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Corporate Tax Dodging Prevention Act

Bill: 115-hr-1451
Sponsor: Rep. Schakowsky, Janice D. [D-IL-9]
Introduced: 2017-03-09 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Corporate finance and management
Foreign and international corporations
Income tax credits
Income tax deductions
Interest, dividends, interest rates
Oil and gas
Tax administration and collection, taxpayers
Taxation of foreign income

Summary:
action_date: 2017-03-09
text: 

Corporate Tax Dodging Prevention Act 

 
 This bill amends the Internal Revenue Code, with respect to the taxation of the foreign-source income of domestic corporations, to:
 
 
 eliminate the deferral of tax on the foreign-source income of U.S. corporations for taxable years beginning after December 31, 2017; 
 
include previously deferred foreign-source income of corporations as taxable income; 
 
 deny the foreign tax credit to large integrated oil companies that are dual capacity taxpayers;
 
 limit the offset of the foreign tax credit to income that is subject to U.S. tax;
 
 treat foreign corporations managed and controlled in the United States as domestic corporations for U.S. tax purposes;
 
limit the tax deduction of the interest expense of a U.S. corporation that is a member of a financial reporting group (i.e., a group that prepares consolidated financial statements according to generally accepted accounting principles or international financial reporting standards); and 
 
 revise rules for the taxation of inverted corporations (i.e., U.S. corporations that acquire foreign companies to reincorporate in a foreign jurisdiction with income tax rates lower than the United States) to provide that a foreign corporation that acquires the properties of a U.S. corporation or partnership after May 8, 2014, shall be treated as an inverted corporation and thus subject to U.S. taxation if, after such acquisition it holds more than 50% of the stock of the new entity (expanded affiliated group).
 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2017-03-09
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2017-03-09
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2017-03-09
text: Introduced in House
No TRUMP Act of 2017

Bill: 115-hr-1452
Sponsor: Rep. Blumenauer, Earl [D-OR-3]
Introduced: 2017-03-09 in the House
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Subjects: Government employee pay, benefits, personnel management
Government ethics and transparency, public corruption
Presidents and presidential powers, Vice Presidents
Transportation costs

Summary:
action_date: 2017-03-09
text: 

No Taxpayer Revenue Used to Monetize the Presidency Act of 2017 or the No TRUMP Act of 2017

 
This bill prohibits direct payments from the Treasury or reimbursements for any amounts expended in a hotel or other establishment providing daily-rate accommodation that is owned or operated by the President or a relative of the President.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2017-03-09
text: Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform.
action_date: 2017-03-09
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E300-301)
action_date: 2017-03-09
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2017-03-09
text: Introduced in House
Reaffirming DHS Commitment to Countering All Forms of Extremism

Bill: 115-hr-1453
Sponsor: Rep. Johnson, Henry C. "Hank," Jr. [D-GA-4]
Introduced: 2017-03-09 in the House
Policy area: Emergency Management
Subjects: Department of Homeland Security
Law enforcement administration and funding
Political movements and philosophies
Terrorism

Summary:
action_date: 2017-03-09
text: 

Reaffirming DHS Commitment to Countering All Forms of Extremism

 
This bill prohibits the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) from changing the name of its Countering Violent Extremism Task Force.
 
DHS may not make grants to counter Islamist extremism in an aggregate amount of more than $4 million in any fiscal year and shall ensure that any such grants made for a fiscal year are closely matched in aggregate dollar amounts in grants made to counter other forms of extremism for such fiscal year. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2017-03-22
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Counterterrorism and Intelligence.
action_date: 2017-03-09
text: Referred to the Committee on Homeland Security, and in addition to the Committee on the Judiciary, 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: 2017-03-09
text: Referred to the Committee on Homeland Security, and in addition to the Committee on the Judiciary, 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: 2017-03-09
text: Referred to the Committee on Homeland Security, and in addition to the Committee on the Judiciary, 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: 2017-03-09
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, Homeland Security, and Investigations.
action_date: 2017-03-09
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR H1957)
action_date: 2017-03-09
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2017-03-09
text: Introduced in House
Future Logging Careers Act

Bill: 115-hr-1454
Sponsor: Rep. Labrador, Raul R. [R-ID-1]
Introduced: 2017-03-09 in the House
Policy area: Labor and Employment
Subjects: Child safety and welfare
Family relationships
Forests, forestry, trees
Worker safety and health
Youth employment and child labor

Summary:
action_date: 2017-03-09
text: 

Future Logging Careers Act 

 
This bill amends the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 to make the restrictions on oppressive child labor inapplicable to employment of an employee age 16 or 17 by a parent, or a person standing in place of a parent, in a logging or mechanized operation owned or operated by that parent or person.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2017-03-09
text: Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce.
action_date: 2017-03-09
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2017-03-09
text: Introduced in House
Clatsop-Nehalem Restoration Act

Bill: 115-hr-1455
Sponsor: Rep. Bonamici, Suzanne [D-OR-1]
Introduced: 2017-03-09 in the House
Policy area: Native Americans
Subjects: Federal-Indian relations
Indian social and development programs
Oregon

Summary:
action_date: 2017-03-09
text: 

Clatsop-Nehalem Restoration Act

 
This bill extends federal recognition to the Clatsop-Nehalem Confederated Tribes of Oregon.
 
Rights and privileges of the tribe and its members under any federal treaty, executive order, agreement, statute, or other federal authority that may have been diminished or lost under the Act approved August 13, 1954, are restored. That Act no longer applies to the tribe and its members. 
 
The tribe and its members are eligible to receive all federal services and benefits furnished to federally recognized Indian tribes, without regard to the existence of a reservation. Members of the tribe residing in Tillamook and Clatsop Counties in Oregon are deemed to be residing on or near a reservation. 
 
No hunting, fishing, or trapping rights of the tribe or of any member are granted or restored.
 
Lands in Tillamook County, Oregon may not be held in trust for the tribe.
 
An interim council is established as the governing body of the tribe until the tribal governing body convenes. The Department of the Interior must hold an election to elect the members of the interim council.
 
The membership roll of the tribe is established and opened. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2017-03-20
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Indian, Insular and Alaska Native Affairs.
action_date: 2017-03-09
text: Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.
action_date: 2017-03-09
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2017-03-09
text: Introduced in House
Shark Fin Sales Elimination Act of 2017

Bill: 115-hr-1456
Sponsor: Rep. Royce, Edward R. [R-CA-39]
Introduced: 2017-03-09 in the House
Policy area: Animals
Subjects: Animal protection and human-animal relationships
Civil actions and liability
Fishes
Marine and coastal resources, fisheries
Wildlife conservation and habitat protection

Summary:
action_date: 2017-03-09
text: 

Shark Fin Sales Elimination Act of 2017

 
This bill makes it illegal to possess, buy, or sell shark fins or any product containing shark fins.A person may possess a shark fin that was lawfully taken consistent with a license or permit under certain circumstances.
 
 Penalties areimposedfor violations under the Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management Act.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2018-04-17
text: Subcommittee Hearings Held.
action_date: 2017-03-20
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Water, Power and Oceans.
action_date: 2017-03-09
text: Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.
action_date: 2017-03-09
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2017-03-09
text: Introduced in House
RAISE IT Act

Bill: 115-hr-1458
Sponsor: Rep. Blumenauer, Earl [D-OR-3]
Introduced: 2017-03-09 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Government trust funds
Inflation and prices
Motor fuels
Oil and gas
Public transit
Roads and highways
Sales and excise taxes
Transportation programs funding

Summary:
action_date: 2017-03-09
text: 

Raise And Index to Sustainably and Efficiently Invest in Transportation Act of 2017 or the RAISE IT Act

 
This bill expresses the sense of Congress that by 2027 the gas tax should be repealed and replaced with a more sustainable, stable funding source. 
 
The bill amends the Internal Revenue Code, with respect to the excise tax on motor fuels, to increase the rate of tax on: 
 
 
gasoline other than aviation gasoline to 26.3 cents per gallon in 2018, 30.3 cents per gallon in 2019, and 33.3 cents per gallon after 2019 and before 2030; 
 
 diesel fuel or kerosene to 32.3 cents per gallon in 2018, 36.3 cents per gallon in 2019, and 39.3 cents per gallon after 2019 and before 2029; and 
 
 diesel-water fuel emulsion. 
 
 
The bill delays the termination of such increased rates from the end of FY2022 to December 31, 2028, and requires an adjustment for inflation to such increased rates beginning after 2019.
 
It also: (1) increases allocations in the Mass Transit Account of the Highway Trust Fund in 2018, 2019, and after 2019; and (2) imposes a floor stocks tax on rate increases for gasoline, diesel fuel, and kerosene (other than aviation-grade kerosene), subject to specified exemptions for exempt uses and low-volume producers. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2017-03-09
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2017-03-09
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E301-302)
action_date: 2017-03-09
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2017-03-09
text: Introduced in House
Financial Stability Oversight Council Reform Act

Bill: 115-hr-1459
Sponsor: Rep. Emmer, Tom [R-MN-6]
Introduced: 2017-03-09 in the House
Policy area: Finance and Financial Sector
Subjects: Appropriations
Banking and financial institutions regulation
Congressional oversight
Department of the Treasury
Executive agency funding and structure
Financial Stability Oversight Council
Financial crises and stabilization

Summary:
action_date: 2017-03-09
text: 

Financial Stability Oversight Council Reform Act 

 
This bill amends the Financial Stability Act of 2010 to make the budgets of the Financial Stability Oversight Council (FSOC) and the Office of Financial Research (OFR) subject to the annual appropriations process and to establish requirements for reports and a public notice and comment period. 
 
 The budgets of the FSOC and the OFR are funded by assessments on financial institutions which are deposited into the Financial Research Fund and, under current law, are immediately available to be spent. This bill requires the funding from the Financial Research Fund to be made available by appropriations Acts. 
 
 The OFR must submit quarterly reports to Congress regarding its: 
 
 
finances;
 
workforce; and
 
actions taken to achieve the goals, objectives, and performance measures of the office. 
 
 
 The OFR must provide a public notice and comment period of at least 90 days before issuing any proposed report, rule, or regulation. 
 
 The bill expands the duties of the OFR to include: 
 
 
publishing an annual work plan; 
 
 consulting with other federal departments and agencies with relevant expertise prior to preparing any public report with respect to a specified entity, class of entities, or financial product or service; and 
 
 developing and implementing a cybersecurity plan. 
 
 
The Government Accountability Office must annually audit the cybersecurity plan and its implementation. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2017-03-09
text: Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services.
action_date: 2017-03-09
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2017-03-09
text: Introduced in House
Regulatory Fingerprints Act of 2017

Bill: 115-hr-1460
Sponsor: Rep. Young, David [R-IA-3]
Introduced: 2017-03-09 in the House
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Federal officials
Government employee pay, benefits, personnel management
Government information and archives

Summary:
action_date: 2017-03-09
text: 

Regulatory Fingerprints Act of
 
2017

 
This bill requires a federal agency to include in each publication in the Federal Register pertaining to a rule: (1) the specific legal authority for the rule, and (2) the name and title of each agency officer or employee who participated in the rulemaking and each person performing any work pertaining to the rule under an agency contract.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2017-03-21
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Regulatory Reform, Commercial And Antitrust Law.
action_date: 2017-03-09
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2017-03-09
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2017-03-09
text: Introduced in House
Ending Common Core and Expanding School Choice Act

Bill: 115-hr-1462
Sponsor: Rep. Biggs, Andy [R-AZ-5]
Introduced: 2017-03-09 in the House
Policy area: Education
Subjects: Academic performance and assessments
Education of the disadvantaged
Education programs funding
Elementary and secondary education
Teaching, teachers, curricula

Summary:
action_date: 2017-03-09
text: 

Ending Common Core and Expanding School Choice Act

 
This bill amends the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 to: (1) eliminate the standards, assessments, and academic accountability requirements for state and local educational agencies that receive funds under the Act for the education of disadvantaged children, (2) require such funds to be allocated based on the number of children residing in each state who are living in poverty, and (3) allow educational agencies to distribute per pupil amounts from such funds to parents for qualified elementary and secondary education expenses.
 
The bill prohibits federal officers or employees from mandating academic standards, assessments, curricula, or accountability systems.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2017-03-09
text: Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce.
action_date: 2017-03-09
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2017-03-09
text: Introduced in House
Equal Protection for American Workers Act

Bill: 115-hr-1463
Sponsor: Rep. Burgess, Michael C. [R-TX-26]
Introduced: 2017-03-09 in the House
Policy area: Immigration
Subjects: Border security and unlawful immigration
Foreign labor
Immigration status and procedures

Summary:
action_date: 2017-03-09
text: 

Equal Protection for American Workers Act 

 
 This bill prohibits the Department of Homeland Security from granting a work authorization to an alien who has been determined, in a valid immigration proceeding during which due process was afforded, to have been at any time unlawfully present in the United States.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2017-03-21
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration and Border Security.
action_date: 2017-03-09
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2017-03-09
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2017-03-09
text: Introduced in House
National Institute of Standards and Technology Surviving Unprecedented Climate Change Effects with Standard Setting (NIST SUCCESS) Act of 2017

Bill: 115-hr-1464
Sponsor: Rep. Cartwright, Matt [D-PA-17]
Introduced: 2017-03-09 in the House
Policy area: Science, Technology, Communications
Subjects: Air quality
Atmospheric science and weather
Building construction
Climate change and greenhouse gases
Department of Commerce
Fires
Government information and archives
Marine and coastal resources, fisheries
Scientific communication

Summary:
action_date: 2017-03-09
text: 

National Institute of Standards and Technology Surviving Unprecedented Climate Change Effects with Standard Setting (NIST SUCCESS) Act of 2017

 
This bill requires the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) to: (1) identify consistent and authoritative climate information to assist organizations that develop standards, building codes, and voluntary certifications to appropriately anticipate extreme weather and other climate change challenges; (2) identify efforts to set standards, building codes, and voluntary certifications relating to infrastructure and systems that may depend on accurate climate information and projections; and (3) take steps to make the information available to the entities setting those standards, codes, and certifications. 
 
NIST must also coordinate federal agencies efforts to set those standards, codes, and certifications.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2017-04-25
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Research and Technology.
action_date: 2017-03-09
text: Referred to the House Committee on Science, Space, and Technology.
action_date: 2017-03-09
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2017-03-09
text: Introduced in House
National Cybersecurity Preparedness Consortium Act of 2017

Bill: 115-hr-1465
Sponsor: Rep. Castro, Joaquin [D-TX-20]
Introduced: 2017-03-09 in the House
Policy area: Science, Technology, Communications
Subjects: Computer security and identity theft
Department of Homeland Security
Emergency planning and evacuation
First responders and emergency personnel
Public-private cooperation
State and local government operations
Terrorism

Summary:
action_date: 2017-03-09
text: 

National Cybersecurity Preparedness Consortium Act of 2017

 
This bill authorizes the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) to work with a consortium, including the National Cybersecurity Preparedness Consortium, to support efforts to address cybersecurity risks and incidents, including threats or acts of terrorism.
 
DHS may work with such a consortium to assist its national cybersecurity and communications integration center to:
 
 
provide training to state and local first responders and officials, develop curriculums, and provide technical assistance; 
 
conduct cross-sector cybersecurity training and simulation exercises for state and local governments, critical infrastructure owners and operators, and private industry; 
 
help states and communities develop cybersecurity information sharing programs; and 
 
help incorporate cybersecurity risk and incident prevention and response into existing state and local emergency plans and continuity of operations plans. 
 

 
DHS's authority to carry out this bill terminates five years after its enactment.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2017-03-22
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Protection.
action_date: 2017-03-09
text: Referred to the House Committee on Homeland Security.
action_date: 2017-03-09
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2017-03-09
text: Introduced in House
21st Century Child Care Investment Act

Bill: 115-hr-1466
Sponsor: Rep. Clark, Katherine M. [D-MA-5]
Introduced: 2017-03-09 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Child care and development
Government studies and investigations
Income tax credits

Summary:
action_date: 2017-03-09
text: 

21st Century Child Care Investment Act 

 
This bill amends the Internal Revenue Code to allow a tax credit for employment-related expenses for services provided by a high quality child care center.
 
The credit applies to taxpayers with adjusted gross incomes below specified levels and is limited to: (1) $14,000 for each qualifying child who is under the age of three by the end of the year; and (2) $5,000 for each qualifying child who has attained the age of three by the end of the year, with adjustments for inflation after 2017. A &quot;qualifying child&quot; is a dependent who is under the age of five.
 
The care must be provided by a facility that: (1) receives a fee, payment, or grant for providing care for children (other than just children who reside at the facility and regardless of whether such facility is operated for profit); and (2) meets state licensing requirements. 
 
For taxable years beginning more than five years after enactment of this bill, the facility must also: (1) meet high quality rating requirements under the quality rating and improvement system of the state in which the care is provided, and (2) be certified by the Department of Health and Human Services. 
 
A portion of the high quality child care tax credit is refundable, depending on the adjusted gross income of the taxpayer. The Department of the Treasury must establish a program to, at the election of the taxpayer, make monthly advance payments of the credit directly to a high quality child care center. 
 
The bill also makes a portion of the dependent care tax credit refundable. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2017-03-09
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2017-03-09
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2017-03-09
text: Introduced in House
SEAT Act of 2017

Bill: 115-hr-1467
Sponsor: Rep. Cohen, Steve [D-TN-9]
Introduced: 2017-03-09 in the House
Policy area: Transportation and Public Works
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Aviation and airports
Consumer affairs
Department of Transportation
Transportation safety and security

Summary:
action_date: 2017-03-09
text: 

Seat Egress in Air Travel Act of 2017 or the SEAT Act of 2017

 
This bill directs the Federal Aviation Administration to prescribe regulations: 
 
 
 establishing minimum standards for space on passenger aircraft, including the size, width, and pitch of seats, the amount of leg room, and the width of aisles on such aircraft for the safety and health of passengers; and 
 
 requiring each air carrier to prominently display on its website the amount of space available for each passenger on aircraft it operates. 
 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2017-03-10
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Aviation.
action_date: 2017-03-09
text: Referred to the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.
action_date: 2017-03-09
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E300)
action_date: 2017-03-09
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2017-03-09
text: Introduced in House