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To reauthorize the West Valley demonstration project, and for other purposes.

Bill: 115-hr-2389
Sponsor: Rep. Reed, Tom [R-NY-23]
Introduced: 2017-05-04 in the House
Policy area: Energy
Subjects: Government buildings, facilities, and property
New York State
Nuclear weapons
Radioactive wastes and releases

Summary:
action_date: 2017-05-04
text: 
This bill reauthorizes for FY2017-FY2026 the West Valley Demonstration Project located in West Valley, New York.
 
Additionally, all radioactive waste operations carried out under the West Valley Demonstration Project Act shall be considered to be waste derived from atomic energy defense activities.

action_date: 2018-09-07
text: 
This bill reauthorizes through FY2028 the West Valley Demonstration Project located in West Valley, New York.
 
The Government Accountability Office must report to Congress on the volumes, origins, and types of radioactive waste at the West Valley Demonstration Project and the options for disposal of such waste. 

action_date: 2018-09-25
text: 
(Sec.1)This bill reauthorizes through FY2025 the West Valley Demonstration Project located in West Valley, New York.
 
The Government Accountability Office must report to Congress on the volumes, origins, and types of radioactive waste at the West Valley Demonstration Project and the options for disposal of such waste. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2018-09-26
text: Received in the Senate.
action_date: 2018-09-25
text: Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
action_date: 2018-09-25
text: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by voice vote. (text: CR H8794)
action_date: 2018-09-25
text: Passed/agreed to in House: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by voice vote.(text: CR H8794)
action_date: 2018-09-25
text: DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on H.R. 2389.
action_date: 2018-09-25
text: Considered under suspension of the rules. (consideration: CR H8794-8795)
action_date: 2018-09-25
text: Mr. McKinley moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended.
action_date: 2018-09-07
text: Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 719.
action_date: 2018-09-07
text: Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Energy and Commerce. H. Rept. 115-926.
action_date: 2018-09-07
text: Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Energy and Commerce. H. Rept. 115-926.
action_date: 2018-07-12
text: Ordered to be Reported (Amended) by Voice Vote.
action_date: 2018-07-12
text: Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
action_date: 2018-06-27
text: Forwarded by Subcommittee to Full Committee (Amended) by Voice Vote .
action_date: 2018-06-27
text: Subcommittee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
action_date: 2018-05-18
text: Subcommittee Hearings Held.
action_date: 2017-05-05
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Environment.
action_date: 2017-05-04
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2017-05-04
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2017-05-04
text: Introduced in House
PLO Accountability Act of 2017

Bill: 115-hr-2390
Sponsor: Rep. Ros-Lehtinen, Ileana [R-FL-27]
Introduced: 2017-05-04 in the House
Policy area: International Affairs
Subjects: Arab-Israeli relations
Diplomacy, foreign officials, Americans abroad
District of Columbia
International organizations and cooperation
Israel
Middle East
Palestinians
Sanctions
Sovereignty, recognition, national governance and status
Terrorism
Trade restrictions
United Nations

Summary:
action_date: 2017-05-04
text: 

PLO Accountability Act
 
of 2017

 
This bill amends the Anti-Terrorism Act of 1987 to authorize the President to waive for up to six months the prohibition against establishment or maintenance of Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO) offices, headquarters, premises, or other facilities within U.S. jurisdiction if the President certifies to Congress that the Palestinians have entered into a final negotiated peace agreement with, and have ceased hostilities against, Israel or that: 
 
 
the Palestinians have not, on or after January 1, 2017, obtained state standing in the United Nations or any specialized agency thereof outside an agreement negotiated between Israel and the Palestinians; 
 
the Palestinians have officially ceased to be International Criminal Court (ICC) members and have withdrawn from the Rome Statute of the ICC; 
 
any ICC investigation against Israel initiated by, or on behalf of, the Palestinians has been withdrawn and terminated;
 
the PLO and the Palestinian Authority (PA) no longer provide financial awards, payments, salaries, or benefits to Palestinians who have committed terrorist attacks, their families, or the families of those who died committing acts of terrorism; and 
 
the PLO and the PA have ceased to engage in a pattern of incitement against the United States or Israel.
 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2017-05-18
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Middle East and North Africa.
action_date: 2017-05-04
text: Referred to the House Committee on Foreign Affairs.
action_date: 2017-05-04
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2017-05-04
text: Introduced in House
Highway Restoration Act of 2017

Bill: 115-hr-2391
Sponsor: Rep. Sanford, Mark [R-SC-1]
Introduced: 2017-05-04 in the House
Policy area: Transportation and Public Works
Subjects: Government trust funds
Public transit
Roads and highways
Transportation programs funding

Summary:
action_date: 2017-05-04
text: 

Highway Restoration Act of 201

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This bill amends the Internal Revenue Code to provide for a phaseout of the Mass Transit Account by the end of FY2021. Beginning in FY2022, no funds would be transferred to the account from the Highway Trust Fund. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2017-05-04
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2017-05-04
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2017-05-04
text: Introduced in House
Accelerate Our Startups Act of 2017

Bill: 115-hr-2393
Sponsor: Rep. Schneider, Bradley Scott [D-IL-10]
Introduced: 2017-05-04 in the House
Policy area: Commerce
Subjects: Business investment and capital
Government information and archives
Small business
User charges and fees

Summary:
action_date: 2017-05-04
text: 

Accelerate Our Startups Act of 2017

 
 This bill amends the Small Business Act to direct the Small Business Administration (SBA) to develop and implement a grant program for state and local governmental and other nonprofit organizations located in the United States that support startup businesses by providing assistance for construction costs, space acquisition, and programmatic purposes. 
 
A grant recipient must: (1) demonstrate that it will use the grant to provide assistance to at least five client businesses per year that have been in business for less than five years, (2) require client businesses to pay an entry fee to participate in the program, and (3) submit annual progress reports.
 
The SBA shall: (1) establish grant criteria favoring recipients that provide startups with office, manufacturing, or warehouse space, access to capital and professional services, and a formal structured mentorship or developmental program that assists with building business skills and competencies; and (2) in determining whether to make a grant, take into account promoting growth in underserviced areas with sufficient population density and the organization's entrepreneurial leadership experience, ability to utilize and leverage local strengths, and record with regard to client business participation. 
 
The SBA must condition receipt of a grant under this bill on the recipient obtaining matching funding for the same purposes from a local or state government grant and nonpublic funding.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2017-05-04
text: Referred to the House Committee on Small Business.
action_date: 2017-05-04
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2017-05-04
text: Introduced in House
To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to include fuel cells using electromechanical processes for purposes of the energy tax credit.

Bill: 115-hr-2394
Sponsor: Rep. Stivers, Steve [R-OH-15]
Introduced: 2017-05-04 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Alternative and renewable resources
Business investment and capital
Electric power generation and transmission
Income tax credits

Summary:
action_date: 2017-05-04
text: 
This bill amends the Internal Revenue Code, with respect to the tax credit for investments in energy property, to make qualified fuel cell property (certain fuel cell power plants) that uses an electromechanical process or includes a linear generator assembly eligible for the credit.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2017-05-04
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2017-05-04
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2017-05-04
text: Introduced in House
Stop Predatory Bail Contracts Act

Bill: 115-hr-2395
Sponsor: Rep. Torres, Norma J. [D-CA-35]
Introduced: 2017-05-04 in the House
Policy area: Commerce
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Consumer affairs
Criminal procedure and sentencing
Federal Trade Commission (FTC)

Summary:
action_date: 2017-05-04
text: 

Stop Predatory Bail Contracts Act

 
This bill requires the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) to limit the fee that bail bond agents or persons underwriting or insuring the provision of a bail bond may charge for an ankle monitor or homing device that they require an accused individual to wear as a condition on issuing a bond for his or her appearance in court. The fee may not exceed the cost of maintaining and operating such monitor or device.
 
The bill provides the FTC with authority to enforce against violations, which shall be treated as unfair or deceptive acts or practices under Federal Trade Commission Act.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2017-05-05
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Digital Commerce and Consumer Protection.
action_date: 2017-05-04
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2017-05-04
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2017-05-04
text: Introduced in House
DPRK Act of 2017

Bill: 115-hr-2397
Sponsor: Rep. Yoho, Ted S. [R-FL-3]
Introduced: 2017-05-04 in the House
Policy area: International Affairs
Subjects: Asia
Congressional oversight
Cultural exchanges and relations
Digital media
Human rights
International exchange and broadcasting
International law and treaties
Music
North Korea
Public-private cooperation
Television and film

Summary:
action_date: 2017-05-04
text: 

Distribution and Promotion of Rights and Knowledge Act of 2017 or the DPRK Act of 2017

 
This bill amends the North Korean Human Rights Act of 2004 to authorize the President, through the Department of State, to: (1) distribute or provide grants to distribute information receiving devices, electronically readable devices, and other informational sources into North Korea; and (2) establish a grant program, which may involve public-private partnerships, to develop and/or distribute new products or methods to allow North Koreans easier access to outside information.
 
The Broadcasting Board of Governors may broadcast American, Korean, Chinese, and other popular music, television, movies, and popular cultural references as part of its programming. 
 
The Board shall broadcast to North Korea in the Korean language information on rights, laws, and freedoms afforded through the North Korean Constitution, the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, the United Nations Commission of Inquiry on Human Rights in the Democratic People's Republic of Korea, and any other applicable treaties or international agreements to which North Korea is bound.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2017-06-15
text: Forwarded by Subcommittee to Full Committee (Amended) by Voice Vote .
action_date: 2017-06-15
text: Subcommittee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
action_date: 2017-05-18
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Asia and the Pacific.
action_date: 2017-05-04
text: Referred to the House Committee on Foreign Affairs.
action_date: 2017-05-04
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2017-05-04
text: Introduced in House
For the relief of Gurmukh Singh.

Bill: 115-hr-2398
Sponsor: Rep. Lowenthal, Alan S. [D-CA-47]
Introduced: 2017-05-04 in the House
Subjects: Private Legislation

Summary:
action_date: 2017-05-04
text: Provides for the relief of Gurmukh Singh.

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2017-05-11
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration and Border Security.
action_date: 2017-05-04
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2017-05-04
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2017-05-04
text: Introduced in House
LEAP Act

Bill: 115-hr-2399
Sponsor: Rep. Davis, Rodney [R-IL-13]
Introduced: 2017-05-08 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Congressional agencies
Employment and training programs
Executive agency funding and structure
Government Publishing Office (GPO)
Government information and archives
Income tax credits

Summary:
action_date: 2017-05-08
text: 

Leveraging and Energizing America's Apprenticeship Programs Act or the LEAP Act

 
This bill amends the Internal Revenue Code to allow employers a business-related tax credit of $1,500 for hiring an apprenticeship employee who has not attained age 25 at the close of the taxable year or $1,000 for an apprenticeship employee who has attained age 25. The bill allows such credit for no more than two taxable years with respect to any apprenticeship employee. An "apprenticeship employee" is an employee who is employed in an officially-recognized apprenticeable occupation pursuant to an apprentice agreement registered with the Office of Apprenticeship of the Employment and Training Administration of the Department of Labor or a state apprenticeship agency. 
 
 The Office of Management and Budget must coordinate with federal departments and independent agencies to: (1) determine which government publications could be available on government websites and no longer printed, (2) devise a strategy to reduce overall government printing costs over the 10-year period beginning with FY2016, (3) establish government-wide guidelines on employee printing, and (4) issue guidelines for publicly disclosing information about the publication of government documents.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2017-05-08
text: Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, 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: 2017-05-08
text: Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, 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: 2017-05-08
text: Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, 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: 2017-05-08
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2017-05-08
text: Introduced in House
To amend title 5, United States Code, to allow individuals who are not Federal employees to enroll in the Federal Employees Health Benefits Program, and for other purposes.

Bill: 115-hr-2400
Sponsor: Rep. Issa, Darrell E. [R-CA-49]
Introduced: 2017-05-08 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Congressional oversight
Dental care
Disability and health-based discrimination
Government employee pay, benefits, personnel management
Health care costs and insurance
Health care coverage and access
Insurance industry and regulation
Office of Personnel Management (OPM)

Summary:
action_date: 2017-05-08
text: 
This bill allows an individual who is not a federal employee to enroll in the Federal Employee Health Benefits Program, unless the individual: (1) is enrolled, or eligible to enroll, in a different public health insurance program; (2) is a member of the uniformed services; or (3) is not a citizen or national of, or lawfully present in, the United States.
 
An employer may make a contribution on behalf of such an individual, but no government contribution may be provided. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2017-05-08
text: Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform.
action_date: 2017-05-08
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2017-05-08
text: Introduced in House
Anti-Lunch Shaming Act of 2017

Bill: 115-hr-2401
Sponsor: Rep. Lujan Grisham, Michelle [D-NM-1]
Introduced: 2017-05-08 in the House
Policy area: Agriculture and Food
Subjects: Adoption and foster care
Child safety and welfare
Elementary and secondary education
Food assistance and relief
Homelessness and emergency shelter
Nutrition and diet

Summary:
action_date: 2017-05-08
text: 

Anti-Lunch Shaming Act of 2017 

 
This bill amends the Richard B. Russell National School Lunch Act to establish requirements for the treatment of a child who is a student at a school participating in the National School Lunch Program or the School Breakfast Program and is unable to pay for a meal at the school.
 
The bill applies to a child who either does not have funds to pay for a meal or has outstanding credit that was extended by a school food authority (SFA). 
 
A SFA may not permit public identification or stigmatization of the child, such as by requiring a wristband or hand stamp. The child also may not be required to: (1) perform chores or activities that are not required of students generally, or (2) dispose of food after it has been served to the child.
 
Any communication related to outstanding credit must be directed to the child's parent or guardian. A child may be required to deliver a letter regarding outstanding credit that is addressed to a parent or guardian if the letter is not distributed to the child in a manner that stigmatizes the child. 
 
The bill also expresses the sense of Congress regarding several issues regarding the administration of the school meal programs. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2017-05-08
text: Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce.
action_date: 2017-05-08
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2017-05-08
text: Introduced in House
San Juan County Settlement Implementation Act

Bill: 115-hr-2402
Sponsor: Rep. Lujan, Ben Ray [D-NM-3]
Introduced: 2017-05-08 in the House
Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources
Subjects: Coal
Indian lands and resources rights
Land transfers
Mining
New Mexico

Summary:
action_date: 2017-05-08
text: 

San Juan County Settlement Implementation Act

 This bill provides that if the Department of the Interior retires a coal preference right lease application under the Mineral Leasing Act by issuing a bidding right in exchange for the relinquishment of such application, such bidding right may subsequently be used in lieu of 50% of the amount owed for any monetary payment of: (1) a bonus in a coal lease sale; or (2) rental or royalty under a federal coal lease. 
Interior shall calculate a payment of the amounts owed to a relevant state pursuant to such Act based on the combined value of the bidding rights and the amounts received. 
 
Interior shall make such payments to a relevant state from monetary payments received by Interior when bidding rights are exercised pursuant to this bill. 
 
A bidding right issued for a coal preference right lease application under such Act shall be fully transferable to any other person. Such bidding right shall terminate seven years after it is issued.
 
The bill cancels specified land selections made by the Navajo Nation pursuant to the Navajo-Hopi Land Settlement Act of 1974 and authorizes such nation to make land selections equal in value to those canceled, subject to an acreage cap, specified land exclusions, and a seven-year deadline. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2017-10-04
text: Subcommittee Hearings Held.
action_date: 2017-05-16
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Indian, Insular and Alaska Native Affairs.
action_date: 2017-05-16
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Energy and Mineral Resources.
action_date: 2017-05-08
text: Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.
action_date: 2017-05-08
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2017-05-08
text: Introduced in House
Keeping Capital Local for Underserved Communities Act of 2017

Bill: 115-hr-2403
Sponsor: Rep. Moore, Gwen [D-WI-4]
Introduced: 2017-05-08 in the House
Policy area: Finance and Financial Sector
Subjects: Bank accounts, deposits, capital
Banking and financial institutions regulation
Interest, dividends, interest rates

Summary:
action_date: 2017-05-08
text: 

Keeping Capital Local for Underserved Communities Act of 2017

 
This bill specifies that certain reciprocal deposits shall not be considered to be brokered deposits. (Brokered deposits are subject to additional regulatory requirements, including those related to liquidity.)


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2017-05-08
text: Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services.
action_date: 2017-05-08
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2017-05-08
text: Introduced in House
Improving the Treatment of the U.S. Territories Under Federal Health Programs Act of 2017

Bill: 115-hr-2404
Sponsor: Del. Plaskett, Stacey E. [D-VI-At Large]
Introduced: 2017-05-08 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: American Samoa
Caribbean area
Child health
Computers and information technology
Congressional oversight
Government information and archives
Guam
Health care costs and insurance
Health care coverage and access
Health facilities and institutions
Health information and medical records
Health technology, devices, supplies
Hospital care
Medicaid
Medicare
Northern Mariana Islands
Poverty and welfare assistance
Prescription drugs
Puerto Rico
U.S. territories and protectorates
User charges and fees
Virgin Islands

Summary:
action_date: 2017-05-08
text: 

Improving the Treatment of the U.S. Territories Under Federal Health Programs Act of 2017

 
This bill alters provisions under Medicaid, Medicare, and Medicare Advantage relating to U.S. territories, including payment calculations and enrollment periods.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2017-05-22
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR H4418-4419)
action_date: 2017-05-19
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2017-05-12
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2017-05-08
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: 2017-05-08
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: 2017-05-08
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: 2017-05-08
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2017-05-08
text: Introduced in House