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To amend title 38, United States Code, to authorize the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to pay costs relating to the transportation of certain deceased veterans to veterans' cemeteries owned by a State or tribal organization.

Bill: 115-hr-1390
Sponsor: Rep. Banks, Jim [R-IN-3]
Introduced: 2017-03-07 in the House
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Cemeteries and funerals
Transportation costs
Veterans' organizations and recognition

Summary:
action_date: 2017-03-07
text: 
This bill authorizes the Department of Veterans Affairs to pay the burial transportation costs of certain deceased veterans to a state- or tribal-owned veterans' cemetery in which the deceased veteran is eligible to be buried.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2017-04-27
text: Forwarded by Subcommittee to Full Committee (Amended) by Voice Vote .
action_date: 2017-04-27
text: Subcommittee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
action_date: 2017-04-05
text: Subcommittee Hearings Held.
action_date: 2017-03-09
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Disability Assistance and Memorial Affairs.
action_date: 2017-03-07
text: Referred to the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
action_date: 2017-03-07
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2017-03-07
text: Introduced in House
Veterans Success on Campus Act of 2017

Bill: 115-hr-1391
Sponsor: Rep. Banks, Jim [R-IN-3]
Introduced: 2017-03-07 in the House
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Educational guidance
Higher education
Veterans' education, employment, rehabilitation
Vocational and technical education

Summary:
action_date: 2017-03-07
text: 

Veterans Success on Campus Act of 2017

 
This bill directs the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) to: (1) provide educational and vocational counseling services for veterans at VA-selected institutions of higher learning, and (2) select locations where the maximum number of veterans would have access to such services. 
 
Such counseling shall be provided by VA employees who provide educational and vocational counseling services. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2017-03-27
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Economic Opportunity.
action_date: 2017-03-07
text: Referred to the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
action_date: 2017-03-07
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2017-03-07
text: Introduced in House
To amend title XIX of the Social Security Act to provide States with flexibility with respect to providing coverage for nonemergency transportation under Medicaid.

Bill: 115-hr-1394
Sponsor: Rep. Brooks, Susan W. [R-IN-5]
Introduced: 2017-03-07 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Department of Health and Human Services
Health care coverage and access
Medicaid
Transportation costs

Summary:
action_date: 2017-03-07
text: 
This bill: (1) repeals the regulatory requirement for a state Medicaid program to ensure necessary transportation to and from providers, and (2) specifies that title XIX (Medicaid) of the Social Security Act does not require a program to provide such transportation.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2017-03-17
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2017-03-07
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2017-03-07
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2017-03-07
text: Introduced in House
MACPAC Improvement Act of 2017

Bill: 115-hr-1395
Sponsor: Rep. Burgess, Michael C. [R-TX-26]
Introduced: 2017-03-07 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Advisory bodies
Child health
Congressional oversight
Government ethics and transparency, public corruption
Government information and archives
Health care costs and insurance
Health care coverage and access
Health programs administration and funding
Intergovernmental relations
Medicaid
Poverty and welfare assistance
State and local government operations

Summary:
action_date: 2017-03-07
text: 

MACPAC Improvement Act of 2017

 
This bill amends title XIX (Medicaid) of the Social Security Act to modify provisions related to the duties, membership, and conflict-of-interest policies of the Medicaid and Children's Health Insurance Plan (CHIP) Payment and Access Commission.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2017-03-17
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2017-03-07
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2017-03-07
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2017-03-07
text: Introduced in House
Restoring Statutory Rights and Interests of the States Act of 2017

Bill: 115-hr-1396
Sponsor: Rep. Cicilline, David N. [D-RI-1]
Introduced: 2017-03-07 in the House
Policy area: Law
Subjects: Alternative dispute resolution, mediation, arbitration
Civil actions and liability
Contracts and agency

Summary:
action_date: 2017-03-07
text: 

Restoring Statutory Rights and Interests of the States Act of
 
2017

 
This bill amends the Federal Arbitration Act to invalidate arbitration agreements between parties in certain commercial contracts or transactions if they require arbitration of a claim for damages or injunctive relief brought by an individual or small business arising from the alleged violation of a federal or state statute, the U.S. Constitution, or a state constitution, unless the written agreement to arbitrate is entered into by both parties after the claim has arisen and pertains solely to an existing claim.
 
The grounds upon which a contract with an arbitration agreement is revocable shall include federal or state statutes or court findings that prohibit an agreement to arbitrate if the agreement is unconscionable, invalid because there was no meeting of the minds, or otherwise unenforceable as a matter of contract law or public policy.
 
A court, rather than an arbitrator, shall determine whether an arbitration agreement is enforceable.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2017-03-17
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Regulatory Reform, Commercial And Antitrust Law.
action_date: 2017-03-07
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2017-03-07
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2017-03-07
text: Introduced in House
FAST Voting Act of 2017

Bill: 115-hr-1398
Sponsor: Rep. Connolly, Gerald E. [D-VA-11]
Introduced: 2017-03-07 in the House
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Subjects: Computer security and identity theft
Disability and paralysis
Disability assistance
Elections, voting, political campaign regulation
Foreign language and bilingual programs
Government information and archives
Military personnel and dependents
Natural disasters
Performance measurement
Right of privacy
State and local government operations
Voting rights

Summary:
action_date: 2017-03-07
text: 

Fair, Accurate, Secure, and Timely Voting Act of 2017 or the FAST Voting Act of 2017

 
This bill requires the Election Assistance Commission to award grants, on a competitive basis, to states to: (1) improve voter participation, such as by providing flexible registration opportunities, early voting, or absentee voting; (2) improve voting system security, such as by providing voting machines that are less than 10 years old, updating voting equipment to provide a verifiable paper trail at polling places, or implementing strong chain of custody procedures for voting equipment and paper records; and (3) implement automatic voter registration.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2017-03-07
text: Referred to the House Committee on House Administration.
action_date: 2017-03-07
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2017-03-07
text: Introduced in House
American Soda Ash Competitiveness Act

Bill: 115-hr-1399
Sponsor: Rep. Cook, Paul [R-CA-8]
Introduced: 2017-03-07 in the House
Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources
Subjects: Mining
User charges and fees

Summary:
action_date: 2017-03-07
text: 

American Soda Ash Competitiveness Act

 
 This bill sets at 2%, for a five-year period, the royalty rate on the quantity or gross value of the output of sodium compounds and related products at the point of shipment to market from federal land.

action_date: 2017-12-11
text: 
(This measure has not been amended since it was introduced. The summary has been expanded because action occurred on the measure.)
 

American Soda Ash Competitiveness Act

 
 (Sec. 2) This bill sets at 2%, for a five-year period, the royalty rate on the quantity or gross value of the output of sodium compounds and related products at the point of shipment to market from federal land.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2017-12-11
text: Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 337.
action_date: 2017-12-11
text: Reported by the Committee on Natural Resources. H. Rept. 115-455.
action_date: 2017-12-11
text: Reported by the Committee on Natural Resources. H. Rept. 115-455.
action_date: 2017-06-27
text: Ordered to be Reported by the Yeas and Nays: 27 - 9.
action_date: 2017-06-27
text: Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
action_date: 2017-03-16
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Energy and Mineral Resources.
action_date: 2017-03-07
text: Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.
action_date: 2017-03-07
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2017-03-07
text: Introduced in House
FRAME Act of 2017

Bill: 115-hr-1400
Sponsor: Rep. Crawford, Eric A. "Rick" [R-AR-1]
Introduced: 2017-03-07 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Agricultural insurance
Agricultural prices, subsidies, credit
Bank accounts, deposits, capital
Business investment and capital
Income tax credits
Income tax deductions

Summary:
action_date: 2017-03-07
text: 

Farm Risk Abatement and Mitigation Election Act of 2017 or the FRAME Act of 201

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This bill amends the Internal Revenue Code to: (1) establish tax-exempt farm risk management accounts (FRAME accounts) and allow taxpayers actively engaged in the business of farming or ranching to use distributions from such accounts to protect the solvency of the farm to which the FRAME account relates and to procure revenue or crop insurance; (2) allow a deduction from gross income for cash contributions to such accounts; (3) specify minimum levels of contributions to, and maximum levels of distributions from, such accounts; (4) set forth tax rules relating to account distributions, excess contributions, and prohibited transactions; and (5) allow a variable business-related tax credit for contributions made to a FRAME account in the first nine years after such account is established.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2017-03-07
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2017-03-07
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2017-03-07
text: Introduced in House
Flood Insurance Fairness Act of 2017

Bill: 115-hr-1401
Sponsor: Rep. Curbelo, Carlos [R-FL-26]
Introduced: 2017-03-07 in the House
Policy area: Finance and Financial Sector
Subjects: Disaster relief and insurance
Floods and storm protection
Insurance industry and regulation

Summary:
action_date: 2017-03-07
text: 

Flood Insurance Fairness Act of 2017

 
This bill amends the National Flood Insurance Act of 1968 to allow, under the National Flood Insurance Program, subsidized risk premium rates for flood insurance coverage on: (1) non-primary residences, and (2) business property.
 
In developing guidance and rate tables necessary to implement this Act, the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) shall consult with "Write Your Own" companies that write and service standard flood insurance policies in their own names.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2017-03-07
text: Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services.
action_date: 2017-03-07
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2017-03-07
text: Introduced in House
Macadamia Tree Health Initiative

Bill: 115-hr-1402
Sponsor: Rep. Gabbard, Tulsi [D-HI-2]
Introduced: 2017-03-07 in the House
Policy area: Agriculture and Food
Subjects: Agricultural research
Animal and plant health
Forests, forestry, trees
Insects
Pest management
Research administration and funding

Summary:
action_date: 2017-03-07
text: 

Macadamia Tree Health Initiative

 
This bill amends the Food, Agriculture, Conservation, and Trade Act of 1990 to authorize the Department of Agriculture to provide competitive research and extension grants for a macadamia tree health initiative to: (1) develop and disseminate science-based tools and treatments to combat the insect known as the macadamia felted coccid (Eriococcus ironsidei); and (2) establish an area-wide integrated pest management program in areas affected, or at risk of being affected by, the insect. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2017-03-23
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Biotechnology, Horticulture, and Research.
action_date: 2017-03-07
text: Referred to the House Committee on Agriculture.
action_date: 2017-03-07
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2017-03-07
text: Introduced in House
To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to make permanent the deduction for income attributable to domestic production activities in Puerto Rico.

Bill: 115-hr-1403
Sponsor: Resident Commissioner González-Colón, Jenniffer [R-PR-At Large]
Introduced: 2017-03-07 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Caribbean area
Electric power generation and transmission
Income tax deductions
Lease and rental services
Manufacturing
Oil and gas
Public utilities and utility rates
Puerto Rico
U.S. territories and protectorates
Water use and supply

Summary:
action_date: 2017-03-07
text: 
This bill amends the Internal Revenue Code to make permanent the tax deduction for income attributable to domestic production activities in Puerto Rico. (Under current law, the deduction expires on January 1, 2017.)


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2017-03-07
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2017-03-07
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2017-03-07
text: Introduced in House
Dog and Cat Meat Trade Prohibition Act of 2017

Bill: 115-hr-1406
Sponsor: Rep. Hastings, Alcee L. [D-FL-20]
Introduced: 2017-03-07 in the House
Policy area: Animals
Subjects: Animal protection and human-animal relationships
Crimes against animals and natural resources
Mammals
Meat
Trade restrictions

Summary:
action_date: 2017-03-07
text: 

Dog and Cat Meat Trade Prohibition Act of 2017

 
This bill amends the Animal Welfare Act to prohibit people from knowingly slaughtering a dog or cat for human consumption. In addition, the bill prohibits people from knowingly transporting, possessing, buying, selling, or donating: (1) a dog or cat to be slaughtered for human consumption, or (2) dog or cat parts for human consumption.
 
The bill subjects a violator to imprisonment for up to a year, a fine, or both.
 
The bill applies to conduct in or affecting interstate or foreign commerce or within the special maritime and territorial jurisdiction of the United States.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2017-03-23
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Livestock and Foreign Agriculture.
action_date: 2017-03-07
text: Referred to the House Committee on Agriculture.
action_date: 2017-03-07
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E280)
action_date: 2017-03-07
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2017-03-07
text: Introduced in House
Cancer Drug Parity Act of 2017

Bill: 115-hr-1409
Sponsor: Rep. Lance, Leonard [R-NJ-7]
Introduced: 2017-03-07 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Cancer
Drug therapy
Health care costs and insurance
Health care coverage and access
Prescription drugs

Summary:
action_date: 2017-03-07
text: 

Cancer Drug Coverage Act of 2017

 
This bill amends the Public Health Service Act to require group and individual health plans that cover anticancer medications administered by a health care provider to provide no less favorable cost sharing for patient-administered anticancer medications. This requirement applies to medication approved by the Food and Drug Administration that is prescribed based on a finding by the treating physician that the medication is medically necessary for cancer treatment and is clinically appropriate in terms of type, frequency, extent site, and duration.
 To comply with this requirement, health plans may not, for anticancer medications: (1) change or replace benefits to increase out-of-pocket costs; (2) reclassify benefits to increase costs; or (3) apply more restrictive limitations to orally administered medications than to intravenously administered or injected medications. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2017-03-17
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2017-03-07
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2017-03-07
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2017-03-07
text: Introduced in House
Nogales Wastewater Fairness Act

Bill: 115-hr-1410
Sponsor: Rep. McSally, Martha [R-AZ-2]
Introduced: 2017-03-07 in the House
Policy area: Environmental Protection
Subjects: Arizona
Latin America
Mexico
Pipelines
Solid waste and recycling
Water quality

Summary:
action_date: 2017-03-07
text: 

Nogales Wastewater Fairness Act

 
This bill directs the U.S. Section of the International Boundary and Water Commission to charge Nogales, Arizona, no more than an equitable proportion of the costs for operating and maintaining the Nogales sanitation project. The sanitation project includes (1) the International Outfall Interceptor and the trunkline, which is a sewer line that carries wastewater along the U.S. and Mexico border; and (2) the Nogales International Wastewater Treatment Plant. 

The bill declares that Nogales is not obligated to contribute any capital costs of repairing or upgrading the project.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2017-03-08
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Water Resources and Environment.
action_date: 2017-03-07
text: Referred to the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.
action_date: 2017-03-07
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2017-03-07
text: Introduced in House
Transparent Summer Flounder Quotas Act

Bill: 115-hr-1411
Sponsor: Rep. Pallone, Frank, Jr. [D-NJ-6]
Introduced: 2017-03-07 in the House
Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Atlantic Ocean
Department of Commerce
Fishes
Marine and coastal resources, fisheries

Summary:
action_date: 2017-03-07
text: 

Transparent Summer Flounder Quotas Act

 
This bill addresses rules governing summer flounder fisheries.
 
As applicable to summer flounder, the rule submitted by the National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS) titled &quot;Fisheries of the Northeastern United States; Summer Flounder, Scup, and Black Sea Bass Fisheries; 2017-2018 Summer Flounder Specifications and Announcement of 2017 Summer Flounder and Black Sea Bass Commercial Accountability Measures&quot; isnullified.The rule published in the Federal Register on December 22, 2016, establishes summer flounder quotas for the 2017-2018 recreational and commercial fishing seasons.
 
The prior regulations governing summer flounder shall apply until the NMFS completes a new summer flounder stock assessment and establishes a new rule based on the stock assessment. (The prior regulations titled &quot;Fisheries of the Northeastern United States; Summer Flounder, Scup, and Black Sea Bass Fisheries; 2016-2018 Summer Flounder, Scup, and Black Sea Bass Specifications&quot; were published in the Federal Register on December 28, 2015, and effective as of January 1, 2016.)


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2017-04-03
text: Subcommittee Hearings Held.
action_date: 2017-03-16
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Water, Power and Oceans.
action_date: 2017-03-07
text: Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.
action_date: 2017-03-07
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2017-03-07
text: Introduced in House
Commission on the Removal of Mexican-Americans to Mexico Act

Bill: 115-hr-1412
Sponsor: Rep. Roybal-Allard, Lucille [D-CA-40]
Introduced: 2017-03-07 in the House
Policy area: Immigration
Subjects: Advisory bodies
Congressional oversight
Foreign labor
Government studies and investigations
Immigration status and procedures
Latin America
Mexico
Racial and ethnic relations
U.S. history

Summary:
action_date: 2017-03-07
text: 

Commission on the Removal of Mexican-Americans to Mexico

 
This bill establishes the Commission on the Removal of Mexican-Americans to Mexico, which shall: (1) review the facts and circumstances surrounding the 1929-1941 removal of certain U.S. citizens and permanent legal residents to Mexico and the impact of such actions on such individuals, their families, and the Mexican-American community; (2) review federal, state, and local government directives that required such removal and any other related information; and (3) report its findings, conclusions, and any recommendations for legislative actions. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2017-03-17
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration and Border Security.
action_date: 2017-03-07
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2017-03-07
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2017-03-07
text: Introduced in House
ENRICH Act

Bill: 115-hr-1413
Sponsor: Rep. Ryan, Tim [D-OH-13]
Introduced: 2017-03-07 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Cancer
Cardiovascular and respiratory health
Digestive and metabolic diseases
Education programs funding
Health programs administration and funding
Health promotion and preventive care
Medical education
Nutrition and diet
Physical fitness and lifestyle
Teaching, teachers, curricula

Summary:
action_date: 2017-03-07
text: 

Expanding Nutrition's Role in Curricula and Healthcare Act or the ENRICH Act

 
This bill requires the Health Resources and Services Administration to establish a program of three-year competitive grants to accredited medical schools for the development or expansion of an integrated nutrition and physical activity curriculum.
 
The curriculum must: (1) be designed to improve communication and provider preparedness in the prevention, management, and reversal of obesity, cardiovascular disease, diabetes, and cancer; and (2) address additional topics regarding individuals in at-risk populations, as practicable, including physical activity and training programs, food insecurity, and malnutrition.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2017-03-17
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2017-03-07
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2017-03-07
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2017-03-07
text: Introduced in House
Justice for Victims of Fraud Act of 2017

Bill: 115-hr-1414
Sponsor: Rep. Sherman, Brad [D-CA-30]
Introduced: 2017-03-07 in the House
Policy area: Finance and Financial Sector
Subjects: Alternative dispute resolution, mediation, arbitration
Bank accounts, deposits, capital
Consumer credit
Fraud offenses and financial crimes

Summary:
action_date: 2017-03-07
text: 

Justice for Victims of Fraud Act of 2017

 
This bill amends the Truth in Lending Act and the Electronic Fund Transfer Act to prohibit predispute arbitration agreements with consumers (i.e., agreements to arbitrate any future disputes between parties instead of pursuing the claims in court) from being valid or enforceable in disputes related to credit card accounts or personal bank accounts that are not subject to a final judgment by a court if the credit card or bank account was not issued in response to a request or application for that account. 
 
The bill excludes from this prohibition accounts held by a financial institution pursuant to a bona fide trust agreement.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2017-03-07
text: Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services.
action_date: 2017-03-07
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2017-03-07
text: Introduced in House