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Improve Access to Care for Our Female Veterans Act

Bill: 115-hr-3558
Sponsor: Rep. Brooks, Susan W. [R-IN-5]
Introduced: 2017-07-28 in the House
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Cancer
Department of Veterans Affairs
Government information and archives
Health care quality
Health facilities and institutions
Health personnel
Medical tests and diagnostic methods
Veterans' medical care
Women's health

Summary:
action_date: 2017-07-28
text: 

Improve Access to Care for Our Female Veterans Act

 
This bill instructs the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) to strengthen the environment and oversight of the care inspections process by:
 
 
expanding the list of requirements that facility staff inspect for compliance with the women's health handbook of the Veterans Health Administration (VHA),
 
ensuring that all patient care areas of VA medical facilities are inspected as required,
 
clarifying the roles and responsibilities of VA medical facility staff responsible for identifying and addressing compliance, and 
 
establishing a process to verify that the noncompliance information reported by such facilities to the VHA central office is accurate and complete. 
 
 
To improve care for women veterans, the VA shall monitor women veterans' access to sex-specific care services (mammography, maternity care, and gynecology) under community care contracts. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2017-07-28
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2017-07-28
text: Referred to the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
action_date: 2017-07-28
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2017-07-28
text: Introduced in House
Youth Access to Sexual Health Services Act of 2017

Bill: 115-hr-3559
Sponsor: Rep. Adams, Alma S. [D-NC-12]
Introduced: 2017-07-28 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Assault and harassment offenses
Cancer
Child health
Community life and organization
Crime victims
Crimes against women
Education of the disadvantaged
Education programs funding
Family planning and birth control
HIV/AIDS
Health care coverage and access
Health programs administration and funding
Health promotion and preventive care
Immunology and vaccination
Medical tests and diagnostic methods
Mental health
Sex and reproductive health
Sex offenses
Sex, gender, sexual orientation discrimination
Sexually transmitted diseases
Women's health

Summary:
action_date: 2017-07-28
text: 

Youth Access to Sexual Health Services Act of 2017

 
This bill authorizes the Department of Health and Human Services to award grants to support the access of marginalized youth to sexual health services such as sexual health education and contraception. Marginalized youth are disadvantaged individuals under the age of 26. Grants may be awarded to state or local health or education agencies, public schools, nonprofit organizations, hospitals, Indian tribes, and tribal organizations.
 
Grants may be used to: (1) provide sexual health information to marginalized youth, (2) promote effective communication regarding sexual health among marginalized youth, (3) promote and support opportunities for school-age parents, and (3) train individuals who work with marginalized youth to promote sexual health and the development of safe and supportive environments.
 
Grants may not be used to provide access to health services that: (1) are medically unsound; (2) withhold sexual health-promoting or lifesaving information; (3) promote gender stereotypes; or (4) are insensitive or unresponsive to the needs of young people, including youth with varying gender identities and sexual orientations, sexually active youth, pregnant or parenting youth, and survivors of sexual abuse or assault.
 
Unobligated funds for abstinence education are transferred and made available for these grants.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2017-08-04
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2017-07-28
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2017-07-28
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2017-07-28
text: Introduced in House
GPA Act

Bill: 115-hr-3560
Sponsor: Rep. Aguilar, Pete [D-CA-31]
Introduced: 2017-07-28 in the House
Policy area: Education
Subjects: Government lending and loan guarantees
Higher education
Interest, dividends, interest rates
Student aid and college costs

Summary:
action_date: 2017-07-28
text: 

Grace Period Alleviation Act or the GPA Act

 
This bill amends the Higher Education Act of 1965 to allow a borrower of a Federal Direct Stafford Loan (whether subsidized or unsubsidized) to elect a one-year grace period before beginning repayment on the loan.
 
The Department of Education, through a loan modification process, must pay to each borrower who received a Federal Direct Stafford Loan for which the first disbursement was made between July 1, 2012, and July 1, 2014, an amount equal to the amount of interest that accrued on the loan prior to the beginning of the repayment period.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2017-07-28
text: Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce.
action_date: 2017-07-28
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2017-07-28
text: Introduced in House
To amend title 38, United States Code, to permit appraisers approved by the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to make appraisals for purposes of chapter 37 of such title based on inspections performed by third parties.

Bill: 115-hr-3561
Sponsor: Rep. Arrington, Jodey C. [R-TX-19]
Introduced: 2017-07-28 in the House
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Housing finance and home ownership
Veterans' loans, housing, homeless programs

Summary:
action_date: 2017-07-28
text: 
This bill directs the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) to permit a VA-approved appraiser to make a housing loan appraisal based solely on information gathered by a person with whom the appraiser has entered into an agreement for such services.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2017-10-12
text: Ordered to be Reported in the Nature of a Substitute by Voice Vote.
action_date: 2017-10-12
text: Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
action_date: 2017-07-28
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Economic Opportunity.
action_date: 2017-07-28
text: Referred to the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
action_date: 2017-07-28
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2017-07-28
text: Introduced in House
Veterans' Pathway to Citizenship Act of 2017

Bill: 115-hr-3563
Sponsor: Rep. Barragan, Nanette Diaz [D-CA-44]
Introduced: 2017-07-28 in the House
Policy area: Immigration
Subjects: Citizenship and naturalization
Criminal procedure and sentencing
Government information and archives
Immigration status and procedures
Military personnel and dependents
Veterans' organizations and recognition

Summary:
action_date: 2017-07-28
text: 

Veterans' Pathway to Citizenship Act of 2017

 
This bill amends the Immigration and Nationality Act to provide that a current or former member of the Armed Forces who would be eligible for naturalization but is not because of failure to complete a specified period of residence or physical presence within the United States or failure to maintain lawful permanent resident status shall be deemed to be a lawful permanent resident and to have fulfilled any residency and physical presence requirements solely for naturalization purposes. 
 
 With respect to any such individual seeking naturalization: (1) a prior removal may be not taken into account for purposes of any immigration benefit or in determining deportability or inadmissibility, and (2) an offense for which a pardon was received may not be taken into account for naturalization purposes unless the offense was the same offense that caused the individual's separation from the Armed Forces in any manner other than honorable.
 
A military recruiter or officer overseeing an enlistment shall inform every recruit of, and the Department of Homeland Security shall provide every separating member of the Armed Forces with notice of, naturalization options and available naturalization assistance services.
 
In the case of a current or former member of the Armed Forces who would be eligible for naturalization but is not because of failure to timely file an application for naturalization, a subsequently filed naturalization application shall be reviewed as if it were timely filed. This provision is repealed one year after the date of enactment of the bill.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2017-09-06
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration and Border Security.
action_date: 2017-07-28
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2017-07-28
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2017-07-28
text: Introduced in House
Security Clearance Review Act

Bill: 115-hr-3564
Sponsor: Rep. Beyer, Donald S., Jr. [D-VA-8]
Introduced: 2017-07-28 in the House
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Criminal investigation, prosecution, interrogation
Executive Office of the President
Federal officials
Intelligence activities, surveillance, classified information

Summary:
action_date: 2017-07-28
text: 

Security Clearance Review Act

 
This bill amends the Intelligence Reform and Terrorism Prevention Act of 2004 to authorize the Federal Bureau of Investigation to revoke, or prohibit the renewal of, a security clearance of a political appointee in the Executive Office of the President if necessary for national security purposes. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2017-09-06
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, Homeland Security, and Investigations.
action_date: 2017-07-28
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: 2017-07-28
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: 2017-07-28
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2017-07-28
text: Introduced in House
Federal Land Freedom Act

Bill: 115-hr-3565
Sponsor: Rep. Black, Diane [R-TN-6]
Introduced: 2017-07-28 in the House
Policy area: Energy
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Endangered and threatened species
Energy revenues and royalties
Environmental assessment, monitoring, research
Historic sites and heritage areas
Intergovernmental relations
Licensing and registrations
Oil and gas
State and local government operations

Summary:
action_date: 2017-07-28
text: 

Federal Land Freedom Act

 
This bill authorizes a state with an oil and gas leasing program to take responsibility from the federal government for leasing and regulating the exploration and development of oil, gas, and other forms of energy on federal land in the state.
 
A state must submit to the Department of the Interior and the Department of Agriculture a regulatory program which demonstrates that it has the capability to take responsibility from the federal government, including that it has a state law which provides sanctions for violations of state laws, regulations, or conditions of permits concerning oil and gas exploration, development, and production activities.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2017-09-06
text: Subcommittee Hearings Held.
action_date: 2017-08-14
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Energy and Mineral Resources.
action_date: 2017-07-28
text: Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.
action_date: 2017-07-28
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2017-07-28
text: Introduced in House
Addiction Recovery for Rural Communities Act

Bill: 115-hr-3566
Sponsor: Rep. Bustos, Cheri [D-IL-17]
Introduced: 2017-07-28 in the House
Policy area: Agriculture and Food
Subjects: Agricultural prices, subsidies, credit
Drug trafficking and controlled substances
Drug, alcohol, tobacco use
Educational technology and distance education
Government lending and loan guarantees
Health programs administration and funding
Health promotion and preventive care
Health technology, devices, supplies
Rural conditions and development

Summary:
action_date: 2017-07-28
text: 

Addiction Recovery for Rural Communities Act

 
This bill requires the Department of Agriculture (USDA) to provide financial assistance for the construction of facilities and systems in rural areas for substance-use disorder services.
 
In selecting recipients of loans and grants to establish community facilities, USDA must give priority to developers of facilities that: (1) provide substance use disorder prevention, treatment, or recovery services; and (2) employ staff with expertise and training in identifying and treating individuals with substance-use disorders. 

 
In providing grants to establish individual and family health education programs, USDA must give priority to entities intending to use the funds for substance-use disorder education, treatment, and prevention.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2017-09-01
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Commodity Exchanges, Energy, and Credit.
action_date: 2017-07-28
text: Referred to the House Committee on Agriculture.
action_date: 2017-07-28
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2017-07-28
text: Introduced in House
Black Box Privacy Protection Act

Bill: 115-hr-3568
Sponsor: Rep. Capuano, Michael E. [D-MA-7]
Introduced: 2017-07-28 in the House
Policy area: Commerce
Subjects: Computers and information technology
Consumer affairs
Motor vehicles
Right of privacy

Summary:
action_date: 2017-07-28
text: 

Black Box Privacy Protection Act

 
This bill requires manufacturers of automobiles, motorcycles, and autocycles to disclose to consumers (1) the presence and location of an event data recorder, (2) the type of information recorded and how such information is recorded, and (3) that the recording may be used in a law-enforcement proceeding. 
 
A newly manufactured automobile may not be equipped with an event data recorder unless the recording function can be controlled by the consumer.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2017-08-04
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Digital Commerce and Consumer Protection.
action_date: 2017-07-28
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2017-07-28
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2017-07-28
text: Introduced in House
Officer Sean Collier Campus Police Recognition Act of 2017

Bill: 115-hr-3569
Sponsor: Rep. Capuano, Michael E. [D-MA-7]
Introduced: 2017-07-28 in the House
Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement
Subjects: Employee benefits and pensions
Government employee pay, benefits, personnel management
Higher education
Law enforcement officers

Summary:
action_date: 2017-07-28
text: 

Officer Sean Collier Campus Police Recognition Act of 2017

 
This bill amends the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 to expand the definition of public safety officer for purposes of the Public Safety Officers' Benefits Program to include a campus police officer who is employed by an institution of higher education and authorized to enforce criminal laws.
 
Specifically, the bill extends death, disability, or education benefits to a campus police officer or survivors of a campus police officer who dies or becomes disabled as a result of an injury sustained in the line of duty on or after April 15, 2013. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2017-09-06
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, Homeland Security, and Investigations.
action_date: 2017-07-28
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2017-07-28
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2017-07-28
text: Introduced in House
Transportation and Trailer Modernization Act of 2017

Bill: 115-hr-3570
Sponsor: Rep. Carter, Earl L. "Buddy" [R-GA-1]
Introduced: 2017-07-28 in the House
Policy area: Environmental Protection
Subjects: Air quality
Motor carriers
Motor vehicles

Summary:
action_date: 2017-07-28
text: 

Transportation and Trailer Modernization Act of 2017

 
This bill amends the Clean Air Act to revise the definition of a motor vehicle to exclude trailers and vehicles reliant on a connection to a self-propelled vehicle for power. (The Environmental Protection Agency set emissions standards for trailers as a part of motor vehicle emissions regulations. The regulations as applied to trailers were stayed by a federal court on October 27, 2017.) 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2017-08-04
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Environment.
action_date: 2017-07-28
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2017-07-28
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2017-07-28
text: Introduced in House
Reasonable ADA Compliance Act of 2017

Bill: 115-hr-3571
Sponsor: Rep. Castor, Kathy [D-FL-14]
Introduced: 2017-07-28 in the House
Policy area: Law
Subjects: Civil actions and liability
Disability and health-based discrimination
Judicial procedure and administration
Jurisdiction and venue

Summary:
action_date: 2017-07-28
text: 

Reasonable ADA Compliance Act of 2017

 
This bill amends the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990 to deny jurisdiction to a state or federal court in a civil action a plaintiff commences for remedies for disability discrimination in public accommodations and certain services provided by private entities unless: (1) the plaintiff notified the defendant in writing of the alleged violations prior to filing the complaint, (2) the notice identified the specific facts that constitute the alleged violation, (3) a remedial period of 120 days elapses after the notice, (4) the notice informed the defendant that the civil action could not be commenced for 120 days, and (5) the complaint states that the defendant has not corrected the alleged violation.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2017-09-06
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on the Constitution and Civil Justice.
action_date: 2017-07-28
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2017-07-28
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2017-07-28
text: Introduced in House
Making College More Affordable Act

Bill: 115-hr-3572
Sponsor: Rep. Cicilline, David N. [D-RI-1]
Introduced: 2017-07-28 in the House
Policy area: Education
Subjects: Government lending and loan guarantees
Higher education
Interest, dividends, interest rates
Student aid and college costs
Wages and earnings

Summary:
action_date: 2017-07-28
text: 

Making College More Affordable Act

 
This bill amends the Higher Education Act of 1965 by creating federal interest-free education loans for undergraduate students. The loans must have the same terms and conditions and benefits to borrowers as federal direct Stafford Loans. Interest on these loans may only accrue during periods when a borrower is not earning taxable income due to professional negligence, professional incompetence, or malicious action on the part of the borrower.
 
The Department of Education (ED) must carry out a repayment plan program for the interest-free loans under which loans payments are automatically withheld from the pre-tax income of the borrower.
 
ED must cancel any outstanding balance of principal or interest due on those interest-free loans made to a borrower who has made 300 monthly payments. The borrower must be taxed on the amount canceled. Those taxes must be applied to carry out the federal direct loan program.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2017-07-28
text: Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce.
action_date: 2017-07-28
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2017-07-28
text: Introduced in House
Student Loan Interest Tax Deduction Expansion Act

Bill: 115-hr-3573
Sponsor: Rep. Cicilline, David N. [D-RI-1]
Introduced: 2017-07-28 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Higher education
Income tax deductions
Interest, dividends, interest rates
Student aid and college costs

Summary:
action_date: 2017-07-28
text: 

Student Loan Interest Tax Deduction Expansion Act 

 
This bill amends the Internal Revenue Code, with respect to the tax deduction for interest on qualified education loans, to increase: (1) the dollar limitation on the deduction to $7,500 ($15,000 in the case of a joint return); and (2) the limitation on modified adjusted gross income to $100,000 ($200,000 in the case of a joint return). 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2017-07-28
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2017-07-28
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2017-07-28
text: Introduced in House
Transparency in Taxpayer-Funded Discrimination Act

Bill: 115-hr-3574
Sponsor: Rep. Clark, Katherine M. [D-MA-5]
Introduced: 2017-07-28 in the House
Policy area: Education
Subjects: Education programs funding
Elementary and secondary education
Government information and archives
Higher education
Religion
Sex, gender, sexual orientation discrimination

Summary:
action_date: 2017-07-28
text: 

Transparency in Taxpayer-Funded Discrimination Act

 
This bill amends the Department of Education Organization Act to require the Department of Education's Office of Civil Rights to publish, on its website, the names of institutions of higher education (IHEs) that request and IHEs that receive religious exemptions from title IX of the Education Amendments Act of 1972. (Title IX prohibits sex discrimination in federally funded education programs and activities.) 
 
Additionally, the bill amends title IV (Student Assistance) of the Higher Education Act of 1965 to require an IHE that requests, receives, exercises, or intends to exercise a religious exemption from title IX to publish, on its website, certain information with respect to such exemption. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2017-07-28
text: Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce.
action_date: 2017-07-28
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2017-07-28
text: Introduced in House
Housing Accountability Act of 2017

Bill: 115-hr-3575
Sponsor: Rep. Cohen, Steve [D-TN-9]
Introduced: 2017-07-28 in the House
Policy area: Housing and Community Development
Subjects: Building construction
Civil actions and liability
Congressional oversight
Housing and community development funding
Housing industry and standards
Low- and moderate-income housing
Public contracts and procurement

Summary:
action_date: 2017-07-28
text: 

Housing Accountability Act of 2017

 
This bill amends the United States Housing Act of 1937 to provide statutory authority for the requirement for an entity receiving low-income housing assistance payments for existing public housing units to maintain decent, safe, and sanitary conditions for any structure covered under a payment contract.
 
The Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) shall develop a process by which a Performance-Based Contract Administrator shall, on a semiannual basis, conduct a survey of the tenants of each such structure to identify consistent or persistent problems with the structure's physical condition or its manager's performance. A structure shall be referred to HUD for remediation if the administrator identifies such a problem based on the survey or any other observation made by the administrator during the normal course of business.
 
HUD may impose a penalty on the structure's owner if the structure does not satisfactorily meet this bill's requirements or is repeatedly referred to HUD for remediation by an administrator through the process. Collected amounts shall be used solely for supporting safe and sanitary conditions at applicable structures or for HUD-designated tenant relocation, with priority given to tenants of the penalized structure.
 
This bill shall not apply to voucher program property. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2017-07-28
text: Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services.
action_date: 2017-07-28
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E1087)
action_date: 2017-07-28
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2017-07-28
text: Introduced in House