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Recognizing the 100th anniversary of the charitable contribution deduction.

Bill: 115-hconres-34
Sponsor: Rep. Lewis, John [D-GA-5]
Introduced: 2017-03-17 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Charitable contributions
Commemorative events and holidays
Income tax deductions

Summary:
action_date: 2017-03-17
text: 
Reaffirms the importance of encouraging rather than diminishing philanthropic services which respond to the needs of communities. Recognizes the 100th anniversary of the tax deduction for charitable contributions. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2017-03-17
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2017-03-17
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2017-03-17
text: Introduced in House
Expressing the sense of Congress that Congress and the President should prioritize the reduction and elimination, over a reasonable period of time, of the overall trade deficit of the United States.

Bill: 115-hconres-37
Sponsor: Rep. Brooks, Mo [R-AL-5]
Introduced: 2017-03-22 in the House
Policy area: Foreign Trade and International Finance
Subjects: Competitiveness, trade promotion, trade deficits

Summary:
action_date: 2017-03-22
text: 
Expresses the sense of Congress that Congress and the President should prioritize the reduction and elimination, over a reasonable period of time, of the overall trade deficit of the United States.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2017-03-23
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Trade.
action_date: 2017-03-22
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2017-03-22
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2017-03-22
text: Introduced in House
Recognizing the life and legacy of Henrietta Lacks during Women's History Month.

Bill: 115-hconres-38
Sponsor: Rep. Cummings, Elijah E. [D-MD-7]
Introduced: 2017-03-22 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Cancer
Cell biology and embryology
Commemorative events and holidays
Congressional tributes
Genetics
Medical ethics
Medical research
Women's health
Women's rights

Summary:
action_date: 2017-03-22
text: 
Celebrates, during Women's History Month, the life and legacy of Henrietta Lacks. 
 
Honors Lacks as a hero of modern medicine for contributions to the medical discoveries resulting from her HeLa cells, which helped make possible some of the most important medical advances of the last century.
 
Recognizes her legacy, which has contributed to developments in bioethics and patient rights.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2017-03-24
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2017-03-22
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2017-03-22
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2017-03-22
text: Introduced in House
Recognizing and commemorating the 100th anniversary of the Virgin Islands of the United States becoming a part of the United States.

Bill: 115-hconres-39
Sponsor: Del. Plaskett, Stacey E. [D-VI-At Large]
Introduced: 2017-03-23 in the House
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Subjects: Caribbean area
Commemorative events and holidays
Denmark
Diplomacy, foreign officials, Americans abroad
Europe
Government information and archives
Historical and cultural resources
Sovereignty, recognition, national governance and status
U.S. history
U.S. territories and protectorates
Virgin Islands

Summary:
action_date: 2017-03-23
text: 
Recognizes the 100th anniversary of the Virgin Islands becoming a part of the United States.
 
 Acknowledges the creation of the Virgin Islands of the United States Centennial Commission to lead the federal effort to commemorate this centennial. 
 
 Expresses appreciation for the years of strong U.S.-Danish diplomatic relations. 
 
Encourages the Archivist of the United States to cooperate with Denmark and the U.S. Virgin Islands to digitize the historical records of the Virgin Islands and make them accessible to the people of the Virgin Islands in research facilities on all three major islands of the Virgin Islands.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2017-03-27
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Indian, Insular and Alaska Native Affairs.
action_date: 2017-03-23
text: Referred to the Committee on Natural Resources, and in addition to the Committees on Foreign Affairs, and Oversight and Government Reform, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
action_date: 2017-03-23
text: Referred to the Committee on Natural Resources, and in addition to the Committees on Foreign Affairs, and Oversight and Government Reform, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
action_date: 2017-03-23
text: Referred to the Committee on Natural Resources, and in addition to the Committees on Foreign Affairs, and Oversight and Government Reform, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
action_date: 2017-03-23
text: Referred to the Committee on Natural Resources, and in addition to the Committees on Foreign Affairs, and Oversight and Government Reform, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
action_date: 2017-03-23
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2017-03-23
text: Introduced in House
Expressing the sense of Congress that all direct and indirect subsidies that benefit the production or export of sugar by all major sugar producing and consuming countries should be eliminated.

Bill: 115-hconres-40
Sponsor: Rep. Yoho, Ted S. [R-FL-3]
Introduced: 2017-03-23 in the House
Policy area: Foreign Trade and International Finance
Subjects: Agricultural prices, subsidies, credit
Agricultural trade
Congressional oversight
Free trade and trade barriers
Trade agreements and negotiations

Summary:
action_date: 2017-03-23
text: 
Expresses the sense of Congress that the President should seek the elimination of all subsidies benefiting the production or export of sugar by any foreign country that:
 
 
 exported more than 200,000 metric tons of sugar in 2014, 2015, or 2016, or 
 
 has in effect a free trade agreement with the United States.
 
 
Urges the President to:
 
 
report to Congress detailed information about how any of such country has eliminated such subsidies; and
 
propose legislation to implement U.S. sugar policy reforms.
 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2017-03-24
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Trade.
action_date: 2017-03-23
text: Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, 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: 2017-03-23
text: Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, 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: 2017-03-23
text: Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, 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: 2017-03-23
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2017-03-23
text: Introduced in House
Commemorating the 100th anniversary of the United States declaration of war against Germany and entry into World War I and recognizing and appreciating the lasting historical significance and heroic human endeavor and sacrifice of the United States Armed Forces in that conflict.

Bill: 115-hconres-41
Sponsor: Rep. Jones, Walter B., Jr. [R-NC-3]
Introduced: 2017-03-29 in the House
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Commemorative events and holidays
Conflicts and wars
Congressional tributes
Europe
Military history
Military personnel and dependents
Veterans' organizations and recognition
World history

Summary:
action_date: 2017-03-29
text: 
Honors the members of the U.S. Armed Forces for their service during World War I.
 
Congratulates the U.S. Army, Navy, Marine Corps, Air Force, and Coast Guard during the commemoration of the centennial of World War I.
 
 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2017-04-05
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Military Personnel.
action_date: 2017-04-05
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR H2699)
action_date: 2017-03-29
text: Referred to the House Committee on Armed Services.
action_date: 2017-03-29
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2017-03-29
text: Introduced in House
Expressing the sense of Congress that the Supreme Court misinterpreted the First Amendment to the Constitution in the case of Buckley v. Valeo.

Bill: 115-hconres-42
Sponsor: Rep. Kaptur, Marcy [D-OH-9]
Introduced: 2017-03-29 in the House
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Subjects: Constitution and constitutional amendments
Elections, voting, political campaign regulation
First Amendment rights
Supreme Court

Summary:
action_date: 2017-03-29
text: 
Expresses the sense of Congress that the Supreme Court misinterpreted the First Amendment in the case of 
Buckley v. Valeo
 because the decision failed to recognize: (1) that the unlimited spending of large amounts of money on elections has a corrosive effect on the electoral process not simply because of direct transactions between those who give large amounts of money and candidates and elected officials but because the presence of unlimited amounts of money corrupts the process on a more fundamental level; and (2) other legitimate state interests which justify limiting money in campaigns, including the need to preserve the integrity of our republican form of government, restore public confidence in government, and ensure all citizens a more equal opportunity to participate in the political process.
 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2017-03-29
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on the Constitution and Civil Justice.
action_date: 2017-03-29
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2017-03-29
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR H2550, E411)
action_date: 2017-03-29
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2017-03-29
text: Introduced in House
Providing official recognition of the massacre of 11 African-American soldiers of the 333rd Field Artillery Battalion of the United States Army who had been captured in Wereth, Belgium, during the Battle of the Bulge on December 17, 1944.

Bill: 115-hconres-43
Sponsor: Rep. McKinley, David B. [R-WV-1]
Introduced: 2017-04-04 in the House
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Belgium
Conflicts and wars
Congressional oversight
Congressional tributes
Europe
Germany
Government information and archives
Military history
Military personnel and dependents
Senate Committee on Armed Services
War crimes, genocide, crimes against humanity

Summary:
action_date: 2017-04-04
text: 
Recognizes the dedicated service and ultimate sacrifice on behalf of the United States of the 11 African-American soldiers of the 333rd Field Artillery Battalion of the U.S. Army who were massacred in Wereth, Belgium, during the Battle of the Bulge on December 17, 1944. 
 
Calls on the Senate Armed Services Committee to correct the omission of such massacre in the 1949 report of its subcommittee and appropriately recognize the Wereth 11.
 
 

action_date: 2017-11-01
text: 
(This measure has not been amended since it was introduced. The summary of that version is repeated here.)
 
Recognizes the dedicated service and ultimate sacrifice on behalf of the United States of the 11 African-American soldiers of the 333rd Field Artillery Battalion of the U.S. Army who were massacred in Wereth, Belgium, during the Battle of the Bulge on December 17, 1944. 
 
Calls on the Senate Armed Services Committee to correct the omission of such massacre in the 1949 report of its subcommittee and appropriately recognize the Wereth 11.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2017-11-02
text: Received in the Senate and referred to the Committee on Armed Services.
action_date: 2017-11-01
text: Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
action_date: 2017-11-01
text: On agreeing to the resolution Agreed to without objection. (text: CR H8362)
action_date: 2017-11-01
text: Passed/agreed to in House: On agreeing to the resolution Agreed to without objection.(text: CR H8362)
action_date: 2017-11-01
text: Considered by unanimous consent. (consideration: CR H8362)
action_date: 2017-11-01
text: Committee on Armed Services discharged.
action_date: 2017-11-01
text: Committee on Armed Services discharged.
action_date: 2017-11-01
text: Mr. Scott, Austin asked unanimous consent to discharge from committee and consider.
action_date: 2017-04-12
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Military Personnel.
action_date: 2017-04-04
text: Referred to the House Committee on Armed Services.
action_date: 2017-04-04
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2017-04-04
text: Introduced in House
Recognizing the significance of Equal Pay Day to illustrate the disparity between wages paid to men and women.

Bill: 115-hconres-44
Sponsor: Rep. Frankel, Lois [D-FL-21]
Introduced: 2017-04-04 in the House
Policy area: Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues
Subjects: Commemorative events and holidays
Employment discrimination and employee rights
Sex, gender, sexual orientation discrimination
Wages and earnings
Women's employment

Summary:
action_date: 2017-04-04
text: 
Recognizes the significance of Equal Pay Day to illustrate the disparity between wages paid to men and women, and its impact on women, families, and the nation. 
 
 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2017-04-04
text: Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform.
action_date: 2017-04-04
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2017-04-04
text: Introduced in House
Expressing the sense of Congress that those who served in the bays, harbors, and territorial seas of the Republic of Vietnam during the period beginning on January 9, 1962, and ending on May 7, 1975, should be presumed to have served in the Republic of Vietnam for all purposes under the Agent Orange Act of 1991.

Bill: 115-hconres-45
Sponsor: Rep. Stefanik, Elise M. [R-NY-21]
Introduced: 2017-04-04 in the House
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Administrative remedies
Asia
Conflicts and wars
Department of Veterans Affairs
Disability and paralysis
Hazardous wastes and toxic substances
Veterans' medical care
Veterans' pensions and compensation
Vietnam

Summary:
action_date: 2017-04-04
text: 
Recognizes that the intent of the Agent Orange Act of 1991 included the presumption that veterans who served in the Armed Forces in the bays, harbors, and territorial seas of the Republic of Vietnam between January 9, 1962, and May 7, 1975, served in Vietnam for all purposes under the Agent Orange Act of 1991.
 
Expresses the intent that such veterans who served in those areas and other areas exposed to Agent Orange who have been diagnosed with connected medical conditions should be equally recognized for such exposure through equitable benefits and coverage as those who served in the inland rivers and on the Vietnamese land mass.
 
Calls on the Department of Veterans Affairs to review its policy that excludes presumptive coverage for Agent Orange exposure for such veterans.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2017-04-04
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Disability Assistance and Memorial Affairs.
action_date: 2017-04-04
text: Referred to the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
action_date: 2017-04-04
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2017-04-04
text: Introduced in House
Expressing support for the designation of a "National Purebred Dog Day".

Bill: 115-hconres-46
Sponsor: Rep. Yoho, Ted S. [R-FL-3]
Introduced: 2017-04-04 in the House
Policy area: Animals
Subjects: Animal protection and human-animal relationships
Commemorative events and holidays
Mammals

Summary:
action_date: 2017-04-04
text: 
Expresses support for the designation of a National Purebred Dog Day.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2017-04-04
text: Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform.
action_date: 2017-04-04
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2017-04-04
text: Introduced in House
Providing for a conditional adjournment of the House of Representatives.

Bill: 115-hconres-48
Sponsor: Rep. Sessions, Pete [R-TX-32]
Introduced: 2017-04-06 in the House
Policy area: Congress
Subjects: Congressional operations and organization
House of Representatives

Summary:
action_date: 2017-04-06
text: 
Declares that when the House adjourns on any legislative day from Thursday, April 6, 2017, through Friday, April 21, 2017, it stand adjourned until 2 p.m. on Tuesday, April 25, 2017.

action_date: 2017-04-06
text: 
(This measure has not been amended since it was introduced. The summary of that version is repeated here.)
 
Declares that when the House adjourns on any legislative day from Thursday, April 6, 2017, through Friday, April 21, 2017, it stand adjourned until 2 p.m. on Tuesday, April 25, 2017.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2017-04-06
text: Received in the Senate.
action_date: 2017-04-06
text: Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
action_date: 2017-04-06
text: On agreeing to the resolution Agreed to without objection. (text: CR H2782)
action_date: 2017-04-06
text: Passed/agreed to in House: On agreeing to the resolution Agreed to without objection.(text: CR H2782)
action_date: 2017-04-06
text: Considered as privileged matter. (consideration: CR H2782)
action_date: 2017-04-06
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2017-04-06
text: Introduced in House
Supporting the goals and ideals of GLSEN's 2017 Day of Silence in bringing attention to anti-lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and queer name-calling, bullying, and harassment faced by individuals in schools.

Bill: 115-hconres-49
Sponsor: Rep. Engel, Eliot L. [D-NY-16]
Introduced: 2017-04-06 in the House
Policy area: Education
Subjects: Assault and harassment offenses
Commemorative events and holidays
Elementary and secondary education
Higher education
Sex, gender, sexual orientation discrimination
State and local government operations
Teaching, teachers, curricula

Summary:
action_date: 2017-04-06
text: 
Supports the goals and ideals of the National Day of Silence (during which students vow to remain silent to bring attention to the harassment and discrimination faced by lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and gay people in schools). Requests that the President issue a proclamation calling on the people of the United States to observe the National Day of Silence.
 
Encourages each state, city, and local educational agency to adopt laws and policies to prohibit name-calling, bullying, harassment, and discrimination against students, teachers, and other school staff regardless of their sexual orientation and gender identity or gender expression. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2017-04-06
text: Referred to the Committee on Education and the Workforce, and in addition to the Committee on the Judiciary, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
action_date: 2017-04-06
text: Referred to the Committee on Education and the Workforce, and in addition to the Committee on the Judiciary, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
action_date: 2017-04-06
text: Referred to the Committee on Education and the Workforce, and in addition to the Committee on the Judiciary, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
action_date: 2017-04-06
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2017-04-06
text: Introduced in House
Supporting the goals and ideals of National Public Safety Telecommunicators Week.

Bill: 115-hconres-50
Sponsor: Rep. Torres, Norma J. [D-CA-35]
Introduced: 2017-04-06 in the House
Policy area: Science, Technology, Communications
Subjects: Commemorative events and holidays
Congressional tributes
Emergency communications systems
First responders and emergency personnel

Summary:
action_date: 2017-04-06
text: 
 Expresses support for the goals and ideals of National Public Safety Telecommunicators Week.
 
Recognizes the importance and contributions of the nation's public safety communications professionals.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2017-04-07
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Communications and Technology.
action_date: 2017-04-06
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2017-04-06
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2017-04-06
text: Introduced in House
Expressing the sense of the Congress that the Parthenon Marbles should be returned to Greece.

Bill: 115-hconres-51
Sponsor: Rep. Maloney, Carolyn B. [D-NY-12]
Introduced: 2017-05-02 in the House
Policy area: International Affairs
Subjects: Art, artists, authorship
Diplomacy, foreign officials, Americans abroad
Europe
Greece
Historical and cultural resources
United Kingdom

Summary:
action_date: 2017-05-02
text: 
Expresses the sense of Congress that the United Kingdom should enter into negotiations with Greece to facilitate the return of the Parthenon Marbles to Greece. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2017-06-27
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Europe, Eurasia, and Emerging Threats.
action_date: 2017-05-02
text: Referred to the House Committee on Foreign Affairs.
action_date: 2017-05-02
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E584)
action_date: 2017-05-02
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2017-05-02
text: Introduced in House