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Effective Opioid Enforcement Act of 2017

Bill: 115-hr-4080
Sponsor: Rep. Keating, William R. [D-MA-9]
Introduced: 2017-10-19 in the House
Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement
Subjects: Administrative remedies
Congressional oversight
Crime prevention
Criminal investigation, prosecution, interrogation
Department of Justice
Drug trafficking and controlled substances
Government information and archives
Government studies and investigations
Health care coverage and access
Licensing and registrations
Medical education
Prescription drugs
Retail and wholesale trades

Summary:
action_date: 2017-10-19
text: 

Effective Opioid Enforcement Act of 2017

 
This bill repeals the Ensuring Patient Access and Effective Drug Enforcement Act of 2016. Provisions of the Controlled Substances Act amended by the Act are restored.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2017-11-01
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, Homeland Security, and Investigations.
action_date: 2017-10-20
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2017-10-19
text: Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, 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: 2017-10-19
text: Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, 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: 2017-10-19
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2017-10-19
text: Introduced in House
Protect Access to Birth Control Act

Bill: 115-hr-4082
Sponsor: Rep. DeGette, Diana [D-CO-1]
Introduced: 2017-10-19 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Congressional oversight
Department of Health and Human Services
Department of Labor
Department of the Treasury
Employee benefits and pensions
Family planning and birth control
Health care costs and insurance
Health care coverage and access
Health promotion and preventive care
Internal Revenue Service (IRS)
Religion
Women's health

Summary:
action_date: 2017-10-19
text: 

Protect Access to Birth Control Act

 
This bill nullifies interim final rules issued by the Department of Labor, the Department of the Treasury, and the Department of Health and Human Services that allow employers with religious or moral objections to be exempt from the requirement in the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act to cover contraceptive services without cost-sharing. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2017-10-20
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2017-10-19
text: Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committees on Ways and Means, and 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: 2017-10-19
text: Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committees on Ways and Means, and 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: 2017-10-19
text: Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committees on Ways and Means, and 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: 2017-10-19
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2017-10-19
text: Introduced in House
American Apprenticeship Act

Bill: 115-hr-4083
Sponsor: Rep. DeLauro, Rosa L. [D-CT-3]
Introduced: 2017-10-19 in the House
Policy area: Labor and Employment
Subjects: Congressional oversight
Education programs funding
Employment and training programs
Government studies and investigations
Performance measurement
Vocational and technical education

Summary:
action_date: 2017-10-19
text: 

American Apprenticeship Act

 
This bill directs the Department of Labor to make grants to assist states to pay for the cost of carrying out projects that defray the cost of instruction associated with pre-apprenticeship and apprenticeship programs, as those terms are defined by this bill.
 
A state must use grant funds to defray the costs of tuition and fees, textbooks, equipment, curriculum development, and other required educational materials.
 
Labor shall: (1) identify in-demand occupations that lack the use of apprenticeships, (2) analyze the use of the apprenticeship model in those occupations, and (3) report on such analysis to states and Congress.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2017-10-19
text: Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce.
action_date: 2017-10-19
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2017-10-19
text: Introduced in House
To repeal the amendments made to the Controlled Substances Act by the Ensuring Patient Access and Effective Drug Enforcement Act of 2016.

Bill: 115-hr-4084
Sponsor: Rep. Kuster, Ann M. [D-NH-2]
Introduced: 2017-10-19 in the House
Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement
Subjects: Drug trafficking and controlled substances
Licensing and registrations
Prescription drugs
Retail and wholesale trades

Summary:
action_date: 2017-10-19
text: 
This bill repeals two sections of the Ensuring Patient Access and Effective Drug Enforcement Act of 2016 and the amendments made by such sections to the Controlled Substances Act. The repealed sections modified registration and enforcement authorities of the Drug Enforcement Administration with respect to manufacturers, distributors, and dispensers of controlled substances. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2017-11-01
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, Homeland Security, and Investigations.
action_date: 2017-10-20
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2017-10-19
text: Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, 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: 2017-10-19
text: Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, 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: 2017-10-19
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2017-10-19
text: Introduced in House
Tax Policy Transparency Act

Bill: 115-hr-4085
Sponsor: Rep. Ruppersberger, C. A. Dutch [D-MD-2]
Introduced: 2017-10-19 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Congressional oversight
Economic performance and conditions
Government information and archives
Income tax rates
Wages and earnings

Summary:
action_date: 2017-10-19
text: 

Tax Policy Transparency Act 

 
This bill requires the Joint Committee on Taxation (JCT) to make publicly available an analysis of the effects of major tax legislation, including: (1) a distributional analysis, (2) a dynamic distributional after-tax wage income analysis, and (3) a written summary of the results of the analyses. 
 
During the 10-year period after major tax legislation is enacted into law, the JCT must submit to Congress annual updates for the estimates included in the analyses.
 
&quot;Major tax legislation&quot; includes legislation for which the estimate provided by the JCT and the Congressional Budget Office under the Congressional Budget Act of 1974 incorporates the budgetary effects of changes in economic output, employment, capital stock, and other macroeconomic variables (commonly known as dynamic scoring). 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2017-10-19
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2017-10-19
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2017-10-19
text: Introduced in House
Rim of the Valley Corridor Preservation Act

Bill: 115-hr-4086
Sponsor: Rep. Schiff, Adam B. [D-CA-28]
Introduced: 2017-10-19 in the House
Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources
Subjects: California
Land transfers
Parks, recreation areas, trails

Summary:
action_date: 2017-10-19
text: 

Rim of the Valley Corridor Preservation Act

 
This bill adjusts the boundary of the Santa Monica Mountains National Recreation Area in California as depicted on a specified map to include the Rim of the Valley Unit. 
 
The Rim of the Valley Unit, and any lands or interests acquired by the United States and located within its boundaries, shall be administered as part of the recreation area. 
 
The Department of the Interior may acquire only through exchange, donation, or purchase from a willing seller any nonfederal land within the boundaries of the Rim of the Valley Unit. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2017-10-24
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Federal Lands.
action_date: 2017-10-19
text: Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.
action_date: 2017-10-19
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2017-10-19
text: Introduced in House
Protecting Airport Communities from Particle Emissions Act

Bill: 115-hr-4087
Sponsor: Rep. Smith, Adam [D-WA-9]
Introduced: 2017-10-19 in the House
Policy area: Transportation and Public Works
Subjects: Air quality
Alternative and renewable resources
Aviation and airports
Cardiovascular and respiratory health
Congressional oversight
Environmental assessment, monitoring, research
Environmental health
Government studies and investigations
Motor fuels
Neurological disorders
Poverty and welfare assistance
Racial and ethnic relations

Summary:
action_date: 2017-10-19
text: 

Protecting Airport Communities from Particle Emissions Act 

 
This bill directs the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) to report on ultrafine particles and their health impacts for communities around the 20 largest U.S. airports. The FAA must coordinate with the Environmental Protection Agency, the Department of Health and Human Services, and others. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2017-10-20
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Aviation.
action_date: 2017-10-19
text: Referred to the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.
action_date: 2017-10-19
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2017-10-19
text: Introduced in House
Career Advancement through New Skills Act

Bill: 115-hr-4088
Sponsor: Rep. Thompson, Mike [D-CA-5]
Introduced: 2017-10-19 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Business expenses
Employee benefits and pensions
Employment and training programs
Income tax credits

Summary:
action_date: 2017-10-19
text: 

Career Advancement through New Skills Act

 
This bill amends the Internal Revenue Code to allow a tax credit for employers that is equal to 25% of the qualified education and training expenses paid or incurred for employees. The expenses taken into account for the credit may not exceed $5,000 with respect to any employee for any taxable year. 
 
"Qualified education and training expenses" must be for a program specifically designed to maintain or improve skills of the employee which are necessary or useful either: (1) in the employee's current position with the employer, or (2) in another position with the employer to which the employer reasonably anticipates the employee may transfer. 
 
The credit does not apply to expenses for education or training programs that are provided by the employer or by certain family members or business partners of the employer.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2017-10-19
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2017-10-19
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2017-10-19
text: Introduced in House
Taxpayer Identity Theft Protection Act

Bill: 115-hr-4089
Sponsor: Rep. Wagner, Ann [R-MO-2]
Introduced: 2017-10-19 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Computer security and identity theft
Fraud offenses and financial crimes
Government information and archives
Tax administration and collection, taxpayers

Summary:
action_date: 2017-10-19
text: 

Taxpayer Identity Theft Protection Act

 
This bill amends the Internal Revenue Code to require the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) to issue an identity protection personal identification number at the request of an individual taxpayer, after the taxpayer's true identity has been established and verified, to prevent the misuse of the taxpayer's Social Security account number on fraudulent federal income tax returns. The IRS must then publicize the availability of such identification numbers, including through electronic means. 
 

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2017-10-19
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2017-10-19
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2017-10-19
text: Introduced in House
Fentanyl and Heroin Task Force Act

Bill: 115-hr-4090
Sponsor: Rep. Jenkins, Evan H. [R-WV-3]
Introduced: 2017-10-23 in the House
Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement
Subjects: Congressional oversight
Criminal investigation, prosecution, interrogation
Department of Justice
Drug trafficking and controlled substances
Executive agency funding and structure
Organized crime

Summary:
action_date: 2017-10-23
text: 
 
Fentanyl and Heroin Task Force Act

 
This bill amends the Controlled Substances Act to establish the Fentanyl and Heroin Inter-Agency Task Force: (1) to coordinate federal efforts to identify, target, and dismantle organizations that traffic fentanyl or heroin; (2) to identify sources of fentanyl and heroin production and distribution; and (3) to provide best practices, updated information, and support to federal, state, and local law enforcement agencies.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2017-11-01
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, Homeland Security, and Investigations.
action_date: 2017-10-27
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2017-10-23
text: Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, 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: 2017-10-23
text: Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, 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: 2017-10-23
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2017-10-23
text: Introduced in House
To remove from the John H. Chafee Coastal Barrier Resources System the areas included in Indian Peninsula Unit FL-92 and Cape San Blas Unit P-30 in Florida.

Bill: 115-hr-4091
Sponsor: Rep. Dunn, Neal P. [R-FL-2]
Introduced: 2017-10-23 in the House
Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources
Subjects: Florida
Marine and coastal resources, fisheries

Summary:
action_date: 2017-10-23
text: 
This bill amends the Coastal Barrier Resources Act to remove specific areas in Gulf County, Florida, from the John H. Chafee Coastal Barrier Resources System.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2017-10-24
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Water, Power and Oceans.
action_date: 2017-10-23
text: Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.
action_date: 2017-10-23
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2017-10-23
text: Introduced in House
Creating Accountability Measures Protecting University Students Historically Abused, Threatened, and Exposed to Crimes Act

Bill: 115-hr-4093
Sponsor: Rep. Brown, Anthony G. [D-MD-4]
Introduced: 2017-10-23 in the House
Policy area: Education
Subjects: Assault and harassment offenses
Crime prevention
Criminal investigation, prosecution, interrogation
Criminal justice information and records
Disability and paralysis
Education programs funding
Hate crimes
Higher education
Racial and ethnic relations
Religion
School administration
Sex, gender, sexual orientation discrimination
Violent crime

Summary:
action_date: 2017-10-23
text: 

Creating Accountability Measures Protecting University Students Historically Abused, Threatened, and Exposed to Crimes Act or the CAMPUS HATE Crimes Act

 
This bill amends the Higher Education Act of 1965 to establish measures to hold institutions of higher education accountable for hate crimes that occur on their campuses. 
 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2017-10-23
text: Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce.
action_date: 2017-10-23
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2017-10-23
text: Introduced in House
Medicare-X Choice Act of 2017

Bill: 115-hr-4094
Sponsor: Rep. Higgins, Brian [D-NY-26]
Introduced: 2017-10-23 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Health care costs and insurance
Health care coverage and access
Inflation and prices
Medicaid
Medicare
Prescription drugs
Public contracts and procurement

Summary:
action_date: 2017-10-23
text: 

Medicare-X Choice Act of 2017

 
This bill amends the Social Security Act to create the Medicare Exchange health plan, which the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) must offer in certain individual health insurance exchanges in 2020 and offer in all individual health insurance exchanges by 2023. Any individual who is a resident of a state where the plan is offered and who is not eligible for Medicare benefits may enroll in the plan. CMS must offer the plan in the small group market in all areas for 2024.
 
The plan must meet the same requirements, including essential health benefits, as health insurance exchange plans under the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act.
 
Health care providers enrolled under Medicare or under a state Medicaid plan shall also be participating providers for the plan and shall be reimbursed at Medicare rates. 
 
The bill eliminates the restriction on the Department of Health and Human Services to negotiate prescription drug prices for Medicare. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2017-10-27
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2017-10-23
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: 2017-10-23
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: 2017-10-23
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2017-10-23
text: Introduced in House
DEA Opioid Enforcement Restoration Act of 2017

Bill: 115-hr-4095
Sponsor: Rep. Lynch, Stephen F. [D-MA-8]
Introduced: 2017-10-23 in the House
Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement
Subjects: Administrative remedies
Congressional oversight
Crime prevention
Criminal investigation, prosecution, interrogation
Department of Justice
Drug trafficking and controlled substances
Government information and archives
Government studies and investigations
Health care coverage and access
Licensing and registrations
Medical education
Prescription drugs
Retail and wholesale trades

Summary:
action_date: 2017-10-23
text: 

DEA Opioid Enforcement Restoration Act of 2017

 
This bill repeals the Ensuring Patient Access and Effective Drug Enforcement Act of 2016. Provisions of the Controlled Substances Act amended by the Act are restored.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2017-11-01
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, Homeland Security, and Investigations.
action_date: 2017-10-27
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2017-10-23
text: Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, 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: 2017-10-23
text: Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, 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: 2017-10-23
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2017-10-23
text: Introduced in House
Carbon Capture Prize Act

Bill: 115-hr-4096
Sponsor: Rep. Meng, Grace [D-NY-6]
Introduced: 2017-10-23 in the House
Policy area: Environmental Protection
Subjects: Advanced technology and technological innovations
Air quality
Climate change and greenhouse gases
Energy research
Environmental assessment, monitoring, research
Environmental technology
Research and development
Technology transfer and commercialization

Summary:
action_date: 2017-10-23
text: 

Carbon Capture Prize Act

 
The bill directs the Department of Energy to carry out a competition to award prizes for technology that reduces the amount of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere, including through emissions reductions or capturing or sequestering carbon dioxide. Any competition must comply with the Stevenson-Wydler Technology Innovation Act of 1980.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2018-05-22
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Energy.
action_date: 2017-10-23
text: Referred to the House Committee on Science, Space, and Technology.
action_date: 2017-10-23
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2017-10-23
text: Introduced in House
Medicare Beneficiary Opioid Addiction Treatment Act

Bill: 115-hr-4097
Sponsor: Rep. Neal, Richard E. [D-MA-1]
Introduced: 2017-10-23 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Drug therapy
Drug trafficking and controlled substances
Drug, alcohol, tobacco use
Medicare

Summary:
action_date: 2017-10-23
text: 

Medicare Beneficiary Opioid Addiction Treatment Act

 
This bill provides for Medicare coverage and payment of methadone (a medication used to treat opioid-use disorder).


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2017-10-27
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2017-10-23
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: 2017-10-23
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: 2017-10-23
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2017-10-23
text: Introduced in House
Don't Block LGBTQ Act of 2017

Bill: 115-hr-4098
Sponsor: Rep. Schneider, Bradley Scott [D-IL-10]
Introduced: 2017-10-23 in the House
Policy area: Science, Technology, Communications
Subjects: Elementary and secondary education
Internet and video services
Internet, web applications, social media
Libraries and archives
Sex, gender, sexual orientation discrimination
Telecommunication rates and fees

Summary:
action_date: 2017-10-23
text: 

Don't Block LGBTQ Act of 2017

 
This bill amends the Communications Act of 1934 to prohibit elementary schools, secondary schools, or libraries that receive discount rates for telecommunications services under the universal service support program from blocking Internet access to lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, or queer resources.
 
The bill does not prohibit schools or libraries from blocking content that is obscene, child pornography, or harmful to minors.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2017-10-27
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Communications and Technology.
action_date: 2017-10-23
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2017-10-23
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2017-10-23
text: Introduced in House