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California New River Restoration Act of 2017

Bill: 115-hr-438
Sponsor: Rep. Vargas, Juan [D-CA-51]
Introduced: 2017-01-11 in the House
Policy area: Environmental Protection
Subjects: Aquatic ecology
California
Environmental assessment, monitoring, research
Floods and storm protection
International organizations and cooperation
Lakes and rivers
Latin America
Mexico
Outdoor recreation
Water quality
Wildlife conservation and habitat protection

Summary:
action_date: 2017-01-11
text: 

California New River Restoration Act of 2017

 
This bill requires the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to establish a California New River restoration program for the New River that starts in Mexicali, Mexico, flows north into the United States through Calexico, passes through the Imperial Valley, and drains into the Salton Sea.
 
In carrying out the program, the EPA must: (1) implement projects, plans, and initiatives for the New River supported by the California-Mexico Border Relations Council; and (2) provide grants and technical assistance for coordinating restoration and protection activities.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2017-02-10
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Water, Power and Oceans.
action_date: 2017-01-12
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Water Resources and Environment.
action_date: 2017-01-11
text: Referred to the Committee on Natural Resources, 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: 2017-01-11
text: Referred to the Committee on Natural Resources, 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: 2017-01-11
text: Referred to the Committee on Natural Resources, 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: 2017-01-11
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2017-01-11
text: Introduced in House
Stolen Identity Refund Fraud Prevention Act of 2017

Bill: 115-hr-439
Sponsor: Rep. Renacci, James B. [R-OH-16]
Introduced: 2017-01-11 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Computer security and identity theft
Congressional oversight
Criminal investigation, prosecution, interrogation
Department of the Treasury
Executive agency funding and structure
Fraud offenses and financial crimes
Government studies and investigations
Internal Revenue Service (IRS)
Tax administration and collection, taxpayers
Wages and earnings

Summary:
action_date: 2017-01-11
text: 

Stolen Identity Refund Fraud Prevention Act of 201
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This bill amends the Internal Revenue Code to require the Department of the Treasury and the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) to take several actions to prevent and respond to tax-related identity theft and tax fraud. 
 Treasury or the IRS must: 
 
establish a centralized point of contact for identify theft victims; 
 
provide notifications, instructions, and forms to suspected victims of identity theft;
 
provide various reports to Congress regarding identity theft, tax refund fraud, and related prevention programs; 
 
use information available from the Do Not Pay Initiative established by the Improper Payments Elimination and Recovery Improvement Act of 2012 to help prevent identity theft tax refund fraud; 
 
establish an information sharing and analysis center to centralize, standardize, and enhance data compilation and analysis to facilitate sharing actionable data and information with respect to identity theft; 
 
 establish within the IRS Criminal Investigation Division the position of Local Law Enforcement Liaison to interact with state and local law enforcement authorities with respect to tax-related identity theft; and
 
provide specified identity theft prevention information to taxpayers who are on hold during a taxpayer service telephone call.
 
 
The Inspector General for Tax Administration must report to Congress regarding identity theft phone scams under which individuals attempt to obtain personal information over the phone from taxpayers by falsely claiming to be calling from or on behalf of the IRS. 
 
No additional funds are authorized to carry out this bill. 
 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2017-01-11
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2017-01-11
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2017-01-11
text: Introduced in House
Shame Act of 2017

Bill: 115-hr-440
Sponsor: Rep. Poe, Ted [R-TX-2]
Introduced: 2017-01-11 in the House
Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement
Subjects: Crimes against children
Criminal justice information and records
Government information and archives
Human trafficking
Photography and imaging
Sex offenses

Summary:
action_date: 2017-01-11
text: 

Shame Act of
 
2017

 
This bill amends the federal criminal code to allow courts to order the Department of Justice to publish the name and photograph of persons convicted of certain sex trafficking activities that affect interstate or foreign commerce.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2017-02-06
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, Homeland Security, and Investigations.
action_date: 2017-01-11
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2017-01-11
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2017-01-11
text: Introduced in House
SAFER Act of 2017

Bill: 115-hr-441
Sponsor: Rep. Calvert, Ken [R-CA-42]
Introduced: 2017-01-11 in the House
Policy area: Immigration
Subjects: Criminal justice information and records
Immigration status and procedures
Internet and video services
Internet, web applications, social media
Iraq
Middle East
Refugees, asylum, displaced persons
Syria
Terrorism

Summary:
action_date: 2017-01-11
text: 

Secure Accountability for Emigres and Refugees Act of 2017 or the SAFER Act of 2017

 
This bill requires that, before the U.S. refugee admission of a covered alien, the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) shall ensure that such person: 
 
 
has passed a lie detector test; 
 
has submitted to DHS biometric identification information, including DNA, which DHS has compared against all relevant databases and determined that the person has no known history of terrorist activity; and 
 
does not pose a threat to U.S. national security based on a background check that includes a review of the person's Internet interactions, including social media services. 
 
 
&quot;Covered alien&quot; means an alien applying for U.S. refugee admission who: (1) is a national of Iraq or Syria, (2) has no nationality and whose last habitual residence was in Iraq or Syria, or (3) has been present in Iraq or Syria at any time on or after March 1, 2011.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2017-02-06
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration and Border Security.
action_date: 2017-01-11
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2017-01-11
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2017-01-11
text: Introduced in House
James K. Polk Presidential Home Study Act

Bill: 115-hr-443
Sponsor: Rep. DesJarlais, Scott [R-TN-4]
Introduced: 2017-01-11 in the House
Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources
Subjects: Government studies and investigations
Historic sites and heritage areas
Parks, recreation areas, trails
Presidents and presidential powers, Vice Presidents
Tennessee

Summary:
action_date: 2017-01-11
text: 

James K. Polk Presidential Home Study Act

 
 This bill directs the Department of the Interior to conduct a special resource study of the James K. Polk Home and adjacent property in Columbia, Tennessee. 
 
In conducting this study, Interior shall evaluate the national significance of the site and determine the suitability and feasibility of designating it as a unit of the National Park System.

action_date: 2018-01-29
text: 

James K. Polk Presidential Home Study Act

 
 This bill directs the Department of the Interior to conduct a special resource study of the James K. Polk Home and adjacent property in Columbia, Tennessee. 
 
In conducting this study, Interior shall evaluate the national significance of the site and determine the suitability and feasibility of designating it as a unit of the National Park System, and identify alternatives for the management, administration, and protection of the site. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2018-04-17
text: Received in the Senate.
action_date: 2018-04-16
text: Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
action_date: 2018-04-16
text: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill Agreed to by voice vote. (text: CR H3326)
action_date: 2018-04-16
text: Passed/agreed to in House: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill Agreed to by voice vote.(text: CR H3326)
action_date: 2018-04-16
text: DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on H.R. 443.
action_date: 2018-04-16
text: Considered under suspension of the rules. (consideration: CR H3326-3327)
action_date: 2018-04-16
text: Mr. McClintock moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill.
action_date: 2018-01-29
text: Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 400.
action_date: 2018-01-29
text: Reported by the Committee on Natural Resources. H. Rept. 115-535.
action_date: 2018-01-29
text: Reported by the Committee on Natural Resources. H. Rept. 115-535.
action_date: 2018-01-17
text: Ordered to be Reported by Unanimous Consent.
action_date: 2018-01-17
text: Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
action_date: 2018-01-17
text: Subcommittee on Federal Lands Discharged.
action_date: 2017-02-10
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Federal Lands.
action_date: 2017-01-11
text: Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.
action_date: 2017-01-11
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2017-01-11
text: Introduced in House
Seniors Fraud Prevention Act of 2017

Bill: 115-hr-444
Sponsor: Rep. Deutch, Theodore E. [D-FL-22]
Introduced: 2017-01-11 in the House
Policy area: Commerce
Subjects: Advisory bodies
Aging
Business ethics
Consumer affairs
Crime prevention
Criminal investigation, prosecution, interrogation
Criminal justice information and records
Executive agency funding and structure
Federal Trade Commission (FTC)
Fraud offenses and financial crimes
Government information and archives
Marketing and advertising

Summary:
action_date: 2017-01-11
text: 

Seniors Fraud Prevention Act of
 
2017

 
This bill directs the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) to establish an office within the Bureau of Consumer Protection to advise the FTC on the prevention of fraud targeting seniors and to assist the FTC in monitoring the market for mail, television, Internet, telemarketing, and recorded message telephone call (robocall) fraud targeting seniors.
 
The office must: (1) disseminate to seniors and their families and caregivers information on the most common fraud schemes, including methods of reporting complaints either to the FTC's national toll-free telephone number or to the FTC's Consumer Sentinel Network, where complaints become immediately available to the Federal Bureau of Investigation, state attorneys general, and other appropriate law enforcement agencies; (2) provide, in response to a specific request about a particular entity or individual, publicly available information regarding the FTC's enforcement action; and (3) maintain a website as a resource for information on fraud targeting seniors. 
 
The FTC must establish procedures through such office to: (1) log and acknowledge the receipt of complaints by individuals who believe they have been a victim of such fraud in the Consumer Sentinel Network and to make such complaints immediately available to federal, state, and local law enforcement authorities; and (2) provide individuals with information on such fraud as well as the most common schemes.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2017-01-25
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Digital Commerce and Consumer Protection.
action_date: 2017-01-11
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2017-01-11
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2017-01-11
text: Introduced in House
Buyback Our Safety Act

Bill: 115-hr-445
Sponsor: Rep. Deutch, Theodore E. [D-FL-22]
Introduced: 2017-01-11 in the House
Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement
Subjects: Congressional oversight
Crime prevention
Firearms and explosives
Law enforcement administration and funding
Violent crime

Summary:
action_date: 2017-01-11
text: 

Buyback Our Safety Act
 
 
This bill directs the Department of Justice's Office of Justice Programs (OJP) to establish a gun buyback grant program for state, local, and tribal law enforcement agencies. 
The OJP must enter into an arrangement with the National Academy of Sciences to develop standards to identify the guns likely to be used in violent crimes and to establish a pricing scale for guns purchased through a gun buyback program.

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2017-02-06
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, Homeland Security, and Investigations.
action_date: 2017-01-11
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2017-01-11
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2017-01-11
text: Introduced in House
Water Conservation Rebate Tax Parity Act

Bill: 115-hr-448
Sponsor: Rep. Huffman, Jared [D-CA-2]
Introduced: 2017-01-11 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Energy efficiency and conservation
Income tax exclusion
Public utilities and utility rates
Water use and supply

Summary:
action_date: 2017-01-11
text: 

Water Conservation Rebate Tax Parity Act 

 
This bill amends the Internal Revenue Code to expand the tax exclusion for energy conservation subsidies provided by public utilities to exclude from gross income subsidies provided (directly or indirectly): (1) by a public utility to a customer, or by a state or local government to a resident of such state or locality, for the purchase or installation of any water conservation or efficiency measure; and (2) by a storm water management provider to a customer, or by a state or local government to a resident of such state or locality, for the purchase or installation of any storm water management measure. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2017-01-11
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2017-01-11
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2017-01-11
text: Introduced in House
Synthetic Drug Awareness Act of 2018

Bill: 115-hr-449
Sponsor: Rep. Jeffries, Hakeem S. [D-NY-8]
Introduced: 2017-01-11 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Child health
Congressional oversight
Drug trafficking and controlled substances
Drug, alcohol, tobacco use

Summary:
action_date: 2017-01-11
text: 

Synthetic Drug Awareness Act of 2017

 This bill requires the Surgeon General to report to Congress on the public health effects of the increased use since January 2010 by individuals who are 12 to 18 years old of drugs developed and manufactured to avoid control under the Controlled Substances Act (e.g., synthetic marijuana, also known as &quot;spice,&quot; and synthetic amphetamines, also known as &quot;bath salts&quot;).

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2018-06-13
text: Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
action_date: 2018-06-12
text: The title of the measure was amended. Agreed to without objection.
action_date: 2018-06-12
text: Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection. (text: CR H5029)
action_date: 2018-06-12
text: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by voice vote.
action_date: 2018-06-12
text: Passed/agreed to in House: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by voice vote.
action_date: 2018-06-12
text: DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on H.R. 449.
action_date: 2018-06-12
text: Considered under suspension of the rules. (consideration: CR H5029-5031)
action_date: 2018-06-12
text: Mr. Latta moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended.
action_date: 2018-05-09
text: Ordered to be Reported (Amended) by Voice Vote.
action_date: 2018-05-09
text: Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
action_date: 2018-04-25
text: Forwarded by Subcommittee to Full Committee (Amended) by Unanimous Consent .
action_date: 2018-04-25
text: Subcommittee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
action_date: 2017-01-25
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2017-01-11
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2017-01-11
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2017-01-11
text: Introduced in House
To amend title 10, United States Code, to ensure that every military chaplain has the prerogative to close a prayer outside of a religious service according to the dictates of the chaplain's own conscience.

Bill: 115-hr-450
Sponsor: Rep. Jones, Walter B., Jr. [R-NC-3]
Introduced: 2017-01-11 in the House
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Military personnel and dependents
Religion

Summary:
action_date: 2017-01-11
text: 
This bill authorizes a military chaplain to close a prayer according to the dictates of the chaplain's conscience if called upon to lead a prayer outside of a religious service or during a chaplain-led program to assist members of the Armed Forces on active duty, members of reserve components in an active status, and their immediate family members in building and maintaining a strong family structure.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2017-02-21
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Military Personnel.
action_date: 2017-01-11
text: Referred to the House Committee on Armed Services.
action_date: 2017-01-11
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2017-01-11
text: Introduced in House
Permanently Repeal the Estate Tax Act of 2017

Bill: 115-hr-451
Sponsor: Rep. Latta, Robert E. [R-OH-5]
Introduced: 2017-01-11 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Transfer and inheritance taxes

Summary:
action_date: 2017-01-11
text: 

Permanently Repeal the Estate Tax Act of 201

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This bill amends the Internal Revenue Code to repeal the federal estate tax, effective for estates of decedents dying after December 31, 2016.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2017-01-11
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2017-01-11
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2017-01-11
text: Introduced in House
Relief from New Source Performance Standards Act of 2017

Bill: 115-hr-453
Sponsor: Rep. Peterson, Collin C. [D-MN-7]
Introduced: 2017-01-11 in the House
Policy area: Environmental Protection
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Air quality
Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)
Environmental regulatory procedures
Lighting and heating
Lighting, heating, cooling

Summary:
action_date: 2017-01-11
text: 

Relief from New Source Performance Standards Act of 2017
 
 
This bill delays by three years the date by which manufacturers, owners, and operators of new residential wood heaters, including residential hydronic heaters (wood-fired boilers) and forced-air furnaces, must comply with emission standards promulgated under the Clean Air Act.

action_date: 2018-01-10
text: 
(This measure has not been amended since it was introduced. The summary has been expanded because action occurred on the measure.)
 

Relief from New Source Performance Standards Act of 2017
 
 
(Sec. 2) This bill delays by three years the date by which manufacturers, owners, and operators of new residential wood heaters, including residential hydronic heaters (wood-fired boilers) and forced-air furnaces, must comply with emission standards promulgated under the Clean Air Act.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2018-01-10
text: Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 378.
action_date: 2018-01-10
text: Reported by the Committee on Energy and Commerce. H. Rept. 115-508.
action_date: 2018-01-10
text: Reported by the Committee on Energy and Commerce. H. Rept. 115-508.
action_date: 2017-12-06
text: Ordered to be Reported by the Yeas and Nays: 32 - 21.
action_date: 2017-12-06
text: Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
action_date: 2017-11-15
text: Forwarded by Subcommittee to Full Committee by the Yeas and Nays: 12 - 10 .
action_date: 2017-11-15
text: Subcommittee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
action_date: 2017-01-25
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Environment.
action_date: 2017-01-11
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2017-01-11
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2017-01-11
text: Introduced in House
Finish the Fence Act of 2017

Bill: 115-hr-454
Sponsor: Rep. Ross, Dennis A. [R-FL-15]
Introduced: 2017-01-11 in the House
Policy area: Immigration
Subjects: Border security and unlawful immigration
Intergovernmental relations
Latin America
Mexico
State and local government operations

Summary:
action_date: 2017-01-11
text: 

Finish the Fence Act of 2017

 
This bill amends the Illegal Immigration Reform and Immigrant Responsibility Act of 1996 with respect to construction of border fencing and road improvements to direct the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) to complete the required 700-mile southwest border fencing by December 31, 2017. 
 
The Secure Fence Act of 2006 is amended to direct DHS, in consultation with state and local officials along the U.S.-Mexico border, to achieve operational control over U.S. international land and maritime borders by December 31, 2017.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2017-02-02
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Border and Maritime Security.
action_date: 2017-01-11
text: Referred to the House Committee on Homeland Security.
action_date: 2017-01-11
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2017-01-11
text: Introduced in House