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Wildfire Disaster Funding Act

Bill: 115-hr-2862
Sponsor: Rep. Simpson, Michael K. [R-ID-2]
Introduced: 2017-06-08 in the House
Policy area: Emergency Management
Subjects: Appropriations
Budget deficits and national debt
Congressional oversight
Department of Agriculture
Department of the Interior
Disaster relief and insurance
Executive agency funding and structure
Fires
Forests, forestry, trees

Summary:
action_date: 2017-06-08
text: 

Wildfire Disaster Funding Act 

 
This bill amends the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985 to require specified adjustments to discretionary spending limits in FY2017-FY2026 to accommodate appropriations for wildfire suppression operations in the Wildland Fire Management accounts at the Department of Agriculture (USDA) or the Department of the Interior.
 
If USDA or Interior determines that supplemental appropriations are necessary for wildfire suppression operations, the bill requires the relevant department to submit to Congress a request for the funding and a plan for obligating the funds. 
 
The bill also requires the President's budget to include the average costs for wildfire suppression over the previous 10 years. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2017-06-26
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Conservation and Forestry.
action_date: 2017-06-21
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Federal Lands.
action_date: 2017-06-08
text: Referred to the Committee on the Budget, and in addition to the Committees on Agriculture, and Natural Resources, 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: 2017-06-08
text: Referred to the Committee on the Budget, and in addition to the Committees on Agriculture, and Natural Resources, 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: 2017-06-08
text: Referred to the Committee on the Budget, and in addition to the Committees on Agriculture, and Natural Resources, 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: 2017-06-08
text: Referred to the Committee on the Budget, and in addition to the Committees on Agriculture, and Natural Resources, 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: 2017-06-08
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2017-06-08
text: Introduced in House
Improving Access to Capital Act

Bill: 115-hr-2864
Sponsor: Rep. Sinema, Kyrsten [D-AZ-9]
Introduced: 2017-06-08 in the House
Policy area: Finance and Financial Sector
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Government information and archives
Licensing and registrations
Securities
Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC)

Summary:
action_date: 2017-06-08
text: 

Improving Access to Capital Act

 
This bill amends the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 to exempt, under Regulation A+, certain fully reporting issuers from specified disclosure requirements. Under current law, Regulation A+ exempts certain smaller offerings from securities registration requirements but applies only to non-reporting issuers. 

action_date: 2017-09-05
text: 
(Sec. 1) This bill exempts, under Regulation A+, certain fully reporting issuers of securities from specified disclosure requirements. Under current law, Regulation A+ exempts certain smaller offerings from securities registration requirements but applies only to non-reporting issuers. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2017-09-06
text: Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs.
action_date: 2017-09-05
text: Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
action_date: 2017-09-05
text: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by the Yeas and Nays: (2/3 required): 403 - 3 (Roll no. 440). (text: CR H6641)
action_date: 2017-09-05
text: Passed/agreed to in House: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by the Yeas and Nays: (2/3 required): 403 - 3 (Roll no. 440).(text: CR H6641)
action_date: 2017-09-05
text: Considered as unfinished business. (consideration: CR H6644)
action_date: 2017-09-05
text: At the conclusion of debate, the Yeas and Nays were demanded and ordered. Pursuant to the provisions of clause 8, rule XX, the Chair announced that further proceedings on the motion would be postponed.
action_date: 2017-09-05
text: DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on H.R. 2864.
action_date: 2017-09-05
text: Considered under suspension of the rules. (consideration: CR H6641-6643)
action_date: 2017-09-05
text: Mr. Hultgren moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended.
action_date: 2017-09-05
text: Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 210.
action_date: 2017-09-05
text: Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Financial Services. H. Rept. 115-292.
action_date: 2017-09-05
text: Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Financial Services. H. Rept. 115-292.
action_date: 2017-07-25
text: Ordered to be Reported (Amended) by the Yeas and Nays: 59 - 0.
action_date: 2017-07-25
text: Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
action_date: 2017-06-08
text: Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services.
action_date: 2017-06-08
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2017-06-08
text: Introduced in House
Better Education and Skills Training for America's Workforce Act

Bill: 115-hr-2865
Sponsor: Rep. Sires, Albio [D-NJ-8]
Introduced: 2017-06-08 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Business investment and capital
Employment and training programs
Higher education
Income tax credits
Student aid and college costs

Summary:
action_date: 2017-06-08
text: 

Better Education and Skills Training for America's Workforce Act

 
This bill amends the Internal Revenue Code to allow tax credits for: (1) qualified training expenses paid with respect to U.S.-based positions for job trainees who have been unemployed for at least 90 days before enrolling in a training program and have not been employed by the taxpayer during the two-year period before the trainee was hired, and (2) investment in a qualified job training partnership between a private business and an institution of higher education or a labor organization. 
 
The bill defines "qualified training expenses" as an eligible trainee's qualified tuition costs, which may include costs for books and enrollment in a training program at an institution of higher education that may include a single course, multiple courses, or a combination of work training and study and that is reasonably necessary for employment with the taxpayer. It terminates the credit for qualified training expenses of job trainees after December 31, 2028.
 
The bill also: (1) requires the Department of the Treasury to establish a Qualified Job Training Partnership program to consider and award certifications for qualified investments eligible for credits to qualified job training partnerships, and (2) authorizes Treasury to make grants to individuals who make an investment in a qualified job training partnership, in lieu of a tax credit. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2017-06-08
text: Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committee on Education and the Workforce, 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: 2017-06-08
text: Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committee on Education and the Workforce, 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: 2017-06-08
text: Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committee on Education and the Workforce, 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: 2017-06-08
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2017-06-08
text: Introduced in House
JOBS Act

Bill: 115-hr-2867
Sponsor: Rep. Torres, Norma J. [D-CA-35]
Introduced: 2017-06-08 in the House
Policy area: Labor and Employment
Subjects: Education programs funding
Employment and training programs
Higher education
Manufacturing
Performance measurement
Unemployment
Vocational and technical education

Summary:
action_date: 2017-06-08
text: 

Job Opportunities Between our Shores Act or the JOBS Act

 
 This bill amends the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act to direct the Department of Labor to make grants to or enter into contracts with eligible entities to carry out demonstration and pilot projects that provide education and training programs for jobs in advanced manufacturing.
 
The bill prescribes requirements for project activities and performance goals and measures.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2017-06-08
text: Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce.
action_date: 2017-06-08
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2017-06-08
text: Introduced in House
National Flood Insurance Program Policyholder Protection Act of 2017

Bill: 115-hr-2868
Sponsor: Rep. Zeldin, Lee M. [R-NY-1]
Introduced: 2017-06-08 in the House
Policy area: Finance and Financial Sector
Subjects: Cooperative and condominium housing
Disaster relief and insurance
Floods and storm protection
Government studies and investigations
Inflation and prices

Summary:
action_date: 2017-06-08
text: 

National Flood Insurance Program Policyholder Protection Act of 2017

 
This bill amends the National Flood Insurance Act of 1968 to limit the flood insurance premium for a residential property having four or fewer residences to no more than $10,000 a year, subject to adjustments for future inflation.
 
In determining premium rates, the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) shall offer a rate reduction if policyholders implement specified flood damage mitigation methods. Mitigation techniques that qualify for a rate reduction include methods that can be utilized on a block or neighborhood scale, and the elevation of mechanical systems.
 
FEMA shall conduct a study of the feasibility of providing coverage for individual units in cooperative housing projects.

action_date: 2017-07-11
text: 
(This measure has not been amended since it was introduced. The summary has been expanded because action occurred on the measure.)
 

National Flood Insurance Program Policyholder Protection Act of 2017

 
(Sec. 2) This bill amends the National Flood Insurance Act of 1968 to limit the chargeable flood insurance premium for a residential property having 4 or fewer residences to no more than $10,000 a year, subject to adjustments for future inflation.
 
(Sec. 3) In determining chargeable premium rates, the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) shall offer a rate reduction if policyholders implement specified mitigation methods. Mitigation techniques that qualify for such rate reduction include methods that can be utilized on a block or neighborhood scale, and the elevation of mechanical systems.
 
(Sec. 4) FEMA shall conduct a study of the feasibility of providing coverage for individual units in cooperative housing projects.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2017-07-11
text: Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 148.
action_date: 2017-07-11
text: Reported by the Committee on Financial Services. H. Rept. 115-211.
action_date: 2017-07-11
text: Reported by the Committee on Financial Services. H. Rept. 115-211.
action_date: 2017-06-15
text: Ordered to be Reported by the Yeas and Nays: 53 - 0.
action_date: 2017-06-15
text: Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
action_date: 2017-06-08
text: Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services.
action_date: 2017-06-08
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2017-06-08
text: Introduced in House
For the relief of Enrique Soriano and Areli Soriano.

Bill: 115-hr-2869
Sponsor: Rep. Green, Gene [D-TX-29]
Introduced: 2017-06-08 in the House
Subjects: Private Legislation

Summary:
action_date: 2017-06-08
text: Provides for the relief of Enrique Soriano and Areli Soriano.

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2017-07-11
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration and Border Security.
action_date: 2017-06-08
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2017-06-08
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2017-06-08
text: Introduced in House
Preserving Patient Access to Compounded Medications Act of 2017

Bill: 115-hr-2871
Sponsor: Rep. Griffith, H. Morgan [R-VA-9]
Introduced: 2017-06-12 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Business records
Department of Health and Human Services
Drug safety, medical device, and laboratory regulation
Nutrition and diet
Prescription drugs

Summary:
action_date: 2017-06-12
text: 

Preserving Patient Access to Compounded Medications Act of 2017

 
This bill amends the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act to expand the circumstances under which a drug may be compounded (manufactured at small scale) to allow pharmacists and physicians to compound drugs for administration to patients in an office or clinical setting, in accordance with state law. (Drugs that are compounded do not need to meet certain federal requirements regarding manufacturing, labeling, or approval.)
 
Dietary supplements may be used in the compounding of a drug.
 
The bill exempts from interstate distribution limits the dispensing of a compounded drug from the facility where it is compounded to a patient or health facility.
 
The scope of Food and Drug Administration (FDA) inspections of compounding pharmacies is limited to pertinent equipment, materials, containers, and labeling, which is the same scope as inspections of pharmacies. (Currently, the scope of inspections of compounding pharmacies is the same scope as inspections of drug manufacturers.)
 The bill eliminates the requirement for compounding pharmacies to register with the FDA as drug manufacturers.

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2017-06-16
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2017-06-12
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2017-06-12
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2017-06-12
text: Introduced in House
Automatic Voter Registration Act of 2017

Bill: 115-hr-2876
Sponsor: Rep. Brady, Robert A. [D-PA-1]
Introduced: 2017-06-12 in the House
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Subjects: Citizenship and naturalization
Civil actions and liability
Criminal investigation, prosecution, interrogation
Elections, voting, political campaign regulation
Fraud offenses and financial crimes
Government information and archives
Immigration status and procedures
Licensing and registrations
Motor vehicles
Right of privacy
State and local government operations

Summary:
action_date: 2017-06-12
text: 

Automatic Voter Registration Act of 2017

 
This bill directs the chief election official of each state to establish and operate an automatic voter registration system for federal elections. The system shall obtain information about eligible voters from contributing state agencies, including all agencies required by federal law to provide voter registration services. The Election Assistance Commission shall make grants to assist states in implementing the bill. 
 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2018-05-22
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Research and Technology.
action_date: 2017-06-12
text: Referred to the Committee on House Administration, and in addition to the Committee on Science, Space, and Technology, 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: 2017-06-12
text: Referred to the Committee on House Administration, and in addition to the Committee on Science, Space, and Technology, 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: 2017-06-12
text: Referred to the Committee on House Administration, and in addition to the Committee on Science, Space, and Technology, 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: 2017-06-12
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2017-06-12
text: Introduced in House
PARIS Act of 2017

Bill: 115-hr-2877
Sponsor: Rep. Blumenauer, Earl [D-OR-3]
Introduced: 2017-06-12 in the House
Policy area: Finance and Financial Sector
Subjects: Disaster relief and insurance
Floods and storm protection
Government ethics and transparency, public corruption
Presidents and presidential powers, Vice Presidents

Summary:
action_date: 2017-06-12
text: 

Prohibiting Aid for Recipients Ignoring Science Act of 2017 or the PARIS Act of 2017

 
This bill amends the National Flood Insurance Act of 1968 to prohibit property owned or operated by the President or a relative from qualifying for premium rate subsidies through the National Flood Insurance Program. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2017-06-12
text: Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services.
action_date: 2017-06-12
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E808)
action_date: 2017-06-12
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2017-06-12
text: Introduced in House
Children Don't Belong on Tobacco Farms Act

Bill: 115-hr-2878
Sponsor: Rep. Cicilline, David N. [D-RI-1]
Introduced: 2017-06-12 in the House
Policy area: Labor and Employment
Subjects: Drug, alcohol, tobacco use
Labor standards
Migrant, seasonal, agricultural labor
Worker safety and health
Youth employment and child labor

Summary:
action_date: 2017-06-12
text: 

Children Don't Belong on Tobacco Farms Act

 
This bill amends the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 to redefine "oppressive child labor," for purposes of child labor prohibitions, to include the employment of any employee under age 18 who has direct contact with tobacco plants or dried tobacco leaves.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2017-06-12
text: Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce.
action_date: 2017-06-12
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2017-06-12
text: Introduced in House
FLIGHT Act of 2017

Bill: 115-hr-2879
Sponsor: Rep. Graves, Sam [R-MO-6]
Introduced: 2017-06-12 in the House
Policy area: Transportation and Public Works
Subjects: Aviation and airports
Disaster relief and insurance
Emergency medical services and trauma care
Emergency planning and evacuation
Government trust funds
Health care coverage and access
Health facilities and institutions
Natural disasters
Public-private cooperation
Transportation programs funding

Summary:
action_date: 2017-06-12
text: 

Forward Looking Investment in General Aviation, Hangars, and Tarmacs Act of 2017 or the FLIGHT Act of 2017

 
This bill revises general aviation apportionments by: (1) providing at least 4% of entitlement funding to airports designated as disaster relief airports, (2) increasing the period of availability of apportioned funds, (3) increasing the federal government's share of project costs for certain airports to 95%, and (4) allowing the use of non apportioned funds for general aviation airport grants.
 
DOT shall: (1) implement an expedited and coordinated environmental review process for general aviation airport construction or improvement projects; and (2) establish a public-private partnership program for building or improving hangars, businesses, or other facilities at general aviation airports and privately owned airports for public use that do not have scheduled air service.
 
The bill requires DOT to designate certain airports as disaster relief airports, including regional reliever airports, airports within a reasonable distance of a hospital or transplant or trauma center, or airports in a region prone to natural disasters.
 
The bill treats the construction of certain aircraft used exclusively for recreational purposes as an &quot;aeronautical activity&quot; for purposes of airport improvement grants.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2017-06-13
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Aviation.
action_date: 2017-06-12
text: Referred to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, 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: 2017-06-12
text: Referred to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, 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: 2017-06-12
text: Referred to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, 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: 2017-06-12
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2017-06-12
text: Introduced in House
Medicare Access to Rural Anesthesiology Act of 2017

Bill: 115-hr-2881
Sponsor: Rep. Jenkins, Lynn [R-KS-2]
Introduced: 2017-06-12 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Health personnel
Medicare
Rural conditions and development
Surgery and anesthesia

Summary:
action_date: 2017-06-12
text: 

Medicare Access to Rural Anesthesiology Act of 2017

 
This bill requires the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) to provide Medicare payment on a reasonable-cost basis for anesthesia services furnished by an anesthesiologist in a rural hospital. Specifically, the CMS shall provide payment for such services in the same manner as payment is provided under current law for services furnished in a rural hospital by a certified registered nurse anesthetist.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2017-06-21
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2017-06-12
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2017-06-12
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2017-06-12
text: Introduced in House