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District of Columbia Local Prosecutor Establishment Act of 2017

Bill: 115-hr-1523
Sponsor: Del. Norton, Eleanor Holmes [D-DC-At Large]
Introduced: 2017-03-13 in the House
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Subjects: Criminal investigation, prosecution, interrogation
District of Columbia
Lawyers and legal services
State and local government operations

Summary:
action_date: 2017-03-13
text: 

District of Columbia Local Prosecutor Establishment Act of 2017

 
This bill amends the District of Columbia Code to shift the responsibility for conducting prosecutions for violations of Washington, DC laws from the Corporation Counsel for the District of Columbia (Attorney General for the District) or his or her assistants to the head of the office designated under DC local law as the one responsible for conducting such prosecutions (local prosecutor's office) or his or her assistants.
 
An indictment or information brought in the name of:
 
 
 the United States in the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia may include charges of offenses prosecutable by DC if the head of the local prosecutor's office consents to such inclusion in writing, and 
 
DC in the Superior Court of the District of Columbia may be joined for trial in the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia with an indictment or information brought in that court if the offenses charged could have been joined in the same indictment or information and if the head of the local prosecutor's office consents to such joinder.
 
 
Nothing in this Act shall affect the authority of the Attorney General or the U.S. Attorney for the District of Columbia to exercise jurisdiction concerning violations of federal laws.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2017-03-13
text: Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform.
action_date: 2017-03-13
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2017-03-13
text: Introduced in House
Superfund Polluter Pays Act

Bill: 115-hr-1524
Sponsor: Rep. Pallone, Frank, Jr. [D-NJ-6]
Introduced: 2017-03-13 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Corporate finance and management
Government trust funds
Hazardous wastes and toxic substances
Income tax rates
Pollution liability
Sales and excise taxes

Summary:
action_date: 2017-03-13
text: 

Superfund Polluter Pays Act 

 
This bill amends the Internal Revenue Code to reinstate and extend through December 31, 2021, the Hazardous Substance Superfund financing rate and the corporate environmental income tax. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2017-03-13
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2017-03-13
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2017-03-13
text: Introduced in House
Stop Taxpayer Funded Settlements Act

Bill: 115-hr-1525
Sponsor: Rep. Smith, Jason [R-MO-8]
Introduced: 2017-03-13 in the House
Policy area: Environmental Protection
Subjects: Air quality
Civil actions and liability
Endangered and threatened species
Government liability
Legal fees and court costs
Pollution liability
Water quality

Summary:
action_date: 2017-03-13
text: 

Stop Taxpayer Funded Settlements Act

 
This bill prohibits federal officials and employees from entering into settlements that provide for payment of attorney's fees by the federal government in cases brought under the Clean Air Act, the Federal Water Pollution Control Act (commonly known as the Clean Water Act), or the Endangered Species Act of 1973.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2017-03-31
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on the Constitution and Civil Justice.
action_date: 2017-03-17
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Environment.
action_date: 2017-03-14
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Water Resources and Environment.
action_date: 2017-03-13
text: Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committees on Transportation and Infrastructure, Natural Resources, and 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: 2017-03-13
text: Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committees on Transportation and Infrastructure, Natural Resources, and 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: 2017-03-13
text: Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committees on Transportation and Infrastructure, Natural Resources, and 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: 2017-03-13
text: Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committees on Transportation and Infrastructure, Natural Resources, and 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: 2017-03-13
text: Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committees on Transportation and Infrastructure, Natural Resources, and 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: 2017-03-13
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2017-03-13
text: Introduced in House
For the relief of Simeon Simeonov, Stela Simeonova, Stoyan Simeonov, and Vania Simeonova.

Bill: 115-hr-1527
Sponsor: Rep. Gutierrez, Luis V. [D-IL-4]
Introduced: 2017-03-13 in the House
Subjects: Private Legislation

Summary:
action_date: 2017-03-13
text: Provides for the relief of Simeon Simeonov, Stela Simeonova, Stoyan Simeonov, and Vania Simeonova.

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2017-03-17
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration and Border Security.
action_date: 2017-03-13
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2017-03-13
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2017-03-13
text: Introduced in House
Native American Indian Education Act

Bill: 115-hr-1528
Sponsor: Rep. Tipton, Scott  R. [R-CO-3]
Introduced: 2017-03-15 in the House
Policy area: Native Americans
Subjects: Education programs funding
Higher education
Indian social and development programs
Minority education
Student aid and college costs

Summary:
action_date: 2017-03-15
text: 

Native American Indian Education Act

 
 This bill amends the Higher Education Act of 1965 to allow the Department of Education, for FY2018-FY2022, to pay Native American-serving, nontribal institutions of higher education the tuition of their out-of-state Native American students. This applies only to schools that are required to provide a tuition-free education, with the support of their state, to Native American students as a condition under which the college or state received its original grant of land and facilities from the federal government. Payments are treated as reimbursements to institutions from their states.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2017-03-15
text: Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce.
action_date: 2017-03-15
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2017-03-15
text: Introduced in House
Debt Limit Control and Accountability Act of 2017

Bill: 115-hr-1529
Sponsor: Rep. Sanford, Mark [R-SC-1]
Introduced: 2017-03-15 in the House
Policy area: Economics and Public Finance
Subjects: Budget deficits and national debt
Employee benefits and pensions
Financial services and investments
Government employee pay, benefits, personnel management
Government trust funds
Health care costs and insurance
Postal service
Presidents and presidential powers, Vice Presidents
Securities
State and local finance

Summary:
action_date: 2017-03-15
text: 

Debt Limit Control and Accountability Act of 2017

 
This bill prohibits the Department of the Treasury from using extraordinary measures either to prevent the United States from reaching the statutory debt limit or once the debt limit has been reached. 
 
Under the bill, extraordinary measures are: 
 
 
suspending investments of the Thrift Savings Plan G Fund or the Exchange Stabilization Fund, 
 
suspending the issuance of new securities to the Civil Service Retirement and Disability Fund and Postal Service Retiree Health Benefits Fund,
 
redeeming early securities held by the Civil Service Retirement and Disability Fund and the Postal Service Retiree Health Benefits Fund,
 
suspending the issuance of new State and Local Government Series securities and savings bonds,
 
replacing Treasury securities subject to the debt limit with debt issued by the Federal Financing Bank, or 
 
any other extraordinary actions taken by Treasury to avoid defaulting on the obligations of the United States. 
 
 
The bill also repeals statutory provisions that established procedures for presidential modification of the debt ceiling. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2017-03-15
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2017-03-15
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2017-03-15
text: Introduced in House
Financial Transparency Act of 2017

Bill: 115-hr-1530
Sponsor: Rep. Issa, Darrell E. [R-CA-49]
Introduced: 2017-03-15 in the House
Policy area: Finance and Financial Sector
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Banking and financial institutions regulation
Commodities markets
Commodity Futures Trading Commission
Congressional oversight
Consumer Financial Protection Bureau
Corporate finance and management
Department of the Treasury
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC)
Federal Housing Finance Agency
Federal Reserve System
Financial services and investments
Government information and archives
National Credit Union Administration
Securities
Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC)
State and local finance

Summary:
action_date: 2017-03-15
text: 

Financial Transparency Act of 2017 

 
This bill amends the Financial Stability Act of 2010, the Investment Advisers Act of 1940, the Federal Deposit Insurance Act, and other laws to require federal financial regulatory agencies to adopt specified data standards with respect to format, searchability, and transparency.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2017-03-23
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Commodity Exchanges, Energy, and Credit.
action_date: 2017-03-15
text: Referred to the Committee on Financial Services, 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: 2017-03-15
text: Referred to the Committee on Financial Services, 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: 2017-03-15
text: Referred to the Committee on Financial Services, 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: 2017-03-15
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2017-03-15
text: Introduced in House
Ellie's Law

Bill: 115-hr-1533
Sponsor: Rep. Clarke, Yvette D. [D-NY-9]
Introduced: 2017-03-15 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Health programs administration and funding
Medical research
Neurological disorders
Research administration and funding

Summary:
action_date: 2017-03-15
text: 

Ellie Helton, Lisa Colagrossi, Teresa Anne Lawrence, and Jennifer Sedney Focused Research Act or Ellie's Law

 This bill authorizes appropriations for the National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke to conduct or support research on unruptured brain aneurysms in a patient population diversified by age, sex, and race.

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2017-03-17
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2017-03-15
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2017-03-15
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2017-03-15
text: Introduced in House
21st Century Worker Opportunity Act

Bill: 115-hr-1534
Sponsor: Rep. Dingell, Debbie [D-MI-12]
Introduced: 2017-03-15 in the House
Policy area: Labor and Employment
Subjects: Employment and training programs
Industrial facilities
Internet and video services
Internet, web applications, social media
Manufacturing
Telecommunication rates and fees
Unemployment

Summary:
action_date: 2017-03-15
text: 

21st Century Worker Opportunity Act

 
This bill requires the National Telecommunications and Information Administration to implement a program that provides displaced workers with a subsidy or coupon for a lump sum payment of $500 that may only be applied towards: (1) broadband Internet access service, or (2) remote job training in a profession not likely to be automated in the next 20 years.
 
A &quot;displaced worker&quot; is defined as an individual who, due to automation of machinery that replaces human labor, has been terminated or laid off from employment or who has received a notice of termination or layoff from employment.
 
To be eligible for the program, a displaced worker who has been laid off or terminated must submit a certification from an employer that the worker was employed in the manufacturing sector and was laid off or terminated due to the automation of the position of the worker.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2017-03-17
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Communications and Technology.
action_date: 2017-03-15
text: Referred to the Committee on Education and the Workforce, 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: 2017-03-15
text: Referred to the Committee on Education and the Workforce, 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: 2017-03-15
text: Referred to the Committee on Education and the Workforce, 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: 2017-03-15
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2017-03-15
text: Introduced in House
Lower Farmington River and Salmon Brook Wild and Scenic River Act

Bill: 115-hr-1535
Sponsor: Rep. Esty, Elizabeth H. [D-CT-5]
Introduced: 2017-03-15 in the House
Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources
Subjects: Connecticut
Lakes and rivers
Wilderness and natural areas, wildlife refuges, wild rivers, habitats

Summary:
action_date: 2017-03-15
text: 

Lower Farmington River and Salmon Brook Wild and Scenic River Act

 
 This bill amends the Wild and Scenic Rivers Act to designate specified segments of the Lower Farmington River and Salmon Brook in Connecticut as components of the National Wild and Scenic Rivers System. 
 
The Lower Farmington River and Salmon Brook Wild and Scenic Committee, in coordination with the Department of the Interior, shall lead and coordinate the implementation of the management plan for the designated river segments according to the amendments to the Lower Farmington River and Salmon Brook Management Plan, dated June 2011, as determined to be consistent with this bill. 
 
 The designation made by this bill shall not be construed to: (1) prohibit, pre-empt, or abridge future licensing or re-licensing of the Rainbow Dam and Reservoir by the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission as a federally licensed hydroelectric generation project; or (2) affect the operation of, or impose any flow or release requirements on, the unlicensed hydroelectric facility at the dam and reservoir. 
 
 The Lower Farmington River shall not be administered as part of the National Park System (NPS) or be subject to NPS regulations. 
 
The National Park Service may not administratively change the extent of the protection afforded to the river segments designated by this bill.
 
 The bill also revises the description of a specified designated segment of the Farmington River in Connecticut.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2017-03-24
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Federal Lands.
action_date: 2017-03-15
text: Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.
action_date: 2017-03-15
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2017-03-15
text: Introduced in House
Supporting Home Owner Rights Enforcement Act

Bill: 115-hr-1538
Sponsor: Rep. Griffith, H. Morgan [R-VA-9]
Introduced: 2017-03-15 in the House
Policy area: Energy
Subjects: Alternative and renewable resources
Dams and canals
Electric power generation and transmission
Land use and conservation
Licensing and registrations
Outdoor recreation
Property rights
Water storage

Summary:
action_date: 2017-03-15
text: 

Supporting Home Owner Rights Enforcement Act

 
This bill amends the Federal Power Act to require the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, when deciding whether to issue licenses for hydropower projects, to give equal consideration to minimizing infringement on the useful exercise and enjoyment of property rights held by nonlicensees.
 
In developing recreational resources within project boundaries, licensees must consider private landownership as a means to encourage and facilitate: private investment and increased tourism and recreational use.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2017-03-17
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Energy.
action_date: 2017-03-15
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2017-03-15
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2017-03-15
text: Introduced in House
Early Hearing Detection and Intervention Act of 2017

Bill: 115-hr-1539
Sponsor: Rep. Guthrie, Brett [R-KY-2]
Introduced: 2017-03-15 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Child health
Health information and medical records
Health programs administration and funding
Health promotion and preventive care
Hearing, speech, and vision care
Medical research
Medical tests and diagnostic methods
Research administration and funding
Surgery and anesthesia

Summary:
action_date: 2017-03-15
text: 

Early Hearing Detection and Intervention Act of 2017

 
This bill amends the Public Health Service Act to revise programs for deaf and hard-of-hearing newborns and infants, including to expand the programs to include young children. The programs are reauthorized through FY2022. Health Resources and Services Administration support for the education and training of personnel and health care providers for such programs is expanded to include education and training of family members.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2017-03-17
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2017-03-15
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2017-03-15
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2017-03-15
text: Introduced in House
Social Security Disability Insurance Return to Work Act

Bill: 115-hr-1540
Sponsor: Rep. Hill, J. French [R-AR-2]
Introduced: 2017-03-15 in the House
Policy area: Social Welfare
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Disability assistance
Government trust funds
Health information and medical records
Medical tests and diagnostic methods
Social Security Administration

Summary:
action_date: 2017-03-15
text: 

Social Security Disability Insurance Return to Work Act 

 
This bill (1) directs the Social Security Administration (SSA) to establish new disability classifications under the Old Age, Survivors, and Disability Insurance (OASDI) program; (2) limits OASDI benefits with respect to individuals for whom medical improvement is deemed likely or expected; (3) requires the SSA to establish a process for such individuals to return to employment and receive an adjusted benefit amount; and (4) otherwise modifies provisions related to OASDI benefits.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2017-03-23
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Social Security.
action_date: 2017-03-15
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2017-03-15
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2017-03-15
text: Introduced in House
To authorize the Secretary of the Interior to acquire certain property related to the Fort Scott National Historic Site in Fort Scott, Kansas, and for other purposes.

Bill: 115-hr-1541
Sponsor: Rep. Jenkins, Lynn [R-KS-2]
Introduced: 2017-03-15 in the House
Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources
Subjects: Historic sites and heritage areas
Kansas
Land transfers

Summary:
action_date: 2017-03-15
text: This bill: (1) allows the Department of the Interior to acquire the lands, buildings, and improvements known as Fort Scott for inclusion in the Fort Scott National Historic Site in Kansas only by donation; (2) repeals the proviso that the buildings so acquired shall not include the structure known as Lunette Blair; and (3) modifies the boundary of such site.
action_date: 2017-07-11
text: 
(This measure has not been amended since it was introduced. The summary has been expanded because action occurred on the measure.)
 
(Sec. 1) This bill: (1) allows the Department of the Interior to acquire the lands, buildings, and improvements known as Fort Scott for inclusion in the Fort Scott National Historic Site in Kansas only by donation; (2) repeals the proviso that the buildings so acquired shall not include the structure known as Lunette Blair; and (3) modifies the boundary of such site. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2017-07-12
text: Received in the Senate. Read twice. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 171.
action_date: 2017-07-11
text: Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
action_date: 2017-07-11
text: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill Agreed to by voice vote. (text: CR H5407)
action_date: 2017-07-11
text: Passed/agreed to in House: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill Agreed to by voice vote.(text: CR H5407)
action_date: 2017-07-11
text: DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on H.R. 1541.
action_date: 2017-07-11
text: Considered under suspension of the rules. (consideration: CR H5407-5408)
action_date: 2017-07-11
text: Mr. LaHood moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill.
action_date: 2017-07-11
text: Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 144.
action_date: 2017-07-11
text: Reported by the Committee on Natural Resources. H. Rept. 115-207.
action_date: 2017-07-11
text: Reported by the Committee on Natural Resources. H. Rept. 115-207.
action_date: 2017-06-27
text: Ordered to be Reported by Unanimous Consent.
action_date: 2017-06-27
text: Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
action_date: 2017-03-24
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Federal Lands.
action_date: 2017-03-15
text: Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.
action_date: 2017-03-15
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2017-03-15
text: Introduced in House