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Defunding the Corrupt and Incompetent United Nations Act

Bill: 115-hr-2496
Sponsor: Rep. Franks, Trent [R-AZ-8]
Introduced: 2017-05-17 in the House
Policy area: International Affairs
Subjects: Accounting and auditing
Congressional oversight
Foreign aid and international relief
Government ethics and transparency, public corruption
Government studies and investigations
International organizations and cooperation
Military operations and strategy
United Nations

Summary:
action_date: 2017-05-17
text: 

Defunding the Corrupt and Incompetent United Nations Act

 
This bill prohibits the obligation or expenditure of funds to provide contributions to the United Nations, the U.N. system, or U.N.-affiliated agencies until the President certifies to Congress that specified requirements are met, including that the U.N.:
 
 
adopts a rule providing that, for its regular budget to be approved, not only must the currently required two-thirds of member states approve, but also a combination of member states whose assessed contributions make up at least 67% of the budget must approve; 
 
revises its pay structure so that salaries do not exceed equivalent U.S. civil service salaries; 
 
reinstates and conducts ongoing reviews to determine which of its mandates are outmoded and should be terminated; 
 
reinstates its Procurement Task Force; 
 
adopts reforms to make its Office of Internal Oversight Services and ethics office truly independent and strengthens whistleblower protections; and 
 
demonstrates that its peacekeepers are proactively protecting civilians and adopts changes to insure that troop contributing countries investigate and punish those found to have not followed their duties and/or to have committed crimes. 

 
Additional requirements include specified actions by the Office of Management and Budget, the Secretary-General of the U.N., international organizations receiving U.S. assistance, and the Department of State, including establishment of an office responsible for inspecting and auditing the use of U.S. contributions to international organizations.
 
Once the President certifies that the requirements have been met, funds obligated or expended to provide assessed contributions to: (1) the U.N.'s regular budget may not exceed 18% of the total assessed contributions to such budget, and (2) the U.N.'s peacekeeping budget may not exceed 25% of the total contributions to such budget.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2017-05-17
text: Referred to the House Committee on Foreign Affairs.
action_date: 2017-05-17
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2017-05-17
text: Introduced in House
End Subsidizing Palestinian Terrorism Act

Bill: 115-hr-2497
Sponsor: Rep. Franks, Trent [R-AZ-8]
Introduced: 2017-05-17 in the House
Policy area: International Affairs
Subjects: Arab-Israeli relations
Conflicts and wars
Congressional oversight
Criminal investigation, prosecution, interrogation
Diplomacy, foreign officials, Americans abroad
Foreign aid and international relief
Gaza Strip
Government information and archives
Israel
Middle East
News media and reporting
Palestinians
Terrorism
West Bank

Summary:
action_date: 2017-05-17
text: 

End Subsidizing Palestinian Terrorism Act

 
This bill declares that Congress:
 
 
condemns incitement and acts of violence against Israeli citizens;
 
calls on Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas to publicly condemn incitement and acts of violence against Israeli citizens and to discontinue incitement in Palestinian Authority-controlled media outlets, and calls on the international community to condemn such incitement and acts of violence;
 
expresses the belief that any chance at lasting peace can only happen through peaceful, bilateral, discussions and sound consultation with peaceful allies;
 
expresses support for individuals and organizations working to encourage Israeli-Palestinian cooperation and for the many activists within Israel and the Palestinian territories working to bring an end to the conflict; and
 
reaffirms the friendship between Israel and the United States. 
 
 
No funds made available for purposes of assistance for the Palestinian Authority or the West Bank and Gaza may be obligated or expended unless the Department of State certifies to Congress that the Palestinian Authority:
 
 
 is taking credible steps to end terrorist acts against U.S. and Israeli citizens perpetrated by individuals under its jurisdictional control; 
 
 has publicly condemned acts of violence and is taking steps to investigate, or is cooperating with investigations of, such acts to bring the perpetrators to justice; and 
 
 has terminated payments for acts of terrorism against U.S. and Israeli citizens to any individual who has been imprisoned after being fairly tried and convicted for such acts and to any individual who died committing such acts, or to a family member of such an individual. 
 
 
 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2017-05-17
text: Referred to the House Committee on Foreign Affairs.
action_date: 2017-05-17
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2017-05-17
text: Introduced in House
Freedom from Discrimination in Credit Act of 2017

Bill: 115-hr-2498
Sponsor: Rep. Gottheimer, Josh [D-NJ-5]
Introduced: 2017-05-17 in the House
Policy area: Finance and Financial Sector
Subjects: Consumer credit
Disability and health-based discrimination
Marriage and family status
Sex, gender, sexual orientation discrimination

Summary:
action_date: 2017-05-17
text: 

Freedom from Discrimination in Credit Act of 2017

 
This bill amends the Equal Credit Opportunity Act (ECOA) to expand the categories of prohibited discrimination when extending credit to include discrimination on account of sexual orientation or gender identity. (Currently, such discrimination in credit is prohibited only on the basis of race, color, religion, national origin, sex or marital status, or age.)
 
The bill defines: (1) "gender identity" as the gender-related identity, appearance, or mannerisms or other gender-related characteristics of an individual with or without regard to the individual's designated sex at birth; and (2) "sexual orientation" as homosexuality, heterosexuality, or bisexuality.
 
The bill specifies that for purposes of the ECOA's protections against sex discrimination, the term &quot;sex&quot; includes: (1) a sex stereotype; (2) pregnancy, childbirth, or a related medical condition; and (3) sexual orientation or gender identity.
 
The bill also extends ECOA's protections against discrimination to include: (1) an association with another person who is a member of a class protected against discrimination; and (2) a perception or belief, even if inaccurate, that the individual is a member of such a protected class.
 
Under a current provision of the ECOA, a request for the signature of both parties to a marriage for the purpose of creating a valid lien, passing clear title, waiving inchoate rights to property, or assigning earnings does not constitute discrimination. The bill prohibits this provision from being construed to permit a creditor to take sexual orientation or gender identity into account in connection with the evaluation of creditworthiness of an applicant.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2017-05-17
text: Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services.
action_date: 2017-05-17
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2017-05-17
text: Introduced in House
Voting Access Act

Bill: 115-hr-2499
Sponsor: Rep. Grijalva, Raúl M. [D-AZ-3]
Introduced: 2017-05-17 in the House
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Congressional oversight
Election Assistance Commission
Elections, voting, political campaign regulation
Government studies and investigations
Political parties and affiliation

Summary:
action_date: 2017-05-17
text: 

Voting Access Act

 
This bill amends the Help America Vote Act of 2002 to require each state to comply with national standards established by the Election Assistance Commission for the location and operation of polling places used in elections for federal office.
 
The Commission shall establish such standards and study instances of the misidentification by election officials of the political party registration of individuals attempting to vote in primary elections for federal office.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2017-05-17
text: Referred to the House Committee on House Administration.
action_date: 2017-05-17
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2017-05-17
text: Introduced in House
Executive Appointee Ethics Improvement Act

Bill: 115-hr-2500
Sponsor: Rep. Huffman, Jared [D-CA-2]
Introduced: 2017-05-17 in the House
Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement
Subjects: Congressional oversight
Federal officials
Foreign and international corporations
Government ethics and transparency, public corruption
Government information and archives
Presidents and presidential powers, Vice Presidents
Public participation and lobbying

Summary:
action_date: 2017-05-17
text: 

Executive Appointee Ethics Improvement Act

 
This bill lengthens from one to two years the ban on certain senior personnel of the executive branch and independent agencies from lobbying the department or agency in which the person served. If the Director of the Office of Government Ethics decides to waive this restriction, such decision shall be published in the Federal Register unless it would compromise national security.
 
The bill lengthens from two to five years the ban on certain very senior personnel of the executive branch and independent agencies, including the Vice President, from lobbying any office or employee of any department or agency in which such person served.
 
Certain high-level employees of the executive branch are subject to a lifetime ban on knowingly representing a foreign entity before any officer or employee of any department or agency of the United States with the intent to influence a decision of such officer or employee. 
 
During a two-year period beginning on the date an individual is appointed to a covered position, such individual is banned from participating in any matter involving specific parties that is directly related to the individual's former employer or former clients. Additionally, any individual who was a registered lobbyist or who engaged in lobbying activities during a two-year period prior to appointment is prohibited from participating in any particular matter on which the individual made a lobbying contact or participating in the specific issue area in which the matter falls. The Office of Management and Budget (OMB) may waive these requirements if OMB certifies in writing to various congressional committees that it is in the public interest to grant the waiver.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2017-06-07
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on the Constitution and Civil Justice.
action_date: 2017-05-17
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2017-05-17
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2017-05-17
text: Introduced in House
CRIB Act

Bill: 115-hr-2501
Sponsor: Rep. Jenkins, Evan H. [R-WV-3]
Introduced: 2017-05-17 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Child health
Drug, alcohol, tobacco use
Health facilities and institutions
Home and outpatient care
Medicaid
Women's health

Summary:
action_date: 2017-05-17
text: 

Caring Recovery for Infants and Babies Act or the CRIB Act

 
This bill amends title XIX (Medicaid) of the Social Security Act to allow a state Medicaid program to cover inpatient or outpatient services at a residential pediatric recovery center for infants with neonatal abstinence syndrome (a postnatal drug withdrawal syndrome) and their families.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2017-05-19
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2017-05-17
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2017-05-17
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2017-05-17
text: Introduced in House
Don't Tax Our Fallen Public Safety Heroes Update Act of 2017

Bill: 115-hr-2502
Sponsor: Rep. Meng, Grace [D-NY-6]
Introduced: 2017-05-17 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Employee benefits and pensions
Fires
Income tax exclusion
Law enforcement officers
State and local government operations
Worker safety and health

Summary:
action_date: 2017-05-17
text: 

Don't Tax Our Fallen Public Safety Heroes Update Act of 2017 

 
This bill amends the Internal Revenue Code to modify the tax exclusion for compensation paid to surviving dependents of a public safety officer who died as the direct and proximate result of a personal injury sustained in the line of duty. The bill extends the exclusion to compensation received under a program established under the laws of any local government (currently, only state programs). This modification must take effect as if it were included in the enactment of the law that created the original tax exclusion (the Don't Tax Our Fallen Public Safety Heroes Act). 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2017-05-17
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2017-05-17
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2017-05-17
text: Introduced in House
AIM Act of 2017

Bill: 115-hr-2503
Sponsor: Rep. Paulsen, Erik [R-MN-3]
Introduced: 2017-05-17 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Department of Health and Human Services
Drug safety, medical device, and laboratory regulation
Food and Drug Administration (FDA)
Government information and archives
Health care coverage and access
Health information and medical records
Health technology, devices, supplies
Medicare

Summary:
action_date: 2017-05-17
text: 

Accelerating Innovation in Medicine Act of 2017 or the AIM Act of 2017

 
This bill requires the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) to develop, maintain, and make publicly available a list of medical devices that shall be voluntarily excluded from payment under the Medicare program. A Medicare beneficiary who consents to receive such a medical device shall be responsible for payment for the device.
 
A manufacturer seeking to have a medical device included in the list must submit a request for inclusion to the CMS, in accordance with specified timelines. As a condition for a device's continued inclusion on the list, a manufacturer must provide the CMS with data on clinical studies completed with respect to the device.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2017-05-30
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2017-05-19
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2017-05-17
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: 2017-05-17
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: 2017-05-17
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: 2017-05-17
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2017-05-17
text: Introduced in House
Credit for Caring Act of 2017

Bill: 115-hr-2505
Sponsor: Rep. Reed, Tom [R-NY-23]
Introduced: 2017-05-17 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Health care costs and insurance
Income tax credits
Long-term, rehabilitative, and terminal care

Summary:
action_date: 2017-05-17
text: 

Credit for Caring Act of 201

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This bill amends the Internal Revenue Code to allow an eligible caregiver a new tax credit for 30% of the cost of long-term care expenses that exceed $2,000, up to $3,000 in a taxable year. The bill defines &quot;eligible caregiver&quot; as an individual who has earned income for the taxable year in excess of $7,500 and pays or incurs expenses for providing care to a spouse or other dependent relative with long-term care needs. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2017-05-17
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2017-05-17
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2017-05-17
text: Introduced in House
Veteran Wellness Act

Bill: 115-hr-2506
Sponsor: Rep. Ryan, Tim [D-OH-13]
Introduced: 2017-05-17 in the House
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Child care and development
Health care coverage and access
Health facilities and institutions
Health promotion and preventive care
Veterans' medical care
Veterans' organizations and recognition

Summary:
action_date: 2017-05-17
text: 

Veteran Wellness Act

 
 This bill requires the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) to carry out a two-year pilot program under which the VA makes grants to nonprofit veterans services organizations (VSOs) to: (1) upgrade their community facilities into health and wellness centers in at least 10 different geographic locations, and (2) promote and expand complementary and integrative wellness programs. 
 
In selecting grant recipients, the VA shall give priority to recipients that will use grant amounts in locations in economically depressed areas that are not in close proximity to VA medical centers.
 
A VSO, as a condition of receiving a grant, must agree to carry out the operation and maintenance of a facility that is repaired or constructed using grant funds for three years after completion of the repair or construction. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2017-05-17
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2017-05-17
text: Referred to the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
action_date: 2017-05-17
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2017-05-17
text: Introduced in House
21st Century Power Grid Act

Bill: 115-hr-2507
Sponsor: Rep. Sarbanes, John P. [D-MD-3]
Introduced: 2017-05-17 in the House
Policy area: Energy
Subjects: Computer security and identity theft
Computers and information technology
Electric power generation and transmission
Energy efficiency and conservation
Right of privacy

Summary:
action_date: 2017-05-17
text: 

21st Century Power Grid Act

 
This bill directs the Department of Energy (DOE) to establish a financial assistance program to carry out eligible projects related to the modernization of the electric grid, including the application of technologies to improve observability, advanced controls, and prediction of system performance on the distribution system and related transmission system inter-dependencies.
 
To be eligible for financial assistance, a project shall: (1) be designed to improve the performance and efficiency of the future electric grid, while ensuring the continued provision of safe, secure, reliable, and affordable power, and provide new options for customer-owned resources; (2) demonstrate secure integration and management of energy resources and secure integration and interoperability of communications and information technologies; and (3) include the participation of a partnership consisting of two or more entities.
 
Each project shall include: (1) the development of a cybersecurity plan written in accordance with guidelines developed by DOE; and (2) a privacy impact assessment that evaluates the project against the five core concepts in DOE's Voluntary Code of Conduct (commonly known as the DataGuard Energy Data Privacy Program), or the most recent revisions to DOE's privacy program.
 



Legislative actions:
action_date: 2018-05-22
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Energy.
action_date: 2017-05-19
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Energy.
action_date: 2017-05-17
text: Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on Science, Space, and Technology, 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: 2017-05-17
text: Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on Science, Space, and Technology, 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: 2017-05-17
text: Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on Science, Space, and Technology, 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: 2017-05-17
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2017-05-17
text: Introduced in House
Child Citizen Protection Act

Bill: 115-hr-2508
Sponsor: Rep. Serrano, Jose E. [D-NY-15]
Introduced: 2017-05-17 in the House
Policy area: Immigration
Subjects: Border security and unlawful immigration
Child safety and welfare
Crimes against women
Family relationships
Human trafficking
Immigration status and procedures
Judicial procedure and administration

Summary:
action_date: 2017-05-17
text: 

Child Citizen Protection Act

 
This bill amends the Immigration and Nationality Act, in the case of an alien subject to removal, deportation, or exclusion and who is the parent of a U.S. citizen child, to authorize an immigration judge to decline to order such removal if the judge determines that action to be against the child's best interests. 
 
Such discretion shall not apply to an alien when the judge determines that the alien: (1) is excludable or deportable on security grounds, or (2) has engaged in sex trafficking or severe forms of trafficking in persons.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2017-06-07
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration and Border Security.
action_date: 2017-05-17
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2017-05-17
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2017-05-17
text: Introduced in House
Medicare Mental Health Inpatient Equity Act of 2017

Bill: 115-hr-2509
Sponsor: Rep. Tonko, Paul [D-NY-20]
Introduced: 2017-05-17 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Hospital care
Medicare
Mental health

Summary:
action_date: 2017-05-17
text: 

Medicare Mental Health Inpatient Equity Act of 2017

 
This bill removes the 190-day lifetime limit on inpatient psychiatric hospital services under Medicare. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2017-05-30
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2017-05-17
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2017-05-17
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2017-05-17
text: Introduced in House