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STEM Opportunities Act of 2017

Bill: 115-hr-2653
Sponsor: Rep. Johnson, Eddie Bernice [D-TX-30]
Introduced: 2017-05-25 in the House
Policy area: Science, Technology, Communications
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Adoption and foster care
Census and government statistics
Child care and development
Education programs funding
Elementary and secondary education
Government information and archives
Higher education
Minority education
Minority employment
National Science Foundation
Office of Science and Technology Policy
Research administration and funding
Research and development
Science and engineering education
Sex, gender, sexual orientation discrimination
Teaching, teachers, curricula
Women's education
Women's employment

Summary:
action_date: 2017-05-25
text: 

STEM Opportunities Act of 2017

 
This bill provides for guidance, data collection, and grants related to women and minorities in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics at institutions of higher education and at federal science agencies.
 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2018-05-22
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Research and Technology.
action_date: 2017-05-26
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E735-736)
action_date: 2017-05-25
text: Referred to the House Committee on Science, Space, and Technology.
action_date: 2017-05-25
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2017-05-25
text: Introduced in House
Adjusting Davis-Bacon for Inflation Act

Bill: 115-hr-2654
Sponsor: Rep. Duncan, Jeff [R-SC-3]
Introduced: 2017-05-25 in the House
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Subjects: Inflation and prices
Labor standards
Public contracts and procurement
Wages and earnings

Summary:
action_date: 2017-05-25
text: 

Adjusting Davis-Bacon for Inflation Act

 
 This bill increases from $2,000 to $1 million the contract threshold requiring the locally prevailing wage rate to be paid to various classes of laborers and mechanics working under federally-financed or federally-assisted contracts for construction, alteration, and repair of public buildings or public works (Davis-Bacon Act).


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
Public Engagement at FERC Act

Bill: 115-hr-2656
Sponsor: Rep. Schakowsky, Janice D. [D-IL-9]
Introduced: 2017-05-25 in the House
Policy area: Energy
Subjects: Administrative remedies
Advisory bodies
Consumer affairs
Energy storage, supplies, demand
Executive agency funding and structure
Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC)
Government information and archives
Government studies and investigations
Legal fees and court costs
Oil and gas
Public participation and lobbying
Public utilities and utility rates

Summary:
action_date: 2017-05-25
text: 

Public Engagement at FERC Act

 
This bill amends the Federal Power Act to revise and expand the Office of Public Participation in the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC)and rename it as the Office of Public Participation and Consumer Advocacy.
 
The office may participate in FERC proceedings on rates, service, and infrastructure siting to represent the interests of the public and issue guidance for potential improvements to industry and FERC practices.
 
Additionally, the office must establish a Public and Consumer Advocacy Advisory Committee to review rates, services, and disputes and make recommendations to the office.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2017-05-26
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Energy.
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
PRIME Act

Bill: 115-hr-2657
Sponsor: Rep. Massie, Thomas [R-KY-4]
Introduced: 2017-05-25 in the House
Policy area: Agriculture and Food
Subjects: Food industry and services
Food supply, safety, and labeling
Livestock
Meat
Retail and wholesale trades

Summary:
action_date: 2017-05-25
text: 

Processing Revival and Intrastate Meat Exemption Act or the PRIME Act 

 
This bill amends the Federal Meat Inspection Act to expand the exemption of custom slaughtering of animals from federal inspection requirements.
 
Under current law, the exemption applies if the meat is slaughtered for personal, household, guest, and employee uses. The bill expands the exemption to include meat that is: 
 
 
 slaughtered and prepared at a custom slaughter facility in accordance with the laws of the state where the facility is located; and 
 
prepared exclusively for distribution to household consumers in the state or restaurants, hotels, boarding houses, grocery stores, or other establishments in the state that either prepare meals served directly to consumers or offer meat and food products for sale directly to consumers in the state. 
 
 
The bill does not preempt any state law concerning: (1) the slaughter of animals or the preparation of carcasses, parts thereof, meat and meat food products at a custom slaughter facility; or (2) the sale of meat or meat food products. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2017-06-26
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Livestock and Foreign Agriculture.
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
United States-Israel Agriculture Strategic Partnership Act

Bill: 115-hr-2659
Sponsor: Rep. Soto, Darren [D-FL-9]
Introduced: 2017-05-25 in the House
Policy area: Agriculture and Food
Subjects: Agricultural research
Foreign aid and international relief
Israel
Middle East
Public-private cooperation
Research and development

Summary:
action_date: 2017-05-25
text: 

United States-Israel Agriculture Strategic Partnership Act 

 
This bill authorizes the Department of Agriculture to establish a program for cooperative research and development in agriculture with the government of Israel. 
 
The purpose of the program is to establish a framework to enhance the collaboration between the United States and Israel in research and development activities relating to agriculture, including between public and private entities. 
 
The bill also authorizes the Department of State to establish a binational task force to provide guidance and oversight with respect to the cooperative research and development program. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2017-06-26
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Livestock and Foreign Agriculture.
action_date: 2017-05-25
text: Referred to the Committee on Agriculture, and in addition to the Committees on Foreign Affairs, and 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: 2017-05-25
text: Referred to the Committee on Agriculture, and in addition to the Committees on Foreign Affairs, and 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: 2017-05-25
text: Referred to the Committee on Agriculture, and in addition to the Committees on Foreign Affairs, and 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: 2017-05-25
text: Referred to the Committee on Agriculture, and in addition to the Committees on Foreign Affairs, and 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: 2017-05-25
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR H4595)
action_date: 2017-05-25
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2017-05-25
text: Introduced in House
APPEAL Act

Bill: 115-hr-2660
Sponsor: Rep. Palmer, Gary J. [R-AL-6]
Introduced: 2017-05-25 in the House
Policy area: Law
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Civil actions and liability
District of Columbia
Federal district courts
Judicial review and appeals
Jurisdiction and venue
Presidents and presidential powers, Vice Presidents

Summary:
action_date: 2017-05-25
text: 

Assigning Proper Placement of Executive Action Lawsuits Act or the APPEAL Act

 
This bill provides exclusive original jurisdiction to the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia for cases regarding an executive order, action, or memorandum.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2017-07-11
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Courts, Intellectual Property, and the Internet.
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
State Mineral Revenue Protection Act

Bill: 115-hr-2661
Sponsor: Rep. Cheney, Liz [R-WY-At Large]
Introduced: 2017-05-25 in the House
Policy area: Energy
Subjects: Energy revenues and royalties
Intergovernmental relations
Mining
Oil and gas
State and local finance

Summary:
action_date: 2017-05-25
text: 

State Mineral Revenue Protection Act

 
This bill amends the Mineral Leasing Act to provide a mechanism for states to receive their entitled percentage of sales, bonuses, royalties, and rentals for all public land or deposits located in the state. 
 
The bill eliminates the 2% fee that the federal government currently deducts from a state's entitled share to cover administrative or other costs.
 
On request of a state, the Department of the Interior must convey to the state their entitled percentage of all right, title, and interest for all public land or deposits located in the state.Interior must provide prompt notice of any such conveyance and the duty of the leaseholder to make direct payments to the state. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2017-09-06
text: Subcommittee Hearings Held.
action_date: 2017-06-08
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Energy and Mineral Resources.
action_date: 2017-05-25
text: Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.
action_date: 2017-05-25
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2017-05-25
text: Introduced in House
Home Health Documentation and Program Improvement Act of 2017

Bill: 115-hr-2663
Sponsor: Rep. Marchant, Kenny [R-TX-24]
Introduced: 2017-05-25 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Administrative remedies
Home and outpatient care
Medicare

Summary:
action_date: 2017-05-25
text: 

Home Health Documentation and Program Improvement Act of 2017

 
This bill requires the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) to use an individual's medical record from a home-health agency, as appropriate, to support certification of such individual's Medicare eligibility for home-health services.
 
The bill requires the CMS to establish a process for home-health agencies that are entitled to an administrative appeal after being denied eligibility for Medicare reimbursement to, instead, enter into a settlement with the CMS. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2017-06-07
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2017-05-26
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2017-05-25
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: 2017-05-25
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: 2017-05-25
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: 2017-05-25
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2017-05-25
text: Introduced in House
Accountability for Congressional Pay Act

Bill: 115-hr-2665
Sponsor: Rep. Bacon, Don [R-NE-2]
Introduced: 2017-05-25 in the House
Policy area: Congress
Subjects: Budget deficits and national debt
Government employee pay, benefits, personnel management
Members of Congress

Summary:
action_date: 2017-05-25
text: 

Accountability for Congressional Pay Act 

 
This bill amends the Legislative Reorganization Act of 1946 to reduce the pay of Members of Congress for any year following a fiscal year in which the Office of Management and Budget determined that there was a federal budget deficit. 
 
During the next calendar year that begins after a fiscal year in which there was a budget deficit: (1) congressional salaries must be reduced by the percentage by which outlays exceeded revenues for that fiscal year, except that the reduction may not exceed 15%; and (2) a cost-of-living adjustment is prohibited.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2017-05-25
text: Referred to the Committee on House Administration, and in addition to the Committee on 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: 2017-05-25
text: Referred to the Committee on House Administration, and in addition to the Committee on 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: 2017-05-25
text: Referred to the Committee on House Administration, and in addition to the Committee on 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: 2017-05-25
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2017-05-25
text: Introduced in House
AMBER Alert in Indian Country Act of 2017

Bill: 115-hr-2666
Sponsor: Rep. Biggs, Andy [R-AZ-5]
Introduced: 2017-05-25 in the House
Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement
Subjects: Alaska Natives and Hawaiians
Child safety and welfare
Congressional oversight
Crimes against children
Emergency communications systems
Indian social and development programs
Law enforcement administration and funding

Summary:
action_date: 2017-05-25
text: 

AMBER Alert in Indian Country Act of 2017

 
This bill amends the PROTECT Act to reauthorize the AMBER Alert grant program for FY2018. 
 
The bill also modifies the program to: 
 
 
 make Indian tribes eligible for AMBER Alert grants, 
 
 permit the use of grant funds to integrate state or regional AMBER Alert communication plans with an Indian tribe, and
 
allow the waiver of the matching funds requirement for grants awarded to Indian tribes.
 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2017-11-29
text: Ordered to be Reported (Amended) by Voice Vote.
action_date: 2017-11-29
text: Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
action_date: 2017-05-25
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: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR H4592)
action_date: 2017-05-25
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2017-05-25
text: Introduced in House
Nuclear Cruise Missile Reconsideration Act of 2017

Bill: 115-hr-2667
Sponsor: Rep. Blumenauer, Earl [D-OR-3]
Introduced: 2017-05-25 in the House
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Congressional oversight
Defense spending
Military operations and strategy
Military procurement, research, weapons development
Nuclear weapons

Summary:
action_date: 2017-05-25
text: 

Nuclear Cruise Missile Reconsideration Act of 2017

 
This bill prohibits the obligation or expenditure of more than specified amounts by the Department of Defense (DOD) on development of the long-range standoff weapon or any other nuclear-capable air-launched cruise missile, or by the Department of Energy on the life extension program for the W80-4 warhead, until DOD submits to specified congressional committees a Nuclear Posture Review that includes an assessment of:
 
 
 the anticipated capabilities of the long-range standoff weapon to hold targets at risk beyond other already existing and planned nuclear-capable delivery systems;
 
 the anticipated ability of such weapon to elude adversary integrated air and missile defenses compared to the B-21 bomber; and
 
 the anticipated effect of such weapon on strategic stability relative to other nuclear-armed countries, on the offensive nuclear weapons capabilities and programs of other nuclear-armed countries, on the response of other nuclear-armed countries to proposals to decrease or halt the growth of their nuclear stockpiles, and on the threshold for the use of nuclear weapons.
 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2017-06-16
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Strategic Forces.
action_date: 2017-05-25
text: Referred to the House Committee on Armed Services.
action_date: 2017-05-25
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E722)
action_date: 2017-05-25
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2017-05-25
text: Introduced in House
Smarter Approach to Nuclear Expenditures Act

Bill: 115-hr-2668
Sponsor: Rep. Blumenauer, Earl [D-OR-3]
Introduced: 2017-05-25 in the House
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Congressional oversight
Defense spending
Department of Defense
Department of Energy
Executive agency funding and structure
Government buildings, facilities, and property
Military operations and strategy
Military procurement, research, weapons development
Nuclear weapons
Research administration and funding
South Carolina
Tennessee

Summary:
action_date: 2017-05-25
text: 

Smarter Approach to Nuclear Expenditures Act

 
This bill prohibits the obligation or expenditure of Department of Defense (DOD) funds: (1) for procuring more than eight Columbia-class submarines; (2) to maintain more than 150 deployed intercontinental ballistic missiles; or (3) through FY2024, for the research, development, test, and evaluation (RDT&E) or the procurement of the B-21 long-range penetrating bomber aircraft.
 
The bill prohibits the obligation or expenditure of DOD or Department of Energy (DOE) funds: 
 
 
to maintain more than 1,000 deployed strategic warheads, as counted under the New START Treaty; 
 
 to make the F-35 Joint Strike Fighter aircraft capable of carrying nuclear weapons;
 
 for extending the life of tactical versions of the B61 gravity bomb;
 
 for the RDT&E or procurement of a new air-launched cruise missile or for the W80 warhead life extension program;
 
 for the RDT&E or procurement of the ground-based strategic deterrent or any new intercontinental ballistic missile;
 
 for the IW-1 life extension program;
 
 for the Mixed Oxide Fuel Fabrication Facility project at the Savannah River Site, Aiken, South Carolina; or
 
 for the Uranium Processing Facility located at the Y-12 National Security Complex, Oak Ridge, Tennessee.
 
 
DOD and DOE must report to Congress on the plans for, and the estimated cost savings from, carrying out this bill.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2017-06-16
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Strategic Forces.
action_date: 2017-05-25
text: Referred to the House Committee on Armed Services.
action_date: 2017-05-25
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E722)
action_date: 2017-05-25
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2017-05-25
text: Introduced in House
Vote By Mail Act of 2017

Bill: 115-hr-2669
Sponsor: Rep. Blumenauer, Earl [D-OR-3]
Introduced: 2017-05-25 in the House
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Subjects: Elections, voting, political campaign regulation
Licensing and registrations
Motor vehicles
Postal service
State and local government operations

Summary:
action_date: 2017-05-25
text: 

Vote by Mail Act of 2017

 
This bill amends the Help America Vote Act of 2002 to require states to allow voting in federal elections to be by mail without additional conditions or requirements, except a deadline for returning the ballot.
 
States must mail ballots to individuals registered to vote in a federal election not later than two weeks before the election. The U.S. Postal Service must carry ballots mailed by a state expeditiously and free of postage.
 
The National Voter Registration Act of 1993 is amended to authorize automatic voter registration of individuals through state motor vehicle authorities.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2017-05-25
text: Referred to the Committee on House Administration, and in addition to the Committee on 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: 2017-05-25
text: Referred to the Committee on House Administration, and in addition to the Committee on 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: 2017-05-25
text: Referred to the Committee on House Administration, and in addition to the Committee on 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: 2017-05-25
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E730-731)
action_date: 2017-05-25
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2017-05-25
text: Introduced in House
Protecting Domestic Violence and Stalking Victims Act

Bill: 115-hr-2670
Sponsor: Rep. Brown, Anthony G. [D-MD-4]
Introduced: 2017-05-25 in the House
Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement
Subjects: Assault and harassment offenses
Domestic violence and child abuse
Evidence and witnesses
Firearms and explosives

Summary:
action_date: 2017-05-25
text: 

Protecting Domestic Violence and Stalking Victims Act

 
This bill amends the federal criminal code to modify the prohibition on firearm sale or transfer to or purchase or possession by an individual who is subject to a court order that restrains the individual from harassing, stalking, or threatening an intimate partner or child of an intimate partner. Specifically, the bill revises the elements of a qualifying court order. It also broadens the definition of &quot;intimate partner&quot; to include a dating partner or former dating partner.
 
Additionally, the bill expands the categories of prohibited persons (i.e., persons barred from receiving or possessing a firearm) to include persons who have been convicted of: (1) a misdemeanor crime of stalking, or (2) a crime involving conduct that would have been stalking if committed within the special maritime and territorial jurisdiction of the United States.


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