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Ocean Acidification Innovation Act of 2017

Bill: 115-hr-2882
Sponsor: Rep. Kilmer, Derek [D-WA-6]
Introduced: 2017-06-12 in the House
Policy area: Science, Technology, Communications
Subjects: Advanced technology and technological innovations
Air quality
Climate change and greenhouse gases
Environmental assessment, monitoring, research
Food industry and services
Marine and coastal resources, fisheries
Marine pollution
Public contracts and procurement
Research administration and funding
Seafood

Summary:
action_date: 2017-06-12
text: 

Ocean Acidification Innovation Act of 2017

 
This bill amends the Federal Ocean Acidification Research and Monitoring Act of 2009 to authorize a federal agency with a representative serving on the Interagency Working Group on Ocean Acidification to carry out a program that awards prizes competitively under the Stevenson-Wydler Technology Innovation Act of 1980 for stimulating innovation to advance the nation's ability to understand, research, or monitor ocean acidification or its impacts or to develop management or adaptation options for responding to ocean acidification. 
 
Priority must be given to establishing programs that address communities, environments, or industries that are in distress due to the impacts of ocean acidification. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2018-05-22
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Environment.
action_date: 2017-06-12
text: Referred to the House Committee on Science, Space, and Technology.
action_date: 2017-06-12
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2017-06-12
text: Introduced in House
COVFEFE Act of 2017

Bill: 115-hr-2884
Sponsor: Rep. Quigley, Mike [D-IL-5]
Introduced: 2017-06-12 in the House
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Subjects: Government information and archives
Internet and video services
Internet, web applications, social media
Presidents and presidential powers, Vice Presidents

Summary:
action_date: 2017-06-12
text: 

Communications Over Various Feeds Electronically For Engagement Act of 2017 or the COVFEFE Act of 2017

 
This bill amends provisions governing presidential records to: (1) revise the definition of &quot;documentary material&quot; to include social media; (2) revise the definition of &quot;presidential records&quot; to include any personal and official social media account; and (3) define &quot;social media&quot; as any form of electronic communication (such as a website for social networking and microblogging) through which users create an online community to share information, ideas, personal messages, and other content (such as videos).


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2017-06-12
text: Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform.
action_date: 2017-06-12
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2017-06-12
text: Introduced in House
Dust Off Crews of the Vietnam War Congressional Gold Medal Act

Bill: 115-hr-2885
Sponsor: Rep. Reichert, David G. [R-WA-8]
Introduced: 2017-06-12 in the House
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Asia
Aviation and airports
Conflicts and wars
Congressional tributes
Emergency medical services and trauma care
Health personnel
Military history
Military medicine
Military personnel and dependents
Museums, exhibitions, cultural centers
Smithsonian Institution
Vietnam

Summary:
action_date: 2017-06-12
text: 

Dust Off Crews of the Vietnam War Congressional Gold Medal Act

 
This bill directs the Speaker of the House of Representatives and the President pro tempore of the Senate to make appropriate arrangements for the presentation of a Congressional Gold Medal in honor of the Dust Off crews (helicopter air ambulance crews) of the Vietnam War in recognition of their heroic military service. 
 
It is the sense of Congress that the Smithsonian Institution should also make such medal available for display elsewhere, particularly at appropriate locations associated with the Vietnam War, and that preference should be given to locations affiliated with the Smithsonian.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2017-06-12
text: Referred to the Committee on Financial Services, and in addition to the Committee on House Administration, 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: 2017-06-12
text: Referred to the Committee on Financial Services, and in addition to the Committee on House Administration, 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: 2017-06-12
text: Referred to the Committee on Financial Services, and in addition to the Committee on House Administration, 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: 2017-06-12
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2017-06-12
text: Introduced in House
CARE Act of 2017

Bill: 115-hr-2886
Sponsor: Rep. Roybal-Allard, Lucille [D-CA-40]
Introduced: 2017-06-12 in the House
Policy area: Labor and Employment
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Crimes against children
Department of Labor
Hazardous wastes and toxic substances
Labor standards
Migrant, seasonal, agricultural labor
Worker safety and health
Youth employment and child labor

Summary:
action_date: 2017-06-12
text: 

Children's Act for Responsible Employment of 2017 or the CARE Act of 2017

 
This bill amends the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 to redefine "oppressive child labor," for purposes of the Act's child labor prohibitions, as the employment of any employee who is: 
 
 
16 or 17 years of age in any occupation found by the Department of Labor to be particularly hazardous or detrimental to such employee's health or well-being; 
14 or 15 years of age, unless the employment is confined to periods which do not interfere with the employee's schooling, health, and well-being; or 
under age 14. 
 
 
The bill revises exemptions for child agricultural employment.
 
The bill increases civil penalties for child labor violations and imposes new criminal penalties for repeated or willful violations of child labor prohibitions that result in serious illness or injury of an employee under age 18.
 
Labor shall revise regulations to prohibit the employment of children under age 18 in duties involving the handling of pesticides.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2017-06-12
text: Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce.
action_date: 2017-06-12
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2017-06-12
text: Introduced in House
No Regulation Without Representation Act of 2017

Bill: 115-hr-2887
Sponsor: Rep. Sensenbrenner, F. James, Jr. [R-WI-5]
Introduced: 2017-06-12 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Sales and excise taxes
State and local taxation
Tax administration and collection, taxpayers

Summary:
action_date: 2017-06-12
text: 

No Regulation Without Representation Act of 201

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This bill prohibits a state from taxing or regulating a person's activity in interstate commerce unless the person is physically present in the state during the period in which the tax or regulation is imposed. 
 
A person is physically present if the person's business activities in the state include:
 
 
maintaining a commercial or legal domicile in the state; 
 
 owning, holding, leasing, or maintaining certain property in the state; 
 
 having one or more employees, agents, or independent contractors in the state who provide on-site design, installation, or repair services on behalf of the remote seller; 
 
 having one or more employees, exclusive agents or exclusive independent contractors present in the state who engage in activities that substantially assist the person to establish or maintain a market in the state; or
 
regularly employing three or more employees in the state. 
 
 
The bill specifies certain activities and agreements that indicate a de minimis physical presence that is excluded from the definition of &quot;physical presence.&quot;
 
The bill also specifies that U.S. district courts have original jurisdiction over civil actions to enforce this bill. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2017-07-19
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Regulatory Reform, Commercial And Antitrust Law.
action_date: 2017-06-12
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2017-06-12
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2017-06-12
text: Introduced in House
Ste. Genevieve National Historical Park Establishment Act

Bill: 115-hr-2888
Sponsor: Rep. Smith, Jason [R-MO-8]
Introduced: 2017-06-12 in the House
Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources
Subjects: Historic sites and heritage areas
Land transfers
Missouri
Parks, recreation areas, trails

Summary:
action_date: 2017-06-12
text: 

Ste. Genevieve National Historical Park Establishment Act

 
 This bill establishes the Ste. Genevieve National Historical Park in Missouri as a unit of the National Park System. 
 
The Department of the Interior may acquire by donation, purchase, or exchange any land or interest in land located within the park's boundary or any nationally significant property identified in the special resource study that is within the Ste. Genevieve Historic District National Historic Landmark. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2018-04-25
text: Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 392.
action_date: 2018-04-25
text: Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. Reported by Senator Murkowski without amendment. With written report No. 115-237.
action_date: 2018-04-25
text: Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. Reported by Senator Murkowski without amendment. With written report No. 115-237.
action_date: 2018-03-08
text: Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. Ordered to be reported without amendment favorably.
action_date: 2018-02-06
text: Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
action_date: 2018-02-05
text: Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
action_date: 2018-02-05
text: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill Agreed to by voice vote. (text: CR H750-751)
action_date: 2018-02-05
text: Passed/agreed to in House: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill Agreed to by voice vote.(text: CR H750-751)
action_date: 2018-02-05
text: DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on H.R. 2888.
action_date: 2018-02-05
text: Considered under suspension of the rules. (consideration: CR H750-752)
action_date: 2018-02-05
text: Mr. Gosar moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill.
action_date: 2018-02-02
text: Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 405.
action_date: 2018-02-02
text: Reported by the Committee on Natural Resources. H. Rept. 115-540.
action_date: 2018-02-02
text: Reported by the Committee on Natural Resources. H. Rept. 115-540.
action_date: 2017-12-13
text: Ordered to be Reported by Unanimous Consent.
action_date: 2017-12-13
text: Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
action_date: 2017-12-12
text: Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
action_date: 2017-12-12
text: Subcommittee on Federal Lands Discharged.
action_date: 2017-11-15
text: Subcommittee Hearings Held.
action_date: 2017-06-22
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Federal Lands.
action_date: 2017-06-12
text: Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.
action_date: 2017-06-12
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2017-06-12
text: Introduced in House
Closing Loopholes for Orphan Drugs Act

Bill: 115-hr-2889
Sponsor: Rep. Welch, Peter [D-VT-At Large]
Introduced: 2017-06-13 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Drug therapy
Health care costs and insurance
Inflation and prices
Prescription drugs

Summary:
action_date: 2017-06-13
text: 

Closing Loopholes for Orphan Drugs Act

 This bill amends the Public Health Service Act to revise the 340B Drug Pricing Program, which currently requires drug manufacturers to discount orphan drugs (drugs for rare conditions) for certain entities covered by the program. The bill discounts orphan drugs that are not being used to treat rare conditions for all entities covered by the program.

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2017-06-16
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2017-06-13
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2017-06-13
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2017-06-13
text: Introduced in House
Housing Opportunity Mortgage Expansion Act

Bill: 115-hr-2890
Sponsor: Rep. Hultgren, Randy [R-IL-14]
Introduced: 2017-06-13 in the House
Policy area: Finance and Financial Sector
Subjects: Banking and financial institutions regulation
Housing finance and home ownership
Insurance industry and regulation

Summary:
action_date: 2017-06-13
text: 

Housing Opportunity Mortgage Expansion Act

 
This bill amends the Federal Home Loan Bank Act to continue Federal Home Loan Bank (FHLB) membership for captive insurance companies that became members prior to publication of the proposed (now final) Federal Housing Finance Agency rule ending their FHLB membership. (A captive insurance company underwrites insurance for its parent company and does not provide insurance to the public.) The parent company must support residential mortgage activities.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2017-06-13
text: Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services.
action_date: 2017-06-13
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2017-06-13
text: Introduced in House
To amend title 38, United States Code, to clarify the eligibility of children of Vietnam veterans born with spina bifida for benefits of the Department of Veterans Affairs.

Bill: 115-hr-2891
Sponsor: Rep. Bishop, Sanford D., Jr. [D-GA-2]
Introduced: 2017-06-13 in the House
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Birth defects
Child health
Veterans' pensions and compensation

Summary:
action_date: 2017-06-13
text: 
This bill states that the effective date for an award of Department of Veterans Affairs benefits for a child of a Vietnam veteran who is suffering from spina bifida is the date of the child's birth.
 
This amendment shall be effective as if included in the Agent Orange Benefits Act.
 
(Under current law the effective date for the provision of such benefits is January, 1, 1997 [but not before receipt of the application for benefits]. This bill thus provides &quot;retroactive&quot; benefits eligibility for children born before January 1, 1997.)


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2017-06-13
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Disability Assistance and Memorial Affairs.
action_date: 2017-06-13
text: Referred to the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
action_date: 2017-06-13
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2017-06-13
text: Introduced in House
Open Fuel Act of 2017

Bill: 115-hr-2892
Sponsor: Rep. Engel, Eliot L. [D-NY-16]
Introduced: 2017-06-13 in the House
Policy area: Transportation and Public Works
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Alternative and renewable resources
Department of Transportation
Hybrid, electric, and advanced technology vehicles
Manufacturing
Motor fuels
Motor vehicles

Summary:
action_date: 2017-06-13
text: 

Open Fuel Act of 2017 

 
 This bill requires each fleet of a manufacturer of passenger automobiles (including light-duty motor vehicles) to be comprised of at least: 
 
 
 50% qualified vehicles in model year 2020, and 
 
 80% qualified vehicles in model year 2021 and each subsequent year.
 
 
A &quot;qualified vehicle&quot; is: 
 
 
 a vehicle that operates on natural gas, hydrogen, or biodiesel; 
 
 a flexible fuel vehicle capable of operating on gasoline, E85, and M85; 
 
 a plug-in electric drive vehicle; or 
 
 a vehicle propelled solely by fuel cell or by something other than an internal combustion engine.
 
 
The bill authorizes: (1) a manufacturer to request an exemption from such requirement for specified models, lines, and types of automobiles; and (2) the Department of Transportation to grant such an exemption upon determining that unavoidable events prevent the manufacturer from meeting its required production volume of qualified automobiles.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2017-06-16
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Digital Commerce and Consumer Protection.
action_date: 2017-06-13
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2017-06-13
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2017-06-13
text: Introduced in House
Pipeline Fairness and Transparency Act

Bill: 115-hr-2893
Sponsor: Rep. Griffith, H. Morgan [R-VA-9]
Introduced: 2017-06-13 in the House
Policy area: Energy
Subjects: Environmental assessment, monitoring, research
Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC)
Forests, forestry, trees
Land use and conservation
Oil and gas
Parks, recreation areas, trails
Pipelines
Property rights
Public participation and lobbying

Summary:
action_date: 2017-06-13
text: 

Pipeline Fairness and Transparency Act

 
This bill amends the Natural Gas Act to address eminent domain, environmental review for interstate natural gas pipeline projects, and the environmental impacts of natural gas pipeline projects on national scenic trails. This includes requiring the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission to hold public meetings in each county (or equivalent subdivision) in which a project will be located.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2017-06-16
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Energy.
action_date: 2017-06-13
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2017-06-13
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2017-06-13
text: Introduced in House
Tick-Borne Disease Prevention Act

Bill: 115-hr-2894
Sponsor: Rep. Keating, William R. [D-MA-9]
Introduced: 2017-06-13 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Government information and archives
Health information and medical records
Health promotion and preventive care
Infectious and parasitic diseases
Medical education

Summary:
action_date: 2017-06-13
text: 

Tick-Borne Disease Prevention Act

 This bill amends the Public Health Service Act to require the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention to publish and periodically update materials for the public and health care providers on the prevention and treatment of tick-borne diseases.

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2017-06-16
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2017-06-13
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2017-06-13
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2017-06-13
text: Introduced in House
LGBT Pride Act

Bill: 115-hr-2895
Sponsor: Rep. Maloney, Sean Patrick [D-NY-18]
Introduced: 2017-06-13 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Crime victims
Criminal justice information and records
Government information and archives
Health information and medical records
Mental health
Sex, gender, sexual orientation discrimination
Violent crime

Summary:
action_date: 2017-06-13
text: 

LGBT Pride Act

 
This bill directs the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention to take measures to increase the frequency of collection of information on the sexual orientation and gender identity of deceased individuals through the National Violent Death Reporting System.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2017-06-16
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2017-06-13
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2017-06-13
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2017-06-13
text: Introduced in House
Fair COLA for Seniors Act of 2017

Bill: 115-hr-2896
Sponsor: Rep. Nolan, Richard M. [D-MN-8]
Introduced: 2017-06-13 in the House
Policy area: Social Welfare
Subjects: Inflation and prices
Social security and elderly assistance

Summary:
action_date: 2017-06-13
text: 

Fair COLA for Seniors Act of 2017

 
This bill amends title II (Old Age, Survivors, and Disability Insurance) (OASDI) of the Social Security Act to, with respect to OASDI benefits: (1) apply a 3.9% cost-of-living adjustment (COLA) for the second half of 2017, and (2) revise the computation of COLAs to use the Consumer Price Index for Elderly Consumers.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2017-06-22
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Social Security.
action_date: 2017-06-13
text: Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committee on Education and the Workforce, 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: 2017-06-13
text: Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committee on Education and the Workforce, 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: 2017-06-13
text: Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committee on Education and the Workforce, 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: 2017-06-13
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2017-06-13
text: Introduced in House
RAC Reform Act of 2017

Bill: 115-hr-2898
Sponsor: Rep. O'Halleran, Tom [D-AZ-1]
Introduced: 2017-06-13 in the House
Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources
Subjects: Advisory bodies
Education programs funding
Elementary and secondary education
Forests, forestry, trees
Roads and highways
Rural conditions and development
State and local finance
Transportation programs funding

Summary:
action_date: 2017-06-13
text: 

RAC Reform Act of 2017

 
This bill amends the Secure Rural Schools and Community Self-Determination Act of 2000 to change the official who shall establish, maintain, and appoint the members of resource advisory committees from: (1) the Secretary of Agriculture to the the applicable Regional Forester for land within the National Forest System; and (2) the Secretary of the Interior to the applicable Bureau of Land Management State Director for such portions of the revested Oregon and California Railroad and reconveyed Coos Bay Wagon Road grant land under the jurisdiction of the Department of the Interior classified as timberlands and power-site land valuable for timber that shall be managed for permanent forest production.
 
 Any year of a member's service on such a committee, the majority of which was served during a fiscal year in which the committee's budget was less than $1 million, shall not count as a year of such member's term for purposes of the four-year term limit. 
 
The bill reduces the number of members of each committee, as well as the number representing each specified community interest category. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2017-07-11
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Conservation and Forestry.
action_date: 2017-06-22
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Federal Lands.
action_date: 2017-06-13
text: Referred to the Committee on Agriculture, and in addition to the Committee on Natural Resources, 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: 2017-06-13
text: Referred to the Committee on Agriculture, and in addition to the Committee on Natural Resources, 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: 2017-06-13
text: Referred to the Committee on Agriculture, and in addition to the Committee on Natural Resources, 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: 2017-06-13
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2017-06-13
text: Introduced in House