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Family Business Preservation Estate Tax Act

Bill: 115-hr-3159
Sponsor: Rep. Thompson, Mike [D-CA-5]
Introduced: 2017-06-29 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Small business
Transfer and inheritance taxes

Summary:
action_date: 2017-06-29
text: 

Family Business Preservation Estate Tax Act 

 
This bill amends the Internal Revenue Code, with respect to the estate tax, to allow the value of the taxable estate to be reduced by the adjusted value of family-owned business interests that: (1) are included in determining the value of the gross estate, and (2) are acquired by or passed to an heir from the decedent. 
 
The deduction may not exceed the greater of: (1) the basic exclusion amount in effect for the calendar year that includes the death of the decedent ($5.49 million for 2017), or (2) the value of farmland which constitutes the family-owned business interest. 
 
The bill imposes a specified additional estate tax if, within 10 years of the decedent's death and before the heir's death: (1) material participation requirements are not met with respect to the family-owned business interest, (2) the heir disposes of any portion of the family-owned business interest (other than by a disposition to a member of the heir's family or through a qualified conservation contribution), (3) the heir loses U.S. citizenship or ceases to be a lawful permanent resident and the interest was not acquired or is not held in a qualified trust, or (4) the principal place of business of a trade or business of the family-owned business ceases to be located in the United States. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2017-06-29
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2017-06-29
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2017-06-29
text: Introduced in House
BTU Act of 2017

Bill: 115-hr-3161
Sponsor: Rep. Welch, Peter [D-VT-At Large]
Introduced: 2017-06-29 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Alternative and renewable resources
Energy efficiency and conservation
Income tax credits
Lighting and heating
Lighting, heating, cooling
Residential rehabilitation and home repair

Summary:
action_date: 2017-06-29
text: 

Biomass Thermal Utilization Act of 2017 or the BTU Act of 201

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This bill amends the Internal Revenue Code to include 30% of qualified biomass fuel property expenditures for property placed in service before 2022 in the residential energy efficient property tax credit. A &quot;qualified biomass fuel property expenditure&quot; is an expenditure for property which uses the burning of biomass fuel (a plant-derived fuel available on a renewable or recurring basis) to heat a dwelling used as a residence, or to heat water for use in such dwelling, and which has a thermal efficiency rating of at least 75%.
 
The bill also allows: (1) a 15% energy tax credit until 2022 for investment in open-loop biomass heating property, including boilers or furnaces that operate at thermal output efficiencies of at least 65% and provide thermal energy in the form of heat, hot water, or steam for space heating, air conditioning, domestic hot water, or industrial process heat; and (2) a 30% credit until 2022 for investment in such property that operates at a thermal output efficiency of at least 80%. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2017-06-29
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2017-06-29
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2017-06-29
text: Introduced in House
Medicare Part B Home Infusion Services Temporary Transitional Payment Act

Bill: 115-hr-3163
Sponsor: Rep. Tiberi, Patrick J. [R-OH-12]
Introduced: 2017-07-06 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Drug therapy
Home and outpatient care
Medicare

Summary:
action_date: 2017-07-06
text: 

Medicare Part B Home Infusion Services Temporary Transitional Payment Act

 
This bill amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act to temporarily provide for transitional Medicare payment with respect to certain home infusion services furnished on or after January 1, 2019. Under current law, the Center for Medicare & Medicaid Services is required to establish a permanent payment system with respect to such services furnished on or after January 1, 2021.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2017-07-20
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2017-07-06
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: 2017-07-06
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: 2017-07-06
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2017-07-06
text: Introduced in House
To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to expand access to home dialysis therapy.

Bill: 115-hr-3164
Sponsor: Rep. Black, Diane [R-TN-6]
Introduced: 2017-07-06 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Congressional oversight
Digestive and metabolic diseases
Government studies and investigations
Health technology, devices, supplies
Home and outpatient care
Medicare

Summary:
action_date: 2017-07-06
text: 
This bill amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act to allow a Medicare beneficiary who has end-stage renal disease (ESRD) and is receiving home dialysis to receive monthly ESRD-related visits via telehealth, provided that the beneficiary also receives face-to-face visits periodically. Specified facility fees and geographic requirements shall not apply with respect to the provision of such services via telehealth.
 
The Government Accountability Office must study and report to Congress on the further expansion of Medicare coverage of renal dialysis services furnished via telehealth.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2017-07-20
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2017-07-06
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: 2017-07-06
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: 2017-07-06
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2017-07-06
text: Introduced in House
REVAMP Act of 2017

Bill: 115-hr-3165
Sponsor: Rep. Collins, Chris [R-NY-27]
Introduced: 2017-07-06 in the House
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Building construction
Computers and information technology
Rural conditions and development
Veterans' organizations and recognition

Summary:
action_date: 2017-07-06
text: 

Renovate and Enhance Veterans Meeting Halls and Posts Act of 2017 or the REVAMP Act of 2017

 
This bill directs the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) to carry out a pilot program to award grants to veterans service organizations in rural areas to: (1) repair or rehabilitate a facility in a rural area, and (2) acquire or upgrade computers and technology for such a facility. 
 
An organization may not receive a grant in any fiscal year in an amount exceeding the lesser of: (1) the aggregate cost of such proposed activities and uses, or (2) $75,000. 
 
An organization that receives such a grant for a fiscal year shall be ineligible for any such grant for the next five fiscal years.
 
Grants awarded under this bill may not be used for the construction or acquisition of new facilities. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2017-07-06
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Economic Opportunity.
action_date: 2017-07-06
text: Referred to the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
action_date: 2017-07-06
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2017-07-06
text: Introduced in House
To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to provide under the Medicare program for independent accreditation for dialysis facilities and assurance of high quality surveys with respect to such facilities.

Bill: 115-hr-3166
Sponsor: Rep. Jenkins, Lynn [R-KS-2]
Introduced: 2017-07-06 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Digestive and metabolic diseases
Health facilities and institutions
Licensing and registrations
Medicare

Summary:
action_date: 2017-07-06
text: 
This bill amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act to allow renal dialysis facilities to be accredited by an approved accreditation body for participation in the Medicare program. The bill also establishes a time frame with respect to initial surveys of renal dialysis facilities.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2017-07-20
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2017-07-06
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: 2017-07-06
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: 2017-07-06
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2017-07-06
text: Introduced in House
VA Acquisition Workforce Improvement and Streamlining Act

Bill: 115-hr-3169
Sponsor: Rep. Poliquin, Bruce [R-ME-2]
Introduced: 2017-07-10 in the House
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Department of Veterans Affairs
Executive agency funding and structure
Government buildings, facilities, and property
Government employee pay, benefits, personnel management
Licensing and registrations
Public contracts and procurement
Veterans' medical care

Summary:
action_date: 2017-07-10
text: 

VA Acquisition Workforce Improvement and Streamlining Act

 
This bill directs the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) to implement certain training curricula and certification programs for specified logistics, construction, or facilities management employees of VA or the Veterans Health Administration (VHA). 
 
The VA may develop: (1) curricula in a manner that provides such training in person, over a website, or by another federal agency; and (2) certification programs in a manner that uses either one level of certification or more than one level as appropriate for different grades of the General Schedule.
 
The VA shall prioritize the use of acquisition internship programs to hire employees in entry-level, acquisition positions. 
 
The VA shall develop a plan to reduce duplication and increase efficiencies of the VA's acquisition functions in a manner that achieves cost savings necessary to carry out such training, certification, and acquisition internship programs. The VA shall determine whether to: (1) consolidate or abolish certain service area and program contacting activity offices and transfer their functions to certain other VA or VHA facilities; and (2) consolidate specified functions of the VA's Office of Acquisition, Logistics, and Construction and the VHA's Procurement and Logistics Office into one such office.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2017-07-10
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Economic Opportunity.
action_date: 2017-07-10
text: Referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs, and in addition to the Committee on Appropriations, 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: 2017-07-10
text: Referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs, and in addition to the Committee on Appropriations, 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: 2017-07-10
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2017-07-10
text: Introduced in House
Small Business Development Center Cyber Training Act of 2017

Bill: 115-hr-3170
Sponsor: Rep. Chabot, Steve [R-OH-1]
Introduced: 2017-07-10 in the House
Policy area: Commerce
Subjects: Business education
Computer security and identity theft
Licensing and registrations
Small business

Summary:
action_date: 2017-07-10
text: 

Small Business Development Center Cyber Training Act of 2017

 
This bill amends the Small Business Act to require the Small Business Administration to establish a program for certifying employees of small business development centers to provide cybersecurity planning assistance to small businesses. 

action_date: 2018-04-25
text: 

Small Business Development Center Cyber Training Act of 2017

 
This bill amends the Small Business Act to require the Small Business Administration to establish a program for certifying employees of small business development centers to provide cybersecurity planning assistance to small businesses. 

action_date: 2018-05-08
text: 

Small Business Development Center Cyber Training Act of 2017

 
This bill amends the Small Business Act to require the Small Business Administration to establish a program for certifying employees of small business development centers to provide cybersecurity planning assistance to small businesses. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2018-05-09
text: Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship.
action_date: 2018-05-08
text: Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
action_date: 2018-05-08
text: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill Agreed to by voice vote. (text: CR H3797)
action_date: 2018-05-08
text: Passed/agreed to in House: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill Agreed to by voice vote.(text: CR H3797)
action_date: 2018-05-08
text: DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on H.R. 3170.
action_date: 2018-05-08
text: Considered under suspension of the rules. (consideration: CR H3797-3800)
action_date: 2018-05-08
text: Mr. Chabot moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill.
action_date: 2018-04-25
text: Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 501.
action_date: 2018-04-25
text: Reported by the Committee on Small Business. H. Rept. 115-653.
action_date: 2018-04-25
text: Reported by the Committee on Small Business. H. Rept. 115-653.
action_date: 2018-03-14
text: Ordered to be Reported by Voice Vote.
action_date: 2018-03-14
text: Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
action_date: 2017-07-10
text: Referred to the House Committee on Small Business.
action_date: 2017-07-10
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2017-07-10
text: Introduced in House
To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to provide that certain orthotist's and prosthetist's clinical notes under Medicare be treated as part of the patient's medical record.

Bill: 115-hr-3171
Sponsor: Rep. Bishop, Mike [R-MI-8]
Introduced: 2017-07-10 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Health information and medical records
Health technology, devices, supplies
Medicare

Summary:
action_date: 2017-07-10
text: 
This bill amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act to specify that documentation created by an orthotist or prosthetist shall be considered part of a Medicare beneficiary's medical record for purposes of determining the reasonableness and medical necessity of orthotics and prosthetics.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2017-07-14
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2017-07-11
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2017-07-10
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: 2017-07-10
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: 2017-07-10
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2017-07-10
text: Introduced in House
Medicare IVIG Demonstration Extension Act of 2017

Bill: 115-hr-3172
Sponsor: Rep. Brady, Kevin [R-TX-8]
Introduced: 2017-07-10 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Drug therapy
Health technology, devices, supplies
Home and outpatient care
Immunology and vaccination
Medicare

Summary:
action_date: 2017-07-10
text: 

Medicare IVIG Demonstration Extension Act of 2017

 
This bill amends the Medicare IVIG Access and Strengthening Medicare and Repaying Taxpayers Act of 2012 to extend the Medicare Intravenous Immune Globulin (IVIG) demonstration project through 2020, subject to the availability of funds. (This demonstration project provides for bundled Medicare payments with respect to certain items and services that are necessary to administer IVIG in the home.) A Medicare beneficiary who is enrolled in the project on September 30, 2017, shall be automatically reenrolled, subject to an existing cap on project participants.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2017-07-20
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2017-07-14
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2017-07-10
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: 2017-07-10
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: 2017-07-10
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2017-07-10
text: Introduced in House
Stark Administrative Simplification Act of 2017

Bill: 115-hr-3173
Sponsor: Rep. Marchant, Kenny [R-TX-24]
Introduced: 2017-07-10 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Civil actions and liability
Competition and antitrust
Government information and archives
Health information and medical records
Health personnel
Medical ethics
Medicare
Wages and earnings

Summary:
action_date: 2017-07-10
text: 

Stark Administrative Simplification Act of 201

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This bill establishes lesser penalties for technical noncompliance with the Stark Rule against self-referral under Medicare. "Technical noncompliance" means, with respect to a compensation arrangement, that the arrangement: (1) is not set forth in writing, (2) is not signed by one or more parties, or (3) violates the rule due to the arrangement's expiration.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2017-07-21
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2017-07-14
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2017-07-10
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: 2017-07-10
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: 2017-07-10
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2017-07-10
text: Introduced in House
CHANCE in TECH Act

Bill: 115-hr-3174
Sponsor: Rep. Moulton, Seth [D-MA-6]
Introduced: 2017-07-10 in the House
Policy area: Labor and Employment
Subjects: Computers and information technology
Education programs funding
Elementary and secondary education
Employment and training programs
Higher education
Public contracts and procurement
Public-private cooperation
Science and engineering education
Vocational and technical education

Summary:
action_date: 2017-07-10
text: 

CHampioning Apprenticeships for New Careers and Employees in TECHnology Act or the CHANCE in TECH Act

 
This bill requires the Department of Labor to enter into competitive contracts with industry intermediaries to promote the development of and access to apprenticeships in the technology sector.
 
The Department of Education may issue CHANCE in TECH Awards for 21st Century Schools to secondary schools or junior or community colleges that demonstrate high achievement in providing students necessary skills to compete in the 21st century workforce.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2017-07-10
text: Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce.
action_date: 2017-07-10
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2017-07-10
text: Introduced in House
Online Privacy Act

Bill: 115-hr-3175
Sponsor: Rep. Ellison, Keith [D-MN-5]
Introduced: 2017-07-11 in the House
Policy area: Science, Technology, Communications
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Business records
Computer security and identity theft
Consumer affairs
Federal Communications Commission (FCC)
Internet and video services
Internet, web applications, social media
Right of privacy
Telephone and wireless communication

Summary:
action_date: 2017-07-11
text: 

Online Privacy Act 

 
This bill amends the Communications Act of 1934 to direct the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) to promulgate customer privacy regulations that require telecommunications services, broadband Internet access services, and interconnected VoIP (internet phone) services to:
 
 
notify a customer about the collection, use, and sharing of customer proprietary information that is individually identifiable customer proprietary network information, personally identifiable information, or the content of communications; 
 
obtain opt-in approval from a customer to use and share sensitive customer proprietary information about financial or health information, children, Social Security numbers, precise geolocation, content of communications, call detail information, web browsing or application usage history, or other customary proprietary information that the FCC determines to be sensitive; 
 
not refuse to serve a customer who does not consent to the use and sharing of customer proprietary information for commercial purposes under a "take-it-or-leave-it" offer; 
 
develop data security practices; and 
 
notify customers of security breaches. 

 
The FCC must also implement strong protection for de-identified customary proprietary information to prevent re-identifying such information.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2017-07-14
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Communications and Technology.
action_date: 2017-07-11
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2017-07-11
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2017-07-11
text: Introduced in House