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21st Century Investment Act of 2017

Bill: 115-hr-2671
Sponsor: Rep. Brown, Anthony G. [D-MD-4]
Introduced: 2017-05-25 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Income tax credits
Income tax deductions
Manufacturing
Research and development

Summary:
action_date: 2017-05-25
text: 

21st Century Investment Act of 201

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This bill amends the Internal Revenue Code to: (1) modify the tax credit for increasing research activities to allow an increased 25% tax credit rate for expenses for research, substantially all of which occurs in the United States; and (2) increase to 15%, through 2024, the tax deduction for income attributable to domestic manufacturing production activities for which substantially all of the research and development occurred in the United States. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2017-05-25
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2017-05-25
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2017-05-25
text: Introduced in House
Young Americans Financial Literacy Act

Bill: 115-hr-2674
Sponsor: Rep. Carson, Andre [D-IN-7]
Introduced: 2017-05-25 in the House
Policy area: Finance and Financial Sector
Subjects: Adult education and literacy
Education programs funding
Elementary and secondary education
Financial literacy
Higher education
Research administration and funding
Teaching, teachers, curricula

Summary:
action_date: 2017-05-25
text: 

Young Americans Financial Literacy Act

 
This bill requires the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau to award competitive grants to eligible institutions for the establishment of centers of excellence to support research, development, implementation, and evaluation of effective financial-literacy education programs for young people and families. An &quot;eligible institution" is a partnership among two or more of the following:
 
 
an institution of higher education;
 
a local educational agency;
 
a nonprofit agency, organization, or association; or
 
a financial institution.

 
Authorized grant-funded activities shall include:
 
 
developing and implementing comprehensive, research-based, financial-literacy education programs for young people;
 
designing instructional materials;
 
developing and supporting the delivery of professional-development programs in financial-literacy education;
 
improving access to, and dissemination of, financial-literacy information for young people and families;
 
developing educational programs to reduce student-loan default rates;
 
conducting ongoing research and evaluation of financial-literacy education programs; and
 
measuring the effectiveness of authorized activities.

 
The grant program shall terminate after FY2019.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2017-05-25
text: Referred to the Committee on Financial Services, and in addition to the Committee on Education and the Workforce, 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: 2017-05-25
text: Referred to the Committee on Financial Services, and in addition to the Committee on Education and the Workforce, 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: 2017-05-25
text: Referred to the Committee on Financial Services, and in addition to the Committee on Education and the Workforce, 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: 2017-05-25
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E733)
action_date: 2017-05-25
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2017-05-25
text: Introduced in House
PRIDE Act

Bill: 115-hr-2676
Sponsor: Rep. Castro, Joaquin [D-TX-20]
Introduced: 2017-05-25 in the House
Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement
Subjects: Criminal investigation, prosecution, interrogation
Criminal justice information and records
Firearms and explosives
Government information and archives
Government studies and investigations
Intergovernmental relations
Law enforcement administration and funding
Law enforcement officers
State and local government operations

Summary:
action_date: 2017-05-25
text: 

Police Reporting Information, Data, and Evidence Act of 2017 or the PRIDE Act

 
This bill requires a state or Indian tribe that receives funding under the Edward Byrne Memorial Justice Assistance Grant (JAG) program to report on use-of-force incidents involving a law enforcement officer and a civilian.
 
The Department of Justice (DOJ) may reduce by up to 10% the JAG allocation of a state or Indian tribe that fails to comply.
 
The bill authorizes DOJ to make grants to law enforcement agencies to comply with reporting requirements, establish reporting systems, promote public awareness, and train law enforcement personnel with respect to use-of-force incidents.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2017-07-11
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, Homeland Security, and Investigations.
action_date: 2017-05-25
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2017-05-25
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2017-05-25
text: Introduced in House
Stop Mental Health Stigma in Our Communities Act

Bill: 115-hr-2677
Sponsor: Rep. Chu, Judy [D-CA-27]
Introduced: 2017-05-25 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Alaska Natives and Hawaiians
Drug, alcohol, tobacco use
Health promotion and preventive care
Indian social and development programs
Mental health
Minority health

Summary:
action_date: 2017-05-25
text: 

Stop Mental Health Stigma in Our Communities Act

 This bill amends the Public Health Service Act to require the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration to develop and implement an outreach and education strategy to promote behavioral and mental health and reduce stigma associated with mental health conditions and substance abuse among the Asian American, Native Hawaiian, and Pacific Islander populations.

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2017-05-26
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2017-05-25
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2017-05-25
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2017-05-25
text: Introduced in House
ETHICS Act of 2017

Bill: 115-hr-2678
Sponsor: Rep. Cicilline, David N. [D-RI-1]
Introduced: 2017-05-25 in the House
Policy area: Congress
Subjects: Congressional officers and employees
Government ethics and transparency, public corruption
Members of Congress

Summary:
action_date: 2017-05-25
text: 

Ensuring Trust and Honorability in Congressional Standards Act of 2017 or the ETHICS Act of 2017

 
This bill requires the Committee on Ethics of the House of Representatives to conduct ongoing ethics training and awareness programs for Members, officers, and employees of the House.
 
A Member, officer, or employee who serves in or is employed by the House, during each session of Congress, must complete a committee program by the last day of the session, except that:
 
 
 an individual who did not serve or who was not employed in the previous session of Congress, or whose service or employment begins after the first day of the session, must complete the program within 60 days after that service or employment begins; and
 
 during the session in which this bill is enacted into law, each Member, officer, and employee must complete the program by the last day of the session or 60 days after enactment, whichever occurs earlier.



Legislative actions:
action_date: 2017-05-25
text: Referred to the House Committee on House Administration.
action_date: 2017-05-25
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2017-05-25
text: Introduced in House
Match Veterans to Student Loan Protections Act

Bill: 115-hr-2679
Sponsor: Rep. Costello, Ryan A. [R-PA-6]
Introduced: 2017-05-25 in the House
Policy area: Education
Subjects: Congressional oversight
Disability and paralysis
Government information and archives
Higher education
Student aid and college costs
Veterans' education, employment, rehabilitation

Summary:
action_date: 2017-05-25
text: 

Match Veterans to Student Loan Protections Act

 
This bill amends title IV (Student Assistance) of the Higher Education Act of 1965 to modify the federal student loan discharge process for a veteran who has a total and permanent disability.
 
Specifically, it directs the Department of Education (ED) and the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) to implement a computer matching program for ED to identify the borrowers who: (1) have been assigned a service-connected disability rating of 100% by the VA, or (2) are unemployable due to a service-connected condition.
 
ED must notify such borrowers of their eligibility for federal student loan discharge and provide simple instructions for applying. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2017-05-25
text: Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce.
action_date: 2017-05-25
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2017-05-25
text: Introduced in House
Small Business Tax Relief and Jobs Act of 2017

Bill: 115-hr-2680
Sponsor: Rep. Crist, Charlie [D-FL-13]
Introduced: 2017-05-25 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Employee hiring
Income tax credits
Small business
Wages and earnings

Summary:
action_date: 2017-05-25
text: 

Small Business Tax Relief and Jobs Act of 2017 

 
This bill amends the Internal Revenue Code to allow eligible small businesses an annual tax credit equal to 3.825% of the wages paid to up to three newly hired employees. The wages taken into account with respect to any employee may not exceed $100,000 per year. 
 
An &quot;eligible small business&quot; must have under $1.5 million in gross receipts and no more than 20 full-time employees during the preceding taxable year. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2017-05-25
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2017-05-25
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2017-05-25
text: Introduced in House
Foster EITC Act of 2017

Bill: 115-hr-2681
Sponsor: Rep. Davis, Danny K. [D-IL-7]
Introduced: 2017-05-25 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Adoption and foster care
Income tax credits
Poverty and welfare assistance
Wages and earnings

Summary:
action_date: 2017-05-25
text: 

Foster EITC Act of 2017

 
 This bill amends the Internal Revenue Code, with respect to the earned income tax credit, to: (1) expand the age range at which individuals without qualifying children are eligible for the credit to include individuals who have attained age 21 but not 68 (25 but not 65 under current law), and (2) make qualified foster youth eligible for the credit.
 
A &quot;qualified foster youth&quot; is an individual who: (1) has attained age 18 but not attained age 21 before the close of the taxable year, and (2) on or after attaining the age of 14 was placed in a foster family home by a state, a political subdivision of the state, or a qualified foster care placement agency. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2017-05-25
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2017-05-25
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2017-05-25
text: Introduced in House
Supporting Foster Youth in Successful Parenting Act of 2017

Bill: 115-hr-2682
Sponsor: Rep. Davis, Danny K. [D-IL-7]
Introduced: 2017-05-25 in the House
Policy area: Families
Subjects: Adoption and foster care
Child safety and welfare
Domestic violence and child abuse
Family relationships
Poverty and welfare assistance
Sex and reproductive health

Summary:
action_date: 2017-05-25
text: 

Supporting Foster Youth in Successful Parenting Act of 2017

 
This bill amends part B (Child and Family Services) of title IV of the Social Security Act to require states to report to the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) on steps taken to address pregnancy and parenthood among foster youth.
 
HHS shall make grants to states to identify and implement approaches to support foster youth in successful parenting.
 
The bill specifies that: (1) pregnancy and parenting are sufficient reasons to remain in foster care until age 21, (2) states must strive to keep parents with their children, and (3) children born to foster youth are not required to enter foster care. 
 
The Federal Interagency Work Group on Child Abuse and Neglect shall identify and address issues facing foster youth who are expectant or parenting.
 
HHS is encouraged to promote the sharing of emerging lessons, research, and best practices about preventing teen pregnancy among foster youth, and enable foster youth who are parents to receive support from those working in the areas of teen pregnancy prevention and child welfare.
 
State certifications under the John H. Chafee Foster Care Independence Program must ensure that each youth in the program who is expectant or parenting will receive independent and transition planning services that can support them in raising a child.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2017-06-08
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Human Resources.
action_date: 2017-05-25
text: Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committee on Education and the Workforce, 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: 2017-05-25
text: Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committee on Education and the Workforce, 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: 2017-05-25
text: Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committee on Education and the Workforce, 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: 2017-05-25
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2017-05-25
text: Introduced in House
Protecting Veterans Credit Act of 2018

Bill: 115-hr-2683
Sponsor: Rep. Delaney, John K. [D-MD-6]
Introduced: 2017-05-25 in the House
Policy area: Finance and Financial Sector
Subjects: Consumer credit
Government liability
Health care costs and insurance
Hospital care
Veterans' medical care

Summary:
action_date: 2017-05-25
text: 

Protecting Veterans Credit Act of 2017

 
This bill amends the Fair Credit Reporting Act to exclude from consumer report information: (1) a veteran's medical debt if the hospital care or medical services relating to the debt antedates the credit report by less than one year; and (2) a fully paid or settled veteran's medical debt that had been characterized as delinquent, charged off, or in collection.
 
The bill defines a &quot;veteran's medical debt&quot; as debt from health care provided in a non-Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) facility under the laws administered by the VA, including medical debt that the VA has wrongfully charged a veteran.
 
A dispute process for veterans medical debt is established whereby: 
 
 
a veteran may submit a notice along with proof of VA liability for the debt or documentation that the VA is in the process of paying for authorized medical services to a consumer reporting agency or a reseller in order to dispute such debt's inclusion in the consumer report; 
 
the VA shall submit to a veteran a notice it has assumed liability for part or all of the veteran's medical debt; and 
 
if such notice and proof of liability or documentation is received, the consumer reporting agency shall delete all information relating to the veteran's medical debt from the file of the consumer and notify the furnisher and the consumer of such deletion.
 

action_date: 2018-11-14
text: 

Protecting Veterans Credit Act of 2018 

 
This bill amends the Fair Credit Reporting Act to limit, and establish a dispute process and verification procedures with respect to, the inclusion of a veteran's medical debt in a consumer credit report. 
 
 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2018-11-14
text: Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 802.
action_date: 2018-11-14
text: Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Financial Services. H. Rept. 115-1025.
action_date: 2018-11-14
text: Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Financial Services. H. Rept. 115-1025.
action_date: 2018-03-21
text: Ordered to be Reported (Amended) by the Yeas and Nays: 59 - 0.
action_date: 2018-03-21
text: Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
action_date: 2018-01-09
text: Hearings Held by the Subcommittee on Financial Institutions and Consumer Credit Prior to Referral.
action_date: 2017-05-25
text: Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services.
action_date: 2017-05-25
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2017-05-25
text: Introduced in House
SNAP Work Opportunities Act of 2017

Bill: 115-hr-2684
Sponsor: Rep. DelBene, Suzan K. [D-WA-1]
Introduced: 2017-05-25 in the House
Policy area: Agriculture and Food
Subjects: Employment and training programs
Food assistance and relief
Poverty and welfare assistance

Summary:
action_date: 2017-05-25
text: 

SNAP Work Opportunities Act of 2017

 
This bill amends the Food and Nutrition Act of 2008 to exempt Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP, formerly known as the food stamp program) beneficiaries from work requirements if they are not offered a position in a state job training or workfare program. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2017-06-26
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Nutrition.
action_date: 2017-05-25
text: Referred to the House Committee on Agriculture.
action_date: 2017-05-25
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2017-05-25
text: Introduced in House
Portable Benefits for Independent Workers Pilot Program Act

Bill: 115-hr-2685
Sponsor: Rep. DelBene, Suzan K. [D-WA-1]
Introduced: 2017-05-25 in the House
Policy area: Labor and Employment
Subjects: Employee benefits and pensions

Summary:
action_date: 2017-05-25
text: 

Portable Benefits for Independent Workers Pilot Program Act 

 
This bill requires the Department of Labor to award grants for FY2018, on a competitive basis, to states, local governments, or nonprofit organizations to support broad innovation and experimentation with respect to portable benefits. 
 
Portable benefits are work-related benefits that are provided to eligible workers for eligible work in a manner that allows the worker to maintain the benefits upon changing jobs. 
 
The grants must be used for: (1) the evaluation, or improvement to the design or implementation, of existing models or approaches for providing portable benefits; or (2) the design, implementation, and evaluation of new models or approaches for providing such benefits. The grants may not be used for a model or approach that provides only retirement-related benefits. 
 
The Government Accountability Office must evaluate and report to Congress on the outcome of the grants awarded pursuant to this bill. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2017-05-25
text: Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce.
action_date: 2017-05-25
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2017-05-25
text: Introduced in House
To codify the Small Business Administration's Growth Accelerator Fund Competition, and for other purposes.

Bill: 115-hr-2686
Sponsor: Rep. Espaillat, Adriano [D-NY-13]
Introduced: 2017-05-25 in the House
Policy area: Commerce
Subjects: Business education
Economic performance and conditions
Performance measurement
Small business

Summary:
action_date: 2017-05-25
text: 
This bill amends the Small Business Act to codify provisions establishing the Growth Accelerator Fund Competition program, under which the Small Business Administration (SBA) shall award prizes competitively to covered entities (private entities that are incorporated in and maintain a primary place of business in the United States) that:
 
 
assist small business concerns in accessing capital, mentors, and networking opportunities; and
 
 advise small business concerns, including on market analysis, company strategy, revenue growth, and securing funding.
 
 The SBA must develop metrics to evaluate the the program's effectiveness and benefits to the people of the United States that: (1) are science-based and statistically driven, (2) reflect the SBA mission, and (3) include factors relating to the program's economic impact.

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2017-05-25
text: Referred to the House Committee on Small Business.
action_date: 2017-05-25
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2017-05-25
text: Introduced in House
Medicaid Coverage for Addiction Recovery Expansion Act

Bill: 115-hr-2687
Sponsor: Rep. Foster, Bill [D-IL-11]
Introduced: 2017-05-25 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Child health
Drug, alcohol, tobacco use
Health care coverage and access
Health facilities and institutions
Health programs administration and funding
Home and outpatient care
Medicaid
Rural conditions and development
Women's health

Summary:
action_date: 2017-05-25
text: 

Medicaid Coverage for Addiction Recovery Expansion Act

 
This bill amends title XIX (Medicaid) of the Social Security Act to allow states to provide medical assistance to adults for residential addiction treatment facility services under the Medicaid program if such services are offered as part of a full continuum of evidence-based treatment services. "Residential addiction treatment facility services" are medically necessary inpatient services provided in an accredited, size-limited facility for the purpose of treating a substance use disorder within a specified time period.
 
The provision of medical assistance for such services to an individual shall not prohibit federal financial participation for medical assistance with respect to other services provided to the individual within the same time period.
 
Subject to specified conditions, a woman who is eligible for medical assistance on the basis of being pregnant may remain eligible for residential addiction treatment facility services for specified time periods without regard to eligibility limits that would otherwise apply as a result of her pregnancy ending.
 
In addition, the bill establishes a grant program for states to expand infrastructure and treatment capabilities of existing youth addiction treatment facilities that: (1) provide addiction treatment services to youths under Medicaid or the Children's Health Insurance Program (CHIP), and (2) are located in communities with high numbers of medically underserved populations of at-risk youths. At least 15% of grant funds awarded to a state must be used for making payments to rural facilities.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2017-05-26
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2017-05-25
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2017-05-25
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2017-05-25
text: Introduced in House
Incentivizing Medicaid Expansion Act of 2017

Bill: 115-hr-2688
Sponsor: Rep. Green, Gene [D-TX-29]
Introduced: 2017-05-25 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Medicaid
State and local finance

Summary:
action_date: 2017-05-25
text: 

Incentivizing Medicaid Expansion Act of 2017

 
This bill amends title XIX (Medicaid) of the Social Security Act to provide the enhanced federal medical assistance percentage (FMAP) to every state that expands Medicaid coverage for individuals who are newly eligible under the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, regardless of when such expansion takes place. 
 
Under current law, the enhanced FMAP is equivalent to 100% in 2014 through 2016, 95% in 2017, 94% in 2018, 93% in 2019, and 90% thereafter. The bill retains this enhanced FMAP, but bases it on a term of years rather than on specific dates.
 
The bill applies retroactively.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2017-05-26
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2017-05-25
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2017-05-25
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2017-05-25
text: Introduced in House