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North Country National Scenic Trail Route Adjustment Act

Bill: 115-hr-1026
Sponsor: Rep. Nolan, Richard M. [D-MN-8]
Introduced: 2017-02-13 in the House
Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources
Subjects: Minnesota
Outdoor recreation
Parks, recreation areas, trails
Vermont

Summary:
action_date: 2017-02-13
text: 

North Country National Scenic Trail Route Adjustment Act

 
 This bill amends the National Trails System Act to revise the authorized route of the North Country National Scenic Trail to extend it to the Appalachian Trail in Vermont and to modify the route in northeastern Minnesota. 

action_date: 2018-05-10
text: 

North Country National Scenic Trail Route Adjustment Act

 
 This bill amends the National Trails System Act to revise the authorized route of the North Country National Scenic Trail to extend it to the Appalachian Trail in Vermont and to modify the route in northeastern Minnesota. 
 
The Departments of Agriculture and the Interior may not acquire for the trail land in Minnesota or Vermont that was obtained by a state or local government through condemnation. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2018-06-06
text: Received in the Senate. Read twice. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 443.
action_date: 2018-06-05
text: Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
action_date: 2018-06-05
text: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by voice vote. (text: CR H4748)
action_date: 2018-06-05
text: Passed/agreed to in House: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by voice vote.(text: CR H4748)
action_date: 2018-06-05
text: DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on H.R. 1026.
action_date: 2018-06-05
text: Considered under suspension of the rules. (consideration: CR H4748-4750)
action_date: 2018-06-05
text: Mr. Bishop (UT) moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended.
action_date: 2018-05-10
text: Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 512.
action_date: 2018-05-10
text: Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Natural Resources. H. Rept. 115-667.
action_date: 2018-05-10
text: Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Natural Resources. H. Rept. 115-667.
action_date: 2018-04-18
text: Ordered to be Reported (Amended) by Unanimous Consent.
action_date: 2018-04-18
text: Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
action_date: 2018-04-18
text: Subcommittee on Federal Lands Discharged.
action_date: 2017-02-24
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Federal Lands.
action_date: 2017-02-13
text: Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.
action_date: 2017-02-13
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2017-02-13
text: Introduced in House
Hallways to Health Act

Bill: 115-hr-1027
Sponsor: Rep. Sarbanes, John P. [D-MD-3]
Introduced: 2017-02-13 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Child health
Education programs funding
Elementary and secondary education
Health care costs and insurance
Health care coverage and access
Health care quality
Health facilities and institutions
Health programs administration and funding
Medicaid
Poverty and welfare assistance

Summary:
action_date: 2017-02-13
text: 

Hallways to Health Act

 
This bill amends titles XIX (Medicaid) and XXI (Children's Health Insurance Program [CHIP]) of the Social Security Act to:
 
 
establish a grant program for school-based health centers to, with respect to children who are eligible for Medicaid and CHIP, facilitate access to services and encourage the adoption of healthy behaviors; 
 
establish a demonstration program for the provision or expansion of telehealth services in school-based health centers; and 
 
require state Medicaid and CHIP programs to cover services furnished by school-based health centers.

 
In addition, the bill amends the Public Health Service Act to reauthorize through FY2022 and revise school-based health center programs. 
 
The bill also amends the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act to specify that school-based health centers are essential community providers for purposes of inclusion in a qualified health plan.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2017-02-17
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2017-02-13
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2017-02-13
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2017-02-13
text: Introduced in House
Commute Less Act of 2017

Bill: 115-hr-1028
Sponsor: Rep. Sires, Albio [D-NJ-8]
Introduced: 2017-02-13 in the House
Policy area: Transportation and Public Works
Subjects: Advisory bodies
Commuting
Congressional oversight
Emergency planning and evacuation
Employee benefits and pensions
Public transit
Regional and metropolitan planning
Roads and highways
Transportation programs funding
Urban and suburban affairs and development

Summary:
action_date: 2017-02-13
text: 

Commute Less Act of 2017

 
 (Sec. 2) This bill requires metropolitan planning organization (MPO) transportation plans to include, among other things, employer and transportation management organization outreach activities and strategies to help create and expand employer-based commuter programs.
 
An &quot;employer-based commuter program&quot; means a program implemented by employers to provide their employees with alternatives to driving to and from work in a vehicle occupied by a single individual.
 
The bill revises requirements regarding the interested parties that may comment on MPO transportation plans to include representatives of employers, employer-based commuter programs, and transportation management organizations.
 
The bill requires each MPO to establish an employer advisory council consisting of representatives of employers in the transportation management area. Each council shall develop and maintain a commuter trip reduction plan that identifies area goals for the reduction of vehicle miles traveled during peak commuting hours.
 
 MPO transportation improvement programs shall include, among other things, a list of projects identified in a commuter trip reduction plan that help achieve such reduction goals.
 
The Department of Transportation (DOT) is authorized to make a grant to a national nonprofit organization or other entity engaged in efforts relating to employer-based commuter programs to establish and operate an information clearinghouse for employer investment in transportation and employer-based commuter programs.
 
(Sec. 3) Recipients of federal assistance for the construction of federal-aid highway projects costing $75 million or more, or that will reduce traffic flow for more than 120 days, shall prepare congestion mitigation plans that include funding for projects to reduce vehicle miles traveled during peak commuting hours along impacted corridors.
 
 (Sec. 4) DOT shall: 
 
 
 develop and implement a plan to expand and promote employer-based commuter programs; and
 
 report to Congress recommendations on how to better integrate such programs into disaster emergency planning, preparedness, and response activities.
 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2017-02-14
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Highways and Transit.
action_date: 2017-02-14
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Economic Development, Public Buildings and Emergency Management.
action_date: 2017-02-13
text: Referred to the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.
action_date: 2017-02-13
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2017-02-13
text: Introduced in House
Cyber Attack Standards of Measurement Study

Bill: 115-hr-1030
Sponsor: Rep. Wilson, Joe [R-SC-2]
Introduced: 2017-02-14 in the House
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Computer security and identity theft
Congressional oversight
Government studies and investigations

Summary:
action_date: 2017-02-14
text: 
 
Cyber Attack Standards of Measurement Study

 
This bill requires the Office of the Director of National Intelligence (ODNI) to carry out a study to determine appropriate standards to: (1) measure the damage of cyber incidents to determine the response to such incidents; and (2) quantify the damage caused to affected computers, systems, and devices.
 
The ODNI must report to Congress regarding the findings of such study.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2017-02-14
text: Referred to the House Committee on Intelligence (Permanent Select).
action_date: 2017-02-14
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2017-02-14
text: Introduced in House
To eliminate the Bureau of Consumer Financial Protection by repealing title X of the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act, commonly known as the Consumer Financial Protection Act of 2010.

Bill: 115-hr-1031
Sponsor: Rep. Ratcliffe, John [R-TX-4]
Introduced: 2017-02-14 in the House
Policy area: Finance and Financial Sector
Subjects: Banking and financial institutions regulation
Consumer Financial Protection Bureau
Consumer affairs
Consumer credit
Executive agency funding and structure

Summary:
action_date: 2017-02-14
text: 

This bill repeals the Consumer Financial Protection Act of 2010, which established the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2017-02-14
text: Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services.
action_date: 2017-02-14
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2017-02-14
text: Introduced in House
Full Choice for Veterans Act

Bill: 115-hr-1032
Sponsor: Rep. Byrne, Bradley [R-AL-1]
Introduced: 2017-02-14 in the House
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Hospital care
Veterans' medical care

Summary:
action_date: 2017-02-14
text: 

Full Choice for Veterans Act

 
This bill amends the Veterans Access, Choice, and Accountability Act of 2014 to make any veteran enrolled in the Department of Veterans Affairs health care program eligible for the Veterans Choice Program. (The bill eliminates mileage, location, and wait time requirements, or the August 1, 2014, VA health care enrollment deadline requirement, with respect to the Veterans Choice program.)


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2017-03-03
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2017-02-14
text: Referred to the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
action_date: 2017-02-14
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2017-02-14
text: Introduced in House
Zero Waste Development and Expansion Act of 2017

Bill: 115-hr-1034
Sponsor: Rep. Ellison, Keith [D-MN-5]
Introduced: 2017-02-14 in the House
Policy area: Environmental Protection
Subjects: Air quality
Educational facilities and institutions
Environmental health
Environmental technology
Infrastructure development
Manufacturing
Racial and ethnic relations
Solid waste and recycling
State and local government operations
Water quality

Summary:
action_date: 2017-02-14
text: 

Zero Waste Development and Expansion Act of 2017 

 
This bill requires the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to award grants to local governments for developing solid waste prevention, reuse, and recycling tactics and operations. Applicants must set specific waste prevention, reuse, recycling, composting, or public education goals that will bring communities closer to zero waste. Zero waste is a goal to guide people towards emulating sustainable natural cycles, where all discarded materials are designed to become resources for others to use.
 
The EPA must convene an annual conference for grantees and other stakeholders to learn about moving toward a zero waste goal.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2017-02-17
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Environment.
action_date: 2017-02-14
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2017-02-14
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2017-02-14
text: Introduced in House
Extending Justice for Sex Crime Victims Act of 2017

Bill: 115-hr-1035
Sponsor: Rep. Poe, Ted [R-TX-2]
Introduced: 2017-02-14 in the House
Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement
Subjects: Civil actions and liability
Crime victims
Crimes against children
Human trafficking
Sex offenses

Summary:
action_date: 2017-02-14
text: 

Extending Justice for Sex Crime Victims Act of 

2017

 
This bill amends the federal criminal code to revise the statute of limitations for a victim of a human trafficking offense or federal sexual offense to file a civil action to recover damages.
 
Under current law, the statute of limitations is 10 years from the date the cause of action arose. This bill sets a 10-year statute of limitations from the date the victim discovers the offense or injury.
 
Additionally, it extends the statute of limitations for a minor victim of a federal sex offense to file a civil action to 10 years (currently 3 years) from the date such individual reaches age 18.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2017-03-02
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on the Constitution and Civil Justice.
action_date: 2017-02-14
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2017-02-14
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2017-02-14
text: Introduced in House
American Families United Act

Bill: 115-hr-1036
Sponsor: Rep. O'Rourke, Beto [D-TX-16]
Introduced: 2017-02-14 in the House
Policy area: Immigration
Subjects: Administrative remedies
Border security and unlawful immigration
Citizenship and naturalization
Department of Homeland Security
Department of Justice
Family relationships
Foreign labor
Fraud offenses and financial crimes
Higher education
Immigration status and procedures
Judicial review and appeals
Temporary and part-time employment
Visas and passports

Summary:
action_date: 2017-02-14
text: 

American Families United Act

 
This bill amends the Immigration and Nationality Act (INA) to revise waiver of inadmissibility requirements, including by waiving inadmissibility for: (1) certain persons who entered the United States before age 16 who have earned a degree from a U.S. institution of higher education, (2) false claims of U.S. citizenship by persons under age 18 or lacking mental competence to knowingly misrepresent a claim, and (3) false claims of U.S. citizenship if inadmissibility would create family separation hardship for the alien (including a self-petitioner under the Violence Against Women Act) or for a U.S. citizen or lawful permanent resident family member.
 
The bill: (1) authorizes parents of U.S. citizens or lawful permanent residents to apply for a waiver of inadmissibility for unlawful presence, (2) places a three-year limit on immigration-related misrepresentations rendering aliens inadmissible, and (3) revises the definition &quot;conviction&quot; for INA purposes. 
An immigration judge in specified circumstances, including family separation hardship, but with certain exceptions, may decline to order an alien removed, deported, or excluded and terminate related proceedings or grant permission to reapply for admission or for relief from removal.
 
Nothing in this bill shall be construed to enable the Departments of Justice and Homeland Security to expand their discretionary authority beyond a case-by-case basis or to provide legalization or nationalization of covered persons. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2017-03-06
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration and Border Security.
action_date: 2017-02-14
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2017-02-14
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2017-02-14
text: Introduced in House
Improving Transparency and Accuracy in Medicare Part D Spending Act

Bill: 115-hr-1038
Sponsor: Rep. Griffith, H. Morgan [R-VA-9]
Introduced: 2017-02-14 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Medicare
Prescription drugs

Summary:
action_date: 2017-02-14
text: 

Improving Transparency and Accuracy in Medicare Part D Spending Act

 
This bill amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act to prohibit Medicare Prescription Drug Plan sponsors from retroactively reducing payment on clean claims submitted by pharmacies. (A "clean claim" is a Medicare claim that is free of defects such as incomplete documentation.)


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2017-03-09
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E306)
action_date: 2017-02-24
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2017-02-17
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2017-02-14
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: 2017-02-14
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: 2017-02-14
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: 2017-02-14
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2017-02-14
text: Introduced in House
Flat Tax Act

Bill: 115-hr-1040
Sponsor: Rep. Burgess, Michael C. [R-TX-26]
Introduced: 2017-02-14 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Employment taxes
Income tax deductions
Income tax rates
Legislative rules and procedure
Tax reform and tax simplification
Transfer and inheritance taxes

Summary:
action_date: 2017-02-14
text: 

Flat Tax Act 

 
This bill amends the Internal Revenue Code to authorize an individual or a person engaged in business activity to make an irrevocable election to be subject to a flat tax (in lieu of the existing income tax provisions) of 19% for the first two years after an election is made, and 17% thereafter. 
 
The bill calculates taxable income for individual taxpayers by subtracting a basic standard deduction and an additional standard deduction for each dependent from the total of wages, retirement distributions, and unemployment compensation. "Business taxable income" is gross active income reduced by certain deductions for the cost of business inputs, wages, and retirement contributions. 
 
The bill imposes an employer tax on the value of excludable compensation provided to employees not engaged in business activity of 19% for the first two years after an election is made under this bill and 17% thereafter. 
 
The bill also repeals the estate, gift, and generation-skipping transfer taxes. 
 
 A two-thirds vote of the House of Representatives and the Senate is required to increase the flat tax rate proposed by this bill or to reduce the amount of the standard deduction or business-related deductions allowed by this bill. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2017-02-14
text: Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committee on Rules, 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: 2017-02-14
text: Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committee on Rules, 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: 2017-02-14
text: Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committee on Rules, 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: 2017-02-14
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2017-02-14
text: Introduced in House
SHUT Act of 2017

Bill: 115-hr-1041
Sponsor: Rep. Bilirakis, Gus M. [R-FL-12]
Introduced: 2017-02-14 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Border security and unlawful immigration
Foreign labor
Income tax credits
Tax administration and collection, taxpayers
Tax treatment of families

Summary:
action_date: 2017-02-14
text: 

Stop Handouts to Unauthorized Taxpayers Act of 2017 or the SHUT Act of 201

7

 
This bill amends the Internal Revenue Code to deny the refundable portion of the child tax credit to individuals unless they include their Social Security number on their tax return or otherwise demonstrate that they are authorized to be employed in the United States. 
 
The bill prohibits the Department of the Treasury or any delegate of Treasury from issuing an individual taxpayer identification number unless the supporting documentary evidence is submitted to a Treasury employee. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2017-02-14
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2017-02-14
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2017-02-14
text: Introduced in House
Responsibility in Federal Contracting Act

Bill: 115-hr-1042
Sponsor: Rep. Gosar, Paul A. [R-AZ-4]
Introduced: 2017-02-14 in the House
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Subjects: Building construction
Census and government statistics
Government buildings, facilities, and property
Public contracts and procurement
Wages and earnings

Summary:
action_date: 2017-02-14
text: 

Responsibility in Federal Contracting Act

 
 This bill requires that the locally prevailing wage paid to various classes of laborers and mechanics working under federally-financed or federally-assisted contracts for construction, alteration, and repair of public buildings or public works (Davis-Bacon Act) be determined by the Department of Labor (as under current law), but acting through the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS), using surveys carried out by BLS that use proper random statistical sampling techniques.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2017-02-14
text: Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce.
action_date: 2017-02-14
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2017-02-14
text: Introduced in House
To amend title 18, United States Code, to limit the recovery of damages in a civil action related to the disclosure of certain personal information from State motor vehicle records, and for other purposes.

Bill: 115-hr-1043
Sponsor: Rep. Deutch, Theodore E. [D-FL-22]
Introduced: 2017-02-14 in the House
Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement
Subjects: Civil actions and liability
Government information and archives
Licensing and registrations
Motor vehicles
State and local government operations

Summary:
action_date: 2017-02-14
text: 
This bill amends the federal criminal code to limit the civil liability of a defendant who misuses personal information in a driving record.
 
Current law establishes civil liability for a defendant who knowingly obtains, discloses, or uses personal information in a driving record for an unauthorized purpose.
 
This bill limits a defendant's civil liability to the knowing disclosure or use of a driver's personal information for an unauthorized purpose.
 
Additionally, it revises the liability standard for punitive damages to require proof that a defendant's conduct was intentional (instead of willful or reckless). 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2017-03-02
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on the Constitution and Civil Justice.
action_date: 2017-02-14
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2017-02-14
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2017-02-14
text: Introduced in House
Same Day Registration Act of 2017

Bill: 115-hr-1044
Sponsor: Rep. Ellison, Keith [D-MN-5]
Introduced: 2017-02-14 in the House
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Subjects: Congressional elections
Elections, voting, political campaign regulation
State and local government operations

Summary:
action_date: 2017-02-14
text: 

Same Day Registration Act of 2017

 
This bill amends the Help America Vote Act of 2002 to require states with a voter registration requirement to make same-day voter registration available at the polling place on any day voting is permitted.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2017-02-14
text: Referred to the House Committee on House Administration.
action_date: 2017-02-14
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2017-02-14
text: Introduced in House