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Federal Disaster Assistance Nonprofit Fairness Act of 2017

Bill: 115-hr-2405
Sponsor: Rep. Smith, Christopher H. [R-NJ-4]
Introduced: 2017-05-11 in the House
Policy area: Emergency Management
Subjects: Community life and organization
Disaster relief and insurance
Religion
Tax-exempt organizations

Summary:
action_date: 2017-05-11
text: 

Federal Disaster Assistance Nonprofit Fairness Act of 2017

 
 This bill amends the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act to include community centers, including tax-exempt houses of worship, as &quot;private nonprofit facilities&quot; for purposes of disaster relief and emergency assistance eligibility under such Act.
 
A church, synagogue, mosque, temple, or other house of worship, and a private nonprofit facility operated by a religious organization, are eligible for federal contributions for the repair, restoration, and replacement of facilities damaged or destroyed by a major disaster, without regard to the religious character of the facility or the primary religious use of the facility.
 
This bill is applicable to the provision of assistance in response to a major disaster or emergency declared on or after October 28, 2012.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2017-05-11
text: Referred to the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.
action_date: 2017-05-11
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Economic Development, Public Buildings and Emergency Management.
action_date: 2017-05-11
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2017-05-11
text: Introduced in House
United States Citizenship and Immigration Services Authorization Act

Bill: 115-hr-2407
Sponsor: Rep. Goodlatte, Bob [R-VA-6]
Introduced: 2017-05-11 in the House
Policy area: Immigration
Subjects: Administrative remedies
Citizenship and naturalization
Department of Homeland Security
Executive agency funding and structure
Fraud offenses and financial crimes
Immigration status and procedures
Refugees, asylum, displaced persons

Summary:
action_date: 2017-05-11
text: 

United States Citizenship and Immigration Services Authorization Act

 
This bill amends the Homeland Security Act of 2002 to: (1) establish, by statute, U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services within the Department of Homeland Security, and (2) and remove references to the Bureau of Citizenship and Immigration Services. 
 
The Illegal Immigration Reform and Immigrant Responsibility Act of 1996 is amended to make E-Verify, which allows employers to verify an employee's work eligibility, permanent.
 
The bill maintains the application fee for an intercountry adopted child at the amount that was in effect effect prior to the effective date (i.e., 12/23/2016) of the rule increasing such fee.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2017-05-24
text: Ordered to be Reported (Amended) by the Yeas and Nays: 14 - 10.
action_date: 2017-05-24
text: Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
action_date: 2017-05-23
text: Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
action_date: 2017-05-22
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Border and Maritime Security.
action_date: 2017-05-11
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration and Border Security.
action_date: 2017-05-11
text: Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committees on Homeland Security, and 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: 2017-05-11
text: Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committees on Homeland Security, and 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: 2017-05-11
text: Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committees on Homeland Security, and 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: 2017-05-11
text: Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committees on Homeland Security, and 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: 2017-05-11
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2017-05-11
text: Introduced in House
To allow servicemembers to terminate their cable, satellite television, and Internet access service contracts while deployed.

Bill: 115-hr-2409
Sponsor: Rep. Costello, Ryan A. [R-PA-6]
Introduced: 2017-05-11 in the House
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Contracts and agency
Internet and video services
Internet, web applications, social media
Military personnel and dependents
Telephone and wireless communication
Television and film

Summary:
action_date: 2017-05-11
text: 
This bill amends the Servicemembers Civil Relief Act to allow a service member to terminate a commercial mobile, telephone exchange, Internet access, or multichannel video programming service contract at any time after the date the service member receives military orders to relocate for at least 90 days to a location that does not support such service contract. (Currently, such provision applies to a cellular telephone service or telephone exchange service contract.) 
 
A service member shall return any provider-owned consumer premises equipment to the service provider not later than 10 days after the service is disconnected.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2018-07-25
text: Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
action_date: 2018-07-24
text: Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
action_date: 2018-07-24
text: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by voice vote. (text: CR H7130-7131)
action_date: 2018-07-24
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 H7130-7131)
action_date: 2018-07-24
text: DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on H.R. 2409.
action_date: 2018-07-24
text: Considered under suspension of the rules. (consideration: CR H7130-7131)
action_date: 2018-07-24
text: Mr. Roe (TN) moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended.
action_date: 2018-07-24
text: Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 669.
action_date: 2018-07-24
text: Reported by the Committee on Veterans' Affairs. H. Rept. 115-866.
action_date: 2018-07-24
text: Reported by the Committee on Veterans' Affairs. H. Rept. 115-866.
action_date: 2018-07-12
text: Ordered to be Reported by Voice Vote.
action_date: 2018-07-12
text: Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
action_date: 2018-05-23
text: Subcommittee Hearings Held.
action_date: 2017-05-11
text: Referred to the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
action_date: 2017-05-11
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Economic Opportunity.
action_date: 2017-05-11
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2017-05-11
text: Introduced in House
To provide that certain current and former Federal employees and members of the Armed Forces may enroll in the Federal Employees Health Benefits Program, and for other purposes.

Bill: 115-hr-2411
Sponsor: Rep. Issa, Darrell E. [R-CA-49]
Introduced: 2017-05-11 in the House
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Subjects: Government employee pay, benefits, personnel management
Health care costs and insurance
Health care coverage and access
Military personnel and dependents
Veterans' medical care

Summary:
action_date: 2017-05-11
text: 
This bill declares that any current or former federal employee, including any member or veteran of the Armed Forces, who is not otherwise eligible to enroll in the Federal Employees Health Benefits Program, may enroll in such program beginning in 2018.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2017-05-11
text: Referred to the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, 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: 2017-05-11
text: Referred to the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, 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: 2017-05-11
text: Referred to the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, 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: 2017-05-11
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2017-05-11
text: Introduced in House
Offshore WIND Act

Bill: 115-hr-2413
Sponsor: Rep. Langevin, James R. [D-RI-2]
Introduced: 2017-05-11 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Alternative and renewable resources
Business investment and capital
Electric power generation and transmission
Great Lakes
Income tax credits
Marine and coastal resources, fisheries

Summary:
action_date: 2017-05-11
text: 

Offshore Wind Incentives for New Development Act or the Offshore WIND Act 

 
This bill amends the Internal Revenue Code to expand the tax credit for investment in energy property to include a qualified offshore wind property until January 1, 2026. 
 
A &quot;qualified offshore wind property&quot; is a facility that: (1) uses wind to produce electricity; and (2) is located in the inland navigable waters of the United States including the Great Lakes, or in the coastal waters of the United States, including the territorial seas of the United States, the exclusive economic zone of the United States, and the outer Continental Shelf of the United States. The term excludes certain small wind energy property that uses a small wind turbine to generate electricity. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2017-05-11
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2017-05-11
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2017-05-11
text: Introduced in House
SWAMP Act of 2017

Bill: 115-hr-2414
Sponsor: Rep. Lieu, Ted [D-CA-33]
Introduced: 2017-05-11 in the House
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Subjects: Government ethics and transparency, public corruption
Presidents and presidential powers, Vice Presidents
Protection of officials
Transportation costs

Summary:
action_date: 2017-05-11
text: 

Stop Waste And Misuse by the President Act of 2017 or the SWAMP Act of 2017

 
This bill requires the President, Vice President, President-elect, Vice President-elect, or an immediate family member of such an official, whom the U.S. Secret Service is authorized to protect and who, while traveling, stays in a hotel or other establishment providing daily-rate accommodation in which that person has an ownership or financial interest, to reimburse to the Treasury: (1) any amount expended by the Secret Service for such protection, and (2) any amount expended for other costs incurred by the government pertaining to that stay.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2017-06-07
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, Homeland Security, and Investigations.
action_date: 2017-05-11
text: Referred to the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, 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: 2017-05-11
text: Referred to the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, 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: 2017-05-11
text: Referred to the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, 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: 2017-05-11
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2017-05-11
text: Introduced in House
Everglades FIRST Act

Bill: 115-hr-2415
Sponsor: Rep. Mast, Brian J. [R-FL-18]
Introduced: 2017-05-11 in the House
Policy area: Water Resources Development
Subjects: Everglades
Florida
Government information and archives
Hydrology and hydrography
Lakes and rivers
Water quality
Water storage
Watersheds

Summary:
action_date: 2017-05-11
text: 

Everglades Flow Increases Rely on Storage and Treatment Act or the Everglades FIRST Act

 
This bill directs the Department of the Army to expedite completion of the reports for the following projects in Florida and to expedite completion of construction of the projects it determines are feasible:
 
 
 Everglades Agricultural Area Storage Reservoirs,
 
 Loxahatchee River Watershed Restoration Project,
 
 Lake Okeechobee Watershed Restoration Project, and
 
 Western Everglades Restoration Project.
 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2017-05-11
text: Referred to the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.
action_date: 2017-05-11
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Water Resources and Environment.
action_date: 2017-05-11
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2017-05-11
text: Introduced in House
Menstrual Products Right to Know Act of 2017

Bill: 115-hr-2416
Sponsor: Rep. Meng, Grace [D-NY-6]
Introduced: 2017-05-11 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Drug safety, medical device, and laboratory regulation
Health technology, devices, supplies
Sex and reproductive health
Women's health

Summary:
action_date: 2017-05-11
text: 

Menstrual Products Right to Know Act of 2017

 This bill requires menstrual products, such as menstrual cups, menstrual pads, tampons, and therapeutic vaginal douche apparatuses, to include a list of ingredients on the label.

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2017-05-12
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2017-05-11
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2017-05-11
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2017-05-11
text: Introduced in House
Pay Equity for All Act of 2017

Bill: 115-hr-2418
Sponsor: Del. Norton, Eleanor Holmes [D-DC-At Large]
Introduced: 2017-05-11 in the House
Policy area: Labor and Employment
Subjects: Civil actions and liability
Employment discrimination and employee rights
Evidence and witnesses
Personnel records
Wages and earnings

Summary:
action_date: 2017-05-11
text: 

Pay Equity for All Act of 201

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This bill amends the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 to make it an unlawful practice for an employer to:
 
 
screen prospective employees based on their previous wages or salary histories; 
seek the previous wages or salary history of any prospective employee from any current or former employer of such employee; or 
discharge or retaliate against any current or prospective employee because the employee opposed any act or practice made unlawful by this bill, made a complaint about any such act or practice, or testified or participated in an investigation.
 
 
The bill prescribes civil penalties for violations. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2017-05-11
text: Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce.
action_date: 2017-05-11
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E627)
action_date: 2017-05-11
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2017-05-11
text: Introduced in House
To amend title 38, United States Code, to improve the process by which the Secretary of Veterans Affairs pays non-Department of Veterans Affairs health care providers for hospital care or medical services furnished to veterans pursuant to the laws administered by the Secretary.

Bill: 115-hr-2419
Sponsor: Rep. Rouzer, David [R-NC-7]
Introduced: 2017-05-11 in the House
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Health care costs and insurance
Health care coverage and access
Health information and medical records
Hospital care
Veterans' medical care

Summary:
action_date: 2017-05-11
text: 
This bill directs the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) to ensure that payments made to non-VA health care providers, including payments under the Veterans Choice Program, comply with the Prompt Payment Act and the requirements set forth in this bill.
 
The bill: (1) prescribes payment schedules; (2) requires, with exceptions, claims to be submitted electroncially beginning January 1, 2019; and (3) requires the VA Chief Information Officer to establish by such date an electronic interface for health care providers to submit reimbursement claims. 
 
The VA shall: (1) within 90 days after enactment of this bill, make necessary modifications to ensure prompt payment for hospital care or medical treatment furnished under the program, and (2) within 180 days after enactment of this bill, adjudicate all program claims submitted before such date by non-VA health care providers. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2017-05-11
text: Referred to the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
action_date: 2017-05-11
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2017-05-11
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2017-05-11
text: Introduced in House
To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide for tax preferred savings accounts for individuals under age 26, and for other purposes.

Bill: 115-hr-2420
Sponsor: Rep. Rouzer, David [R-NC-7]
Introduced: 2017-05-11 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Bank accounts, deposits, capital
Employee benefits and pensions
Higher education
Income tax exclusion
Student aid and college costs

Summary:
action_date: 2017-05-11
text: 
This bill amends the Internal Revenue Code to establish a tax-preferred individual retirement account for taxpayers under age 26, to be known as a young savers account. The bill treats such accounts as Roth individual retirement accounts for income tax purposes, with the exception of specified modifications to the rules regarding contribution limits. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2017-05-11
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2017-05-11
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2017-05-11
text: Introduced in House
Veteran Spouses Equal Treatment Act

Bill: 115-hr-2421
Sponsor: Rep. Titus, Dina [D-NV-1]
Introduced: 2017-05-11 in the House
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Marriage and family status
Military personnel and dependents
Veterans' pensions and compensation

Summary:
action_date: 2017-05-11
text: 

Veteran Spouses Equal Treatment Act

 
This bill amends the definition of &quot;spouse&quot; for purposes of veterans' benefits to require the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) to recognize a marriage based on the law of the state where the marriage occurred.
 
When a marriage occurs outside a state, the VA shall recognize it if the marriage is lawful in the place where it occurs and could have been entered into under the laws of any state.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2017-05-11
text: Referred to the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
action_date: 2017-05-11
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Economic Opportunity.
action_date: 2017-05-11
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2017-05-11
text: Introduced in House
Washington County, Utah, Public Lands Management Implementation Act

Bill: 115-hr-2423
Sponsor: Rep. Stewart, Chris [R-UT-2]
Introduced: 2017-05-16 in the House
Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources
Subjects: Land use and conservation
Public utilities and utility rates
Utah
Wilderness and natural areas, wildlife refuges, wild rivers, habitats
Wildlife conservation and habitat protection

Summary:
action_date: 2017-05-16
text: 

Washington County, Utah, Public Lands Management Implementation Act

 
This bill directs the Department of the Interior to grant any necessary rights-of-way for the northern transportation route in Washington County, Utah, identified pursuant to the Omnibus Public Land Management Act of 2009. 
 
Interior shall authorize the development of utilities within the Red Cliffs National Conservation Area in Utah if such development is consistent with: (1) each utility protocol referenced in the Washington County Habitat Conservation Plan (1996), and (2) any other applicable law. 

action_date: 2017-09-14
text: 
(This measure has not been amended since it was introduced. The summary has been expanded because action occurred on the measure.)
 

Washington County, Utah, Public Lands Management Implementation Act

 
(Sec. 1) This bill directs the Department of the Interior to grant any necessary rights-of-way for the northern transportation route in Washington County, Utah, identified pursuant to the Omnibus Public Land Management Act of 2009. 
 
Interior shall authorize the development of utilities within the Red Cliffs National Conservation Area in Utah if such development is consistent with: (1) each utility protocol referenced in the Washington County Habitat Conservation Plan (1996), and (2) any other applicable law. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2017-09-14
text: Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 222.
action_date: 2017-09-14
text: Reported by the Committee on Natural Resources. H. Rept. 115-312.
action_date: 2017-09-14
text: Reported by the Committee on Natural Resources. H. Rept. 115-312.
action_date: 2017-07-26
text: Ordered to be Reported by the Yeas and Nays: 19 - 15.
action_date: 2017-07-26
text: Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
action_date: 2017-05-23
text: Subcommittee Hearings Held.
action_date: 2017-05-16
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Federal Lands.
action_date: 2017-05-16
text: Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.
action_date: 2017-05-16
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2017-05-16
text: Introduced in House