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TSA Misconduct Accountability Act of 2017

Bill: 115-hr-2165
Sponsor: Rep. Gallagher, Mike [R-WI-8]
Introduced: 2017-04-26 in the House
Policy area: Transportation and Public Works
Subjects: Administrative remedies
Department of Homeland Security
Employee hiring
Employee performance
Federal officials
Government employee pay, benefits, personnel management
Transportation employees
Transportation safety and security

Summary:
action_date: 2017-04-26
text: 

TSA Misconduct Accountability Act of 2017

 
This bill directs the Transportation Security Administration (TSA) to:
 
 
revise its employee code of conduct policy to include a process for disciplining an employee who has received a certain number of disciplinary or adverse actions for violations of such policy within a certain timeframe, as well as guidance on how employees should report misconduct;
 
 identify methods for addressing employee misconduct, including revising the agency-wide baseline table of offenses and penalties used for both non-disciplinary and disciplinary actions regarding misconduct; 
 
submit to the Chief Human Capital Officer of the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) such policy and table;
 
identify a senior TSA official responsible for overseeing such policy and table; 
 
instruct TSA managers on how to appropriately administer discipline for employee misconduct; and 
 
identify and address causes of misconduct.
 
 
TSA shall implement human capital initiatives to address employee misconduct by: (1) modifying the performance plans of Federal Security Directors to include the extent to which such directors ensure that disciplinary actions administered at the airport for which they are responsible are consistent with TSA policy, (2) notifying applicants of disqualifying offenses to ensure that appropriately qualified candidates apply and are hired, and (3) delivering training and on-the-job resources for supervisors to address misconduct issues in accordance with TSA policy.
 
DHS's Chief Human Capital Officer shall monitor, through FY2020, the implementation of the TSA employee code of conduct.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2017-05-16
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Transportation and Protective Security.
action_date: 2017-04-26
text: Referred to the House Committee on Homeland Security.
action_date: 2017-04-26
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2017-04-26
text: Introduced in House
ASAP Act

Bill: 115-hr-2166
Sponsor: Rep. Gohmert, Louie [R-TX-1]
Introduced: 2017-04-26 in the House
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Appropriations
Coast guard
Defense spending
Department of Defense
Department of Homeland Security
Executive agency funding and structure
Military personnel and dependents
Wages and earnings

Summary:
action_date: 2017-04-26
text: 

Armed Services Always Paid Act or ASAP Act

 
This bill provides for funding the pay and allowances, without interruption, of members of the Armed Forces, including reserve personnel, during any period of lapsed appropriations. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2017-05-23
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Military Personnel.
action_date: 2017-04-26
text: Referred to the House Committee on Armed Services.
action_date: 2017-04-26
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2017-04-26
text: Introduced in House
Acre In, Acre Out Act

Bill: 115-hr-2167
Sponsor: Rep. Griffith, H. Morgan [R-VA-9]
Introduced: 2017-04-26 in the House
Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources
Subjects: Budget deficits and national debt
General public lands matters
Land transfers

Summary:
action_date: 2017-04-26
text: 

Acre In, Acre Out Act

 
This bill prescribes a new requirement for any acquisition of land by the Department of the Interior or the Department of Agriculture that would result in a net increase of total land acreage under the jurisdiction of the National Park Service, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, the Bureau of Land Management, or the Forest Service. The department concerned must offer for sale an equal number of acres of federal land that is under the same jurisdictional status.
 
The bill exempts from this requirement any easements acquired to facilitate management of federal lands.
 
Land sold pursuant to this bill shall be offered for sale at fair market value (based on local comparable sales), with monthly price reductions if the land is not sold in six months. 
 
All net proceeds from the sale of federal lands pursuant to this bill shall be deposited directly into the Treasury for reduction of the public debt.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2017-05-04
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Conservation and Forestry.
action_date: 2017-05-02
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Federal Lands.
action_date: 2017-04-26
text: Referred to the Committee on Natural Resources, and in addition to the Committee on Agriculture, 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: 2017-04-26
text: Referred to the Committee on Natural Resources, and in addition to the Committee on Agriculture, 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: 2017-04-26
text: Referred to the Committee on Natural Resources, and in addition to the Committee on Agriculture, 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: 2017-04-26
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2017-04-26
text: Introduced in House
First Responders Passport Act of 2017

Bill: 115-hr-2168
Sponsor: Rep. Issa, Darrell E. [R-CA-49]
Introduced: 2017-04-26 in the House
Policy area: International Affairs
Subjects: Congressional oversight
Disaster relief and insurance
First responders and emergency personnel
Foreign aid and international relief
Natural disasters
Social work, volunteer service, charitable organizations
User charges and fees
Visas and passports

Summary:
action_date: 2017-04-26
text: 

First Responders Passport Act of 2017

 
This bill amends the Passport Act of 1920 to waive passport fees for an individual who is operating under a contract, grant, or cooperative agreement with the U.S. government, including a volunteer, to aid a foreign country suffering from a qualifying natural disaster.
 
 The Department of State shall report to Congress on the number of fee waivers for the issuance of passports to first responders.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2017-04-26
text: Referred to the House Committee on Foreign Affairs.
action_date: 2017-04-26
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2017-04-26
text: Introduced in House
Flood and Agriculture Risk Management Cost Reduction Act of 2017

Bill: 115-hr-2170
Sponsor: Rep. LaMalfa, Doug [R-CA-1]
Introduced: 2017-04-26 in the House
Policy area: Finance and Financial Sector
Subjects: Disaster relief and insurance
Farmland
Floods and storm protection
Land use and conservation

Summary:
action_date: 2017-04-26
text: 

Flood and Agriculture Risk Management Cost Reduction Act of 2017

 
This bill amends the National Flood Insurance Act of 1968 to allow, under the National Flood Insurance Program, certain local variances with respect to agricultural structures located in special flood-hazard zones. The chargeable premium rate for coverage with respect to a structure that is provided such a variance shall be the same as would otherwise apply if the structure had been dry flood-proofed.
 
If a community applies to the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) for the remapping of a levee-impacted area in which the pertinent levee system fails to meet specified minimum standards for accreditation on a flood-insurance rate map: (1) FEMA must establish, on an alternative map, a flood-risk zone for the area; and (2) flood insurance shall be made available, at specified risk-based rates, to properties located within the zone.
 
FEMA shall carry out a pilot program that provides for the sale of contracts for flood-insurance coverage, under the National Flood Insurance Program, for multiple nonresidential agricultural structures under a single policy.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2017-04-26
text: Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services.
action_date: 2017-04-26
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2017-04-26
text: Introduced in House
Taxpayer Protection Act of 2017

Bill: 115-hr-2171
Sponsor: Rep. Lewis, John [D-GA-5]
Introduced: 2017-04-26 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Administrative remedies
Appropriations
Computer security and identity theft
Crime victims
Department of the Treasury
Disability and paralysis
Employee benefits and pensions
Executive agency funding and structure
Fraud offenses and financial crimes
Income tax credits
Internal Revenue Service (IRS)
Poverty and welfare assistance
Public contracts and procurement
Tax administration and collection, taxpayers
Wages and earnings

Summary:
action_date: 2017-04-26
text: 

Taxpayer Protection Act of 2017

 
This bill amends the Internal Revenue Code to establish additional requirements and procedures for collecting taxes, regulating tax preparers, responding to identity theft, and assisting low-income taxpayers. 
 
The bill repeals the authority of the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) to contract with private companies to collect federal tax debts. It also excludes from the gross income of an individual up to $10,000 of income from the discharge of a debt over the individual's lifetime. 
 
The bill requires the statute of limitations for a taxpayer's case to continue to run during a pending application for assistance from the National Taxpayer Advocate.
 
The bill also:
 
 
establishes limitations on IRS levies of retirement accounts, 
 
suspends the time limit for returning wrongfully levied property if a taxpayer is financially disabled,
 
increases the grace period for withdrawing a frivolous return, and
 
repeals the requirement to submit a partial payment with an offer-in-compromise to settle a tax liability.
 
 
The IRS must: (1) notify taxpayers regarding suspected identity theft and related criminal charges, (2) establish a single point of contact for identity theft victims, (3) permit its employees to refer taxpayers to low-income taxpayer clinics, and (4) notify taxpayers who are eligible for the Earned Income Tax Credit. 
 
The IRS may regulate paid tax return preparers and disclose returns or return information necessary to publish decisions related to tax return preparer misconduct. 
 
The bill provides additional funding to the IRS for Taxpayer Services and increases the funding that the IRS may allocate to low-income taxpayer clinics. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2017-04-26
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2017-04-26
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2017-04-26
text: Introduced in House
FFOCUS Act of 2017.

Bill: 115-hr-2172
Sponsor: Rep. Love, Mia B. [R-UT-4]
Introduced: 2017-04-26 in the House
Policy area: Economics and Public Finance
Subjects: Finance and Financial Sector
Inflation and prices
Monetary policy
Unemployment

Summary:
action_date: 2017-04-26
text: 

Focusing the Fed on the Currency of the United States Act of 2017 or the FFOCUS Act of 2017

 
This bill amends the Federal Reserve Act to remove "maximum employment" as a goal of the Federal Reserve Board's duty to maintain long-run growth. The other goals, under current law, are stable prices and moderate long-term interest rates.
 
 
 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2017-04-26
text: Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services.
action_date: 2017-04-26
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2017-04-26
text: Introduced in House
North Korea Intelligence Enhancement Act

Bill: 115-hr-2175
Sponsor: Rep. Murphy, Stephanie N. [D-FL-7]
Introduced: 2017-04-26 in the House
Policy area: International Affairs
Subjects: Arms control and nonproliferation
Asia
Congressional oversight
Director of National Intelligence
Executive agency funding and structure
Intelligence activities, surveillance, classified information
North Korea
Nuclear weapons
United Nations

Summary:
action_date: 2017-04-26
text: 

North Korea Intelligence Enhancement Act

 
This bill requires the Office of the Director of National Intelligence (DNI) to establish an integration cell among relevant elements of the intelligence community to integrate intelligence relating to the monitoring and enforcement of United Nations Security Council resolutions with respect to North Korea.
 
Such cell shall:
 
 
 coordinate and synchronize all intelligence collection relating to the implementation of sanctions against North Korea,
 
 integrate the early warning systems of the intelligence community with respect to detecting activities by North Korea to proliferate weapons of mass destruction, 
 
 identify any gaps in intelligence relating to the monitoring of the North Korean nuclear weapons program, and 
 
 provide net assessments and recommendations to the DNI relating to North Korea. 
 
 
The integration cell shall be headed by a member of the Senior Intelligence Service, who shall report to the DNI.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2017-04-26
text: Referred to the House Committee on Intelligence (Permanent Select).
action_date: 2017-04-26
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR H2852-2853)
action_date: 2017-04-26
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2017-04-26
text: Introduced in House
District of Columbia Federal Officials Residency Equality Act of 2017

Bill: 115-hr-2177
Sponsor: Del. Norton, Eleanor Holmes [D-DC-At Large]
Introduced: 2017-04-26 in the House
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Subjects: Criminal investigation, prosecution, interrogation
District of Columbia
Federal district courts
Judges
Judicial procedure and administration
Law enforcement officers
State and local courts

Summary:
action_date: 2017-04-26
text: 

District of Columbia Federal Officials Residency Equality Act of
 
2017

 
This bill removes exceptions to residency requirements for federal district court judges, U.S. attorneys, and U.S. marshals serving in the District of Columbia.
 
Under the bill: (1) federal district court judges serving in the District of Columbia must reside in the District of Columbia or one of the districts for which they are appointed; and (2) U.S. attorneys and U.S. marshals appointed for the District of Columbia, and U.S. marshals for the Superior Court of the District of Columbia, must reside in the District of Columbia.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2017-04-26
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2017-04-26
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, Homeland Security, and Investigations.
action_date: 2017-04-26
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Courts, Intellectual Property, and the Internet.
action_date: 2017-04-26
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E544)
action_date: 2017-04-26
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2017-04-26
text: Introduced in House
Low-Wage Federal Contractor Employee Back Pay Act of 2017

Bill: 115-hr-2178
Sponsor: Del. Norton, Eleanor Holmes [D-DC-At Large]
Introduced: 2017-04-26 in the House
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Subjects: Appropriations
Budget process
Public contracts and procurement
Wages and earnings

Summary:
action_date: 2017-04-26
text: 

Low-Wage Federal Contractor Employee Back Pay Act of 2017

 
This bill amends the Continuing Appropriations Act, 2016 to require the federal government to provide compensation to the employees of federal contractors that provide retail, food, custodial, and security services to the federal government if such employees are placed on unpaid leave as a result of any lapse in appropriations beginning in FY2017.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2017-04-26
text: Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform.
action_date: 2017-04-26
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E548)
action_date: 2017-04-26
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2017-04-26
text: Introduced in House
Drug Testing for Welfare Recipients Act

Bill: 115-hr-2179
Sponsor: Rep. Rouzer, David [R-NC-7]
Introduced: 2017-04-26 in the House
Policy area: Social Welfare
Subjects: Criminal justice information and records
Drug trafficking and controlled substances
Drug, alcohol, tobacco use
Food assistance and relief
Housing and community development funding
Low- and moderate-income housing
Poverty and welfare assistance
Public housing

Summary:
action_date: 2017-04-26
text: 

Drug Testing for Welfare Recipients Act

 
This bill requires the Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) program, the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, and specified public housing programs to subject individuals to substance-abuse screening and to deny benefits for individuals who test positive for a controlled substance.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2017-05-04
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Nutrition.
action_date: 2017-05-03
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Human Resources.
action_date: 2017-04-26
text: Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committees on Agriculture, and Financial Services, 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: 2017-04-26
text: Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committees on Agriculture, and Financial Services, 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: 2017-04-26
text: Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committees on Agriculture, and Financial Services, 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: 2017-04-26
text: Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committees on Agriculture, and Financial Services, 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: 2017-04-26
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2017-04-26
text: Introduced in House
Access to Contraception for Women Servicemembers and Dependents Act of 2017

Bill: 115-hr-2180
Sponsor: Rep. Speier, Jackie [D-CA-14]
Introduced: 2017-04-26 in the House
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Assault and harassment offenses
Crime victims
Crimes against women
Emergency medical services and trauma care
Family planning and birth control
HIV/AIDS
Health care costs and insurance
Health facilities and institutions
Health information and medical records
Health promotion and preventive care
Military facilities and property
Military medicine
Military personnel and dependents
Sex offenses
Sexually transmitted diseases
Women's health

Summary:
action_date: 2017-04-26
text: 

Access to Contraception for Women Servicemembers and Dependents Act of 2017

 
This bill expands the TRICARE health care program to entitle additional female beneficiaries and dependents to care related to the prevention of pregnancy. (Currently, such care is limited to certain female members of the uniformed service or a reserve component performing active duty or certain servicewomen performing inactive-duty training.)
 
 Cost-sharing may not be imposed or collected for such pregnancy prevention care, including for any method of contraception provided through a facility of the uniformed services, the TRICARE retail pharmacy program, or the national mail-order pharmacy program.
 
 Such pregnancy prevention care shall include: (1) all methods of contraception approved by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA), (2) contraceptive care, (3) sterilization procedures, and (4) patient education and counseling.
 
 The Department of Defense shall establish a uniform standard curriculum to be used in family planning education programs for all men and women members of the Armed Forces. 
 
 Every military treatment facility, upon request, shall provide emergency contraception, information about FDA-approved methods of emergency contraception, and notification of confidentiality rights to any woman who: (1) states, or is accompanied by another individual who states, that the woman is a victim of sexual assault; or (2) is reasonably believed to be a survivor of sexual assault.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2017-05-23
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Military Personnel.
action_date: 2017-04-26
text: Referred to the House Committee on Armed Services.
action_date: 2017-04-26
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2017-04-26
text: Introduced in House
Insurance Company Tax Modernization and Parity Act of 2017

Bill: 115-hr-2181
Sponsor: Rep. Tiberi, Patrick J. [R-OH-12]
Introduced: 2017-04-26 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Income tax deductions
Insurance industry and regulation
Life, casualty, property insurance
Securities
Tax administration and collection, taxpayers

Summary:
action_date: 2017-04-26
text: 

Insurance Company Tax Modernization and Parity Act of 2017

 
This bill amends the Internal Revenue Code to allow affiliated life and non-life insurance companies to file consolidated tax returns. The bill also allows: (1) a phase-in of the full application of losses of affiliated non-life insurance companies against the taxable income of an affiliated life insurance company for taxable years beginning after December 31, 2017, and before January 1, 2024, and (2) an automatic waiver of the five-year waiting period applicable to affiliated non-life insurance companies for offset of their losses against life insurance company income.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2017-04-26
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2017-04-26
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2017-04-26
text: Introduced in House
Fishing Equipment Tax Relief Act of 2017

Bill: 115-hr-2183
Sponsor: Rep. Bilirakis, Gus M. [R-FL-12]
Introduced: 2017-04-27 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Hunting and fishing
Sales and excise taxes

Summary:
action_date: 2017-04-27
text: 

Fishing Equipment Tax Relief Act of 2017

 
This bill amends the Internal Revenue Code to reduce from 10% to 3% the excise tax rate that applies to the sale of portable, electronically-aerated bait containers by the manufacturer, producer, or importer. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2017-04-27
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2017-04-27
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2017-04-27
text: Introduced in House