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Primary Care Enhancement Act of 2017

Bill: 115-hr-365
Sponsor: Rep. Paulsen, Erik [R-MN-3]
Introduced: 2017-01-06 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Health care costs and insurance
Income tax deductions

Summary:
action_date: 2017-01-06
text: 

Primary Care Enhancement Act of 2017

 
This bill amends the Internal Revenue Code to: (1) permit an individual to pay primary care service arrangement costs from a health savings account; and (2) allow an eligible taxpayer enrolled in a high-deductible health plan to take a tax deduction for cash paid into a health savings account, even if the taxpayer is simultaneously enrolled in a primary care service arrangement.
 
Under a &quot;primary care service arrangement,&quot; an individual is provided coverage restricted to primary care services in exchange for a fixed periodic fee or payment for such services. 
 
For the purposes of certain tax-deductible expenses for medical care, the bill expands the definition of &quot;medical care&quot; to include periodic provider fees paid to a primary care physician for a defined set of medical services provided on an as-needed basis. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2017-01-06
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2017-01-06
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2017-01-06
text: Introduced in House
Hearing Protection Act of 2017

Bill: 115-hr-367
Sponsor: Rep. Duncan, Jeff [R-SC-3]
Introduced: 2017-01-09 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Federal preemption
Firearms and explosives
Licensing and registrations
Sales and excise taxes
State and local taxation

Summary:
action_date: 2017-01-09
text: 

Hearing Protection Act of 201

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This bill amends the Internal Revenue Code to: (1) eliminate the $200 transfer tax on firearm silencers, and (2) treat any person who acquires or possesses a firearm silencer as meeting any registration or licensing requirements of the National Firearms Act with respect to such silencer. Any person who pays a transfer tax on a silencer after October 22, 2015, may receive a refund of such tax. 
 
The bill amends the federal criminal code to preempt state or local laws that tax or regulate firearm silencers. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2017-02-06
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, Homeland Security, and Investigations.
action_date: 2017-01-09
text: Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committee on the Judiciary, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
action_date: 2017-01-09
text: Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committee on the Judiciary, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
action_date: 2017-01-09
text: Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committee on the Judiciary, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
action_date: 2017-01-09
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2017-01-09
text: Introduced in House
Safeguard Aquaculture Farmers Act

Bill: 115-hr-368
Sponsor: Rep. Crawford, Eric A. "Rick" [R-AR-1]
Introduced: 2017-01-09 in the House
Policy area: Animals
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Aquaculture
Birds
Department of the Interior
Hunting and fishing

Summary:
action_date: 2017-01-09
text: 

Safeguard Aquaculture Farmers Act

 
This bill provides the force and effect of law for certain regulations that allow for the taking of double-crested cormorants (birds) that eat fish at aquaculture facilities. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2017-02-10
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Federal Lands.
action_date: 2017-02-10
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Water, Power and Oceans.
action_date: 2017-01-09
text: Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.
action_date: 2017-01-09
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2017-01-09
text: Introduced in House
To eliminate the sunset of the Veterans Choice Program, and for other purposes.

Bill: 115-hr-369
Sponsor: Rep. Roe, David P. [R-TN-1]
Introduced: 2017-01-09 in the House
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Disability and paralysis
Health care coverage and access
Health information and medical records
Hospital care
Veterans' medical care

Summary:
action_date: 2017-01-09
text: 
This bill amends the Veterans Access, Choice, and Accountability Act of 2014 to eliminate the August 7, 2017, sunset date for the Veterans Choice Program, which would allow the program to operate until all of the money in the Veterans Choice Fund is expended.

action_date: 2017-03-29
text: 
 (Sec. 1) This bill amends the Veterans Access, Choice, and Accountability Act of 2014 to eliminate the August 7, 2017, sunset date for the Veterans Choice Program, which would allow the program to operate until all of the money in the Veterans Choice Fund is expended.
 
 (Sec. 2) The bill makes the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) the primary payer (the VA is currently the secondary payer) for medical care relating to non-service connected disabilities and recovery of costs from third parties for certain care under the program.
 
 (Sec. 3) The VA may share medical information with a non-VA entity (including private entities and other federal agencies) that provides veterans with hospital care or medical services. Such entity may not redisclose or use such information for a purpose other than that for which the disclosure was made.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2017-03-29
text: Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 36.
action_date: 2017-03-29
text: Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Veterans' Affairs. H. Rept. 115-65.
action_date: 2017-03-29
text: Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Veterans' Affairs. H. Rept. 115-65.
action_date: 2017-01-09
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2017-01-09
text: Referred to the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
action_date: 2017-01-09
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2017-01-09
text: Introduced in House
Refusing to Assist Paying for United Nations Actions Against Israel Act

Bill: 115-hr-373
Sponsor: Rep. Gohmert, Louie [R-TX-1]
Introduced: 2017-01-09 in the House
Policy area: International Affairs
Subjects: Arab-Israeli relations
Foreign aid and international relief
International organizations and cooperation
Israel
Middle East
Palestinians
United Nations
West Bank

Summary:
action_date: 2017-01-09
text: 

Refusing to Assist Paying for United Nations Actions Against Israel Act

 
This bill prohibits funds from being made available for U.S. contributions to the United Nations (U.N.) or to any affiliated body of the U.N. until Security Council Resolution 2334, regarding Israel's settlements in the West Bank and East Jerusalem, is repealed in its entirety. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2017-01-09
text: Referred to the House Committee on Foreign Affairs.
action_date: 2017-01-09
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2017-01-09
text: Introduced in House
Shareholder Protection Act of 2017

Bill: 115-hr-376
Sponsor: Rep. Capuano, Michael E. [D-MA-7]
Introduced: 2017-01-09 in the House
Policy area: Finance and Financial Sector
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Civil actions and liability
Congressional oversight
Corporate finance and management
Elections, voting, political campaign regulation
Financial services and investments
Government information and archives
Government studies and investigations
Securities
Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC)

Summary:
action_date: 2017-01-09
text: 

Shareholder Protection Act of 2017

 
This bill amends the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 to require shareholder authorization with respect to certain political expenditures by an issuer.
 
A violation of this requirement shall be considered a breach of fiduciary duty, and the officers and directors who authorized the expenditure shall be subject to joint and several liability.
 
The Securities and Exchange Commission must direct the national securities exchanges and associations to prohibit the listing of any equity security of an issuer whose corporate bylaws do not require a board vote with respect to political expenditures in excess of $50,000. An issuer must, within 48 hours, make publicly available the individual votes of each board member with respect to such expenditures.
 
The bill establishes various reporting requirements.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2017-01-09
text: Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services.
action_date: 2017-01-09
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2017-01-09
text: Introduced in House
Muslim Brotherhood Terrorist Designation Act of 2017

Bill: 115-hr-377
Sponsor: Rep. Diaz-Balart, Mario [R-FL-25]
Introduced: 2017-01-09 in the House
Policy area: International Affairs
Subjects: Congressional oversight
Egypt
Middle East
Terrorism

Summary:
action_date: 2017-01-09
text: 

Muslim Brotherhood Terrorist Designation Act of 2017

 
This bill requires the Department of State to report to specified congressional committees within 60 days indicating: (1) whether the Muslim Brotherhood meets the criteria for designation as a foreign terrorist organization; and (2) if not, which criteria have not been met.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2017-02-06
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, Homeland Security, and Investigations.
action_date: 2017-02-06
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration and Border Security.
action_date: 2017-01-09
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2017-01-09
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2017-01-09
text: Introduced in House
IRGC Terrorist Designation Act

Bill: 115-hr-380
Sponsor: Rep. McCaul, Michael T. [R-TX-10]
Introduced: 2017-01-09 in the House
Policy area: International Affairs
Subjects: Congressional oversight
Iran
Middle East
Terrorism

Summary:
action_date: 2017-01-09
text: 

IRGC Terrorist Designation Act

 
This bill expresses the sense of Congress that Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) meets the criteria for designation as a foreign terrorist organization and should be so designated by the Department of State. 
 
State shall submit to Congress: (1) a detailed report on whether the IRGC meets such criteria; and (2) if State determines the IRGC doe not meet such criteria, a detailed justification as to which criteria have not been met.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2017-02-06
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, Homeland Security, and Investigations.
action_date: 2017-02-06
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration and Border Security.
action_date: 2017-01-09
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2017-01-09
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2017-01-09
text: Introduced in House
100 Years of Women in Congress Act

Bill: 115-hr-382
Sponsor: Rep. Meng, Grace [D-NY-6]
Introduced: 2017-01-09 in the House
Policy area: Agriculture and Food
Subjects: Agricultural education
Agricultural research
Education programs funding
Higher education
Minority education
Minority employment
Research administration and funding
Rural conditions and development
Science and engineering education
Women's education
Women's employment

Summary:
action_date: 2017-01-09
text: 

100 Years of Women in Congress Act

 
This bill amends the Food, Agriculture, Conservation, and Trade Act of 1990 to designate as Jeannette Rankin Women and Minorities in STEM Fields Program Grants the current research and extension grants to increase participation by women and underrepresented minorities from rural areas in the fields of science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM). 

action_date: 2017-03-20
text: 
(This measure has not been amended since it was introduced. The summary has been expanded because action occurred on the measure.)
 

100 Years of Women in Congress Act

 
(Sec. 3) This bill amends the Food, Agriculture, Conservation, and Trade Act of 1990 to designate as Jeannette Rankin Women and Minorities in STEM Fields Program Grants the current research and extension grants to increase participation by women and underrepresented minorities from rural areas in the fields of science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM). 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2017-03-21
text: Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry.
action_date: 2017-03-20
text: Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
action_date: 2017-03-20
text: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill Agreed to by voice vote. (text of measure as passed: CR H2208)
action_date: 2017-03-20
text: Passed/agreed to in House: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill Agreed to by voice vote.(text of measure as passed: CR H2208)
action_date: 2017-03-20
text: DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on H.R. 382.
action_date: 2017-03-20
text: Considered under suspension of the rules. (consideration: CR H2208-2210)
action_date: 2017-03-20
text: Mr. Davis, Rodney moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill.
action_date: 2017-02-13
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Biotechnology, Horticulture, and Research.
action_date: 2017-01-09
text: Referred to the House Committee on Agriculture.
action_date: 2017-01-09
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2017-01-09
text: Introduced in House
Stop the Revolving Door in Washington Act

Bill: 115-hr-383
Sponsor: Rep. Posey, Bill [R-FL-8]
Introduced: 2017-01-09 in the House
Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement
Subjects: Congressional officers and employees
Government ethics and transparency, public corruption
Members of Congress
Public participation and lobbying

Summary:
action_date: 2017-01-09
text: 

Stop the Revolving Door in Washington Act

 
 
This bill amends the federal criminal code to increase to five years the post-employment lobbying ban on a former member of the U.S. Senate (currently, two years) or a former member of the U.S. House of Representatives (currently, one year).
 
Additionally, the bill increases from one year to two years the post-employment lobbying restrictions on elected officers and certain senior employees of the Senate and House and on other senior legislative branch employees.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2017-02-06
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on the Constitution and Civil Justice.
action_date: 2017-01-09
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2017-01-09
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2017-01-09
text: Introduced in House
End the Congressional Revolving Door Act

Bill: 115-hr-384
Sponsor: Rep. Posey, Bill [R-FL-8]
Introduced: 2017-01-09 in the House
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Subjects: Congressional agencies
Congressional officers and employees
Government Accountability Office (GAO)
Government employee pay, benefits, personnel management
Government ethics and transparency, public corruption
Members of Congress
Public participation and lobbying

Summary:
action_date: 2017-01-09
text: 

End the Congressional Revolving Door Act

 
 This bill prohibits a former Member of Congress or former senior congressional employee who is a registered lobbyist, and entitled to compensation as such, from being eligible for any benefits beginning after enactment of this bill under:
 
 
 the Civil Service Retirement System (CSRS), including the Thrift Savings Plan (TSP); 
 
the Federal Employees Retirement System (FERS), including the TSP; 
 
the Federal Employees Health Benefits Program, including federal enhanced dental and vision benefits; or
 
the Federal Employees' Group Life Insurance Program.
 
 
 This bill does not prevent the payment of any CSRS or FERS lump-sum credit to which an individual is entitled or any nonforfeitable amount in an individual's TSP account.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2017-01-09
text: Referred to the Committee on House Administration, and in addition to the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
action_date: 2017-01-09
text: Referred to the Committee on House Administration, and in addition to the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
action_date: 2017-01-09
text: Referred to the Committee on House Administration, and in addition to the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
action_date: 2017-01-09
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2017-01-09
text: Introduced in House
To amend the Expedited Funds Availability Act to clarify the application of that Act to American Samoa and the Northern Mariana Islands.

Bill: 115-hr-385
Sponsor: Del. Radewagen, Aumua Amata Coleman [R-AS-At Large]
Introduced: 2017-01-09 in the House
Policy area: Finance and Financial Sector
Subjects: American Samoa
Bank accounts, deposits, capital
Northern Mariana Islands
U.S. territories and protectorates

Summary:
action_date: 2017-01-09
text: 
This bill amends the Expedited Funds Availability Act to apply the Act, which governs bank deposit holds, to American Samoa and the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands. 
 
The Act's one-day extension for certain deposits in noncontiguous states or territories shall apply to both American Samoa and the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2017-01-09
text: Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services.
action_date: 2017-01-09
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2017-01-09
text: Introduced in House
Working Parents Tax Relief Act

Bill: 115-hr-386
Sponsor: Rep. Sensenbrenner, F. James, Jr. [R-WI-5]
Introduced: 2017-01-09 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Child care and development
Disability and paralysis
Employee benefits and pensions
Income tax exclusion
Inflation and prices

Summary:
action_date: 2017-01-09
text: 

Working Parents Tax Relief Act

 
This bill amends the Internal Revenue Code to: (1) increase from $5,000 to $7,500 (adjusted for inflation after 2017) the amount of employer-provided dependent care assistance that an employee may exclude from gross income, and (2) permit unused dependent care benefits in cafeteria plans and flexible spending arrangements to be carried forward to the succeeding plan year. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2017-01-09
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2017-01-09
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2017-01-09
text: Introduced in House
Veterans Health Equity Act of 2017

Bill: 115-hr-388
Sponsor: Rep. Shea-Porter, Carol [D-NH-1]
Introduced: 2017-01-10 in the House
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Health care coverage and access
Hospital care
Public contracts and procurement
Veterans' medical care

Summary:
action_date: 2017-01-10
text: 

Veterans Health Equity Act of 2017

 
This bill requires the Department of Veterans Affairs to ensure that veterans eligible for hospital care and medical services through the VA have access to: (1) at least one full-service VA hospital in each of the 48 contiguous states, or (2) hospital care and medical services comparable to that provided in full-service VA hospitals through contract with other health providers in such states.
 
Directs the VA to report on compliance with such requirement, including its effect on improving the quality and standards of veterans' care. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2017-02-03
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2017-01-10
text: Referred to the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
action_date: 2017-01-10
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2017-01-10
text: Introduced in House
Credit Union Residential Loan Parity Act

Bill: 115-hr-389
Sponsor: Rep. Royce, Edward R. [R-CA-39]
Introduced: 2017-01-10 in the House
Policy area: Finance and Financial Sector
Subjects: Credit and credit markets
Housing finance and home ownership
Real estate business

Summary:
action_date: 2017-01-10
text: 

Credit Union Residential Loan Parity Act

 
This bill amends the Federal Credit Union Act to allow a credit union to extend a member business loan with respect to a one- to four-family dwelling, regardless of whether the dwelling is the member's primary residence. Under current law, a member business loan may be extended with respect to such a dwelling only if it is the member's primary residence.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2017-01-10
text: Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services.
action_date: 2017-01-10
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2017-01-10
text: Introduced in House
Fairness for High-Skilled Immigrants Act of 2017

Bill: 115-hr-392
Sponsor: Rep. Chaffetz, Jason [R-UT-3]
Introduced: 2017-01-10 in the House
Policy area: Immigration
Subjects: Foreign labor
Immigration status and procedures
Visas and passports

Summary:
action_date: 2017-01-10
text: 

Fairness for High-Skilled Immigrants Act of 2017

 
This bill amends the Immigration and Nationality Act to: (1) eliminate the per-country numerical limitation for employment-based immigrants, and (2) increase the per-country numerical limitation for family-based immigrants from 7% to 15% of the total number of family-sponsored visas. 
 
The Chinese Student Protection Act of 1992 is amended to eliminate the provision requiring the reduction of annual Chinese immigrant visas to offset status adjustments under such Act.
 
The bill establishes a transition period during which a percentage of employment-based second and third preference (EB-2 and EB-3) immigrant visas are reserved as follows: 
 
 
for FY2017, 15% of such visas are allotted to natives of countries other than the two countries with the largest aggregate numbers of natives obtaining such visas in FY2011; 
 
for FY2018, 10% of such visas are allotted in each category to natives of countries other than the two with the largest aggregate numbers of natives obtaining such visas in FY2012; and 
 
for FY2019, 10% of such visas are allotted in each category to natives of countries other than the two with the largest aggregate numbers of natives obtaining such visas in FY2015.
 
 
During the transition period, not more than 25% of the total number of the reserved EB-2 and EB-3 visas shall be allotted to natives of a single country. 
 
For FY2015-FY2017, not more than 85% of the unreserved EB-2 and EB-3 visas shall be allotted to natives of a single country. 
 
Amendments made by this bill shall apply beginning in FY2017.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2017-07-11
text: ASSUMING FIRST SPONSORSHIP - Mr. Yoder asked unanimous consent that he may hereafter be considered as the first sponsor of H.R. 392, a bill originally introduced by Representative Chaffetz, for the purpose of adding cosponsors and requesting reprintings pursuant to clause 7 of rule XII. Agreed to without objection.
action_date: 2017-02-06
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration and Border Security.
action_date: 2017-01-10
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2017-01-10
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2017-01-10
text: Introduced in House