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Furthering Asbestos Claim Transparency (FACT) Act of 2017

Bill: 115-hr-906
Sponsor: Rep. Farenthold, Blake [R-TX-27]
Introduced: 2017-02-07 in the House
Policy area: Finance and Financial Sector
Subjects: Bankruptcy
Civil actions and liability
Hazardous wastes and toxic substances

Summary:
action_date: 2017-02-07
text: 

Furthering Asbestos Claim Transparency (FACT) Act of 2017

 
This bill amends federal bankruptcy law to establish disclosure requirements with respect to a trust that is formed under a reorganization plan, following the discharge in bankruptcy of a debtor corporation, for the purpose of assuming the debtor's liability regarding certain legal claims related to liability for asbestos exposure. 
 
Such a trust must file with the bankruptcy court quarterly reports, available on the public docket, that describe each demand the trust has received from a claimant and the basis for any payment made to that claimant. These reports shall not include any confidential medical record or the claimant's full Social Security number.
 
Upon written request, and subject to payment for reasonable costs, a trust must provide information related to payment from, and demands for payment from, the trust to any party to an action concerning liability for asbestos exposure.

action_date: 2017-02-24
text: 
(This measure has not been amended since it was introduced. The summary has been expanded because action occurred on the measure.)
 

Furthering Asbestos Claim Transparency (FACT) Act of 2017

 
(Sec. 2) This bill amends federal bankruptcy law to establish disclosure requirements with respect to a trust that is formed under a reorganization plan, following the discharge in bankruptcy of a debtor corporation, for the purpose of assuming the debtor's liability regarding certain legal claims related to liability for asbestos exposure. 
 
Such a trust must file with the bankruptcy court quarterly reports, available on the public docket, that describe each demand the trust has received from a claimant and the basis for any payment made to that claimant. These reports shall not include any confidential medical record or the claimant's full Social Security number.
 
Upon written request, and subject to payment for reasonable costs, a trust must provide information related to payment from, and demands for payment from, the trust to any party to an action concerning liability for asbestos exposure.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2017-02-24
text: Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 6.
action_date: 2017-02-24
text: Reported by the Committee on Judiciary. H. Rept. 115-18.
action_date: 2017-02-24
text: Reported by the Committee on Judiciary. H. Rept. 115-18.
action_date: 2017-02-15
text: Ordered to be Reported by the Yeas and Nays: 19 - 11.
action_date: 2017-02-15
text: Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
action_date: 2017-02-07
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Regulatory Reform, Commercial And Antitrust Law.
action_date: 2017-02-07
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2017-02-07
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2017-02-07
text: Introduced in House
Newborn Care Improvement Act

Bill: 115-hr-907
Sponsor: Rep. Collins, Doug [R-GA-9]
Introduced: 2017-02-07 in the House
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Child health
Congressional oversight
Veterans' medical care
Women's health

Summary:
action_date: 2017-02-07
text: 

Newborn Care Improvement Act

 
This bill allows the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) to provide the newborn child of a woman veteran who is receiving VA maternity care with post-delivery care services for 42 days after the child's birth if the veteran delivered the child in a VA facility or another facility with which VA has a contract for such services. (Currently, such care may not be provided for more than 7 days.)


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2017-04-06
text: Forwarded by Subcommittee to Full Committee by Voice Vote .
action_date: 2017-03-29
text: Subcommittee Hearings Held.
action_date: 2017-03-03
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2017-02-07
text: Referred to the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
action_date: 2017-02-07
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2017-02-07
text: Introduced in House
Medicare Advantage Quality Payment Relief Act of 2017

Bill: 115-hr-908
Sponsor: Rep. Kelly, Mike [R-PA-3]
Introduced: 2017-02-07 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Health care costs and insurance
Health care quality
Medicare

Summary:
action_date: 2017-02-07
text: 

Medicare Advantage Quality Payment Relief Act of 2017

 
This bill requires the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services to disregard the application of certain percentage quality increases when calculating the maximum payment that may be made to a Medicare Advantage organization.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2017-02-21
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2017-02-10
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2017-02-07
text: Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
action_date: 2017-02-07
text: Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
action_date: 2017-02-07
text: Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
action_date: 2017-02-07
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2017-02-07
text: Introduced in House
Pet and Women Safety Act of 2017

Bill: 115-hr-909
Sponsor: Rep. Clark, Katherine M. [D-MA-5]
Introduced: 2017-02-07 in the House
Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement
Subjects: Animal protection and human-animal relationships
Assault and harassment offenses
Crime victims
Crimes against animals and natural resources
Crimes against women
Domestic violence and child abuse
Homelessness and emergency shelter
Sex offenses
Veterinary medicine and animal diseases
Violent crime

Summary:
action_date: 2017-02-07
text: 

 

Pet and Women Safety Act of 2017
 
 
This bill amends the federal criminal code to broaden the definition of stalking to include conduct that causes a person to experience a reasonable fear of death or serious bodily injury to his or her pet. 
 
Additionally, an interstate violation of a protection order includes interstate travel with the intent to violate a protection order against a pet that is included within the scope of the protection order. The bill specifies the applicable criminal penalty&#8212;a prison term of up to five years, a fine, or both&#8212;for a person who commits an interstate violation of a protection order against a pet. 
 
With respect to a defendant who commits a domestic violence offense or an interstate violation of a protection order, mandatory restitution in the &quot;full amount of victim's losses&quot; includes costs incurred for veterinary services related to the pet.
 
The bill directs the Department of Agriculture to award grants for shelter and housing assistance and support services for domestic violence victims with pets.
 
Finally, it expresses the sense of Congress that states should include, in domestic violence protection orders, protections against violence or threats against a person's pet. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2017-03-09
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, Homeland Security, and Investigations.
action_date: 2017-02-24
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Livestock and Foreign Agriculture.
action_date: 2017-02-07
text: Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committee on Agriculture, 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: 2017-02-07
text: Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committee on Agriculture, 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: 2017-02-07
text: Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committee on Agriculture, 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: 2017-02-07
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2017-02-07
text: Introduced in House
Saracini Aviation Safety Act of 2017

Bill: 115-hr-911
Sponsor: Rep. Fitzpatrick, Brian K. [R-PA-8]
Introduced: 2017-02-07 in the House
Policy area: Transportation and Public Works
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Aviation and airports
Department of Transportation
Transportation safety and security

Summary:
action_date: 2017-02-07
text: 

Saracini Aviation Safety Act of 2017

 
 This bill requires the Federal Aviation Administration to issue an order to require: (1) the installation of secondary barriers, other than the cockpit door, to prevent access to the flight deck of each covered aircraft; (2) such barriers on the aircraft with a cockpit door to remain locked while the aircraft is in flight and the cockpit door separating the flight deck and the passenger area is open; and (3) such barriers on the aircraft without a cockpit door to remain locked as determined by the pilot in command.
 
&quot;Covered aircraft&quot; is defined as a commercial aircraft: (1) equipped with more than 75 passenger seats, and (2) with a maximum gross takeoff weight of more than 75,000 pounds.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2017-02-08
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Aviation.
action_date: 2017-02-07
text: Referred to the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.
action_date: 2017-02-07
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2017-02-07
text: Introduced in House
Immigrant Detainee Legal Rights Act

Bill: 115-hr-913
Sponsor: Rep. Foster, Bill [D-IL-11]
Introduced: 2017-02-07 in the House
Policy area: Immigration
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Administrative remedies
Border security and unlawful immigration
Congressional oversight
Department of Homeland Security
Department of Justice
Detention of persons
Executive agency funding and structure
Government information and archives
Immigration status and procedures
Lawyers and legal services
Refugees, asylum, displaced persons

Summary:
action_date: 2017-02-07
text: 

Immigrant Detainee Legal Rights Act 

 
This bill directs the Department of Justice to: 
 
 
establish within the Executive Office for Immigration Review an Office of Legal Access Programs to administer a system of legal orientation programs to make immigration proceedings more efficient by educating aliens regarding administrative procedures and legal rights under U.S. immigration law and to establish other programs to assist in providing aliens access to legal information; and 
 
submit a plan to Congress that includes a schedule to develop and deploy legal orientation programs for all detainees. 
 
 
The legal orientation programs shall: 
 
 
provide programs to assist detained aliens in making decisions regarding their removal and eligibility for relief from removal in order to increase efficiency s in immigration proceedings and federal custody processes and to improve access to legal services; 
 
ensure that programs and written notice of rights are available in English and the five most common native languages spoken by the detainees held in custody at that location during the preceding fiscal year; and 
 
identify unaccompanied alien children, aliens with a serious mental disability, and other particularly vulnerable aliens for right to counsel considerations.
 
 
Such programs may provide services to detained aliens in specified immigration (detention and removal) and asylum proceedings.
 
The Department of Homeland Security shall establish procedures: (1) that ensure that legal orientation programs are available for all detained aliens within five days of arrival into custody; and (2) to inform such aliens of the basic procedures of immigration hearings, their rights relating to those hearings, information that may deter such aliens from filing frivolous legal claims, and a contact list of potential legal resources and providers.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2017-03-09
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration and Border Security.
action_date: 2017-02-07
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2017-02-07
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2017-02-07
text: Introduced in House
Protecting America's Workers Act

Bill: 115-hr-914
Sponsor: Rep. Courtney, Joe [D-CT-2]
Introduced: 2017-02-07 in the House
Policy area: Labor and Employment
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Administrative remedies
Business records
Civil actions and liability
Congressional oversight
Criminal procedure and sentencing
Department of Labor
Employment discrimination and employee rights
Evidence and witnesses
Government employee pay, benefits, personnel management
Government information and archives
Government studies and investigations
Inflation and prices
Intergovernmental relations
Judicial review and appeals
Labor-management relations
Legal fees and court costs
Occupational Safety and Health Review Commission
State and local government operations
Wages and earnings
Worker safety and health

Summary:
action_date: 2017-02-07
text: 

Protecting America's Workers Act

 
This bill amends the Occupational Safety and Health Act of 1970 (OSHA) to increase the scope of the Act by applying its coverage to federal, state, and local government employees. However, the bill makes OSHA inapplicable to working conditions covered by the Federal Mine Safety and Health Act of 1977.
 
The bill revises requirements governing worker protection, including by:
 
 
increasing protections for whistle-blowers as well as employees participating in or aiding inspections;
 
directing employers to furnish a hazard-free place of employment to all individuals, not just employees;
 
requiring the posting of employee rights concerning protection from retaliation;
 
requiring site logs of employees' work-related injuries and illnesses, including those of employees of other employers and contractors;
 
directing employers to report work-related deaths or hospitalizations;
 
 prohibiting employers from discouraging accurate record keeping and reporting of work-related injuries or illnesses;
 
requiring the Department of Labor to investigate an incident in the workplace that results in the death of an employee or one that results in the hospitalization of two or more employees; 
 
establishing rights for victims, or representatives of victims, with respect to inspections or investigations of work-related bodily injuries or deaths; 
 
setting the permitted period for employers to correct serious, willful, or repeated violations while citations for the violations are being contested;
 
increasing civil and criminal penalties for certain violations;
 
expanding enforcement requirements relating to state occupational safety and health plans, including by allowing Labor concurrent enforcement authority in states where the state plans fail to meet minimum requirements; and 
 
expanding requirements for workplace health hazard evaluations by the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health. 



Legislative actions:
action_date: 2017-02-07
text: Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce.
action_date: 2017-02-07
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2017-02-07
text: Introduced in House
Permanently Protecting Tenants at Foreclosure Act of 2017

Bill: 115-hr-915
Sponsor: Rep. Ellison, Keith [D-MN-5]
Introduced: 2017-02-07 in the House
Policy area: Housing and Community Development
Subjects: Housing finance and home ownership
Low- and moderate-income housing

Summary:
action_date: 2017-02-07
text: 

Permanently Protecting Tenants at Foreclosure Act of 2015

 
This bill restores and revives the Protecting Tenants at Foreclosure Act of 2009, and any regulations promulgated pursuant to it, as if the Act had not expired after 2014.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2017-02-07
text: Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services.
action_date: 2017-02-07
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2017-02-07
text: Introduced in House
Risk Management and Homeowner Stability Act of 2017

Bill: 115-hr-916
Sponsor: Rep. Sanford, Mark [R-SC-1]
Introduced: 2017-02-07 in the House
Policy area: Economics and Public Finance
Subjects: Budget deficits and national debt
Budget process
Financial services and investments
Housing finance and home ownership
User charges and fees

Summary:
action_date: 2017-02-07
text: 

Risk Management and Homeowner Stability Act of 2017

 
This bill amends the Congressional Budget Act of 1974 to prohibit the chairs of the congressional budget committees from counting increases to guarantee fees as offsets for budget enforcement purposes. The bill includes an exception for legislation that increases guarantee fees to finance reforms to the secondary mortgage market. 
 
(Guarantee fees are charged by enterprises, such as the Federal National Mortgage Association [Fannie Mae] and the Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corporation [Freddie Mac], to guarantee the payment of principal and interest on loans. This bill prevents the fees from being used to offset provisions that increase the deficit in determining whether a budget point of order applies to legislation.) 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2017-02-07
text: Referred to the Committee on Rules, and in addition to the Committee on the Budget, 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: 2017-02-07
text: Referred to the Committee on Rules, and in addition to the Committee on the Budget, 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: 2017-02-07
text: Referred to the Committee on Rules, and in addition to the Committee on the Budget, 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: 2017-02-07
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2017-02-07
text: Introduced in House
Secure E-Waste Export and Recycling Act

Bill: 115-hr-917
Sponsor: Rep. Cook, Paul [R-CA-8]
Introduced: 2017-02-07 in the House
Policy area: Foreign Trade and International Finance
Subjects: Computers and information technology
Government information and archives
Intellectual property
Licensing and registrations
Photography and imaging
Solid waste and recycling
Television and film
Trade restrictions

Summary:
action_date: 2017-02-07
text: 

Secure E-Waste Export and Recycling Act

 
This bill prohibits any person from exporting or reexporting electronic waste (specified items containing electronic components or fragments, including computers, televisions, video display devices, and consumer electronics) or exempted electronic waste items (tested, working used electronics, low-risk counterfeit electronics, or recalled electronics), except as specified.
 
&quot;Low-risk counterfeit electronics&quot; means electronic components or items that: (1) have been subjected to destruction processes that render the items unusable for their original purpose; and (2) are exported as a feedstock, with no additional mechanical or hand separation required, in a reclamation process to render the components or items recycled consistent with the laws of the foreign country performing such process.
 
A person may export or reexport exempted electronic waste items only if:
 
 
the person is listed on a publicly available registry maintained by the Department of Commerce;
 
for each export transaction, the person files specified electronic export information in the Automated Export System;
 
the export or reexport of exempted electronic waste items otherwise complies with applicable international agreements and other U.S. trade laws; and 
 
the exempted items are accompanied by certain required documentation.
 
 
Commerce may provide exceptions to the requirements of this bill under specified circumstances for exports or reexports of five items or fewer per transaction of electronic components intended for personal use, and of electronic components to a person or entity under the ownership or control of the person exporting or reexporting the components, with the intent that they be used for the purpose for which they were used in the United States.
 
Any violator of this bill or regulations issued under it shall be subject to the same penalties as those applicable to violators of any other provision of the Export Administration Regulations.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2017-02-07
text: Referred to the House Committee on Foreign Affairs.
action_date: 2017-02-07
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2017-02-07
text: Introduced in House
Portable Fuel Container Safety Act of 2017

Bill: 115-hr-919
Sponsor: Rep. Thompson, Mike [D-CA-5]
Introduced: 2017-02-07 in the House
Policy area: Commerce
Subjects: Accidents
Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Child health
Child safety and welfare
Consumer Product Safety Commission
Consumer affairs
Fires
Motor fuels
Product safety and quality

Summary:
action_date: 2017-02-07
text: 

Portable Fuel Container Safety Act of
 
2017

 
This bill requires the Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) to promulgate a final rule for flame mitigation devices in portable flammable liquid fuel containers that impede the propagation of flame into the container, unless the CPSC publishes a determination that a voluntary standard developed by a standard development organization meets the intent of this bill. 
 
Either the promulgated standard or the voluntary standard shall be treated as a consumer product safety rule. 
 
If a standard development organization subsequently revises a voluntary standard, the organization must notify the CPSC and the revision becomes enforceable unless, within 90 days after receiving notice, the CPSC determines that the revised standard does not meet this bill's requirements. 
 
The CPSC must undertake a campaign to educate consumers about dangers associated with portable fuel containers near an open flame or other source of ignition. 
 
The bill amends the Children's Gasoline Burn Prevention Act to extend child-resistance requirements for closures on portable gasoline containers to receptacles for gasoline, kerosene, or diesel fuel (including any spout, retrofit spout, cap, and other closure mechanism and component) produced or distributed for sale to, or use by, consumers for transport of, or for refueling of internal combustion engines with, gasoline, kerosene, or diesel fuel. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2017-02-10
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Digital Commerce and Consumer Protection.
action_date: 2017-02-07
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2017-02-07
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2017-02-07
text: Introduced in House