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National Homeowners Bill of Rights Act of 2017

Bill: 115-hr-3015
Sponsor: Rep. Lujan Grisham, Michelle [D-NM-1]
Introduced: 2017-06-22 in the House
Policy area: Housing and Community Development
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Business records
Civil actions and liability
Consumer Financial Protection Bureau
Consumer affairs
Department of Housing and Urban Development
Executive agency funding and structure
Foreign language and bilingual programs
Government information and archives
Housing finance and home ownership
Interest, dividends, interest rates
Lawyers and legal services
Real estate business
User charges and fees

Summary:
action_date: 2017-06-22
text: 

National Homeowners Bill of Rights Act of 2017 

 
This bill requires servicers of federally related mortgage loans to (1) establish for each borrower's account a single electronic record accessible throughout the servicer and available to all relevant staff; (2) maintain a website where borrowers may check their estimated net present value; and (3) provide free interpretation services to borrowers.
 
The bill also (1) establishes a loan-modification process to reduce the payments of eligible borrowers, (2) directs the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau to appoint a Mortgage Servicer Ombudsman, and (3) establishes certain limits on foreclosure sales.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2017-06-22
text: Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services.
action_date: 2017-06-22
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR H5096)
action_date: 2017-06-22
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2017-06-22
text: Introduced in House
Foreclosure Fairness Act of 2017

Bill: 115-hr-3016
Sponsor: Rep. Lujan Grisham, Michelle [D-NM-1]
Introduced: 2017-06-22 in the House
Policy area: Housing and Community Development
Subjects: Civil actions and liability
Government lending and loan guarantees
Housing finance and home ownership

Summary:
action_date: 2017-06-22
text: 

Foreclosure Fairness Act of 2017

 
This bill prohibits a court, in the case of any federally related mortgage loan, from entering a deficiency judgment requiring the mortgagor to pay any remaining balance on the mortgage loan after a foreclosure sale of the mortgaged property.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2017-06-22
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Regulatory Reform, Commercial And Antitrust Law.
action_date: 2017-06-22
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2017-06-22
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR H5096)
action_date: 2017-06-22
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2017-06-22
text: Introduced in House
Veterans' Entry to Apprenticeship Act

Bill: 115-hr-3018
Sponsor: Rep. McSally, Martha [R-AZ-2]
Introduced: 2017-06-22 in the House
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Employment and training programs
Veterans' education, employment, rehabilitation

Summary:
action_date: 2017-06-22
text: 

Veterans' Entry to Apprenticeship Act

 
This bill requires the Department of Veterans Affairs to treat a pre-apprenticeship program as a program of apprenticeship, for purposes of providing educational assistance: (1) if such pre-apprenticeship program is recognized under or compliant with relevant state standards for a postsecondary pre-apprenticeship program, or (2) in the case of a program for which a state does not require any such standards, if the curriculum of the pre-apprenticeship program is approved by a sponsor who certifies that the program will prepare an individual with skills and competencies needed to enroll in a registered apprenticeship program and the pre-apprenticeship program maintains conduct and attendance policies in accordance with such sponsor.
 
A covered individual enrolled in a pre-apprenticeship program must receive the same amount and kind of educational assistance the individual would receive if the individual were enrolled in a program of apprenticeship, with an exception of specified housing assistance if the individual is not paid as part of such pre-apprenticeship program. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2017-10-25
text: Forwarded by Subcommittee to Full Committee by Voice Vote .
action_date: 2017-10-25
text: Subcommittee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
action_date: 2017-10-11
text: Subcommittee Hearings Held.
action_date: 2017-06-22
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Economic Opportunity.
action_date: 2017-06-22
text: Referred to the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
action_date: 2017-06-22
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2017-06-22
text: Introduced in House
Promoting Value Based Procurement Act of 2017

Bill: 115-hr-3019
Sponsor: Rep. Meadows, Mark [R-NC-11]
Introduced: 2017-06-22 in the House
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Armed Forces and National Security
Asia
Computer security and identity theft
Computers and information technology
Congressional oversight
Department of Defense
Government studies and investigations
Iraq
Middle East
Military operations and strategy
Military procurement, research, weapons development
Performance measurement
Public contracts and procurement

Summary:
action_date: 2017-06-22
text: 

Promoting Value Based Procurement Act of 2017

 
This bill declares that it shall be U.S. government policy to avoid using lowest price technically acceptable source selection criteria in circumstances that would deny the government the benefits of cost and technical trade-offs.
 
The Federal Acquisition Regulation shall be revised to require that such criteria shall be used for solicitations only when:
 
 
 an executive agency is able to comprehensively describe the minimum requirements in terms of performance objectives, measures, and standards that will be used to determine acceptability of offers; 
 
 the agency would realize no, or minimal, value from a contract proposal exceeding the minimum technical or performance requirements set forth in the request for proposal; 
 
 the proposed technical approaches will require no, or minimal, subjective judgment by the selection authority as to the desirability of one offeror's proposal versus a competing proposal; 
 
 such authority has a high degree of confidence that a review of technical proposals of offerors other than the lowest bidder would not result in identifying factors that could provide value or benefit to the agency; 
 
 the contracting officer has included a justification for the use of a lowest price technically acceptable evaluation methodology in the contract file; and 
 
 the agency has determined that the lowest price reflects full life-cycle costs.
 
 
The use of such criteria shall be avoided for a procurement that is predominately for the acquisition of:
 
 
 information technology, cybersecurity, systems engineering and technical assistance, advanced electronic testing, or audit or audit readiness services or other knowledge-based professional services;
 
 personal protective equipment; or
 
 knowledge-based training or logistics services in operations outside the United States.
 
 
The Government Accountability Office shall report annually for four years on the number of instances in which such criteria is used for a contract exceeding $2 million.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2017-09-13
text: Ordered to be Reported (Amended) by Voice Vote.
action_date: 2017-09-13
text: Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
action_date: 2017-06-22
text: Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform.
action_date: 2017-06-22
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2017-06-22
text: Introduced in House
American Samoa Job Protection & Expansion Act of 2017

Bill: 115-hr-3021
Sponsor: Del. Radewagen, Aumua Amata Coleman [R-AS-At Large]
Introduced: 2017-06-22 in the House
Policy area: Labor and Employment
Subjects: American Samoa
Labor standards
U.S. territories and protectorates
Wages and earnings

Summary:
action_date: 2017-06-22
text: 

American Samoa Job Protection & Expansion Act of 2017

 
This bill amends the Fair Minimum Wage Act of 2007 to: (1) repeal the increases in the minimum wage applicable to American Samoa that are scheduled to begin every third year after September 30, 2015, and until such minimum wage is equal to the minimum wage paid to employees who are engaged in commerce as prescribed under the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938; and (2) require that the minimum wage there be increased instead by such amount and at such time as determined by the Department of Labor through special industry committees as in place before July 24, 2007. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2017-06-22
text: Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce.
action_date: 2017-06-22
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2017-06-22
text: Introduced in House
To prohibit the awarding of discretionary grants to institutions of higher education that will use the grant award for indirect costs.

Bill: 115-hr-3022
Sponsor: Rep. Russell, Steve [R-OK-5]
Introduced: 2017-06-22 in the House
Policy area: Education
Subjects: Education programs funding
Educational facilities and institutions
Higher education
School administration

Summary:
action_date: 2017-06-22
text: 
This bill prohibits federal agencies from distributing a grant to an institution of higher education under a competitive discretionary grant program if any part of the grant is used for indirect costs (e.g. overhead, administrative fees, or research).


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2017-06-22
text: Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform.
action_date: 2017-06-22
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2017-06-22
text: Introduced in House
To amend title 38, United States Code, to eliminate the authority of the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to pay reporting fees to educational institutions.

Bill: 115-hr-3023
Sponsor: Rep. Russell, Steve [R-OK-5]
Introduced: 2017-06-22 in the House
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Education programs funding
Employment and training programs
Higher education
User charges and fees
Veterans' education, employment, rehabilitation

Summary:
action_date: 2017-06-22
text: 
This bill eliminates the authority of the Department of Veterans Affairs to pay reporting fees to educational institutions.
 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2018-04-11
text: Forwarded by Subcommittee to Full Committee by Voice Vote .
action_date: 2018-04-11
text: Subcommittee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
action_date: 2018-03-20
text: Committee Hearings Held.
action_date: 2017-06-22
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Economic Opportunity.
action_date: 2017-06-22
text: Referred to the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
action_date: 2017-06-22
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2017-06-22
text: Introduced in House
Stop Child Abuse in Residential Programs for Teens Act of 2017

Bill: 115-hr-3024
Sponsor: Rep. Schiff, Adam B. [D-CA-28]
Introduced: 2017-06-22 in the House
Policy area: Social Welfare
Subjects: Child health
Child safety and welfare
Civil actions and liability
Crime prevention
Crimes against children
Criminal investigation, prosecution, interrogation
Criminal justice information and records
Domestic violence and child abuse
Educational facilities and institutions
Mental health
Outdoor recreation
Personnel records
Sex offenses

Summary:
action_date: 2017-06-22
text: 

Stop Child Abuse in Residential Programs for Teens Act of 2017 

 
This bill directs the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) to require programs designed to modify behaviors of children in a residential environment (covered programs) to prohibit child abuse and neglect and meet other specified minimum standards. 
 
HHS shall: (1) implement a review process for overseeing, investigating, and evaluating reports of child abuse and neglect at covered programs; and (2) establish a process to assist states in the oversight and enforcement of this bill.
 
HHS must refer any violation of minimum standards to the Department of Justice for appropriate action.
 
The bill amends the Child Abuse Prevention and Treatment Act to establish additional eligibility requirements for grants to states to prevent child abuse and neglect at residential programs. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2017-06-22
text: Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce.
action_date: 2017-06-22
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2017-06-22
text: Introduced in House
Strengthening Loan Forgiveness for Public Servants Act

Bill: 115-hr-3026
Sponsor: Rep. Swalwell, Eric [D-CA-15]
Introduced: 2017-06-22 in the House
Policy area: Education
Subjects: Government employee pay, benefits, personnel management
Government information and archives
Health personnel
Higher education
Interest, dividends, interest rates
Law enforcement officers
Military personnel and dependents
Social work, volunteer service, charitable organizations
Student aid and college costs

Summary:
action_date: 2017-06-22
text: 

Strengthening Loan Forgiveness for Public Servants Act

 
This bill amends title IV (Student Assistance) of the Higher Education Act of 1965 to direct the Department of Education (ED) to cancel 15%, 15%, 20%, 20%, and 30% of the amount a borrower owes after 2, 4, 6, 8, and 10 years of public service employment, respectively, on a William D. Ford Federal Direct Loan made after this bill's enactment. (Currently, the balance of a borrower's Direct Loan is canceled if the borrower is not in default and has made 120 monthly payments on such loan while employed as a public service employee.)
 
The bill: (1) requires borrowers availing themselves of such loan cancellation to submit an employment certification form that includes self-certification of employment and employer certification of employment dates, and (2) places the borrower's loan in deferment during the period in which the borrower is employed in an eligible public service job if the borrower submits such form to ED.
 
If a portion of a loan is canceled for any year, the interest on such loan for such year must be canceled.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2017-06-22
text: Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce.
action_date: 2017-06-22
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2017-06-22
text: Introduced in House
SERVE Act

Bill: 115-hr-3027
Sponsor: Rep. Trott, David A. [R-MI-11]
Introduced: 2017-06-22 in the House
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Intergovernmental relations
Licensing and registrations
Military education and training
State and local government operations
Veterans' education, employment, rehabilitation

Summary:
action_date: 2017-06-22
text: 

Securing Experienced Returning Veterans Employment Act of 2017 or the SERVE Act

 
This bill directs that in order to improve the accuracy and completeness of a certification or verification of job skills and experience acquired while on active duty, the Department of Defense (DOD) (and the Department of Homeland Security with respect to the Coast Guard when it is not operating as a service in the Navy) shall: (1) establish a database to record all training performed by members of the armed forces that may have application to civilian sector employment, (2) make such information that is unclassified available to states and other employers so that they may allow military training to satisfy licensing or certification requirements for civilian professions, and (3) ensure that certifications and verifications of job skills and experience can be confirmed by states and other employers. 
 
A state may use a certification or verification provided to a member of the armed forces and request DOD or the Coast Guard to confirm its accuracy and authenticity. Such information shall be confirmed or denied within five business days.
 
 A certification or verification provided to a member of the armed forces and accepted by a state to satisfy licensing or certification requirements shall be valid in all states once used in the accepting states.
 
Pre-separation counseling concerning licensing and certification requirements shall include state-submitted and approved lists of military training and skills that satisfy occupational certifications and licenses. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2017-07-17
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Military Personnel.
action_date: 2017-06-22
text: Referred to the House Committee on Armed Services.
action_date: 2017-06-22
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2017-06-22
text: Introduced in House
BRAVE Act

Bill: 115-hr-3028
Sponsor: Rep. Trott, David A. [R-MI-11]
Introduced: 2017-06-22 in the House
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Employment and training programs
School administration
Teaching, teachers, curricula
Veterans' education, employment, rehabilitation

Summary:
action_date: 2017-06-22
text: 

Bolstering Returning American Veterans Education Act or the BRAVE Act

 
This bill directs the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) to provide a standard training curriculum for school certifying officials regarding administrative responsibilities relating to VA educational assistance programs. Such curriculum shall be provided through an Internet website or taught at a VA-sponsored conference. 
 
The VA shall require as a condition of course approval that the school certifying official of the educational institution offering the course must: (1) complete the training curriculum within 30 days of after first being designated as a school certifying official, and (2) receive a minimum 75% score on a test of the official's knowledge of the covered subjects.
 
A school certifying official is an educational institution official designated to: (1) sign or report enrollment certifications, or (2) sign the school portion of the application and enrollment certification for individualized tutorial assistance.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2017-06-22
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Economic Opportunity.
action_date: 2017-06-22
text: Referred to the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
action_date: 2017-06-22
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2017-06-22
text: Introduced in House
Combating the President's Voter Suppression Commission Act

Bill: 115-hr-3029
Sponsor: Rep. Veasey, Marc A. [D-TX-33]
Introduced: 2017-06-22 in the House
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Subjects: Advisory bodies
Elections, voting, political campaign regulation
Executive agency funding and structure
Government studies and investigations
Presidents and presidential powers, Vice Presidents
Voting rights

Summary:
action_date: 2017-06-22
text: 

Combating the President's Voter Suppression Commission Act

 
This bill declares that no federal funds may be used to carry out Executive Order 13799 (establishing the Presidential Advisory Commission on Election Integrity).


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2017-06-22
text: Referred to the House Committee on House Administration.
action_date: 2017-06-22
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2017-06-22
text: Introduced in House
Mental Health Access Improvement Act of 2017

Bill: 115-hr-3032
Sponsor: Rep. Katko, John [R-NY-24]
Introduced: 2017-06-23 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Health care coverage and access
Health facilities and institutions
Long-term, rehabilitative, and terminal care
Medicare
Mental health
Rural conditions and development

Summary:
action_date: 2017-06-23
text: 

Mental Health Access Improvement Act of 2017

 
This bill amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act to: (1) cover marriage and family therapist services and mental health counselor services under Medicare, (2) exclude such services from the skilled nursing facility prospective payment system, and (3) authorize marriage and family therapists and mental health counselors to develop discharge plans for post-hospital services.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2017-07-05
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2017-06-30
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2017-06-23
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: 2017-06-23
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: 2017-06-23
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2017-06-23
text: Introduced in House
Aeronautics Innovation Act

Bill: 115-hr-3033
Sponsor: Rep. Knight, Stephen [R-CA-25]
Introduced: 2017-06-23 in the House
Policy area: Transportation and Public Works
Subjects: Advanced technology and technological innovations
Aviation and airports
Competitiveness, trade promotion, trade deficits
Computers and information technology
Congressional oversight
Manufacturing
Materials
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Public-private cooperation
Research administration and funding
Research and development
Space flight and exploration
Spacecraft and satellites
Transportation programs funding
Transportation safety and security

Summary:
action_date: 2017-06-23
text: 

Aeronautics Innovation Act

 
This bill reauthorizes through FY2022 the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Aeronautics Research Mission Directorate.
 
The bill expresses the sense of Congress that developing high-risk, precompetitive aerospace technologies for which there is not yet a profit rationale is a fundamental NASA role and states that it is U.S. policy to maintain world leadership in military and civilian aeronautical science and technology, global air power projection, and industrial leadership.
 
NASA shall: 
 
 
ensure continuing support for the Aeronautics Strategic Implementation Plan to support the future needs of aviation communities,
 
establish a national policy for aeronautics research to maintain U.S. superiority in air capabilities and aviation industrial leadership,
 
establish a low-boom supersonic aircraft program to demonstrate supersonic aircraft designs and technologies to reduce sonic boom noise levels,
 
establish a new series of experimental planes (X-planes) to demonstrate aircraft vehicle and propulsion concepts and technologies, 
 
continue support of unmanned aircraft (drone) system development, and 
 
establish the 21st Century Aeronautics Capabilities Initiative to ensure that it possesses the infrastructure capabilities and tools necessary to conduct flight demonstration projects across the range of NASA aeronautics interests.



Legislative actions:
action_date: 2018-05-22
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Space.
action_date: 2017-06-23
text: Referred to the House Committee on Science, Space, and Technology.
action_date: 2017-06-23
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2017-06-23
text: Introduced in House