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Working Parents Flexibility Act of 2017

Bill: 115-hr-2533
Sponsor: Rep. Katko, John [R-NY-24]
Introduced: 2017-05-18 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Bank accounts, deposits, capital
Child care and development
Employee benefits and pensions
Employee leave
Income tax deductions
Income tax exclusion
Self-employed

Summary:
action_date: 2017-05-18
text: 

Working Parents Flexibility Act of 201

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This bill amends the Internal Revenue Code to establish a tax-exempt parental leave savings account for the care of a child, to which an individual taxpayer who has earned income from employment during the past 12 months may make tax deductible cash contributions of up to $6,750 in a taxable year and not more than an aggregate of $24,000 for all taxable years. Taxpayers whose adjusted gross income exceeds $250,000 in a taxable year are ineligible for such a tax deduction. 
 
The bill excludes from gross income: (1) distributions from a parental leave savings account that are made not later than one year after the birth or adoption of a child of an account holder, and (2) contributions made by an employer to the parental leave savings account of an employee.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2017-05-18
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2017-05-18
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2017-05-18
text: Introduced in House
Rebuilding American Manufacturing Act of 2017

Bill: 115-hr-2534
Sponsor: Rep. Kind, Ron [D-WI-3]
Introduced: 2017-05-18 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Business investment and capital
Income tax deductions
Income tax rates
Manufacturing

Summary:
action_date: 2017-05-18
text: 

Rebuilding American Manufacturing Act of 201

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This bill amends the Internal Revenue Code to allow taxpayers engaged in domestic manufacturing in the United States a tax deduction equal to 50.5% (43% for C corporations) of the lesser of their domestic manufacturing income or their taxable income for the taxable year (thus effectively reducing their income tax rate to approximately 20%). The bill limits the amount of such deduction to 25% of such taxpayer's qualifying domestic investment (defined as the sum of the taxpayer's W-2 wages and certain allowable tax deductions, excluding any amounts not properly allocable to the taxpayer's domestic manufacturing gross receipts).


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2017-05-18
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2017-05-18
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2017-05-18
text: Introduced in House
Lifespan Respite Care Reauthorization Act of 2017

Bill: 115-hr-2535
Sponsor: Rep. Langevin, James R. [D-RI-2]
Introduced: 2017-05-18 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Child health
Disability assistance
Government information and archives
Health information and medical records
Health programs administration and funding
Home and outpatient care
Long-term, rehabilitative, and terminal care
Performance measurement

Summary:
action_date: 2017-05-18
text: 

Lifespan Respite Care Reauthorization Act of 2017

 
This bill amends the Public Health Service Act to extend lifespan respite care programs (services for family caregivers of children and adults with special needs) through FY2022.
 
Each state agency awarded a grant or cooperative agreement for lifespan respite care must collect, maintain, and report to the Department of Health and Human Services data and records to enable monitoring and evaluation of the lifespan programs and activities.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2017-05-19
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2017-05-18
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2017-05-18
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2017-05-18
text: Introduced in House
Renew America's Schools Act of 2017

Bill: 115-hr-2536
Sponsor: Rep. Loebsack, David [D-IA-2]
Introduced: 2017-05-18 in the House
Policy area: Education
Subjects: Air quality
Alternative and renewable resources
Building construction
Child health
Education programs funding
Educational facilities and institutions
Elementary and secondary education
Energy efficiency and conservation
Lighting and heating
Lighting, heating, cooling
Teaching, teachers, curricula

Summary:
action_date: 2017-05-18
text: 

Renew America's Schools Act of 2017 

 
This bill requires the Department of Energy to provide competitive grants for making energy improvements in schools. Specifically, grants may be awarded for:
 
 
any improvement, repair, or renovation to a school that will result in a direct reduction in school energy costs; 
 
 any improvement, repair, renovation, or installation that leads to an improvement in teacher and student health, such as indoor air quality; and 
 
the installation of renewable energy technologies (e.g., wind power) involved in the improvement, repair, or renovation to a school. 
 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2017-05-18
text: Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce.
action_date: 2017-05-18
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2017-05-18
text: Introduced in House
To designate the area between the intersections of International Drive Northwest and Van Ness Street Northwest and International Drive Northwest and International Place Northwest in Washington, District of Columbia, as "Liu Xiaobo Plaza", and for other purposes.

Bill: 115-hr-2537
Sponsor: Rep. Meadows, Mark [R-NC-11]
Introduced: 2017-05-18 in the House
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Subjects: Asia
China
Congressional tributes
Detention of persons
District of Columbia
Government buildings, facilities, and property
Human rights
Roads and highways

Summary:
action_date: 2017-05-18
text: 
This bill designates as &quot;Liu Xiaobo Plaza&quot; the area between the intersections of International Drive Northwest and Van Ness Street Northwest and International Drive Northwest and International Place Northwest in Washington, DC. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2017-05-18
text: Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform.
action_date: 2017-05-18
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2017-05-18
text: Introduced in House
Quiet Communities Act of 2017

Bill: 115-hr-2539
Sponsor: Rep. Meng, Grace [D-NY-6]
Introduced: 2017-05-18 in the House
Policy area: Environmental Protection
Subjects: Aviation and airports
Congressional oversight
Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)
Environmental assessment, monitoring, research
Environmental health
Environmental technology
Executive agency funding and structure
Government information and archives
Government studies and investigations
Noise pollution

Summary:
action_date: 2017-05-18
text: 

Quiet Communities Act of 2017

 
This bill requires the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to reestablish an Office of Noise Abatement and Control and reauthorizes the office's activities through FY2022. 
 
The responsibilities of the office must include: (1) promoting the development of effective state and local noise control programs, (2) carrying out a national noise control research program, (3) carrying out a national noise environmental assessment program, (4) establishing regional technical assistance centers to assist state and local noise control programs, (5) assessing the effectiveness of the Noise Control Act of 1972, and (6) conducting related outreach and educational activities. The office must emphasize noise abatement approaches that rely on local and state activities, market incentives, and coordination with other agencies.
 
Using funds made available to the office, the EPA must carry out a study of airport noise. 
 
The bill amends the Noise Control Act of 1972 to expand the quiet communities grant program to include grants for establishing and implementing training programs on use of noise abatement equipment and implementing noise abatement plans.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2017-05-19
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Environment.
action_date: 2017-05-19
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Railroads, Pipelines, and Hazardous Materials.
action_date: 2017-05-19
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Highways and Transit.
action_date: 2017-05-19
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Aviation.
action_date: 2017-05-18
text: Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, 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: 2017-05-18
text: Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, 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: 2017-05-18
text: Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, 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: 2017-05-18
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2017-05-18
text: Introduced in House
Flood Prevention Act of 2017

Bill: 115-hr-2540
Sponsor: Del. Norton, Eleanor Holmes [D-DC-At Large]
Introduced: 2017-05-18 in the House
Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources
Subjects: District of Columbia
Floods and storm protection
Marine and coastal resources, fisheries

Summary:
action_date: 2017-05-18
text: 

Flood Prevention Act of 201

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This bill amends the Coastal Zone Management Act of 1972 to make the District of Columbia eligible to receive federal coastal zone management funding, including flood mitigation and prevention funds. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2017-06-07
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Energy and Mineral Resources.
action_date: 2017-05-18
text: Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.
action_date: 2017-05-18
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2017-05-18
text: Introduced in House
BOSS Act

Bill: 115-hr-2541
Sponsor: Rep. Peters, Scott H. [D-CA-52]
Introduced: 2017-05-18 in the House
Policy area: Science, Technology, Communications
Subjects: Advanced technology and technological innovations
Economic development
Government studies and investigations
Performance measurement
Research administration and funding
Technology transfer and commercialization

Summary:
action_date: 2017-05-18
text: 

Building Opportunity for Student Startups Act or the BOSS Act

 
This bill directs the Under Secretary of Commerce for Standards and Technology to enter into an arrangement with the National Academy of Sciences to conduct a study on the role of incubators and accelerators in the commercialization of federally funded research and regional economic development.
 
The study shall: (1) include an examination of metrics for comparing startups that have, and startups that have not, completed incubator or accelerator programs; (2) include the role of incubators and accelerators in developing regional innovation clusters; and (3) identify best practices in the structure, goals, operation, management, and funding mechanisms of leading incubators and accelerators.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2018-05-22
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Research and Technology.
action_date: 2017-05-18
text: Referred to the House Committee on Science, Space, and Technology.
action_date: 2017-05-18
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2017-05-18
text: Introduced in House
Federal Bird-Safe Buildings Act of 2017

Bill: 115-hr-2542
Sponsor: Rep. Quigley, Mike [D-IL-5]
Introduced: 2017-05-18 in the House
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Subjects: Animal protection and human-animal relationships
Birds
Building construction
Government buildings, facilities, and property
Lighting and heating
Lighting, heating, cooling
Wildlife conservation and habitat protection

Summary:
action_date: 2017-05-18
text: 

Federal Bird-Safe Buildings Act of 2017

 
This bill requires each public building constructed, substantially altered, or acquired by the General Services Administration (GSA) to meet the following standards: 
 
 
at least 90% of the exposed facade material from ground level to 40 feet shall not be composed of glass or shall be composed of glass employing elements that preclude bird collisions without completely obscuring vision, ultraviolet (UV) patterned glass that contains UV-reflective or contrasting patterns that are visible to birds, patterns on glass designed in accordance with a rule that restricts horizontal spaces to less than 2 inches high and vertical spaces to less than 4 inches wide, opaque, etched, stained, frosted, or translucent glass, or any combination of these methods (modified glass);
 
at least 60% of the exposed facade material above 40 feet shall meet such glass standard; 
 
there shall not be any transparent passageways or corners;
 
all glass adjacent to atria or courtyards containing water features, plants, and other materials attractive to birds shall meet the modified glass standard; and
 
outside lighting shall be appropriately shielded and minimized. 
 
 
 GSA must: (1) ensure that actual bird mortality is monitored at each public building; and (2) reduce exterior building and site lighting for each public building, where practicable.
 
The bill exempts historic buildings of national significance, the White House and its grounds, the Supreme Court building and its grounds, and the U.S. Capitol and its related buildings and grounds from the provisions of this bill. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2017-05-19
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Economic Development, Public Buildings and Emergency Management.
action_date: 2017-05-18
text: Referred to the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.
action_date: 2017-05-18
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2017-05-18
text: Introduced in House
Mortgage Forgiveness Tax Relief Act of 2017

Bill: 115-hr-2543
Sponsor: Rep. Reed, Tom [R-NY-23]
Introduced: 2017-05-18 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Housing finance and home ownership
Income tax exclusion

Summary:
action_date: 2017-05-18
text: 

Mortgage Forgiveness Tax Relief Act of 201

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 This bill amends the Internal Revenue Code to extend through 2018 the exclusion from gross income of income attributable to the discharge of indebtedness on a principal residence.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2017-05-18
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2017-05-18
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2017-05-18
text: Introduced in House
Teacher Health and Wellness Act

Bill: 115-hr-2544
Sponsor: Rep. Ryan, Tim [D-OH-13]
Introduced: 2017-05-18 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Congressional oversight
Elementary and secondary education
Employee performance
Government studies and investigations
Medical research
Mental health
School administration
Teaching, teachers, curricula
Worker safety and health

Summary:
action_date: 2017-05-18
text: 

Teacher Health and Wellness Act

 
This bill directs the National Institutes of Health to carry out a five-year study on reducing teacher stress and increasing teacher retention and well-being by implementing and analyzing the results of any of several types of innovative approaches that include:
 
 
workplace wellness programs;
 
social emotional learning programs;
 
teacher stress management programs;
 
mentoring and induction programs during the school year and teacher pre-service;
 
organizational interventions such as principal training programs;
 
teacher residency programs;
 
complementary health approaches, such as mindfulness meditation; and
 
school reorganization. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2017-05-19
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2017-05-18
text: Referred to the Committee on Education and the Workforce, 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: 2017-05-18
text: Referred to the Committee on Education and the Workforce, 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: 2017-05-18
text: Referred to the Committee on Education and the Workforce, 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: 2017-05-18
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2017-05-18
text: Introduced in House
Special Diabetes Program for Indians Reauthorization Act of 2017

Bill: 115-hr-2545
Sponsor: Rep. Torres, Norma J. [D-CA-35]
Introduced: 2017-05-18 in the House
Policy area: Native Americans
Subjects: Appropriations
Digestive and metabolic diseases
Health programs administration and funding
Indian social and development programs
Inflation and prices
Minority health

Summary:
action_date: 2017-05-18
text: 

Special Diabetes Program for Indians Reauthorization Act of 2017

 This bill amends the Public Health Service Act to extend through FY2024 funding for the Special Diabetes Program for Indians.

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2017-05-19
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2017-05-18
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2017-05-18
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2017-05-18
text: Introduced in House
FCC CIO Parity Act

Bill: 115-hr-2546
Sponsor: Rep. Walters, Mimi [R-CA-45]
Introduced: 2017-05-18 in the House
Policy area: Science, Technology, Communications
Subjects: Computers and information technology
Executive agency funding and structure
Federal Communications Commission (FCC)
Federal officials
Government employee pay, benefits, personnel management

Summary:
action_date: 2017-05-18
text: 

FCC CIO Parity Act

 
This bill requires the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) to ensure that its Chief Information Officer has a significant role in: (1) the decision-making process for annual and multi-year planning, programming, budgeting, execution decisions, and reports related to information technology; (2) the management, governance, and oversight processes related to information technology; and (3) the hiring of personnel with information technology responsibilities. 
 
The Chief Information Officer must consult with the FCC Chief Financial Officer and budget officials to specify and approve the allocation of amounts appropriated to the FCC for information technology.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2017-05-19
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Communications and Technology.
action_date: 2017-05-18
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2017-05-18
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2017-05-18
text: Introduced in House
GI Bill Processing Improvement Act

Bill: 115-hr-2549
Sponsor: Rep. Coffman, Mike [R-CO-6]
Introduced: 2017-05-19 in the House
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Advisory bodies
Government information and archives
Higher education
State and local government operations
Student aid and college costs
Teaching, teachers, curricula
User charges and fees
Veterans' education, employment, rehabilitation

Summary:
action_date: 2017-05-19
text: 

GI Bill Processing Improvement Act

 
This bill directs the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) to make available to an educational institution through a secure information technology system the amount of specified veterans educational assistance available to a veteran or an individual pursuing a VA approved-course at such institution.
 
The bill extends the authority for the Veteran's Advisory Committee on Education until December 31, 2022.
 
A reporting fee paid by the VA to an educational institution or joint apprenticeship training committee after the date of enactment of the Post-9/11 Veterans Educational Assistance Improvements Act of 2011 with respect to an institution that has 75 or more enrollees may not be used for or merged with amounts available for the general fund of the educational institution or joint apprenticeship training committee. 
 
The VA shall prescribe training requirements for a school certifying official employed by a covered educational institution offering approved veterans education courses. A covered educational institution is an institution that has enrolled 20 or more individuals using veterans educational assistance.
 
The bill increases VA funding for state approving agencies and requires the VA to provide such agencies with a cost of living adjustment that equals the same percentage increase as benefits provided under title II (Old Age, Survivors and Disability Insurance) (OASDI) of the Social Security Act.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2017-05-19
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Economic Opportunity.
action_date: 2017-05-19
text: Referred to the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
action_date: 2017-05-19
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2017-05-19
text: Introduced in House
Medicare Telehealth Parity Act of 2017

Bill: 115-hr-2550
Sponsor: Rep. Thompson, Mike [D-CA-5]
Introduced: 2017-05-19 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Cardiovascular and respiratory health
Congressional oversight
Digestive and metabolic diseases
Government studies and investigations
Health care costs and insurance
Health facilities and institutions
Health personnel
Health technology, devices, supplies
Hearing, speech, and vision care
Home and outpatient care
Medical tests and diagnostic methods
Medicare

Summary:
action_date: 2017-05-19
text: 

Medicare Telehealth Parity Act of 201

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This bill provides for the incremental expansion of telehealth coverage under the Medicare program. Specifically, the bill expands the lists of:
 
 
qualified telehealth originating and distant sites; 
 
qualified telehealth providers; and
 
covered telehealth services.

 
Additionally, the bill provides for coverage of remote patient-monitoring services for chronic health conditions.
 
The bill also allows for a patient-specific waiver process of the required monthly face-to-face visit between an individual with end-stage renal disease and a qualified professional.



Legislative actions:
action_date: 2017-06-01
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2017-05-26
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2017-05-19
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: 2017-05-19
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: 2017-05-19
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: 2017-05-19
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2017-05-19
text: Introduced in House