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Moving FIRST Act

Bill: 115-hr-3901
Sponsor: Rep. DeSaulnier, Mark [D-CA-11]
Introduced: 2017-10-02 in the House
Policy area: Transportation and Public Works
Subjects: Advanced technology and technological innovations
Congressional oversight
Electric power generation and transmission
Energy efficiency and conservation
Government studies and investigations
Hybrid, electric, and advanced technology vehicles
Motor vehicles
Pedestrians and bicycling
Public transit
Roads and highways
Transportation costs
Transportation programs funding
Transportation safety and security

Summary:
action_date: 2017-10-02
text: 

Moving and Fostering Innovation to Revolutionize Smarter Transportation Act or the Moving FIRST Act

 
This bill authorizes the Department of Transportation to award Strengthening Mobility and Revolutionizing Transportation grants to communities of varying sizes to promote technological innovation (e.g., autonomous vehicles, electric vehicles, and roadway electrification) in transportation systems.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2017-10-03
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Highways and Transit.
action_date: 2017-10-02
text: Referred to the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.
action_date: 2017-10-02
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2017-10-02
text: Introduced in House
Small Employer Retirement Savings Auto-Enrollment Credit Act

Bill: 115-hr-3902
Sponsor: Rep. Bishop, Mike [R-MI-8]
Introduced: 2017-10-02 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Employee benefits and pensions
Income tax credits
Small business

Summary:
action_date: 2017-10-02
text: 

Small Employer Retirement Savings Auto-Enrollment Credit Act 

 
This bill amends the Internal Revenue Code to allow a three-year $500 business-related tax credit for eligible small employers who include and maintain an automatic contribution arrangement in an employer-sponsored retirement plan. 
 
An &quot;eligible employer&quot; is an employer with no more than 100 employees who received at least $5,000 of compensation from the employer for the preceding year. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2017-10-02
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2017-10-02
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2017-10-02
text: Introduced in House
Data Protection Act of 2017

Bill: 115-hr-3904
Sponsor: Rep. Dingell, Debbie [D-MI-12]
Introduced: 2017-10-02 in the House
Policy area: Commerce
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Alternative dispute resolution, mediation, arbitration
Civil actions and liability
Computer security and identity theft
Consumer affairs
Federal Trade Commission (FTC)
Fraud offenses and financial crimes
Right of privacy

Summary:
action_date: 2017-10-02
text: 

Data Protection Act of 2017

 
This bill directs the Federal Trade Commission to require an entity to employ reasonable measures to secure sensitive, personally identifiable information maintained by the entity against a security breach.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2017-10-06
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Digital Commerce and Consumer Protection.
action_date: 2017-10-02
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2017-10-02
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2017-10-02
text: Introduced in House
Wildland Firefighter Recognition Act

Bill: 115-hr-3907
Sponsor: Rep. LaMalfa, Doug [R-CA-1]
Introduced: 2017-10-02 in the House
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Subjects: Department of Agriculture
Department of the Interior
Fires
First responders and emergency personnel
Forests, forestry, trees
Government employee pay, benefits, personnel management

Summary:
action_date: 2017-10-02
text: 

Wildland Firefighter Recognition Act

 
This bill requires the Office of Personnel Management to develop a distinct wildland firefighter occupational series. The series must apply to the following positions: 
 
 
forestry technician; 
 
range technician; 
 
other positions related to significant prevention, preparedness, control, suppression, or management activities for wildland firefighters; and 
 
other positions conducting activities necessary to meet any other emergency incident.

 
The Department of the Interior and the Department of Agriculture must use the series in the advertising and hiring of a wildland firefighter. 
 
The bill requires an employee in a wildland firefighter occupational series to receive a pay differential based on the unusual physical hardship or hazardous nature of the position.
 
An individual employed as a wildland firefighter on the date on which the occupational series takes effect may: (1) remain in the occupational series in which the individual is working, or (2) be included in the wildland firefighter occupational series.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2017-10-02
text: Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform.
action_date: 2017-10-02
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2017-10-02
text: Introduced in House
Securing American Families by Educating and Training You (SAFETY) Through Nonviolence Act of 2017

Bill: 115-hr-3908
Sponsor: Rep. Lewis, John [D-GA-5]
Introduced: 2017-10-02 in the House
Policy area: Education
Subjects: Crime prevention
Education programs funding
Educational guidance
Elementary and secondary education
Juvenile crime and gang violence
Law enforcement administration and funding
Violent crime

Summary:
action_date: 2017-10-02
text: 

Securing American Families by Educating and Training You (SAFETY) Through Nonviolence Act of 2017

 
This bill authorizes the Department of Justice (DOJ) to award grants to eligible entities for the purpose of preventing or alleviating the effects of community violence by providing education, mentoring, and counseling related to principles of nonviolence in conflict resolution. "Eligible entities" include state or local government entities, educational institutions, nonprofit communities, and faith-based organizations.
 
In awarding grants under the program, DOJ shall give priority to applicants that agree to use the grant funds in at least one community that can certify: (1) an increased or sustained level of violence or tension in the community; or (2) a lack of resources to adopt innovative, integrated, community-based violence prevention programs.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2017-10-02
text: Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce.
action_date: 2017-10-02
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2017-10-02
text: Introduced in House
Gandhi-King Scholarly Exchange Initiative Act of 2017

Bill: 115-hr-3909
Sponsor: Rep. Lewis, John [D-GA-5]
Introduced: 2017-10-02 in the House
Policy area: International Affairs
Subjects: Area studies and international education
Asia
Conflicts and wars
Diplomacy, foreign officials, Americans abroad
Government employee pay, benefits, personnel management
Higher education
Historic sites and heritage areas
Human rights
India
International exchange and broadcasting
Political movements and philosophies
Protest and dissent

Summary:
action_date: 2017-10-02
text: 

Gandhi-King Scholarly Exchange Initiative Act of 2017 

 
This bill authorizes the Department of State to carry out, in cooperation with the government of India, the Gandhi-King Scholarly Exchange Initiative comprised of educational, scholarly, and professional exchange programs, including:
 
 
an annual public diplomacy forum for scholars from the United States and India that focuses on the legacies of Mahatma Gandhi and Martin Luther King, Jr.;
 
a professional development training initiative for government employees to develop international conflict solutions based on the principles of nonviolence developed in consultation with the president and chief executive officer of the United States Institute of Peace, the Under Secretary for Public Diplomacy and Public Affairs of the Department of State, and U.S. cooperating partners; and
 
an undergraduate, graduate, and post-graduate student exchange for students to study the history and legacies of Martin Luther King, Jr., and Mahatma Gandhi, visit historic sites in India and the United States that were integral to the American civil rights movement and the Indian independence movement, and research and develop papers on the importance of peace, nonviolence, and reconciliation in current conflict regions.
 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2017-10-02
text: Referred to the House Committee on Foreign Affairs.
action_date: 2017-10-02
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2017-10-02
text: Introduced in House
To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to make lifetime income and managed account options of defined contribution retirement savings plans portable.

Bill: 115-hr-3910
Sponsor: Rep. Neal, Richard E. [D-MA-1]
Introduced: 2017-10-02 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Employee benefits and pensions
Financial services and investments
Income tax deferral

Summary:
action_date: 2017-10-02
text: 
This bill amends the Internal Revenue Code to allow distributions from certain tax-favored employer-sponsored retirement plans if a lifetime income investment or managed account investment is no longer authorized to be held as an investment option under the plan. 
 
If a lifetime income or managed account investment is no longer authorized to be held as an investment option under the plan, the bill allows: (1) qualified distributions of a lifetime income investment or a managed account investment, or (2) distributions of a lifetime income investment in the form of a qualified plan distribution annuity contract. 
 
A &quot;qualified distribution&quot; is a direct trustee-to-trustee transfer to an eligible retirement plan. A &quot;qualified plan distribution annuity contract&quot; is an annuity contract purchased for a participant and distributed to the participant by an employer-sponsored retirement plan. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2017-10-02
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2017-10-02
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2017-10-02
text: Introduced in House
Move America Act of 2017

Bill: 115-hr-3912
Sponsor: Rep. Walorski, Jackie [R-IN-2]
Introduced: 2017-10-02 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Aviation and airports
Floods and storm protection
Government information and archives
Government lending and loan guarantees
Income tax credits
Income tax exclusion
Infrastructure development
Internet and video services
Internet, web applications, social media
Marine and inland water transportation
Navigation, waterways, harbors
Public transit
Railroads
Roads and highways
Securities
Solid waste and recycling
State and local finance
Transportation programs funding
Water quality
Water resources funding
Water use and supply

Summary:
action_date: 2017-10-02
text: 

Move America Act of 2017 

 
This bill amends the Internal Revenue Code to allow tax-exempt Move America bonds and tax credits to be used for certain infrastructure projects. 
 
A Move America bond is treated as a tax-exempt private facility bond with certain exceptions. At least 95% of the net proceeds from the issuance of the bond must be used for infrastructure projects, including: 
 
 
 airports; 
 
 docks and wharves; 
 
mass commuting facilities; 
 
 facilities for the furnishing of water; 
 
 sewage facilities; 
 
 railroads; 
 
certain surface transportation projects eligible for federal assistance, projects for an international bridge or tunnel, or facilities for transferring freight from truck to rail or rail to truck;
 
 flood diversions; 
 
 inland waterways; or 
 
 rural broadband service infrastructure. 
 
 
The bill specifies exceptions and modifications to existing rules for bonds regarding land acquisition, government ownership, rehabilitation expenditures, and the alternative minimum tax. 
 
The bonds are subject to a volume cap equal to 50% of a state's current private activity bond volume cap. States may exchange all or a portion of the volume cap for Move America tax credits to be allocated to taxpayers. The credits include: (1) a project credit for a portion of the basis of each qualified project; and (2) an infrastructure fund credit for investments in qualified infrastructure funds, including a state infrastructure bank, a water pollution control revolving fund, or a drinking water treatment revolving loan fund. 
 
States must report specified details to the Department of the Treasury regarding the amount of the volume cap exchanged and credits allocated.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2017-10-02
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2017-10-02
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2017-10-02
text: Introduced in House
American Miners Pension Act of 2017

Bill: 115-hr-3913
Sponsor: Rep. McKinley, David B. [R-WV-1]
Introduced: 2017-10-03 in the House
Policy area: Labor and Employment
Subjects: Coal
Employee benefits and pensions
Government information and archives
Mining
Sales and excise taxes
Tax administration and collection, taxpayers

Summary:
action_date: 2017-10-03
text: 

American Miners Pension Act of 2017

 
This bill amends the Surface Mining Control and Reclamation Act of 1977 (SMCRA) to transfer certain funds and provide loans to the 1974 United Mine Workers of America (UMWA) Pension Plan in order to provide pension benefits for retired coal miners. 
 
The bill requires the Department of the Treasury to transfer additional funds from the Abandoned Mine Reclamation Fund and the General Fund of the Treasury to the 1974 UMWA Pension Plan to pay pension benefits required under that plan if the amounts available for transfer under SMCRA's $490 million annual limit exceed the amounts required to be transferred for other purposes (including to the UMWA Health Plans). The bill prohibits the plan from making certain changes to benefits during any year in which a transfer is received.
 
Treasury must make annual loans to the plan equal to the amount certified by the trustees of the plan as necessary to prevent insolvency. The loans may not exceed $600 million per year. The trustees must annually certify that the plan is projected to be solvent and is able to repay the loans under terms specified in the bill.
 
 The bill also establishes additional reporting requirements for the plan.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2017-10-06
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Energy and Mineral Resources.
action_date: 2017-10-03
text: Referred to the Committee on Natural Resources, 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: 2017-10-03
text: Referred to the Committee on Natural Resources, 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: 2017-10-03
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2017-10-03
text: Introduced in House
To remove the limitation imposed as a result of receiving funding under the Land and Water Conservation Fund on the conversion of Lake Afton Park in Sedgwick County, Kansas, to a use other than public outdoor recreation.

Bill: 115-hr-3914
Sponsor: Rep. Estes, Ron [R-KS-4]
Introduced: 2017-10-03 in the House
Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources
Subjects: Kansas
Lakes and rivers
Land transfers
Land use and conservation
Outdoor recreation

Summary:
action_date: 2017-10-03
text: 
This bill provides that the prohibition against converting property acquired or developed by a state with financial assistance under the Land and Water Conservation Fund to a use other than public outdoor recreation without the approval of the Department of the Interior shall not apply to Lake Afton Park in Sedgwick County, Kansas.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2017-10-06
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Federal Lands.
action_date: 2017-10-03
text: Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.
action_date: 2017-10-03
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2017-10-03
text: Introduced in House
State Regulatory Representation Clarification Act of 2017

Bill: 115-hr-3915
Sponsor: Rep. Lucas, Frank D. [R-OK-3]
Introduced: 2017-10-03 in the House
Policy area: Finance and Financial Sector
Subjects: Bank accounts, deposits, capital
Banking and financial institutions regulation
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC)
Federal officials
Government corporations and government-sponsored enterprises
State and local government operations

Summary:
action_date: 2017-10-03
text: 

State Regulatory Representation Clarification Act of 
 
2017

 
 This bill amends the Federal Deposit Insurance Act to require one presidential appointee to the Board of Directors of the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation to have served as a state bank supervisor. (A state bank supervisor has primary regulatory authority over state banks or savings associations in the state.)


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2017-10-03
text: Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services.
action_date: 2017-10-03
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2017-10-03
text: Introduced in House
FISH Act

Bill: 115-hr-3916
Sponsor: Rep. Calvert, Ken [R-CA-42]
Introduced: 2017-10-03 in the House
Policy area: Environmental Protection
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Department of Commerce
Department of the Interior
Endangered and threatened species
Fishes
Marine and coastal resources, fisheries

Summary:
action_date: 2017-10-03
text: 

Federally Integrated Species Health Act or the FISH Act

 
This bill amends the Endangered Species Act of 1973 to transfer the responsibility for administering the Act from the Commerce Department's National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS) to the Department of the Interior's U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS) with respect to anadromous species (species of fish that spawn in fresh or estuarine waters and that migrate to ocean waters) and catadromous species (species of fish that spawn in ocean waters and migrate to fresh waters). Under current law, the Act is administered by both the NMFS and the USFWS.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2018-07-18
text: Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 648.
action_date: 2018-07-18
text: Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Natural Resources. H. Rept. 115-838.
action_date: 2018-07-18
text: Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Natural Resources. H. Rept. 115-838.
action_date: 2018-05-16
text: Ordered to be Reported (Amended) by the Yeas and Nays: 22 - 14.
action_date: 2018-05-16
text: Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
action_date: 2018-05-16
text: Subcommittee on Water, Power and Oceans Discharged.
action_date: 2017-10-12
text: Subcommittee Hearings Held.
action_date: 2017-10-06
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Water, Power and Oceans.
action_date: 2017-10-03
text: Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.
action_date: 2017-10-03
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2017-10-03
text: Introduced in House
To amend the Public Health Service Act to extend funding for the special diabetes program for Indians.

Bill: 115-hr-3917
Sponsor: Rep. Mullin, Markwayne [R-OK-2]
Introduced: 2017-10-03 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Digestive and metabolic diseases
Health programs administration and funding
Health promotion and preventive care
Indian social and development programs
Minority health

Summary:
action_date: 2017-10-03
text: 
This bill reauthorizes through FY2019 the Special Diabetes Program for Indians. The program is administered by the Indian Health Service and provides funds to Indian health programs for diabetes prevention and treatment.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2017-10-06
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2017-10-03
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2017-10-03
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2017-10-03
text: Introduced in House
Fire Police Fairness Act

Bill: 115-hr-3918
Sponsor: Rep. Courtney, Joe [D-CT-2]
Introduced: 2017-10-03 in the House
Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement
Subjects: Fires
Government employee pay, benefits, personnel management
Law enforcement officers

Summary:
action_date: 2017-10-03
text: 

Fire Police Fairness Act

 
This bill amends the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 to include a fire police officer within the definition of &quot;public safety officer&quot; for purposes of death benefits under the Public Safety Officers' Benefits program. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2017-10-13
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, Homeland Security, and Investigations.
action_date: 2017-10-03
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2017-10-03
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2017-10-03
text: Introduced in House
Commonsense Reporting Act of 2017

Bill: 115-hr-3919
Sponsor: Rep. Black, Diane [R-TN-6]
Introduced: 2017-10-03 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Congressional oversight
Department of the Treasury
Employee benefits and pensions
Government Operations and Politics
Government information and archives
Government studies and investigations
Health care costs and insurance
Health care coverage and access
Income tax credits
Personnel records
Right of privacy
Tax administration and collection, taxpayers

Summary:
action_date: 2017-10-03
text: 

Commonsense Reporting Act of 2017

 
This bill amends the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act and the Internal Revenue Code to modify the requirements for employers to report health insurance coverage information to the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) by the end of the tax year. 
 
The bill changes the information that is required and permits employers to voluntarily report the information prior to the beginning of open enrollment.
 
The Department of the Treasury must develop a prospective reporting system to permit: 
 
 
employers to voluntarily report specified health insurance coverage information before the annual open enrollment period; 
 
 the exchanges, the Federal Marketplace Data Services Hub, and the IRS to access the information to carry out their missions and provide the Department of Health and Human Services with information related to eligibility for advance payment of premium tax credits and cost-sharing subsidies; 
 
 the exchanges to communicate with employers and employees regarding eligibility for the tax credits or cost-sharing subsidies; and 
 
employers to provide updates to the hub regarding changes in coverage for employees. 
 
 
At the time of enrollment, exchanges must provide employers the names of employees and dependents that enroll in a qualified health plan for a year. 
 
If a health insurance issuer or employer is unable to obtain the taxpayer identification number of a dependent, Treasury may permit the individual's full name and date of birth to be used instead. 
 
Employers participating in the reporting system established by this bill are exempt from the requirement to report health insurance coverage information to the IRS by the end of the tax year. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2017-10-06
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2017-10-03
text: Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, 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: 2017-10-03
text: Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, 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: 2017-10-03
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2017-10-03
text: Introduced in House