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Protecting Our Border Communities Act of 2017

Bill: 115-hr-920
Sponsor: Rep. Lofgren, Zoe [D-CA-19]
Introduced: 2017-02-07 in the House
Policy area: Immigration
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Border security and unlawful immigration
Congressional oversight
Detention of persons
Executive agency funding and structure
Federal-Indian relations
Foreign aid and international relief
Forests, forestry, trees
Government information and archives
Immigration status and procedures
Intergovernmental relations
Land use and conservation
Latin America
Law enforcement administration and funding
Law enforcement officers
Mexico
Parks, recreation areas, trails
Presidents and presidential powers, Vice Presidents
Refugees, asylum, displaced persons

Summary:
action_date: 2017-02-07
text: 

Protecting Our Border Communities Act of 2017

 
This bill states that: (1) beginning on January 25, 2017, Executive Order 13767, entitled &quot;Border Security and Immigration Enforcement Improvements,&quot; is null and void, shall have no force and effect, and may not be implemented or enforced; and (2) no federal funds may be used to implement or enforce any of the policy changes set forth in such order. Among the order's provisions concerning border security and immigration enforcement along the southern border of the United States are directives concerning physical barriers, detention facilities, additional Border Patrol agents, requirements for reporting on foreign aid to Mexico, and parole and asylum procedures.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2017-03-09
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration and Border Security.
action_date: 2017-02-24
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Border and Maritime Security.
action_date: 2017-02-07
text: Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committees on Homeland Security, and Foreign 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: 2017-02-07
text: Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committees on Homeland Security, and Foreign 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: 2017-02-07
text: Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committees on Homeland Security, and Foreign 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: 2017-02-07
text: Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committees on Homeland Security, and Foreign 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: 2017-02-07
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2017-02-07
text: Introduced in House
Community Trust Act of 2017

Bill: 115-hr-921
Sponsor: Rep. Lofgren, Zoe [D-CA-19]
Introduced: 2017-02-07 in the House
Policy area: Immigration
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Border security and unlawful immigration
Civil actions and liability
Crime victims
Criminal investigation, prosecution, interrogation
Department of Homeland Security
Detention of persons
Executive agency funding and structure
Immigration status and procedures
Intergovernmental relations
Law enforcement administration and funding
Law enforcement officers
Organized crime
Presidents and presidential powers, Vice Presidents
State and local finance
State and local government operations
Violent crime

Summary:
action_date: 2017-02-07
text: 

Community Trust Act of 2017

 
This bill nullifies Executive Order 13768, entitled &quot;Enhancing Public Safety in the Interior of the United States,&quot; beginning on January 25, 2017, and prohibits the use of any federal funds to implement, administer, enforce, or carry out any of the policy changes set forth in such order. Among other things, that order raises questions regarding whether, and to what extent, federal agencies will withhold federal grant funds that would have otherwise been awarded to jurisdictions that willfully refuse to comply with a federal statute that bars states and localities from restricting sending or receiving information to or from federal immigration authorities (sanctuary jurisdictions).


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2017-02-07
text: Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committees on Foreign Affairs, and Oversight and Government Reform, 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: 2017-02-07
text: Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committees on Foreign Affairs, and Oversight and Government Reform, 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: 2017-02-07
text: Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committees on Foreign Affairs, and Oversight and Government Reform, 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: 2017-02-07
text: Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committees on Foreign Affairs, and Oversight and Government Reform, 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: 2017-02-07
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2017-02-07
text: Introduced in House
Rehabilitation of Historic Schools Act of 2017

Bill: 115-hr-922
Sponsor: Rep. Evans, Dwight [D-PA-2]
Introduced: 2017-02-07 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Building construction
Educational facilities and institutions
Elementary and secondary education
Historic sites and heritage areas
Income tax credits

Summary:
action_date: 2017-02-07
text: 

Rehabilitation of Historic Schools Act of 2017 

 
This bill amends the Internal Revenue Code to allow rehabilitation expenditures for any building which is a qualified public educational facility to qualify for the rehabilitation tax credit. A &quot;qualified public educational facility&quot; is a school facility which is part of a public elementary or secondary school and is owned by a private, for-profit corporation pursuant to a public-private partnership agreement with a state or local educational agency.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2017-02-07
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2017-02-07
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2017-02-07
text: Introduced in House
Financial Institutions Due Process Act of 2017

Bill: 115-hr-924
Sponsor: Rep. Rothfus, Keith J. [R-PA-12]
Introduced: 2017-02-07 in the House
Policy area: Finance and Financial Sector
Subjects: Administrative remedies
Banking and financial institutions regulation
Congressional oversight
Executive agency funding and structure
Government information and archives
Government studies and investigations
Judicial review and appeals

Summary:
action_date: 2017-02-07
text: 

Financial Institutions Due Process Act of 2017

 
This bill amends the Federal Financial Institutions Examination Council Act of 1978 to establish an Independent Examination Review Panel. The panel shall have exclusive jurisdiction of an appeal of a final material supervisory determination of a federal financial institutions regulatory agency.
 
A financial institution may request from a federal financial institutions regulatory agency a written determination of the agency's: (1) permission to take an action, and (2) interpretation of a law or regulation. An agency must respond to such a request within a specified timeframe.
 
The bill also establishes timeframes within which a federal financial institutions regulatory agency must: (1) conduct an exit interview with respect to the examination of a financial institution, and (2) provide a final examination report.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2017-07-12
text: Hearings Held by the Subcommittee on Financial Institutions and Consumer Credit Prior to Referral.
action_date: 2017-02-07
text: Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services.
action_date: 2017-02-07
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2017-02-07
text: Introduced in House
To amend title 38, United States Code, to clarify the eligibility for monthly stipends paid under the Post-9/11 Educational Assistance Program for certain members of the reserve components of the Armed Forces.

Bill: 115-hr-925
Sponsor: Rep. Calvert, Ken [R-CA-42]
Introduced: 2017-02-07 in the House
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: National Guard and reserves
Veterans' education, employment, rehabilitation

Summary:
action_date: 2017-02-07
text: 
This bill provides that the monthly stipend under the Post-9/11 Educational Assistance program for a member of the reserve components of the Armed Forces who is pursuing a program of education using assistance under such program and performing certain active duty service shall be payable on a pro rata basis for the period of such month in which the individual is not performing active duty service.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2017-03-03
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Economic Opportunity.
action_date: 2017-02-07
text: Referred to the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
action_date: 2017-02-07
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2017-02-07
text: Introduced in House
ASPIRE Act

Bill: 115-hr-926
Sponsor: Rep. Soto, Darren [D-FL-9]
Introduced: 2017-02-07 in the House
Policy area: Education
Subjects: Education programs funding
Higher education
Science and engineering education
Student aid and college costs

Summary:
action_date: 2017-02-07
text: 

American Science Principal and Interest Reduction and Employment Act or the ASPIRE Act

 
This bill amends title IV (Student Assistance) of the Higher Education Act of 1965 to direct the Department of Education to establish a program to cancel 25% of the outstanding balance of principal due on a Federal Direct Loan made to a student or parent of a student who graduates from an undergraduate STEM program. 
 
An undergraduate STEM program is a degree or certificate program related to science, technology, engineering, or mathematics at an institution of higher education.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2017-02-07
text: Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce.
action_date: 2017-02-07
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR H1058)
action_date: 2017-02-07
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2017-02-07
text: Introduced in House
To amend title 38, United States Code, to provide for the eligibility for beneficiary travel for veterans seeking treatment or care for military sexual trauma in specialized outpatient or residential programs at facilities of the Department of Veterans Affairs, and for other purposes.

Bill: 115-hr-927
Sponsor: Rep. Walorski, Jackie [R-IN-2]
Introduced: 2017-02-07 in the House
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Assault and harassment offenses
Crime victims
Home and outpatient care
Mental health
Sex offenses
Transportation costs
Veterans' medical care

Summary:
action_date: 2017-02-07
text: 
This bill provides eligibility for beneficiary travel through the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) to a veteran whose travel to a specialized outpatient or residential program at a VA facility is in connection with treatment or care for military sexual trauma.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2017-03-03
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2017-02-07
text: Referred to the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
action_date: 2017-02-07
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2017-02-07
text: Introduced in House
Small Business Start-up Savings Accounts Act of 2017

Bill: 115-hr-929
Sponsor: Rep. Sewell, Terri A. [D-AL-7]
Introduced: 2017-02-07 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Business investment and capital
Employee benefits and pensions
Income tax exclusion
Small business

Summary:
action_date: 2017-02-07
text: 

Small Business Start-up Savings Accounts Act of 201

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This bill amends the Internal Revenue Code to provide for tax-preferred Small Business Start-up Savings Accounts to pay for trade or business expenses, including the purchase of equipment or facilities, marketing, training, incorporation, and accounting fees. The bill allows annual nondeductible contributions to such accounts of up to $10,000, subject to a $150,000 limit on total contributions to the account and adjustments for inflation after 2018. The bill sets forth rules for the tax treatment of contributions to and rollovers or distributions from the accounts, similar to rules governing individual retirement accounts (IRAs). Qualified distributions from the accounts are excluded from gross income. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2017-02-07
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2017-02-07
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2017-02-07
text: Introduced in House
Lymphedema Treatment Act

Bill: 115-hr-930
Sponsor: Rep. Reichert, David G. [R-WA-8]
Introduced: 2017-02-07 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Health technology, devices, supplies
Immunology and vaccination
Medicare

Summary:
action_date: 2017-02-07
text: 

Lymphedema Treatment Act

 
This bill amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act to cover certain lymphedema compression treatment items as durable medical equipment under Medicare. (Lymphedema is a condition of localized fluid retention and tissue swelling that is caused when the lymphatic system is damaged or blocked.)


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2017-02-21
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2017-02-10
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2017-02-07
text: Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on Ways and Means, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
action_date: 2017-02-07
text: Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on Ways and Means, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
action_date: 2017-02-07
text: Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on Ways and Means, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
action_date: 2017-02-07
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2017-02-07
text: Introduced in House
MOVE Act

Bill: 115-hr-932
Sponsor: Rep. Ellison, Keith [D-MN-5]
Introduced: 2017-02-07 in the House
Policy area: Transportation and Public Works
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Commuting
Department of Transportation
Disability and paralysis
Minority employment
Pedestrians and bicycling
Performance measurement
Public transit
Regional and metropolitan planning
Roads and highways
Transportation programs funding

Summary:
action_date: 2017-02-07
text: 

Mobility, Opportunity, and Vocation Enabling Act or the MOVE Act

 
This bill directs the Department of Transportation (DOT) to issue regulations necessary to establish performance measures relating to multimodal transportation connectivity and accessibility for states and metropolitan planning organizations to use to assess the connectivity and accessibility of roadways, public transit infrastructure, pedestrian and bikeway infrastructure, and other transportation infrastructure.
 
Such performance measures must include ones to assess specified transportation accessibility factors with respect to the general population as well as disadvantaged populations (low-income or minority populations and people with disabilities).
 
A metropolitan planning organization shall coordinate selection of multimodal transportation accessibility performance targets with the relevant state and public transportation providers to ensure consistency with the performance measures DOT shall require under this bill.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2017-02-08
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Highways and Transit.
action_date: 2017-02-07
text: Referred to the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.
action_date: 2017-02-07
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2017-02-07
text: Introduced in House
Employee Empowerment Act

Bill: 115-hr-933
Sponsor: Rep. Ellison, Keith [D-MN-5]
Introduced: 2017-02-07 in the House
Policy area: Labor and Employment
Subjects: Civil actions and liability
Labor standards
Labor-management relations
Legal fees and court costs

Summary:
action_date: 2017-02-07
text: 

Employee Empowerment Act 

 
This bill amends the National Labor Relations Act to authorize a person alleging an unfair labor practice by an employer by discrimination regarding hiring or tenure of employment or any term or condition of employment to encourage or discourage membership in any labor organization, in addition to filing a charge alleging an unfair labor practice with the National Labor Relations Board, to bring a civil action against such employer in U.S. district court.
 
The court may grant relief (including injunctive and equitable relief, back pay, and compensatory and punitive damages) and allow the prevailing party a reasonable attorney's fee (including expert witness fees) as part of the costs.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2017-03-09
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on the Constitution and Civil Justice.
action_date: 2017-02-07
text: Referred to the Committee on Education and the Workforce, 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: 2017-02-07
text: Referred to the Committee on Education and the Workforce, 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: 2017-02-07
text: Referred to the Committee on Education and the Workforce, 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: 2017-02-07
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2017-02-07
text: Introduced in House
Personal Drug Importation Fairness Act of 2017

Bill: 115-hr-934
Sponsor: Rep. Ellison, Keith [D-MN-5]
Introduced: 2017-02-07 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Africa
Asia
Australia
Canada
Drug safety, medical device, and laboratory regulation
Europe
European Union
Israel
Japan
New Zealand
Oceania
Prescription drugs
South Africa
Switzerland
Trade restrictions

Summary:
action_date: 2017-02-07
text: 

Personal Drug Importation Fairness Act of 2017

 
This bill allows a drug to be imported by a person other than the drug's manufacturer if the drug: (1) has the same active ingredients, route of administration, and strength as an approved drug; (2) may be lawfully marketed in, and is imported or reimported from, a country included on a list in this Act that the Food and Drug Administration determines has standards for ensuring drug safety and effectiveness that are at least as protective as U.S. standards; (3) is dispensed by a licensed pharmacist; (4) is shipped directly to, or is imported by, the ultimate consumer; (5) is shipped or imported in quantities that do not exceed a 90-day supply; (6) is accompanied by a copy of a valid prescription; and (7) is not a controlled substance. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2017-02-10
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2017-02-07
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2017-02-07
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2017-02-07
text: Introduced in House
SPACE-A

Bill: 115-hr-936
Sponsor: Rep. Bilirakis, Gus M. [R-FL-12]
Introduced: 2017-02-07 in the House
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Aviation and airports
Disability and paralysis
Disability assistance
Veterans' pensions and compensation

Summary:
action_date: 2017-02-07
text: 

Special Priority on Aircrafts and Coverage Equity Act of 2017 or SPACE-A 

 
This bill directs the Department of Defense to provide transportation on scheduled and unscheduled military flights within the continental United States and on scheduled overseas flights on a space-available basis for veterans with a service-connected, permanent disability rated as total on the same basis as such transportation is provided to members of the Armed Forces entitled to retired or retainer pay.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2017-03-23
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Readiness.
action_date: 2017-02-07
text: Referred to the House Committee on Armed Services.
action_date: 2017-02-07
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2017-02-07
text: Introduced in House
Universal Savings Account Act

Bill: 115-hr-937
Sponsor: Rep. Brat, Dave [R-VA-7]
Introduced: 2017-02-07 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Bank accounts, deposits, capital
Employee benefits and pensions
Financial services and investments
Income tax exclusion
Inflation and prices

Summary:
action_date: 2017-02-07
text: 

Universal Savings Account Act

 
This bill amends the Internal Revenue Code to allow for the establishment of Universal Savings Accounts. These accounts shall be tax-exempt and may be opened by any individual who is at least 18 years of age and a U.S. citizen or legal permanent resident. Contributions to these accounts must be in cash and may not exceed $5,500 (adjusted annually for inflation) in any calendar year. Distributions from a Universal Savings Account are excluded from the gross income of the account holder for income tax purposes. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2017-02-07
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2017-02-07
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2017-02-07
text: Introduced in House