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Business of Insurance Regulatory Reform Act of 2017

Bill: 115-hr-3746
Sponsor: Rep. Duffy, Sean P. [R-WI-7]
Introduced: 2017-09-12 in the House
Policy area: Finance and Financial Sector
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Banking and financial institutions regulation
Consumer Financial Protection Bureau
Consumer credit
Insurance industry and regulation

Summary:
action_date: 2017-09-12
text: 

Business of Insurance Regulatory Reform Act of 2017

 
This bill amends the Consumer Financial Protection Act of 2010 to revise the authority of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) over activities regulated by a state insurance regulator. The CFPB may not enforce the Act against any person regulated by a state insurance regulator and offering a consumer financial product or service, to the extent that person is engaged in the business of insurance. If a person engaged in the business of insurance is regulated by a state insurance regulator but otherwise subject to the Act, the CFPB must construe its authority narrowly.

action_date: 2018-05-10
text: 

Business of Insurance Regulatory Reform Act of 2017

 
This bill amends the Consumer Financial Protection Act of 2010 to revise the authority of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) over activities regulated by a state insurance regulator. The CFPB may not enforce the Act against any person regulated by a state insurance regulator and offering a consumer financial product or service, to the extent that person is engaged in the business of insurance. If a person engaged in the business of insurance is regulated by a state insurance regulator but otherwise subject to the Act, the CFPB must construe its authority narrowly.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2018-05-10
text: Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 513.
action_date: 2018-05-10
text: Reported by the Committee on Financial Services. H. Rept. 115-668.
action_date: 2018-05-10
text: Reported by the Committee on Financial Services. H. Rept. 115-668.
action_date: 2018-01-18
text: Ordered to be Reported by the Yeas and Nays: 37 - 18.
action_date: 2018-01-18
text: Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
action_date: 2018-01-17
text: Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
action_date: 2017-09-12
text: Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services.
action_date: 2017-09-12
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2017-09-12
text: Introduced in House
FASTER Act of 2017

Bill: 115-hr-3747
Sponsor: Rep. Gottheimer, Josh [D-NJ-5]
Introduced: 2017-09-12 in the House
Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement
Subjects: Bank accounts, deposits, capital
Criminal investigation, prosecution, interrogation
Criminal justice information and records
Fraud offenses and financial crimes
Terrorism

Summary:
action_date: 2017-09-12
text: 

Freezing Assets of Suspected Terrorists and Enemy Recruits Act of 2017 or the FASTER Act of 2017

 
This bill directs a federal law enforcement agency to notify the Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN) in the Department of the Treasury of an arrest of an individual under suspicion of participating in domestic terrorism or providing material support for terrorism. FinCEN must then order any appropriate financial institution to freeze that individual's assets. 
 
The bill also sets forth provisions for contesting a freeze, unfreezing assets, and disposing of assets in the event of a conviction. 
 
The Federal Bureau of Investigation must establish a national clearinghouse of incidents of homegrown "lone wolf" terrorism, domestic terrorism, and the provision of material support to terrorists. The clearinghouse must maintain information for purposes of cross-referencing and assisting investigations of law enforcement agencies. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2017-09-27
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, Homeland Security, and Investigations.
action_date: 2017-09-12
text: Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committee on Financial Services, 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: 2017-09-12
text: Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committee on Financial Services, 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: 2017-09-12
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2017-09-12
text: Introduced in House
Medicare Buy-In and Health Care Stabilization Act of 2017

Bill: 115-hr-3748
Sponsor: Rep. Higgins, Brian [D-NY-26]
Introduced: 2017-09-12 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Advisory bodies
Congressional oversight
Government studies and investigations
Government trust funds
Health care costs and insurance
Health care coverage and access
Health care quality
Inflation and prices
Insurance industry and regulation
Medicare
Prescription drugs
Public contracts and procurement

Summary:
action_date: 2017-09-12
text: 

Medicare Buy-In and Health Care Stabilization Act of 2017

 
This bill makes a series of changes relating to health insurance options and costs. Among other things, the bill establishes a Medicare buy-in option for individuals aged 50 to 64, requires the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services to negotiate drug prices for Medicare beneficiaries, and establishes an individual market reinsurance fund.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2017-09-15
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2017-09-12
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: 2017-09-12
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: 2017-09-12
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2017-09-12
text: Introduced in House
Energy Technology Maturation Act of 2017

Bill: 115-hr-3750
Sponsor: Rep. Lujan Grisham, Michelle [D-NM-1]
Introduced: 2017-09-12 in the House
Policy area: Energy
Subjects: Advanced technology and technological innovations
Energy research
Government buildings, facilities, and property
Public-private cooperation
Research administration and funding
Technology transfer and commercialization

Summary:
action_date: 2017-09-12
text: 

Energy Technology Maturation Act of 2017

 
This bill requires the Department of Energy (DOE)to establish a funding program to facilitate the commercialization of energy and related technologies that exhibit promising commercial potential and are developed at DOE facilities.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2018-05-22
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Energy.
action_date: 2017-10-17
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Strategic Forces.
action_date: 2017-09-12
text: Referred to the Committee on Science, Space, and Technology, and in addition to the Committee on Armed Services, 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: 2017-09-12
text: Referred to the Committee on Science, Space, and Technology, and in addition to the Committee on Armed Services, 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: 2017-09-12
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2017-09-12
text: Introduced in House
PAPER Act

Bill: 115-hr-3751
Sponsor: Rep. Meadows, Mark [R-NC-11]
Introduced: 2017-09-12 in the House
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Subjects: Accounting and auditing
Computer security and identity theft
Congressional oversight
Elections, voting, political campaign regulation
Government information and archives
Government studies and investigations
Public contracts and procurement
Public participation and lobbying
State and local government operations
Subversive activities

Summary:
action_date: 2017-09-12
text: 

Protecting the American Process for Election Results Act or the PAPER Act

 
This bill directs the Election Assistance Commission to report to Congress on best practices for ensuring the cybersecurity of federal elections and for auditing election results. The commission shall make grants to each eligible state to implement (1) such best practices, or (2) the recommendations from a Department of Homeland Security Risk and Vulnerability Assessment of the state's election system.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2017-09-12
text: Referred to the Committee on House Administration, and in addition to the Committee on Intelligence (Permanent Select), 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: 2017-09-12
text: Referred to the Committee on House Administration, and in addition to the Committee on Intelligence (Permanent Select), 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: 2017-09-12
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2017-09-12
text: Introduced in House
PATIENT Act

Bill: 115-hr-3752
Sponsor: Rep. Norcross, Donald [D-NJ-1]
Introduced: 2017-09-12 in the House
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Congressional oversight
Department of Veterans Affairs
Fires
Government information and archives
Health care quality
Health facilities and institutions
Health information and medical records
Hospital care
Surgery and anesthesia
Veterans' medical care

Summary:
action_date: 2017-09-12
text: 

Policies to Address Tragic Injuries Enabled by Never events Thoroughly Act or the PATIENT Act

 
This bill directs the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA), through the Veterans Health Administration (VHA), the National Surgery Office, and the National Center for Patient Safety, to develop: (1) a system-wide plan to decrease never events that incorporates technological tools; and (2) an operating room fire safety plan that requires the reporting of operating room fires, the inclusion of certain directives to mitigate fire-related risks, and a pilot project that tests new operating room fire safety technology at multiple VHA medical facilities. 
 
&quot;Never event&quot; means an event involving the delivery of (or failure to deliver) hospital care or medical services at a VA medical facility in which there is a serious error in patient care or services that is identifiable, usually preventable, and that indicates a deficiency in the safety and process controls with respect to the physician or medical facility involved. Such term includes operating room fires. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2017-09-12
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2017-09-12
text: Referred to the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
action_date: 2017-09-12
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2017-09-12
text: Introduced in House
United States Commission on an Open Society with Security Act of 2017

Bill: 115-hr-3753
Sponsor: Del. Norton, Eleanor Holmes [D-DC-At Large]
Introduced: 2017-09-12 in the House
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Subjects: Advisory bodies
First Amendment rights
Government buildings, facilities, and property
Government studies and investigations
Homeland security
Public participation and lobbying
Terrorism

Summary:
action_date: 2017-09-12
text: 

United States Commission on an Open Society with Security Act of 2017

 

 
This bill establishes the United States Commission on an Open Society with Security to study how the government may provide for both security in, and public access to, federal buildings and other federal property and sites. 
 
 The Commission shall examine: (1) government and private security practices and proposals, building design, public space management, counterterrorism needs, and refurbishment of existing federal facilities; (2) the effect of access to public facilities and spaces on free speech, the right to petition the government, other constitutional rights and civil liberties, economies of affected jurisdictions, architectural aesthetics, traffic and congestion, and employee job performance; (3) technology to augment or replace traditional modes of security; and (4) methods of assessing the risks posed by terrorism, balanced against the needs and values of open access. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2017-09-19
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Oversight and Management Efficiency.
action_date: 2017-09-13
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Highways and Transit.
action_date: 2017-09-13
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Economic Development, Public Buildings and Emergency Management.
action_date: 2017-09-12
text: Referred to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, and in addition to the Committee on Homeland Security, 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: 2017-09-12
text: Referred to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, and in addition to the Committee on Homeland Security, 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: 2017-09-12
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E1200)
action_date: 2017-09-12
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2017-09-12
text: Introduced in House
VHA REHIRE Act of 2017

Bill: 115-hr-3754
Sponsor: Rep. Hartzler, Vicky [R-MO-4]
Introduced: 2017-09-13 in the House
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Department of Veterans Affairs
Employee hiring
Government employee pay, benefits, personnel management
Health facilities and institutions
Health personnel
Medical education
Student aid and college costs
Veterans' medical care

Summary:
action_date: 2017-09-13
text: 

VHA REcruitment, HIring, and REtention Act of 2017 or VHA REHIRE Act of 2017

 
This bill authorizes the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) to carry out a VA Student Loan Repayment Program to assist the Veterans Health Administration (VHA) meet staffing needs for health professional occupations for which recruitment or retention of qualified personnel is difficult. 
 
A program participant must agree to serve as a full-time VHA employee for one year for every $10,000 of received benefits, with a minimum three-year commitment. 
 
Program assistance may be in addition to assistance available under the VA Educational Assistance Program.
 
A participant in the VA Education Debt Reduction Program must agree to serve as a full-time VHA employee for at least three years. 
 
A physician, dentist, podiatrist, chiropractor, optometrist, registered nurse, physician assistant, or dental auxiliary must agree to serve at least two years as a full-time VA employee in order to receive certain bonuses or allowances.
 
The VA shall offer employment to a qualified VHA applicant within 75 days after the last day applications are accepted for a position.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2017-09-13
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2017-09-13
text: Referred to the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
action_date: 2017-09-13
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2017-09-13
text: Introduced in House
Comprehensive Consumer Credit Reporting Reform Act of 2017

Bill: 115-hr-3755
Sponsor: Rep. Waters, Maxine [D-CA-43]
Introduced: 2017-09-13 in the House
Policy area: Finance and Financial Sector
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Business records
Civil actions and liability
Computer security and identity theft
Congressional oversight
Consumer Financial Protection Bureau
Consumer affairs
Consumer credit
Contracts and agency
Crime victims
Disability and paralysis
Employee hiring
Employment discrimination and employee rights
Foreign language and bilingual programs
Fraud offenses and financial crimes
Government studies and investigations
Health information and medical records
Higher education
Housing finance and home ownership
Internet and video services
Internet, web applications, social media
Low- and moderate-income housing
Marketing and advertising
Motor vehicles
Poverty and welfare assistance
Public participation and lobbying
Racial and ethnic relations
Right of privacy
Student aid and college costs

Summary:
action_date: 2017-09-13
text: 

Comprehensive Consumer Credit Reporting Reform Act of 2017

 
This bill amends the Fair Credit Reporting Act to revise requirements for disputes regarding consumer credit information reported by a consumer reporting agency (CRA).
 
The bill prescribes requirements for:
 
 
record maintenance by furnishers of credit information,
 
CRA action when notified of inaccurate or incomplete information from furnishers, and
 
injunctive relief for consumers in the event of noncompliance.
 
 
The bill limits the circumstances in which a CRA may furnish a consumer report for employment purposes.
 
No CRA may furnish a consumer report containing any adverse item of information relating to a delinquent or defaulted private education loan of a borrower who has a specified demonstrated history of loan repayment.
 
The bill revises requirements relating to information contained in credit reports, requires removal of adverse information that resulted from specified fraudulent lending activity, and shortens the time period adverse information stays on reports.
 
The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) must issue final regulations for development of credit scoring models.
 
CRAs must disclose free credit scores to consumers with their free annual consumer reports.
 
Specified lenders must give consumers free copies of any consumer reports and credit scores they used for underwriting before consumers sign the respective loan agreements.
 
The bill establishes requirements related to credit report sales, required disclosures, and credit freezes. 
 
The CFPB is directed to create a nationwide CRA registry.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2017-09-13
text: Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services.
action_date: 2017-09-13
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2017-09-13
text: Introduced in House
Medicare Advantage Quality Expansion Act of 2017

Bill: 115-hr-3756
Sponsor: Rep. Blunt Rochester, Lisa [D-DE-At Large]
Introduced: 2017-09-13 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Health care costs and insurance
Health care quality
Medicare

Summary:
action_date: 2017-09-13
text: 

Medicare Advantage Quality Expansion Act of 2017

 
This bill, with respect to determining the benchmark amount applicable to Medicare Advantage (MA) plans, excludes certain percentage quality increases for specified new-entrant MA plans.



Legislative actions:
action_date: 2017-09-15
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2017-09-13
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: 2017-09-13
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: 2017-09-13
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2017-09-13
text: Introduced in House
GAIN Act

Bill: 115-hr-3757
Sponsor: Rep. Khanna, Ro [D-CA-17]
Introduced: 2017-09-13 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Income tax credits
Poverty and welfare assistance
Wages and earnings

Summary:
action_date: 2017-09-13
text: 

Grow American Incomes Now Act of 2017 or the GAIN Act 

 
This bill amends the Internal Revenue Code, with respect to the earned income tax credit (EITC), to: (1) increase specified credit and phaseout percentages, (2) increase the earned income amounts and the phaseout amounts, (3) decrease from 25 to 21 the minimum eligibility age for individuals without qualifying children, and (4) allow employees to elect to receive advance payments of the EITC from employers when wages are paid. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2017-09-13
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2017-09-13
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2017-09-13
text: Introduced in House
Senior Safe Act of 2017

Bill: 115-hr-3758
Sponsor: Rep. Sinema, Kyrsten [D-AZ-9]
Introduced: 2017-09-13 in the House
Policy area: Finance and Financial Sector
Subjects: Aging
Banking and financial institutions regulation
Civil actions and liability
Employment discrimination and employee rights
Financial services and investments
Fraud offenses and financial crimes
Insurance industry and regulation

Summary:
action_date: 2017-09-13
text: 

Senior Safe Act of 2017

 
This bill extends immunity from liability to certain individuals who, in good faith and with reasonable care, disclose the suspected exploitation of a senior citizen to a regulatory or law-enforcement agency. Specifically, this immunity shall apply to certain credit-union, depository-institution, investment-adviser, broker-dealer, transfer-agency, insurance-company, and insurance-agency employees who have received specified training related to identifying and reporting the suspected exploitation of a senior citizen. Similarly, the employing financial institution shall not be liable with respect to disclosures made by such employees. 

action_date: 2017-11-28
text: 
(This measure has not been amended since it was introduced. The summary has been expanded because action occurred on the measure.)
 

Senior Safe Act of 2017

 
(Sec. 2) This bill extends immunity from liability to certain individuals who, in good faith and with reasonable care, disclose the suspected exploitation of a senior citizen to a regulatory or law-enforcement agency. Specifically, this immunity shall apply to certain credit-union, depository-institution, investment-adviser, broker-dealer, transfer-agency, insurance-company, and insurance-agency employees who have received specified training related to identifying and reporting the suspected exploitation of a senior citizen. Similarly, the employing financial institution shall not be liable with respect to disclosures made by such employees. 
 
(Sec. 3) The bill allows financial institutions and third-party entities to offer training related to the suspected financial exploitation of a senior citizen to specified employees. The bill provides guidance regarding the content, timing, and record-maintenance requirements of such training.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2017-11-28
text: Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 314.
action_date: 2017-11-28
text: Reported by the Committee on Financial Services. H. Rept. 115-424.
action_date: 2017-11-28
text: Reported by the Committee on Financial Services. H. Rept. 115-424.
action_date: 2017-10-12
text: Ordered to be Reported by the Yeas and Nays: 60 - 0.
action_date: 2017-10-12
text: Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
action_date: 2017-10-11
text: Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
action_date: 2017-09-13
text: Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services.
action_date: 2017-09-13
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2017-09-13
text: Introduced in House