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Workplace Advancement Act

Bill: 115-hr-1890
Sponsor: Rep. Knight, Stephen [R-CA-25]
Introduced: 2017-04-04 in the House
Policy area: Labor and Employment
Subjects: Employment discrimination and employee rights
Labor standards
Sex, gender, sexual orientation discrimination
Wages and earnings
Women's employment

Summary:
action_date: 2017-04-04
text: 

Workplace Advancement Act

 
This bill amends the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 to prohibit discharging or retaliating against any employee because such employee has inquired about, discussed, or disclosed comparative compensation information for the purpose of determining whether the employer is compensating an employee in a manner that provides equal pay for equal work.
 
The prohibition does not apply to instances in which an employee who has access to the wage information of other employees as a part of the employee's job functions discloses such wages to an individual who has no access to them, except in response to a charge or complaint or in furtherance of an investigation, proceeding, hearing, or action with respect to prohibited sex discrimination, including an investigation conducted by the employer.
 
It is the sense of Congress that: (1) gender-based discrimination in wages or compensation violates existing law, and (2) Congress recommits itself to the principles of equal pay for equal work.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2017-04-04
text: Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce.
action_date: 2017-04-04
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2017-04-04
text: Introduced in House
Safe Agriculture Production Act of 2017

Bill: 115-hr-1891
Sponsor: Rep. LaMalfa, Doug [R-CA-1]
Introduced: 2017-04-04 in the House
Policy area: Environmental Protection
Subjects: Agricultural conservation and pollution
Agricultural practices and innovations
Hazardous wastes and toxic substances
Pest management

Summary:
action_date: 2017-04-04
text: 

Safe Agriculture Production Act of 2017

 
This bill amends the Plant Protection Act to allow state, local, or tribal governments to use methyl bromide as a fumigant if: (1) the use is required to respond to an emergency concerning a significant economic loss of crops to pests or diseases, and (2) the Department of Agriculture (USDA) does not object to that use within a specified time period.
 
The bill allows this use of methyl bromide during an emergency event regardless of whether the use is registered and included in the label approved for the product by the Environmental Protection Agency under Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act.
 
The bill limits the amount of methyl bromide that may be used per emergency event at a specific location to not more than 20 metric tons. The aggregate amount of methyl bromide used in the United States each year may not exceed the total amount authorized under the Montreal Protocol on Substances that Deplete the Ozone Layer.
 
The bill gives USDA exclusive authority for determining which species are considered quarantine pests.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2017-04-24
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Biotechnology, Horticulture, and Research.
action_date: 2017-04-04
text: Referred to the House Committee on Agriculture.
action_date: 2017-04-04
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2017-04-04
text: Introduced in House
Great Lakes and Fresh Water Algal Bloom Information Act

Bill: 115-hr-1893
Sponsor: Rep. Latta, Robert E. [R-OH-5]
Introduced: 2017-04-04 in the House
Policy area: Environmental Protection
Subjects: Aquatic ecology
Government information and archives
Great Lakes
Water quality

Summary:
action_date: 2017-04-04
text: 

Great Lakes and Fresh Water Algal Bloom Information Act 

 
This bill requires the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) to create an online database of research and information on the causes and corrective actions being taken with regard to algal blooms in the Great Lakes, their tributaries, and other surface fresh waters. NOAA must include relevant chemical, physical, and biological data that have been collected by an accredited university, association or organization, research group, federal agency, state, or local government in the United States or Canada.
 
This bill does not grant NOAA any new authority, including the authority to require submission of data.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2017-04-25
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Environment.
action_date: 2017-04-11
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Water, Power and Oceans.
action_date: 2017-04-04
text: Referred to the Committee on Science, Space, and Technology, 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: 2017-04-04
text: Referred to the Committee on Science, Space, and Technology, 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: 2017-04-04
text: Referred to the Committee on Science, Space, and Technology, 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: 2017-04-04
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2017-04-04
text: Introduced in House
To facilitate construction of a bridge on certain property in Christian County, Missouri, and for other purposes.

Bill: 115-hr-1894
Sponsor: Rep. Long, Billy [R-MO-7]
Introduced: 2017-04-04 in the House
Policy area: Transportation and Public Works
Subjects: Disaster relief and insurance
Floods and storm protection
Government liability
Land use and conservation
Missouri
Outdoor recreation
Roads and highways
State and local government operations
Wetlands

Summary:
action_date: 2017-04-04
text: 
This bill authorizes the construction and operation of a bridge (Riverside Bridge Project) on certain property conveyed to Christian County, Missouri, by the Riverside Inn, Inc. 
 
The county shall:
 
 
carryout the project in a manner that ensures that no flood damage occurs, and
 
be liable for any such flood damage that does occur.
 
 
No federal disaster assistance may be provided with respect to the covered property or project.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2017-04-05
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Highways and Transit.
action_date: 2017-04-04
text: Referred to the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.
action_date: 2017-04-04
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2017-04-04
text: Introduced in House
Protecting Life and Integrity in Research Act of 2017

Bill: 115-hr-1895
Sponsor: Rep. Luetkemeyer, Blaine [R-MO-3]
Introduced: 2017-04-04 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Abortion
Cell biology and embryology
Immunology and vaccination
Medical research
Organ and tissue donation and transplantation
Research administration and funding

Summary:
action_date: 2017-04-04
text: 

Protecting Life and Integrity in Research Act of 2017

 

This bill amends the Public Health Service Act to prohibit the use of tissue from an induced abortion for research conducted or supported by the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS).
 
HHS may develop or support new high-efficiency cell lines so long as the cell lines are not derived from tissue from an induced abortion.
 
Soliciting or acquiring a donation of fetal tissue from an induced abortion for a purpose other than autopsy or burial is prohibited.
 
The bill applies requirements on the research of transplantation of fetal tissue for therapeutic purposes to research on fetal tissue.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2017-04-07
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2017-04-04
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2017-04-04
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2017-04-04
text: Introduced in House
ABLE to Work Act of 2017

Bill: 115-hr-1896
Sponsor: Rep. McMorris Rodgers, Cathy [R-WA-5]
Introduced: 2017-04-04 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Bank accounts, deposits, capital
Disability and paralysis
Employee benefits and pensions
Income tax credits
Income tax exclusion

Summary:
action_date: 2017-04-04
text: 

ABLE to Work Act of 201

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This bill amends the Internal Revenue Code, with respect to ABLE accounts (tax-exempt savings accounts for persons with a disability), to allow: (1) an ABLE account beneficiary to make additional contributions to an ABLE account equal to the lesser of such beneficiary's compensation or an amount equal to the federal poverty line for a one-person household, and (2) a retirement savings tax credit for contributions to an ABLE account. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2017-04-04
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2017-04-04
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2017-04-04
text: Introduced in House
ABLE Financial Planning Act

Bill: 115-hr-1897
Sponsor: Rep. McMorris Rodgers, Cathy [R-WA-5]
Introduced: 2017-04-04 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Bank accounts, deposits, capital
Disability and paralysis
Higher education
Income tax exclusion
Student aid and college costs

Summary:
action_date: 2017-04-04
text: 

ABLE Financial Planning Act 

 
This bill amends the Internal Revenue Code to allow tax-free rollovers of amounts in qualified tuition programs (529 plans) to qualified ABLE programs. (Tax-favored ABLE [Achieving a Better Life Experience] accounts are designed to enable individuals with disabilities to save for and pay for disability-related expenses.)


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2017-04-04
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2017-04-04
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2017-04-04
text: Introduced in House
To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to improve access to, and utilization of, bone mass measurement benefits under part B of the Medicare program by establishing a minimum payment amount under such part for bone mass measurement.

Bill: 115-hr-1898
Sponsor: Rep. Meehan, Patrick [R-PA-7]
Introduced: 2017-04-04 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Medical tests and diagnostic methods
Medicare
Musculoskeletal and skin diseases
Women's health

Summary:
action_date: 2017-04-04
text: 
This bill specifies that certain Medicare payment rules applicable to imaging services shall apply to dual-energy x-ray absorptiometry services used in bone mass scans beginning in 2017.
 
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services must establish national minimum payment amounts for such services. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2018-07-11
text: ASSUMING FIRST SPONSORSHIP - Mrs. Blackburn asked unanimous consent that she may hereafter be the first sponsor of H.R. 1898, a bill originally introduced by Representative Meehan, for the purpose of adding cosponsors and requesting reprintings pursuant to clause 7 of rule XII. Agreed to without objection.
action_date: 2017-04-17
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2017-04-07
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2017-04-04
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: 2017-04-04
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: 2017-04-04
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: 2017-04-04
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2017-04-04
text: Introduced in House
Southeast Alaska Regional Health Consortium Land Transfer Act of 2017

Bill: 115-hr-1901
Sponsor: Rep. Young, Don [R-AK-At Large]
Introduced: 2017-04-04 in the House
Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources
Subjects: Alaska
Alaska Natives and Hawaiians
Health facilities and institutions
Land transfers
Minority health
Pollution liability

Summary:
action_date: 2017-04-04
text: 

Southeast Alaska Regional Health Consortium Land Transfer Act of 2017

 
This bill directs the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) to convey to the Southeast Alaska Regional Health Consortium in Sitka, Alaska, all U.S. interest in certain property containing 19.07 acres in Sitka for use in connection with health and social services programs. 
 
The Consortium shall not be liable for any environmental contamination of the property before such conveyance. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2017-06-07
text: Subcommittee Hearings Held.
action_date: 2017-04-12
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Indian, Insular and Alaska Native Affairs.
action_date: 2017-04-07
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Environment.
action_date: 2017-04-04
text: Referred to the Committee on Natural Resources, and in addition to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
action_date: 2017-04-04
text: Referred to the Committee on Natural Resources, and in addition to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
action_date: 2017-04-04
text: Referred to the Committee on Natural Resources, and in addition to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
action_date: 2017-04-04
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2017-04-04
text: Introduced in House
Robert C. Byrd Mine Safety Protection Act of 2017

Bill: 115-hr-1903
Sponsor: Rep. Scott, Robert C. "Bobby" [D-VA-3]
Introduced: 2017-04-05 in the House
Policy area: Labor and Employment
Subjects: Accidents
Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Administrative remedies
Air quality
Business records
Cardiovascular and respiratory health
Civil actions and liability
Coal
Congressional oversight
Criminal investigation, prosecution, interrogation
Criminal procedure and sentencing
Department of Labor
Employment and training programs
Employment discrimination and employee rights
Environmental assessment, monitoring, research
Evidence and witnesses
Government employee pay, benefits, personnel management
Government studies and investigations
Labor standards
Lawyers and legal services
Medical tests and diagnostic methods
Mining
Wages and earnings
Worker safety and health

Summary:
action_date: 2017-04-05
text: 

Robert C. Byrd Mine Safety Protection Act of 2017

 
 This bill amends the Federal Mine Safety and Health Act of 1977 to revise requirements governing: (1) investigations of mine accidents; (2) miners' rights and protections (e.g., whistle-blower rights and protections); (3) mine health and safety standards; (4) underground coal mines; and (5) health and safety training for miners.
 
The Department of Labor, when investigating coal or other mines, must: (1) determine why an accident occurred and whether there were violations of law, mandatory health and safety standards, or other requirements; (2) refer to the Department of Justice cases involving violations of federal criminal law; and (3) make recommendations to avoid a recurrence of an accident. The bill requires independent investigation of a mine accident under certain circumstances.
 
 The bill expands Labor's enforcement authority, including by requiring Labor to: (1) revoke the approval of mine operators' plans or programs based on certain criteria, and (2) order mine operators to withdraw all persons from a mine until Labor approves a new plan. The bill revises civil and criminal penalties, including by subjecting a mine operator who knowingly violates health or safety standards to a felony punishable by up to five years in prison and a $1 million fine.
 
The bill also expands whistle-blower rights and protections, including by: (1) giving miners' rights and protections to all employees of a mine, and (2) prohibiting discrimination against those employees for refusing to perform duties if they have a good-faith and reasonable belief that their duties pose a safety or health hazard.
 
Underground coal mines operators must: (1) implement a communication program to brief miners of current mine conditions, and (2) install atmospheric monitoring systems.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2017-04-05
text: Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce.
action_date: 2017-04-05
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2017-04-05
text: Introduced in House
Medicare Access to Radiology Care Act of 2017

Bill: 115-hr-1904
Sponsor: Rep. Olson, Pete [R-TX-22]
Introduced: 2017-04-05 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Health personnel
Licensing and registrations
Medical tests and diagnostic methods
Medicare
Radiation

Summary:
action_date: 2017-04-05
text: 

Medicare Access to Radiology Care Act of 2017

 
This bill amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act to revise physician supervision requirements under the Medicare program for radiology services performed by advanced level radiographers. Specifically, with respect to a state that has established such requirements for those services, the bill aligns Medicare's requirements with state requirements.
 
An "advanced level radiographer" is a radiographer who has obtained specified certification from either the American Registry of Radiologic Technologists or the Certification Board for Radiology Practitioner Assistants.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2017-04-17
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2017-04-07
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2017-04-05
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: 2017-04-05
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: 2017-04-05
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: 2017-04-05
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2017-04-05
text: Introduced in House
Investing In America: Unlocking the Harbor Maintenance Trust Fund Act

Bill: 115-hr-1908
Sponsor: Rep. Kelly, Mike [R-PA-3]
Introduced: 2017-04-05 in the House
Policy area: Transportation and Public Works
Subjects: Budget process
Congressional oversight
Government trust funds
Navigation, waterways, harbors
Transportation programs funding

Summary:
action_date: 2017-04-05
text: 

Investing In America: Unlocking the Harbor Maintenance Trust Fund Act

 
This bill amends the Water Resources Development Act of 1986 and the Internal Revenue Code to make certain amounts in the Harbor Maintenance Trust Fund equivalent to port use tax receipts available for its statutorily prescribed purposes without further appropriation, including for expenditures to pay 100% of the eligible operations and maintenance costs of specified portions of the Saint Lawrence Seaway and up to 100% of the eligible operations and maintenance costs assigned to commercial navigation of all U.S. harbors and inland harbors.

Trust fund receipts and disbursements shall:
 
 
not be counted as new budget authority, outlays, receipts, or deficit or surplus for purposes of the federal budget, the congressional budget, the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985, or the Statutory Pay-As-You-Go Act of 2010;
 
be exempt from any general budget limitation imposed by statute on government expenditures and net lending (budget outlays); and
 
be available only for the statutorily prescribed purposes of such fund. 



Legislative actions:
action_date: 2017-04-06
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Water Resources and Environment.
action_date: 2017-04-05
text: Referred to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, and in addition to the Committees on Ways and Means, and the Budget, 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: 2017-04-05
text: Referred to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, and in addition to the Committees on Ways and Means, and the Budget, 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: 2017-04-05
text: Referred to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, and in addition to the Committees on Ways and Means, and the Budget, 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: 2017-04-05
text: Referred to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, and in addition to the Committees on Ways and Means, and the Budget, 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: 2017-04-05
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2017-04-05
text: Introduced in House