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Let the GSEs Pay Us Back Act of 2017

Bill: 115-hr-491
Sponsor: Rep. Capuano, Michael E. [D-MA-7]
Introduced: 2017-01-12 in the House
Policy area: Finance and Financial Sector
Subjects: Financial crises and stabilization
Government corporations and government-sponsored enterprises
Government lending and loan guarantees
Housing finance and home ownership
Interest, dividends, interest rates
Securities

Summary:
action_date: 2017-01-12
text: 

Let the GSEs Pay Us Back Act of 2017

 
This bill provides for the repayment of amounts previously borrowed by government-sponsored enterprises (GSEs) from the Department of the Treasury. GSEs are financial services corporations created by Congress and include the Federal National Mortgage Association (Fannie Mae) and the Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corporation (Freddie Mac).
 
Under an existing Preferred Stock Purchase Agreement, net income from the GSEs is directed to Treasury as a dividend but is not counted toward repayment of the GSEs' debt. The bill requires this agreement to be modified such that: (1) the amounts previously borrowed by the GSEs from Treasury shall be treated as a loan, in accordance with specified terms; and (2) payments made under the agreement by the GSEs to Treasury, including payments made prior to the agreement's modification, shall be treated as payments of principal and interest under such loan.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2017-01-12
text: Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services.
action_date: 2017-01-12
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2017-01-12
text: Introduced in House
End Unnecessary Borrowing Act of 2017

Bill: 115-hr-492
Sponsor: Rep. Capuano, Michael E. [D-MA-7]
Introduced: 2017-01-12 in the House
Policy area: Housing and Community Development
Subjects: Government lending and loan guarantees
Government trust funds
Housing finance and home ownership

Summary:
action_date: 2017-01-12
text: 

End Unnecessary Borrowing Act of 2017

 
 This bill amends the National Housing Act with respect to the requirement that the Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) endeavor to ensure that the Mutual Mortgage Insurance Fund (MMI Fund) attains a capital ratio of not less than 2% within 10 years after enactment of that requirement (November 5, 1990) and to ensure that the fund maintains at least that capital ratio at all times thereafter.
 
The bill prohibits these requirements from being construed to authorize or require HUD to borrow any amounts to comply with the capital ratio requirement.
 
Any HUD authority to borrow from the Treasury for the MMI Fund may be used only to the extent necessary to pay claims on mortgage insurance that is an obligation of such fund.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2017-01-12
text: Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services.
action_date: 2017-01-12
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2017-01-12
text: Introduced in House
Subsidy Reserve Act of 2017

Bill: 115-hr-493
Sponsor: Rep. Capuano, Michael E. [D-MA-7]
Introduced: 2017-01-12 in the House
Policy area: Finance and Financial Sector
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Banking and financial institutions regulation
Business investment and capital
Business records
Corporate finance and management
Federal Reserve System
Financial services and investments

Summary:
action_date: 2017-01-12
text: 

Subsidy Reserve Act of 2017

 
This bill amends the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act to require each nonbank financial company supervised by the Federal Reserve Board (FRB) and each bank holding company with total consolidated assets of at least $500 billion to establish and maintain a capital account called a "subsidy reserve." The amount in a company's subsidy reserve shall be based, according to a formula established by the FRB, on the financial benefit received by the company as a result of the expectation of shareholders, creditors, and counterparties that the federal government will shield them from losses in the event of the company's failure. The amount in a company's subsidy reserve may be taken into account for purposes of determining a company's compliance with regulatory capital requirements.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2017-01-12
text: Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services.
action_date: 2017-01-12
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2017-01-12
text: Introduced in House
Cuba DATA Act

Bill: 115-hr-498
Sponsor: Rep. Cramer, Kevin [R-ND-At Large]
Introduced: 2017-01-12 in the House
Policy area: International Affairs
Subjects: Caribbean area
Congressional oversight
Cuba
Economic development
Human rights
Internet and video services
Internet, web applications, social media
Latin America
Sanctions
Telephone and wireless communication
Trade restrictions
Travel and tourism

Summary:
action_date: 2017-01-12
text: 

Cuba Digital and Telecommunications Advancement Act of 2017 or the Cuba DATA Act

 
This bill authorizes the President to permit any person subject to U.S. jurisdiction to: 
 
 
export consumer communication devices and other telecommunications equipment to Cuba; 
 
provide telecommunications services involving Cuba or persons in Cuba; 
 
establish facilities to provide telecommunications services connecting Cuba with another country or to provide telecommunications services in Cuba; 
 
conduct any transaction incident to carrying out such activities; and 
 
enter into, perform, and make and receive payments under a contract with any individual or entity in Cuba regarding the provision of telecommunications services involving Cuba or persons in Cuba.
 
 
The bill repeals or amends specified requirements and prohibitions of: (1) the Cuban Democracy Act of 1992, and (2) the Cuban Liberty and Democratic Solidarity (LIBERTAD) Act of 1996.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2017-01-12
text: Referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs, 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: 2017-01-12
text: Referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs, 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: 2017-01-12
text: Referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs, 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: 2017-01-12
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2017-01-12
text: Introduced in House
No Exemption for Washington from Obamacare Act

Bill: 115-hr-499
Sponsor: Rep. DeSantis, Ron [R-FL-6]
Introduced: 2017-01-12 in the House
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Subjects: Congressional committees
Congressional leadership
Congressional officers and employees
Federal officials
Government employee pay, benefits, personnel management
Health care costs and insurance
Health care coverage and access
Presidents and presidential powers, Vice Presidents

Summary:
action_date: 2017-01-12
text: 

No Exemption for Washington from Obamacare Act

 
This bill amends the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act to extend the requirement for participation in a health insurance exchange to the President, Vice President, executive branch political appointees, and employees of congressional committees and leadership offices of Congress. Currently, this requirement applies to Members of Congress and their staff.
 
The government is prohibited from contributing to or subsidizing the health insurance coverage of officials and employees subject to this requirement.
 
 

 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2017-01-31
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2017-01-12
text: Referred to the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, and in addition to the Committees on House Administration, Ways and Means, and 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: 2017-01-12
text: Referred to the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, and in addition to the Committees on House Administration, Ways and Means, and 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: 2017-01-12
text: Referred to the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, and in addition to the Committees on House Administration, Ways and Means, and 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: 2017-01-12
text: Referred to the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, and in addition to the Committees on House Administration, Ways and Means, and 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: 2017-01-12
text: Referred to the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, and in addition to the Committees on House Administration, Ways and Means, and 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: 2017-01-12
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2017-01-12
text: Introduced in House
Andrew P. Carpenter Tax Act

Bill: 115-hr-500
Sponsor: Rep. DesJarlais, Scott [R-TN-4]
Introduced: 2017-01-12 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Disability and paralysis
Government lending and loan guarantees
Higher education
Income tax exclusion
Student aid and college costs
Veterans' education, employment, rehabilitation
Veterans' loans, housing, homeless programs

Summary:
action_date: 2017-01-12
text: 

Tax Relief for our Nation's Heroes Act or the Andrew P. Carpenter Tax Act 

 
This bill amends the Internal Revenue Code to exclude from gross income any amount attributable to the discharge of student loan indebtedness of a veteran who served on active duty and: (1) is deceased as a result of a service-connected death or disability, or (2) has a service-connected disability that the Department of Veterans Affairs has rated as total. 
 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2017-01-12
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2017-01-12
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2017-01-12
text: Introduced in House
VA Transparency Enhancement Act of 2017

Bill: 115-hr-501
Sponsor: Rep. Dingell, Debbie [D-MI-12]
Introduced: 2017-01-12 in the House
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Congressional oversight
Department of Veterans Affairs
Government information and archives
Health care quality
Health facilities and institutions
Health information and medical records
Surgery and anesthesia
Veterans' medical care

Summary:
action_date: 2017-01-12
text: 

VA Transparency Enhancement Act of 2017

 
This bill requires the director of each Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) medical facility to report quarterly to the VA on: 
 
 
 the number of patients who contracted an infection as result of surgery at such medical facility, including a brief summary of each case; and 
 
 the number of, and reasons for, scheduled surgeries that were cancelled or transferred to another facility and the subsequent number of days that each patient had to wait for surgery. 
 
 
The VA shall submit such reports and a summary of such reports to Congress and publish them on its website.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2017-09-26
text: Subcommittee Hearings Held.
action_date: 2017-02-03
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2017-01-12
text: Referred to the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
action_date: 2017-01-12
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2017-01-12
text: Introduced in House
Land and Water Conservation Fund Reauthorization and Fairness Act

Bill: 115-hr-502
Sponsor: Rep. Grijalva, Raúl M. [D-AZ-3]
Introduced: 2017-01-12 in the House
Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources
Subjects: Hunting and fishing
Land transfers
Land use and conservation
Outdoor recreation
State and local finance
Water use and supply
Wildlife conservation and habitat protection

Summary:
action_date: 2017-01-12
text: 
 This bill amends the Land and Water Conservation Fund Act of 1965 to make permanent the authorization for the Land and Water Conservation Fund. No less than 1.5% of the annual authorized funding amount or $10 million, whichever is greater, shall be used for projects that secure recreational public access to existing federal public land for hunting, fishing, and other recreational purposes. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2018-12-20
text: Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 844.
action_date: 2018-12-20
text: Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Natural Resources. H. Rept. 115-1091.
action_date: 2018-12-20
text: Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Natural Resources. H. Rept. 115-1091.
action_date: 2018-09-13
text: Ordered to be Reported in the Nature of a Substitute (Amended) by Voice Vote.
action_date: 2018-09-13
text: Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
action_date: 2018-09-13
text: Subcommittee on Federal Lands Discharged.
action_date: 2018-09-13
text: Subcommittee on Water, Power and Oceans Discharged.
action_date: 2017-02-10
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Water, Power and Oceans.
action_date: 2017-02-10
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Federal Lands.
action_date: 2017-01-12
text: Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.
action_date: 2017-01-12
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2017-01-12
text: Introduced in House
Responding to Idaho's Judicial Emergency Act of 2017

Bill: 115-hr-503
Sponsor: Rep. Labrador, Raul R. [R-ID-1]
Introduced: 2017-01-12 in the House
Policy area: Law
Subjects: Federal district courts
Idaho
Judges

Summary:
action_date: 2017-01-12
text: 

Responding to Idaho's Judicial Emergency Act of 2017

 
This bill requires the President to appoint, with the advice and consent of the Senate, one additional district judge for the district of Idaho.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2017-02-06
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Courts, Intellectual Property, and the Internet.
action_date: 2017-01-12
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2017-01-12
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2017-01-12
text: Introduced in House
To amend title 36, United States Code, to require that the POW/MIA flag be displayed on all days that the flag of the United States is displayed on certain Federal property.

Bill: 115-hr-504
Sponsor: Rep. Lance, Leonard [R-NJ-7]
Introduced: 2017-01-12 in the House
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Subjects: Commemorative events and holidays
Conflicts and wars
Military personnel and dependents
National symbols

Summary:
action_date: 2017-01-12
text: 
The bill changes the days on which the POW/MIA flag is required to be displayed at specified locations to all days on which the U.S. flag is displayed. (Current law requires the POW/MIA flag to be displayed only on Armed Forces Day, Memorial Day, Flag Day, Independence Day, National POW/MIA Recognition Day, and Veterans Day.)


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2017-02-06
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on the Constitution and Civil Justice.
action_date: 2017-01-12
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2017-01-12
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2017-01-12
text: Introduced in House
Preventing Crimes Against Veterans Act of 2017

Bill: 115-hr-506
Sponsor: Rep. Rooney, Thomas J. [R-FL-17]
Introduced: 2017-01-12 in the House
Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement
Subjects: Fraud offenses and financial crimes
Military personnel and dependents
Veterans' pensions and compensation

Summary:
action_date: 2017-01-12
text: 

Preventing Crimes Against Veterans Act of 2017

 
This bill amends the federal criminal code to declare that any person who knowingly engages in any scheme or artifice to defraud an individual of veterans' benefits, or in connection with obtaining veteran's benefits for that individual, shall be fined, imprisoned not more than five years, or both.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2018-03-15
text: Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2018-03-14
text: Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
action_date: 2018-03-14
text: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by voice vote. (text: CR H1570-1571)
action_date: 2018-03-14
text: Passed/agreed to in House: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by voice vote.(text: CR H1570-1571)
action_date: 2018-03-14
text: DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on H.R. 506.
action_date: 2018-03-14
text: Considered under suspension of the rules. (consideration: CR H1570-1573)
action_date: 2018-03-14
text: Mr. Issa moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended.
action_date: 2018-03-14
text: Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 456.
action_date: 2018-03-14
text: Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Judiciary. H. Rept. 115-599.
action_date: 2018-03-14
text: Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Judiciary. H. Rept. 115-599.
action_date: 2018-01-10
text: Ordered to be Reported (Amended) by Voice Vote.
action_date: 2018-01-10
text: Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
action_date: 2017-02-06
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, Homeland Security, and Investigations.
action_date: 2017-01-12
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2017-01-12
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2017-01-12
text: Introduced in House
Zero-based Budgeting Ensures Responsible Oversight (ZERO) Act of 2017

Bill: 115-hr-507
Sponsor: Rep. Ross, Dennis A. [R-FL-15]
Introduced: 2017-01-12 in the House
Policy area: Economics and Public Finance
Subjects: Appropriations
Budget process
Executive agency funding and structure

Summary:
action_date: 2017-01-12
text: 

Zero-based Budgeting Ensures Responsible Oversight (ZERO) Act of 201

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This bill requires the President to submit annual department and agency budgets that include: 
 
 
a description of each activity for which funds were appropriated during the current year or are requested for the budget year; 
 
the legal basis for each activity; 
 
three alternative funding levels and the priorities that could be accomplished with each, including at least two levels that are below the current funding level; and 
 
measures of cost efficiency and effectiveness for each activity. 
 
 
The Office of Management and Budget must publish guidelines to carry out this bill by assuming the baseline budget of each department or agency to be zero and requiring each proposed expenditure to be justified as if it were new. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2017-01-12
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Budget.
action_date: 2017-01-12
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2017-01-12
text: Introduced in House
Seniors Have Eyes, Ears, and Teeth Act of 2017

Bill: 115-hr-508
Sponsor: Rep. Roybal-Allard, Lucille [D-CA-40]
Introduced: 2017-01-12 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Dental care
Health care coverage and access
Hearing, speech, and vision care
Medicare

Summary:
action_date: 2017-01-12
text: 

Seniors Have Eyes, Ears, and Teeth Act of 2017

 
This bill amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act to expand Medicare coverage to include eyeglasses, hearing aids, and dental care.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2017-01-31
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2017-01-12
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: 2017-01-12
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: 2017-01-12
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: 2017-01-12
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR H396)
action_date: 2017-01-12
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2017-01-12
text: Introduced in House
ATF Elimination Act

Bill: 115-hr-509
Sponsor: Rep. Sensenbrenner, F. James, Jr. [R-WI-5]
Introduced: 2017-01-12 in the House
Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement
Subjects: Alcoholic beverages
Crimes against property
Criminal investigation, prosecution, interrogation
Department of Justice
Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA)
Drug, alcohol, tobacco use
Executive agency funding and structure
Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI)
Firearms and explosives
Smuggling and trafficking
Terrorism
Violent crime

Summary:
action_date: 2017-01-12
text: 

ATF Elimination Act

 
This bill abolishes the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives (ATF).
 
It transfers the ATF's authorities, functions, personnel, and assets to the Department of Justice, the Drug Enforcement Administration, and the Federal Bureau of Investigation. 
 

 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2017-02-08
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, Homeland Security, and Investigations.
action_date: 2017-01-12
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2017-01-12
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2017-01-12
text: Introduced in House