations limiting the type of operations that are excluded from certification.
 
 
With respect to the accreditation process for certifying agents, the bill: (1) authorizes USDA to oversee and approve certifying agents operating in a foreign country, and (2) requires certifying agents that intend to operate in a foreign country to be annually authorized. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2017-09-28
text: Referred to the House Committee on Agriculture.
action_date: 2017-09-28
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2017-09-28
text: Introduced in House
To reinstate and extend the deadline for commencement of construction of a hydroelectric project involving the Gibson Dam.

Bill: 115-hr-3872
Sponsor: Rep. Gianforte, Greg [R-MT-At Large]
Introduced: 2017-09-28 in the House
Policy area: Energy
Subjects: Alternative and renewable resources
Dams and canals
Electric power generation and transmission
Licensing and registrations
Montana
Water storage

Summary:
action_date: 2017-09-28
text: 
This bill authorizes the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC), upon request, to extend for up to six years the time period during which construction must commence on the Gibson Dam Hydroelectric Project located on the Sun River in Lewis, Clark, and Teton Counties, Montana.
 
Additionally, FERC may reinstate the construction license if it is expired.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2017-09-29
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Energy.
action_date: 2017-09-28
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2017-09-28
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2017-09-28
text: Introduced in House
Alex Diekmann Peak Designation Act of 2017

Bill: 115-hr-3873
Sponsor: Rep. Gianforte, Greg [R-MT-At Large]
Introduced: 2017-09-28 in the House
Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources
Subjects: Congressional tributes
Montana
Wilderness and natural areas, wildlife refuges, wild rivers, habitats

Summary:
action_date: 2017-09-28
text: 

Alex Diekmann Peak Designation Act of 2017

 
This bill designates the 9,765-foot peak located 2.2 miles west-northwest of Finger Mountain on the western boundary of the Lee Metcalf Wilderness in Montana as &quot;Alex Diekmann Peak.&quot;


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2017-10-03
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Federal Lands.
action_date: 2017-09-28
text: Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.
action_date: 2017-09-28
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2017-09-28
text: Introduced in House
Accountability for Quality VA Healthcare Act

Bill: 115-hr-3874
Sponsor: Rep. Kilmer, Derek [D-WA-6]
Introduced: 2017-09-28 in the House
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Building construction
Cancer
Congressional oversight
Department of Veterans Affairs
Employee hiring
Executive agency funding and structure
Government employee pay, benefits, personnel management
Government information and archives
Government studies and investigations
Health care coverage and access
Health care quality
Health facilities and institutions
Health personnel
Medical education
Medical tests and diagnostic methods
Nursing
Student aid and college costs
Telephone and wireless communication
Veterans' medical care
Women's health

Summary:
action_date: 2017-09-28
text: 

Accountability for Quality VA Healthcare Act

 
This bill directs the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) to carry out a two-year pilot program to enhance the physical security of VA medical facilities.
 
The VA shall periodically update its Planning and Activating Community Based Outpatient Clinics handbook to reflect current policies and clarify the responsibilities of VA leasing project personnel. 
 
The VA shall: (1) strengthen its medical facility inspection process; and (2) monitor women veterans' access to gender-specific care services under community care contracts, including appointment scheduling and completion times.
 
The VA shall: (1) clarify measures for medical appointment wait times in a manner that reduces the likelihood of misinterpretation, (2) ensure that &quot;patient indicated date&quot; (the earliest date the patient needs to be seen) is clearly defined for purposes of Veterans Health Administration (VHA) scheduling and related training documents, (3) improve recruitment and retention of scheduling staff and require facilities to routinely assess scheduling and resource needs, and (4) improve telephone access at its medical facilities.
 
 
The VA shall conduct evaluations of the VHA's organizational structure and the Veterans Integrated Service Networks (regional VA health care administrative areas). 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2017-09-28
text: Referred to the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
action_date: 2017-09-28
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2017-09-28
text: Introduced in House
College Student Hunger Act of 2017

Bill: 115-hr-3875
Sponsor: Rep. Lawson, Al, Jr. [D-FL-5]
Introduced: 2017-09-28 in the House
Policy area: Agriculture and Food
Subjects: Education of the disadvantaged
Food assistance and relief
Higher education
Student aid and college costs

Summary:
action_date: 2017-09-28
text: 

College Student Hunger Act of 2017 

 
This bill amends the Food and Nutrition Act of 2008 to expand the eligibility of students to participate in the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP, formerly known as the food stamp program) to include individuals enrolled in an institution of higher education who: (1) have an expected family contribution of zero, as determined by the procedures established the Higher Education Act of 1965 (HEA); or (2) are determined to be independent based on specified criteria included in the HEA. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2017-10-26
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Nutrition.
action_date: 2017-09-28
text: Referred to the House Committee on Agriculture.
action_date: 2017-09-28
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2017-09-28
text: Introduced in House
SWAMP FLYERS Act

Bill: 115-hr-3876
Sponsor: Rep. Lieu, Ted [D-CA-33]
Introduced: 2017-09-28 in the House
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Subjects: Appropriations
Aviation and airports
Congressional oversight
Federal officials
Fraud offenses and financial crimes
Government ethics and transparency, public corruption
Transportation costs

Summary:
action_date: 2017-09-28
text: 

Stop Waste And Misuse by Presidential Flyers Landing Yet Evading Rules and Standards Act or the SWAMP FLYERS Act

 
This bill prohibits the use of federal funds for the official travel of a senior political appointee on a non-commercial, private, or chartered flight, unless: (1) a commercial flight was unavailable for the travel in question, or (2) the aircraft is owned or leased by the government.
 
An appointee who travels on a non-commercial, private, or chartered flight must provide a statement to Congress certifying that no commercial flight was available. The bill makes it a crime for an appointee to knowingly and willfully make such a statement that is false, fictitious, or fraudulent.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2017-09-28
text: Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform.
action_date: 2017-09-28
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR H7622)
action_date: 2017-09-28
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2017-09-28
text: Introduced in House
Fair Billing Act of 2017

Bill: 115-hr-3877
Sponsor: Rep. Lujan Grisham, Michelle [D-NM-1]
Introduced: 2017-09-28 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Emergency medical services and trauma care
Health care costs and insurance
Health programs administration and funding
Hospital care
Medicare
State and local government operations

Summary:
action_date: 2017-09-28
text: 

Fair Billing Act of 2017

 
This bill restricts Medicare providers from employing certain surprise-billing practices and provides for a review process with respect to such practices.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2017-09-29
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2017-09-28
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: 2017-09-28
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: 2017-09-28
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2017-09-28
text: Introduced in House
Free Credit Freeze Act

Bill: 115-hr-3878
Sponsor: Rep. Lujan, Ben Ray [D-NM-3]
Introduced: 2017-09-28 in the House
Policy area: Finance and Financial Sector
Subjects: Consumer credit

Summary:
action_date: 2017-09-28
text: 

Free Credit Freeze Act

 
This bill amends the Fair Credit Reporting Act to prohibit a consumer reporting agency from charging a consumer a fee for placing, temporarily lifting, or fully removing a credit freeze. A consumer reporting agency must place a credit freeze on the consumer's file upon a consumer's request, prohibiting a consumer reporting agency from releasing any credit information without the consumer's permission.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2017-09-28
text: Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services.
action_date: 2017-09-28
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2017-09-28
text: Introduced in House
Taxpayers DIME Act of 2017

Bill: 115-hr-3879
Sponsor: Rep. O'Halleran, Tom [D-AZ-1]
Introduced: 2017-09-28 in the House
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Aviation and airports
Congressional oversight
Federal officials
Government ethics and transparency, public corruption
Transportation costs

Summary:
action_date: 2017-09-28
text: 

Taxpayers Don't Incur Meaningless Expenses Act of 2017 or the Taxpayers DIME Act of 2017

 
This bill prohibits the use of federal funds for travel expenses of senior federal officials in violation of specified federal travel regulations.
 
Federal agencies must submit quarterly reports to Congress on travel by senior federal officials on government aircraft.
 
The Office of Government Ethics must submit to Congress and publish a report on suggestions to strengthen federal travel regulations.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2017-09-28
text: Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform.
action_date: 2017-09-28
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2017-09-28
text: Introduced in House
HEARTS Act of 2017

Bill: 115-hr-3880
Sponsor: Rep. Pallone, Frank, Jr. [D-NJ-6]
Introduced: 2017-09-28 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Cardiovascular and respiratory health
Child care and development
Child health
Congressional oversight
Elementary and secondary education
Emergency medical services and trauma care
Government information and archives
Health promotion and preventive care
Health technology, devices, supplies
Medical research
Research administration and funding

Summary:
action_date: 2017-09-28
text: 

Cardiomyopathy Health Education, Awareness, Research, and Training in the Schools Act of 2017

 or HEARTS Act of 2017

 
This bill establishes a series of programs and requirements relating to cardiomyopathy, including school awareness campaigns and research initiatives.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2017-09-29
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2017-09-28
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2017-09-28
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2017-09-28
text: Introduced in House
AFG and SAFER Program Reauthorization Act of 2017

Bill: 115-hr-3881
Sponsor: Rep. Pascrell, Bill, Jr. [D-NJ-9]
Introduced: 2017-09-28 in the House
Policy area: Emergency Management
Subjects: Emergency medical services and trauma care
Fires
First responders and emergency personnel
Fraud offenses and financial crimes
Health personnel
Mental health

Summary:
action_date: 2017-09-28
text: 

AFG and SAFER Program Reauthorization Act of 2017

 
This bill amends the the Federal Fire Prevention and Control Act of 1974 to: (1) repeal the expiration dates of, and to reauthorize through FY2023, the Assistance to Firefighters Grants (AFG) Program, the Fire Prevention and Safety Grants (FPSG) Program, and the Staffing for Adequate Fire and Emergency Response Grant (SAFER) Program; and (2) authorize the use of AFG Program grants, instead of SAFER Program grants, to provide specialized training to first responders on how to recognize and properly intervene with individuals with mental illness.
 
The SAFER Program is revised to permit the use of grants to change the status of part-time or paid-on-call firefighters to full-time firefighters.
 
The United States Fire Administration (USFA) may develop and make widely available an electronic, online training course for members of the fire and emergency response community on matters related to the administration of AFG, FPSG, and SAFER grants.
 
The Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) shall ensure that any such training is: (1) tailored to the financial and time constraints of members of the fire and emergency response community; and (2) accessible to all individuals in the career, combination, paid-on-call, and volunteer fire and emergency response community.
 
The USFA shall develop and implement a grant monitoring and oversight framework to mitigate and minimize risks of fraud, waste, abuse, and mismanagement relating to such grants programs.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2017-09-28
text: Referred to the House Committee on Science, Space, and Technology.
action_date: 2017-09-28
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2017-09-28
text: Introduced in House