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Accidental Firearms Transfers Reporting Act of 2017

Bill: 115-hr-57
Sponsor: Rep. Jackson Lee, Sheila [D-TX-18]
Introduced: 2017-01-03 in the House
Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement
Subjects: Congressional oversight
Criminal justice information and records
Firearms and explosives

Summary:
action_date: 2017-01-03
text: 

Accidental Firearms Transfers Reporting Act of 

2017

 
This bill requires the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) to submit a biannual report to Congress on the number of proposed firearm transfers where: (1) a licensed gun dealer submitted a background check through the National Instant Criminal History Background Check System (NICS), (2) NICS failed to respond to the licensed gun dealer within three business days, and (3) the licensed gun dealer completed the transfer.
 
The FBI must also report on the procedures followed once the transferee is discovered to be ineligible. 
 

 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2017-01-12
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, Homeland Security, and Investigations.
action_date: 2017-01-03
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2017-01-03
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2017-01-03
text: Introduced in House
ENLIST Act

Bill: 115-hr-60
Sponsor: Rep. Denham, Jeff [R-CA-10]
Introduced: 2017-01-03 in the House
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Border security and unlawful immigration
Immigration
Immigration status and procedures
Military personnel and dependents

Summary:
action_date: 2017-01-03
text: 

Encourage New Legalized Immigrants to Start Training Act or the ENLIST Act

 
This bill authorizes the enlistment in the Armed Forces of aliens unlawfully present in the United States on December 31, 2012, who: (1) have been continuously present in the United States since such date; (2) were younger than 15 years of age when they initially entered the United States; and (3) are otherwise eligible for original enlistment in a regular component of the Army, Navy, Air Force, Marine Corps, or Coast Guard.
 
The Department of Homeland Security shall adjust the status of an alien enlisted under such authority to the status of an alien lawfully admitted for permanent residence under provisions of the Immigration and Nationality Act applicable to aliens who entered the United States prior to January 1, 1972.
 
The bill rescinds such lawful permanent resident status if the alien is separated from the Armed Forces under other than honorable conditions before serving the term of enlistment.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2017-01-03
text: Referred to the House Committee on Armed Services.
action_date: 2017-01-03
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2017-01-03
text: Introduced in House
Fair Chance for Youth Act of 2017

Bill: 115-hr-61
Sponsor: Rep. Jackson Lee, Sheila [D-TX-18]
Introduced: 2017-01-03 in the House
Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement
Subjects: Civil actions and liability
Criminal investigation, prosecution, interrogation
Criminal justice information and records
Drug trafficking and controlled substances
Evidence and witnesses
Federal district courts
Government information and archives
Juvenile crime and gang violence
Personnel records

Summary:
action_date: 2017-01-03
text: 

Fair Chance for Youth Act of 2017

 
This bill amends the federal criminal code to establish a process to expunge and seal certain youth criminal records. A youth is an individual who was arrested, prosecuted, or sentenced for a criminal offense committed at age 21 or younger. 
 
A youth may petition to expunge records related to: (1) a misdemeanor conviction, (2) a nonviolent felony drug conviction, (3) a conviction for any nonviolent offense committed prior to attaining age 18, or (4) an arrest or prosecution for a nonviolent offense that is disposed of.
 
A youth may petition to seal records related to: (1) a nonviolent conviction, (2) a conviction for any offense committed prior to attaining age 18, and (3) an arrest or prosecution for a nonviolent offense that is disposed of. 
 
Each federal district court must establish a Youth Offense Expungement and Sealing Review Board to review, evaluate on the merits, and make recommendations to grant or deny expungement and sealing petitions. The Court must consider and decide each petition for which it receives a Review Board recommendation.
 
The Department of Justice must report on the number of: (1) expungement and sealing petitions granted and denied, and (2) times a U.S. attorney supported or opposed an expungement or sealing petition.
 
 This bill's provisions apply to youth regardless of whether such youth became involved in the federal criminal justice system before, on, or after enactment. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2017-01-12
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, Homeland Security, and Investigations.
action_date: 2017-01-03
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2017-01-03
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2017-01-03
text: Introduced in House
Gun Violence Reduction Resources Act of 2017

Bill: 115-hr-62
Sponsor: Rep. Jackson Lee, Sheila [D-TX-18]
Introduced: 2017-01-03 in the House
Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement
Subjects: Criminal investigation, prosecution, interrogation
Department of Justice
Firearms and explosives
Government employee pay, benefits, personnel management
Law enforcement officers

Summary:
action_date: 2017-01-03
text: 

Gun Violence Reduction Resources Act of 

2017

 
This bill authorizes the Department of Justice to hire 200 additional agents and investigators for the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2017-01-12
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, Homeland Security, and Investigations.
action_date: 2017-01-03
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2017-01-03
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2017-01-03
text: Introduced in House
HERO Transition from Battlespace to Workplace Act of 2017

Bill: 115-hr-63
Sponsor: Rep. Jackson Lee, Sheila [D-TX-18]
Introduced: 2017-01-03 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Employee hiring
Government information and archives
Income tax credits
Veterans' education, employment, rehabilitation

Summary:
action_date: 2017-01-03
text: 

Helping to Encourage Real Opportunity for Veterans Transitioning from Battlespace to Workplace Act of 2017 or the HERO Transition from Battlespace to Workplace Act of 2017

 
 This bill amends the Internal Revenue Code to allow employers a business-related tax credit for $1,000 times the number of veterans (not more than 25 in a taxable year) who begin work resulting from the efforts of a military relations manager.
 
The bill: (1) deems as a reasonable effort of an employer to employ veterans, for purposes of veteran employment and reemployment programs, the designation of an employee as a military relations manager and the use of the military skills translator database (database for assisting veterans in relating military skills, experience, and training to civilian skills, experience, and training); and (2) defines a "military relations manager" as an expert in the process of transitioning from being a member of the Armed Forces to being a civilian and in translating the skills, experience, and training gained in the Armed Forces to skills, experience, and training needed in the private sector. 
 
The Department of Veterans Affairs shall: (1) ensure that the military skills translator database may be used by civilian employers, and (2) conduct outreach to inform civilian employers of such database.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2017-01-19
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Economic Opportunity.
action_date: 2017-01-03
text: Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
action_date: 2017-01-03
text: Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
action_date: 2017-01-03
text: Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
action_date: 2017-01-03
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2017-01-03
text: Introduced in House
Federal Prison Bureau Nonviolent Offender Relief Act of 2017

Bill: 115-hr-64
Sponsor: Rep. Jackson Lee, Sheila [D-TX-18]
Introduced: 2017-01-03 in the House
Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement
Subjects: Correctional facilities and imprisonment
Criminal procedure and sentencing
Violent crime

Summary:
action_date: 2017-01-03
text: 

Federal Prison Bureau Nonviolent Offender Relief Act of 2017

 
This bill amends the federal criminal code to require the Bureau of Prisons to release early an offender who has completed at least half of his or her prison sentence if such offender has: (1) attained age 45, (2) committed no violent offenses, and (3) received no institutional disciplinary violations.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2017-01-12
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, Homeland Security, and Investigations.
action_date: 2017-01-03
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2017-01-03
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2017-01-03
text: Introduced in House
RAISE Act of 2017

Bill: 115-hr-65
Sponsor: Rep. Jackson Lee, Sheila [D-TX-18]
Introduced: 2017-01-03 in the House
Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Animal protection and human-animal relationships
Child health
Child safety and welfare
Correctional facilities and imprisonment
Crime victims
Criminal procedure and sentencing
Domestic violence and child abuse
Drug trafficking and controlled substances
Employment and training programs
Human trafficking
Juvenile crime and gang violence
Mental health
National and community service
Sex offenses
Social work, volunteer service, charitable organizations
U.S. Sentencing Commission

Summary:
action_date: 2017-01-03
text: 

Reforming Alternatives to Incarceration and Sentencing to Establish a Better Path for Youth Act of 2017 or the RAISE Act of 

2017

 
This bill amends the federal criminal code to permit a court to impose a sentence below the mandatory minimum for certain nonviolent youth offenses if the mandatory minimum is unjust to the youth and not necessary to protect public safety.
 
The term "youth" means an individual prosecuted or sentenced for a criminal offense committed at age 21 or younger.
 
The bill requires the Bureau of Prisons (BOP) to release early, subject to a period of pre-release custody, a nonviolent youth offender who has: (1) completed one half or more of his or her prison term, and (2) received no disciplinary violations for violent conduct in the last two years.
 
A court may reduce the prison term of a youth who has completed 20 years of such prison term if: (1) compelling evidence warrants a sentence reduction, and (2) the youth poses no public safety danger. Additionally, a court must treat as discretionary a mandatory life prison term for a youth offender and impose an appropriate sentence after considering the youth's age.
 
It limits to 30, 60, or 90 days the maximum prison term imposed on a defendant who commits a first, second, or third technical violation of a probation condition.
 
The BOP must separately designate youth correctional facilities, minimize contact between youth and other offenders, and establish youth education, skills training, reentry, and mental and emotional health programs.
 
The Department of Justice must establish pilot programs for diversion of high-risk, victimized, and primary caretaker youth. The BOP must establish pilot programs on youth mentorship, government service, and animal service.
 
This bill's provisions apply to youth involved in the federal criminal justice system before, on, or after enactment.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2017-01-12
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, Homeland Security, and Investigations.
action_date: 2017-01-03
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2017-01-03
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2017-01-03
text: Introduced in House
Route 66 Centennial Commission Act

Bill: 115-hr-66
Sponsor: Rep. Davis, Rodney [R-IL-13]
Introduced: 2017-01-03 in the House
Policy area: Transportation and Public Works
Subjects: Advisory bodies
Commemorative events and holidays
Government studies and investigations
Historic sites and heritage areas
Roads and highways
U.S. history

Summary:
action_date: 2017-01-03
text: 

Route 66 Centennial Commission Act

 
This bill establishes the Route 66 Centennial Commission to honor Route 66 on the occasion of its centennial anniversary.
 
The Department of Transportation shall prepare a plan on the preservation needs of Route 66.

action_date: 2018-07-16
text: 

Route 66 Centennial Commission Act

 
(Sec. 3) This bill establishes the Route 66 Centennial Commission to honor highway Route 66 on the occasion of its centennial anniversary.
 
(Sec. 4) The bill sets forth the duties of the commission, its membership, powers, and reporting requirements. 
 
(Sec. 9) The Department of Transportation shall prepare a plan on the preservation needs of Route 66.
 
(Sec. 10) The commission shall terminate not later than June 30, 2027.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2018-07-17
text: Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works.
action_date: 2018-07-16
text: Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
action_date: 2018-07-16
text: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by voice vote. (text: CR H6215-6216)
action_date: 2018-07-16
text: Passed/agreed to in House: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by voice vote.(text: CR H6215-6216)
action_date: 2018-07-16
text: DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on H.R. 66.
action_date: 2018-07-16
text: Considered under suspension of the rules. (consideration: CR H6215-6219)
action_date: 2018-07-16
text: Mr. Davis, Rodney moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended.
action_date: 2018-07-16
text: Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 635.
action_date: 2018-07-16
text: Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure. H. Rept. 115-821.
action_date: 2018-07-16
text: Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure. H. Rept. 115-821.
action_date: 2018-06-27
text: Ordered to be Reported (Amended) by Voice Vote.
action_date: 2018-06-27
text: Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
action_date: 2018-06-27
text: Subcommittee on Highways and Transit Discharged.
action_date: 2017-01-04
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Highways and Transit.
action_date: 2017-01-03
text: Referred to the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.
action_date: 2017-01-03
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2017-01-03
text: Introduced in House
Social Security Safety Dividend Act of 2017

Bill: 115-hr-67
Sponsor: Rep. Jackson Lee, Sheila [D-TX-18]
Introduced: 2017-01-03 in the House
Policy area: Social Welfare
Subjects: Disability assistance
Employee benefits and pensions
Inflation and prices
Poverty and welfare assistance
Railroads
Social security and elderly assistance
Transportation employees
Veterans' pensions and compensation

Summary:
action_date: 2017-01-03
text: 

Social Security Safety Dividend Act of 2017

 
This bill directs the Department of the Treasury to disburse a $250 cash payment to recipients of Social Security benefits, Supplemental Security Income benefits (under title XVI of the Social Security Act), railroad retirement benefits, or veterans disability compensation or pension benefits if no cost-of-living adjustment is payable for the year. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2017-01-19
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Disability Assistance and Memorial Affairs.
action_date: 2017-01-04
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Railroads, Pipelines, and Hazardous Materials.
action_date: 2017-01-03
text: Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committees on Transportation and Infrastructure, and Veterans' Affairs, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
action_date: 2017-01-03
text: Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committees on Transportation and Infrastructure, and Veterans' Affairs, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
action_date: 2017-01-03
text: Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committees on Transportation and Infrastructure, and Veterans' Affairs, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
action_date: 2017-01-03
text: Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committees on Transportation and Infrastructure, and Veterans' Affairs, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
action_date: 2017-01-03
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2017-01-03
text: Introduced in House
Tiffany Joslyn Juvenile Accountability Block Grant Program Reauthorization Act of 2017

Bill: 115-hr-68
Sponsor: Rep. Jackson Lee, Sheila [D-TX-18]
Introduced: 2017-01-03 in the House
Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement
Subjects: Accounting and auditing
Congressional oversight
Criminal procedure and sentencing
Government studies and investigations
Juvenile crime and gang violence
Law enforcement administration and funding

Summary:
action_date: 2017-01-03
text: 

Tiffany Joslyn Juvenile Accountability Block Grant Program Reauthorization Act of 

2017

 
 This bill amends the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 to revise and reauthorize through FY2022 the Juvenile Accountability Block Grant (JABG) Program.
 
It subjects JABG grants to accountability measures. The Office of Inspector General in the Department of Justice (DOJ) must conduct annual audits of selected grant recipients. DOJ must submit an annual certification to Congress and identify and report on duplicative grant awards.

action_date: 2018-09-28
text: 

Tiffany Joslyn Juvenile Accountability Block Grant Program Reauthorization Act of 2017

 
 (Sec. 2) This bill amends the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 to revise and reauthorize for FY2020 the Juvenile Accountability Block Grant (JABG) Program.
 
It subjects JABG grants to accountability measures. The Office of Inspector General in the Department of Justice (DOJ) must conduct annual audits of selected grant recipients. DOJ must submit an annual certification to Congress and identify and report on duplicative grant awards.
 
(Sec. 3) The bill expresses the sense of Congress that the use of best practices is encouraged for activities carried out with JABG funds.
 
(Sec. 4) It amends the Justice Assistance Act of 1984 to eliminate existing authority for DOJ to award grants under the Emergency Federal Law Enforcement Assistance Program through FY2023.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2018-10-01
text: Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2018-09-28
text: Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
action_date: 2018-09-28
text: On passage Passed without objection.
action_date: 2018-09-28
text: Passed/agreed to in House: On passage Passed without objection.
action_date: 2018-09-28
text: Considered by unanimous consent. (consideration: CR H9390-9392; text of measure as introduced: CR H9391)
action_date: 2018-09-28
text: Mr. Marino asked unanimous consent to discharge from committee and consider.
action_date: 2018-09-28
text: Committee on the Judiciary discharged.
action_date: 2018-09-28
text: Committee on the Judiciary discharged.
action_date: 2017-01-12
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, Homeland Security, and Investigations.
action_date: 2017-01-03
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2017-01-03
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2017-01-03
text: Introduced in House
Presidential Library Donation Reform Act of 2017

Bill: 115-hr-73
Sponsor: Rep. Duncan, John J., Jr. [R-TN-2]
Introduced: 2017-01-03 in the House
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Subjects: Fraud offenses and financial crimes
Government ethics and transparency, public corruption
Government information and archives
Libraries and archives
Presidential administrations
Presidents and presidential powers, Vice Presidents

Summary:
action_date: 2017-01-03
text: 

Presidential Library Donation Reform Act of 2017

 
 This bill requires each presidential library fundraising organization to submit quarterly reports to the National Archives and Records Administration (NARA) on every contributor who gave the organization a contribution or contributions (whether monetary or in-kind) totaling $200 or more for the quarterly period. 
 
NARA shall publish such information on its website within 30 days after each quarterly filing. 
 
It shall be unlawful for contributors or fundraising organizations to knowingly and willfully submit false information or omit material information. 

action_date: 2017-01-04
text: 
(This measure has not been amended since it was introduced. The summary has been expanded because action occurred on the measure.)
 

Presidential Library Donation Reform Act of 2017

 
 (Sec. 2) This bill requires each presidential library fundraising organization to submit quarterly reports to the National Archives and Records Administration (National Archives) on every contributor who gave the organization a contribution or contributions (whether monetary or in-kind) totaling $200 or more for the quarterly period. 
 
 The Archivist of the United States shall publish such information on the website of the National Archives within 30 days after each quarterly filing. 
 
 It shall be unlawful for contributors or fundraising organizations knowingly and willfully to submit false information or omit material information. Prescribes criminal penalties for violation of this prohibition.
 
(Sec. 3) No additional funds are authorized to carry out this Act's requirements. Such requirements shall be carried out using amounts otherwise authorized.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2017-01-05
text: Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.
action_date: 2017-01-04
text: Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
action_date: 2017-01-04
text: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill Agreed to by voice vote. (text: CR H65)
action_date: 2017-01-04
text: Passed/agreed to in House: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill Agreed to by voice vote.(text: CR H65)
action_date: 2017-01-04
text: DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on H.R. 73.
action_date: 2017-01-04
text: Considered under suspension of the rules. (consideration: CR H65-67)
action_date: 2017-01-04
text: Mr. Chaffetz moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill.
action_date: 2017-01-03
text: Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform.
action_date: 2017-01-03
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2017-01-03
text: Introduced in House