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Michael E. DeBakey Stamp Act

Bill: 115-hr-153
Sponsor: Rep. Green, Al [D-TX-9]
Introduced: 2017-01-03 in the House
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Subjects: Cardiovascular and respiratory health
Health personnel
Military medicine
Postal service
Surgery and anesthesia

Summary:
action_date: 2017-01-03
text: 

Michael E. DeBakey Stamp Act

 
This bill directs the U.S. Postal Service to provide for the issuance of a forever stamp to honor the work of Dr. Michael Ellis DeBakey, who helped develop the mobile army surgical hospital.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2017-01-03
text: Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform.
action_date: 2017-01-03
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2017-01-03
text: Introduced in House
Honoring Our WWII Merchant Mariners Act of 2017

Bill: 115-hr-154
Sponsor: Rep. Green, Al [D-TX-9]
Introduced: 2017-01-03 in the House
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Conflicts and wars
Government trust funds
Marine and inland water transportation
Transportation employees
Veterans' pensions and compensation

Summary:
action_date: 2017-01-03
text: 
 
Honoring Our WWII Merchant Mariners Act of 2017

 
This bill establishes in the Treasury the Merchant Mariner Equity Compensation Fund from which the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) is to make one payment of $25,000 to each individual who, between December 7, 1941, and December 31, 1946, was a documented member of the U.S. merchant marine (including the Army Transport Service and the Naval Transport Service) serving as a crewmember of a vessel that was operated in U.S. waters by the War Shipping Administration or the Office of Defense Transportation and under contract to, or the property of, the United States. Such individuals must: (1) apply for such benefit within one year after the enactment of this Act, and (2) not have received benefits under the Servicemen's Readjustment Act of 1944.
 
The VA shall include, in annual budget documents submitted to Congress, detailed information on the Fund's operation.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2017-01-19
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Disability Assistance and Memorial Affairs.
action_date: 2017-01-03
text: Referred to the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
action_date: 2017-01-03
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2017-01-03
text: Introduced in House
Worksite Reporting Act

Bill: 115-hr-155
Sponsor: Rep. Green, Gene [D-TX-29]
Introduced: 2017-01-03 in the House
Policy area: Labor and Employment
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Business records
Contracts and agency
Department of Labor
Government information and archives
Labor standards
Worker safety and health

Summary:
action_date: 2017-01-03
text: 

Worksite Reporting Act

 
This bill directs the Department of Labor to revise regulations under the Occupational Safety and Health Act of 1970 by requiring site-controlling employers to keep a site log for all recordable injuries and illnesses occurring among all employees on the particular site, irrespective of whether such employees are employed directly by the site-controlling employer or are employed by contractors or temporary help or employee leasing services.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2017-01-03
text: Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce.
action_date: 2017-01-03
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2017-01-03
text: Introduced in House
Labor Relations First Contract Negotiations Act of 2017

Bill: 115-hr-156
Sponsor: Rep. Green, Gene [D-TX-29]
Introduced: 2017-01-03 in the House
Policy area: Labor and Employment
Subjects: Contracts and agency
Labor-management relations

Summary:
action_date: 2017-01-03
text: 

Labor Relations First Contract Negotiations Act of 2017
 
 
This bill amends the National Labor Relations Act to address initial contract negotiation. Specifically, the bill requires mediation if an employer and a newly certified union have not reached a collective bargaining agreement within 60 days. Either the employer or the union may request binding arbitration if the parties have not reached an agreement within 30 days of selecting a mediator.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2017-01-03
text: Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce.
action_date: 2017-01-03
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2017-01-03
text: Introduced in House
Combatting Terrorism in Tunisia Emergency Support Act of 2017

Bill: 115-hr-157
Sponsor: Rep. Hastings, Alcee L. [D-FL-20]
Introduced: 2017-01-03 in the House
Policy area: International Affairs
Subjects: Africa
Appropriations
Border security and unlawful immigration
Congressional oversight
Criminal investigation, prosecution, interrogation
Elections, voting, political campaign regulation
Firearms and explosives
Foreign aid and international relief
Government ethics and transparency, public corruption
Human rights
International organizations and cooperation
Judicial procedure and administration
Law enforcement officers
Libya
Middle East
Military assistance, sales, and agreements
Military education and training
Military readiness
Reconstruction and stabilization
Rule of law and government transparency
Smuggling and trafficking
Sovereignty, recognition, national governance and status
Syria
Terrorism
Tunisia
U.S. and foreign investments

Summary:
action_date: 2017-01-03
text: 

Combatting Terrorism in Tunisia Emergency Support Act of 2017

 
This bill declares that it is the policy of the United States to assist the government of Tunisia in eliminating terrorist organizations that operate in Tunisia and neighboring Libya and preventing fighters in Syria from returning to Tunisia.
 
This bill expresses the sense of the Congress that: 
 
 
significant reform that protects fundamental human rights is necessary to enable the Tunisian security services to combat terrorism and reinforce the rule of law; 
 
expeditious consideration of sales, leases, grants, or transfers of defense articles, services, and equipment is consistent with U.S. policy to assist in eliminating terrorist organizations that threaten Tunisia's national security; 
 
Tunisia's peaceful pursuit of democracy should be fully supported by the United States; 
 
 organizations such as Ansar al-Sharia and the Islamic State have created terrorist sanctuaries in Libya and represent a significant threat to Tunisia's democratic government; and 
 
supporting Tunisia's orderly reform of its economic and social sectors should be a U.S. priority.
 
 
The bill authorizes the Department of State to: 
 
 
provide assistance to strengthen and reform Tunisia's security sector;
 
support Tunisia's efforts to combat terrorism; 
 
provide assistance to support Tunisia's democracy and civil society; 
 
provide assistance to support Tunisia's border security by enhancing its capabilities to interdict illicit weapons trafficking; 
 
reprogram certain funds to support Tunisia's economic reforms; and 
 
enter into a memorandum of understanding with Tunisia to increase military cooperation, including joint military exercises, personnel exchanges, and enhanced strategic dialogue. 
 
 
The President is authorized to provide defense articles, services, and training to Tunisia to counter terrorist threats.
 
The State Department shall submit a strategic plan within 90 days to carry out this bill.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2017-01-03
text: Referred to the House Committee on Foreign Affairs.
action_date: 2017-01-03
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2017-01-03
text: Introduced in House
Corey Jones Act

Bill: 115-hr-158
Sponsor: Rep. Hastings, Alcee L. [D-FL-20]
Introduced: 2017-01-03 in the House
Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement
Subjects: Civil actions and liability
Congressional oversight
Criminal investigation, prosecution, interrogation
Criminal justice information and records
Law enforcement administration and funding
Law enforcement officers

Summary:
action_date: 2017-01-03
text: 

Corey Jones Act 

 
This bill amends the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 to require an applicant under the Community Oriented Policing Services (COPS) program to certify that no law enforcement agency that receives COPS grant funds allows officers to conduct routine traffic stops while wearing plainclothes or while wearing plainclothes and in an unmarked police vehicle.
 
The Department of Justice may not waive this so-called plainclothes certification requirement.
 
If a law enforcement officer's conduct violates the plainclothes certification and results in serious injury or death of a person, then that person may bring a civil action against the law enforcement officer and any state, local, or tribal government that is a COPS program grantee and has direct authority over such officer.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2017-01-13
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, Homeland Security, and Investigations.
action_date: 2017-01-03
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2017-01-03
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2017-01-03
text: Introduced in House
Ending Corporal Punishment in Schools Act of 2017

Bill: 115-hr-160
Sponsor: Rep. Hastings, Alcee L. [D-FL-20]
Introduced: 2017-01-03 in the House
Policy area: Education
Subjects: Child health
Child safety and welfare
Education programs funding
Elementary and secondary education
Government studies and investigations
School administration
Teaching, teachers, curricula

Summary:
action_date: 2017-01-03
text: 

Ending Corporal Punishment in Schools Act of 2017

 
This bill amends the General Education Provisions Act to prohibit the Department of Education (ED) from providing funding to any state or local educational agency (LEA) that allows its school personnel to inflict corporal punishment upon a student.
 
ED may award three-year grants to states or LEAsto assist them with improving school climate and culture.Grants must be used to implement school-wide positive behavior programs.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2017-01-03
text: Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce.
action_date: 2017-01-03
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2017-01-03
text: Introduced in House
Services for Ending Long-Term Homelessness Act

Bill: 115-hr-161
Sponsor: Rep. Hastings, Alcee L. [D-FL-20]
Introduced: 2017-01-03 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Disability and paralysis
Drug, alcohol, tobacco use
Family services
Health care quality
Health programs administration and funding
Health promotion and preventive care
Homelessness and emergency shelter
Housing and community development funding
Housing supply and affordability
Mental health
Veterans' loans, housing, homeless programs

Summary:
action_date: 2017-01-03
text: 

Services for Ending Long-Term Homelessness Act

 
This bill amends the Public Health Service Act to require the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration to design national strategies and implement programs to address chronic homelessness.
 
To promote an end to chronic homelessness, the Department of Health and Human Services must award grants to provide:
 
 
mental health services;
 
substance use disorder treatment;
 
integrated, coordinated treatment for co-occurring disorders;
 
health education;
 
services designed to help individuals and families make progress toward self-sufficiency; and
 
other supportive services that promote an end to chronic homelessness.
 
 
Priority for grants is given to applicants that target services to individuals and families who have experienced more homelessness, use more public emergency care, or have a history with the criminal justice system.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2017-01-25
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2017-01-03
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2017-01-03
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2017-01-03
text: Introduced in House
Haitian Educational Empowerment Act of 2017

Bill: 115-hr-162
Sponsor: Rep. Hastings, Alcee L. [D-FL-20]
Introduced: 2017-01-03 in the House
Policy area: International Affairs
Subjects: Caribbean area
Education programs funding
Foreign aid and international relief
Haiti
Higher education
Latin America
Natural disasters
Student aid and college costs

Summary:
action_date: 2017-01-03
text: 

Haitian Educational Empowerment Act of 2017

 
This bill directs the Department of State to establish a scholarship program for eligible Haitian students who were enrolled as full-time students in a Haitian or U.S. university or institution of higher education and whose studies were interrupted as a result of the January 12, 2010, earthquake or the October 4, 2016, Hurricane Matthew. A Haitian student who receives such a scholarship shall return to Haiti upon completion of an undergraduate or graduate degree.
 
The State Department may make grants to institutions of higher education that have enrolled a significant number of Haitian students who were enrolled as full-time students in a Haitian university at the time of such earthquake or hurricane. Such grants shall be used to provide social and educational support services.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2017-01-03
text: Referred to the House Committee on Foreign Affairs.
action_date: 2017-01-03
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2017-01-03
text: Introduced in House
Gun Manufacturers Accountability Act

Bill: 115-hr-163
Sponsor: Rep. Hastings, Alcee L. [D-FL-20]
Introduced: 2017-01-03 in the House
Policy area: Law
Subjects: Civil actions and liability
Firearms and explosives
Manufacturing
Product safety and quality
Retail and wholesale trades

Summary:
action_date: 2017-01-03
text: 

Gun Manufacturers Accountability Act

 
This bill amends the Protection of Lawful Commerce in Arms Act to repeal provisions that prohibit state or federal civil actions or administrative proceedings from being brought against firearm or ammunition manufacturers, sellers, importers, dealers, or trade associations for criminal or unlawful misuse of a firearm by the person bringing the action or a third party. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2017-01-13
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on the Constitution and Civil Justice.
action_date: 2017-01-03
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2017-01-03
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2017-01-03
text: Introduced in House
Restoring the Partnership for County Health Care Costs Act of 2017

Bill: 115-hr-165
Sponsor: Rep. Hastings, Alcee L. [D-FL-20]
Introduced: 2017-01-03 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Child health
Correctional facilities and imprisonment
Health care costs and insurance
Health care coverage and access
Medicaid
Medicare
Poverty and welfare assistance

Summary:
action_date: 2017-01-03
text: 

Restoring the Partnership for County Health Care Costs Act of 2017

 
This bill amends titles XVI (Supplemental Security Income [SSI]), XVIII (Medicare), XIX (Medicaid), and XXI (Children's Health Insurance Program [CHIP]) to allow an otherwise eligible individual who is in custody pending charges to receive SSI, Medicare, Medicaid, or CHIP benefits.
 
Any SSI benefits payable to such an individual: (1) must be withheld until the individual is no longer in custody; and (2) if the individual dies while in custody, shall be paid to the individual's estate. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2017-01-25
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2017-01-12
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2017-01-12
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Human Resources.
action_date: 2017-01-03
text: Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, 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: 2017-01-03
text: Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, 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: 2017-01-03
text: Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, 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: 2017-01-03
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2017-01-03
text: Introduced in House
Outpatient Mental Health Modernization Act of 2017

Bill: 115-hr-166
Sponsor: Rep. Hastings, Alcee L. [D-FL-20]
Introduced: 2017-01-03 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Advisory bodies
Aging
Disability and health-based discrimination
Health care coverage and access
Health facilities and institutions
Home and outpatient care
Hospital care
Medicare
Mental health
Veterans' medical care

Summary:
action_date: 2017-01-03
text: 

Outpatient Mental Health Modernization Act of 2017

 
This bill amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act to cover nutritional planning, meals, and transportation as partial-hospitalization services under Medicare.
 
The Department of Health and Human Services shall convene a Behavioral Health Advisory Committee.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2017-01-25
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2017-01-12
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2017-01-03
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: 2017-01-03
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: 2017-01-03
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: 2017-01-03
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2017-01-03
text: Introduced in House
Teacher Victims' Family Assistance Act of 2017

Bill: 115-hr-167
Sponsor: Rep. Hastings, Alcee L. [D-FL-20]
Introduced: 2017-01-03 in the House
Policy area: Education
Subjects: Cemeteries and funerals
Crime victims
Education programs funding
Elementary and secondary education
Employee benefits and pensions
Firearms and explosives
Government trust funds
Higher education
Income tax exclusion
Law enforcement officers
Sales and excise taxes
Student aid and college costs
Teaching, teachers, curricula
Wages and earnings

Summary:
action_date: 2017-01-03
text: 

Teacher Victims' Family Assistance Act of 2017

 
This bill directs the Department of Education to provide assistance to the immediate families of teachers or other elementary and secondary school employees who are killed by another person's violent act while performing school duties. Such assistance includes funeral assistance, a death benefit, living assistance, and undergraduate education assistance for dependents.
 
The bill amends the Internal Revenue Code to exempt from income tax: (1) the victim's compensation from school employment in the year of death, and (2) the victim's family assistance.
 
The bill also establishes the Teacher Victims' Family Trust Fund funded with an excise tax increase on ammunition.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2017-01-13
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, Homeland Security, and Investigations.
action_date: 2017-01-03
text: Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committees on Education and the Workforce, and 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: 2017-01-03
text: Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committees on Education and the Workforce, and 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: 2017-01-03
text: Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committees on Education and the Workforce, and 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: 2017-01-03
text: Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committees on Education and the Workforce, and 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: 2017-01-03
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2017-01-03
text: Introduced in House
Donate for Disaster Relief Act of 2017

Bill: 115-hr-168
Sponsor: Rep. Hastings, Alcee L. [D-FL-20]
Introduced: 2017-01-03 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Disaster relief and insurance
Government trust funds
Tax administration and collection, taxpayers

Summary:
action_date: 2017-01-03
text: 

Donate for Disaster Relief Act of 2017

 
This bill amends the Internal Revenue Code to allow individual taxpayers to designate an amount (not less than $1) of any overpayment of income tax to a Disaster Relief Fund, established by this bill, for the purpose of providing relief for major disasters declared under the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2017-01-04
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Economic Development, Public Buildings and Emergency Management.
action_date: 2017-01-03
text: Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, 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: 2017-01-03
text: Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, 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: 2017-01-03
text: Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, 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: 2017-01-03
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2017-01-03
text: Introduced in House
West Coast Ocean Protection Act of 2017

Bill: 115-hr-169
Sponsor: Rep. Huffman, Jared [D-CA-2]
Introduced: 2017-01-03 in the House
Policy area: Energy
Subjects: California
Marine and coastal resources, fisheries
Oil and gas
Oregon
Pacific Ocean
Washington State

Summary:
action_date: 2017-01-03
text: 

West Coast Ocean Protection Act of 2017

 
This bill amends the Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act to prohibit the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management from issuing a lease for the exploration, development, or production of oil or natural gas in any area of the outer Continental Shelf off the coast of California, Oregon, or Washington.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2017-02-10
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Energy and Mineral Resources.
action_date: 2017-01-03
text: Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.
action_date: 2017-01-03
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2017-01-03
text: Introduced in House